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i i i.n'.ur.-. of Hi-; i) ijetiy .-. t'ail- adi.vn lubjv*!;.—We have wiUldV- c,l thf .:\vfi'-l Irenes which defolutc V.uvopc, a> diilam ipeebitors, luit wj ha\e viewed thnri as feenes in which we were deeply concerned, ■and conicmpiatcl them as leiVons of inlh-iuii.Mi. We have felt that the political exiiienee of Great Britain has be::i threatened by the fate of furrounding nations. But having alio felt that our own wel¬ fare depended upon hers, we have, at ail times, been ready, to fuftain «j moii p»ri& form of g»*m- , *»>** }££%£% £$£ **U**i ^ rU „££* „,m wfcii «c have reeled<ro„, that p«k.£^^X " of a great, a free, and an enlightened people. ' 'Jo which his Kxcel'cncy was pleated to make the following re¬ ply :—■ Gent hum of the I.c'dkiive Council, I heartly thank you for your !o) al Adilveficniitainingfentiments fo highly honorable to'yourfelvcs, and io truly gratifying to nie. I receive* with peculiar latisf action, the afturancc of your cordial co-op-- eration in thofe measures which at flat portion of the evils which the «S* *»&« »« "" effifj?' &« J cor.teltm which foe is en-- ««ffi?«»5 fc *??" ^72 of His Maieftjrs Crown, and the feeurity of this part of His Domin¬ ions. It Ihall be my conltant en¬ deavour to fullil the expectations you have formed of my adroini'- tration of this government, fat li¬ fted that I flin.ll at all times expe¬ rience your ready aid in my dil- eharge of its important duties. g gaged, and the chance of war may ihrow upon us, as become.; the diifitcter of Britifli fubjecls, and the obligation of a favored people. \Ye are aware or" the Important duties which the ftorm that now fcenis bending its courfe towards this hitherto peaceful and happy region may require ; and we are prcpired to difchargc them with no common energy ; and with no ordinary excrcile of that loyalty which we profcls. We have the fulled conviclon thatbythe PrinccRescut on the be- half of his Majcily, every wife and proper me.ifure will be purfucd ro terminate amic'*-ly the differ¬ ences which now fobfifl between UisM.ijcfty and the government r-vl- t'i ; | Fnited State's of Arncrir i. hot as the unfriendly diipohtion ot that government may remain un¬ changed, and the meafures of His Royal ilighncls may fail to accom- oliih their object, we think it our bonnden duty to allure your Ex¬ cellency, that although the failures of fuch meafures mult neceharily cad for great facriiiccs on our part, and mult extenlively affecl the in¬ termits ot' the province ; yet that the bleffings of peace, however important to us, are not defirable, if they cannot be prcferved to us conliilently with the rights, the honor, the fafety, and the dignity of His Majefty's qfpwn. Your Excellency, therefore, may rcly upon an increafed and unremitted care and vigilance on our p^rt, in fcjUtui* the colony from cither *<j>en invaiion or inlidious aggref- Itori ; upon an early attention to thofe acts, which experience has proved to be cliential for the pre- lervation of His Majcily's govern¬ ment, and to every mcafurc which can tend to enable His Majefty's Loyal Canadian fubjecls toailiftin repelling any fudden attack whit h may be made by a tumultuary force : and effectually to partici¬ pate in the defence of their country aclinic a regular invaiion at any luturc period. Your Excellency's recommenda¬ tion of fuch ftcps as lhall tend to the amelioration of the internal communications throughout the province; to the incrcaie of com¬ merce and the encouragement of agriculture, cannot fail to animate our endeavours to promote thefc important objects. We humbly thank your Excel¬ lency for the confidence whicli you place in our difpofuion to follow the great example of our mother country in the cxercife of political and moral virtue ; that confidence it will be our bell en¬ deavor to juftify by zeal and unan¬ imity, in fiipporting and ftrength- cning his majefty's government at .is ever.tful period j by our exer- • ioni to promote the welfare and happinefs of tbe province, and to rcferve in*, Stable, that excellent house or assembly. Saturday, February 29. This day at two" o'clock, the Houfe went up to the, Gallic of St. Lewis with the following Addrcfs : To his Excellency Sir 0FORCE PRE- JrOST, ffarmtett Captain General and Go¬ vernor »" Chief i" and oner the Provinces (if Upper and Lower Canada, Vrttf HrunJ- •U'lci, N0V1I Sco'.ia, andlle //lands fij J'ti/ter Edward n.lil Cape JRreton ami their feveral d-f«ndrtir-e{, Vire Admiral r.f the /an.; jaenlenant General ana Commaruler of all Jltr Majefly's Form in the Provin-■■■s nf Loivcr and Ufijitr Canada, h'on<i Scftlia, and iWzv-Drunjhvi.L, and in tltt IJlandt of Cap: Bret'jr., Nrrrflundland, and the Per- mudas, cvr. &c. CsV. May it plcafe your Excellency, WE, His Majelly's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Ccmmons of Lower Canada, In Provincial Par- Ham cut aiYemblct!, beg leave to return Your Excellency our hum- ble thanks for your Speech, at the opening of the feflion.- His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, having been moft graci- CNiily plealed, on behalf, and in the name of I lis Majefty, to appoint Your Excellency Governor in Chief of the Britiih American Provinces, h an additional mark of the pater- 11,il folhitudc for the welfare of his Canadian Subjecls, which we have on al! occilions- experienced, and for whicli we feel truly gratified, and Your Exccllencv havinsi haft- * ^* cited to allumc the '\dminillration of this Province, without waiting the arrival of your Commiflion, calls forth our bell thanks. We fincerely lament with your Excellency the continued fullering of our venerable and beloved Sov¬ ereign, and altho' we have felt no diminution of that anxious care which hasfo eminently diftingtvilh- ed his long reign, our moft ardent wifhes would have been highly grat¬ ified fince the reins of Government have palled into the hands of His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, by any favorable information upon the inTcrefting iubjeA of his Ma¬ jefty's health. We participate with equal pride and fatisfacJion in the congratula¬ tion of your Excellency on the brilliant achievements which have taken place in the delivery of Por¬ tugal and for the refcue of Spain from the tyranny of the Chief Ru¬ ler of France. We offer in hum¬ ble thankfulnefs, to the great Sov¬ ereign of the univcrfe, our grateful acknowledgements for thefe events and for having permitted Britiih valor to be the means of difpenfmg his benefits to thole unfortunate nations. V1CWCQ remote fpccTators, the fcencs cr horror that defolate Europe, and whiltt our mother country fo pre¬ eminently protected by nature, has had her political exigence involved in the fate of furrounding nations, we feel a proper fenle of gratitude for having been enabled, undiltur- bed hitherto in the habitations of our fathers, to view without alarm, the cliilant ftorm, but whofe low¬ ering afpcctlccms now to threaten this "peaceful and happy region. Should the wife meafures and magnanimous conducl of thePrincc Regent fail to operate a change in the unfriendly difpofition and hof- tilc character of the government of the United States, fenlible as we are that it will require no common energy to withftand their effects and perform the important duties, which will devolve upon us, we confidently allure your Excellency, that in die loyally, unanimity and zeal of his Majelly's Canadian fub- jecls you will find refourccs under the protection of divine Providen¬ ce, fullv adequate to the crifis- Wc belcech your EKcellency to be perfuaded, that viewing tliefe circLim!l;\ncc% wc will uic OMV ut- niolt care and vigilance in fecuring the Colony from open invaiion or uilulious agjp'effion ; vnz w U-3 giw our attention to thole a^ls which your Excellency regards as cileri- tial to the preservation of his Ma¬ jefty's (rovcrnment, ;>s by law hap¬ pily clhiblHhed in this Colony? aot- withft.uulino* the repuo;iKince wc t O JO nnigbt reel from :m improper ufe of one of them and the bad effects which might have refulrecl there- from to his Majefty's Government, had it not been for the unfhaken fidelity of his Majefly's loyal Can¬ adian iubjeer>, and their conviction of the gooclnefs of his Majefty's government, and the tranfient in¬ conveniences which from the com¬ mon fatcof human things are inevi¬ table : wc however can cuTurc your Excellency, that the confidence we placein your Excellency, diminilhcs confidcrablv our fears of'the uib 4 which micrht hereafter be made of this Act. And your Excellency may be perfuaded, we lhall regard it as a moft fortunate opportunity to manifcil our attachment to his Majelly's Government, & our grat¬ itude for the benefits wc have ex- p-erienccd by granting to his Ma¬ jefty fuch fupplies as may be fuited to the exigencies of the times, and as will enable his loyal Canadian iubjccls to fhow their zeal for his Majcily, in repelling any fudden attack made by a tumultuary force and effectually to participate in the defence of their country, againft a regular invafion at any future pe¬ riod. The amelioration of the internal communi¬ cation through tut the Province, the iocreafe of commerce and the encouragement of agri¬ culture (hall alio nicer our early and ferioos attention, and we fhall endeavour to adopt fnch meafures as will convince the inhabitants of every part of the Province of our iolicitude and that of the Government for their comfort and welfare. The Ilatcmcnt of the Provincial revenue of the Crown and of the expenditure for tho Lift twelve months fhall be duly attended to : and your excellency may rely on fnch liberal fupplies as may he found requiiite CO meet the prclfmc of the times and thofe l'ervices connected with the iecuricy oftfte Province. The Iphrsdiit political and exalted mora! virtues excrcifed by our fellow fubjcAs in Great Britain and which Iiavc firmly fecured the Empire againft the machinations pfenrr implacable foe cannot but increafe our-dtfpn- ikion to follow their example by difplayinjx. O'Jr z<al and unanimity in fiipixorting a«d that moll excellent for:n of government cc fcrred on us by a gixar, a free, and 3nc!* lightened people. The circnrnllancesof the times impcriouil call on 113 to exprefs to your Excellency^ v.-adinefs and that of our conHitoents, to meet whatever events may an'fe out of them with. out fear of the refult, and though we<lepr^ <:ate war with our neigh!,ours as an cviltob" avoided, it f.raoAicable, with d;ie regard to the honor and interell of the mother country vcr on no other terms Irive we the moll diilaHt vviJhthatan accommodationfhouldtake piaec. To which His Excellency wa3 plealed to make the following reply— ' Gentlemen of the Hwfe ofdfflmhlf; I return you my thanks for this h.yjlad- drefd. Your expvdltons of attention to His M.ijt-fty^perfou andgoverr.ment, of gratitude to ll!-* Royal Highnefs the Piirtce Regcnt« and uf zeal fan' the public fervice alYorthme tlic beft hopes, that nnthiugwill be wanting; on ourpait to co-operate in thole meafures which I lhall deem ncceflarv for the fa let'-of this pr-jvince, and in my enJeavorsto Iccure the eottfmuahce of the peace and tranquility of its inhabitants. I feel obliged to you for the aflurarfecyoa* have eiven mc or vour attention to thofe act> which I have conlidered to be efiential for die prefervation of His Majelly's government, as by law happily eilabUmed n) t\\U Cohmy»at thr fime time, I cannot butre^iet tlt.it i»a this cccafion you Hioidd have thought it ex- prdi' nt to advert t-> any proceedings which have taken place under any one of thofe Act?, and I earnetlly iCCommed to yon, a^ the molt effefttfal means ofebfuring tiaiKjuility to il»c Province, and of evincing yo.ut xeal fnf the Public Good, to diiett your attentionfoltly to the prefent fuuatfou of Affairs, and I fball hope and exped fmm you, fo much of your confidence as (hall five firmnefs and <*il<Ct to the Lval admiuiltraiiuu oftlw Government, theieoy enable me to piOmote the Wellnre and Profperity of this Conr.trv, and t<> nuiru tain entire the Rights the Honor and Digni¬ ty of His Mftji-lly's Crown. FROM CARACCAS. EziraS of a Utter to the Editorof the Frcmnnt *Jonrnil% dated C<:niccasy Dec. 2 2, t S 11 • " Yesterday I was present when the Federal Conftitution of the ftates of Venezuela was figned by the members of the Concrrefs.— CI The Prieits iiave iiirncd it, hut have protested agamit one article which does away their privileges. They arc now amenable to the civil h\v> the fame a» other citizens. But Miranda objected to the whole ! ! ! It is faid, he woukl have preferred giving? them one from a tiironm: / He has prorcfred apiinlr the whole C'onliitutioi*, and thereby expofed hia views. In eonfecjuence, thofe who were his moll zealous -friends have withdrawn from him in dis< guft. And I think he has very lit- tie chance of riling from difgrace. " The conftitution of thefe States, refembles that of the Uni¬ ted States of Notth America. It will now be fuhmittcd to the con- fideration of the electors of the different Itates of Venezuela. " There is great encouragement for foreigners in this country, if they are mechanics or agricultur¬ es,efpeciallyif they have fomepro- perty ; but the profpecls for mer¬ chants is very dull. The " conti¬ nental fystem" affecls this country exceedingly." O 4 New-Torh, Mardi 3. IMPORTANT. Capture of C'tudad Rodrigo.—A gentle¬ man of tin's city has politely favored us with the Following letter, received kill evening by the fail failing flup Oronoke from Lifbon. I.ifljon, 2±ih Januaryt l8l2. a^L r 11 ■ • e 1 ' t r.c following is a copy ot a letter rece'- ved from Ohidad Rodriga, which I tranfmit for your information. 46 C'tudad RodngO) 70th January, 1812. cc 1 have the ple.vlure to inform you that Ciiidad Rodrigo was ta* ken by ilorm at 8 o'clock hill niejht. There were two breaches practica¬ ble, one of which was allaultcd by General Picton's divifion, and the Othei* by Gen." Crr.vP.Td^, v.]M