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• T ■ 'u*'.' <e a Prtitf«*ti f<,r 1W hrMbcr } ominc a$ i rVrpiPf. fowhom Ifftd was frli: ' I 4ml thank you to pr»*<Mil v the i ounci!, frrtf 0}>pi rtuiulj - Shoul ' thi$tveur, while Mr. *rwi isiti YorJi he will |«t) any fiw ;r t ^ cT : if not, he will |-av. an order for doing so. I an> yo'm. &t*. ROBWT CJOURLAY. .N II. 7« Revert (xouvbiff* Enquire. Kxecutive Council Ofltrt*, York, r»ili January, IBIS. S?r— I an: CO£iuiattd'"d bv His Hon¬ or, the Administrator, to inform yon : thm your memorial lvc^ivri 'he llli of Kit*6mHer"tafit w&« read in Council on tlK.rJthnf that month,and aipiln thi* day. And that when yon arrive in this Pi':.vinc«r,«ith design fo e^tabBshyour- 5«!i in it. as a settler, a Location wi" h. mnde i" proportion to the opinion then fofnvnl of jour means to become a useful settler. 1 have the honor to b J, Sir, Your most obedient humble m rvant. (Signed) JOHN SMALL. No. 12, To John Small, Esquire, Secretary to the Rt& nfivc Council^ ) ork. Qu'fs -t hi. January <>!, |S18. Sir—Vo.r fetter oi the 6th Instant rei ui\ m-% on the 17th. You say thai zchen 1 arrive in this Province^ ipilh d.'sizn fo establish myself in it, as (I Settler^ a location rcill be made in proportion to the opinion thf-nformed o* >>y mains to become a useful set- if you will take th^ trouble to repe- liiae mi letter of the 3()th October and 3d November last, together with my J etitiro, you will perceive that the ab- 0?i r«-pl), to say the least of it, is not ?ai:-'i.'t-*ry. It gives mo to under¬ stand, however, that there arecertniw t\tW* which guide Hi* Honor the Ad- miufctraJor, in Council, in the disposal of C« ui« Land*: and with an explana¬ tion r*fth*»i rules I may yet return to JSp !*»nd nbla to form calculations there as to the propriety of emigrating to C nda. The location is to b^ made u in pro- portion to the opinio*j then formed of pi$ mftti&J* This bincTTi'-. .^-* makes the a ■' • appear vague and arbitran . At iys ciise |« It easy tn ?>t bounds to opin¬ ion : and opinion, " then M mtty fy* ro. T\ d;ffr"nt fmm on opinion ?iow 1 • f-«t ;,,£ r,Tlf fixfi WflMl'i H M rr d"fi Ti'e rule will be expressed, " />/ />ro- /■ rtion to mt; means :" but even thi- Ti'-purcsfl little explanation. At fir*' < !it f only thought of tfMwirybeinffthe m in< al'uded fo ; find that a certain proportion of land would ho granted, f reach hundred or thousand pounds] "J -hould proy* myself to be possessed .c; : but a friend hf>-■ suggested that the nor-J wruns may regard the number of r*> children, or, thenumbcr& strength C»r mi "Tvaut* and cattle* Yirfl will, I trust, lo«e fto time in sh wing thi^ I-^terto Colonel Smith ; Hi*d when he consider* that I hare nl- T« d\ waited long, and am now detain¬ ed it*, sole!) that I may obtain ex- J\,»:.ition as to this business J think he flvnj drtom it of stirh importance as to f^cpiirea special meeting of the Coun¬ cil. It is important, not only to mein- fivirtually, but to thou-nnds of people i> Britain, who may be influenced b\ tr\\ ( omnuiriications on the subject. As soon a* the matter is resolved yon nit] i.nve the goodness to write to *TK at Queenston. HOBBRT fiOURLAY. Flvchlafton ami Re-narks. It Will be observed, that, in the a- bov,-* rnr^«p(1n4',uw1 th<*re is no p^r- 9f:in 1 reflection or uncivil language, a:>J. that the requests are perfectly U 'enable. fbe nbjpct^ are, to obtain |pnd.—fo o\'ia;u the perusal of a Report on the * m':- uf the i roviuee,—to obtain a list ci i)esrrrers,~to obtain a Map of the' JTr fince, arid copies of papers which have been published. ( The first concern* private interest, t!"- prime object for lea Vine my dear fri.iilv and travelling so farfrom home: tie oth«T« gr^W out of circmn«tauces, ae.i had in view, chiefly, the public gOMcl. | iiefore I petitioned for land I had trrlften Siv Job'- Slu*rbrotate, nod offer¬ ed to c«nti.M"t for the settlement of 'p$ffl of Canada, with British subjects,! at UHrrfi less expence than it had hith-; ,catc with home, erto co-t Government: but I waa toldj in ref)|t, tiint my proposal would not answer. As to a grnnf at land, my fiieiids aTvised TOfl not to petition h ^re, btif to apply ai home f/*r an order.— T1' (_■. iiTlurutMi, h'-wever, who had • ore direct Ivan object, to lo<e any op- ^ortunitj ofdcinp for myself; espe- iallv a^ my success might encourage ilier fanners to migrate here- Being al Vork, therefore^ and intro- lucrd to >our Honor, i took the steps recoided in No*-. I i- *2. Your Honor, is well a- Chief Justice Powell,appro¬ ved oi' my address to the Resident !.a:d Owners of Upper Canada, in so much, that 1 had reason to expect to have access to public offices for papers to assist me. The day after this ad¬ dress" was published in Vork, I *aw: and had a very pleasant interview With Mr. Kidout. the Surveyor General. He agreed.with me in thinking there was ^reat room for improvement in the Province, but said that nothing was lis¬ tened tout home : that some years a^o he himself had written out a Report of the Province, suggestingImprovement*, and sent it home, but it was never looked at: and in a most liberal man¬ ner he offered to he\vmethi>. if you would give me an order. This con¬ versation 1 communicated to your Honor, who seemed most Willing to „mvo the orr/cr, but said you would (irst consult the Council, and immediately made a memorandum with your pencil lor doing so. As to the tUt of Deserters, it was as- k*d by me in conversation with Colo¬ nel Cameron : and he did not seem on¬ ly witttMgto oblige me withiti b'lttfwe- ious that I should have it to publish," for, said he, ul wish very nuich you would expose the damned rascals."— No\v„ m) object had no vtew whatever to personal exposure : *' wassimpl\ to ascertain a most important fact a*- to the excluv!OP of Americans from lTp- per Canada, m: wheUier a greater proportion of th •■«• bad deserted during the war, tnan people from other parts '>f the world. With regard to the Map of the Pro¬ vince, 1 had also, at this earl) period, thdofhtofit ; and had gone with a friend »o Mr. Chewett to speak* with him on the subject, but unluckily h,- ..as from home. My journey to fhrt west was to have commenced from York ; bnt'the arri- I val of mr brotherirom Scotland chau£- ed my plan, and made me return to this place, and thence proccd by th" Uofit\ of the L-.ke. At York j bud been tidd by Mr. Small, 'hat no gtaitl of hind could !)'• nvule out to any p t- »••« W t% htt\tt lid UfclHiJ ^v^k^i^»»f*A|% p.K •- enl during the sitting of Council; but •n mv wav to the Head of the Lake. { learned from my friend the Clergyman 'boveTfteufioned. thai this was not the case, for nfter he had taken the Oatfiv he had sot hi.<gnu>t wtthoni any per¬ sonal appcafanc**, and wi* now, bi the »^encj of a friend, in the course of having it located. Thh information, sugpeftcd to me the prtfpriet) of send¬ ing my brother to take the Oaths nt York, while he was yet unsettled in business, and had time to Spare ; and his goin^ (here was also of consequence to me, in order to hurry matters, a* I was soon to set offtO England,and had actually written to my family that ( woo Id -ai! about Christmas, At thi* time too I numbed on the Statistical en- * !]uiry more keenly, a* the Magistrates of Niagara had volunteered their sup¬ port, and. 1 had resigned to them the charge in conveq»»ence of the faultiind- in^ of one of your Councillors. Aa i prosecuted my journey west¬ ward, ( was delighted with the zeal which appeared, in every quarter, to¬ wards what I had nro[io^d.nnd in sev¬ eral places i found, as I passed along, respectable meeting* gathered togeth¬ er, and actually at work on the !)usi- ness. Seeing things in soirh a train, I could not re: ist an inclination to do my utmost f?r people so willing fo halp tb^mselve-s* I ventured to the ven extremities of the Western District, and wroteto Quecnston to have int-d- ligence despatched to mv friends at hotne, that 1 should flr't sail so soon as I had before resolved. One thing J expected to ensure by this delay, was, that, when I returned to Queenston, answer* to my Petition and other Pe- jquests, would be lying for me. In this j I was uof only disappointed, but. from I the miserable way in which the posts (are conducted in Canada, found that | my despatch, to relieve 'he anxieties of my family from the change in my plans, was notarrived live roinutc6before my¬ self : and that it was now nearly two months, ow inn to one delay and anoth¬ er since 1 had been able to communi- v f to my petHfoo^*o answfer to my re¬ quests for Mr. ftra&afj Report.—Col¬ onel Camerorrs list n|- Deserters,—Mr. Cbewitt's Plan : «»<.rthe publi-hed pa¬ pers of the l>roviirce# ()ne decisive answer, oijjy, have j jeteived—a ver¬ bal one, concerning mv Brother^ Pe¬ tition. Mr. Street, who cariied No, 10 to YoTk, .uought hj<rk word that the Council <at while he „as there,—that my letter was debv^rr(j ;n time to Mr. Small: and, thatotfe 0f the Clerkstold him, that vty broth,..,- $h<fuld have no other answer to his Petition: than what I had received to iajnCm Now, my dear sjr? yOU see I have been very circumst^nfia| * but the re¬ cord is one designefl to grace the Sta¬ tistics of Upper Cana(ja : and before I leave the Country I challenge all con¬ cerned to find in it nny thing incorrect. One thing, only, 1 have forgotten, in its proper place. When my brother returned from catrying my letters to York, he brought u0t a single line in reply, to any of tin m , but he told me fhat )ou informed l.jm, yOU could hold a council at any tii,,e. and that I had done wrong in writing my Petition, o/j liidfa sheet qf'papi'r* a misdemeanor, \hich however flagrant, seems to have been got over by the Gth January l HIS. Togivefttll Rcope to reflection on •ill this would be Wasting much paper, and exhausting a <und of speculation 'j)o*t fitting the in^nion-,at idle hours. Par my own part I cannot even gues^- ;»s to what has given offence, or, upon what principle of Mod breeding, Gen¬ tlemen should refute civil answers to ivil questions. Refusals would have don/- vary well, but evasion is always despicable. • In the speech read from the Throne, '.( is said " lli^ Maiusty's Government 66 having countenanced a migration from "the united Kingdom to the Province* Ao! Lower and Upper Canada itise\- ^pected that great benefit will result v- to this Colrtny from the ac*es«ion of "an industrious and loyal population. •cand I recomtiieud to yourconsidevn- ••tion how tar u mij be expedient to ci assist the emigrant:; by providingtb< c* mean*- to defray the expence «>f the fct location and grant of land bestowed u upon them by His Royal lli^hue^s 6ithe Prince Reg, nr in His Majesty's l a'- upani d me jn*(? Canada from England, ove an ^theor of th«- navy, another r C'crgv '»n, had petitioned and wiiiiou* delay obtained la.id ; the firtft, }'*'i > a/rffs, the second, GOO ocrcb : aad jt cleared (ooli^U iu cic, (bring nothing in here without a [witness ; and on the score of anxiety, jocca loned by accident- and ill regula¬ ted post. J annex below, an extract out of a letter received three davs ago from my wife : and that tbhlimie may not be without its antidote J place In the si<|c of it, another extract, from the same letter, written a week afterwards upon tho receipt of several of my let¬ ters together* U{>tQ this hour, I have no answer i -'name." I have migrated from the United Kingdom : has ||is M:ijf-st\'* Pr->vin- I (•overuruent ^'Ww/^^iWWft/4*' '* havi. pro|Kr.ed a scheme for introducing (Pi industrious and loj/ttl p'/iulation. •u\<], that great be refits wilt result tu this Gvluntf from it, is a hope attested bv UiO fionatmes of hundreds of res- occtable people : has |lt- Majesty's Provincial Goveiwnenl countenanced sne ? Neither lu^rthe people to b<* brought by my scheme, would require (o be prcivid d out of tiie taxation of 'he Province with weans to defray the xpense oj the loeMion and grant of la d; far less would we throw our¬ selves before thestf ;njer\ friend socie¬ ty, or the rompa*sIoiate sociit), h\ swell the vain £lor\ ->f iiitle men, whose charity sounds* tfttmpet before it: but look, ab<-ve, and «ee how 1 am treat¬ ed :—look below, and see the anxie¬ ties thai are created at home by delays; and then think, lli^t i am still waiting for an honest answ<k»" tfl ui) humble Pe¬ tition. Qfyl sh^me upon it. and f\ ! Mire, you have al'utfr*ber lost your- •elves'in some horrid'stygian shade, wh' re the souls of )<>" have been suck* ed out by the thirty vampiie :—Or, does the Council labour und<T a nii/ht- t.iare ?—lias it devoured too much Sand? and gone fo kep M bile the cr.de mass is yet undige*te('? How is it, that loving its friends, »* ^n»hs from their embrace; and, (rafin* ifs enemies. rushes to their snaf* ? Ii>w i it, that it has duties to ^rform, and cannot perform them ? Think not, my r*ear sir^ fh^t, for any consideration, I WOttld wound your feelings as a priva1-40 Cenrlemau. Ev¬ ery body says you1 are a *i0(,(' mani a'»d what every body sa>s niUSt he true. Behind my back fau have *P°ken well of me ; and sur#>* ' °u^i:t ""^ for -light matters exjPoSe >'ou to pain. I address you in 0onr Public rapacity and my most rigid' ('utrv cal|s for m> reprehension of jl)ra(tices derogatory to the dignity yoiu rpPr^ent and ruin- ous to every s"ubstr<llUial object f«r which such dignity is jieff UP- ' cannot think you wrote the sp/ee,Cn wl>ich was deliv¬ ered. I cannot ffhinkitwan written by anyone who care.-s or feels ^r Canada. At all events it muust hare been penned without thought" Bnd certainly could not bft meant as nau iusu,t to tt,c Pro¬ vince. Jt reached me i aq ^ nad nearly finish¬ ed my last addJrr-H to the Resident Landowners ot ' Upper Canada. It instantly chilled I m> "lood : it checked the tlow of my ,si">*i'K : it altered my stylo of exprcssk/00 and J,ur,k me from the lofty to the Ii'ow- ' au» Whamed of such s<) le ; 1 am " asnan»«'d of resorting to venninc for ^ ■ COujPaU»oii; but na¬ ture has mi*5e nothing in vain ; and the lii thy things we abhor have been called into existence'to give us suitable no¬ tions of the conduct of the public affairs at little i'ork,—dull, dirty and disgus¬ ting. Awake my dear sir! Awaken al1 your councillors ! tell my friend, th fault-finding Honorable and fleverend Doctor, that if he will do justice to hi* higher-duties, I will lecture for him on natural philosophy and get the school house painted. I was a favorite stu¬ dent in this very branch at St. Andrew University, and afterwards studied at Edinburgh, under the profound Mr. Robinson. This is more than twenty years ago ; but with a little brushing up and a due assortment of pigs und ivhistleS) I could soon shew off as a res¬ pectable mountebank. I will even do more than this for the subscribe*. I will teach political Economy at York. which hac been my favourite pursuit for manv years. By this, I doubt not that 1 could make out profits, not onl\ get the Chureh paint ed out side, butelea. red of cobwebs izithin : perhaps I might lit it with a steeple and a bell, and make it look decent beside the pa- lure of its pa tor Colonel Smith ! let us be serious.— You a re at preentat the head of fchi* ■Provincial Government. All your in¬ terests and affections rest in Upper Canada. Doj.istiee to your coontrj and honor toyon rself, white God ha* sjiven opportunity. Pol down ever; little consideration : calm cvry per- sonal animosity : extinguish party ran¬ cour ; unite all the members of the legislature : and proceed to business. In two or three wet'lCS order mov bt I brought outof confusion ; and several acts passed of utmost consequence to the peace and prosperity of this delight¬ ful 'and. It can be taking no OH fair advantage of the Supremo G ivornmont. The constitution of this Province pro¬ vides a veto to the Brt )al authority f^- ainst al! y ur acts : but ii a conimi - -ion went home to obtain a hearing and ■ give expiauaiion nothing reasonab!" would be r-fu *>d. The most weighty measure regards a general taxation oi wild lands. JU*re tofore. the Assembly has injured flu cause by 'tiling their bill the Jbsentre Hill. The Bill hadaltogeth r a dtff?r- nt view from what these werds import in Kngiand ; and.the ritle of your act rfcTflteli mr-.'-MiouKj oe t;iiuV^ It will require nothing but calm expla¬ nation lornderthisact popularin En- -land : (twill require no such do!a> a- that of two ) ars, proposed in the former bill. Tlic people of Kngiand. rthoown land lure wiil pKess its in -taut operation) for they will see, at once. the rie. which it will eli'ect ill the value of then property. The next urgent consideration is h correct the 6 rious mistake^ as to pa) - iugthe claims of sufferers *a rt^r- -,Mi r{ the forfeited estates. You kn:>w the-c will yield b«t a trifle, after d ducilu;, charj'-s : but this is not all The hol¬ ding of filth lands by iniUvidtials, as pro¬ perty, would breed mod unplealant hcarr burnings now, and at a future period, . perhaps bioil- of the bitteicll kind.— The gmtig away, of tht forfeited ellares of Cachi'lie* ui Ireland, to Protectants, although many generations have palt 15nee, keeps open, man) an evil eye, at i the prelim hour. 11 Scotland, confis¬ cated eiiates were much better managed. They were put under he charge ofTrul- tee*, and the Ri nts weu* applied, at;nti- a!Iy. to public works and the impovernent • >f art- Ff"«n ti-nc to time, fo e of the ellates were n.ftored to the delceu- dants of the ancient holders ; and, in evcrv w*:y admit bie elf< r.ts aroie out of a policy fo judicious and liberal. There is no want of land in Canada, on which money could be railed immedi¬ ately to pay every tlaim that ih due .* even the Indian \eitrvt>%fair/y purcbafed and put under proper maoagrment, would go ffar towards-his. The value of property depends altogether on management ; and, Imh'-rto there has been no manage¬ ment in Canada. nicety. an<? cecomp^'flied wity eife I am, D'ar ciir, W ii h due ic rP<-a, ■ , ionr*«i &c ROBERT GOURLAir t • EsctraS Ut. w Where are you, try de3r Gourlav > my heart has failed n«e ar latt, and J dread the word that can btfal me. 1 Io0fe upon my children, a* if the) wereahea- dy fatherlcfb—and pity myfclf as thf moft forlorn of widows. They tell me of loft letters—and letter dttbjned— and of hufbands who have been years with, out wtiting,-and yet come home fafe ant' kind at lall ; but nothing of all thi* Items to apply to my cafe—fori am fure you will write. a> long a* you arc alive, and think me fo—and fo oftea. that it is not at all likely that si? my lct. ters can be loft or detained. What do I write for then ? Partly btfcaufe I c« find no other employment in th. ieaft in- tetrfting, and partly. I fuppofe, becaufe I dill do hope, in fpite of all my hea*« uefs " Nov. 16th, 1817. Extra,! zd. u The people in the Parifh wilh verr much for you back again, and a party of them were telling John, that th?y ftould fet the belU a ringing, if they had you but home ;—not for what tluy would grt* for they did not think you would pay thrm for that, but for real joy thai were among ll them aszain. you g in ay. 99 The above I have extra&cd, at Mr. Gourlay'ft defife, out of a letter addita fed t" him from England, g.'ven to him out of ibis Pod-Office, the i ^th inlt. (Sioned) THOs. M'COlvMlGL Qucenllon, Feb. 16, i3iS. Atrocious Revenge. The Examination at Union HalU iw* iion, of David Oit'cn% for at temp fa] to Murder 'John jones^ (bu l>rod:rrin- Law,) Margaret 7cnes, (his hitler) and friary Barry their Servant* Friday, at one o'clock, Mr. Jnnd and Mary Barry arrived in a hackney* coach from St. Thorn**9* Hof; it'll* wi¬ de r 1 he care of a ftirgron and two niir- fes : 1 hey *-ere fo weak as fcarcdy W be a!>Ieto Hand. At two the prilijOtf was brought into the room, attd con¬ fronted with fonr-.au I the fcrvaiU ;thf and it wr»suith diJHctilty rhai Mf.Jone! was roil fed to fcofibiirty, Whtn h* reenvered, he exclaimed, i4 O Ciort \ 1 thought 1 fnw him with a knife iu hj, hand w The Mh^iA rates ordered the prifuner to he taken out of the room a^ bis prefeuce fo much agjtatec! iL proiecttt-r. AboWttwo Mrs. Jones ar. rivtd m ahackncy-cnach. alfo extr^e, ly weak, and tl;e Magiftrale proceeded ri hear evidei ce. Ma y Baity, the fetvanr, dated,"a the%6th of September h.ft, a little anfT one o'ch ck ir- the afternoon, I vr%% « fiumc will) my mr.itrr and rriifreffi, anj heard a kn« ck at the door ; I openedn ai>d faw the prffoi^tr: uich^ut fnyir» a word he forced bimlclf :u ; my m^, waf in the back room : I cs'led n«t • Mr. Owen 1*9 here !' and my rr?fl^ then came out of t!ie b ck room irn0 j the" pafTa^e, where he met rhe prifonn noqi 1 Oue great objeft more I fliall notice, ihe improvement of the St. Lawrence navigation. Why ha- this grand objcA been dropt out of the Spefch this year, after having been puffed off in that of Governor Gore? Its accomplifliment would be nothing to the Britilh nation. In a fingle week the means could be raifed for it at Lloyd's, were matters ma¬ naged as they might be. Capital in much a thing of idea, and refts on coufi dence. The Br-tifh fond* are nothing but ideal property field up by confidence in the fature proceeds of Ikill and lodu* try. It U now a hundred yedia fince my countryman Law, created an im- menfe ideal capital in Paris, merely upon a fanciful fchemc of finding gold on ihe banks of the Miffiflippi. To raife ii by rr>eaiu of well directed induftiy on the brmk* of the St. Lawrence, and round rhe (horn of our Lake*, is n» fanciful projeft : it may be calculated wu wuh i 1 * ■ The prifoncr inuncdiau ly took under his coat a large pointed carving knife, and without (peaking- miHe ^ blow at my mntler, who lifted his hand to defend himfelf. and prifoner cut and j ftruck him dreadfully on the Iv.nd. Mr ; miflrefs then nmc out, and ihe and [ j attempted to fave my mailer, and takj away tbe knife. I got hold of it, -j he drew it thtough my hand, andetf me very n uch, and then he be^an cm ting and flafhuig away at random, ail cut ua all three ; he cut oie on the ari Hlabbcd me in the nech, and wounJ j me in the forehead. I then ran ft I and called for affiilance, and earr»e b& [ajfain, and f\>uud my m •!{«»• lying onb 'floor "u the back r^ou*» Meeuir-g t? much, and the prifoner lying over hi, with a knife under fny matter's doth, and apparently [ticking in hh fiq when I returned to the houfe, 2 voir man returned with me, and he alalia and we held Owen'1* arm and got c knife from him. I wa* then taken ■ fome peifons to the hofpitai. Mr. Jones depofed to the fameeffe, and added, that the cut he received/ crofs the hand v.\ the pnffage dffahj him from Offering much defence ;aj he foon became inlenfible ; when recovered he found himfelf dieadfiil cut in the neck, and part "f his left ^ off. He formerly had a law fuit wi prifoner, but had not fpokea to hi lincc Auguft 1816. Mrs Jones itated, that during (• Hrugglc between them all in the pk lage, (he heard prifoner lay, " M wretches, I'll kill you all " She recer ed feveral cut*? about the brad and fV and a itab in the fide ; faw the prifotft attempt to (lab her hofband m tW<»A then beevne fenfelei*, having blol c;