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A« F <hntM»-* IkWiil f*f * w*n** Hmcifl doit, an' iHt tooe-elo^g. Mmr *?{tfwf*i wfll talce fuck fmtnthis ft^'rlct, Mi»joi L rwardMta,* ei*h-r iK«;i dilfcll bnusi lo| a Mid stai<*ntpfit*. and proof, vi :i In forte r*i lit-in :m of (heir bring sn long bet.- •■ »h public «ithntlt r"pU . or be mil* Ink* a month to called p*ldi*w*»AiuI $ath • Strength for ht* desperate mrtWta kill.j Whtchpv-rcourse hi* sixersL shall I I- l«o.v him, foshovi ! off !ii* fi'thi j < the bwhji fime 1 assure the public that it v ;.M afford m<> the gr^ate^t satisfaction tvh u i «»u able fcn r •rvb'Uh, in |:fa.H conutry 1 a p.f.rics of pamphlets and t>e» fasinnal newN*pft]VW ftomtnuntratidttS w itt.?u at home, nil bearing mv nwnr^ and dated regularly throneh « period often years. If! hav*any preaH for tax writittgsin this country, bv which »ion«* jtfdsmwHlMjve can b« rnrmod, $ re { am that I shall gain ten timrs os much when nil is exhibited ; oof that any uponority of talent will thereby b • manifested ; bur that rptjstoenoy of Conduct that constancy to principle. and thai purify of motive will be de- fl»ons(ratedj which ouqj.t^not *'irely to Wm the confidence of mankind. ROBRRT GOURLAY. From the Canadian Courant. Mr Moweri A Suhfcriber in ynurlaft number has tentured upon a bold taik» for, now tb t ft nth ir difpellingr by degrte* the mils j that rancour and envy have railed to cover the difgiactful machinations fo pcrf«-vering:y pnrfued to procure the downfall of the Ninth West Company. it wiM not be fo cafy as heretofore lo delude the public. In another place, ('he Montreal Gazette.) and in anfwer to feme remarks emanating apparently from the feme p*n* in which a perianal and nominal attack is made upon one of the judges©flbt Court of King's Bench, ^•i:1 he detailed the fub*tance of what was fttated from the Bench on the oc- cafrn wlw>h prod need that attack ; but, if tin. circtimMance of the judges decli¬ ning to fit in lat September term, Itd^asyour fubfcribei a flu men, t<> th^ ■ potntment of a commiflion of Oyer and Terminer for the trial of offtncei com- Ibitteri in the Indian Territories, how c me it. that commiflion was alfo one <»f g • eial gaol deliveryi as has already be* ft f»* liccd m vMir Conrant ? The DJifrerfd »vd natural belief fo confidently sffcrted to have been held in Montreal the* no v :> ■ ! bnf'p. f- re'?1 Ill ve to offence* commitcd the Indian Tetritorjfcs would hive come pn in the Court of King'* Rt'-cn, and fhe attOWnWcnt of the whole city fo pompnufly deferfbed, evicted no where bnt ir the brasns of'hofe who, it i* to be |»'t fumed, relied upon the Court ' f Oyer ur A TtT"»inei ae theii GhevaJJc Batailh. Thev ^id not think proper t0 put thr partiality which is fo liberally lai<l t" tht rbarge of tbeGrand Juiy ©f theCnun of King'* Bench* to any trial, having r»*t ^rtfr'red one fin«Tle bill before them. Thi' not to be afcrtbed to tbeir budget «f hiRg beine rx^ban'ted, fc:r th--y have HO donbt, still a fnfTiciency in pti to to latfe the price of parchment and by that j xrt ins help to provide a ve»t for the tinmen n> (beep (kins which the wolves ibsiv leave node* .nred out of Lord J> »llcfrk*« flork' in the delightful plabw of Ofliniboia* but it must be attributed to »he just fear they entertained of tht enlightened ability of th«* Jury which they attempt to vilify, by af- ffttingj with fhr effrontery and an rqnivocationv fo fn'epararjle from the foobisttcal tnpport a bad canfe require f that the North West Company finding frveral of their partners and othr-r peifons connected with thrm '"n pecu¬ niary interest on the list, took the op- poitnnity of preferring a number t>f bilN rf indtfjjment a^ain^t ferva'tv of the HiHsfbn*« Bay Company. In another column of yur paoer will appear an rxpofe in anfwer to that whVrtfon, tot which it may not be irreievanr to add, | j that there were twenty three jurors 11 Fworft int and a-, twelve wee fuSkiei t to find a billt it fnH< ws thst rtedir&ing the formidable two North Weft partners, there would remain ten who, it mJ?H be proved are conncfted in pecuniary intenft with the Notrh Wrft Company the miction alluded to was decided j?o" by bring refufed. In the next parannph your fubferiber rcjudges a quell ion of liie and dc?.th : In the lame fptrit which brcai!>e^ in ail 'lit publications of the |arry, he etiileav- pn to uoifon the public mind, and not Content ■vith 'he word murder, talks of n party b-'iiij* butchered It i*1 now well , known and irrefragably evident that Robert Semple and thole who feil with bin en that lamentable occafion fell facrificea to their owu wanton and ■ wirked aggrefli:>H-« We next o»me to a ciicumflance regarding which we ate inclined to ex claim with Oltick, n A hit, a palpable hit, my Lord.'* It is true th.it, unjtidici.ttilly and I haf*ily, the quefti»n of the cri.-nihality of j Miles iVIacdonell and John Spencer, for j the ach commuted by them undercover ofrhn'r ufnrped authority, was cor.lider- cd in England as not tenable ; and that, both in the narrative pubblhed in London on thepait of the North Well Company, and in the c< mn.unication made to the ^ecreta1 y of State on the occ -non, it wan dated that by the legal opinions taken on the fnbjcrft, "there was not fuffhicnt proof of a felonious intention " and that the ciimtit -I p:* fecution wa« intended to be dropped ; yi t a clearer and better view of the fub- jec\ wa*. taken in this country, arifing from a more intimate knowledge of the tranfacllons in qucdion ; and were it only on the ground that whatever defence may be fet up of a miltaken as- fump'iono* authority, even that mis taken authority was grofsly and violently exceeded. Whatever right Miles Mac- IdoneU as pretended Governor of 0>- jfiniSoia might fuppofe he had to iffue a proc-amati Ml pr* hib'tin^ the exportaticin of provifiofl*i he could haVC none to order hi> fervantR to break o* en houfes and doors, and leize proviti^nh ftored undei 1'ck and key. becauie he fufp»ctid they might be exported ; which i- very near akin to the French rcvoluti onnry praftice of impriloning thofe foUp^CntldS d'etre J/•'/petit Having gone to f. me length in thu communication, the remaining material topic in that to which this is intended as j in anfwer in part namely the holding of the Fatl of Sdki'k, and certain of his follower*, to bail for their outrage's at Fort William and the i>tciun, mull wait another week's ieafuie. lite '"ch eourfe a* events'I The fotloVTlrtg gehtlem-n were ap f j on, and Finneis Vandebogert were an- im lot Bhtrihg1! Strait^,'pointed a Committee to receive fubferip- pointed as a Committee. will allow h which is alio the objr^ C)f Capt. Rofs.' I tions, and further the vkws of the meet- Rome experienced RavigatOra of -he ing : viz. John G Wlfon. Henry Lajh- Greenland feas are on board^to ad U I tn CoUin M&enxk9 Wm dough, jdn pilots in the ice ; as a f0 ,nr:,nomir. and •'/:^. jttW. John Fralkky fen. Jehiet other fcrcotific g*"»tii tnfn, to affitt the. naval officers. In tfie fVtnt of lhe rhipsieiuriunp,th<yoic,0 brfcg home each a cargo o! Blubfetr for the owners, in iron tanks, by w|,jcj government on the hifc ,.f ti,e vefly8 to nearly .i'lucco will be efFt-aed Sir Hawley fen, Jofeph Smith and Edward Howard. In confcquenCr of an'incorreft idea [j being entertained by many, as to the facing to \ appropriation of the money of the fub- Icri! ers, the following Kefolutions were adopted : Jofeph Bank* has daijy communications! i Refolded* that the obove Committee with the Minilterson the lubird cf the,! receive all monies lubferibed, pay them expedition. On Friday he was Admiralty nearly two hours. at th c J^ascAn, %t(twh iy. Arctic E&pe lition. Ycflerd. y, about two o'clock, Viv count M-Ivilie, accompanied by Sir George Warrender ami Adnu'rala Mr G Moore, and Sir J. Yorke, Baits, ?rriwed at Dep'fnd dock yard, where th^y were received by Commiifionci Cunningham the Officersx& the cjoe.k yard, and Captains Ki.fs and Bucha.i, and immediately went on boa,d the Court of King';* Bench. /IJhfortiv. Thornton, at, appeal of Murder OnThurfday, Apr/J ,6, the Judges gave iheir opinion thai the ufual mode of proceeding in the cafe of appeal, was by battle. Mr, Gurney requeued time for hi? client, the appellor, to ronfider whether he /hould pray for futvher judgment of the court The matter was, coufequent- ly pollpoued until Alo day. On Monday lait th* c-ic was finally decided. boon after io o'dVick, the Judges having taken their feau on the bench, the Lord Chief Jnflioj (EHenbofough) Called upon Mr. Gunvy. as counfel for the appellant, t.* Hate whatever motion lie might wilh to makers the court. Air. Gurney—tA Your Lordfhipj having appointed this day fur the parties f in thi- p e | to COnfidcr whether judg¬ ment (h old be pfayed. or that defend¬ ant be fuffcred to yo at large, without a day. I have now td ihte to the court, thai I have no prayer U make* Mr Reader—*• On the part of the appellee, 1 have to rrove your Lord- flripfl, that he be difclarjrcd from this plea without a day. I will not trouble the Court with detailing ail the circum- I (lance< attendant upon nhr original trial [and acqnitta' of the appellee for the murder of Mary Aihfa*d His acquit¬ tal I believe, is already known to the court " Mr Jnflice Bayley—*' The eourfe, I believe M| that the appellee cannot be difcharg *d Until he bctiilt arraigned by the crown.'* The Attorney-General having ap-j peared, ht'wa> aflced bx the court if he was aware of the trwl, «ufd if he ad¬ mitted the acquittal "f Abraham ,*, of M ai Thornton-foi ihc inuiocr < (Moid. Tin Attorney Grnc^a|_u My Lotj9t 1 admit the acquital." Lord Elknboroi,gt,_M j^ jud„ merit of the court then is, that ihej defendant be difeharg^ from this plea. and ihat he be fuffcu-d lo g0 at iar^c without a day." Upmi the judgment being pronounced theicwa* a c-nfider,ble feiifation ex¬ cited ; and upon TWntotl's removal into the hands of the Clerk, take his re cerpts that fuch monies fhall be paid over to the Diftrirll Treafurer when appoint¬ ed, and hi< receipt taken that they be by him difpofed of, agreeable to the re- commendations contained in the above1 noticed add^efs of Mr. Gout lay. Refolded, That the Committc do now open the iubfenption. Refolved) That the proceedings of| this meeting be published in the Kings | ton Gazette, with the names of lublcri- bers, as they may be added weeekly. The thanks of the Meeting were then voted to the Chairman for coming forward and fulfilling the duties of the Chair. DANIEL PERRY, Chairman. A True Copv, GEO. BAKER, Clerk. Midland 1 Fredericksburg June 6th, Dijiria. J i b i 8. This day a Meeting of a number of the Inhabitants of tin's Townfhip, was held at the houfe of Daniel Bowen, for Petitioning the Pri.ice Regent, with re¬ gard to the State or the Province. The Meeting was regularly conhStut- 1 ed by calling Caot. Alexander Clark to the Chair, a>>d the Meeting proceeded, according to the iec<immendation« of Mr. Gourlayi in hi» Addrefs to the Re- fidc'nt Laud Owners of Upper Canada. Mr. Paul Peterfon, was cholen Rep- refentative to meet with ocher& and con¬ cert m'aiuies,foi carrying the lame into execution* Cyrcoiua Foifhee wa« cholen Clerk ; Mao a Commute to forward the bufi- nefi or the Townfhip, confiHinff of Mr. John Clapp, and Mr. Samuel Drtlor. The thanks of the Meeting were then j unanimously voted to Capt. Akx. Chirk, 'for bia public fpirit in coming forward on thi« oceiifion, and liberally fulfilir.g the duties of the I hair. ALLX. f:L\RKv ! Chairman A true Copy. CYREN1U8 FORSHEE ClL . HENRY SPENCER, Chairman. A true Cooy. LEWIS KETCHUM, CUrL At a numerous meeting of the inhab¬ itants of th** township of Hallow.til, in the Midland DistrjcjN on tlie 6th dny of June, 1818, at the house of Thomas Eyre, for the purpose of taking into consideration the expediency of pre- 'Cntiflg to ilis Royal ilighne** the Prince llegciit a petition praying for the redress of certain grievances, and that Bis R^yal Highuess would adopt suitable measures tor ascertaining the true state of this Province ;—Mr. ER„ job Car ley being called to the chair, an Address by Mr,-Robert Gouilay to the resident land owners of Upper Ca¬ nada, dited ^d Aprila 1818, wa> read. An address to (he Public by the lion. TftOTMlSClark, dated April lbth, i*>]8, WdM likewis<: read, and extracts from an answer thereto by Mr. Gourlay, da¬ ted April 2lst, 1818. The sentiments and principles contained in Mr. Gour- lay's Address of April 2d, 18 '8, were uiianinious!)' ajiproved of by vote, and were made tin: basis of the proceediugs of this meeting1. The meetingiheri proceeded to elect :i Representative and Clerk, and Mr. Benjamin Uubbs wa$ chosen to filrthe former and E. W. Annstrong tlte lat¬ ter station. The thaiika of the meeting: were then unanimously voted to .Mr. Gourlay for Uis spirited and persevering efforts in favc r of this Province. (Signed) ELIJAH CAftliBlf, Chairman. A true, ropv^ (Signed) E. W. Armstrong,€fork* vefTeU bound to the Ardic ttfaoitt. Krom the courts an in^cnre crovV(j j,a(| 'hey were received with the ufual honors and proceeded to infptd the equipment of the vcffels in eve y part. The Efquimaux went through bis va¬ rious exen ifes with bia canoe* and dis- played hi? dexterity in throwing hi* dart«| 5cc—Viicourt Milville and the other gent leu>cn retoraed to town in the evening. The veifels aie expected to drop down the liver to-morrtiw. .\t the Nore. double w gee to the officers I and men will be paid ; after which they proceed to Scotland. Iu the equipment of fh'te fhi'.?'* no expence ha^ been I fpared in providing for the comfort and ADOT. PHUSTOWN Uh June, 1818. I'his day a numerous meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town (hip of A- do:phuilown9 was held at the Comt Houfe. "Vvillet Casfy, Esq. M. P. being:called to tire Chair, the Addrefs of .Mr. Robert Gourlay, to the Refidcnt land Owners of Upper Canada, dated 2d April, 1S18, and a draft of an Ad- drels to the Prince Regent, being read, ^ ^'^V^^fcj KINGS PON, TUESDAY.JC'\E 16,1818. convenience of all on board. The! interior and exteri r £ each veflei have been rendered as ftvong »<the union (jf iron and W<>od cafr efFccl 'lie win- dow* in the cabins have been doubled i and at the bottom of each hatchway (Tiding doors arc placed. Fr-wn the ! | collected, evidently fo* the pu-pofc of exprcifin^ their difpletfure towards l;inl. The fetation, in faft, became a ferment.| and it was found neefffary to conceal j j" was unanimouily agreed, that they him in a private room, Ul(til the adunbly N,ta,c R'ievances, which aff.d us, and had difpeif^d. * this Province in general, and that we have fuiucient caufe, for forwarding an Add-efn to the Prince Regent, in coil- j junctio i with the Inhabitants of the Dis- j l»icV of Niagara. This Meeting do difapprove of the withdrawing the Report of this Town- Ihip, dated the 5th January, 1818, in anfwer to Mr. Gourby'. firft Addrefn to the Refidcnt Land Owners of Upper Canada. The meeting oroceedtd to cleft a Rep. rrfentafive and Clerk, when Wiltet Cafcy, Efq m. r. was appointed to fill the foi- mer frtuaiion, and George H. Detlor, the j latter. Moles Carnahan, Archibald ( ampbell, Thomas Cook and Samuel before there could be a biafled majority. jr^'owing even that fuch a circumllance iriirht produce a bias It i> n.o'l un lucky for thi. pa'tof the argumem chat the ground on which ir is rtafed that a tntfoo was mad,- to q*ur.fh the firft bill ■>f inc'ftment, being one againrt P. C. P-.irb'^r. and oTheifl f>r rohberyj isai f...r:orU a- a quick fand ; fr, putting thr c>.fe. 'hat it had been a valid objec¬ tion, r: r fuch a bill had been f mid by a Grand hiry enmpofed in pan ofpart- n-r./,f :h North Wefl Company, yet it U> r>- Trned that the North Weft Corn- par :- w re nor at all inte'ctlcd in rhe q l '■• . 'he property pillaged bt ing laid u ' ' i 'rft^emas that of perfon? un* I O'T, srndin hft being American pro perry, which It h n.-i unlik-ly f ord Se' iui k will be foiccd lo p^y for tUc utter 1 between decks fu: diffufi'.g warmth through every part, by means of th< fleam arifing from .culinary operation. rhe ufiu.l practice of flee; ing in ham- mock« h dVpaited from, and, in lieu, rack uerton has fitted up a fnall place With firming doors, containing a bed, fo that it maybe faid each individual has a feparate cabin ; thefe places *re lo contrived, that they can be taken otitj entire, f .r <emov-j| ..n ttwue, (hon!d unf-rfeen ca-if. . rend'r ii necdlary. The ballaft co-.ifrft<» entirely of coaln, and the Ifah Ma ind Dorothea have nearly 100 chaldron-on board | and, the oth- ers as n'tich as they can How away Meat** of every difcripthn, that can be prMcrvedore on boa'd, a, alio large fopplies of portable fo-rp- ; together with extrnfivc affottmrnt of W0vden,% kerfeys. and all fort* of warm t'ohin;;. Thc vvffi Is are pruvided wirh ice bo its dnd fifhtng geer fo^ etching whales C apt. Kr=f« t'0?*« up l>avi\'s Straits a^ high a- 72 ; when he wflj endeavour to prnrced U tbi wrlw-ru. y whichever (Jiretti' n cin.iin.il 1« . * u< \ point t a( m >t* . .;,eu ab • 1 nptain B« • ■« ffoea ui.cct U) the i'oic ;aud, if he. teacbaa TOWNSHIP MEETINGS. • Pit/as? of Waterloo, Totunfh'p of K'mgstHm, June 6, 1 o 18, Which day j numerous Meeting of the InhabvanUof the Tnwn and Townfhip rf King ft $11 having been held at the hotlfe of Samuel Pn-tly. Anthony Mc- Gttini Ksq. being called •••> the Chair. thea.drel- of Mr Gourlay, of April 2d r818, to the Rtfident Land Holders i'f lT"per Canada Was read jflv approv' d of According fo the foggeftiona the n com ancd, the perform m 1 he thank* t.f the Meeting were then voted Co the Chairman f ,r his impartial 4 *. • Ametiashttr<r%f>th Jmic. \ 818. This day the fnhabitants of tli'-toun- hip of AmeHa^btirg, having mat at the house of Henry Butter, to take meas¬ ures for Petitioning the Prince ii^enf, according to the principles approved of by the inhabitants of the Niagara District, Mr. John McGrath was cal¬ led to theChair. Neal M'Arthur muf unaulmously elected Representative, and David Walt Clerk. A Committee for aiding the business within (lie s;iicf township «as also formed, consisting of Mr. John Belvou, Samuel \Y\ Par¬ sons, lhaac Iluycke, aud Wm. BiikS* inaa. JOHN McCRATfi, Chair man\ \trne copy, David Walt, Clerk. At a numerous meeting of the Town, (hip of Thnrlow, convened at the houfe of Mrs. Margaret Simphm in Bdhifli on Saturday the r»th in(l. Robert Smith Efqu.re, being called to the chaii, the Addreft of Mr. Robert Gourlay to the Refidcnt Land Owners of Upper Cana¬ da, dated April 2, I S 1 8 wa* read over, and its whole tenor and fentimentsunan' imonfly approved of In conformity w the recommendations therein contained, 83 lery, c,pper pipe, can be cx-ended . whoTeWtma*! unamWflv a-- - ' •- -7' ^ *fPaml?A* Comm.ttce, to prelent unam- 10. fly e'eded Daniel Wujhburn, Blq. Re trcfctit; tive, and John VktmU C'tik to con fuci in the chair, and | ike Wife Robert Gourlay, Efq. for his dtfmter- ellcd exertion on the behalf of tbe pco-| pie of thi Pitvince. The meeting wj* then dlnVved, lNTUONY McCUIN.J.P. A true copy John Vincent. I Ernefl Town, June 6, I 8 18. This day at a ireir of the inhabit. 3ntS of the Townfhip of Ernelf lWn, heir) at n. P. Porwaici a Hotel, Mr Da- nik Perry being called to the Chair, the Add re Is of Ml G Utfoy to the Res¬ ident '.and Owner* cf Upper Canada. dated Ni »ga»a \pril 2 1818, was read, and it*- fciitiu ents apprt«veii of In c* n*oimity 10 Hue recommendation* (hereincontain -I. jha Meeting elected Davi% Haw lev, E quire, a Keuei-n- lative, an * ObO, Bakl^, u Cicrk ior tllC i w'.Mii'iii-. 1 . further the views of the Meeting. The thanks of the meei ing were "n- |animou0y Viitcd to the Inhabitants of the Diltrid of Niagara, for their fpirit- ed conduct and axample manifeQt'd at their Townfhip Meting*. The thanks of t!;.- Meeting werealfo VOted to Willet Cafc-y, E?q. for his im¬ part al condud m the Chair. (Signed) WILLET CASEY, Chairman* A true Copy. G. H. DETLOR, Clerk. Richmond- 6th June% 18 18. This day a Meeting of the Inhabit¬ ants of the Townfhip of Richmond, was held at the houic of Jofeph Prinze, fen. when the addreft of Robert Gourlay, to rhe Refidcnt Land Owners of L-pper Canada, dated April 2d 1818, was* read over, when the whole tenor and feuii- ments of Mr. Gotnlay'a addrei* was u- na'ifiT. 1.fly approved of in conformity to the ree 1 renditions therein coitamed. The *;<etinj,r proceeded to eleA a R [)■* fc'tarive and Clerk when William 1 P»ir#g'e of RichmmJ was appointed to . t■ 1 '• fjiutcr GtuatiOn, and I win j 1 ivochum, the latter; Wiilum L. Jjow the meeting proceeded to eleft a rCf»re. fcntative and clerk, when Captain Th0. mas Coleman of Pellville, was appointed to fill the former fnuation, and John Reynolds the latter. A Committee was alfo appointed r0 forward the views of the meeting, en<fe poled of John Frederick, Mar bias Rofcj and rhomai Clapp. The thinks of the meeting were thea unanimoufly voted to Rubert vSmith, Ef- qnire, for his public fpirit in fulfilling thf duties of the Chair. ROBERT SMITH, Chairman. John Reynolds, Clerk. Sidney, June 6, I ? 18. Which day a .numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the townfhip of Sid¬ ney having been held at the houfe of Mr. John Ketcherfou, J.>hn Row, E'q. be* ing called to the Chair, the addrefs of Mr. Gourlay to the refidcnt landowners of Upper Canada, dated April 2d, l*i8, was read over, and its wh<-.|c tenor and fentiment* approved of- In conformity to the recommendations therein contain* od, the meeting pr »eecdcd to e eft s l?e* preventative and Clerk, when Ca-t-Ja-' cob W. .Meyers, of Sidney, was .p^-uni- ted to fill the former fituatio . a.d EU kauah B. Fai-field, of Sidney, iIk Utft ter. A Committee alfo was appointed to forward the views of the meeting, viz. Ezekicl Lawience, Thomas Jo'.cs, Mofcg Mufsand Alexander Chifom, Ef- quirci. The thanks of the meeting were then unanimoufly voted tn Jchn Row, Efq. for his public fpii it on this occafion. and iberally fulfilling thedutiesofthe Chair. JOHN ROW, Chairman* \ true copy Elkanah B Fairfield, Clerk, 11 LonghporOUgh, June (uh l8(3. Which Jay .1 m ili^ of rhe Inhabt* taut* of the Towufhip* of Lou^bbo-