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' ■ KINGSTON # ft CHRONICLE. VOL. 11.1 FRIDAY, (jFTEnxooy) MARCH 10, 1820. [No. 10. NEfV GOODS. THE fubferiber refpeflfully informs the public that be has received a well fele&ed aflbrtment of Dry Goods, adapted to the feafon—Likewifea quanti- GROCERIES, which he will fell cheap for Cafh. WALTER McCUNlFFE. Kingfton, id December, 1819. 49 W'O TICE~ THE fubferiber has now, and will con¬ tinue to have, at his Brewery, a fup- ply of Rich flavored Ale. The prefent price is one /billing per gal¬ lon, for immediate payment. The admi- .rers of extra flrong bodied Ale are refpeft- fully informed that as fuon as poflible he will provide a ftock that will satisfy the xnoft faftidious critic. He thinks it will not be amifs to remind the Farmers (who are the mafa of the peo¬ ple) that if they wifh their grain to com¬ mand Cafh, they mult abfolutelymake malt Liquor their common beverage, and thus fupport the Canadian Brewers inftead of the Weft Indian Diilillers- It is of feri- OU8 confequence, both to themfelves" and to the whole country, that they fhould im¬ mediately adopt fo, praifewonhy a refolu- tion. Orders fent to the Brewery, or left with Mr. John Russell, at Smith Bartlet, Efq's will meet with due attention. THOMAS DALTON. Kingston Brewery* Oct. 26, 18 19. N. B. Grains at all times for iale, 7-Id per bufhcl. 44 ALEXANDER ASHER7 Merchant Taylor* HAS received from Montreal a moft choice and excellent aflbrtment of the bed Well of England fuoerfine Cloths and Cassimeres, with Trimmings, and every thing com¬ plete. A# As her informs his friends and the public that he is now working up thefe Cloths, &c. at his old (land, where orders will be thankfully received, and executed •n the fhorteft notice, and on the loweft terms for Cafh* or fhort approved credit. Kingfton, Sept. 10, 1819._______37tf THREE FARMS FOR SALE ; or if not fold to be rented for tht en filing year, viz. one at the Prefque Isle Harbor, one at Waterloo, and the Picket Farm, (fo called.)—A contract alfo will be given for cutting 1000 Cords of Wood. B. WHITNEY. Kingston, \6th jlvc, 1H19. 2$t£ F. B. SPILSBURY, | Late Surgeon oj ILM.S. Prince Rc-$ gp.nl) o?i Lake Ontario, $ ? Intends practicing in (he various*} \branches of his Profession, at his res-J ^idence, next door to John McLean5$ BOARD AND EDUCATION. MRS. NEWALt embraces this op¬ portunity of acquainting her friends and the public, that (he has removed her School from Cornwall to Brockville, and (he allures her friend?, that (he (hall con- ftantly endeavor to merit the patronage of the public by an afliduous attention to the literary improvements of the young Ladies committed to her care, and by a fcrupnlous regard to their moral principles and health. The fit nation in Brockville in refptdl to health, pofiVfTee fuperior advantages ; it has'the benefit of a pure and unconfined air, which gives to the neceffary cxercife an innocent recreation of the pupils during the intervals of ttudy. Cards may be had of the terms by ma¬ king enquiry at Mrs Newall's. BrockvilUy Feb. lQt&$ 1820. 8w6 Notice. ■ T for lor the the For the Kingston Chronicle. — * Wm 11 Town .Esq. Sheriff. 1 * Kingston:, Oct. Gth, 1819. 41 .• ^Ot *>.- JC»- >0* -<*-30*->C*-»>. *-<►<*•« *Q6*&~<H *5* NOTICE. 4 LL pcrfons indebted to the late Co- _jl\_ partnership ot Richard Rob:son and David Secord9 aie requeued to make im¬ mediate payment to the furviving partner, David Secord, and thofe to whom thefaid Copartnerlhip may be indebted, ate ie* quefted to fend in their accounts for ad- juftment and payment. Kingfton, 27th May, 1819. 26tf PERSONS having Books belonging to the Kingston Library are requeu¬ ed to fend them to the fubferiber, at his houfc, adjoining the Town of Kingfton, and with as little delav 36 pofiible" JOHN FERGUSON. I2th April, l8t9- 16 fTTjHE fubferibers being duly nomina- JL ted Executors to the laft Will and Teftament of the late Laiorence Herchmer* Efquire, Merchant, tequeft all perfons in¬ debted to his cft.ite to make immediate payment, and thofe having demands againft the faid eftate to bring them forward with¬ out delay. JOHN KIRBY, GEO. H. MARKLAND. Kingfton, 9th Nov. 1819. 46 A good Bargain ! FOR Sale, the Houfe and Premifes, in the Town of Kingfton, at prefent oc¬ cupied by the fubferiber. For particulars apply to SAMUEL ANSLEY, Jun. Kingston, May 5th 1819. 19 For Sale or to Let, At TWO ftory framed Houfe, and a Q/jL large and commodious (lone Store, fituate on the water's edge in the centre of the Village of Prefect, on exceedingly ad¬ vantageous terms to the purehaftror leasee. Enquire at the Office of CHr. A. HAGERMAN. Kingfton, *6:h February, i8iq. 9 Lands for baie. ACRES of excellent and well timbered land on the Ot- towas River, beinn- Lots No. I and 6 in the fiont Con- ceffion of Gloucefter, on the Eaft fide of the entrance of the River Rideau. Apply to MeflVs. BLACKWOOD & LARO( QUE, Montreal. Montreal, Feb. i6;h, 1820. 8w6 FOUND. a fmali leather purfe on the new sad between Abbot's Houieand this two Notes of Hand given by Henrv D Harttrt in favour of Nathaniel W. Dopkins or bearer, and dated at Weftern on the 14th inft. one Note fa for 55 dollars payable on the firft of May next—the other for 27 dollars payable one year from the date—Thefe Notes are left at the Chronicle Office, where the owner may get them, on proving property, pay¬ ing the expenfe of this Advertifemer.t, and allowing the fubferiber a teafonable comwenfation for his trouble. SAMUEL CARTER. TO HE tiOLD% and immediate pos- seflion given, the following Lots of Land, in the 6th Conceflion of the Town- (hip of Elmalcy, viz. 19, 20, 22. 24, 29, 30, moft eligibly situated on the North Side of the Rideau Lake, which forms their southern boundary ; the great road to the Perth Settlement, leading through one of the Lots. Thev abound in excellent Timber, which from its being contiguous to water communication may be rafted to Montreal at a trifling exptnee. The qua¬ lity of the foil and other advantages are fuch as to render this a desirable purchafe to Farmers or perfonn engaged in the Lum¬ ber Trade. For terms of payment and other particulars apply to William Mar¬ shall, Esq. Perth Settlement, John Kirby. Efq Kington, or the fubferiber, inWood- houfe, London Diflrirt ROBERT N1CHOL. November 18, 1819. 4/tf NOTICE If* hereby given, that William Taylor, heir at law and administrator of the late Allan Taylor, hath affigned all the real and peifonal estate of the late Allan Taylor deceafed, unto John Kirby, Alex¬ ander O. J'etrie and Thoma* Parker, in trust for the benefit of creditors. All perfonB having any claims against the late v 'LuiiTvjW; /B ve\ ax h. 7"ui kci , or Tnom¬ as Parker, are requested to prefent the fumefor adjustment and payment, and thofe perfons indebted to either the late Allan Taylor, Taylor and Parker, or Thomas Parker, are requested to make immediate payment to the above trustees ; who aie fully authotiRd to give difchargea fesr the fame. John Kirby, A- O. Perric, Thomas Parker. Kingston* August 28, 1819. j<5ff ,HE Land Board, ___ Midland District enfuing fix months, will meet on Wednes¬ day in each week, at the Court Houfe in the Town of Kingston, at the hour of 1 2 o'clock at noon, for the purpofe of receiv¬ ing applications for lauds, from the under¬ mentioned defcription of perfons, vis. Emigrants, and others coming to the Province and bringing due Certificates of being Briti(h born uibjedls. All able fcttlers that have refided in the Di(lri& previous to the late war, and pro¬ duce Certificates of having done their duty ic its defence. The terms of thtgrants are the perform¬ ance of lite fettling duties within Eighteen Months from the (fate of the location, and the payment of the following fees ; eftab!:(hcd by an o*derin Council of 14th December, 1819. On Grants of 5c acres to Indigent Emi¬ grants no fee3. On Grant3 of ceo acres, £\z Sterling. On Grants of 2c© do. 30 Payable in three ecual inftalmtntsfi, viz. The firft on the receipt of the Location ticket ; the fecond -)n Certificate filled of fettlement ; the thi-d on the receipt of the Fiat for the patent. No petition can be entertained unlcfs accompanied by a v/ritten chara&er, or a fau'sfaftory reafon (hewn for fuch not being produced. By order of the Board. JAMES NICKALLS, Junr. Clerk. Kingfton, Feb. 14th, 1820. 8 A VER JTsL n^ar N. B. T« prevent difappointment* to perfons applying fc,r lands s it is necefTary to Hate that the Board has no power to grant Lands to the Children of U. E. Loyalists ; Militia inen who ferved in the Flank companies during the war ; Naval or Military claiman»Sj aU fucb muft make application to Yort# FOR SALiC, VERY valuable FA<M, situated the Village of froekville, be¬ ing the rear half of Lot No °»e, and the rear half of Lot number tv.o, ill the se¬ cond concession #>f Eli^aK'thtowtij U. C. containing two hundred ^cres, former¬ ly the property of Reulvii Sherwood, Esquire, but now belonging to JoImShu- tcr, Esquire, of London. There is a ve¬ ry good dwelling house, with a barn and other out houses on the premises. Also, Lot number nineteen, in the ninth con¬ cession, and the west half of Lot number one. in the eighth concession of the same Township. Also. Lot number fifteen, in the first concession, and number fifteen in the second concession, ol the Town¬ ship of Yonge, in the District of Johns¬ town. These Farms will be disposed of on terms peculiarly easy and advantage¬ ous to purchasers.—Applv to DAXIEL JONES, Jun. Brockville 1 15th January, 1819. 4 ~ NOTICE IS hereby given, that I, William Tay¬ lor, as heir at law and administrator to the estate of the late Allan Taylor, de- ceafed, have this day affigned all the real and perfonal estate of the late Allan Tay¬ lor, and all the interest in the concern of Taylor^ Parser and Thomas Parker, I ne^n^ &uto, AU***Gd*yfltAi*uty*- 0( the diluent Colonies shews that it LETTER 6. To ROBERT fVALSFIy Esq. Sir, The^reater part of your second sec¬ tion, which treats of the general charac¬ ter and merits of the Colonists, is so in- • consistent with your object, and so com¬ plete a refutation ofall your accusations, that it deserves, on this account, ft par¬ ticular notice. You shew most clearly, by ample quotations, that many of the best British writers, instead of treating your countrymen with contempt, 5peak of them in terms of approbation and re¬ spect. If this favourable opinion has changed since the peace of 1763, we shall find the change completely justified by stern facts, and that the later writers who blame your countrymen are as great friends to truth as those whom you quote as praising them. What is not a little extraordinary, you commence your panegyric on the Colo¬ nics with a quotation from the Quarterly Review, that work which you notice, on all other occasions, with such acrimony and indignation, and which you pro¬ nounce uniformly false and slanderous in its statements and remarks concerning the United States. An adroit disputant would take advautage of your attempts to invalidate the testimony of this respec¬ table journal, by contending that it was as likely to exaggerate when it praised as when it censured. But, without pur¬ suing this advantage, I content myself with asking why you did not pause on perceiving this seeming contradiction in so celebrated a work. You would have found, Sir, that when speaking of the 0- riginal Colonists, or generally of the U- uited States, the Reviewers observe the greatest impartiality ; but when follow¬ ing a traveller in his statements and ob¬ servations, they frequently catch bismao* ner and join in his ridicule- Consequent¬ ly the remarks which you dwell upon with so great wrath are incidental seve¬ rities of expression spoiled to jpurtic-olftr examples and do not convey a deliberate opinion on the general character of your people. Your next authority in favour of your countrymen is Mr. Brougham, in his work on Colonial policy ; but as it is neither my intention to controvert his fa¬ vourable sentiments nor those which you quote from Mr. Burke, a far greater name, I pass on to the other matters in¬ troduced in this section. You notice the transportation of Con¬ victs as one of thecausesof that contempt h liich you say (contrary to your own evi¬ dence) was poured upon the Colonist? : but as this was confined chiefly to Vir¬ ginia, and the number trifling, it could h-tve no effect upou the general manners of the people. I am likewise willing to admit that it was unjust in the mother country to send those felons to a respec¬ table Colony, and illiberal to make it the theme of declamation against the Virginians of the present day. You now proceed to the qualities which made the Americans estimable ; of ambition—continual anxiety for the means of living, and dread of being at¬ tacked by the Indians, there could be little time for religious disputes. Your referrence to the codes of Europe, and to the situation of the United Provinces, and to Scotland, by way of comparison, and in order to exalt the Colonies, is ex¬ ceedingly absurd. In the Protestant countries of Europe there was a dreadful conflict between the Catholic and Re¬ formed Worship. The friends of the for¬ mer were anxious to retain their power and wealth, and those of the latter to wrest them from them. To compare the Colonists to Nations with whom they had nothing in common, is to darken and coufouud—to bury truth and support error. The judicious remarks made by Mr. Holmes on the excesses of bigotry torn- mitted by the Puritans in New England during the seventeenth Century are ap¬ plicable to all the Nations of that period, but I was at some loss to perceive how the religious fury of the people of the Eastern States could become a subject of panegyric. On reading a little further I discovered your object. " The Colo¬ nists were bad, but the English and Scotch were worse." Now the same fal¬ lacy enters into this contrast as we have already noticed ; all the passions of the human mind were roused in Great Bri¬ tain during the reigns of the three last Stuarts. The different parties were in¬ flamed against each other even to mad¬ ness, but the causes had nothing in com¬ mon with those which produced the reli¬ gious persecutions in New England, and upon a proper statement it would be fouud that the Colonists were more cru-. el without having the same excite¬ ments. Your next subject of praise, political intrepidity, I am- willing to concede, be¬ cause it consisted, according to your owa shewing, of acts of rebellion which the distracted state of the Mother Country prevented her fro» punishing. This ex¬ cellence, as you are pleased to consider it^'is wol! il.'ilinnoirtdiin ithpaihatxur&r ol* your countrymen given by Earl Talbot in the House of Lords in 1776. c- The Americans have had all along a reluc¬ tance to order and good government since their first establishment in their country. They have beeo obstinate, un- dutiful and ungovernable from the very beginning—from their first infant settle¬ ments in that country. They began as- early as the reign of Charles 1st. They disputed our right of fishing on their coasts in the times of the Commonwealth and protectorate." The praise of temperance and cecono- my which you bestow upon the first Co¬ lonists, aud likewise of industry, and of attention to those religious opiuions which they brought from England, can¬ not be denied to the original settlers in the Eastern States ; nor is it necessary to controvert the panegyric which yoa pass upoo Virginia, Pensylvania, Mary¬ land and New Jersey in this early peri¬ od of their history fqr their regard to Christianity, but when you proceed to contrast them in these particulars with their fellow subjects in Great Britain and the first is a love of liberty and In¬ dependence, which Mr. Burke calls a I you fall into the same absurditieSas have tierce Spirit of liberty, which is stronger been already exposed in this letter. in the American Colonists than in any other people of the Earth. The possession of this quality so deft* NOTICE. AN assignment having been mr.de to the subscriber of all the Lands, Goods, and debts, belonging to the late firm of James Ranken & Co. of Ernest Town, Merchants, as well as those belong¬ ing to James Ranken individually, for the benefit of creditors. Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the Raid firm, or against the said James Ranken, to present them forthwith, duty authenticated ; and such as stand indebted are desired to pay their respective accounts to Chr. A. HaGerman, Esq. of Kings¬ ton, on or before the first day of Decem¬ ber next. JOHN KIRBY. Kingston^ 1st September, 1819. 36 trie and Thomas Parker, as trustees, for the benefit of the credii°rs» Willbm Taylor, Administrator of the estate of the late Allan Taylor. Kingston, August 28,1819. 36tf Kingston Branch of the Mon¬ treal Bank. ANY fum required maybe obtained at the Office for good Bills, on Mon- treal, Q^cbtc, Bills ol Exchange on Lon¬ don, or for Specie.—Notes alio will be discounted at thirty, fixty, and ninety days. THOMAS MARKLAND, Agent. King{lon,2d Nov «8i8. 23 Notice^ THE late partnership of Robert Gra¬ ham $ Co. having dissolved itself this day by the death of Roderick Mac- kay Esq. the bussiness in future will be carried on by the Subscriber, to whom all persons, who are indebted to the above firm, will please pity theiraccounts with¬ out delay,and those who may have claims against that concern will please present fiiem for adjustment. 29 ROBERT GRAHAM. Point Frederick, 21 sr Sept. ihih. Take Notice. J' AMES C. BURD refpeflfully in- forms thofe gentlemen who are in arrears for the ufe of his Horfe, ■ Royal George/ that the tirm of payment is paft, and that he fhall be under the difagreea- ble n^ceffity of fuing for the fame if not immediately fettled. All perfons having any juft demands on James C- Burd, brewer, &C on prcfenting them, will be immediately paid ; and he hopes all perfons indebted to him will call and balance, as he is anxious to bring his bufineffl to a final clofe, being in a bad ftate of health. Kingfton, February 14, 1820. 7W4 notice" Books of Subscription for the waft of JliMsfem, will be opened at the Dire&or's Room in the Bank of Upper Canada, on the 24th Augult next, and kept open each day from the hour often till three o'clock, until further notice. KmgftoiK2*>tb Jo!v. 1810- 11 was too apt to degenerate into licentious¬ ness, and all must confess that till the commencement of the rebellion they pos¬ sessed more real freedom than they do at present. You are afraid lest some portion of praise should be thought to belong to England for the institutions framed in the Colonies and the liberal Charters which they received, and you set your¬ self to prove that she deserves none. In this you are, as usual, extremely unfor¬ tunate, as well as in your attempt to ex¬ alt the private morals and love of free¬ dom among the emigrants above those whom they left behind. Who confirmed their institutions and gsve them charters ? The King. Under whose orders were they carried into ef¬ fect ? The King's. By whom were the Governors commanded to respect them ? The King. The first emigrants were picked up as they could by great Pro¬ prietors, but generally in every Colony a few leading men of ability received grants from these proprietors, and broH with then all the knowledge of the age ; and the greater number being discon¬ tented with the Government at home," and chiefly republicans, endeavoured, as far as they were able, to give their in¬ stitutions a democratic form. But your extraordinary assertion that the first em¬ igrants would seem to have been univer¬ sally in their respective eras much in ad¬ vance of those whom they left at home as regards n*t only private morals, but the love and intelligence of freedom, carries with it ample refutation, as it is the same as asserting that a few discon¬ tented puritans engrossed all the intelli¬ gence and morality of England. Your next topic of praise is the system of religious freedom coeval with the es¬ tablishment of the Colonies. Where The great attention paid io Educatioa by the more early Colonists deserves un¬ qualified approbation, more especially in tbo c#*i„ ..f P>4jiu,<fcjtfcu4 , but litre, as in the former parts of this section, you are not satisfied with praise unless it be at the expense of some other nation : and in selecting Scotland you provoke a dis¬ cussion not very creditable to the accura¬ cy of your researches. You notice that as early as 1637 and 39 the American Colonists lent their attention to the sub¬ ject of Education^ andthatio 1642 a Col¬ lege established iu Massachusetts began to confer degrees. It were easy to shew that the enactments had very little influ¬ ence for many years, but it is not from a wish to depreciate what was actually done at this early period by the first set¬ tlers that I am iuduced to dwell upon this subject, but for the purpose of cor¬ recting the misstatement which yoa make iu saying that a regular system of edu¬ cation was established in the New Eng¬ land Colonies long before it was estab¬ lished in Scotland. You quote Mr. Brougham's speech, on the education of the poor, in the House of Commons (May 1818) iu which he states that the system of parochial schools was not rendered ef¬ fectual in Scotland till 1696, and you add, " If the merit and felicity of Scot¬ land 011 this score be so great, how is uot New England exalted and blessed ? where in the midst of dangers and la¬ bours the most arduous in which a com¬ munity of men could be involved, the sys¬ tem so justly commended by the British Orator was earlier, and has been, I can venture to assert, qiorc uniformly and completely carried into effect." A Par¬ liamentary speech is seldom the best au¬ thority for establishing matters of fact; it is sufficient for the Speaker to seize upon the roost prominent feature of his subject in order to produce a more vivid impression upon the minds of his hearers. Had you examined the annals of Scotland with as much care as you have Trum¬ bull's History of Connecticut, you would there was no p^werf#nuni?h-^no objects | have fonnd that public Schools were cc*