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:«Vlu<l. According o^e ji*<* l' %,ithe ciKhuntmen cxamiu- '•"" -l- ivlik-nl, in Scotland, tP^"c,nrc laW Unit ftlVCS him SJTta Us exevcife. By UK SclilatP, too, /*«/•»/«* »^f <- mairimwim and that of a Scow •Without the intervention Sft • it was a civil contract, and Anient v,as the very ciience of a contract, & was therefore ,-quahy io in this, to which heaven was a witneis. This too, w.u conforma¬ ble to the ancient canon law deri¬ ved from the theological principles of the religion of Europe, and ml the council of Trent the content of two parties was deemed a iuih- afterwards three forts of marriage only were allow¬ ed; regular, which were complete volunteers or militia oppofe fuch. armies r The Canadians too would rcfift an invafion of their terra lir- ma. lie had feen a ftaternent thut Canada could command 60,000 a- blcbodied and well difciplined mi¬ litia. He gave no credit to the ftaternent; but fpokc from a per- fonal knowledge of the Situation that province, when he affertcd that it would require a ftrong & numerous regular force to fubdue it.—Let gentlemen look to it, & not think of carrying on this war like children. cicnt marriage; k ■ The fpcaker afked whether vol¬ unteers or militia would anfwer to lay fiege to Quebec, or to carry the war to Halifax itfelf, or even to hold poffeffion of thefe provinces when once fubjugated ? Secrets worth knowing.—ft ap¬ pears from the report of Mr* Stan- ™\.*-r::^< W win* ford's fpeechwthe Houfe ofRepre both in civil contracts, ana warn- J Ji / J r A DOUBLE MTTRnr.R. ExtraS of a letter from an officer m the Navy, dated Norfolk, De¬ cember 26. "A moji horrid circumilmncc took plaee here lajl evening, 2W Mer¬ cer, whom you have often heard me mention, had received an hifult from the mate of fame merchantman—a challenge enfued, and lajl evening a- houtjamdown they mci within a mile of the town—their dijlancc of fighting was only fufficient for them not to touch the body with each other's pif tols—the word was given—both fir- id, and both fell DEAD /—The whole town is in an uproar on the oc- cafion. Thefeconds have taken fafe- ty by flight, leaving their dead com¬ rades without afoul near them. Their bodies were brought to town lajl eve¬ ning, and will this day be interred " KINGSTON^ Tuesday, Jawa*t 28, 1812. »• Ihould be kcu in lthl - - * ieaft. and that be (hould 1 \°:"" a "»** » poll o* honor m lavk "F°» ibis top-^thedurybvdeput3; 12 arc i] taf* them to aSLSnr l? *?"*' and ™e t ds thefe en(Js X contr,b«te my pofed—If, Mr. Editor I, tewrua)'Pr"- JUHEofj m our defeat ffate per tlic jugal rights. The ftatute or 26th of George III. however, fwcepaway ail "three doctrines in England, 'The court would itieif trace the progrefs of the Scotch hw, and coivient, therefore, was the real marriage in Scotland. He tben referred to the text authori¬ ses, and thence to the dccifions of Ae Scotch court:; confirmatory of tW cloarinc ; and, applying that to the cirairnllances of the prefent " cufe, was clearly of opinion that the marriage was a valid one, and ttat the lady had ufed no unnc- ceffary delay in chiming her rem- ^^UoiHsaiKi that Mr. Dal- jyinplcWSS bound to receive and fiat her accordingly._______ Jj^rmr: tfMiTEQ gi^Al^s. A^jf /w« 6// that floor aimojl as long as any man there. The following is a jkeich of his fpeech, as reported for the Alexandria Gazette.—Eve. Toll. v No foreign intelligence, later than we have already given to the public, has been received.-^The piece figncd A Canadian, which will be fund in the precceding columns of this day's Gazette, we recommend to the atten¬ tive per if al of every reader. Fire !• to Mr. James Robinfon, was co?ifum¬ ed by jive on Friday morning lajl ; which for a while threatened the whole Brewery with de/lrucTwn, but by the timely interference of the inhab¬ itants, we are happy to/late that thai invafion were merely vifionary, he VQhabh building fujlaincd but tri- obferved, there was good authori- jling injury. ty for believing that the Execu¬ tive Directory did meditate fuch a „...„..-, ...... project The former French dc- tbem^lmmd fmam of upwards of crces were as flagrant violations or *■ am, bir, yours^ AN EXILE* Mr. Stanford infilled that the U. States had as good if not^ better caufe of war with France in '98- 'g, than we had now with England. As to the opinion that the fears en¬ tertained at that time of a French r°R THE KINGSTON CAzrTTE. TO THE EPIGRAMATIST. _______. Hnes that Sanely wrote, review, *r>i ** i in i • Situ! know pzueet Iafs .'twas /T****'., -r The Mdlt-kdn bclonghg ^W^y^ii^L, /"#/ lbs IVtrefuljcds of his artlefs byu When fuchperfeBmh wai his them:, hUflmnge he heard not wifdom's -voice / Not -vain might you his -verfes (teem Had thy $awgric been his choice. A Richmond paper fates, " that But Lanjfb fpleen, my witty fair, Nor let envy fur thy mind ; Thy charms may prove fome Damon*j care. In whom more IntelleQ yoifttfnd. ' SANDY. neutral rig hts Mi; ' I l8lJ. At the prefent liri|[» ifli orders in council ; and tlie dil"" predations under thofc decrees c* ven exceeded the captures und<or tlic latter. Mr. Blacktcdgc inade fome re¬ marks relative 10 what had faile n from Mr. Stanford on the fubje^ of the projected invafion of th;^ country by the French Director^'. Mr. StanfordTaid he had nothin'J to retract. He could prove tli&t fucli a projeft was in contempha* tion, and that a perfon had been afked by a member of the French Directory, IVhcther the Democrats in this country would join them, who, liny ST the U/fortunate prfons who * ■ Montreal, after a long and very iflfe. Jii:y!ll<f<i}>1lKfyr^<;crc debited in t.ng fwudV, G,l. WiWiam Tohnfon, m h«s iJ^t.oJ<,nd buried in the Pit Y^ TVV\ \ V ^fe1.....^ • Cbariejh',7, Dec. . /, •ce o'clock yclterday nior- nini?a fevere fhock of an Earth* quake wis felt here.—The bells in the church fteeples rung by the ag¬ itation to a degree that fome fup- pofjd there was lire. The houfes ihook fenfibly ; & the clocks gen- erafly were flopped. % vThe fouth- ern papers mention, thefe {hocks having been felt in Raleigh, (N.C.) Richmond, Norfolk, Portfmouth mediately anfwered no, no, no, ?io- of the i'hearrc. u The Citizens bank purchafed th¬ iol of ground on which the Theatre flood, fur the purpofe of creeling a CHURCH in its place / and more than two thoufiUid dollars have al¬ ready been fulferibed for that pious purpofe. 'The writer adds, that a* mong the number who fo mvfully pcr- ijhed, there were not fix of the poorer clafs of people" The fefolution before Concr.refs , O veflels Johnfon, Bart. Infpe£iing Field Officer of the Militia of Lower Canada. t* T V 'ality is the life of Bufncfs." rrro(l prrffing necefiity compells __ the fubfciibers to addrefs in direct terms every perfon indtbted to them, whofe Notts or Accounts have become due. They moll earnedly requed all thofe to make im¬ mediate payment without farther notice. C. W1LL1STON 2c Ca. Kingston, 'January 28, 1812. 11 to authorifincr merchant _____ ._ arm, has palled the Houfc of Rep- lUli lUH/M/y -U/ULilU J'Jifi. tUl/f£, wilt-/) r • 1 1 • poffeffing a republican heart, im- ^fcntatives by a large majority and Alexandria, (Virg.) George¬ town, (Md.) Philadelphia, &c.—- They were more fenfibly experien¬ ced in fome places than others. body will join you. Mr. S. repeated that he could prove this fact, but he did not feel himfelf at liberty to mention his authority. It was one, however, entitled to full cre- Extrafl of a letter from a gentleman deuce. He appealed to at Mobile, dated Nov. 18. Mr. Randolph, who confirmed atiMotute, dated JSov. ib'. Mr. Kanaotptj, wno connrmea teriai8 of whfch thc bui-]d;ng8 are compofc "Thecourt of Spain has given Mr. Stanford's ftaternent; and ad- extremely 'de&ruOm, k behoves mdmdm orders to the Gov. of Penfacola, ded, if vTr. S's fpeech Ihould go to give up the Floridas as far as the Perdido? This news I receiv¬ ed to day from my correspondent «Penfacola, dated the 14th inft. ikave alfo feen feveral other let- ters mentiohin g the fame.*' E: 3° Wm from the debates in Ccngrefs, December W*?lm? (Pcnn-l candidly .onfeffed that lt was his object to rfhelioufetoadireftvoteon 0 fcnoufly mcant5 hc would dc ;;:5nt t0 *te troops of any ofGffi^<2»B«lfci«ai think before the public unmutulated, it was poffible the evidence alluded to would be produced. Mr. Blaehledge could fee no im¬ propriety in the gentleman's fiat* ing his authority for a fact fo im* portant. He had often heard it lentioned before, but never had believed it. He Hill entertained doubts, which could only be re¬ moved by the proof alluded to. Mr. Stanford faid he was deter- red alone from giving his author¬ ity, by his refpect for private con¬ fidence. cr uvadinp; •haa mS Umada with any oth- r?gukr trnnn* ? A^;„a A^* or force fhc .. .Vv in that r.rnvln,, Waftringtmii January 14* troons ? Againft The Prefident of the U. States )uldwe"havc did, on the iithinfl. approve and Hie, tti, * COMMUNICATION* PERMTT me, Mr. Editor, tlirough the medium of your weekly publication, to lay before the public a few rcmatks fuggeited by the late difaflrous event o'n Friday morn- ,ng". Fires being very frequent on the Continent of America, and from the nature of the ma- pofed, als of all claflfes to unite in their endeavors, to arreil the progrefs of this all fubduing ele¬ ment. I would therefore propofe that a him of money be railed by fubfeription, to efFtct the following mod defirable ends : To procure from Europe a Fire Engine, on a large fcale, with its lated improvements -—Two Fire Hooks, with light handles, ca¬ pable of being moved by human power— Three Ladders, of different lengths, and a fufficient number of Leather Buckets, Pipes, &c. Thefe articles fiiould be placed in or ad¬ joining to fome public building, as the Mar¬ ket FLoufe, or the Church ; and two or more keys left at fuch houfes near, from whence they miglit be foon obtained when wanted. —1 make no eftimate whatever «f the c:<- pence, but {hould hope it might be compai- fed by the united means of the community.— To pi event th'ft property from ever becom¬ ing the fource of litigation or of proiit to op¬ ulent individual*, I would fuggett that when com plea ted, a ftaternent of the expences, and a lill of the fubferibera be depofitcd among the records of the eftabliffied Church, or in _ _ __ ^ K New Tave PTpHE fubferiber refpecTfully informs ln*3 X friends and the public, 'drat he has o- pened a Houfe of Public Entertainment dJre&ly oppofite Sir John's Park, at the Sign of the Violin, Bottle & Glafs ; v.-h-re thofe who may pleafe to favor him with their cuftom, may be afTured that every attention will be paid in the houfe both to Board and Lodging, and the bed of Stabling fo* the ac¬ commodation of Horfes. JOHN PONCET. Kingston, January, 1812. * t% Notice. THE fubferiber informs the Public that he has provided himfelf with a goo£ Sleigh and Horfes, for the purpofe of conveying paffengers be¬ tween Kingfton and York, which he will engage to pnTcTm on as reafonable terms as any other perfon. 4 ' SIMEON MOREY. 11 January i 1812. FOR SALE By the Subscriber, excellent Comae. Bra Hov. 2Z'-h i^>:T H. O. THOMSON tel 4ifnrnK m I>rovincc ? Againft, fign the aft pafltd by Congrel^ for the records of the ^^f^^" "I'ot'Sm: ' 1, "lieiphncd ar- radmg an additional nuiuai) dc..,.lrat;ori ,ldck.a ll]Crtto> i-,,tCifvillg that it ' ■' •- "; trtstoial. Could force. Wanted Immeaia^y As an Apprentice to the Printing Bufmefi, a boy from 15 to 10 years ofa^e.—One of good re/ commendations will meet wn. -rood encouragement by applying at this Office. 7'7 •■ "