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A Humlcr of pci Ton:, deeply aft •;!• u vvftft *» die ftate.£>f m. rain v in Klizs>h.etbtoW!l * and its neighbourhood, determined if peiTi- ble to dhviate it. by a regular ai.d tii-tblifh- »! mmiilry of the Gcfpil. cording to I fear requett, the Rev. W. Smart, < >f Lon¬ don, was lent out to t:ii.- country in i 8 11 — fince that peri >d he has been Utbotii "»ng v. Ith- oui any Church. On *be 18tli of Decem¬ ber i.-.il ?. meeting was c&l'ed for tl ». pnrtjofe ot ercctv!^ a place of divine wc fiiip 5 jC'\-°° was fubieribed, but this being inadequate to •arty the tibjefi fv.'\\y into c-fl (% an appeal in made to the chrifHan and benevolent feel-? •Jii£s nf the public in the town of Kingftoni to alliir, their fellow chiillians in erecting a "houle for the worfhfp of God. Perfottn feel¬ ing a dtfpontron to contribute to this,object, are r-fpeC~tfu:ly informed that the fmallrft tlouation wfl? be thankful1 v received at ivlr• if. £ Tirasffrt Store, at Mr. Walker's Ho¬ tel, and at tie Printing Office, A l/iyjion, T, larch 7, 1816. 1 Notice to Settlers. "'HIS is to give Botice that fuch fcttlera as may have received Location Tick¬ ets previous to this date, and are not a&uatty and bona fide, ellabUfhing themfelye? on their land*by the 24111 of ^iprt! next will be fit uck offthe lift nf Settlers and their !«■ cation Ticket will be cancelled as well s ev- cry other a:low..nee of Provitlon, &e, Sec. By His ExeeTeucy's Command. SIDNEY 3!:CKWITH, ^ Mr, Gin. Brr/clinlk, March14, 18 i'V . 40 co Dollars 3 R E W A P D. TJ HOKE Gaol on the night of the 4th JL) haft and made their efcape there from, three CriminaK by the names of C%?ra**lius H wey, J.'feph M'Lo:.d and ifaae I-gles. Wb ever vviii apprehend the above vjlIaJBH, and lodge ihem in any gaol in the Province, ihall receive tfie above reward, or one hun¬ dred Dollars for each man fepa-ately*. . ROBERT YOUNG, 'Gaoler. Kingfton, Ma:ch e. iftifi. 40 Stray Hoi ft,* * .J COME hit 1 the euclofufe ofthe fnbfcri- ' her, a bay hoifc, wi h a ftnall Star in hi forehead and feme .white foots on his hack occkfioned by the faddle. The own¬ er is reqiit-fled to prove property, pay ehar- ges'^tidVcilft: liim away' Elijah Beach. Kingfton, 4th March, 1816. 40 3 I Van ted, i 1 I * WO or three Journeymen Tailors, X who will find iteady employment by applying to JOHN D .iWSON, Tailor, Kingston, Dtc 15, 1815. 28tf Blank Summonses For Sals at this Office. For Sale, A good fleigh and Hirnef*, quite nev. •*- also a fpaa of excellent Hot le\\ — The terms of payment will be a credit of 90 days if 1 eqnetted. They can be feen by applying; at this office. Kinpilo'i. Feb. 27. 1B16 39-3 n^&iS h to Ce.t lie S Smith and h Wife i-^ 1 a-eJ and not to trufl Heir now more I* ih.y Doue they m^Ll be aufowocle f.T heir • 39"' I Public Notice, 1 hat James Reid. of this town, never did fififn any kiud of agreement or cofttradl with John Kardon, and will n-«t be refponfi- b'e fi;r any debts he may contrict. James ReId. Kineft >n. 17th Feb. 1816._____jSfcf, ,^ L i.j pertans having clainvsi again ft the J"\ Etlate/'f J h» M' Graw.fcte of Marys- bu gh, de^eafed. are requeued to bring them r 1 ^"iddnly authenticated, on or before the € -it day >.f funeneitt tarrdall ceifoi.s ii.debt- cd 1.0 lai<i Pftafce, are delired to pay the f,ime* without deiase, DOROTFY v.c GRAW, /.it-rams*rainx. M?rylb«Mgh, I > * 3 p^ FeVmry, 27, iSri, W H E R ir A S, ^ , „ NOT.'ir, \Ly.ecited fry ymn Miller and J v\ t ienry 15..k*s, ftime ti • e >n tiie year 2^'_4! v/is give»i :o A.dam »>taan^g to ftrve in ireu ofoii /Arbitralion Bond. Tbefe are t ca ti »n any avd every pc-lo-i r^iinlt ta¬ lc ./v; il.e fai«l Note in ,. .\ .'.tci.f. -i« xvc ire do- *. '.mi:,eel never to pav the '-V rs JOHN fvlPLl.LR, 'ill'NKY UAKLR. MORALITY. « 9 • • • % •• • - • • • • THE UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. " This year thou pah die" Time, in \U r 1 id and onceafing p'ogrefs has brought us t the commencement of a new year. It becomes tiR to pauie and re- fled. We may imnpineath<;t, h the courfe of our journey we have reached a:i eminenee. Vie fliould Hop. Wt fli >u:d took back up¬ on the road we have travelled, and forward to the country, that lies before us. Vv e fliotild fet up a pillar in re-ivembiance of the good* nef^ofGod, and then with bettet relolu- ttonftand a theater di licence pnrfueour way. We enter on a new year, full of hope and expectation. We make cor refolutjona, and aic fangnire in the belief that wc fljall fulfil them We form our plans and calculate with confidence on their accompliihment ; wt fe- cure connexions and escoeel: they will be hi\- io.% ; we lay a broad foue.da ien of piv fpcti- ty and Jai'pii'ef-s and in ima^iiiation, eree't on u a fupeill luctme ihat i-' firm and durable ; we fiinrre to omfelves n ferves of Joyful events r.iiinterrut ted 1 y p^in or mi.-f uuine. If tlie p'i'; year has been fa* irable to tie, we jay of ibe pref nt year it 4uiH h as the fanner wd much mors alundar.i. If the pa it year Ins diiappci.-ied qui hopes, we frldom profit by t.'-n '■>:? rfenee, and with the expectation lh*i il will fully reeomp.rde us for the evils we hive (Vdered. 1 lit l1 ;i oliti-.n to at ticipnte what U p'eaf. ant to us, i-. a part of our nature* and mutt not j-e condemned It was implanted by our Creator :oi w'lc and £*>od purpofesi It increafes our pr. 1. <. 1 joy, and is a pow£'* •'• fupnprt undei the evils of life. Ir. wmi!-1 ie we'd for os to rrttirtnber, hrwevcfY that our giren by At ?m M sre g-^ne by, ©! ^mr departed acquaintances a-.d friends. They have been, but are not. The eyes of thofe who have feen them, (hall fee them no moTe. ■* Boaft not thyfelf of to-morrow ; thou knoweft not what a year, thou knoweft not what a day may bring forth. We cannot make a covenant with d-ath—Riches cannot bribe it, nor power control it. When the commilfion is given, it will be fulfilled ; when thcwai-ar.t arrives it wili take ifFe&. We iympathife with our unhappy fellow ciea- tuievvho is condemned to die ; we tremble when we confider that his time is fo (hort ; we are anxious that he fhould improve to the utmofl the little fpace that is left to him ; we forget that we ourfebes are under fen- tence of death, and that it may be executed to morrow, to day, at any moment oi our livs. If it is recorded of only one of us in the bo' k of his defliny, this year thou malt die; who. we may aflc with an awful fulpente, is that one : God ( nlv knows. It is in kind- nefsand mercy that he ha> hidden from us the day of our death, and the future events of our lives. Uncertain what Stall befal us, let us en¬ deavor, through the giace of God, to be pre¬ pared for every event. Let us fortify our minds with filch principles an will enable us to me;t. \n a becoming manner the events of the prefenJ year ; let us live as if this rear W mid be our lafl ; let thofe who have, hiih- -erto fl\>htrd the invitaiions, and neglecied the warning* of the gofpel, who have been forgetful of their obligations to God, and carelefs about iecurino an intereft hi their Sa- vii.ur, now, whilll there U a fpace for repen¬ tance and amendment b,- excued to improve it, f.;i the t'tnt will K)oti come, it niav come thi- year, when the opportunity will exilt no 1 meiamon. it has be-n ,f]a.. . I.cc,aom,fi,rmen«fli,IaUl yZ^ ofwearbywayofgivi,^^^^,, :<>uverfatK>n pothers have he^lcfl ^ owed then pernicious pvamnin . , .1 u» c loweu men-pernicious example Wu-J 7 r,rfma!1 realon^f»«u^ 1 WouM the fair fex, * « They that \ ncth the heart of mnv, thatUdaeth A,\*kS and ra.neth tn his breast ; Lo ! yomisr > mtf in Maidm fwetnefs j ^hofi lmdi J aoroad; would they, but for once, nnd taKetobethereformc:rs, asweilasthepol. lUiersot mar.kmd, and never ptvc encouri^ ment to a;,y man, let him be oiherwifc ^ fo well qualified, who would demur hi* felf fo nmch a- to fwear '—Would but our men of quality look opnn it as much anaf. font for a perfon to fwcar in their enrnpany as to o.ive tb-rn the lie, then would tievi.'e be extirpated ; there needs 110 ether mediisti induce men to be virtuous than tu maka vir. tue the famion. " Tm vice, may port Ihfd plcafure got ti Tis* virtue Qnh) can true joys difpenfe. ' ■■ " . . . * R. D odds ley's Economy of Human Lift, - * ■ exs.'CtattuiH may be duaiipointed, ana ifla«. , , . , *• , • A 1 , • v. -J -v cr\-- 1 A ,- hm^er, when the fentence a-ready tfaft will our b ijnt D'.oipeets i»: tc'icitv maybe P*r- « -,..,,.,» x rri ru u r « . P J _• . . ■ 1 J be executed. 1 hou [haltdie .1 r* kened b) the fhadow of death. The lidlry ofthe paft year t**\att§3»y wiitien. Its ** tale luw hee.i told." We k;.-w, a^ far a.-, relyeots o.rfclve§ at leailjby what eve )t.-+ h \\a diftiugutiheJ by wliat joys and forf.ws it was chequef£ W£ know how riftcii it fulfiljed. and hovv or- teii il violated i-.i promifea ; how oltcn 't gratified, and how often it cJiiai.'pointcd r,ur hopes , we know how m • Ji it added to** or fubtracled fr m t*.e tlock or our friendilrp •; how much >f Sue.-i and. of bitter it min^'ed in ou" cup of 'if-. Wt k-nmv mow mnc/1 of it has been foolsflllv walled «»i wi« kedly per- varied ; how much bulinefohas been trani- adted. b)W much pltafure enj.-yed, Muw much duty fiillT.led and nepdcCted The events wlnYh will make up the htitor jf of the prehn: yvar, are yet to take place* They are known-joly to the Supreme dii- poler. A^ /•- prefeats to us the fucrefllve pages of the book of our fate, we can real, but are un< able ot ourielves to turn over a finale leaf—— Were we allowed to pry into its content.-?, h w much, even in thi hilt -ry ofthe prefe.it year fhould we find that would be intereil- i' g to us ! We ';iglu find that many new and unexpected feeues were to open befene us, and many new and interelling objeSbi to engage our attention* We might find that many important change? were to take plac in our afFaira ; that we were to be railed to %veal'.h or educed jto poverty ;—tlevatedto power, c funk into i ih^nilicance ; exhalted to honor, or eoafigned to infamy We mioht find that the ci.'vf earthly ilart <f our eo.'i "rt was Foon to fail us and our compan- i -n- goir;/ into darknefs. We might find, let us think of it with leri.iusnefs. and m^ythi thoughi ..itably imprefs ut>—we might iind, in characters which we would neither over. 1". k, nor miftake, the awful fentence, This year thou pah die. W h.:t ^reat, what unfpeakable importance would thi> give in our eltimation to the pref¬ ect year ! How deep and fiucere would be cur repentance ; how fervent our prayers ; how ardent our defrres after holinefs ; how unwearied our exertion* to obtain an iucereft in Chritt ; how diligent our endeavors to crowd as much as pofllhle of duty within the narrow limits of our probation. We cannot read the book of onr future fatr I Its pages are in mercy concealed from onr view. That this awful fentence would be fjjUnd by more than one of us, is not only proba'.de, but moraUy certain. The expe¬ rience ofthe pad will convince 113 of this. /*:• t the clofe of each fucceffive year of our pad I'.ves, many places have been vacant in the circle of our friends or in our vvorfhip- pi"g alfemblies, which, at the commence¬ ment of it. were filled ; and the faces of ma- - ry who had added to our private enjoyment or joined in our public devotions we Avail be- ho'd no more in this world. Many of them commenced the year with pro! reels a? flattering as ours now are ; they formed their plans as we do, and cherillved the e:--pLelation? of long life and happinefs • but tbey who formed and expected tl.-m, are as-if they never had been. The ) • 3"* to come u ill probably in this refpe&i be like thole which are already pa It. The year on which we have now entered •,» ;n pive *.v 'feme account of ma** of uh, as i- . - — Kingston, March i6, '1816. « * •4 « * • ■ » * « .. • • • • - « • COMMUXICATl OXS* , • • • « Mr. Miles, . It wis flic faying of a great man of the BritUh mi ion, that common /wearers give ihc-ir puis loth? (Lvilgratis, having 110 plcafure in reimn for h—ai.il doubtlefs h tva* well ob- fcrved ; for no man in hh (zTiJ'e-i can nre end to fay there is any eu'py.v.ent in that partic- L-lai vice—let Ms then (eareh a li'tie into the motives that promt rat 1 Lo often to fall into it. It mutt, I think, proceed, cither bom a bat rentiers of invention, keepiua continual- ly bad company, behiJ overpowered bv 1?- qmti from a fa'fe modefty winch is afraid to be particular, or finally, from a monfircus deiift of bring thought ,v;.'ked, merely for the fake of wickednefH, withruit either pleai- ureorptoht.—Barreun-f? o^ invention is, I believe, the principal motive to (wearing : men aie frequently at a lofs for fomcthing to fay in company ; a fudden thought arilVs that 11 may be of ufe to them as long as puf fjble : thev eke it our with oaths and blaf- phemies, never giving thcmfelves time to re¬ flect, whether it is a vice or not ; they find irtatfotfls pay a more partita «ar regard to their conversation, and a<< nor re are fo (tupid but Good Mr. Miles, I a.n married to -a good honed g'entleman, that i.s exceedingly good natiiicdyaiidat ti"; fame time very choleric, there rV'no ftanj. ing before him when he is ia a palFiou:-. Lul as foon as i- 1^ over he is the belt .huttofa creature in tire world ; when ne h angry.k break-; ail n;y china ware that ehance^" '0 ftj in his way, and the next maaiing. knfajfi in twice as much as he broke the day before; I may pofitively fay, if he Itiil continues,hff will break both his and my fortune ;' a*fen as he begin.-, to fret, down goes every tiling, that U within reach of his cane. I hiic»r d-avoi'ed to prevail on him wvr to. carryi ilick ; but this availed" me nothing, fn, up¬ on (eeing me do fouw trifl&g thia^j dwtM not pieafe hi n, he kicked down a pi I J^j thHt'coii him about ten pounds the day be- fore, i then laid the fragments together.> a heap, and bade-hnn p :ke ufe of-.lw »°?i ddi.iug liim that i( he chanced to.be h\M0 he would fpend bis pa-ffion upon the. O^ that was hi oken- to his. haivi ; bill *c very next diy, upon my giving a wron^nic- fage to the fervant, he flew.into fu^h-a «??. zhlt h* fw-rt down a dozen Tta D»fi'rS« which, to mv n.i•.fortune Trod very (MW* nient tor a fWle blow. I ihcn movid-ad *J China into aroom that he had not V;-f. ^ quented ; but T got nothing by »%*! M my looking rrkfses jinmediately-w.-atfra rage on, i kn would be In laf »w not whether- mv K ety. Lttmcbejjof^,^ let me know whether there be any t'^is unaccountable di'leif? ; or if-jj will be plcalVd t-» pnMHi this letter • •ore for ()t. Van .-,.. . ^ t-----.... > r™ llt tlllj ,clter . by that means my h. (bind will know that you * not approve of his ennduci. r r ' I avrv. fir. . your mod humble fervant. I)ULClBELLATH'4NKLErv.' /Vednefday Morning. .... . v\ w Mr. Miles-, they know how to (Inter, the brighrnefs of Mr. Miles*, tht'ir intellects is too often complimcited, A writer in" your lafl Garettvunder tfe and they continue to practice that which fi£nature of*" Z." fadly lament 3 the daiin? and they continue to practice that which gives-them uuiverfal attention and admirati¬ on ; and by that means become incorrigible. Bad company will, often, by the force of example, caufe a man to fwear : if he has fenfe, reflection instantly ftizes him, and he corrects himfelf in time ; but if ctherwlfe, ten to one but he' approves of it, and* confe- qiently. praftifes it. D:unkennefj alfo, which is the fewer of almofl every vice, is often the caufe of ifii-. in Qneliion ; let a man's parts be ever L) b'ight, if he foffers li'.juor to take pofFeflioi: o» the feat of his understanding, reafon no longer prefides ; his paffi.ms, which before lay dor¬ mant, rife up with redoubled vijrotir, .and hurry him away impctuouGy into the abys of vice, and fwearingia that cafe is generally the forerunner of all the reatjj being, as it we! e, a fignal to let us know that We are no. longer our own masters. " Happy is the man that can take the hint and return himfelf into the arms of health reftormg ileep." I have known young men, upon their firG in¬ troduction into \?'e> throurh a falfe modesty, get into all tue vices ot tiieir companions, they could not stand the ridicule of the tho¬ rough paced debauchees ; to be any wayi particular was to them impofiible, they bad not, as yet, enough conhdered the beauty of virtue, that fell ecmicioufaefs of having done well* which enables ns to defpife the vices and bxlSies of the giddy multitude, instead of imitating them ; many a man has been lost for want of that v?t tuous confidence. As for the last fet of {'wearers, 1 mean thofe who practice it merely bccaule it is a fin, there is no way of reclaiming them ;they leemtobe the devil's agents on earth, prow¬ ling about and fceking whom they .r.ay d.e- V"ur. There is one more tr.otive to if, wnub 1 am fouv to have loom to mention, wlmh tS 4he ddirt young men cf fpiii; have in U 3 n»bberies which have, for fume time t)?.!b been confmitted in this place, a:ui accufct you ftatly of not having difcbarged your di ty to the public. I hope, fir, tint you will not forget fo give him your warmer! thinkf foi his very friendly advice e*j>relTed in fo dc« licate a menner. , . Is it a Printer's province to have fenfinels and fpics on the alert to bring Him notice of every bu g'aiy that has been committed ? If peopled cellars, kitchens, a>-d frorcs are bro. kvii open, why do they not fend -him an 'scj count ofthe rn alter ? Is It rtof the pmvincf of the Macn'stracy* to take c'ogiTiz?.nceofAi^i affairs in order that a ibop may be put to the evil f .< t.: 'The lcf>2 eflablifhed maxim of'ookir.^fo ftrifis9 with this writer, quite reverfed ; for he fcems to br much chagrined at theftmifml *' of \ he ind-viduals who have flittered}" and futely, h\ this in fiance, ac)s a moll d'iinterdb ed part. Would it not be a good plan, U( Miles, to give him 7/6 per day and rations to procureyou in format ion of every theft. 1M certainly vote, at the next town'meeting, t* have him eleclfd Ilifpieftnr General;of/heftr, robberies, and every receptacle of vice rfl this town ; and, I will venture id fay, y«¥ will alfobwe-rfoobj.aions to tf'W b^u your vote for that truly refpeftable office^ He will then have full fcocef-r ^.f% his moniterrial and dicTitonal ab«l^ ons of ' 0d old OUti* |e, sntV ties. . It is to be hoped that goo will tread on with the fee!*. Ready ?**.*-. . that when « he fte.'! be fmitten oa tbe r-4' .Ifo.' <*' ' !]i\ consilium c:-d*re reports. * - ■ Mr. Kim-tor,- • nltiL<ti)& PdrrtiitiiicwcangratuuteUW^ ' heeU te will turn the other alio r •- " Nwtttt es