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fen TJ»1 KTNr.sTOV GW.ITIE. Mcared, $$& Aug. f 818. ?*r. Mills, SIR. It, your Gaxetft of the ttth 7>i!y% vcv have rrpubltfhtdty r.-quelU <? amrnv* t: atiun stated to be frx,m the Canadian I iorwan3 under* tfny o:T;r- juri&llSlOT, it : U defirab'c that the whole of thefe trials i (hould come: on there. i Your correspondent makes out a very {pcc'ious prima facie cafe ; and juftly con¬ cludes, that, ii the Northwetl Company have loft in the eitimation of their fellow citizen*, the p.epondaauce which their wealth, then influence, thtir family con- i'-tr.ant. lut which orfyinatfy appeared w \ t|cCtj,.ll8 anj jiCjr |l0fpnaiity had gamed th Qnebec Gazette ofthe 30th March, jug^^ there omit be tome cauie for it ; Ton tUfcrivdoftimt ^ ^^"/V/r////dJ •;; and he wih not a:l'»w that the publica- c, t cply to that communication^ under thejtg-1; tjong which have appeared have y.«ture of LL M was infer tedf both in ( prociuced that effod, becauie, they have idthe Canadian Con m)t all been o-o n- liac, th.it the \h't §h*ehet Ga%ette ant ran : and you wii therefore oblige mr and, j fa nu.rerou. on y have ue lide as on the fl// who w[fl' well to truth and justice, fcfj jolhcrf ancj t}iat an open and full dilcul- 0rt» enemies to di fsnblifh in your tie tyhuh I feud you enclofedy J am Sir* Your obedient fervant* L* L- M* Montreal, th April 1818 &fr. Ndfctr* * The eon municauon which appeal in your fupplcmentary paper of the 30th .J'i.trcn. on tie fuhjcA of the trial* faid to be expf&ed to take place in Quebec, rv^n^ed with the difputes betwern the &ortV\**ft and Hudfon's Bay Com- panic*, fcemfl, under the appearance of great planfibility, to be a continuation rd that fyftem which has fo longj and fo f iccffsfuHy, been adopted f.-r poifontog the pub'.icmmd, and prejudginc ques- i'rim which are to be determined by the .4*crli£ < fa jury 'ercption and npprejtun. to\\ fion of tjje |ul)jc& ljab gjve(l an ofljOfte text ymfer that flgfattrj j • tQ b<,^ pait.c6lo anlwer the itatc- menu and arguments of their advcrla- rir* With regard to the perfonai rei- I peft in which the individual partners of the Nflithteefi Cunij any are held, that ha> very little to do with the qucltion ; I but, a- a bci*y, a focicty ut merchant;), ,! I wh«> I y th^ii perfrvtf*w C and powerfu' f " mean*, had abiohtely monopolized a lu. crarive branch of commerce, Wn0 fcacj j become, as ir were, the anlrocraCy Qf I the trade, it is well known x\^t tuCy have for years been 'locked upon with that jealonfy, which is imeparable froTi the (pint of t traffic ; and that numbers were fecretly longing for an opportuni¬ ty of overturning their profpiriry, and of partaking of thole profits from which j they conceived themfelves umuil'y e^. cln.ded. He mull be litt'c acquainted wH> the human heart who doer, notknow * _ * - tr , .1 . • ■ 1 1 -v»-1- iur inmiau now 1 writ, rjor* ncKJtiniw Your cortefpondentailumes that »»...» c . . . ,. . . KT ~ 1 J> 11! at the neure or gam 1 cvJt^bIv pro<la¬ the Notth-well Company, *ho are j I MM . #k - »......, **/***« Notth-welt Company, *ho are j^irticularly aoxfOUfl that the tmh in c. dtton (hould not take plnce in Mon- t:cal. With regard to the two indivi- ruaU connetted with the North-welt Company Jately put to the bar tn the Cant of KinRfb Bench at Quebec, but whofe trial has unaccountably, after Jalttrig two days,bee;) withdrawn, thus fyhje^ing then*, to another fix months of /grievous fufpenfe and imprifonment, Rkhongh the offence charged a^ainft them has nothing to do with the difpure^ hetweeo thetwaGQmpanica, it is to be remarked, that their removal to Qiicxc ww deci !edlv againft their own defne, and waft confidered by them a* a haid mcal.ue Ofl the pnrt of the Crown ^rlice^H. They and otheis, fad to be lippHcatfd in the fame affair, but the I i U of i d'ftmeM againft whom were rtflUvW i>»" hv ihr^tand jnrvat Qufliec upeitedly pteffed to have their tnalnm the Comt of Oyc and Terminei here but, although not one fingle trial of any Vind took place in th^t Court which adiourned, at very early h-.urs from day t "d.fy, for wsnt of employment, their mtreuic< were in vain. The attorney general, however, prutlttfcd that they Should have their trial* in the Court of KingV Bench that followed. In that Coott a c.Mifiderable rime was oc¬ cupied in arguing the competency of t^e Couittotr)- them; and, in the mean While, the attorney general even named » day f-* their turaignment ; but, afte. the Court had adjudged itfeIf competent tor that purport, he fuddenly declared that the prejudices he had difcovered to cxill in Montreal, were fuch, that he could nor, cither in jnftice to the Crown, -or to the prii'oners, confent to have their fate decided by a Montreal jury. In ♦hefe cafes thus, it is evident, that h was the Crown that was defimus of the removal. It frems, however, very ftrai:ge that Quebec (hould be fcle^ed j for the trial of (hfM of thefe caufes, vhi'ft mcltcrf thofe which are of the grtatcfl importance as 1 elating to thefe dtfputet, have, upon the reprcfentadons made by the North weft Company as) farbackas March 1817, and in virtue of in ft ructions from His Majtftv's Min- ifter<, '-.ecu ordered, under the great fea'i of Chi* Province, to be held in Up* ce envy in thofe who do not fare as well as their neighbors in that iefpe&, and that envy generates a mire inveterate pre-'idn-e than any other palh »n. LaLent as this feeling was, it ha* been, unden¬ iably, a potent cauie why the pnbtfea- ti< os in queliion have been perufed, not with a bias favourable to the North weft v ompany, as it is aflunvd mull have been the caufe, but with an avidity to find lomething in them for the con¬ demnation of that aflbciation ; and this alone* therefore, would fati^tadtorily ac¬ count for the prtjifdiees fuppofed to exift. iftheyarein fa6t fo preponderant as your coucfoondent ptedicatea. But, fuppofing an ablolute previous neutrality in the public, although thefe ruibl'cations have certainly not been all or one fide, there have been more on the fid* of ihr Hudfoit'6 Bav Company and of Lord w-elk:rk than t de other; and thtrt is no cnrnpanTon a^ to tl le ingenu¬ ity, the force of language, and the lite rary talents, that have been exhibited. In thofe cflential requifites ad captandum vu/gujy the advocates of the Ld. Selkirk and H. B Company have had decidedly the advantage ; and whilft matter? of faft, found arguments, and fair inferences have appeared in homely, unadorned, and fomctimes perplexed and illiterate 'an&uage on one (lie, falfehuod, fophis try, and bad logic, have, on the other, been arrayed in all the mcritricious al¬ lurements of learning, elegant di&ton, and theatrical effect. Thefe are natural confequences of the refpe&ive lituation* of the contending parties; the one in- ttnfely occupied in the plodding and mechanical iiroce(Te> of their trade, without either acquired abilities, or inherent inclination, For a literary con- teft, the other, with lime and talent at their command, having lirtle elfe to do than to fRdy how to attack and annoy, ^o the fame caufe may like wile be at¬ tributed the immenfe difference there has been in the induftry with which thefe publications have been refpeflively cir¬ culated. Affiduous attention has alway? ben paid by Lord Selkiik's party to dis feminate every production in their favour. T^hcir London publications have been put into the hands of every body throughout Canada that could be prevailed upon to accept o* them ; whilH onlv a few copies wf the one that wa* per til nada. The Crown lawyers we 1 know that neatly the fame witneffe- wid berequfredm all the cafe*; that moll 11 printed in England in behalf of the of them are now in Upper Canada, and; j North-weil C mpany were fent out for that, after having been kept in attend | ancefrom eighteen months to tw^ years, if a cooTviffio" i* to iflue for the trial theufeof the members of that body only, and Scarcely one copy iu now to be met with any where 1'he paragraphs th fire of n part c **£ caufes in Quebec, they i ■ «f lhe Pa»"ty in the newspa^rrs have beet will have to be danced down thither, and i I diligently multiplied, and te-echoed back a ain,at ■■•.enormoub expenle and ' i from l',v^ei« to London, to Quebec e tf.catell inconvenience. The North- [ j **<* ^ont cal, to Bofton and to New eaCampaoy would be extremely wil j I York. Immediate French tranflaiions iin^t-fubmit any queliion in which j'>f their pira^raphs as well as original they are concerned to a Quebec JWy, | co-nmumcatmnMn that tongue, calcu- frryn who- they are convinced they t' ]^cd f°y l^ meridian of the Voyageun, would receive a moO impartial verdid., , have been made in French paper, of the butaJ* iv.t'hty who are dcfirous of', Pnnince jand ill fiiort no means have im|, futfi upow the irood people of your J' been left untried to increase the number diflria tin birien of extra duties as ju. rlof converts to their crevd; while the ryn-.-n, whi ft Upper Canada is fo much j j bantlings of thofe who have.lood forward preferable eve- to Montreal, lo tha: j in rrhalf of th. North We« Corr.pa. y, Pir.vit.ee it is b-luved no parUculai bias' havc r,ren thruft fm,h to th: w.Hd to prevail, nfavo.-of ei'het of the rival! &*& ifcdrfiaitonr and to be^?atift^ated Companies ; and as well on that account fr "M- according to the prej- -cv> 01 the mdon-theic r rf the convenience of | indiftctrncrs of the Editor: of t!ic public pfcu&ii anu the faring of cxpenie, a, . j printh in eithe- hemif. heU. Ijecaufe flfwnyof the tranfafti- >n? which, are to be ir>veftitf&tcdy occurred within the uckuowlidved Umh« of Upper v. a ■ thc fa . arria r ri ■ . f m y lie w 11; laife, and cau therefore nut be brought j probably lee, fufficieuc grcuuds forauy I ' Ii- th'efc c rcumHsu-e- therefore, [ I whnteve * < ;:r .-orrefpon.'eiu may thi-k, ' I diminution, fupi-r^n^ fuc*u tofea«takei] place, that may ^ apparent in th€natu-| ral influence 10 Montreal of the Nc3rth weft Company. L. L. M. ! NEV.YORK, Augusts ■ Latestpom England. Yefterday arr;vecj {h,"p Importer, Cap¬ tain Dingley, i^ 4q days from Liver¬ pool, bringing Englifh papen to the i cth of June. Patliament ^3 difTolved on the 10th of June, by a Ipcech from the Prince Regent. It is faid tha- twelve hundred perfona have emigrated this season from Guern- fey to America, moflly to the United States. Houfe ofComnouSy June 8----At half pal! one o'clocl; the ipeaker took the chair. Mr. Wilberforce obferved, that he had rrceivei information on which he could depend, that the flave trade was openly carried on to a great extent, in the Fitfnch colonies on the N- W. COafl of Africa and that this inhuman pra&jVe waRaccimpanied by circumflan- ces of peculiar itrocity, murders having been committee by who'efale in its prof erution. He concluded by moving an addrefs to the Prince Regent for inform¬ ation on the fuljecl. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT house op lords, June to. This day behop appointed for the pro¬ rogation of Patliament, the doors of the Houfe of Lutft wee thrown open at an early hour, an! about 12 o'clock the body of the hrufe was nearly filled by a fplendid a^TemWajje of ladies, elegantly land fafhionably dreflcd. On the right hand of th^ thvme feveral of the foreign Amhafladori, j^ith other foreigner* of diftinr5tion wen-feated Among thefe we dillinguifheJ the Grand Duke Mi chaeh with hi* fuite. The Miniilers and Officers of State appeared alfo near the Throne, in State uniforms. The Judges wer- prefent in their robes, but the attendance of Peers were not very numerous* His Royal Hi^bnefi the Prince Re- gent entered the houfr about two o'clock in the uniform of a field Marfhal, atten¬ ded bythe grea? officers of his houfehold. On hi-* entrance the curl fity of thc la* dic^ feemed to acKnowledjre no reftraint They actually, as if with one confent, clambered on the bctiLhes and ftood du¬ ring 'he entire ceremony. The Houfe pf Commons having been fnmmoned t., aUfWl hk ^Hfi] Hi^h nef*f the speaker.accompanied hy feve¬ ral MemheiH, entered, and with the tilu- al fortr. approached the bar. His Royal Illpfhnef* the Prince Re¬ gent then addeffed both houfe* of Par¬ liament as follows : — " My fiords and Gentlemen, ** It is with deep regret that I am a- gafn under the neceifity of announcing ro you, that no alteration has occutred in the- ftate of his M;ijefty's lamented in- difpofftion. '* I continue to receive frcm foreign powers the Brongefi affurances of their j friendly difpofition towards this country, and >f their defire to maintain the gen¬ eral tranquility* M I am fnl'y fenlibtie of the attention which you have paid to the many im- ponat<! ebjeuts which have been brought befo:e you. •* I derive peculiar fati^farSion from the rre.-.lure which you have adopted in purfuaucerf my rtccomrtiendation, for augmtntma the number of places of pub¬ lic wot (hie &dongtng to the Kftablifhed Church: and 1 confidently truft that this meafure *<■' be produ^ivc of the moft bencfic*31' <ffc&« on the religion and moral b?bit* 'f the people. *l GentUnisn of the Houfe of Commons, j ct I thank you for the fopplies which you have granted to me for the fervices of the prefer t year; and I highly ap- prove of tiit ft*Ffl y°u have taken v*Ith I a view to thf redjftior: of the unfunded debt. t« I arn r]*appy to be aole to inform you. that tfcc revenue ia in a courfe of continued improvement «« Jffy Lords and Gentlemen— « In (*f(,^ne this '-.ffi n, I think it nroper to Ii foT"T' }"ou* tlial ft '■ my ,n" tention fijrfftwiA to dtffdlve the prefent, and to give di'edinnc for ca] j'n^ a ncw Parliament. ^v' m'king this communi- cation, I catunot rt*fraiu fro*n adverting to the irnpo,r,ant change which h:is oc¬ curred in th'e fi,Udl>.n of this country, [and of Funy),e» fi,Cl I firft met you in I this place. <% .\t tha*r Per,nd, the dominion of the common en(-m>T had been fo widely ex tended ovet l'*c <^°utinent, that refinance to his pnwcr wa- by rna»y deemed to be bopel'-'fs ; ^n(^ ln tne extremctiea of Eu¬ rope alone rfWW fuch rcfiitance effeftually maintained. * s« ]J.. tht'.' unexampled exertions which you enabled^ mC to "^^ke, in aid >f coun¬ tries nobly .ronteudin ■ for independence, fpiiit which wa« kindled in length delivered fr^tr^ the Hioll gpJIt^g* and oppreflive tyranny under which it| had ever laboured ; and I had the hap-; pine Is, by the blefsing of Divine Provi-! deuce, to terminate, in conjun&ion with; his Majefty's Allies, the moft eventful j and fanguinary conteft in which Europe had for centuries been engaged, with un- paralled fuccefs and glory. 44 The profecution of fuch a conteft for fo many years, and more particular¬ ly the efforts which marked the clofe of it, have been followed within our own country, as well ah throughout the reft of Europe, by confiderable internal dif¬ ficulties and diftrefs. But deeply as 1 felt for the immediate prefTure upon his M^jefty's people, I neverthelefs looked forward without diimay, having always the fulled confidence in the folidity of 1 the refources of the Btitifh Empire, and: in the relief which might be expected from a continuance of peace, and from the patience, public fpirit, and energy of j the nation. " Thefe expectations have not been difappointed. "The improvement in the internal} circumdances of the country is happily manifeft, and pr.jmifes to be fteadily progreffivc ; and I feel a perfect afTurance that the continued loyalty and exerti ons, of all clafTes of his Majetly's fubjedls will confirm thefe growing indications of national profperity, by promoting obe¬ dience to the laws and attachment to the Conftitutior., from which all our bles- fingfl have been derived." u Then the Lord ChanceiTorf having received direction* from his Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, faid— ** My Lords and Gentlemen, ** It is the will and pleafure of His Royal Highnefs the Prince Regent, a&ing in the name and on the behalf of his Mrtjefty, that this Parliament be now diflblved : and this Parliament is difTolved accordingly." His Royal Highnefs then withdrew with th«* fame forms as he had entered, and the C unmons having retired to their own Houles, the Houfe of Lords fepa- rated. [Two Proclamations were then tflued by the Prince Regent, commanding the new Parliament to meet on the 4th of AugulL] From the Niagara Spectator. Mr. GO URL AY, To the worthy Inhabitants of the District of Niagara. (vuntiiuttd) IT was my intention to have entered an action ngainst Mr. Macaulay, at no\t Kingston Assizes, as the most sol¬ emn way of bringing the question to issue ; but, I have been just informed by a gentleman of the law, on boards that the opportunity will be lost this season, uni^ss I send an express from York, to Kingston, within two or three days from this date, which I shall not do. The action, so fa'r as it regards the damages to me, will be equally- good upon another occasion ; and, in the mean time, I trust, there is suffi¬ cient evidence produced, to induce the Post-Master General, to think serious¬ ly of supplanting Mr. Macaulay in an office where discretion and good faith are so very requisite. When I get to Queenston, I shall be able to lay my hands on a few papers vrhich will still further expose the unwarrantable liber¬ ties of the post master. ffjfov ttiUhandtlte inclosed fo the £(J- itor of the Kingston Gazette. ROBERT GOURLAY. Mr. John Macanlay Post Office, Kiug^on, In conformity with my intention of passing through Kingston, on my way to England, I had written to a friend in the United States, to address a let. ter, with certain required information, to lay for me at the Post Office, King, ston. This letter bore upon it the post mark of the town whence it was sent, signifying its departure, viz. 1§ January, and must have been a month or more at Kingston, prior to Mr. Ma. caulay's advice to me of the 2d March. Notwithstanding my assuring him, that I was srill to be at Kingston, Mr. Ma. caulay forwarded this letter to meat Queenston, with the Kingston depar¬ ture mark of 6th April. Nothing but the state of the weather, and badness of roads, had prevented my letiviu? Queenston, on my way to England, up to the 2d of April. Had I done so, i might have rnhsed the letter which £ expect-d to find at Kingston ; aud.ttfe disappointment would have been gnat, for it contained directions as to oiy travelling on to New York, and <tftr addresses of many individual*, wiiom my friend was so good as to have pre¬ pared lor my reception by the way.— The additional postage which I had to pay for this letter, at Queenston, may also he mentioned, though a cons-d-r* ation of no comparative con-eqvuee. To bring up this detail. I -hall give the copy <-*a note which I wrote to Mr. Macaulay, a few days alter my arrival in Kingston. Walker's Hotel, .V/iy21, 1818. SIR, Being note in Kingston* 7 t*avB to reyaest thafijov will give the Rw- er, the three Tr.y:mhJp RcptyrtiyVthkh you informed me, hyletWy sddre*** I'd to utc at Qtteenytoiii had been loi!%~ ed xvi'h you, o.v Master o'the Poj/* Oj)h:c Ave. / '-/w, ynuy%$ Sec. ROBERTGOtfRUT- To Mr. Macaulay, Pest Ofilci?, Kingston. Niagara, July 28, 1818. In the Kingston Gazette, of 13th January la<-tl had a letter Inserted, de¬ siring gentlemen below Lake Ontario, to address for me, at the Post Ojfite, Kingston. The Honorable Thomas Clark, in a letter, dated York, Feb. 21,1818, wrote to me, "there are, I understand, many reports for you in the Post Office at Kingston"; and, this I noticed in my letter, which appeared in the Niagara Spectator, of the 12th March. On the 18th day of March, I received a letter from Air. Macau- lay, of which the following is a copy. Post-Office., Kingston, March 2, 1818. SIR, fheg leave to inform you, that I have in this Office, three reports of Townships addressed to you and wait¬ ing your arrival at this place. If you have altered your intention of coming to Kingston, you will please inform me where I am direct the reports and o- hlige, Sir, your obedient servant* JOHN MACAULAY. j Mr. Robert Gourlay. \ ■ ' I wrote in reply as follows. j Niagara, March 18, 1818. SIR, I thank you for your inteW* zenceus to the Reports, and your offer to forward thew. I still shall be tff Kingston* and then shall vail lor them and by the \PUit wmen wa« t j fo many ftat*«W»j ^ coruinxn; was at j|<rf t$* fost Ojtficc. It wiU vbuge me, j I Report* sent me to thc Fo&t DJ&ce, t*>* This note was delivered by Mr. To ter Hamilton, of Quemsfon, who brought me, from the Post-otnVe, WW packets, containing Township RepW**J and a verbal message, that the fliW had been returned to Mr. Ilagcrni«i>- Not a word was said of that which * heard was withdrawn by Col« StlMl*i and. whether nnv beside?: hnd br* withdrawn, f:om the wtnauy" spoken of by Mr. Clark, must rest with the discretion of the Post Master to dh- close. To argue wi'h a man, who pratesi* bout (he "practice throughout the wide extent of the British Empire,* while he knows, absolutely, nothing of that within the narrow sphere of Ins own department, would be stooping low in¬ deed. I shall only call the attention of the public, to the extreme injustice done me in the single case befor* us by a depniture from the rule laid dowq by the British Statute. To elucidate this, the suffering one package to I* withdrawn, is as good as if such liner* ty had been taken with a hundred. When I first resolved to go home, by way of Kingston, I had no object whatever, but to afFord the people be* low lake Ontario, the latest chance of communicating with me; and. I re* peat, that it was for their interest much more than for mine, that I did so. I repeat,thai although 1 felt greatsafis- faction in doing equal duty to tlie whole Province, and should have had great pleasure in finding the inhabitant? re¬ pose confidence in me, still it Was, h ether respects, matter of comfort, that every township did not send me a He* port. In that case I should have been. overwhelmed with repetitions, which could not have been left unpu«5i>hrd, without giving offence, while my rniin design would only have be"n ciftgg d by them. Now, if to do equal duty to the people of this 1'iovince, I was tt> go ISO miles out of the way :—if. re¬ posing confidence in the excellence of our laws, I was assured that leltcis and packets would be in safe keeping at Kingston Post Office : how was it tosiiock my feelings, when I came to know, that, not only Strachan, (he Schoolmaster, had be- :i from York to Cornwall, endeavoring to blast pufo'Ic confidence in me ;—not only, that his pupil Bethune, was flying in the face of common settse, to breed distrust of my principles; but, that t hi ^ other pu¬ pil of the Post Office, was giving away my property, even that which he bad asured me was" watting my arrival. Without any obligation to hold the packets safe for me, as Post Bia«ttffj did not his own assurance, by letter, establish such an obligation ? The sin¬ gle packet, withdrawn h) lln^enuan, wns, in one sense, of no v;i!ue : i«» »n- other, ii wil- invaluable* lTinlerrir- cumstanre-, the smaller the number of