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Andrew Heron, John (Jrier, XI.M. Crater Win. D. Miller. Thos. ft. Jones, From the Inhabitants of Queen down : To j7w Excellency, Sir Pertgrine Mait- land, Knight Commander of the Mo ft Honoralle Military Order of the Bath, Major General Commanding His Majcs' tfs Forces within the Province of Up- *thc trtm&il ffanl of infti ft thii ItafoO of the year, and the flro.t notice gives, prevented many from attending. CONSTITUTION- OF THE liens (hall be a member for life. Art. 16. No alteration of this Con di¬ lution fhall hereafter tak'-- place, without the concurrence of at lealt two thirds ot BELLVILLE AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCI- tjie members prefent at a general meeting ; fete jfcuo.3, a! «9 <n* tu* or after h*- fto. UaJe , floors tie moft «gj**| in, pa" four pottLa by annual fubferip- fa bloom ; goofe bemes out , rafpberne, ETY, Formed at BeUville, 10th Feb. 1^19. We, the underfilled, do hereby agree to form ourfelves into a Society, to be de¬ ter Canada, and Lieutenant Governor of fio-nated the Bellvilie Auxiliary Bible So- Neverthelefs, further rule's may be adopt¬ ed, provided they be, in no wife, contrary the faid Province, cfc &c cfo 3?AY It PLEASE YoUtt EXCELLBNCV, WE, His Majeuy's mod dutiful and loyal fubje&s, the Inhabitants of the town of Qucenstown and its vicinity, in hing Your Exccllencv. 4te* leave j>n pproacmng xour nxcciicucy, T»eg fo exprefs our regret, that at fo early a period of Your Excellency's adminiilra- tion, we ftioul.1 be called upon to give afloranees of our loyalty and attachment to Jiis Majefty's Government. 'However fnperfiuous "it may feem for the very people, whole lives and property Lave Been more than once expofed in de¬ fence of their liberty, their King, and their country, thus to tellify their attachment to the conftitution ; yet would they prefer to do foi rather than incur the imputation of indifference, at a criiis, when the public feeling is fo much agitated. Aware how much difquiet has been oc- cafionedby ihc too unguarded writings and publications of an individual, and the ten¬ dency which in fome indances, too juftly have been attributed to them ; we reel it a duty incumbent on us individually as well as collectively, to afTure your Excel¬ lency that in no one inflance, have our hearts given way to di'floyaky, or parti¬ cipated in a feeling approximate to fedt- tion. Wc are fully imprefled with the con¬ viction that the courtitutibn with which we are bleiTed, is fufficient, under a wife admit.'(jration of its laws, to died content and happinefe around the peaceful inhabit¬ ants t.f this Province ; to repel the mif- chievous and unlawful attempts of defin¬ ing men ; and keep firm in his feat of au- thoiity the Reprefentative of His Majelly. Permit u3 with every fentiment of re- fpe£t, to exprefs our approbation cif Your Excellency's adminiilration ; and as re^u- larity, order, and prompt obedience In the delegated authority, are the main fprinrrc, in all well regulated government*, to fhall ciety ; the object of which fliall'be, to co¬ operate wiih the Upper Canada Bible So- citty, in piomotiug a more general circu¬ lation of the Holy Scriptures, and for the government of which, we do hereby adopt, aucl agree to, the following Articles. Article I. The Officers cf the Society fhallconfift of a Prelident, two Vice Pres¬ idents, two Secretaries, a Treafurer. De- pofiiaty, and a Committee of fix elective members, befides thofe, who may be mem¬ bers ex-'fficia. Article 2. Each eeneral annual meet- ing (hail be on the lecond Wedncfday in February, at which time all the officers mall be chofen Art. 3. The Committee (hall meet three times in the year, viz. on the fecond Wed nefday in May, October and January. Art. 4. The PrcP.dent, Vice Preiidcnts, Secretaries, Trealurer, Depoiitary, Ma¬ gi!! rates and Miniders of the Gofpcl, who arc members of this Society, fhall be mem¬ bers of the Committee ex-officio. Art. 5. The Committee dial I difpofe of Bibles and Ted anient* at prime coft, or diflribu'te them gratis: The gratuitous dilbibution, however, in no cafe to ex¬ ceed one fourth part of the amount at prime cod. Members of the Society may purchafe to the amount of their feveral fubferiptions, at twenty five per cent dif- count, incidental charges having in all cafes been previoufly added. Art. 6. It (hall be the duty of the Committee 10 ufe their exertions 10 pro¬ cure fubferibers ; to receive donations and contributions, and pay the fame to the Treafurer ; to furnifh the Secretary and Treafurer with a lift of iubferibers, with the amount of their feveral fubferiptions ; to make particular inquiry where Bibles and Te(laments are mod needed, and to difpofe of them according to the ijeth Ar¬ ticle ; to infpect tie accounts of the Trea- ,-jpe ;greeu peas very plenty and cheap, and birds neds with young in thoufands. It is a moll extraordinary feafon/* N. T. SpeSalor. Anecdote of the Emperor of Rujfia.—In the late review on the 23d ult. the grena- to the true intent and meaning of tie Con- <Ner company of the 4th, or King's Own Oitution. Regiment, was appointed the guard of James McNabb, Tlw»na:> Col!• man, t\\\*ii Fay lor, Joh.a lie) nolds, R. Levan?, William 55wick, Thomas Parker, Samuel Reed, J-jim Hubbard, Win, Wall bridge, ?.■>'.,w Caitiff, A. O. Peine, ■ Lewi tfYalick, Horace Dean, Frederick Beil| Hannah FieK James McTa&^ar^ Shubel Fo>ui, Silas Ball, Thomas Ball, Abel G'lb Tt, Jona* C'mi. iff, Andrew N!avne, William Ca-c Jo!»n r!:t)rn-'.', Simon .V^.NV'b, Fd ard ":'i! >"\ A fubfeription I'as fincc been opened iri the 'iV.wndiip of Sidney aud Rawdon and nearly twenty pounds liu fen'bec. £ I .*? 4 l 3 4 l S 4 1 3 4 1 3 4 1 :j 4 l 3 4 100 1 0 0 l 3 4 l 0 0 i 3 4 7 S 7 G % 7 6 ft 7 « 7 0 7 «J 7 0 7 6 1 0 0 7 a 7 G 7 G 11 8 15 0 7 6 akine the feather from his hat, DOtafforaiog cnem w* ^^vuv" -«*, • 1 ^ u i: :a^a «-i ^^.♦,.,a r nrpRiime. that the insertion would havo it might be divided among tne i prtbun.c, mai iw. &_^ occupied too much of your weekly I &- A Qtjbbec, Feb. I8.V Thf public bu^r •'-s in the Lejcislaixtre of ibis ""rovtoce, aitho'boih Houses have been as>em- nitely tiie further bi«ti frtr nearly a m»>:ith, can hardly be said to t» k 1 r i» rv h;ive commenced. The tliinftess of the House of ."J WDOtc Object AsM'mbly at :!»o cotfioieneemeiitdf ihe Sp mod. •as occasioned nearly tbe whole nt tie busings usuall*, transact'G in I he Committees iof»e ihro» a upon a few individuals, and, although bevera. M< be mrni and dissipatiofli it is with difficulty tha» a Quorum «f st'teen Members out of fifty, can be kepi together Gazette. fionor to His Imperial Majedy, who was fo well pleafed with their appearance and difcipline, that after the review the Empe¬ ror prefented the company with 100 gui¬ neas, aud ta defired that men. From the National Intelligencer. CONGRESS. Houfe of Reprfentatives.—We have great fatisfa&ion in announcing that the cifcuffion in refped lo the incidents of the Seminole war, is at length brought to a clofe. After confiderable debate, the quell ion 'was taken on the refolution reported by the committee on military affairs, disap¬ proving the proceedings in the trial and execution of Arbuthnot and Ambriiler, and decided in the negative The amendment moved by Mr. Cobb to the refolution reported by the committee of military affairs, having been modified, was then rejected. 'I he committee rofe and reported its decifion. motion was made to podpone indefi- the further confideration of . when, After fome difenssion, the previous question was required, and being taken, Was decided in the affirmative ; which precluded any other Tcrslfy, ^ ^"g^t to le a mestey o/ t!'fli branches of Knglish literalcrCj which he has thus professed and tiiugktt Consid¬ ering him, therefore, as a scholar* rather than as a statesman, his st) le is certaialy a fit subject for your critical considera¬ tion. It would, doubtless, hare been satis¬ factory to your renders, to have been in¬ dulged with an opportunity of judging, for themselves, of the propriety of your remarks, by a perusal of the document which was "the suhjert of them, or,a; least, those paragraphs of if, which wen? particularly critivibtd. The reason for not affording them that satisfaction wnj, Member> have since arrived, (h«- pres«i * seavdr l a direct qneftion on the proportion beic*, in ,hU Couatry, one «f general amu <•. before the houfe. Ahirder. jean Baptidc Martin, a farmer of the parilhofSt. Lanft"1) was committed fo thejoal of this city on Friday lad, accuf <1 of having taken a/-ay the li ■ of his child, a^ed 3 years, by gutting its throat with edged indrumeni. Thepiifoner ltisfaid, was, by On tne quedion, then, to concur in dis- agreeing to lo ^.uch of the report a8 rentes to tne cafe of Arbuthnot, the vote Yeas and Nay*— For concurrence in disagreeing to k 108 A^-ind it ° ^j On the quedion to concur in IS&mtim to fo niuth of the report as relates to Ambruter— j ,t 1 r .1 nas been deranged in his iniuj, f ,r about nd the records ot the . , ,h ' . d"""t F Againd it. A or concurrence in difagreement 107 per, to the exclusion ot- sometLing morf immediately interesting. Your review of Mr. Adams's style \9 in the following terms. "En passant, we would advise John Qoiney Adam* not to indulge in sneers ingra?e matters^ and suggest the necessity of a little im¬ provement in his m;-!o- n:id a more care¬ ful attention to t!:- correctness of hi$ metaphors. What at j vvcto understand by u a principle beitg engraved in ad¬ amant upon the common sense of man¬ kind ?" Who ever hoard of kt a whisper of expostulation being loud enough to be heard across the Atlantic, or energetic enough to transpire beyond the walls of the Palace, from Which it issued, and \x» which it was borne ?" What does lie mean by a ^ fire brand*$ torch .?" We beg his pardon—he was in a rage, and the language of passion is seldom tors feet." These are the three pnvsarrp*;, which you have selected from the whole of this little work, as the subjects of yocr critic cism and censure. The first of them, including so muclb cf the context as is nece»*arv to a fuH understanding of ihe M\.td.s in question$ is as follows : " By all the laws of neu¬ trality and of war, as wdl as of prudence and humanity, he [Gen, Jackson] was warranted in anticipating his enemy, by the amicable, and, that being refused, by the forceable occupatM n <^f tiie fort. There will need no citations from prin¬ ted treatises ou international law, to 1 prove the correctness of this principle. n ,-•* It is engraved in adamant upon the cojm* George Held, Daniel Field, David Field, flalph Field, Tbos, Dick on, Tbos. McCona'cfc, Juhn P.ij.iar, Win. IU pburne, »T. Secord, Smr. •Alex. Hamilton, y?aoiea K. -iby, Samuel P. Jarvis proceedings during the preceding year. Ait. 7 The Secretary fliail record the proceedings of each general meeting, and meetings of the Committee ; fha'. draw all drafts on the Treafurer, when orderec.by the Committee ; direct the Depoiit,ry to make remittances to the Upp,rr Canada 13i b!e Society for Bibles and Ted ament": Wa t'hisholm, C. Seeord, A. McKenny, Pavl Shipmnn, George Shi|ntSan, Walwr Dittrick, Jame Ditlricfc, William State, .Tn.'m (/lendermio, Cyru-- Somuer. To each of which refperftively, His Ex- cc'ltncy was pleafed to make the follow¬ ing reply : Gentlemen^ I *m obliged to fp& for your loyal ad- erefs, which 1 have jurt received. Though a convention of delegate* n& longer ex ids, it ha* no doubt, left behind it an impreflion in other parts of the world, unfavourable to the intereds of this Province. gctucr wmi a mi 01 uioicnptains, with the The perfevering efforts of a fmall fac- amount of their feveral fubferfptions an- tion, in poflVffion of the ufual channels of nexed to their name* refpediveiy ; to an- public information, and claiming; ro be a fwer draft? drawn by the Secretary by or¬ der of the Committee, aid when requeu¬ ed by three, or more members of th<? C m* the 25th w*ui 27ta^ec an^ London to of the lame menth Mr. Roy,memb'rofthe French cham berot deputies, is appointed minifter of h nance. 83 87 motion, and decidod in the gre.it commotion at arming m rr* nature S • fceep a correct )n\ of fubfciibn*, with the amount of their fubferiptions, annexe! to their names refpe&ively, and, by a timely notice, mall, at a;iy time, have power to call fpecial meeti-gs of the Committee, with the concurrence of three or more of its members. Art 8. It fhall be the duty of the Treafurer, to receive all money belonging to the Society, arifing from any fource s to keep a correct account of the fame, to-' ther with a lill of fnbfcnptions, with the a e majority of the people, has increafed th Blfchief. I think you have rightly ludfr- ed that the expreffion of your loyal fenti- rncm s is the antidote bed calculated to de- ftroy the evil. I need not fay that, otherwife. the oal- WHeN-m performed by the Inhabitants Ot the D.Hna of Niagara, in the late war, %Ould Have rende-ed fuch an expreffion of fentiments altogether fuperfluouR, The Fan's M« nfteur mert^ns that there had been a Lyons, ah Lord EUenboroagh, chief judicc of England, died on tlte 1 jth Dec. Sir Philip Francis. Died on the 22d of December; and it i- faid, that he has left behind him paper.- which conclufively prove, that he was the author of tiie cele¬ brated L ettcrs of Jim us. The Courier fays (there is no foundation for the reported charges in the rniniftry, with the exception f the retirement of lord Mulgrave from the mailer general- mfp of the ordinance, w .ich is to be filled by lord Wellington. A tumor was very prevalent in to c)r-t\ that the King f ,-ain had from .Madrid. By S 70 or the podponement Againft it be mam <jue0ioij was then taken on Mr- Cobb's negativc j For agreeing to it ' nns has this knotty queftion been fet¬ tled, after a debate of three weeks. It is worthy of remark, that the Houfe has never been known to have been more fully attended than when the above votes were taken. ah fcor.de i ftfen received it is dated that he had (faftfoy^d himfelf, a a (J n.uee, lo lay his account, open t0 ;„?:;'; &£&**?> H -en mil,der,-.J E*^r*^ - - _^, j Bellvilie, Feb. 1 otb, 1 R t 9. ic Inhabitants of the town of Bell¬ vilie and Tli tion. Art. 9. It fhall he the duty of the De- pofnary, when directed by the Secretary to receive from tl e Treafurer, and 10 remit the fane to the Upper Canada Bible So> cety.w.t:! a requed, that the amount there¬ of may be lent in Bibies and Tedaments aa I^Wlilr M may he ; to receive book- on their arrival ; to keep « correaaccou.it of the amount of remittances, anu of books met Au folio c\ -bible Society, fames MOMaKk r/v, J„ ,, . . * o'lpoie ox books ca!'«l to .he^haii. «nd Jh- ™' -' -?-' ■' 5'K '°^ ^ ""' ar"'" fclutions fubmittoJ. I«, Thai Mr. John Reynolds be re que'uj t„ bcc prefidtnt rfflB Suc.e_ t- WiluamZwickandAnd Vice Pteddents. and-frj S "?UmM' Rof,vd Levans and bfl'omoa Hazleton. 3d. \ hat Th0?. Parker becrime T "ir-c •°bert ^"\ *<* Thomas Cole- wing re- cles; to pay the amount of fa.'es f?om time to time to the Treafurer, and take his receipt for the fame, and, at any time, to fubjefr. his accounts to infpedtion, when rew Mayne, called on by three or more members of the Committee. Art. 10. Members of the Committee may at any time, receive books of the De- pofitary, and difpofe of them agreeably to the fifth article, and fhall pay the amount of what they may receive for the fame to the Treafurer, and take his receipt. Art 11. All bocks iflued to members of the Committee, fhall be charged to the Commit tee jointly, and for the proper dif- pofal of them thofe to whom they were ifTued mall be fefpi Art. 12 Wheo ------m .. ill llllltl t 'J The Times ©bferves, that the afpeel of af¬ fairs in Spain was fuch a<» made it too probable fome crisis was at hand Certain¬ ly fomething feri?iJS has occurred in Spain. The London Courier is very loud againft Mr. Monroe when commenting on his meffage to congrefs. The c^fe of WfctfJ&flftft 3jo4 \-.k bfiffier U adverted to { many petty anathemas pronounced againft the g-veinment. The Courier alfri indulges in the old [lung of a divifion of the date-—that we cannot remain bng a federate union ui der out genera! ment. The Northern and Wtfiem Canats. — Oi the Great Wedern Canal, the distance Ota miles and 64 chains is entirely com- plered, and boat; are already floating in it; 40 miles and 8 chaina nearly completed ; 10 mf'es and 48 chain?, half done ; and, 20 miles, and 52 chains one fourth done. Of the Charnplain Canal, 12 miles are finiflied, and a final fettlement is made with the contractors. Sof^rasthe com- miflioners have proceeded in this arduous w^rk, the- expencc has fallen fhort of the originaj edimate The public will now be enabled duly to Appreciate the exag¬ geration and the folly of the men, who have to zealonfly oppofed this incalculably important project.— V, T. paper and KINGSTON CHRONICLE. - t ' ' ?■>??:::::>:;; FRIDAY, February <2fh 1S19. • » • t * * « on don, Bee. 14 Count BerndrfT, the pruatau Minifter tor Foreign affair*, is, h is faid. to pro- ceeJ to BrufTels to lefnme the negotiations for a ceffion of territory by the kingdom of the Netherlands in favor ofPrufiia. Dec. 17___w u ic ►=___..j l FOR THE KINGSTON CHRONICLE. «**»■ Messrs. Editors, ^*^ In a former numberof the Chron¬ icle, I read your Editorial animadver¬ sions upon the Letter of Mr. Adams, the tinct and durable impression. \\ lien applied, metaphorically, to the human mind, in the plirase c; engraved in ada- maot upon the common sense oi man¬ kind " it is an Unexceptionable meta¬ phor, signifying, thai (he piiuciple of na-. tional law, for which he was contend¬ ing, is impressed upon fhe common sense of men, ioo durably to be nblitera'er!^ and too distinctly to require wiitten proof. Johnson or Blair,. 1 am sure, would pronounce the figure not merely correct, but equally ciegaut and e2pre% s'rve. Without supposing any intentional unv fairness, I ihink you havo, in fact, not" fairly stated the seconxl passage. The>oir- stitu'tion of u Palace" instead of « Fa>-» aces" is, probably, a typographical er¬ ror. But your statement, being marked, as quoting the very words of the author, presented to my mind an idea very dif¬ ferent, in another respect, from thai which f have since received on perusing the paragraph, as it stands in the letter. From your quotation, i understood, that Mr. Adams had spoken of " a whimper of expostulation being loud enough to be heard across the Atlantic ;" whereas ho has not said any such thing, but directly the reverse. The substance of his assert icn is that the expostulation was«o/ loud enough to be heard across the Atlantic : it was no more than a whimper, if there was any at all. Contrasting the conduct 01 hpaiii to¬ wards the United States, relative to Ge¬ neral Jackson's taking possession of cer¬ tain places in Florida, of which she loud¬ ly complains, with her conduct towards Great Britain,in a similar, and, bethinks, more agravat'd case, of the oceupatiou of places in Florida by Col. Xieholls, Kr^and Ai,an T^> *>+ , 4th. That this Socictv be denom" , A V™"«*'«J**** and for .he prop *• ^-llviileAuxdiary^tdrf. Tff^C ' -T ^ l° wfcom *"l ^ a ^Ij^li^iJ ** ** ^ -'P-fible. jrayme their c<mmenanCe and affifta V 5th. /hat the thanks of this Meetmcr he prrfentcd to the R— T,r ** - - £ *ble afliftance and ec, 17-—" lr is reported here, that an entirely new arrangement has been formed between the French government and Mr. Baring; the latter only take hilf of the new Loan, the French ment will ncgociate th s one r,fr l /. . a vaca"cy occurs in anv odice, the Committee fhall have power tl nee. Inpply iUc} ev. W. Cafe, for fag on the o-r-.d.-j,. an ppiopnate D.fcourfc h cet ing ^» ""hat the ihr.uks of this Me m $X£*m M Nabb, for ftg" Whc.enponaiubfcripiionlidwasooen. * a0d ,,Xtccn P?u-^ nineteen ftiS 1 vacancy by eledion, till the "txt general meeting. C An. 13. The minutes of all general Toting,, and meetings of the Co govcrn- e remainder. This new arrangment, it is flated, is in confe qnence of the fall in the French stocks." Capt. Jchn Rofs, recently commanding the expedition employed on a voyage of -Icoverytothe Arctic Circle, has been promoted to the rank of Post Captain It appears, that the fmall pox is com¬ mitting fertou* outrages at the Hague In dr die with the questions pendmg'between \° L"ndo^ ?*«» »*&*d ***H&h to b? Spain aud the United States, or to ex- heard across the Atlantic, nor encjelw ress any opinion respecting the Secre- ?«™g\fQ transpire toymd the walk of ,-.v 3: - • " the Palaces,from ichcli it issued andtp which it nns borne." Let us analyse this figurative scnt&nc** li fVh?spcr1> is a term happily selected to intimate the faintness of the expostula¬ tion. « Wafted," (that is borne on the air) agree with the principal term, and correctly describes the manner in which a whisper is communicated from (he spea¬ ker to the hearer. That it C1 was uot P tary's discussion of them, orlbe political part of your comments on that State pa- Per, 1 beg leave to examine your criti¬ cisms upon its style. Polities are national, local, and change¬ able with the changes of political reta¬ ins. But the English Language, bein. thecommon property of a large portion or hurope and America, and likely to become more extensively diffused, than mmittee nt and oecre- feW IVffQ f pence «BiC|d»tei7 ft*%*4 haU be %ned by the Prefide taiy feff'&XfeUSt*" f° ^ fuf>- fettoftiiiwU fit";""'poya,,n"a1^ V. C (h»HK »* pence, currency of Oory. 5 ^nside^d, either fr if. sevojra^