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KINGSTON CHRONICLE. ,^-. •• t VOL il.j FRIDAY, (aftehsuov) MARCH % J820. [No. 9. Notice. TIE Land Hoard, for the [Midland District for the cnluitig fix months, will meet on Wednes¬ day in each week, at tt*C Court Houfe in the Town of Kin-juSm. at the hour of 12 o'clock at noon, f»f the pnrpole of receiv¬ ing applications for land*, from the under¬ mentioned dtfcWptJon of perfons, viz. Emigrants, and others coming to tlie Province and bringing dtie Certificates of being Briliih born fubjects All able Arttkft thac have refided in the Dillriet previous to the late war, and pro duce Certificates of having done their duty ?r its defence. The tc; ms of the grants are the perform¬ ance of the fettling duties within Eighteen Months from ihc date of the location, and the payment of {he following fees ; eftablifhed by an order in Council of ij-ih December, 1819. On Grants of 50 acres Lo Indigent Emi¬ grants no fees. On Grants of too acres, £iz Sterling. On Grants of 200 do. 30 On Grants of 300 do. 60 On Grants of 400 do. 75 On Grants of 500 do. 1 2 c On Grants of 600 do. 150 On Grants of 700 do. 175 On Grant* of Soc do. 200 On Grants of 900 do. 22 5 On Grantscf JOOOdo. 250 On Grants of 1 loodo* 275 On Grantsof 1200 do. 300 Payable in three equal intta1nuntss, viz. The firlt on the receipt 1 f the Location ticket ; the fecond on Certificate tilled of fcttiement ; the third on the receipt of the Fiat for the patent. No peri ion can be entertained unltfs accompanied by a written character, or a fuisiact »ry reafon fhevvn for fuch not being produced. I5y order of the Board $AM&t SICKALLS, Junr. Clerk Kingfton, Feb. 14th, iSno. 8 NO'ICK rFlH". public arc informed chat the firfl ■*■ number of The Evangelical Herald si will be published on or before the ifi of April next. Perfons defirous o* fubferib- Ing to the above work, are reqiMted to tranfmit their names and addrefs to the pnbbflier, at Kingfton,as foon as pnetica ble. Thofe who hold fubferipuon lifts will pleafe forward them, as above direct¬ ed, without ijelay. Kingfton, Feb. '2, 1820. 7W3 Take Notice. JAMES C BURD refpeafully in¬ forms thofe gentlemen who are in airears for the ufe of hi* Horfe, 'Royal George/ that th* time of payment i> part, and that he (hall be under tht difagreea- ble neceffity of fuing for the fame if pot immediately fettled. Ail pctfoftS having any jeft demands on James C. Burd, brewer, &c. on prcfenting them, will b" immediately paid ; and he hope* all patois'* indebred to him wiil call and balance, ar he is anxious to biing his hufi'iefs K> a goal clofe, being in a bad Hate of health. Kingfton, February 14, 1820. 7W4 NOTICE THE Coper. .«eruSip heretofore exiting between Wyllys F. Pease and Noah Lee, under the fir-r* of W. F. Pease and Lee, is this day diflblved by mutual con- *eut. All thofe who are indebted to the t.iid 111m ;\v frnji&ti*t*i *n moke uTMnftdittftft payment to W. F. Pease, and thofe to whom r!ie faid firm may be indebted, will present their demands to W. F. Pease for adjust¬ ment. (Gi-ncd) W. F. PEASE. NOAH LEE. BrcckvlUe, 3 1 j/ Jan. \?<zc. 6w$ ' 'notice. THE Copartnevfhip heretofore exifting between Jtyfc [ h and Levi Cross, Shoemaker*, having been dissolved on the icjth January. 1820, by the death of Levi Crofs. all perfons indebted to the above nrm are hereby called upon to make pay¬ ment Without delay ; and those having claims on the above firm, are requested to preiem: them for tdjufimmt. "JOSEPH cross. Kingston, Feb. 8, 182c 6W4. NOTICE. Books of Subscription for the will be opened at the Director's Room in the Bank of Upper Canada, on the 24th Auguft next, and kept open each day from the hour often till three o'clock, until -urther notice. Kingfton, 27th July, 1819. 3» Stray Cow VME into the fnclofute of the fuh¬ feriber about the 20th 1 f Oecemhcr lalt, a brown Cow with a white face- The owner may Lave her by proving property *ad paying charges* JEtm Pl?RDY. ^isgilou, Jan. i9 tSzo* 7W3 NEW GOODS. FT1HE fuhferiber refpectfully informs A the public that he has received a well fclected afTortment of Dry Goods, adapted to the feafon—Likewifea quanti- GROCERIES, which he will fell cheap fo: Cafh. Walter McCuniffe. Kingfton, 1(1 December, 18 [9. 49 WO TICE THE fuhferiber has now, and will con¬ tinue to have, at his Brewerv, a fup- pl> of Rich flavored Ale. The prefent price is one (hiling per gal¬ lon, for immediate payment The admi¬ rers of extra ftrong bodied Ale ire refpeft- fully informed that a* foon as poffible he will provide a flock that will satisfy the moft faltidious critic. He thinks it wiii not be amifs to rerrlnd th^* Farmer (who are the mafs; of the peo- pi. ) :hat if they wifli their grain to com¬ mand Cafh, they mult absolutely jttske malr Liquor their common beverage, and thus fupport the Canadian Brewers inllead of the Weti Indian Diililter*. It h ox feii- ou<- confequciue, bi th to thenih-lves and to the wh<th country, thnt they fhouid im mediately adopt fo praifeworthy a tefolu ti >n. Orders fent to the Brewerv, or left with Mr. John Russell, at Smith Barilct, Lfq's will n cet with due attention. THOMAS DAI.TON. Kingston Brewery, Oct z6, iR«9« N- H Grains at all times for fale, 7^! per bufhcl. 44 ALEXANDER ASHER. Merchant Taylor. HAS received from Montreal a moft choice and excellent afTortment of the bell Well of England l'uperfine ('tolas atiJ C;tssi//t<r<s9 with Trimmings, and every thing com plete. A. A she* informs his friends and th public that he is now working up thele ..luths, &c. at his old (land, where orders will be thankfully received, and executed on the (hotted notice, and on the lowed erms for Cafh. or fhort approved ere lit. King-fton, Sept. io, 1819. 37'f npuREE FAKM< FOR SALE ; Jl or if not fold to be rented for the en fuing year, viz one at the Prefqne Lie Harbor one at Waterloo, and the Picket Farm, (fo called. )—\ contract aifo will be giv-n for cutting 1000 Cords of Wood B. WHITNEY. Kingston, \6lb June, fXjq. 2etf I F. I). BP1LSBURY, .- f mncisos, It -V ; Late Surgi'un 0/ II. M. S. I'rincc He- $ £e7/r\ v)t Lake Ontario, ^ Intends practising in tho virious y branches of his Profession, at bfo res¬ idence, next door to John 'McLean* .r>q.Sh. ilff. % Kingston, Off. 6///. [SIC. M NOTICE. ALL perfons indebted to the late Co- part nei(hi:> of Richard Roh'non and David Secord, aie requefted to make im mediate payment to ti«e fiirviving pinner David Secord and ihofeto whom the faid Copartnerfliip may be indebted, aie ie queiicd to lend in their accounts for ad juftment and payment. Kingfton, 27th May, 1819. 2(nf PERSONS having Book-* hclonyin- to the Kingston Lihra:y are requell c«i to fend tliem ti> the fuhferiber, ar hi- houfe, adjoinimr the Town <»f Kingfton. and with as little delay =is pofGMe' JOHN FERGUSON. 12th April, 1S19. 16 7M^HE fubfenbrrs being duly nomina a c 1 Bargain ! ted Executors to the lalt Wiil and Tellament of the late Lawrence Hcrchmer. EfqUlVe, Merchant, requefl a'! perfons in debted to his cftate to make immediau payment, and thofe having demand- again ft the faid eftate to bring them forward with¬ out delay. JOHN KTRBY. GEO. H. MARKLAND. Kingfton, 9th Nov. 1819.. 46 A g*ood FO R Sale, the Houfe and Premifes, in the Town of Kingfton, at prefent oc copied by the lubfcribcr F»t particulars apply to SAMUEL ANSLEY,Jun. Kingston, May 5th 1819. 19 For Sale or io Let, /ft TWO Itory framed Houfe, and a (t/jL. large and commodious Hone Store, fi uate on the water's edge in the centre of the Village of Prefcot, en exceedingly ad vantageoun term*1 to the purchaftr or leasee. Enquire at the Office of CHr. v. hagerman. Kingfton, 20th February, 1819. 9 BOARD AND EDUCATION. MRS. NEWALL embraces this op- portunity of acquainting her friends and the public, that fhe has removed her School from Cornwall to Brockville, and Hie adores her friends, thai (he (ball con- ftantly endeavor to merit the patronapeof the public by an ailiduous attention to the literary impiuvemc-it^ of the young Ladies committed to her care, and by a fcrupulous regard to their morul principles and health. The fituation in 15r«»ckville in refptel to health, poffeffes fuperior advantages ; it ha< the benefit of a pure and uncontined air, which gives to :he necefTary exercife an innocent recreation of the pupils during the interval* of iltidy. Card* may be had of the terms by ma¬ king enquiry at Mrs NewalPs. BrocLvdle* Feb. njf/j. 1820. 8w6 Lands for Sale. A CUES of L&. excellent and well timbered land on the Ot- towas River, being Lots No 1 and 6 in the front Con- ceHjon of Gloncefter, or. the Eaft fide of the entrance'*f the River llideau- Apply to MefT.s. BLACKWOOD & LARO QJTF„ Montreal. Montreal, Fib, I'uh, 1820- 8w6 'FOUND. f¥"x] a frnali leatbrr purfe on the new 13 r^ad between Al.b^t's Houfi arid this Town, two Notes of Hand giveri by Henry l> Mai tin in fav.mr of N.jtlianiel W. Dopkins or hearer, and dated at Weftern on the 14th inft one Note i^ for 55 cltllars payable on the Iirft of May next—tin-other for ;y r'olhus payable one year fnm the date-■ Thife N- tt$ arc hft at the- hroi-icle Oili.-,>. .V.re the < \ ner may gel them, on pinving property- pay- ' ' mis /'.livLiiiieu e 1, . iiihfcriber a icafonable t,(, tor his trouble. SAMUKL CARTER. Khvllon. February 2eth, 1820. 8 1A* 1' ll-rf may Ic !o,p:i d with 1 WijfQPi delivered in tluir far*U at \qf ne« C'^.h Orders Oil eel e J to Mr Samuel Met »ea.andlefc at M*'oie*s Cof fee Houfe, w91 '• ^**y attended to. Kingston, +th Feb. 1820. c. Notice, flK lafr p.:MM(T^liip of Robert Gra- —. Inhii l\ Cc havsnu dis^olrvH i"l*e1f (hi.(!:i) by fi'Otaali of Roderick Mac- !v >y !vm| th; bus^iness in future will be carried*ni In tilt*Subscriber, to whom all p'TSonKj u!m» arr indebted to thr rbeve linn, will j)I( list* pay tiulraccounts w 11li- out delay,and ihost1 who ma) liave claim? M^iiiint tnnt «'onc< in will please present 29 mi.{ the cr ami all comyr T hem for adjuilnuMit. unni? LU)BKET GRAHAM. Point Fred'r'uk, 41st Sep!, 1HIS. mPElilAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMOXS. Tuesday, December 14. Rctoi '*•> "l Parliwinefit. Lord Johm RussELLfofcforthepnrpofe tS biinging-f! rward the motion of which Ik had given notice on the fuljeCt *.f Par- 'iamentary Reforrti. He felt the difficul¬ ties o( the talk greatly increafed by that ehangew th« fitua' ion of the country, and by thole eventfi which had taken place fince the eh.fe of the Idll Seflion of Parliament, wi en he hud the honour to give that no¬ li, c which It was r.ow endeavouring to jMirfue. It was iinpoffible uct to perceive thai thee were two parties, between whom there, picvailed an exi'eme irritaii«»n at this moment ; the one mging unrcalonablede- mauds, and the other mee ing eveiy de- ' and with a peremptory denial ; the one claimn.g unknow p'^ihges and imagina¬ ry rights, and (he other ready to call into oblivion all thofe at'cicnt liberties which our a> £* (tots (bed their blood to eiiablifh, and ready to endanger them forever, m or¬ der to obtain a temporal y and momentary lecuiity.—(Hear,J -For. his own part, whiHI hedefired to fee the impurities and pollutions cleared away, he would leave : he fabric of the Cowtlitutioil itfclf unalter¬ ed and unimpaired The leading point to which he wilhed to diaw the attention of the Houte was the ftatcof the large unre- prefciited towns of t ngland. Of late years fome of thele townc had rifen up into pla¬ ce- of guat commercial wealth and impor¬ tance. Other town* had, on the contrary, lunkinto decay, and become unfit to en- j'*y the right of fending Representatives to Parliament. On reference to the hiftory of Parliament, it would be found that the principle of a change had been ofcen ac¬ knowledged, and the fuffrage withdrawn and conferred on various occafions. At the Revolution, when it was found neces- saiy to difpoffrfs the Sovereign, it was ccu- fidered that it wotuld be to disjoint the ConltitUtion altogv-ther to add any new power to one of the,- biates \ and our an ceftors refuted at rflfet time to alter in any manner the compufikton of that Houfe. by the \£\ of Union, too, the Sovereign, it wa« admitted, could ,.0 longer lawfully is¬ sue his writ for adding to the number of its Members, £ut r.fc: evil confequences which had refulted from this ftate of things were undeniable. The fmall boroaghs had fince become [o corrupt as to fell their fuf- frages, and on fome occafions fo openly as tobevifited with punifliment by the Houfe. In addition to this, many large and opu¬ lent towns had fprung up, and had not yet obtained this right. A third effeA equal¬ ly indifputable had alfo followed : it was, that the Houfe itfclf had ceafed to repre- fent, fo exadUy as it ought, the wifhesand fentiments of the public. — (Hear.)—He had already adverted to the non-reprefen- tation of populous, commercial, aad man¬ ufacturing towns. Among ft thefe was Mancheftc, the population of which, in the year 1778, was between 2 and 3,000, and was now 1 ro 000. That of Leeds, from the fame number of between 2 and 3,000 a few years fince, had increafed in the year 1811 to 62,000. In the fame year, 1 S 1 \, it appeared by the returns that Birmingham had a population of 85.000 Halifax of 73,000, and Sheffield of 35,00© fouls. So rapid and important a change furely called for the interference of Par¬ liament, and for fome new adjustment of onr reprefentative fyflem. It had been ar- gued, that popular elections in thofe towns to which he had referred would only pro¬ duce ill blood, and lead to diforders and affrays. Such an argument was fitter to be ufed by a fubjtdt of Naples, or by the Spanifh Clergy, who had in point of faft often ufed it in his hearing, than by the citizen of a free State. It might be faid, if you disfranchife the corrupt boroughs, why not di.-fianchife other boroughs as well, and thereby render the chance of cor ruption the lel^ i To thi> he replied, that c.t prelent e was not difpofed to go further than what his motion fhouid embrace. He conceived that DO general meafure on thia iubjedt could be introduced, unlefs it was meant to dtsfrauchife the wh<de of the bor oughs. Thi< would lead to the genera1 qmftion of Reform; or, in other word* i • the pi nii ipleuticconthtutiiig the Houlc of i ommon*. It did not api ear that thi> general meafure of Reform was neceffary The Conftiuiiiou of ihr country did not like that orothen, depend upon a charter It wan the gradual growth of ages. It> powu was equally balanced between King, Lords, and Commons ; and by the fame ancient right the Houfe of Commons con filled of the representatives of counties, cit¬ ies, and boroughs. It was Io conllituted at the time when Montefquieu called our whole Con flit ut ion the moll perfedt foim of government on earth. It was fo when it was piaifed by that enlightened noble man Lord Somers- It was conllituted in the fame manner at the time when a King was expelled the country for a violation of its nghts. Whatever might be thought of the general extenfion of fuffrage, he knew of no country which had enjoyed it with fecurity to its Couflitutinn. There was the inltance of Spain in the . 51I1 cen¬ tury, which got a free Constitution in the election of the Cortes ; but from thli, or any fhare in it, the anflocracy of the coun¬ try were excluded ; and what wab the con feqnence ? Why, that when a Bruggle took place between the people and the Sovereign the atiftocracy, having no in- ttreft in the Cortes, fided with the Crown and upfet the Conllitution- — (Hear J — Fiance had her Conllitution upon fome- what of a fimilar principle ; but then (here was yet too liitle experience of its effects, and it now ftood on too precarious a fitu arion to have an example taken from it. This violent difpofition to change our form of Government for fomething new and untried, appeared to him like the man in the fab'e, who wi filed to exchange old lamps for new. The old lamp there ipok- en of wag covered with dufh but Hill it contained a magical power.— (Hear.J— So he conceived did our old ConltitUtion. —(Hear.)—There was a kind of magical power in it—not indeed the power of rais ing fplendid palaces out of humble cotta ges, but the more excellent power of afford¬ ing equal laws and equal protection to all who lived under it.—(Hear )—When he faw our Conflitution pioducing fuch ef¬ fects, he could not bring his mind to give it up for fome new and untried theory.— (Hear.)—The Noble Lord concluded, a- midll confideiable cheers from both fides of the Houfe, by propofing the following refolutions:— r 1. That it is expedient that all boroughs, in which grofs and notorious bribery and corruption fhall be proved topievail, fhouid ceafe to return Members lo ferve in Par liament ; provifion being made to allow fuch of theele&ors as fhall not have been proved guilty of the faid offence to give votes at any election to be held for the county in which fuch boroughs fhall be reflectively fituated. 2. That it is expedient that the right of Lord Nor man by feconded the motion in a fpeech mf fome length. He admitted, that if the meafure propofed by his Noble Friend went to effect a general change in the fyftem of our reprefentation. it would, 39 all fuch changes mult, be attendtd with confiderable danger. But the propor¬ tions before the Houfe had no fuch object, and could have no .uch effecit. The priv¬ ileges of electors, like thole of Repr^fenta- tives, were not given for their individual advantage, but for the benefit of the whole community; and the nation had not only an intereft in every election, but in every vote given at fuch election, as it c-nft'tu- ted a part of the great whole of popular reprefentation. If, therefore, any elector, or body of electors, abided the conftitu- tional truft which was repoTed in them, they ought, he maintained to forfeit that truft, and it fhouid be transferred to fome place yet unreprefented —(Hear.) On the motion being put from the chair, Lord C'astllreAgh rose. Tln-rewas enough of moderation in the Noble Lord's manner of introducing this measure to exempt it from any severe criticism frcra. him, (Lord CaNtlereatih,) if he had the power of so doing. He admitted that it was dillicult to discuss this question, without in some degree touching upon 1 hat of reform : but he put it to the No¬ ble Lord and the House, whether at this lime, when a most morbid feeling existed in the country with respect to Parliamen¬ tary reform—Whether, after what we had seen occur out of doors, we ouuht not to look with great caution upon mea¬ sures affecting that s'ubject. IL- did not, however, urge this as a plea in bar to the motion of the Noble Lord ; for he would i\o him (Lord J. Russell) justice in ad¬ mitting, tuat this motion did not arise :>ut of the temper of the present times, out was given notice of at a period when the country enjoyed a state of tranquility, lie would rail the attention of th'* House tO wVhkt l»" apprehended was the real point for their consideration th;i* night, rutd in doing so, he *as the more safKfi- •*d that the: dtff rem e between (he N«»ble Lord (Lord J. Russell) and him-elf was much less than might be aoti ip:i- ted. The apparent sense of the Noble Lord's propositions was, that v,hei • pla¬ ces now sending Members to Parliament uere proved, to a certain degree, to have been guilty of corruption, in equity af¬ fecting the rights of the majority of «he electors, *hat fhey should be dismembi r- ed of those rights as an sample to all others, and the elective franchi-e so abu¬ sed -hould be plated in the hn»*i> of more deserving bodies, and more in con¬ sonance nitli the interests of the commu¬ nity. To that principle he had not a *iugle s?nfimefli to oppose ; on the con¬ trary, it uas a principle which had been recognized b> Parliament, not merely in theory, but in practice ; and that the principle had not been carried farther was to be attributed to the judicial dif¬ ficulties that stood in the way of the ap¬ plication in particular cases which had arisen. In the course < f the last session three, if not four, cases had occurred, in which this principle had been admitted by both sides of the House ; and the on¬ ly question which arose was, as to the facts of those cases, and the mode in which the principle was to be applied to those facts. He believed that one Bill nail actually been sent toth^otker House »f Parliament ; but, in all events, the inquiry into the course which was to be adopted in cases of corruption had con¬ siderably advanced at the close of the •ast session, and he confessed that at no- period should this subject receive the least resistance from him ; un the con¬ trary, it should always be met with the most cordial co-operation,-------(Hear* hear.)—When the case of Grampound was before the House, if the view which the Noble Lord was disposed to take of that borough were correct, he saw noth¬ ing which could prevent him from com¬ ing to a concurrent vote with the Noble Lord for its disfranchisement ; but a question of great moment still remained; and that was, what would they do with the franchise of the borough ? He was not inclined, nor would he then take upon himself to say, that the franchise of a bo¬ rough might not be extended to the cir¬ cumjacent country ; but he would say, that many casts might be offered to the consideration of Parliament in which an objection might present itself to such an arrangement. With these feelings he could not but conclude that the system laid down by the Noble Lord in his re¬ solutions was founded upon very imper¬ fect data, and its application likely to meet with obstructions, in many cases, which it would be impossible for all the wisdom of Parliament to obviate. To returning Members tofeive in Parliament, | enter resolutions on the journals of the fo taken from any borough which fhall have been proved to have been guilty of bribery and corruption, fhouid be gi^en to lomc great town, the population of which fhall not be lefr than 15,000, or to fome of the largcit counties. 3. That it u the duty of this Houfe to conlider of further means to detect and prevent corruption in the election of Mcna- beuof Parliament. 4. That the borough of Grampound, in which grofs 2nd notorious corruption has been proved to prevail, do ceafe to fend .Mcebcra to \h\$ Houfe* House too, founded on abstract princi¬ ples, which were not applicable to all cases, aud could only be applied under peculiar circumstances of a local charac¬ ter, must necessarily produce great in¬ convenience ; he would therefore submit to the Noble Lord, and to the House, whether it would not be a more natural course to take up at once the case iu which reform was contemplated, aud ap¬ ply to it those arguments which its pecu¬ liarities might justify.—(Ihary Aeor, hear.)—He could assure the Noble | Lord, that il he asksd for leave to bring