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in a Bill to disfranchise the "Borough of Giampound upon the grounds which he had stated, that be would not throw the least difficulty in his way—(Hear, hear.) He was perfectly willing to recognize such a course ; and, in the discussion of that Bill, the House would ha?c an op¬ portunity of determining in what manner the representation of the borongb should be disposed of. If the Noble Lord look¬ ed to all the peculiarities of Cornwall, he would see the impracticability of ap¬ plying his system to that part of the country. From this he could not fail to observe the impolicy of adopting a fixed principle: the mischiefs which would arise were self-evident ; whereas, if each case, accompanied by its peculiar cir¬ cumstances were brought before Parlia¬ ment, then the question might fairly be discussed as to the mode of disposing of the franchise—whctlicrto extend it to the adjacent county, or to populous towns which were not previously represented. — (Hear, hear.)—He could assure the Noble fiord of every ctf-operation and support in every proposition wl.ieh he might make consistent with the general Tiews of policy which the preservation of the true spirit of the constitution of Par¬ liament mi^ht justify ; but l.e must ob¬ ject to the introduction of any measure which was calculated to furnish aground for discontent out of doors, or to bring into discredit the representation of that House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Tirr.\cY said, there were few oc¬ casions in which he had risen with more heartfelt satisfaction, or with more of the same spirit of concilia (ion that had been displayed by the Noble Lord, than inlhe present. He made very grrat allowan¬ ces for the situation of the Noble Lord : but for his own part lie could see no ob- !i*etton. in Till paSPSTflirr^'Rof^tichv *.■*•*•• disfranchised for corruption, that the Tights of representation should be trans¬ ferred to counties or populous places. In Parliamentary reform, he thought it was their interest to get all they could ; and therefore he was perfectly thankful if they cojld pet the smallest portion of amendment in the state of the represen¬ tation. The progress of manufactures had produced a change in the state of the population, which demanded a similar change in the state of (he representation ; and he confessed that towards producing that change, he hailed the conduct of the Noble Lord that night as an omen of grtat good.— (JIem\ hear.)— lie was induced to say this, because it was in consonance with the opinion of the No¬ ble Lord himself, and al.-owith the opin¬ ion of Mr, Pitt. If the noble Lord (Castlereagh) received this Bill in the spirit of conciliation which he had that night manifested he had uv hesitation in saying, that it would be the best system which could possibly be adopted, for al- iayiog those feeliugs of discontent, which at present existed to so alarming an ex¬ tent, and for substituting a sense of con¬ fidence and respect towards that house, which would hare a more salutary effect on the minds and habits of the people, than all those measures in the discussion of which they had boon so ions engaged* —(Hear.) Lord Jon:.* Russell said. lie rose with feelings of peculiar pleasure to thank the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) for the con¬ ciliating disposition which he had evin¬ ced, and to congratulate the Home tm the result of that night's debate. He was, indeed, ready to acknowledge, that the Noble Lord had given him every a'- £$&$& in il'i's potfer, nv CSUfattivg (nc fnquiry last session into the state of tht; borough of Grampound : but, on tilC present occasion, he must confess that the Noble Lord had even gone beyond what he had reason to expect. He now therefore gave notice, that en Thimday ne\t he should move for Icvire -o bring in a Biil to disfranchise the borough of Grampound, and to transfer the franchise to some great town. He concluded by begging leave to withdraw his motion. The motion was then withdrawn. joriiy of the people, have dissipated those appearances of disturbance and discon¬ tent which were beginning to defame us abroad, and which, unless happily check¬ ed, would have soon been fatal to our in¬ creasing prosperity. Assured that there exists no reason at present for desiring more than the ordinary safeguards of the Constitution, lam fully disposed, should you deem such a measure expedient, to acquiesce in a repeal of the act passed in a late Session for preventing seditious meetings, freely confiding in the prompt energy of the Legislature, and the steady loyalty of the great mass of His Majesty's subjects, to meet any future occasion. The judgment I have been enabled to form of the situation and interests of this Colony, leads me to appreciate highly your provisions for the amendment of the Road Laws, and for the more equal and general Assessment of property. The Acts may admit of improvement, and like all other measures tending to introduce a change of system, will be found, no doubt when they shall he brought into opera¬ tion, to require alteration i:i the detail ; but the Session in which you introduced, and have, 1 trust, forever bequeathed to your country the principle of an uuex- empthig and impartial assessment, will form hereafter an honored era in the an¬ nals cf her Legislation. Gentlemen of the House afAszcmbtg* Tire public accounts, with the estimates for the ensuing year, shall be laid before you. and will receive, no doubt, your early attention. With resources more than adequate to that proportion of the expense of the Civil Government which we have assumed, tire revenue has been insufiicient to meet the accumulating charge for Militia Pensions imposed on it bv Laws, I fear more extort! velv h. n. u.iciit in their provisions than our mean* could justify. You will find that a large arrearage has accrued in this head of Public expenditure, for which, you will doubtless see the necessity of making Im¬ mediate provision. tJotiorabh Gentlemen, and Gentlemen, Son "ill direct your attention to such Laws as arc about to expire—among these is the Act for the establishment of Township School-. While you bear in mind that justice takes place of every o- Aier consideration, you «ili not forget that it is repugnant to the decrees of pro¬ vidence that civil liberty should lone maintain its ground among any people disqualified by ignorance and licentious- ness for itsenjoyment. Your disposition therefore to provide for this valuable ob¬ ject, will, I am persuaded, always keep pace with )our means : on the present scale, and under the present regulations of the Bill, it is neither prudent nor per¬ haps desirable to proceed, but measures may possibly be adopted to produce the same good ae a more moderate expense. Provision for religious instruction, and the diffusion of education, are becoming daily more important in this Province. The population of Upper Canada is ra¬ pidly increasing ; New Townships are filling with actual settlers, and the con¬ ditions of cultivation and Improvement now rigidly insisted upon by Mis Majes¬ ty's Government, are suddenly display¬ ing the ffdvantage of the present system, by a lively contrast with the former. A subject which should fmvO foCOH mentioned before still remains* The ex¬ planation of this omission J shall trust to your own feelings. I am certain you have <Iei ply sympathised with me in the pSittfotdfapetlsiltianhf Providence, which deprived His Majesty's North A morican Provinces pf that illustrious personage, who beheld with peculiar interest the growing prosperity of Canada, an object to w Inch, governed, as he always was, by a high sense of duty, and influenced by a truly benevolent disposition, he cheerfully devoted all his powerful fa- c allies. The gentlemen prcSCnt concurred with the Hon. Member tliat he might move for an enquiry itktfy tfce statc of the Post Office. Tt'EsnAY, Feb. 22. Mr. Nichol gavu notice that he would on Tuesday next inovefnr an inquiry in¬ to the state of the poSt Ofice. Mr. Burwell m<1VPd for ]eave to bring up the petition ot Thomas Talbot, Ro¬ bert Nichol and |0|JU Backhouse, Es¬ quires.—Ordered Mr. Cotter movPCj for |eavo to bring up the petition of t|ie inhabitants of A- meliasburgh.—Orjered. Mr. Fraser gav*> notice that he would on Friday next bring jn a |j;il to amend the Road Act. Mr. Van K©Ugfo,ett moved for leave to bring up the pefltion of Adam Baker, ofOsnaburgin the Eastern DistricfjOlB- keeper.—Ordered, Mr. Nichol mo,P{] fnr leave to bring up the petition of Hugh McCall and o'- thcrs. W>DNrsDAY, Feb. S". The House reso ved itself into a Com¬ mittee upon the Address to the Governor, which, after several amendments, was read a second time, and upon the motion of Mr. MeMartih it was ordered to be engrossed as amemled, and read the third time this diy. Mr Uurwell moved for leave to bring up the petition of rhe inhabitants of the Township of London in the London Dis¬ trict*—Ordered. Mr. McMartin moved for leave to bring up the petition of Thomas Wears and Juiui McDonald, of the Midland Dis¬ trict.— Ordered. Mr. Robinson moved for leave to bring up the petition of the Magistrates of the Home District.— Ordered. M\. I'CoConvai mov, d lor leave to bring up the petition of the Grand Jury of the Home District.—Ordered. Mr. Nichol gave nnfice that he would to-morrow move thai the House be call¬ ed over on Monday (he 13th of March, and hoped those Members who should not attend, wtwli be compcMed, and made to pay the charges incurred thereby. Mr. Nichol gavr notice that he would on Friday next m/vc for documents re¬ lating to certain inhabitants sufferers by the war. Mr. Fraser gav< notice of bringing in a Bill tojdividethe/ounticsofLfunox and Addington in the Midland District. Mr. Cotter gave notice that be wonld on Monday next r;ove for leave to bring in a Bill for the tetter division of the County of Fritfsc Edward info Town* ships. The Address (^ His Excellency the Lieut. Governor, having been brought ill engrossed, was read the third time, and on mot ran of Sir. N< lies, a Commit¬ tee was appointed to wait on FPs Excel¬ lency to know at Wnat time he might be pleased to receive the Address. May it please Yora LxcELtvscx, WE tlti Majcsfy*Sdutiftil and Ltyfrl Sub¬ jects, the Common* of Upper Canada in Provin¬ cial Parliament asficmWed, beg leave to express t<> tout Excellency our humble and Iwarty thanks at home, and charges every thing thai pafles through it. She has restricted our commerce, that wc cannot buy a piece of cloth, but what cornea from licr. He for your gracious Speech from the Throne, at die J knew that the Province ought to he and V^vjywy a, 3w^' **r^::i->^rf;- ; - PARLIAMENT or UPPER C Ay AD I At half past two o'clock on Monday tlie -1st instant, His Excellency the Lieutenant Govcrnorr.pencdthe present Session of the Provincial parliament \uth the following SPEECH : Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council^ and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly^ The lamented indisposition of our re¬ vered Sovereign continues unabated. We have to be grateful for a x\c\v evi¬ dence of His Royal Uighoess's paternal consideration, in the selection of the Earl of Dalhousie, to preside over His Majes¬ ty's North American Dominions. Though the usual time of recess has f\ot been completed, circumstances be¬ yond my control, have induced me to call you together, and as the period was 3o near at hand when a new Parliament roust be summoned in compliance with the Law, I returned from the Sister Pro¬ vince to enjoy the only opportunity which remained of expressing personally my satisfaction at the unanimity, diligence and just regard for the honor and securi¬ ty of vour government, which have been manifested in the proceedings of the two last Sessions. I feel the most sincere pleasure in com- raunicating to you, thai the timely Inter- portion of (in- LeftUtato??., 'he just *d- itratiou of tlifc L"iw of the J.n.d, and, HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Mo.vday, 21st Feb. 3VIr. Xicho!,— Gave notice that he uould oh TueMhiy more for an enquiry into the state of the Province, in con<e- ijucnceof thti'abuses vvljleh existed in the Post Cilice, to which department his en¬ quiry would be directed ; if it was the opinion of gentleman (hat ihoy had no right t«> enquire into that department. But if the gentlemen wore of opinion with him that although t\wy hail no right to interfere with the Etizdfth Act of Pari in - ment by which the Post OlSec was reg¬ ulated, yrt they had a right to enquire into the abuses which had crept into it, he would instead of moving for au enqui¬ ry into the state of the Province, m'»vp an enquiry into the ±t;\te of the Post Of¬ fice, lie was sure the Province sustain¬ ed a loss of £600 annually, and he indi¬ vidually a loss of 40 dollars per annum, which was too much for him in his pre¬ sent situation to bear, as he Knew that he had to pay (2d. postage more for a let¬ ter than others did whose letters were conveyed 170 miles farther. lie was aware that prosecutions lay against in¬ dividuals for acts of this nature, but ap¬ pealed to the Hon. the Speaker, whether from his professional knowledge, he (Mr. >i.) would not be sacrificing his own pro- pcrty for the good of the Colony, as the whole costs must be bofDG by him. lie stated that lie was happy that he could bring forward his present motion with¬ out exciting any disagreeable feelings in the* pn*«f»ji( innanco, as the alarm which eX'Mcd Ikm'cI ' i had f«rturia*fJy smfi* • sided,and he iv;i v.ivtimt t!i"tuinioi:, il Wpp«Hh !- WM!»1 Ij:* n! i:.:;iori;;tnc !•» ihr Jlta^ZTtC alii* (Krwulm-ooci J rrrti.u-.v6j .?..! , ;. , ;, .!,• .,:! cm. , ,g , ., ,- ToTIis Excellency Sir Ptrtgrinc SlfaillancL Kniqhl Cammaarftffsftke Most Honorable Miularf Qnfcr "I' the Bath, Lieutenant Gat'-mur of the province of L'/i/nr (Mnadat midM'ifaf (JniT'f! Commanding UU Mt- jtstf.t fatima in tfyper and Lower Vana- tlat $,c CyC. tj-r. MAV IT PtEA*E Vot'« EXCELLEV.V, WE Ms Majcei>f* mos« diitilHl and luyal subjects, the Le^isladv^ Council of Upper fau- aiia, in Provincial |*firiianieat ar^emblcdi b^ have lorrinrn our ilianKs for your Speech ai l!i«- opening t,f iln> Sr =>i*>n of the Legi>tuinre. Wcfamcnf, wiili>i"]r Eacetkucy, thecouiiii- ufd indidpo^iiion (ifotfr rcvcrwJ Sovereign. We receive \x\th piaciiiiiJc, tit.- frejili proof of Ji\^ Ro\;J Highness t,,(" Prmce R.^eiu'-. arten- liail lo lUc iatne-i- ol ^'r%e f.-louui hy ihrf ap- |iointmc(;«'"»! ilic £a»| .#f Dalh<iu^ic. to he Gov¬ ernor in Chief of Bnn^li North Acurica, >et «e cannot c<«3e to dfplor** ike occasion for clii.- ap- poimmenr. In cumrrnn with all our sister Col¬ onies, we lament the great loss, suUsiopd l»\ the Crown and itsSilbjcri^ in the pivmrtoirc death of tlie late Governor In Chief, His Grace the I)uke of Richmond. All beheld, and admired, the lefty energies of Ilk uncommon mind, unceas¬ ingly devoted to ike public benefit.—To ti;e two G'anadai>, Iii-i Grace \a&* endeared by the uoaffec- ted display of the private virtues; may we add, t!»at (he doner relation ofilih Province, to ih? family of the UJnsliioiW deceased, mincled wnh the public sorrow, on thlsafill€Cln|tdi»i>eo«aiioo, the most lively emotlOQS, of unfeigned b)ttipa- iny. . We are happy to h^ve met tlie flatteriog ap¬ probation of your lAcellenry, in our endeav¬ ours under >ouradmi<'i>tranon, to di charge the dunes imposed upno o* — Uis matter of great .<tii--!ucuon loreceiv* froifl your Kxrelleiicy.as- Rttraiices that the alarming appearance of dis¬ content and disturbance, which called for addi¬ tional puarrts to the public -afet\, no longer ex¬ ist, or require the continuance ut the restrictive measured waa found expedient to adopt, hi a la p Session of the L.^i'-laiiire. Tin- beoclicial elfects to be exncCC'd from the late !»neHofftiion of the Road Laws, anifrpnran Impartial A*ses$- ujeni of PropertN. w«*'doubili-s be roiMirmed, au.i the Province will owe lo your excellency a nibute ofijratiiud,', n>r the favourable re ult> of tht?e enactmeiitS, Willich it will tieoureode.iv- o'.tio perfect hysuch modlficaiions,asfmm time to tiinelhev may bei*»»»d 'p require. We shall not fail 10"paydue aHeulion to the expiring; Siafures, and hope th>t a ju>t and prudent re\i*. iun of the Law for the establishment of Common SchooU, mav p*esei^- (l|t* *y»tem of Education unimpaired^ and enc^«ffa a general attention, throoghouiour popul-1'1'!). to inform ihe minds oi'iheriNinesencrntic'Nas the surest pledge for the rational enjoynie»** o! Civ.l liberty, and reli¬ gion. We trust that tbedtf^ accession of Em tyrants from older countries, whirh rapid I) fill* our new Townships, brings u|lhit seitled principles of religion, and good C^verument, which, under the favourable result10" •• forseltlemeol,adopt¬ ed l»\ your Excelleni.v* ma\ >pe«-dily present a picture of human hapr1'1"^. Hot excelled in any part of the world. To which His tpctttencg was pleased to mah v the following i*Pty •' M Mr. Speaker. en'l Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Co"»f'ih I am much gratified b> >0{ii' u,b'^ a"J dutiful Address," To Uh Kvrrilrncij si>' PfKgrfti* Mattland, Kmahti mwfwfc™/™* -WW Honorable Million Orfyr -: '/,c /;"'/'* H*vlmn»l iW<*M v.rth raflGBmmanaiii:* HUM&- opr,iin<rof ilie present SessJofi. Loyally attached to the person and Govern* ment of Our Sovereign, we sincerely lament the continuance of the indisposition with which liis Majesty has5« long been afflicted. It is with feelings of the mosi poignant sorrow (which we assure your F.xeelU-uev, aie Common to all His Majesty's Subjects in thir. Province,) that we sympathize with you in the late most al- tlicting dispensation oi Providence, which, in bereaving ytfuf Lxcellency Of bo near a relative, has deprived His Majesty's North American l)o- mluiiinsof the Exalted Personage, who during the short period he remained in the siluariou, which be condescended to assume, gave BO many and frnch flattering proofe that bU cure extended equally i» even part of those Dominion-, and who afforded an illustrious ex.i.nple ol entire dc- votjiHi to the service and interest of Uib country, that will long he remembered and cherished iu tbe>e Provinces. iu the appointment of the Karl of Palhousie as his 'Miccc^snr iu so important a trust. \\c ac¬ knowledge with gratitude a new evidence of the paternal consideration of His Iluybl Itighue&i the Prince Regent. It i» a sonue of much gratification to m, that our endeavours lopiomote the security »)f HiS Majesty's Government in this Province, have ob¬ tained )OUr Kxcellency's approbation, and we feel the utmost satisfaction at the information communicated by your Excellency, that more than all, the prevailing good sense and good principle of the great majority of the People, have dissipated those appearances of disturbance and di«cOnteilt which were beginning to defame ik abroad, and which, unless happily checked, might have been fatal to our prosperity. We receive with feelings of gratitude and pride jour Excellence's declaration, tlial thrre exists no reason at present for more than the or¬ dinary safeguard^of the Constitution, and that _v«u are disposed to acquiesce iu the repeal of the Act passed in a late Session for preventing Sedi¬ tious Meetings, should it be deemed necessary, inlhe confidence :-o liberally reposed by your Excellency in tlie prompt energy of the Legisla¬ ture, and the steady Loyalty of the People, to meet any future occasion, we feel assnreJ you it ill n«u he Hi-appointed. We are, with your Excellency, fully sensible thai the Road F.aus and the Laws for the more equal and general .Cessment of Property, may admit of improvement, and shall not fail to give tho-e subjects our most serious attention. When the public accounts and estimates are laid before u-, we shall give ibem proper atten¬ tion, anil endeavour to make such arrangements as may appear best calculated to improve the Revenue with the least po>sible inconvenience to His Majesty's subject*. From the accumula¬ ted charge for Militia Pensions, vve are led to fear that the Act authorising their payment is too liberal in its provisions; we shall therefore, at lite tame time that we provide for the pay¬ ment of the charges already accrued, make a suit¬ able provision for the future- We shall direct our attention to such Laws as are about to ex¬ pire, an.I cive to ihe revision of the Common School Act thai due consideration which its im¬ portance demands. M'.-: are aware that ignorance and licentious- ne-P arc at variance afrit the troe principles of civil policy, and rational freedom, and in our de¬ liberations on this important subject, it shall be our study lo kceji ii view the improvement of the moral and religious habife of the rising gen- ration. We are sensible of the rapid increase of the population of the Province, and we are gratified toiearn that the conditions rigidly insisted on by His Majesty's Government have answered the purpose for which they were designed. To which His Excellency/ices pleased to re- ply • "Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House Of Assembly, "I sincerely thank you for vour loyal Ad¬ dress"' : :tsc a;id gen Thursday, Feb* 2&. Mr. McMarttn reported to the Houfc that His Excellency would receive the Addreft of the Houfc in pnfwer to his Speech upon opening the Seflion, at it o'clock fo-morrow. Mr. Nichol moved for leive to bring in a Bill to amend the Afleflment Laws of the Province, as the Law in its prefent form could not be undcrftood. His WB^t'ft. 'W^tt tUV frtUti|«.Qv -dh -v»- ^UU«fM -vv -%•«- equitable AffefTment^ not only the proper¬ ty of ablvntees, which was included in the laft A£l, becaufe they derived advantage from the improvements that had taken place in the ncighbornood where their lands lay, but property belonging to refi- dent owners, who derived an equal advan¬ tage ; and therefore all property, even Crown and Clergy Referves, &c. fhould be included ; without which the time may come when the queftions may be afked by every thinking man in the country, Why are not the Crown lands taxed ? Why are not the clergy lands taxed ? Why is not particular land taxed ? and in the end may as it did in France, bring about a revolution, 11 for I can affure this Houfe, that the caufes that led to that fcene of carnage, are fostering in this Colony, by (bettering from taxation the property alluded to." He alfj inveighed against the policy of not taxing the lands belonging to the Six Nation Indians, who derive a great benefit from the improvements that have been made by their neighbour, and who deny that they are fubjedt to the Law, and will not allow roads to be marie through theit lauds ; they in particular fhould contribute like others, but they vefufe, and refufe to accelerate the improvement of the country, by demanding an enormous price for their lands: and he did not fee the justice of taxing abfentees, while others, deriving an equal benefit were excluded. Leave being given, the Bill was brought in, and read the first time. Mr. Frafer begged leave to obferve that all Crown and Clergy Referves were rateable, when occupied, and no tax ought to be laid on them, when the Government at home t\ paying large fums for the fup- port of the Clergy, as it would make it appear that we were unmindful of the care of the < huich, and the advantages that must ariie from its profperity. Mr. Nfch<W, was fatisfied with the Grants received from the Mother Country; but at tlie fame time, he must obferve, that the monry collected from the inhabi¬ tants *>f this Province, was more than fufficient, if properly applied, to pay all demaids against it—Great Biftain has estab'ifhed a Post-Office here, the revenue of which gee* to fupport the Government was grateful for her protection, but lurcly when he could prove to the Houfe, that the Crown lands and Royal domains, weic taxed at home, they could have no objec¬ tion 10 make them contribute to the public good in this country, but, get what you can, and keep what you get, is the prin¬ ciple at this moment. Bill ordered to be read a fecond time to¬ morrow. Mr. Nichol had hoped that the exppc- tations formed by the inhabitants of this Province would have been realized with respect to the losses sustained Ly indi¬ viduals during the late war, but as six years had elapsed without any thing be- mgdohe either by the generosity or jus¬ tice of the British Nittioiij he conceived it necessary fnr (he House to tnke (he bu- siness up, as he believed nothing would be done without its nitrifer'nce. Prhafe meetings had taken place, and agents hud been appointed to look for redress, because nothing had been done for the relief of the suflercrs. He could stale that the American Loy¬ alists petitioned Tallymen* By agents in the year 17S.;. and ilit'ir petitions were Recommended by JVJImeters to His Alajes* ty. Lord George Cavendish presented them to the House of Commons, and he (i\Ir. N.) was satisfied that, allowing the burthens of the British Nation to be as great as they were represented, the; House of Commons would not be unjust, and the petition must be heard with attention; He had read in a paper lately, a letter signed M an Observer," which he suppo¬ sed, from it> laouumre, to be written by some person it: "Office at York. Thit letter disputed the justice of the claim.; fcf the suft'erers for compensation, which claims were represented to amount to ,.£400,000. He denied the truth of the statement, and said he was warranted io asserting that the loss sustained fell far short of that sum, by the information re¬ ceived from one of the Commissioners, who said that he would liquidate the whole for ,£2-10,000. He wished that the losses sustained by the acts of the Enemy could be separated from those oc¬ casioned by* our own army, and that the claims of justice could be distinguished from those of generosity, as well as those claims made for military services. The hopes of the sufferers had been stretched out too much, and gentlemen knew that u Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." Expectations were formed that the confiscated property would do some¬ thing for them, but in this they must be disappointed. No purchaser could put faith in the title, for hi case of another war, it would subject him to the ven¬ geance of the original owner—a consid¬ eration Which must h:ire great weight hi lessening the actual value of the proper¬ ty. He indeed feared that the proceeds at the Winding op ot the business wouitf not anrouut to as much a» would defray the expences incurred bv tltu numerous Commissioners and Clerks, and the en¬ quiries that had taken place, and that the House would be called upon at some future day to make good the deficiency. He therefore moved for the amount of the total loss occasioned by the enemy; the losses occasioned by His Majesty^ troops ; the amount reported to be due for each District, and (he amount du? for supplies for each District; and copies of aH rornr»c'i>»M*|..|tfp v !,!fii hfrrl ttkftf place between the Provincial Govern¬ ment and His Majesty's Government at Home. It was necessary that the losssustained should be known ; he was aware that His R?ajesty\s Government was desirous to do every thing that could alleviatethe sufferings of the people of this Province. He should state to the House precedents where the fostering care of His Majesty's Government was extended to other suf¬ ferers whose situation did not require it more than our own. In the Reign of Queen Anne, when money was more valuable than it is at present, Government paid £-'141)093 for losses sustained by individual-, under si- milar circumstances. In (lieWest Indies a large sum was paid to the inhabitants for losses sustained by the invasion of the French, and in the rebellion of 1745,the Corporation of the City of Glasgow pe¬ titioned Parliament for losses sustained, and Government icHeved them by grant¬ ing them the sum of £10.000, beeGuse thev wr.repuor and land Ukv ourselves. He believed that half the losses arose from wantonness, and in supporting r.itd aiding the King's Troops. Be could appeal to the Menber from Niagara, whether IVIr. Cummin's property was no* burnt by the order of Major General Ri- all. His (Mr. N's) own property Ml totally destroyed by Ihe Enemy on ac¬ count of its being occupied as a Darracks by the King's troops ; and surely after being deprived of redress for so long a period, he hoped Gentlemen would see the necessity of applying to the Legisla¬ ture as the only place to expect relief. The resolutions being put were adopt¬ ed. Mr. Burwcll moved that Messrs. Nichol and Robinson be a Committee to draft an address to Uis Excellency pur¬ suant to the resolutions of (his dav— which was carried. Mr. Van KoushnrtMecondrd L> Mr. (fc*J| fin, brought it) a Dill to repeal pariofaudaroWHI the Act of the 44th yau vi the pr^mt reipfltrf" lative to seditious attempts.—The Act ns it now stood was disgraceful to ilir country,j>onnt*Pfr' nieious powers. He (Mr. V.) was as loyal as any man, and his father had supported ihe&wnecn*- racier—vet he coultl not consent <o plarc tnM • herrv oflhejubjecl ;ii the mil ofanv indiviawi. nboWght *u a capriviuusjnoincpi ua..i>fr. "F1