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KINGSTON CHRONICLE. VOL II] FRIDAY (jfterkoon) APRIL 28, 1820. Rso 1? Notice. T for the for the HE Land Board, _ Midland District enfuing fix months, will meet on Wednes¬ day in each week, at the Court Houfe in the Town of Kingfton, at the hour of 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpofe of receiv- • *n£ applications for lands, from the under¬ mentioned defcriptfou of perfons, viz. Emigrants, and others coming to the Province and bringing due Certificates of being Britifh born fubjr&s. All able fettlers that have refided in the Diftritft previous to the late war, and pro¬ duce Certificates of having done their duty fc its defence. The terms of the grants are the perform¬ ance of the fettling duties within Eighteen Months from the date of the location, and the payment of the following fees ; eftablffhed by an order in Council of 14th December, 1819. On Grants of 50 acres to Indigent Emi¬ grants no fees. On Grants of 100 acres, £\2 Sterling. On Grants of 200 do. 30 Payable in three equal inftalmtntss, viz. The firft on the receipt *f the Location ticket ; the fecond on Certificate filled of fettlement ; the third on the receipt of the Fiat for the patent. No petition can be entertained unlefs accompanied by a written character, or a fatisfa&oty rcafon (hewn for fuch not being produced. Bv order of the Board JAMES NICKALLS, Junr. Clerk. Kingfton, Feb. 14th, 1820, 8 N. B. T» prevent difappointments to perfons applying for lands : it is necefTary to ftafce rhat tht>. RonH hsa ic y*wv »% grant Lands to the Children of U. E. Loyalists ; Militia men who ferved in the Flank companies during the war ; Naval or Military claimants, all fuch muft make application to York. ~ NOTICE 13 hereby given, that I, William Tay¬ lor, as heir at law and administrator to the estate of the late Allan Taylor, de- ceafed, have this day afligned all the real and perfonal estate of the late Allan Tay¬ lor, and all the interest in the concern of Taylor cV Parker and Thomas Parker, unto John Kirby, Alexander Oliphant Pc- trie and Thomaa Parker, as trustees, for the benefit of the creditors. - William Taylor, Administrator of the estate of the late Allan Taylor. Kingston, August 28, 18 19. 36tf Kingston Branch of the Mon¬ treal Bank* ANY fum required may be obtained at the Office for good Bills, on Mon¬ treal, Quebec, Bills of Exchange on Lon¬ don, or for Specie.—Notes alfo will be discounted at thirty, fixty, and ninety days. THOMAS MAKKLAND, Agent. Kingfton, 3d Nov 1818. 23 Valuable Lands FOR SALE. IN the Midland District, County of Prince Edward, & Townfhip of Ameliafburgh. Lot 23, in the front Concefiion, on Lake Ontario, lying to the eaftward of Nicholfon's Ifland. Lots 22, and 24, in the fecond Cori- ceflion of faid Townfhip ; the whole con¬ taining fix hundred acres For particulars inquire at the Office of the Kingfton Chronicle, or of the Hon- JAMES BABYf York. N. B. Ml perfons are cautioned a. gainft cutting or deftroying the timber on the above lands, as they will certainly fubjett themfelves to a legal profecution if deteaed. |C'M*orl'r*%^ f A'*%*•*%% *j *^ .. r. Government Contract for Fresh Beef. NOTICK is hereby given to all per¬ sons who may be willing to supply FRESH BEEF for the use of .llieGar- tisou and Royal Naval Establishment at Kingston, that proposals to contract for the same will be received at this Office on or before the 31st of May next, at noon, for the period of twelve months, commencing on the 25th of June follow¬ ing. The conditions of contract, form of tender, and other particular?, may be known on application at this Office, orat the Commissariat Office at Fort George ; and no tender vcillbe noticed unless made in the form prescribed, nor unless the party and his sureties, or an agent on their behalf, attend at the time of open' ing the tenders, which must be sealed, and endorsed " Tender for the supply of Fresh Beef." EDWd. PINE COFFIN, Dep'y. Com. Genl. Commissariat Office, Kingston, JO/A April, 1820. 14 BOOT $s SHOE FACTORY AND LEATHER STORE, [Sign of the Golden Last, Store Street.] M WILLIAMS & Co. beg leave to • return their grateful thanks to the inhabitants of Kingston and its vicinity for the liberal encouragement tiny have experienced fmce commencing bwfiuefs, and refpedtfully inform them they have on hand an elegant aflortmem "f LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS and SHOES, at their old stand nearly op-" fite to Moore's Coffee Houfe, in Store Street, where they will be happy to attend cr. *.V*?* wlvQ rr*s.y favO'Jt them with then orders, snd will convince them that f >r fu periority rtf materials and elegance of work- manfhip they cannot be excelled. AT. B. A good supply of SOLE and UP PER LEATHER always on hand. April 11. 15w5 THREE FARMS FOR SALE ; or if not fold to be rented for the en fuing year, viz one at the Prefque Isle Harbor, one at Waterloo, and the Picket Farm, (fo called.)—A contract alfo will be given for cutting 1000 Cords of Wood B. WHITNEY. Kingston, \6th June, 1H19. 25tf I P. B SPILSBURY, I f Surgeon, R. N. § \La1e Surgeon of II.M.S. Prince Rc-$ j gent, on Lake Ontario, $ Intends practising in t\u~- various^ ^branches of his Profession, at his res-2 ]idence, next door to John McLean,J ^Esq. Sheriff. $ Kingston, Oct. 6th, 1819. 41 £ NOTICE. $ V. I Notice. FOR Sale, feveral Acre and two Acrelots on the Main Street, being an exttnfion of Store-Street, application for price and conditions of payment to be made to the Sublcnber, who will give information to perfons defiring to pur- chafe. JOSEPH MURDOCK. Kingfton, March 8, 1820. 10 tf notice; AN assignment having been made to the subscriber of all the Lands, Goods, and debts, belonging to the late firm of James Ranken iff Co* of Ernest Town, Merchants, as well as those belong¬ ing to James Ranken individually, for the benefit of creditors. Notice is hereby given to all persons having claims against the said firm, or against the said James Ranken, to present them forthwith, duly authenticated ; and such as stand indebted are desired to pay their respective accounts to Chr. A. Hagerman, Esq. of Kings¬ ton, on 01 before the first day of Decem¬ ber '»iext. JOHN KIRBY. GOVERNMENT TRANS¬ PORT. ANY perfon or perfons defirous of con¬ tracting for tranfoorting fuch Na¬ val Stores as m;*y be required, during the navigKion of this year, between LaChine and tris place, will fend in fealed tenders to thi: Office on the 1st of May next, at 12 oMock at noon, dating the rate per c\?t. a; follows : Articles under 10 Cwt. to to above to Tvo fufficient fureties will be required. The pirties who tender, or an Agtnt in their behalf, muft attend at the time of openhg thepropofals- EDwd LAWS, Naval Storekeeper. Na*al Yard, Kingfton,i fift March, 1820. S 13 Day 8f Martin. THE subscriber, Agent to Messrs. DAY & MAR- TlX begs leave to inform the Merchants ol Upper Canada, that be expects early in May, bv the E'joretta and Napsie* from Lon¬ don. One Hundred tasks oj gen¬ uine Japan Blacking*, which will be sold for cash only. Also for Sale, 100 Acres of Land in the Town¬ ship of Portland, county of Kron- tenac. BENJAMIN HART. Montreal, $8th March. 1820. 1iw 18 THE fubferiber begs leave refpedful¬ ly to inform his fiiends and the pub¬ lic in general, that he has eftablifhed a PAINT silor a few rods fouth of Mrs. Patrick's Tav¬ ern, where will be feept conftantly all kinds of PAINTS, prepaid ready for the btufli. Likcwift al! kinds of House. Sign, Waggon* Sleigh, and Ornamental Pamfhigy done at the fhortel notice, together with raw and boildO', which will be dispo- fed of as cheap as -an be procured in this town, for Cafh only. THEODOtE BROCKETT. N- B. Two gooi workmen as journey¬ men Painters, will ^nd employ, by apply ingto the fabfcrib?r, Kingston, 6ih AfrUt ^820- i$tf FOREIGN NEWS. Kingston, i:i Seftmtir, 1819. 3<S 4 LL perfons indebted to the late Co- JTm- partnerfhip of Richard Robison and David Secord, are requefted to make im¬ mediate payment to the furviving partner. David Secord. and thofe to whom the faid Copartnerfhip may be indebted, are te- qnefled to fend in their accounts for ad- juftment and payment. Kingfton, 27th May, 1S10. z6t£ notice! Books of Subscription for (he ^>ml of ^Mgstm, will be opened at the Director's Room in the Bank of Upper Canada, on the 24th Autfull next, and kept open each day from the hour often till three o'clock, until further notice. Kingfton, 27th July, 1819. 3! 'To Clot/tiers. For sale, a quantity of PRESS-PAPERS. T^io. "ft. WlfttaKei & Co. jlugust 19, 1819, 34 For Sale at this OJjice, A FEW copies of a SERMON, preached at Quebec, on the 12th of September, after the death of Hi? Grace the Dl'ke of Richmond, by the Reverend G. J. Mountain, A. B. Bishop's Official in Lower Canada, and Rector of Quebec. 41 TO LET, ON the firft of May next, for one or more years, a Stone Houfe with 17 acres of Land, 6 of which is in¬ tended for a meadow, and the remainder for pafture and garden, on the front, near Mr. Dalton's Brewery, and oppofite Mr. Rllerbeck's Brick Houfe. For particu¬ lars apply to Smith & Butterworth. Kingfton, March 21, 1820. I2tf FOR SALE, A QUANTITY of RED CEDAR PICK LI'S, from 7 to 8 feet in length.—A only io Mr. John Dav. soar, Tailor, WILLIAM YEREX. tfrZfpn. rufy 17. 1551*5 " 30 A PROCLAMATION, For {he Enourojement of Piety and Virtue, and for the preventing and punishing of Pitx, Prophaneness and Immoralifu. George. R. We most serinusly and religiously isonsiderwig, thai jt ;s an indispensable doty on us to becarefu!, above all other things, to preserve antj advance the ho¬ nour and service .,f Almighty God, and to discourage and suppress all vice, pro¬ phaneness, debau-hery, and immorality, which are so highJy displeasing to God, <n great a reproa*j, to our religion and Government, and (by means of ,he fre. -|u.Mit ill example. of" the practjces there¬ of) have so fatal -. tendency to the cor¬ ruption of many ..four lo?illg su|)ject3) ..tlif-rwise reliiioL.-|y and Tjrtuous|y dis- .osed, and «hich (ifl,or timely remedl- ••d) may justly d.aw down the Divine vengeance ou us 1ll(j our Uill^domr.; we also humbly arki.(>wIt.dgil)s(ha( we ca„. not expect the b!.ssill„ ailI, g:lodness of Almighty (Jod (i... „hom Ki|1{,s rei„nand | on which we enti^e|y rc[y) t<) make nur rei/n happy and j,rosperoU;, to ourselves and our people, ^,hou, a re|jajous ob¬ servance of God , ,,„, |flHS t0 ,,)e }„_ tent therefore, tlut ^j igion, piety, ai»d .rood manners ^ (aceor4inaj to our most hearty oesire) nourish and increase under our Administration and Govern¬ ment, we have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council^ to issue this our Royal Proclamation, and do hereby de¬ clare our Royal purpose and resolution to discountenance a.rd punish all manner of vice, prophaneness, and immorality in all persons of whatsoever degree er qua- lily within this our realm, and particu¬ larly in such as are employed near our Royal person ; and that for Ihe encour¬ agement of religion in(j morality, we will upon all occasions <i;stingUish persons of piety and virtue, by marks of our Royal favour ; and we do expect and require, that all persons of tDno„ror j„ place of authority will give ^0(j example by their own virtue and piel* atMj to their utmost contribute to the discountenancing per¬ sons of dissolute a*:j debauched "liees, that they being red.ice(j hy tliat .^eans to shame and contempt for their |oose an(j evil actions and beh:iTiour ma)r be t}iere. by also enforced tl.e sooner to reform subjects? of what decree or quality soev¬ er, from playing on the Lord's Day at dit;e, cards, or any other game whatso¬ ever, either in public or private houses, or other place or places whatsoever, and we do hereby require and command them and every of them decently and re¬ verently to attend the worship of God, on every Lord's Day, on pain of our highest displeasure, and of being pro¬ ceeded against with, the utmost rigour that may be by law : and for the more effectual reforming all such persons who, by reason of their dissolute lives and conversations are a scandal to our king¬ dom, our further pleasure is, and we do hereby strictly charge and command all our Judges, Mayors, Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, and all other our Officers and Ministers, both ecclesiastical and civil, and all other our subjects whom it may concern, to be very vigilant and strict in the discovery and the effectual prosecu¬ tion and punishment of all persons who shall be guilty of excessive drinking, blasphemy, profane swearing aud curs¬ ing, lewdness, profanation of the Lord's Day, or other dissolute, immoral, ordis- orderly practices ; and that they take care also effectually to suppress all pub¬ lic gaming houses and places, and other lewd and disorderly houses, and to put in execution the Statute made in the twenty- ninth year of the reign of the late King Charles the Second, intituled a An A< t for the better observation o! the Lortfv Day, commonly called Sunday ;" and al¬ so so much ol ati Act of Parliament madi* in the ninth year of the Reign ol the late Kintf William the Third, intitu¬ led fci An Act for the more effectual sup- pressingof blasphemy and prophaneness," as is now in force, and all other law s now in force for the punishing and -juppress- in* any of thx^ vices aforesaid : and al>o to suppress and prevent all gaming what¬ soever in public or private houses on the Lord's Day ; and likewisetbatthey take effectual care to prevent all persons keeping tavern^, chocolate houses, coffee houses, orother public houses whatsoever, from selling wine, chocolate, coffee, ale, beer, or other liquors, or receiving or permitting guests to be or remain in such their houses, in the time of Divine Ser¬ vice on the Lord's Day, as they will an¬ swer it to Almighty God, and upon pain of our high displeasure. And for thi¬ ol ore effectual proceeding herein, We do hereby direct and commaudall our Judg¬ es of Assize and Justices of the Peace, to give strict charges at their respective As¬ sizes and Sessions for the due prosecution and punishment of all persons that *hall presume to offend in any of the kinds a- foresaid, and also of all persons that, con¬ trary to their duty, shall be remiss or negligent in putting the said laws in ex¬ ecution, and that they do, at their res¬ pective Assizes and Quarter Sessions of the Peace* cause this our Royal Procla¬ mation to be publicly read in open Court immediately before the charge is given ; aud we do hereby further charge and command every Minister in his respec¬ tive parish church or chapel, to read, or cause to be read, this our Proclamation, at least four times in every year, imme¬ diately after Divine Service, and to in¬ cite and stir up their respective authori¬ ties, to the practice of piety and virtue, and the avoiding all immorality and pro¬ phaneness ; and to the end that all vice and debauchery may be prevented, and religion and virtue practised by all offi¬ cers, private soldiers, marines, and oth¬ ers who ore employed in our service by sea aud laud ; we do hereby strictly charge and command all our Comman¬ ders and Officers whatsoever, that they do take care to avoid all prophaneness, debauchery, and other immoralities, and that by their own good and virtuous lives and conversations, they do set good ex¬ amples to all such as are under their care and authority, and likewise take care of and inspect the behaviour of all such as are under them, aud punish all tho>e who shall be guilty of any of the offences aforesaid, as they will be an- QwenMe for the. ill rnnsennances of th*ir aeglect herein. Given at our Court, at Carlton House, this twelfth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty, and in the lirst year of our reign. GOD save the King. ANECDOTES RENTING io his LATE MAJESTY. their ill habits and practices, and that the visible displeas./re of good men t0_ wards them may (a= far as it is possib|e) supply what the la\is (probably) cannot altogether prevent . ai)d ue do |icreby strictly enjoin and brohibit all our loving j In the latter end of March, 17S1, Lord Batcman waited upon the King, and begged to know what time his Ma- jefty would choofe to have the (lag-hounds turned out ? M My Lord," replied his Majcfty with a very grave face, " I can¬ not exaflly anfwer that, but I can inform you that your Lordfhip was turned out about an hour ago (" Lord Bateman was fucceeded by the Marquis of Carmarthen With the King's attachment to agri¬ cultural purfuits the public are well ac quainted ; but it 13 not, perhaps, fo ge¬ nerally ktown, that his Majefty was the Ralph Robin/on. from whofe pen Tome very fcnfible and well informed letters ap¬ peared, feveral years ago, in Mr- Arthur Young's /Innals of Agriculture. Mr. Young himfelf has recorded this fact in a fubicquent part of his work. In the feverc winter of 1784-J1 hit Ma¬ jefty, regardlefs of the we?ther, was tak¬ ing a folitary walk <»n foot, when he wai met by two boy-* the eld. tl n<t S y«.arB of ape, who» although ignorant that it was the King, fell upon their knees h tore him1 and wringing their litM hand1-, pray¬ ed for relief. « The fmalleft relief,0 they cried, w* for we are hungry, vCiy hungry, and have nothing to eat." More they would have faid, but a torrent of tear**, which gufhed down their inn. cent cheeks, checked their utterance. The fa- the- ot hi., people raifed the weeping fup- plicants, and encouraged them to proceed with their (lory. Thty did fo, and re- * latcd that their mother had been dead three days, and dill lay unbuiicd ; that their father, whom they were alfo afraid of loGng, was ftretched by her fide upon a bed of draw, in a fick and hopelefs con¬ dition ; and that they had neither money, food, nor firing at home. Thi? artlefs tale was more than fufficient to excite fympathy in the Royal bof^m. Hi*9 Ma¬ jefty, therefore, ordered the boys to pro¬ ceed homeward, and followed them until they reached a wretched hovel. There he found the mother dead apparently through the want of c mmon neccfldrtes, the father ready to perifli alfo, but Hill encircling with his feeble arm the deceafed partner of hi& woes, as if unwilling to furvive her. The fenfibility of the Monarch betrayed itfclf in the tears which Ratted from his eyes 5 ami leaving alt the cafh he had with him, he haftencd back to Wii.dfor re! *ted to the Queen what he had witnefl". d j fent an immediate Aipply ol provifi ,»st clothes, coals, and every thing n.cefTtry for the comf-rt of the hclpleii fa» i'y. .(evived by the bounty of hif Soverei> n, the old man loon recovered ; and the King to fii ifh the good work he hao fc glorioufly begun, educated and provided for the children.—Per$v Anecdotes. Lord Mansfield, on making a report tc ihc King of tlv* conviction of Mr. Malovvtn , a Ca¬ tholic priest, who was fonnd guilty, in the com- ty of Surrey, of celebrating mas?, \*as indured, b\aseoscol reason and humanity, to represent 10 his Majesty the excescive severity of fu»- pe¬ nally which the lav impo-ed for the offence. T e King:, in a tone of the most heanft-It benig¬ nity, immediately answered—M God forbid, uiy Lord, ihat religious difference in opinion -hould sanction perseculioi., or admit of one man with¬ in my realms suffering unjustly ; issue a parrion immediately for Mr. Malowuy, and see that he is se' at liberty." The virtue of humanity was one which his Maje*i) wa* always particularly careful to in- > il into the intuU of hi> children. On one oc¬ casion, at breakfast, whilst the Kirg was reading a newspaper, one of the younger branches of ilte family, looking up in the Qaeen't face, said. ■ Mamma, I can't think nlal a prison is!n Upon its being explained, and understanding ihat the prisoners were ofieu half starved for want, the child replied,** That is cruel, for the prison is bad enough without starving; but I w ill give all my allowance to buy bread tor .he. poor prisoners P Due prai-e was given tor this benevolent Intention, which \sa? directed to be put in force, together with an addition from their The King, in his walks at Cheltenham, July 1778, accompanied by the Qwten and the PrincefTes, was conftantly attend¬ ed by crowds of people. Hi*9 Majefty pleafantly ubferved to the Queen, " We muft walk about for two or thtee days to pleafe thefe good people, and then we may walk about to pleafe ourfelves." His manners were unafJcftcd and condefcend- ing to every one. He walked ab -ut un¬ attended by any pomp. with"ut a fingle guard ; more fecure in the hearts of his faithful fubjefts. thso in all the parade at¬ tendant on foreign I rinces. To thofe about his Majefty he declared mors than once at momenta when the heart fpeaks its undifguifed fentiments, M that the hours he had pafled at Chelt¬ enham, and in other part> of the country, unpuatded, and in the mtdft of his people, had more than repaid him for all the hours offolitudehe had experienced during his reign." His Majefty would not allow any foU diers to do duty or refide within ten mile* of the Royal Spa. The band njF Lord Harrington's regiment, only, were per« mitted to attend his Majefty. 'Che firft morning the King was at Worcetter, which was in Auguft, 178s, he went down the ftreet ineeg. He wa» loon recogniled, and when he came upon the bridge, he turned round to the peo¬ ple antl faid, u This I fuppofe, ifi Wor- cefter New-bridge." * Yes 5 pleafe your Majefty," faid a cobbler. « Then," faid he, '• My boys, let's have a huz° 2a !" His Majefty fet the example, and a fine (hoist there was. Afterwards they continued huzzaing him all the way to the Palace- The fecond morning the King was out ar half aftei five. He went to Colonel Digby's and Colonel Gwynn's lodgings* The maid-fervant was cleaning the door. The girl threw down her mop, and raa away to the bell. The King (topped her, and defired her to (how him whet e tie fet- Ioids flept- The girl obeyed, and his Majefty went himfelf and called them up. The Colonels leaped out of their beds as if furprifed in camp by an enemy, but the King was off, and thty were obliged to run over the town to find him. Before his Majefty left the city, he or¬ dered the following princely donation* ;— To the charity .£200 ; the Cciaorauon ^100, to be diftributed among tfet poor citizens; to the infirmary JP50 ; to the workmen at the china-manufacrury £to9 aud an order for a fet of china value £lOQ9 to be prcl'cmcd to the Queer* 1