•*t towards him. oft cn-n<° the wrgj to lt8 u^* aftorufrnnent. The ptsor gMnTrman's !• r nothing, re- baldpate was exposed .o the lau&iter ofthft company, but the c! iM frightened ai what lie h- d done, cried loudly—A tody then ran to take the infant, and after dandling it in" her hand;? for fome time, to bring it into hu¬ mor, die offered it a little Port win-, which it d-ifhed on her line whit-- f:;tin gowi$— Blefs me, exclaims the mother, you little raf- cal, what have you done—O plied the lady, coloring—but the gown was totally (polled. t\\\ the company began to condole with Mrs, B. on account of this fad accident—when Mr. C. who had taken the boy, reaching out his hand for the fnuffers, the child caught hold of one of the candles, and flruck it agatnft his face—The flame feized on his large Auitrian whi'kers, and running below his chin, for he had adopted the filthv cudom of Leaving cart oi his beard next his neck cloth, railed a lhout oi alarm. He heard a hifiinff, but knew not whence it was till the pain pointed to the place—Sev¬ eral perfons flew to his afiiliauce, and in his agony, he dropped the child on the floor. Gracious Heaven, exclaims the mother, my child's killed, and jumping up, (he overthrew one of the round ends of the table and drove the decanters and wine glades in every di¬ rection—Another lady running alfo to feize the child, who lay fquallingon the floor, the., mother's head and her'3 met over it with fuch a violent impuife that they were driven back fcveral paces.—The gentlemen ran to alhil the ladies, and one getting up in fuch a hurry as not to perceive that his next neigh¬ bor was fitting on the fkirt of his coat, the fuddenefs of the jerk in the act of rifing rent it up the middle of his back to the cape, fo that when he was helping one of the ladies to rife, the half of his coat dangled on each fide, like one of the fafnionable narrow ma wis thrown over his neck. All was now confu- fion, uprcar and lamentation ; one lady had torn her lace in getting out of the way, an¬ other had greafed her gown, a third had torn her petticoat with the feot cf the chair. The lady of the houfe }i*d got a lump on her brow and her antaerpnilr. a black eve. Nor were the gentlemen any better—one complained of his fhin, anot- er of his nofe, •while Mr. C. deprived of hi* tremendous whilkers, Rood groaning like a iinged cat, bliilered from ear to ear.—Every perfon had fome forrow to relate ; but I mull not omit to mention my, §*vn ^acfcioidaii i»i«£witijin«-—- when the lady overturned the tabic, a decan¬ ter full of wine (truck my ancle and cut it to I bellowed with the pain, and looking down to my leg and obfervmg tt red fiom the fcnee, I thought it was (battered to, pieces—but finding that the rcdnefs wasuc- cafioned chiefly by the wine, I was in fome roeafnre relieved.—You may be fare fir, that we now had little relrfh tor dancing company broke up abruptly—I limped home as fait aspoflibie to get my legdreffed, and thoueh this be the tenth day fince it was wounded, I am ftiil unable to walk.—Such arc the cojifequences of the unfeafonable in¬ troduction of a petulant child to plague a mixed company.-------Yours, MO ROM. re 4 * Ccnllewn fifth Hdifi f->{ff "d>ly; Havi.-g communicated voitr wifh«» Vwftlf clWt to" the ell, Lliihrnent of a regular j w£ ov the comfort and pvofperfty tf &BX feljw f»b- j- as, by direding our attenti ..1 to thole ob¬ jects, which from our knowledge of this widely extended Province, may appear to us to lead thereto. the hon ■- the PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OF UPPER CANADA. U York, Feb. 1.—This day at half pad 2 o'clock, his Excellency the Lieutenant Gov¬ ernor, accompanied by Brigadier General Brock, left the government houfe, to open the fefiion of the iegiflature ; and vva> pleaf- ed to deliver the following Speech to both houfes. Hon. Gentlemen of the Leg'iflatlve Council* And Gentlemen of the Houfa of AJfemi'y, When i urope is defolated by the ca¬ lamities o( war, and nations with their kings, degraded and oppreffed ; wIiiKt in other coun- tiics, life and property are held at the will of the conquerer, and liberty u but an emp¬ ty name ; you, gentlemen, are called togeth¬ er, by a kind and gracious Sovereign, nofe for the pur poles of ambition or of power, but peacefully to confult and to promote your own happinefs. Undeferving of fuch blefnWs graft thole fubjects be, who, under thefe cireumdances, are not deeply imprdTed with thankfulnefs to God, and loyalty to the King. Your pafc conduct, gentlemen, bears am¬ ple teltimony to your loyalty. Thus animated, you will with zeal per¬ form that important talk committed to your care ; and your knowledge of this widely ex¬ tended Province, will enable you to direct that zeal to its proper objects, and effectual- jy to promote the comfort and the profperi- l y of your fello w fubje£ts. I think it proper on this occafion, to call your attention to the expediency of continu¬ ing for a limited time, an act paffed in the forty-ninth year of his MajchVs reign, to ratify and confirm the provisional articles of agreement, entered into between thw ProY- inct: and that of Lower C;;nada- thh lubject is under particular connderativjn. I have diiected the public accounts to be laid before you, not doubting but that yfon will coi {icier them with your accudom-.ed care and attention. Hon. Gentlemen of the Legiflutive Council, otuel Gentlemen of the Houfe of Affembly ; Thus giatefully acknowledging the ad¬ vantages and the privileges which we enjoy - let usremember, that their continuance great¬ ly depends upon our own conduct —It is by removing from our minds partiality, prep<of- feiTion and prejudice, that we can hope, ci¬ ther as le»i(latois, or as individuals, to be oi real benefit to the community. Bunilhing, then, every thing from our thoughts, that can weaken or divert our at¬ tention from the love of out' country, let us now cordially unite in the enacting of fuch laws, as may bed tend " to the peace, vvel- re, and wood government of this Province- 7 o o m T e» a limited time, an act paffed m the fo'tv- ninth year of his Majeily's reign, to ratify and confirm the proviiional articles of agree¬ ment, entered into between thio Province and that of Lower Canada, (hall come under our immediate conhderation. Your Excellency's information refpectin; the eftahlimment of a regular poit in this Province, demands 01 r grateful acknowledg¬ ments, and is a further proof of your unre¬ mitting attention to the interests of this Pro¬ vince. When we receive the public account1;, they mall, as ufuah undergo an investigation with care and attention. Gratefully acknowledging the advantages and privileges we enjoy, and confefous that their continuance greatly depends upon cur own conduct, we mail cordially unite with your Excellency, and the other branch of the Iegiflature, \.\ the enacting of fuch laws as may belt tend to the " peace, welfare and good government of this Province," and (hail . *-•*».** , o 1 . dived our mind* of every partiality, prepof- fwer to his Excellency^ Speech at the opeu- ^ . e}udlve, cxcept fuA a8 ioya]ty ta of the orefent feif:on of the Pmmc# \Q ^ ^ atu,hmei t fo ty cctflitulhn, and love of our country mav infpire ! (Signed) SAMl. "STREET, Commons Houfe of Ajfcmlly* \ Spea! Saturday* Feb, 2. 1611. \ '• the reins of judice would be every where r laxed,in couiequence of our political dthili* Alternate couits would produce di&dva tages different in their nature, but jn thy* conleqtiences equally dedructive with thof Agreeable to your Excellency's recoin- already enumerated. Every onr knows the endation, the expediency ot contmrunjr f ,r animofity lately oecafmned by :.Q removal * ' ' ' c "' of the courts from Johnftown to Elizabeth- town, a drp, fo equitable, proper andjuft that there appeared not only to be no caufe of Complaint but even of murmur. The act r LU February C> —The following AddrefTes were prefented to his Excellency the Lieu¬ tenant Governor, on the 51b inltant, hi an- mg Legiflature. Efy Ul ty To his Excellency Francis Gore, Lieutenant Governor of the Province (.j C/}- per Canada, && &c. cjff. Wav it nleafe your Excellency, We, his MajeiVs molt dutiful and lo«l fubjects, the Lcgillative Council of Upp-V Canada, lw Provincial Parliament affernbk1-* ker, To which his Excellency was pica fed to give the following anfwer : Gentlemen of the Houfe of Afj'emhly ; 1 thank you for this eKpreffion of your loyalty, and perfuade myi'elf that in dcclar- { your prejudice in favor of our Xing, our nltitution and our country, you faithfully Europe, defolated by the calamities of w*f< deliver the fentiment of thofe you reprefent. where life and property arc held at the w'1 5™ February, 18 1 I. 2IS do reipeetfully oiler to your Excellency eMf thanks for your fpeechat the opening of tl^3 ieffion of the leffillature. opening When we contemplate the fituation 0* ing co cf the conquerer, and where the name ol IP* eity is ufed only S3 a mafic to promote r*e purpofes of ambition and of power; *,: gn ate fully acknowledge the advantages whi'1 we in this Province poffefs in being thus cl1" led together, by our kind and gracious So,c" reign, to confult and to promote our c :1 happinefs. With thankfulnefs to God, and loyaly tn <mv ICi:,^,,, w. e will wimbi -aitaJi »MtVaiv«wi? '° fulfil the important talk committed to out care. '•*$■ e.>i TUB KINGSTON GAZETTE, 1 We will pay that attention to the expe¬ diency of continuing' an act pafled by thv legillature, for ratifying and confirming th proviiional articles of agreement entered ;nt» ag> etween this Proviiice and Lower Camda; which every recommendation from your E:. cel'ency calls for at our hands. Whilft thus gratefully acknowledging ti>; ,_, . advantaoes and privileges which we p.-Iflcl, the Otawa. The county o(: ctorniont 111 the we are fully fenfsble that their comiuuanc eaftern d.dnct is con-i^uous to the counties District of Johnstown. 7 Februd tj1 §, * 81 r. \ is reported that certain dftinguifhed rom our own and the eadern ».f- • fnet, contemplate a diviiion or rather a mu¬ tilation of both didiiets, for the purpofe of forcing a tkird. Should this attempt mil- carry, they are dtlei mined to make another equally injudicious, to edabolh a viciihtude tuwn. We deem both fchemes impolitic, and unjud. The dif.rie^ of jchndown com- piil.s the two counties of Leeds and Gren- vjiie on tlte St. Lawrence, and extends along irs wedern bank about 56 miles. In the Tear of the county of Grenvillc is the county of Carleton, fttetclitng notth-eaderly towards depends upon ourfelves ; we will therefor endeavor, by banidiing partiality, pi-epoffe. fion and prejudice from our minds, cordiall- to unite in the enacting of fuch laws as mar bed tend to the peace, welfare, and goo] government of this Province. (Signed) TPIOS. SCOTT, Faffed the LegiJIafi've Council, 1 Speaker. February the j\tl>> 18.1 K J To which his Excellency was plea fed b return the following anfwer : Hon. Gentlemen of the Le^ijlalive CcuncU I receive with pleafure your loyal and rel pectful addrefs ; having the fulled conft dence, that you will difcharge the importan trud committed to your care, with honor ti yourfelves, and with advantage to the Prov ince. $th Februaryy 1811. . To his Excellency Francis Gore, Ef/uint . Lieutenant Governor of the Province oj Uj- per Canada, &c* &c. &c. May it pi cafe your Excellency, We, his Majefty's mod dutiful and loyd fubjects, the Commons of the Province ci Upper Canada in Parliament affembled, beg leave to return you our warmed thanks f<r your Excellency's Speech at the opening rf the prefent feltion ; being conicious or tie purpofes for which our kind and gracioi■•.> Sovereign has called us together, and taught by the awful example of the calamities d war, which defolate Europe, and of nr-tiors with their kings degraded and oppreffed • we fully feel the urgent neccflity, which be¬ hoves us peacefully to confult, to promote our own happinefs, and prcferve that real life" erty we enjoy : undeferving indeed mud. we be, under fuch circumltauces, were we not deeply impreiTed with thankfulnefs to Go ] and loyalty to our King. * If our pa/1 conduct, as your Excellency has been pleafed to exprefs, bears ample tel¬ timony to our loyalty, we trud it will re¬ main unimpaired by our future. We ihull zealouily endeavor to promote ofGrcnHlle and"Carkton. Thefe gentlemen propofe to form a didiict of the two ead counties, and another diilrict of the county of Leeds. The county of Carleton has no inhabitants, and' 'neither of the other three poiftlfes a very exteniive population. N:ny the great argument made ufe of by our dif- tria-carviiui politicians is, 4- that our jury¬ men are obliged to tiavel too far to attend the courts," but they do not feern to conftd- er that their meditated divifion would com¬ pel the jurors to a double attendance, and by this means greatly augment their trouble and expenfe. W A. live 20 miles from the court houfe and attend as a juror once a year, he lofes 4 days and expend, 4 dollars ; if he live at the didance often miles, and attend twice a year, he lofes 8 days and expends 8 dollars. ' The rate of each individual to de¬ fray the public expenfes of the diilrict would be increafed, for each diftrict mud neccfiari- lyhave its feparate eitabh'fhment of civil of¬ ficers. Thefe reafons mud have due weight with every difpafiionate and difinteretted man, but in our humble opinion there are confiderationa (till more cogent againd the d'vinon. The inhabitants of each diilrict would in point of political ltrength expe¬ rience a gloomy deterioration, a id be inca¬ pable for many years lo build a jail or even to difcharge the ordinary expenfea attending the adminidration of public Juftice, The dil- trict treafury is now continually full, and ut¬ ter defrayiua our contingent expenfes, a fur- plus annually remains to be employed in works of public utility, fuch as repairing public buildings, erecting bridges, and open¬ ing roads where the (feature labor is inluin- cient. But a diviiion would infallibly re¬ verie the fame ; we mould hud find too late that the more we divide the more we weaken; the credit of the dilliict would be inferior to individual fecurity ; our treafury would always be empty, and our civil oPJeers clam¬ orous and difgnfted at the injuftice of pro- cralrmating the payment of their honed de¬ mands; would be lets attentive to 1 he du¬ ties or their office** and moic inclined to dti- refpectful jhk\ diforderly conduct, lu a word, of the legiflatnre which enabled the inhabit, ants of this dift u'et to build a jail and court houfe in Eiizabethtovvn by private fubferin. tion, limited the time for its completion to three years. As mod of the inhabitants of Greuville were averfe to the removal of the courts, almod the whole (burthen Of build¬ ing the court houfe and jail neceflarify de¬ volved upon the people of Leeds. They fubfenbed liberally ; a public fpirit of emu- lation feemed to pi edict iuccefs ; ihcjfccc- ^'(\ an ed;:ke that does them honqi^ian which no one in the Province mpts greater encomiums. While the fate efffuch exer¬ tions remained doubtful, our oppofers in Grenville watched us \virh#kind • . difdaiit- ful malignity and f.ipercilious fcorn, perfect¬ ly convinced that our labor was in vain. But when they difcovercd to their difappoint- ment and mortification, that our indefatiga¬ ble firmnefs and deady perfeverance had fur- mounted every obdacle, they endeavored to effect a retention of the courts at Johndown, and an abrupt dereb'ction of our new build¬ ing, erected at the exptnee of twelve hun¬ dred and fifty pounds. Tlieo* endeavois were fo far fucccf ful that contrary to the general expectation, the court of oyer and terminer was held at Jchndown. A collif- ion of iutered has already produced in the court of quarter feilions two parties, who al¬ ways act with warmth and not unfiequently with impropriety. Will any ore pretend to fay that their rancour will not be increafed and the profped of reconciliation placed at a greater didance by holding the courts ah ternattly at the upper and lower extremities of the diilrict ? Whatever is done at Eliza* bethrown will be undone at Johndown.— Cool deliberation and impartial determina¬ tion will retire at the approach cf party fpir-' it and indecorous tumult. The lad confideration which we propofe to date at this .time is that a diviiion of the diftrict ov an alteration of courts,' woul^ work an injuftice to thofc individuals wh<W have built the court houfe in ElizabcthtoWit under the fai,ct:on of an act of the provincial purnanitnt. Should the county of i_eed« be made a diilrict, the court houfe and jail which are now nearly central, V"iljjbe_ufelefs for the purpofe to which th-^were injende became the lower boundary line of the cou ty is at no greater didance than three mile9 from this building, a fituation fo remote from the cent-e of the intended diftrict as to pre¬ clude the idea of gMer^l convenience. We are decidedly t^f the opinion that the faith of the legiflature was by implication pleoV. ed to the fubferibers, that if the court houfe and jail y-ere hniihed within the period lim¬ ited by the feature, the eflablifliment fhould remain till the public welfare imperiouflyre¬ quired a change. That the iail and court houfe are now fufHciently finifhed is a fact _____ — of public n-"toricty. That fuch a coniunc- tare as we pile now uateci nas not yet arriv¬ ed we can aifert in the mod fo'eznn manner, and we fmcerely hope that thofe difintereft- ed and enlightened members of the provin¬ cial legiflature, whofe motive isjudiceand whole polar Uar is the public weal, will take into confideration this ftatement of fact?, be¬ fore they difpofe of a queflior. the ultimate deeifion of which nraft materially affect the inhabitants of the diCrict of Johndown. P. s. - FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Dreadful ftate of HcjIIand ! . London, Nov. 29.------A gentleman of great rcfpectability, recently arrived from Holland, o-ives the following details rel- pecting the fituation of that unhappy coun¬ try. Kc fays that the accounts which have appeared in the Englifh papers,of the ailbeis occaf.oned in Holland by Bonapatff's <le- cree for the prohibition of all commerce and of the rigor with which thofe decrees were* cxecuetd, fall very far fhort ot the truth.— No pei Ion can go a mile out of town with¬ out being minutely fearched, both upon his leaving it and upon his rcl'TU ; and it be mould Inppen to meet an officer tfthecuf- toms in his walk, the fame ceremony*!* re¬ peated. The Karen for prohibited goods in the houfes o? individuals, i$ carried on, it polTiole, in a more vexatious manner, The officers very frequently choofe to ma^ettK"" feareh in the middle of the night ; every in¬ dividual in the houfe is forced to gtt up im¬ mediately, and every drawer, chelLcloh'N &C. mult be opened. Thi, v lit aiuTexnuv in&fioh my !e repented lull a-i ' ben RJPf"- o'lUccru pkdCct * id the fliuhlcil oppotkidi jn w