'-.--: t2* r^.r:, ;.:u it has ten contrafiea villi die Rrndv Re. loner, 3 book calculated for the ufc oflhofc whoare ipma&t of num¬ bers, and which on all common occalions prefects them at once with the anfvvef want- id. I mnfl confefs tint If there be any wit or ikiiculc in this companion, it foils to give irieany tmeaftnefs ; for it were well that all rny readers could give an account of their time, then t-ilate, and their progref* in virtue. Were they to reckon accurately in thefe three pr.iticulars, to prefent a juft flatement of tl.e;n with every item properly accounted fur, they would find it a moft agreeable e:n- j loymcnt. Thofe wlio have given them* fdve> the tiouble to inquire into what true iilicity coi.filis have found thai it wa-the \ alance of plcrifure, above the aggregate of pi.i.is ; wh:n by pleafure we mderlland ev- e>v fi-i-faCtion or agreeable emotion of the ri.i.ij, a;id by pain every uneaiinefa or diitur- biiii-e. Now it is exceedingly manifetl that it we be bad reckoners, that iVj bad arith- raetieiuns, Id the article of pleafure ; ii we are incapable of keeping an exafi: account of one day's enjoyments, fo as to compare it with the balance of our next—in fine, if we are no1 as correct as in our money receipts and difburfements we are fure to fall into er¬ ror, and to raife the balance in favor of pain. Wh.n the late Capt. Gtofe, of celebrated memory, was afked how he came to lofe fo much troney when he was captain of a com¬ pany and paymafter of the regiment, he an- iwcred," becaufe all the account I kept was receiving hi one pocket and giving out fiom t!r Oliver/1 Had he reckoned a little more accurately, it would not have contributed to fa! di&UVs&tage. That debtors lo money or t > good morals fiiould be difpleafed with the name I have affumed, does not furprife me, tLv>* perhaps fomeof my good neighbors here in the BWy, who were filled with gold¬ en dreams 1. it year, would not have Fared the wuil'e had thy poQefTed the fjbriery and iiceuraev of the R&C2C0NER. But this name * appears to frnell too much of ihe Americans. Triily that enterpriiing and induflrious peo- pit are f::met:o"ie5 out of ihcir reckoning in ihtir van", in fpcculafcions ; but a good Lng- bih \v..,\] does e&% become contaminated by i h sir ufc of it. A reckoner is a reafoner, and it U no more neccftary thithfs reckoning mould b_ always about money, or I.is tavern bills, than that the t\i:k"t fhonld always pore over the farne idea. Thofe who are an¬ gry at my name do not imderftand the real ni.-j\ni**g ff he word. They do not know rhat to reckon is to eitimate, to thiek with oui felvis, to collect as by reafon or argument. We are aM Reckoners. This is moie cafily rfroved than the 'proportion of Dernocritus, rh-t we are all mad, which nobody pretends ur.w to difpute- Prjscilla. juft turned of twelve, reckons up :he time when (he U allowed to appear in company, to dance at the affembly, when to hav* a lover, when to be married. Avarus counts \\\2 days of his ckrklhip, the profits of his fhop—when he 0*3)11 be rich—*-when be able to retire. Cut lay the ladies cold rea- fon:ng fuitsrtl with that warmth of feeling, which it was expected you would indulge.— Alas ! quick feasibility may enh.mce our joys a-id enable us to feel what would not touch another ; but it adds pungency likewife to our vexations, and expofes us to many unfelt by perfons of duller appreheniions. When therefore the advantages an<l diladvantages arc reckoned, the balance is fuiall. I do not know a title fo well fuited to my defign ; it is iynonimous with reafoner—of this ail wri¬ ter* hi logic have been lb much convinced that they have taken the bed illuiirations of their fruit* rorn the more appropriate lludics of the Reckoner. No peifon therefore can find fault with my name, who is delirous of ac¬ quiring any knowledge in morals, literature or b'.ifine.«, who i* dehrous of obtaining thofe fi itierinrr diitinctionc claimed by fuperiorun- der'hndings, or of avoiding the difgrace at¬ tached to ignorance and ftupidity. To reck¬ on is to n-afoii ; a*.d to reafon ii the glory of human nature. They who defpife my name defpife themfelves, for we mud all be Reck¬ oners, a* we have all at laii an account to give in. LAW OF UPPER CANADA. An Act fur granting to his Majefty a certain Jiini ofmoney, out of the funds applicable to thf ufc of this Province, to defray the expen¬ ds of amending and opening the public high- iwiys and roads, and budding of bridges in the f-veral dijfrit's thereof—[Patted the I nh of March, 181 1.1 MOST GRACIOUS SOVER.LICN, WHEREAS it would much advance the general profperity of this Province, if the public highways and roads were amended ; aiaj it pleafe your Majefty, that it may be e; aft;d, and bt it enacted by the King's mult --.<• e lent M.ijeily. by and with the advice i.." co dent cf tlie legiflative council and af- raiesand duties already raiuJ, levied and col- lefted, or hereafter to be railed, levied and collc&ed, to and for the ufe of this Province, there be grant-:! io his Majefty, his heirs and fucceflbrs, the fum bt three thoufand four hundred and fifty pounds, to be itfucd out of the funds now remaining or hereafter to come into the receiver general's hands, unappro¬ priated and arifing from fuch rates and du¬ ties as lafl aforcfaid, which faid fum of 3*450 pounds (hall be difpofed of, appropriated and applied in repairing the roads already laid out, and building bridges in the feveral dif- Iri&s of this province. I T. And br it further enacled by the author¬ ity afircfaid, That the faid Fum of ^'3,450 fliall be appropriated in the following man¬ ner ; to the catiern diftrict /*AOO, which faid fum of//400 fliall be laid out and expended on the following roads : commencing at Sutherland's creek in Lancalter, from thence to the point au Bodet, ^100 ; and £74 16s. and io{d. to be laid out on the aforefaid, u at is now in the commiffioners hands in the Ealtern diltrict ; and ^"100 in the county of Dundas ; ^50 to be laid out in building a bridge at captain McMartin's, and £$Qto build a bridge near Muurow's mills, acrofs the crtek ; and ^100 to be laid out on the poft-road, to commence at John Malice's in the townfhip of Cornwall, and continue on faid road to the province line, county of Prefeot ; on the front road of ealt and weft Hawkefbury, beginning at the Lower Can¬ ada lin«, from thence to the weft line of Hawkefbury, near Alex. Grant's, ^100 ; to the diftriift of Johnllown ^400 ; county Wl*iy of the Piovioce of Upper Canad a, he of Grenville, on the bridge in Johnftown, /. 50 ; to build a bridge over the river Ri- deau, from lot number 26 in the townfhip of Marlborough 10 lot number 5 in the town¬ fhip of Oxford, ^100 ; from James Hum¬ phrey's, in Edwardfburgh, to Lewis Grant's BkBIj £:z ios. ; from Johnftown to Gide¬ on Adams's, Efq. £\z 10?. ; on the bridg¬ es between Thomas Frafei's, Efq. and Johnf- town, £2$ ; £20 on the front road leading from Adam Cole's in Elizabeth Town, to Charles Jones's mi'Is m the townihip of Yonge ; and £100 on the road leading from the aforefaid mills to the eafternmoft boun¬ dary of the Midland diltiict ; and ^80 oir the road leading from the iron works in Lanf- down, to Stephen Walhburn's in Lanfdown aforefaid, thence to Solomon Conley's, thence to Abraham RandaH1©, thence to Nathaniel Brown V, thence to Abraham Coon's, on fuch pait of the aforefaid roads as fliall by lht;L fold co yimiflioners be deemed moft nccelfary :; to the Midland diilriet £^oof which fun^ fiiali be expended on the roads a» followsSj that is to f iy, from the eaftern boundary otf the townihip of Pittlburgh by the King's^ mills to the town of Kingftou, the fum olf £100 ; from the eaft fide of Collins's creek; in the third concelfion of the townfhip otf Kingllon, to the road pafling thmtigli tho.» foiuth conc^Sion of Erneft Town, ^40 ;- From the weftern boundary of the townfhioj of Richmond to the caftern boundary of tho: townfliip of Thurlow, ^120 ; £yo to th<t bridge to be built or repaired, on the feconUi concefllon load of the townihip of Kingfton g ^50 from Townfend Carman's houfe toj the Carrying Place, in the townfliip of A-. meliafburgh ; £20 from the weftern boun?- dary of the dilbidt of Johnftown, on the roadl leading from the iron works in the townfhip of Lanfdown, until it inteifefts the road in; the townihip of Pittfburgh near the Kingf¬ ton mills: to the diltriA of Newcaftle^4oo^ that the faid fum (ball be laid out as follows,, on the road leading from the Canying Placa? at the head of the bay of Quinty, to the mills on lot number 34 in the ift conceffiom of the townihip of Murray, ^"100 ; on the: road leading from the river Trent to the eaili line of the townfhip of CramaherV/100 ; om the road near the line in front of the 2d con¬ cefllon of the townfliip of Cramahe, £40 » on Dundas ftreet, leading thro' the townfhips of Clark, and Darlington, in the county oif Durham, £iGo. Provided always, that if any part of the above named roads in the diftririt of Newcas¬ tle and the diftridt of Johnftown, fhall be al¬ tered agreeable to the provilions of an a& pafTedin the 50th year of his Majclly's rergn„ intituled 4< An adt to provide for the layinsr out, amending, and keeping in repair the: public highways and roads in this province,, and to repeal the law now in force for thatt purpofe," before any of the fums above gran¬ ted fliall be expended on them, it (hall audi may be lawful for the faid commiffioners to> open and amend the faid road foaltered, any thing in this a6t to the contrary notwith- ftanding- That the fum of£600 appropri¬ ated for the Home diftridt, be expended a$ follows, viz. ^150 on the road from the eaft-- . ern boundary of the Home diftridt on Dun¬ das ftreet, to the bridge over the river Rouge? or Men ; ^"200 on the road known by the? name of the middle road from the town off York to the river Credit ; £250 for build¬ ing ot bridges ovei the rivers of Humber' and Credit, near the mouth of each river ref- pe&ively, on the line of road called the inid- d\c road as aforefaid : to thedittu&.of NiVg- a(a the fum of 45oh from Vanderlip's thro' the Grand river fwamp, to Alexander Wcft- tyook's, 125I. ; from Brady's tavern, thro' Saltfteetto the Forty-mile creek, 50I. ; on tl,e new lake road from the Forty-mile creek, r-*v the beach at Jones's, iol. ; from the For- t>-mile creek eaftwardly to Shipman's tav- ein at the Twelve-mile creek, 60I. ; fmm ^hipman's on the middle road leading to Ni¬ agara until that road interfc&s the lake road, 4|1. ; from Shipman's tavern on the road fading to Queerifton, rol. ; from William SteePs in Humberfton, to Elijah Doane's in Crowland, 5oh ; and that the commiffioners °:: public highways for the diftrid of Niagara 8ft hereby authorifed and required to apply 01 the building a bridge acrofs the outlet of Burlington bay, being on the divifion line between the Home diftiift and diltrict of Niagara, iool. ; to the diflridt of London, tie fum of 400I. the money in the diftrict of London fliall be applied on the public road leading thro* the townfnips of Burford, Ox- f'.rd, and Delaware Town, in the following banner, that is> from the now dwelling houfe ot John Yeighs in Burford, to the junftion of the roads on a wefterly courfe, about one nile from Samuel Kiney's, 2cl. ; from the wdl part of the Pine Wind Falls to the Coo- It place, 30I. ; from thence to the townfnip Lac of Oxford, 45I. ; from thence to Capt. Canfield's 85I. ; from thence to Hafkins's, 3©Kj fiom Cortwright's now dwelling houfe to Reynolds's mills in Dorchefter, 40I. ;— fom thence to Archibald M'Millan's in We It mi niter, 60I. 5 from the weft fide of the river Latranch in the wildernefs, 90I. ; to the Weftern dillrift the fum of 400k from the Moravian village to Amherllburgh, 2 50k; fiom Amhetftburgh to John Cornwcll's I cob ; from the Moravian tovrn on the Del¬ aware wildernefs, 50k III.-------That at any time from and after the pafling of this a&, it fhall and may be lawful for the governor, lieutenant governor, or perfon adminiftcring the government of this province, to appoint one or more coin- lnifiioner or commiffioners for each and every (liilridt of this province, for carrying the pro¬ vilions of this aril into execution ; which commiffioncr or commifTioners fliall have full power and authority, and they are hereby re¬ quired to proceed to repair and amend luch roads, and build fuch bridges in each and ev¬ ery difnidt of this province, as herein before deferibed, to which he ct they fhrill be ref- rw&iwtty 'n|rpo')ii^h,jnili \fott riuiL <vmtmfik(n> er or commiflioncrs rcfpeiStr-'cly, fhall caufe the work required by this act, to be done or performed between the ift. day of May ainl the lit day of November. IV.-------That the faid commiflioners fcf- peelively appointed by this aft, fliall once in every year* on or before the ift day of Jan u* •>ry, tranfmit to the governor, lieutenant governor, or perfon adminiftcring the gov¬ ernment of this province, a true account of the expenditures of the money by him or them received, under and by virtue of this adt (in detail) with proper vouchers accom¬ panying the fame, to be laid before the legit lature for their infpettion. . V.-------That it fliall and may be lawful for the governor, lieutenant governor, or perfon adminiltering the government of this province, to direft the money appropriated and apportioned as aforefaid, for each and every dilirrtt thereof, to be paid to any one of the commiffioners for fuch diltriit or diftri&'s applying for the fame. VI.-------That before any commiflioner fhall proceed to carry into execution the fev¬ eral powers and authorities by this a£t con¬ ferred, he fhall take the following oath : I, A- B. do fwear that I will faithfully and im- paitially, to the beft of my fkill and judg¬ ment, perform and carry into execution, the feveral powers and authorities in me vefted in and by a certain ac5t of the legiflatnre of this province, intituled, [Herefollows ihe title of this acf] without favor or affedtron to any perfon or perfons whomfoever, andlftrill duly and faithfully account for all monies which fliall from time to time come into my hands for the purpofe of carrying the provilions of the faid adt into execution, fo help me God ; which faid oath fhall be taken before any one ot his Majefty's jufticcs of the peace, in and for the diftridt for which fuch cominiflioner fhall be appointed ; and a certificate of fuch oath, the juftice adrniniftering the fame, is hereby required to tranfmit to the clerk of the houfe of affembly of this province, with all convenient fpeed, after fuch oath fhall have been by him adminillered : Provided rteverthelefs, and it is hereby declared, that nothing herein contained fitall repeal or an¬ nul any of the provilions of any exifting act or acts of this province contained, for railing or levying the iates thereby impofed, or com¬ pelling the labor by fuch adts, or in any of them required to be done and performed on any public highways and roads comprifed in fuch adts ; but all and every fuch "act and acts is and are hereby declared to be and continue in full fore?- ; provided a!fo, thuc rolhing ir) 2ny former Jaw or fhiutc cf (fen province cr.rtaircd, AcTl fnm ard after if,e pafling cf ihis ?6t, be held or ccAftrucd empov er or authorife any magiltrate or ov< feer in ary fuch law or Itatutc tr.entioru-d,i any rranner to inteifeie or give diredtionj touching or concerning sny loadohhighwai to be laid out, or repaiied under and by vir' tue of this adt ; mvertticlefj, the fai^agjr; trates and overfeers, and every of iwtn, \z and are hereby authorifed to carry into ere. cution, all and every luch power and author-, ity, as by fuch law or flat ute, they are veiled with, in all cafes in which the executing futh power will not impede, or interfere with the powers or authorities given in and by vittue of this adt. {The remainder of this and the folloivwgfecticn repeals that part of a for my a&9 'which direcls that u 50/. be appropriated on the road leading from the iron <worls in Lanf down 1 to Kingston, to commence at Levy Hatchhvjfes in 1 eeds, thence to continue oijMthe' eaflernmojl boundary of the Midland d'flJm ;" and direds that the faid fum be laid out " on the road leading from the aforefaidiran worts to tb& eqflern boundary of the Midland &f{rl8"~\ ^ VIU.-------That the money hereby grant¬ ed to his Majefty, fhall be paid by the re- ceiver general, in difchargc of fuch waftnt or warrants, as fhall for the purpofes herein^ let forth, be ifTucd by the governor, lieuteM ant o-overnor, or perfon adrniniftering flft government or this province, and the receiv¬ er general fliall account to his Majeft)', his heirs and fucceffors, for the fame, thio' thk lords commiflionerri of his Majtfty's treafury, for the time being, in foCh manner and form as his Majetly, his heirs and fucceffors,- fhall bc.giacioufly pleafeci to diredt. IX.-------That each and every commifTon- er appointed under the authority cfany for¬ mer adt, or adts cf the parliament of thin province, for laying out, amending, and keeping in repair the public highways and roadtt in this province, in whole hands any balance remaining unexpended, andwhoihali not be appointed a commiflioner under and by virtue'of this adt, fhall on or before the ill day of May next, pay over every f'ch balance, tr.to the hands of any one conimil- fioner appointed under and by virtue of ilM act, \n their rcfpe&ive diftndb, h* which fuch eornmiffiontrs heretofore appointed may refide, and the faid balances, the commillioner or commiflioncrs appointed under or by vir¬ tue of this adt, are hereby aaihoiifed and re¬ quired to expend in their feveral dillridls, w by the adt of the 50th year of his Majefty's ■ ——- - —- ^^^^*^^^***^t^^^^*^*~ i^m^^^^*^^ ^mm—^m ■ mm *^p^p^^^^^, ^^^^^^»_>_ TO BE LET <YHE HOUSE now occupied by A Mr. Samuel Howk, carpenter. For further particulars apply to the fubTcribefiy AI.EXr. macdonell. Kingston, March 26, iSlf. 27 " CANDLEST"*' npHE fubferiber has juft received ?J X Boxes dipped, and 16 Boxes mould CANDLES, which will be fold low by the box or lels quantity, «1 Also—A few Fur Caps, weavers' Reeds, Clover Seed—and a complete affortraent of Dry Goods} Liquors and Groceries^ Crockery and Hardware ; which will be fold as ufual at the Montreal prices, and all kinds of produce received in payment. d> Cafo paid for mo/l kinds of S, BARTLET. Produce. Kingston, February ^6, IS I*I• 23 *tTO be sold, A GOOD ffcmd for a Tavern, J- Mil heretofore occapsed by ihe fubfciiber, confifting of a good two (lory dwelling-home, feorfe fhed and ftables, together with 6 aciea of land, being a part of lot N°, 12 in the 2d conoefllon, on a crofs-road in EmeltTovvn. For tanis of fale inquire of JOHN BELL. , Emefl Tonvn, March ! 2, 1811. 2$ The fubferiber in- forms the inhabitants of Kingston and its vicinity, that he intends carrying on the MASONING BUSINESS, fuch as 'brick laying, (tone work and plafttring : he will be ready to perform a!iy buiinels in his line at thort notice, and in a woikman-like man¬ ner. MOSES DRAKE. \ ________Firjldoor ScuiH of Walker's Moid. \ Cash paid for Rags, AT THE PRINTING Of F'CP, KJNO*T"N. Houfe Budding and Painting. t K *flS lv*U*»d* 1 s htr b t.vr none t« the 5flh»b* ^ i:ai:t& ol KrpgAttA, EiMflown, Ado\\ h*tio«nf and oclitr adjoining pl:*c< •, thai tl cy Intend i<» rfrfl'*T ih: n< xt Icafor. m tlti» vicmitx, in P UL'Tl^G' HCVSUSh outiidc and irfme, I'a'eri IV.mCiK f* k .Mn.s^c. nnd r»>p K. fmtfs of L'OU^F CJVJ'I n-'- TERS aod JQJNEHSi Thw wuifc win Ik tx - cuico with notml-and f*if|-atcl«. Apj>Iicatiftfiin'yW majp at tin- ilv-elhmg-houfc 0j' Mr. StciUGI%TuK» ijjAkecperi in King{to;i« Mn* Davy, in Ern'tl- (own, ur Mi. U- itANNY, inekfoiTt in Atwhl.ttf- towh, NATMAM WHfKtEXi '4'ui'. 23 I'^in, ^N|%REW HChiiNb. •