the Spirit makclh .ntcrciiion for us, wuJi p/oanings which cannot he uttered. *' Intent on man and anxiousforhts fate," and we alone reir.cin infenfihle ? As regard* the external form of devo¬ tion! " Pray without cealing." Our bodffs as well as fpirits, depend upon God, and mutt fhew foith his praife. Without external confeffion, internal dclircs will languid). And out of the abundance of the heart the mouth fpeak- eth. Shall the morning ceafe to hear our adoration and thanksgiving ?The Lord hath not ce^fed to uphold us, guide us, and (iriiain us—Shall the evening ceale to witnefs our confeilion and petitions ? God hath not ceafed to witfleis ourunworthinefs and fins, nor to offer us pardon, thro' Chriil, and nee Iful fupplies of grace. As regards t! » devo¬ tion of the heart alone,** Pray without |ceafing.w Our foul<* mud be in a habitual j date of communion with Heaven, if we there would enj \y the fountain of btes- fednefe thro1 eternity. This mull be the great bufinefs of oui lives. To this end we mult inprove every circumftance on every day. When worldly cares too , - far intrude, they become fins. We mud a!! his fetus, and tended to confirm j even charge.the moft innocent concern?, him iVhis intention*. Many were our | the roes and the hinds of the fields that sobs tqoent nterfie^ in which ke no j j t}l(.y \\iY nrit np nor ^^j^ our beloved. ;>(*!, which had been thus offered to him rhrough my means. Perceiving that h* was prepared to manifest his COn v t-ioil I asked him what he conceived the niost;-p»*edy and effectual mode of doing it ? Ho replied, * By layingasidc my or;j$t!y garments, and joining my¬ self to fie* Society of Christians y ad¬ ding. k I am in mv present situation a* comfortable a* 1 can wish with regard to the things of this world ; but as soon a« I throw off the garment, I shall be deprived of all means of support, and this gives me some uneasiness ; and if 1 embrace Chri tianity 1 shall be bro't into distress, because you know* for some time I shall b^of no use to anv religion, (meaning be would not be abi to preach,) yet if I had only a strf-j ficiD.nt knowledge of the Christian reli¬ gion to enable me to preach it, J be¬ lieve the great and good God would rot suffer me for one moment to want . and cne of the greatest acts of m< rev you can do, will be to assi>t me a littie in this particular. *6 fit this period commenced the cor¬ respondence between me and the Rev. AL. iJisset, the ra?ait <»f which settled ver fiti'tod to express tlra happiness be - enjoyed in his phasing prospects- A- bout this time th$re wasa meeting con- -xen?d of several Bud hist Priests on a pr.fi:u!p.r ocea-inn, near Galie, and the meeting was to continue for som- da«-.. 1 WW apprehensive- be might!)- j 8h?ken, or not be sufficiently prepared! to :friodthe attacks of such a numberj of hi-' f-Mmer acquaintance. I ho-.vov- er paid him a visit at this meeting, when they were not a little surprised to see me advance ; but they wen- the more surpr • ^d, when they perceived my eon- vert advarsc ? and join me : we then re¬ tired, and I begftn a very clo •• couver- satiou about the state of his mind, and found him unshaken. I asked him wh:»therhe did not feH reluctance at ieaviug his religion ? IL answered that this reluctance was easily overcome, b«.":au-e he was about to receive a bet¬ ter. Ii*1 added, that he felt uo difficul¬ ty HI Casting his lot u ith mine, and he sliojldha tery glad to have the saim- phec with me in the ii"xt world, and thai he should hftv*» little (rouble in bis i, ■;•;! If he thought he should be in the same* situation with pie at the day of judgment. i: At this trme a singular rircum- .t-i.,..« /wufiiit^ vvhii li stilled nup.ir- t*. ce to all his past conduct. Vhr afore-mentioned assembly of Priests? a railed themselves of opportunities of receiving pergonal and public improve- vftent, both by uight and day, through til* m*\nn- of my faithful < ouvert ; and he being the senior prict, Mas looked np io fnt instruction. One evening. wlcn they wore assembled, and uen- et peering htm to preach on the religion cf H-:dhu, he pulled out the Cingalese ;v-v. Testament, and b^antore^d thv 1st chapter 4>f St-Matthew, and pro- »- vd'.d fo read oth^r chapters, making hi* observations til! morning, by which timt a had nearly finished the whole ^rovjvf. £Ie wai heard with surprise and attention, and they frequently in¬ terrupted him. while be proceeded, with questions which he answered to the be*t ol his ability. fci He came to me afterwards, and re* Jatedthis circumstance, and after a long couvr-atiou, expressed himself in the following manner,th I am like a hun¬ gry man ti;-d to a tree with a table co¬ vered with rich provision near, but Out cf reach : and this will be my Pfate till the day of my liberty comes.' We then talked about his being baptized, and he expressed a wi-h to comply with that ordinance, as early as possible, which he considers to be the grand cha¬ racteristic mark of those who are not worshippers of idols." We 'inift be " inftant in grayer. And preat are our encou^afcemen*-. All needful bleflings a;c prornifed to th: prayer of faith, by Him who cannot lie. Nor (hould the fpiritual concerns of [ethers be forgotten—their good mtrft be .defircci as ouv own—And it will in like mannei be granted. The mod abundant fupjliep of grace have even followed ex¬ traordinary ardor of believers. And when were they more needed than at chi3 time I Brief Scripture Rcmttrkcr From tkt Uppt r-Canada Gazette. Fi;rmi\\RY l27. r Lieutenant Governor's Office.) J"#rAv2o7/* February. LStTV Hi-* FAcellency the Lieult nant (Jo- vernor has been pleased to appoiul Lit1 ate nant Colon*?! l)u.vcA> CAMVitoVj t be his Private S-'cretary- vice Wn-- LiAM H.m.tov, Eisquiro, who has beet; appointed Agtui for the Alfairsof th- Province in England :—And it is Jli> Excellency's pleasure,that all Commu¬ nications for the Lieutenant Governor1 Oilice, i:i future bcaddrcssed to Li-u- t'-nant Colonel CAMTntOV, n t ordingly. petrance of tj,c fire> anj ^c;r eHotts be¬ ing mif-dirc.£cd tcn(]cj rathei to increafc thanextin^ifh 'n The inh^;tant8 colieiaed with great alacrity, an<j luckily from the rain and thaw, watcy in cbnndance was at hand. —Capt. Otty, with his officers and fea- rnen haftene.j from the Charwcll, and by their uncommon and well directed exer¬ tions, the buildings were faved—the front houfe without any material damage, and the back oife with the lofs of the roof. At one period, from the vehemence of the wind, it appeared impofiible to fave any part of the building, when the furniture was removed, but with fo much care and attention, that very little will either be broken or loft. The Lieutenant Governor was feen in alldue&ionN animating thofe employed in extinginlliing the fire, and fuperin- tending l;»c removal and fafcty of the fur¬ niture. Where fuch exertions were made by all prefent, (for every perfon W3S moi\ aifiduoufly and anxiouily enga¬ ged) V/e are diffident in mentioning names, but thofe employed in carrying water and removing the furniture could not behold without admiration, mixed with ferioufiapprehcifion,the intrepidity of Capt. OttVi his officers and feamen, Samuel JarvW, Jonas Jones, Petrr Rob¬ in! nfE?qr»j Mr. Vv'ilfon, with feveral gentlemen, in their fuccefsful ef- Ko fubduc the fire, after the roof ap- ? :d in a blaze. jrilOV1NC1A L PAKLIAMEXT Of h UPPER CANADA. in i ft ^ The Houfe <f AiTembly of this Pro¬ vince have hitherto proceeded With the Utmoft zeal and c<jrdiality in promoting every meafure fi>r tijc general improve rncntof the country—in particular they are taking the mod judicious meai'urc-. towards carrying into execution thr Im¬ provement of the Ndvig->tion of the *St Lawrence, and will no doubt profecutc that highly important objeft with unre¬ mitting r.eal. A very animated debate toole place yesterday,-on the motion for |;a committee of Pi ivilege. which we had not time to prepare for this day's Ga¬ zette, but as the fubjed is to be contin¬ ued we hope to prefent our readers with the fuhftance of it next week. Let u-% hope, that the difcuflion will not check that fpirit of harmony which fo happily prcvails,norbe carried to fo great a length as to interfere with other important buii- neffi before the houfe. Unfortunately fuch difcuflions too frequently elicit a wartnth, and fomctimes afperity of lan¬ guage, which creates a party feeling that does not fubfide tot feme time, and is too apt to influence other q-rettions totally uncennefted with thcfirlt. From t«B Cir-Kivh REConnEP. 11 Pray without .reasbig.*' lt Man, in audience with the Deity, is fnrely exalted to the high eft dignity) of his nature. Vain is the boalt of hum in dignity, unlels it blooms from the dt.'r of humility, unlefs it is refiertied by thedews that defcend upon the moun¬ tains -if Z;on. The only true morality i$ that which is taught in the fchool of Chri ft, which io rooted in the heart, and renovates the foul ; and the principle | of -race muft be noiuilhcd through the medium of prayer. There is no fpiritual I life without his fpiritual breathing. ** Lord teach us to pray," was th I e en tctycfthcd.lcples, and how many tU,fcnd renewed fouls have breathed it Min fervant ejaculation! Ailonifliine is the condelcensi.n of the high and Ofty One that mhabitcth eternity, in that he hath granted us the priv,'lCfre 0f retnrnmg and making our fupplicttions 3t the throne of grace. And we are commanded to come with humble bold- nefe,fo, we have a Mediator who has, opened away, and wno can be touched ' «*&&» fce!;n38 of our infirmities; and ' On Saturday laft, about two o'clock, P. M. &FIRE broke out Ifl the re(i- denceof the Rev Dr. Stracham, which confllls of two houfes, iffe one behind the other, neatly parallel, and joined to¬ gether by alow building forming a paf- fage or hall. In this paftige a ftove had been erect¬ ed, with a pipe running through the vail into the kitchen chimney —Great C3ie appeared to have ber-n taken to build a large fpace of this wall round the place where the pipe entered -n the brick, fo j that the wood might be on nil fides, at thediftancc of from xz to 18 inches, composed of folid brick and lime. It was therefore matter of aftonifhment how the fire had communicated, nor was it difco- vered till after a minute examination. On removing the brick, after the fire was extinguished, it was found that the ma- fon, notwithflandirag the very earneft in- Ijunflione that he had received to put in fuch a mafs of brick and lime as to ren¬ der the ftove perfectly fafe ; in dead of breaking the joint*, had laid the bricks parallel, by which, inftead of a folid wall there were two walls, and from the in attention of the fervants in heating the ftove too iutenfely, the flie was commu- Jn-cated through the fmall crevice whc*e ' the joint w.3 not br-ke, to a piece of Wood ;it the 'lillaner of T J inches. The Doftor being from home, the fervants were frightened at the firft «p- "? OUST. OF ASSEM MS. FtB.eG. Tiie Appropriation Bill was read a third time, anrl pr.flerj. Mr. McDonnell's Abftntee Bill was j read a firft time ; to be read a fecoud time to mortow The objeil of this Bill is to compel Mon-Rtfidcflts pofTefiuig lands in thi3 j Province, to bear their fhare in the rates and tbtute l^bor of the Province, in the fame manner as Refident* therein ; aid any default i»fpayment, to be recoveied by iale of fu»n portion of the faid la»*d, as mny be nffceflarf* Mr. Nich"1 approved very much the principle of l':ia bill, but feared thai frreat difficutr,c» W^M be experienced in carrying ii irft^effect, and that it might ad with inju^icc 'owards proprietors from their wdnt °^ knowledge of its exis¬ tence ; he ifagftfoie wifhed that fuffl cicnt time fhould be ijiven to make it as public as pnffiblc. by inferling a notice in all the papers of this country, and in the London Gazete. Mr. McNabbfpoke to the fame pur¬ port. Mr. Jones fuppoited the Motion on the principle, that the Not. Rtfident lar¬ ded proprietors, fhould hear theiV foare towards ttie genetal improvement of the country, but thought tlut tu'c years no¬ tice fhould be given The York Police Bill was read c fe- cond time. The Houfe refolded ftfelfinto a com¬ mittee upon that par of His Excellen¬ cy's Speech which relate* tu the improve¬ ment of the Navigation of the St. La w- rence, below FVefett. Reported two Resolutions add afrted leave to fit again. I ft. Res'n. Thnt it is the option of this Committer, tha* a Conference br re- [quefted with the Honorable the Legis¬ lative Council, to t^e into confideni- tion, that part of His Excellency's [Speech at the opening of the Scftion, | which relates to the improvement of the Navigation of the St- Lawrence below Tretcott, and to rcpt'rt the rcfult of the fame to the Houfe. # | 2d Res'n. That " '* fnc opinion ofj this Committee, tha*#a &!*& committee be appointed to enquire if any, or what improvements have *:Cl'n 'made by any Individual or Individuals, in the Navi- gationof the St. Law,en«« during tbe [laft fcafon, the comp,c,l(<Jlion» if a"v. re- ! ceived or be allowed for lne &">«» and •that the faid CommiV tee have power to fend for perfona and papt-rs. The Speaker refu^c.d the Chair."' In purfuance to police of yefterday, Mr. Nichol moved, tl'nl tne Houfe do, now refolve it felf iff*0 a committee, to 1 take into confideratfr9n a certain publica¬ tion ii: the Spcftntor1' °f r^e '4:n 'nft- purporting to bean A**drttt from James Durand, Efq. to the Independent Elec¬ tors of the county of Wcntworih, grofs- ly refleftingon the fiOo^aA of the late Houfe of AlTembby > anc,> of perfons who are now membe-r5 °^ tnjs Houfe. Mr. McNabb m»nve(1 tfiat the queftion be not now put—A^YCH 4- — ^ocs, 17. The Houfe refolv>,d "felf into a Com¬ mittee, reported pro^rc^"3and afked leave to fit again. perfonsafiemblcd at SpafiJJs ; where a coal Waggon was drawn up, on which about So perfons, in tailors habits, were mounted, with a number of flags, two of which were tricblourcd on* bearing the xnfeription .-— r Nature, Truth and Justice! Feed the Hungry ! Protect the Oppressed! Punish Crimes'9 On a white flag was inferibed, " The brave soldiers are our irvthers, trsat them Vtndty.** One of the perfons on the waggon, na¬ med Watsoh, addreffed the people. After dating that the Prince Regent had refilled to receive their petition, he continued :— *' We muft do more than words. We have been opprefTed for Soo years, fince the Norman Conc^neft. If they would give you a hod* a (hovel, a fpade 8c a hoe, your mother earth would fupply you. [dye, aye, Jhe would. Loud applaufe J Countrymen, if you will have your wrongs redrefTed,follow ctac. [_Thal we will. Shouts-'] 4* Wat Tyler would have fuccceded had he not betn bafely murdered by a Lord Mayor, William of Walworth. Has the Parliament done their duty ? No. Has the Regent done his duty ? No. No. A man who receives one mil¬ lion a year public money, gives only* joool. to the pootr. They have ue- glcftcd the ft anting people, robbed them of every thing, and given them a penny ; oxhoncsand cold f«up ! — Is that fare for Englifhmen ? Is this to be endured ? 14 Four millions are in diftref6 ; our bro¬ thers in Ireland [quoting the words of the feditiowshandbill i!Tucd laft Thnrf- day] are in a worfe (late ; the climax of a.ifery 13 complete—it can go no fut- toer The perfona then defended from the waggons, with their flags, and the con* (tablet began their duty. In a fhort time Mr. Hont airived, and addrefTed the ;n»b asufnal. [Thisperfon is faid to be American born and fn of a clergy¬ man of that ndme ; and has been the editor nffi+n-ral newspapers and pamphlets j He linted, that the Prince Regent re- f ufed to receive thcii petition uuleic thro1 Lord Sidmoutm ; that he then fent it to him, ami his Lordftiip had politely replied, that it has been received and prefentrd ; and rhal one good rffcrt of it was lhat the Prince had given 5000I to the poor. Thi<= he faid was n >t enough. — He then propofed a fenesof new refo- liitinri» pointing out grievances ; and an¬ other petition to Parliament, all of which were adopted. The meeting was then adjourned to the fecund MoiicLy after the meeting of Parliament. The mob then divided into column.*, and proceeded into the city bnakiug windows and uttering threat*—Some of their Cries were :—-Down with tkt Prin iing Offices—Idi us drflroy the property of th*- papers- [Nknting them.—Ours ('he Courier) was amon$ thofe denounced.] Somecalhd out, to go to the King's Bench Prifon and reieafe Lord Coch ran ;—ethers to atia<.k the Tower and k/et imifquers ;—others toaifdil the Ba'ik and get thcrroney ; and others propo fed to proceed to the Manlion-Houfe, and make the Lord Mayor htad them to Carlt^n-Houfe. On their pafTnge a party broke open an armourerV mop, robbed it of a large number of mufquets and pikes—obfain cd powdcr^and having loaded the guns fired them in the air t<> afcert-Wn if they were ferviceable In defending theil'.O •, a Mr. Pratt, the (hopman, was fired at from a piftol^ arid dangeroufly wounded in the thigh. On reaching the Manfimboufe, the mob tired a gun into it.—The Police then began to dffperfc them, and to ap¬ prehend their ring-leaders* and ftandard bearers. Several were immediately fe- cured, but the main body iL-d in all di- reftJona and eluded the officers. Though the ingredients of the mob did not require much exertion to fuoprcfsj it, the government very wifely toi^c eve¬ ry precaution to preterve the peace, and Some of tbefe will be made examples of. but the moft of thofe apprehended, wh j had arms, declared they had no intent' ° of making an improper ufe of them. G^ vernment has moft faithfully done th I duty, and we call on the Courts, 6f Iu tice to do theirs. The lenity which h * heretofore been (hewn to thefe difturbera of the peace, has only ferved to harde them. Juilicetothe uninformed Mrt offociety requires that fomc ftriking ex¬ amples (hould be made Another fubfetiption is on foot fortta relief of the Spital-fields weavers, 30 000 of them are faid to be unemployed, 'f U Prince Regent to his other numerougbc- nefaAions has fubferibed 5000I. LoNDOK, Dec. W.—City A&dreft%~* Yefterday the Lord Mayor, attended by Mr. Alderman Goodbehere, the record¬ er, fheriffs, city officers, and feveral mem¬ bers of the common Council, proceeded to Carlton Houfe, where they prefented the following addrefs to his Royal High- nefs the Prince Regent, feated On the throne. To His Royal ffighnefs, the Prince of Wales, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The humble addrefs and petition of the Lord Mayor, Alderman, and Kommoa Council of the city of London, in com¬ mon council afiembled. May it pleafe your Royal Higbncfs,. We, hisMajefty's moft faithful &loyal fubje&s, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council of the city of Lou- don, in common council aftembled hum¬ bly approach your Royal Highnefs, to eprefent our national fufferings and grie. •ances, and refpcfifully to fnggeft the adoption of taeafures which we conceive to be indifpenfably neceffaryfor the fafe- ty, the quiet, and the profperity of the f^alm. We forbear tO enter into the details of the affii&ing privations and fufferings that every where exift ; the diftfefs and mifery which, for fo many years, has been PTogrcfTively accumulating, has at length become infupportable. It is no longer partially felt, nor limited to one por¬ tion of the empire, the commercial, the manufiifluring and the agricultural iritc- refts are equally finking under itsirre/m- ible preflfbre, and it has become irnpol"- Me to find employment.for a larg-r **" of the popnlation, much left to bear Up againft the prefent enormous burdens. U/« ftkstf in iamrcfa nnnn ronr royal We beg to rmprefs upon your royal highnefs that our prefent complicated evils have nr.f arifen from a mere tranfu tion from war to peace, nor from any fudden or accidental caufes neither can they be removed by any particular or temuorary expedients. Our grievances arc the natural effeft of a rafli and risinous war, Uojurfly com^ menced and pertinaciouny perfifted in I when no rational objed was to be obtain- j ed—of immenfe fubGdiea to foreign pow. era to defend their own territories, or to commit aggrcflions on thofe of theif neighbours—of a delnfive paper curren. cy—of an unconftiiutional and unprece- dented military force in time of peace—• of the unexampled and increafing rr.agnt- tudeofthe civil lift—of the enormous fums £aid P»r unmerited penfions and sin- ecmes, and of a long courfe of the moft lav.fh and improvident expenditure of the public money throughout every branch of the Goveinfhiei t;—all arisiug from the corrupt and inadequate ftatcofthe reprcfentation of the people in Parlia¬ ment, whereby all cnnftitutional control over t.he G'rvants of the crown has been loft, and Parliament have become fubfer. vient to the will of miniflers. We cannot forbear expre fling our gfiff jand difappointment that notwithHarrding jyour R. H's. gracious recommendation of economy at the opening of tha lad fcflion of Parliament, your minifters iliould * I proportion ior leutntng _____,^_ Ipcnditure, and that they fhbuld have j been able to obtain majorities to fupport arid fandion their eondufl in defiance of - -. m «.iidu.ciu, your ministers I have been found oopofing every fition for lefltntng the national ex- IGN. Londo^n» Dec. 3, 181C. ALARMING RIOT. Yefterday about ntnoon above 20,000 J I ...u ,a..Miuu locn con a u ci in defiance 0! to pro;e& pc.fo.is and property. All the [your R. H's. recommendation, and the police magiitrates, with the Lord Mayor declaurd fenfe of the nation, affordii g at their head, were in aflivjty ; anrl fome, . another pioof of ihe corrupt date of the hundreds of acting conftablcs were fworn J jreprcfentation in addition to thofe fafls into office. The horfe-guards were on | jfb often flared and uifered to be proved 'duty at various ftaiions—a party was i at the bar cf the houle of Commons, in a Rationed iu front of the Bank, and the ! j petition prefented in 1793 by the Hon, Lfcnt. Governor of the Tower paraded ) iChnrlc, now Lord Grey, whereby it his garrifon, drew u;j the bridges and; I appeared that the great body of the pcO: clofed the gates. An ufclcfs attempt f pie were excluded from all fhaic in the was made to feduce the foldiers, by a: rlf&ioii of members, and that the major- young man who told them they weVe' ityofthat Hon. Houfe were returned by difendeis of the people and not of the the proprietors of Rotten Boroughs the Crown, and that it was the people who | ;influence of thcTreafury, and afewpew- paid them. Being laughed at by the j troops he flunk into the mob and difap- peared. - ■- ■- 1 December 5.—About 20 of the mob' have been apprehended, examined, and committed for trial. They appear prin-! cipally to be journeymen and failors out ' of employ. Two perfons, by the name | of Hooper and Preflon, who afted a*» Sc- ocrsoi ran cretary and Treufurer of the Spaficld : agninft their recurrence, calm the at pre* meeting, were among thofe who were, henfion* of the people, all.y their irrita* hemmed in at the exchange, and taken. 1 'ted feelings, and prrvc 1 11 erful families. '* * j We can, Sir, no longer fupport our, of our dilapidated refonrces an over¬ whelming load i f taxation, and we hum¬ bly fuhmktoyew Royal Highnefs, that not hing but a reformation of thefe abufes and rcftoring the people to their juftcon- ft.tut.onal right in the elrflinn of Mem. bera of Parliament can afford fecmity :nt thofe misfor-