[TUESDAY, \IAY ldC>, iSI.s] r NG ON 1—t * ■ 'f p AZ [VOLUME VI!.------No 52.] ^r Kingston^ Upper Canada—Printed and Published by STEPHEN MILES.—Price Four Dollars per Annum—Exclusive of Postage zsvw>&?'>3*i^*Kr"**-i.,v*xi&rz Agents for Ihc Kingston Vtttzi'tte* EroesdWn .1A MI'S RAN'KIN, R«|. fork, WILLIAM \ I. I. \ N. V.rq, Brnckviile, A. SIIF.RWOOI), F.»q, JMIvIK S. M*N%ftB, Ivq. .Ipnirral. N. M(W' R. Primer. ??..• '.-"•■ vvTT» wBB dOMMi$SARlAT$Al,E. Batteaux & Dur¬ ham Boats, WILL be fold at EWw MR- TION, on MOND-AY tjie ?ft of June next, at the CommtiLri-t Batteau Yard, at tin's Pod, a numbei of Batteaux aiid Durham Boata, with their .appurtenances Sa'e to commence at I o'clock, p. m. AfSt. Com'y. Getfh. Office, Kingston, Zth Mav9 i 8 I8« 50 Removal. Scott &M'Gee, for*eon^ Chemists Iff Druggist*. HAVE removed t > the Store lately occupied by Taylor & Parker, foliate nearly oppofite Moore's Guffec M<\ between JUST RECEIVED, ______ [v!r. Patrick Smyth'-* .Crncktry Store and the Cuftam Raufe ofii:c. The ufual attention will be paid fctvey branch of the Piofcffion. Thtyhave ..n hand a general afloft- tajtfli DYE STUFFS. PATENT ■OtCItfES a->d OILS; ACIDS *devr,y Chemical in u*e« Kingston, 9th Mays 1818. 50if FOll 'SALE, A ND for Salt at this Office, and i \. at various Stores throughout the Pr ivince, Principles & Proceedings OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT of NMGARA, For addreffing His Royal Hiqhnefs ih? PRINCE REGENT, Reforming Claims of Sufferers in Wai, Lands to Militia-men, and the general bs-nefit ■ f Upper Canada.—Price One Shilling Halifax. K'v^Jlon/May 18, 1818._______5_|_ ga&c -7 ..- ^^^^y.^a«r^ieat5is»-^a«KTw^w«iaio 5y £» Excellency SIR JOHN COPE SllERBROOKE, Knight Grand Crofs of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Commander of His Majesty s Forces in the Provinces of North America. A PROCLAMATION, FOR SALE, Fanning Mills, OF a fnpenor quality ; which w\ be keot con&antly on hand bj the fubfeviber, price 25 dollars. P J. FITCH. Kingston Coffins* Cmkt\ 5otf May tZ, 1818. i } A Second Hand CABLE, For Sale by MONJEAU 8c St. GERMAIN. Kingston, April \o, \?'.*. jg ! Valuable Lands. g~V3R Talc by the fubferiber Lot No- JL 18 and 19, in the tenth C«»iicifli>>n, and ).alf Lot N-). 18, in the 61b eou- crffatt. of the Tow. (hip of P.Vr; y. ftp- j.yto JOHN UURNETT. Kingston, May g:h. 1818. jptf BEE a. 1 THAT b- aulifd and very valuable i {■„ Marjllimwh. cmHafuing 200 j-ud, 1 -rw-tTST itrwd ai th« 8tc* ^inuLrtsNo lHand 19, Cift of the |#J Baitlri. tco«fi/tt*wnil«i < R.ick ; 'he't' -ire nearly l OO ac»e« lltiufi and re of S. 94 Ur I tfo"«l improvement, and 73 bca*ii # an >\e an.lPe u- tree* For particular en.pre J .**' Walter M'Ci.ivtTe. «erehant«Kfm»*1on, or Mr. VVm. ben piker of Ma-yfbu.^h. , Having been 1 >if r-ned that Aaron Conner has hce< taipfi(Iisi£< by ctttti-ig | tiiAbcr, throw..e. -Wo ny f nces. and j tjuttinvi eartle feto sy • nc'Oiurc ; now 1 hereby forbid iaid Conner t.-king a^-iy | th. ti-nber be en*.~I alfo forbid al! a 'd | rfiift* to .lid O' affill r.lfi^-f !i"r, of a luperior quality, fori fiilc for palh l WHEREAS, heretofore for the purpose of maintaining the j means nf Ciiculatiun, and antwenng l;*c txyencicsof the Public Service, Hjh Excellency Sir George Prevost, Baronet, then Commanding His Majclty's Foices in,B1 hi(K North America, did make ana j prepare a number of bills denominated Ar:*iy iiil.s, and Ldufsd tue lame from time to time \o be iffued fium the Army Bill Office efiablilbtd for that purpolt at the City of Quebec, agreeably to the Provilioi.s </f Uic ie\eral Aft* of the Province of Lower-Cnnada, made for the purtofe of facilitating the Circulation of Army bills ;—And, whereas it is fit and proper that the Accounts of the laid Anny Bill Ofijce fliould be finally clofed ;—I have therclore thought fit to iilac this Proclamation* hereby requiiiug all Pei'foife holding Army Bids to prefeni the lame for i'a) meiit at the Arn:y Bid Office, in the Cuy ot Quebec, on or before the |jft Day of Otu-Ler next, on wluch <iay the Arm) bili Office will be finally cloicd :—And in default of fuch prtieutation for payment I within [hat jjeu'od, :hc holdcrB oi iuch j! Army biils cannot receive or clajm bom j j •he Miitary Chell the payment thereof. Given under my Hai<d and bcai at Aims at ;hc (;it|tle of Saiitf. Lewi^, in tlic Ci' y *;f Quebec, this lirll dr»y of vMaj% n, the Year ot Our Loul One Th„ufaird Eight Hun¬ dred and Etg^teeiij and in the fitly ej^hth Ycai 0f Hw ftfajdtya (Si^nlj J, CftH-ER BROOKE. By His ExrelLnvv « Command, T. F- ;.lH>LSON Si MilitaTj Sccictary. Mm 5, 1818- 49 """ FARMS FOR "SALE jpiUE iu^'ciiber ofera »"t f^1- « farm t containing 53 *.cres, m ih -own. (hip of Etttrtt i own, 2dco--»e-:lfi.u)( }ih- ving a good (rx-vt i.o>dc, a ldige Bam ami J>bcd,?;j .jfeCeMcnt llwnd Sox a taywi>| and liorc, and one of the befi fituatioiis j 11 Ui.- country for a meclia^tc. ^ j st/fo—Qne of the belt faims in the from dw Nutgura Spectator* TO TilK t UliLlC. IT having \r en state d to mc by ^ome of m) Itiends that tin public mind was in,pressed wiih the idea of my ha- ring naiihipati'd iu, nud sanctiutied the receni impropr-r and unwannntable publication of Mr. RobortXiourlay ; i cooceivr i« a duty which i owe to th«- Gt vi-inmetit, to the Proviuce, and PUBLIC NOTICE. In consequence of a handbill having this day appeared, signed by the lion- • rab!c Thomas Clark, ot the Legisla¬ tive Council, in which an atu mpt i made to stiumariz^ the principles a- dopted by llu' Niagara meeting ; tfet committee*, appointed by that meeting, recommend (.he people of other town¬ ships (where any doubt may exist in consequence of Mr. Clark's banUbillJ to postpone the election of their Rep¬ resentatives until a future day of meer- iii^is adv. rtised. Great ak the necessity is for an in¬ stant appeal bejng made to the su- preine gov^rnmeutVp'ga.diug tt»e state of Upper Canada, the committee would by no means press any measure uuti; its legality is proved, and tt- propiiet) fairly established in tlie public iuint). They pledge thems» IveS to shew, in a f'w days, thai tlioy are not only righl in what ihej have done ; but, that llu lion. Thorna* Clark, is grossly uiibla- ken. (Signed for the Committee.) ROBERT HAMILTON. Niagara, Aprd\S^ 1816, Till there is time tor further proof, (he following will testify the btrauge inconsistency of Mr. Clark. To the Clerk \f ToutnUp Meeting, Vdth J])idy ibis, at Niagam. Queeuiton, loth April, 1818. * * MR, Von will herewith receive two dol- 'ars, one of which is the subscription ul (he JJon. Tl.omas Clark, for the pur¬ pose ol defraying the expenses of car¬ rying a Petition to the Prince Regent. relative to the situation of this ]'io- vinec, the other dollar for the same purpose, from Your mpstobd't humble svrv't. (Signed,) W. G. IlKPBLRNE. WRceitjfy, that we saw Mr.Clark, give tin dollar above mentioned, to Mr. liephume, for the purpose also above -pecilicd. ,«; , jTHO*. DICKSON. (Signed) }jAMKSKKRliy. t le^alify. The Parliament of Britain. never attempted tp siipjii,ea# ev^n tin* ■^paw-fu Id- meetings, vyhieh excikdri} \l\» mi'.ds ol ome the greatest slam-, ud, i,m\sclf, wa- in the. ijnuse o£ ComtnonS when Lord Pol ketone pn * .i-:;t (I a petition from one of there meetings, on tin-evening of the verv da^ on v\ bit h it wa* l»«>! i. Whtit is all fhis whieh Mr. Claik hu3 iftt i»eloretle- peO|)leol Uppei C.-Niada, ns a hugbeur lo tris?hw n thi-m put pt the e\(ieise of tlie;» »• ovtsacji d ri.;hi ? —VVliQt is this quotation from the Statute l>o 1$. ? whal a:e these Scries to us, whirh concern the lii h :* bet* lion and the conviction of Traitor-? •a it possible thai .\lr- C-l»fk jroetd sb« rioUily believe tliai he ron-d fi*f wy 1'n»tri ot titne even iii|>o^e upon the u.ioranf, or appal (.he tirrdd. with re- -ifals of ||(is nature; C-tii am piftl* read the act of paiiia.mnl whuh ha uas quoted, and net percciye, that if. ban no eye whatever to peaceable meet* ings. Thp aet cieaily specifies the sort of meetings which it Mas framed to repress—meetings " t( ndin^ men-'y 4- to sedition, auc 10 delude the pe»- Ci pie into an imaginary assertion of *4 lights." in the name of tied, I a-k. where is the system of sedition to he discovered in this IV vincer I'n- less from the mouth of tlie Jl^i:. Tho* mas Clark, I never hcatd a" breath ui Upper Canada which could, by the remotest eoiirtruction, hp applied to any thing ol the kind.— Tne puie a;?4 ardent to\alty o! the people here ha*i been one strong bjfiuruce with me iu exerting myself toward0 hnprpriUg the connection oi Canada tilth the mothci country, a.id il escikd in me peculiar feeling- of disgust wh?n 1 read in rhe Newspaper* that sifrniises were on To the worthy Inhabitants the Dktnct of Niagara. of lb. ti-n'icr !>••«•>.: — i »n» m«m ««■ *- hi u..- cu...,liy .». ---- f" . i , t.(1(ltviV(. „ „ cKity wlricll I owe to ,T,ry p,rfou or p rf»w m.nuJ or afiift ^-0«c oi -he belt la.ms «n the \^ Q ^^ '^ ProvitlCe> aiul 6iaC»«nertowo.k o- take laid ivnba \ ro««fl«.p of KJiijjftoo, containing lo° ; it irMtl, d,.dlll.c tLlt beyond pab- away,"-'pnreW.i' ,fhiw. i iMeyd.-, j acre, well timbered, and about $o m», ■ ,^ & sta(|Mkal n.pol.t uf thh l;ro- Act oaf ejtpwd 10 tw piofeciited as the 1 under impi-vemcnt. ! vu.ce, n« iiail OHthftr my approbation Laidireas. ^ ^ Sm ITH BAIU UJS-e■ ru..taw..,re. Maty ft March 7.8. JOHN McBEAN. nrgh, k rii8.> 44«f ffl.lE Copart.-.r^lio oi $glu&fmi 1. WWutanh this day JifTolveci. A. Keualfi» huthorffed to ctefc the l cou ttrn. Apollas N'ftcalt April 2S. 1818.______________*°" || ia making thisd.-claration, I trust TlE fubfciiber informs all thofc . that the tenor <>i m) life justifies ni> who are indebted to him, cither | Ja,.Serti..g that Hclfmn discontent never bv Mote, Br>ndorotlierwiL"e. that unlef* j {Signed) ^(jOI,SlU,R v\*i;.L!STori. |! Lolledion. the fame isdifcharged on, or befoie the .iinl day " f June next enfuing the date ! hereof, their refoefim acronnt* will be j 1 pl.ic-d in the hand, of an Attorney for , l J£aglloii, 18th March, it tit. The Subfcriber intends, eontinntlg the SADLiNG BUSINESS tiUab.iur the firlt of June, at which lirr.c j ierspe&t to Leave King^oa He! patticnla !y defires all ihoIC indebted to him to make pay«enlt without further notice—And i. now ready to pay the ,&mand>, held agaiufl htm. m A. MF.TCAuF. Notice. GEORGE DOUGLASS. Kingston, March 23,1818. 43tf To Let, THE fublciibcrrefoeafully informs the p.sbiic, that he intends to con¬ tinue the lioatii g bnfinels this feafon ; Oitiefore-.if coy perfona wiflies to trani- jpuPlaiik, Bcaids Bn'ck, Lime, Sand, Jc &c. he offers them his feryices — Apply at Mr John Dawf- n'-, Kingfton. 7 UlLLlAMYEiU.X April 13. .1818. 46- ,-m---------------■------------ At the Stable of • he fubferiber, <•" the Ifohof Aprd, hy * man by the name. I JofiphCocknan, a d?.rk br wn MAR ', nitharouud white (jpt '" ^ f^eheaJ; tuppofed to belo-ig »0 fo^C PeTlon «« Bay of Qoint*. The owner .3 quelled to move rroprrty pay char-e-. indt-ke her away, or !he will be ex^ol- ;d ft* Jak tp v£y lh- (aalC .,t.am JUJ1N ADAMbOM LEFT, & ND im-Dcdiaie pofTellion given, a!TA_ Two convenient Houfcs, with Sh.ps, in fto»e ilitet, near Mt. Biake's TavtfTOi <«n the corner ol the Iheet lead¬ ing from the A.rtiUery Barracks to the French Church For particulars apply to JOHN W FERGUSON, Store Street, Kingston, Eeb 17,1818. 38 )wt received and for Sale by the subscribers^ Jk CONSIGNS NT of excellent jV ALEy (in C ifks) mane hy Slop- per& vlM.can. Pr fcott—CIDER in f dks an.] Bottle*—Fuws Yellow ^Oy/i3 ALSO, ■ f« w GRIND TONES of the heft quality originated in ni) breast. Having said this much ill vindication of my own sentiments I shall, in order to prevent error m. and rrscne from di.tie.ss the heedless proselytes of Mr. Gourlay's c- one thiiii! needful—viz. a radical change of yblemifi the g<»vernment of Uppl r Canada," transcribe for their iniorn.-atioti, an eMract from the com¬ mon law of the British Empire, which beats on the point of unlawful meet¬ ings or conventions, vik- "fc The con- «■ stitulion of Gti at Britain having tC placed the rrpresentatiou of the na- u lion, and the expression of the na- •■ tionnl will, in the parliarneut, no o- *% ther rott'ling or * onvention, even of " every individual in the Kingdom, *c would be a competent organ to ex- c- press thai will j and meetings of •• such a nature, tending merely to ^sedition, and to delude the people " into an imagiuarj assertion of rights, <•<* which th=7 had before delegated to '• their rrpivseuta^ves jn parliament, *• could only teud t0 introduce anar- •; chy and confusiufl? and to overturn fc- every settled principle of govern- •v ment." An act 0f parliament was pa^cd in Ireland, \u [he year 1793, to prevent any sucft Niagara, 2)st April, 1818. Gextlt.mkv, The above placards have already spoken lor themselves. It is now my duty not only to defend my character as a 11 individual, bfit to maintain the grand constitutional righi of all British Kubjfcts—the right of holding meet¬ ings for petitioning the I'rince (*r Par¬ liament. This right, a Legislative Councillor has da^red to question and traduce ; but, woe to every attempt, which would lessen the liberties of the] people, and vitiate theoracle^of truth. Gentlemen, but tor the unnatural, tlie jusiduous, the infamous placard! which is now planed before you, yes* terday would have been a day of con-] ! cord and conlideuce :--yestorday, the sun of regeneration would have risen to JUppei Canada without a cloud ; hut, it will yi-t ri^e, and shiuc more bright, triumpnant over the murky clouds of the morning The history of Mr. Clark's unhappy proceedings, and the defence ol myl own conduct and principles, shall fol¬ low, after I have tij^t established the weightier matter of the law—our un¬ deniable, and, till now, unquestioned, right of petitioning, and of holding public meetings for doing so. The rjghf of petitioning is one of the grand ■. * * feoffor bartering awa) such people, like slaves, (o tin- United States. iJ ( J am guilty of m'HjM'mi. win rWj not fh© |lli»». '1'liouias 1 lark t\n hia duty and briny me t». trial ? JvJr.t !Hrk knew ol lite Nia^ar:i rttectin*, and ufmy H^ing present mere, yet In; Sailers me to i& at lart;e to ailvise and att.-ud other meetings,—'ay, not only a»u J gottig at Urge ami doing a'l (hi-, but I tl.. i the highest magistrate in the 1 rovio * to lay hands upon me. There is thus uo altornatiyc for Mr. C'^rk, but rithj er to do his duty, and at w ■ m -. 1 L»i leave me alone and thereby aaiLfy t.ie world that he haj beeij wofully imp- sing on tiic pubfltt by assailing my conduct and piiucipl-?%--wof»dly anl wantonly scandalizing the rights of the Canadian people. Doubting that Oiv ignorant aud timid mi-ht not be buft (iciently astei.ntjed with a -quotation o{ law, Mr. Clark seems to expect tnajfc my c; heedless proselyteb** will be ccrl taiuly drivuu from their meetings and appalled, for ever, by a reference to afi Irish act of Paili«ment, and a hint, as to what befell th** ignorant in ScoMa.nJ. —la the year 179J, every body knows that p-belliou was nearly burs-tinR out both iu Great Britain and Jrebnd ; and every body knows, that soon af¬ ter this, it did break out in the Utter. 1 myseli vi.ited Ireland in the mids| of its hercest rcI)elliou, when I wai ul- s* I * lowed to land and pass along, only from being known to the commaudef oi the King's troops. 1 had thus, b<-u ter op[)ortunities than iMr. Clark, oiT being acquainted with the state of that country,and ths nece-sity for >.|»onj measures on .the purt of gOTerutm nt i aud 1 was still better inlonned, thai be $jQ*tld possibly b ', of the situatio:. of tilings iu Scotland. I attended tf^ trial in Edinburgh of one of the chief offenders, aud remember well, on what I n re* Thomson & Detlor. Kingston, Aprilzo. \^\^___¥1^ TO LET, n N icaf ■jwbieie.H.s, for one or ™re i I v«r%, and V&M& g'«n "rme1 ,ue!y th t fumble lbn,1 for a lh.? and '. .llfamilv, oppofe to Mr.Lawarcl V'.ikers. 'For paniaUa-s apply to the -^Xnb-J,^F.StU:KlSGUAM. Kingston, MaJ * $& 5' meetings or c<ut- . -tttions ; and a ie v ig^oraRt individ* Uuls, whotu the sanfe year liad dared .to a.^cmb'.e under thuf t|i|e in Scotland, ^ ere quickly disp..* e(\^ auJ their lea¬ ders convicted ol ^ditious practices 5 ior which they were 3enteuced totiaus- portatioii. 1 shall conclude wUh recommend- ng to all, to weigh VVl,j| how they at¬ tend to visiouaiy ^^huftiasts, lh').Y!AS( "LAUKL. Niagara3 A^ril 1^ t^ifc arti. les ol the Bill of Right* solemnly1'grounds he aud others were trau*pnr,t«i passed into law, when the British peO-j led. They were charged %vith h'Jdin j ' ' ' '" -------------*• — *—* *k-'['secret meetings, with admioi-r o-in^ oaths of secrecy, and having ^ar'iL.^ arms in pre pa rati w for cairvMi-: t-'-Tt design* violently into exeruiiou ; vrba [would not wi-.h Jo sijf' men coovit* d of such practices, usi*me«ice<l toti ius- p^oftation ?" H-ive I done tpy thing ot" this sort ? Have I held '« :vet HUSef- . ' 5 t1 1 t- logs . Have i 5VOWJ any "lie io **Cje* c,v, or, been an acivocale }tr valhs/ Jlave i or inv proselytes any tiling ti\ do with warlike arin ? M. :vci nit us, ft»x, b) and b), the 11 oiorabe Th nias, Clark, will accuse us of Jcditloo f»r eating our food, aud, of jtreftRon t%<r qiet^ing together, in phurcfl, ro pu5t up > jr pn'yrs to I tie A-mi^'iiy. tlw puO'K, t* wnoru pie had driven one sovereign tWu the throue and were about to establish in it another more agreeable to their will. No act of parliament i.* half so sacred as this—the second $reat charter of j British liberty. It emanated purely from tlie people uninfluenced by sov¬ ereign power, or unswayed by domi¬ neering aristocracy, aud the *:ra which ga*e it birth stands imblazoued in his¬ tory as our glorious Revolution. The IVkrliatiieiii of tiritaiu has never ques¬ tioned this grat right of the people, aud the people are in the constant ha¬ bit of exercising their right. The meet¬ ings of last year in England, at some of whicjr %QfiQO people were collect¬ ed together, w re all held under ttu grand constitutional privilege nod not a question w* After pul vi. Clark- gl^cardUdtfdkai *d. inreb ea e.ionui pnvne^o. Him ft-* 1 Ciai a. |J«*wy» ** "■• '• vi " *" "• v *• ■s made j»|wctti£ ftwrjWfJf4*/ »P^He_d by hip^ I m Per>