" Tht Attorney Gaifra}. verfus MonirtJ\\ Juries. • I th: l-tt term of* tht Court 1 ELitrg\ Uenehj upon the trials of various inrifvidjals accuf.d of crime** a'!cJ^c«^ t" hive been committed i« the [ujian Tet ritoirrfji,being m >ved for on beha.f ot the prisoners who have been for a lon^ time confined under theft acculauo-i-, th( A it..n.cry General refiifed to I rin^ them on, affi rning as a re;.fon that the prejudice* e** l"ng in this Di'lricl, on the iu!ijc& of the difputes between the North weft and Hudf-m'* Bay Com¬ panies with which th> fe caules were fucooled to b. connected ard oecafioned by the publications on one fide and on ti.e ;thrrf were fuch a- to induce him to Tc—>i tent t<j the Government that juftic-e both to the Crown and to the iiid'vi- From the Hitt jar a Spedato r. Meeting aft he Upper Carcaxlian Convention, of Friends to Enquiry. (Concluded ) Motion, by Mr. Wafhburn, that every -ember or this Convention, defirous ot viking a.iy motion, "hall commit the ame to writing:, in oder that it may be utered in the Journals, by the Secreta- y, in due order. Seconded by R. Kcrr» fuefday, 7th July, 18 18—Carried. f their Spinions on ail fubje&s brought be Jf In eonfor I! venter A Dft r ion aL- R(fohed^i\\. That the monies receiv¬ ed for the ourpefe of fending Commis- fioner.H ro England with the Petition for the redrels of grievances, be, by Dtft- , . r , .11 11 . r . • h"1*^ Frcafttrert, remitted to Meflers. duals qcctiled, required that all tnelc t"-i;'n, r j ta 1 v n. ~ .. . .'..... , 11 nomnlon and Dctloi, at K. melton, to Bi« (hould be had e!k where, wtKie impartial juries could be felcch-d. Hence none ofthefe caufe*, n otwith;tan ding the labours of the late grand juries can be expected to come on he;e." In purfnance of thefe views, it is f;:id to he in contemplation t*> hrin^ all I thefe cafes for trial to Qncbcc. and that a new < Ommifiton, to be held in this City, U propofed to be lubrtitnted for the ^dio'.irned fefiion of the Court of Oyer and Terminer at Montreal The hr.finefR will proHably occupy fevcral Weeks of a veiy Intcfeftirig feafon of the ye.^r, and the inhabitant8 of this X)»ftn& rr>ny ^e allowed to cnq.i e whether any d.ffieie^t grounds 8Hlgoe<| for impoiing upon tticrn« rather than -their ntttfhbmirs, the burden of at- tending a^jurymen.. * It is very curious that the N'irthweU Cnmpanv (hould be fo defnous of b rirfl frWs "rial* b*c*lij?ht on at any other place* rather th?fl at Montreal. Two"! three year* bgo their influence thtrr was fo prei'ontte'ant. that d<;obt* might have beeti rwfWabUy n tertained, how far their acU'Crfarir** would have met Hyi-th juftice in a trfil at that city : but no one could have imagined any objec¬ tion on their part. 'he members nf that affiliation have been for thirty years D3ft> the leading members in fecit ry at Montreal. By family con- ne&ioiw, by the ties' af pet Tonal friend- fhip, or bv mtercourfe of bufinefe, they art conne^ed with a ^rear proportion of the principal inhabitants of the place ; thry expend there every year a lai^e Capital, which gives employment and Pven tlie h; fpitality which they h.»ve drercifed, for f» long i period of ycais. ni-fl have tmded to create a prejudice in their favour. Tfuir adverfaries have ■)?• yed none of thefe TouTceivifinfltience. it U only within the lati three years, thnt thev have even had an agent in the place. Their expendit ure there has b«*en inconfiderable, in comparifon of that of the Northwcll Company, and the perfons whofe pecuniary inteteflsare tin ?nv degree connected with theirs, aie fo few. thai they could not form even the fhadow of a party. How is it then that all ihe natural influence of the NorthwcftOmpauy ha*beendone away > We are told that pubhertions on the ftthjed of their difpnte* with rhe Hud- frn Bay Company, have excited prcju* rfh t$ among the inhabitants of the Diftrid of Montreal, But theft pubiicBt'ons have not been nil on <*ne fidr, In ^O' king over the files of Montreal oewipap<*rs we find at ieart a> n»any articles on the fide of the North vrft Company a- against thtm, ^nd their pamphlets have been fully as mimev-'U- ;jv thofe 4»f their adverlaries Jt i^ rc?ionahle to fuppoie that where they had To many pe»fonr,l connections, th i. 4?nb'icaiions w wild he read with a favourable Mas, and would "meet with amr-le ju tice , The appellation of prejudice cainot be applicable to the impulsion arifing from open and fuil Ciic'dii-»« of a luhjrft, where the atten¬ tion of the public has been alive to all that was to be laid, and where hoth ties have had an opportunity of be applied by the Committee, in further¬ ance of meafires for fending home faid petition. through the medium of the jhoufe of AiTembly. 5th. That the proceedings of this meeting-be pubh'fh' d, and thnt the Con¬ vention do now adjourn, till fummoncd to meet a^ain at fuch time as the com¬ mittee (h "I direct. (Signed) D. WASHBURN. Seconded by Robert Kerr- July 7th, 18 l K. (received J Moved- by Mr. Drake and fecended [by Mr Ha^vley, that Mr WafhburnN propofals, as well as Mi. Gourfay's br left 10 a feleet Committee, comnofed of three or more-if the Gentlemen prefent, and reorefrn'i'tg- the feve al District' throughout the Province.— It fsfinthei moved that Weflrs J-.hn Cla<k, Robert Hamilton and Thomas ■ oleman, do ac*l as a Committee, and that all fuch further papers, corning either from Mr W*fh burn cr Mr. Gourlay, be received by them and that the faid Committee, mail . make fuch report as they deem most j expedient, the fime however to be laid] befofe the Members of the Convention for iheii configuration. * i U. DRAKE. > DAVIS HAWLEY. Tuefday, 7th Juiy, I «1 8. (Carried, ^Ir. Drake being added to the Committee.) » Movedt that every Member of this | Convention having written communica¬ tions, either as an Addreffi or a Rt-folve (hall fubmir the fame to the Chu'rman (SS$m^) THOMAS CO I. MAN. Seconded by K. DttAKE. tore Uj-j,—but nol to Vote< Seconded by Mr. t-^aw'eyf and carried. ■ Mo ved, by Mr. Win. Kerr, that Mr. Reubi.,n prcj|on, Keprcfentative fot the Tow,Vmi> of Vaughaii, Home Diitria, be admitted to the fitting of this Con ventioin> aij navc tnc p,ivilc^e of ex- preflu..g hi^ ojinian on not t. vote—feconded burn, ld,j carried. all fubjects 1 but by Mr. Wafh. I ^r'. Wafhburn moved that the Reports aod Uefolutions of the feleft Comn^ttee, Chofen yeiterday, be recorded by the Sreutary j but not adopted by this Convention. (Signed) D. WASHBURN, And feconded by R. J. KERR. A letter from Mr. Stewart of Colchcfter being read to the Convention by Mr. Drake, Mr. Gou.lay moved, feconnVd by Mr. Drake, 'that the I [thanks of this Convention be tendered! to Mr. Stewart of Coichefter for hU! friendly and able communication, the | fame to be conveyed by a letter from the Secretary of this Convention ried. j!fy to Btf appoinfiier>f of day* the Representatives front the different Districts, viz : the New¬ castle, Midland and Johnsiowh, being a committee, do appoint C. Thomson, secretary) for the lower branch Con* vontion ; and Messrs. Thomson and Di'tlor, treasurer; and, that the first Saturday of August, be appointed fo; the meeting of Rppr^frenraives of th«j lower Branch Convention, at the house of Robert Walker, iu Kingston, at 2 o'clock, P. M. 5TNO.COLEMAX, I'AUL PETERSON. s-v—, .JACOB W. MVRRSj /DAVIS If AW LEV, ^NATHAN HfCOK. Thursday, July 9th, 1818. ■ar- Mdv ! (Signed) >m, that a Committee be appoin¬ ted to draw up an Address to Sir Pere¬ grine Miifland. according to the reso-j lutions approved of this day, and that .VIr. Peterson, Mr. Drake, Mr. Mar¬ tin, Mr. Gourlay, and Mr. Coleman, Ao constitute the above Committer.— carried. ran**) ROBERT HAMILTON, laigneoj ^.condo.d b> J. CLAtlR. Moved, by Mr Gourlay, seconded and carried, that the Representatives, here preSMit. from the Newcastle, Midlaud and Johnstown (Districts do | constitute a Committee for the purpose •pecifi'd in a Resolution of this day, carried, viz. to chu^o a Secretary and Treasurer f<^r the lower Branch Con¬ vention. —:tlso to fix a day for the first meeting of the said Branch Conven- York, July 9th, 1818. Agreeable to a Resolution passed yeeterday for the purpose of chasing a Treasurer and Secretary for the Upper Branch Convention, a.id to appoint a time for said Convention, to meet at Ancaster, there to regulate the affairs of the following Districts, viz. Niagara, Gore, London, Western, and Home Districts,—^the Committee do appoint Monday the 20th inst. as a proper day to meet at Ancaster, at Newton's Inn, 10 o'clock A. M. k do nomioate Col. Richard Beasely, Treasurer, ».* 1 Geo. Hamilton, Esq. Secretary. (Signed) r \\m. chisholm, \J0!1N CLARK, <CYRUS SUMNER, /CALVIN MARTrN, CllODERlCKDKAKE. P erigrme Rcfohed, Thn we do now adjourn untii 9 n clock tomorow, unlcfsi the feied Committee (hall defire meetin fooner. D. WASHBURN, R. DRAKE. rion,—such appointments to be re¬ ported to-morrow to this Convention ------a/oved and ear ried. th" same for the Upper Branch Convention. Moped, that this Convention to ad¬ journ till eleven o'clock to-morrow morniMg* t - (mgiiec n JUOBF.RT HAMILTON, ' 1VAUL PETERSON. Wednesday. July K/'/. IK!8. Agreed. g (Signed) July 7, i8iS. Wednefday, July, Rth, 1818. Which day the Convention being constituted by Richard Beafley, Efq taUng the Chair ; the Seled Commit¬ tee gave in the following Report on the ^ to the Meeting on the fame fubjed. I "\ork, lhur,f|aVi(Jrh Ju|v^ 1R18 I he Convention i)e;:ig eonstitnted h> Mr. Beasely taki^r the Chair, the fol- lowillff reoort uno *^nA I Ulg report was read. Yoik, 9th July, 1818. The Committee appointed yesterday to draw out an Address to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and to His Excellency Sir Peregrine Mair- land, now submit, that the address,] 11 with some alterations which appeared! bufi.id'b fubmitted to their confideistio.i. jn the Pamphlet of the Niagara Dis- —Mr. Coleman first reading an Addrcfs f trk.^ may do fr,r th(> fipsl . an(j^ fhe}. herewith offer n Draft of an address to j Sir Peregrine M^itland, for consider-1 Moved, that should Sir Maitland not arriv.? in Upper Canada, during this month of July, it shall He in th« power «f the members of the Deputation to forward the Address to His Royal Highness the Prince Re¬ gent, to England, thereto be present¬ ed, as to them shall seem proper—ei¬ ther at the Levee, or, at the Public Office, competent to receive Petition* to the Throne. W*M MHOS. COLEMAN. Thursday, July 9th, 181-8.—Curried. Moved, that this Convention, do ad¬ journ till 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. /-Si* «A\ >[l- HAMILTON, 1 * } I CYRUS SUMNER. York, Friday, July 10th, 1818. Mr. Beasely having taken the chair of the Convention of Friends to En¬ quiry :—it was moved, that the mi- |uutesnf fhf Conrention, be read by appointment of the Chairman. /C. ,. iTHOs. COLEMAN, 10th July, 1818. The minutes of each day's meeting, were then read severally, and signed by the Chairman. The Committee, compofed of MelTrs. Clark, Drake, Hamilton and Coleman, report, that the canfea grated by Mr. Coin lay, as laid before the Committee, arc |uch as induce 'hem to recommend to their b>other members that the, propofnls of Mr Gourlay be adopted in presence to thofe of Mr. Wafhburn, the materia! dirTe--ence being- only that of prcfenttog the Petition to the Prince I Regent through Sir Perigrine Mait- land, instead of the prefent Houfe of afiou. (Signed) (-THOMAS COLEMAN, \PAUL PETERSON, < ROBERT GOURLAY, ia.l>RAKE| V. C.MARTIN. The draft read (this our limits will not admit ; but it will appear in a few days in a pamphlet now printing at tiie SpectatorOiTiee.) Imoveti.at the heads of the ad- dress (now read) to Sir Peregrine AlTembly. which would, by adontine I!. aitiaud> *** *$**&*$ by the Conren- pa' aofwering the statements and arguments of their advtrfpn'es. U it credible that j fuch.a difcuflion mould produce an cr- | TO'-«'Mi<i impre{rion, fo powerful, rhat of tnoufands cf perfons who have no i' U-re-t whatever in the fubject, (hould l't» incapable of judging fairly between m«n and man even when upon o ith to give a true ve>di6t, accordiue to the evidence. This \« a mo*t extraordinary cl.a»ceto be brought against the ic- r»?bi*T -i< of one halt r-f the Province; anr1 Kt-foTe it be admitted a* just, we ■ may be allow-.d to enquire whethc it be }< . :< ^ly rrrbarVe r Ivat the Attorney General may be mistaken, and may have fo' n ed his opinion rather upon the repref^ntation of others, than upon his own observation. The f;i£t ought ccr.ni-'y to be afecrtained upon very fufilctent grounds before it is afligned a-a reason for charging the finances of thi:-Pr vince with the expence of ctfn •tyinjj and rrain'aining a multitude of vit I'-iT.s ujon a hufineffl in which the intcre.-laoi the Province are very little CoDccrned. J Mr. Wamburu's meafures, caufe much i delay, and deviate from thofe principles which we have and do now profefc, that of petitioning the Prince, dired, from the iuhjrtft. robt. Hamilton, THOMAS COLEMAN, R D'iAKE, JOliN CLARK, (Signed) Mt. Wafhburn's and Mr. Gourlay'* Refolutinns being read over, the latter were generally approved of ; but, a piopofal being made, that they (hould he read a fecond time, and palled feveraliy, thiVcourfe was adopted. Mr. Robe.t Kerr voted against all the RefohitionR ; Mr. Wafhburn voted against a'I but the 8»h : the rest of the Convention agreed to rhe Refolutions. Mr. Wafliburn moved that the refolutions drawn up and fubmitted by him be recorded by the fecietary on the Journals immediately after thofe adop¬ ted by the maj rityof rhe Convention. > D WASHBURN, r Seconded by R. KERR. Wrdr.efday, 8th July, 1818. Carried. (Signed) Dr. Sumner moves that William Kerr and George Hamilton, Efquires, be admitted to the fitting of this Conven¬ tion, and have the privilege of exprcflimj lion. sen a\ ROBERT HAMILTON, (Signed) >j CI ,VRK Thursday, 9th July, \8iS.—Carried. Mr. Washburn, protests against the adoption of the address to Sir Pere¬ grine Maitland, now read. (Signed) D.WASHBURN. York, 9th July, 1818. T protest against the proceedings of this Convention, rn adopting the heads of an address to Sir Peregrine Mait¬ land, just read. (Signed) ROBERT J. KERR. July 9th, 1818. Moved, that Mr- Beasely, Mr. Clark. Mr. Geo. Hamf'tou, Mr, Coleman. Mr. Chisholm, Mr. Drake, and Mr. Won. Kurr, be a permanent Commit¬ tee of Management* a#er the adjourn¬ ment of this Cpwyenffofi; and till its next meeting : —it hat they, or any four of them, shall ha*e power to constitute the Deputation 69 Sir Peregrine Mait¬ land ; and that they aUo finish the wording and rtilrf °{tU<* Petition to the Prince Regentart^ Sil' Pti-^grine Mait¬ land, which, the Chairman Mr. Bease¬ ly, shall have plP^e? to sign for this Convention, afte.'* its adjournment. _ :. jROiPKK'T HAMILTON, (Signed) j{l yJllAKE. Moved, that if no advertisement br published, or notice given, by the. Brattcji Conventions, for the meeting of this general Convention of Friend* to Enquiry, then this. Convention fdfali not meet ajain here, fill the first Mon¬ day of February, 1819; and which meeting may be delayed, one, two. three or four weeks later, should the Branch Conventions see reasons for the same, and, by advertisement and writing as before agreed upon, notify to all and each of the members any o'her <\^y of meeting, not beyond the first Monday of March, 1819, such no- tire being published and written before the first day of January* 1819. ,e. lvfR, DRAKE, (Signed) 1^. CH1SHOLM, Carried. * theB 9th July, 1811* ^Curried. Moved, that mould there be no call of Parliament, or dffTolntion before the firlt of September, nor any hope of the Ses- fion commencing before the uiidd'e of October, then it (hall be the duty of ranch Conventions, to have peti- jtiong drawn up and figned all over their refpe&ive Diitri&s, both to the Prince Kegent and the Commons Houfe of the [mperial Parliament, to be fent home without delay, by a Commifiion confiding of two peruana chofen by the Upoer, and two by the lower Branch Convention : the lecretary o* this gene¬ ral Convention to accompany, and be the fecretary of the Commifiion. . ,. ,v i R. DRAKE. <^ned) I Wm. CHISHOLM. Carried. Moved, that the permanent commit¬ tee (hall have power to call a general meeting of this Convention, on adver- tifement and written notice to each number, figned by five of the faid committee. (Signer!) Carried. DRAKE. Wm. CHISHOLM. Moved, that a duplicate of all com¬ munications wh'ch pafa between the Branch Conventions, be at the fame time ||fent* to the fecrctaiy of tbw Convention,] [to Kre by hm Kade ki~>WD to the per- manent committee ) ROBt. GOURLAY. t JOHN CLARK, Carried. (Signed) v ! Moved, that the permanent com. mittee (hall publifti in the newfpapersor otherwifc, the whole, or what part of* the tranfa6tiori> of this Convention, an(j other meetings of "Friends to Enquiry n as (liall to them feem fit. and that any perfon whatever, (hall have a fight to ob. tain extracts from the journals, in whole or part, on offering a competent rcchuoeh ration for trouble to the fecretary. /Q. .. S K- DRAKE, 1**&*1 \ pAUL PETERSON. Carried* Motion, that th.-. ;i: .iry of the Co*, vention, WJ.Ke^, Eiq. be indemnified for Rationary made nfe of, and other incidental exper.'V. in hi-! correlpondcncl and other duties of his ofiice. I PAUL PETERSON. (Signed) Carrried. 1 Mnvedj that Mr. Wm. Kerr, Mrr George Hamjltpn and Mr Pie (ton, ac¬ cept the thanks of thi? Convention,fqt their aflirtance during the fitting. } JOHN CLARK, ( THOs COLEMAN-. Cerrfed. (Signed) Moved, that Rub n Gourlay, T"fq, receive the thanks of this Convcnti inn » for his c^b.e and manly cond-id in prn. moting the general welfare of tht Province, and for hf« aflldo-uy attention at this Convention—and that they hold themfelves bonfld to fupport the mc> j fure9 adopted By the Niagara commit* tee, fubmitted by him to them. (Siened) J THOs. COLEMAN, Carried. JOHN CLARK. Moved, that o~pe.ftic.ity has been pi en to Mr. Robert Kerr, to (hew eaufe for the letter, which, with bis ficnaturt, appeared in the Upper Canada Gsgettti of the 2d ef July ; and a'fo in the Ni# gara Spectator of the fame week, nfl.fl* big on the character of Mr. Robert Gourlay ; and that he has not bcert ab-« trv bring the members forward a fmgU rtalon, fumcient to corvince this Con* vention, of the propriety o( a prthlic* tion fo ftrange and |innatural :—that I letter be written by the Chairman, to each of the I'owufhip Reprefentativi ] reqiiefiing them immediately to T,fel \mdcfVnfe atrntber pet&ft, fo fqiefeit them on all ocCafion* connecTted wiih ih« bufinefs of thefe meetings and whl m2y appear for them, if poffibte, at th« meeting of the Branch Convention o( I the Friends to" Enquiry, at King'ltrnnj ' 'he firfi Saturday of Atii/iift next, :-t tne Houfe of Mr. Walker, Inn keeper, al 2 o'clock, P %A M. (%ned) ItD^«| K F J I Wm. CHlMi OLM. C an led. Moved, that the thanks ofthN Coni vention. be prefented to the Chairman, for his moil able and afiiduou- attention to the biifinefs of this Convention, fq'rt f ROBtI HAMILTON, (Signed) ( joHN CLARK. Moved, that thi« Convention do %j.' journ till the firlt Monday of February 1 8 19, or till fuch time as may be adv&rw tifed according to the Refolution of this Convention. (Signed) I ,'{HOs- COLF.MAN, Carried. OBt. HAMILTON!' P CorreQ copy of the Minutes of the Cot' mention. (Signed) RICHARD BEASELYf Chairman, FOR THE KINGSTON GAZETTE. OBSERVER'S ADDRE^, To (he Inhabitants of Upper Cu/iadd No* II. (Continued.) I will now proceed to ancwrr the last question, respecting existing grie- vf>nces. In a general point of view, I hnve nut discovered any ; and when the tate of this country is comp.-T d, with that of any other country in christen* dom, we have no real cause to com¬ plain. Since the appparance of Mr. Gour- lay*a complaints, of so many corrupt practices, I have made enquiivy. res¬ pecting existing grievances, and, from the information received, can, w»th satisfaction declare, no change is made in my opinion. " . Ques. Why then do so many of the people support his plans ? Amis. All that has originated in mo¬ mentary impulse, and is the effect of a similar cause, and if reflection ever touches his mind, time wiil d.-cover to Mr. Gonrlnv his error, and t. the peo- ple; that they hare been deceived.