J I 7y for i msc£V'« «.v.t^o"i Hoili if* jf can cine tftc tvil but a* Tax upon the unfettied lands, and that fci high as to obligate their holdem cither to find fet- tlcia for them, or fell them. Such a £ill once paflcd, there would be no toorfe rapacious and greedy Land Hunt- m. No abominable monopolift* of" Mill teats. No mean, cringing fycophants looking with eagernefs tor grants of choice lot6 as the teward of their fyec- phancy. No, none would covet land bin K\\t bona fide fettl:r% and no other under fray pretext whatever ouc;ht to have it 1 in.add like to knew cvhat was the oh fed ot the Britifh Government in firft granting lands in this country. I can think of no rational object, but that of getting the country fettled, and that we fee entirely defeated by the prepoftcroua j conduct of the land Granting Depart-j iuent, and fuch is the invariable confe-l q-ience ®f the ignorant, or wicked abuies of delegated power. 1 am fulW convinced, W. Editor, that! w * tbe tax I have now fug^efted would prove a radical cure for xh: .monilryus evils which now tValk wildly through the Province. Valuable fcttlers would flock in by hundreds and by thonf'nds Our Forett* would groan bene?.»h the ftrokes I of uncountable ax men. The repairih^ vof our roads would become a trivial tafk. ^\rdor for gain would give fpeed to the Plough, and loon uV"ild we fee this de-| li^htful land " Smiling like Eden in her\ Summer Drefs." Should any one be of J a contrary opinion, and can fugged any moie effectual remedy, I (hall feel hap¬ py to fee a communication of it to the public, through the medium of your Valuable paper. . I am, Mr. Editor, Your obedient fervant, INNOVATOR. QUr'.BEC, July 30. His Mayfly's Snip lphigenta, Hyde ' Parker, Captain, caft anchor in this Pou yefterday afternoon, having on J board H«8 Grace the Duke of Richmond', j Governor General of Britilh, North j America ; Sir Peregrine M.iitland* Lieut Governor of Upp«r Canada, and their tftfpe&ive families and futtes. Hi* Grace landed a little before 7 o'clock, under falutei from the f'igare and the Grand Battt-rv, amidll the cheers of the People affcmbled on the oceafion and all the military honours Td»»c to his high rank ; and proceeded to the '. altle of St. Lewis, winch had been The following are, we underftand, .the principal pet Ions who accompanied His Grace from England i—* Lady Mary Lennox and two younger daughters. Lord Frederick Lennox. Lieut. Colonel Ready, Military Secretary. Bt. Major Bowles. ttt. Mi.jorM'Leod, V V. D. C Lord Wm. Pitt Lennox Major General Sir Peregrine Mait land* K. C. B. Lady Maitland. fct. Major Hillier, A. D. C. From the Quebec Gazette, BY His GRACE 'Charles Duke of Richmond, Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter, Cantain Gcr^ral and Gover¬ nor in Chief in and over rhe Provinces of Lower Canada, Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunt wick and their fcveral Dependencies, Vice Admiral of the fame, General and Commander of all His M-jefty'si Forces in the fai'd Provinces q( Lower Canada and Upper Canada Noua- Scotia and New Brunfwiek and their levcral Dependencies and in the Iflands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, Cape Breton and Bermuda, &c. &c. &c. A Proclamation. W HE RE AS His Majcfty has been gracioufly pleafed by His Royal Letters Patent under the Great heal ot Great Britain, bearing date the 18th day of May laft, to conftitute and ap¬ point ME to be his Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada ; and whereas it is neccfla.ry for the Peace and good Government of this Piovince that ail His Majcfty'i Officers within the ft me fhould continue in their feveral 1 Offices ' and Employments ;—I have thought fit, bv and with the advice of Iiis Majclty's Executive Council to ifluc this Proclamation-, hereby autho rizing the faid Officers to continue in their faid Offices and Employments, ol which all perfons concerned are required to take notice and govern thcmicWcs accordingly. Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms |t the Cattle of Saint Lewis in the city of Quebec, in the faid Piovince, the I hirtienth day of July, in the year of out f,drd oneTWvfand feignfc Wun- died and Eighfetn, and in the Fifty eighth year of His Majefty's Reign. Richmond. Lennox te AtrSiosV. By Hi?. Grace's Command, Jno. Taylor, Depyi Secy. ft Sockets-Harhor, July j9. Steam-Boat Sophia. The new lleam boat Sophia, built by Mr. Roberts, was, on Thurfday lad at 2 o'clock P. M. fafely and elegantly launched from his dock yard, iti> the prefence of a numerous and refpetkable collection of citfzeffs and others. The Sonhfa i* intended exprelsly as a Steam Packet, to piy between this place and Kingflon Upper Czlnada. It is contemplate.! that (he will be completely ready for operation the latter part of next month.—We are further informed, that the* Machioc-y i* calculated to be of ftifficient force to propel her from port t:> port in 4 hours, (a diliai»?e of between 30 to 4° nnles)—by which calculation, (he will be able, after *rcak- faft to leave this place, dine in King¬ fton, and return the fame day. Though this eftabHfh'ne't may be of j a temporal y difadvanta^e to 1 few individuals, who have vrflVls that no ex- preGlv ufed as Packers between tHs and Kingfton ; yet, we cannot but c?iugra- tulate the public generally, ii the profpe£ r>f the g^reat advantage to be! derived from this arrangement. Bu- j j finefs which the citizen* of either place •! may have to tranfaA with the oth'r, can | be performed with the ahfence of ten or \ twelve hours ; whereas, on forrrer oc-j cafions, (through the irregnlnr faiine of j j packets and head winds,) h^v- been 1 j neceir^rily abfent from 3 tft 6 day. ! This boat has a fpacioUf raifed abin ;' —and the accommodations, wth her expedition, will no doabt, fo coitribute to the plcafure and advantage *f sen- tlemen travelling to and from tie per Province, as to indufe them to the rout of Sacket'*-Harbor. rflfc* ftltnfnnfl nWc(Tl§rfflt4ei the i&h$ jaA of hfr lifi% spent in one continued series of ef¬ forts to do goud,atil1 distinguishes her. tfl&y Urr precious examplr long be made fctte ntodel lor imitation among her own 5<*X, fli»d ;*%rvc to re hake those whose thoughts never regard, wh6>c hinds never toil fnr> the relief of igfi0» iunceand wretchedness." KINGSTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST \U l«i«- On Thursday the 6th insl,Sir John Johnson. Baronet, of Montreal, arrived in this Town, in the Siram-Boat Charlotte. On Saturday the 8th instaht, arrived, in the same Steam-Boat,His Exeelleney Str Pere¬ grine Maitland, Lieut. Governor of this Pro¬ vince and commander of (he Fore*?, with hit lady andsuit, on their way to York. Ifis ar¬ rival was announced by a salute of 18 guns, 'ired in front of Market Square. The same day Judge Campbell arrived in ihe Steam-Boat Fro»tenac, to bold the Court of assize? in this town. The same day al*> arrived, in the same S'cnm- Boat, th^ Prussian Embassador, to the. United Siaes, now on a tour through the Canadas, and tho American Emba^ador to Prussia. * I Clergy, Up¬ take! Richmond, jfdy Curious Incident. A gentleman of great refpeftabPity, j informs ua of a verv lingular even which happened a few days fince in Hanover County—on the plantation of t Mrs. Hawcs, within a few mi'es of ttS< City, ane.^ro woman left her fuckhg child :ifleep In her cabin to bring water from a fprin<r. On returning to the ,<loor of her humble dvvtitthg-j *v\->t t ,t aftonimmpnt and horror at feeing a black Oiake, coiled around the neck of her infant, with its mouth applied to and ap¬ parently introduced into that of the child I Words are too faint to give an adequate idea of the feelings of the mother, With the wild fhrick of hor. ror, fhc rufhed from the cabin, crying aloud for afli'.rance, and fl-w into the prefence of her miltrefa. There was not a man near them. They returned with the vitmoft precipitation to the cabin, whence they faw the fuake departing, who gliding through the weeds effected his cfcape. On examining the pvior infant, it was found dead. It is known that black fuake* are fond of milk, and that to fatiate their appetite, they will fometimes twine themfclvcs around the legs of the cow, in order to fuck its teats. It is fuppofed that allured by the fmcll of milk in the mouth of the child, the fnake coiled around its neck, and applied its own mouth to that of the infant. Its gripe is known to be very ftrong—-and by this as well as introduc¬ ing its head into the mouth completely llrangled the baby. It had no marks of a bite about it. Few modes of death can be conceived more horrible than this. it, f Deaf and Dumb* " It will doubtless," says the Hartford Mirror," gratify the friend* of the Asylum established in 'his city, for the benefit of the Deaf and Dumb, to learr that the principal' Mr. Gallaudei, has lately received letters from Zachary Macaula, Esq. the reputed Editor of the Christian Observer, and Mrs. Hannah }torey exprewive of the warm interest which they feel in the prosperity of the establishment, and presenting,each oftbexn, a donation to the fund of the Asylum* fkich instances of bene- \olence will, we hope, excite the imitation of our own countrymen. If strangers can fee1 for us, what ought to oeour exertions in behalf of thtfse children of misfortune who are unit*! to us by the rtidearftig ties of kindred and country- We nndersiand, also, that Mrs* More has written a most interesting and af¬ fectionate letter to one of the young female pupils in the As^ylunvwhohad addressedafew 11 lines to this venerable mother in Israel not '■ loug since..—-It is delightful to witness such practical evidence of the genuine spirit of Chrbu*nitv«—" Suffer little children to come uuto me and forbid them not," was the kind declaration of One who came to rescue the ignorant,the helpk'=s and the sinful, and it is a most endearing trait in the character of Mrs More, that while she almost treads on the cou- tiucfcot the other world, the same condebCen-|l TO HIS EXCELLENCY, HA PitllRGRINK MAITLAND, tight Commander of the Most thnovuhle Militari/ Order of the Btf.h. Lieutenant Gover¬ nor qflhe Province of Upper Canada, Maior General com- mandmg His Majeshfs For¬ ces in the said Province, %e. xc. kc. May it please your Excellency, We, the Magistrates, | and Inhabitants of the To'vn of Kingston, beg leave respectfully to present our con¬ gratulations to Your Excellen¬ cy on vour safe arrival, and on the auspicious event of your no¬ mination to the Government of the Colony. In investing* with this impor¬ tant Office, a Person of Your KxceHencv's distinguished mer- aud Illustrious connexions, perceive a further mani¬ festation of the solicitude of Mis i>v».ij 4Aigfline*« the Prtitae Regent, acting in the name and on the bcllmif of Ui« Majesty to cherish tthe interests of his faithful Subjects residing in this remotke part of the British Lmpire. We are therefore desirous of declaring our deep sense of gratitude for this mark of paternal kindness, and while we proffer to Your Excellency, as the Representative of our venerable and beloved Sove- reign, our sentiments of loyal¬ ty, and firm attachment to the Constitution bestowed on us by the wisdom and liberality of the Mother Country, we teel the animating' conviction that un¬ der Your Excellency's bene li¬ ce nt administration, Upper Ca¬ nada will continue to flourish, and the general happiness and prosperity of its people be em¬ inently promoted, j Accept the cordial assuran¬ ces of our respect, and our best I wishes for a speedy and pleas¬ ant passage to the seat of Go¬ vernment. To which His Excellency was plea¬ sed to make (lie following Reply : Gentlemen, As the Representative ©four venerable &nd beloved Sove¬ reign, I have, with great satis¬ faction, attended to the utter¬ ance of your sentiments of loy¬ alty and rirni attachment to that Constitution^ which the Prov¬ ince of Upper Canada has re¬ ceived from our Mother Coun¬ try. voii, rriy test InaiiKS fdt y8Hq kind congratulations, your cor- {dial assurances of respect, and your good wishes for my Bale passage to the Seat of Govern¬ ment. This morning, at 9 o'clock, His Ex¬ cellency Sir PtREGRiNE Maitland, and fuite, left this place in the Steam boat Frontenac, for York. A Moofe. We are informed that a Moofe wae killed on the 17th July laft, by Mr. Alexander Thompf >n, at a place Called the Nerfip Fly, in the fifth concefiion of the townfhip of Richmond, near the Mohawk lands, which weighed 300 weight; fuppofed to be about three years old ; his horns, hot bring fully grown, were in the velvet, and meafmed about 14 inches long, and 6 inches broad.-ifhis animal is very peculiar to cold countries^ and deep foowi ; and it! is fuppofed t*iat the cold fealons for fome years back, is the caufe bf iis wandering fo far to the fouth-weft.— Ai other was feeq about the fame time, much larger. Unfortunate Accident. On Monday morning laft Serjeant Denis FtV/.patrick, of the ii^ht company j of the 3,7th regiment in ganifon here, j fell from a window in the third (lory of the Quebec Barracks, on the pavement below and almoft immediately expired. While (landing near the window, it ia thought he had loft his balance, as it teems he had grafped at fome pieces of meat fufpended there and carried them with him in falling, lie was a native of Ireland, a handfome and well behaved young man and much beloved in the regiment. Mont. Gaz> f PUfilic! N<5trc .', IS hereby given, that P^w Number Forty one. m St.George's Church, iu ! tilt town of Kingiton, will be dilpofed 1 of at Auction to the higketi bidder, on SATURDAY 29th !"IV at 12 d'eiock* LOOM1S NOlllO:., JOHN MACAULAY Church Wardens* Kingfton, 7th Auguft, :tft8. N. b. The Ssie will take place at the Church Door. • 17 E a Cockroaches.— tty placing a bowl of Molasses and Witter ill the places fre¬ quented by these troublesome insects, they will effectually be exterminated.° AfKNOnXKOGMKNr. Wp have received a communication from A. R.whcreiuJii* complains much »flawytM*stakii■£ ion much fees.— NVe are unacquainted with Lawyers (th^I^es, and hope ever to remain ^o ; and think ii thebtst way, if his complaints are true, to apply tothe Court, now sitting, for redress. Previous arrangiwtrn* prevents the appear aue«»of fjrli- M. in Uii*rt.tv** f>,i/.\V,U\ D1MD, On the 7th In (ant, Aged Uirtfe «f«reks9 Atjexanper Sdttmn, Infant son of L1e.1t. Colonel Foster, A&lstanl Adjutant General- •w ..w.. . ;m.^mW^i^ i DOYLK relpcdfully be^s leave 9 to inform his fuenda, .»ud tlic public in general, that he has taken the • liorc formerly occupied by Alt* Allan Macpberfon, next to T. MarkLnd, blq. wl:ere lie now offers for laic a iicwly and well ieletted afiortment of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES and LIQUORS, Patent Medicines, s-liina, vioekery and Glafs. with a fmall quantity of HARD W^REj which he wii) difpbfc of f>n the mad reafonable terms for cafh country pro¬ duce, or (liorr approved credit. COM AMISSION BlfoJNM&M will be tratifa&ed by hirr. with the Dtftit^ft pti)mutitude, ami he irufU by unrrmit- ting attention to fuch as may pleafe to favor him with their commands, to merit a ftnre of the public patronage. Kingston, August 10. 1818- iiv/4 Executive Covnri! Office% York, I2d JoIyf 18r8* NOTICE h hereby given to CHRISTOPHER THOMSON, or his Representative, by order of His Honor tbe Admiiiiftrator in Council, :o rpake good any pretenfion to the Weft Inlf of Lot number Seventeen in the fixth conceffion, on the Napane River, in the Townfhip of Fr-dt»ickfbur«;ht Within '■mx months from this date, or the fame will be thrown open to other appli¬ cants* JOHN SMALL, 11 mo C» E. C, $ FEATHERS. A QUANTITY of excellent new GOOSE FEATHKRS for fale, and may be fecn at Mr, Tolbcrt" houfe, oppofite Mr. Aykroyd'a new buildings. 10th Auguft. iwp w PUBLIC NOTICE. HEREAS a Patent hath been iffutd for the Weft halves of Lots number 17, tn the 1 (I and 2d con. ccfTions of the Townfhip of Fredericks¬ burg in the Midland Didrift, in tl»e j name of the Heirs of the late Adjutant William Fiaier, fubject tothe payment of a certain Mortgage to the late John Grant of Lachine. Now thefe are to require any perfon who may be inpoflee- fion of fuch Mortgage to produce the lame to the fubferiber on or before the firft day of October next, in Order to en¬ able him to have faid incumbrance re¬ moved. JAMES M'cNABB, Agent for the Heirs of the late Adjutant Wm. Fraftr. Belhille, ZQth July, 1818. I otf FOR SALE, On Reasonable Terms, C) STILLS, with Worm9— One of 95 Gallons, and the other 45. En¬ quire of the Printer, Aug 4. XO This day is pub* I/shed, TRANSACTIONS . OF THE upper cj\jd. ■: \ ">\>R\riof> 99 FR1ESDS 1 f SSQUIRVr ADDRxmm TO H!» RfyfriX ItTOHNfcs* THE PRTxr* t> r r,FTTip 5rP PEHJEGRIWB tfJJTLAr D, v'c. & r. Hi t. To be had at the G ZKTTE OF- FICE, and Stores in Town & country, — price ifS. 10 f FlHE fubferiber retur-i hi& thanks to I his friends and the ,• blic foi their paft favors in his line of INSPECT¬ ING, and informs th.m he ha* fitted up a convenient place in the Cellar of his new ftore, with all the neceflary appirt- dageS, for the purpofe of lufpectiug Pot and Pearl Ames, Pork Beef and Flour, where thofe who favor him with their rulom will find it dorte with the great- eft exactnefs and expedition : likewise, ilorage for one ehoufvind barrel* in ihe < Cellar, and good dry ftoragc for otliT poods, with the advantage of a Wharf for loading and unloading. JAMES ROBINSON. Ta Let* THE Houfe, &c at prefent occupi¬ ed by Dodor Short ; nearly op- pofite the School Houfe—Inquire on the premifes. Kingston, August 11 w» 181». IT TO LET, I know that I shall best pro¬ mote the wishes of His Royal Highness the Prince lteg-ent by endeavoring to the best of my ability, to pj omote the prosper¬ ity of this 1'tovince ; and, un¬ der the bles;;jno- of the Almigh¬ ty, I hope fijg. success. Accept, Gentlemen, I request WfHl Dwelling Houfe and Shop JL next door to T. Markland, Etq. lately occuped by Mr. A, McPhetfon. For further particulars application may be made t» the fubferiber. Wm. MITCHELL. Kingston, Aug, 3* ^ loti ^^^^_^_^^_______ STRAYED OR STOLEN, ROM offthe Common, near Kings ton, on Sunday the 26th July, a midling ir/ed red Horfe, left hind toot whoe. Whoever will return faid Horfc to the fublcnber, or give information where he can be obtained, (hall be gciie- roufly rewared for their trouble. NIC iOLAS MORIN. II Kingston, ±iu# 3, iSiJJ. 10wj NOTICE. TOLEN or flrayed from Bald Head, a fmall bay mate, with a bulhcv mane and tail, white fpot hi her fore¬ head, and hollow faced, about fourteen hands high, natmal trotter. Whoever will return faid Mare, or 1ft me know- where (he may be found, (hall be hand* iomely rewarded by Solomon Vcrmilyea, A meli.'. fourth, June 1, 1810. it PUBLIC NOTICE. CREDITORS of the late Charles Stuart, Eiq- are requefted to» meet the Executors to his Eilate. at Walker'* Hotel, on Monday the ifi.h inft. at one o'clock, on bufiuefd rei- ative to the Eftate. Gfo. OkillStuap.t, Allan Mclean. Kingtson, Aug 1, i«i«. IO Wanted Immediately 1 ONE hundred cord* of WHITE OAK B A Kg ; for wbicl. c:- iera will l>e received 1 nti the 24th m 1. by the fnblcnbers, and pay men; mu< . Ia dchvery of the lame «t ihw pi*eic UNDERHILL, A TKINSON Ss Co- j\ift£it*n> 4ln A1 igu t!, i. * * b. i o