ybuds reall<* and uruly pledged foriBO jf ^oa rjir Rra i*ro«T frAztMft | |& any wife affcA &c t>ouu(Ja*e9 trfl •:. ae/|., redemd in -hi.- & me,j] The welter* Boundary of ibe Province arryovha CnWy.11 The Hucifon's I ay j Chatter wa* rhos rt> .gn^ed by aft ot y oi i ne Provu rf ITnpcr Canada prcfcflta a mixed jqnrllion of i.iftory. Law and Geography. To under (inn-1 it rightly, it is neceffary fo recur to the Charter of the Hndfon's B?.y Colony, the Treaty "f Peace in 1763, the Quebec Ad of 1774, il»e •'e^yof 1 7S3, a« explained by that fit Ghent Sr 1^:4, a« d the Royal Procla¬ mation dividing the Province of Qnejjec into the Province of Lower and Upper \ anada in 1 79J. In 1670, King Charge* fecond granted to ** The Governor and I ompany of adventurers of England trading into Hndl-m's :ay," commonly (tyled The Hud fun's Bay l'.-mpanv, the trade and commerce of " All thofe leas, (heights, bays. nverSj lakes creek-, and four<d>, in tchatf ever latitude they (hall he, rhatj lie within the entrance <>f the Stretches: commonly called (iudlbn's Streights. c in |hc lr'e f ftoek hedged f r mon* } lent, and tot f» redeemed, which faid £ ' ds an*l rti.ck fo pledged and roi fo redeemed, fiiall he fold by the fail Company, at Public Sale, at 3"v twje not led titan ten dav« afrc^the peri .d for redemption: and if upon fttcfa faV nf Goods of S* >ck, there (hall be a [iirpluft, auer deducting the cxpences of S-.rc, mc the pavn cnl of the money few, fnch furpitw (hat] be paid to the) p ijwk?tow th reof refneftivdy. Twentv third* The board of Di tt& irs, are lu-'eby fully empowered to rake Each nhffr bye laws and repnla- fions for the government of tht affair* oMh- company, and that of their offi cers and fiirvtflUa, a* they, or a majority of thecn frail from time to time ihi' k ex- 'pedx-nt, not incouliftcni with law, or thefe znie'e* of iff »ciati-n. 'Twenty fourth. Tbi* aflbriatnw frail { continue twenty years fiom the firlt day it commence^ operation, and no longer ; but the proprietor- of two thirds of chv- Capita: Stock of tin company, may by their concurring votes, at a general mee¬ ting t , be called for that exprefs put pole, ievife or alter thrle articles, or any of_li,f,w. or defoNeihr company ^ any I j (!edar; &at « %11 lSndS ifhnd, pn-rp,,io«l; prov.ded, that notice ot || tcrntori::.plantations, fo. N.fnrUucati ..„*, Inch meeting, and us f»mrct, mall b. publidled in all the Provincial NeovR-pa- per* tor Six months previous to the time appointed for fuch meeting ; and pro \ided aHo, tint noievifionci alteration of tiKlc aiticles (hill fuhjed any llock- h:.Icier i*r Stockholder» to be bound be¬ yond the amount of his, her or thcii Stack* Twenty-fifth. Immediately on any dtif notion of this a(T>ciati»n, efT. &uai meafureft fh-ill be taken by the Directors then exitling, for doling all the concern? of the company, and for dividing the ca p'tal and profits 1 which may remain, auvuig the Stockholders, in proportion to their refpedtive iuterelt In Wltnefi whereof we have hereun¬ to let our- names at Kingilon. (7 3 niontliR.) P;nliament, in they^ar 1774, a< it had been by f<ve»al fornitr flatutes ; and its territory wag pnardrd airainil any en- croarbment upon iu bonndaiies, by the extended boundary of the Province of Quebec. At the fame time, the Prov¬ ince of Quebec v/a* m;'de to adjoin tht HudfonVB.iyjenitory, on it< 4i fouth ern boundary," and ihence, eaflward and northward, as far as the territories of the LiiiiA Crown extended, in that directi¬ on. There was nc intervening indidn I territory, belonging to the ' ritifh Crown J left any where between the Province of 1 Quebec and the Hudfon's JJay Colony, j '1 he fame line of limits, wherever it may j bealccrtained to run, was conftituted I the common boundary of both. i.ut at what point did the weftcrn [boundary line of the Province of Que- tooether with all the lands ana teni ories | ft" ftrike the- fouthrrn Uunda.y of the upoTo the countries, ec-alb and confine.*) Hti3fon'sBay territory i lhatiaaquef fthefcas, bav.. lakes.rivers, creek-, j ;ll0r» otl which thef have beer, different 1 r inc icaa, Dayft, iaK.es,rivers, creett-, • j *,w* » w.....,ifc.....~ . . andhunJs af=ircfaid" &c. cOttftltrJtilWr'I W^^.9M^^'"!^^Jl!f,ai0" Dancing and writing Aca'lemy. MR JOHNSON refpeafully in- foroM the inhabirauu *\t Kingv- ton and its vicinity* that be ha* opened o Dancing Academy at the large room in the houfe of diR. fi-iklc —Days of tu¬ ition will be on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Jrrhhvi through the term 'rom 5 to 6 o'clock P. M. for the intlniction of y vug ladies; and from 7 to 9 o'clock in the evening of 'he fame day? for the in'lruftion of young Gentlemen. •;r J% a fo continues hi. Writing rfca- fftmv at the lame room, on Monday-. Weduefdays, and Satiirdays from 4 to 6 o'clock P. M. and from 7 to 9 o'clock in »he evening of the fame days. AH thofe who tbmk proper to patronize Mr J. in either of the above branches of education may reft allured that no eser- tto.i fha'd he wanting on bin p?rt, in or¬ der t*> merit the approbation of all con ccriud. ! N. B. For terms apply to Mr J. atJ hia room. i6-^| WANTED, A Man and two maid servants one toad in the Capacity of C" >k and Houie Maid, the o'her as Houfe and Lady** Maid. A married couple. without any family, of good Gharacler. will anfwef- good wages will be given.— Enquire at the Printing oifi e. Kiugllitn, ^ept« 14th 1 8 1 a. ~ caution: ALL perfonsate hereby forbid pur- chafing ot receiving a Note ot hand given the 20th November. 1815 to D^*vid White by the luhfciibcr. am *unt Wg 10 £i 1 6 4 and now in the hands of John White late tanner of Bellville, a** laid Note wa* paid in full in May, zStS JOHN'BLEEKER. Murray "Sept. 14th." i8ib\ 16 F O R S \ L E. C^N Ri-afo'.able Terms, a farm 'J Containing 180 acres f Land Ciuatedio the fixth Toivu,uf which 140 aer«a arc under Lmprovemcnd for furthej Paitic.dar inquire of the printer. WON] rL.vU & St. GERMAI& Kingilon, 14th vpt. 1818. 16 l<S fl^AKEN or gone away from the J[ lower end of V3r, Mitchell'* itOIC, on the night of the ftth inlt. a BATTEAU. Wh .eve will return (aid 5aueau. or inform rne f*i)lcribrr where it is will be feafoftably rewanird JOHN McARTHUR. »ift>t 5/A 1818. i6w2 KtmHnn o ?' fa&one&i or co'onies, where the laid \ orrpany's fatilorie^ and trade sre. or fh ;11 he, withm any of the parts cr place* ature li.ritid, (ball be immediately <ir\<\ from henctrorth under the power and command of the f;>id Governor and Company, tbfi SuccefTors and alfigns;" l* that the fajd land be from heucefoith reckoned and rcputrd as 'oi;e of wUi Plantationsor GOLONtES in America ;' fi that it fhall and m*y be lawful fol the laid Governor and ( ompany, and then • ijccefTors, from lime to I ime, to aflemhle themfelves &c. to make, Ordain and conftitute fuch and f> many rcafonable ; aw>, conftttutiottR) orders and or't- n;mces, an to them, or the greater part of j thev, being then and thee prefect, lhall feem neceflaiy ar.d convenient fn the gcd government of the faid Com p my, and of all Governors of Colonic*. I Forts and Plantation? &c w any of the rertitftfifit and lands aforcfaid," &'c f<iving always the allegiance due to the King, his htirs and fucCeflota. It is not neccfTiry to our prefent pur- \h fc to recite any .roie r»f this < barter, or to ennfider what powers of govern meni it conferred upon the Company In all eflVntial points, it i« fimilar to the Charters, of territory and Jurifditiion, granted to the Governor and Company of M?flachufetU Bay. and other Amer-i •can Colonies, by the fame King, his prrde* rfi*>rn and fucceffors ; by virtue of which roV'il grants, the grantees, their hci»saiid alliens held, and ftiil continue to h^ld, the lands fo granted to them rcfrrcXvcly. Bv a fair conftrufli'-n of the terms of * this Charter, compared with other Co¬ lonial Charter^ given in thofe early times, when the Geography of rhe interior of North America was imperfectly known, it included all the countries, territories and lands, in whatever latitude thev are, from which the waters run into MSidlon's Bay. Of courfe, it extended, on the ■ otith, to the highlands, from which the dream*1 defcend, foutherjy into the Mif fiffippiand MifTouri, and, northerly, in to the Lake of the woods, the Rtd Hiv- er, and other water-* of the faid 'indfm'a Bay ; and. on the fouth ealt it ext -nded to the highlands, from which the llrcams divide and fluw into Lake Superior and other water* of the St Lawrence, on !or»e fide, and, on the other, north weft er- iy. into the Lake of the Woods and ->th- e" waters of Hudlon\ Bay. Until a long lime fuhfeqnent to the Hudfon's Bay Charter I'anada wa-» a French Ctdony In th.- war which ore- ceded t he peace =f 17^3* it was conquer ed, and became a Britifti Pr.>vince. By the treaty O*" ? 763^ thr river MifllfG pi was eftab'ifh'd a* tnc weilern boundary of the liritilb dominions, in that part of] the ' ontincnt. fepa.ating them from thofe of Spain, although it was not de fined how far north the Spanifh territory >rx-iidcd, .11 the well lide of the Mil- j flfltppi. Ir was, however, actually pof. fifled and fett'ed, fome ditiauce above the mouth ot the Ohio By the I4<h of King Gorge the 3d, comm nly called 'he Qj. bee aft, " all the t-rritories, iflnnds, and cuntrir* in North \mcrica, belonging to the CrovPn of Great titain bnindcd on the ■ ib, hy a line drawn from the Bay f ha'■ n &€. through the St Lavyrrncei Lakes Ontau'o and Erie, aloni; the weilern boundary -.f Pe'.infyNa i% •■> t*»e *vr Ohio, %* and alcn? the bnnhs *f the faid I he argument in fnpport of this con-j Rrndion of the aft n, that, althou hthej term * north-ward** would admit of a c/Mtrfr deviating frc-m due wefl. either to . the weftor thetaft, y^t, without fome-! thing to require fuch a deviation, due; noith mud be prefixed ; and that there is nothing in this defcription thus toj qualify 'he term. . « ThNoj.iuion is ei;tit'ed to refpeci,; from the refpeftabilHy of thofe who have * maintained it. bwl< with deference. I j beg- leave to diflenl from it. and fubmit ' to the public fo '-e H 'fons in f iv.r of a j different interpretation <>/the aft. ift. lfa meridional line paffing thm* much & retch of langria??, be dcooojina- ■ red, in the ohiral.tiie*'//?/^/' of the river, from the Ohio upward $• The line defcribed in the aft, is 11 northward, To the Southern boundary" of the Hudfon's Bay territory. It is not diteftcd to the eajlern boundary, or the boundary generally, without refer¬ ence to any quarter of rhe compafs ; but expreMy to the "ftmiiern** fide of the boundary. This expreftion ii4 perfeftly fatiified by the constiuftion, for which I contend, in favor of the Miffiflippi, as the boundary, up to its fource. from whence a north line, in a comparatively fhort ditiauce, (Irikes the height of lain! forming the font hern boundary of the original *. olony of Hudfon's Kay, where¬ as the line of longitude of the mouth of the Ohio, if we may judge from the bed maps yet made of that country, docs not touch U\cjoutherny but the eajkm fide of the Hudfon's \ ayteiritovy. For thefe reafons, I am of opinion, that the limits or the Province ofQuebcc. an extended by the Statute, were the river Milfiffippi, from the Ohio, up to its fource, then north to the fouthern boundary of the H union's bay territory, that is,the highlands dividing the dreams; as defcribed, ihence, eaftcrly at'd north¬ erly, ah the boundaries of the faid terri¬ tory run. Nine years afterwards, in 1783, the Treaty of Peace acknowledged the na¬ tional Independence of the United States, and eftablifhed the line of limits between t^tm and the adjoining r'-rinfh domin¬ ions, From tht 4":h deg e: of lati¬ tude, alori-: t;<e noddle of the St. Law rence, the Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior, and their intermediate water communications, and fr >m Lake Superior * not th ward of the files Royal | and PhilHpoeaux, to the Long Lake, thence through the middle of faid Long Lake and the water commu- tt ferves to explain the feafeofiheTiej. ty of 1 7S3 fo far as this, that the line intended by it was to run from Lake Su. ptrior to the Lake of the woods. This interpretation of the Treaty is now confirmed, beyond all doubt, bv the Treaty of Ghent, which, in conformity with Mr. Jeffeifoti'? ideas, has provided a board of torn T<iffi mere to fix and de¬ termine the Treaty boundary, from Lake Superior to the most northwestern point of the Lake of the woods, and no fuith- er. As to what lies beyond, no piovs fion is made for fettling the boundary line; but fo far, it is ctlablifhed, alt In/ not yet aftually furvcyed by the Com- miiiioners apj>ointed, under the Treaty. South of that line,,there iu a confiJerable traft of country, from which the waters run. northerly, into the lake of the woods, and thence into Hudfon's Bay * which trudt or land u, therefore, within rhe Huclfou'f Bay grant. Ae it refpeAs 1 he right of property in the foil,the grant being completed, in due form, whih the iJritilh Crown had the undoubted prero- I gative of making fuch grant, ought not to be affected by the fubfequert tranjiftf of the juriidiftion from a i'tiufh Colottif to the United States. That, however, is a point n«jt at prefent under coniidcra- tion. In 1791. his Majesty by a Royal Proclamation, coiresponding with tlje aft of 3 1st of George 3d, divided the Province of Quebec into the Provincea j of Lower and Upper Canada. Tht It"« of diviiion was drawn from the .%t. Law¬ rence, near Point an l!oudet. in feverat courfes. to the river Ottawa.**, then up the faid river, into the lake TomnuTcnii- ning. and from the head of fnid Like, dire north- until it strikes the boundary line of Hudfon's Hay, including, in Upper Canada. 4; all the territory to tin- west¬ ward and fouth ward of the faid line, to the utmost extent of the "country i*6m« III- ild merIU10-'a* 1,,c UMiuu^ llll*» iai--* l-*'"^ \.-n\\. anu int «flU' Lvuiriiu- 1 tilC lttIIlOsl. C.Mtlll Ul IIIC C ■ ■ ■ :: i i \ l'>tl'- that place had beef intended, it might I! nicari >n between it and the Lake of the! j monly called or known by the &RT.C nf have been fo cxpreff d, with the utmoft ; Woods, thence through the faid. Lake,! Canada j" that i& tbewestetl .• ... To,: h- cafe, and with absolute, mathematical ; to the mod northweftern point thereof. certainty. There *a* n.- need or doubtful or indrfinite expreffion tiff of the word u northward," theref-it, any* nd from thence, on a due welt courfe, I'hc ;|t. the V!ifll(rippi.,> The Treaty thus ceded to the United fnfcCutible of a varfatiun in its meaning, j' States a large portion of the Province of according to circniudbnccs, does not fa vour the fuppofitioiO,that the line thus extending " north-ward" was intended to brahfoiutelv an'4 prCtlfrly utirth. 2d. The term " tvestivard" is ufed in the lame fenfnee, ro import not doe w«rt, but theliu'--^ »he Ohio river, the general courfe of w'hich i* about as much iouthof w(r. as tin4 general courfe >f the river M^UfL;^, ut'Tfiin;: to tlu* molt authentic imps, U «*«tl \A IMthi liH fnir analogy, therefore, the term '" north- ward,'* (landing in that connection, mny be unoV'Stood to IWdfi t,ie northerly J courfe of the MifllWPP1* 3d Thephralc, '* along the hank of tr-e f-id river/* applfed to the Ohio, al th-uch Hot ciep-rtfity 'tpeared, in ref- row. rp rhe MifTillippN f^ms to be nn- | dcrflood, from the g»ammatacal connec* • • lenience r u along the b.nk j of rlu ft'V »iver, wc^war^» to the hanks j •>f the Miffl-ffii pi aff^ \j*tong the hauls of that river'] i.-rihw^d, to the fouthern boundary**^ the ff»dft»n'^ '-<*y territo¬ ry Thr f^itvhce f" ^*ptteatL Some) hrafr mull be Gipp^ before the word * northward," n thf ^nedefcribed would run ?!one the river C>hi>, northward, tfl the HndfooN i ay territory ; which would be aSfnrd. I 4 « The territr **» an'} counti ies," annexed to the Provffl^ of Qticbec, are Aid to be "bounder^1' tllr souths by (be line defcribed. The n"Vcr Ohi*i, from Pitt^burrfh do-vn lnila * ,urh« an^ the river Miffiflbpi, from that point ix\* to it- founv. may.- wirh a °(l cqnal propriety, b called a boundary * on the South'* of the wW*»wntiig i-itifh ter¬ ritories , but a me.. frMtai ****** from l"f OhiotntheHudfotr'8 ;aT»c^' urhr"-1 propriety whatever, s" 'aW ,0 oc a boo* dnrv. on the south .'f'h' on-.try ISpr.g direftlyonth cut ffde «f fc n < c. Thegr -ilifjft' iheterw, - All thr territories, tflau^ a,,J cc fnl c »" North America, beF'nSir,Sl*>th« nofh\ Crown." imports, r1'13' tnc "u " t^nofj Parifament wa> to /xiend the P .■ ince offjjebec to al' . !,c witfft eritoncu adjoining -bar P ov ,ce' "' l 'V) «jW !. f.me other CoLny : wiierea" a Wcridio .a line, from the moot -*' ,,f lhc Ohig to the Hu.lf^n's ay '«,«my1 woulc leave along, irr-jrulai ,-o' r of Iand» fituated between thai line ",d che "ver Miffi- iTippi, which had i.v '"• e,rven y«a« be- fo'e. agreed w aa ' hc weftern boundary of'he"riti(h North Xmer^a'idomi«i.ms. in thar q*» no I >f known ?t}t<* ' ttirltory our of ltlL' 1Lm,tfi- and © n- t J leave fuch a tract B ckoowled^ed uririfh \ onenrly iiut of rll,cJur;f 'ta,""-,n» rf any /'. fl o mi liy the Cv-i. aui V»K .N, tor Me hv MoXjEr.L & bt.GLRMAi::. An*-*;, - J3 -tver westward. .'*.- the hanks of the 'J m rippi. and northward, to the Southern || boundary oftf'T territory - R-'ed to h merchant- adventure1 of England tra dfn^ ... thr indloii's ^ay.*' vvre an uexr-fi tt> and made part ■ f thr* pr »v in Cc FQiiehee ; ** Provided, that n-'thuie 'herein 'ontain«'t. 1 elrit'v. lo ihc boun dary ol iUl Province -if Qucbe1 '. o- 1* 'tal j>overr,ir: -'it Willi t!l' ........"^"6 the terms </"«newcxteiifi n of 1.1 < ol Q^ <:-\ "■ ■ ty *oi.l (appear o ,e : foirtt and dcli^i. as el die P », ^ Cu I tiephrafe,**wi ,! 'a * Vt t,,e Bank Miffiffi ►pi/' : f n°l wdicate ,^v i.-o-i.t on ihlc 5 !"ri»M*h«tac v\ tli ne wh.,|f extend:' , i. ».f fi.i Quebec, n *w compoftng the ^tate« of Ohio and Indiana, and rhe Illinois, the Mic i«ran and molt of the Nnrth-wrltern Tenitoiy. I ■ alfo threw into the Uni¬ ted Mates the fouth cm part of the Hud- Ion's 'ay territory- It has. iadeed, been contended, in bc- Italf of the Hudfon's liay Company that the Treaty line, from Lake Superi¬ or to the iffillippi, wa^ impoflible, in two rrlpeoV ; \\\. That tktW ts Vrt ?>.ft no fuch Lake a^ was fuppofed and defig nated in the Treaty, by the name of '.he Lone I ake ; 2 dlv. That a fine due welt from the iothweltf»nm»lt point of the Lake ->f the woods, puflei nearly tw degree* "flatitudenoi th ot the fource of the iflifli'ipi j that, therefore, fome part of rhe faid line muft be rejected. a.-> impoflible, to wit what relate* to the Long Lake and the Lake of the woods, and a pra«*ticabie line drawn between th" two termini, that is to lay* from JLakc >uoer'oi, up the r<"vcr St. Louis, to the Milfiifipoi- which would leave tire whole I of the Hudfon's iiay grant on the iintith fide. To this Gonftru&fon of the Treaty, there are ferious objections ; when it was difcovereJ, that the head waters of the iifllflippi we»e fouth of the latitude of the Lake of the woods, a Convention was negociate 1 and finned, in iSoiy by Lord lla .vki fbury, on the part of His I ritaunic Majeily, and Mr. King, on the pa't of the United Mates, containing, as a remedy for rhit defer}, the following clau'e : M Wheieasit is uncertain whe- t'ter the river MiffiHippi extends f» far to rhe northward as to be inter fed ed bv a line drawn due weft from the Lake of the Wood*i in the manner mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His MajUty and the United Stales ; if, is agreed* that, in (lead of the faid line, rhe boundary of :he United Mates, in this quarter, (hall and is hereby declared to be, the fhorteft line which can be drawn between the north weft point of the lake of th< woods ami the nearcft fource? of tbe river Miflil ' lippin That Convention, it U tr».e, j ivan not ratified by Preliaent Irffcrfon,! becaufe the United Mates had, in the! •nran time, acquired Louifiana; hy; which acquisition, he line in question; had, in his view of it, become a meie line of divifion between two ledions of the United Vates ; and bethought it would he improper to mjke fuch an interior line a fubjett of treaty with a foreign owu". Another, and perhaps more in Agential confideration was that to leave thr northweftern mo.t point of the Lake o^ ttic woods the extreme boundary sta¬ tion agreed upon between J he two gov¬ ernment , ni>>ht afford the United Mates a ground to claim, at fome future day. (In latitude of that place a< the northern , :- uNo1 ,ry of rh i newiy u qiijied tcrrito ; ry not O'.fy to :»e -:;i"ideof xhn he^d ern extent of toe P.ovince of '\Vebcc. a enlarged b] the aft of the 14th of !the Kangi and limited by the treaty of Peace of 17^3- The western and nor¬ thern boundary, therefore, of this Pro* vince, is not any particular device of j longitude* but the limits ot the lludion's Bay Colony, from fome point in tic northern boundary of the United M.;te3-, on the highlands between lake Supcn'-.r and trie lake of the woods, along the range r>( the faid lands dividing the wa¬ ters of Hudfm's bay from thofe of the St. Lawrence* to the meridian of the head of Lake Tomnjifcaniiiutf. SksWfc. er cord 11 much 1>< 11 r.gio of that .'""" . • vji:oi;s courfe j, vvli!ch m'fihti ^viUiout ToTrrr. F.pfTon of the Kingston G&ffftVTV, Mr. Mir.v.s, TlifH which fl writer sendvnnon^ Mi* pn hire, {h^y have aright to cctt9nre,«mt in *» Ir deei- iion fif ivImciii I)) h«- rotr^t -'ihinit. To defend h«nwi»lf wl-fh canfj<mragaln^i ano'iaefc., Is some linn's dinicirlt. ano it' he can dl>ci*rn individual ramcour 1 herein, be m\wl roiiMili^ the aitlior nt-wrh a»i atfyk. one of (hr p>«bHc. A wet! informed ni'Ild, o-niiiug en .1 rji.irt /li-p(»-ifi»n. Is ;ehlom found to enter the Ijstsof to 111 rovers). T« *ru*» w^H, we must fee? alive, to (be :|,;inl of on is-' b jeer. Here, ihen, I rnke up 'he weapon of coil* rrover*y, bnt uiil not promise tn luuu.fr it ton^, alihoriirli I -l»:il! makr all the cut- 1;. niy l»owe r»uhile 1 hold it, Tu one remark^ I ivfsh to draw die attention of wriier?, ofsuth a mst< Keep the subject in view, end If your 'em- peri- rilled, t\o uof *allv out into p£ivoiml invee'ive. That done, the partii's often lo^c the subject, and become dtegu* inply prf'iC"»|fiusi Much writing, of sncli aca'f,ha> lately ap¬ peared In the public print- of Mii- province, and lo such 111 natured aptecn, I have become an objeci of reseuiniont. Siiuil;K weapons must be used, for who«ill rive all rhe odds to another, or, who can be •hra-'ted and not feel. But I uill nt»i -*io(»p from my purpose, fur all tbe falirv raillery, inch tra^h mongers can patch together* So mwrh by way of introduction. Nuw. M». Editor, I uill explain what v Patrick^ in your paper of the ?l-t of July attempt* to controvert, hut dap* not stem ro understand (although such sl«->n»j »vriier» are •-cai'relv woi'ifi nor ice]—Snppo»e I am m a droll humour, then y«fli m-.tst expect, a' Hie le;j , a 1111 itn re of d. oil, with o.lier matter—from in) *l ffoo^e"quil scranher. He |»;is ihe question," that our Provincial eonstitntit.ti^ ha< noi cuumttt^i fmm fliv lung, :i* iissonrce.*' f)id I mj in n*yanswer/^'vnirh be pretendingly grounds hi.** f|nes'inu, 4/ia: it did ? No; I said ivliar I >ei maintain, that one branch of die Provincial eo\erumeui, t^eeives its power foin ihe kin^. Do you lliink, Mr. Kditor. thai PaMvfc\iQ3 ignorant of distinctions, as heunuld make me ignorant of our ^oiermneiit. Ffhe is, it nould he well, 10 advi>c him 10 study tb.in Bime closely«instead of studyingbo>v to make di»g translarionsi The couatitution of (his Province, empowers the kint; co appoint a chief ina^^ir.iie ao3 that appoiniuieiK, U (be ur>( source of^o e.11- meni in rhai denannieui; and ihe election of r.-prescntativeb by tl»epeople.aveonlie^ ;oi::e constitution, is rh*.- tir?r source, in rhe represen¬ tative department. fbcconstitution is not the goiernmeru.norU the fliivernmeui the Constitution. Tue ;vnsii- tutiOO i^ (he rule.—Tbe government i>" tne source of practice*—Thecoi^lltutiuirt^ batevef iisorlglllj uitiiout practice, isadead letter. So much in reply 10 Patrick's iir^c remark*. lie 1 hen proceeds to censure, on dcl.i'a ion, on (lie iiidepeiifbvcv of our repi c&euiailvfi body, h* a Mm*, if they have upoviertn cnart or r peal a lau." Did I <ny enact • Vo, £ >a;d t'r/i'D/ng and repenting tout A.-vv, and I fill bold ro the opinion, mi ;he ground thai hi' Piiif- ot , w.i> inij Io\-mI. nilid iftd «Ol .,- "I ;«!•• 1 - uIt branrjie^ ofluetfot' H ineitti; - . . ^ (T ■ uo» e.« e.di|i mea«.i Lr. to -lie euaviii.f oi a I. O^ I indefi .a ' 1 I ic 11 y wa or thai" ^ii thC W •[*,,(] ! ■ ; 1 i I-.■, • Hen. 1 ill M- .. -t ra [