F0.7E7G.V NEH'S. • » * I - • ► * • * • Latest from England.- IMPER1 \I. PARLIAMENT. ItonsE of Loans. Jaw.23: Care and Custody nf the King's per wit. The Karl of Shaft (bury reported the 131II foi vcltinjj in his Rova1 ili^hnef? the caie and cuftody %>f the King's Sacred Body. The amendments were agreed to. The Earl of Liverpool moved an a- mendment, to the effect that nothing in tbw Bill contained mould operate to re¬ peal or alter the pr villous in former Act.3, refpecting the Meeting of Parlia¬ ment, in the event of the demife of His jtoyal Highnefe the Prince Regent, Sec. ■whence all the gold that gave Mela no the name of the Golden ChcrsonesuS was can it'll. Those discoveries have not, liowovor, been made without great personal ri«k and fatigue. The country could only he explored on Coot—Mountains 6000 feet hiarh were to he crossed, find rocks, precipices, and forests, to £e travers¬ ed. For many nights the party had no shelter but the leaves they could collect after their day's journ.-y ; and their jour- nies were seldom less ti an from ^0 to 30 miles a day, over the tery worst road-; ZWALIE, OCT. 19. Ancient Btfye*&*>*&« Valte and Exloo, in the Need, 0 m?-,(n) ia the,dl*m trict of Dienthe, a h"'dge h:S becn d,fc0' vered four feet under gn und which has been uncovered for the length f a league and a half, and the^nd of which is not yet known. The folloWg »T€ lome particu¬ lars :—the bridge, of which more is daily difcovered, runs frotf the Weerdingcrtout, through the marfll, pafi fiaar, and the convent Ser Ape!, a dhhnce of three full leagues. It confilU pHncipally of rough fir,, of the lei j.rn of twelve feet, scatty that over were passed. In this exnedi- laid together When the maifli ground tion the governor was accompani-d by h carefully taken up, no interval u to he lady RsfRes; she was oecaMonall) car- feen between thefe ftetns, which are on an ried on a man's back, but generally average three or four inches in diameter. except in fo far a« they weie expressly al¬ tered or repealed in the pr<.:*.nt Bill. This amendment was alio agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.—Adjourned till next day. FEB. 3. The Duke of Wellington prefented a petition from certain merchants of Dublin again ft the Roman Catholic Claims. It was read, and laid upon the table. On the motion of Lord Sid month, a Committee of Pi ivileges was ordered, in tike cafe of Lord Mount m or rife cla mtng the title of fail of Anglefea. J.ord Kenyon gave notice of a motion for Friday next, to inquire into ihe hea:th of childien working in Cotton jVUru£jc- tones.—Adjourned. R \ V\ RESTRICTIONS. Mr. H. Davis prefeuted a petition from ccrtiiif) merchants and bankers of Criftol, againit a too fpeedy refuraption of CafK Fayment?. The Bankers had fijneel the petition only in their characters as rner- chants. ■■ The petition was after fome converfa- <ion> laid upon *:he table. From the Londonderry journal. TUESDAY> FEB- 9. The fitft dlvifion in the new Huufe of Commons took place on Tuefday night lafr, on a motion of Mr. Tierncy, fpl a Committee io inquire into the (late of ex¬ changes, and the currency of rb? country. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved au Amendment* which was carried by a large maj .rity, which fnewe that the win* iilers are likely to be ?3 well fupported in the pre ftpt as during the lad Parliament. Advices have Lien received from Cey¬ lon, by the way of Madiafs, communica¬ ting the important intelligence of the cap¬ ture of the Malabar Chief, claimant of the down of Candy, who is fuppofed to have been the chief caufe of the hoi* il idea which have fo I'm g prevailed in that ifland. To- gfiHve* w'itu 'I.'on was maje p'ifonei his -Prime Miniiler, Ixsppitipola : the war in Ceylon is, therefore, considered at an end, as the unhappy nations, deprived of their principal leavers, will be incapable ef ad- fag in concert. A London paper gives i: a? a rumour prevalent among gentlemen of the Bar, that 1 ord EUon has at length detei mined to refign the Seals, and itates that ht, is to be fucceeded by Lord Manners, the pie- fent Lord Chancellor of Ireland —that Sir J. Leach will be prefented with the Iriih Seals, accompanied with a barony. ualked, as the roads were too bad to ad¬ mit of her being carried in a chair. Dr. Arnold, physician, and naturalist, fell a sacrifice to the fatigue and died of a vio¬ lent fever. Dr. Horseiield, who accom- panied the governor to Menangcabon, was on the twelfth August, the date of our last intelligence from fort Marlbo¬ rough, dangerously ill with the dysente¬ ry, but we hope his life will be spared to carry home th«^ important collections he has made both in Java and Sumatra. As tilts was the first appearance of the European authority in the interior, lady KruTU'-i was the mo-i peaceable standard the party could hoist. It was impossible for the natives to consider the object war¬ like, when the governor proceeded un¬ armed and confided his wife to their hos¬ pitality. They found the country beautiful and magnificent. Sir Thomas Stamford Raf- Here and there, infLad of (lems, there are f"plit plank* of the above lei.gth, and va¬ rious diameter?. There are no nail% and all is hewn with the axe It is generally believed that this {* :he bi idge of Germa- nicus, mentioned b'- Tacitus, and which was laid about this place by 40 Roman cohorts, on occafic «>f a hafty retreat, 15 years aflci the birth of Chrill. From a London paper. Mount Vefuvius (fays a Naples paper of Dec. 8) has exhibited one of thole awful fpeclac'eo which have fp often created di!7- may in cur unfortunate city ; the abvfs bunt with a terrible roaring, and after fendiflg forth whirlwtnds of flame and fco- nas, it vomited a bed of lava, which extend¬ ed itfelf even to the limits of the village de la tone del Grccco. A chemift of Cooenhap;en has difco ver- ties has thrown the trade open, and re- fed a means of producing a lively yel ow color fn- dymg cl th. ile gathers the tips of potatoes when ready to flower. formed all the establishments. Trea¬ ties have been entered into with the Prince - of Meuangcaban. * I p Ml m 4 —— - Frcm tie Ed'mh Magazine of Sept. t8 r 8. Saving BanLs. — Up to the 31ft ult. in- clufive, the commifTmners for the reduction of the national debt- had recewed, on ac¬ count of thofe biuk , no left (ban £r,254,02 t 2s 2d. fterling, with which bad been purchafed .^1,560.4.-4 3 per cents. ------- prefTes the juice, mixes it with mure or lef* water, and fuffcrs the cloth to remain in it during 24 hours, tie then dips it in fprittg water. The cloth may he cither of woo!, filk. cotro.1 <-r flix. My plung¬ ing the cloth thus tinged with ydlow into a veffel of blue, a brilliant and Ia&iug green in obtained. w TorA, id/fprUt 1S18. "Today advices from Liverpool, to 26 Feb. per ANNA MARIv, have reached here, and rnoft doleful accounts fr,z brings.—Several failures in Liverpool, Manchester, and London - a depreffion in price of Colt.ut in eight days 1 f i|d per lb. nominal at 14 a 1 6d.— \(he« dull, 51s. a 53s. rather owing to the general depreffion in trade, howeve*.— \«nciii.in Flour 44s-—Pbrtsclofed, but it can fed no variation in the Grain market. — Staves v-ry dull. In fad the Hale of things was unprecedented*" HOME AFFAIRS. * 4 • • # • « 4 FROM THE UPPFR C\\\0\ GAZETTE. To Ills ExcrUrnnj Sir Peregrine Mail- (arid, A nigh'/ ('oni uiandt r oj th ■ jj ,st llonorabh Miliary ('rdcr of the Bath Major General Commanding His Mu- jrsii/'s Fam .v nitl.iu the Province of Upper Canada, and Lieutenant (.:,a\t- ■nvr oj the said Proving . <.Sc tyc, Sfn. May it plkase Voir F.xcf.i.i.encv. UK, UisMuj- sty»sdutiful audioy- al subjects, Freeholders of (ho Town l.'ip of Ad..|plnisTo'Ui, Mttn Mfdland Dl trier, observing the assurances of loyalty and attachment which your lOxcellee.i■> is daily receiving from various parts ol the Province, cannot suffer the occasion Gentlemen, 1 REETTOUJERS CP AnOLPHUS ToWV, 1 am much gratified by yonr Address, and believe me, I feel confident that the Inhabitants of your Township are such as jou describe them, truly loyal and zealc-s subjects, d-vottd to the constitu¬ tion of their country, and equally ready to oppose the attacks of an open enemy, or the insidious designs of revolutionary men. I by no means except the few who signed a petition of a contrary nature ; we are all liable to err ; but it is an ex¬ emplary occurrence when the true path is recovered by the light of dispassion¬ ate reflection. York, March 29, 1819. To His Excellency Sir Peregrine Mait- latid, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant Covernor of ihe Province of Upper Canada, iiic. £sV. &c. May it please \cvp. } XCEIXENCV, WK, the Minifters and Elders of the Prefbyrery of the Canadas, affembled in Brockville, Elizabeth Town, Upper Ca¬ nada,on Tuefday the 131b day of Januarry, 1819. beg pcrmiflion to approach your Exec l-.ncy, to expiefs our duty to your fxcelleecy, as the reprefentative of our hel« ved Sovereign, and to affure y^u of our firm attachment to the Con ft it u tion and Laws of the Province, and to exprefs our confidence in your Excellency's ad- mii'ittration. We participate with your Excellency in the prefent prof erous flate of the I ro- vince. as well as in the profpeft of its in- creafing population, from a fource that will not f. il. we iruft, of adding ftrenglh and 1 oyalty 10 the country ; and in our extendi- g commerce, that will not fail we hope of increaling the wealth of the 1'ro- vmce. We hlefs the llo^y name of GOD, the Gracious Governor of the World, that' the Sword of War has been fheathed in Peace, and that a difp*hfatibn apparently o overwhelming, for an infant country, rn.-, at le;.ft in many inlldnce?, eventually benfi ted the cotf-try, in as much as it has added renown to the Btitif}) name consolidated our union, brought the Pro¬ vince into public view, and feeured, we *v pe, the anpiobation of our Prince. While we rejoiee at being refened from '" "h We (ball not tiefrafs funhcr on the pa, tienccof Your Exct'b • y . I. t fhr.i ever offer up oui fervent pray- rs '• • the "King of Kings/* 1 bat he may begia. ioufly: Uakdto blefs,& d it eel: your Excellency by his uner- rinc? wifd m,a ways incline your hear r to his glory,eucompafs y ^ur fac»cd perlon with hi$ favour as with a fhi eld. and make your ad- miniflration of the Province of Upper Ca¬ nada, a Univerfal,a lading blcffing. (Signed) in our name, and by our an. pointment, by .' ROBERT McDOVv r.I.T-. Moderator. WILLIAM SMART, t. Pre?. To the above Addrefs His Excellency <wat pleafcd to make the following reply. Gentlemen, I am much gratified by your addrefs on behalf of fo rcfpe&uble a portion of the people. tie affured it is my fervent wifli and prayer, that the pernicious difTetision which has partially vexed this country may be utterly forgotten, and by the united ef¬ forts of us all under thf birfiing of the bene- fi cent Author of our Faith tranqutli y,lnppi- nefs and piety may be eltabhfhcd through* out this Province, upon a laiKng founda¬ tion. Be rfTured I f^t\ confident that in the production of fuch ccfi.-a! le refirlrs, you, gentlemen, wii1 prove neither the katt ar- d'ent nor the leaft efLcieut laborers. 1 evi s ed us will The rnur From a London paper. The Lla.vd of Sumatra. By the arrival of the*Kingston, from Java, i:it.llig^nr? of much impoitauce as We learn fay* the Charleston Southern Patriot, that previous to the failing of the ichr. Calypfo, captain UiHiard who ar- to passwithout joining in the general ex- rived here on the iSth. inlf. in fix days predion of abhorrrnce at the attempts from the llavanna. that accounts weie re- lately made in this country to alienate ceived there from Vera Cruz, (taring that the affections of a people, who had. but the Patriots had Lima completely in their pofnfii n A letter from Buenos Ayres of Dec. 12th received at Philadelphia, fays, '-we have no further news except the change of a fuprcme executive director ad interim in the perfon ef 0rmjofe Rondeau, Mr. Pueyredon having had *'ie misfortune to lofc his right hand by the exploiioQ of a power horn in it. nance, rileep il arreting Briti-li interest i>i the Indian Seas, has been received. Tin* governor cf Fort iMarlboroii.j;h (Sir T. S. Baffles) has displayed his characteristic energy and activity since his arrival in Sumatra, From the London Champion. Literature and Science, fifo—The ufe cf cad iron lias become very general in Unf¬ it i? formed i to balconies, ftaircafes, fi and has anxiously endeavoured to ex- ^namemts in relief for the front: of honfe,, tend"the British influence over the whole &c' Pnn;e L'at)°nh h3S ^df butlt o? that valuable and extensive island. Sumatra has hitherto been very unknown. The European establishments are entire¬ ly cm the Coast—Europeans had never penetrated into the interior. All at¬ tempt? to do so, indeed9 were reckom I desperate : no-European would embark in them. The population of the interior were considered as savages, and the mountains impassable, and yet the na¬ tives would stiil bring down their sold paiaue at St. Peteruburg, on which he has expended upward, of three millions and a half of rubles and has ordered forty-two colossal pillars, and the archiieSural oma- ments for the grand front, to be call at one of the principal iron found Ruffia. In the gardens of Za- ffcozclo. a; and cassia, and camphor, Sec. for which Sumatra had from the earliest ages b on famous. The governor felt there was but one alternative) and that was to open fhe rr.vt hy going himseif. iiis enter- prize was crowned with success. f-,> immenfe triumphal ereded fome months ago: mafs was fitted up fn the fhott ipace o four days. Since that time the Emoero TO n area or caft iron wa¬ in is gigantic f peror for the con- ore lers en- Alexander has given _____ {iiudb'on of a pavilion, of which the walls, cupola, periftyle, Sic* are all to be cad iron. Al. Schmidt, an inhabitant of Meckl burg, has lately invented a machine, which penetrated into the interior In three d'ii- P,owg'« and harrows the land without fereut directions; to the Southward in- human affiftauce. It is put in motion by kind of Manna, to the important pro- four laige wind mill fails.—-The inventor vinces occupi.d by a people called the has prefenteda model of it td the duke of Passumma-hs; io the northward to .Me- Meckieuburgh, and intends to fubmit it to nan^cabon, the far-famed capital of the the Mecklenburg agricultural fociety for ]\ cf 11 the coast—Europeans had never penetrated into the interior, All at- a dtort time before, established their character for loyalty, bravery and self- devotion to the government and. consti¬ tution of their country. '1 bis Township is one of the many that have h..( a exposed to tho di*turbanc< s ol a political adventurer; but a time U>,- dispassionate reflection has intervemd, p-nA we ar<« happy io a-suring your Ex- cellency, that the traces 01' fiieir eii'ect are now almost totally obliterated. And here we cannot but remark that one great ratine of this, is to be attributed to the prompt, and at the same time mild and conciliating, measures adopted by your Rxcellency at the commeneem nt 01 your administration: an ttdmmUtratfon «o auspiciously commenced, as to have secured ihe most perfect confidence of ^•ery class of Kis Majesty's faithL! suhpets. Tne Township of Adolphus Town is., indeed, but small, and the number ml its Inhabitants not great, yet, in man) points of view, it is a valuable portion of this Di>irict ; and when we inform >our Excellency that but a small uum- ncr of those nho subscribed their name> to an Address or Petition for redress o! Grievances, were freeholders in the o alarming as ihofe which threaten- late war we ardently 1 that Inch iignal i-.terpofitions of Di¬ vine Frovideoice will increaie our gratitude to the Divine Being ; as well as the at¬ tachment of oui fellow lubjedts to our exce'lent laws, and fecure a cordial obe dienrc t0 out ervil nrVr - tl & iS.M'niflen of God. We beg leave to anure your I'xcllency, that fo far as belongs to our ftaiion and chrafier', we fnall not fail b< th to teach the duties which we owe to th- ail'vinillratiou .»f the governments and practice them ourfelves. Our conftant prayer at ihe throne of Grace is that the ftilicittide which your Exce'lency ha.-- hitherto ma1 ff.-lled f. r the weifaie of the Pr \ince may always con- time, and be eifeclually crowned by the Divii e bhfltnc; with fuecefs, and that your Excellency v\i!l ever be actuated by ihofe thecbambe» in which the crime had becn grand and enlightened principles which perpetrated, but the door was bioken o; en, - • /-. • r 1 _ . i_ ____ From ihe H fentreat Herald. A gentlrman of undoubted v.r'.<_;ty. re¬ cently arrived in this Citj*from Kinyltou. Upper Canada, has brought the account of a murder, marked by circtimttances of unufual atrocity, which is falJ to have been committed at Sapkctt's Harbour and of which the following are the oatticulars, A young gentleman (of whufe name or nation we are uninformed) who had been travelling in t ;at pait of the c. u-.try,forthe purpofe of psschafing Genefic fi.>ur,& who had with this intention, a corfuL-.iLle fum of money ii his poffeiTion, put up at an inn of the above mentioned place. In the courfc of the evenisg, an old mendi¬ cant entered and requefted lod iYi^s for the night, which the iiHikcepei at :.-'!• re- fufed, but which upon the y>:mg gentle¬ man guaranteeing the payment, w... ^/ant¬ ed. All having been for fome time abed, the old man wad awakened by a v:-:'{e in the next room apparently cauivd by IbrUflf- g'ing lie arofe cautioutly, and creeping towards a crack in the pattiti.-n. thr.)esh which appeared a light, he btheld the landlord in the ad of cutting the y urn* merchant's throat, and his wife receiving the blood in a kettle. Pereeiviti r that as- (itlance would be too 'ate, he returned to bed and counttrftited flee«) room, ana c-reJfuliy t» - ' hut thc wife remarking, _ he he has not heard it.-> .et.red.-. N^rmorning, the ol I ***!*&** «£ rar,ceof the tranfaction of the peccomg night, inquired of the W^"**** the young gentleman had paid for him, and where he"was He was anfw ered that he bad paid, and had gone away The beggar immediately repaired to a Magiftrate, and returned to the inn with the officers oJ jus¬ tice The landlord at firit refufed to open are at on-e the gl«jry, and (lability of the Brrifli throne, that your /l dnninitir ttion of firiti/h 'aw-, in tin's Province may be marked bv th fe liberal rreaferes in civil, and ltli'iou.-. concerns that will not only make an indelible impreiJi u'< n the minds o( hi< Maj tiy's loyal ferjea*-: but that and the Unhappy victim fo nd a" the men¬ dicant had defciibed. The perpetrators were of courfe committed to p1 Him, and will no doubt receive that punishment which fuch a cruel violW'on of law, both human and divine, fo loud1}- demands. |"\Vc :,av • been at some trouble to gain w * _ ■ ■ _ 1 tempt- to do so, indeed, were reckon; d desperate; noJEuropean would embark in them. The population of the interior were considered as savages, and the mountains impassable, and yet the na¬ tives would still bring down their gold, and cassia, and camphor, &c« for which Sumatra had from the earliest ages b en famous. The governor felt there was but one alternative, and that was to open -•he road bv ^oi:i^ himself* iiis enter- prize was ere—ued with success. He colossuI pillars, and the srciiite&urai orna¬ ments for the grand front, to be cat! at one of the principal iron found fries in Ruffi*. In the gardens of Za?flcozelo, an immenfe triumphal arch of cali iron wa- c reded fome months ago: this gigantic mafs was fitted up in the fhnrt ipace of four days. Since that time the Emperor Alexander has given orders for the con- ftiudiion of a pavilion, of which the walls, cupola, perillyle, &c. are all to be cat! iron. M, Schmidt, an inhabitant of Mecklen¬ burg, has lately invented a machine, which the Province at its brighteli epoch- As it is not the extent of territory that renders a country profperotis; but the number of its fubjecls, their induflrious hal it', correct morals, their intellectual eminence, the voice of hiilovy attefts, that theft important ol<j-ci.c hav£ been promo¬ ted in proportion a* pure u igio. ha°. pre¬ vailed. 'Tis undei the impreffion of fen- timent;: of this nature, that we have witnei- fed wih much fatisiaction the encourage mei.t affvirded by the Provincial Parlia¬ ment, for the e^eclion, and fupport of public Schools. We lo-'k forward with pieafing anticipation to the period when under theaufpices of your Excellency, a College mall fprinr; from thefe feminaries- of learning, and our youth in the bofom of the Province will bt qualified for the the loyalty and g<-,0d faith of this Town- diTh rge of all the offices, of civil and ec- siiip, will be removed, and that your Ex- clefiaflical Iife. cellency in charitably believing that even these were unwarily led into an error b\ thestudied arts ofan adept in such politha practices will still look upon the inha birants i f it, as loyal and zealous sub :u'u, I iso'" 1 fo tl p t\ ; -c Cov ,;f l(- Tne Township of Adolphus Town is, indeed, but small, and the number «.t it- inhabitants not great, yet. in many points of view, it is a valuable portion of this District ; and v. hen we inform your Excellency that but a small num¬ ber of tho«e who subscribed their names to an Address or Petition for redress of Grievances, were freeholders in the mall dilliiiguiOi the page < f the bittory of f.,rther information fe^perfiii^ the above horrid deed,but wehave not. in the course of ' UT enquiries, met with a single person, in Kingston who has received the slight¬ est intelligence on the subject, though the communication with Market's Harbor has continued until vervlately free and uninterrupted. Wo suspect ..the «torj to be merely a revival of a groundless report, similar in many points to the present, which was current here about a month since, of a murder, the scene of which was laid at an Inn a few miles above York "1 Ed. l own-hip. we are ready fco hope that an impressions that act may have excited in four Excellency's mind unfavourable to We are particularly felicitous to exprefs to your F.xceHtmy, that, as Miniflers of the peaceful and bent ficent re.igion of the Holy P.EDFEMr.R, that our affociation is FOB TJih K.INGST( N CHRONICLE. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. SIR, (Concluded.) As the great object is to transport pro¬ duce from Lake Erie, 6cc. to Montreal as cheap as it can be done to New-York, a considerable capital must be brought into operation, and much exertion em- fa i vv o penetrated into the interior in three dif- ploughs and harrows the land witnoui fereut directions-; to the southward in- human afiiftance. It if. put in motion by and of Manna, to the important pro- four large wind mill (alls.—The inventor inces occupied by a people called the ^a5 prcfenteda model of it to the duke of VI rassummabs : to ih» northward to Me- nangeaoon, the far-famed capital of the Malay empire ; and inland of Beoeool. Meekienburgh, and intends to fubmit it to the Mecklenburg agricultural fociety for examination. The Icelandic poet, J«ho Thorlakfon, wno has translated Milton's Paradife Loft into the Icelandic language, lives at cuccoion, acrot - the island to Palambaug. The rcjult has Been the disc..very of a mine cf wealth--a country lilghh culti- rated and abounding in precioaii metals. The F&ssftfikitiahs i|re aM al-lil^tiCj tiue rRcc of rten, a^ superior totlio people on the roast a- *t ib po -iblc !a conceive; ?hi \ arc nqviruiturol and numerous. At PJrnan. c d-'on he was gratified with a population and country, fully equal to ant part of .Java. \\ itl.in (he space of twentj miles the population does not fMI short of a million. In short, it is ile governor's opinion, that «iih a little en¬ couragement, Wv gnater resources are 'o be found in Sumatra than the British have derived lr-rn Java : but much re- dollars (fix pounds fleilmg.) mains t:» !<e done. A central govern¬ ment must be established, the whole is! — and onum be brought under coutroul, and the avenues of commerce, now closed up, i.'c-t 'jp r"-npcn.'(l. Our readers arc aware, that Mcnangeabcn wavthe place Towieliip. we are ready to hope that any impressions that act may have excited in v°ur Excellency's mind unfavourable to the loyalty and g<-.od faith of this Town- siiio, will be renioved, and that your Ex- cellency in charitably believing that <jven these were unwarrh led into an error by tuesludicd artsofan Adept in such political practices, will stilt look upon the inha¬ bitants tf it. as loyal and zralous sub- jects, devoted to the glorious Constitution of their Count.}, and ever ready to op- the promotion of the peace, and happinefs timents of this nature, that we have witnef- fedwuh much fatiViaai-n the eneo.ragc ment aCrded hy the Provincial Parlia¬ ment, for the eseclion, and fupport of public Schools. We lo-k forward with plef-ling anticipation to the pcr.od when under theaufpices of your Excellency, a Colhe hhall fpring from thefe (eminarie^ of learning, and our youth in the bof-m cf 'he Province wil1 W qualified foi the difih rge cf all the offices, of civil and ec- clefiaftical life. We are particularly folicitous to exprefs to your Excellenty, that, as MimTters of the peace-fu' and bentneent re.igion of tne Holy P.EnrEMER, that our affociation is free from all political plans and intrigues, that its fole obitcx, and our only motive is at an ■ Inn a few miles month which above pose Cur open attack-: of its avowed Lne- mies, as well as equally determined to the secret desiinis of thee, who, in the disguise of patriotism, would seek to dis¬ turb that happy tranquility and Security which it ever affords to all who Jtnow bow Jo appreciate its blessings. n -c • .. ' w*t»j j c suntjort its iust administration against 15a eg da, in a poor cottage. The door of *"IT"M " '/'_ .. ,, , . • . hi.s room is fcarcely four feet high, and the loom itfelf but eight feet long and fix feet broad. In this room Hands his bed, and clofe to the door, oppofite a fmail fqnare window, a table, on which he has written his poems. The fituation of his dwelling may propeuy be called poetical, being between three mountains, near (1 reams and water fills, where there la on evey fide a profpect of mo Mains, 4000 feet high; His whole income, from the pan(h"3 of Bacgifa and Beka, amount- to about lloVt' ry Severe gales were experienced on the Eogiim coalt the latter end of January. Loyd'g Lift of the 26th January, is filled with accounts of difallers among the fln'p- F«g.—Aiany lives Lave been lod. Ale*. Ftefteir, J. lj. Au.iinv Patton, 'i ;i.Miia Dorland, J. i? Nuxon Han i , II- 111 y if'-.ver, James Watson, Joseph Allium, R chard liaverne, . 'atari (lute, Win. Riioan, David Brown, .lonaihaii Allnn, A!>i..'i.iui Maybe, Pelf r J. DmUnJ, Benj. ' lapp, Paul Claup, lame? Cuiui^ff, uilben <>. C.app, G. U .T ' tt.Ul , Corneioij Van xiorz:, 0 '.e.i Ho »liu, Burner Knyck, ilriliy D »vIS, ■Ve->.f i'i'j e, Josepli Omwater, fJilbert Buffer*, A brai) tni Bogert, 1 fl. u:il liuvck, Chi istopber (« rman, J.P. Samuel Borland, J. P. To &tuch Ills Excellency has been pleas cd lu give the fvUuwbig reply. of all claffcg of the coromuniry, and that by the rational means of extending the true knowledge, and fmcere practice of Chriftiauity, for the diffufion, and advance¬ ment of which we have conlecrated our live-. We cannot omit this opportunity of re¬ minding your Excellency, that among His Majelly'a {'objects, the Prefbyterians, were the t*a Iieft and have always been t1 e 0 oft faithful adherents t i the illuflrious f.un;'y now on the Britifh throne- We are deeply lenfible of the many bleflings which our fathers and ourfelves have en¬ joyed under the Princes of ihe Houfe of Brunfvvick, and we fervently pray,that the future glorit-s of the Britifh Government, and that the reign of the defcendants of our Gracinui Sovereign and Prince, may be hVnalhscd by the uninterrupted ei'iov- mem ..r national liberty, pure religion and uiiimial happinefs. ployed, otherwise v\ e shall ham been so little accestomed in this country to combined rdots, from the want of enterprise, or the want of eapi- similar in many punis u* i*.« r- l*h, which was curront here about a since, of a murder, the scene of was laid York 1 FOR THE K1.N(.ST( N CHKONiCLE. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT. SIR, (Concluded) the As tV>r great object is to transport pro- .,„ duce from Lake Erie, kc. to Montreal as cheap as it can be done to New-York, a considerable capital roust be brought info operation., and much exertion em¬ ployed, otherwise we r-hail fai'. We have been so little aeri -tomed in this country to combined rd\ofs, from the want of enterprise, or the want of capi¬ ta), «r perhaps both, that wC are easily frightened. But i request your readers carefully 10 examine what [ propose be-* fr-re tjey decide upon its m-. r ts» and if they consider it, after mature deli be ration impracticable, to tax theii mind* with discovering some better plan for attain¬ ing the object in view ; for something must be. done to preserve nod ex-end our commerce by the Saint I awretwe- On this all must agree, but d"i!.*ience cf opi¬ nion as to the method l.o-t adapted for ii; attainment may be reavo:iablv ex- peeled. I propose one, and bv ./xaniin- ing and sifting its merits and d- . -rrits it may be modified, or a better one si^ccs- ted by some of your corre i.ondeio'. . Let a Company of the principal N'c ch¬ ants throughout the Province ,to be denom¬ inated The Transport Co>~\:"y, he fpimed with acapital ftock of ihiity Hx ihoufaod pounds. The (lock to be in (h.ircs oi £\ooy transferable. Tl; town of Ki.'g^- ton, au the place of greattft capital ar.J