«ry day while the channel wa§ wearing* ' Mariners would no longer g<> by the gulf ftream from Florida to Newfoundland Let all the nation*, of the world who are interefted in accomplishing this- ohjeft, make a joint attempt, and the work would be foon completed. We hone dalesmen will refleft ferioufly on the p<unt which is broughl to our remembrance by a resolu¬ tion of the O'Kto leeifhtuT. <*.... t For the Kingston Uiiromcle. ON TEA. Two centuries ago, no man would have ventured to pr- diet, that an herb would be introduced into Britain which would become one of the necessaries of life, and in some degree supers**^ the use of spirituous liquors, and bring an immense revenue * > Government. But such have been the consequences &i the importation of Ti a. This plant h so generally used throughout fhfi British dominions, notwkhstandiii« its high price, and all that has been written and said against its effects, that it must evidently possess some peculiar properties which are not inherent in any other known veg¬ etable substance whatever, and which render th^ infusion of it such a delight- ful beverage to all kinds of people.— When we sec the poor labourer expend¬ ing part of his hard-earned wages in Hie purchase ofTee, and consequently deny¬ ing himself mr>re substantial comforts, we fee! inclined to examine whether or not such privations are compensated for by the temporary pleasure he derives frrir i(s use. and to suspect, that his strong attachment to the plant must proceed in some degree from habit. and the example of others. Cut the love of tea. which prevails among the weal¬ thier classes of the community, H less equivocal and extraordinary, as they can indulge in its u e without abridging their other luxuries, and drink it in a stale of strength and comparative purity. The infusion of this plant appears to be a necessary of life every where—alike in the palace, and in the cottage. Th" dissipated use it to remove the head-ache and depression attendant on debauchery. The woman nf fashion raises ton fhnf it may exhiliiate her spirits, and hy its in- ▼igorating effects, supply tl)o want of sleep, it forms an enlivening requisite at almost every evening party-, and is co¬ veted as a cordial capable oj alleviating extraordinary fatigues, ft elicits satin* from village matrons, and gives a zest to the circulation of scandal, and is often partaken of during study, by the scho¬ lar and philosopher, that it may prevent sleep, gently excite the mind, and awa¬ ken every faculty. This plant is there¬ fore altogether untrue in its effects upon the human frame, and appears to be a- dnpted to all taste", tempr-iaments, and constitutions, as it is scarcely possible to meet with an individual who dislikes it. It also possesses the inestimable qua- J lity of producing an agreeable excitement which is not succeeded by any percepti¬ ble languor or depression, such as invari¬ ably follows even a moderate indulgence in wine orspiritousliquors. These qua¬ lities, which belong peculiarly to this de¬ lightful beverage, sufficiently account for the general estimation in which it is held ; and I believe were its consumers forced to renounce all their luxuries, one after another, that which they would last relin¬ quish would be tea. The navigator, or merchant, who first brought the plant from China, probably valued it merely as an unknown vegetable, or supposed that it possessed some medicinal properties. How carefully would he have treasured it, bad lie foreseen the consequences that have resulted from its introduction into Britain, or the immense revenue it has been the means of pouring into the na¬ tional coffers, or the new channels ol commerce it has opened to mankind ! Tea was first iotrvdnrrri .r-nrjia F" • " about the year 1662; however it did not Con*e into general uce till more than a century after that p?riod. The diffi¬ culty of procuring it. the extravagant price i* bore, and a fear lest it should prove injurious to the health, were, in all probability, the causes (hat prevented it from being much in demand. However, when its virtues were once known, its consumption rapidly increased, and, at present more is consumed throughout the British dominions than in the whole of Europe. Thirteen millions of pounds are annually imported for the use of the inhabitants of Britain alone, while the continental consumption amounts to a- bout five millions and a half only. The British Government has ever laid a high duty upon Tea, and drawn a large reve¬ nue from its importation. At present the duty amounts to nearly ninety six percent* ad valorem ; but, in 1784, it was no more than twelve and a half per rent. Much smuggling is of course the consequence of the high tax with which Tea is now burdened, and it has been found, that of the immense quantity an¬ nually consumed in Britain, more than one third is imported into the country ill an illicit way. Government is thus year¬ ly defrauded to an immense amount, and it certainly would be for the advantage ef all parties, greatly to reduce the pre¬ sent high duties. Were this done, the inducements to smuggling would of course be lessened, and the tax being much seldomerevaded, the revenue would suffer no diminution, and people would likewise be supplied with Tea at a much cheaper rate. That this would be the consequence of a reduction of the duties, may he proved by the fact, that in the Veer 1790, when they amounted to 1'2-f per cent O'mv,<20 000.000 of p:nini!-of ly four times fhe quantity that had been openly imported during any of the pre¬ ceding years, when the tax had fluctuated between 100, and 150 per cent. One efleet of thp present high duties \< to promote the adulteration of tea. That which is sold by retail is generally inter¬ mixed with a large quantity of vegetable substances, which possess neither the fla¬ vour nor the qualities of real tea. Mul¬ berry, Shoe, Blackberry, and even Po- tatoe leaves, forrn a considerable propor¬ tion of almost every pound of tea we buy in the shops ; therefore we can have lit¬ tle Conception of the fragrant ta te, and delightful aroma, that must be produced hy an infusion of the unadulterated Chi¬ nese plant. Kven those boxes that are purchased wholesale at the India Uou*e, do not contain the herb in a State of pu¬ rity and perfection : for it has been found, that the Chinese, themselves, win* g!e quantities of the leaves that have al¬ ready been infused with those that are taken fresh from the tree. Tea belongs to that class of vegetable substances called narcotics^ the mot ob¬ vious effect of which, when introduced into the human body, is that of producing sleep ; and tea, would act upon the sys¬ tem in the same way as opium, could it be taken in so IE dent quantity. If may appear paradoxical to state, tint the in¬ fusion of the Chinese plant, which h of¬ ten drank for the purpose of preventing sleep, would be the means of bringing it on, if used largely ; but such i> the cha¬ racter of this, and of all Ottwr narcotic-. If opitfm is taken in small doses, and at certain intervals, it will infallibly chase away slumber from the eyes of the most weary* This it does |>y occasioning an excitement of the system, rfthf portion introduced into the l> ily, be large, the excitement it causes is so great, that fi»e depression winch succeeds will produce sleep, or at least an inclination fi r it — if small the excitement being moderate, will not be followed by any perceptible depression, or'any desire to sleep. So it is with Tea, and to confirm thi- explana¬ tion of its enlivening eff its, 1 may ob¬ serve, that narcotics are paiirr'.ou of. as ex hilar ants, by all nations. The Turk* and .Malays elevnfethe'r *pir*f* by cltew- nig opt urn continually, anu lire IaUpi, when about to undergo any unusual fi- tigue, or engage in any great underta¬ king, always use an additional qwatifiM\ Tobacc*, in different forms, i> employed as a stimulant all o\ev the w nj 14, / 'a- ny people, w lien r-vply eeg'ur I in <• L .eolations, researches, Orabxfruse«Jtiidi«*e. take snuff in immoderate qua in I ties !><•- cause it awakens the faculties. The Ivamtschatkans are in the habit of chew¬ ing a certain nar cetic pla:it. n Inch w hen used cautiously, causes va-1 excitement of mind, and even temporary delirium, but if indulged in to excess, produces deep sleep torpor, and death. Ardent spirit, under various di*guises3 is the t \. Iviarantmostcommonly drunk among our¬ selves, it is a very powerful narcotic, as is daily proved by the effects it produ¬ ces upoa those who have taken it in im¬ moderate quantities. perfotisare fnflrufled fecrrtly in theufe of the pike—and that rr'-Il (editions writings have been circulated f ,r the purpofc of ex citing difcontcnt in the minds of the peo¬ ple. It may, however* be confidently re¬ lied on, that the effo'*3 of the difaffoiVd, will be fubdued with- "* a"y danger to the conflitution ; for though a few unthink¬ ing and defperatc pclous may have been artfully led by the cry foi Univcrfal fuffiage and Annual Parliaments to embrace the meafures propofed fnl th* attainment of thefe ends, the great N& of the people is too well informed an»' too well convinced of the excellence of the conllitntion in its prefent form, to purfre fuch an ignis fatuus at fo great a risk. His Royal llfghfteh the Prince Regent iffucd a Proclamation on the 30th July, declaring bis intentio- to nippref., the a- bove mentioned i4 wfefcedf ftditious and treasonable praiSliccs '—warning all His Majef-iy's liege fuhje&S from joining in thefe attempts to ©stf< throw the law, and fubvert the Coverr.mct, and commanding all Magitlrates and QtJcr peace nfli.ecs ro unite in their endears t' pvelerve the public tranquillity, anJ bring to jullrce the authors and abettors if the late illegal and riotous proceedings. Various and contrsdiftory are the re¬ ports relative to the ['dent (ta'e of polit¬ ical affairs in v'pain, a country* which, funk ii fl-nhful ignorance :nd fupcrliiiion, has been lung declining in power and defcen- Hing in the leak of rations. Thr capii- cions and vacillating :o!icy of Ferdinand, fjuce his acceffion to ue throne, has only accelerated the progrus of the country to ward-, the Iowe!l pout of weabntfs and degradation That nonarchy, which two cencuries fince, under the CQutrool nf the gloomy Philip, was !■■* formidable rn the eyes of its neighbour*, which threatened to overwhelm England wicli its armada, and it1^ h (U of veteran warriors, and thus to pave the way fur tlie fubjligation of all Murope, i^ now fcarcely able to man a frig¬ ate or equip a regime (,f foldjcrs. Its extcnlivc colonies it* the new world profit¬ ing by th:; wr.iknffs .nd want of tnergy, ire thi(.«v:i e, off the I »avy yoke of t*bedi- dtence, the.ugh yet tinqualified, perhaps., K-»| ff., j*r\\ .•••( «r .' Jf "----.I ('U- ., The expedition which has been f-* often and fu piunpouflv announced os on (tie eve of depart ure from Cadi-? ^,>r the purpofc >f overi>winjr {], • fosurg-nt% and rc-dl .b- stngular indelicacy" mi the part of the American fournttthlsto assert ^ that the abject of his (the Commodore's) visit to this countrtfi hat been to acquaint himself with its localities9 with,a view fo hh cr- pecfed command on Lake Ontario in the event of a future auir,'1 and to sajj the least of its* it is a very bad compliment to that Officer." We do «/»/, hoiccvcr^pre- lend io lowx* neither shall ice make it oar business to impure^ TO hat Commodore Hit abridge* s motive teas in visiting Kingston : tee leave the American Jour¬ nalists to guess nt that. He xcould on* Ijl be* leave to iirfonn the Editor of the Canadian Courant* that the Commodore did not perform " his voyagefromKings¬ ton to Yaric in a small boat" as he snp- p oseSi bat vaatefrom Niagara to back¬ et's liarbotn' in the American Steam Unaf, crossed direct from Sac/wCs Har¬ bour to Kings/on in the Schooner Lady of the Lake^ and from hence passed down the St. Jsaurence. A very creditable fuhfcripLion tn the c- monnt of £to has been raifed by the Company of Sappers and Miners, and Captain Kcllsall's company of the 70th Regiment quartered nt Fort Henry, for 1 !u-relief of the widow and family of the unfortunate Man who was killed in the well laft week. Prices Current in the Kingston Market—Corrected zceckly* Messrs. Pringle 8{ iVaeaalaj/j Having feen in a news pa¬ per, fotne Editorial remarks, alluding to a i onn | T«> ^rriclrs. per. ^ -> .1 le •-. d.| Remarks Apple*, busd 0 :; 0 0 0 llrrpd, louf U 1) 8 u 0 0 U.ef, In, 0 0 4 0 0 5 liacan, .....0 0 9 0 1 0 liiiller, .....0 1 0 0 1 3 Barley* iui-ll. 0 5 0 0 0 0 Beets, .....0 0 0 0 Q 0 t'ider. illfl. 1 5 0 1 10 0 Cheese, Hi. 0 0 4 t) 0 6 Cabbages, head 0 0 5 0 0 0 Carrors, ImihIi. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dticks, pair 0 8 0 0 4 0 I-'-trgs doz, 0 0 a 0 1 0 Fowldf pair 0 2 0 0 2 6 Floor, bill. 1 2 6 1 5 0 do. cwt. 0 12 6 0 0 0 Oeese, eacli 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hay, ton 2 ti 0 9 5 (I Lard, lb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mutton, * ■ • # • 0 0 5 0 0 ti Oats, Iju-1i. 0 2 0 0 2 1 IVas, .....0 S 9 0 4 0 Hoiarofs, » * * • ■ 0 a 0 0 2 6 Parsnips, » * * * * 0 0 0 0 n U Pork, /rest lb. 0 0 n I) 0 0 .... salt. • # • * 0 0 in 0 0 0 Straw, ban. 0 «? 4 0 0 0 Turkeys, each d 5 0 0 0 0 Turnips, lui-li. 0 1 3 0 0 0 Tallow, lb. 0 0 7' 0 0 0 \>al. 0 6 5 \ 0 6 VeiiRon, » • * * 9 0 0 4 0 n 5 Wood, cord J 0 10 0 0 12 6 * WHEREAS John Graham, an ItifK emigrant, fent his wife forward to Kingfton from La Chine, on Thurfday, the 26th of Auguft. intending himfelf to follow by water—This is to requeft any publication of what occurred tome at Troy, | perfon who may be acquainted with the in the State of New.York, in terms calcu- 1 a*rcurnnances, to inform hi* disconfolate la ted to in.prefs the public mind with pre¬ judice a&ainll me, as having been concern¬ ed hi the Healing of a parcel of Montreal Bank Bills, I beg leave, through the chan¬ nel nf voir paper, to requeft every candid ntrfon to have thejuflice to fufpend his opinion, on this moll cruel fwggefttonj for the prelent. In the nuan time, however, I will merely Hate, that no fufpefted bills were ever in my poff ffiou, at Troy, or clt-where. The proftfled objcCl of the ex wl limt appear, was that I might be lent back to Kindlon, from whence it was pretcn- wife by letter din-fled to the Pod Office, who has been long anxioufly looking for her hrrsband at Kinpfton, whether he i* flill living, and where he is to be found. Kinpfton, Sept. 2 3, 1819. Caution. ALL perfons are hereby forbid pur-' chafing from any perfon but hcrfelf, the call half of lots number two, in the traovdinary proceedings againll me, of full and fecond conce/Hons of the townfhip iidl a coireft ftatement will in due of Leeds, in the Diftrift of JohnfUwn, a» fhe is the fole proprietor of faid land. MARY FORNYEA. Yir&Qnn S»t **di F8W« jW<W lif« iihei rn-Me;the power nfthv* moiner country, hai been lately broken -p- A corifpiracy had been f jr-ned by thofe who were vu willi:i[T to embark 0*1 a/ enterprife ol Inch a donbtfn! iffue -but h was inl'antly de teaed and eruflitsd by tlie vigilance "1 the commander i 1 chief, Cotint D'Abx&baJ* lion. As foon as my health and circum- (l.mees permitted, I Itartcd home, and al¬ though 1 am yet very unwell, I am herc> ready to meet any charge winch any ptrfon is difp'fd to bring forward* en the fuljed ; CouJciotfS, aa I affure my liicuds I am, of being innocent of any direct or indirect participation in the infamous crime alledg- ed 10 have been committed. D. WASHBURN. Kitifflnp. Sepr. 23, 1819. (& NOT ICE. The idea (hat Tea is injurious fo t!r- h*\Mth is now almost entirely pxplodt-d, and necessarily too, brrojj di-prr,\ d hj the fact, that many millions of people n-e it daily m coti^iderable quan:iti.>c, without esperieocinjj the slightest bad coriseqnenees. Ko new di^'as"^ have appeared >inco its introduction that may not rationally be ascribed fo other agents. Those disorders generally termed nee- VQiss, which have increased SO mnch 11 frequency dnring the la*t fifty years, nrt» neither produced nor afrgravated by 'he use often, as many ignorant people sup¬ pose, but arise from the luxury and dis¬ sipation, mental and scnsuaL that have of late made such rapid progfrc^ antong almost all clashes of soeietv. The iitfu- sion of tea is somctim«'s hurtful to the bo- i.\, wiien (franft very weal; : hut in this case, the deletereous consrq.a?ni'i*s do not proceed from the tea, but frmu (he quan¬ tify of warm watei, that i- poured inhi the stomach, without pos=e.-in_' sliniilns enough to obviate its debili'<ling ciV-*ct . Tire Chinese take great pains to cu\t\* rate the tea-plant, an.t endeavourio mul¬ tiply it as much as pos?lblr4 that an a- bundant and increasing supply may en¬ sure them a continuance of th«* commer¬ cial advantages they derive from it** ex¬ portation. The tea trade affords em¬ ployment and subsistence to a large part of the immense population that burdens the Empire of China, and were a scarci¬ ty of the plant to take place as some tra¬ vellers have predicted, it would create much misery in (he east* be very iniuri- ous to the interests of Britain, and boot tlie tempers of half the matron-, and old maidc, in Hi- Majesty's dominions. &frt$fm$ffistw+tft • * » * • * ■ KIXGSrOX, Skptk.vui,* 24. 111). * * V v t * London advices as late ?s the plh of Auguli have a place this day U\ our col¬ umns. Numerous meetings for a radicil re£>rm have been held in Kngland, and in many inftances a turbulent and feduiou* fp.irit has manifefLd itfclf, which unlefs h had been kept in check by the judicious pre¬ cautions of the Miniflry, would have mad¬ ly attempted to overturn the conilitution, and introduce in its flead all the hfrrora of anarchy and revolution. The civil officers have been rudely infulted at Manchc!!cr, while in the peaceful difcharge of their du¬ ty—and at Stockport a cunllable. who had in cuftody a notorious demagogue, was ii'ed upon, and dangeroufly wounded. It fea passed the custom house, being near- j ii liawd that in fume pans of Englaud, The eff fl nfthfcconspiracy, however, baa been to difconcert for a Feafon the fcheo>es of the Government, if p.'t wholly to fmv trate them, far it i* not probable that in the prefcnt dilaprdKtrd Hate of their refourdes, tiicv will be enabled to equip an armament fufliciVnt'y powerful to citore Spantft iu- premacyiu South America. T'v ^.ccc-f.rl csSaMkHmfUl oT Saving? Banks thronefe?"'! Srtnd Britain »«d hi *aiioo*parlsof '•hi' United S nu-<. lias, *e \ *rcieve, lately inchi- red the inliahltaiUi of Mwnrreal w form a shnilar hvtimtion hi thai (own, for ihcpiwewilon efpau- l>eri*m. ThoiJjyll ii U not >et-wiw1 monui i'.uce tire Saving Bunk at Montreal «ves npeuetiwr iie iveeioiuii o| ,!»jnisii>. It Imu< alreaa"> received «la■ Mim or i ri-ls ^ C\ from 9y depoa^rf. We do no! U-.t \\ .-r^li.e* •locrtotio/.s uf p -']»le lifts Jeposii.j.i are rc»iu,:a.i«,(. .. »i tl»e> an* [mtb&biy Miecliator*. labourers, and alters with .-ir..oi in* comi'y, Who av.- pfi'ieiulv availing t!i»*iHtf*lvpsef lie* oppon M.uv now utfvred ttieni ol pri^idlng aza»»#: fumre wen b> M'cunn^aad iacreasjug io** virj»U sofrh-ir jtri'5?nl i-ari::i-^s. It is re'" well.; ceit.ii. ed and un:^er^a!Iv ad- raiited, that thc.-c i.isriimioai have prove«l to be tin; oul» n.e bt..r |ji--%<*mi»n ro paupcriatn, but oie most effectual rcwrily i/at has jet \ei been deviled for diMijrifthtog ifteevil in lar^e and pop- u!ons ri::.-. And iftliey na\e b-"on found &o n^eftil In iargp cities lioth a- a |>re\eoia.*ve and a-acnie. v,hy otrghr they ' m be sucee^^fnHj in- troj.u €■•* into owrMnaller timns and vltagw ?— On the IStfl leSrn.-.-v last a Pieeiru^ of Hie tfa- .*/'.'I-.- .iHi'.M'.M' ouialJl •!;,s "tiitt: .-1 uilrmtt DHrfct wns lipid £l Mam ^r the purpura nf ' -* iptin* ajttiiP /""• (fit rtlif **f '-,;e P"ur °f i!*s Vt ifri /." **•!..a (bat iMwV1-" M "a' r*-olvod, " Malm if ":■••:■ v • afpT€\v9*itm '■ r'PP?ar$ to this twttotg atlv'whfir to altkup> the introduction of •Avf.vcs Uaxk."" itudb c..i"«'"'e of three per- •»ii \wt-apr":n|p'l r.» roll. .'• informati u: on the •ulject,and io report iJu-r.-"1 ^' a subsequent mei tirtu MM a- FCinj^inn *- fte S9lli April, As «r \\rrr a.'!.-. ,%i}l\ mw W'^ftl tVom atii»ndii:^ ihal 1*1*1*!ti £ war* anr.lji.t') say hou r,'i^ pro- |."-:Jor i!r i t**jfirt resprrlWS the Savings Hank wa-d;*pOM-d oj : by the r-^hition- then passed it dm-.- it*)* n;»fiear «» b'- n» **rt1. Rot a Society •.\a>i'>raMi uu\ ai Ifcat rim inirfer the tic no ml n- aiton at %fc A HorfBTV r-r? *»rr6RRfif! Tfrn con¬ ditio-; r.V T!tv POOR OF THf MIDLAND lir^T^ICT, Iraviiij; for i.'- ..',;, el th, pn ••ntionofpauvttthm™ Onn <*t the r»'frohieioiis of t*l« So"iny requires ' Owl (hetfcsfrullfa tivAtuitj tJtnrty general mat¬ ing* ; «••:<• nt Kin* a *r< dnri- -' Iff J «v/Vv, the nth- cat dtfuTphnstaan •■n>higti- Jannaxy Sessions? Aecovdmjr u% riii* rcffulati^n tit•- first general uuTiirti: will ':ik/» place r/*-! week; and a* (lie irtraroiij »ci • f i.-i- ^•*.-i.*»v ^:"\ prevent pauper¬ ism «e tto-ild ih,i"- more u&e the liberfj uf >-ug- ge»t3n« io i'>m('i:o>"r« >!it* proprietytif again ta- I i'l^iioo iKoircoiif d^raiion t'i»*csiabli»htnenl i>f a Saving IL»iik. nt the moA effectual moans of promoting one o/the prioc-pal ends of their pre- reni institution, ff has this moment come fi) our ItneivUHfee that u Sa.oi^* Bank w*asewabli^h^d la-t moatii in the »'.)(!i [t ^i men I, quftrtered a» thb place, and up¬ ward- i.f 400 dol-ar? were Itstaally deposited by tii»- Nnu-Comcnl^iofied Oflwera aud Privates of the tUgimcnr, Quebec, Sept. \0. Robbery. We arc forry to learn that tlie Store- Keeper-Gcneial's office has lately been robbed of fevera! hundred poinds in cafh. A robbery to a confidcrable amount was alfo committed on Tiicfdav night at the iliopofMr. M^rtfueata in the Lower Town. La Chine Canal. I-afl Monday was the day appointed for the meeting of the Stockholders, for tl.e.purpole of proceeding to the election of the necc/fary officers. None, however, toofc plake,in cotifequence (we have been infurmed) of there appearing no perfon to repideut the government • the power cf attorney g\\icin to a gentleman of this city, for this purpofc, be tog revoked by the death of our lamented Governor-in Chief. The election has, therefore, been poilponed till the appointment of inch reprefentative. Canadian Courant. ALL perfons are hereby cautioned agarnft purchafing a NOTE given by the ^ubfcribert to Daniel Picket, for J?47, dated the i£th of January 1815* snd whnefTcd by David Spooner : Said note having been fraudulently obtained by the faid Daniel Picket, andrkw McDonnell. Kingfton, Sept. 2+th, 1819. 39 Kingston Branch of the Mon¬ treal Bank. ANY fum required may be obtained at the Office for good Bills, 00 Mon¬ treal, Quebec, Bills of Exchange on Lon¬ don, or for Specie.—Notes alfo will be discounted at thirty, fxxty, and ninety days. THOMAS MAKKLAND, Agent. Kingfton,3d Nov 1818. 23 • m • We regret to learn, that letters from Quebec announce the death of the Hon. John Young, member of the Executive Council. It is added thst Hi* Honor Chief jultrce Monk, is dangeroufly indifpofed. ti* e^ ■ ^.. ^SVj •^•o V^o MARRIED, On Raturdav ii»c IStli li»c, hy the Reed, Official Soiarr, Mr. .lame? Clark, ^V^rch-raalce^J m Mrs. Birch, relief of the late Lieut* Birch, Ii. Navy. Al Frederick^brirgli on Tlumday evening the 9>b Inst, by the Revd. Rnben MacDokvell, Mr. Oorje Alexander (lark, ro Miss Marnaret FinUle.olili.-si daughter of the late Mr. Jacob Finkle. DIED, On Fridav evening rhe |7ih in?;t. Mr. George DoU£la«s merchant of ihi« town, a?ea *3B year*. t )u Tuesday <he 42lst in^r. James Sinclair, sun of Cor.r. Jarne« Sinclair,a^ed 2 vears. *'*j-tt%ra*n •A MEETfXG of" The Society FOR BETTERING THJS CONDff TON or tub poor of the Midland Dis¬ trict" tciUbc held at the Court Hottse^ in the Tomn of Kingston, on THURS¬ DAY the 31st inst. dt 12 o'clock. CHx. A.HAGERMAN, Secretary. Eccentric Turkey Cock.—In' our pa¬ per of 2d June, 1818, we noticed the case of a turkey cock, the property of Mr., tUdcliff, parish of Ruthwell, which had actually hatched, and was busilyemplov- ed in rearing 27 pouts and chickens, to¬ gether with a brood of ten chicken?,which he afterwards adopted as his own, al¬ though hatched by a different birrT. A few weeks ago, this singular fowl began to cluck for the second timr, and Mrs. Had cliff, finding it impossible to over¬ come this strange propensity, again fur¬ nished him with eggs and a nest ; the two great objects of his ambition. The female turkey, having also begun to clack, was accommodated in ^ similar manner, and a stranger, steppirg into Mr. lladcliff's house, was shewn the sin¬ gular spectacle of a hen and cock of the *amo species placed, at the distance of a few inches, on their respective ncst«, and eyeing one another apparently with the greatest affection. The two broods hav¬ ing come out abnut the same time, the whole, to the number of thirty, u ere con¬ signed to the care and keeping of the cock. This duty he performed with the most scrupulous fidelity ; but, unfortu¬ nately a ferocious swine attacked the brood before they were many days old, devouring some, and mangling others in such a manner, that they all died save a dozen. These he continues to gather nightly underbid wing1:, and in the morn¬ ing leads them out in quest of their daily food by everv wile known to the most experienced mother.—Dun/frits Courier. Ills somev:hat amusing to perceive the remarks of some of cur Canadian Edit- ors^ as well as of those of the U. States, respecting the lute visit of Commodore lininhridgc to Kingston^ zzlure it stems he -was received bj/ the Commanding Of¬ ficer of the Garrison * and the CommiS" sinner of the Navy* rct'th all that charac¬ teristic ch'ititjj and politeness xchivh Bri¬ tish ojjk\ *i never Jail to observe forwards those of a foreign potcer with zchich their own government is at peace, aud at all times when circumstances will permit of it. fl'e agree with the Editor cf the Canadian Courant in < onsidcrieg \t " a To Axemen. THE subscribers will receive pro¬ posals from any person or persons willing to engage to clear sixty acres of new land on their premises in Amelias- burgh, Bay of Quintc, ready for seed by the first day of August next. The Ash¬ es on said land will be required to be collected and carefully secured* Teams and Provisions will be furnished if re¬ quired. For particulars apply to owe:; Mcdougal, . Kingston, or to McDOUGALfc McLELLAN. 6 Bellville. BLANKS. For the Courts of Request. For sale at this Office. From the London Tidier. A Meditation or Contemplation by an un¬ successful Lottery Adventurer-—Why frets my soul because of a Blank ! or why does it lament at having miffed a Prize ?^-Sup- pn?e I had got one of the ten thoufands— what bhen ? What then, flap dash, down at a blow with the whole catalogue of my wants. But foft—VVeuld not the deftruc- tion of ihofe be the generation of others ? and the deftro&tofl of these the generation of more ? and so on ? As sure as a gun.— At this rale what would be gained by a ten thousand pound priee :—Nothing. Or what have 1 1»11 by a blank ?—Nothing at all. Wny then a blank i* just as go*»d as a ten thousand pound prize. \vho in their wits can doubt h ? and consequently bet¬ ter than an inferior prize—as plain as a pike-ilaff. Then what are they who re¬ joice at a prize ?—Prise fools. And what are they who grieve at a blank ? pfrak fools, ling tantara-r&a facts a!t,foiU all9 *c.