The Quebec mercury, 16 février 1807, lundi 16 février 1807

[" THE QUEBEC MERCURY.Mores it stvoia it populus et prælia dicam.Virg.Georg, i v.5» VOL.III.J MONDAY, FEBRUARY i6.1807.[No.7.TO THE EDITOR OF THF QUEBEC MERCURY.Sir, I have lately sern seme obtervitjoni, m R ,\t.your useful | aper, by your Corrc'ponHent A.|\t° 1 V sMPl,0*e \u2022 r \u2022 j \u201d\t.r ,\t.jot: »neir pasjt.,2 F.rr spec tint' ihe udvaritatie, that mieht hr i ^\ti * .\u2022\tci l i, i _\t.1 B\ticvere punuhmei 4envc i imm rt'abl: shiit; lianks in this coun.1\t.r.\t.\t.\u2014 i-\ti\u2014________ - f Bankrupt \u2022, and for enahlir.g their Creditor* to quizzing us altogether, especially when he 'ilka ot the t.ARe.r mru th.it merekantt keep lying Me in tknr chnts.Ail, when he s.ivs th.it we should lav injunctions on our represen-.'ci f - make law.for the establishment of he mean, th.it we should cn* orne sutaury Ij«s for the 'everc punishment of fraudulrot or n\u2019glr ent try, m Inch he seems to think inu.t operate as u iii i\t.\t^ r ,, i take posifs'ton of ihetr lient.ai d ffects of cverv ny some ludd n cliariD, so as to remove .ill our1 .\tf .\t.\t,\tw' .\t.\t! i ir.i\tc i j i\ti ! K,n a:,d e.< n ol inair bo tics, bv some mure nierc.irmtr diliu ulue*.Such aerl.iiiutton void ;\tj.v ,\t.\u2022\t, ¦ I\t, I\tsununarv and efrectua nr >cc*h rhan tlic tno om of any solid aigumcnt, and without poiininE i \u2022\t(\tu 1 ^ .c\ti\t.\t^ r.b\tand ruinous law-suits tbit are now ne he imagines, i* «carcc worth noticing.However, I Wc sec \u201c iplendiJiv'tr\u2019vt of.re/fit** established daily with »ut the asvi UnCC of H >nki, which 1 v \u2022 v v \u2022 » * / \u2022 its lis^a- s\\ ill ; \u2022 A a a^VT'afl\t»\t.\t.hould b- gl d to knosv, how,he circulation ot \u2018 on^e.on- pnnc.pal cause of the distressed m.Bank n ics, could prevent specie from going\tcountry \u201e m.share of talents aod plauubtlify, a m jS' exten* sive cred-t is soon ntabi, h d in ibi, w jv, .here-fore what occasion i.there for B nks ?Bat no mode of acrjuinng credit, in this cotiiifry, is equal lo corumenring Auctioneer & lino* Ktr \u2014a little pu-l in the papers about capital «c.will no ihe btisr es.at once : /ierr r/n« p oyer» being chrcHy people ot some of the above classes, or »uch a., bv some means or other h.vc got credit ea.ly, and cornea ently !*rc Uo, ,0 vc, y ;uix-o»s wuat u e riiey make of it, mav narurailv be suppo-cd io give ihem-se.ves linle tiouble in considering imo u Hose hand, ihev put j.rope.tv, provided tbev get some ready money to carry on the war wirh is» t ;e raran lime.And the great advantage bore is, that credit once rst.iblishcd Our of the country, to pay the balance ot trade .it may annually owe to the United Stases : I J°',N LfCl *1 for business No previous apprenticeship seems to b< foundations a a ,y ot the above is .iot ea.^ necessary to quality a young m m shaken afterwards, especially if ,hc person has which, by the by, I am inc .tied rethink must \u2019 IT\t:,nor, ,,®r\u2018 ,r^m ^ be ever con,.| any dcg.ee of ilia, moaeu atsuranc, and confi.be in be 11 larger ih.ui your C<-ire jpon'e u states] crc\u2018»\tr 'c ilS* c 0>c ** *s truste: to j dence m hiimelf, that even the most honest it.It cannot be sut posed tluY ^.abec or 1shewn habtts of sobri- worthy and able men arc some.,me, defic.ent Montreal Bank notes would be received at |\t.,n,,uS,rv; «onomv, together wrh Indeed p< op|e in this couurry are k> good N'w.York, nr Boston, a.regular payments j ,ouod pr,nc,flc* of hono.r* *od'ntegniy all so ( tured, so torgivingatn \u2019 -nor even .n the Vc.mont staVe, which t> t/l/^es.a.y t.form a man deserving of ere.t.-nighesttous, a*the farmers the.e do not ColMC * .«bout producing any proof of h.squal.fica-to ihU country to lay out their nionev lor ncres .a ,nan.>oungoroi, has on y to open a sari,» ; and the Shop keeper, have .he., remit.\t,hc ra4fke,-PlaC1e* *\" 1 hc oriCC « > tunccs to make to suin' of the r own Seaports.«\u2018\u2018V by any means a tolerable shew ot go, ds andnotto this ermntry ; of course the onlv 1^\u201c» bold on for a lew .non hs Im tepma thing they could do with cur notes would be « a shojwkccpcr, and a man of credit, n .In .u.\u201e\t_______-.n .i«tr .f*»«bluhcd ; and his custom is immediately \u2022ft* forgiving And affeerronate toward, one uioiher, that, tho e in the mercantile line especially, may (without muc h notice bein<' l iken of it) do acts that among the old fa,hio-ed feiiow» ontue other side of the Atlantic, would make them tun some rokof being banged \u2014 Sometimes a creditor, m very p.irtictil .r cases .ill be cruel enough to suc dit a Judgment* ,o seed them in, «some expence andt.sk, to\tand, h;«\t\u2022*\tagaiwt his debtor, and there the matter gene- tet them exchanged for hard money.I have f a.r\u2018ke\u2018, 7 »'C vvhoIc',\"c dealers, and credit j tally «e»ts\u2014indeed sometimes you will find u *\t*\t\u2019\t' lavished on him to .ucy amount hc desires.If -urn.- RC1 \u2019I hcaid it sugg-.-ied that ariangements might be ® nude w ith Bank, in the Sta'es, that they should *\ttak\u2019e the n >tei of this courtly, and issue their own lor them,\u2014granted\u2014but still, the ballance *\twould icinain equally the same against this Country, w iietbci it might be due to Bankers, or \u2022to Met, hat.' , and must at I st tie p ud in gold and silver, or in Hills of Exchang», the very tame a» at present, only with tin, difference, that the Bankers must, ofct u'se, be allowed Someth ng foi (lien agency.\u2014Wc aie told lha ¦ '* kiovCtnnw tit would take ibe noces in paymCni \u2022\u2018lor Billsol Exchange, and that the tioops I4' would icc ivc them without difficulty.-I» the gautleman authorised by th \u2022 Comuundci moit sen ni, binii en notes of indiv.dnalt, ihecbirt ptohu of Banking aii e.\\\\\u2019a% ih t earned on to a.y ^j'cnt, inthepte.t Mtiiaiton nf the counin *c'~hhe dividend* ot profn fiom the Bank ^voutd i <*t ttiuch iiurra<* die c.«| ital, of th wHs the gant lenun authosiied l>; duel to ».iv vo i 1 he mo* |p: all » ihe discounting ihe no from wim.li 1 have hc ud that it is \\\\ ish.d toform an establishment on a larger scale; after nuking a beginning in any way most sui:cd to a man\u2019s gcntu.s, he ha, only to use some excriiom to g t orders to buy wheat, lumber, asides, or some other pioluccof the country, prcfeiing wheat, which may easily be done by engaging to do the basmess on very low tcim \u2014Money is, ot course, bot fiom th ¦ «\u2022mplovento pay for the ptOvlucc, bur put of it may be paid tor in rum, o: other articles, which can be bought with the m -ney received, no matter if they aie giseii at or even under the i rice they co^f, foronceortw.ee, to set business a going, A\u2019lcr a tew nan,actions of this :re wheat can be bought of th faimets, ur coiniry nerehints, and 'bur rum or o lier Articles, to pay fur | an «if it, from the importers, ail of tin in on liberal rredit, because both parties wib b very glad to g u their waie*.oil tbeir \u2022 jba ds at g'oJ pruet ; lor it must alwavs he un » jOcr-iood ihusouic >1\t* her than 'hr market price met be paid on 11 lose occasions, perhaps Bul 1\t,l*'\tsi fc.«\u201e¦; Wide ciny tvKiaUi* testy old feilo , even go ihe length of putting _ debtor in Jad, who fie may think has acted very notoriously wro.g; but these cases »eldom hapi en ; and whoever attempts such an outrage agam>t ihe g ncral feelings of his fellow citi.zens, will nnd to hi, cost, however independent he may think himself, ih d he had better have pm up quietly with hn lo»j.] shall s*v nothin of the credit given by the merchants in Ure-it Britain to thi* country ; i/h\\ oagfn ro bj \u2018he best judges who they should trust ; »or aluil I, at present, say much of the destructive system of giving , red.t to all descriptions of people, adopted by the utail shop keeper*, In the country, it i, generally ruinous to tfiem.selves, as well a' to tha>e who have tni&teti them ; and always tending greatlv to encreaie the national indofent e and aparhy of th.* fai mers and common laborers.] he e mat ers may, perhaps, be the subjeuo! a lutuiv CvHtmumca* tion.\t\u2019 , VEKIFAS.Montreal, Feb.ij, tfoy.OO 50 TO THI EDITOR OE THE QUEBEC MERCURY, s SlR«\u2014The Mibjc^t taken up by Srnfx, in the Quebec Guette, i> oi itiHkicm importance lobe deterviog of luither notice ; and it would not be giving it fair play, since it u befote the public, to Mti'cr it to appear io one point of view only.On general principle*, in new fountriea, thete cettjmly should be no pauper», the opening* to induflry being fo wide and numerou* ; but ge.neral theo'ies, however well founded, ate unable to realon down the pradttcal opeiationi ot local caufet.Long and Kvere wimers are pe-netrating argumenu that will make them elfe» be deeper feu than any .tburacl rea»onin^.I .iai ieady to give the acotch full credit for induAry, teatperance, irugahty and every other virtue attributed to them.1 hit with thcle vtnuea they should be able to do without a pool iate cannot be matter of wo ider, when it is considered how mm I» the population ot Scutland u kept within bound' by continual einigraiio-ia.1 hat a countiy which discharge* itself of its poor should be bu.thcr.ed with theta would b a stiange solcCt>m indeed.'I he english, on the Contrary, not only do aot emigrate, but England is an j'ylum for the distre'sed and needy of all countries Heme the umber ofits laboureisand paupers.1 hat number Keeps down the price ot lahonr, whilst an immen c < irculatmg medium, at'.dcu to other causes, but thi'is thepnne pal, raises the pitcc of every article af in uket, a* well tho'e of the fiifl necessity a* o her*.This mu't m*ccs»arily occaa nau h jioverfy but labour being low the cogltsh maoutacturer >t enabled to sell low and command a preference for hu good» in ioreigu matkets.Tm* secures England an immense trade, and enables he1 to lemunerate the poor, in a great degree, for their low wages, by contributing to tbcu want', through tbe med.um of a ) oor rate.Hence this very pover ty of the lower cla»acscontributes to the weal h of the countiy, by securing tothe nation the custom \u2022f all oar) to say ihua much on the compara tve state of England a.id bcoiland, as to their poo , because Sturm has preceded me io this comparison.To rctumbonie\u2014It u certain that to despite of all theory, we are perpetually pestered w ith a number of paupers I he quc'Uon is which would be most credit ble to the society^ To suHet our streets and road, to swarm with iroubhsome mendicants, or t<> obviate thu public evil by a «null ls, who aie beset in this manner, give tor peace sake perhap», to the undeserv ng at of'en as to the deset ving.\tIt is more than probable indeed that they aie unable to make the discruninatiou.The only mode then of making the necenarv discrinunativn must be by the ippuintmcnt ot persons authorixed for the purpose.In a conn-! Il y where tlic oopulaiion is compara'ively very | cucumscribed, .md where consequently every I information Can be ea ily procured, it Can be I no verydtSiculttask, when it becomes a duty, \u2022\ttu prevent abuse or imposition.For the*c mu other s id weightier reasons w huh will loubt-leis uggc't themselves to the member» of our lrgiil. duty on cliltdien to caert all 'heir induury to prevent their agid and mhnn I piretiutrom becoming dependent on the pubuc *\tfot supi oi r.1 here is no (utntly pride so Uu \u2018 d .ble as the pride ot md.pcodcnCi.I n Engla I, i nu crons a» the poor, at ,>ii »ent, unsvoiua ly air, ooihmg is more sensibly It It b; t fsamy 1 than the reproach of any b.aixh of it b.i.g dc ; prndeuion the palish.Where 1 speak ot ! Lboreis receiving pa\u2019i>h pay it most be undcr-\u2019 stood only of such as have buithcnsomc taun-; Ins.In this country the; e must be some object» ldc»erving of the public boomy, wiio cannot hvc without it, but they ought not io be nume-! rout.It were better however thaï such should receive regular relief from a public fund than that our bou»es >hould be Con'inuai!) bc»ciged by both the worthy and unworthy ; of which, peiimps, the latter are the greatei pa\u2019t.Cl VIS.13th February 1807.We have selected the following inter-c\u2018»»ngankUs from \u201cCarr^ Stranger in I R ELANd\" for the ainuscmcnt ot our rcadets.Speakingof the great men who have latelv distiugui'hcd that ountry, he mentions Lout Avonmore, the once celebrated Barry Yclvcnon, and say*, *\u2022 Although a man of di-tinguishrd talents, he Was too apt, from a has v Ji'po'ition to anticipate the tendency of an argument.A Cchbratcd lawyer, whose client had suffi ret! in coii>cqucni r of ih:t habit, lock the following meth d f reprtiVing it; being engag'd to dm in company with the noble lord, be delayed going to long, that the company were at dinner when he entered the room ; he apologiicd for hi» absence, apparently with much agitation, stating that, from a melanch ly event he hau\u2019 just witnessed, he found himself unable to master his f clings : \u201c I was passing ** through the market,\" said he, M a \u201c calt was bound to a post ; the bufeh-\u201c er had drawn his knife, and was just ** advancing, when a beautiful child ran ** across him, and O ! my God ! he \u201c killed\u2014»he child !\" exclaimed his lorl«hip ; ** No, my loid, the calf; \u201c bui your lo dstvp is in the habit of \u201c anticipating\u201d Of the great Anthony Malone who lor half a century fflicd up the largest space as an adveate, a senator, and a salesman, hgivvSthc following short character, taken from a work t f Mr.Grattan\u2018s.\u201c Mr.Malone, one of the characters .of 53, was a man of the hntst intellect that any countiy ev r produced.* I he I *\t'hrec ab c*t men 1 have ever heard, *\twere Mr.P u (the father,] M .Mur- *\tlay, ^nd M .MJ nc ; tor a pop .Ur 4 as.cttib'y 1 witold choose Mr.ritt ; *\ttor a ptivy council, Murray ; as a *\twise man, Malone.' This was the opinion lord Sa^kville, the secrc\u2019aiy of ; 53* gave of Mi.M ah ne to a gen'lcman t om whom 1 have h< ard it.* He is a \u2018 great je-in acalm,' said Mr Gcrrard Hamilton, another gtcar judge ot ir.cn ol talent».\u2018 Aye,\u2019 i, wa replied, * but ^ 1 had you seen him when h.* was y ung, .\u2018you would have sari hr wa-a great »C4 in a storm and like the sea, vshc-iher in calm or storm, ht wat a great proJuctian a) nature \u201d Ot the cclebtated orator Henry' Flood, the following sketch i> t.ktni!' ny M Carr for themeut his rcatitrs.'* Mr.Floud, my rival, as the paio.\\ phlct calls hnn\u2014and I should be > n-.9 worthy the character of his rival, it in bis grave 1 did not do him justiie\u2014be| had his faults, but he had great power*, ?g eat public efftet j he persuaded the | old, he inspired the voting j the ca'tle | vanished before him ; on a small subject 4 he was miserable ; put into his hat.d i a doiaff, and, I ki Hercules, he made .v sad w rk of it ; but give him the ^ thundirbolt, and he had Hie arm ot s Jupiter ; he misjudged when he tram* I 51 ferrtd himself to the Engluh parlbtnent ; he !\u2022» got ilnt he wa* a irn \u2022f thtftrnt, too old and too treat to bt frart,planted at fifty { and his »cat in the British pai-liament is a caution to \\he Jntndt #/ union to stay at home, and m the the country of their birth the seat of their aetion.CHARACTER OF THE COMMON IRISH.Mr* Curran'i character of the common I ri>h was this,-The people of our Island arc by natureifl-gacious, artful and r#miV.M Yet such is the silly pcrvcricncnot their neighbours that by all but the enlightened anu liberal, the Irish have been considered with Beotian stupidity.The pra&ice °^e-riding ihetn for bulls and blunders has been for some lime laid aside by all but those who wish to appear wits without to afford subject matter for a large addition to the catalogueof vulgar errors which pass current in the world.None has coniributed to it more than the immortal Edmund Burke, who seems to have been the person upon whose qualities more than upon those of any other man, ihe ignoran', the vain and the unlettered have differed most u far rît anile t e* refabellat\" Conversing on this strange aubject, he told me a current story of a simple English country squire, who was persuaded by certain dilettanti of his acquaintance to see the world, and to become knowing in men and manners.Among other celebrated places, it was recommended to him to visit Constantinople.He took essentially from the ingenious, the wbe;their advice.After various adventures.and the learned.The former have thought that he onlv excelled in that kind of eloquence which rested on glittering diltioA, lively imagerv and flights of fancy, and that out of those he was nothing: the latter knew the reverse, l ake away from him his eloquence, said Mr.Fox, and he appears to greatest advantage ; You would then find not to our purpose to dwell upon, he happily arrived at that famous city.As soon as he had a little reposed himself from his fatigue, he took a walk into the streets \\ but he hai not gone far, before a \u201c malignant and turban\u2019d Turk\u201d had his choler rou>ed by the careless and a^ured air, with which this infidel strutted about in the metropolis having one ingredient for it but impu-j Werc jl>ne away.Oo the other hand deuce and their n emorv.\u2014With the*: Mr.Fox was supposed by the former and he aid of a jest-book of one century ! j0 conspicu s chiefly for reasoning old they make a shift to get laughed at j powers\u2014but as to eloquent language IC>1 «UViMl\u201d2£<- \u2022 I\t?vvxsiva \u2022 \u2022\t|\t1#\tf i \u2022\t\u2022\t¦ the solid wisdom, tho* the fine chafing of true beheveis.In this temper, he /-i -\t.1\u2014 l ^ i lost no time in doing to our tiaveller the oui, mev Hiaat - »\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022* \u2014\tv .very often.Indeed those who deal much in this way are desc vmg of p»*y, slnCc if ihty were d-privt\u2019d of those old worn out j* sis they would have nothing to utter beyond «he simple responses of a\tn *.U fru/ftt'irrsm nn l es or nt .__As a British Imliaman on .^cr return home approached the coast ( t I rr land, a small vessel was seen standing towards her.The first wish of the he wa , for so great a man, held to be inferior,\u2014while the judicious preferred his language very much to that of every other man, \u201c I wish (sait! iiurkej I wish that I could have m thoughts always expressed in the lan- guage of Mr, Fox.The truth is, that Burke spoke and ,ovw,dS her.I he V81, Tf**1* J\u201d, ,.\"j'I wro'« in whatsoever style he pleased.rrajorr'y was that « shoti.a be hiv* a;.They may t.lk °f hi.greatness asl - {oovllx{0 indta.e O.hello in th \u2019eSC| rr.efrcshn,.n, so pUasingUhey please, (saida gt'at,\tir e ot ihe dagger.He though it bener, \u2022upply of t\tvulrarlv called manufacturer and farner Nvho came t)cncr jt WjtSj to assuage his bntisc after a long voyag , i, /\t, t from a distant pari of England, tocon- PittatoeM.A huge fat gent -nî*n\tsuit him upon the impri vcmtnt of that had rr>:e abcut htty or sixty ihoiis*nd|\t^ mav talk -s they will, but p<*nnd« bv J fortunate bUR marrugej\tcursct] jf ihat man was not bred i ny pr« .n.ng -n Btng-., exclaiuied-, J wooUcomber#.- llj y*' .°\t,\t\u2022 \u2022 l.Lish !\u2014No I h vc ï'-01» 1 w,îh ,h\u2018a, lo be in ligetd peut le, not In h.\u2014 Those wh tf'siic Bof, Boiter, toes and blindera may indeed wish tht vessel to hr Iri h\u2014bu.I dont.A young Irish military tfficcr, who wa^ standing upon deck, turned to the pai>oi> and said, I recommend it io you sir, that when next you pray, you will, in _____________ H.s state papers are held up as the mest perfect models of .impie yet vigorous c< neiseness \\ his letters of all the various kinds of epistola ry excellence according to the persons I,, whom they were addressed.\u2014And for a plain litile story, simpie, unadorned, yet replete with k cn humour, we will 8et against a.y thing that has been wiitten, the following, which appears your great charity, add one mote ot j\tletter on a r^icide, as a'satire - to the beatitudes, >o«.nde(i .»\t, M^linsbarv\u2019s mission to your own \u2014\t.upon your own ui tho.ny Just givcm| ____And what should that be ?»aid his Reverence\u2014Why this sir- \u201c Ble^ cd be the Iri.'h, for they supply 'he hungry with food, and the dull WITH WIT.\u201d it has been the fate of all great men upon Lord Malmsbury\u2019s mission to Frai.cc, ami ihe result of it.** A i honed n ighbour ot mine is not ahog«.ihcr unha py i» the application ot .n old ermmon story to the present honours of the pLce.The Turk cros« sed over the way, and with perfect food-will gave him two or three lusty icks on the scat of honour.To resent, or return the compliment in Turkey, was quite out of the question.Our traveller, since he could not otherwtfe acknowledge this kind of favour, rrceiv-u with the best grace in the world\u2014he made one of his ceremonious bows, and begged the kicking Mussul nan, to ** accept his perfect assurances of his high consideration.\u201d Our countryman ~ \u2018\t\u2018 the \u2022as better it was, to assuage his bruised dignitv with half a yard of balmy diplomatic dyachyIon, In the disasters of their founds, people are seldom wanting in a laudable patience.When they are such as do not threaten to end fatally, they become even matter of pleasantry.The English felUw-travellers of our sufferer, finding him a little out of spirits, entreated him not to take so slight a business so scrioudy.__They told him it was the custom of the country ; that every country had its customs ; that the Turkish manners were a little rough , but that in the main the Turk* were a goed-natu ed people that what would have been a deadly affoont any where else, was only a little freedom there : in short, they told him to t hmk no more of the matter, an l to try his fortune in another pro- oci.uon.ït may be sViduf my'friend'mW/8.But the \u2018Squire, though a whai Horace says u* a neighbour of hiallittle clownish, had some homebred 52 sense \u2014Whit ! have I come at all this'and shot them overboard on there banks rt»ch *n eppatmt iadiotlon of piilt, that th« expence and trouble, all the way to to fatten, and therefore theie must be\the/iut«d not to m^iic u(roi the r»tr«.Constantinople only to be kicked I considered » m/ettnerf and not w/tf \u201cIrLXd.'n .*°u' Without going beyond my otvn fiable, oysters.my groom, tor half a crown, would! The learned Judge, having patiently have Kicked me to my heart\u2019» content, heard these deep dissertations, very ] don\u2019t mean to stay in Constantinople* shortly observed, that ths Legislature eight and forty h< urs, nor ever to byjiotG.III.c.51.had made the return to this rough, good-natured t Aing ot oysters from the lanes a mis-people, that have their own customs.demeanour, and therefore he should not \u201c In my opinion the\u2018Suuire was in rule if to be a fcl ny\u2014the dctcniiant the right.He was satisn d with hU was accordingly Acquitted* first ramble and his first injuries.But Cl R C VMS TANT Li l EVTD E SC E.reason of state and common-seme .irt two things\u2014If it weic n t for this difference, it might not appear of af»** lute either you or m)f< If coramit-ted this murder.\u201d This extraordinary afildr «\u2019a* the conrerfj.t lion of the whole c.Mtnfr\\.H'adlurd was tried aiuf comiemmu over and ovrr .1 ;ain in every company.In the mi 10 of ail tilii pre.deter, ntinrion rameon the At Tires at Oxtord ; B»ad.foid wa» brought to trial, be pleaded .Vo/ G nitty.Nothing totild be more nr«.i)>; than five rvu dr n< e of the two Gent lenten ; hry irftiJiidto the tftiding Mr Haves mu detrd in hi.t»< d ; Bra ford at the fide ot the botly with 4 |i|(bi 4nr| .1 knife ; that kiufe a id tbr hand which in d it bloodv .1h.1t, on their ei.icrit g the room, he betrayed all li efignsot a goihy tain ; ml rh^t a tew moment» preceding, thry b vetrd wer rr ;, ihr r.an unexceplionafsle »harafter.Mi.Haye», a han a itv, ihc natural rff'fi\tf ru o e Gerulcmait of fortune, ber g on hi> way to Ox well a» uudt, on brhoUhrv (uv n a horrid f> ford, on a mC' to a rclat on, put up «t Brad- 1 hi» defence, howevi't, co.a be « n He there jo ned company with two bin .1» weak, i oi ti/Oeu w nh ih fevr»al j ful circumflam e« a .it him Neve, v.<\t.con.nann.il evi' e ce m re ffron> ! \u2019I hete w 1 dien about him a Int e lum of monri .fn d .c.little n«\u201ced of torr** eni Iron» h' J1 dit, a nme, they retiicd to their relpettfvc i ha ber» , jfoiiiming up the evtdr c , No room i,»p r^d flic Gentlemen to a rwo bcideJ room : Icav ft» extenuation, ard ttie July bro ^ht m lie mg, at it culiooiaiy wnh many, a candle bt.iii l*iilvner Csaf/y, without goingom u tin box.mg in the chi ,n v-comer.Some hours tf\u2019er Bi dfo d was executed ftwnly alter fi > tfe.they were 10 bed, one ot die Grnilcrne* br.r.g f|ari,1|t br wa.noc ,he murderer, no 'p, v Vo \u2018bought hc heard a deep groan in «head-j jbe murnerot Mr.Hayes; but he died tiifbe.re 1 heir aff.rtion» not -\t-\t\u2022 - »\t\u2022\t1 ^ ford's.whole of our country, in all its orders, Gentlemen, w.th whom be lopped; aud, in should httve a share ot lie indignity ; converfation, un^u rdcdl mr no rdtl*a« h** h»d and, as in reason, that the high rordets, should touch the larger propottion.LAW' CA>E.Cûurt, Chelm if or d, ( En^J .fitly st, «§04.*Tht dtfcn.ltnt wa* indiâctl on two\t\u2018f\"\"î'^,\u2022^î,i,?,KTÎ, JT'1*\"- .hvfc\"-v\" \u2022 j rx\tc\tL ;n _\tfoft.y aw.ae., hi.friend, i hey I Hen d t<*ge- ti«!rue ! *1 hr m r.ier w*»\tcormniUrtf indiaments for Ur uni n in taking oy*.ther.arid .he groan, mcrealing, - - \u2018\t.r 1 a» ot one dying by Mr.Hayrs'tfooii I\t1\t\u2014.* | I\t'\tO\trr* »\tf TT w\t* mm\u2014J - m m \u2022«-vl IO J f * V\\ j.Q Î VTl ftlrdl A f t ( \\ rtm iters trom oyster lanes on the sea banks| |hey both »ri(faiiily arofe.and ^rocee ied fileoi-Ht.ibb»iig h.s maffer, rtfl .i his brreihr» t h.s near this country, tried was, w! not: on one- - oysters were as much wr/A animals in | on perceivfng a perfon wrlteri g m hs bloxi ilema >*« ch.imber.! h \u2022 w.jrld owcT^h's kiV ledge to-» rern .f of co- frirm e in rhe lootm .n (ei hteen month after the execution ot Brad, 'ord), on a ?)<»1 u| foknef ; it wi»a draih-bed .-\"7\t*7\tt»'-\"-tir.iow.ig ni» maitcr, nu d hi* hreei hr» ol h«s ntry.1 he qiK«t»on to be \u2022> to \"\u2018«duor of the next chamber, from whence ; m> œ,, g0|d u 4lc>i, and fii' ff.b®*, a\u201ed rl ,.^ whether it was a larcency Ot f^.fy ]lcard \u2018be groins ; and, the door being |0 I ,* own\ttab chc<«ih| have bern.!ron .jdc it was contended that rJ,r\u2019 ^ J h,\t| bur »t is m.poilible to paint tf.eir couder n in n, brfoie Bradfo» f errering rhe tmtorrun lie een.H\tas much -U/;/./ animals in O-, per, e.vfng a perlon wri er, k , i\tH ne iiniotfunatr eerv tbr sea, as sprats or herrings, and could 1 m the bed, ai d a man (landing over h in v ui, a not be the subjed of larceny.Il wasj^ ,imhorn ,n °nc ana * ^ ,,c ,n dico- .«tnt-tl!» di pitted, whether' the oy ter'!11:'\t><<«'¦* »\"**¦\t.-.h»dUctw/tVf power\u2014some ms.stco ror ^\t,\t] he ^.tlemen foon d.fcuve, ,vl\u2018;im.*\t'\t4,h ** Uw 1<>U ,u was anyvsers I, how w'a» he to be ideti- ,i\u2019,c*ve> ; for il.at, hearing a roiit , «hichj t|0;, (h (ri> rifiel.was he nuked with a bl4nJ ?\tby.i-to.mng, he o.,tofb, mark iheir did not on ihexe /paf (i.e, spawn) f/om different coasts, Xltciidcd him after Iim fen- tairn.anr.He wav flr ick with am .«\u2022 ,,ejn' \u2014-H't loold mt believe his lenfes I\u2014 to «fTire ti» upped h fniih J hrfc to ihe licaicd ihc ruuidcr, but, ncvcnhcicli, withjicjjçV. 53 BRITISH EAST-ItfDTÉS.\tjand militarya All fhe ofRcers of th<» ^airison, \u2014\tI »niJ ortiicri in the civil icrvice, with aol- TJufollwine ù from \u201c Tkt Fritvi,\" tubiuktd went matsâered, b-iidf.a n.iinber lior- ndly woundrd.Ihc iCi ov* look all the euro, pean ladici and their children, of which there wji a number, and plac ed them in a home, at Sïtlrm.TO THR EDI TO**.-\tinimwci, jiiu piai.ru mem in a noil*» , OHirrvinfc in the Boston CenrinH of to.day under a guard ; the chief surgeon's l.tdy and slight notice of an impôt tant estent that latclv two children excepted\u2014those they d stroyed.ccurred in In ua, I have taken the liberty of Immediately atier Serjeant Brady slim ihe LONDON, DtC.r.h bust Bonipirteit reducing thecoi«t of Vienna to a state of dilemma, he i» using language moie impe,M|Va|U|])ecoult Df DenmarL\u2014He hat order* ed the üaoi>h troops to be withdrawn fiofc the confines of Holstein, threatening, tfut if any\u201dmisunderstanding ensues from ihrir remaining in iheir present potitmti, and if, m consequence, a single ,f,Sf»fr be drawn agamtt a Pnench soldier, he will give up Allons to he pillsg d.It is evident that he wishes to terrify Denmark, a OCC.eve \u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022*\u2022«\u2022 \u2022 \u2022\u2022\u2022»\u2022\u2022 ' \u2014\t\u2022/\t,\t\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022\u2022*.%*\u2022«¦»%.» j caaawa\t4PI««ir\t\u2022\u2022\u2022i.\u2022endini; you a particular account of that u .* gnte, he lowered a trmty soldier over the gate, .\t\u201et WII\u201er, lo irrriiy ÜPnmJrk py r.an»a« »io\".\tway by a rope, and ordered him express to the into a full arquieacence in the demands which'he About the middle of July last an insurrfCtion\ttown of AiCOt, about 14 miles distant, where\twilnmmediaely make, ami wn:ch\twill have\tfor of a battalion ot na.ivc troops, (or hcp»o>i) in\tCot.(i i 1.LI s P1 r.was in garrison wish the\t;thr,r «bj^û the exclusion of the British commerce th»* englisli kcivn.c, took place in the gamson\t<4th [i error, thrrr are not 10 many re piments\t»\"d shipping from the H-ltic.town ot Velore.Tim place is situated in he of drigoom in the foitnh servi t i the it)th, raj\tkkankloit, nov.14.C irnauc country, about too miles inland from\tnt-ht h CJ GtUrtfite be/ongt, ferhapi n m>ant.\t,rarn tflJ\u2018 «be Ausirian iraops\tin Bohemia\tare Madras, and about 40 from the d minions ot\t\u2014CV«/iwe/] regiment o| diaguons,(4*0 Mrong.) I\tlr*vmt51**<\u2019COnbn« of Sux^ny, and\tulian, ahci the suiiji gauou ui tus Vi l ire- ofdrti g the rest to follow as toon as !\t'\t,n fu\u2019Atn:l1 hive msreh'd tow-rdt Mo.country.\tjposstble\u2014anl dupatching orders for anothet !\tfromiefs.V0 *towards th# V e>ofe is rentat kable for its streng'h, both re^imrnt, laying at a neighboring town, to\tJ by nature and au.It h.s two ditebts, of great reinforce biui it necessary.\txh ru r l\t.LUBFCK» wov.9.de.ah md w d.h, which .ue to full of .il-Ra:or«,1 Up n Col.C/s arrival at Velore, he found day m ihe iunli!*» fT'urc^ u, \"p that trm.r ty'> tclf are n«»f pn s them, crept the Ücpoys had taken alum, and b-rricadod N'^.emer being \u201ea, low/.\u2019wun ^\"^'\u2018tU ovei tsb.iORc I: formerly had two gt >, ihe inner gaie.He allowed hnis It to be Frencn un.ie, the orders of Marshal Bernadotte h 1 at the lime the pnttces were sent ihfie, one drawn up by a ro; e upon ihe gifte-way, where auaiKcdthe I\u2019russianaal nine o'clock in me nsorniiia gate was closed aod fotnfied, admitting only he icconnusMcd the rebcC; lud hmling it nn- °ut \u2018be town; both stacs fo .gtit with the One pa> 'g in and out.Here the I'lincrj possible to force the ate, he sent for a couele\tb« very and ohiimacy ; towards noon the weir provided w h a tno't I beial siippon by of psec e-*of h r e artillery, which be n^ biough' \u2022'r<','rf'appeared before thi'town wun very superior the b itith governnu nt ; th iral owmce i> su- up, and the rr*t of tin regiment arriving, he\t» lh\"y r»'cr ved at tne gates w.in c-.non jenor to tf.jr recti \u2022 u t o:n heir deceased la- op'ned the gate with his irillciv in a few c ,J'' \",t,, langridg-[nutruile.) but tid'd not T k.u k .1 ., ,k.«.\t.k.c\t.a____\t.j l i .*\u2018Op them, t:iey weic repulsed at se.r'al uf me ther.1 hey had n ahin^, to r gict, but the want of mure hUrity ihants the lot of pruoners at large m a gamson town.O.C b tialion of me 69th british European ergim'-nr, and one battalion ot Sepoys, com minutes, md drove in sword in hand.Al\tï\"7 - rcp«.«u a, srvr OI tfle ,1 _\t1 c\ti\tbut ifjcy succeeded in i >iciiu that of Jen.tin* mo.ncn', ib< Sepoys were drawn up, in a n tiA-r .h/.i.\t.\ts\t¦' ,\t\u2019\t, *\t'>\tnur^tAer ; then began in t»et wiiilieiiiostdiead- clos«col.inn, .n the public square, to receive lui cm,bat ; The Pru-Sia.had .0 .d dca.ot him.Upon his appealing insight, they gave amllery w nich did much injury to th-French, but Inm two or thiee round \u2014but owing to their nmhmg couid wirluta.m their bravery and superior 1 hit' were things suuaicd, about the mid lie which could not resist him, b.tt gave way______| upwara» 01 tnrre Hours, dunug wbichth; numbei of July last; when the Sejoys r«.»e, al>«ut two and a dreadful slaughter ensued.1 he euiopc-\tand wound-d acvumu.a.ed both in the o'clock to the muining, ru.died into tlic hartack ans gave no quarter at first, but cut up in a tew\ta,Ka 1,1 lhp\t* i«i particularly at the yaid, bud u, on the br u\\h Europe an troops minutes 800 Sepoys\u2014beingn arly a/1 of a bat-1 nousr.^e!0-^\tSc'eral die through ih wt idows .is they laid m proto.ind tahpa oftlte best regimcut of the coast armv, ,;Uaid.Now\tofe.\u201d 'b^u' ^'h** sfe.p; and then rushed in and baymcilrd *11 reserving only the hiacls or leaders, fur a;, mfoimed hi* s-Uiers that they are no ^on^r th-y 1 ould find.Oueol (he soldiers made hi* Çpjmimilion.\tcous.cler Lubeck as an hm.le city, but asunder esc ane t.om tile barrack to the other gite, and But lor the bravery of terg ant Brady, and \u2018hr proiecUon of Ins Ma|e t>Mhc tmpcroi, tntorm d the g aid of the Iran .icuon The the prompt a id vigorous efforts of the coin\t\u2014tjz: Su 1 d w* joined ;v a brave officer (Serjeant mind r oldiagoons, an incalculable mUchief The French bave air adv b-g un to fit one > k \\ 1 y .j a 0 abou ^o hcioslike fiimsclf, might hav<- liapj>eiied to the brutsh Kmpiiein prtv.tcfr» in the Pi uliia potca.ai,*: h, tr.de wiioi.nl futight ther way to the gate.i his the hast.\u2014 During the conflict, the ancient nit his country up the liai.ic ni in the ocr-lutle ban»l, under th ordeis of tiie r gallant H ig of Mvsore w .1* homed upon the Pal.icc ; ( man Ocean.\t, Seiji ant, ms.ead of making their escape, shut and one of the Princes, with b:s servants, were, Wc uudorctand it is the intentionof the mer-the outer gate, and icsolved e ot the Primes and their adher- of the P.lace wall .\tvernmem I\tr >omc tempor.irv s tsialire, me\tn- ent».1 Ins ga eway was lu toi titud, that a few I he Governor ol\tfott St.\tG urge,\tLord\tW.\tsequence of\tthe foul stop, .i0c ol the i/ade\tm rrrn might maintain themselves aconstdciable Be tick, had ay pointed a Mtluarv Commi'sion, (hat port tun .\u2018r at ist many\u2014and this was the case ; for ot the fust c har.icter*, who imniediatt ly left j The two last Mails ftom this cm tiv for the >v(o\\' m.ic seveial deape ate ait m,>ts to fo tbt.Gunge for\tVclo e,\tto i v »tig.tc\tthi.>\tHainbur h\twere t .t.na' iy »io, vo .t G\tx- di/ledg* \u2018hi cw brave fellows wfiodefended it, u.ibappv affair.It\twas in ge.ie.al t\te opinion,\th ven.Ti\tc poem» sici woulu not bel eve\the an» vucdct led .soften, wihgieat lot'.\u2014 thaï ihe f'nnccs woulu be implicated in ihe pr tended assurances of die French with rcipiH.Al! «hi mue, the Srp<»ys ncvei thought of transaction.\tto Hamburgh.bmp ing up a piece ol a t llery, wliRb would 1 hi* being the first instance of the Sepovs| ivaX n* a .d iltsse I lave both acceded to the ptoving treacherous 10 their inasg, and d.inking an uub.'u'iug liquor, CaMn! ban^ Kvc»y cuiopean gentleman, (w .th he e\\C pt o 1 of Col.M A a t o 1 r, the Kc idem, ¦ ho iiad ihe jat'icular Clia'ge of die Pi unes and umily, and wi.o icsiucd in the pal.cc with (huiij was massacred, both civil F free 1 loousa ui Ru s an», w o h^d disem-t ai kc: n- ai S citm, are s \u202211 to lijvo be n taken 0 isoners.it was rerout\u2019d at Gottcnbur0h fhat ti« 41 54 «onty, plMe.ind chi«f\tof ih» Kin* of Fruuii, lu*« anived i» a ve*xl al Copcnha- * The accountj f»om Stralïund mention, thaï Bonaparte has created, or mean# to create, General Davonat, Duke of Brunswick.Order» are received at Birmingham trom Ku'Sia, for the immediate completion of aoo, ooo stand of small arms.So perfeâly Rood *n underrtaodinf appear* to b* k; pt up between the Court* of Vienna *na Si.pe-ertbur^h, that it we could »uppoie it ptswible for Pruuia to continue even a »hew ot re»i*tance, a cordial umon ot both the tormer Power* in her cause might *tul be expected* LtxiNCTOH, (Vir.) January j.Col.Mathew Lyon passed through thi* town yesterday on hi» way to the Federal City.Me auted that he believed that the rumour reiprctm* Burr was without foundation ; that Col.Bun intended nothing against the peace and haopine.» \u2022if the United Mate»; and that Gen.Wilkimon was firmly attached to the goi+rnmnt of the Union\u2014and well calculated fur the office» he ^ .\t, r, Mr.Lyon further stated, that Colonel Burr had went down the river, and intended round by water to ca'I General Eaton tu account, fo: circulating a report to injurious to hu ibaractar.\t_____ Boston, Jam, 19.FIRE.It is with peculitr regret we record, th»t about halt pail one o'clock, on Friday morning, the pew and elevant Building of the C*iLimitan Mm /ri'v, owned hy Mrllr».Bawen and Doyle, wa* dilcovered 10 be on fire, and which, with a After the fire had fubfided, a very melan.cholv cataftrophe otcurred.-A preat part ot the fouih wall of the Mufeum fell into the Cha-pel but yin/ ground, .k! killed ^youngmen.and wounded feveral Others.Tliofe,killed, are William, fon of Capt.Muhac»\tr\u2018 aged 11, a promifing youth.\u2014John, Ion of Mr.Philip Condon, (one of the prerfmen employed in J Crnlincl U<'> .g.d .I ion aged ao, an apprentice ot Mr.Richard ^ Thayer, houfewright.\u2014Ifiac Peabody, ot^b,r\u2018*\u2018 | ly an apprentice of Mi.John Leman, black 1 faith, ,ged 15\u2014Jofhua Urano.an apprenoce | of Mt.Aves, cooper, aged 17^-And J*01 * D.Beal*, an apprentice of Mi.\tJ*\"0^*1; wheelwright, -igcd .3.-^ e do not uode.ilaud ih it any of the wound» re mortal.From London Papin \u2014Deal, Nov.6, ar.and failed foi the nv«r, the New Co n^a , Gun.houfe,from Quebec.Nov.7.-»\u2022 And and Harpooner, from Giaxyrnd, Oct ay.Transfer, ynr \u2019e to be certain of »utcecdit.\u201e him.atV he 1 at adverufed in the pipers borne 11 me facture consinced uf hi» error, Bonaparte a'krd fm d.r fianie* were feen, a loud te^it w.,» heard, ' wife what »um had been propo*«d for li t ^ro fuppofed to be ihe explofion of fume ch.mical 'and immediately gave her an order on pie aration, and which wai tha caufe of tfie lu» minister ot the treasury, Marbo:», for the uifaiter.We arc Confidet.t not the fmallcit amount.Thi* was an ad ol jn»tice, a d a blame can attach 10 Mrlfr*.Bowen and Doyle, reparation worthy ot a good ai d tttder h > bind ; fot wan\u2019of care and vigilance ; andathalfpafl butwhenth very next day he recalled «hi» rich wardrobe, her beautiful china, and he» heavy plate, than she would satisfadion, sur.rounded with crowds, in contemplating nature even in »tt utmud peifedion.*' The par«du« ot Nfc.Jme Napoleone,\" says her fnnid, \u201cam*t beat metal, and lighted by the lustre of bnl.liant», elie slie would decline it for a hell, and accept Lucifer hi n*elf for a *pou»e, provided gold flowed in hi» infernal domains, though she weie even lobe scorched by its heat.\u201d One of the passenger* in the Rich* ard, lately arrived at Acw York, is the bcaicr t\\ a pri/.c medal, awartfed to the president of the United Stales, by tl,c agticultural socic\u2019y ol the N inc.Thii award \\vc iindcr»tand to bo tor the best production on a^riculftiral quest! »ni proposed to the learned o) the World' j 1 o\u2019clock on T hurlday night, Mi.Doyle wa-.in the Mufetim to fie it all the tire» and lamps vmc extingmthed.It is remarkable that order, tbtew it in'O the fire before her ryr,, and confined hei for six hour* in hti bcu room, becauw ihe wa» not drc<»cJ time ThurfJay wai the ^nnirtfiary uf he dtllruclioii uoi co lake a w.ilk with him on ihe rampau^ of the Mufeum by file in U03 At that time, «»nc il apt *0 believe that military driponim Mr.Buwcn, then f d- Ptot'i;e:or, di *.no feet lias erased fiom ho hoaom ab connubial atf et it in' iimbent on Imn Kilotiot tl^ public aid in u>n ; and that a momentary rHnsi.n ot ki a the u-cfubhlhmeni f til* inftitu ion : But ih * ness .ird gcncionty c .n but hnlc alleviate ihe fécond calamity lias fo iinnaii d \u2019he rneana of frequent pangseau cd by repeated insults and the Proprietor, mat a:.app-aito the pubic iojqrreiaion.Fortunately, Madame Nuieorc's benevolence, wc uiiiieritc.ii, is an indifpenfa-|dt»position la proof against iu >encs» a* vsell kle«*ut>.NVc h pe ihe ap|*eal will not be 10» against brutality.It wfui her frttud aid niaae 1 1 vain ; and that.» Uociai lubfenption roinf.e', Madame l)ui-cy, tepuiti of tier is will enable ihcmiorc erect ih r builui.vg, and ^ not exai\u2019gerateo, fur uenquiiiry 1 not rmu h re efi/bl.lh an Infl'iution which lu» donc ere- dikturiiCtl no her hap.mesa ail uted, by ti*>e dit to ir.c town ; ai tied an innocent amutc jexplo ions ot paisionatc authoriis ; and ifu nifi.i U» our Clti/''lis .nd Itr Dgrrs ; ano been , prefers adniirmj in until tuibcd sohn.de fid a\twinch r.a \u2022iiactcd weahh from ihe ; oraii.ond box to tfie most be antitul piospc.\u2019t.imt lor.The loin» cfU.uated at au,000 del in the most agrteablc company ; and »lic m-jll(|\t\u2022 ) specti w uh mote pleasure in cont.ncoieul her QUEBEC, I EBRUARY «6, Hoy.riO FISC JAL PAR LU Ml ST.HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Ft^rmary \u2014 rloy.Slfin.9-\u2014Mi l*.ch'»e*o reported sundry Regulit 01.p«t.rd by r*e (.ommiuee »pp<>irted (0 en ;uue uro ihr M.*ni of iel»e*ing the f*»ji i .d of ; reve».' njt le rn *nd V*g*t»'~rdi from b'Rt; j *lni*.1 he report v.m rvd* red to be cn: nor.\u2022 u m a Ccmm iier of ihe V4 h ie House or I ue i.»e.Il *».ihe* old\u2019 -ed ih*: ihe r .o»t ne recei.d 10 m .rf'i».i .rutay, to\u2014-for v.»nl of \u2022 ^u«*runi ihu dir, Mi.àpe.krr srljourne h' llou.e at \u2022 qu»lier p.M lour o'cio k n >he *lie^ uoori.WtdmuiA) li.\u2014Mr.b.a^xwood hr > jhr up the report ot r Cisnimmce J the to hue hogwi* totiim ws* refrrrrd the Bill 10 cwnunue ire a.mi ,tt, the inKisdmem» rr.»oe lo tlie hiii bv Ih 1 Com* , mr.tnr arrej^rrru lo and ihe Billr'i-leir e 1 t offert .Aliill*hi(h dec'4M» u.V» (i n u *»'\u2022 t'-d the posse, of Rrar.tinj in Ittlrti it 1 itun \u2022» be fri vin.e, to.i rr4U f«»r ihe lecoiu Ut#f ru-.» i j.\u2014'in.on fr*>'ii ( indrv |i.fticei \u2022< ihe f*e^.e » rt oil.i li hau.*nl* of Ihe c V \u2022 > -1* OUI l>l of Quebec, to.i p e -m d to the l.e \u2022'f M» l)r Na.abriy, pre)':'g -o *.lr all > ¦ l,r u* tol.thf.fln * the < jeer li./of h i.l«itoi\t*\u2022 ano If*i i«/ tual a fhmglcd roof v -0 \u2022\to.\" t»11 Line, i leU liable to urn jli-ca f hn ih* *1\u2019¦ veiinj f board*, ih' petuion being n«\t1 * a* order'd to i>e ira.dated.Mr.B* urr*^'* taiued 'eaur to btir/ ma ttil) to proviue lor' i> .miration nf lli(p>n trom lis ne M Nau/hi J* t o r\u2019f 'J-1 * f.ec, *¦ eilhaolt, to.* piei'u ed U* thf li \u2022' Ml.ii i a< .to < oihry Itnjh be \u2022 o-*i'\u2018* rtfato Lia.un lus liiuil.to u.r IC.sbll Led fl l.1* *' thii Province Uft fummer, the dutiw having been Dfeviouly pêid ibcffoiie\te Bill to ifiuUte Provincial Poft Houle#, and the Bill to continue the Alien Att, were both read \u2022 thud time, parted, and ordered to the LeK.flalive Couriril.A Petition Iront René de U Bruy.oe, of Boucherville tlq.w»a |.refcnted to the Houle by Mr.Mondelet, piaying » Bdl im^ht be introduced »o enable hint to cliabl.fh a Lottery for the difpo-fal of certain lot# of hard iroperty, oidircd that the petition do lay on the table for the coiiiider*tion of lt»e member».Sélurday 14- It w** ordered that the petition ( from Irvine WNaught & Co.be referred to a Committee of the whole lloufc on Wcdnëlday neat ; Mr.R >1 Pou.lance one of tne commiffijn-ertfor improving the inland navigation prefemeda report to the Houfe accompanied laith an account of moatea difbuited for the improvement of the na.vication of the Sam.Lawrci ce between Montreal Si Loteau do lac.The bill which declare# in whom i# verted ihe power of granting dti Lelim at Urrur, w*# read a third time, parted and ordered to ; Ihe LegifUive Council.Th bdl to provide for the iiomitiauoo of infpcHor# dc conllabl'» far the borough» and vidage» m thia province w*» reaua fecr»nd lime.The Houle then adjourned til Monday neirt.SubfUnre of a Report of thr Comayttee of the Hou e of Aflembly, charged 10 inform theiufelve# of the mean» of relieving the pooi of the piovmce, Âc.\t, ^ .The Members wrrt MelTis.1 alchcretu.Berth- lot, M'Gill, Bourdage# & Roll Culh bert\t.\t.No perfon to be permitted to b-g.K»en patifh lo lup^'t itv own poor.Relit f to b given only to perfon* really indigent, who atr unable to gàtn a livel hood by tlieir labor, and V» lio ai c of good ch»; acier.Each pailfh to elect annually twehejury men, whofe duty it Ih.ill be to dilcover thr real pem of the panlh delcrving of relief.\u2014 Alio tl.rec overiecrv w ho fhall br chatgerl with ihe poor money.'1 he conirmtiee reckon* that there are abotr lioo poor, in the province, wlio deferve tc lief By giving to each o* whom, the value of jl per annum, in atticle* of uouriûiincnt, it will form a film ol 3600I.T fie means of turnifhiiig this fum fhonld bi a t.»*, ttnpofed by ihe jurymen, accoidmg to the mcellitic* of the panfh, on borl*» above iwo ye«r» ot a^e, not exceed.ng lyjj tor the hrlt an fécond hoile ; a/on the third and othei* ; and 1/6 on even Hill ion.Tlie opmon of tb- committee ii thattbetcare in this province about «o,.oj hialiioni\tat aJ^S £ 25°° 10,000 hot let and mares kept by pel Ions not having mote than two at i/j 695 to,coo kepi by pei tons exceeding iwo\tat 2/ looo 55 parte aftnnirti, bceuufe they are fnued to furpali j Ju Cauûdien to be enmpof^d for the pref» } tMI every thing m ihe war* of civilised Europe, prior j obfrrving fmee a difpoütion tu peace, he cotu 1.) me IrriicA revolution Therecan be noqueftion(\t,|m |,e had a dtfcretionary power alfo to but mat that event ha# given an energy to the 1'C , kCte,|e lo a fufpe0fion of holt hue», which pow-nation before unknown to it.But wc muft alfo re f ,|C ,1I| yf ,J|urf d fo cxercife .anj wh ch, he colled that tne ar.n.e.ol France, numerou.beyond ti |ft will be ratified bv ni# fjnerior#.,11 former companfon, #re, upicteM commanded ,\t^ B/uni's fitbjeCt we think better fdited to by a military fovereign, who ada under no control,\tmufeurn tha .to 'he MerCurv.jnci cou cou ntly rcfoonliblc to no^c \u2022 wnoti\t^\ti.* i\t\u2022 m i frrling btnirejb, .de.eunined to pul it fo.th;! Ac-A/arcrT anlwer to ScWar wh.:h we received who a» b\" .ameto the throne by hi» military repo* laft \u2018'tght, came too late for th,» number.It tauon, hnd* unecert-iy to maintain that cfwr«der llta'I appear tu om next, if not countermanded for the prefervation <>t hi* crown, and power ; and [ itijüef the idea of.tt* being out of time.We who in addition 10 nia myriad» ol french fubjrdi, ' |iave 0(tcn ^ivco notice thrt any letter of any like the ancient Roman», avail* himfdfof the lor.' jPn^(j, eo.nc* too late, of a Sunday evening, for ce» ot the vanijmlhrd, whom he comp«U into hi* ÜUr jjçgj ôay\u2019» paper.MARRIED, On Saturdiy, Mr.A.Htrn, Q^M.of the tooth Keg.to Mtft IUzj IVkue ot this city\u2014 and Mr.John Chilian Cooper, to Mrs.Brown, widow, boil) of this city.CM 1 (ervice.In ihe ordinary war» under the old trench dy.natty of the Bouibjii», armiea were led into the field by men, acting under ordera, whofe imereti it wai to protr.ff infield of putting * fp-edy icrm na Hon to a war by pto.npt and decihve viCtoiiC*.Hence, 111 former catnpaigna, we read more ot march a, counter marche», fkirimfhea and long fiege* than of gener \u2022! and bloody fcatilea.In ihole lime» too honor and a Ipuit of chivalry weie the p-.omi- TJ)ç mean (|,e j jj.rmom.lcr fùr the past tient fra.urea of horti.ity.[hc *\t'be\twc k, at8 A lo k, A.si.'s 20 above o.r/dV-^>Cmp.\u201ch*or-^-y l^th,:;e j 11- -1 derence of - he Thermo neter between U ne,.O.Ï the eonit*r ¦ hoftiliiy w.-a.» the chaia Jeftcday and (hi» morning, at the fame hour, 1er of* ref-in men* and ferocity, whuft itaobjeét» are i» 50 degrcca.dethronement and cxierroi-iauou.such being the I\t_\tu »e \u2022 ll.ie < l ihin,.;» gi at and important event! are no It 11 said the Jew» in Frankfort on the Main OiOfetbaiiOa ura.ret It*.\t|are delighted w h the EmFe;or Bonacarte, and Let ua bepe that the modern conqueror of Eu j hail him at the Me»*iah, they have long expect'd, rope.Ii».f t.iii:.e» the 1 ath ot Sweden, may be to (/, hu liarjiltr 1% tht prophttiet Î) 1\t-L *\tBlHt.S Which would j,ivc tlie fum ot £ 4t95 '\u2019.\u2022he above 1 cport relates only to the country panHic».\t_______ The »rt week hat lui nifhcd nothing new from lurope\t' The piompt and decifive movemeuta ot Boxa- 1 ai ira.i11 01 tcu by lui vitlsrie», aa .0 march, at ta.t, beyotnl the boandt ol f-fety.We do not thinit th a, by any mean#,\u2022 va.n hope.Kudu and Turney were la al to charleaj they may ailo decide tbe fate of Napoiton.Though the American paper* are full ot Col Bu-r, we felecl very little on the fubjett, oc.aufe we do not find tt necellary tofu*e recourir to lur mife, con.radiation and conlulion lor bill g air co tumn*.If we are allowed 10 hazard a conjecture , Mcxuo i*thc contemplatedotijetl.In the paper» of the U.S.we fee frequent m*n-lion of an engraving of the death of General Mont gumery.Ite»er there wa* a w rk of imagination ini, meft be one.Gen.Montgomery wa* knlrd ud muen duhgured by a diUfurge of giape Ihot before day light, U wai not unti.lome time after hi» death tha.tm t»,»dy wat found, amidtl tbefnow, in a froxen ilate.How a lepreleiuatioucan be , ngrav> (d of lucha death ftene we are at a lo » lodtv ue.The following is fromthe Bofton Palladium ot Ja.iuary 20th : \u2014 we are M>ny to obaerve that ooroartion paper» have made their appearance m Cinaid.Those o one j df *eemto be in tavor ot the iut .e Canadian»; a d iho»e on the other, in favor of ihe Emigrant» from turopt.We are apprihenuve d sagrrab it- aecucnee* may eventually be ptoduced by me o >t n»ion» w-i rn appe.r to be anaing in that, I r a long time.11 anquil and happy lountrv.In lb, prexot atatc of Ihe umver e, a »p r.to?forbea.u.ce conciliation and candour, towarda each othe.[ would beat become ail Bnuh »ubject«, ACKKOWLhOGMENT S Mercury hodfofar m»mfcft>d hi* obedi.cncc to the God» as to have cauted U» Abcnni» At Maestrichr, in the Netherlands, on the 16th of Od.140 houses were lesiroyed by fire.There are only 100 houses remairiing, Thi is the fourth time it has been Icourgcd by fire.\u2014»\t[Loa.pafa AN XCUOTE.Cer airs it is, says a grive writer, that the tinc»i show hi the world -xcites but lir'e curi.osuy in tliose, w ho have seen it before \u2014 That wa» a very fine pic u e, s.iys the t'oti» ioi*»cur, \u201cbut I h d »ecn 11 before,\" \u201c\u2019Twas a iwcct song,\" #av* the amateur, *\u2022 bnt 1 had heird it before\"\u2014\u201c A very fine f>oe n,\u201d iav» -he tinic,\u201cbit I ttad re d it before.\"\u2014Let every lady, therefore, >k care, tit it, while he i> displaying in public, .1 b , om whiter than now, th.- men do not look as if thev wee *ay« 11 , \u201c\u2019Ti* very pretty, but we have sect» it octore l\" N O T L C H.~ ' P\u2019HE Subscriber, in her own name, ami in 1.quality of rutorc*»to her m»u rCiiildren iieis'U -of her m.ini.igc with the l ire James Hanna, oftfti* Cuy, a dus vole t-x.cu.rix to he l.i't will indiestimcot of th-»atd de.teiscd lames Ha ma, lequir-» all peifon»in-d-hit d to his Succesvion 10 raake immediate payment, ai d tlu>»e hav ng demands again*! the »a.t Estate, to give them 10 duly amh- 1 K ited to Mr.John M.u nidsr, N 0 io, Fabtiquc street Upper Town.vv ELIZABETH HANNA.Qutie*, yh ttOruary, 1807 56 POETRY.Th»ift a ho katt hten\twith tkt btu iuk\u2019 ing\" noQtlt of .Wrj.Réàtlïft, wll rtctht u uh >i-trmttkf dfcount of ktr imnity.H'e ort U*M*J to tcttuHt tkii j prtoidmt'al dispenuise* of retnàutiii justice.Mrs.R.tdchft's works hjit wrought morej mischief h hew i1 Jen eg the irn^, iratiom of th u\u2019htless youth, thjn the most unr exercise of her talents could produce good, during a lift a> long as Methuselah\u2019s.Still, we cannot remain nnmoted with sympathy for' the fate of an ingenious and proOahl* welt meaning author, ti hen ne peruse the foT.zL tng f etrait ej THE WRECK OFRE/VsON.Would jrour imagination strav, To icrno of horror make its way ; Would itfrotr tollr take its fl gh-, Ironi iceoesof pleasure, to affright ; Would it, reluctant, slowly Creep, And o'er the wreck uf reason weep : \u2014Hither come, >e blithe and gay, Come, and throw your mirth away.Weeping beauty, hither h e, Ami o\u2019er the ruin btrathe a sigh ; Come and see, ye giddy vain, A sadder sight tnan *' Crazy Jane !\u2019* L« torpid ipiriti, dry «nd sta!#, Affect to staule and bew.ul, A potent reason all imy bring, .Tbey in her moral fin f a sting.E'en savage minds, to feeling dead, And icv hcaits, bvvittue led, When pitying death relieves her woe.And Uysthr liapless victim low.Might corne, and on the m ini ic's bier Shed pensive pity'a softest tear.The tender heart, the lib\u2019r.il mind.The soul, by sentiment refin'd, 1 he niodeft mein, the graceful air.Are gone, and all is ruin there : The maichless whole, divinely grac'd, Is chang\u2019d into chaotic waste ; The timid mind, with terror fated.Starts at the phantoms it created.\u2014^ee the m rfi .c\u2019s ghastly stare f See het loose, dishevell'd hair 1 See her wildly roiling eyes, Distorted torm, and piercing cries ! See she ircmb.es, writhes and groans.And fibs the air with piteous moans I \u2014O R \u2022dchlfe I this at l ist thy Lite, T o sink to sacha drc ioful state ! See she shud fers, start»and rases Of grinning ghosts and gaping graves.Of antique arms, and baanted hills, O.tott\u2019rtng turrets, moald'rmg wajji ; The fulgent t ross, the oionki -h cow 1, T tie raven\u2019s flap, rhe bo-iing owl, The warning kn-,1 , the mystic roil, With horror strike her fienzied soul.Tlie murky vauii\u2019aiernfi gloom, T he cch-oe* from the dismal ronsh, T lie quiv\u2019n g v «h.the crimson knife, All gorj - tth file blood of life, T.ie seer t ceh» the glimmering light, T lie putit I cof'., ci,c flitting i.fit, 'l h-.pt takiit chain, tne maKtc citcst, With ten or fiil hci ft muc bicax.Ko more *h \u2019ll p :i the fa ry dieam, I he awful, yet tile pi asm., heme, No more pourtray wi h matchless art, T o 'Mfch e i, yet del ghr the heart ; G tn tn her ha* left he throne.An J n adu 11 now unupt alone.X.ct frozen 'ouf», pfcus<- an.I mce, Cali h.r ti,c oauve chiia ut vice j FOR SALE, AT THE St.ROC HUE WERT.ADrF.RTlSEMKKT.THE Subscuber l»eg% leave to inform hii friends and the Public in gettnal that he has removed from the St.km brewetv mtu the lower part of ^ll.Chai les Sniitli\u2019» house in the Lower Town iiufkei»pUce, wiierc Jit has tor sale.Button, Mild Ale & Porter, bv the Honliead., L>o.Do.& ly>, by the Dozen.AT Till fOLLOW\u2019IMG f » I C Z >.Burton >«\" Hhd, - .- /es» Mtid Ale 0^ du,.17 W r do.:J .Porter Aad eventeen shillings returned for liml., , T'HF.folio»ing Ben.frcll,\tand \u201e, !«¦'''\u201cO»^ U.C a,.d «cclleor.ualicv:-\tI \u201c'!r L O per Hhd.1 Burton Ale M.ld do.Po-*er Table keeping beer fificeti fluilm^s will be j aid for each returned ii good order, within two aiuut.ii fro h the time of delivery, m The fobferiber inten Is rer/oving from Beau-port to the PfemtlVs aboutVlir middle of next month, whan he will eir^fte ftich orders as h m *y be fsTOrrd with ;\u2014the mean wild t cs tn.iv be directed to M:.Korirt M i vis, who will fee that t.cy are complied wuh.\u2014 As the fubfcnfier me.ns to nuke his brer of the very best kind, he cannot give .inv ciedit beyond two months, and to the cafe where cuth is not fe.it pu te ha fers will furnifh «hnr n ites payable at a period not exceeding th.it time Wx.MEIKLEjO fN.Qisthec, l6tb February 1807.Mild do.Pot ter do.fr do *4 ~ ^ .I nree shillmgs pei doz allowed for bottles rc.-L g turned.A lew day» nonce will be rrqw j iTkJ *0, \u2019*\") S\",,n<,ty ul l,,e \u2022'hove beer watm u 1 r cxpottat.oo.\t\u2014 ALbO\u2014 A te gtuisof the vet» best velvet ,V c n.mOaCork>.I he subtcnbcr intending 1,, a Stoic ul vai tou» artKlcs iicccatai y (i 4f \u201e lat lur shippi.i^) as swn at the navi^st \u201e (| open, bx^s to s.ictf ti c p- t.gr of his tneues Louse' J 9-u.n \u2018.la'het p.a r, Quchec, Hit Manh 16\u2019ts\tJUtMff T AOl/sfE.HE Salfcnbc.lie 1 en y irqaefl» ;'| j, 1 ndt ole J 10 buii to in a k c ininirdiatr Psy., meat ui ^ive apptoved uotes at 4 .non .s e itui jiiie Umc may be liquidated, and a,J r cs 'sjosto w bo n Jic uu) he md.bu-o, arc icqsicflcd to iciui ir.til II account.tlut i/tcy may ts.ex-n.B.id and p«»u.1 tic lacoovenicnee h haa e»| cneiKcd irwa the ^irat MMitciMion (bewi, to U«ii» wiic .ivra in, oMjre* him to un .ai that in\t,t h.r.lrrdpround.c».^,,, «Z-fort l,g.l ».Il,\u201e., c.,., , .0\t^ te.e« .Mm,\tf«u*.y .,11 be g.»e,.,1,.,^:.\tW\u201e.w\t\u2022 ' Jo*» \u201c UMOX COME AX Y Of Q U E B f c.THE Uuio'i C'oropanv of Quebec wifli hoi row, from «\t* thnoy-id to vevrult Pruj olals receivr i by Wm.LINDSAY Juvr.Quebec, Feb.1<, 1S97.\tCH.U.C.Q.9/ TO BE LET.And pc([,(llon givtn the \\J1 May next.AHou a md its dr i 3 B E VB him t- Jaé .aV.dependencie»,\u2014 No.», S.Sta-.flius fireet, at t^rlent m the 01 « ti'.«iÇit^or Nti».Johnfon.XApply to h luhfc\u2022> .f\twho V| ' 1 f fi,! r.i .< 'h- v> rv b \u2022(! next month the | rice wjl be .a\tJ* Qt/,b'r aqr' /,?.iS jj.S.I: I hr mr ifurc b,-gives 45 wmchcftxi bufhei*.Coal about it r ihc 1 3 gray.will fill ah out primed and icblished Ejr 1 ft O IAS CARY, N r .j.St.Le wss street.ar rn, fotw-printing orrici, 0 19 da >de-street.Price\u2014On z Gci.nra per Annum, "]