The Quebec mercury, 2 octobre 1809, lundi 2 octobre 1809

[" THE QUEBEC MERCURY.VOL V.] Motif IT STUD1A ET PuPULOI ET TRAMA DlCAM, Virg \u2022 (ifrg* iv.5* MONDAY, OCTOBKR 2, 1809.[No.40.foi Salf, at t»c« Suricribrrs\u2019Store, VPPIt TOWN, TW ! N T Y*sn\t80c Iriih Di.prr.l rcnch C*rat>'ic, Cambric Mualm loi Neck-tioilii.l»u*eaiain(ja *nri Satins black an I Rrc), 1^.1 Baniannat, biack, purple, fawn fit prail «*» Velveteenf for l*eli»es ,*carlet Bonbacet, V«i>h& Sali b-iry Flannel lot ChllUIen», Pelt vs, llombai \u2022«, Bomb .Ecen, Snpcrfi'ir black Cimbrtci and Crape, Supeibn-, nuikJlinü a id towiC Cloth», Ca-i nrr«*a, Ha'em Cord, Wain-coin*.R°»f & R0»1* Blanket#, a complete assortment of Hosiery *V GIo i.*blc terms.TOs.DELAMARE.Quebec, 14M1 August, 1E09______ lOT OR STOLEN.Hessian Boots, FEW dozen of good quality, just re.ccived and tor sale at seven dollars a pair ; \u2022ho, laodoZ.yainand worsted Stock.Sm SLl.Box about thrre imhes quire, m^s, from »6».10 331.per dot \u2014and aoo new covered wub b'0*vn paper, \u2018rai d, a d wheat Bags at as.6d.:»Pl\u2019l> lo \"\tHENRY DEAVES, Mr Todd\u2019s Wharf, Sr.Pce* street.dir cted to \u201c Mr John Henry, tarée/ Mr./F.Burnt, dwhc,\" wa* I-ft at ihe aubaCribers* Counting House, bv CJpr B -» ingion, ot the ship Alfred, and ha^d'sa.pca-rd.If m\\ person ha# can id C^iway, bv mi take, thev arc requeued 10 le .ve it at Mr B ins\u2019» ; if stobn, a reward of TFN CUINkAl will ouid on » he conviction of ihe ihef, bv p\tJOHN MURE fit.co.Quebec, a6th August, 1*09.be FOR SALE.^0 M.feet Pme Timber.30 do.feet Oak do.so do.Stundatd Staves.Apply to '\tGEORGE SYMES.Quebec, jgth May, aioj.\tM 314 tbt St.\tChronicle, J-*nt >2.REFORM OF PARLIAMENT.Th* following arc ii>mc\tforriMf pa''.)cli yt»ii i>ropo«fd rr mi* to Jet as a Steward at thr approat hin^ meet ir.£ of the Fricndi of Pi>iiamcn>ary Reform, o.i^lit to fu»e received an earlitr anawer ; but 1 Save not found it e.lsy 10 command stifncier-leisure to reply to u, in the manner w hich ao.r.t ed to me due, hoah to the respectaj^lity of >our cha acter, and ro the lepprm-'nts ot esfejm, wh ch i know t * have b^en entertaineo towardt you by my father and b other.\u2014'*en aibîc 1 liât in many impO'tant points there is .1 coincidence of opin on between us, while at the same time 1 feel it impossible to accede to sour pioposal, ! wish to state at some length, t^e motives which influence me in ibat deter mmation.To Pai liamentai y Reform mv fa-flier and brother were, as vou well know, ae.i-Ions fnenit ; and all my own rally préposés sions were in fasour of such a measure.| taw with ahhoireiKe the ascendcncv, which tinpriii ctplcd and wo thless characters often «cquited througit t!ic inUneitce of corruption.I I am en 1 utl the public ad vannges so often tarnficed to) the interest of individuals.1 was struck w ub the glaring manner in which the practice of\u2022 our Con titotion appeared 10 deviate from i'S theory ; and ! P auered myself, ihit if the re presentation of the people w'Tr put o*i a proper fnopntf, these abuses would be eradicated ; \u2014 th.he House of Common».1 believe tbit through» simi lar train of reasoning, r»y fsther and brother had tern led, at well as many other mm of distingunhed worth, to the saxe of im » i«.\u2014-Of the correctness of 'hts practical cooclntton, 1 have since seen rea on to d >ubt \u2014not that my feelings of\u2019abhor.-en.e and contempt forcorrup lioo and venality have iinder^ono 4nv change\u2014 in these sentimevts l do not ta 1 short of those henored relatives, wuh whose opinions you wnc well arquain\u2019ed ; but I have had an on portunuy which they never had, of seting'lie practical application of tl ore p:incipies, fmm which we expected consequences so beneficial.} With gruf and raàr'ificatton 1 perceived tfiat no such advantages had resulted, as from the j ory 1 had be-n led to ar.ticipate.41 1 allude to the observations which I had occasion to m^kc in the Unncd btates of Anie-nca, where a system of iCarcsentation is esta bhshed, aut roj^hing as nearly as perhaps is jf.acttcablc to the tb-oicuca.pcrlcction at which the ft tins oflui industry, arc suramrf;, country in the world :\u2014h.u«lly Cin WpV* one that bears the least romp imun ir .1 .a.__I.\t.L-.\u2014i.i \\\t«»nito*« 1 »rt aeqaaintsnee l-n'\tc» ui uur s ,o*rinm>n' tn.f frequency ot election prove no bu to the ol such maguiiudc, at to wur-nt lb- 1.misconduct ot rcurc'tnrativr* ; and that a po i.itioo of remedies, which, if they ^ ^ ucal adventurer, ratted to power by populai may kill.\u201d favour, it fullv at likely to abtisf that power, as is the purchaser of a rotten boiough.There is no gmund for th* 1 lea, that in that country public atfnrs a-c managed wuh a higher re^ar 1 to the p-btic welfare than in osir, »tan- frj»i the S< to- York Guzttie.The spplicttioi of the power ofitr*,,* ____ The Padi-i'mcot ot K.tgltn l, wuh all tlte purpo.e* ot traniporratio , ts ©ae of ib its corrupt! mt, cannot be accused of proceed useful discoveries which will distip^0,^(ilf iogs ap.roiching, in di'g\u2019a.'e, to the infantou» iSth century, and will fund the ajr?jf, gf .nd hare f-erd jo\u2019s, which have been trantac hx^itçtrcn and Fulton to she latest iHHiem, 'ed in many ot ih ^iWtelatur s of America, hor ihough thr force ot steam ha* been Ion# It isevidcnt to the tWM^üretcis observation, known, and they do not p«etend to My iha[ that the state of pobl^m^jt'is there worse in the m?Mt of that discovers ; yetituett, than in England\u2014dial pOTitteh\u2019.integrity is lest tam that they are thf only ; rnons tsboh^ »espected\u2014thaï corrupt ro nives have not the'succecdesl in applying that lon e ,0 th* p*.«a nr debtee of check from feelings of honor pose» of navagation, \u2022« \u2022» to be p irtxal astheyb.«ve atnon^ Englishmen.To sunt up alth iugh it 11 certain th n very many aborm tempts have been made «0 accomplish n desirable an obpet.No the ptopertyp| loon* are at ih't day very tansili-r to 11, all, there is no too-n tor somparison between the two countries in that great test of a good government, the administration of justice*\t_ 44 When I Consider tlint country thus deb.a thousand efforts have been made to»t*n iiem in the m >st esscaual points of practical |them to the service ot mankind\u2014Aod m good goverument, has a Constitution framed would not a person ihai ihould diKcver 1 upon the very principles, to which tfie adtro means of directing the course of ba^lcai u cates of Parliam*u.iry Reform hwk, as the Ins pleasu-e, b* as mush rnuilrd to thterti found ition of every'nro«f>®ct of amendment in jn of 4 discovery, as h* who first oncovertf o ir own, I cannct aboid rl^ conclusion that their rower of »!C*nuon f these principle* arc ftVsct)^.1 he reassm } A drsue to see tfte steam bojtb'oaghti; m^s wh ch have occur\\d to me, as to the tl* greatest peifrct on induces me 10otfofa so iree of ih'fallacy, \\»ou!d leid me into too the conssdeianun ol tho»e whu n it m») co*.^reat length ; but 1 think the ob ervations to cern, the follow mg hints : winch I hare already retC'red, siilficicntlv jus-i Observing how 10.sc11 room was vnuedbi tify the opinion that Parliamentary Reformm the bows of t! c atc.-m boat biingshaq,! hngtarid svoslld not have the efly-cts which its was led to quemon s»t.etfter ibere vsi most «i ceie and z'alsut friends anticipate.^advantage to that form, and from rethcicu 4* Fully as 1 am impress'd wuh the opinion as well as experiment, 1 am convufr'd that that Parliamentary Reform is not the road to is not\u2014I am confii'nt that square hevi |nt any practical pubhd ^c.icht, 1 am very far a scow, wauldanswcr the purpo-.e, as veil.: rutin thinking shat thsfl is nothing which re-1 respect to tp*cd, U not betirr ilun ti« *e^« q urn Rctoroi in our vcrtiment.I am well form, which those vessels now have.Th convinced, that there are many cornipiions of ^dvintagcs of 1 he squatc bows m pnntcfcui th must pernicious tendency, wtuch may and vemencc are so obvious, and particafarlj te 0'i^.ht to be erad cate.l.But we have to con (ferry boats, iha4 it is unnecessary to pesa si.h r, how that object is to be effected, witfiojt ;them out, endangering b- nefnj «1 sitll greatrt importance.i Where a vessel is to beat to windward, bn 44 1 he advocates rsf a radie il and emirrJte- the wedge form is necessary, besatise it 11 ti form have no», | c>hnp«, fairly considcreinhe t'ut chiefly, that she wedges h1*! w*», H 1 ex'remc di(E*ulty of guarding every avenue to!may so câpres* rnyself, ihiough the witcr, 1! abuse, and how often the measures which are applied on* line with h?t couue, theteiiM t.krn for rep'CSsing it in one quarter, *ctve idvaniage in the wclge form; but 01 ta only to open fur it .>omene» chinnel still more contrary, 1 bel.eve a great disadvantage.Fc; pernicious.We liavc a Government in which, a vessel cunsructed scow taihion, villriCt with all its corruptions, ihcie is much essen* lover the water much easier than a jhirpua lid gt>od ; tfiough particular cjSCi of bard will push through it.It is well known lia snips may undoui ieilly be quoted, yet u would a scow before the wind, will commoolyia! not be easy to hrdjrhet in the past or pirsent faster than 4 sloop; though the lath of atcv* state >f the v.o Id, akniailcl to the gre4t miss are greatly less than the tails ot a sloop, t i\u2018^irl|»cl '\t\u2018\tr.s« of public happu»es>,*wtveh lias grown up England, under ihose institutions of which sve complain.'1 he protection which our Govern ment alfords to the personal liberty of the sub.jec, the putity ot the distribution of justice, and die ictuiity, iu which every uaa may enjoy pronomoQ to the respective weigh' oltK hulls.Our Staten-lsland Ferry-boats always bra the Pilot boat* with a fair wind, bctansria former have more ol tbe scow foim ; b;'il have aicer**;ned ilic concctocas of myiJcnd 315 It U in con'empJatiou toopfn \u2022 *0»n *f ®i* ,w!iich those ptpen contjinrd.Tt will br jer* te», !B>o « hit h tli»* name» ot all I'te i«>dn»uJa*\tti\u2019at\tthe\tftnutii armatr.Cfii h»i had the elicit tif jU who h ivr K9n(* irgularly ihrowgh >hc eU c»ve\td\toii fionapirtc tium Vienna.It i» shall br rerouted.\t(hunrver to be «leploie»! t hat any lost battle of A comnuitic.itio»t of ihrie ^roceetf'n^* ha* a»nt»»iice houMlatvc I t die ty^cr l«*o-e H a .h:Cl *\t\u201c h^'.hrj.The sen.n peeling .-n 'hr 8th of July, to tak* into *o; * \u2018P?!' \"K »l'*uu d teleried to tf:e ptenme*, ff,,Cc b d ,\u2018®t *FI C4,rd 41 'be latest dates By suleiaton the pto.tmy ot a gene-al i iocu-.In co»*«rqucnse of ih* public iy given 10 ihu dc\twc \u20181J C icen.1ot ,i,e ,u*i wc >h nk hi» on uf th- Cow Pock w.ihm th-ir town -, » \u201c-*'P\u2018»on to ihc Plainufl'i Catalogue, a Mr T it- !JCjrnot ,J,\u2018 ul * Com, l.at triumph over mwufeewas appointed to attend to the b i*t *,,cr «Rphcd and w-J»\", i8'9.nild have been anlinpaird from the respecta nsade 00 obj ruoti.\tc.n8* J tonsiJcrauon of the long and dliiyetihe name» athked to them, and thein-i Omhepattol the Defendant, much sties» 1*nl\u2018|!11 *c VIC* 'be Saldiet» employed in \u2022bnaais threr fully attended tlie inoculation, w a» Did upon ihc excessive ch irgr made by *,1C\t' A ^ V e t t x a n Battalions, has 'bub took place on tne ao'h July, and follow ihc PlJinttri, who, ii wa* contended, wou d hue day», under : he Cure of Dr.AmusHo.book, b'^n amply remunerated by the tol.pa^d into rdaiiended by une Selectmen md the Com L'oun.ee ; ihc retuh of w huh »s follow»\tA witness for the Defendant also swot h-1 JJ7ioialni.ir.bei inoculated of ali agc> ftom **\u2022' pic ent at one of die tnteivtews wuh ihc itson hsio opwaoit of 70 sears, being more Plaintiff ; thuno rarii of co nmunon fee, wctc Fnitme fuunfi of ihr vshole 1 opulauon of the sl»e«n 'O the former ; but ihat u was mutually w»n, md ** uh f w cxcrplign», the whole of «\"dei',o^d.hclVj.niiH wa»tointc'trien fut-t; 10d1vic.ua * I ahlr \u2022«» the snuii po* ; wuh «her than meiely to refer up, h« airona to the i>f«tfei'uon of abo.il eight Case», where the DeferUai»-, who was to take the lioable of tie fiup'oni» h.ve a, peue 1 S'fongls marked, and gociation.Kcss'Uled the individuals to ay bv, and give I he Jury found for the Piaimiff, dumagei P'heir usual employ n em lor a day 01 two 3^1.j '' t Oilierv have been o niildiy aHertrd at 1 a't b rq ,b e 10 atierd, w.ft.wui mfertu|dion, BU* bu»y a d laborious Calls ot tlie seavon, ltd io 15 day.from the connnci cement of the locr.-, the w hole wa» hap} sly itTnunaicd.'' ^'\u2018mi kablc tbar ainOng th.t Dige num fr 0! b.th exes and ail a.es, no ad idem») sick rnh.- taken } lace duniig tbe course of ihcn wcuiattoo.QUKBhC, SEP I F.MBER JO# I Of).S.ucc oui last vvp h >vc been fjvoted \"it.Loud >n ('nutter', of the s t j.d 1 i «-f Airguu, imughfby Captain Ketch, from Hu.I, Iron wh.vh piprr» srvetul par.igruph» will ap near in ^ur columns of (hit d.i>, hang all .he iiueiligcuce, ot any giuctal importuucc, .r.jr.BAW BATTALIONS, hit ocen m jsi j\u2019i4Ci >»i* y pleased toe inraaod, that hi.Koyil Vetera 1 B ttulion» shall, «h n drawn up Wt.h o:tier tieop», i ike the Htghi of j|| re* giuie.its of Infantry, thu.e of hi» Majesty'» h ot Guards, a id the Royal Aitillety, only cxcepied By ib-Commander in Ch cf'i Commacd, HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant General* To /tear, Co/.ZOUC*H.Ccm\u2019sjiJiof H.M.to k H.V.H iloto.c, MARRIED\u2014-On Thursday, Mr.Willi, am Siikpparo, of Montreal, to Miss Har.RI lt Campbell, daughter of Mr.Atciubald Cainpl e>l ot ih.» c ty.PORT OF QUEBEC.A R R i V .U.Sept.27.\u2014Schooner Admiral Coffin, Pdchat, H lifax, >4 d.iys passage, to P.F.CulL beck, e>q, in ballast\u2014une passenger.\u20228th«\u2014H.M.b.Bonne Caoycnuc, W.Mou»* 316 Uivt> on of tin 6 b.59 h 91»< 9ih, jSiiu'j 44*b r< Atuicnlk will attack C^nU.Piek.-Brig Acûvè,\u2019 Wiudcr, stranded at Apple\t-\"J firmoesa, js to leave noaoatety fo.vi/\t^ Vmm Hillfax :8d*v.'' I Th * ahjve bulletin ha» no date, nor are the tCOnd divuioo, under the con land of SnL^ ,^-SIup a own, G:\tItom\ts8fl >\tntenuoned J\tHope, u de.uned for th S ho.en t!*n^ uia^e, «oMr.Spa.dcn, mbumr.^\t4\tVIKNNA, July «.Ithe Noi.h pa,» of Walcheren.The ope,^ -\u2014\t\u2014\t.\t.\t.\t1 ' - 1 » \\i,L.___________\t.11\t.pr*t On rh?a\u2019h the Anstri.in Gen.Von VV'\u2022it- ac com milieu 10 & ! Knw olf arrived at the lirai qtivtcrs of the Em 1 tyre C»oie.AUSTRIAN ACCOUNT.\t.Rfki is, Ju 1.Y it.j peror Napoleon, and in th \u2022 liante of the Aixn»| Th- following hit hem made publ.C here by ' duke Cltarlet pro, o«d to treat to.an arm.st.cr an the imperial Austrian Embus).Op the 4«h the en tnv threw a new bndje over the Danube Irum the island of I^>bau Tire n.iture of the ground and in immense nuan.,j,y ol artillery, gruatly taciliiarrd tins opera- Tht.Hj^iic Gazette of the 1 4 h inti, account of the ik'leat ol the army at uen.and preît ninarte» ol peace.The Emperor hav Junot by the Untied Corps of Radevoktuch tn^ stunthed hw refuul, Gen.Wcsaenwolf sta- ktenmaycr, and the Duke of Uruns^.ckUels, ted that the uimv of the Archduke Charles was,near Burcuih.still >00,009 strong; but he received for ai».11 was te;H>r»ed at Dover on Sarurdsy, tke >wer that thefase olthitarmy would be dect- Flushing had aunendeted witho tt o/po-um to the Uttiish sguadrois, which amvelcSiwt The Imperial and Royal A-my was ded .two day*.\u201d .\t.\tjto .oe isrH.sn ^ron, wmc .a,.,ve c8.« in the Iiei'ht.behind the Rusb.tch, and| (FT Ï He foregoing ts certainly an imponant .taiioi.on 1\t,,,a t,fD»y Se»«n a, and it w^s letolve I to man our boat *'\"4 \"rt\"- ^ ,hLSB*,ir.T' ^\t.b.-iiinbuted\t% ll it calf i t kick I m i pj.mdrrrd .I \u2022 ¦\t< \u2014hut pr.ay let it* calmly C' n^ire i ict tt.d then decids.It .a not.nous fui\u2014\u2019.hit Fi.inr» hat depre» dated oVom c \u2018mmerre f ont the Y