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w wirtvtr rwfmlfully pimr your eicellency to to plei- 4 t mflifdunicftu o thii houtt thoie eommuoktuoo alrea dy mitd by your exctluncy upon subjact deeply intctf iftfl vital iourctti of th province and w still choriih m kept ibti ihoy may food to inuro to th peoph of thia province aa anjoyomdt ofthe coniiitutionil rights and liberties with- at wfakb iottmal pftupeniy and good government canoot ex ist although the rguulion of the post office department in this province ouf ht oo be cooiidrcd as paramount with those important matters we consider it as a fit and proper subject of cosideratien forth legislature ofthis province in this view we will respectfully receive all communications from your ex- celteocy ralating thsreto we will not fail to consider the measures which were adopt ed to reestablish the quarantine station at grosse isle in the spriag of last year in the hope to prevent for the future he re currence ef the dreadful calamities wbicb have visited this province we ragrct in common with your excellency the failure of the supply bill which passed this house in ibe session before lest last year the proceedings ofthis house were founded n the ancient practice of parliament and on the spirit of the 1 eaetituiion itself and otber considerations kodwn to this tiouae for the benefit of his majestys subjects in this province and of his government therein we regret that his majestys government should have resorted for defraying the expenses of the civil government and administration of justice to the ap i plication of any funds levied in this ptovinco which arc of right and ought effectually to be under the control of this house we alee regret thai any otber funda should have been applied to the same purpose without the votes of this bouse thus des- treyiog the wholesome and constitutional influence which the pee pi ought to haw through their repieientatives over every vraneh of the executive government we however defer any further comment in tle hope that the commuuica lions which your eicellency was pleased to announce will render lull justice to this house our determination on matters so es eentially connected with the interests of our constitutents and the peculiar privileges ofthis house shall not fail to be guided by what we may conceive to be the constitutional rigbta ofthis brutb of the legislature and for the welfare of the province we shell abe receive with the same views the estimate of the expanses for the currant year which your eicellency is pleased teeey will belaid before us at an early period of the session we beg leave to assure your excellency that this house is ever disposed to apply itself with theutmost diligence to the diecharge of its duties as representatives of the people hy whom we have been elected from amongst whom we came and amongst whom we are to return to partake in their lot it ia in that solemn capacity and after a recent election that we think it our duty respectfully to declare to your excellency hat the great body of th people vf this pruvioee without die tinctton consider ths cxtensiou of the elective principle and hi introduction into the constitution of the legislative council in particular the full and unimpeded enjoyment hy the legis lature of this province and by this house of their legislative and constitutional rights and the reparation of all grievances and abuses as essential to the wants condition and happiness ef his msjestys faithful canadian subjects and necessary to strengthen their confidence in his majestys government we also most respectfully pray your eicellency to be pleased to eonsey to his most gracious majesty this our humble but 6rm opinion so that his majesty and his parliament may remove the causes which have impeded the prosperity of the province end ecure for the futuie the welfare and content of its inhabi unts under the government of his majesty vindiauor we well paid forthe proposed paper hi take for we ich 9 motto ineorntpta fitlrn nuliiquc veritas id common sense in the patriot but of b description as most of our rcadtrs pre acquainted with now we ore ahoui to hettror see naked 1 ntih and from the discriptiop in the prospectus it will no to shall certninly be a nondescript we have only tti to take this hnsly notice of it in our next we be more particular toronto recorder this morning liis worship the mayor proceeded to pass sentence upon riddell and la ton for h riot and assault in the hotel on the peninsula months imprisonment and a fine of 15 each- a gentleman from batti maine on a visit w quebec favored us this morning with the ported jirgus of thursday the 17fh instant wenm the following extract from the proceedings of the house of representatives on the 13th mr- brooks of portland laid upon he able a resold authorizing the governor to appoint two persona i0 confer with tfe citizens of quebec with reijarfl t0 a survey upon their part oc the proposed lailivd from portland lo quebec the resolve was oc read and laid upon the table quebec gaz mr jarvis wfis 2 or 3 a head hy the scrutiny w night having knocked oft 16 of the votes for m small while mr jarvis lost about 7 all ho ver will scarcely do toronto recorder a dreadful murder was committed ft day or 0 ago in the gore of toronto hy a person nartfd bulger who we understand has been arrested d lodged in jail the deceased was named mk4 and we hear met his death by a blow of an axe the cut across tie peninsula a respect- meeting of the friends to this measure took place on tuesday evening at the commercial hotel wh select committee was appointed to request tfte governor to name an engineer and also to reqt1 the mayor and corporation to name another to meethimforthe purpose of reporting on the probable result of the cut the committee waited on h excellency this morning who very readily nantfd captain bonycastlc at the same time expressing a hope that a measure so adapted to promote the health of the city would be carried i ito effect his excellency fllso promised to do all in his po to put the entire marsh at the disposal of a comjtf- ny with a view to its being reclaimed a far as it is possible to do so there is every reason to expt that the corporation will take the same view of the case and if the report of llio engihets shall be f yorable a number of wealthy merchants and oth f in the city have expressed their intention to take ijp a sufficient quantity of stock to complete the undr taking toronto courier r ir- com- large the mail bag recently lost between prescott ai this place has been found in the possession p a person of the name of andrew cook his exat ination took place on the 4th iitst before g v- miovinoial at a public meeting of mechanics and iradesineu held in the town hall on the 2d march 1835 pur suant to public notice mr wm atkinson was cal led to the chair and win ketchum requested to act at secretary the chairman having explained the object of the meeting it was moved by jas armstrong seconded by philip cooper jjwtw that it is with no small degree of inte rest we view a public meeting of the mechanics and tradesmen of kingston called to take into conside ration the best means to be adopted to prevent the mechanics and tradesmen from being injured by the introduction of mechanical labor into the provincial penitentiary moved by malcolm mclellaoj seconded by mat- ihaw stone rerctvetf that it is paying very little respect to a mechanic after having served a number of years to acquire a trade to make an honest living through life to set all the criminals in a couutry in competi tion with him moved by john m murchison seconded by mi chael empey resolved that owing lo the small number of in habitant in comparison to the united states where 00 mucli injury has been proved to have arisen to the mechanics by employing convicts at mechani cal labor it will hve the trflcct of glutting the mar ket in this province with their products and so de prive iht mechanic of a fair remuneration for his la bor moved by william musson seconded by amos i or ton rtotvtd that the mechanic and tradesman have to bear equally the duty of subjects therefore claim equal protection with the other classes of their fellow subjects moved by james mathers seconded by david hcpoyrnr resolved that mechanical tradesmen from a considerable part of the population ofthis province and that a fair remuneration ought to allowed to persons the nerve and sinew of a country and that a laudable spiritof honour ought tu be raised among them rather than depressing them by putting con victs on an equal footing with them moved by robert emery seconded by john tyner resolved that is the opinion of this meeting ait no better plan can be adopted than employing the convicts in breaking stone for macadamizing as we are fully satisfied that the city of toronto could alone employ alt the convicts thai will be in ac penitentiary for some years to come not to men tion other public roads in the province and by so doing injtfe no class of men but confer a benefit on she whole movd by edward robinson seconded by j rttqlvtd tbat the petition founded on the aly effolutoosj iw presented to us be adopted for signatures moved by james beaity seconded by james repaired that this meeting recommend to the mechanics throughout the province to cooperate with as in order to prevent mechanical labor from fcciag introduced itito the provincial penitentiary established at kingston and only waiting for a grant of inooey to go into operator iojipediately w atkinson chairman wm ketchum secretary city of toronto march 2 1835 tor courier awawtoaowto nrwarafea we have seen the prospectus of a new paper proposed to be about to be published in this city and entitled tat 4 wood esq to whom we are indebted for the pa ticulars which are as follows that he went out to work eflrly in the mornis of wediirmjay the 18th february that he found leather bag lying on a small bridge in the pub highway not far distant from his welling th he picked up paid bag carried it into his own hous gave it to his wile and said u do not touch ll till i come home the wife thought she would lft to see what there was in the bag and broke open 111 lock and found a number of letters scaled and pacfi ets contained in canvass bags tied and valcd sh broke all the seals and found four fifty dollar note two twentv dollar notes and one five that oboi eight or nine oclock in the evening of that day li to hit tee of the house whose authority in most instan ces extpnds to compel the attendance of persons and to send for pa pern and records upon the power of ihe common in this respect the author of the constitutional history of eng land is explicit it has been always deemed a most important and essential privilege of the houses of parliament that they may punish in this summary manner by com mitment all those ho disobey their orders to at tend as witnesses or for any purposes of their con stitutional duties no inquiry could go forward be fore he house at large or its omnroittees without this power to enforce obedience especially when the information is to be extracted from public offi cers against the secret wishes of the cgurl no man would seek to take away thia authority from parliament unless he is either very ignorant of what has occurred in other times and his own or is a slave in the fetters of some general theory the collector of the customs at the port of quebec stands not in the relation of a confidential servant of the government entrusted with its se crets and bound to withhold them from the world he is more emphatically a servant of the public than of the crown and the information in his pow er to disclose and which the assembly sought fo at his hands could hardly he denied to any euqu or in the relation in which htf stands to the inunity of the province as the collector of a share of its revenue and peculiarly fitted by the office which he holds for putting the public in pos session of the required information the facts within his knowledge were as much at the command of the assembly asofthegovernormchief no routine uf prescribed duty none of the respects which are due to superiors no confidence would have been violated by a compliance with the wishes of the assembly an exercise of power on the part of the assembly of jamaica in 1808 far transcending that which has been just exercised by theassembly of this pro vince ultimately received the sanction of the home government however much we may distrust the intentions of the assembly we must respect their constitutional privileges and we lament that this occasion should have been seized upon to resist the exercise of a right which even if devoid of the sanction which is conferred by precedent might have been recog nized and acted upon in the particular instance with out any compromise of principle or dignity on the after a protracted and laborious investigation of four days ihe case of isaac jones and james jones accused of the murder of louis marcouxat sorel at tho period of the late election in that borough wasihisday brought to a close afier a luminous charge from the chief justice the jury retired and in about half an hour returned into court witl verdict of not guiliv montreal gazette all the vcssls which sailed last remark off thbisntreai market ourquowiioni f laiprort- d sisssarsr once ifn ttocjf in ttore is about 600 bvrsli iwrs tbao ti thu iin period lut year wheat tho market has bri quiet throughout tbawwik and we havo no alteration it price to notice a panel deliver nble in may on board craft in the chammy rifer fated in vain at 4 per minot cfah selleri of goods upper canada m j deliverable ex first boats have appeared ot 4 6d- per co ibe j but no transactiouahftfcconie to our know ledge flouk this article hat been more enquired for aula wis mede yesterday of 800 hanol canada fine et23i per barrel 90 days ftjaymlof u s superfine ofa prime brand ijj- likewiio been ptaccd at 25s 3d per barret w dayi west india prodcc mwlai r only thei prooocjc immediate doing y cneir immediate wante at our quotations fkottttoxl there uj no alteration in li a fall from our ports for liverpool liad been accounted for at the lime of the independence packet ship leaving with two exceptions the elizabeth raiton and the mary birkett fenrs arc entertained that both must have foundered- b ii returned from his work fanny his wife said that the bag fuund in the morning was a valuable one and that it contained money sufficient to put chasea pairofgood horses he andrew cuov then enquired of d3id fanny what the leather cori tamed the wife replied there werehundreds of let ters and papers that contained a considerable stnv of money and then got the money and gave it r htm cook then enquired what she had done wir in consequence of messrs macfarhno a co having adver tiscd in veral papers of the province that the stationery c sold by auction on the 5th of march 1835 were not seized on their premises by the sheriff the annexed account of the transactions i made public 0ft palmer the druggist having an ezetin tu his houje proposal 0 sett ft is stock of stationery frc- fuun under kbvftj to jfi marjarlant a co who agreed to give he tnpoicc priets in he night time the property xbqs ftmuvui by messrs moearbwe 4 co s jerrants to their own atore and bills xcert tendered for the amount said tp be near 400 above d ruble the real value of the goads these bills are found to be valueless and the transaction beemes of no utility to tdr palmer who is worst off than kfore in the mean xckile the creditors altorrmj htors of theremotat and without anymore to do em ploys the sheriff to reprize the goods and deposit thcrfi in a plate rf safety these art the goods tiat were offered for sale on thursday uu the alluding to which has bten constituted a tibl the daajeu yppy markfit pricbt kincsroir thomoat march 12 1835 a i 20 0 0 s 0 2 0 4j 25 0 0 9 0b 1 0 0 0 20 0 11 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 per lb do beef by the cm do at the mill per lb mutton by the sheep per lb do attheital per lb fresh pork per cwt fresh butter tub do eggs per doz american flour per brl canada do do do do per cwt wheat prbolicl rye do do corn do do i ii do do oats do do polatoee do do hay per ton sirawpcr bundle fire wood pci cord siji fowu couple pork mess bb do prime mess 1 d 15 0 t 04a 0 0 0 3ja 22 6 0 8 a 00a 0 10 a 00a 17 6 a 10 0 3 0 a 29 a 28 a 20 tt 18a 19a 30 0 a 0 ij i 8 0a 0 4 a 1 0 a 80 0 70 0 a 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 i 0 j 0 0 fluirlrt- in thia town on ihe t0imblbjrthircv 4rbdxacco smarl mr ja haatfojs orbructilklo mlmuiry annxvcrft clocmtdamfaurefkr daokl lvf r ju of tlte tow aabip otkirtmdn t i sr3on seige tmu thia sign of the tiroes would augur hi improvement in our literary circle and surely we would rejoice at it aa we can spefck feeliogly there uc at proeent more published in toronto than the letters and papers that said bag contained oi was told hy her that she had burnt and destroyed them all that the amount ofmoney received fro his wife was four fifty dollar noted two twenty dot lar notes and eight firsu of billu of exchange ftf 500 sterling each thus has the indiscretion of a wife ruined tw probity of herself and husband if credence can w given to what he has said both have been corif roitted ojail for trial cornwall observer the arrest and commitment of the collector tf his majestys customs for the port of quebec l ihe authority of the house of the assembly for supposerl infraction of its privileges in refusing tl lay before the house an account of the number i vessels which arrived at the port jith fhp tgnnnr jilid tflb number of d sembuiud ns collected from die regis ters of the customs has excited much and deserv ed attention the privileges of parliament arc in some instan ces so obscurely defined that the expression of a decided opinion upon the question might be shun ned without any apparent impropriety but we are unable to conceal from ourselves that this exercise if power on the part or the assembly may be justi fied by a consideration of the constitutional duties which are assigned to that body and by an appeal to analogous cases m england and in other colo nies the commons of england are the general in quisitors for the realm and it is their principal care and duty at an early period of the session lo appoint general committees for ihose objects which affect their own right or the interests of ihe peo ple whom they rercenl such as the administra tion of justice grievances trade privileges or elections the power of compelling the attendance of witnesses uldtne production of documents fur the illustration of ftiy matter which falls within tm scope of their investigation has never been ques tioned with any dtrce of success in all grants of jurisdiction supreme or inferior every power is understood to becmivrrcd without which the juris diction would be mitigatory- every judicial diame ter however limited may be his function is vest ed with all die poueis which are ncceroary cither for the maintenance of his authority or till execu tion of his decrees hence die powers excivtel by courts of justice to repress iuvilt or enforce obedience to their mandates by attachments for contempt we would claim for die assembly of this pro- vince all the powern and iniinuiiiiies which are ex ercised by the commons of england they oft entitled to command die witnesses for the purpose of obtaining any information connected with du subject of their enquiries and although courtesy may sometimes sanction an appeal in the firt in stance to the head of the government where the proceeding is directed to an enquiry upon which light the commons i a favor de- penoing upun uic iiim of the executive the attendance of any wftithrta required iu a commit- jmutfsm whig to correspondents owta lo the prcurc of mow important miner the raiacr tmldterew- ia production of m observer rejected- the tceouoioftbebau ai camden reontutaiipablibedtncodaeqococe oflhe of ihe ponies iotcrettcd kingston thursday evening uarcu2 1636 we have no later news from e uro pe the vera i lu provinciil parliament are proceeding rapidly in sc ghly imporlantand wefiil lawn the sale of clergy reserves bill in- paasod the ifoue of assembly as also has mr perrys jutybill the debate on which shall appar iq of quebec j paper the township officer bill the most hn- iortint net ofthesattlon wyct ih in iho l iiiivm counril wltiiv it is likoly tu be butchered so much ujo be unaccepta ble to the people tho great provinciul bank bill has not yet come on for discussion it is expected to be thrown out through fiar of it being turned into a political engine to des troy the liberties of tho country should it be rejected two or more local bonks will probably be chartered we have narrowly watched the proceedings of the present house of assembly and arc gratified to observe that their ac tions appear to be governed solely by a desiio to legislate for tho good of the province it would be cruel underthe distressing circumstances of messrs mocfailone co to dilate much upon the singular affidavit made by mr noble palmer touching the illegal sale removal and seizure of the stationery c adverted to in for mer numbers ofthis paper it is melancholy to witness per mm moving in tho station of there parties compelled to have resource to equivocation and quibble to screen themselves from the just consequences ofihcirown illegal conduct we cannot however avoid observing that it seems rather particu lar messrs maclarlane g fhnuld alone be unacquainted with the fact that tlic goods they were purchasing were under seizure while every body else in the town even the very boys employed to icmovctbcm were fully cognizant of the whole affair hy the way messrs macfarlane co aro making a great ouicty about the loss of their credit through the notice we took uttlumn on thursday lat this cry of theirs reminds us of an old tale- a certain person of very scant fame made a pi hl n 1 1 i i a friend that in consequence of a certain iraiiaiiin he wu likely lo lose his character indeed i replied his friend no mighty lo methinhsl can only be thrown by its servants are assuredly not hound to receive aa lending upon the discretion t the election for the county of prescott in place of the late member deceased will commence on the 17th ins- r p hotlum emq- returning officer ilr an inquest was held this ufternoon upon the body of a child said to be rtarved lu death tho parties implicated are lodpi d in jail particulars hi our ncit jmii thursday night last mr a 3 williamson who hud been lodged in the town jail foi sundry acts of vagrancy t- atumpted to commit tukidc by culling bis throat which he portly effected the unfortunate gentleman was immediately removed to the hospital where he now lies we learn in a stale of approaching convalescence jiioii ihe following paid by the toronto papeis to the graiiluationjjr the public liipelite for early pain forwarding the ottawa sxtamoat company having in creased their capital stock by the purchaee of three steamboat on therioau canal inorfler to com plete and extend their line to kingston will here after transact their busioebb under the nme of thk oitawa andhidvau forwardino company the underaigned xue committee chosen to marri age the affairs of eaid company are determined to use their beet endeavours to secure the confi dence of the public by having a aufficient number rtf steamboats and other craft on the ottawa and rideau waters suitable store and steady capable and attentive agents clerks and conductors toper- form the forwarding business with fidelity wfety and despatch although the committee would not wish to un derrate the advantages of any other route they con fidently solicit the encouragement of the public in general as their charges will be moderate and tbey trust that losses and vexatious disappointment caused by delay and damage may be avoided both npward and downward bybtiving their persons and property ennveved on this route for emigrants this line of communication is par ticularly adapted as they may embark all their lug gage along with themselves on board a covered boat and continue in the same the whole length ot the line to kingston being towed die entire di- tance the committee consider insurance unnecessary from the superior safety of this route but as acci dents cannot always be avoided any persona con fiding property to their cflre are particularly request ed to order insurance if they wish it to be done on the opening of the navigation the company will be ready to do an extensive business witn the following boats the shannon receiving two new engines of 40 horse power each a jvviff boat building to receive the shannon engine 56 horie power the ottawa with a 50 horse engine and the st andrews uiketlier with five steamcrsoh the ri- deau canal and a competent number of covered bargss t peter mcgill john kedpath john molson jon thomas phillips john frothinghamchainnsb fmfry cpshivo aaynt ah persons indebted to the ottawa company are called upon to settle their accounts with as little de lay as possible m feb 21 1635 lfthe cobourg star and port hope wardar will each firs the above advertisement tour insertion and send their ac counts lo the companys agent at kingston cau nd se the subscriber lias for sale at his sid a larg quantity of clover seeds pork mackerel comdroontr ft garden seeds 500 pair indian rubber shoes starka and cos axes warranted albo- a good supply of sole and upper leather calf skins see all of which will be bold at low price for cash or hides tcash paid for hides calf ekins wool sheep and lamb skins w ford market square kin march 12 1635- 12 borrowed books the gentleman who borrowed the 1st and 2nd vols of birds pocket conveyancer it requested to return them at his earliest convenience to the of fice of the advertiser john low kingsto march 12 183o- money iost lost on tuesday lasu between tho conimisaariak office and the barracks in front street seventeen dollars in cash whoever has found ihe same and will return it to the wn office shall be hand somely rewarded kingston march 9th 183 11 information wanted information respecting fatnckfarrell rhe lve niuntioii ilie following as an iiiatance of tho atiemion minuntary inlcllipciict the debate m atf pffyl township officwfs bill uic most important bill ofilicsoion appeared i the courierotxho 5lh march mne days alter il occurred it was published the mine day ia toe brtiiti ws sw mil distaot anv liitortnatioii iwm left longford ireland n the year 1838 darmed li kbimton in june 1833 which place he moo ft and ben last heard of was in oxford state of new york will be thankfully received by me brother francis farrell- apply at the whig office kingston march 6th 1936