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injury o the prpfperity of tic province in a f much as the forma it a very few in- ftances make a fettlement while the utter art- deterred by the unfavorable location of theirs such inllances of partiality eaufc much complaint and we humbly pray your excellency will allow every granted to locate any waftc lands which arc now ooen or may be hereafter open for location- 1 2th by a provincial aft patted in cite 55th year of his present majelty en- if an act to licence pradlitiontrsin phytic and forgery throughout the pro vince perfun not licenced according to the provisions of that aft were prohibited from prcicribing for ock per ons or prac tizing phyfic surgery or midwifery un der the penalty of a lundred pounds for every offence many praftitioners of pood character education flcill and experience although not licenced in the manner re quited by that aft were then in praftice throughout the province in cajh of thole branches with the neral confidence and approbation of their patient- by the letter of the aft which went into operation from its date all fuch petftwfl incurred its penaty before they woud kriow of its parage and have lince had no opportunity ftfhriftg examined and liceiced as the board of examiners provided for by the aft hve not been organized this we conlidet a grievance to thofe practitioners zv4 to his majiftys fubjefts at large wio have frequent occidi n for medical aflill- ane and with to be at liberty to obtain it from thofe to whom they can convenient ly apply and in whom experience has caught them to confide 1 3th the common law rule of defcents by which the uldefl fon f an inteltate in herit au his land to the cxchfioa cf the other children appears to vq ot neceffiry in this province then beirg no hereditary ariftocracy among ns rejutrg to l lup- poried by a perpetuation of the real ttlate in one branch of the fmtty oi is it a dted to the circnnttanccs education habits and manners of thofe vv arc the fobjefts of it but is uncongenial with the general fentiments there being probably few if any oarents in the province having more children than an only fon wh would be willing to have their cllatrs defeerd js the law cw calls the delcent and yet from a natural prop fity to defer the cli 1- arfeable bufinef of making a will and if j difficulty of compving with the rcqui- fite leal formalities in cafes of fodden death in the rbfence of coonfel and amidfl the did ref and agitation tf dying icenes maiy period die tvnijout tlvifcug chefu eftate as they tfflttd wifh them to be di vided the princpl f the flatutes of diftiibution flfperfowal cftate feems to be equally applicable in tht country to real tfftates and we iay your excellency to confider the propriety of iceommendiug an aft ro extend and apply lhat equitable principle to the defcetit of intcftate real cftates thefe may it pleafe your excellency are fubjefts on which we humbly pray for redrefs and improvement- incompliance with your excellencys invitation fignified in a letter from your secretary we fpecify them to your excellency and icfpeftfully fubmit them to the confederation and drci- fion of the proper authorities foi granting the relief prayed for with a folcmn afiu- rance that white as free born brujfh fub jefts we aflert and exercife the right of petitioning we feel and as loyal fubjefts will praftie the duty of fubmiflion to the 1aw6 and refpeft for the conltitutional au thorities ernest town nov 28a 18 1 8 o upper canada agricultural society bis excellency srn pfregrine maitiavd k c r patron york jan 20th 1819 at a meeting of the society held this day at the mansion house hotel pursu ant to the resolution adopted at the for mer meeting for the election of officers to the institution to serve until the next general meeting at the opening of liic ensuing session of the legislature the hon mr justice campbell in the kk the undermentioned gentlemen were appointed the hon mr justice campbell prest the hon j baby vice the hon mr justice boultonj prtvts the hon chief justice powell the hon chief justice scott the hon rev dr strachau lt col wells p robinson esq g crookshank ksq l p sherwood esq j ii j bouiton esq treasurer lt c home esq secretary after which it was resolved 1st that the thanks of this society be presented to his excellency the lieut governor for the honor he has confer red upon it by condescending to become its patron 2 that at the next general meeting it be recommended to augmeut the num ber of directors by order rchorne hccj 12fc january 1819 the agricultural society offer the fol lowing premiums for the undermention ed breed animals to be exhibited at the market heuse at york on thursday the 17th day of june next dollars for the best bull 30 second do 20 sbirddo 10 htt cuvr is second do 10 iinldo 5 best ram 15 second do 10 third do 5 the above animals to be between three and live years of age it is resolved that a genonl meeting of the subscribers be held at the mansion house hotel on wednesday the 10th day of february next by order r c horne secy niagara januaro 28 melancholy accident on friday laft mrs llurlt wife of lfaac hurft being in a room by hcrfelf her qlothea caught fire and before they could be extinguilhed fhe wasfo much injured that fhe died in about 2 t h ntlts after died fuddenly on the morning of the 24th infi mrs garret wife of dr garret surgeon 70th regiment kingston chronicle friday fetnraitv 12 1819 in the firft page of ibis days paper our readers have the report of the joint com mittees of the chamber of commerce the common council and the manufacturers of flour of the city of xew- york refpec- ting the depreciated reputation of wheat an flour which goes from that market- lt mull be evident how much the fubjeft of that report merit the attention of the famer the miller and the merchant in ihis province if it be true as we have heard it affertcd that the flour from this province at least from the midlarddftrift brings one dollar left per barrel in the market then the newycrk flour fgll the kisgstos chroslcle no i tiie oracle february 1819 ye should this verse my leisure bfrst resource vvben through the world iftteah itsecret ceers revive but once agenereos wish supprest lrir but a sifdl or eljarma rare to r 1 1 some cod deetl a qeeting hour employ or lirli onefatlitl cheek ith iionrst jy hle- neremv ue though limited iheir sphere tlii short their date as his who traced ihern here by the pit of acheron tet me in the morning thither e mr editor at a period when human folly seems onlweighing he wisdom which should uipport it and reason is far outsfiippfd by imprudence in our career through life 1 have been struck with regret that there an no longer oracles to consult which miht direct us in the conduct littest to he adopted how much superiority did ihis advantage give to the ancients schemes were laid and prosecuted with a certainty of success war was waged hen they were old thoy should be in vincible and peace preceded the destined rout reflecting on this subject my im agination led me insensibly to devise a variety of plans by which tiu evil rniht be remedied the weik methonght would be strengthened the foolish receive sagacity the wavering be made resolute and the wicked be deterred by a public- source of wisdom at which all applica tions should be received and the few be come serviceable to the many delight ed with the idea there shall still be ora cles i cried the ignorant shall be in structed the proud uct humbly and a sstcm of things be established which will chailre disorder and error into reg ularity and correctness 1 immediate summoned all the learned to be found books of science and information were collected and a combination of talents has been produced adequate to all ne cessities competent to judije in most ca ses and gifted with nearl as high pow ers as that of delphian apolio who foretold to the athenians their future diminy as however there wjj beno aid from supernatural agency alfnirs of public importance vnnst be beyond my skill the fate of princes the ordering of states peace and war are events of which i ain incompetent to judge but in the common occurrences of life no future hazard need be run since their conse quences can now be accurately foretold annexed to the high advantages to be derived by this oracular infallibility miht be certain conditions from which no one can be exempted the good or eil which shall arise from any action cannot be imparted without knowing the tem pers qualities and wishes of the actors ami all prescience must be rendered use less by any deceit on this point ambi guity the great fault of ancient oracles must also be tolerated ladies intrusted in the minutiae of love affairs impatient for conquest and dying to know the co lour of their lovers eyes may endure a short suspense to afford time for making such research as the importance of the decision shall require while in extreme cases such as the colour to be worn at a ball the victims to b sacrificed to a new ribbon uo diligence will be spared to rcuder the solution as speedy as possi ble to beaux we must premise that occasions may occur in which perfect ac curacy cannot be attainable the effect of their next rencontre witk a lady will depend so much upon their own intend ed exibisiobj whether in full or cndress in cossacks or in tights wifh or without a horsewhip in heir hands that under no y ircumstauccs bnt the fullest descrip tion could we prognosticate their fate curiosity that eager desire wiuin us muf without doubt lead all to seek such a solution of their projects and the insatiable thirst for knowledge of the fu ture will be a sufficient attraction to this highly gifted seminary kvery thing in lifeix important the deeply skilled politician does not more anxiously study thr fate of nations than the prim mis doe the disposal of her curls and the sum of worldly expectations is by each con nod to the narrow circle which bounds his owfi views the good to be bouijht mill the evil to be avoided form thevuviuess of every person and while vasmtirnheis despair in a hopeless search as matty hesitate how to choose where choice is in their power a guide is now off cd to all the consequence- of car hi tion may now be infallibly disco- and with these avowed powers i be leave to mae your paper the medium through which the destinies ma become knrr and that all letters addressed to the oracle may be forrded to it author fjr tiif kingston chronicle in continuation- tim we iiavf bad a prettj considerable lit of pilevauces fromsquire mfiuin wft from au le had seen heard and dreamt with the help of a fertile imagination managed to bring fonla ently brood of tueny niue gvivvaneea tmrof them to he ur wry paity1 the so- lemi addition of j p which i meant w carry vwih it re poet for order and tbtf la appeared 0 lidicious at the tail of mich an ifilorrntition thai it u not mirprizhif a notable apnniocoon varjoi fiottered to ipass without remark the manner in which these grievances were treated in mir paper by an old iniahiiani ac- eordvd perhaps well enough with the objrci but 2 here in tlit- lat and preeetllne pitmbeim of tfce upper canada gazette a more et main- feslo of ertevjkici which has been conveyed to the lt invenior ill the shape of an addres- and wldcfe hi- lxceueney in ll- reply 10 he great number if respectable iithabitaius of the same tow a h ip trnest town wh were deirn- u amiie hin uf their diajnhution of euell vile stuir inform- them fct he had directed to be iu- ser ed in the gazette leaving it o the lionet good sense of uh majestys subjecis in this colo ny to conider vheiherihey are uch as to justi fy tii revolutionary measures which wereiiurry in 5 he j not vhiuierman loyal but misguided penanf i do not rohslder this collection ci thirteen grievnuvs apeafchh5 by au m ihesense of a i or of inanv of thoe peion who have ngfivd it on the contrary fifuen of those pejs- wii who actually vabtfriwd it hae had ihe matifiihiu to tell u they were imposed upon kiw the ingenuity that has heeu et no work to manufactory tliem it is hard to hide the ifaton fwic lwj msijv whom thej a c now before he public th ac onons chut ami ilimild hesenmiu u vteied many peo ple 1 am mire know tiiinv of the matter than t do and could better exairteiuto iheir weight but wioii mirh tnen an mr kothrigill vvlm im- pared to mysvif is a merr raiiger in the 801111- tjy and who ha- as itifetminal eonorn 111 defending the mraitresof soorirmeiilas i have prompted merely b thai atiiial detestation which every genrui and honest mind fete at the inaligiptv art falfilmol hat would ikatrtr on the unwary and utimi n ih steppe wand tn a manner ibal ffitle hun to the admi- raion of hs- cointrrnen lo aeri the truth i feel i a kind of dufj fo sy knnu tho it he not so muc lo wv purpose as we might have from others let n take the gazitie and read this d- drenjr or thatever we m cil it iicm by item grievance by gi itmnce remarking hv ih was as we ias ovit be introduction the blindness that atfwts not e thai ue aer which was fortunately pasd last session 10 ore vent a repetition nf diraeeful scenes docs not restrain the righ r jccrcie of peiitiouiog m a ciinstirntional proper waf9 our fellow ob- jcclsdo in llngland lvly prevents conveii- tionsand thai goesa good way to prevent some thing worse which 1 will tfof name just now but which hafifolowe fromju t such contentions it prevents a collection of w than idle peoples bf diiconlented and inciuiidorac charaeters ont by drunkards aliens ami school boys from meeting together in a general convention a ic- presentaiiie of lite people to blackguard our parliament vilifv oir government hatch sedi tion and disgrace our lo incc this it pre vents and let all who love 10 riot in mich free dom eek acotiiitr if ihe can find one where to bueh indolent attempt- would oot meet constraint the tirt grievance tatrl respects he laml- board and charges ihem with delay to a- certain the truth of this and the other com plaints i have taken he trouble of availing my self of opportunities of information equally within the reach of tile ibcriber 10 lhi ad dress and which therefore i would nave been bit honei if il- had uja recourse to before they had incurred he rik of seeing their name- to untruths the rcaultof my investigation ena bles me to say hat a vetj short time agotkeie was no a memorial in tie qoineii vivhce uh- anwered evcepl a few praying for town lot before deciding 01 which a report from the magistrates wa deemed nei isut in one particular in this grievance dillets from the vagiieock which niminguidies the rest in pointing to a member 0 the kxecu- tive council a having obta a favourable lo- caiiou in front of the tuwn of murray near the kiver trent h s intended lo make the public believe that this ujnileiuan has made use of the supoed iniliiei 0 his station to procure for himself a valuable lot of land if true he is unworthv of fa g atioii ff eftlse tlie signers of these grievan art p j derers they may clear lhci their own eyes by shifting the reproaic tothbnv calum niators who imposed such fhoods ujion them but this excuse cannot rei lhe disgrace in the eyes of the f subjects i hae made uiquity and bebj i r outfresbth february lo4 governor hunter granted to the rev john sschflfnhi miotetet of cornwall in the hasten j tsoo ocrca of the waste lands of the o paying the fees upward- of 1j tn j wa without consulting mr straj bv hls friend mr justre alcock 100 a i le gort be iween murray and sidney and 800 acres in elmsley first then mire llejfe i were considered at the tmife so vrry todiftereot that mr justice alcock apj on acounl of press ol business the buc ui rem that these lands nere gr fonnppn years ago and more than twehe mye fhe rry gentleman vmade an l councillor an honor conferred upon fa hu rf highness the prince regco withoutaay solici tation be b neither sona oor obtai aa land since that time u ams s he 0j points ot thi nature that wheil oinled onc of the ommissioners to h ot sufrereis by me war h ftrward las own claim tor byhutura e declined bringing sustained lie bad un fortunately fcmoved his family a littie before sonera wilkinsons army pilaed thai villa- the dander therefore uimiioated in this griev ance recoils on its fabricators but it would be ur fair o suppose that au the signers were dis- posed to support a sinking cause by calumny and fikhnod vet a 0c have lem themselves t the propagation they are hound as honest men o come forward and acknowledge that uiey have been deceived i caiiniu forbear taking this opportunity to remark that h was fortunate for me province thai a person of li trartialia character and iullueuce disapproved publnls of mr txourlaytf first address the appearance t which 111 the government paper excited from n- oifivisive manner a- weli a- mailer gira atonihmenr the doctors susjicumsraade penpteol reiectiou pause and opened theireyesto the intfaroma4ory tentunent contained in inc second address u introe the dbctort wan line itas expord hi 01 to all in- virulence which malice and alhood coild invent hut he lia- in tiling to ft ai ilom such iitiacks they pas bj hnu like the idle wimfl mr gourlav was indeed very uiiluekv in at- tat kin the doctor for do tnatl has more friends in 1i1 1 tvoviuce orb deeiing of mote ile has eh nied ulre ihan iwen v yars l the best m- tiiets f the cmtntry lis an exemplary clergy- mrtn ami ins rucor of yoitth iinv til whom are no anions fhe leajuog cbuntciers of tiie 110- viure and i mav he said nios truly 1 ha if mi luuriayby nil the malignant scurrility he iia heaped upou hlrn could iia leenrd in any degree the influence which attaches to his ex cellent character be would have dime more harm 10 te province than could be repaid by all the good which short siglued people amici- pamti from hi slatisticiil township reports to return kft the address if the proposed commission had made their investigation and were now ta report upou this grievance they inn- tate iltat as to delay ij prevailed only to ihis neeessarv extent that one man inui wait while another man business was uomg thai ihesinrv of thegrantto the piccmive coun cillor was a direct faith ood that as to the inde finite charge of favourfsiaiu in hie granting of lands i ainounts to this that as some lor are better than others and if both descriptions are granted some must get one and some the other thdsc who gel the best are certatnlv favoured ami granting to them will he called favouritibiu b grumbler whose complain literally i thai others have not the same cattm to grumble at ihfin that as to the unreasonable charges they are not abirarv but known and established 3 and coqiit ofb 6d to the ci rkpf the council iimhi everv petition except the u k loyalists ami ihir children and certain roiutarj laim- auts besides the regular fee according to the extent of the gran which bing found iuade- quitte to relieve the civil list from expense iu granting lands it ha- been found necessary u increase the next grievance stated is the injudicious grant- of public money it is singular that the only illustration of ihis oompjaioi is that 400 tta bv the act of 181 7 appropriated 10 the sup port of tour clergvmen and 1 50 ro one minister of the gospel if this be an abuse of public money it was well if it were more general i state it a- incontestible truth that in tins pro- vi we have not me clergyman where we ought 10 havejfta that the few we have could not remain without the a- stance afforded rhem by the bounty a public society in ingland that when tin- igy reserve- by the seuknieut of the country do become proiluctive so far ma bring rii beyond all precediot lavish they will not equal the pro- mr mo made for the established church in onr mother conntry that at prment it i idle to talk ol them as a mipporf hio every shilling tlirv produce remaifis sacred to that invaluable ob ject j and that if we did not encroach upon the gmiimoufv of our parent stale and ou the ijoiiii- i of a fund produced l private donations iu a country where the right service of joq is thought n primary ohtt vfe should be without any puolie wor lup aiatl whirh perhaps the maker of this address tvould consider a very tri- flhjg wiievauer compard to t burthen of i co divided among all the inhabitants of the ijovuti e as to the crown reerve paying the civil ex- diidiiure every shilling ihrv do produce is de- vovri to that object and ei thev do not qune relieve u- fmni the burthen some tiff y yeoii hne they may do better if at present the row u was to increase the rent ill they paid the civil lit who would take them and how ropftpirnou a grievance would i stand brtb if griiues were still 111 fashion the third grievance praks of restrain put opon he arlmijwion of eniigraots from the united suvev of m erica by certain orders of li lx cemin ycjovernor ore contrary as it js said io tome iiriiish statutes i am but little of a law tt and ftel a ort of dread which i ufeh more general in thrse limes oj delivering rn opinion on matters i know uotbirfg about bmi i have read rind tried to understand the 13 vepvdaod lle other at spoken of so ceo entiid an vet for encouraging new settlers in hi- mijest colonies in ainrrica 1 gue- the framer of lhee grievances can tell us that there arc ume hu- metiers in u majestys col omes whom it isjttsf a- desirable not to encaur- ag will presume to give uo opinion upon tlte proper construction of those act further than to sav it strikes me as an unlearned reader th it the first of them was not meant and does net 111 strictness apply th persons from the united states but to ft reign protectants coming into thove stales while thev were qfrituh colonies and tliat ihe lat to my apprehension cleat ly confine- the administering ihe oath of allegiance to he governor of the colony where there u one if he thinks he is authorizec to delegate llii xqfc- rrienry of diung so whether the restriction is jmi or politic or ought to continue i will not pretend to say tl is fair aiatterof public d3- cuum in a decent and temperate way boml the prerogative of the mouse i am in- clihed tt believe they were not prorogued mere ly because they expressed their opinion upon hiqneslion lam charitable enough to think tiie hmse conceived thev were acting right in the matter that led to theirprorogatiou aiid that on the other hand the g ivermr believed hfv du- ty required be should put an end to discussions wliieh were growing rather illhumored know ing no more of the politic- of the day than wo have all an opportunitv of judging of i am dis posed to think we should have lost nothing if his kvcewency had prorogued the house a little tooner the next grievance consists of a complaint tliat the isritish navigation laws are now lately put iu force and instances the particular case of the seizure of mr crooks vessel here again i feel my inability to discuss this subject knowing nothing more of it than i can learn bv a careful perusal of the acts in question which are pofnt- ed out to me as authorizing or rather reauiring this seizure and yet 1 nope i may vritttohj gretft vanity imagine myself as capable df under standing the matter as most of those who signed thi adiiress lu gneral principles i see no reason why the policy which dictated the navigation laws does not apply to this province as well as to any oth er part of his majestys dominions djperienc has shewn 119 that ships and seamen are as im portant to our protection here as they can he elsewhere bnt be that as it may upon read- ing fhe statutes 1 do not see by what possible construction of the acts this province can be ex empted from their operaion jer ns then re member that collectors are sfrbrn to do iheir du ty that if others have been vufully regardless orignorant oftheirbasinesstheircxample would no excuse to the collector vho sviaed mr crook- vessel nrnliuownmiciii c u i hm lie is bound tf act liy the aci i lh aovemor ijmtaki 1 solemn onth 10 mimtii 1 lhrirut rxenihiou ifihe navigation an- and therefore if a collector maac n sriure tinder them the governor in my opinion it- inon power to rv 1 am him or interfere m itti iti- 1 un- demnaioh of thego than any oiai wro ha tnade his mark tothl iht of inevane- a r edining must b made wilti some person if ihei npeiattim of tho law- is m liter o u- u i h high time ll wan determined the i the delay the greater ihe hardship will b nlienever iheltw are enforced if thry do not app the courts will determine ao and uir gtij uuats will ccae t tr itfinwd r ts1ea kk hy particular desire ok n a10xdav evknixc fcb- ruary 15 1819 will b prrartitwl dr uuidmiiiths tnucb adtnir- d c td of she s roops to coouer vt r t the mistakes of a nigm between the play and farce re itation snhlivr daughter airs wiliiains comic sung murder in irish mr- williams- to which will be addd 0ivi rffu fo voritc comic opera in 2 rts calltd the rival soldiers for characters see bills noticr a meeting vj the inhabitants of the ikn rnd tozcasliip of kings ton tt he held uf the court home on tuesday njcxt at 12 oclock jar the purpose uj astdresnng ou excel lena the lieut- governor fth v kingston u tty till next will bfe on fiuiv the inh bsfit tirk- els to be drawn at halt past cn bblock precisely f 2 postoffice kingston 10 febiu is 9 proposals will be received at this ffice until the fifth day of march cxt from any pcrfuti defirotis of contra aine the conveyance uf his majcftya mails twice a week between york and kingiton bn thccoutraft to commence on 51b april iort h ind eveiy neceitare convenience brewery malt houfe otabling a garden with avail ppl persons rcquiringinstruc- tion in the above science nny be taught the whole in six lessons inquire at thcprinling- office s februar 1819 for s an excellent tocd im so with ad- ditional keys and two feu of fparc flrinrrs made by bradwuod andremjil- able for trcptng in tune ciy eight moiths from england fcr particulars inquire at the editors valuable property frj- s the fibfcrihcr offijra for lale all that wiw known and very valuable pro perty in water sirfrt being compoftd of tliree dwelling lioufs a new store two stories high with a ellfinifhed shop fui- table for a merchant with pood ellar and and fruit trees c perfons wifliiiifr to avail themfewes of ihis offer will pltafe appl tc the proptietcr on the premifes james robinson february 18 19 m a farm for sale that valuable farm in adolphus- town the property of the fubferiber formerly fwned and occupitd by the late charles stuart efq with an eleganthoule barn orchard and one hundred and fifty- acres pf land under culuvation fifty acres of which are meadow land and cuts up wards cii htiy tons ol viay annually the property being fo well known a more par ticular dcfcripilon is deemed unneceflary for particulars apply to mr patrick smyth kingfton or the fubferiber on the premfe6 thomas cook february i si 9 73 yd lei ihe houfe lately occupied by lieu tenant kntcoe royal engineers the property of james richardfoy sett fituated near mr hugh earps tor terms apply to the fubferiber robp richardson kingston j jib january isty 2 to let 4nd immediate poitcfgon given that 9jjl well known hand for a tavern the property of mr john sizefituated in store street ivingijon for further particulars apply at the office of allan macleau kingfton jan z 1819 3ft for sale pew in st georges church kingfton apply at this oflicc jan 12 1819 4 blanks for the courts of request and various ouier kind for sah at ihk ojjicc i