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rxrs covertly advanced under llmclnak this men tal reservation how surprised will his ma- jest be to hear shis bill ill andbeil timt anv person wjio shall wilfully sweai lalsely or make false affir mation in regard f am mailer to which lie may swear or affirm under the provhioos o tins act shall be deemed guilty cf wilful and corrupt perjury and that every such person shall on conviction thereo forfeit yll the pri vilees and advantages which he would oilier- wise have been entitled to under this act but that rite rights of others la respect to estates d rived from or held under such person shall not be thereby prejudiced observations this needs no comment one who commits perjury deserves the severest treatment on the one hand while innocent purchasers or others who have dealt with him as if his oath were true should be protected on the other the ef fect of his clause isthat those who swear false ly shell not only be subjected to the p ins and penalties of perjury but lose the benefit of na turalization while those who have dealt with him as naturalized are saved harmless bill iv and be it fyc thar from and after the passing of this act it shall he in the powei of he governor lieutenant governor or per son administering the government of this pro vince to appoint bv instrument under his sign manual from lime to time in each and eery dimniri of this province such and so many persons as to him may seem meet for adminis tering the oaths and taking the affirmations re quited by this act and that each and every of such persons sn to be appninied adminis ter t e oath or affirmation hy uus act requited to anv pel son above the nop of 16 years who shall desire to take the said oath or make such affirmation fnr the purposes intended by this act and shall keep books of registry in the be ginning of which slinll be written the oath and affirmation required by this act and which vill contain ihe columns and specifications described in the schedule to this act annexed marked b and that in the column appointed for that purpose the person making the oath or affirmation shall set his signature or if un able to write his mark in the same line of the reenter in which entrv is made of the name description cf such person observations the present measure being upon the matu- rest deliberation of his majestys government deemed essentially necessary the utmost anx iety is manifested to enable a compliance with the least possible trouble nothing could more clearly demonstrate how strongly the necessi ty was felt than the desire displayed of facili tating the requisite observances bill jindbeiutfc that duplicate books of such registry shall be kept both of which be ing originals shall contain tl e actual signa tures or marks of the person subscribing and that on or before the thirtyfirst day of decem ber in each and every year the person making and kepiug the said regisier shall deposit one of the originals thereof in the office of the cleik of ihe peace of the district where such 1 persons shall reside and transmit the other o- tigiliaj register for the same year to the secre tary of the province for the time being and that thesaid books of registry shall remain and be preserved as public records in the said offices respectively 11 vi and be it c that if from any causualty either of such original registers or any pan thereof shall be lost or destroyed it shall ie supplied by a copy taken from the o ther original of such register remaining in the office ol ihe clek of i he peace or secretary of the province as the case may be and at tested as a true copy upon the oath of ihe o- ficer having custody of the same made before any cmtnisioner for taking affidavits in the court of kings bench which copy so attested shall be regarded to ail intents and purposes as the original register observations as you advance you find more strongly ex hibited how important a record of individual names is considered and you see the pains taken 10 preserve it when made thppi rpfrrts nre evident v tf44utfiftltet tn the u e lists the government rijji not say tf the u e loyalists that every one who ad hered to the british cause should he entitled to such and such distinguished privileges but re quired proof of he character and conduct of rack loyalist and a record of his name hear what his excellency lord dorches- cer when governor general of the old pro vince of quebec and his excellency genera simcoe when governor of upper canada said in the years 1789 and 1796 proclamation whereas it appears by the minutes of council of the late province of quebec dated monday the ninth day of november 1789 to have been the desire of his excellency lord dorchester the goverror general to have put a mark upon the families u who bad adhere to tht unity of the empire and joined the royal standard in america before the treaty of separation in the year 1783 and for that purpose it was then ordered by his excellency in council that the several land boards should take a course for preserving a registry of names of ali persons falling under the des cription aforementioned to the end that their posterity might be discriminated from the then future settlers in the parish registers and rolls of militia of their respective dis tricts and other public remembrances of the province as pioper objects for their perse vering in the fidelity and conduct so honorable to their ancestors for distinguished privileges but as such registry has not been generally made and it is necessary to ascertain the per sons and families no may have distinguished bcniselves as above mentioned as well for laje causes set forth as for the purposes of ful filling his majestys gracious intention of set tling such persons and families upon the lands now about to be confirmed upon thorn without the incidental expenses attending such grant now know ye that i have thought proper by and with the advice and consent of the ex ecutive council to direct and do hereby di rect all persons claiming to be confirmed bv deed under the seal of the province to iheit seveial possessions who had adhered to the unity of the empire and joined the royal standard in ameiica before the treaty of se paration in the year l733to ascertain the same upon oath before ihe magistrates in the mi chaelmas quarter session assembled next ensuing in such manner and form as the ma gistraies are directed to receive the same and all persons will take notice that if they jieelect to ascertain according to i ho mode above set forth their claims to teceive deeds without fee tbey wijl uot bo coniiueced as entitled in this respect to the bent fit of bavins adhered to the unity of ihe empire and joined the royal standard in ameiica before the trcatv of separali i in tbeyear 170j dated 6th april 179g signed john graves simcoe- these lists are now in til hands ol the go vernment carefully preserved and relcued to as occasion requires to be continued mtgsm imperial ijarluimrnt house of commons feb sfc clergy reserves in canada mr w horton rose pursuant to notice to move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the king to authorise the alienation of a part of the clergy reserves in upper canada some time back an agreement was entered into be tween government and the canada compa ny by which the company was to have part of trie clergv reserves on certain terms the quantity they were to take was about 123 000 acres the original agreement had however been somewhat altered and in cooseqienceit had become necessary to have a power to a- lienate the lands in question the necessity of this had been before acknowledged by the house for in an act which was passed n this subject it was stated in the preamble that the lands were lying waste for want of cultivation and that the best way to render ihem of an value was by selling part that with the pro ceeds the resi might be brought into tillage it was therefore enactedthat facilities should be given fur selling it that house had alrea dy asserted ihe principle of this ariangemeut hy giving their sanction to an exchange which was to have been effected between ihe govern ment and the canada company hut events that afterwards took place had rendered its ex ecution unnecessary a subsequent arrange ment had been made of the same nature which the bill n tt proposed went to authorise the object of this bill being to enable the crown to alienate such lands heretofore appropriated as clerv reserves as the clergy might be disposed to part with in ordm to raise by that mean funds applicable to the general improve ment of the colony and to enhance the value of the lauds remaining unalienated hear he should not think it necessary on the pre sent occasion therefore to do more than to move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the king to authorise the alienation and sale of a part of the clergy reservesin the provinces of upper and lower canada mr stanley congratulated the house on the view which this application proved that his majestys government now took of the inter est of canada the vast extent and import ance of which from long acquaintance with that province and its affairs he thought he ful ly appreciated whatever might be tbe dif ferences upon particular topics of party feel ing in th it interesting colon and there was no place in the world perhaps where part feeling ran higher than in the legislative as sembly of canada there was no difference of opinion throughout the two provinces of ihe propriety of getting rid of those appropriations of land called the clergy reseives being convinced thai whatever contrariety of opini on might rest in the canadas upon other mat ters there would be a perfect unanimity on this he should give hi most cordial support to he motion of the hon secretary hear he could not in this filing refrain from de- elating his satisfaction to ihe house and while he congratulaietl that hon secretary mr wi horton upon the zeal and ability which he had displayed in his labours relative io canada he wwld also express his hope thai the hon gentleman might live to enjoy as ihe best reward of his able exertions the con templation of the eon finned advancement and greatnessof that splendid but hitherto unim proved colony cheers mr hume was satisfied that noihing would be more grateful to canada than the measure now introduced by the hon gentleman oppo site hear there were however to his mind some strange questions connected wiih this canada company and he should be glad 10 know when the boose were to be put in pos session of ihe proceedings between that com pany ajlfiimfs van su s rwlci uuietil iciiuvc to sles or exchanges of lands it had given great disaiissfaction to people in canada that any company should have the monopoly as it were of all these clergy reserves made over to them and then be permitted to dole them out to purchasers at their own price he hop ed that in furore the sales of lands in canada would be more open and that government would dispose of them to those in short who came with the money to buy them for unless the purchases were public and made with a view to the improvement of the capital invest ed the lands would never be really improved nor the roads and necessary communications constructed mr lombe made some few observations but they were altogether inaudible in the gal lery mr whorfon said that as the hon mem ber for aberdeen had alluded to the grants of land which were made in canada and seemed on one or two points to misapprehend the real state of the facts in that particular perhaps the house would permit him to offer a few words in explanation which would also have the ef fect of possessing the house with some facts that it was of consequence they should be ap prized of hear hear in the fiist place he had not the slightest objection in the world to give the information which that hon mem ber called for as to the impropriety of what the hon member for aberdeen called the mo nopoly of the canada company ihe house would please to understand that the very ob ject which that hon member insisted upon the improvement of the lands was necessari ly the object and end of the canada compa ny j for that company could themselves de rive no benefit whatever from their transact ions unless i hey disposed of these lands in the manner and to the individuals most calculat ed io benefit the colony at large it was for them intake care that the lands should be brought into that productive state which would make them desirable to the settlers and colon ists and if this was not done they could nor attain a single end of their constitution the paper which he held in his hand would show that sufficient means had been provided foi obliging the clergy corporation to adopt bete- after all proper and necessary measures for improving the clergy reserves so that not only in tespeel of those reserves bin in respect of all the others the objertion would no long er apply that they were permitted to be waste and unprofitable with regard to what the member tor aberdeen had said abnni the ex pediency of opening the sales and grants of laadfj be mo uouon entirely concurred in he suggestion am did trust that in a committee up stau mhiie pfllvtenl arrange meats for this ami other beneficial purposes asapplvingto such r would peeilily be determined upon bear hear mr a naring in to ask whether these clergy reserves w intended sojcly for the church of england i mr wilmut hurl m replied undauntedly the act of itil provided and euarted thai onecventli oui of e grant of land should be reserved for the liurcll i england mr a baring and these reserves there fore weie to be considered as the property of the church of england mr w ilortun ves according to the act of 1791 mr a raring observed thnt that part ol this question which is connected with the in- uirv he had just made of the lion secretary must be contdcied s standing perfectly dis tinct from all that part ol it which related to the disposal of these reserved lands he had personally a stmng objection to this ap- propriaton of lands to the cnurch of england hear and this not fiom any disrespect to that establishment of which on the con trary he was a sealous and attached a mem ber as any hon gentleman in that house but from his anxiety thai we should not sow in canada the seed of that fatal dissension which was now so deplorably rife in ireland and which if wenid not take care would ai no distant time shake our connection with that kingdom to its foundation if ihe hon secretary could make all the people ol cana- la indeed members of the church of eng- c at large fercd litis extensive reserve of one seventh ol the laud under every grant if it we i lie same lime conditioned that some proportion ol that one seventh should be le- rved again lor the furtherance ol canadian education mr stanley in explanation declared that still adhering to the expression he had used of coidial concurrence with tne motion ol the hon secretary lor the colonial depaii- ment he begged to be understood as most lully coinciding in the opinion of his hon friend mi bating as to the gros obvious inenn sisiency of asmgniug such laige proportions ol land id favour ol that which let litem call i as they would neither was at present nor ever wui id be an established church in canada mr ni calvert was suggesting that the bill ought to contain a power to lie clergy of re purchase when m v horton stated that there was such a piovision which was to take effect alter the lapse we believe of twenty years mr alnei man waithman hoped that go vernment would tike care to pieveul all the abuses of tloe general companies fiom at taching to the canada company and then he detailed some eases ol deception and haidship whirh had neen experienced by emigrants to columbia confiding in the promises held on by the joint stock company under whose auspices ihey left england concluding wiih a rei ommeudatior io his majestys ministers to keep a veiy vigilant eye on the canada company mr w horton observed that thi compa- latujno person would be beuet pleased at nv as every gentleman in that house must such an event than he mr baring should be hear hear rui if the fact was at present otherwise if the church ol england had hi therto taken very slight root in canada and the mass of christians in that count tj were not members of the establishment the hon gentleman would find that by appropriating lands and money to the endowment of ibis church he was adopting the most effectual measures ihat lie could take by possibility to work the eventual separation of that country from this heaiheu upon this point he would mi rely stan one fact to the house and then leave it and the publick to judge cvfcnfttg iftwvmimtt wht sbpy did f ltlf4 what must be its probiole consequences be fore a committee whuhsat last year the at torneygeneral or seme oilier law officer from upper canada vas examined as a wit ness on this very mattir ol the clergy reserves a question was put toilim as to the numeri cal proportion of chuhi of england men in upper canada 10 roman catholic d and members of other chrhtian professions the question was in tin- form ll how many church of england nmi belong to the le gislative assembly of ipper canada the answer was two hear and of these two one was the atorneytfen himself a laugh he onv wished the hcuse to see what was the state iu canada omhe church of eng land for the welfare of w they were all o anxious and upon bis statement he was eoovioepfj that every im of common seuse must perceive that so fdl riwi m sures of appropriating poleciing and strength ening it they were reily exposing it to the utmost jeopardythey ere destroy ng that church itself if it werliable to destruction and violating every feeing winch could con nect the affections of tw colony with the mo ther counry a to he other part of the question relative to the proposed disposal of those cbnch reserves f that there could be no doubt these reserve grants were ori ginally made under a ral misaprehension of the nature and value circumstances of waste lands situate in a country like upper canada with respect w the sulm of emi gration to canada he objected to the preposi tion of the hon secretly as to the advances to be made by parishes effecting the remo val of thei paupers and the repayments to be made to those parishes no no from mr homo he might mistaken yet he could not help apprehcmh6 htal such was the substance of the propositi al st which had been submitted to committee be that ns it might his objtftf in tlis address to the house to shew wh wl m ie state of ihe established chttp upper canada and to cnll upon the hbv to consider how far any appropriations whatever ol this nature were ilkek to promote ls wt l hear hear mr vv horton again rose to explain all that was intended lobe ftected by the mea sure now introduced to tie house was shortly ibis the alienation of a portion of these cler gy reserves with a view io enhance the value of the remainder heir he would not now enter into the exieurive question of the condition of the protestant church in canada for though the hon munber for callington mr baring had adverted to it it was in no way at present before tin house that hon member would give him leave to repeat his intimation that he was h error as to the ad vances by the parishes it was never intend ed to repay them any put of their advances what had been suggested to them was that which he now stated aid had before stated in the house namely thatthere were many pa rishes in england which would be loo happy to lay down onehail of he expenses of the re moval of their paupers hear as to ano ther point that had beetmooted be begged to state that what was contemplated by thecom- mittee was that the nioies arising irom the quit rents in question were to be applied to the purposes of the produce itself and in aid and repayment of those xpenses which would have been entered into n the part of the mo ther country on accodh of ihe province an exemplification of life proposal would oc cur if the quit rents shodd be found sufficient to defray for instance tl whdla ol the milita ry expenses of the coloits which were paid under the existing praet from an immedi ate vote of the parliament of this country hear heai he wottf shortly lay belore tbe house a statement dithe variation in the terms of the agreement lered into by the canada company as head before promised the variation consistedin li ex change of 1000000 ofre lyng in one dis trict of canada for 8900 of acres situate in another the 890000 a being clergy re serves land mr wnrburton remikd ihehon secre tary ihat in the unite states reserves of land were made out of heir grants for the great and grand purpose of education now he wished to ask ins honourable gentleman opposite whether the iiiwb similar provisi on for the education of t inhabitants of the vast regions in question formed any pait of his plan or whether wa his intention in this respect to revis llia portion of the canada art which had njproprialed those ve ry lame reserves in favor of the clergy of the established church j for his own par he picheuded that little ob would be of- know was invested with certain specific pow ers by parliament those it could not ex ceed as to ihe general sort of declam ation in which the worthy alderman had indt rifted against all companies because some com- panies had miconducted ihmselves ii was really unworily the sound judgment which thai house ought always to exercise in its deliberations hear hear heat mr dawson of louth expressed his dissatisfaction with these clergy reserves as bein inefficient for the purposes which they were meant to answer mr w horton was really unable to do ready used and which he thought had snf- ficimtly explained the object and the details of the measures leae was then eiven to bring in the bill xzsceixasnr notices of publications which have recently appeared in england extracted from the various literary period icals the annual biography and obituary for tbe veer 132g the present the eleventh vnlame of thin nseful publication fall maintains lire high cxdit the aiiniml biorraph has sustained in ihe public es timation li iia gone on incieui fr in p ry whilst every orher similar work has luuk itllo disrepute and neglect memoirs of zehiredin mohammed baber emperor of hindostan written by himself in jaghalei turki and translated partly by dr leydenand partly by w erskine esqrs of this work the literary gazette saye a bnok of greater value upon a iaiic litera ture manners arid history has not appeared for many ears head pieces and tail pieces ey a tra velling artist a collection nf well- writ ren tale the perusal of wlncli will repay the reader for ins pain anecdotes of impudence dedicated to joseph hume fsq m p thrrc is much smart net in these anecdotct which are chfcfiy pointed from ootorious public caes tbe gondola there h considerable vaiiety in this pleasing volume fiom the sketch whose light humour pailufl ihe precni hour to ihe sombre horrors of gn man romance the hibtory of scotland from the earliest period to the middle of the ninth century by ihe rev alexander lov a m 8vo pp 498 thi9 is a 6ry excellent volume the mle is llm uojuviiril itiitl no tii im rio fpects has spaied no pains to gie the public whai was ranch named a welldigesed aid well- arranged history of the ancient days of scotland constables miscellany a constable kdin nns 1 it lit iv ffaws voyages the object of ihis pubhcaiion is to ftrnih standard work at a cheap rate for reader belong ing to the agricultural mechanical and manufac turing classes the work ro follow that above noticed are life of burns by mr lnckart of the duke of wellington by mr glcig and oilier no- elues narrative af tbe burmese war by lieut col snodgrass military secretary to tbe commander of the expedition and assistant political agent in ava we are here afforded a fair insight into the caiiseb and particulars of the wcr 9tich as migbi vainly be looked for from other sources either frm military detail or newspaper reporis the authors object is thusstated the misstatements and misreprefanialions which had at different times appeared relative to the situation and ope rations of the arm lately serving in ava under majorgen campbell induced inc during a ted ious voyage from bengal to draw up the follow ing narrative were ihe merits of the work con- fined solely to such a lak it would siill be confer ring no small beveflt on the history of our coloni al wars but it has farther claims to nonce fa e- hibiting a nearer insight ieto the particular char acter customs anil recoureesof an extraordinary powerful people ne monthly magazine personal narrative of a journey from india to england by bussorab bagdad tbe ruins of babylon chardistan ihe court on persia the western coast of the caspian sea astra khan fcc c in the year 1824 bv captain the hon george kcppel 4to pp 333 the character nf ihe british army is material ly abercd since ihe days when swifts captain of llnre by way of ingratiating himself with a la- d boasted that he never could take to a book for the blootl o him the literature of the pre- present davjarticularlyin the department of voy age and travels has been enriched wih many ex cellent and well wrin en tr flrfc fcj officers of ibe army which have merited and obtained general approbation thereview of cnpt keppelvnar- raiive in tbe literary gazette is intioduced wiih ihcfollowing remark if soldiers gr on writ lug inthibway literary men had belter begin to think h hat they mav do by turning sold iers when wunin one short month we uave to report upon two such works as those of cot snotliasshisiory of the burmese war and capi kepucl the new novel by the author of trcinaine is to be entitled de vere or the man of inde pendence and will shortly appear jvetfl monthly magazine jut fib rnnlt and fashion is in preparation under bo title of flirtlint mr coopers american novel the prairie is on the eve of appearance lb the confessions of an old maid arc in the prehs lb a revival of ihe old school of novelwriting as practiced by te sage i irlding aid smnllet will be attempted in a wink io be called george godfrey in which at er ihe manner of gil bias tom sones ami koderirk random llie hero is made to relate ins own adteiiiorcs in vei v cifter em gradations of jneety the scene- manners si peisonages introduced are ihoe of the present day lb a political hutory of tie events which led to the burmese mar by apt w white svopiice 10s 6d ha- app ared elizabeth de btuce by the author of u claa- albio thi is a novel both of mariners and character tt at the anihor lias strong and varied lalerns i plain from evcty chapter of che woik litetarv gazeite a newly qi arterly publication to he entitled the naval and military magazine will shortly ap- pea is tic military skctchbookconiainimg remin- icencesof sveniren if ears in hie servio auiad and at home with opinions fomincitis acec- loc fie hy an officer f ibe liue in s vols post ttvo was ready for publication on llie fe- burarv malotm mnrier rich frccial col filz- clarence je 5c the light of other times it is not in tie season ol inimcy when the tongue half articulates the name ol mamma in lisping accenis when the tn i ie arms are twimd niouud me nurses neck in gratitude for some dainty usl icceivcd- and ihe eye sparkles as it gnzes on each novel objeci in all the fervour of new born enthusiasm thai the bosom thrills uuh llie pleasures or throbs wjili the pains ol memory hut u little time and the scene is chanted in our schoolday tioubbs young and llioigjitless as the heart may be we feel its influence we leave per chance our native home and the compan ions of oni infantile spurts the firs leai of reil grief now dims the eyo as we recal our childish joys and contrast them with ihe dull monotrtni t tuy niulrtit- cipiine and where aie ihe absent itiends whose society may have charmed and whose sympathy may have soothed tis together with them the promenade may have been past or the volume peuised they have shared our joys and sorrows in other bonis ihey may imve mingled with us in the festive dance their voices with ours may have harmonized many a leizure hour yd still they are far a- way and these scenes have viihed hut in moments td visional y indulgence these images will iise upon the fancvaf the recollection of which we smile when we sigh and sjgh while we smile and e may roam from place to place new scenes will burst upon the eye natures cluoiusare spread before us the majesty of the mountain the grandeur of the wave ihe magnificence of woodland wilds or the beauty of ihe grove and the grace of the rivulet may rise upton the eye yet while fh enthusiastic spirit is revelling in hanrt alike these the bean will ofien linger rounj the na tal bowers we lave lelt behind warmer hearts may here be found iurer forms are stealing near us yet still the thought will hover round the past and we sigh for those weve lefi behind us remembrances like ihesethougi melancho ly may he phasing although jov recollec tion is no longer jov but hae you lost a friend a brother head a mrjter part ing breath 21 then indeed the pans ol me mory are ours oh these will pibupon the spirit at ihe gayest season and sprs8 a gloom over the happiest days have you not seen the smile checked hy ihe s of sorrow have you not seen the gloomy shade come suddenly around the blight est brow t indeed there are thoughts we cannot ban ish thotlgh all arouud aie happy and joy ous ami how powerful is association a strain of music will bring some ha if- forgotten image to iheminl a we recognise the well- known air and think upon ihe one v hose voice first bieathed hlne sounds upon the ear did be hear the note of t bat songmer fiom yonder tree kcmembraree revives widj ihat strain hark to the sound of yon distant bell as it how many r tale its miic lells a glance of the eye a tone of the voice will recall the past and the eyes and the voices we have known in moments that are gone we revisit perchance some familiar spot after absence has half worn its recollection from the mind it may be ihe classic halls ihat have been trod so often in the glow of youthfnl leeing it may be our childhoods home among whose bowers we have sported in times long past but where are the forms that we loved the bright and the beautiful ihey are gone then indeed the baud is pressed lo the burning brow as these remembrances swell the hearr have you gazed upon the star of eve or the midnight moon without musing on other times does not thesih escape us in times like these when all is silent round the eyes are jimmtd with childirh tear the heart is itllv stirred for the yuoie miuuri- arc in tire ears which in past times were heard domestic the continuation of vivian grey is ready for publication lb a novel from ujc pen of a lady of high fitcm the qukbec mercury we find in the morning herald the fol lowing statement of the timber trade af li verpool from the the 1st feburary 18f to 1st february last in our next we shall give a statement of the cargoes of british a- meriean and btliic timber imported into ihat port for the last six years and a table of the importation stock and consumption of timber from those parts for the last thiee years liverpool feb 8 state of the timber trade since feb 1st 1826 americas pink we have had a heavy importation from british ameiica within the last twelve months exceeding that of any pre vious year excepting ihat of 1825 of the quantity imported since the 1st feb last we had from miratuichi 1900000 feel from st johns 673500 from quebec 927000 and from the other oi ts 668100 feet our pre sent slock is consult rably hnger lhan that of last year being 2490500 against 1722000 feet of which about 1 00000 feet are red and llie remainder yellow piuo the consumpti on has fallen oil very considerably being only 3453500 fee against 5145000 feel consum ed in 1825 qui bec dfiafcs the import last year was 1567 ivuibuih standard that of the year preceedinj l standard the pre-