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solution tvas unanimously pnsscd that pir waller scott be requested to accept of his furniture plate linen paibiirirs libra r aod curiosities of eterv description as the hest humus the creditors hnve of ex- treeing their very high sense of his most oonurahlc couduct nod in grateful ac kuoivledemcui for the uoparatletled ami most successful exenious he has made aod cootinues lo uinke for them tho duke of richmond we have beeo informed is beyond all comparison ie mostbusinessliko and diligent postmaster general who has held that oifice for years past his grace when in town is regular id his attendance and displays an iotimate acquaiotnuce with ihe details of the situa tion which has already been productive of much improvement in that department madame dt polignac during the trial which has jusi terminated madame de polignac threw herself at the feet of the king and queen she wished she said to go with her children into the midst of the people to supplicate the widows aod orphans of july to prevent those disas trous days from adding to the number of widows and orphaos le globe a circular has just been addressed by the admiralty to lieutenants of the royal navy within the list of 7s aday halfpay offering them the raokof retired command er but without the increase of pay such officers as shall accept tho offer are to bo considered as given up the service they will however be entitled to 8s 6d- per diem as they come within the number j100 prescribed by the order in council of the 30th of january 1816 the meaning of the new force introduc ed in the last gazette as a provisional battalion is this the several detach ments of regiments now serving in india which are assembled at chatham have been permanently at consolidated and formed in to a provisional battallion the command of which fans been given to major dubor- dieu late nf the fifth regiment sir henry hardinge has been elected member of parliament for newport corn- wall in the room of mr doherty ap pointed chiefjustice of the court of com mon pleas ireland his majesty has signified his desire to bo the patron of the fraternity of the free and accepted masons of tho united king dom in the room of the late king the second seat at the board of ord nance has been filled up by tho govcru- aleut in the appointment of mr tenny son lord saodon originally as we un derstood destined for it having been ap- ttiuted secretary of tho board of control he salary of the office was materially re- s and the present ministry to their credit have abolished the office of lieuten antgeneral formerly the first in rank of tho board officers li x 1 t publish by icqucst the we this week able speech of mr bidwell on the in testate estate bill the lowing of the house of assembly on tion kingston petition the foi ls the report of the committee ins peti- tlic kingston chronicle bturday february 261a 1831 the following is the latest we have from england for which we are indebted to the commercial advertiser received this morning two days inter from england we men tioned yesterday that a british mail packet had put into gloucester on her way from halifax for boston it proves to be the january mail from england which was brought to halifax by the rioaldo in 28 days from falmouth- the editor of the boston commercial gaxette has received a haltfaz paper the editor of which an nounces the receipt nf a london paper of tho cth of january bin unfortunately had nor time to make extracts the halifax editor mentions that all was tranquil at paris at the latest accounts from that capi tal a rumor of the death of the emper or of austria was afloat the receipts of the first nine weeks of the railway between liverpool and man chester or passengers ahne was upwards of18 cnmmkrcf ai bank we hear that a volti wfttf taken ih the cnuuetl 1u hgruihl the bill aod 6 in its favour but it was ex pected to be revived herald from the above we may infer that the unfortunate bui in question is con signed to the tomb of all the capulcts we should like to hear the arguments used by the hon members of the council who opposed the measure we learn with pleasure that the hon and rev dr strachan advocated the pas sing of the bill in a manner highly cre ditable lo him the welland canal the house of assembly have authorised the welland canal company to borrow upon the credit of the piovince 200000 out of which is to be paid a debt due by the imperial government of55 and another to this province of 50000 thus reducing the actual additional debt cow about to be contracted to 94444 the hon john kirby left this place yesterday morning for the seat of go vernment to attend his duties as legis lative councillor on tuesday night and wednesday morning last a severe snow storm was experienced in this place since then we have had pleasant weather and ex cellent sleighing the snow at present is about a foot deep in the woods o p q came toojate for this days pa per it will appear in our next the stanzas by orme will also have a jplace in our columns next week the continuation of the m career of a pirate chief is necessarily postpon d till next week to the hon the commons house op assembly the committee to whom was referred the petition of donald bethune and others t kingston fyc beg leave to submit the fol lowing report the petitioners represent that the influ ence of a foreign priesthood is daily increas ing and that its existence is irreconcileable with a trueallegiance to his majesty they therefore call upon the legislature to pass a law 1st to prohibit any exercise of a priest or exhorier or elder of any denom ination in the province except by british subject 2d to prevent the assembling therein of any religious society or societies in conference who shall be in society or conference with any foreicn body calling themselves a religious society conference or otherwise and 3d to prevent the rais ing of money by any religious or pretended religious person or body for any pretended charily mission or fund the objects of which are not strictly british in taking into consideration the applica tion thus made your committee had no he sitation in coming to the conclusion that it is inconsistent with the benign and tolerant principles of the british constitution to restrain by penal enactments any denomi nation of christians whether subjects or foreigners in the free exercise of their re- ligious worship and that it is equally incon sistent with the fundamental principles of civil liberty to control by law the volunta ry contributions of any man unless made with an intent to accomplish some unlawful purpose entcitaining these sentiments your com mittee cannot recommend compliance with the prayer of the petitioners they are of opinion that the incorruptible loyalty and good sense of his majestys subjects in up per canada ought to be and may safely be relied on as the best security against any attempt to destroy the allegiance they owe to thir lawful sovereign cr to deceive them into an improvident waste of their re sources it having occurred to your committee that the petitioners might be under a misappre hension ns to the extent of controul cxerci- hv fhpjrv iif hndwt ovas the ministers of the different denominations of christians in this province and that the number of ministers who are not british subjects was much less than was generally supposed your committee deemed it ad visable and just to the parties most interest ed to make enquiries into these points with that view they requested the attend ance before them of the rev mr harris of the presbytery of upper canada the rev mr e ryerson of the methodist and tbe rev mr stewart of the baptist persuasions who very readily and promptly furnished the tables and statements hereto annexed relying on the accuracy of these state ments your committee feel greatsatisfactnn in reporting that there are good reasons for believing that all cause for complaint on the scora of foreign influence if any just cause do exist will shortly be removed and tbey trust to the judicious exertions of the parties immediately concerned to satisfy witn as little delay as practicable the just expectations of the public in this respect c a ii ag e km an chairman committee room house of assembly 15th february 1831 j messrs carey lea have published in two small and ueal volumes sir walter scotts continuation of the tales of a grandfather being stories taken from the history of france the annals of this country are comparatively little known in ours indeed they have not been ade quately furnished in the english laoguage we need not dwell on their importance or various interest sir walter has selected the mot striking nnd instructive part and treated them with his usual felicity of inao- ner the tales will be rend with pleasure and profit hy adults as well as children national gazette death of bolivar the liberator expired on the 17th ult at sao pedro alc- jandrioo o country seat about a league from santa martha in a calm collected maoocr confessing and receiving the sa crament at tho same time he made his will and in every respect evinced such greatness ofsoul that be neither spoke a- gaiost his enemies nor recommended any of bis friends his body was embalmed and laid in state for three days at the cus tom house the front of which appeared in magnificent mourning with a monu ment therein it is almost impossible to imagioe the anxiety that was manifested to get a view of the remains of tbe liberator the stair cases being ofteo impassable from the numbers ascending aod descending his funeral took place on the 20ih and so splendidly and with so much order was it conducted that the inhabitants of santa martha in the midst of the grief which overwhelmed them for their irreparable loss were pleased to see so much love and gratitude manifested to so worthy a per sonage the ceremony lasted four hours and in the holy cathedral church a raag- oificootaod tasteful funeral decoration was prepared which aided greatly to solemnize the scene the populaco flocked there in crowds to see the last of their lameoted lender the militia bobaved with so much discipline that no regimeut of the lino could exceed it the band played two funeral marches and the moro fortress fired a cannon every half hour the bells responding with double force such is a faint description of what santa martha has done on the occasion of tho irreparable loss of the immortal founder of colom bia re have printed kycnpsit a lextbook endeavoured to condense a few miiniprtnnt observations derived from aftvfr jtndy of the subject us suggested by tho lectures in doiog which however it is not f j un derstood that we pretend lo yive nifty report of the lectures themselves as to di wt a satisfactory way would take a voh rather to throw out a few hints lere and there upon their object c 11 geology x the science which ascertains the structure and mition of the roqrtj which form the surface of the earth it also endeavours to teach tbe secondary causes by which the almighty hifaj acted and slill acts to produce the different geo logical facts wc observe upon tbjg f f the globe or which upon reabonajbie data it may be conjectured do occur uk it the first is positive geology u latter speculative and it is highly irnpoij t these two branches should be in general distinctly separated although sometimes for the sake of mutual elucidation be connected the study of positive geology based upon the accurate observation of geologi cal facts and stands independent uf specu lative geology however as regs j ological changes at this moment ifa action on the surface of the globe littj or no difference exists between positive ft spe culative geology because the secondary causes of such changes can in general be distinctly seen it is positive geology which instructs us where to seek the preciousjstooes i metals aod rnoie useful deposits of tin lead iron coal salt and gypsum so much i this the case that without her aid the search for such minerals would be governed by no law but hazard in which the chance tf finding is as 1 to 10000 moreover they would be often sought in places io which experi ence tell us they never occur u almighty power if exhibited in txry par- tiele of rock or soil which we ste ar wa the use we derive from the studjof spe culative geology is still more impnvtaotbut of a moral character by it we a taught to trace the soger of god directed f the benefit of man as clearly imprcsed upon this portion of bis works as upon ahy other aod this importaotcharacter has bten found to be common to them ail wherever they havo been sufficiently studied thtoricshuttonian vtrntr the student io geology of thp present day who wishes to afford useful informa tion upon the structure c of th cru5 0 ihe earth must keep himself uthackled by theory and make use of it only as 0 cessary to direct his aticntioo to important enquiries he must be ready to humit any fact whatever thcoryit may favm a provid ed it be voe he must consider that though there are many interesting facts in the science which all geologists admit that they are t 5 sufficiently numerous to found upou them any certain theory and two of llffc mosl distinguished geologists of the day uvier and buckland have posi tively intjp l impropriety of attompt- for the chronicle having been requested to say somethiog upon the merits of afr finchs lectures a task we do not consider the little kuow- ledgo wo possess on the subject qualifies us to perform at the same time not wishing to nppoardisobliging we have adopted a i middlo course and by assuming mrfmchs iog it prodf of deluge in history and on the svtfact dftht aorta amodgbe most important of those facts which ar admiued stand forward in bold 3fi a proofs of a deluge let him who desire aoy other than what the scritmre3 afford readbucklands re- liqui i ypluviaoce and if his miud be open to convict nc u ne n t0 fcsut the evid there accumulated baron cuvier averts that if their he one fact moro clearly established than nnnther 10 geology it is thatvf the operation ofa violent deluge about ihi mentioned hy moses thus ihoftjdleijlcrivespositivguncxpcctcdthiiugb superfluovuppnrt from a source which has been on tl as opposed to it nor is tpi he only iostance in which the sacred v receive corroboration from this scieb- jmptance of geological science in a- it f gncutturr when is considered that geology em braces fi study of the loser soils as well as of the nar roc and that the latter have ori he decomposition and disaggre4 f former it will appear atooco c now uch assistance and import ioformationlhe agriculturist may ivmi v- iwni the study of such a science nnittt in ascertaining the resources of nation- no milting operations can he conducted on a lafas scale with aoy prospect of suc cess independently of the science of geo logy t is true that mines have been worked lopg before the study of the position of rock obtained a place among the natu ral sciences still however correct tho rude la w guided the hand of the minerand round the ab a nucleus facts have been accumulated until the pebble has become a rock vibereoo posterity may erect a no ble and b edifice for ascertaining the resources of nation the impedance of ihe study of geology is also obvi 1 for not to dwell upon what already ft n mentioned respecting the mineral measures of the earth to n know ledge of b position of which it is the on ly true cvuiog to the maritime or agri cultural resources of a couutry depend up on its geology m a avowee of amusement and peosure though last not least as an amusement what octvp cad exceed it there are none ofe sciences not exceptiog mathe matics ftbich affords instances of better in ductive evidence than geology ty if these in- stancesaf numerous as in the study of other scie t may be because it has so recently obtained the name of ooc the fads which it discloses having beeo neglected until witt the last half century if a want the mine accuracy of chemistry its ge neralization aro perhaps more splendid add to tiffeh a healthy occupation ivhich th latter is not itmustbe borue in mind fiowevor that to make muchpro- cress uw former the student must not ne glect the latter botany is in the present day a more accurato scionce but it has been much longer cultivated tins also although a healthy study is not i should concoive so much so as geology hecause the practical pursuit of the former requires dividual engaged in it to as sume mo frequently a stooping posture over ihe studies of the diflereot branch es of zo il presses the advantage of notrequig aov lwing dissection or other oltvnsne- operations either fur deriv ing infor a0 s or to prepare tho speei f lno uu8eum sces icei the subscriber s eofciip ic l his shop in iiie mnrkct square the ensuing summer at the folln ricls mb u under 3d gili ai u d per lb to those krsons who lake ice daih from the lh iliey commence and for noi less tiii o non may have s3lb orles f 6d per dav wh garratt kingston 1 8tli feb 1331 issolution tho go-part- nt between ihe undersign ed under i firm of john macpher- smi j co is ihi dny by nuittiiil con sent dissolved tliesubsciibersatnse- verally authorised to settle the affairs of the late copaitnerslup all persons having demands arc requested to present them at lli office signed john macpherson alex mcmiilan samuel crane prescott jai 12u ltvji the forwarding business will be continued by john macpherson and samuel crane under the firm of mac pherson anil crane here and at mon treal under i he old firm their stores rnd wharves at the upper end of i town where their bu siness will be lransactedare to be con siderably enlarged and will be conveni ent for receiving and shipping wheat in bulk prescott 12th jan 1831 ingston assem- blies the next as sembly will mke place at the kingston hotel on monday evening the i7ih march next being st patricks day dancing io commence at 8 oclock precisely feb i 1331 for sale a neat cabinet piano forte apply tom tazewell february 1 1 1831 promptsess and despatch anew line of stages has commenced running from kingston via cape vincent relvillc puhiski sackeis harbour oswego sy racuse io utica every day ex cept sundays leaving kingston at four oclock i m books kept at tho siege house old kings head market sciaie hv famtis a smith robert mcktes jimes campbell daniel mcollock samuel 1i1nckly proprietors kingston 2 2s3i clfeuakltanf rnilostjfincal society dhrkb the pathoatg of his excellency jh john colborne k c- b n c c gfphe above society ims beeo formed io this town for ihe purpose of iovesti ration tho natural nod civil history of the colony and the whole interior as far as the pacific and polar seas thwnchout the aoimnl veritable and mi natal kingdoms nnd to promote the cultivatiiu of natural history natural philosophy chemistry aod other scientific and litorary pursuits- this society will bo formed into class es each having a chairmau and secreta ry professing lecturshipi m the several objects of the society dr dunlop mr fotherill and dr rees form a committeo to draw op rules to carry the objects of the society into ope ration a mureum and library aro commenced and the society aro particularly anxious to procure every existiog aud probable record of the aborigines aud their language mi oerals fossils animals plants birds fishca paintings books aod every other object of interest io prosecutioo of the views of the socie ty itjig proposed to graut honorary re wards and pecuniary cooideratious ac cording to circumstances t the same time hope to meet the aid of every person interested in the welfare of thi provioce the annual subscriptions of each mem ber is 5 who together with the office ra will be elected bv ballot the names of geotlemen desirous of be coming members aod other communica tions addressed postage free to dr rees will be laid before the society at their first general meetiag york q2d january 1831 the copmiiicrsliip between the undersigned under the firm of julin mcpherson co is this day by mutual consent dissolved the subset ib- era are severally authorised to settle the affairs of the late copartnership all per sons having demands are requested to present them at thuir office at prescott signed john mcpilekson algxr mcmillan samuelcrane- prescott i2lh january 1631 government contract new forwarding establish ment ffip he subscribers beg leave to in- jfl form the merchants of upper canada and he public in general that ilioy have entered into copartnership under the firms of mcmillan mcdonell co at prescott and ogdensburgh and that of mcmillan link co at montreal they will be prepared on the opening of the navigation with good durham boats and bateaux manned with experienced masters and conduc tors to transport any produce or mer chandize that they may be favored with on as favorable terms as that of any res pectable house in upper canada the business at prescott and ogdensburgh will be carried on at the old stands for merly occupied by the late firm of john mcpherson co alex mcmillan angus mrdonel ma link just published and for sale at the different booksetkrs o montreal and quc the montreal almanack or lower canada register for 1831 important additions aod alterations hav ing heeo made to the work this periodical presents superior claims to the patronage of the public than aoy of ihe previous num bers montreal gazette office january 3 1831 a few copies of the montreal almanack are for sale at the post office kingston apply to robt deacon kinston 9nv fe 183 team- bo at hotel rear of the market and a few rods west of the steamboal wliarf the uuscriuer ucgs ifcive luiwmu lli-s- cere thanks to his friends and the public for their very liberal support during the last eight years of which he hopes to merit a coniinuance by a strict attention to business his house having under gone a thorough tcpair has placed it more than ever in his power to contri bute to the comfort and accommodation of travellers qa few boarders can he accommodated the table and bar will be furnished with the best the market affords and on the most reasonable terms n b extensive stables and sheds together with a large and secure yard thos bamford kingston febrimry 1 1831 cataraqui bridee office kingston afl3lf1831 at the annual general meeting of the stockholders of the catara qui bridge company held this day a- grccable to the act of incorporation the following gentlemen were unani mously reelected direclois for the en suing year viz araffleto be raf fled when a sufficient number of subscribers is obtained a handsome bay mare 7 years old and a single bodied dennet with all its appurte nances tho number of subscribers to be thirtytwo at 6 dollars each the best of three throws of three dice subscription papers will be left at tbe mansion house hotel the kingsto hotel and the chronicle office kingston 24th dec 1830 npenders will be received at the jl office of the subscriber on before tho l9ih february next foe 8000 feet of oak and red ce dar timber suitable for tbe building of a sieam boat for the rideau canal the timber to bedelivered on mississagua point in the town kincston specifications to be seen by applying at the office of the subscribes tenders for the onk and cedar he received separately if required david j smith treasurer kings 21st jannary 1831 tor sale at the chronicle office water witch or the skimmer of tie seas also separation by lady charlotte bury died on sunday the 6ih inst nthnjf- past six a h mr alexander mcdonald ihipwrigbtftf himhjesiydock nrda native of scotland bged 51 ycari oo monday last after a long aod paiofcl lluebs mis aon robison aged 0 year a jno r clover jnokirby jno marks jnomacaulay and stephen yarwood esqrs g f corbett sec fr treas c b co ojlo atlngs head aua- itrt square kingston james a smith begs to acquaint his friends and the public that he has lately made considerable alteration in his establish ment in market square which enables him to add much to the comfort of travel lers he has lately erected extensive stabling and provided the means of in suring the best accommodation for hor ses kingston dece 6th 1830 upper canada college january 20 1831 the principal begs to announce that after the expiration of the present quarter on the 25th of march next his terms for receiving boarders wjjj be 12 10s per quarter and 5 on entrance in lieu of bedding c tiie terms include the college dues et quarter kingston chronicle and mon- treatgazette will each insert the above three times and send tlveir accounts to ihe office of the york courier to let that most excellen stand for mercantile bu- nfss tho two story brick building vinlorest formerly occupied by tur- pin and parker and lately by the sub scriber tho dwelling house is com modious with cellars a well of wa ter garden and wood sheds in per fect repair the store is at present occupied by mr slcnnott is connect ed with the dwelling house wiih good and commodious warehouses cellars enclosed yard and all in perfect order also the brick dwelling house adjoining the above at present occupied by the riv mr handcock with a good en closed yard and wood house a sta ble anil store house if required possession given 1st of may next for particulars apply to mr jg paikcr or the subscriber thos turpln kingston slh feb is31 steamiioat transport notice is hereby givcnthat seat ed tenders will be received at the commissariat office kingston un til 12 oclock of monday the 7th day of march next from such persons as may be willing to undertake tbe trans port of government stores gunpow der and heavy ordnance excepted troops baggage horses parcels c from prescott to kingston from kingston to york port dau housic niagara and qucenston also from york lo port valhousie nia gara and queenstoit and from those places back again res pectively during the ensuing period of navigation and it must be clearly un derstood that whenever required the contractor must forward passengers and stores by the earliest conveyance without detension to fuvour the interest f any particular boat all ordnance stores must be landed or received as relates to kingston at the ordnance wharf at point henry the tenders must state the several rates in sterling agreeably to a prescrib ed form to be obtained at this office where the conditions of the contract may be seen and must have reference to two respectable persons as sureties whose real signatures will be required payments will be made in british money or in other specie at the rate of four shillings and fourpence sterling per dollar or in bills of exchange on his majestys treasuryat 100 for each 101 10s sterlirg due upon the con tract jno hare acg commissariat kingston febtuar barrack canteens mtotice is hereby given that the lil canteens in the undermention ed barracks are to be ltt upon the fol lowing conditions for 12 months from 23th march next no person but of an unexceptionable character nor any person for more than one canteen or who will not undertake bona fide to reside in tho canteen and i conduct the business thereof in his own petsou wiirbtc itjipnwm v ties will be required for the regular pay ment of the rent and of all sums which may become due in respect of the said canteen and lor the due perotmajice of the several conditions ana stipulations of the lease the person whose proposal shall be accepted and his sureties must execute the indenture and lease of covenants relating thereto the paiticular s where of may be known by applying to this office or to the barrack masters at the several barracks the namesoftwo respectable persons with their christian names professions and places of abode who will join tho tenant in executing the indentureas his sureties must be inserted in the propo sals and the tenant is to pay for the stamps and the ordnance department does not undertake to procure the tenant a license sealed proposals addressed to the respective officers at kingston with the words tender for canteen writ ten on the outside cover will be receiv ed at this office on or before 12 oclock noon the 8th march next after which hour any proposals received cannot bo noticedby the mutiny act canteens are not liable to have troops biletted on them all persons making tenders for can teens are to take notice that they will beheld lo the strict performaiieo ttfthp covenants of their leases and full pay ments of their rents without any re mission or reduction further than the covenants of the lease itself set forth tho form of the tender to be as fol lows i hereby offer for the canteen in the bar racks at for 12 months from the 25th march next the rent of pounds per an num for vie house as a dwelling and the further rent of per month for every ten non- commissioned officers and private sol diers who may occupy the barracks during tktf period and propose mr of andmr of as my sureties for the same the rents of the canteens as dwellings are to be proposed at the sums stated op posite to each in the following list therefore the biddings will be upon what is offered for every ten men occupying the barracks this number will be as certained from the barrack masters monthly returns which are made up on the first day of every month and no changes in the occupations of the bar racks which may take place in the pro gress of the month either for or against the tenant will be taken into account no less number than ten will be charg ed against the tenant nor will aoy odd number be calculated thus if the bar racks should be occupied by 148 men on the first day of the month only 140 will be calculated for that month the bidders are also desired to introduce no fractional parts ofa penny in their offers as they will not be noticed nor will any tender be noticed except such as aro strictly according to the above form teto de pont 400 point henry 2 0 0ster frederick 1 10 0 pran 5 0 0 fort george ancr5trokooi office of ordnance kingston jjc 4ra february 1831 i