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the kingston chronicle saturday july 2d 183 i br the arrival of the ship colossus cap coffin from londonderry at new york wc are furnish ed with intelligence to the 24ih may from that city the following items are the only articles of any interest poland the despatches of pwcrnicki giving- an ac count of his operations from the 15th of april until his surrender upon neutral ground it op- eears that he sustained himself with great gal intry against fearful odds until he could con- ten d no longer the poles were required by the austrian au thorities to give up their arms which with their military stores were delivered up to the haiti ans though it is not easy to perceive on what principle of national law such a demand as line vraa either made on the one side or complied with on the other whether dwemicki and his brave troops will be allowed a free passage to warsaw is a point on which the ultimate decisi on of the austrian court hasnot yet been stated the polish government has ordered a new levy of 40000 men to be completed and so great is ihe national enthusiasm that according to the late accounts only a few days would intervene between the promulgation and the fulfilment of the order newsletter a letter from warsaw from an english physi cian says having arrived in this town with mr webb and my other conferees we were immediately imployed in the grand hospital we are not idle owing to the great number of wounded there are about 14000 who are ill and wounded- the cholera morbus has made its ravages here a- mongst the russian prisoners a great number gave joined the standard of liberty nothing had been decided at vienna rsspect- ing the location of the corps of general dwem icki which had sought refuge in the austrian frontier prince melleraich was aid to have evinced a disposition to treat these brave but un fortunate poles with consideration and mildness their arms will be kept in depot till the war is ever and the officers and men will be separated and attended to holland brussels i2ih may lord ponsonby left lurj this morning for london we can stato po sitively that this diplomatist exhibited a letter be fore his departure announcing that the prince of saxe coburg was inclined toacceptthethrone we believe that the object of the journey of lord ponsonby is to accelerate the conclusicn of the business which led our deputies to london and far from promising any ill to the election of the prince it will render it certain lord ponsonby will probably return this da week count do rigny ihe minister of marine on receiving intelligence of the troubles in martin- que imineditely despatched thithera frigate with troops the frigate sailed on the 19th having on board 301 troops of the line the armistice at antwerp has been broken and hos tilitiss have been commenced between the dutch and the belgians fuaxce oo monday the 10th inst the french king accompanied by the dukes of or leans and nemours left st cloud for the purpose of making a tour through bis do minion banquet of the polish committee on the lothof march 1831 the ceoiral com mittee of paris od behalf of the poles met at the saloon of ihe vendanges de bour gogne under the presidency of geueral lafayette general lafayette dressed in tbe uni form of the first grenadier of the national guard of poland had at bis side koiazie- wicz and the senator louis plater repre sentatives of poland at paris opposite to general lafayette were placed dressed in the uniform of the polish national guard messieurs adam gurowski one of tbe com- battaotsof the month of february near mratsaur theodora merawikti meuibei ur the polish legion and leonard chodsko a combattaot of tho days of july all the members of the committee and many poles were besides present a pamphlet has lately been distributed among the academy of sciences of france containing an abridged statement of facts in relation toaa economical method lately introduced in that country of supplying tbe wants of the poor with gelatine ob tained from tbe bones of animals slaughter ed by the butchers from this it appears tbatan apparatus for extracting this sub stance has been erected at the saint louis hospital and at lhotel dieu at paris proacluug lis termination by connecting thr ri ver ottawa with lake huron the improve ment and laying out road c are the attir ed mcana by which its ultimate prosperity would be most speedily hastened both thee positions w think perfectly tena ble and it is seldom two such important consi derations unconnected should so perfectly unite to one beneficial end besides that emigrants of greater jneans would still be arriving whose object was immediate location it is to be observ ed that such plans being put in execution would not affect the settlement of the country but ra ther favour it as many by being furnished with immediate employment would by a gradu al acquaintance with the country become suc cessful peltiers who would have failed entirely had they attempted it oi their first arrival and thus be led to become fixed in a country they would have abandoned the word of government says mr s in suring employment and subsistence in canada to every comer would certainly have a great effect in exciting the effort of emigration among labor ers and hope would naturally brighten the more distant prospect such general improvements set on foot might also lead many of the better classes to settle in the colony that would other wise leave it might not that portion of these views which regards the formation of roads be met by some corresponding measures by the provincial gov ernment i the long talkedofmatch between timolcon filho and lady heron at montreal took place last tuesday after a hard contest timoleon who took and kept the lead was victor lady heron having fallen from jostling in the course was distanced wc arc informed by one of the building com mittee that the steamboat willum the fourth building at gananoque under the su- perintendance of mr jesse wood of new york is progressing rapidly a meeting of the inhabitants of he district of niagara was held at stamford on saturday the 2lat may to consider of the utility of construc ting a rail road to connect the waters of lake erie at chippewa with those of lake ontario on the niagara river in that district we observe in result by the upper canada gazette that an application will be made next session for an act of incorporation to au thorise the said rail road the expense it is believed will not exceed l 50000 a meeting has been called for the 23d instant in thetownsbip of markham forthc purpose of considering and uniting in a dutiful andloval ad dress to his majesty king william the fourth expressing their sincere and unalterable attach ment lohis person and family and their confi dence in the skill and integrity of the present courts r assize u c 1831 the court of kings bench has made the following arrange ments for holding the several courts of assize and nisi prius for the present year viz chief justice robinsos johnstown district brockville wednesday 3d august eastern cornwall monday 15th august batiiurst perth wednesday 21lh august midland kingston monday 5th september mr justice sherwood western sandwich monday 1st august london london wednesday 10th august gore hamilton monday 22d august mr justice fcfacaclat niagara niagara wednesday 24th sept newcastle hamilton monday 3d october home york mondavi 17th october colonial trade act we find the same uncertainty which mr cor- for ike chronicle sir i must not bo nccessory to enrou- raeiog wurcorrcspondent one of the peo pfct in clamorous aud benighted com- position ny incooic nnd i think not too lalituriinjrino advice only afford him sa tisfaction because it indulges him with an opportuy t exhibiting his blind xoal no myellhathffwtosao sharp at reasons ho is empty of them n ontuflh pwpfc is a most unsuitable ndvocati to the church he contends for thai clurch by the pious and learned la bours ol its members has been acknow ledged throughout kuropc as the firmest defence t religion and its practical bless ings the author of the spirit of laws has paid a liigh tribute to its intellectual efforts and if as lord bacon said a se- lection ftn the works emanating from it would be t the greatest addition to divinity since the days of the apostles what might be said if more could ho said after tho days of watson and paley one f the people has entirely lost sight of all traditional and historical knowledge he confounds divine with human works and supposes perfectiou iu schemes of go vernment aud established formsof roligion to which inexplicable irrevereoceio iraita- ti on of his forbearance i decline giving a name nothing will satisfy his romantic zeal but systems and institutions perfect and immutable from their origin requiring no improvement and admitting no addition or development how odd it is tbal so haughty and learned a person must be cor rected by an humble nonconformist that constitution and character which he claims for human institutions belongs only to the works and designs of providence id these indeed nil is perfect from their primordial all the beamy of the rose and the majesty of the oak are contained in their respective seeds rudiment partium omnium parit producit our present enlightened monarch has said 1 coosider the established church one of tbe maio defences of the civil and religious liberties of my peopo the latter is the object the former tho means happily for britaioandlhrough britain for tbe whole world the principle of her government is improvement and devetopc- ment this principle constitutes the na ture of man and it is the science of go vernment to aid and direct it one of the most distinguished and indefatigable sup porters of the interests of society io our rimes has said that religion and govern- as he thought he could persuade the citi zen to comply willi by the method of ar gument and raiisoh or bring them into by the height of bis authority ttittttftnixmg as he himself said authority c power tvith reason ami justice 11 he repealed sill the laws that hod been made by draco except those against murder- the reason of his doing this was colonial m i 4 l tt 4 i emigration the total number of emigrants arrived at quebec up to the 24th june was30674 the condition and interests of the emigrants more particularly of the destitute class continue to excite every day more attention the mi grant society at montreal are stated to be active ly and successfully employed in their humane efforts l151 had been collected the docu- menta which we have inserted from the jjlbion ehow that hie majestys government at home j have not been unmindful of their wants tho provisions made as set forth in these documents are to be equally dispensed to emigrants whether they arrive by quebec or by the way of the uni- ted states 4 ik ti 4 b thoughts on emigration and on the ca nadas as an opening for it by c shereff this little pamphlet endeavours to show that the interests and future prospect of the greater portion of emigrants would be best consulted were government to adopt a more extended scheme of improvements in the canadas by in ternal communications canals roads fortifica tions c which would afford immediate and cer tain employment to the destitute to those who merc incapable of becoming immediate settlers or were not disposed to fix themselves at once the writer also very justly represents that this most desirable project is supported by other considerations of great importance he thinks canada ought to be viewed chiefly in re lation to its future position as the avenue and en trance to those immense and fertile regions of the west which all prospective ideas must lead us to have regard to both from their relative mag nitude and ay the future sources of our own wealth and prosperity that consequently the rendering canada a more convenient and com plete passage and thoroughfaic by the comple lionot its great natural water communications of which the welland canal ie un important step the following out the gnat ok now p- on the interpretation of lite new ac the ex planation afforded by the montreal gazette will be found under the bead of lower canada wc erceive by the new brunswick journals that it as not altogether met the views of some por tion of that province it is to be irudted that a more permanent scheme of commercial legislation will soon re move all likelihood of the recurrence of any sudden changes such as our correspondent now deprecates to the editor of the kingston chronicle sir i am credibly informed that the collectors of the customs at montreal and quebec have received theirinstructions oo the new trade act admitting from the uuited states duty free flour wheat c c tho same law has unlocked and made free 10000 bis of flour now io the bonding warehouses in quebec and montreal and there i 10000 bis moro on the way to the lower canada market from rochester aod other parts of tbe stato of new york there is a difference of opinion among the best informed respecting the operation of the act some arc nf opinion that flour manufactured in the canadasfrom american wheat may he exported to en gland the same as canadian flour others are of a different opinion should the for mer opioiou prove correct it will proba bly he the meaos of bringing into the coun try from the united states aod elsewhere heavy capitalists for the erection of good flouring mills which oo douhc will he a great benefit to the country this sudden cbaoge in our commercial laws will ope rate peculiarly hard on the cauadiao mer- 1 rational aod just reform is as old as meot although unchangeable in their foundations and objects must as all other things relating to man modify themselves to the progress of lime re fine and perfect themselves and even precedo the advaocement of kuow- 11 ledge a country in which these or ei- thcr o them are stationary and inferior to the lulunuauuu aud lutulnguucc ui utu 14 aee be exposed todifficultics this is oo new fangled doctrine borrow ed from anarchists aod impostors god be thaoked it is no exotic io the soil of en gland or the hearts of her sons i shall not affect a legal or constitutional learning to which i havo no preteosions the iran- scendent power of parliament as onroh- thorised reformer aod improver is known to every mao who roads the history of his country it is ihe doctrine of the greatest lawyer of england sir e coke and his opinion is upheld by their acts downtovery recent times lord mansfield says in a speech known to every school boy much m has beea said by some noble lord cm 11 tho wisdom of our ancestors i shall m say nothing on that subject it might il perhaps appear iuvidious i shall ooly say that thoso who flatter themselves with member that as circumstances alterjhings themselves should alter that the church of england is not interwo ven with the frame aud existence of the constitutiooevery mao of seuse knows as a popular illustration of this 1 may quote the language of lord chesterfield oo the pension bill shall we show less concern for the preservation of our con stitution thau for tho preservation of our church the reverend bench should be cautious of making use of this argu ment for if they will not allow us an oath for the preservation of the former it may ioduce maoy people to think that they ought not to bo allowed au oath for the preservation of the latter alluding to the test and corporation oaths to develope his mind from the durum in ugumentum of prejudice i recommend ooe of the people to get acquainted with the language of the times his vocabulary is superannuated the present time speaks the language appropriate to its principles tant pis pourtiui nen a pas le dictionnairc one of the many for the chronicle siiiby what strange purblindness is it that the principle practice of reform is looked upon by certaio individuals as a modern scheme of anarchya branch of impiety and atheism- the inventions of french revolutionary ruffiansor as a part of those popular aod temporary dis contents which have been magnified aud caracaturcd uodcrthe name of radicalism chants aod millers who have been acting with a laudable spirit and enterprise un der an act giving them a protecting duty or one shillling sterling per bushel on wheat aod five shilling sterling oo rational society and although its efforts have not been always crowned with sue cess i think it might be shown that such failures were owing to a want of sincerity d- and good faith in some of those connected floor theyhave now on their hnodsj w them the following specimen of nearly all of the last years crop io wheat aod flour aod their interests are greatly affected by the removal of these duties not only from what ha to arrive but from what is now in ihe market whatever i athenians cast their eyes upon solon who reform look place about two thousand fvekundred years ago quote the words uf a learned aud correct historiau in this extreme danger all the wise may be the ultimate benefit or effect of this act such suddenchangts are ruinous aud discouraging to mercantile meo and i think might be avoided were the interests of the provinces correctly represented such laws should have a few mouths publication before going into operation this would do injustice to oone aud would enable those interested to prepare fur the cousequeeces if you can inform the pub lic through the medium of your paper whether flour from american wheat can be exported as canadian it will no doubt oblige maoy others as well as your obe dient seivaut a canadian miller- was obooxious to neither party because he had tiever sided either with the injus tice of the rich or the rebellion of the poor and they solicited him very much to take the matter in hand aud to endeavour to put an entt to these differences and disor der he was at last chosen archon aod was constituted supreme arbiter and legis lator with the uoauimous cooseut of all particsthe rich liking him because he was rich aud the poor because ha was ho- uesi ot venturing to meddle with certaio difficulties and evils which lie looked upon as incurable he undertook to briog about no other alterations ov cbaoges than such ihe excessive rigor of ihoe laws pefnrc his time the citizens of tho great est probity aod justice were rando judges solon was the first that thought it proper that none should be honored with that dig nity except such as had passed through the office of arrlioo lie restored and aug mented the senate of the areopagus aod created a second couocilof four hundred judging that the state being supported aod strengthened by these two powerful bodies as by two good anchors would not be so liable to commoiious and disorders as it had been id order to encourage arts and trades the senate of tho areopagus was charged with the care of enquiring into the ways and means that every man made use nf to get his livelihood and of punishing all those who led an idle life a son was not ob liged to support his parents io old age or oecessity if the latter had oot taken care to have his soo brought up to some trade or occupation solon engaged tho people by public oath to observe his laws at least for the term of one hundred years so far the historian amidst ell the political revolutions of greece the laws of solon still continued in force and six hundred years after his death we find them eulogized by cicero and stated to be theo tbe laws of athens if there is such a thing as a radical and he should see this short extract he will no doubt be struck dumb to find such bo nest sharp legislation tiro thousand five hundred years ago i recommend it also to the highftownhighchurcbaottliberals io order to show them that reform aod common sense are oot a modern discovery or a cloak for revolution senex for the chrwiicte mr editor the following incident extracted from travelling memorandums in the uuited states jotted down some years ago may perhaps afford an ioterest to your readers it did in the circum stances greatly affect rae and i thiok might do so in relation however uoetnbel- lishedbythe art of the narrator accideot brought me into an acquaint ance with a family of groat respectability under events which they by a more than required thankfulness were pleased to make flattering aod certainly to roc most agreeable- a short but iutioiate familiari ty removed those uational aod doubtful feelings so strangely fostered by many the mom iutensiinc of tho croup to me was 3d old lady ol very advanced age who bora in england had in girlhood removed with her father to tho theo colo nies of britain a few years before the re volution as 1 was tbe only native of britain she had seen for many years at leastio social iutimacysonie conversations into which we wero naturally led appear ed to have awakened the last tremulous but indestructible feeliugs which i found she yet retained for her own and her fa thers land the moroing of my parting from this agreeable residence these ideas had i per ceived acquired that almost painful maste ry over her whole mind rfhich we some timesobserve in age with mingled senti ments of sorrow and delight she seem ed to have wrought herself up ro ao anxi ous desire of once more utteriug in the language of this world thoso fmt and fond- lv ijicafct veil rthtm iimii fin liui 4ujii4 which in minds of the first order ran never he destroyed sho for the firt time took occasion to mention and at lecgiii recapi tulated with brevity and skill the events which preceded and accompanied the war of separation the peculiar circumstances which had marked out the necessary desti ny of her family and the contending agi tations with which they had hceo specta tors of subsequent occurrences this she did with an energy and decision of feeliog from the albion of the s5m june w redeem our pledge by mpying a uw3 portiou of the article from the fuar k iew on the allimportant question of l iodia slavery since our attcntioo jjeen especially directed to this subject we yjave examined a great variety of docu ts but have fouud nothing to diminish apprehensions- every account from kcv we iner our tho inlands indicates tho deplorably de- p state of affairs and the uncertain and unsettled coodition of things generally ve havo received a file of the nassau r gazette to the 4th inst which con- tain l speech of his excellency sir jaitf carmicbael smyth bart on open ing present session of the legislature nf bahamas it appears that the session was called to demand that the two houses rec an act passed at a former set- watt and to which the royal assent hnd beem witheld as it did not recognize the rigw of coloured persons to sit on the rrah aod petit juries the lauguage of bis excellency certainly appears harsh but w0 shall endeavour to insert the speech ne week that it may speak for itself accommodation of emigrants which can only be created by great events acring oo a pure aod elevated mind her concluding thoughts or i should rather say the thoughts which of themselves denied her farther expression i can never forget before domestic trials and duties she said had repressed my earlier and strong er affections my interest in england ra ther increased than diminished her pros perity her energies her glory retained a magic spell over my heart every trifle that affected the country of my aocestors come like suoshioe aod cloud over my first houses should bo placed near it mi ml i treasured up every recollection of her mighty destiny wheu 1 met asorca- emigrants ho documents which we insert below 0 that his majestys government at liuojo have not been uomindful of the wants of these poor wanderers the pro vision made as set forth in these documeots for the emigrants who arrive at quebec will be equally dispensed to emigrants who mnf reach the caoadas via the united states emigration to canada in consequence of a letter addressed by his majestys consul io this city to the go veriior of upper canada as to what encou ragement the consul should bold out to british emigrants going to the provinces by way of this city the consul was favor ed with tbe following answer- government house york upper canada 26th may 1831 tir i have the honour by the direction of the ltgoveroor to acknowledge tbe receipt of your letter of the i2th inst and to acquaiot you that several townships in upper canada arc open for location and that superintendents are statioued on them for the purpose of giving information to emigrants who may be inclined to settle io thnn on the terms fixed by the commissio ner of crowo lands 1 am also desired to transmit to yon the incosed papers from which you will per ceive the only preparatory stops the lieu tenant governor has beeo authorized to take with a view of affordiog assistance to igran i in llpir firw arrival iu llija rouii try i have the honour to be c james buchanan esq h b m consul new york mr buchanan the ageot at quebec is requested to notify the british emigrants arriving at quebec who have been encou raged by his atajeslys government to set tle in canada that part of tbe tow nships of seymour aod several other towoships in the newcastle and in home and wes tern districts are so far prepared for their reception that they will find a superinten- dant situated in these towoships for the purpose of locating each head of a family on the terms fixed by tbe commissioners of crown lands tbe land will be paid forby instalments agents are stationed at montreal and pres- wth wb bw hv wmfi ijiw tho emigrants with every information they may require to enable them to proceed oo their route to the townships prepared for location emigrants for seymour and the other towoships io the newcastle district will disembark at cobourg those for tho home aod western districts will proceed to york the agents are provided with maps of the districts in which emigrants are re commended to settle superiotendants will be instructed to erect a bouse at the entrance of the town ship for the oo their first arrival the depot of provisions will be placed near this house a line of road will be first opened thro the township provisions will be sold to emigrants at prime cost if a milnsite should be found the four feet of the law therefore is to admit amer ican wheat and flour to enter this province duty free but oo exportation to england liable to all the restrictioue which hitherto have been imposed by former acts relating to the colonial trade oo such articles at the satne time it is understood that american wheat manufactured iu the pro vinces of upper and lower canada uiaj be shipped as colonial flour oo the princi pal that the manufacture alters the charac ter of the produce this arrangement h ill preserve to canada the colonial privileges which it at present enjoys over the produce of the states and also give employment to the mills of the country mon gazette we are not a little surprised to find that some individuals have given as strange an interpolation to our remarks of thursday on the new colooial trade act as we had accused some of the commercial body of this city eorertaining io regard to the effects of that law aod would seem to imagine that we thought the custom house disposed to act io an arbitrary manner in giving to their opinion 44 whether right or roog the force oflaw we certainly harboured no such opinion and we think we but speak tho sense of our mercantile friends when we assert that in our custom house more fa cilities are graoted io commercial inter course and more attention paid to tho in terest of tho trade than io roost other parts in tbe interpretation given by the custom house to the new colooial trade act we entirely coincide aod sincerely hope tbat great advantages may ultimately be derived from its enactments at the same time that interpretation may not prove to be of the same nature as that given by the depart ment in england and it was io that sense that we used the expression right or wrong to what had been stated of the de termination of the custom house here ib from the rochester u s republican new colonial tbade act we call the attention of our readers to the act be low of the imperial parliament passed just bofore the prorogation by king wil liam it affects materially ihe trade of tho united states with the british provinces repealing the laws of the colonial govern ments and places tbe trade of the two countries upon a reciprocal footing what amount of produce or lumber ibis new measure will divert from the new york market remains to be seen messrs editors you will confer a special favour upon many of your subscri bers if you will insert a table exhibiting miuutely the articles which may now be introduced into canada free from duty and those subject to duty aod the per ceutage required ic- there have been so many alteration of late in the english aod pro vincial laws that it is difficult now siuco the last edict to know tbe true state of the busiuewh sionally happened natives of england if at all fitted to add reality to these long in dulged aod secret eojoymeots i canuot describe my feelings i eoquired of all that recalled my early days of tbat illus trious but deeply tried monarchwhose ac cession i well remembered and the joy and promise with which his reign com menced at such momeots 1 felt like jo seph in the laod of egypt as if i would long to exclaim let all depart from us f am an englishwoman doib oar father yoilive i i still picture her in my mind she had been of that form which beloogi perhaps only to england a dignity varying be tween calinuess aod repressed passiou and enthusiasm aod mingled with adolescent sweetness although her countenance was marked with all the traces of time my fancy without effort aain lighted up the fire tbat once illuminated her calm and steady eyo and rrstored to her faded cheeks the rose of england she was indeed au englishwoman led by accident aod sentiment i have since visited the place where she reposes it is hallowed by one great aod overruling idea comprehensive in my mind of al most every virtue andexclusory of all but such attempered failings as can he allied only wiih goodness her memory often recurs to me amidst discords and conten- itoos aod the thought of our bard has my imagination united itself with imago o england what nughtsl thou do- that honor wi iheedo were all thy childicn kind and natutfl 2 id her commercial an official copy of the new colonial trade act recently published in this pa- ber was yesterday received atthe custom louse by the halifax may packet and as kitltti v hi swumukm effect from the 15h april ssrfislfw the immediate effect was its permitting the flour aod wheat nuw id the bonded stores here to be released and he abolishing of all distinction between american and co looial wheat aod flour as far as this country aod the west indies are interested we are concerned however to learn that tbe merchants of this city give various in terpretations io other sections of tbe act and this we the more regret that it may tend to excite io distant parts of the pro viocesexpectatioos which cannot and ought uot to be entertained to obviate this difference of opinion we have taken the trouble of enquiring at the custom house what interpretation they put upon the law as it is by their opinion right or wrong that persons interested must be governed the former law besides imposing a duty oo the importation into the britsib american pos sessions nf wljtit flour c from abroad also provided several forms which on en try required to be atteodod to and imposed several limitations which affected the char acter of tbe productions these were a de claration on the shipment of the property from the owner proprietory shipper that the same was the produce of abritisbposses- sion and a certificate from the collector of the quantity shipped by the actjust pass ed no more tc repealed than those clauses of the former act which relates to the im position of a dcty but leaves is full force al the provieions above alluded to the ef wo pprreivp that meetings of the farm mers of the home district hat been called to coosider the propriety of addressing the two houses of the provincial legislature on the state of public affairs io ibis pro vince u c herald we have seen a new edition of the book of common prayer which contains a short servicre to be used on the 26th day of juno io each year in commemoration of tbe ac cession of our gracious kiog william the fourth to tbe british throne lb a schooner uf about 80 tons hurdeo cal led the john watkins and owned by capt theiv was launched at hatters bay yes terday she will sail immediately having been completely rigged while on the stocks lb york u c his excellency thelieut- goveronr has been pleased io appoint ed ward mmahao esq to act as civil secre tary to ivhom all communications for hi lxccllencys consideration arc to be ad dressed until further notice the village of maitland in the town ship of augudta aud four miles below brockville has by a proclamation of ls excellency sir loho colboroe been ap pointed a port of entry by the name of port maitland scots kirk at 9 in the morning the rev w kentoul delivered his first dis course in york to a part of the 79thltegt from lukex aod 10 11 12 and at 3 io the afternoon he preached from acts x- and 29 on the duty of a christian minis ter at 11 a m mr mcgill nf niagara took his text from matthew v aod 14 these gentlemen speak in a clear tone of vcice and the buildiog proves well adapt ed for the conveyance of sound they read every word of their discourses which id some degree mars the effect especially when the hearer looks at the minister but on the whole we felt pleased aod gratified with the exercises of tbe day cofo adv ui- k yyr the weather during the whole of this season has been extremely variable and bas generally been wet on monday afternoon the thermometer was at 90 and last night aod this moroing the tempera ture was as cold as it generally is about the jer the crops in this district are howeverprosperous the hay crop which is now nearly secure from accidents promises to be a very abundant ono gaz after our paper went to press on satur day we learnt that his excellency lord aylmer bad upon tbe representation of commissary general routh ordered re lief to be afforded to those emigrants who having commuted their pensions came out in the hebe and who could in any way make out their claims upon government these men have we understand a claim to 100 acres of laod in common with other discharged soldiers becoming actually set tlors mercury united states 4- fatettevillethe nat intelli gencer says it is supposed that by the destructiou of the town of fayetteville three thousand souls were suddenly rendered houseless and destitute of the present meaos of subsistence provisions furni ture clothing aod every thing shared the common destruction and this is a coun try thinly settled and comparatively poor a passenger from the south saw twelve hundred of the suffereri one body eo- camped io tho neighboring woods these distressing facts must appeal irresistibly to every heart sot trade of int- acd procpr even tho poorest to contribute bs mtt