j kingston seventeen shillings and sixpence per annum if seat by mail twenty shillings hronile o vol 13 no 25 nec rege nec populo sed utroque publwliftl nvtf fiwwrrfojf bv jama macjtl at his ollice in fioqmhreet kingston l c saturday december 17 i83f england froro ibe london courier of oct 20 prorogation of parliament at about a quarter past two this after noon his majesty arrived at the house of lords and shortly afterwards made from the throne the following speech the on ly important part of this document just now is the conclusion which pledges the crown to a speedy effort to oblain for the people jhe rights which a mere action would with hold my lords and gentlemen 1 am at length enabled to put an end to a session of unexampled duration and la bour in which matters of the deepest inter est have been brought under your consider ation i have fett sincere satisfaction in con firming by mv roval assent bills for the amendment of the game laws and for the reduction of taxes which pressed heavily on the industry of the people and i have observed with no less pleasure the com mencement of important improvements in the law of bankruptcy from which the most beneficial effects may he expected i continue to receive the most gratify ing proofs of the friendly disposition of fo reign powers the conference assembled in london lias at length terminated its difficult and laborious discussion by an arrangement unanimously agreed upon by the plenipo tentiaries of the five powers for the sepa ration of the states of holland and belgi um on terms hy which the interests of both together with the future security of other countries have been carefully provided for a treaty founded on this arrangement has been presented to the dutch and bel gian plenipotentiaries and i trust that its acceptance by their respective courts which anxiously expect will avert the dangers by which the peace of europe was threatened whilst this question remained unsettled gentlemen of the house of commons i thank you for the provision made for he future uuity and comfort of my royal consort in the event of her surviv ing me and for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year yi may be assured of my anxious care to have them administered with the strictest attention to a weluconsidered econ omy the state of europe has produced the necessity of an increased expenditure in the various establishments of the public ser vice which it will be my earnest desire to reduce wherever it can he done with safety to the interests of the country in the mean time i have the satisfaction of reflect- a4 iw4 lyve heeiv iwovmett fur without any material addition to the public hurthens my lords and gentlemen in the interval ol repose which may now be afforded yon i am sure it is unne cessary for me to recommend lo you the most careful attention to the preservation of tranquility in your respective counties theanxicty which has been so general ly manifested bv my people for the accom plishment of a constitutional reform in the common house of parliament will i trust he regulated by a due sense- of the necessi ty of order and moderation in their proceed ings to the consideration of this import ant question the attention of parliament must necessarily again be called at the opening of the ensuing session and you may be assured of my unaltered desire to promote itr settlement hy such improve ments in the representation as may he found necessary for securing to my people the full enjoyment of their respective rights which in combination with those of the other or ders erf the state are essential to the sup port of our free constitution when his majesty had concluded tho above speech the lord chancellor from behind the throne declared by his majes tys command that the parliament would be prorogued accordingly the prorogation is now for only one month but as the words for the dispatch of business are not mentioned another short prorogation of fourteen days may be expected the attendance from the house of com mons was very numerous cal union have published the following ad dress prorogation op pariiamet second address of the council of the bir- was dispersed again by about 200 of the po lice and more yf ihem taken prisoners about isu the m mion of lord dudley and ward was ai tacked but the inib was mingham political union to all their fel- agl dispersed ry th- police and by ten lowcoiintiymen in the united kingdom oclock all was tranquil nenfs countrymen and brother the bishop of carlisle having voted by by proky on ihe hvfrm hill was burnt in ef figy on the evening nf 16th october avery large failure took place at luyds on the 16tli of oct which formed the cur rent topic of the day on ilie investigation of the affaiis of the house it was discovered that they would pay 20 and need not have stopped 1e cholera morbus has broken out at hawburgh and excited a good deal ofa- larff throughout england where it was featvd it would make its appearance in the coine of a few weeks fn our gracious king firm and inflexible in the defem e of his people has again come forward in the moment of their extreme need regardless of the clamours of an in furiated faction hovelling around the steps of his throne he has again in person no bly put fort li his royal prerogative in our defence and sent the house of lords back irt the midst of the people to receive a les son nf the duties which they owe to their country and of the extreme dangers which must ariso if they should rashly persist in placing themselves in opposition to the ir resistible will of the nation friends and fellow countrymen our road is clear our mind is made up we will stand by lord grey that illustrious statesman lias declared that the bill of re form shall become a law in all its essential principles and provisions the whole his tory of his life forbids us to distrust his word the strength of an united nation which he wields forbids u to distrust his power therefore we will stand by lord grey and if hy possibility he should he driven from power we will carry him back upon the shoulders of the people friends and fellow countrymen the mai from wl king the ministers the huse of commons lowm and the people are all united all tlioc enrolled ourselves under your lord- have given proof that they are true to the ship command to evince our loyalty to- cause of liherty and that they are dctcrmi- i war patriotic king our confidence ned to carry the bill of reform into a law i in tv popular ministers and our attach- this holy league is invincible nothing men to the great and vital measure of re- can shake its power if no discord or disu- i lorns proposed by them had this been nion arises within itself itisforyou there- pas wc would have stood hy your lord- fore lo shun discord as the only rock on ship de in all times of danger fr ihe which your hopes can ho wrecked discord protection of properly and person hut the amongyourselves would give to your ene- bill vtwft thrown out o the house of peers mies the only possible chame of obtaining we vannot notwithstanding our respect and a triumph over you let no disunion arise l grat towards your nuhle house lor its among you and nothing can prevent the surrff of the measure consistently with downfall of that atrocious oligarchy which i ourlty to ourselves and our country con- has so long trampled upon the liberty and sen to serve under a colonel who opposed a tho happiness of the countrv i im fit me house of commons and a jrwm lte if i ksnt ill titltlwzm wfis h in ik vitiprity mth at armagh in ireland the orongists un dertook to light bonfires and rejoice at ihe rejection of the reform bill the reform ers turned out in opposition a row ensued and one of the latter was killed and two woiwded the coroners inquest returned willful murder and seven or eight ol the ringleaders on both sides arc in custody fte maidstone yeomanry cavalry have disndid themselves in consequence of the low of the reform bill they presented in address to their commander viscount cli w ately been resorted to but be was bound to sex that nothing could be moreunfortunate state that every violation of the public i for a country than for its inhabitants to he peace in order to display zeal for the ac- j placed in an unequal position on account of compljshment of the imasnre however it their difference in religious opinions he might he intended was certainly against i denied that it had hten the policy of the late parliamentary reform the people natu- i government to make one sect dominant in rally were anxious but they ought not lo j the canadas or lo restrict to them the pro- allow any thing like deqpiiir to take posses- visions which were made by the mother sion of their minds or iidulgo any distrust country for the support of religion he in his majestys council such conduct above all others they wnst avoid if ihey wish the bill tosucceed the hill will pass or one equally efficient if such advice he taken but it will not pass if the friends of reform do not also show themselves the iriends of order hear i have deemed it my duty for the sake of the peace of the country to give this friendly advice most sincerely hoping that it way have the desir ed effect and that it will be received in the spirit in which it is cr i v i lord wharclifpkram glad to hear from tho noble and learned lord the ad monition to refrain from the violation of pro perty when the question came before the house i thought it my duty to oppose re form in the way in which it was introduced how i may act when lh measure comes again before the house will depend upon circumstances bill i will repeat what i stat ed previously lo the dissolution that there could be no doubt the tilt had now arrived when there must be a reform in the com mons house of parliament- to what de- e extract the fol- i grec i am not prepared u say nor what mode of reform may be safely adopted but when the question comeaain belbre your lordships i shall exert ibe best of my abil ity to do justice to its merits hear thought on the contrary ibat some provis ion ought to be made by the government for all sects there he agreed also that the charter of kings college ought to be so be somewhat severe very well said i nnd went chair i look the opportunity of i r up all arrears well my friend nid i you have had a p3 df al of amusement at my expense but rati me you have yourself afforded me the means of paj ing von back vith compound interest nnva you ihe courage to bear contradiction cfllttis ly he replied if it isdonn in pood net lie ard i con feu that the patience with which you hav4 borne my onsets will disarm me even should you altered as not to exclude from lift council all who were nut of the established church he thought ihe allotment act of 1791 of the clergy lands in canada ought to be al together repealed and that all religious sects should be suffered to share in ihe ten on firsl let us consider the practical part of your doctrine of native liberty equajity and tho tights of man you say that all men are equal but in what sense have all men equal capa cities for getting and securing property and for efitftto be derived fromthose lands for an i takingearc themselves you assure me tho reform bill intebtiok3 of mttvis- ters the following is a copy of tho reply of earl grey to a letter from sir john c hoh- house accompanying the address from the householder of st georges hanover square downing street oct 15 1831 dear sir i have had ihe pleasure of re- fceiving your letter of the 14th with the ac companying addresses from the electors of westminster from the parish ol st anne 3nd from the householders of si georges hanover square the expressions of ap probation and confidence with which we are honoured in these addresses have af forded the highest gratification to my col leagues and to myself it will be our most anxious wish to merit a continuance of these sentiments which we know can only be secured by a steady consistent and perse vering conduct directed to the accomplish ment of a real reform in the representation of the people not less efficient than that which has been w lately rejected a nu for this purpose will be offered to parlia ment immediately on the opening of the next session and in the meantime we hope we shall not he thought to claim too large a credit in requesting you to be assured that all our measures will he taken with a view to the most effectual means of insuring the success of this important object i have the honour to be dettiir your obedient ser vant x gttby jsirmikgham political union ttte crjuncil of the birmingham politi- same tune that we show confidence in ihe king and in his ministers and a fixed de termination to preserve the law let us show no weakness no timidity t no hike warnmess in the cause of liberty let all he united as one man in the enthusiastic and deler- mined support of this great this holy cause let political unions be formed inslanlly in every town in every district and in every tillage where they do not already exist let the nation stand forth in its strengih and in peaceful commanding majesty ex press its will and that will is certain to be come the law of the land fnouds n4 reolow ounuyanturt fee patient be peaceful be firm be uni ted be determined place your confi dence in the king and in his ministers until these shall deceive you there can he no fear for the liberties of england friends countrymen and brothers listen to us- the sword must not be drawn in england the terrible knell of the tocsin must not sound the tears of the widow and the orphan must not mark our course these are ihe last dread alterna tives of an oppressed nation the influence of the oligarchy aided hy a corrupt and de generate hencfi of bishops has obtained a momentary triumph in ihe house of lords by the power of the king and of ihe law we will humble the oligarchy in ihe dust our gallant neighbors the french effected a glorious revolution by lilting the barrica des cemented with the best blood of the na tion we will have no barricades with out blood without anarchy without vio lation of the law we will accomplish the most glorious reformation recorded iu the history of the world thos attwood chairman by order nf the council benjamin hadlet secretary hou if lords for if tumults arie which france the bill on the french peerage paed ihe chamber of denutfr n the 13th by a vote of 386 to 40 it wa amended in some particulars its principal feattlfe as ariop cd by the house ftre llal he peerage i not hereditary that ile number of p n h unlimited that they ara iwbtd by the king without any reiuminn as to persons or classes that the dety conferred for life and that infuturt no iwj or pen sion can be attached tor the dignity of the peerage tile proposition of hie original opposite course produced a jealousy in them towards the established church injurious to it and to the colonies mh robinson urged the necessity of immediate attention to tho prayer of this petition the line of emisration made the subject more important because it made he distance between the dominant church parly and the inhabitants daily greater and grea ter and this distinction was the more impor tant and striking as these colonies were in the immediate vicinity of states where reli gious distinctions were not observed petition ordered to be printed to the editor of the kinftston chronicle aristocrvcy mn chtiovicle 1 somciimcd take a ramble in th land of jonathan by way of recreation or burin when i uluys make it a point to store up in mv memory such observations i are sur- contrary and for the proof of it point to your nu merous dependents rho are kept in oidcr by your riijjenor sagacity and who livfl upon what you are pleased to allow them out of the product of their own labor recollect alio the fanner whose history you gave me now do yu coll yourself ihe equal of those beings over whom yctf exercise such arbitrary controul you cannot think so and yourown consciousness must con tradict your political orthodoxy you aro v staunch an aristocrat njl ever met with and as firm a maintainer of inequality both in men and in their personal rights you boast and irnly of a decided superiority over your dependent both in the powers of the mind and the actus possession and enjoyment of many advantage rcsuhingfrom a pruilcintcierciscofthostvpnmcrs if i ask who ought by natural right and hutice to enjoy the wealth produced by the labor of 80 individual would not your creed of equal rights i icll mc that the labourer should but ouoin we srrowfullv anticipate as ihe conse- 1 project and of which all the last day the quetf refusing reform to the people we shmim be belying our political creed should we 6 called out lo fight against men whose cause we profess to tfpoitfe v riots in england we find in the london papers that on the 19th of october a mob ofabout 1000 per- tons attneked the houses of lord ashleys agents in sherborne and broke several hundred panes of glass and proceeded to commit similar depredations upun earl diabyl castle he being in the castle at plieandliiscoheaguestliinkl achris the litne intending to order his servants to fire on the mob in caie ofentering the hoote which they did not effect the mob then attacked the vicarage house tore up the vine r plundered the kitchen of beer e and got drunk over the graves of the dead on the 16th tankervilles carriage was attacked by the mob at darlington with paving stones c and he glass and periods were broken lady fitzharrrsaml her maid were in the carriage but miraculomly es caped unhurt the mob had also burnt down notting ham castle which was erected in the reign of william the first it wastheseatof the duke of newcastle in manv places the yeomanry had pre- vented the proceedings of the rioters three nr four rioters have been killed at tankerville the mob attacked lord londonderry near the horse guard when riding on horse back he was struck by several mitfilei but the mob waa intimidated by hi show ing a brace of pistols and gave way hut they followed and he wa again attacked one stone haviug hit him ovir the twnple which cut a hole through his hat he was then conveved to hi mansion in parklane where hit wound was diessed and was do ing well the mob also attacked the residence nf the marquees of bristol in st jamc squafe but the police c made a rush upon the offenders took several and dis persed the other thv proceeded to tho residence of ihe duke of wellington which was stoned c- and not more than a dozen panes of glass was left unbroken the mnb adnpttou was urged hy m crtlmir pcrrier that the present article may be modified hereafter nevertheless no proposition to tht ettett shall be submitted to the exam ination of a legislature unless it shall have been referred to it by ihe preceding legisla ture was rejected ny a cret majority not mure than 20 member of the centres rising for it during the discission an amend menl was pmpnsed authiriziug the enrol ling among the peers any of the high dig- nitares of the catholic church and the heads of the protestant consistories it was received with univenal dissatisfaction and by way of ridicule it was propojietl t- add to the list jewish jiabbis and the bead of the st sitnonians the amendment was rejected without a ballot a result to th unanimity of which the votes of the lords spiritual of england on the reform bill doubtless contributed something the canadas house of common oct 14 mr hume presented a petition from the inhabitants of upper canada which had the following prayer may it please your honourable house to take the subject of promoting religion and education in upper canada into your most serious consideration lo take such steps as may be within the constitutional power of your honourable mouse to leave the ministers of all denominations of christians to he sup ported by the people among whom they la bour and by the voluntary contribution of at tiioncrster on thursday night effi gies pf the duke of gloucester am the bish op ol lle dincem who was expected at the palfu that eveningwore carryingfrbout the town w torched previous lo being pub licly burnt w4 have already laid that the conduct of theuishops on the reform question was r to injure the interests of the c lurch over which they preside that it wold have such a tendency they knew be- fure haiu for they heard the opinion in a hundred dillerent ways and if we are not mihfurmed their own immediate chief liiited in them the probability of such a re- sulv will any any man say that the confluences of their conduct have been les injurious than they were led to expect dnt it not now require all the piely of the inferior clergy all their most strenuous ex- crtmos to preserve ihe church itself frm discredit and if there were notfcrtuttately in le members of that church a loveof the instflution which even it dignitaries cannot desjrov would it be possible for the clergy generally after the spleenstirring demon- ctrajionsof ther superiors to kcp together thelwllocksl h will require yearsof undis- lurfted harmony to efface the remembrance of oe great evil act and are we quite sure benevolent societies in canada and great thajthc future conduct of the heads of the britain to do away with all political dis- ohvrch will suffer such harmonv to ixit tiuctiou on account ot religious faith to re seated to my mind by whal i sec and bean i have moreover made a number ofacqunintanccs do the men you enp in inak engine with various persons some of whom i highly es- derive as much benefit from their libor as von teem there is one in particular at whose house i have been in the habit of slopping for a few da s every time i have paid a visit to his part of the country he is wealthy and his wealth ho has rumfc by industry and yood management he be ing the ownrrof a considerable iron manufactory slftllll mglhes httfl hoavy wofk of yahoo kinds he is very hospitable in his house of a shrewd witty turnha3 a fund of observation upon men and things as he has found thorn in the way of his business and withal is something of a po litician the last visit i paid him i wfts a little surprised to hear him accostpd by the appehttion bf judge and the next day it being court timo riding with him to the court house a very pood building in the adjoining connly town i saw my friend take his eeal on the bench with half a regiment nf lawyers paradrd before him and observed that he felt ns a man of consequence naturally would feci though by the aide ora su perior judge my friend has about him a little village of me chanics among whom he is a an aristocrat sur rounded by his dependents he is fond of re mark and he frequently during my last visit which was near a week made observations tome upon the dispositions and habits of his work peo pie which convinced me that he looked at men with an eve of some discrimination and made it a point to study human nature h one day we are led to the consideration of this sublet by a notice whirh has reached us that the bishop of london who was to preaching be correct and from the temper of the limes it is but too probable what tiai bishop unable to preach the holy pre cept of peace to a christian congregation hecjuse in practice the dignitaries of that church have shown that they could not feel the influence of ihe doctrines which they teach tho bishop of london in deed is not one of tho memorable 21 who gave their voles against ihe bill but the peoplesay who is not with us isagainst us and although if the bishops as a ho- hv had abstained from voting at all their conduct would have been far less objection able excuses are uot easily found in the minds of men for those who were induced ta temporising policy to stay away ndon courier cf22d move all minislers of religion from seats and places ot political power in the provincial government to grant lo the clergy of all hay preached at the church of st anne denominations of christians the enjoyment westminister tu morrow has been induced of equal rights and privileges in every thing to decline doing so on receiving an inttma- that appertains to them as subjects of his tioo that the congregation would quit the majestys government unci u ministersjof theehiirch as soon as he should ascend the the gospel particularly the right ofsolem- pulpit if this accouut of the bishops not nizing matrimony of which many of them have long been deprived contrary to ihe repeated and unanimous votes of the house of assembly to modify the charter of kings college established at york in up per canada so as lo exclude all sectarian tests uml preferences wl to appropriate the proceeds ol the sale of lands heretofore set apart for the support of a protestant clergy to the purposes ol general education and v4rious internal implements this petition was signed by 10000 and upwards of inhabitants of the province the hon member strongly supported its prayer he strongly impressed on tb chancellor of the exchequer the necessity of considering the prayer of tins petition fof the time was not tar distant when he would be obliged to re sort to every shift to raise tho wind hear the prayers respecting the reli gious community soughtdeservedthe most serious attention as did tfiat touching the clergy reserves which consisted of many millions of acres- they jnigmbe as they ought tobe applied to the promotion of ed ucation the best possihte results must en sue from such a just application of this pro- mr wilxs said as the friend of religi- gious ljbertv a cause in which he had been engaged for many years it wltft great plea sure seconded the prayer tli petition the clergy reserves amoved 102500000 acres and the income or ught he 350000 a year then wl v resource were there if there were duly applied hear he hoped the of canada would have the attention of government and that it would not alldw those reserves to lie unoccupied or not ip permit them to be controled by ihe clerg sin george muftfta a in the sentiment ofthe hon member tor middle- 12 house or lonos oct public excitement the lord chancellor i rise to pre sent a petition for reform from parliament and am anxious to take this opportunity of staling what i intended to stale last night and what i consider it my bounden duty to state in the face of your lordships unci the country not merely in my judicial situa tion as ttie first magistrate of the country but as a member of his majestys govern menl i wish i ty lo slate that one of the most certain and the mi rest means of re tarding reform but particularly the great measure of reform which has so long occu pied the attention of the country is a breach of the public peace hear in one word the course of all others the most calculated to jeopardy the cause of reform is tojwort to violent proceedings and the hreactftfrthe kinrspeace hear hear violcntpro- ceedings had in different places unfortun- said to me sir not one man in five that i have ever had much to do with is any more fit lo take careof himfltlf in the world than a boy often years old the greater number of these men whom you see about me before i got them in my employment hod failed two or throe times in their trade merely for the want of a litlle com mon sense and economy now you see how well their houses appear each with a snug little garden hy it their children are decently cloth ed and they are able toj send them to h conu inon school which i have got into operation pure ly for their benefit and pray why said i do these men manage bgttcr your employment thanthcy did in their own m manage for them my friend replied i keep them at work and i prevent them from fooling nway their wages theres the great secret now go a monjr the farmers in this neighbourhood and you will not find one in half a dozen who culti vate his farm and manages his concerns half as well as might be done there is such a one naming him and pointing to his farm which lay in sight who in my remembrance began with his hands a small tenant on a neglected farm he put it in order and soon began to live on it now its lormcr owner is his tenant and he also ownu neaily half the farms in hisneighbourhood and his tenants every one of them live better thon one half of iheir neighbours who own farms the reason is he keeps them at work and pre vents them as much as he can from squandering their earnings he understands their business better than ihey do and he directs their labor so as to turn it lo the best advantage tho game as 1 do with my blacksmiths my friend is a staunch republican and had on several occasions made himeelf merry at my ex pense in burlesquing aristocracy and monarchy he talked of the voice of the people and liberty and equality and universal suffrage as things most glorious in themselves and the causes of national prosperiry we can change our public men whenever we please sard he but britons if your public men get into office you nevfrr can gel thrm out till they die and your great lords ihey live on the people by entailment frwin generation lo generation on the day that i left him 1 made up my ac counts fur him i had said but liltle on the de fensive when he had been running me nn our british peculiarities and exalting hi own so much above them j had drawn from him as much as i wanted and finding him in a pleasant humour n a drivo often or twdve mito lo a do no truly for they barely live comfortable while you build yourself fino houses and buy farm and extend your business with the very cosh earned not by your labor but by that other men now what is grosser injustice and oppression than this 1 where is our british poli lie hjmqn urwth4riut4ip4iim tynut mwiort dividual despotism in a free country you arc ft complete monopolist you are wiser than these your fellow creatures and the surplus of your wisdom you convert into a sponge with which you absorb at least one hulf of the nett proceeds of ihcir industry here my friend interrupted mc by saying do not push your remarks to extremities you forget that i furnish these men with the means of work ing at all 1 buy the stork they work up and furnish tool and machinery of a costly des cription which ihpy never could command 1 had not forgot ten these circumstances said i but i wished you to recollect it that by it i might take occusion of proving to you the ab surdity of some of your republican notions of equality it is true that you furnish these peo ple with the means of making their own labor a means of their own support bdt yet i do not think that natural justice abstractly considered as a naked and isolated position would warrant you in reaping so disproportionate a profit from their labor why should the sweat of their brows enable you to build houses and buy farms and extend your business so much while they who actually produce this wealth for you muft be content o live in your houses and cultivate a cpiartcr of an acre each of yourground with out the privilege of laying up any thing worth naming for the future imlocil replied my friend according to our republican notions of natural rights undequalhy and your statement of natural justice between man and man you would soon convict me tit monstrous extortion and grinding the face of th poor but do you intend to saddle k all upon me by no means i rejoined i intend not only f exonerate you but show that the case in hand is not to be determined by the leiter of natural justice in that rigid form i wish to soften your heart in regard to aristocracy and our british principles which you lell me arc unfit for the government of rational creatures the truth is man is made for society and mutual dependence but yet no less for difference of station andlhc un equnl distribution of what e call worldly pros perity there are numerous classes of commo dities for instance of prime necessity in the wants of common life which cannot be produced without a combination of the physical powers uf individuals and an accumulation of the direct means of giving that powerpractical efficiency this means is w ealth it needsalsoto bcai tho disposal of some one individual director whoso undistracted and arbitrary management shall cause the physical powers of numerous indivi duals to be so exerted in unison as to effect ilm desired object to bring it nearer home your superior mental faculties and your wealth un der the direction of your judgement enable your journeymen to manufacture those enormous and costly pieces of operative machinery while theso men unaided by your head and your mone rotild almost as easily make a world as to pro duce one of them but again if you should proceed with these men upon the principles of abstract justice as before stated nnd take to yourself but one equal share among them ull of the nett proceeds of their labour how could you keep up your establishment and retain them iu your service or how could you be enabled to hear the occasional losses unavoidably encoun tered in traffic without ruin lo your operations t vuu could not and these remarks wilt well enough apply to all manufacturing establish ments so needful in the world in which success not only depends on the concentration of th