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WITILA VIEW TO TILE RELIEF OF AORICULTUFAI MANUFACTURES, AND COMMEIICE. biz.:-., / , Br ead Bread. Dust, Flour, Flour Sweepings, ; *-ft. Pear, Pease Screemin:is, .Oatmeal, .oatuteal Sweep, ;7 8,D Callarancis, Balo,home Sweepintrs, Essence of ;Ito' Hops . , Beet, Pork, Suet, Sugar, Butter, Cheese, arts! ~'ii,evar Learner, Butt, Puncheon, flogslie4d, -Barrel, and Cask Staves, \Vine - ‘ 7 • 1)e, -Ti e rce and Barrel Staves, .Beading 47 - 2, - ; a quantity of Tmber,- Iron, Fire Wood, fl 7)4 ' , :osit• '241. per e:r...tt ta • leynft th 7 upon : the ginuu la tit f e t SlZe, mr,l I &f , of the ~u r•- • •,,,rei; ;`)e poi , / I:c" . orc the Siores arc re);:nredi fur ze loch 19 ,"r1 ,0,, ;7(.2•:',0d .., 1 / 4 , ;,;-,'e, .2i.1.17'hi 11,Z if if ,f,tt all o wed J r " , tie (. 7, ,/ of Sala he Havers peerticulavig - abscrein'g tint thetm,,,, e hutf. of the • • qurratity jr to k.l,4Zkcii aw 93 tire ifr., l iitveu . days, the remai iretia• ht the eeren the Deposit alowy will be fin: felted, " r• t a,. AS 7 °ITS a i'll the propc , ty t Cr o • ke a.t a e.v.tens:: ,- in of tune wilt, au day weenunt, be Vantcar. EAST - INDIA SOUSE, APIIII. QS, 1821. .1 1 - I W , COURT of DIRECTORS of . the UN ITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG ot TV ADI , 'G to the IS.AST INDIES, do .Ivreby give -‘ • r 'net a QUARTERLY GENERAL .COURT of the said ‘ ; il ,,, lll Pany will he held at their House in Leadtinhall-street, on DNEsDAY, the inth .June next, at Eleven o'Clock in Porenonn, fir the purpose of declaring, a DIVIDEND CH-MSD.I AS last; to NIIDSUMNIER. next. • .That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said COmpany's' Stock ‘`.in stint on TUESDAY the sth Of June next, at Three ° lu 'e • w l i Zti, and oeened again Cu TUESDAY, the 17th July fol-. Attd that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said Com= . 134 nY's Stick, due on the sth July; ready to be deli ec.this House on FRIDAY the 6th of Jo Iv• next. JOSEPH DARTc.Secretary. OCIE,TY OF MUSICIANS OF &BEAT BRITAIN . . . . Instituted in 1738. • • ta; I 'ATRon --Pis Most Excellent MAJESTY the KING. " Royal liighness Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE-COBURG. ~_. • •-' HoNonAny PREIIuENT : . • His Grace the ARCHBISHOP. of YORK. tioN - ro.laY VICE-ritt stnEziTs. H+s.noyal Higliheis 1 be-Duke of .CU nERLAND. • •'• His Royal Highness tlic Duke ~f CAMBRIDGE. His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE. f 4 r l Al DERBY. Earl FOItTESCUE, Earl of DARNLEY. ANNIVERSARY DINNER, of this A iirs .)CIETY will take place on a GRAND SCALE, at the ‘ra It. t)iINIS on SATURDAY, the 9th of June, IS U, . 414 : 1 ,14110 Eve, w.h Compoiitions of the most celebrated übrs,-hoth Vocal and loStrumeitlal, ‘vili be performed. Plir.stnEiqr.ov - TuE . . The Right Honourable the EARL, of DARNLEY. I,NoRARY STEWARDS; of . Blesinton, Lord Clinton, the Hon. Douglas t4iiiitard, the Hon. Mr. - Justice Burrough, Sir C. Banifylde; r G. Rev. gierk, Sir W.-De Crespitinv,Dance, N. Bayly, Mr. Bransliv, Broad Wood, Esq, "IL Brocas, Esq. Ainesißurrows, Esq. "J. Capel, Esq. W. Copland; _Esq.. Rev. kr •' navies, J. Vent, .Esq. H. Deshorough; Esq. L. Des. 3 ' ° '-'l4t, Esq. J. Ducker, Esq. W. Dubois, Esq. C. Dubois, G Cf:lon e l Elli o t, C a pt a i n Ellis; J. Fuller, F.sq. James •I,F "gs Esq. E. Harman. Esq. G.lienettev, Esq..l2P. Hum tt, Kendall, Esq. W. Leader, Esq. L. Lealie, Esq. ' , AtiA.,,ioity, Esq. 'l'. de Lisle, Esq. D. Mildred, 'Esq. It. Pear . F AL , r ' b lq• J. HainSinittoni,Esq. M.P, B. Rouse, Esq. J. Shaw, Sidney, Esq.' W. Sloane, Esq. M. Stodart, E•q. .l. ' cC, 1 1 7- 4 4. L. Stride, Esq. W. Stride, Esq. H. Sykes, Esq. Esq. W. Tarbett, Esq. ,J. S. Taylor, Esq. Teas- Sir G. Wiwi - ender,- G. Wentworth, Esq. Temple E. 44 -1. E. White, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. F rttovEssioNat, STEWARDS: Bistmp i J. Beak!, 4siirrowes, .T. B-Cramer, . r-ar ''er, J. Catkin, ChappieL Dance,Gritlin, Hawes, Hors .l•Cill:"l'lter. A. Ireland, Knyrett, C. Knyeett, W. Knyvett, `pa rr ntr, Lvon, Lord, Nlactiniosli, • Major, Seats., Neild, r • 1 7 . H. Potter, N. golfs-, lithidinu, -M. `harp, Sher- . Sale, .1. B. Salr. . 4 ) vryonfs nltoweil -to -attend, except thnse'. 1 1% Royal Family, or the Nble Directors of ~ticiento Concerts. t Tielicts, OtieGninea o each, to be bad r k j. l , 2 e Pr oft: ssio nal Stewards; at the Royal Harinonicliisti -11,;°,11, Aigyll Rooms; Birchall's; Bond-street; nod Iletts, Exchange. No T diets will be issued after Twelve V I Ck On hursday the 7th of June. I%ittner- (furnished y- Kai, of the Albion Tavern) on h.alf-past-Ft•re o'Clock.—No Collection after Dinner. PETERSFI ELM Speedily will In. published, :4 , 4, the PROGEgDINGS-before ' A "e Select Committee of the' Honse of Oninnions, ap- Mc l i t ',' file 23d ~f Nlay, 18'21, to Try and Determine the f•er °f a PETITION respect in,g the of ELECTION 130 ROUGH of PETEI(SFIELD, it, the County of 'IC I, Ili; h Hist orical Introduttion.' Not es, and Appen 111,tnteustrative of the state of that Borough. and the in wilich has prevailed !here for nearly a century. 41 INIS of SUBSCRIPTION to COL nut N and Co.'s BRITISH and FOREIGN PUBLIC • m tt.l, L . , Condo; t-st rt et , nover-sq trare,• London. t „.wrd ek , ( Lasit.—Sultscrihers paying 101. los. the Year, are I ' o lllllles in Town, ov 80'in the Country, and are v i,.. 10, 1 ' r t . 0 the immediate perusal of every new Work desired. I ‘Ahv c ,, th ers paying '5l. ss. the Year, are allowed 12 volumes tq ~';ktic r' .nr 24 in the Country. s‘a*,"ters paying 41. 4s. the year, are entitled to 8 volumes i r!?e4r 16 in the Country. 41 1m, 1 ,:des: " paying 81.8 s. the Year, are allowed 6 volumes. tib r 7lkt , `"e adva'ntages arising from an immediate and taluable 4 r3'l 4 4PPly of New Publications, Subscribers . to this „_e the right of choosing from a most exteosive and Iridi ; s 'llecti o a of the best Books itt the English, French, Languages whatever woo they desire, w Inch Ntia "rtY forwarded to all • parts of • England or the ent. A BILIOUSAN:FI PILLS, invented by ED- Pr e WA H nt Parati n . A LLANI, Surgeon' . and , A;: a ri b i l li e e a ca n r d y. c . er l t ' a h i i t s , n i srat• a „ — ', 1 5 justly esteemed for its a,ret F r ultr u i e l i n uri oy Which it of rernot es al, Inaction . or °at of . the „Stomach and Bowels, whether arising ~et I ndigestion, Flatulency, or cold . ; Sickness at ITh,;rl) Head:Ache &c. It operates lly acrid %et ; r other cruditie:. retained in thy Intestin , l Canal, and Ati s ti - ,' 4n- Alterative - to the system e.enerally. Free from any lts - : k nia l or Mercurial Preparations, it is at all times safe ; ~ttsaa•,:eFn given with a d a pted good effect during li . r!•griatica h e l3 is particularly to Persons of Bilious Ha . those of sedentary lives, where a sufficient action of 4,, u . w els is riot kept up, . and crudities retained in those Uu es, are frequent', produ c in g Pain s and Di:t en si ons, anti Eiead ::Meac Giddiness, or a sense of 1 cariness and A ' singl e t r i a l will f o lly convince ‘ the Pat p ient of y The worst cascs of Bilious or Sick Head -Aches ttie7tainly. removed by a sin ma ch Dose, an d hi ach shorter titietlnetn could be credited, ,but from experience. The Pro -6,r thinks it proper to remark, they will be f oun d not ft,y° th act without-pain iir un eas i ness, b ut to leave the ho!ly, 44 eir inimediat,.. ael.;,in ceases, free froki that c o st ive generally succeeds the operation of laxative ale , 4 .8 4 41 by E. Edward., 66, on the'Footway, St:Paul's Church - London, price 2s. Pd. and 4 . 5. 6d. per Box. Sold also and Clianiller,Oxford-strect; Ward,•Holliorn : Strad ; and lyillinott. bondon hejßigo milt he procured... SPILSBURV's . PATENT I,IOUTIC DROPS, a Remedy -in Scurvy, Gout, Rod Scropliab.zis ::; leases. Prepared at the 4 Duty include ntai.y, 15, Soho-aro:ire, price 6 s . lOC 6(1,, and • tl. Genuine has a Black ink Stamp. • PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OF LOWER CANADA. ROUSE or ASSEMBLY. IVEneItsDAY . , - 111AncH 14.—The House attended upon his Excellency. the Governer-in-Chief with their Address to his Majesty, on the subject of the differences which exist betiveen the graptees of the Tocvnahip of Sherrington and the tenants of La Salle, and the Address to-his Excellency, praying him to transmit the same to . hi's Majesty's ii inisters ; - to which his Ex cellency was pleased to give the following -Answer:— " I shall not fail to transmit this Addiess, - on behalf of the persons therein 'named and alluded to, for his Majestj's most gracious consideration.' The House went up to the Castle of St. Lewis, at the hour appointed, with an Address to Ids-EXcellency the-Governor -in Chief, stating that - the. House having taken into its irlosi serious consideration his Excellency's recommendation with respect to the expences of the 'Civil Government of this Province, had voted a sum not exceeding 'forty-four thousand Rnd sixty pounds, ten shillings and twopence, sterling, -to his Majesty, towards defraying the expences thereof, and also a sum not exceeding two thousand pounds sterling, for Schoolmasters for the current year, the fund already by Law appropriated included ; but, owing to peculiar and unforeseen circumstances, ithad not been in the powtr of the House to lay before his Excellency a Bill of appropriation to that yffect, ,end praying his Excellency to diyect that such smn'or sums of 'money.may be taken from the unap propriated monies in the hands of the Receiver-General; as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and that the House will make good the same at the ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament. To which his' Excellency was pleased to make the following answer : " The question, out of which this Address has sprung, has been considered with the utmost attention of which I am capa ble, and my opinion is, that the grant now proposed is wholly ineffectual without the concurrence of the Legislative Council." The following. Address was then presented. to his Excellency. the Governor in Chief, representing that this House i. impel led by a sense of duty to his Majesty, and of respect for the honour and dignity of his government in this Province, feel themselves bound to submit, for the consideration of his Ex cellency, their views on certain subjects which hale, during the iTiesent Seision, incidentally and necessarily engaged the attention of the House,. in the humble confidence th a t suc h Measures may thereupon be adopted by his ,Excellency, as may, tend to the general welfare of his Majesty's subjects . in this Province, and to the honour and advantage of his go vernment therein:— • I. That it is, in the opinion of this House, unjust that the Province should be charged with the payment of a salary to a Lieutefiant-raovernor - fiorn whom the Province derives no service or advantage whatever, and that his Excellency , the Governor in Chief be therefore humbly requested to suspend the payment of his salary, until he shall actually reside in this Province, and perform the duties 'of his office therein. IL That the situation of Lieutenant-Governor of Gaspe, in the opinion of this H ouse , i s t o t a lly un n e c essary , an d that his salary is an. ' unnecessary charge upon the public of this Pro vince; that officer being also a non-resident, and having no duties whateveieto perform as Lieutenant-GOvernor of Gaspe, And that his Excellency be therefore humbly requested to take the same intdanisideration. 'and relieve the Province of the charge heretofore sustained in the payment of his salary. 111. That the Secretarrof this Province 'is also absent and does not perform the duties of his office in person, and that this House humbly pray His Excellency the Governor in Chief will be pleased to adopt the necessary measures, in order that the said officer do only receive the salary on his residing in this Province, and perform the duties of his office therein. IV. That the Agent of this Province has, in the opinion of this House, been necessarily appointed in a manner different . from the Agents for.most other-British Colonies, and has there fore no services to perform for this Province, that his office is consequently an unnecessary - burden on the people of this Pro vince, and that His Excellency be pleased to take the same into 'consideration, and relieve.the Province of the charge heretofore sustained in the payment of his salary.. V. That it is essential to the welfare of his. Majesty's Govern ment in this Province, that no salary shOuld be allowed to any of the Members of his Maiesty's Executive Council, non-resi dent in this Province, and that his Excellency- the Governor in Chief be therefote 'humbly requested to withhold payment from such as do not actually reside therein. VI. That in the opinion of this House, the combination or re-union in a single person of the offices of a Judge of his Ma jesty's Court of King's Bench, and of a French Translator, or of a .Tudge of the said Court, and of auditor of Public Accounts, :or of Judge of the said Court of King's Bench, and of Vice- Admiralty, is incompatible with, and subversive of the dignity of the Judicial Offices, and of the estimation and respect due to those whoin his :Majesty has exalted to those important trusts, that much _public -inconvenience and discontent have resulted frOm such anomalies, and that his Excellency the Goiremor in Chief be humbly requested graciously to take the same into consideration, and to.require the Gentlemen in whose per sees those offices are combined to make' their election of either of the said offices. VII. That heretofore the annual salary of two hundred pounds sterling were granted to the Judge of His Majesty's Court of Vice-Admiralty in this Province, in lieu . of fees, by His Majesty, as mentioned in an ordinance of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, of the 20th Geo. 111. chap. 14. That nevertheless, since the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, fees have been exacted and received by the Judge of that Court from suitors therein, which, in the opinion of this House, is a manifest obstacle to. the administration of Public Justice, prejudicial to the industry and trade of the Province, and as.such bath, in fact, excited much public discontent, and that, His Excellency be therefore humbly requested to take ef fectual measures, in order that the wise and salutary intentions of his late Most Gracious . Maiesty, as conveyed in the ordinance above mentioned,may be strictly compli e d with. VIII. That serious inconveniencies have resulted from the occupation of the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery by a Member of the Legislative Council, owing to the imme diate,conneXions between that office and the House of Assem bly, and that a single person is, in the opinion of this !louse,. adequate to all the duties of the office of Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, and that His Excellency be accordingly requested to take the same into his consideration. IX. That the salary allowed to one of the Masters in Chan cery,.ought, in equity to belong to the person who rmforms the duties of that office, whereas it is within the knowledge of this House, and is also apparent from the public a.ecounts laid before them by his Ricellc, , pcy the Governor in Chief, that the salary allowed to a Master in Chancery is not paid to the Mater in Chancery performing the duties of the office, and therefore that his Excellency be humbly requeSted to take the same into con-' sideration and adopt such measures thereupon, as in his wisdom he may deem expedient to prevent a continuance of this Abuse, which otherwise may hereafter become a grievance and produce ,great inconveniencies.. _ _ X. Tliat his kxcellency be humbly requested to lay before this House, at as early a period in the ensiling Session as may be convenient to his Excellency, a Statement of the particular du ties and responsibilities of the Board of Audit of the public ac counts. To which his Excellency was pleased to make the following Answer:— I shall not fail to transmit these resolutions of the House for his Majesty's most gracious consideration, but I can take no . .tees in regard to . 'the purpOrt of them until I have received his Majesty's command upon them. • 'DALHOUSIE., The messengers appointed to present the following Address to his Excellency the .Governor-m-Chief, representin g , " that the House had tagen into consideration th e severa l objects re cOminerided in his. xcellency's Speech at the opening of the Ses sion, and the divers Messages sent do wn since • b u t t h at t h e great'importance'of most cf thoSe objects, and the multiplicity Of business, had prevented it from terminating several of them ; but that the House will resume their consideration at an caily periodof the neja. Session;” reported that they had presented the same, and that his Excellency was pleaszd to answer as follows . " I 'am perfectly aware .thatmany subjects of great import ance have been brought under the consideration of the House of Assembly during this.Scssion.; and am fully, satisfied that the delay in terminating slime of them may be unavoidable ; still I cannot , but 'express . ' my regret that several of these should. . ~., The following Address was also presented by the messengers appointed by the House to that effect : RESOLvEp,—That an luimble address be presented. to his Ex cellency the Goverrior-in-Chief, praying his Excellency will be pleased to give the necessary orders for causing the waste lands of the,crown oh the - north shore of the river St. Law ' rence to be - explored, and that this House Will meke good the expenccs necessary for that purpose, not„cxceeding,•fiVe hundred pounds currency. To which his Excellency was pleased to make the following answer " I think the object alluded to in this address of the . 11ouse of Assembly, respecting the 'exploring of the waste lands of the crown on the north side of the St. Lawrence, may tend to the 'improvement of the Province, and shall give orders ac cordingly, .so-soon as the means shall be provided for me:143 , - am Provincial Parliament." • The messengers reported also that their address to his-Ex cellency the'Governor-m-Chief, praying him to rauseQrtain in formation to" be laid . before the House at tl;e ensuing Session, relating to the progress madely the Chemhly Canal. Company, in the execution Qf tbe law in that,liclial4-had been presented to his Excellency, and that lie had liteii'.o6.3ed to give thefol, lowing answer : • " fshall not fail to cause all the information respecting the Chambly Canal, required by this address of the House of As sembly, to be laid before the IlOuse'during the next Session." - . Provincial Secretary's Office,' Quebec, April 2, 1821. his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief hai been pleased . to make the following appointments; viz :-_The Honourable An toine Louis Juchereau- Duchesnay, Esq. and John Stewart, Esq. Trustees of - the Schools of Royal Foundation. Jean ()E yler Arcand, Gentleman, Surveyor of Lands. Louis. LacoStF, Gentle Man, Notary. Public, William Henry Hardie, 'Gentle man, Inspector of Pot and Pearl Ashes for the District of Three .Itiver& . . Office of the Adjutant-General-of Quebec, 28th March, 1821. -It .has pleased. his Ekcellency the Governor in Chief, and Commander of tlie Forces, to name. as his Provincial Aids de-Camp, in lieu of Lieut.-Col. Frobisher, deceased; • Lieut.- Col. George Taylor, .C.B. formerly Inspecting Field Officer of Militia in these Provinces, and Chevalier Duchesnay, formerly Major in the Canadian Voltigeurs, both these officers to hold the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel of the Militia of the Province. By . order of his Excellency the Governor-General and Commander of the Forces F. VASSAL DE MONVIEL, • •Adj.. , Gen. of Militia Forces. QtTEUEC, 29TH MARCII.--Se.ison.—The weather, after se veral deep falls of snow,..has again .assumed the appearance of spring. The cold was severe.last night, the thermometer hav ing fallen as low as 0. This day however has been mild, and the snow begins to thaw; yet we have still many reasons to fear a late spring. Extract from a Letter dated ,PAssomption,• 22d .March.—" I take the liberty Of informing you, that the one half of the Bridge built. over the River PAssomption by the Government, at a cost of 24,000 francs, fell down yesterday morning ; by far the greater part of the materials has been so damaged as to be of no utility. • KINGSTON, (U.. C.) MAncit 23.—The establishment of ; Iron Works in the Province has long been a favourite project with Government, by whom it is considered as one grand means of promoting our general prosperity. This project is about to be carried into effect by Charles Hayes, Esq. a gentlemanlately from Er2gland, who purposes to erect iron Works on the Crow River, in the tear of the Township of Seymour, about 40 miles from the debouchure of the River Trent, where it is' reported that ore of the finest cittality is to be found in great abinidance. We are informed that this gentleman expects to have his fur nace in blast before the close of the present year, and that he has already- opened and completetta road through the Town ship of Rawdon, to the Crow Lake, the scene of his future operations. This road, running through an unsettled country so far into the interior, will undoubtedly enhance the value of 'the adjoining land, and •the iron works will induce emigrants and speculators to fix their residence in that neighbourhood. Should Mr. Hayes put his present plans into successful execu tion, and find the ore as good as it is represented to be, he will be enabled to furnish the whole Province with bar .iron, and hollow wares of all descriptions ? and render the further im portation of the bar iron of Sweden, and the hollow wares of Scotland, unnecessary. In this case, his establishment would become a public benefit, and he would merit the general sup port and good wishes of the Province. MONTREAL, MARCH 28.—(The weather.)—During some days past, winter, which we had erroneously imagined to have taken its departure, has returned. Yesterday we had a'perse vering fall of snow, and we should almost prophesy a late. spring, did not the experience of the last month convince us that he who hazards predictions on the weather, must frequently have his vaticinatious falsified. • STEAM-BooTs.—There are two new vessels of this kind in process of construction, the one at Laprairie, and the other at Lachine The keel of the former is 105 feet long ; her beam, 23 fact ; her tonnage, 150, carpenters' measurement : her draught of water, from 2a to 3 feet : she is int( nded to run be tween Chanibly And Quebec, and is to be called the Dc Sala berry, after the gallant officer of that name ; her engine, of a 40 horse power, is making by Mr. Ward, of the Ste. Anne's Suburbs ; and the castings at Three Rivers. The .latter has a keel of 80 feet ; beam, 14 feet 10 inches ; draught of water, 18 inches ; of her tonnage we are ignorant; she is destined to run between Lachine and some place on the Ottawa or Grand Ri ver; and her name is not yet determined. Her engine, of alO horse power, is making by Bennet, Burt, and Bridge, of th e Quebec Suburbs, a nd the castings by Mr. Warwick.--There are 14 Steam-Boats in Lower Canada; of which 10, and per haps 11, belong to Montreal. SALE.—The Steam-Boat Caledonia was, last Saturday, sold by Auction for 2,7101., a very moder a t e sum , considering that the first cost was 126001., and that she is in perfect repair. Messrs. J. and J. Young were the auctioners ; and Mr. John Brown, representing an association of five persons, the pur chaser. On the same evening, some shares in the Steam-Boat Montreal, which plies between this city and Laprairie, were sold for 3001. each. .MONT REAL, MARCH 31.—(FIR E ).—O n the morning of Thursday last, at about one o'clock, a fire broke out in and entirely_ consumed the interior of a house at the entrance of the St.-Lawrence Suburbs, owned by Mr. Joseph Duplessis, and tenanted by Mr. Ravenhill, grocer, and Misses Ross, Mil liners. The cause of it has not been ascertained, but it is sus pected to have been an overheated stone-pipe. The house -was insured for 5001. ; and the furniture arid goods of Misses Ross, for 6001.; but Mr.- Ravenhill, a very industrious and respect able young man, not long in this country, not having insured hiS property, has sustained a loss that he - estiniates at 3 01. The pipe. water had not been introduced into this house ; so that, as ' usual, the engines were nearly useless, for want of water. ANOTHER FIRE.—The tocsin rung fur the preceding fire having awaked Mr. Thomas Turner, 'in St. Paul's -street, he arose, and, having ascertained that the scene of the accident was distant was' returning to bed, when by the light of the candle which he had not yet 'extinguished, lie perceived hi his chamber smoke attended with a disagreeable sracll._Alann e d, he examined _ail the rooms on that story and found all safe; hut, on returning to his bed-room, he found the smoke greatly increased and evidently proceeding from below. D e s cen di ng hastily, he discovered that it issued through a partition that divides his kitchen from the back-shop of Scott and. Co. where upon he left the kitchen, And, partly forcing; open the iron shutter of thehack Shop, found .the whole apartment filled with flames. A particular. inquiry into this extraordinary circurn stance is now. tarrying on by the public oflider,. and it wdl, we rejoice to hear, be sifted to the bottom ; nor can we omit express ing oUr sincere hope. that there may transpire something of a nutn,re to remove from cur minds the - impression (which we are unwilling to entertain) that it was not the effect of accident. d cssrs. Scott have insurance effected on the stock of their shop, to the amount of 60001. IIALIFAx, 1 Fn. 17.—1 t was decided in the House of .As sembly on Tuesday by a majority of 12, that Richard J. Uniacke, and Lawrence Kavanagh., Esquircs--shoulti retain „ . their seats as Representatives for the county of Cape-Hreton. HAnirnx, FEB. 21.—There was a most Animated and ob stinate debate in the House of Assembly on 'Wednesday last upon the agricultural grant for the currEnt year.. The friends of the Institution, however,.earried their point ; ; at& the aunt of 120/.. was voted by a large maior:ty of 22 to 14. The sun/ of 10001. was yesterday votcct itt the House of Asserntly tcwards completing the building of the Dalhonsie Cerlei;e. (To ,L-e-cor . A tinttet«) (Continued from our Papei: of Yesterday.) The is another iMportant fact regarding the solidity of Bank Notes, and their proportion to commodities in our times, differing from the cir cumstances of earlier periods. The Government has been willing to receive throughout the coim try,.Bank-Notes in payment 'of taxes. Their accumulated amounts have, by the London re ceivers,heen constantly paid into die Exchequer in Bank Notes. This circumstance was alone suffi cient to give a value to Bank Notes equal to coins, if we consider that the gross receipt of the Exchequer - -increased during the war, each suc ceeding year being greater than the last. For example, in 1J312, they . Were 99 millioni; 1813, 114 millions ; • .1814, 117 millions; 1815, 124 millions, in loans and takes. ADAM SMITH said, " A Prince, who should enact that a certain pro " portion of his taxes should be paid in a Paper " Money of any kind, might thereby give a cer " taro value to this Paper Money ; even though " the term of its final discharge and redemption " should depend altogether upon the will of the " Prince. If the Bank which issued this paper ". was careful to keep the quantity of it always " somewhat below what , could easily be ern " ployed in this manner, the demand for it,might " be such as to make it even bear a premium, or " sell for somewhat more in the market than the " quantity of gold or silver currency from which " it was issued.'" We contend that Bank-notes to some extent did bear a premium in the war, for whatever purposes issued, because premiums were daily paid to Money or Bill Brokers for procuring Bank-notes in exchange for commercial bills. One word more regarding the stability of Bank-notes. The Reports of the Parliamentary Committee of 1819 stated— The securities held by the Bank to amount to £39,096,900 The OuLtanding Notes and Demands to be - 33,894,580 The clear surplus profits to be - 5,202,320 Exclusive of the Bank Capital - - - 14,6U6,800 To shew the public opinion of the value of this capital, every 1001. of this capital is at this time worth i 291. in the Stock market. With regard to the return of cash payments, it is anxiously to be hoped that all the happy con sequences which are anticipated may be realized by the measure, which is due to the rank and character of the nation, and to the public opinion. But supposing all the moral and political claims upon the measure to be fully satisfied, it may be useful to avoid attributing too much importance to it, as the means either of alleviating distress or of promoting prosperity ; lest on this account other measures might be deemed unnecessary. The measure regards only the wheel of circu lation, the means for facilitating the exchange and distribution of commodities and values, not either the natural or the market price of the commo dities or values to be exchanged and distributed. We humbly conceive that merely the substitu tion of gold coins for Bank-notes for facilitating money payments ; merely changing the repre sentative of the ancient measure of value, the money pound from responsible paper to gold ; merely measuring price or value by a costly re presentative instead of an economical one; we must not expect by such means only to reduce the taxes or any other component part of the price of commodities to render them, on this ac count alone, either more profitable to the pro ducer, or cheaper to the consumer. We are convinced that the real cause of the advance of the prices of production being chiefly taxation. Neither is any alteration made in the purity or standard price of gold coin: Instead of the guinea to pass for one pound one shilling, the sovereign will pass for one pound. But it might lead to an improvement highly beneficial to the manufacturing interests could we but be satisfied, that, while, for years past, we have been labouring to prove that no fixed- stand ard measure of value has existed, the ancient money (pound, shillings and pence) has all the time been effectually measuring the exchangeable values on the prices of all property, commodities, and services ; distributing payments for immense supplies, and collecting unequalled revenues ; like an old and faithful servant, never deviating from the path of loyalty, duty, and fidelity, however contemned or however disregarded. - The money pound, divided into twenty shil lings, and each shilling into twelve pence, was first established throughout the country as the English measure of value, as the money of com pensation and of account, by WILLIAM the Ist in 1066. The coins in circulation are a diffe rent consideration. The pound was first re presented by a Tower pound weight of silver, containing I I oz. 2 dwts. pure silver and 18 dwts. alloy, which was first ,coined into two hundred and forty' pennies. Some authorities say into 9-56 pennies, 'equal to 21s 4d. money of account, the Market price of silver, being then ls. per oz. Only silver pennies were then coined. In 1087 the pound of silver was coined into 230 pennies, equal to twenty, shillings of the money of account ; the market price of silver being 15..9d, From that year to 1300 the market price of silver continued so nearly the same that the pound of silver continued to be represented by 240 silver pennies, ; equal to twenty shillings of the money Of account. In the reign of king JOHN it, was first termed easterling silver. Ili the year. 1505fiENnY'itli first coined shillings: in England, forty to the pound of silver. Snb sequent to the year 1300, EDWARD Ist. dOwn to about the year 1550, EnsiAnn . 6th, the market price of silver . progressively' rose . considerably ; conseqiientiv, to prevent the melting of 'the silver eDimS, from time to time, the number_ of sl.i,lllne.,s and pence, iiito which the twelve o t m ces .o f silver - were • coined, w ere constantly increas ed : more alloy was also added to redntte the expence of the silver coined ; the mar ket price of silver having risen in the period io . 2s. 3t1:,. 3s. 4d., 45., Bs., an d even to 12c. per ounce, hi 1546. The discovery of.the Arne rican Mines in 1550, and their great productive ness, reduced the market price. of silver in' few ivears . to 55.. sd: per ounce x and in the- reign of :ELIZABETH, 1660, to ss. 4d. per ounce, when 'tile sterling fineness, the same quautity, 11 oz. dwts: of pure silver and 18 dwts..of alloy, was reestablished, which was 'the same degree 'of purity as in. 1066. From 1660' to the present tiMe, the standard purity of the Mint silver coins has been observed. Ever since the year 1601, 12 ounces of such silver'had been coined into 625., -the Mint price of silver being ss. 2 d. per ounce, until the recent new silver coinage, Ni hen 665. were' coined out of silver of the same quith tity and purity, the Mint price having been raised to ss. 6d. per ounce, to prevent the melting, of the coin. But although to suit the varying market prices of • silver, and prevent the, melting of the coin from time to time, the 12 ounces of silver have been coined into a greater or smaller num ber of shillings and pence, just as the copper pence have contained more or less copper occa sionally, the ancient measure of value, the money of . computation and of account, the pound, shil lings, and pence have remained practically the . same; not only as the money of computation re garding all exchangeable values, but as Measur ing the current value even of all gold and silver coins. Prices have continually been measured and computed by thepound, shillings, and pence. Payments have been made in current money. The money pound..appears, according to Dr. ADAM SMITH, Dr. REES,. and other authorities, to be of Roman origin.. Before the ancients pos sessed silver and gold,. their rude coins of copper and of trasS were stamped by public authOrity, more to prove the purity of the metals, then the most precious metals, than the particnlar weight of each piece of, money. In G reeve as well as Rome, andin England down to the. Saxon period, it appears that all large payments were made by weight.ofcoin, not by, tale. The first valuation of Roman money was by the «livru gravis ceris," or pound-of heavy brass, or by thepond.o; and for large payments by the pondzis, so called by way Wemiiience, a hundred weight. After ,the Romans had by their conquests obtained silver and gold, their coins continued to be valued in the same manlier. In England Wita,rAsi the First established the custom of receiving the public revenues in money, not in kind. The money, however, was for a long time afterwards received at the ExcheqUer by Weight, not by . tale. Both the English money pound and the French livre were originally re presented by a pound Weight, of silver of giVen purity. shilling appears to have originated from a Roman weight called scilliagni, the fourth part of an ounce. In the reign of HENRY the Eighth the shilling did - contain the fourth . of art ounce, the pound of silver being coiued into forty-eight shillings. . But although, according to Mr. CAMaDEN and Dr. REES, King WILLIAM etas the first to esta blish throughout England all money accounts to be kept in pounds . , shillings and pence, ETHEL IIRT7 King of Kent, the first Christian King lit the Island, had first introduced this custom in Kent. They had at the time no other coined money than pence, containing as much silver as would now be worth 3 pence; other money being imaginary monies, names of numbers or weights. The Norman and Saxon Kings continued the same custom of coining only silver pennies in the - Royal mints; the Prince's image being On one side, and on the other the name of the city where the penny was coined ; with a cross so deeply impressed that it might he 'easily parted, and. broken into halves ; which; so broken, they called. hat f pence, or into four parts• they called fourthings, or furthings. llENity 111. was•the first King who coined round half-pence and. farthings. The term sterling has reference to the purl ty of the English Coins. Dr. REES informs us that " In the time of King JOHN (between 1199 " and 1216) money coined in the East parts of " Germany came into special request in England, "on account of its purity, and was called 44 Eaiterling-money, as all the inhabitants of " those parts were called Eastcr!ings ; and 44 shortly after some of those people, skilled: in " coining, were sent for hither, to bring the coin " to perfection ; which ever since has been called " sterling, from Easterling." This circumstance must have occurred more than a century after our money pound had been represented by silver coins only, and long before any gold was coined at the Royal Mint. [To be coninued.] , The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of CIIICIfir. TER intends holding his Visitations at the Catbr drat of that city, an the 19th of Ju►y, and, at Storrington, on the '23d. Two very handsome Monuments have just hees placed up in Si. Paul's Cnthedral, to the right the north entrance, to the memory of the latD Lieutenant-General Sir inthins PICTON tend Major-General thy, who fell at the battle of , N/aterloo. The former is from .the chissc cf GAGIIAGAN ) and the latter frQm that of iloptiEß.