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 •?r(t i(0 .f'^t/'M 'r)n'»T v/tul.tH •> l? 'tn ^-.h-} .i',ji1y ivisti »/ J/'jfi.(r. v.'-m 
 
 loTfaeearbf iettlemefitiot) tht; fFxiMmi nfrVonlif, ndwiriihraity of To- 
 ronto ani .th«. Capttai.) of [JpyjrtT'!€imadttitpiTev!iota»'lo the jriar 
 •iSift!!),' .WaB- after this'hiafm^i'i' -Miii .^iio'^ (.;■.•. •;! ((/,*.■ 'T 
 4't Wben the Governtnent of iGreat •HriUtiaiibeQarite firaf :po88i98^ed 
 <«f the Ptovince qf QuehaMflfterivr-.trds'iktndwBlAS tb« Provutceiof 
 €anadav bj conquest, it Wiiat deiinoua>^f ktaviag ihe /lettleinBat 
 .theit> otode by French Colonists 'ia>thd<>eB.)oymeDti'K)f t4ieir lawi, 
 fAtiettoms, laaguag*, and religion ;' tuad the better tp idirry out that 
 iri^iw, divided >the ProTinfe< idto bwot p«ptS(,> Ane.iLoidPie]^ Canadai 
 QDmpinsing all ^'^ Mlements.tben milde byitiN French^ indur 
 ifing the Comity /audreuil^ '(the only aetblamerit West (tf/ the 
 Ottawa River) ; ttUv. other; callediUpperrGarfada^ Which eompHsed 
 allithe nnsetlled-wildiarnesBiii^ttrof t^be boiitid^eieii aiAgpe<i to 
 XiOweM Ganodsfci vAi '■.> MiJjfvjHi vm-rn .U'lVKt vfiiv-j u-.ih rr: v/ivl'>5» 
 ' mTd t!h«i Provincerof UpperijCaniiddt, thie'^IiBpfiHai GMitertimsDt 
 ftssigned'Oi Constitution byidift Inlperfttl A)ctyi3tlfltijGreoi IILipass^d 
 In 1791i and appointed John.tiiidcoei' Ebqw^i t(iit%erirards' known ae 
 iQolonfed Sitncoef) Ueutenant Governor. • it.; I - .i ;•! ,: vi,-! » 
 Daring the winter of 1791^ Colonel Sim<ioe. had a number 0f 
 getitlemea appointed under. him to fill the several tProvindaloffi- 
 wi ill the Now Colonj:; and on the first of M^yj .1792, .( vith the 
 cotttttitntional Act tti> his possession,) d'liiledtfK^ London with, hie 
 fttaff, by .vay of Qteebifeo, to Kingston, thdn tbttnuU village ttvfith a 
 *ftne harbour for tfhipping^r^arrtying there it>;Jtttly of that year, ui 
 I His first step was to subdivide the Froi? iiioe. into Diatri^to f6r 
 Legisltttive purposes, order an election! of Mentbets o^iPatliAinlettt 
 AoVa the few. scatteted settlers who had e&tered'ttie Province after 
 tike American Revolution, most of them as squatters uppu) the wild 
 k|.nd8,f-«ahd call the first ' Parliament at : . Niagara,. ;thQn an old 
 JB'rench fort, with a few settlets . known as Newark; <i<| Here the 
 L^isliattire of Upper Oaftada first met on the 1 7th. i September, 
 1792, and closed on the IStbi October fiameyear^ :n 
 
 » The next session met at Mlagartf., on 3 Ut Majy, 1 793^ «nd lelosed 
 &th July, L793 ; iftfteir <th6 cloliik^ of thiB. session, Golondi Simcde 
 oamciround the LakH in a barge rowed by me(n of the Queen's 
 (Bangers addd some. Ind&atis, lunder the; c<Mnmand of. the late Golb- 
 fttol Givena, (thenift stibidtem of the Angers, aequs^inted wiUi the 
 Indian ton^^;)' passing! rtliefBay at the head af ^mh fine harbour 
 -iifiw-, called Doronto Bajy: Bete the party landed^: CoIomI Simcoc 
 pitched a tent and remained at the site ji* Ih? present Git|y!<of To- 
 .prtmto. While Mr^ Qiven^,"With an ex^oldng p0rty, glided 'Jbg^ In- 
 . did.nsj went i northwards, eafm as Penetanguisbene, ha(ving , passeid 
 UieLak^ which Wfts called. Lake Simcoe after tiie GoTteriorj On 
 ! their return they reported tory favorably of the soil tof thet Ifonh ; 
 ,find Colonel Simooe wasled<to detemiiie uponH as thd site from the 
 «drantag!es-of its Central position as regarded Upper Canada, lis 
 \&ae harbour, aatlinoli back eofontry, as most desirable f<» the seat 
 'of QoTensunentj in u«ii!',*i.i:. i-^.rt>,ihiKa •• mi to H^mi >'jr(n bot*^ « 
 
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 In 1793, he ordered a town plot to be surveyed, which was ac- 
 cordliig|7 done fy Mr. Jonfes, a surveyor. The town extended fr<Mn 
 the street now known as Berkeley street, on the east, to the street 
 now called Nelson street, east of the St. Lawrence Market, on the 
 west; and firdm the Bay northward to the line of Lot street, on 
 -which the Parik Lots fronted, now called Qneen street. 
 
 This town he called York, after York in England. In all pro- 
 bability, the fact of tha Governor being a Yorkshireman led to 
 the naming not only of the town and township of Yoric, but t» 
 the eountyj 'the rivers Don and Humber, and the ridings, as iA 
 Yoricshirti The namen of Scarborough, Pickering, and Whitbjn, 
 Jwere no doubt given in the same way. In 1794, the survey of the 
 ,tbwn alid the township were nearly completed ; and in 1795 an 
 «rd«r having been issued for the erection of Parliament Buildings 
 at York, the Qovernment was ordered to remove thither, after tUs 
 Session of 1796, which was clo^d on the 3rd June. 
 < Kingstoa being! the only place where settlers could locate them* 
 selves at that early period, many families of the first settlers rei> 
 sorted thither ; Intending, if that place should eventually be fixed 
 upon ap. the ca{>ttal of ^e Province, there to remain ; but after H 
 was positively aitert^ined that York was to be the future seat of 
 Government for Upper Canada, many of t&e families then at 
 Kingston, dfttermined 1o leave for York. 
 
 The first fteinily that left Kingston and came to York wa^ thct 
 of the late Caption Denison, (father of the late Georgis T. De^ 
 nisoil) Esq., who died at Toronto, in Decemb^, 1853, its oldest 
 inhabitant). Captain Denison arrived at York with his wife aa4 
 four son< in the month of Obtober, 1796, and resided ai ** C'(MAe 
 i^cmA^ until he g<H himself a home. After them came the late 
 Colonel Allan, then a young man, from Niagara, who died here ih 
 1853, at an advanced age, leaving an only child, George Allui| 
 Esq., the present Mayor of Toronto. Mr. Crookshank came the 
 next year, and a portion of the '< Old Queen's RMigers,"^a corps 
 raised Especially to settle in CMiada after a certain period of sei^ 
 lice.) MHtth the Government officials arriving, commenced the first 
 settlement of the town of Yorkv Many gentlemen came with the 
 Government as officials. The late Hon. Peter Bassell, so often 
 President of the Province, came with Colonel Simcoe, holding tht 
 appoitttmelit of Inspector-General and Anditor^General. It was 
 through the invitation and persuasion of Mr. Russell that Captain 
 Denison was induced ic 1792 to kave England and come to the 
 new Colony which was to have been settl^ as an Enf^ish Colo^ 
 8ome#hat on thfs principle of the New Zealand settlement of^e 
 other dsy. 
 
 The late John Small, Esq., father of G. C. Small, Clerk of the 
 Crown, and of Judge Small, now of London, was at that time 
 Clerk of the Crown, besides holding other official s|>poidtmeiits. 
 The late Thomas Ridout, Esq., better known as Surveyor-General 
 Ridout, (father of Samuel Ridout, Esq., Registrar, George Ridout, 
 Esq., Barrister, and Thomas G. Ridout. Esq., Gashier of the Up- 
 per Canada Bank), was also an official under Colonel Simcoe, and 
 a good specimen of an " English gentleman of the oldra; tims;-" 
 
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 William Jaryis, Eaq., better known ai Secretary Jarvii, Iktber of 
 Samuel P. Jarvig, Bsq., was also an official ; he waa a U. B; Loy- 
 alist. He married a daughter of Dr. Peters, a clergyman of the 
 Church of England, in the British Colonies, who was one of Uiose 
 so shamefully persecuted by the rebels. These gentlemen, with 
 a few others, formed the staff attending Colonel Simcoe. 
 
 The late Captain Lippincott, a U. E. Lojalist of celebrity, came 
 to York in 1796, and remained a few years, when he afterwards 
 settled in the County of York, where he obtained large tracts of 
 land for his services to the crown of England. The DenisottB of 
 Toronto are the grand-children of Lippincottj and of Captain 
 Denison. 
 
 The late Colonel Graham came to York about the same time, 
 and afterwards settled in the county where many of his descend- 
 ants are now to be found. 
 
 The late William Warren Baldwin and his brother were early 
 settlers at York, having come from Ireland about the year 1798. 
 The late W. W. Baldwin, known as Dr. Baldwin, was father of the 
 honorable Robert Baldwin and of W. A. Baldwin, Esq. Remar- 
 ried the daughter of Mr. Wilcox, familiarly known as Squire Wil- 
 cox, who came to Kingston in 1 792 ; returned to Cork, where he 
 was elected Mayor ; then came to Canada again about 1797, and 
 finally settled at York. Mr. Sullivan, brother-in-law to Dr. Bald- 
 win and father to the late Mr. Justice Sullivan, came at a later 
 period. 
 
 Of the officers of the Queen's Rangers, who eventually settled 
 in York, having descendants residing here, were Colonel Smith 
 ond Colonel Shaw, (afterwards Major-Geoeral, the First Adjutant- 
 General of Militia, and a member of the First Executive Council,) 
 the grand-father of Captain Shaw of Oakkill, Toronto ; Captain 
 Givens, afterwards known as Colonel Givens, who died a few 
 years ago at a very advanced age ; the late honorable Alexander 
 McDonnell, the father of Allen, James, Angus, and Alexander 
 McDonnell, of Toronto ; Dr. Macauley, the father of Chief Jus- 
 tice Macauley and of Captain John Simcoe Macauley, now in Eng- 
 hind ; Dr. Gamble, (father of J. W. Gamble, Esq., M.P.P. ; W. J. 
 Gamble, of Milton ; and Clarke Gamble ;) and Christopher Robin- 
 son, Esq., father of Chief Justice Robinson, and W. B. Robinson, 
 Esq., M.P.P. 
 
 The honorable John McGill was a very early settler, being at 
 York on duty previous to the arrival of Captain Denison. He 
 brought a horse with him : it was the only horse for a long tihio 
 west of the Bay of Qninte settlement. Mr. McNab, a revolution- 
 ary officer, the father of Sir AUiln McNab, was an old settler. — 
 The late Chief Justice Powell was also an early settler, and the 
 late Colonel Chewitt, father of James G. Chcwitt, Esq., was one 
 of the very first. 
 
 The late Chief Justice Elmsley came at an early period ; his 
 son, the Hon. J. Elmsley, was born about twenty miles north of 
 Toronto. Chief Justice Osgoode, from whom Osgoode Ball de- 
 rives its name, was the first Chief Justice of Upper Canada. — 
 Judge Bottlton, the father of the Hon. H. J. Boulton, and Jam«s 
 
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 and.Mr.'Corooer Du|ri5Jiniv.aa»«.al)«ut.im)j6.. I-/' .•,-. :\ . ;.'i;;> 
 
 The late Hon. fame** Baby w«s a. meniiher ot" the ftrsVliitfecuiiivtt: 
 
 Gouiicil<ofnthe.Pj-ovfi}c.e ; he,bnfi;tK0 jdi4^cobUa^t& oOvw iti )£'arotu0;> 
 
 ■Jti f '•;:;'; I .■virJ f.-.f!iiiiiN. •.,( .....f.- fr , ,'.,,,V ;,, , ,, ,,/> ,(• ; ; ■.,:;;... 
 
 't'>LiONiiRi> WWf x,iln.ao>ft^<("«'W'^«jf>' ^'hfei a«ra*ro,U(S. iiviaoomejjtff 
 pUbU^ed by^Pco«JftmfttkM>.i[U|l/^Ql^iheiAA:^fti' tliLvi^f^th ol' Jiiy Uta 
 Majesty Kinp George the' Tliinl, rliMjitcr 'JVih,) l)v the iJrit^»J|i 
 CroY^nment fnomfUuDie i(OMt^n*«}, iQ»jiUi^L*i4<J;»li»>i<iii»K"J'»t"^i»'<wg 
 encouraj^iOAnt .to ,»>iltipWSi()W!! AvU(j»,!i,hgul'l i ;l>b iMiliiuj* to 8uttU- ,i,a 
 the Canadas, imd hiving det-'Tiuiiud toi.,(iake u.<lvt*iUagt' . of ihiS; 
 yflny .literal tfawa : otV t);c>o, >:;riuU^ :<)f Ij^h*^!^/ thr tlicm uud ihfi.r 
 children: so held out*?soUi otT, idl jji^H-.vjvluiiijleiJjmdfcd smctuiiit'i- jjror 
 p^rtjf in: the iluited St<1tBs,'>()fi<V»ueiioA>,.ttUit ^nUk the, j^rytfry.b purH' 
 cba9i«d!a boat, which :he ix^^aWM' \vji.li ^u<^h U»ti(}leai-T-,for liit^ uw« 
 liS\mt9 xkapftrnd mtt for W'/^j^ti.ji;!i.tj tlinu^iill«\oiiidi b:e mo.i ^ijpyt'ujf 
 tOi^iim in, his new. se;,tleuj,oiH-<'5»tli?ci«i;»>ri(iin^^iy^iuUed iu LU<>;tt^)(>ve 
 vowel with the rtforof^a^.^! frai^^t't', «t.ud arrived /ift iYprk^jwyf. 
 ToroatOf) harbour, i'l the iTiantli 0Jl.:t\.i»|^)>t, l;Hir),uiild,i|»r0, ji;^«d< 
 with Moais LajWRcneiv JiiiH\(tt»j)eri. oi"it]ri*thii;u,$»iiU(T<jj#'»i>fi)l. Vaili*' 
 to the office of ("!oh)uel William Allan, the Collect'.M- of ('ufiio*u8{ 
 Ot'Raid port; .tha^ Vw5('>^.ii|l'o»iiiie(i tiuit. i^ui;*! .Uoloual AUuii WHS;}»ot 
 ^iVhome; delivei'ed to Mjv,'l;houui3 linmiiUiu, hi!idejiUtv,af).iny,ori^^: 
 0B;BiUttf/L<a!di'Ui3;O^',,t'te .t(t')i.!ri. he hjid, ot) board the «niil Hoa,^, 
 jii3t)ftmved in, iVoijk' jivty; :ii((t»rQ4iiiid, vvitU ,tlte.Mi.t,v)ition ui'iniiv.ingi 
 thiB,iai({Ciist0.med;4uj!le:it (,Vius- .f^^idrtvc^ lafMr. M<)nU,Ji«i<,vv»t'!n',e( 
 beforft a Select ifjjOiTiiMittitjo. fin t,lr.i« »\pi>(iaai^,td the ,ti'»i>iU-i;t!ia! ot't^je. 
 Hoiuot /of.'As8eiBbl,V'ir<'« )'i'''->!^j.:NoM,l<>li.). That tU«'i;S«,iii. Hiuini* 
 Ha.iuiJ[toa.th$n!;\vwU:.>PiV IxonM 'thp. sjjixi bi^-'ivpAnd vvjthcitit- having' 
 t^'qperty (ex twined, tbmctijr^p.fieiiit^ti it;and;t,iif! b«^u,t;; find in direcf 
 »>ol4tiob7of' tbe!;.pr<i>\1i--ion>^!,<^' t})« Act ,pl')tiUe;,41so of liin l.tiei 
 MSijestv;, .Oeor'jjre tbia .Thini, irui^tfit^riLbB 5tb,, pa^eB liW .nu-l; 13,7,; 
 swtiotttiie i^thyafid 'Ay:nm ifii.pi^ge l;3ri,'rlu:*,ji)<(er oth;'d..-|oi;i,ijd, ibfc 
 s.fjM- yfrSseH O-nd civgjo.t'roai Ai^fe-usti-Ji^JSyi^Oj t^*3-i2tjtU;r:jb.!'u:!i\)V 
 181Y, without haviijp: iivide ;niy i'(;turn of the same tQ'tiif.H#i'Pji^?! 
 artiithOifities.petiuiredlbv'jtbe entictnieuts afOTQeiiid. 'J . . i • . 
 -ili. \V..then!proc,ee^led up iYon{*0; Street,: aad.' pure ht»,5nKi;»i,i)ie«Qf 
 of, Iftnd about; 1;3 milep tVoia York, (nONYilfWQftto,) for .thy pui^jiK>rt»' 
 af:}(e«piag a hoUH* of .pO'liliQ enteptaittmeut^ ^<i iwitih thjutiintettn 
 tioprVftving built avCP?rtniod;iovtf il/inviWiVa •th6,j,tj.4ual m-ifiti^.yfff: 
 offi«eS)i applied to the, H^n. ..amutjl ^'|Jftith',stheQ. adjAiniSteriuj? t^l'jlj' 
 gpyernmen^ Of the. Province of W,\^\v\\ii}&i}^i\9i,'^- (fk^l' litMt.k'^fnin-^iff 
 of the said Colonel WiMi'tm AUon.) to poriuit im to take the u?»t'b. 
 of AUfgi^noe,.ffpr) the puupo?^ pff liui^iinir >0!t?,^'y TH\-oi«tto'tiM*5t-'a 
 liocasiQ as byT»*v^f ■divreqtod; ondrwa-! iefii.;<ifd! by itbie .^aitii ;^iini,i*ei 
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 tU« above uaitt«d Leonard Wilcox, have ever fbund him an lionest, 
 fi^ood, and industrfona man, and he having been at great exi)ens^ 
 ill building convenient housea for the accommodation of travellers, 
 do recommend him aa a it person for a Tavern License," and 
 Higned James Fulton, Justice of the Peace ; James Feawick, Jus- 
 tice of the Peace ; James Mustard, John Button, Thomas Stoyll, 
 George Playter> Robert Caldwell, J. G. Ghewett, Jonathan Shaw. 
 
 Finding that he woaAd not be allowed to take the Oath of Alle- 
 giance, although at the time Town Olerk of the Township of 
 Vaughan, and having acted as Juror at the Sessions in the Home 
 District at diflbrent times, and having embarked so large a capital 
 in crectlKg and fbrnishing his said house, he procured a friend to 
 take out a License in his own name for said bouse, (aind for whieh ' 
 license he paid the sum of £8 l&s.) and under him he conducted 
 th« business of an Innkeeper six months in 1*817, until he was 
 summoned before the Magistrates, fined, uid pidd £20, with £1 5s. 
 costs, and obliged to shut up his house. 
 
 He begs leave to lay before the public, the following statemeat 
 of the foregoing trial in that case, as follows : — 
 
 Adjourned General Qvarter Sessions of the Peace, 
 York, 6tb of August, 1817. 
 \ Pbisimt: 
 
 GRANT POWELL, Esq., Ghainnan. 
 Col. WM. ALLAN, (aforesaid,.) ) 
 
 ALEXANDER WOOD, Esq. }• Justices of tfar Peace, Ac. 
 WILLIAM CHEWETT, Esq. > 
 
 On complaint of Wil&m Allen, Esquire, Inspector of Licenses 
 of the Home District, on the 2nd instant, that Leonard Wilcox, of 
 the Township of Vavgfian, sold SpiritUQUS Liquors without li- 
 cense ; a warrant had been issued accordingly, and he appearing, 
 and on being examined thereto, acknowledged that the License 
 which he now sold under, had been granted to the bouse he now 
 occupied in the name of Whitfieldi Paterson^ but bad not been 
 legally made over tO' him, as he is now informed. Whereupon it 
 was ordered, that Leonard Wilcox do pay a fine of i^20 with costs; 
 that he enter into a recognizance for his appearance at the Court 
 of General Quarter Sessfons, to be holden here on the 14th of 
 October, now next ensuing, and give evidence, against Whitfield 
 Paterson, &c., which he has accordiingly done «& follows :— 
 
 ^ LEONARD WILCOX, £10. ) GqiiDiTioir. 
 
 JACOB HUXSHAW, £5. [ That Leonard Wilcox, do appear 
 JAKI0S ASi^LEY, £5. j next Court of (General . Quarter 
 Sbssibns, to be holden here, and give evidence against Whitfield 
 Patterson, for a Misdemeanor, ^., an,d not to leave the Court 
 without permission. , ., 
 
 In obedienice to the abovei order, lest he might be fined in ano- 
 ilicr sum of £20, with costs, he had to travel every day during the 
 whole Sessions, a diistahce of 26 miles, through'the worst of roads, 
 and notwithstanding which attendance, said Paterson never ap- 
 peared, and as he understood frotn Paterson hitqself, never waa 
 
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 called yjpon by {(aid,. Cpurt, to answer to the said ohwge. The 
 above ordered Ooiurt is testified to be a true extract from the 
 Becoird« mCM.iu-i'-, i;,' . 
 i, ■ ^!;j^'r..r,'..,T V-'.ForS. WASHBUBNEjBsq., 
 
 Olerkqftlit Peace, jr.D. 
 (Signed) CHABJ^BS M. K. BATTY. 
 
 Then fellows Whitfield Paterson's Certificate. >'! ''■r 
 I hereby certify that I licensed the hoose «f Leonard Wilcox, on 
 Tonge Street, inibe year 1817, and anthorieed him to sell for me, 
 And Jbei was fined lior selling nnder the said license. 
 ,1 (Witness) JOHN FENTON, 
 
 ur t 1 iroi; (fiHgbed) WHITFIELD PATERSON. 
 
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 Seeing the want or y^r^wg Machines in the iwt of the Province 
 in which he settl'^d. an^ being under ttie ipj^i-essioi^ tjiaf ,the duty 
 on such would be 10 per cent., he imported on^, la lW6 pr 1817, 
 and was obliged to,p»y 30 per c^nt. duty, VhicJi ^Uty, fkmpunting 
 to 16 dollars, has never Ijeen accounted foif by-jUw Ctt8tom.,^ou»e 
 Oflicer to whom it was paid. ' 
 
 7ht^tthepaymentofthesaiddnty of 30 pen cent, on the said 
 Carding Machine, wacf.prp'ved by Mr. Edward Thompson, before a 
 Select Comipittee of the House of Assembly, appointed to enquire 
 into his case, touching the seizure, ; of .^e yesselamd cargo, and 
 disposal of said duties, by said Col^ctor, as appears, upon 'record 
 in the Appo^diopQf i^ Joumals for 1836, No. 102. 
 
 He begs leave particularly to callithe att!entipn of the pnblio to 
 the very remarkable fa^t. of documen;ts Nos. tjuree and four : re- 
 ferred to in the said A^netidlx, having been torn out ,e|f the Report 
 ot s^id Committee, ais .adopted by the House previous to; iW t)ein^^ 
 pfhitefl in the Append^ to tlie Journals of the Hipuse. ' ". 
 
 Th^t since his property Wais seized and sold under th<&' ^ppife^- 
 sivife circumstances aforesaid, he has not neglected to apply to 
 evj^ty^ Governor and liegislatttre. for redress, since the occiirience 
 took' place, bU]t could not obtiih redress from cirfcumstances Oyer 
 win6h he had no cbi^tfol; a,nd which remiiined hidden from him 
 behind the curtain : but had invariably found, that the principal 
 persons against Whom he cpmplaine^j still held the highest influ- 
 ende under the Govefumeht. ' ! ' 
 
 Hon. WiLUAKAxtAii filled. : 
 
 Were you in Lower Canada at the time of the peizure? — I Tfas 
 absent during the whoU of the suniiitei' of Ifi^lB, rtetljrhing in the 
 fall, I can positiv^^ say" I Ws not in York at the titne of seizure, 
 I niay have been here iat the time of ihe first cominsr of the boat 
 in th* spring, thotigh 1 am hot certain. *"'"'' *' ; 
 
 Was Hamihx)it yonr deputy ?-^Yes, he'Tiri^sl 
 
 How long was the boat kept before the trial ?— I cannot say. 
 
 Do^yoti recoUectt the atmotrnt th« boat and goods sold for?*— 
 
 Not the smallest recollection. ! < ^ 
 
 Do you kna^f if any report waftmade to the Inspector General? 
 — I do not«-it is always usual to make vetnm of seizure to the In- 
 spector : and Copy such to the Attorney or 'Solicitor General at 
 
 
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 same time. I presume' it was done in this case also, but cannot 
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 Was Hamilton your deputy at the time? — He was, and mnsii 
 presume he did so. 
 
 Did you receive the proceeds of the sale, or any part ?^I do not 
 thinlc I did receive any — there is some possibility of it — but I do 
 not thinlc I got any of it. 
 
 Did Mr. Hamilton, as your deputy, make return of money to the 
 Inspector General or Receiver General ?— None* 
 
 Do you Icnow what became of the tackle of the boat? — I do not. 
 Mb. Hamilton — examined, 
 
 "Were you Deputy Collector at the time of the seizure of L. "Wil- 
 cox's boat ? — I was, in the absence of Mr. Allan in Lower Canada. 
 
 Was Mr., Allan absent at the time you seized the boat?F^To be 
 sure — sure he was .J'' 
 
 For what cause did you seize the boat? — For having goods on 
 board which could not be entered. 
 
 Did not Wilcox give an invoice ? — ^He gave the number of pack- 
 ages, but not their contents. 
 
 Did not Wilcox expect the packages to be examined ? — I sup- 
 pose not. 
 
 Did he expect a permit ?-^He did, but I would not grant it till 
 I had examined them ; I did examine them, and the first article I 
 discovered was a box of dry, goods. ., 
 
 Did you question him as to the contents of the packages?'--'! 
 did, he answered in some evasive way ; I cannot say, it is now so 
 long ago. 
 
 When yon seized the boat and, goods, what proceedings did you 
 institute?' — I put the goods in Mr. Allan's store, the Custom 
 House ; locked them up, a^id delivered them so to Mr. Allan, on his 
 return ; the boat hauled up a little on the beach, of which Mr. 
 Allan also got the custody on his return, and this is all I did to 
 be called as a witness in Cburt, upon the trial. 
 
 Wilcox, requested the following questions to be put to Mr. 
 
 ' ^'' Hamilton: — 
 
 What were the contents of the box which you spoke of, and 
 containing the dry goods ?— Pieces of shawls, pieces of muslin, 
 and an adjustment of merchandize. 
 
 • What do you suppose the value of those goods ? — I cannot say 
 at this distance of time ; it required three men to lift the case. 
 
 Cart you say, even at a conjecture, what the value might have 
 been? — I cannot; some articles are of doubtfiil description, and I 
 could not say whether they are forfeitable or riot ; those were re- 
 turned to Wilcox, that is, they were sent back to Mr. Allan's store 
 — ^this wa« after the trial. 
 
 Was there not a valuation had of them npon the seizure ?-' 
 There' was, as I suppose, but I was not present; Mr. Allan knows 
 I suppose. 
 
 Do you know anything about the proceeds of the sale of the 
 boat and goods? — ^I do not, otherwise than understanding from 
 Mr. Allan that the Attorney General's bill was abont £20, and 
 that he paid him. 
 
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 Had you anv of the crockery Uken in the boat, in your store 
 fur sale ? — If 1 had, I bought them at the auction and paid for 
 them. 
 
 Were you Deputy Collector at the time of the sale ?•— I had no- 
 thing to do with the office at the time. 
 
 An Aeeount oftundry artieUa that veremxed from L. WiLOOX, and 
 eondemmd a$ being iUegaUy imported^ *mt to Ma. Hamilton, for 
 »aU at Auction, Feb, 26, 1817. 
 
 1 bag Ooffee ; 2 bags Shat ; 2 boxes Cigars ; 1 doz Pins ; 1 keg 
 of Ginger ; a crate of Crockery ; 2 Pieces of Dark Calico, 28 yardH 
 each ; 11 dark silk Cotton Shawls; 5 white Shawls; 7 large Cot- 
 ton Shawls; 11 colored Cotton Handkerchiefs; 1 piece of Cotton 
 Shirting, 25 yards ; 1 piece ditto, finer, 25| yards ; 2 Remnants 
 ditto, 16 yards; 68 cakes of Windsor Soap. 
 
 Contents of the Crate of Crockery, 
 21 blue edged Soup Plates; 31 do. Flat Plates; 72 do. Break- 
 fast Plates ; 60 cream colored Soup Plates ; 09 do. Dinner Plates ; 
 :i6 do. Breakfast Plates; 12 do. Oval Dishes ; !0 do. Wash-hand 
 Basins ; 24 do. Pint Bowls ; 5 do. Quart Mugs ; 19 do. Pint Mugs ; 
 2^ dox. purple Cups and Saucers ; 3^ doz. blue and white ditto ; 
 :t Claret Bottles and 6 small Tumblers. 
 
 Jonas Dcnoan eaUed. 
 What do you know of the Carding Machine, its entry and doty 
 in spring of 1816 7—1 did come with this Machine at the time 
 mentioned, and I saw it entered in the Custom House, with Mnjor 
 Allan, who was there himself at the time, I brought the Machine 
 in for Leonard Wilcox — I received it from his brother, Charles 
 Wilcox, who is a Machine maker, for Leonard, being six months 
 la his employment. 
 
 Ma. Edward Thompson called. 
 
 Did you import into this Province a Carding Machine or Ma- 
 chines from the United States, and when? — In 1816 I imported 
 one. 
 
 Did you pay the duty required by law thereon? — ^Ves, at the 
 time I imported it. 
 
 Did you purchase another Carding Machine from Mr. L. Wilcox, 
 in 1817 ? — Yes, and I was satisfied the duties were paid thereon, 
 ns he produced to me a certificate of having done so, from tlie 
 Collector of the Customs, before I got possession. 
 
 Ma. Jambi Nation eaUtd. 
 
 Are you a clerk in the Inspector Oenerars office ? — ^Yes. 
 
 Is there any entry in the book of the Inspector General's office 
 of a seiKure, condemnation, sale, or return of a boat and cargo 
 belonging to Leonard Wilcox; in the year 1815, i|^ the harlraur of 
 York ? — From June downward there docs not appear any such 
 entry as far as I can trace. 
 
 Is there any entry of a Carding Machiue, as entered by Leouttrd 
 Wilcox or Benj an? in Hoshe? in the year 1816 at Y'ork?— There 
 are ontrici of two Carding Macliiucs ; one of Edward Thompson, 
 
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 the other 4o«)f «cA State Um aMBAof tW ittqiorter, m far aa I can 
 fimd : It attpeiura thai llM duty of 30 |iep ceai. waa paid on both 
 Qi' thoH«^ kiiochioea, it ia' my impresalon bothi uachinei were im^* 
 ported l^fildw^rd Th<»mpspQ 1 1 . , * 'n 
 
 I I <",,r.'' i/n; ti.R.fiDJtNUA.OP ;0.'C..,8lIALI.« BaQ. •.!, r: nr.,. .-'if 
 
 . ^Do;youktQlr >of Jiny .pito.eeedingi.bad or recorded '<« a Mtsnvir 
 said to have been made ofAhe goo<ls add bait of i Leonard WikoMi 
 in the ttotitbdof August, 18i^,7-^Aa far a» I have been able to 
 ascertain ()rom'th« reoorda of my oiQctt, it appeara that on the 13th 
 Qlf.JMov;eiiih4v, lBU,i an >inft>rmation wh» filed by the Attorney* 
 Gf«ncr!il for tiM ^ondennaiiop of a certain boat, with her lacUei 
 and furniiture; oi' the goodaiof one HM.iiyVikox, for that on#' 
 Leonard Wilcox did, on the I'ith day of Augiiati 1815, import. and 
 bring into, the' ProTLDCe oil Upper ( oiiada, td.wlt, At Yonhi frdm 
 the United iStiitesiof America, aeve id parcels ■ofi:gooda. and mei4t 
 chandize of. the growth, producoyiori manufaioture. of said United 
 States of iAmericarTo'wit>-^20 harrele of salt,, 2 boxes of glaai, 
 a.tierccB and :3i barrels; of w.hisjttty, 6 bavrels of oil, 1 crate of 
 drockeryvl ^^raASi of gliiss^warev 4r pails and T chairs, 2 kega* df 
 tO^acuQy and l.kSg lof ginger, I idemijohn spirits > of < turpentine, 
 1 box oil hats; L box, of sanldleryt 1. tr-ank of dry gooda, l .box oil 
 obnnit^orsiSaU, /l.tbag of coffee^ 1 trunki of .sundries, 24 pieces of 
 hollow-ware, 1 cro^^rcut saw, 3 ksga ofrUailA, and 3 bags of shok 
 .;0n the lothf of ^«ttUAi^,ilBil!U, ^ti appearance and plea was filed) 
 by W. VV. naidwin, Bsq., a» Attorney for the said Leodoard Wilri 
 cox ;.oa tbt 2&,th Murohyu reenrd was made. up. and passed, and, 
 ou! th«; 20ith .Decerqberi.foUowing, a bill; of costs toxed, and n» 
 fiuthenrprooeedi^gS' appear to have beiea iit»d. > «{; i . - .^^ura 
 
 CHARiLBS C. SMALL, CI7.'JP. 
 
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 .i)J. think .'the! whojQ of >the proceedings <mfor«ed against me are; 
 illegal, fnom the aominencement loi the .fiafst linstance, they had) 
 0)0* rigbit to seize s^ bo At and goods wheoi I reported them ; if I 
 cciulil notibe allowed M)! enter/ them and pay the duties, I had a 
 right to rfibijirn with^them; Secondly!, Utey had my boat and 
 goQtds.from tbe-mDnth: of Augast,il81d^4^ithe month of February, 
 181-7, and .reDt^edtOjut. the boat ^ )£>25 per < asoQ : Colonel Allen! 
 stiid he did w>% know wJUether he got any <^ the proceeds or not;: 
 there wa4' some possibility: of it, but hoidoedtnot think he got iat^' 
 of it,:,he.sso's that, Hamilton inerer made any/ retntuofiimioney to- 
 the InitpectQr-General.or.iReiceiver^eneriAl ' .: 
 
 As.toitheiftnis lenforce I against me for Selling Liquor when the-: 
 house. WAS; l^ireosedv. and iwas autJhonzed to -sell by Paterson, I 
 was iiuedXl^Ot aad;25B. qptts, because d bad not .taken the oath,! 
 
 "and then WAS bound oMer in, anotber-£2^ to Appeariagainst Patera 
 son wiho lirenaed.the house ifoRime: (father, than be robbed of £2<)) 
 mopo with coats, I hiadiito; travel 26 miles lOVieryidajir during the 
 sessiood, when the ivoads i w^e be4. >. I wouldiflike to know who^ 
 tbO'-ie. geqtle^en iWere. th^tt sigtted ) their;J<B.- F;<^v '<& J 0. or whether 
 they were so blind to Justice they could not see to write their 
 
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 ' Land. /.-ollr, Uvjv.w.i-.i i ^.■'' ■ mi- buy. ■).;.■• ■liV)') •/-•■'t '(iiil/. •(. ,..;)(Hir» 
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 To the HonorubU th« Commotu House of Auembfy. 
 > Leonard Wilcox came to this Province in 1816, intending to be- 
 come a settler, and has resided in the Province ever since ; he 
 also brought with him a boat and cargo, his own property. On 
 his arrival in the Port of York, he reported a boat and cargo .o 
 the then Collector, William Allen, Esqaire, throngh his Depucy, 
 the late Mr. Thomas Hamilton, who seized them. 
 
 The boat and part of the goods were cond9m!ked by legal pro- 
 ceedings, and afterwards sold, the remainder of the goods re- 
 stored to the Petitioner very much damag«d ; the rigging and 
 tackling were not sold with the boat, or even accounted for by 
 the Collector to the public or the petitioner, nor is any of the 
 other proceeds of the seizure accounted for. 
 
 It appears the Petition^ imported a Carding Machine, and paid 
 the duties thereon, which have not been credited to the public. 
 
 That the appeal already made to the Executive Government 
 should have failed, is an event that might have b«en anticipated, for 
 according to the system under which our public affairs have been 
 allowed to be carried on for nearly half a century, the appeal 
 w i made to a Council wholly irresponsible, and composed chief- 
 ly of the same exclusive persons and influenced by the same poli- 
 tical prejudices as has ever characterized that Body. It will be 
 seen that the Executive Council excuse themselves from recom- 
 mending the Petitions for lands under present regulations, al- 
 though whole tracts of the country have been within these few 
 years granted at almost a nominal value to a com])any in London, 
 who make a transcendant profit on the sales and withdraw the 
 money from the country, while the annual instalments paid by 
 the Company are spent by this irresponsible Executive Council, 
 independent of the Legislature of the country ; and many affluent 
 persons, such as Dr. Strachan and others, have found no obsta- 
 cles in those regulations from receivin<j large grants. It may be 
 true, as the Report of the Executive Council alleges, that only 
 the ordinar}' legal proceedings have been directed against this 
 unfortunate and much injured man ; \m^ the Commitee wonid 
 forget the duty imposed upon them did they aeglect to notice the 
 fact, that in numerous instances an ignorant violation of merely a 
 prohibiting law has been met by a just relaxation of its provi- 
 sions, it has, however, appeared in the administration of our 
 public affairs that rigid justice and a merited relaxation have 
 been applied by a rule depending upon party and political views. 
 
 The Executive Council, in their report, forbear to notice (what 
 they must have known if they really enquired into the case) that 
 the amount realized in the seizure, under these circumstances of 
 oppression, was never paid into the Public Treasury, or in any 
 way carried to the credit of the public ; and it does seem exceed- 
 ingly disgraceful, that part of the cargo bought at a very reduced 
 price at Auction by the Deputy Collector, was for sale at his pri- 
 vate store. 
 
 The Committee artf satisfied that abuses and oppression will ^ 
 continue while the Collector and the Government allow such 
 practices to prevail, while the full and rigid exercise of legal 
 
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 power for the protection of the trade and ferenne of the ccunti^ 
 18 put forward as a justification of the abvolutd ruin it brings upon 
 an inoffensive man and his family, whode ignorance of the 
 merely prohibitory law is allowed to afford him no relief We have 
 every reai^on as rigidly to expect the public interests to be 
 sealously remembered by the payment of the collected revenne 
 into the public chest. But besides the fraud which appiiars 
 to have been practised upon the public, it is revolting to aU cor> 
 rect feeling that an affected appearance of legal proceedings 
 should be considered a justification of oppressive measures, and 
 the interests of the people made an excuse for the deeds ; while 
 their interests are forgotten when the money ought to be paid 
 over. To wh.*t amount in past years this peculation has bee>n 
 cai/ied on without correction, it is impossible to tell. When the 
 Petitioner found himself and family in the country little better 
 than plundered of his property, and left destitute in the world, It 
 was equally his right and duty to pursue some means of getting a 
 livelihood. For this laudable purpose he undertook to kiep a 
 Tavern, and as a preliminary riequired by law, sought with great 
 humility and assiduity to take the oath of allegiance ; while hi 
 the case of seisure he was oppressed under a false pretence, 
 which wan never paid over, in this case they refused, though it 
 would have added to the Treasury. And when this: persecuted 
 individual undertook to open an Inn, in the meantime, till he 
 could make — as he might iE any humane or civilized country 
 expect to do-HEt successful appeal for the administration of the 
 oath, he is both pertinaciously refused in all his applications to 
 qualify himself, and cruelly persecuted for the fine for acting 
 without the qualification. It ou^t to be a matter of surprise that 
 the same Honorable Colonel Allan, who was Collector in the above 
 proceedings, was the same Colonel Allan who pursued this victim 
 for the fine and costs in the latter case. If no relief was afforded 
 by a grant of land, your Committee suggest the passing of an act 
 compelling the Honorable Colonel Allan to indemnify him, inas- 
 much as the public have never received the proceeds of the pro- 
 pert; to which neither the Coilectok' nor his Deputy can have, tu 
 say the least of it, a better claim than the Petitioner. 
 AU which is respectfully submitted, 
 
 T. D. MORRISON, Chairman. 
 CoifMiTTER Room, Housb or Asskmbly, 
 15th April, 1835. 
 
 REVENUE LAW.— WILCOX'S CASE. 
 
 41 Geo. 3, ch. 5, p. 136 — Collector shall return all duties and 
 seizures at or before the expiration of every six months. 
 
 Ibid. p. 1S7, sec. 8 — Prescribes manner of making entry — it 
 seems the report of the packages is suHcient — punishment of 
 offending against the provision of this clause — fine not less than 
 £5, nor over £250. 
 
 Page 136, Chapter 5. In the 4l8t year of George iii, A. I)., 
 1801. Which said Collector or Collectors, or his or their Deputy, 
 or Deputies, shall make his or their report to the said Governor, 
 Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government, of 
 
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 all: ADtries madenat- hiis or ithclr'ii'eiipectivo >))ort xsit poftRj'ond 
 (accounts to thisnRdoiiveipi General ^f the ' siid 'Piwinne'! Ibri aII 
 
 idtttids and seizures ievied, paid, ftnd tnad^ under atid %;f Virtue of 
 
 any Act or Actsofithie'Pai^Uament'of Great Bri1fthi<JioF vtid^rand 
 Jbiy anthority: of tbis' Act; of befoi*e the explrationi'of every six 
 iinontliB.' ' i"'' ;;!' '■• ii:-ta. /•■.'{ •!.;.' vii ■'■■■).lii.>'-;ii->-t ly'X.'Av.)'^ 
 - v:The foUoMnj^ petsouH oMiiin^d ttte und«hne«i|iloqcd 'lib^etrrtl 
 -grants of Land about the tiitael^. Wikoxwas ntijastly' dehied^^v^b 
 ■tiie'smalle^t grant !«vh«tever;';M'i irii-ott/s iw; maS\ Tjuilc)! }•)■*( 
 ! James Baby, Inspector GenerBlj;?;3ni«<;re8i''T'!''-"'*» •'♦ iiiforlii 
 
 John M'Gilt, late Receiver 'Gen«ral.6<,56&; do.' ' ''' ')'» ?! 'i;.!;!! •»,!} 
 i W- 1>. Powell late' GJhief Justire and fatnilyy 'ie,S03'doi 'O uji ii->H \ 
 
 OedrgeiCcookshank;, latie Commissary General, 2,001 'do'J ^'' ■<> 
 
 JohnStVai liMn^ A.rcMeacon of Vorki 3,202- do, - i'^ < ':" I .imrj 
 -:Dancan CSameroUv 'Secretary ahdRegistrlur, 8^800! ilo>.<') i .rioi)i)>>'! 
 
 G.' H. Marblarid, Execiitit^efCoanciUor, i&c;, <3,045ido.»''' h"Im •"><'> 
 ;.WiUian Allan, 2,200 do. • ; '■■ " • I -''■ ^-.'vi'i <iii M"f;'i(|^-. .'.y/ 
 
 .■V^illi4ni!Campbell, lateiCfcief Justide, MOO d6l n 'I .'.Mxniif r.if 
 •Peter Robinson. CcminisisioneF of^Orowo Lickndsy &c.,!l^00.1rdo.< T 
 
 ■Chhrles dotiies,,2i,000..dow'- . ■•■''■■'■. .., • ••uir; •■.; h?: ; niliiucii 
 
 John B: Robinson, Chief Jasticepf th»Pr6vincej 1,700 doi ' - •' 
 tWAlter Bo^well, Commissioner <>b half^payiBoyal 'Nary, l,200i do. 
 iJPeter Adfimabni Reduced MajoiTj 1,000 do. : i. >< • 
 
 JaMos Kerbv^ReduoediMajor^ incorporated XiliCia^n.Glf 31^00 do. 
 
 vJameSiOtOOkB, '3,371 dO.:::':-i' ,,•.:<!( "' i';i ■'); -,. . :;;.a !;: 
 
 iAlexanderM'Dohell^ Bishop bf Betipoi^olis, 2,400 i9t('U oi i'>f>qx'> 
 uArtthdr Llbyd^ 12G0!idoi.; i'-'uVn /i>nMu->.'.u." »<:; iJ)f.«t »••• 'jif .ilj«.!» 
 .Abraham Nellia,, 3,000 dloj!!!;-! rx^i ;![■ •;-< : riu: :H'.-,jtild "UlMrp 
 William; Bercav, Judge W. Distiriot Cburt,' 2,400 fto;i> -nli in- ttiiw 
 Mahlon Barwell, Collector of Gustomi, 5,200 doL n olt rl) 
 
 :C. A. Ha,o(irmaTii,^oMoitoriGebeFiill,' 12,400 do., and maiiy otheifs 
 [.•»:. obtained 'grants from 1,000 acrds'idownwardsi 1. ■ ■•. il "!! f* 
 
 I was .irrfeated' by Dtj A^iExANDRX Bofe^aiDB^bin the- 4ih 4»y of 
 July, 1834, for: £375, and locked up in the Jiul, at the time the 
 Cholera was protailirig-, and > assisted in the renKOval of James 
 Fulton, who died: of that dreadfdl' disease; althoiigh: ihe Dr. 
 justly and .truly owed ule at the same tiine,'' dBSOO, as you will see 
 by thefolIOAvinfr ffccts'Ottthfe plea of set off, verdict for Defendant, 
 £23,"). A second trial wasi granted, [the Doctor Ukving a long 
 pocket] when 1 obtained auoiher verdict in my faTO^ for^veral 
 pounds more. A third <ttial Was granted, 'alid/ 1 Obtained a ver- 
 dict of £135 more than the first; ahkoubting! altogether td £370. 
 The Dr. swore that -I justly aud truly stood indebted; to him in 
 the sum of j&375, and that he verily believed I waS&bout to Uave 
 the Protincie, in order to defraud him of his just demands'. What 
 a Pill it niui^t have been for ill; Dr. to swallow I' 
 
 I was arrested on another suit for £13 14ai'6:d., at thctime I 
 \^a3 ill prison;.! did not defend: it,, find I was charged for D«>bt 
 andOofitd, by thC)' Attorney, Itfr'.'George DUggio. Jdci^ittie aUm ttt 
 . £42 lde< 4d> itfta>amoiiey making basioesa! !' :> ,.;>'; 
 
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