The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-06 00:00:00

urrER (7.4 X. 4 DA.

havc plc:lnure in givillg the following extract, from
a letter recently rcecivitt. vre.thin by Mr. A 1113‘erson, late
of Elst Itillirille, ati,l handed to ns by ltr. Robert La-
m:mil, for tbe ins ntiatinn of the Friends of the Emigrants,
in the township of itamsay :
•• W; have very gs. id neighbours, both Semisit and Irish. All the
pro de who came out with us are in good health. There
:•91)settlets came front Ireland last year: perhaps you would
hem what grant the ti..,vernment gave to them—they are Ilan the
best sett!. re In general. Mary of them have left their lands after
;:eitieg what they were allowed. They ari all Roman tjathetlics
ere:;•: Eve fan.ilies. These who are near US have been very quiet
as e•e. We Lid rery good crops lost yet?. and have plenty to
•From one bushel we bad 111 bushels of when, weighing
114 NI. 110:1M hare hart attire, but it was rather ton ripe
behne we got it cut, being busy with the hay. It comes sat rapid
that what is cut one day may be stocked the next; and the hay
xv i.. 11 is it in di: forenoon runt I)s pm in ricks in the afternoon,
.er else th- sun would injure it. Sour is selling at Ili dollars a
h:srei, of PY111,4 Inelia eons meal at :Ss. a 100 lbs. Pork 17 dOI-
Istrr 15*. rataktet Is. ltd. a bottle!. Sal: 7s. 601. a
t..vhcl. No chi:meal. We liars had a very plasm winter: a
I:: le snow MI on the Ist of November, and emitinued with a ShOWle
now and then until the 10th of April, whets we had black ground
again. The snow was not so deep, rite the water so cold triceps
I.r a few days) as the tau terrine? years. 11'e had only one day of
rata from the Ist Nov. to the 12th ApriL Thee is a church built
in the village of Lanark with the money collected in Scotland.—
I der not hear of any nth*. chunhes. It it have • meeting in my
father's !rouse every four weeks--one of the setters from Glasgow
comes nod gives us ten exhortation from the Scriptures and
prayer. We lucre other meetings for player in the neighbourhood
alt,iost every rothhath. My father gave an acre tit his land
for a scht 01-ionise. which has been built, and ft now occupied.
Jas. A—. is the Teacher: he receives'!(. per annum from
the Beard of E•Mcstion in Perth, and twelve bushels of wheat
grout ii : metiers. There is to be a mill built this tunnel 'on
the Is dian about one mile horn us : there are plenty of fish
on that river. The partridge here is about the size of the moor.
I foal in :4cotlettel. We have plenty of wild e'oeks, geese, and
pigeor.s. I have semi lime.stone. but no coal nor iron.etcne, or free.
store which would answer for grindstones, except • kind which we
get at the 31isslesippi Falls for sharpening our axes. Upper Canada
inset present 11 districts, 24 oeuntics, townships, and L'41,10101
inlinblionrs at the lowest calculation, exclusive of Indiiass. ening.
I era, and the army awl navy : it has also 56 regiments of militia.
mustering 20,Gliti strong. This settlement is in the district e•f
I Bathurst and county of Carlton. Wm. altruist Esq. form Scot.
lamt, is our Member of Parliament. and every one who holds IVA
,Iker:11 of land, and has ,1,..es his doted, has a vote fur the 51ember,
and be gets a small sum from every settler, according to his
anent:A of ri.:eahle property. The most of the people in the old
settienicnts err from the States, and are called Yenkin they
have different :tames to things from us. Mat We call courting,
is by them called sparking. There are a great number of Itachelors
here. and they are in want of wives and housekeepers. If
there was a pent of girls front Britain they wini:il lie of great KT.
vice to them in milking their cows, claiking, mending clothes, and
oushiner. Theme bar been a great demand fur potash. We get es.
ashes, and is. fur house ashes, a busheL We cap:et you
Will add Come out neat autmorr.--Giay., c'Lreukk.