The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-22 00:00:00

PROCEEDINGS, OF CONGRESS, *ARCH 1.

Iv SENATE.—Mr. King, of New Yotk, submitted the fol.
lowing Resolution; which was read the first time
" Resolved, That the President of the Senate, and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, do adjourn their
respective Houses on the first Monday of April next.
.Mr. Fhidlay laid the following Resolution on the table for
consideration„:=

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" Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce and Manu-
factures be instructed, to inquire into the expediency of rno-
RIBITING the impartation of'Spirits."
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• Extract.of a Letter—" St. Barta,lsth•Feb. 1.822.
" We have accounts from Grenada of the intention of his
Majesty's Ministers to open the British Colonies to, the Ame-
ricans. The news comes fiord Mr. Marryat, sen. to whom
was referred the Petition of the Grenada Planters to that effect
--who states; that on presenting the Petition to Lord Bathurst,
his Lordship replied that it was the intention of the Ministers
so, to do, subjecting
.the Americans to some charges as a pro-
letting duty. The islaz:th:rs arz all on tiptoe, and are very
limited in their purchases, . expecting to be supplied from the
States at ati early period. This report, with a stock of provi-
sions sufficient at least for sax months, unless sooner • spoiled,
has suspended sales altogether of American produce. Those.
that have left St. Thomas. have met equally as bad a market—
some have attempted to get back, while others are leaving this
port—in short, there are no sales to be shade in, any port of the
West Indies. _ _

KINGSTON, (U. C.) .11.ancri B.—We are informed by a gen-
tleman, who has recently received letters from Albany, that
the Commissioners oji the western line have agreed in, the most
amicable manner upon the boundary between Great Britain
and the United States; and that the publication of their report
was hourly looked for.
The weather for the last fortnight has been, uncommonly
mild. On Friday and Saturday last a considerable quantity of
rain fell, which, with the influence of the sunsince, has com--
pletely dissolved the snow in the open fields, and broken IV the
winter-roads. Yesterday the air was much colder, the sky was
overclouded,' and indicated another fall of snow, which might
have been serviceable as a covering to the winter crops of wheat.
To-day, however, the weather is again clear and cold. ,
MONTREAL, MARCH 13.--The Petition of the several
towns in the State of New York, on the subject of a Canal,
which was published in our last, will not fail to shew the enter-
prise of those individuals who are thus endeavouring to Kim
the advantages of, nature to the public service of the country,
and to private profit. But; at the same time, it should• awaken
in the.inhabitants Of THIS COUNTRY a similar spirit of enter-
prise ; not merely bedause" all 'good examples are worthy of
,imitation,—but that our interests are concerned. The Peti-
tion broadly states, that, by its object being 'carried into
effect, it will dim from the Canadas many branches. of
profit which we have hitherto enjoyed :—" The fluctuat-
ing and forbidding course of the Canadian markets"—
say they, " the capricious regulations of the Colonial trade,
and the hazards 'r.ttending the. navigation of the St. Law-
rence, from rapid currents, rocky coasts, and a rigorous
wintry climate, are all calculated to' drive business from that
quarter to New-York."-:-For this reason, every endeavour, they
argue, ought to be made to facilitate the turning of commerce
to that point. This is allrvery well, and as it should be. If
by enterprize and exertion the inhabitants of one' country can
turn the trade of another into their own channels, who can cen-
sure them ? But surely, when one country observes these exer-
tions of another to enhance its own condition at the expence of
its neighbour, some endeavour is to be expected from the in-
habitants of the latter, to equal their rivals in industry and im-
provemthi.—lf therefore the people of Canada look with apathy
on, a subject so important to them—if in the end their com-
mercial resources are diminished, by the facilities and improve-
ments made and taken advantage of by their neighbours, it
may be argued with correctness, that they have nobody to
blame but themselves.

BRITISH . AND FOREIGN SCHOOLS.—We are
gratified tolearn that the COrtei of Spain have given an ex-
tensive sanction to the Lancasterian system of education. It
was decreed in their sitting of the 30th of April, that a school
should be established M every chief town of the military divi-
sions'; that they should be under the inspection of proper offi-
cers ; and that they shill be all opened on or before the Ist of
August next. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are to be
taught in them ; and from the Ist of January, 1823, a school
is to be establishedln every regiment in the service.