The Sun.
London, England, 1825-07-20 00:00:00

THE COLONIES.

We yesterday received Quebec Papers to
April s)inclusive,from.which we have extracted
the following articles:—

QUEBEC, 'APRIL 18.
•
NAVIGATION-OF THE. ST'. LAWRENCE.—Great Britain,
in the management of her concerns on this continent, has long
proceeded' from error to error. Her late Colonies grew up into
so many almost independent governments, strongly attached to
her by the ties of common origin, freedom, institutions, lan-
guage, manners, and religion ; he broke or enfeebled those
ties by an attempt to assume an additional controul over the
local governments when they had risen into strength. .At the
instance of the colonists she had espoused extravagant preten-
sions of boundariei, unsupported by the physical structure of
the country, by discovery, or occupation. She confirmed these
boundaries to the United States without any sufficient reason ;
she placed in fact the new Republics-on the waters of the St.
Lawrence for the' extent of a thousand miles ; and now that
their population on these waters exceeds the whole of the popu-
lation of her remaining colonies in North America, she refuses
• these people the free navigation of the St. Lawrence. The
.errors of the British Government in its American concerns have
been errors of false information, upon which false steps have
been taken, and • which have -been persisted in froin a false
pride. , • Its agents in the late colonies told it that it-might raise
a revenue in America ; with a -view, no doubt, to increase their
•salaries-and allowances, which the Colonial Assemblies were
frequently refusing. The Trade Acts, in 1822, in as- far as
they affected America, the Canada Trade Act, .which has
given rise to the complaints of the United States, were supported
by advice from this Colony. They also were intended to raise
a revenue. They probably have diminished the revenue -of
this Colony, although they may nominally have increased it
to a small amount. It would be worth while, now that these
Acts, as they affect the revenue-and trade in North America,
have been in operation nearly three years, for the British
Government to inquire into die results of that operation.__
These Acts ought- not, at any rate, to be suffered to fur.
nish any reasonable ground of complaint to the United
States. A million of American citizens, inhabiting the coun-
tries on the southern hank of the St. Lawrence, ought not
to be deprived of any advantages they might derive from the
navigation of that river to the ocean. It is wide enough for
them and all others that may use it as a common highway ;
and they must submit, as they no doubt readily would, to-any
regulation to prevent abuse. If they employ their own vessels
to convey their produce to a distant market, they will be liable
to the same regulations as American Vessels from ports in the
United States. If they employ British vessels, the oaths as to
the growth of the article will be just as good then as they are
now, which; in reality, they are not good for much, and the-
sooner they are dispensed with.the better. It is unfortunately
easier, sometimes, to pass an Act of Parliament than to get it
repealed. The sooner all Acts interfering with the right -of
the Americans to a free use of the St • Lawrence are repealed the
better.

QUEBEC, APRIL 21.—We copy the following proceedings
in the Legislature of the State of New York on the 13th, from
an Albany Paper of Friday last, the 15th instant :—" On mo-
tion of Mr. Vanderheuvel, the, House went in Committee of
the whole, on the resolutions introduced by him, relative to
cmintervailing duties on the products of Canada, passing through
our waters on the St. Lawrence. Considerable debate was had
and the resolutions were rejected. On the question of agreeing
with the Committee in their Report, debate again arose. The
House agreed with the Committee, 61 to 43. Messrs. Van-
denheuvel and Gouverneur were the principal supporters of
the ltesolutions, and Messrs. Cunningham and Goodell, the
opposers."
The steam tow-boat Hercules arrived list night on her first
trip from Montreal this season, with three schooners, laden, in
tow. We perceive that the practice of towing has been intro-
duced on the Hudson, between New York and Albany, it is
said with the prospect of great advantage to the Public. This
is one of the good effects, of many others, which has resulted
from declaring the Navigation of that River free to steam-boats,
which before had been limited to a privileged company.

QUEBEC, APRIL. 25.—Letters, dated in March, 'from his
Excellency the Governor in Chief, have been received, which
make his Excellency's return during the summer to this com-
mand s very probable. 'Orders have been-received to prepare
the Chateau for his Excellency's reception.
The! Laprairie Steam boat made a pleasure trip yesterday
afternoon to the ship ye.rd at the Island of Orleans, where the
large Timber Ship is building. On her leaving the Island to
return, the first vessel from sea this season, the Perseverance,
hove in sigh t,' near the Point of St. Laurent, and Captain Morin
obligingly went down to gratify the passengers with a close
view of her. 41.1 n coming alongside, the ship was saluted with
thiee hearty cheers from the company on board the Laprairie,
which was cordially returned. A second vessel hove in sight
immediately afterwards. ; both arrived that evening. -The.
large timber ship, it is now supposed, will not be launched be-
fore the middle of June next; she is to be furnished with a poop'
of 76 feet in length by 6in height, and will be superior in
safety to the Columbus as a vessel for navigating the ocean.

,
SOUTHAMPTON, JULY W.—Marilyn, 01) nurs-
day last, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. S. Sutton, Ann,
relict of the late Mr. S. Holding, fishmonger, who had
scarcely sported her weeds four months, to. Mr. J. Ellis.—
The Lady had determined on having the hymenial knot
tied at Kingston Church, and on Wednesday, a licence hav-
ing been previously obtained by the bridegroom, the happy
pair dastmi off in a post chaise to Portsmouth. Never was
the old adage of " the niore haste the worse speed" better
exemplified—on their arrival at Kingston Church, the
Minister discovered that the bridegroom in his haste had
brought the licence unsigned by the Islinister of the Lady's
parish, laid the consequence was that no marriage, took
place, and the unfortunate couple were compelled to return
in a one-horse van, the chaise having returned without •them.
The licence being rectified on Thursday morning, the Lady
sin became
" in Hymen's rosy fetters bound." Married, this
ag
morning, atSt.
Michael's Church,' Sarah Welton, aged 84; 'to
-
Patrickfi Q'Carrol, aged 76. This la the bede's fourth hus.