The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-15 00:00:00

CANADA.

[From Q Canadian JOurnaLl
EXTRACT OF LETTERS FROM A GENTLEMAN tritt
1011 En R4SPEcTABILITY TOMEI rutExD IN LONDON.

G° DEAR. Sra—ln the course Om travels through Canada,
I .soiournect for, gape days m the town of %Valiant 11cory (pee.
rich of Sorel), the summer residence of the Governor of the
Province. ' '

" From theactual state of tttis promising part if Canada, in''
respect to tot great mercantile advantages, do not 1.-.. el surprided
1 if I say I was aerially. -led to admit the now well-founded. :'
truth, that from want of public enterprise so incident to their:
rs,-the itratteamblitninpits)ionft:Cofanithadpriomveustnteenit,:er
"remain. many.
centuriesneighbou
behind
.
. It was here that the Grand bpunellit `and •• general rentlet."
vtitts :of the Iroquois- nation were finintritly held,Snd which, from
being conceived a situation :of the utmost' importance ,t 0 their
infety,, a fort was built by order of the French, King, Louie
X I AY. It is inuida to be r..Tretted 'this day that the Britt :4M Go-
vernment* , should, as appears evident, ..hrivetstssieety anat...
dolled its intentions in forming spell military works atut.fortiti. .
cations? as could not fail, in.tlie event of hostilities, (from the
grand and important position of this fort&to operate in Peptils.
Ing, or rather of interCepting for lane time, the progreasivel.;
Movements of ,an invading army.
" The town of William Henry is huilt on the east aide of
the river,:caried after the l`reneh Minister, •llithelien—it. how-
ever, stnu mint (*bears tbet Marie of .Chatubly awl *lra. It firths
here a very agreeable perspective to the eykli closely situ..
r
sited at die confluence of the river with tire" b.f.:Lawrence:
It was ordered to be laid out by the 'Right,' endurable Guy
Lord Dorchester, in ,th e, year I 702, Which,. frani ita:perfeet to
gularity, having the streets wile, straight, 'of., considerable.
length, and intersecting each .hirer atiight angle*, cannot. but
command the admiration of ssrangers.' In the central part ot.
the,tdwo,i*
,taatefully fornted a beautifel and. large Settere,
called (as are all the streets, after some' branch of the Jtoyel
Family) the Royal Square ; on the sides of which are found 'some'
good buildings, WWI as the Protestant .Chit reb,l- 'Se:1001 diem e,
.S.c. ; the latteris bewever the private property of that venera,
hie and respectable teacher, 111 r. Wtn. Neilson—one entire side,
I iatrinforme4 belongs to that Mend' of suffering humanity,'
Mr. Jones, the Representative in. Parliament . for many 'ears.
of, the twit. .I Fanatic pipit it observing here, that suitable
place is allotted for a Court of 3tistice, but this, impertant and
(-necessary object seems to be entirely neglected - and I ern Con,4
ivinced. it never can be denied that few places w:ll.l,he found- to
require thts,.,lts well m a,jaii, more than Wipiam Denry, for,
it appears that the .11,1agiStrates (two only acting, :141u-with fdtii-
are named), are nearly two-thirds of the day employed in heir.'
ing and deciding either criminal or civil cwt.
It must really appear surprising that usery well-inform,
ed. person, to observe this place, which, of all . others in Ca.:.
nada, must ,ft'om its situation offer incalculable advantages;
to trade, yet remain totally destitute of, evAkene when l,*
.merchant, which to many would eyeatuelly promige the rich
fruits of `an extensive and well regulated corn tierce. For, lii,;:
tuated as this part appears, it cannot unquestionably in point
of trade be equalled by any in the Province of Britoil Aine-
riot ; indeed it seems intended ,by nature to, be the emporium.,
of the Eastern Townahips. To satisfy Ate ,Most sceptical, let
the following alone be justly considered t--That the Rivet
Richelieu is, the; immediate outlet of Lake Champlain—that
the Chanibly Canal when opened, and ihr which a liberal' pro.
vision has been made by the Legislature, the very instant that
of Lachine is finithed, a. boat may safely navigate front Sorel
to New York ; that within three leagues of it there are three
great rivers discharging themselves into the ,Sr. Lawrence-.:
viz. the Saint Francis, Vantaska, and 'Riehelieu ; that,
moreover, the Legislature.. has also already to4tle.a PIVIASIDIL
for opening a road from this to a place called Drummond-
ville, on the Saint Francis River, which of itself cannot .Imt
greatly tend to increase the advantage of 04+4 ,:gew also, I.
trust, can deny Alutt titbit above.allothee..sitom4o* 9:*n Po-,440,01
ouch advantages for establishing a 11111111117 001411141Yikl depot, by
which every species of armament, Aires, pro sions,..Sa. might
he conveniently tbrwarded to Chambly and its interior !Sloo-
p tread, Three Rivers, &e. A number of good wharfit have beam
f lately constructed, and.f sin ,contident tt water lota, together
with otbers °eland, could yet be obtained' at 'cry re:minable
' prices. Here its also to be found a situation well edapteil for
altip.liuddittir. A few years, ago, illeasrs. Lin dime and Joliffe
established o large .ship yard, where a 'mother Of vessels were
''. built for sea,.-to add to this, no 'river to the World pesiemea
greater advantages for safe anchorage tban.that part of itop...
. posite the town. , , •
c'The inhabitance haveheretofore enjoyed' their Linda by art.,
express promise of his late Gracious Majesty in free and 'corn,:
mon swage, but owing to circumstances unknown to mei! but
equally as distressing as this tenure was tuiventageonsietihey
'have, in .opposition to that promise, been latelr sidiiee to
possess them in the feudal tenure, in , the -immediate. prejudice
of the, holder, whose properties, of being enhanced"
must be decreased by one-twelfth of their intrinsic valuer.'
may, however, be 'allowed to' obierve,' that . the Earl of Dal.
boogie's attention is earnestly called to this subject,: end it he
• seems deservedly popular, .arising,from his indefatigable exer.
done in every thing which imtnediately intecests the happiness
of the inhabitants, little doubt is now entertained but what they
will again be reinstated in the advantages and nririlegett of time
ferroer tenure.
'4.1: most end my short sketch of this important mercantile
situation by observing,' that in its rear will be found :lands
scarcely to be equalled by any in Canada—they are owned by
'a
Mr. Barrow, who, I believe, is a Lieutenant-General in the
British service. : These desirablei lands (adding so much to 'the
importance. of, Sorel) have been: refused to be conceded for a
number of years back, although many applicaotti tendered very
liberal offers; this refusal appears to me contrary
,to the Edict*
of the French King; but what, is more surprising:bit that
many have been lately sold and conceded, which is again in Qp..
position to the law of the land. When the whole of 'this ex ten.;
sive and valuable tract of land Is taken andimproved, it wilt,
without doubt, add considerably to the trade of Willie's
Henry."
• The Seigniory fortnerly belonged to Mons. de Saurti;
granted to late by Louis in the year 1.672, but WWI purchased
front the proprietor in 1791, by it Frederick Ileldintazl, for
the use of Government; , - ' •• '
t The Protestant Church is mentioned In' 'hail. liouchattaws
Topographical Workd as belt* built, of stook,, but tto correct
thi trivial error) it is only of wood. The ftoloati Catholic is
of stone, and very old, and will shortly be out of repair--a new
ono is however proposedto be shortly, built, but party interest
seems to clash, relative to the most appropriate ground fur its
situation.—(Moraing Pert.) • .

•
REMARKABLE
,Item ton, near Nottingham, Mi. Isaac Newton, eget 91.
Mr. Newton was a 'smith by trade, a respectable frechtdder,
and, in his day, a most athletic man, remarkably 'powerful-Jo
the gripe of his hands; so much so, that whatever he got hold
of was as safely held as if it had been in a vice. hue
all his competitors ; and for many years when 'he Sintered ~4
wrestling prize-ring, all the candidates Or fame withdrew their
names; so that, to make use of a technical liorse-rtuisig phrase,
he many times walked over the course.' More than slily
years, ago, after having tripped up the heels of the eitatniiinne
Of Lincolnshire. Leicestershire, &r.. he was instebed aSteipso
the then reckoned invincible Bob Askew, the pride .01,the
county of Derby ; this great trial of strength and prowess,
on the event of which many hundreds were depending,
was decided on a stage erected in the centre of the tnerket-
place, ,ilitsglutrn, Netts, on Easter Monday, 17911 r a veto
concourse of people were present, many of whom tx4,0110.1
from thirty to forty Miles I. the set-to was at foot o'clock m the
afternoon, and after a most fearful tug of sir hoare. (the
two by torch light) Newton laid the pride of Derbyshire pros-
trate, fur the :first time, on the boards. The next morning
they again met, but poor Askew had been so dreadfully hostile
the day before, that he was thrown a second time like a child,
and the Nottinghamshire-..veteran bora away the laurel, which
was never tors from his manly heow. Askew tlied shortly of-
terwards, from the edict of this memorable corneal. 'The
writer of this paragraph, who well eessiensherwseeing the em.
fliet, called upon Newton when he was Ile,. and W 44 pleased to
hear him snake use of the fidlowing expression, in a very Is&
rims and hemming manner t—'4,Allllollllh I have naive AWN
thrown on my back by any man, yet. I .ieni well aware, this
Champion is corning, who with bye and `ye trip,,up.4ot,
heels:" tins prediction was verified on the 2d lilt...SOW
stated.—fnefield Miff earth)

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