The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN.

Sta,—l find in the Morning Post of yesterday the fol-
lowing paragraph :
" We have reason to believe that rather a lengthy cor-
respondence has taken place between the Premier and Mr.
Tennyson, respecting the Peerage promised to Mr. Russell,
late M.P. for the county of Durham. It is understood
the patent was actually prepared, but Earl Grey, on being
pressed to pass it, declined, for reasons doubtless best
known to himself.—Newcastle Journal."
I feel myself called upon to state, that I have had no
correspondence whatever with Earl Grey, or any other
party, on the subject referred to, and that a Peerage was
never solicited for my relation, Mr. Russell, either by
himself or me. I have seen Mr. Russell tkis morning,
who authorizes me to make this statement, on his part as
well as my own.
It is scarcely necessary to add, that the story of a Peer-
age having been " promised" to Mr. Russell, and that the
patent "was actually prepared," but afterwards abandoned,
is altogether without foundation.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
CHARLES TENNYSON.
4, Park-street, Westminster, April 5.

CANADA-THE RIDEAU CANAL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

arrived in town a few days ago from Canada,
for the purpose of making the usual selection of goods for
a mercantile house in that country—a custom, which you
are aware, the Canada merchant, engaged to any extent in
business, is obliged to observe annually. Although that
part of the duty across the Atlantic does not every season
fall to my lots 1 am not the less interested in, nor altogether
stranget to, the passing events in old England. We oc-
casionally receive a good supply of English papers, in which
titat interest is evinced, and much notice often taken of
thur local concerns, and opinions paved on our political
temper, not unfrtquently very foreign to the real state of
things in that country. Allow me in a word to say, that I
believe a greater insult could not possibly be offered to nine-
teen-twentieths of the inhabitants of that country than to
observe they are inimicable to the British Government, or
at all near a crisis, which will eventually result in changing
their taste for the British Constitution—a Constitution,
whose sound and salutary bles.ing is daily made, in ev,-ry
thinking mind, more and more apparent; and if any thing
else was wanting to convince them that no Constitution
but the one founded on a limited monarchy will wear well
for the peace and safety of the well disposed, the present
alarming state of excited feeling among our republican
neighbours, would be sufficient to remove all doubts on
that point. Our song in Canada is, and I believe it to be
front otir hearts, a " Limited Monarchy, but no Mob Go-
,vertrnent."

'Some of the speeches of late years in the House of Com-
mons, and individual remarks out of it, produced a good
deal of alarm in Canada, ay it gave rise to the opinion that
the Home Government was on the eve of throwing the
reins about our own necks, and altogether forsaking us, on
the plea that we are a discontented people. Such a step
would ruin us in Canada, and lay the foundation of a
hatred against England, and English policy, as lasting as
our attachment has heretofore been true and sincere.

Let our governors be well instructed, firm, determined,
and of humane disposition, and let the Home Government
firmly support them i the due execution of their duty,
and not listen to every flying report, nor the intrigue of
cunning men, who, by their art, deceive public officers,
and gather around them to support their evil designs,
thousands who have nothing to loose, but every thing to
gain, by the overthrow of all that is great and good. Let
every just means be used to improve the country and im-
plant British feeling, and in a very few years Canada will
be declared a blessing instead of " a curse" to England,
and held out as a model to other colonies.

The spirit of improvement manifested by the home Go-
vernment of late years towards Canada, in tbe very face of
turmoils at home, has, in a great degree, if not entirely,
removed all fear of their intention to abandon the Ca-
nadal.

The Rideau Canal commenced and completed under the
able management of Colonel By, Royal Engineers, and
the advantages already visible from that important work,
even in a commercial point of view, has cheered every
mind, and removed every doubt as to the intention of the
British Government to abandon that country. Such its
the spirit now awake in Canada, that I may safely assert,
that every five years to come will equal in improvement
every 15 years preceding ; and to give you an idea of the
advantages promised from the completion of the Rideau
Canal, and of the rapid growth of Upper Caned t in parti-
cular, I beg leave to enclose you a eopy of the Lieutenant-.
Governor's speech, on opening the House of Assembly
there last October ; also an extract of the reply of the
Housra touching the Rideau Canal, together with the
editor of the New York 4-llbion's remarks on that sub-
ject—a paper much esteemed in Canada.
Until my arrival here, I had no notice that such erro-
neous ideas were afloat respecting Canada, and more espy-
ciilly the Rideau Canal. It was by mere chance I pre-
served these papers, which I brought to amuse me on
the voyage to England ; but I feel happy that they were
iu my possession, to enable me, through the merhurn of
your valuable journal, to male known our opinions in
Canada respecting that vast work, the Rideau Canal—a
canal completed through a wilderness of 130 miles, near
which, at the commencement, there were neither houses,
supplies, nor proper means of procuring them ; and that
within a space of time, and for a sum, which, when we
consider the extent, magnitude, and situation of the works,
is unparalleled for expedition, cheapness, and grandeur.
I say cheapness, because the prices for building and ex-
cavating were, on an average, lower by at least fifteen par
cent., and, in some instances, to my own knowledge, 25
per cent., than that on canals in other parts of the country,
where the advantages were, on the other hand, greater by
15 per cent., being in a well-settled neighbourhood, where
supplies and men could be easily had ; and I have known
supplies for the Rdeau Canal go from Kingston, Upper
Canada, down the St. Lawrence, and up the Ottawn or
Grand River, making a circuitous route of 320 miles.
When the canal was opened, there was not a steam-boat
ready to ply, but by the Ist of May next there will he
seven steamers on that line—a strong proof of the opinion
entertained there of the advantages of such acanal, as well
as of the unexpected expedition with which it was carried
through, by an officer of whom I have heard it said that
none but Colonel By would have been able to accompliala
such a mighty deed. 'What surprises me most is, meeting
with people in this country who doubt the works being
finished, and even indulge in invectives against that
officer; but it affords me great pleasure in having it in
ray power to say, that few, if any, in Canada, net imme-
diately connected with the Royal Engineers Officer, had
a better opportunity of knowing what was going on than
myself ; and trorn what I have heard since my arrival in
this country I should consider it an act of cruel injustice
towards that officer, were I to conceal from the public
what I know personally on that subject.
I lived in the neighbourhood of the canal ; I witnessed
its progress ; I witnt ssed Colonel By passing to and fro by
day and by night ; and, what some of you John Bulls at
home would hardly believe, I have frequently known him
to steep on the bare ground, without anything but his wet
canoe turned on edge to cover him from the stormy blasts
of the night ; and cold and inhospitable as it was, if the
hour of laying down was 10, 11, or 12, at night, he, to
the astonishment, and very great annoyance of his canoe-
men, was the first up in the morning.
The prevailing opinion in Canada is, that such was his
anxiety about the works (periculosa plenum opus alive),
that he was not aware of the dangers and privations to
which he exposed himself on these occasions ; even the
hardy woodmen have been known often to say, that they
never met the like of Colonel By for travelling through
woods and lakes, and carrying on business, as they termed it.
The canal was open on the lot of May last, but no
steam-boat was ready to ply until the 22d of the same
month, when the Pumper, a steam-boat, used by Mr.
Drummond, one of the canal contractors, for pumping
water out of the locks while building, was got ready, and
started on that day, with C.ilonel By and his amiable
family ou board, accotnpanied by many friends and a num-
ber of inhabitants, of whom I had the honour to be one.
This boat drew about four and a half to five feet water,
and passed along the whole line without any interruption,
and, you may easily conceive, to the astonishment of the
surrounding neighbours, who flocked to the shore as she
passed through these heretofore unnavigable waters. The
reiterated shouts of the thunder-sthck inhabitants rent
the air, and the kindly feeling displayed by the Indians
can hardly he described ; it was such as might at the mo-
ment be considered a sufficient reward, even if his country
were disposed to deny hitt, the honour of that pebli:
acknowledgment and praise, which is so justly due to the
indefatigable exertions of such an officer. These natives
of the forest were living on .the banks of Indian Lake,
distance 40 miles in the interior, and on the boat entering
that lake, they formed themselves in front of their camp_
number about 40 cr 50 men, women, and children, with
an Indian chief at their head—with two Union Jacks
floating in the air, shaded with the dark green foliage of
the clustering pines; they gave three cheers, and fired a
feu-de joie that would not discredit a regularly organized
corps. The boat, by order of Colonel By, sheered from
her course for about half a mile, and took these 80115 of
the woods on board—their canoes, about 12 or 15, towed
a-stern. They planted their colours, as they came on

board, one astern and the other, a-bead of the boat, oh-
serving to Colonel By, th it he had no Englsh colours
flying—that he must keep them until he entered By Town,
like a captain who had fought and won his battle. Going
along, they stationed themselves on the wings of the boat,
and kept firing until we passed through two other lakes.
Suffice it to say, that the gratification felt in every breast
on board at the time, was such as to induce any one to
wish to be Colonel By for one half-hour.
A friend has this moment put a Canada paper into my
hands, containing an address from the Board of Trade of
Montreal, to Lieutenant-Colonel By, on his leaving
Canada. You will there find the high estimation in
which that officer's services were held in that country'.;
although I have repeatedly heard it remarked, that
Colonel By's real value would not be known nor publicly
acknowledged until after his death. Such has often
happened to many meritorious individuals; but I should
hope, for the sake of his country and the present enlight-
ened Government, that such will not be his fate, nor that
of any deserving character in the present day.
Your insertion of this, and such of the accompanying
extracts as you may find convenient, will oblige many
Canada friends, as well as your obedient servant, &c.,
AN INHABITANT OF CANADA.
London, April 4, 1833.

" To Lieut. Colonel By, Royal Engineers, commanding

on the Rideau Canal, &e.

" Sir,—The undersigned, the chairman and members
of the committee of trade and other inhabitants of Mon-
treal, on the occasion of your approaching departure from
Canada, with which you Dave been so long and so honour-
ably connected; beg leave to assure you, of the high
opinion they entertain of your public integrity and private
worth.

" The arduous public services in which you have been

for some years engaged, characterised by the most ardent
zeal, ability, and perseverance, have long since attracted
our special and particular observation, connected as they
have been with the superintendence of one of the most
magnificent and stupendous works in modern days, the
Rideau Canal, the completion of which cannot fail of
greatly advancing the commercial prosperity of these pro-
vinces in peace, and of materially contributing to their
security in war.
" We cannot refrain from expressing our gratitude for
the foresight and patriotic views of that distinguished Ad-
ministration, under whose auspices the Rideau Canal was
commenced, and for having selected an officer of such
talents and experience as yourself, to plan and execute an
undertaking of so great magnitude and importance, the
successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively
short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of and un-
estimable difficulties and impediments, which had to be
encountered and surmounted, in an almost unexplored and
uninhabited wilderness, where malignant fevers and diseases
of various natures enervated the energies, and prostrated
the minds and bodies of officers, contractors, and men ;
evinced on your part a moral courage, an undaunted
spirit, and a combination of science and management,
equally exciting our admiration and deserving of our praise.
" The work itself will be an imperishable monument,
as well of the glory of that great nation to which we be-
long, as to your name and fame.
"In taking leave of you, we wish'Mrs. By, yourself and
family, a prosperous voyage to your native land, and
whatever envy, jealousy, disappointment or ignorance of
facts and circumstances may have done, to detract from
the merit of your services, we have such confidence in the
justice and knowledge of the present head of your depart-
men►, Sir James Kempt, who himself was a witness of
your indefatigable exertions, that we venture to express a
well grounded hope, they will be so represented to his Ma-
jesty's Government, as to induce his Majesty to confer upon
you some special mark of his Royal favour and appro-
bation.

" Montreal, Sept. 26, 1832."

LAW NOTICES.

CHANCERY EASTER TERM PAPER.
(Before the LORD CHANCELLOR at Westminster.)
Monday, April 15, motions.—Tuesday, April 16—pe.
itions.

Wednesday, April 17, Thursday 18, Friday 19, Satur-
day 20, Monday 22, Tuesday 23, and Wednesday 24
rebe irings and appeals.
Thursday, April 25—motions.
Friday, April 26, Siturday, 27, Monday 29, Tuesday
30, and Wednesday, May I—rehearings and appeals.
Thursday, May 2—motions.
Friday, May 3, Saturday 4, Monday 6, and Tuesday
7—rehearings and appeals.
Wednesday, May B—motions.
(Before the VICE-CHAtscst.tort at Westminster.)
Monday, April 15, motions.—Tuesday, April 16—
petitions.
Wednesday, April 17, Thursday 18, Friday 19, Sa-
turday 20, Monday 22, Tuesday 23, and Wednesday 24
—pleas, demurrers, exceptions, causes, and further di-
rections.
Thursday, April 25—motions.
Friday, April 26, Saturday 27, Monday 29, Tuesday
30, and Wednesday, May I—pleas, demurrers, exceptions,
causes, and further directions.
Thursday, May 2—motions.
Friday, May 3, Saturday 4, and Monday 6—pleas,
demurrer., exceptions, causes, and further directions.
Tuesday, May 7—short causes and ditto.—Wednesday,
May B—motions.