The Sun.
London, England, 1835-01-29 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

The following extract of .a letter to a gentleman in
London, from a Mr. Walton, Editor of the Farmer's
Advocate, a newspaper published at Sherbrooke, in the
Eastern Townships of Lower Canada, may be in-
teresting to those who have friends settled in that part
of the country :

" Sherbrooke, 28th Oct., 1834.

" Our newspaper has been established little more than
three months, and has already a circulation of One Thou-
sand, although it has, to contend with violent opposition.
Besides publishing The Advocate we are engaged in pub-
lishing School Books, &c. We have at present in prepa-
ration by a competent individual, a small Geography and
History of Lower Canada for schools.
" I have been in the Eastern Townships now about two
years, and am much better pleased with the country than I
anticipated. It is to me surprising that emigrant farmers
from the mother country, have not found their way into this
part of the province, which for the growing of grain and grazing
is certainly unsurpassed, if equalled, by any portion of
the Canadas ; and in point of health has every advantage
over the upper province. You ask -in your last, if the
eastern townships have again escaped the ravages of
the cholera? I answer, with pleasure, yes. Whilst al-
most every village in the upper province has been more or
less severely visited with that dreadful scourge, not a solitary
case of that, or any other epidemic or contagious disease,
has, as far as I can learn, occurred during the season in the
townships. In this village there has not a death occurred
for the last two years, except a stranger, who was a
few weeks since by being thrown from his waggo7, ; and we
have a population of about 500. Whilst o. r cities and the
upper province have been filled with niourning and lamenta-
tion, the voice of health and; gladness has been heard
throughout our. borders. ,

The labours of the husbandman have been crowned
with abundant success, and with the exception of here and
there an agitator, who have found out how miserable we
are, we are enjoying the bounties of Providence in peace
and contentment. Good judges say that double the quan-
tity of wheat has been grown the present than any preced-
ing season. All kinds of grain have come in well, even In-
dian corn, which has failed for two seasons, is a full crop,
although but little was planted. The increased quantity
of grain the present season is owing partly to the expecta-
tion of a large number of emigrants coming in next season.
We hope this expectation may not be disappointed.
" The land company have commenced operations by sur-
veying their lands. A Mr. Pennoycr is now surveying a
route for a road, from this village in a direct course to Mon-
treal, and if found practicable, of which there is little doubt,
it will shorten the distance as now travelled some fire or six
miles. It will communicate with the Nlo'::treal road at
the outlet of lake Magog. The 11.-ompany have also
determined to complete Craip:-, -.Road, from Leeds to
Dudswell next spring, and_ this road will probably be con-
tinued directly to fl-fis village, to communicate with the
above route to I.slontreal ; so you see there is a prospect of
plenty of 'work for migrants the next season. The agent
of t/:,e company, Mr. Brooks, informs me that lands have
ocen purchased during the summer to the amount of one
hundred thousand dollars, exclusive of the purchase of Mr.
Goodhue's portion of this village in the spring.
Our elections are now in the full tide of successful ex-
periment ! Mr. Gugy, Member of the late Parliament,
and Mr. John Moore, formerly of the Royal Navy, are the
constitutional candidates for this county. They are op-
posed by the editor of the Courier, and a Mr. Daniels, of
Shipton. We have but little fear of the result."

Advices were yesterday received at Lloyd's from
Palermo to the 4th instant. They state that the English
schooner John, Lauchlan, from Alexandretta and Beyrout,
bound to Liverpool, with a cargo of wool, silk, pistachio nuts.
and sponges, went on shore at Trefontine, a short distance
from Mezzari, on the south coast of Sicily, and was so em-
bedded in the sand that there were no hopes of getting her off.
The Captain and crew were all saved, and it was expected
the cargo would be got out. According to the quarantine
regulations, however, the goods could not be admitted to a
period of quarantine, all that would be permitted was, for the
goods to be trans-shipped, to which effect applications were
to be made.

LONGEVITY.—The beginning of last week died at
Treville Township, in Herefordshire, Ann Evans, at the ad-
vanced age of 107 years. She scarcely had ever a day's sick-
ness, and her reasoning faculties were perfect until a few hours
previous to her death. Also at Tralee, a few days previous,
Judith Brew, aged 110. She perfectly remembered the great
frost in December, 1739, which lasted nine weeks, being then
about fifteen years old. She never wore either shoe or stock-
ing, and her general health was good until about a week before
her death