The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-30 00:00:00

lON.

We lihVe often manifested our objections to tiic
departure 01- our 'Countrymen', who hope to loci
a better condition in the Unit StateS of Ame-
rica, at d filfr liblitflyeitce tlf tho!..e who seduce
theist loy fallacious teMptations: nut EmigrAtio+4
to our own Atnerie:ui Settlements is a very differcti
Matter, and may not .(}illy improve the fortunes of
those who fix their residence there, but contr:blite
to accelerate the 4,rosperity of those Settlements,
and, of course, likewise, essentially to promote
the coit'llnercial interests of the Mother Country.
The fo:!owillg letter, for the autlicotieity of ‘vhiclA
we can vale!), as well as for the simple purity ot
the motiees Of the Wilier, is, therel4e, we en-
titled to the notice of those who have the good
sense to suffer an adventurous spirit to be regulated
by reflection and probability :

x'rnacT OF A LETTER rROM A GENTLEMAN AT
NEW flOt'E, NOVA SCOTIA, TO HIS BIZoTHERi,
DATED AUGUST 4, 1817.
I do not suppoSe that in your travels yori
have ever been tip the Bay of Fundy. The land
which I noW life in is South-west of Cape Spett
eight •milet. There is a very - handsome river
which runs through this part of the farm, and a
very Safe harbour; that a vessel of about 300 tons
'night come in, at light water, in perfect safety. It
'is known by the name of Ratchford's Harbour.
The last year has been the longest and severest le-.
tuembei-ed by the oldest inhabitants in Nova
Scotia. The snow remained in the woods until
the 10th of June; Most Of the work is done here
in the winter in clearing the lands. All the
derwOoti is cut down in the fall, and the standing-.
timber remains till the beginning of spring, whem
it is set on fire and borut. The land will thea
give three very good crops (pkatatoes, wheat, aml.
oats), and becomes capital grass_ ground
wards.. My next neighbour, who (a Scotelimah)
is 70 years old, has been sixty years in this pare
of the country, and settled only two years in the
adjoining farm. I have not seeo rn Englaml a more
promising piece of potatoes than this man has
raised. This is the ,country for a poor man t,)
visit. No taxes—yon may sleep with your. doors
open, and no fear of having your throat
The labourer commonly gets from four io five
shillings a day. If hired by the year he gets 3L
per ()Math. This before the expiration of 20 years
will become a great. nation. There are several
lots of land which are now offered for sale very'
cheap. There are one thousand acres (a- lot
with several acres of marsh lAnd) which might he
bought for 2501. it is really worth 4001. It
fronts the bay, where plenty of ti,ll can be caught.
Two men with a b,at last week, out three that's
with a hook and line, returned with the boat
loaded with 700 cod fish; and several other kinds,
which makes it a desirable sitoation for the poor
as well as rich to hive in. Hotter sells from IS.
to lsd. per pound, veal 5,1.. mutton (id.; a good
miich CdlV 71. a horse 201."

Lord A 34 al, received with ail possible
respect on his aryi,4l at Cwit9t), arritn4enit!rita
having been previously mai:: to gi,e e-c:at
grandeur to his entrance into the city. 'file boats
of the men of war and the Lob:mien, 10 thr num-
ber of thirty or forty, ‘vere asseinbled at C into!),
and all the Officers and taco; in full dress, were
ordered to hold themselves in readiness to pro-
ceed up the river, by which it was known ti;at the
Ambassador- would return. While these dispo-
sitions were making, Wacneks, the AMC.-
Heals Consul, called
,upon Captain MAxwist.t., anti
expressed. his desire to spew his respects to the
Ambassador ; anal added, that it Captain Max-
WELL thought this ivould be effected by having
the American flag in the rocession, Ile wouht
gladly avail himself of the opportnnity. Captain
MAxwer.r., after complimenting the Consul tipo:a
the handsome manner in: which lie bad come for-
ward, observed, that as Mr. ‘Vit.cocKs represented
the commercial interests of America in the sang
manner that the British Factory represented those.
of England, his situation on this occasion ap-
peared to he immediately after the Chief of the
British . Factory. With this arrangement Mr.
WmcocKs declared himself perfectly satisfied.—
On the approach of the Embassy, the boats,
which were formed into two lines, prOceeded,
with colours flving, about five miles up the river
Canton. On first. meeting the Ambassador's flee:,
no one was admitted on board the state hargt,
except Captain MAXWELL and Sir THEOPHILAYi
METCALVE, the Chef of the Factory ; but , Lord
AMllliiisT was no sooner informed of what had
passed, than he desired that Mr, Wit.coex.4
might be invited on board and presented to
Lordship.
Letters of the in:tant from Cadiz mention,
tlot the Spanish 61, the Asia, ‘viti an armed brig,
Karl, returned to port from a cruise against the
ihdepetuktiti, wit hunt success ; but it was ex-
pected they would soon be ,sent Out again. On:
of a convoy. of thirteen vessels which had sailzd
..fioni the Llavannah, only four had arcirA at Ca-
diz, and it was feared that many of the remainder
,had been captured.
Cap.t. KEIT 11, of the LariNia, which had ar-
rived at Buenos Ayres, repotted, tha: on-the Sth
of July, in lat. 1. 9. N. lung. 25. lie fell in with
seven vessels, one apparently a small corvette, the
Other transports, with troop' On board. They
were then standing to the Southward, and report-
ed themselvt s botold for the River Plate. This,
no doubt, is the convoy mole'. tie Eigerahia, that
sailed from Cadiz on tile sth May, for Chili, Africa,
(11141 Lima.

Orders, it is said, have been sent to the respec-
tive Officers of the Dock-yind at Plymouth, t
pvcpare ail the saiis for six sail of the and
make the otiw necessary tar:lnge-a:etas sts to or4i-
mince. it is also slated, that Government have
within these few day 4 been malting very consi-
derable crmiracts for provisions.. •

JonN WALTF.ns, Fel. is appointed Architect
re-huil,tiN: Sliadwt.li Church.

Exell 1.., Avas very wcil attemled yesterdAy.
There «•4S a toienible silpp;y of sheep., cattle, owl
horses, , particillarly young, (fraught Horses, for
‘vliich good prices tvcre obtailied.