The Sun.
London, England, 1821-12-20 00:00:00

DISTRICT OF QUEBEC.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR OCT. 1821.—The extraor-
inary wet season which commenced. on the 29th August, con-
tinued, with little intermission, to the 15th of this month. On
the Ifith there was a slight fall of snow towards the mountains,
and from the 23d to the 27th there was a hard frost, the weather
continuing dry and fine to the end of the month. The remain-
der of the late oats, particularly English Oats, which have been
found to take nearly a month more to ripen than the Canadian
oats, and the potatoe and turnip Crops, were secured in good
condition after the 15th of the month. The oats have not ma-
terially suffered in the field ; much of the straw will, however,
be interior. Potatoes are not nearly an average crop. The
turnips that escaped the insects have given upon very poor land
about three hundred bushels to the arpent. Since the fine weather
commenced, and the throng of the harvest was over, there hasbeen
only two mornings when the ground was frozen so as to stop the
plough, and generally, the time lost by the wet weather has
been regained. The work is now as forward as usual. The pas-
tures have continued good till thelate frosts, and cattle still find
on them a sufficiency of thod. They are generally in excel-
lent condition ; the prices continue low, and must continue so,
unless there should be a demand for exportation, or a perman-
ent rise in the price of other Agricultural produce, occasion-
ed by a similar demand. The late accounts of an unfavourable
harvest in England have spread like wild fire throughout the
country. If it should be well founded, and the rise in price
permanent for only one season, the effect on the prices of all
agricultural produce here would be great, and its favourable
influence would ultimately extend to all classes of the popula-
tion, of whom the agriculturists form more than nine-tenths.—
Quebec, 31st Oct. 1021.
We observe in a St. John's Paper, that a Bill passed at the
last Session of the Legislature of New Brunswick, raising
the legal value of gold and silver coin, was sanctioned by the
King in Council, on the 9th June last, and is now in force.
The following are the rates :
Doubloon, 41. Spanish Dollar, ss. 4d. French 5 francs, ss.
• We should like to know if a Spanish Dollar at live and four
pence will purchase more in New Brunswick than a Spanish
Dollar at five shillings. One thing is evident, that a debt of five
shillings and four-pence may now be paid in New Brunswick
with aSpanish Dollar,which is a better dividend then can be ob-
tained in many cases.
We are sorry to hear that the George Symes, from Liverpool
to this port, has been lost on the coast of Ireland; and the Camil-
lus, also for this port, in Lousing out of Liverpool, got aground
and put back.
Sir. Rivers left the ship St. Lawrence from London below
'Bic, and brought up the 'ship's letters ; when Mr. Rivers left,
there were four ships and a brig in sight; the brig was the Har-
riet from Jamaica. The passengers'in the St. Lawrence are Mrs.
Cockburn, Col. Andrews, Mr. Dalgety 70th regiment, Mr.
Rivers, Mr. Wilson and Mr. 'Tinder.
Co sr m uNlClArlO.N.—Launched, 'on Sunday morning last,.
from the ship-yard of Mr. Goudie, a beautiful brigantine of 1110
tons, coppered and copper-fastened. She is supposed by com-
petent judges to be one of the handsomest models ever built in
,Canada. She glided into her clement in a majestic style, and
was named the Saguenay:
QUEBEC. Nov. 5.-e-Proclamation for the Meeting of 'the
Legislature of the Province on the 11th of December next, for
the dispatch of business.
n.—On Sunday the 28th ult. the Lady of Robert
Dunn, Esq. of a daughter.
KIN(WrON, (U. C.) Nov. 6.—Flour is now worth 225. 6d.
per bbl.
Departed this life, at his seat in the city of Burlington, New
Jersey, on the 24th day of October, A. D. 1821, Elias Bond-
mot, Esq. LL.D. in the 82d year of his age.
MONTREAL, Nov. 10.—Died, last Tuesday morning of
typhus fever, Louis Edouard Chaboillcz, Esq. Student at Law,
aged 19 years and nine months, a very amiable, intelligent
young gentleman, and unaffectedly regretted by all who had
the pleasure of his acquaintance. On Thursday his remains
were attended to the grave by a numerous and respectable con-
course, including all his fellow students and many gentlemen
of the profession.
The latest New York papers-received in town mention that
the ardour of speculators in floor and grain had abated and
prices fallen. Wheat, which had risen at Albany to two dol-
lars per bushel, had fallen 'on the 2d inst. to 7s. 6d.
A late Boston Paper complains loudly that although im-.
mense droves of Cattle are brought to that neighbourhood
weekly, from New Hampshire and Vermont, beef in that town
is still sold as high as ten cents, or sixpence this currency, per
lb. So when immense droves of American cattle from Ver-
mont and New Hampshire used to come to this city, beef in
Our market kept up its. price from sixpence to ninepence per
lb. now when none come in, it has been as low as three pence per
b. We'hope, however, that no QIN will conclude that it is the

1 acsctre of. Aincriea t.'ittle that has reLltic,:d the price of beef.
1 It is, on the il'Ontrary-, he reduced 'Ace that has preVentCff theih
from being brotight in ; and this reduaiimi of price has been,
occasioned by the tailing off in our trade, the consequent
decrease of employment, and the diminished means and -even
numbers of the home consumers. Beef is now dearer to the
labouring classes titan *hen it Was sold at nine penceper lb.
Great utility has preVailed during the last week in this port
for the shipment of 11 he for • England. Unfortunately tiitti
are but few vessels in the hartionr, and several which arc ex=
pected- have arrived. Extraordinary demands have acccirehnidl
been made for freight. The weaker stilt continues favourable,
. with no appearance of the Sudden approach of Winter.
The Legislature of Upper Canada meets far the dispatch of
business on the 21st inst.
On Tuesday night last, a violent gale of north-easterly wind
commenced,-which continued till last night, with a very heavy,
rain on yesterday afternoOn. On Thursday night last there
was a light fall of snow, which remained on the ground
two days, since which there has been no frost, even during
the night.
[Extract from the log of the brig Harriet."
SATURDAY, SEPT. 22.—" At daylight observed the False
Cape bearing compass N. by W. and Cape, St. Antoine, N.W.
by N. distant about twelve miles. Saw two schooners off the-
Cape, distant from us about four miles, continued on our
course, observed the first schooner standing under all sail, and
rowing with her sweeps down towards us, under Spanish
colours—light airs and nearly calm. At 7. 30. the schooner
fired a gun! over' us, and obliged, us to heave to ; the othet
schooner being then on the lee bow, she then laid us alongside,
and about thirty men armed with cutlasses, pistols, and stilet-
toes, leaped on board, forced the crew under hatches, and took
possession of the vessel ; the other schooner bore down and
boarded us on the starboard quarter, having also about thirty
or forty men on board; they preiceeded to plunder the vessel,
using the most violent threats to the Captain, Supercargo, and
Passengers, and beating •the Parmer very severely in order to
discover if there was any money on board ; in the meantime
those who were searchtlig !,liscovered the money to the amount
of six thousand dollars, and conveyed it on board their schooner;
they still continued to plunder, at the same time running the
vessel in shore, at eleven, A. M. they [nought her to close
about two fathoms water, rocky bottom, and obliged the
crew' to rig tackles for hoisting the runt out, and part
of them employed stripping the brig of sails, cordage,
&c. at this time they observed two sails in the offing, when they
desisted from further plunder, and went on board of their ves-'
sels, after having been in possession of us for the space of five
hours.
On their leaving us, got the anchor up and made all sail off'
the land, bearing-down for the two vessels to :oin exnpany and
put them upon their guard.