The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-17 00:00:00

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itself, and creditable to their spirit of cnterprize and discern'
rpl.nt. But what. will be said of our Government for not rest'
tiering the navigation complete between the Lakes and Motu'
treal,when it is 4tatedobat it Would. not he necessary. to cut
more than one-tenth part of the distance the Ami.ricans 100.
undertaken ? and, if they adopted the width and depth of thc,
AnteviCan.eanal,• the. whole might be
-done, e. at. an expelle 01
abont 200,0001. It appears, however, front the .most receots;
accounts feom Canada, that att. incorporated company.
ha
beglin to cut a canal to open the communication with Lahe
Ontario, and that the Government of .:pundit. have applied CO'
his Majesty for a grant of 100,000 acre,, of land, to enable
them to make the cut to join Lahe Erie with Lake Ontario.
" I submit to his Majesty's Ministers -and the Select Con".
mittees of Varitament, appointed ,to secure and extend OP
Poreign Trade of the-Country, whether it he coriittatible with
the dignity of the nation, with the inlet eats of Mir commerce"
and manufactures, or with the welfare of the Colonies and the
peace and y of all, that a few private individual':'
incorporated or not incorporated, should be permitted to t,.01"
the hey and line of commnniention between this CoutilrY'
and a navigation extending along a line of coast Oft the ail—
ferent lakes, of not. less than four thOn,and miles, and which
forms the boundary with a powerful and jeaious rival Statt ;
and whether it be not the dirty of his Majesty's Garernroc"t
to take upon itself the task of opening :that navigation„in A.
mantier worthy of the great commercial objects which the
,rapid advance of those regions in wealth arid populatiou so
loudly proclaim ? In place' of allowing individuals .or 10
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.Colony to complete the navigation on a !min settle, at a!, •
ex pence of (200,,0001. to do it in an effectual marine('
though at an expence of half a milloirr or even a
lion. It is evident,' the trade to the Illinois and the.
greater part of .the American north western ter:
tory will chiefly take the direction of the Lake`,
and ;is the subject Of a duty of transit may hecome a ►t tatter..
of serious consideration to mir Gorveoment, it Behoves thevo-
thercfine now. whilst they hare it their powtri to give it
that in which ;nay be most conducive to the interests 0
this Country and of the Cidooy ;. to Weigh well ail thecie
cankstances which 1. bare :110 mentioned, and having thiS

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so, I think it is imnossihle but tlu.y must corne to the con-,
elusion, that_t he navigation between the. St. Lawrence ,
the Lakts might to be a natiowil undertaking. Possibly it
mav be practicable to make it oavigable for ships of
derahle burden, and that our ships May go without interrup.
Linn from the Tbanivs even to Lake Superior. A small trail'
sit duty on the product of the United States wonkl soon re.
pay file expenceof the wwits,.and let the Colony have thq

use of it, tree of charge.
• " The gicstion, whether Canada will -r Tait) long.subjecc
titGteat Britain has• heel' lately frequently: discussed, awl
it appears to be one of easy solution. If we ;,rore ourselre4
indiff, rent Id their interests;—if in mar•we .crtate.a tradr
with them, which in peace we to transfer to our mutual
ctiemiea;—if we show them by out' conduct that they arC
not coltildeled as a part of our own family;---if we soy to
Ireland, " Your,(:ountre and our's are one.; not a yaiod of
rri ;n linen shall he used here, and we will even give a bounty
to induce foreigners to buy that of yorir manufacture ;" het
to the British North American Colooirs, We hold you ae -
subjection ; in war, it sailed. us to tat;c your thither, beettit.,c
the North, rn Countries of EtirOpe raised the price of theit'f .
300 per etnt. but since we Jutve et toted a compel nMb against
them, they have again •bnyereti ;1, and it nt sons os.better
to.take all coil' supply hum then, ; you shall.eoto;ni, t,, talse
Iwo or three cc illiuns of eur.Manti fact ores, but riot a stick',;
your tint!), r will we tale' in payment ; such part as you can"
not pay for 111 tors or oilier prOthic, cut whit I,.we Cap tnaltt +'
litrg,profit,)4Ol must remit in spi-cie, tbe hard earnings a
the sweat of your brow, and with that specie we
tinibet in Norway and Sweden ;"—if by auy itl-judged, c,nti- -
cessions to.the UM] ed Sialcs, a decided prefertucc be .p"t
given to the British Noith American Colonies ip thessupvli
of Mir W st India Colonies ;--or-if, by any illiberal, or 'ye;;:t."
tacos syste:ll of government. their internal prosperil y
improvement be impeded ;—then,, indeed, may thi^f be cv
pected, on the first opportunity that offers, to raise thf,
standard of freedom, and then will he spread the flume Qt
independence in the American hemisphere from pole topole:
" Unt horn different treAtment- fat' different results
confidently he anticipated 'if we show ourselves warmly ,
alive to their' interests ;—if we continue to them if(
peaCe that. leasonable share of the timber and colonial
trade, to which ricceitty csimpelled us to resort in war,
and show our determination. to adhere. to it, as well front
:notices of reciprocal justice. and attachment, as from 3
sense of what our maritime strength ruguives ;—if we pl os-L;
to them that they are members of the same family, by so re'
I,giitoing our geoeral policy, as .to meet their views and intr.!"
rots as far as the general ,veltareot the empire will perniit ;
—if We secure to them the trade to our West India t;olorOc,'
to which they are justly entitled;—and, .finaily, if we se,,a
out as thiverriors ooly men of flied pvittlctice any moderatiot,
but of liberal sentiments, wit', will in all thin:i,s pr,otoote t},e
reciprocal interests isr-t-he4llother C.ointry
--then may we hope-that the cotillexiiMliet,y,-en
twin ant; the Cairtthis will 'to, the remotest gene

rations. • •
" .bare now gone thronglrthe,oliserralions, whieb ifeltite
toy duty to malie on the Report .of the ,Select ~Contruit tee p,
the Ilou:e of Lords •ou the timber trade; that reiiort appt:ati
so pregnant with mischief to our maritime, our Colonial, aOl
our -onvtinfacturing- interests, and appears,so exactly adapted
to t'estat'e -that trade to the state ft4int which Mr. fine song. 44
to relieve it, that the real hearingS.of the-quest.on cannot -1,0
too soon laid -before • the public; •
" It seems incredible„ that the whole House of Conmiono
should, in 1910, nlarmcd at the increase of.toreign ship"
ping and !seamen, that, whin it was stated that the ft Oglit'..it:e
of timllcr alone arnountedto, 338,090 tons, it wits unaninumsti
thought desitableAti divert part of that trade to our ColoitiV,,
fur the purpose of erp.7onra;±ing' them and of cresting 13610
seamen ; 15,000 of whom, it was contemplated, might be,eol:.
ployed in..this:trade.- Nu sooner, however, are...Mr-14W
patriotic views fulfilled, almost to the letter, than a neat
_light, in 1820, hie:al:sin tnion.sonte-members, who discover
that it' is not desirahle to encourage British ships,
,Lirit-041.
seams''', arld•••British Colonies, and 1 .Nvill add British ruanu',
factiires too, to the prejudice of Norway Sweden, altiv!
141,92.9 -tot=s of shippingippiog entered ittvsards froth those two
conntries lost year, mill of that quantity .1,02,554 tom • were
foreign; and it to that be.-added the foreign tonnat:k;
Frussia, Russia:, PIM. Denmark, Which- amounted last yvai• lR
118,505 tons,- it will not be foond to •be -more . reduced that,
the whole flobsc of Commons iu 1810 thought it prudent th3l
it should hr.-
" in loolsine: at the general interests of navigation awl tbe
formation of st-30n4 we. must also bear in mind , that ton!.
American Shi PS. we-re 'employed t rut!! between t/+l5
country and Ilse I.)tiletlsi.ates, last. year, for one British.s4OP'
the tonnage being; ,25,026 Brit • sod 105,539 Anierioo•
Add this i\ met iGan 101,114;6 to tto., fort•i;ii tonnage from the
north of Europe, and there is in those branches atone
1_39.6,893. ion uf -forci,n -freightage • entered inwards

year.
" A.refercrice to work on population, will sair,if
any one if the impossihility; ',rem the natural (overt!,
of rut,
was tt9tl •!iwedec, of much iocreasiog our t'X ortS twittert
anti the ex frazsis I have wade of tho-se errpotts foi a centod,
will prove T/,..it:.contrnerc.e to INr as stationary- a 5 iheir popstla'
tion. More netcl not. it "ft,t)haenfyoall)(t.o0f s t '
ional 1)6 cci.o"::fic.ailjil
is I have sl,rrwh the ,g dn
:11;11)P.111.1?-5,r.ita' 3{1:1:7 t ff :16‘1iorthe iiritisii;`"ortii'stncr+f4 tl"life with'
ports to -them, exceed, What the exports. were to the rniTc",
Stale when 13titisli colonies.; and that, it .that tradeasto
those colouies be cheriihed- as they Beset we, %exports ,
mar Intierredas
;trdo,o;tli t thnd all orna titvt faer,‘,'
sy,evlrisc
lt ti
i,sbec
et•cr Ii p ti to reap. from tire possession of Ole countti'eSl3/Ilict'
now form the United Sates, try addition to wur..nuifAnue
strength an.i.t he consumption of our produce, will with,prpper
nolnagetvent, iu a few years, be -realized fruoi. tie
_lr car

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On Sunday .se'n msla, al)olt r. m. a sin,,trn. ar
phenomenon Nwisobservetl at Montroqe, in the N E. A snow?'
charged cloud aisiimed thel'appeatance of the Amnia_ 13u-
realis, with all the: colours of the Iris, and continued 4` ti"
start and shift," with great hrilliancr, from N. to S. fof
W:tids of halt an lninr, 'Alien the cloud was distipated in a lA'
of snow arid hail -upon thti earth-.---(Caleddmiam Mercury.)

MARRIED.

A few days since, the beautiful amt accomplished Mrs;
George Eli wardi gave her band 'to Thomiks-Coct,eyrtv.,Es'il.P
letileford Park.