The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-26 00:00:00

FOR THi?, SUN.

MR. EDITOR,—Since I left Cambridge I have
often considered the mode of teaching Mathema-
tics in that University ; in whiCh the Students
who aim at the first honours, are compelled to
read and study NEWTONJA P& NCIPI A, the most
stupid, absurd, itnpertinent,.,au3 nonsensical pti`,-
lication that was ever written and published.' It
is impossible for any ntintal' man to explain the
Solar System—so the doctrine of Flnxions is
w-holly unnecessary. It is the greatest waste of
and of no earthly use. But what I have to
propose is, that the Students in the last year be-
fore they take their. .Bachelor's degree, should be
initiated in practical Astronwny, which is one
'of 'the most useful of the Sciences, and cannot be
acquired elsewhere. It seems to me-l.kewiSe tha
the arguments in the Schools relating to loathe.
armies are totally useless, and ought to be abo,
hailed ; for no kuowledge is acquired there, am
it is a loss of time.
Aug. 23.

JOHN HEYS,
fellow of Trinity College.

*** We know not whether the writer of the
above letter, whoever he may he, means it as a
quiz, or a hoar, to adopt the fdshionable language,
but we insert it as a curiosity.

The Rev. J. Stoddart, B. A. of Northampton,
was, on Tuesday last, elected to a'Foundation
Felhm;shipof Clare Hall,Cambrike,hy the Mastet
and Fellows of the Society.---A Dispensation has
passed the Great Seal, to eitAle the Rev. G. E.
Haunter; M. A. of lint-eetsityCollege, aktiird,
Chaplain to the Right lion. Lord Kenyon, and
Rector of Overstone, in this county, to hold also
the Reotory of Luddington, in the said county,.
Patron, the LordChanceilor.

PATENT PUM P.-A patent has .recently been
;;ranted for a roller.pump. This pump is wrought
by a rotatory, instead of a reciprocat►ng motion,
‘vithout rod or bucket, and raises water to a con-
tinued stream, without being subject to a loss of
power or water, by waking a waste cr returning
stroke.

[PRTCE SEvitNI'ENCE.

FROM /ME •Cit.JE;I3II:C dAZET:ITA.

QUF.II2C, .JULY 31.—Werehappy to state that;
the crops, both in Upper and Luger Canada, are
{►f. extraordinary -promise... . l'lte.Fe has_ been .ti
greater proportion of warm _we;►thcr daring the'
Pretent mouth than:We have experienced for many
years ; the Thermome_tei•.has been repeatedly, for
several, days in s,uccession „as high as from► 90 to
98, in the shade. The dangerons period for the
wheat crops, is, however, not yet arrived.

Tht Poll for the election'of Et,Mernber to repre,
sent the County of Quebec, in the place of the lato-
- tirelimit, was opened at Charlesbourg ott
Friday, and still continues. .

.State of the Poll yesterday-evening, at the ad 4
journment

Mr. Lee •
m►. M'Callum 4Th'
Mr. Neilson retired on Tuesday afternoon, after
being three days at the head of.the ;Poll ; the con+
test having.openlyassumed a character, in which
he bail uniformly declared his duty to himself, his
friends and the country, would not permit hint to
take any part.',-

PORT O'F' QUEBEC.
ARRIVED.

. .
July 3o—Brig Jason, Daidson,sailed 25th May from London,
to H.Gowen—cargoidry goods and wines for Montreal.
• Passengers, Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Watwood.

—Skip Lord Middleton, Kerr, 45 days from Leith,
-to Lyra-
.
burner and Co. in ballast. Passengers, 130 settlers.
—Ship John; Binington, 48 days from Hull, to P.Pattersoa
and Co. in ballast. Passengers, 44 settlers.
—"Brig Curlew, Spence, sailed .17tli May, from Sunderland,
to the Captain, in ballast. Passengers, 88 settlers.—
. Intelligence, Gibb, arrived from Newfoundland, -
reports the total loss of the schooner Rebecca, and all
bands except one, in the Straits of Bellisle,- and the
brig Britannia, all hands saved. Mr. Oliva reports
the brig Mary, Wilkinson, from Liverpool, lost hoth -
anchors, and had run into Kamouraska, on the 19th
instant. No other damage.
—2l—Brig Thomas, Binrch, 55 days from Bel fast,to Woolsey,
Stewart and Co. in hilliest. - Passengers, ill settlers.
—Brig Roberts, Peace, 49 days from Newcastle, to Roger-
son, Hunter and Co. in ballast. Passengers, 3 set,.
tlers.
—Schooners Queen and Mary, from Bays des Chalenrs.
Nelly, Anthony, 79 days from London, to
Brown. Cargo, dry goods, iron, &c. Passengers, the
Honourable J. Young and family. Intelligence, this
ship was .on shore- on Madame Island. -No material .
damage.
—Brig Tods, McPherson, C 7 days from Dundee, to the
tam. Cargo, paving stones, shoes, PaSsengers,
42 settlers.
—Brig Ocean, Blake, 53 days from Dublin, to the Captain,
iu ballast. Passengers, 91 settlers.
Alexander, Hensey, 7 weeks from Leith, to the
Captain. Cargo, .coals and goods. Passengers, 44
settlers. •
—Bark Ruffin .ds, Garrett, sailed Ist June, from Shields, to
Campbell and Sheppard, in-ballast.
—Brig Marys Penrice, 59 days from Limerick, to Irvine,
MCNattglit and Co. Cargo, bricks and provisions.--.-
13 settlers.
----Brig Robert, Neil, 9 weeks from Greenock, to Porteous •
(Montreal) general cargo.—Pass. :I settlers.
--Brit; Esther, Gibson, 11 weeks from Liverpool, to Wedge.
wood (Montreal), general cargo.
May 25th.—Brig Ellea, J. M'Coull, sailed 10th of May front
Liverpool, to Irvine, M`Naught and Co. ',reneral cargo.
—29.—Brig Mary, Wilkinson, 10 weeks front Liverpool, to
J. Wedgwood. General cargo. Passengers, I I sett 1.-rs.
-,-30.—Ship Rolla, B. Binks, 10 weeks from Newcastle, to
P. Paterson and Co. Cargo, coals and glass-2 settlers.
—Brig Jessey, James Thtsmpson' 79 days from Aberdeen,
to Heath and Moir. General Cargo. Passengers, Mr.
Hector, s ladies, and II settlers. .
--s—Brig Retrieve, Hague, sailed 22d June front Barbadoes,
to Government-143 officers and men of the 2d batt
60th reg.
Queen, R. Heath, sailed 22d June from Barbadoes,
to tioternment-201 officers and men of the 2d batt. •
60th reg,

MONTEF.M., JULY 26.
txtract of a Letter from Kingston, dated July 17, 1817.

" A fatal (fuel was fought at York about a
week ago, between Samuel P. Jatvis, Esq. De- '
putt' Secretaty, and Mr. john Ridont ; the latter
received a mortal wound in the breast, which fermi-
;wed his existence. in about an hour. The Jury
which held an inquest on the body brought in a
verdict of Wilful Murder. Jarvis is in j til. Small,
Jarvis's second, has gone to the States."
THE WEATHEE.—FrOM Mosdav, the 14th, to
last Sunday, we had the most hot and sultry wea-
ther that has 'been remembered for some years,
during an equal number of days. The Thermo-
meter in the shade, was frequently 96 to 95. Oa
Sunday forenoon, we had heavy rain, but on
Monday it'contin'ned sultry, and on Tuesday raia
fell in torrents. Since then, it Kati been pleasant, ,
the mornings cool, and hot during the day, with'a
fresh breeze. The rain on Tusesday laid. the 1
wheat flat in souse places where it is rather too
luxuriant ; but we are told it has recovered itself.
The oldest inhabitants do not remember such an ';
immense appearance of abundant crops of wheat.
barley, and oats, as at present. ; and three weeks
of dry weather will place the Whole of'thcse kinds
of grain beyond danger—nOthlng but too tstuck
rain is to be dreaded.
,Persons, total strangers,
just arrived from Britain, affirm that they never
saw liner crops in the richest English Counties,
or in the hi.g,hly cultivated fields of the Lothians.
In Upper Canada the appearance is iimilar;;ind '
in some parts the harvest will soon commenCe;
the season being much earlier than in ibis Pro-
vince.

BlRTH:—tin the Mb just: the Lady of Colonel Myers,
Deputy Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, of a daughter.
MmtutEn,---On Tuesday morning, Nt r. Edward Larne,
merchant of this city, to Miss Adelaide Gamelin Launiere,
of Loretto.

DiEn.—At the Manor-hrinsc of Murray-li?ry, on Thursday,
the 17th ...July •inst. Christiana, second daughter of the late
Colonel John Nairne. Her premature death wilt he long and
severely felt, not only by her Mother and Sisters, but by her
numerous acquaintance. In her the poor of that Seigniory
have also lost a benevolent friend. Her re mainp were in-
terred at Quebec on Sunday last —On Saturday, 41fter six
months painful illness,. Miss Ann Sophia Alberti:le Boutillier,
aged 22 years, daughter of Mr. W. Matt Mier, of this city.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Mary. M‘Lauchlan, wife to Mr. oh)Ai
IPLauchlao, late Ensign in the 4th R. V. D.

PA ttLIA SI EN T.

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-SOUSE OF LORDS--MoNDiY, Also. 25.

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FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS.

I'l`J LY.

,A•Prctclamation has appeared in the Milcn Ga.•
zgUe,
.staling that the annual fairs held in various
places are a chief cause of the spreading of con-
tagious distempers, and the Imperial Government
has therefore ordered, 'atilt no fair shall be held
in any part of the kingdom of Lombardy without
sliecial permission. The fair of Bergamo, which
is. at Ike end of this month (August), will conse-
tit:citify riot be held this yeas•. The same is the
case With ate fairs Of Pavia, Chignole, &c. As
soon as the danger of infection is over, the Go-
v( rnment will allow the fairs to be held. The
Proclamatinn states, that the disease has happily_
greatly diatinished ; and it is hoped, with reason,
tint a pursnanee of the same precautions will soon
put au e'nt►re stop to it.

SabtioGATtovr.
This day at a quarter atter t wo o'clock the LORD
'CHANCELLOR came down to the House, the Earl
I.IVERroOI. and Lord ST. HELENS also attend-
ed, and being robed, their Lordships took their
seats on the Beach in trout of the Throne, as his
Majesty's Commissioners. Mr. Quartile, Acting
Usher 'of the Black Rod, was then sent to order
the attendance of the Commons; who (represented
on this occasion by Mr. Rickman, one of the
Principal Clerkt, atid other superior Officers of the
House, and also by one Hon. Member, General
ito4nton) forthwith appeared at the Bar.
His Mijesty's Commission, authorizing the,
-Lords therein named; or any three or more of
-them, to declare and notify the Royal will and
pleasure respecting the further Prorogation of
Parli,famot, Was then read. Mr. Edward ‘Valmes- ,
ky officiated as Reading Werke The Lords.
named id the Commission are generally those of
the Privy Council : the last native inserted was
that of the Junior Peer, viz. Charles Lord Col-
chester.
The LORD CHANcaLtme then, as organ of the-
Commissioners-, addressed the Assembly as fol-
lows :
Mg lords and Gentlemen,
virtue of the Commission under the Great Seal, to
us and other Lords directed, and now read, We du, in obedience
to the comtntuda of hit Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
acting in the oo the behalf of his Majesty, pro-
. tvue this Parliament until Monday, thi, 3d day of November
pert, to then here holden and and this Parliament is
4dcwrdine:ly ii-rortigited Until Monday,: She 3d Ity of Novem-
' her next.”
:The Commons then withdrew to their own
EktnaS-E, and their Lordships retired.