The Sun.
London, England, 1821-06-07 00:00:00

THE COLONIES.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.

(From The Quebec Gazettes to the 2r.! .Ipril inclusive.) •
(Continued from our Paper of yesterdny.)
KThrosToNe(ll. C.) MARCH 16.—The p.arty in the State of
New York, denominated
-" Republican,' is now enjoying a
trio. wlnom.S.he.aelberents of the Governor. By. the Con Stitu..
tion of the State, the House of Assembly yeaily selects'one Se-
nator from each of the great tO",getlier, fotm a
Council of Appointment, with the Governor as President, and,-
accordingly, have .power .of nomination to niost offices ih the
State... The party, hostile to Governor Clinton, having obtain-
ed a majority, both in the•Senate' aced "Haase' of AsSeinblv,
have.formed a Conrail, favourable to their vieWs, which has
been actively engaged in depriving of their situations all the
friends of the Governor, and putting in staunch ‘‘ BucktailS "
the supporters of Mr. Temilcine. Integrity, diligence, ardi a
f,aithful discharge of duty, aicof no avail to a man. in.thal State,
as the opposition party on coining into power make no scrunie
of turning him neck ancrheels'out of his.officenivhatever maybe
his merits. An-office, therefore, ,on a tenure so preeaxious,
would seem an object scarcely worth contending for; and vet
inn country is there such eager scrambling, for the loaves'and
fishes. It is true, the form of Government is eminently ,a pepti-
Jar one, as each man has thus a chance. to'" strut his hour". in
office, but the changes which the continually occurring serve
also to unhinge mean principles, and make ihen.nunsteatly in •
their political attachments andopinions. The rule of ,conduct
in most general repute, 'among the one, is that for which the
Vicar of Bray is immortalized in song--,and on the eve, of art
election much shrewdness 'of calculation is often displayed in
voting with the party whose cause is-likely to preponderate. The
more, indeed, that we kink into the system of. government so
boasted of by our neighbours, the greater cause have we to be
satisfied with our own happy condition under the mild sway of
the British sceptre—for, 23 the Ar2htleacOn of -Noinvich.on.
serves, in a sermonintended to have been preached at St.-Paul"s
before her MajestY, " Say what we will, and think what we
will, in a moment of spleen, the decent and temperate Snlentlonr
of monarchy takes away from the rough edge of republican vir-
tue, polishes integrity, and gives a slinility and fi41225 to many
things, Whkh on 211 extensive scale of society, cannot frern any
rn.her form of government be derived. It is mild in. its nature ;
it is liberal ih its principles, when no snonpage of. its ear to the
voice of the community is contrived neitis suitable to .our. rela-
tions above, When administered in. purity ; and thinigh liable to
imperfections, is allied to the nobler'aird more amiable feelings
of mortality."
An Inquest was held on the body of Richard McCluSkey,
ni-vatelOth Regiment, on the 20th Feb. 1821: Vertlier, •that
•
tie came to his death by drinking to eencessardent-spirits,.__A.n
rl
inquest was held on the body of .larr. Berns, private .70th'Re-
giment, on sth March, 1821.—Verdict, that he came to his
death by drinking to excesS,of ardent spirits.
A. M.ncborrEnn, Coroner, -M. D,

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'blue of ./155e;715!,,, of Upper Can ado, 12th illarch .1P 2 I.
Mr. Baldwin, seconded by. Mr. Czook4, moved that it be
resolved, that the return of Sarmiel Wilmot, 'Esq. a -Re-
presentative for the County of Durham, is regular and legal,
and that the said Samuel Wibnottloretain his seat.
The House then divided can the original question,- on which
the yeas and nays were as follow :
A YES.—M ess. Kerr, -Baldwin, Randall, McCormick, Wil-
son, P. E. Wilson, M. White, Crooks Haniiltop, L. Teter-
son, Hamilton, IV. Clark, Horner • Baby Rogers, Casey,
Shaver, McDonell.-18.
NAYs.—Messrs. Burwell, Welsh, McMartin, Gordon,
Jones, L. Robinson, Jones, - G.', Ruttan, Van Kotighnet,
M'Lean, F. M'Lean, S. Hagerman,- Attorney-Gen.. Gates,
Morris.-15.
• Which was ordered by a majority. of three.
Mr. Nichol then moved, seconded - by Mr: Gordon, that it
be resolved that Location Tickets, ranted nnder thi! authority
of the Lientenant..Governor and Council of this. Province, do
not confer such a Freehold Qualification as to entitle the Les-
eatee or Locatees thereof to .vote 'for. the return of a -Member
or Members to represent any. District, Circle, County or Town
within this Province.' Upon which the House divided; slid the
yeas and nays were as follow
A Y ES.—M essrs. Nichol, McMartin, ordon, Kerr, Paid win,
Randal, M'Cormick, Hamilton; L. Wilson, P, E. Wilson,
W. White,: Peterson, Van Koughnet, Hamilton, W. Cro'elts,
Clark, Horner, Baby, Rattan; Rogers, NVilmot, Casey, Shaver,
McDonell,
Nay-S.—Messrs. Burwell, Walsh, Robinson, .3PLeat, F.
Jones, G. Gates, M'Lean, S. Hagerman, Attorney-General,
Hamilton.-10.
MON TREAL,MARCTI 21.—MELANCI5oLy OccußntNt-C.
—Hitherto, in announcing accidents by fire, it has been our
good fortune to have merely to mention destruction of pro-
perty : it is now our painful duty to announce loss of human
life, by the most excruciating of tleatbs-----On•the morning that
the Mansion-house Hotel. was .consumed, anti while yet. the
flames had not obtained entire posecss;on of it, the principal
waiter was seen to 4eseeend the staircase leading from the upper
story of the north wing (where .his chamber was) to the center_
building, bearing one •of his 'trunks ; having denOsitcti it
below, to re-ascend in search, it- was supposed, of his other
property ; and appeared no more ! As the only passage
from that suite of rooms was shortly after.. filled with a
dense volume.of fire and smoke, it is but too probable that he
Must have perished. The sUlferer7si name was Charles Green
his native place, near Salisbury, •Thimpshire, England, where
his mother and sister reside ;, he was formerly in the Nova Scotia
Regiment, on his discharge train 'which he entered into. the. str-
vice of the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, Chaplain:to-the Forces, whence
he passed into that-of Mr. Martinarit's, to *honi his exemplary
conduct so Tann-minded him, that he toseto.the situation which
he occupied at the tune of the disaster. -
THE WE AT r R.—On - Rida.y.eyening, after many days of
comparatively mild -weather, we had -a-fal 6f snow which con-
tinued during the whole of die following day, .and was more
abtmdant than any ejcperienced during'. many years at this sea--
son. In this city its depth was upwards of two feet, in the-sur-
rounding country something more, and 'it is even said.that at
River du Loup- it was as much as four. The consequence
that the roads are nearly impassl9e and the'. creeks have-over-
flowed their banks. That •whielepasses through Craig-street,
in particular, became so swollen that it iimndatedthi cellars
and lower parts of many of the houses. This effect is indeed
in a great measure ascribable to, anotherearg...e,. namely the want
of elevation in the bridges froth St. Charles -Bortnntae-street,
to the St. Antoine Suburbs, both inclueive, which r impede. the
rising of the ice, nbstract the cnrrmt Of the -,vato.n, and thus,
forcing it to :eiele other vents,ediveA it ,from- its ordinary chan-
nel. On Sunday anti Monday, the cold was -as severe as it
is generally in the middle-of Sanuar)l,- as if a pratof that month
and the present had changed places. Yesterday, snow again
fell in large quantities and •the temperature became more
moderate.

MONTREAL, MARCH 24.—MELANCITOLT ACcIDENT.—
On Thtirsday sesnright AliPherson,-of IlcatthernOiS,- When
on his way home from the Dalhousie Settlement - was unfor-
tunately drowned by driving into.a. bole in the ice. Ire has left
a wife and nurnerouS family to bewir. his deadt.-IVe under.,
stand the body was found and interred next day.
Accinrgr.--LThe body of Teuseaint-Larpentinier, AR inha-
bitant of Isle Perrault, azed about twenty, was, last 'Monday
afternoon at four o'clock, found frozen still, between that place
, and Point Claire, whence he hid set out. at eleven in the, tore-
' noon- of the same day, on his return 'home. It will he recol-
lected, that on that day there was an - unanally,leavy fall-of
snow, accompanied with a tempestuous and piercing wind: the
former of Which probably made. the Unfartunate yoUng man
stray from his road in the wide s'pcce. at the confine/ice-Of the
St. 4wrence and Ottawa, while the lager a,t length deprived
him of the power to .persevere in his eir.its to r,-.;tin it, or to
wait till clearer weather should- extricate :nem his fMom

.44uElmo, M 26, 1621.—We received this mornint_r,
New York papers of the 17th irst. 'l,lt they c,ntlin n,-) Euro.
pean News. The North Rivet at All,any v.-es brePling tip-on
the 20th instant, and it was expected that tfle Steam -boats would
soon be able to ply between New York and that City.

HIGH PRICE OF FORAGE.
The fear of a backward spring has caused the price ofhay to
Ilse from 16 to 20 dollars for a hundred bundles, about 100
lbs. The price .that hay and every tort crfonge • bearain the
markets of this Province, is usually above what' ought to be ita
price, compared with other agricultural predr.:ea ; for instance,
an arpent of land in wheat, may produce on •an. average 'IS
bushels, which at sa, the average price, is only 16 &liars. The.
labour which the raising of wheat requires, beyond that which
is necessary for the production of hay, is ':core than the yahie
of the wheaten straw. An arpent of hay, at the average price
of ten dollars per 100 bundles,- and taking 200 as the avenge
produce, gives 20 dollars. or 1-4th more than the average value
of an arpent in wheat.;--Last year, from the dryness of the
summer, was unfavourable for hay ; but the high price of food
for cattle, generally, is owing chiefly "to the imperfect state of
our agriculture. It is the scarcity of Toed that keeps our stock
Of cattle comparatively few in number, and -unprofitable, and
has enabled foreigners to come into competition with us in our
own markets, notwithstanding the great encouragement to the
raising of live stock in the country, from the hip,h-price of meat
during the last 12 years, and the advantages of proximity,which
our own agriculturists must always .epioy.—lt consolinghow-
ever to know that the evldepends neither on our soil nor on our
climate. In respect to the former,; it is generally superior to
.that of our neighbours, and in respect to the latter, in as far as '
cattle is concerned, we know that the difference in the time that
they can procure their fcod. in the fields, is very little between
this Province and the -adjoining parts-of this- Confinent, We'