The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

THE COLONIES.

UPPER AND LOWER CANADA.
(From the Quebec Gazettes of the sth to the 19th July, 1 531.)
MONTREAL, JULY 3.—This morning, at about half-past
five o'clock, the Governor left this for Upper Canada. A 'royal
salute was fired on, the occasion.
ARICULTURE.—On a farm at La Prairie, tenanted by,M.r.
John Pearson, is, we learn, a field of eleven acres sown with
Timothy and Clover of so rich a quality that its owner chal-
lenges the whole province to produce its superior. The pre-
sent is the third crop, and-the preceding have been equally
good. We have been favoured with a few stalks, and find them
to be four feet and a half long, and shall be happy to chew
them to any one who may wish it.—Six years ago, the land
was so barren as apparently to be unworthy of cultivation.
Mr. Ovens, farmer of Cote St. Paul, brought to Market, on
Tuesday and Saturday last, potatoes reared in open field, two
of which weighed five ounces.
.11IIIRDER.—A letter was, we learn, received last Saturday
in town from Upper Canada, stating that a respectable Dutch-
man, of Williamsburgh, named John Sibard, had been on the
Tuesday preceding murdered by four discharged soldiers.—
The villains were, we rejoice, pursued and apprehended at St.
Regis. On them was found, in cash and bills, (the property of
the deceased,) £2,700. or, according to some persons arrived
here since the commission of the 'crime, -£3,7oo.—The mur-
derers, in their anxiety to escape, left in Sibard's house, unexa-
mined, some drawers in which were £7OO more.
MoNTREAL, JULY 7.—DIED.—In this city on the 29th of
June last, aged 49, Messire Pierre Perinault, Priest and Curate
of the Parish of St. Esprit.
In Charlottenburg, on the 12th ult. i Irs. Eliza Sinners, wife
of John Cameron, Esq.
During the most part of this week the weather has been agree-
ably cool. On the morning of Thursday, especially, there was
a slight hoar frost, whith did however no damage except to the
pease, which were lightly touched.
The commissioners on the part of this Province, have had
in this city a conference with the commissioners appointed on the.
part ot Upper Canada,. to treat concerning the proportion of
duties to be allowed the latter on goods imported by sea,
and the. drawbacks. on-those passing froni one province into
the other.
KINGSTON, U. C. JvNE 29.—(A novelty in Legislation.)—
The Editor of the York Observer, in reviewing the proceedings
of our late Parliament, gravely congratulates his readers oil the
intention of
..a certain member to-bring in a " bill next Session
to put a stop to dinner parties," during futuie sittings, as he
can vouch that they are' more destructive to the independency
of Parliament than places or pensions." We were not pre-
viously aware of the existence of this influence, so fatal to the
integrity of our representatives,. and . think the country much
indebted to the worthy Editor for the information he has com-
municated on'the subject.—As an additional security, the peo-
ple should be cautioned in future to elect none but abstemious
water drinkers, and to compel them to observe a prescribed
diet during each Session. The country might thus have a
" Barebone Parliament," and put all the influence of good din-
ners at defianCe. But then, what would become of the brilliant
eloquence of our Pitts, our Foxes, and our Sheridans ?
NEW-YORE, JUNE 30.-Letters from Mobile of the Ist
inst. were received yesterday-by mail. They confirm the former
accounts of the destruction of the Cotton Crops on all the low
lands of the Alabama and Tombeckbee rivers, the continued
heavy rains having kept them overflowed till about the 30th of
May.
has been said that the United States revenue from imports
was considerably more in the first quarter, of 1321 than in that
of 1820. -We cannot conceive how this can be, unless by an
extra importation of -Europmm goods--for it is said the con-
sumption of foreign sugar; molasses, rum, and coffee, have di-
minislied greatly in the United States.
. BAREADOES.—This island is represented, in the journals of
that place, to be in a very deplorable condition. " Property of
every kind is said to be daily sinking in value. The crops ge-
nerally have been reduced in an astonishing degree, by two suc-
cessive unfavourable years'; and what little produce is reaped
lies on hand for want of purchasers. The prison is crowded
with insolvents, and general ruin seems to be fast approaching."
• MONTREAL, July- 10.—The Lachine Canal, of which so
'much has been said for two years past, has at last some reason-
able prospect of -a commencement. 'We understand that the
contract for cutting the La Chine Canal, has been given to
Messrs. Thomas Philips, Andrew -White, Oliver White, and
Stanley Bagg ; and that they are IN IMMEDIATE AVANT of
500 mene in order to commence operations as expeditiously as
possible. -

7 There is now. a Steam-boat plying between La Chine and.
Point Fortune, which commenced her trips up the GRAND
RIVER on FridaylaSt ; she is said to be 80 feet long on the
deck, rather narrower than .Steam-boats are in general in pro-
portion to her length,' with every-decent accommodation that
could be wished : during er first trip her crew was employed,
mostly to sound the channel; fix buoys through the route; and •
assure themselves of the best parts of the current. She ascend-
ed ST. ANN'S RAPID in the space of fifteen minutes.—lt is
supposed that the trip up might be made in seven hours, but
that in general, mak:ill:l:allowance for stopping at the different
points on the. route, :nine hours may be allowed as the general
time in which her passage 'up will be made. Her passage down
will be made in from five to seven hours.

Extract from a Letter received by an -
Officer of Rank in this
City.

July
" I- was at the-bridge of Montmorenci ue
yesbe terday, whenB a lad
of 1.5 (who, it appears; had brought a blind brother down from
Montreal), walked into the river with h 4 cloaths on, and was
instantaneously carried by the rapid to the pitch of the Falls,
from whence he must have been precipitated 238 feet. His
body is not yet found. I had the blind boy sent to Quebec,
and he will be forwarded by the first steam-boat."
HALIFAX, N. S. MAY 25,—Unpleasant misunderstandings
still exist at Bermuda between Sir J. Lumley and the Assem-
bly of that island—relating principally to the powder duty act,.
passed 1690, and an act repealing or amending that act, passed
1812: which latter, his Excellency seems to consider invalid,
not having received the royal sanction. It appears from the
address in answer to the speech on opening the session, that his
Excellency is considered as having accused the House of " as-
suming powers and functions, which even the House of Com-
mons had never aimed at; especially, in the minute detail of
Appropriations on Supply Bills--of great irregularity in au-
diting the Treasury and other Public Accounts, which cannot
be admitted in future : that it is for the House to raise Sup-
plies, and for the Governor alone, by and with the advice of the
Privy Council, to dispose of the same."—Under such impres-
sions, arising from the language of his Excellency; the House
have appointed B. D. Harvey, T. It. Tucker,- and T. Light-
bourne, Esqrs. as a Committee, to lay .before his Majesty,
through an agent or otherwise, the humble representation and
prayer of the Hous?, relative to his Excellency Sir James Lum-
ley ; authorising the said Committee to borrow a sum not ex-
ceeding 10001. sterling, for the aboire-mentioned purpose ; and
have expressed a determination of waiting his Majesty's deci-
sion oh the petition thus preferred, previous to any further le-
gislative proCeedings.
ST. Jo '9, N. 13. JUNE s.—lt is said that the following 'Mi-
litary arrangements are about to take place :—the 74th to go to
Halifax—the 62d to be sent to this province—and the 60th to
Bermuda, to relieve the 15th. The 81st regiment, of which Sir
J. Kenipt is Colonel, has arrived at Halifax.
We understand that the Bill excluding teachers of religion
and ecclesiastics in general from holding seats in the House-of
Assembly of this Province has at last received the Royal As-
sent—also, that pay to. thel4embers of his Majesty's Connell
has been disallowed at home.
KaKorro7.4 (U.- C.)'JULY.lo:—Arrived at the Royal Hotel,
on Saturday the 7th inst., His Excellency the GovernOr in
Chief and Lady Dalhousie anctsuite.
his Excellency was conveyed from Montreal to Prescott in a
North West Canoe, and from thence to Kingston in the Steam
Boat Charlotte. We are infOrined llis Excellency will embark
in the Frontenac for York this evening.
Arrived last evening, from; Halifax, Admiral Griffiths, who,
we learn, will accompany His Excellency the Governor in Chief
on his tour though the Upper Province.
RIED.—At Utica, New-York, on his way from the West
Indies to Upper Canada, John R. Small, Esq. Colonial Secre-
tary to-the island of Nevis, son of John Small, Esq. Clerk of
the Executive Council, of York, Upper Canada.
QUEBEC, JUL Y 16.—We have published to-flay those parts
of the Lumber Act which relate to the British Colonies.—lt is
a document extremely interesting to our readers.
The Current Prices of some of the ptincipal articles of export
are inserted in this day's Gazette.—lf they should be found use-
ful to the mercantile body and those connected with it, we shall
in future publish them' weekly and take the greatest trouble in
correcting them. Every attention will be given to communica-
tions upon that subject.
Ashes, Ist sort pot, 30s. ditto pearl, 85s. ; beef, 21. 10s. per
barrel ; pork, 31. per ditto ; flour, superfine, 225. 6d. per ditto,
flour, fine, 20s. per ditto ; dried cod fish, 10s. a 125.6 d. per cwt.;
Salmon, 31. 15s. a 41. per tierce; lumber, oak, Is. a Is. 2d. per
foot, red pine, 7d. a 8.1. ditto, white pine, 3d. ditto, staves, pipe,
5h ft. by l in. 361. per 1200 pieces, ditto, puncheon, 3h ft. by
in. ; 101. per ditto, deals,_ 12 ft. 11 by 24 in. ; 61. a ill. 10s.
per ditto.—Government Bills, 30 days sight, 7i per cent. prem.
aierchant Bills, at 60 days, 6 a 7. per cent. premium.
CHAR LOT TP.TOWN, (Pr. Ed. Island, June 7.)—The fires
lately kindled in the woods have been truly alarming, and
many houses have been preserved by the greatest exertions of
their owners. A vessel building for Messrs. Cathbridge, on