The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-06 00:00:00

EARL OF DALHOUSIE.

[From an American Paper.]
The following is the Address of the Inhabi-
tants,of Hull, and of the Ottawa River Agricul-
cultural Society, to his Excellency the Earl of
DAMIOUSIE, on his passage down the Ottawa,
with his Answer to them :

To his Excellency the Earl of DALirousir., Baron Dalhousie
of Dalhousie Castle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Ho-
nourable Military Order of the Bath, Governor-General, and
Commander-in-Chief in and'over his Majesty's Provinces in
North America, &c. &e.

May it please your ExtAleney—The Inhabitants of the
Township of Hull beg leave to congratulate your Lordship on
your safe arrival from a troublesome and dangerous journey, by
the way of the Ottawa, down which no. previous Commander-
in-Chief ever ventured.

Permit the grateful and loyal Inhabitants of this place, to
contrast their present situation and feelings with what they must
have been a little time antecedent to your taking possession of
these Provinces.

Only four years since, after a toilsome march and warfare of
sixteen years, against dangers and privations more than com-
monly incidental to a new settlement, we found ourselves sur-
rounded on the East, West, North and South, by one continued
scene of sameness which appeared to frown and bid defiance to
our exertions, cut off by thick tangled and pathless woods from
the busy haunts of men—neglected and forgotten by those indi-
viduals who owned the land around us, and on whose promises
we vainly hoped assistance in forming roads to communicate
with other settlements.

Then—when we thought our situation desperate, Providence
in wisdom began to work for our liberation by the instrumen-
tality of your late noble predecessor. In him we hoped for as-
sistance—in, your Lordship. we find every disposition to help
and encourage the enterprising parts of the country.
Now we enjoy the blessings of social life by the increase of
settlements around us—by the liberality of your Excellency's
Government, we have the woods in some ilt!gree opened by
roads of communication to almost every part of the country--tlie
natural and majestic impediment to the navigation of the
Ottawa at the Long Sault, will soon be surmounted by the
completion of a Canal, and that nothing may be wanting to
make us forget past troubles, as your Excellency has condes-
cended to revisit this place, to hear and see our wants and en-
courage our endeavours.
We are aware that our expression of gratitude and esteem
will not be the greatest source of satisfaction that will arise in
your mind for your efforts to assist this needful and heretofore
neglected part of the Canadas—but the recollection that you
have been eminently instrumental in ameliorating the condition
of almost every part of his Majesty's possessions in North
America, will, we are- satisfied, afford your Lordship the most
heartfelt satisfaction.

With unalterable sentiments of respect and Loyalty,
:We remain your Lordship's most obedient,
And devoted Servants.
(Signed by the Committee of .111anagement.)
Hull, Aug. 17, 1821.
To which his Excellency was pleased to return
e following' Answer :
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HULL, 17th Angus+, 1821.
GENTLEMEN-1 beg you will do me the. favour to return
my thanks to the inhabitants of the township of Hull, for their
atte- ton to me in passing, and assure them that it will always
be a source of pleasure to me to see the hopes and plans of my
Noble Predecessor- in this Government, realized and promoted
by the spirit of enterprise of the people, and while tnat spirit
shall show itself alive, I shall do all in my power to assist it.
DAL II 0 USIE.
P. Wright, Esq. and Committee of the Inhabitants of Hull.

OxFORD, OCT. s.—At the Cathedral, Canterbury, on Sun-
day the 23d ult. the following Gentlemen of this University
were ordained Deacons, by his Grace the Archbishop :—J.
Stratton, B.A. New College; J. Hunt, B.A. St. Alban Hall,