The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-07 00:00:00

THE COLONIES.

(From the last Quebec Gazettes, of the 17th,. 21st, and 24th
June.)
QUEBEC, JUNE 17.

IMPROVRMENTS.-Tite Mississippi was discover-
ed in 1613 by Father Marquette and Mr. Joliet,
from Canada ; the first settlements on the upper
part of that river were made from this' country,
by Indian Traders. Not many years. ago, Saint
Louis, near the confluence of the Missouri and
Mississippi, was an inconsiderable Spanish. post, •
which was sometimes frequented by the Traders
from Mont real, who collected the greatest part
of the peltries on the waters of that river and the
upper part of the Mississippi. The Missouri
Territory now contains a population of upwards
of 60,000 souls. We receive two newspapers
every week printed at St. Louis, of a larger size
than any printed in Canada. There are Settle-
ments more than two hundred miles op the•Mis-
sour', and five hundred miles up the Mississippi,
above St. Louis. At the Prairie du Chien, a tort
which was occupied by the British during the last
sear, a Mr. Rolette advertises for sale 800 barrels
of flour, manufactured at that :plac
e.. English
goods, of all (iescriptions, are advertised for sale;
some by the steam-boat Maid of Orleans, from
Philadelphia via New Orleans. St. Louis is up-
wards of 1500 miles from Quebec, and the news-
papers reach us in about a month over land, tra-
velling, on an average, nearly 50 miles a-day, the
greatest part through ~a country which 30 years
ago was covered with forests, inhabited only by
the Indian and the For Traders. We arc inform-
ed that some of the Emigrants who landed at
Quebec, have reached Sr. Louis, on the Missis-
sippi, not having found a country to their taste ;.
and if their means last them, they will probably
descend the Mississippi, embark at New Orleans,
and return to whence they came.
There is one feature in the Missouri Territory
which is to be regretted. It appears that it is a
Slave Country, and the inhabitants are raising a
terrible outcry, because the Congress of the Unit-
ed States proposed to restrict them from holding
Slaves in the law which was before that body for
admitting the Territory into the Union..
THE LUMBER TRADR.—The quantity of Lum-
ber in the Port of Quebec is now greater, we
understand, than at the same period of.any former
year, excepting 1811. The tonnage of the ves-
sels arrived already, exceeds the whole tonnage
of 1816. The sessels are loading with the great•
est expedition, to make two trips, and to facili-
tate them in loading, the Telegraph Steam Boat
has been employed in towing the rafts to their
respective stations, which site effects with the
greatest ease when the tide is in her favour.
The season has continued favourable since the
cold weather at the close of May. The:same ap•
parent alteration in time climate of this country is
observed this year as last, relatively to the more
soother!, parts in.the adjoining countries. There
has been more snow and frost late in the spring,
south of Lakes Ontario and Erie, and along the
Atlantic coast, even to Virginia, titan about Que-
bec. The time of the coming in leaf, and blos-
soming of the trees, has been nearly the same
throughout, the whole tract of country just . men.
tioned. In this neighbourhood, so tar there is
every prospect of. abundant crops of hay and
grain.
His Majesty's 68th Regiment Light Infantry
left this garrison yesterday morning, in the steam
boat Lady Sherbrooke, for Montreal. The uni-
form good conduct of the British Troops in this

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Wednesday last. The following are extracts :

" PAats,,AtlG. 4.—The King did not quit his
apartments yesterday, His Maje‘sty transacted
business at noon with the Marquess Dessolles,
and at two o'clock with the Count Decazes.
"The. Duke of Rutland is arrived at Paris.

‘, On' the 30th ult. an engraving was seized at
the house of a bookseller at Bordeaux, represent-
ing the debarkation of Buonaparte, at Cannes, on
the Ist March, 1'815..

FIVR PER CENTS.

Tuesday 7l f. 50s.

DEFERRED STOCK.
Of the 22d March, 1817, . 90 1. 95c.
92d Sept. 1817, . 88f. 95c.
22d Mardi, 1818, ..1361. 95c.
12d Sept. 1818, B4 f. 95 c.
22d March,lBl9, .. 83 f. 10 c.

" VIENNA, JULY 22.—1 t is fully confirmed by
recent accounts, that the Emperor and Empress
will arrive here on the 2d August.
"STOCKHOLM, JULY 20.—A Courier arrived
yesterday from Paris, who is said to be the bearer
of very important dispatches for the French Am-
bassador at this Court, M. de Rurnigny.
" We are still suffering here from a most in-
tense heat.

MADRID, JULY 22.—The 300 Q men which
have sailed from Cadiz are conjectured ,to be dd.
tined either for Terra Firma or Cuba. The em-
barkation of these troops was effected on the lith
without any murmuring, notwithstanding the
scenes of the preceding days. The 12 transport
vessels employed to convey them consist of seven
Spanish, two English, two Russian, and one
French.

" The arrest of the General Officer at Cadiz
had no connection with the mutiny ; it took place
in the neighbourhood of Chiclana, in pursuance of
orders sent from the Court. The person arrested
was one of the Refugees in France, and he had
returned to Spain with his family, tinder a dis-
guise.

" Bausssts, JuLY 31.—Letters from Munich
sneak of a diplomatic note which has been trans-
mitted to the Bavarian Government by a great
Northern Power. The note, it is suid, has for its
object to request. the Court of Munich r‘r.4 to

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tile Citahiber 0
oo much ascendancy.
1, the
" I3eattx, JULY 24.,J-XI. de Kampz "a-§ t
lirection of the investigation respecting
Associations of Prussia and Gertlsany ; as be
knowtto have been for a longtit4, at the be4f
of a party, whip are.in open hostility with planirbie
the Literati, it would have been perhaps desira
under e°a
that the investigation should have been
ther direction.
in the
" Notwithstanding the official article
Berlin ,Journals many persons doubt the allege
extent of the conspiracy. the seer%
the
" A circular has been addressed t° i
i
different Prussian Universities to exhort al
t
.t
Professors to abstain henceforth from edst
ing political pamphlets ; it is declared to the'
the same time, that it is not wished to abridge .11
1,1
any manner their freedom of writing on icicuoni.
subjects. of
" VIENNA, JULY 24.—The Court Gazette
this day announces that his Imperial MajeslY teal.conferred the title of Baron on M. Jean 11°Ier':
son of the celebrated Tyrolean Andrew Hofer' a
" FRANKFORT, JULY 30.—1 t is stated frog
:
Manheim, that Sandt is well enough to °sea
about his chamber, ' but his recovery is never° .
less despaired of.
' 'ns
" BILBOA, JUL' 22.—The prosecution se It
Don Luis Onis, the Ministers Pizarro and Cass:
Ytuijo is founded on the Treaty for the ces2i°
of the Floridas, in which it is said they have e%,:,
ceeded die King's orders. It is alleged that d'i‘
cession was a scheme of the party who favour t"h:
Insurgents, in order to indure England to rec 74
nize the Governments of Buenos Ayrei I/ 1
Chili. er „ •
It has bien discovered at Cadiz, by 'sr a),
found on a merchant arrested, that letters fr%
London announced, beforehand, the m110'414
0
was about to break out amongst the troops.
is known also that the English, at Gihrator' rei;
ceived accounts from Cadiz, announcing, sci a
exaggeration, the symptoms of the.mutiny,!:6%
that the troops were marching upon Madrid. .1,..
Count Abisbal has discovered in the mutiny cc!
dent traces of foreign intrigues.
• i
" An arrangement is talked of between Spam
and Portugal, by which the fot tner is to 'Ode to
the Brazils the Eastern Bank of 13% Plata, and ..
.
receive in excha-ge the Government of /3; e"
Negro, and all the territory to the west of t',
River Madeira, and to the north of the Atnai°ll;
the navigation of La Plata and the italsOnti
be common to both Nations. Spain would Ibei
establish at the mouthof the Amaion a c°7ilo.
mercial and military post, which would superic`ii
Buenos Ayres, and serve to communicate svit
Peru, col
" BERLIN, JULY 25 —The King is exPec of
to return the, 3d of August, when the res°ll..,ll
the investigation respecting' the ConspitacY -
be communicated to his Majesty."

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We have this morning received Boston re°
one day later than our former arrivals.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.—Capi. HOVVAII."r,
rived at Eastport from Trinidad, has furnished%
with Demerara Papers to the 22d of May." j
before Capt. It sailed, four English ships Oricg.'
in the Gulph of Piara, full of English troll
bound to Angustura., for the purpose of asOsjiiiiie
the Revolutionists.—The following. is all
news the Papers contain respecting South
Am
rice :
"It is beyond a doubt that from 3 to 4000 54,
lish troops have arrived from England ; thatsc:
veral corvettes and biigs of war have bee" 1,1;
corporated in the Republican Navy, and that t`j.
Royalist General retreats. With regard t,° ibro
province of Buenos Ayres and Peru, it sPPeso
that the cause of the Independents flourishes. lilt,
Majesty's ship Ontario, which arrived the otbe
day at Barbadoes, brings word she fell in with
the Lisse, who informed her that Lord Cocnr.Asll:i
with two 60. gun ships, was blockading the fr;gai
Andromache in a port off Chili, with 6 nii.lo,Pi
of dollars on board—Spanish property."
BOMBAY, FEB. 28.—The Dwell- are taki()%
possession of all the little they fornierly bail if
the Eastward, and they are in. ca:pectatioil 0

15,000 more troops from Europe.
hag
Private accounts from Calcutta mention, t--1
a very great changt bad rather unexpeeted.l
taken place in the Money Marker. ComPa.°Y's'
six per cents. paper, which ten Ilay, before bore
a diScoutst ot 7, 1 and 2 per cent. bad faller) lc;
1,2, 4, and the Bazar race ot the interest ha
kept pace with the decline, being then 8 per cetit'.
OC
per ann. on deposit ot Governmebt ;
equal to a decrease of 10 per cent. It was di;
cult to account for so rapid a change, though, °
the many reports, the principal is said to
large importation of bullion froM China an-1
rope, and the stagnation of the Cuttou Market ji

the Upper l't ovinces.
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PIILLADIMPHIA, JUNG examina.-