The Sun.
London, England, 1819-07-10 00:00:00

UPPER CANADA.

VTERESTING TO EMIGRANTS.
(From an Trish Paprr.)
We bane been favoured, through the 'kiiitlness
*f a friend., with the following extract of a 'letter
lately received by a gentleman in this cooutty
Irons hi 3 eon, who has been some years resident it,
The capital of Upper Canada. It gives a very en-
couraging view of that part of the country, and
%allot fail of being perused wi!lt much interest.
The respectability of the svtiter, end the cirentn-

itanceiinneer -which his
}letter has been written,

being an invitation to bis tatt,er Awl brothers to

join him in his adopted country, renters it an au-

Illentic.and satisfactory document :

" It stems," says tl,e ‘vriter, g• th.t John is the
!Illy one who appears determilictl ttPoil
18 Ireland. 1 beg you will A ss‘lye him that, as a
farmer, he would 'he nn-,s• uvrtAinly tit any B,lc-

teed here. I do cut teat !Clot to accompany
"ti, and, if be will acuept it, he shall e
the best lot OF land I h4v, ; and if he be too in-
(kpendent to accept it a, a present, I will sell
It to him, and he may pi the when he makes
the 11,„,1,v of the
11;1"1"11 Hoy hind in the coitu ry on the last men-
-1-""led teams ;;—!bare ate ti w who pay I eat! y
1
1""Y laud. I. lie has no objection to
Ro hack a little, say thirty
the government
gtrill roti hi., 400 ae es, „Ir..,lthink , can WO.
"rt. hint 600 F;itir nsti,ps (60,000 acres
tacl') have been settled !hoe two last years, arid
• theslitlands will settle more:iiapidly in future.
Fu Gut he ventsid be forthwith in a'thickly settled
th"'lry. My gre.t wisi. is to have us ail esta-
slii.o 'tear e,cti other, as farmers, as lawyers, or
Thcrel-i Pte. bieys would do %veil in this coon-
trY• • In any literary pursuit 1 could not promise
11.1, ~.1. certain y, though no doubt much will
t"";,. This is a growing country, and
people must grow with it, in fact, roust
it7(:ont, rich. One great aigittnent in favour of
• 14, hatr here is tin dallier of poverty ; In short,
i l'egutres some ihgenni, yto become poor. I ant
I"e4 for the !loose hod town lot I bought, for 800
"r" 4.1 land, ~nil tor :be personal property I
Pco'sess. and the w tittle amounted this year to 31.
With the Istol fire tront rent, and almost
fir from ttous, the markets ate good—beef and
~il'ltien gent-rally from to 7d. per lb, ; potatoes
2% per bushel ; lialur 11, ,Os per barrel of 196 lbs.;
1?"'Y 31. to 41 per ton ; hotter Is. 3d per lb. &c.
''''"opean gnods'a le to he sure, rather dear—a
111,t-tfitie coat 61. ; vest ss. ; pantaloons 31. ;
Z"is 21. Tea, gwof at 10-i. interior 6s. 3d. per
iu• ; I at sugar Is 6(1. ; coffee Is. 6d. ; good port
'wine 15s per 'gitilon ; good French brandy 17s.
61:; riim 7.. 6d.; Madeira 11. 2s. 64. ; whiskey,
asst died "be re, 3,9 d.; awl good beer Is. 3d. per
Labotariog wen to work on a farm 21.
'us• per month, and board women 11. 1•0 s. Laud
produce, per acre, from t%vo to three tons of
"Y. thirty to forty bushels of wheat, 300 huihels
ilf po!atOvs I believe I have riot said any thing.
4fihe price of land ; purchaser can please
•
i" at six dolitirs an acre for uneultivated, and
c," lily it in many places tolerably good for one
cwilar. He can buy a tarts 01 200 acres,so clear,
*it') a house mid barn, for a sun) from 7001. to
10001 Millions for sale 'ln every trarter. Ready
ll"Uey could COM.IIIIIMI any situation almost."
The following was addressed to one of his
1) rn'l,ers at present a student in Trinity. College,

As to learning, us a pursuit, it is yet a very
"Profitable one. In mercantile business, per-
' In" of experience and industry must do well,
41thoogli beginning with a small capital. The
€(:1(1 for business is increasing rapidly. The me-
(,"ehl profession has little chance of succeeding,
(,:xeePt its very few places. But if you could
ont. wialifi-d to practice at the bar, you
;''')uld have the best possible chance of-making a
Irtooe. it you can accomplish this, be at all
rTt, vi'r, I will promise you a lucrative practice.—
I:iirre are si,,y few clergymen yet in the pro-
; those in it are, I believe, pretty well pro-
tiled for, none (of the established church) hall.
i
1% less than 3001. pet. annum."
1I The town of York, the capital -of Upper Cana-
-4'
Irmo whiCh the'foregOing is dated, is, in it-
-s,:f,ift One or the greatest proofs of the rising state
the conotry ; for, in the year 1793, we are told
that a solitary Indiin wigwam stood where the
is now built. In the succeeding spring of
lat year, the ground was marked our for the fu-
tureillefropoliS of the country, and it now con-
tatns upwards of 2500 inhabitants, and is fast in-
:feasing• It 'is the residence of ihe chief officers
"I.e government, both civil and military, and
aft.
cmllB many of the more refined comforts and
s"veniencies of lite,. A newspaper is printed once
tZei'ks and its mat kers are said to be well sup-
with every necessary from the adjacent
J", Which are in a high state of cultivation.
[Pitt limits will nut allow us to give more on
3)e 4nhject presrnt, but we shall probably re-
tulle it in a futiire paper.].

Newfoundland have been received to the
.16.11 Lilt. wlitch give long details respectiug the
I"'Proverueots in that Colony. Sev,r,tl ineettngs
"",:td been held by the piiac.ipal inhanitants tor the
"“ter conducting of the Pollee of the Island. It
ivad been determined to open a communication
with the Gleeii Bay Indians, and in zonscqucuce
of ." dpplic4tion to the Governor, he had ap-
porn ted 11:3 Majesty's shi Drake for that purpose,
'Which had sailed with Commissioners, wei
10 treat with the savages. The Surveyor•GenerAl
(4 the Island had received orders to survey the
coast, end had departed in a schooner for that
Purpose.--..'('he Captains of two English vessels
tr.oin Ireland, with emigrants, had beeu tried at
John's, for having too great a number of
Passengers on hoard, contrary to law. The ex•
"tee set up on the part of the Captains was, that
/Ininiher of persons had been secreted at the
t'll)e of their sailing. The CH JUSTICE, in his
"Inge to the otiserved, that this was a
reason for their acquittal, but that in future
tt)' law woiiiil be enforced to the utmost. The
°F,,sy accordingly found a tievtlict of Nut Guilty.