The Sun.
London, England, 1816-08-14 00:00:00

ANTIQMIES.

Sir loSEPIt' BA CV Kt has imblitited it&aolint
an ancient canoe found in Lincolnshire.. 'h Was
discovered in April last, at a deptit of eightleet
under the surface, in cutting a drain parallel ti iris
:the river "Witham, about two miles east at Lin
coln, between the city and .Totksey Deeps. It
*seem, hollowed our of a oak tree,' is thirty feet
eight inthes long, aid measure: three feet in its
•widest part. The thicknes3 of the bottom is lee-
twcen seven and eight incites. Another siutilar
canoe .was discovered twO years ago in catting,a
"drain near Torksey Deeps, which was tinfortn-
nately destroyed by-the- workmen before.' it was
ascertained livhat it was. Its length' was nearly
the same as that lately- found, but it Was four
feet and a half wide. Besides thesti., three other
Canoes, very much resembling the above itt cow.
struction, have been found .in that County. One
in a pasture near the river Trent, not far front
Gainsbotough ; and two in Cutting x dralin, through
the fens•below Lincoln. .the of These is depos't-
ed in the British 'Museum. • All_ liese canoes are
-remarkable for the free grain of the oak thither,
so that the mill-wrights and oarpelitrrs who ex-
omitted it declared., that iu their,opinion it Wa3 Of
foreign growths and the. prodoce , of,A warmer
country. This perhaps spews that the growth of •
our timber hes heroin-. less rapid anti, luxuriant, in
consetrenceOt the destrueti-ii
has rendered the country more exe.wwd, and its
climate less mild. It fluty he, copsidertd
another proof of-the great-change in our seasons--;
this Wai ''• Warmer country:' alluded to by
'those whose opiirictri bas bttoo,

y last • let tecelided ith • staling acitith
tages the, entintry might derive li•oln its-Wasteanci
'Uncultivated Lands—and 'these advantages, in
ivhatever way looked at', appear unbounded.
if cottages', with such a quantity_of land to
'each as an industrious family conid Manage and
lire by, were spread over the numerous and large
tracts .ground of this sort that now exhibit a
Melancholy and
,disgnsting state of neglect and
not only the happiness oltime thousands,
and the tens of thousands, that might be removed
from Wire' cited-n(IS to ((-)ifilurt, would he the re,
snit of the measure, b'ut every individual in the
community, whatever his rank and situation in
life, would profit by it; and a statesmanAike mind
.0 ill readily see its importance, since it is a clear
and broad daylight proposition, that what
in-
'et•eases the comforts and' the means of time poor,
increases- the rents 'at the latid•o*rier,
,the profits
of the mercantile interest, and the* revenues of
The State.

These cottares-sbouid., in '.these situational be Milt dituii ' an itients, es to airiat-of the cot.
tagers increasing their inclosure as' fast as they
can'incretcse their capi:al:- This system of incio.
sure 'would avoid and counteract the evils of thus
system that has.been acted on; and here the operas
tinny Of ;hose Suiting Banks, Which a flight Hornmr.
able, and, in my humble opinion) ti Very valuable
Member of the 6.ivernment patrenises, would be
oory, and strongly fell, for itae there would be
an irresistible stimulus to industry and economy
Tend the 'morality of the cottage, ton, is general-
ly in proportion to tht comforts'of it) always he-
fore the eyes of those, wkom rational polity and
rational initice `require Should be encouraged mid
ebabled to live by them.

We must not now fear to acct; and wr must,
art on general and sound 1)/1'00..1., lo proper-
.
tion as the evil is great, itrong must be the power
applied to remove it. Recourse to expedients is
futile and childish, and the Empire -rail only he
saved by a mind and measures of vigour. It is
'not for Inc. to Say where that mind is to; be found,
but I f(el, in common with all that I converse
Ws, an anxiety to pet Ova the indications of it
where it would be mozit useful..

Thanking. you, Sir; very sincerely for your in.
clulgence, anti satisfied that I could in no way (to
any subject gre4!er justice than by leaving it in
Nuns bands, I shit)l ttespasi on you no fatther
than to express my hope, that the benefits of the
Measure I propose, may, by the wisdom of the
Leglstatort, be extended to the great
luring towns, who nyy not in their parochial
mits base the means of relieving themselves Item
a btothen that (1 think) they cannot, alt.l it is
essential to the interests of the COtilltty they
ithould not, bear.

tittle Sir,
Your Obliged, humble Servant,

CYPIIEn.

IMPROVEMENT IN MONTItEAL,:—From 1805 to
1810 there, have been 13 wooden lonises demo.
li,died within the old gates, and in the same net int;
64 have been boilt of stone. 'file ntimberol wooth tj
houses and storeA remaining within the ohl walls
is 43—of which folly have been erected byGoverv,...
mew stn-e the commencement of the late wor
with- the United States. In 1814, seven stone
houses, and tom' of wood, were built its the city
and suburbs. In 1805, 23 of stone. anti (2)
wood ; and abwit 60 !moss's stun es, of *tont.
Are eNpeeted to be built this year within the butiw
lieu of ttie cPy.

MAIL*,
Actravt.l)-1 Waterton:. Due—illambargh, 1 Gotteuburgli.

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