The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

CANADAS.

(Prom 7710' Queiee Gcr;eiles.l9.thql6llt rf Norrnber,)
Qt'ErtEc, Nov. IN.—We have inserted in this number of the
Gazette, the Rt port of the Committee of the House of Com-
mons_ on the Foreign Trade Of. the Briti4sh Empire. It is an
able and statesman•like Paper. It 'evidently leans to the
principle of Free. Trade, but seems to he fully aware of the
difficillty and even danger of carrying that principle into prac-
tice in the present State of the Empire. Free Trade is some-
thing like justice' every one desires it, excepting when it
happens to interfere with his own particular interest. Beth
the true and the other, to be good for any; thing, must he noir
versa) in their application. applied they become
oppressive. The Commons have not, hoe. ever, signaled out
the Colonies, as fit objects for the partiql:application of this
principle ; and we they will not concur. with the report
of the Lords'.Conini;trets, which would, take from us what
would rint.efirich England, and Make Os poor indeed ; deprive
Great Britain of, a certain supply of an indispensable article
of con ,Omption indeperidett of Foreign Powers, and. by der
w, of our chief means. of employment for labour,
spread throughout the Colonies, and destroy the.only
outlet which eXi*ts for her own redundant and unemployed
population.

In this Gazette there are observations on the evidence given
before the Lords' Committee on the Timber Tratile. ' The
whole of the evidence in favour of FOreign Timber has ex-
cited great snrprise througlMut the American Continent, and
has led to a conclusion, that if the subject was thoroughly
sifted and the evidence of practical men not immediately con-
nected with either of the trades,—that is from the Colonies
or the Baltic,—that the Lor,*.s' Committee would have come
to a very different conclusion. It is, 'however, not too late,
and it is expected the Committee of the House of Commons
will deepfy into the subject, and allow the case of the Co-
lonists and the British Shipowners to be fully and fairly in-
vestigated: '
The Et idence commented on in this Gazette is that of Mr.
Tooke and Mr. B.: to which we Must refer.

NfoNTREAL, °cr. 21.—His Excellency the Governor in
Chief, with that lihevality and benevolence which forms so
c:,inspicuisus a trait his eharacter, has been plebsed to
order a large quantity of Barrack Bedding, and other stores,
which had 'been condemned as unfit for the sise of the
Troop's, to be given to the different charitable institutions in
this City, for the use Of the poor, during the approaching
winter. • This will supply the most urgent wants of many Who
had no means of their own of 'procuring those necessaries,
and afford an opportimity of bestowing charity in the least
exceptionable form in which it can be given.
We observe; -from an advertisement, the establishment of
another Steam Boat; the DalhouSie, fur the purpose of run-
ning between this and Terrebonne. This boat, We under-
stand, is admirably adapted to perfOrm her intended voyage.
She is about 16 tons burden adMeasurement. is well found its
every respect, with a very complete engine, the workman-
ship of Messrs. G. Warwick and. Co. conitincted on the
latest apptoved principles. When loaded, the Dalhousie will
draw atiout 21) inches water, and will be of essential benefit
in cipt'ning an easy communication to one of the richest and
most flourishing districts of the country.

VtuE.—Tbis nios'tiio,,r,, before day-break, a Ere broke out in
the St. Lawrence"SubOth and consumed three houseS, one of
stone, the property of Mr. Plessis Bellsir, and the two other
of wood, with the names of whose proprietors we are nose-
(painted. The disaster originated in the first, which was oci-
copied' by Mr. Kane, a butcher, and whose moveables bare
been destroyed, hilt has been insured at the 'litchis Office for
1501. It is said that liellair's house had been also insured till
about four or Ere days ago, when .he neglected to renew the
policy, front a reluctance to the expellee. 'At this moineat
the ruins are burning, but there is little danger of further
damage, although a -fresh hreeie has prevailed all the morn-
log. The times have been arrested by pulling down a fourth
house, the activity of the Sheriff, fhe Mir h Regirtient, and ge,
nerally that of the Fite COMpanies and inhallitaos. Some
scoundrels have taken advantage- of the contusioo occasioned
by the accident, to despoil of Its. fruits and vegetables
Mr. Kane's garden, which, being to windward of the fire,
escaped otherwise uninjured.•

INVENTIVE GENI Canadian, named Joubert, residing
at Sault au Recollet, has lately, we 71I4:. informed, given
proofs of superior mechanical talent, by the invention• and
construction of a car impelled solely by the hand of the guider;
and by that of a thrashing machine.- A .sketch of the. former
has been shewn us ; but, as it would be very difficult for us to
give, or our readers to receive a clear idea of it frbm descrip-
tion, we must confine ourselves to the obs.ervation, that the
impulse is produced by several vertical and horizontal wheels,
and that it is a fine speEinie❑ of untaught genius. Such a
vehicle has, indeed, been long since exhibited in England and
Germany, and perhaps of a less complicated structure ; but
this, though destrOctive of the claim bf Originality, dues not,
by any means, detract from the merit of ingenuity. •

The working on the Canal, from the head of the Long,
Sault, will cease on tbe 24th instant, at least for .some time,
the money appropriated for that purpose by Government be-
inz'expended.
Mu ainet.--We have been informed by a Gentleman lately
arrived from Isle aitx Noix; that, last week, some Officers, re-
turning in the evening from their miss, were Alarmed by the
groansAif a human being, 'and, approaching the spot whence
they issued, discovered a man in the agonies of death. The
unfortunate being had been.a short time before at the can-
teen of the place, and had received,'after his departnie, such
violent kicks and blows on the sides as caused almost im-
mediate dissolution. He was an emigrant on his -way to the
United States. The perpetrators of this detestable action
have not yet he en detected.
e are glad to learn, that all the Erni:v-11111s who art ived
by the Cotinuerce, have !cached their destination in safety,
and are now lociiting on their lands. The settlenitnt coy-
sists of Three Townships named Dalhousie, Lanart and

BIRTH.

On Saturday morning, at his Excellency's residence in
Grosvenor-place, Countess Munster, the Lady of the ilano-
veritin Minister, of a sun.