The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-10 00:00:00

DUMFRIES MA lIKETS.—Dec. 2.

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Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 0 to 7 2 Butter, 1t10z..... ..... ... 0 0 to 0 6
Barley -3
4 3 7 Eggs, dozen 0 0 0 4
Oats ...... .......... ..... ... 2 3 3 0 Beef, per lb.
Flour, 141 b........ ...... 2 4 3 0 Mutton
Oatmeal
Potatoes, cwt.
CAI-mt.—The market today was again well supplied,
the total being 1069. Prices have net varied in the smallest
degree these four weeks past.

If ever there was a confidential correspondence
it was that which was held with me. Mr. Winston
Barron was quite right in saying that the Beresfords
are as treacherous in the violation of individual con-
fidence as they arc notoriously devoid of any one
sentiment of public utility or public virtue.
That correspondence occurred thus. At the last
election the Beresfords employed as their conducting
agents the Messrs. Tandy, very skilful and respect-
able solicitors, who still continue to possess, as I
doubt not they deserve, their confidence. But on
this occasion the Messrs. Tandy were superseded,
and the Messrs. Mahony appointed. Those gentle-
men are not only my most particular and kind friends,
but they had actually been my very useful and suc-
cessful agents on the Clare election petition before
the House of Commons.

The Beresfords opened a communication with me
through these my esteemed friends. The first letter
I got was sent to me in Clare, where I was attend-
ing the registry. It was written in such strict con-
fidence that it contained a request that I should de•
stroy it so soon as I should have read it. I did de-
stroy it accordingly. It would be curious if the
Beresfords presented a copy of that letter, whilst
they got me to destroy the original.
Every body feels that the Beresfords have pub-
lished garbled extracts of my letter, the tie of con-
fidence no longer binds me. I therefore proceed
to describe that letter. It constituted the most
distinct pledge of altered principles on the part of
the Beresfords—the moat emphatic declarations of
a total change of sentiment in Lord George Beres-
ford. Bigotry was disavowed, intolerance was con-
demned, and it was impossible to describe a more
altered man than the aforesaid Lord George Beres-
ford.

But maik, by way of parenthesis, this aforesaid
Lord George Beresford, who authorised his agent
to make such representations to me, has himself, in
his last address, publicly proclaimed, " that his
principles are unchanged." Oh, these Beresfords
are false, very, very false.
The letter went on to urge the oblivion of all
former feuds—the commencement of a new era of
forgetfulness of the past and of kindness for the
future; and it concluded by urging me by every
tie, private and public, to set an example for my

What hereditary traits of character does not this
incident exhibit. First, strict confidence sought for
by the Beresfords, easily obtained from me, then
grossly violated by them; secondly, professions of
liberality of the most distinct and popular nature so-
lemnly put forward to deceive, and, when that failed,
then, in the public address to the passions of the
party they formerly deserted and betrayed, they re-
turn again to the old bigotry and intolerance—" their
principles verily and indeed are unchanged ;" and
thirdly, failing to seduce me by deceit or mot►ey,
they take their revenge by calumniating me almost
as virulently as they formerly calumniated and foully
and falsely outraged the Catholic clergy and people
of Waterford, arid their ever revered and now
almost departed prelate, the venerable and venerated
Right Rev. Dr. Kelly.
People of Waterford;—l conjure you to rally
against the re-assumptien of power by these Beres-
fords. Are they to be permitted to turn your great
and manly county into a rotten borough once more ?
Is the glorious triumph of 1826 to be rendered void
by trick, and dexterity, and management ? By brib-
ing one portion of the press, seducing another, and
deceiving and deluding all ?
Mr. Winston Barron was certainly guilty of a
fault. lam sincerely sorry for it, because I have
much regard for him, and 1 think he would have
made an active, useful, and patriotic member of Par-
liament. But does his fault constitute any merit in
Lord George Beresford ? Mr. Winston Barron's
fault was consenting, on any terms, to submit to the
Beresfords; and ate the Beresfords to be benefited
by that fault ? Can any man act this inconsistent
part—first, to refuse to vote for Mr. Winston Bar-
ron because he offered to support the Beresfords,
and then, after refusing his vote to Mr. Winston
Barron on that ground, to do the very thing he thus
condemns by voting for the Beresfords ? Impossible.
Has not your county many men suited to repre-
sent you, not nominally and for their own profit, but
really and for your good ? Where are the Mus-
graves, the excellent Musgraves, the best of good
men ? Where are so many others who would do
honour to your choice ? Be not deceived, be not
deluded; rally for Waterford again ? Let us have
another public meeting—Villiers Stuart will, I dare
say, do all he can for us ; let us have another can-
didate; let us have one of your liberal and enlight-
ened Protestant resident gentry if you can; the Ca-
tholics owe to them a deep debt of gratitude—the
Protestants respect them—let us have one of them
if we can. If not, let us have a Catholic gentleman
who will possess the confidence of all persuasions.
You have such amongst you.
Let us determine to return a candidate free of
expence—lrish patriotism is capable of exertion.—
Let no further time be lost. A county meeting—a
candidate to be put to no expence—and a defeat to
toryism and the Beresfords ! Men of Waterford, it
is very easy to do it all.

Why should you return Lord George Beresford ?
What one quality does he possess to render him a
fit representative ? Has he talents ? He has never
shown them. Has he the capability of expressing
the wants and wishes of his constituents ? The
man: cannot speak ten sentiments of grammatical
English if he were to be made commander-in-chief
for it.

Next, what are his claims on the score of public
virtue ? When has he ever voted for the people
and against the Minister? When has his vote been
found otherwise than in the most strict accordance
ith his private and personal interests ?
Does he promise you to resist any of the evils
that oppress you ? Will he agree to reform Par-
liamentary corruption—to lessen the load of taxation '
to abolish grand jury jobbing—to repeal the sub-
letting act or the vestry bill—to diminish tithes—to
extinguish corporation monopoly and all the grinding
oppression of our corporate bodies—to tax absentees
—to supply a due provision for the destitute poor—
to regulate the funds for education, so as to extend
them to all who want them—to cleanse the Augean ;

Men of Waterford ! I will soon be amongst you
again. My voice may be feeble and my influence
weak, but the ardour of my exertions and the mis-
conduct of our adversaries will give me strength and
support, and Waterford will (lace again set an ex-
ample to the friends of liberty all over Ireland.
1 am, and ever shall be, fellow-countrymen,
Your obedient servant,
DANIEL O'CONNELL.

Among other fish, of which I once partook at
Leith, there was one I had neither seen nor heard of be-
fore, a sea cat; the head and tail like those of a cat, but
the flesh very white, and exceedingly firm. I could have
been well enough satisfied with the sight of it as a curio-
sity, without tasting it; but was over-persuaded by the
good company, and found it an admirable a fish, rather
beyond a turbot. I inquired whether they had any way
of• preserving such a creature alive, so that it might be
brought by sea into England, but was told that it had
been tried several times to no purpose.— Calamy's Life
and Times.

THE WEATHER.---The weather continues
mild for the season. Yesterday morning the thermometer
stood at 47, and in most of the gardens we have visited of
late, China roses and many other flowers and flowering
shrubs, are still seen flaunting in nearly all their summer
pride. The early sown wheats look remarkably healthy,
and seem to have obtained already that firm hold of the
ground which enables them to withstand the severest
weather. The pastures where at all hained in summer,
still afford the kine a comfortable bite, but generally
speaking, they are barer lay a half than they were last
year at the same period. The potatoes have turned out
better than was expected, particularly as to quality, and
the turnips, though small, are as fresh and sound as we
ever saw them in the month of December. As regards
the elements, the farmer, in a word, has little to complain
of, and if the markets were higher or rents lower, he would
be one of the most contented of his Majesty's subjects.
Though prices are drooping or stationary at present, we
still expect that grain will start in spring, and by the time
the daisy glints on: the sod, there is &so good reason
to hope that the cattle trade will become better worth
following. Beef, which sells from 3d. to 6d. per lb.
is scarce thus far, and of inferiour quality. This arises
from the superabundance of moisture, which, while it
rougheued the pastures, rendered them less nutritious,
Mutton brings from 311. to 4d., and though lots of wed-
ders are seen feasting on turnips, the intrket at present it
chiefly supplied with old ewes. —D umfries Courier, Dec. 8.

(Vram the Montreal Gozet'c.)
We promi-A in our feet to les' before (Sur
readers some deteils in relation to :Ire late exoe-
di:lon up the St. Maurice, and v,e, now are en-
' shied to redeem our promise.
It will be recollected that Messrs. F. A. La-
rossque, T. Pothier, and P. de Roellehlave, were
appointed by his Excellency the A: iisinistrator,
as Commissioners to carry into rifts t the provi-
sions of an Act of the last Session, which grant-
ed the sum of 5001. for the purpose of exploring
tiie t.itintry lying between the St. Maurice and
Ottawa Riven, These gentlemen, on receiving
(their
appointmeufg made preparations for enter-
ing upon the executioft of the trust confided to
them, and acceded to the offers made to theca
bY Lieut. frigid', of the 15th, and Ensign Nixon,
of- the 66th Regiments, who had Toluntecred
their services upon the expedition. These gen-
! denten, with M. Bouchette, the Depute Sur-
veyor-General, left Three Rivers about the end
of Itstglet last, in three canoes, with scve .wen,
under the cot-hi-4RA of Lieut. Ingall, and
.pro-
ceeded to Point a hi }Liebe, above the Forges,
on the River St. Maurice, where dr. Bouchette
left the party, and returned to Quebec. The
remainder of the expedition proceeded to the
Rat River, which falls into the St. Maurice, on
its western bank, about 81 miles above- Three
Rivers, and at which the Hudson Bay Com-
pany have a trading pests There the party
re-
mained for nearly three weal, until the Corn-
Minis:mos wire enabled to stsnd up John
.Adams, Esq.ksitet *ti astronomer rid surveyor
to the expedition, in lieu of Mr. Bouchette.—
Having heard that a tract of -fine fertile land
.would be found westward of the fir. Maurice, the
party made a tour into the interior, and visited a
series of lakes, 14 in number, which
disem-
bogue themselves into the Milk River, a branch
of the Vermillion River, which falls into the St.
Maurice, northward of the Rat. Not succeed-
ing in the object of their search, the expedition
returned again to Rat Piver, from whence they
proceeded to ascend the St. Maurice. They
passed the post which the King's Post Com-
pany have established at La 'fugue, about 100
miles from Three Rivers, and continued their
course along the
.St. Maurice, till they ar-
rived at the mouth of the Vermillion, The
St. Maurice here becomes very much ;liter-
ruptcd by rapids, mid it is usual with the traders
to ascend the Vermillion, and then through a
chain of small lakes with portages to re-enter
the St. Maurice, some distance above. This
route the expedition followed, and shier re-enter-
ing the St. Maurice, ascended the course of that
stream till they reached Wemoatichingue, Isbere
the St. Maurice is divid-d into three branches ;
at this place, situated in 47. 88. N. lat. the
Hudson's Bay and King's Post Companies
have trading stations. Up one of these branches,
which had a westerly course, the expedition as-
cended, and met with a most extraordinary chain
of lakes and navigable waters, which probably
has not its parallel in Canada or any other
country. The number of these lakes is stated at
twenty-three, varying in size and depth, of the
greatest of which, called Kempt Lake, after his
Excellency the Administrator, the expedition
were occupied twelve days in making the circuit.
In many cases the water was found- upwards, of
forty fathoms, the party not being enabled, for
want of lines, to sound any farther. On issuing
from this chain of lakes, the party struck upon
the River Au Lievre, at a distance of about 120
miles west of the St. Maurice, but which dis-
tance was materially increased by the delay occa-
sioned by a-minute survey of the • outlines and
indentations of each lake, which made, perhaps,
upwards of 2000 miles of navigation. After
striking the Au Lievre and issuing from the
lakes, the party were occupied eight days
in descending it, till they entered the Lac
des Sables, an extension of that river,
' and at which a private fur trading post
is established. At the outlet of that lake, the
Hudson's Bay Company have also a post.
From the outlet of the Lae Des Sables to the
entrance of the Au Lievre, twenty-five miles,
several clearances and settlements have been
made, and mills have been erected by Mr. Bow-
man. The Au Lievre River, in the distance
between the lakes and the Ottawa, has twenty-
three portages, which makes its navigation rather
difficult. From the Au Lievre, the party des-
cended the Ottawa direct to this city, and after
leaving the canoes at the canal, arrived once
more in comfortable quarters at Tipson's hotel.
The Officers of the expedition represent the
country traversed over as being generally uninte-
resting; that portion between Wemontichingue
and the Au Lievre and along the banks of that
river as being in some places sandy, upon. which
the principal timber found was poplar and birch,
and in other places high rocky cliffs, bounding
the margin of the lakes. The land, however,
improved gradually after they passed the Lac
des Sables, and approached the Ottawa, the al-
luvial soil appeared gradually to gain in strength,
and afforded better prospects of settlement than
in any other part of their route.
The country lying between Wernontichingue
and the Au Lievre is the hunting grounds of the
Tetes des Boules, a nation which now cannot
number 200 souls, from the ravages of small-
pox and the gradual decrease which seems to
be destroying the Aborigines of America. Their
characters have been described as being none of
the most amiable. The fur-bearing animals are
not very plenteous, and the Indians complain
much of the inroads of the Abenaquis from the
settlements, who trespass on their hunting
grounds, and they talk of making a representa-
tion to the Colonial Executive to put a stop to
this evil.

No very extraordinary features were presented
by the mineralogy of the country. No indica-
tions of coal or any of the metals, to any extent,
were perceptible, and though some slight ap-
pearances of lead were manifested, yet they were
not of a nature to warrant the ore being worked.
Lead ore is said to abound on the Gatineau,
but the appearance of the country traversed by
the expedition, if continued westward, would
seem to cast a doubt on the assertion.

The waters of these inland lakes abound
with trout, pike, dories, and other fish of the
finest quality, but game is not ♦ery plentiful.
The expedition have enjoyed the best of health
during their absence. The result of their ti ip
serves to prove the existence of a grand water
communication from the Saguenay to the Ot-
tawa at Hull, which in centuries hence may
prove advantageous for military purposes.

WESTMINST/Lll SCHOOL.—The .. Ph
orm.o of
TERENCZ, which has already been acted by the pupils of
the establishment this season, and of •tvltich we gave an
account on the former occasion, was repeated last evening.
The little theatre was crowded to excess. Among the
company present we observed the lli.hop of BRISTOL,
Lord ARDEN, and many other persons of di,tinction, who
aenned to take great inter eat in the petoriz.iit.,;,:, and
warmly applauded some of the juvenile actors.