Star.
London, England, 1828-01-08 00:00:00

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ledging that their dist re's. a: use from other circumstances
than any want of attention or breach of faith on the
part of the Government, fur whose exertions they all
said they felt the sincerest thankfulness.
Upon the whole, my impression was, that the expe-
riment had completely succeeded; if the object was to
render a mass of destitute and miserable people infe-
pendent and useful, instead of being bus (bens to the
country. Of their loyalty there is not a :pack of doubt ;
and 1 confeis I never saw any set of persons upon
whom, in the event of a brush, I should mote thoroughly
rely. The moral and political effect, also, of this sue.
cessful measure, has extended, 1 conceive, far beyond
the mere limits of the Peterborough settlement; and
the advantages which have arisen frbm it have been
great. It has spread over all that country a sentiment
every way creditable to England; and this feeling is
not confined to the northera side of the boundary Itt.e.
The whole business seems to have been managed well;
and the result is equally creditable to the people who
have been the object of the charity, to those who car-
ried its very troublesome details into execution, and (if
be not impudent in me to judge of such matters) to
those who suggested.the trial. The liberal style, too,
both of the conception and the performance, has pro.
xtuced their national effect in this quarter of the world ;
and I am well satisfied that immense public benefits
have actrued from thls•measute alone, some of which,
perhaps, you did-not think of, and which, indeed, I did
not dream of till they were brought to my notice on
the spot.
When I had last the pleasure of seeing you, you called
my attention to the Welland Canal, and of course 1
made a point of investigating that subject with attention.
At the request of same gentlemen in Upper Canada. I
was induced to allow my opinions on the subject to be
made public ; and if you have any curiosity on the mat-
ter, you will see them in the printed letter, which was
recopied into an American paper, from whence I have
cut it out for you. I have added a notice respecting the
completion of the southern part of this undertaking.
which I conceive it to be of the greatest consequence
should be completed as soon as possible. The Oswego
Canal,which connects Lake Ontario with the Hudson,
via Syracuse and the eastern branch of the Erie Canal,
will be completed this year. It is executed. as I
understand, With more care than the other. which, by
the way, meets with frequent accidents. These breaks
in the banks, however, are repaired with great celerity ;
the advantage is taken of such opportunities to pt the
whole work UMW the spot where the accident occurs in
a complete state of oiller. Very large sums are annually
expended ia this way ; and that which at first was done
not in the best style, will. eventually be made as it
• might, perhaps. to bate WM at first. The great anxiety
which was felt to via; at all hazards, induced thei
proprietors to crampbatitit in haste. The Welland Canal,
however, is so well executed, that I imagirie there will

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