The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-10-27

Of al that motley crew Of persons who at
tended the Sunday meetings at Wimble-
don.--One day he was so enreged by some
paradox or raillsry Of his host, that he in
| dignantly rose from his chair and dsaid, "Mr
Tooke, you are scoundrel!' His oppo-
nent without rnanifestirg the least emo
ton, replied, "Mr. Holcroit, whenis it that
! am TO dine with you? shall il be next
Thursday ?"-" If you please, Mr.. Tooke,"
answered the angry philosopher, and sat
down agair. II was delightful 10 see
| blm, sometimes, turn from these Waspish or
ludicrous altercations with overweening an
tagonists 10 some old friend and veteran
politician seated mt hrs elbow TO hear him
recall tire time Of Wilkes and Liberty, the
conversation mellowing like the wine with
! the smack of age ; asserting to all the old
man said, bringing out his pleasing traits,
aud parnporing him into childish self-im-
portance, and sending himaway thirty years
younger than he came"
CANADA is rapidly improving. A fate
traveller says: A vast body of emigrants
have arrived IN upper Canada this season.
The last detachment, about 1900 were land
cd at Coburgh few days since, and are
now, presume, on their new lands, near
the Rice Lake. The population Of Upper
Canada is rapidly increasing, and, as your
readers may with some information of this
interesting country, avail myself of late
work Of Mr.. Fothergills, 10 give the follow
sketch. The population, from the most ac-
curate returns, recently made, is 2ll ,7l3.
| The lands under cultivation are 9S0,234 u
cres. There are 3O4 grist mills and 1856
saw mills, 394 merchants stores, 30,774
houses, 1854 oxen, 67,6i4 mich cows,
| 200 calves. There are at least 800
townships of land surveyed in the Upper
Province they average about $4,000 acres
each, so that there are l7,1GO,0OO acres
surveyed in the province, about three
| fourths of which have been located. yhe
amount of wild and returned land is about
two millions ofacres the common log hou-
ses of the country pay no tax. The num-
Der of liccnaes to store keepers, issued be
tween the 5th Jan. 1923, and the 5th Octo-
ber, 1924, was l9l, on which was paid
G4,506 TO town tavern keepers, All duty
$i,740; duty paid by distillers, $1,000.
total S12,450.
1t is said that part Of the Upper Pro-
vince commencing in the ncighborhood Of
Kingston, and running westward nearly
500 miles to the Sandwich frontier, by
depth, northward, of from 40 to 100 miles,
is, alone, capable of supplying all Europe
with grain; besides being rich in cattle,
aud producing silver, lead, copper, lime,
marie, gypsum, wool, hemp, fax, tobacco,
! furs, &c. &c. The climate is good; the
author before alluded to, observes, that it
might be said that the inhabitants of Cana
da have but two seasons-sumner and
winter for winter has no sooner disappear
ed, which generally happens about the
middle of April, than the whole animal and
vegetable creation starts into renewed life
with rapidity and vigor that leave the sea-
son of spring With such doubtful limits as
to be scarcely perceptble. Vegetation
is so rapid that barley, sown the last meek
in JOY, has been reaped in the second
week in September, for several ycsrs sue
cessively.
Canada is generally level country, par
| ticularly the Upper Province. From the
| line which divides the provinces On Lake
! st. Francis to Sandwich, n distance Of near
ly six hundred miles, nothing like noun
tain occurs, although the greater part of
the country which is passed through, be-
tween those places, is generally undulatcd
into pleasing hills, fine slopes, and fertile
vallies.
o. Two important canals arc projected
and will probably be made in Canada. The
Weiland canal, which will make sloop
navigation between the lakes Ontario and
Eric ; and another round the rapidso the
st. Lawrence, between Lake Ontario, and
Montreal. Witt, these canals completed,
direct voyage may be made TO the West
Indies, by vessels built one thousand miles
in the interior of America