GREAT MANITOULI

MICHI POCOTON

الله

ducted, contains some very able original papers, and some very interesting contributions of letters, &c. Those of the late Archdeacon Daubeney are extremely interesting; and the character of the late Robert Hall is very ably done indeed. The remarks on quietness in preaching are most judicious, and deserve general attention from clergy.

The Landscape Annual for 1833;-the Tourist in Italy; by Thomas Roscoe. With Drawings by J. D. Harding. London: Jennings and Chaplin, 62, Cheapside,

WE can bear very strong and decided testimony to the fidelity of a great part of these views, from personal observation. Indeed, they give the character of the Italian landscape more accurately than most of the publications which we have seen; that marking feature, the Maritime stone Pine holds its due place in several of the plates. There is a view too of that most exquisite of bays, the Bay of Spezzia, which is quite perfect.

The Literary Souvenir, for 1833. Longman.

The New Year's Gift, or Juvenile Souvenir, for 1833. Longman.

THESE two Annuals, the one edited by Mr. A. Watts, the other by his wife, are full of pleasing pictures and matter. If the first of them contained nothing but Mr. Uwin's exquisite picture of Children Praying, it would be worth all the money. The verses which accompany it, though perhaps a little too long, are full of right and beautiful feeling. In one's earlier years the poetry of passion is eagerly sought for; but in the midst of the fever of worldly occupation we turn from it with disgust, while the simple display of the piety and confidence of childhood goes at once direct to the heart. But this volume contains also a sonnet from Wordsworth, which makes it "rich indeed."

In the second of these volumes it is impossible not to notice the very beautiful picture of the Juvenile Mendicant, by an artist of the moft refined and delicate mind, Mr. Westall, one with whom the world has gone hardly, and has never given the honour due to his talents, his taste, and his learning.

DOCUMENTS.

CANADA COMPANY.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER AND ACT OF PARLIAMENT, IN 1826.

TO FACILITATE the conveyance of emigrants from the head of Lake Ontario to the Huron territory, the Commissioners of the Canada Company have made the following arrangements:

Two good covered stage waggons, with teams of four horses each, are to be constantly kept travelling between Hamilton, at the head of lake Ontario, and through Wilmot to Goderich in the Huron territory, at the following moderate rates of conveyance :-From Hamilton to the Wilmot Line, for each adult, 1 dollar; from the Wilmot Line to Goderich the same charge; and for children in proportion. The carriage of luggage from Hamilton to the Wilmot Line will be 1 dollar per cwt.; from the Wilmot Line to Goderich the same charge; and for intermediate distances at proportionate rates. Each passenger to be allowed 56lbs. of luggage free.

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On the arrival of steam-boats with passengers at the head of Lake Ontario, twelve extra waggons will be kept in readiness at Hamilton, to afford the necessary facility of conveyance to the above-mentioned places, upon the following terms:-From Hamilton to the Wilmot Line, 2 dollars; from the Wilmot Line to Goderich, 1 dollar. But the carriage of luggage to be the same as by the regular waggons. And for the convenience of emigrants who intend to settle in the Huron Tract, in addition to the taverns already established on the road between Hamilton and the Wilmot Line, four taverns and stables have been erected at the following places, viz.-the Wilmot Line, the river Avon, the river Thames, and at Ross; being places at convenient distances for persons travelling towards Goderich.

Storehouses are being erected at the above-mentioned points, to be well supplied with pork, flour, tea, and sugar, salt, nails, hatchets, such carpenters' tools as are likely to be required, window-sashes, glass, putty, cooking utensils, crockery ware, &c.; all which articles are to be supplied at prices far below what they would cost to the settlers were they to be supplied in any other way.

The Commissioners have entered into these arrangements solely with the view of promoting the comfort of emigrants during the journey, as the company have no interest in, nor derive any benefit from these establishments, but sanction them expressly for the purpose of enabling the emigrants to obtain readily the articles they may require, and of preventing any imposition upon them by exorbitant charges.

The Company's Commissioners are also completing arrangements for the purpose of forwarding settlers by steam-boat conveyance from the Welland Canal to Goderich, in the Huron Territory, thus enabling emigrants to proceed either by land or water, as they may find it most desirable.*

LANDS IN UPPER CANADA, TO BE DISPOSED OF BY THE

CANADA COMPANY.

1st. Detached Lots or Separate Farms,—from 50 to 200 acres each, scattered through the different townships in the province.

These lots are, in many instances, interspersed in the old settlements, and have the advantage of established roads in their immediate vicinity.

The Company are selling these lots at prices varying from 7s. 6d. to 20s. an acre, one-fifth payable down, and the remainder (which industrious settlers would be able to pay out of the crops) by annual instalments in five years, with interest.

2d. Tracts or Blocks of Land, containing from 1000 to 40,000 acres each, situated in the western districts of the province.

A town, called Guelph, has been built, in a central situation, on one of the most considerable of these tracts, in the Gore District, and roads have been opened, at the expense of the Company, to the various townships around; and one main road is completed from Guelph to Dundas, twenty-four miles, which latter place will become the depôt for all grain raised in the back townships, where it is shipped for the Montreal market, and will fetch as high a price there as at York. Upwards of 200 houses are now built at Guelph; a firstrate stone grist-mill is finished and in operation; a saw-mill; school establishments; and there are several taverns, where board and lodging may be procured on moderate terms, and tradesmen of most descriptions are among its inhabitants, which amount to about 1000. Building lots, of a quarter of an acre, in the town sell at 101. each.

Settlers with capital, who prefer establishing themselves on land on which partial clearings have been made and log-houses erected, will generally find

*They who wish for a cheap, sensible, and instructive book on Emigration to Canada, should buy 'Hints on Emigration to Upper Canada, by Martin Doyle.'-ED.

lots with such improvements for sale. This arises from persons going originally in very destitute circumstances, who, having succeeded on their lots, are willing to sell their land, with a reasonable profit, to new comers at from four to six dollars, with the improvements on the same, houses, barns, &c. These individuals generally remove further westward, having acquired sufficient knowledge of the country, and purchase on the Huron Tract, which is equal in quality, at from 7s. 6d. to 10s. per acre.

A large block of land in the township of Wilmot has been surveyed, laid out into farms, and a road cut through it from Guelph, leading through the Huron Tract, to the Port of Goderich, on Lake Huron.

A considerable stream, offering great advantages for mill-seats and hydraulic purposes, flows through part of this block.

3d. The Huron Territory,-a tract of 1,100,000 acres, in the shape of a triangle, its base being about sixty miles in length, resting on Lake Huron, and having a direct navigable communication through Lakes Erie and Ontario, to the Atlantic.

The Company have laid out a town in this district, called Goderich, at the confluence of the River Maitland with Lake Huron, which promises, from its local advantages, to become one of the most important and flourishing settlements in the province.

A considerable number of enterprising colonists, and among them many possessed of capital, have sold their old cultivated farms and settled near Goderich, where there is a grist-mill, saw-mill, brick-kiln, tavern, &c.; a considerable quantity of land has recently been taken up by them, at from 7s. 6d. to 10s. per acre; with this party are several old American settlers, who have been fifteen and twenty years in the province, and well qualified to judge of the advantages of the situation. The harbour, the only one on the Canadian side of the lake, is capable of containing vessels of the burthen of 200 tons; and it has been established as a port of entry, which will insure to the inhabitants a great share of the trade with the upper countries, and their opposite neighbours in the new settlements in the United States.

The scenery on the River Maitland has been described as more like English than any other in America. There is abundance of brick-earth and potters' clay in every direction round the town.

The establishments at Goderich have been formed by the Company, principally to afford facilities, encouragement, and protection to settlers, who may be disposed to purchase and improve the adjoining lands.

Roads are now completed, as marked out in the map, one from Goderich to the town of London, where it joins the Talbot road, and connects the Huron Tract with Port Talbot, and another from Goderich to Wilmot, connecting these settlements with York and the various towns on Lake Erie. Cattle and provisions can be obtained in abundance by these routes, or the still more easy water communication between Goderich and the old well-cultivated settlements of Sandwich, Amherstburgh, and Detroit.

For the making of roads, and towards the improvement of water-communications, the building of churches, school-houses, bridges, wharfs, and other works, for the benefit and accommodation of the public, the Company bave engaged to expend a sum of 48,000l. in the Huron Tract; all such works and improvements to be approved of and sanctioned by the local authorities.

With respect to the soil in the Huron Tract, it is only necessary to quote the words of the Surveyor-" the quality of the soil through the whole is such, that I have not seen its equal in the province; the soil is generally composed of a deep, rich, black loam, and thinly timbered."

With respect to the important consideration of climate, reference may be made to the subjoined report.

Persons possessing small capitals will find the Upper Province the most desirable part of the colony to fix themselves in, expecially if they have large