NO EMIGRATION. 



other places. The country round the town is rather too flat 

 for show. No distant object strikes the eye except the light 

 house, the shores of the lake, and the peninsula on the oppo 

 site side of the bay, which are pleasing. The town has 

 been unhealthy till of late; a swamp at the back of it 

 was the cause. It is now drained, and the place is healthy. 

 There are two churches, one of the establishment and the 

 other Roman Catholic, and two or three meeting houses. 

 In Canada, as in the States, the Presbyterians, Methodists, 

 and Baptists, appear the most numerous, except in particular 

 places, (but I may be incorrect, as I have no data to guide 

 me), yet the Episcopalians, or Church of England Congrega- 

 tionalists, (Independents), and Roman Catholics, are pretty 

 numerous ; besides others, such as Quakers, Dunkards, 

 (who are Germans) Universalists, Unitarians, and some new 

 sects, &quot; Davidites,&quot; and Christians, &c. &c. On my leav 

 ing the Province a grand Law-Hall was building, and a new 

 House of Assembly and College to be commenced imme 

 diately, which makes a demand for stone cutters and masons, 

 and is a great stimulus to the place ; there is also a talk of a 

 new Episcopal church being shortly erected. 



Only a few of the Wesleyan Methodists the greater part 

 being what is termed American Methodists, who have sepa 

 rated from the other, and are now subject to the American 

 Conference. There is only a small market-house at 

 present, which is well attended every day ; and, as the 

 town increases, another will of course ba erected one is 

 now talked of. The mai?i ) or King s Street, is the only 

 one as yet gravelled ; the others are thrown up into ridges, 

 and are very dirty just now. The streets in towns and 

 villages in this country are wider and more regular ; and 

 the houses being all neiu, and many painted or whitewashed, 

 they have a more light and airy appearance than those in 

 old countries. There is one bank, called the &quot; York Bank,&quot; 

 which is in good repute ; there is also one in Montreal which 

 has a banking-house here, besides one or two in Quebec. 

 Any respectable, steady tradesman can procure money 

 by giving a joint note of hand at the banks, which is a won 

 derful advantage in a new country, where skill and enter 

 prise have such ample room for its beneficial employment. 

 I think it might be now extended, to very manifest advantage 

 of the province. It is the numerous banks in every part of 

 the States, that have given such a stimulus to enterprise 



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