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CANADA PAPERS. Canada papers to the 11th ult. have arrived. The Quebec Gazette of the 10th states, that the harvest in the Upper Provinces had “been got in, the quality of the wheat good, the crop abundant,. The parishes below Quebec had suffered from the weather ; the crops defici ent in quality, having been taken in white green. The weather had set in very cold with snow. , Montreal, Oct. 5—On the afternoon of Saturday last, the specie seized on board the Lake Champlain steam-boat, amounting to upwards of 12,000 dollars, arrived at his Majesty’s cash office here, under the es cort of the 19th light dragoons, from St. John’s. _ At length we have authentic accounts relating to the expedition of Lord Selkirk ;they are very important, as many exparted details have been published —his taking Fort William, by storm, making all the partners of the North-west Company prisoners, c. ; but the cause of the expedition has never been explain ed. The Canadian Courant puts it in a very clear point of view :—Mr. Robert Semple, the Governor-general for the Hudson’s Bay Company on the Red River, to wards the close of the year 1815, took possession of two establishments belonging to the North-west Company, which had, obtructed’ themselves on the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company. ‘The North-west traders then altered their route, going into the Upper Country by circuitous ways, by which much delay took place ; and in order to try Mr. Semple, they sent two cartlands of provisions by the former tract.In June last, with a guard of 50 men, the advance, 22,in number, fell in with one of the natives, whom they took forward with them to prevent discovery.. The rear-guard passed within four miles of the settlement: they were perceived by the Governor, and were attacked by a party from the gar rison, consisting of about 30 soldiers ; an engagement took place, stated on the 19th June. Mr. Semple and 21 of his men were killed ; the rest of his forces returned defeated to the fort : it is on this account that the expe dition of Lord Selkirk was undertaken. ‘The manner of Lord Selkirk’s conducting the expedition ‘we do not justify, nor indeed can we form any opinion on the sub ject without further authentic details. It is, however, ‘but justice to say that the Hudson’s Bay Company have rights, and are a chartered company ; the North West traders, though we’ believe,a most respectable body,are only an association of merchants.
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London St James Chronicle and Evening Post
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Nov 16, 1816
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