The British Colonial Argus

Abstract

Chapter 6 of “Wacousta”; a continuation of Mr. Ryerson’s correspondence with His Majesty’s Government on the Clergy Reserve Question; an update on affairs in Portugal; the Marquis of Wellesley assumed the Vice Royalty of Ireland on September 25th; note of a significant meteor shower that took place the previous Wednesday in Niagara “one of the most wonderful phenomenon occurred that the world has ever witnessed, perhaps since the Crucifixion”; John Reed, a labourer on the Welland Canal drowned attempting to cross the Canal; a fire in Chippewa destroyed the black smith shop of Mr. Bond, as well as the neighbouring carriage manufacturer and tailoring establishment of Mr. Rice; “Draft of a Bill for the Election and Endowment of Provincial Seminaries and for the Establishment and Support of Common Schools”;