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      Launch A busy day was it on Wednesday for Mr. Shickeluna and great was the number assembled to witness the launch of the fine large schooner, of which the keel had been laid only seven weeks before, as also that of the Wm. Mittleberger, which had been rebuilt. The former, …

      In the great gale on Friday the 14th the schooner Highlander, Capt. Jacques, belonging to Mr. Ranney of this place, was lost near Port Stanley, to which place she was bound, with a cargo principally of coarse salt. She came ashore a few days afterwards, a perfect wreck - not …

      Lake Navigation - The schooner, Wm. Jones, arrived at this port from Toronto, on the 30th ult., loaded with grass-seed and lumber, and cleared for Toronto on the 1st inst., with a load of salt, &c..; The schooner Native also arrived, from Whitby, Canada, on the 31st ult., ...

      Lachine Canal - Mr. Brenman commenced operations on that section of the Lachine Canal for which he is the contractor on the 23rd ult.. Mr. Brenman pays his men daily in cash.

      Port of Toronto - The revenue of the Port of Toronto, for the year ending 5ht January, 1844, is upwards of £13,000 of which fully two-thirds arise on goods imported from the United States. The total exports during the same period, amount to £105,000, of which not ...

      Wrecks Discovered - Capt. D. Chapin, of New York, gives notice in the Erie Gazette that he has discovered the wreck of the Young Lion, laden with rail road iron bound for the State of Michigan, and also the exact location of the steamer Erie. He states that the discoveries …

      The Gore Steamer runs daily between Toronto and Wellington Square. Burlington Bay is still ice bound.

      Port Stanley - The American schooner "Panama" arrived at Port Stanley, from Cleveland, on the 13th instant.

      The steamer Gore is now running regularly between Toronto and Rochester.

      The amount of customs done at Hamilton for the past year is £12,196; articles in bond, £2,750; tolls on Burlington Bay Canal, £1,936; making a total revenue of £16,882. The customs duties of the previous year were £7,604. ...

      There are now stored along the upper lakes, waiting for shipment, 940,000 bushels of wheat, 245,000 barrels of flour, and some 20,000 barrels of ashes, provisions, &c..;

      We are glad to learn that measures are being adopted to prevent laborers upon the Lachine Canal from being brought in to disturb the peace during the election. We understand that Mr. Killaly has issued an order that during the time the election is pending, the muster rolls of the …

      Welland Canal - We are happy to have it in our power to assure the public, that there is now every prospect that peace and quietness is permanently restored throughout the entire line of this great work; and that, hereafter, whatever may be the condition - and that is certainly …

      Accident On The Canal - On Friday last, a man named Michael O'Conner, met with immediate death while working on the canal near the Stone Bridge. He was in the act of guiding a stone, then suspended on a crane, when it slipped through the chain, on to his legs …

      "We are glad to learn that the disturbances on the Welland Canal, which have been going on for so long a time, have been put and end to. Several hundred of the unemployed laborers at Lachine have been invited by advertisement to proceed in that direction, on a guarantee by …

      Opening Of The Welland Canal - Early Navigation - The thorough repair which the old line of the canal has undergone this winter, has approached so near completion, under the efficient management of the chief engineer, Mr. Power, that he has resolved to commence letting in the water on ...

      Brantford (steamer) The steamer Brantford . - This beautiful fast travelling boat has again commenced her regular trips between this town and

    Brantford (steamer) The steamer Brantford . - This beautiful fast travelling boat has again commenced her regular trips between this town and

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      New Steamer For Lake Erie - The stock holders in the new steamer now building at Chippawa for the navigation of Lake Erie will be glad to learn that the frame was completed and the planking commenced last week. On Friday last the cylinder was cast and turned out beautifully; …

      A New Steamer - It is intended that the new steamer for Lake Erie shall be launched at Chippawa on Tuesday the 3rd day of October inst., at 12 o'clock noon.

      We are happy to hear that a large number of the distressed laborers on the Lachine Canal have been employed by the corporation in breaking stones; and as a further means to furnish labor for the poor during the winter. The sum of £200 was voted by the corporation, to …