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      Welland Canal - Lord Alguson Percy, created Baron Prudhoe, by which title he sits in the House of Lords, as a peer of the realm, only brother and heir presumptive of the Duke of Northumberland, accompanied by Sir Henry Hart, an English Baronet, and Mr. Justice Hagerman, have, for some …

      Vessel (Not) Over The Falls - Wednesday, Sept. 15th, was a great day at the Falls. Thousands of people assembled there, from all quarters, to behold the "sublime experiemnt", of a ship going over the cataract. Of course, there is always enough in and around the Falls, to gratify the …

      The Plunge Over The Falls That Didn't Happen - We went yesterday, with all the world hereabouts, to see the barque Detroit go over the falls. At the appointed hour - 3 P.M. - the vessel was towed from the foot of Grand Island into the stream, to the very …

      Grand River Navigation Notice is hereby given, that a meeting of the stockholders of the Grand River Navigation Company will be held at this office, on Monday the seventh of May next, at twelve o'clock, noon, for the purpose of electing directors, to serve for the ensuring ...

      Louth Harbour Notice is hereby given, agreeably to the act of incorporation, that a meeting of the stockholders of the Louth Harbour Company, for the purpose of electing directors to serve the ensuring year, will be held at John Wismer's Inn, (formerly G.H. Kerr's,) 20 Mile Creek, ...

      40 Mile Creek Harbour Grimsby, April 3, 1838 Publick notice is hereby given, that a general meeting of the stockholders of the Grimsby Harbour Company, will be held at Mr. S.S. Moore's Inn, on the second Monday in May next, at 12 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of electing ...

 appeared in St. Catharines Journal, 21 Mar 1839, p. 3. Date of Event: 21 March 1839     Place of Marriage: Residence of Capt. Thomas Adams

      The ship carpenters and caulkers of Buffalo are on strike, the object of which is to force employers to pay cash instead of orders.

      The ship carpenters of Oswego are on a "strike" for an advance of wages. They were getting $1.50 a day, and demand $1.75.

      Five schooners, 43 canal boats, and five tugs are being constructed or their building is contracted at Buffalo. The ship carpenters of Detroit struck for higher wages on Friday. They demand $2 a day on old work and $1.75 on new work, which is an advance of fifty cents on …

      The Ship Carpenters and Caulkers Union Mr. Editor, - Allow me space for a few words to correct a statement in you much esteemed journal in reference to the Union on the Welland Canal. I would just state that the Society lately formed is not broken up; and as to …

      Early Shipment Of New Wheat - A cargo of 5,000 bushels new wheat, has been shipped per sch. Scioto, for Humber River, Canada. This, we learn, is the first shipment of the crop of 1842 from this port. - Cleve. Ohio Her., Aug. 3

      The Schooner "Lady Bagot", of St. Catharines, was upset in a squall, on Thursday afternoon, the 14th inst., when off Oak Orchard, distance about ten miles. Four of the crew were at the mast head, at the time when the accident occurred, taking in the top-sails. The whole crew clung …

      Launch - To be launched from the ship yard of Mr. Lewis Shickeluna, at the place on Thursday the 21st instant, at 2 o'clock, p.m. precisely, a splendid new schooner, all full rigged, the property of Mr. J.L.Ranney: length of keel 89 feet 6 inches, breadth of beam 23 feet …

      The Launch - A large schooner, of an admirable model, built by Mr. Lewis Shickeluna, was launched from his dock yard in this village, on last Thursday afternoon [July 21]. it had the whole of its rigging up and slid off the stocks, sideways, into its destined element, in the …

      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 …

      Beauharnois Canal - As there has been much dissatisfaction expressed at the Beauharnois Canal being placed on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, we are glad to see, in the Montreal Gazette, a letter from the chairman of the Board of Works, which fully proves that the south shore …

      Beauharnois Canal - An extract from a slip published at the office of the Montreal Herald, on Saturday, gives the verdict of the Corner's Jury on the persons killed at the Beauharnois riot. It is to be hoped that there will be no more of such proceedings as have been …

      Verdict Of The Jury - The Inquest upon the bodies of parties killed in the late riots at Beauharnois, which was convened by Mr. Jones, On Wednesday, closed on Friday evening, when the following verdict was given by the jury, who were, we understand, unanimous: - "We are of ...