wrongs are frequently
unredressed, and crimes, if not of a capital nature, are often
unnoticed; which if not remedied will in time have a pernicious effect
on the moral character of the inhabitants.

SECTION II.

SUNBURY.

Joins York on the North West, Northumberland on the North East, Queen's
on the South East, and Charlotte on the South West. It stretches along
both sides of the river Saint John, and contains four Parishes, with a
population of three thousand two hundred and twenty-seven inhabitants.
This is the smallest County in the Province, not being over twenty
miles in length. It is, however, the oldest settled part of the river
St. John. The first establishment of any consequence on the river was
made at this place in 1761, by a number of families from Massachusetts,
who having obtained a grant of a Township on the river St. John from
the British Government, after exploring different parts of the country,
settled at Maugerville. Here they were joined at different periods
during the troubles in America, by several more families from
New-England. These settlers made improvements on both sides of the
river, and called the whole district Sunbury. The first commission of
the peace for this place was dated 11th August, 1766, and for holding
Courts of Common Pleas 1770.

The Courts of Justice mere held here till 1783, when the American war
being ended and the Loyalists having settled in different parts of the
country, the Supreme Court was removed to Saint John, and afterwards
established at Fredericton, which was made the permanent seat of
Government, and has remained so ever since.

The Parishes of Maugerville and Sheffield, on the eastern side of the
river, are situated on a strip of rich intervale, which being annually
overflowed, yield abundant crops and are rich in pastures.

The farms are well improved and stocked with abundance of cattle. The
houses are in many parts neat and improving in appearance, and the
settlers in general substantial landholders and good husbandman.

This is a delightful part of the Country for wheel carriages, the road
being a continued level along the margin of the river, which is
occasionally hid from the view of the traveller, by lofty trees and
shrubs along the banks, which break off the piercing winds in winter
and afford a pleasant shade in summer. The road, is however, unsafe in
many places where the freshets have scooped away the banks and indented
the road with small