Virginia Argus

As the appearance of a rupture with G. Britain on account of the late attack on the Chesapeake, has put every person on the alert to find where she is most vulnerable, we have here given a statement of her population in Canada, hoping it may be acceptable to a number of our readers.

Great Britain claims all the country inhabited by Europeans lying north and east of the United States, except Greenland, which belongs to Denmark. The following are the population of the British provinces—Upper Canada 20,000—Lower Canada 130,000, that is Kingston, Detroit, Niagara, Quebeck, Montreal Cape Breton Island 1000—New-Brunswick, Nova Scotia 35,000—Towns, Sidney, Louisburgh, Fredericktown, Halifax, St. John's Island, 5000—Charlotte Town, New-Foundland 7000—Placentia, St. John's and New-Britain, not known.—Carlisle Reg.