The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-27 00:00:00

answered, rod t . at they received the unbounded a; plause of ve:ry numerous and a ery gooti lannoLred audience The ent. rtait m -tits Opened with a piece founded on some of the principal inc•i.aeuts in the 11:itory of Mt" ender the G:e,t• and entitled The Conk& of Baksitin. This was succeeded by some feats of rore-dancit.g. cle%erly and adroitly performed by an Ai hi), named Merlo Rochelle. :,The amusements of the cv nine conclueltd with a ve-ry humorous pantomime, which su-•cci ded in fying the laughter and fun-lovin4 propen sities of the audiehce. This theatre, which appears to have b• ea got up f,ar th eitt.9 taiurnent of the humbler classes, se •n.s to ree..ite A very sufficient and well-merited support. PAVILION. The nem pit ce which vas produced at the barn last night, and the The Fratricide, corsists of a batch of old materials worked„up, not,ioo . a new shape of matter with which a dra matic author would:find it difficult to compose a one-art I ,iece, but which writer of the Post Captain, and who he is we know not, has contrived to spin out into three acts, each as long as mo-t pieces of only two There are jealousies. quarr,l‘. **tricks, bet:ad-swer.lcombats, and murders scattered in a sulli ci.mtly va,led side throughout the piece. But of all the mur ders committed during the three hours it lasted yesterday, the cold-blocdcd one of the English language was the most fear ful. We en , l net, however, expect grammar, and, on the. so e had, therefore, no right to complain. This three zet farcical tragedy was followed by a „ new comic Cot istmas pantomime, called Harlequin and Tell- Me rl ; or, the Three-headed Dog 2Etna, which, up on- the whole, went oil' much 10.-ttur than we expected. Gr. at allowance ought always to be made for a pantomime on its li-st representation. The clowns played in the manner peen' iar those amusing- drolls, and the scenery was executed in a respectable manner. The wonderful performances of the Bedouin Arab., Ben Kaloeh, Muley Nlustapha, and Abel Sing, were introduee3 into the pantomime. It was brought to a con clusion, at one o'clock this morning, with'a moving panorama of the Royal Pageant on the 9th of November, including a v e of the procession at those points mo9t worthy of obserVa ti.in, such as Temple-bar, Ludgate-hill, &c., and finishin g Stith a tolerably executed representation of the interior of Guildha 1. as decorated for the great civic banquet given on ti a' occa'ion, and of the company assembled. This scenery it p ,ixed by Mr. Damson, and does him credit. DUBLIN THEATRE. Mr Kean's engagement terminated last night, and in a maancr highly compli.nentary to him, as well as to the good tas'e ar d sound judgment of the citizms of Dublin. The evening's entertainments were for the benefit of " the bright particular star," and attracted one of the most brilliant and j ruble audiences we ever witnessed within the walls of Hawkins' street. With the exception of the last command night, we do not remember any occasion on which the theatre was so crowded. It was literally crammed to suffocation ; every seat was occupied lung before the curtain rose, and the enthusiastic reception given to Mr. Kean justifies us in ex pressing our belief that the great major ity of the audience attended for the special purpose of bidding " f3od speed" to one whose genius they were among the first to appreciate, and whose career to fame they have watched and marked with an affectionate anxiety. It is unusual to criticise the perform ances on benefit nights ; but if there were any thing to find fault with in Mr. Kean's personation of Hamlet, the occasion would be held a valid excuse for silence. Suffice it to say, lie played last night with more than his usual excellence. Every point told with admirable effect, and every scene in which he appeared was received with loud and long continued applause. The audience seemed as if they went to the theatre for the sole purpose of manifesting their admiration of the actor and their respect for the man ; and when the curtain fell the applause was continued till Mr. Kean made his appearance, when he delivered, with great feeling, a short and eloquent address, of which the following is the substance:-- -Lames AND GENTLEMEN,—In obedience to your call, I present myself before you, to express, as well as my ex cited feelings will permit, the deep and grateful sense I en tertain of the honour you have conferred on me on this particular evening, and of the brilliant success which has attended my present engagement. Your approbation is doubly valuable to me at this moment, and gives as it were a sanction to the experiment I am about to make before the tri bunal of a London audience—the final test by which the actor's pretensions must be adjusted, and on the result of which my own future fame and fortunes so materially depend. The trial is momentous, and I approach it with diffidence, fearful lest the result should fail to vindicate the judgment of my friends, whose too partial kindness may have over-rated my abilities. But be the event as it may, I shall ever recoid, with mingled pride and gratitude, that my early efforts have been uniformly fostered, encouraged, and rewarded in the two sister metropolises of Ireland and Scotland. Once more, Ladies and Gentlemen, from fhe bottom of my heart I thank you for the warm patronage you have bestowed upon me, and most respect fully bid you farewell." After the performance the Lord Lieutenant, who occupied his private box on the occasion, entertained a select supper party at the Castle, at which Mr. Kean was an invited guest. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty Lad a small dinner party on Christmas-day at the n,,ov Palace. The company included her Royal Iliglines the Duchess of Kt nt, Viscount Melbourne, the Treasurer of the Household, Colonel and the Honourable Mrs. Cavendish, and Miss Cavendish, the Countess of Nlulgrave, Lady Mary Stopfurd, Honourable Miss Cocks, Honourable Miss Dillon, Boroaess Lehzen, Viscount Falkland, Mr. Rich, and the lion. Colonel Grey. The Queen gave audiences yesterday to Viscount Melbourne, Lord Glenelg, and Lord Hill. Soon aft .r three o'clock her Majesty and her august mother, attended by the Countess of Alolgrave, left the new Palace in a car . age an 1 four, preceded by outriders in scarlet lieveries, and escorted by a party of Lancers, for Windsor Castle. Her .Majesty's suite followed in two of the Royal carriages and four, and included the llonctrable Miss Cocks, the Honour able MiS3 Dillon, Baroness L. Ilion, Miss D:vys. the Honour. able Colonel Grey. Equerry in Waiting, and Lady Mary Stooford, Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Duchess of Gloucester ; Ba-on Gersdorff, the Sasc n Minister ; Lord Frederick Fitzelarenc , , Colonel Jones, and a small party dined with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Christmas-dav, at Cambridge-house. The Doke and Due Ness of Cambridge visited the Duke of S asses yesterday at Kensington Palace. Their Royal High waies kspected M.irlborough-house in the afternoon. Th, Duchess of GI oic..ster entertained the Duke and Duche:s of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Au gusta of Cambridge, Miss Kerr, Baron Knesebeek, Colonel Cornwall, and a select party at dinner, last evening, at Glou cesta.r-house. At seven o'clock yesterday morning despatches were brought to the C Office, at I also to the oflics of the Commandcr of the Forces in thJ Horse Guards, from the Canadas. A Cabinet Council was hell yesterday afternorn at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Viscount Melbourne, Viscount D Lorl JAI lZus-sell, Viscount Palmer ston, Lord Glenelg, Earl of Minto, Lord Holland, Mr. P. Thomson, and Vicount llowick. The Council sat three hours and a half. The Conamandor of the 1 7 ,,rees, and the Master General of the o.:lnance had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colohial Office. 'rhe Earl ai:d Countess of Lichfieli left town on Saturday for ShuOorough Park, Lichfield. Viscount Palmerston had a dinner party last ev, , ning at his residence io Great Stanhope street. The Earl of Shelbourne accompanied the Margnis of Laos. d orne In Sunday from town t llowood Park, Wilts. The Due of Wellington and the Marquis of with the Mtrquis and Marehio-, Douro pais...l Ca. - islnag DAY ness of Stii.bury, a! Hatfield House. The Duke of N.,.."1:Ak di:l not leave town on S'- torch) , last, as was e.;peet,A. His Grace entertained the Earl and Countess of Surrey as Norfolk House on Christmas day 'Die Duke and Duchess of Sui;erland, the Mar quis of Statftrd, the Laii•is Caroline, Eannel!ne, and Eliza. bAn Gower, have left town on a Visit to the Qneeo at Wind sor Castle. The Duchess of Bedford left Belgrave-square un the fronting of Christmas Da", on a visit* to 11 , r s .n, Lord Henry Russel, at Portsmouth. The Duke of Betlfcrd's hea4ll has been considerably better since hit re , itletice in Paris, 71111 0.1 clic' return of the Duchess they will depart for Nice. Tice Marquis and Marehianeis of Abercorn will go with them. The Earl and Countess Brownlos. , are receiving company at Belton House, near Grantham, Lincolnshire. The Earl of Roden, areoi»panied by his son, the Ilan. Mr. .I.tceltin, arrived at Tullainore Pari . from attending his duties in the . Haase of Lord.. Lady Powers'.tourt, who is at Poweiscourt Castle, is iadisposed. • Among the persons invited to dine with the King of the French on Saturday last were the E trl - and Countess of Granville, Mr. and Lady Georgina Full iron, Mr. Aston, Lcrd Leveson and Mr. Frederic Leveson, Lord and Lady W. Molina, the Marchioness of Sligo and Lady Louisa Brown, Use Countess of Cawdor, and Larry C. Campbell. Sir Henry and Lad; Rivers gave a spleturd dinner on Wednesday last at Worthy, in Hampshire, to celebrate the christening of their youngest son. Covers is re laid for forty persons. After the dinner there was a ball and supper, and 'cawin g was kept up with great spirit till a late hoer. Died, on the 6th inst., at Foal:shan't, in Norfolk, mu^b rmecteti, Francis Thomas Quarles, Esq., Solicitor arid Coroner for the liberty of the Dachy of Lancaster, in that -county. He w.ls the great grandson of Francis Qua:des, tl.e poet, and a limal descendant of Sir Robert Quarles forrneey of RoutfOrd, Essex. He was an honest lawyer and an upright man. GEORGE IV. AND QUEEN CAROLINE.—WC are requested to state that the " ill.tstrative if the Times at' George IV. ; with numerous Original Letters of Quern Caroline, and other Royal or Distinguished Persona," is pub lished this day by Air. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, aul may now be had of all booksellers throughout the kingdom. NIZW NOVEL BY LADY CHARLOTTE Betsy. — The talents of Lady Buty, u a novelist, are well known. As a painter of character, she is not excelled by any of her con temporaries; none, certainly, of the fashionable novelists has aoproached her in the art of akilfully investing bee characters with the air of individuality and oraiseniblance. Our readers. ; lila fair ones especial'v, will bear with, pleasure that she has ber eenius to bear on the illustration of the " tender Her long-promised novel, under the exciting title 4 11601 r is now before the public. • ik• 'FYN CANADA. INSUR.IZECtION IN CANADA. (ruom THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE LOND3N GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Colon 7 al Office, Downing street, Dec. 26. 1837. A despteh has been received f.nm Lieutenant-General Sir John Co'Lome, K.C.8., Commander of the Forces in Canada, dated 29th of November, 1837, of which, and of its enclosures the following arc copies : ._ _ _ Head Quarter!, Montreal, Nov. 29, 18.37 "My Lord-1 have the honour to acquaint you for the in formation . of the General Commanding-in-Chief, that since my despatch of the 20th instant the revolt has been rapidly extending, and that the law officers of the. Crown, and tit.- magistr Ars of Montreal, having applied b me for military force to aisibt the civil power in apprehending Mr. Pepi neau and other traitors who were supposed to be a: the %il lages of St. l)eni, and St. Charles, I orilcr:d strong d:.- tachmente, to support the civil authorities in the execution of their duty. " St. Denis is seven miles to the northward of St. Charles, on the right bank of the river Richelieu ; the former 16 miles from Sorel, the latter about 17 from the ferry of Chambly, op po!..ite Pointe Oliviere. " Colonel Gore and Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, with five companies and an howitzor, were ordered to proceed ftom Sorel to Saint Danis, and five companies and two guns to move from Chanibly on Saint Charles, under the command of Lieu: -Colonel \Vetherall, of the Royal Regiment, accompa nied by two Magistrates, to execute the warrants against those individuals charged with high treason ; and it appeared pro bable that the sudden appearance of the troops at these points, and entering the villages nearly at the same time, would afford an-opportunity of taking into custody the leaders of the,revolt. •' The Sorel detachment, under the superintendence of Colonel Gore, m irched at ten o'clo:•k on the night of the 22d, by a back concession road, to avoid the ‘Hage of Saint Ours, occupied by the rebels, which increased the distance of the march. The incessant rain and almost impassable roads so im peded the progress of -the detachment, that he did net reach St. Denis until half-past nine on the morning of the 23d ; r. bels, on the approach - of her Majesty's troops, commenced a heavy fire on them from all the houses on the North side of the village ; some of theie were immediately taken by the light company of the 32d regiment, commanded by Captain Markham, but the fire from the howitzer having made little impression for several hours on a large stone building, strongly occuyiLd, and the whole of the companicsof the detachment being much exhausted, from the very long and difficult march of the previous night, Colonel Gore considered it necessary to return to Srrel. " Colonel \Vctherall, with four companies of the Royal Re giment and a detachment of the 66th regiment, and two six pounders, passed the Richelieu by the upper ferry, at Chum bly ; the bad state of the roads, however, impeded his march, and prevented him from proceeding further that Saint Hilaire, at which place he halted till another company of the Royals joined him ; he then advanced on St. Charles, attacked the rebels, carried an enclosed work defended by fifteen hundred men, and completely dispersed them. The advanced period of the season, and the constant expectation of the navigation becoming impracticable, the passage of the river being interrupted, it became necessary to use the utmost exertion, with a view of restoring order in the revolted district. " The troops which have been called to act in the disturbed districts, and to put down this sudden and extensively com bined revolt, have had to contend with great difficulties; their communications with head-quarters having been com pletely interrupted by the armed peasantry assembled bn the line of march. " Many of the deluded inhabitants are returning to their homes, and I trust that the affairs which have taken place may be the means of quickly restoring tranquillity to the country. " I am much indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Wetherell, for his active zeal and judicious conduct on many occasions in which he has been employed at this critical period. " I forward the reports of Colonel Gore and Lieutenant• Colonel Wetherell, which will afford the General Command ing in Chief full information of the proceedings of the de tachments under their command, and returns of killed and wounded.. " Captain Markham, an intelligent and zealous officer, has received several severe wourtis. " I cannot close my dispatch without mentioning the exer tions of Captain David and the Montreal Volunteer Corps of Cavalry, who accompanied the troops on the service in which they have been engaged. " I hare the honour to be, &c., " J. COLBORNE, Lieut., Gen. " Major. General the Right Hon. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, &c. &c. &c." " Montreal, November 25. Sir,—ln obedience to your commands I left this gartison with the flank companies of the 24th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes; the light company of the 32d Regiment, commanded by Captain Markham ; one howitzer twelve pounder, under Lieutenant Newconten, Royal ArLillery, and a party of the Montreal Cavalry, under Cornet Sweeney, on board the St. George steamer, at three o'ellek P.M. on the 22d instant, on route to Sorel, where I disem barked at six o'clock, and placed the men in the Barrack square ; I directed Captain Crompton to be prepared to march at ten o'clock, when, according to my instruction=, I pro ceeded on the yowl to St. Denis, 1.0 the liver Rich , lieu, which I was directed to carry, and then nwve on rapidly to assist Lieutenant Colonel Wetherall, cf the Royal Regiment, in his attack on St. Charles. " The roads being deep, the march was severe (although the distsnce was only IS miles), it having rained violently al night, the mud and water reaching to the knees ; 1 did not reach the small but rapid river which crosses the road four miles and a half from St. Den's until sometime after daylight; in order to arrive at my destination with as little delay as pos sible, I took the back road, to avoid the village of St. Ours anti pass the small river by a bridge higher up than the one. by the main 'road, also for the purpose to take on an intelligent guide, who lied veluntecred to lead. " After passing the bridge I observed an armed party leaving the lower one, who had been sent to oppose our cros sing, and who flunked our line of march ; but I did not waste time in dispersing them, hut moved on to my poi'tt, which was nog frequently impeded by the breaking up of the bridges. Several, however, were s .ved by Cornet Sweeney's detach m-nt of cava'ry, who took two armed peasants. but could gain no positive information as to the intention of the rebels. On ap proaching St. Denis, a strong body of armed men, moving along a Wood, skirted my left flank; all the houses along the reed were deserted, aed on nearing St. Denis I was attacked by skirmishers occupying the houses and barns on the read, and along the batiks of the river Richelieu; these were rae pidly driven in Captain Markham to the main entrance. I found the place was strongly occupied, and the entrance de fended by a large for Lifted stone house, and a barricade cros sing the runt, and flanked from a building and houses, from which a severe fire was commenced. I immediately reinforced the advance with Captains Crompton's, Maitland's. and Har ris's companies, and placing tho howitzer in a position off the right of the road, at a range of 3ao yards, directed Lieu tenant Newcoaien to fire round shot into it, and batter it down, if possible. On examining the house, I found it too well secured and flanked, and the incessant firing showed it to be well occupied. The armed force of the rebels, from what I can ascertain, was full fifteen hundred men, but re port s id nearer three thou-and ; during these operatioes the rebels were crossing the Richelieu in large bateaux, from St. Antoine, but I could out spare shot from the fortified house to obstruct th..ir passage : Calet tin Markham got po session of a house intatedietely opposite to the fortified house, and driving out the occupants at the point of the bayonet, but was almest immediately wounded in three places; the day was now advanc ing, it tt as evi lent that the whole country was in arms, and t.o important ( ffs.et r. as made on the fortified house, and sixty round shot expended, and only six left; the grcund we occupied could hardly have been maintained during the night ; it was necessary to come to some decision, either to assault the house en well defended, and flanked ley others loop-holed, or to fell back bcfare the bridge in my rear could be broken dog a The It: zard of a failure under such circumstances and the jeded condition of the men, frost lr trite; succeeded tiee rain and sn-)w, and their clothes freezing on them, de termined me to fell bark ; and having collected the wounded and pl iced them in such carts as we had, and the hawitzer the centre, I directed Lieuteuaat-Colonel Hugh .s to take the direction of the rear guard, an I fall back. I was imme diately followed by strong bodies of Cie rebels in 'Tee aed un my right flea, who were checked by the rear guard, and having observed that a strong force had b •en detach d in the direction of the upper bridge, by which I had passed in the morning, on arriyi g where the road branched off to the tee bridges, I turned to my left to the lower bridge, having eseer taieed that St. Ours w :es not fortified, and rid myself of the rebels, who were ski-ting my right flank. On crossing the !midge, the artillery horses give up altogether, aid two of them fell ; the infantry went immediately to the gun, and every exertixt W 33 in ide to get it on ; the officers' hors. F. teal these of the ammunition weggon were put to the gun, but without effect ; the wheels, cloned with mud, were now frozen, and after seven 'totes of severe toil, during which Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes ‘never left the run, the medical oricer declared that half an hour more would freeze the men. The gun was spiked and abandoned. 1 'hen moved to St. Ours, where I W 33 in hopes of finding the steam-boat Traremtee, ordered to meet us with provisions ; but site had keen attacked by two hundred armed persons, and forced to cut her cable rod re turn. I passed throu, 4 ll the villag n an.l halted at some farm houses a mile on to refresh the neon, and proceeded in the morn ing, at daylight, to Sorel, where I art iced at eleven o'eh.ek in the morning of the 24th. My loss in killetl and wounded, by the accompanying returns, is, one officer s.werely wounded, (Captain M 'Ahern) and nineteen killed and wounded, and four missing ; the loss of the rebels must have been about one hundred, which has since been con firmed. I have not yet received a correct return of the two companies of the 66th Regiment, but I do not think they lost most than one or two. I enclose a detailed report from Lieutenant Newcumen, on the loss of the howitzer, who de serves much praise for his conduct. " In this arduous march, and during the whole of the operation, the officers and men di played the highest courage and steadiness, although exposed to extreme suffering. " I was much indebted to Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes, of the 24th regiment, for the advice and assistance I received from him, and his exertions to extricate the gun ; and also to Lieutenant Lysons, of the Royal Regiment, attached to the Quartermaster-general's deparsinent,for his zealous and OctiVC conduct ; in Captain Markham, of the JO ruigleM, E SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1837 whl led the advance wilt greet judgment, and was severely wcunt:ed, the service will be deprived for some time of a most valuable officer ; Surgeon P,rndon, of the Royal Regiment, and Assistant-Surg. on MacGrigor, of the 32,1 regiment, rendered every assiitanee in their power, and made the best a-rangcments for the wounded. " I have the honour to be, &:!. " CIIARLE4 Cotta, " Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, K. C. 11. and G. C H., &c. &c. &c." RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, and MISSING. KILLED. 24th Regiment-1 sergeant, 2 lank and file. 32d Regiment —2 rank and file. Itelialent-1 rank and file. wou ;;En. '24th Regiment-1 rank and file, severely ; 2 rank and file, slightly. 32-1 Reg 7 Trient—Captain Markham:severely, but n - :t dan geiously ; 3 rilnk and file, severely ; 2 rank and file, slightly. kIISSING. 24th Regiment-1 rank and file. 32d Ils•gi.rent-4.rank z.nd file (1 wounded.) To-rm.. —Killed-1 serge wit, 5 rank and file. Wounded -1 cap.ain, 9 rank and file. Nl:ssing-6 rank and file. (FATRAcT.) " St. Charles, Nov. 27, 1837. " SIR —1 had the honour, yesterday, to report the success ful result of my attack on the stockaded post of the rebels at this place. " In my letter of the 25th November, I stated the circum stances which induced me to suspend my mach towart!s Saint Charles, and to order a company from Chambly to my support, and I then s,id that I should wait at Saint Hilaire for his Excellency's farther orders. This dispatch was sent by Dr. Jones, of the Montreal Cavalry, and I hoped fur his Excel:eny's answer during the following night. Not having received it at nine yesterday morning I concluded that my messenger lu,d been interrupted, and having learned that the basin, at Chamhly, was frozen over, and every probability of a retreat bein7. cut off, should such an event occur, I resolved on the attack. The wv.rch was acoomplished without opposition or hindrance, except from the breaking down of the bridges, &c., until I arrived one mile from this place, when the troops were fired at from the left or opposite bank of the Richelieu, and a man of the. Royal Regiment wounded ; several tit! shots were als.► fired from a barn immediately in our front. I burnt the bare. " On arriving at two hundred and fifty yards from the rebel works I took up a position, hoping that a display of ,my force would induce some defection among these infatuated people ; they, however, opened a heavy fire, which was re turned. I then advanced to another position one hundred )ards from the works, but finding the defenders obstinate, I stormed and carried them, burning every bui'ding within the stockade, except that of the Hon. Mr. Debartsch, which, however, is much injured. The affair occupied about one hour. The slaughter on the side of the rebels was great ; only sixteen prisoners were then made. I hare counted fifty six bodies, and many more were killed in the buildings and their bodies burnt. " I shall occupy this village until the receipt of his Excel lency's orders. " My killed and wounded are as follow:-- " The Royal Regiment—l sergeant, 1 rank and file, killed; rank and fila severely wounded; 7 rank and file slightly wounded. " 66th Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file severely wounded ; 1 rank and file slightly wounded. " Total-1 sergeant, 2 rank and file killed ;10 rank and file severely wounded; 8 rank and file slightly wounded. " Every man and officer behaved nobly yesterday. Major \Verde carried the right of the position in good style, and Captain Glasgow's artillery did good execution ; he is a most zealous officer. Capt. David's troop of Montreal cavalry rendered essential service during the charge, and I regret that more are not attached to my force. " My horse was shot under me, and the chargers of Major Warde and Capt. David severely wounded, since dead. " I am, &c., . . (Signed) " G. W. WETHERALL, " Commanding 2d battalion of the Royal RegiMent " The Deputy Adjutant-General, &c. &c. Montreal." (corr.) " Chambly, Nov. 28, 1837. " SIR-I have the honour to report my return to Chambly this evening, with the troops under my command. " Having received authentic information, at Saint Charles, on Sunday night, that a considerable body of the rebels had assembled near Point °lib iere, under Saniere, for the purpote of cutting off my retreat from Saint Charles, I resolved upon attacking them in preference to marching on Saint Denis; my march was so delayed by the difficulty of procuring con veyance for the wounded men, that it 'au too late to proceed when I arrived at Saint Hilaire. " This morning I continued my march, leaving the sick and wounded at Saint Hilaire, in the house of Colonel de Ren ville, and a guard of one sergeant and fifteen men, in charge of Dr. Sewell, of the Montreal Cavalry, where I propose that they shall remain until th 2 ice on the river will admit of the'r being transpi,rted in sleighs. " About a mile from Saint Oliviere, the rebels were dis covered in a position well adapted to check my progress ; they had protected themselves with an ab.ttis, and two con temptible guns mounted on carts; they thd so soon as 1 firmed to attack, relinquishing their guns, which are in my possession ; a few shots were exchanged, by which two men of the rebels were killed. I Lurnt a house from which they fired on their re reat. With the exc'ption of a few strag gling shot from the opposite side of the Richelieu, I rca-hed this st ition without further orpo,ition. " I have brought in twenty-five prisoners, and propose marching with them to Nlo.itreal, via Saint John's and the RAilway, the day after to morrow, should I not receive counter orders. " The party assembled at St. Denis have Lroken up since the affair of St. Charles. I hav e, &v. _ _ _ (Signed) " G. W. WETHERALL, " Lieut. Colonel the Royal Regiment. " The Deputy Adjutant-Gmeral, Montreal." (From th. Montreal Courier, Nov. 29.) The meeting of the citizens of Montreal of American origin, took place yesterday, at the place and time app,,i.ited. The pressure of other engagements prevented us from look ing io at the meeting, to give a report of our own in regard to it. We uudt•rstand, however, that it was very numerously atter.ded ; few or none of our more respectable Amor ca i re sidents being absent. Even Mr. Jacob De Witt, M. P. P., we are told was present, and voted as every one else voted, in favour of the resolutions offered. The chair was taken at the appointed hour, by J. Froth ingham, Esq., and Edward Cheney, Esq., was appointed se cretary. The following resolutions were then submitted and pa.seJ unanimously : Moved by C. D. Day, Esq. • seconded by J. A. Perkins, sq. Ist. Resolved, That in ;he present disturbed state f this provin, it is a duty imperative upon all lovers of good order, zealously to maintain the authority of the laws and her Ma jesty's Government, and to counteract by constant and earnest effort, the designs of the treasonable and seditious. Moved by W. Lyman, Esq —seconded by Logan Fuller, Esq. 2d. Resolved, That the leaders of the revolutionary party have endeavoured to excite the sympathy, and secure the sup port of the inhabitants of the United States, to their desperate enterprise, by comparing the situation of this province to that under which the older colonies sought a separation from the British empire, and have pretended to draw a parallel which this meeting, as well from a knowledge of the political circum stances of the two countries, derived in the one ease from the pages of history, and in the other from personal observation, as from an experience of the mild and equitable character of the local government, are enabled to declare totally unfounded and perversely false. :Voved by J. E. Mills, Elsq., and seconded by Charhs (;ales, Esq. 3d. Resolved—That this meeting, composed of British sub jects of Ametic in birth and origin, impelled by the obliga,ions of their allegiance, and a desire to preserve the harmony hap pily subsisting with the neighbouring United States, find themselves called upon to prevent, to the utmost of their power the practice of a gross and wicked imposition upon the citizens of that country, to the prejudice of this ; and they ace irdingly now express delib.•rately and solemnly their conviction, funded on long observation and experience, that no just cause for dis t£ ction exists in this rovince ; but on the e:mtrary, its Governintnt is ca'culated t) secure the attachment and sup poi tor every hoaest man ; and tl at the attempted revolution is to be ascribed solely to the false representations and treason able designs of a few enshitious and unpin( ipled leaders. Moved by J. 'l'. Barrett, Esq., and seconded by llarrison Ste e hens, Esq. 4th. Resolved. That with the opinions and foclings above expressed, we will promptly and fear.cssly stored f irward h. de fence of our adopted country in the hour of az:A—and vi (3 now declare our readiness, by eve ry means in t.ur power, by our coun cils, our influence, and our physical strength, to aid in enforcing obedience to the laws, and in restoring peace and good order under her Majesty's Government throughout the land. Moved by S. Ogden, Esq., seconded by S. S. Ward, Esq. sth. Resolved, Tint copies of the foregoing resolutions, tog: ther nith the requisition for the meeting, be transmitted to New York, Boston, and Burlington, for publication is the ra sp ctive new papers of those cities. From the correspondence of the New York Herald of the lith we extract the sub;oined letter " Utica, Dec. 1, 1837. " Mr. Cooper has just received, by war of Ogdensburgh, direct from Montreal, confirmation of the battle at Lea Troia 11ivier, s. The letter i:s fr(,in a relation o f his. The English left •=OO, a. d the rebels 90 killed on the field. Papineau has recur d the foun."ries at 5:. Charles and Three Rivers. Thy are very cit nsive et the Litter place. The atith,rities bad given orders to march ail troops stationed at Toronto fur Mon.real. Immediately the popula tion rose en 'Haase and demanded their stay. They sit that they had tto!hing to do with the people of the Montreal dis trict, and as they were Lovalists, they wanted t oops for their own defence. They threatened to oppose the passage vi et arnas. Finding such a determination among the p eo pl e , the expedition was abandoned. '•On the Ist of September last I learned from Captain Mal coins that there was but three regiments of troops in the Ca nadas. With such a force the Government will not be able to make much resistance. The rebels knowing that their fate if conquered, tvill fight to the death. Success will compel the neutral portion of the population to take sides. It is an ad mitted fact that the sympathies of the neutrals (British) are with the Canadians. If the English people join the latter, the contest will continue till it end in independence or extermina tion. There is an 'immense number of Americana in Canada. Their conduct it is easy to predict. " The mild weather continues, It rained here all day The roads in the vicinity are almost iropass,hle. The packet bats are running through to Buff.►llo. A large quantity of dour passed through this morning, New .York bound. Busi i eis here is pretty much at a stand. The demand for cotton goads is fair. All the mill+ on tse Sadaquada are in full ti ne. The York mills are doing nothing at present. Con siderable quantity of pork is coming in. Mess rules at 21 to 22 dollars per barrel. " A great number of plssengers arc hound westward. The cars brought up yesterdly and to-day over 400 persons." HANOVER. GOTTINnEN, DEC. 17.—The number of students in this hall yea , . is 909. In the last half year there were 838, so that Vie numb. r has increased by 21. Of the new students, 36 study ; 115, jurisprudence ; 62, medicine ; and 56, philosophy. The German Courier giv.7.s accounts from Gcttirgen to the 16th inst., according to wYch on thst day upwards of 500 students assembled, braving the p .trols of dragoons, and forming again into masses as often as they were dispersed. About 2 o'clock a body of these young men collected in the market-place, and several were wounded by the sabres of the military, and carried by foot soldiers stationed there into the buildings of the University. At a meeting held by the stu dents, it was resolved that they should insist upon the resto ration of the expelled professors, and that no other lectures should be attended. The King's a.icree was read the Pro fessors by Professor 13ergmann, in a tone of deep emotion ; and they immediately drew up a protest to the following effect :—That, according to the fundam: ntal laws of the king dom, no public functionary could be dismissed without a pre vious legal judgment having been passed upon him ; and that also, according to the King's Decree of the 14th of Nov., no functionary could be dismissed without the Council of State having been previously constilted. Neither of these formalities having been accomplished on this occasion, the Professors deemed it their duty to protest against the legality of the King's Decree. To this declaration of th , i seven Professors most of the other Professors immediately subscribed, includ icg the celebrated Karl Ottfried Muller, and Ritter. On the arrival of the German professors at Witzerlausen, they were met by about 100 students from Gottingen, who had got there before them, and who, taking the horses from their carriage, drew them in triumph to their hotel. The Wurtztn(rg Gazette mentions that the Archbishop of Mechlin has gone to Rome on business connected with the affair of the Archbishop of Cologne. • The following account of the stsy of the King of Hanover. during his short visit to Brunswick, is given by a letter from that city dated the 17th inst. :—" On the evening of his arrival the King and the Duke went together to the theatre. The audience rose at their entrance, but preserved a dead silence on the performance of " God save the King." On the 14th the King went again to the theatre, but did not show him self, remaining private in a closed box. On the 15th there was a grand reception at Court, and yesterday he took his &Partin.° without waiting to honour with his presence a bril liant ball given by Count Oberg," GOTTINOEN, Dec. 18.—The students had a meeting at Iriek ; they resolved on an address to the seven Professors, in which they express their affection and esteem, and the most cordial interest in their fate. There was no further interrup- tion of tranquillity and ordtr during the evening. All minus were filled with consternation at the rigour which was used to wards the town. It transpired, that a student who was wounded was in a dangerous state, though he had not given the slightest cause for the treatment. The town was literally in a state of siege.. Horse patroles rode up and down. About fifty students were arrested, and confined partly in the new Career, partly for want of room in the Aula. The riding house in the town was converted into a barrack for Cuirassiers, who were ordered to have their horses saddled and bridled all night. The large barracks out of the town were full cf troops, and orders were sent to all the Bailliwicks in the environs of Gottingen immediately to call in all the men absent on furlough, and to send 250 men as soon as possible. Colonel Wincken, the chief of all the horse patrol (called Landdragoucr country dragons) in the kingdom had arrived from Hunneer, with fell powers over all the troops of :the principalities of Gottin gen and Grubenhagen, orders to make use of the troops of all arms if he should deem it necessary for the maintenance of tranquillity. The Pre-rector declared to the students who somplained to him, with tears in his eyes, that he could do nothing, the Chief of the Horse Patrol alone had to command. This state of things continued the whole of Saturday. It was known that all coachmen had been forbidden, under a penalty of 20 dollars, from supplying the students with m ines or horses, or taking them to Witzenhausen, or from over the Hessian frontiers. The students therefore resolved on Saturday afternoon to set out on fact. Most of them walked in the night 3} German, or 16 English miles to Witzenhausen, in the severe cold, and there waited the whole morning in the open air till their belovee teachers appeared. Several pro fessors and masters also went up to bid them farewell, and on reaching the bridge at Witzenhausen were welcomed with loud cheers by the students there assembled. At length at half-past twelve o'clock the two carriages with the exiled pro fessors, accompanied by their nearest relations and friends, appeared. They were received with deafening acclamations, and nosegays of e•erlastiegs presented to them with affec tionate addresses. The horses were taken from their carriages, and they were drawn with loud buzz.is to their inns. Here they addressed sonic words full of gratitude and affection to the students, who certainly could have given no more touching proof of their love and veneration, arid no body will forget the impression made on him by the words. Not an eye remained dry. During the dinner at the Inn, the students sung in an adjoining room, the doors of which were open. Dalilmann drank to their well-b& jog, and Jac )1a Grunon, to he prirperity of our German fatherland. The taking leave was painful. They were accompanied on their departure by a few relations, and about 50 students, who went in waggons, to Cassel. The ti-.king leave was not clouded by any distur• bance, and the students returned in the quietest manner to Gottingen. The state of siege here, seems to have ceased, but the town is as it were dead and desolate. Most of the Lectures could not be re.td, because there wet., no hearers. Many students have left Gottingen, others intend to do so. No departure, orders hive yet come respecting the Six Pro fessors who signed the declaration against the Address of the Pro.rector.—llansburgh Paper, Dec., 22. IRELAND. A correspondent from Cavan informs us that the Reverend Marcus Beresford, son of the Bishop of Kilmore, has cam menced the work of extermination which he so frequently at public meetings recommended to the Orange landlords of Ire land. A few days ago he ejected from his glebe lands in the parish of Larah, eight Catholic families whose ancestors had resided there fur more than a century, and supplied their places with Protestants. These families occupied only a few acres of land each, and the prof& sQed ground of their exoulsion is a provision in the proposed Pe.or Law for Ireland Bill, whereby landlords are made liable for all the pe.or rates of tenements under the annual value of five pounds. By convert ing the eight tenements occupied by these families ii.to four or fire, the value of each would exceed 51., and the landlord would thereby be liable for half otily, instead of the entire of the rate ; but whether the expulsion of these unfortunate beings be founded in religious persecution, or in the poor laws, or in both, it is a subject to which the attention of the Legislature should be directed ; for if this extrminating system be car ried to any extent, it will b: impossible to preserve good order or tranquillity in that country; for incirceration or transportation, or even death, instead of operating as a terror, is a relief to those miserable, hal-flake", half-fed beings, thrust out into the open air in this inclement season without any fault of theirs. It therefore cannot be a matter of surprise if they attempt to e'er ci, , e their vengeance on the successors and the immediate author of their affliction. .-...-. There are about sixty other Catholic families on the same glebe lands, all of whom this Rev. Divine las expressed an intention to extermi.iate as soon as he can procure Protestants to supply their places. ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENTS FOR THE NEW Y ELL —W e draw the a'tention of our readers to " The Standard Novels," a series of the best works of modern novel. ists, selected with the happiest judgment, and containing in its ,great and agreeable variety, every work which is most excel lent in its class. These. most entertaining volumes will be found among the books best adapted for presents ; for they are greatly superior to the gaudy and ephemeral Annuals, pos sessing as they do enduring interest ; and. moreover, they are not more than one third the price, far io a sia„lr ne or this deservedly popular collection, the public may obtain a complete novel or romance, embellished with engravings and neatly boun.l, for six shillings ! Amon g " The Standard Novels" will be fouad the far-tamed Vatliek," by Mr. 13eckford ; " Eugene Aram," and " Paul Clifford." by Mr. Belwer ; Mr. Ains worth's " Rookwood ;" Mr. G. P. R. James's " Darnley," " De L'Orme," " Phillip Augustu;," and " Henry Master ton ;" The whole of Miss Austen's Novels ; Madame de Steel's Corinne ;" all the works of Cooper (the celebrated sea-novel ist), Hope's " Anatasius ;" Miss Porter's " Thadeus of War saw," " Scottish Chiefs," " Pastor's Fireside ;" Mr. Morier's " Hajji B iba," " Zo'ir tb ;" M Theodore Hook's " Maxwell," " Parson's Daughter," " The Canterbury Tales," by the Misses Lee; Maxwell's " Stories of Waterloo ;" and the most 'ovular novels of Godwin, Mrs. Brunton, Galt, Horace Wal pole, Trelawny, Miss A. M. Porter, Banim, Victor Hugo, Mrs, Gere, Gleig, Mrs. litchbald, Peacock, Mrs. Shelly, &c Iu fact, whatever is rich . and rare in the works of the masters of modern fiction his found a plaza. These are attractions enough to make short the lengthened hours of the winter's night, de lightfully beguiling the ti.ne by Vieir magic influence. Mn. G. P. It. JAMES'S NEW WORK " TIIE LIFE AND TIMF.S OF Louis TUE FOURTF.ENTII."—We are requested to state that the new work entitled " The Lle and Times of Louis the Fourteenth." by G. P. R. James, Fe.q., ( Author of " Darnley," " &c. ), emb...llished with portraits of Louis XI V., Duchess de la Valliere, Cardinal Mazarin, the Prince de Conde, Anne of Austria, and Marshal Turennc, is published this day by Mr. Bentley, New Bur lington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Nlrjesty, and may now be obAined of all Booksellers. Agents : for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; fur Ireland, Mr. J. Cumming), Dublin. On Friday se'onight, a capture of no less than 66 whales of the Delphinus Detractor, or Calling Whale of the Shetlander, took pla , :e at th e i s l an d o f Ed ay . S even b ol ts well manned were engaged in an adventurous warfare with the monsters of the deep; and though the content was long and doubtful, victory at Isngth de,:lared in favour of the poor islanders, who view their prize in a providential light during this severe season of the year, when there are so many mouths to fill, and so little to fill them with. The whales were disposed of for 200 guineas to the Kirkwall merchants._ Giavoto Herald. LITERATURE. VOYAGES, ADVENTURES, AND ESCAPES OF CAPTAIN 1?. FALCONER. Churton, Holles-sheet. Few hooks, of which amusement only is the object, could have been more welcome to us than this cheap and elegant reprint of Captain Falconer's adventures. The original had for a long time been exceedingly scarce—so scarce, indeed, that Sir Walter Scott ob serves, " endeavouring to add it to the other favourites of my infancy, I think I looked for it ten years to no purpose, and at last owed it to the active kindness of Mr. Terry." We hare the testimony of the same illustrious %%liter as to the pathos and beauty of this delightful narrative ; and so closely does the fiction, if fiction it be, resemble reality, that he seems at a loss in what class of composition it should be placed. Per haps we shall not be cry far from the truth if we say tb.c story is based on fact, while the superstructure is in a great measure imaginary, resembling " Robinson Ctusoe" in this respect, as it does in so many others. There is the same strong reality about, it—the same earnestness and simplicity of language which charms us in all De Foe's writings. It is the lie with cir cumstances, and those circumstances so happily chosen, and narrated in a style so characteristic of the suppOsed adventurer, that it might very well be classed with the singular, and no less romantic, history of the renowned Sir Francis Drake; indeed, there is plenty of evi dence that Dc Foe himself borrowed his style, and not a few of his incidents and descriptions, from the home ly but vigorous stories of the old navigators. Captain Falconer, supposing him to be a real per sonage, lived in a .happy time for one who loved to exper►ence or to write of moving accidents by land and flood ; piracy was a fashionable occupation that had a chivalrous feeling'about it, in some sort redeem►ng its darker and more vulgar characteristics ; the Indians of the new found world, and the savages of the various islands, were so imperfectly understood, that, like all unknown things, they were invested with every quality calculated to excite and gratify a love for the marvel lous ; the uninhabited spots, where an adventurer might be conveniently wrecked, abounded in every latitude ; and the imperfect seamanship of the time gave too many occasions for the enjoyment of this advantage; and, though last not least, birds, beasts, and fishes, had all something more or less wonderful in their forms and habits, for where a modern discoverer is tied down to the dry truths of science, the adventurer of other days was not only allowed, but expected, to meet with prodigies. Of all such good things our worthy Captain comes in for his full share: he has more than one bout with pirates, has his desert island whereon he is shipwrecked, is made prisoner, and well nigh roasted alive by the Indians, marries a squaw, and finally ar rives safe in England, where he sets up his staff in peace and quiet. Amidst such a mass of delightful details, it is dif ficult to know where to choose an extract by way of sample. We will, therefore, take the first passage that comes to hand, and chance leads us to his amu sing account of an animal, which, we presume, must have been a Chimpanzee : " The other creature was something like a baboon, but con siderably larger, with a face and long beard like an old man's, and hairy, like a goat, all over the body; his ears bald, his eyes black, large, and sparkling. He that showed it to us called it a Cayon ; its tail is about four or five feet long, which they twist round a tree, and so fling themselves to the next. They are fierce and subtile, and, when wounded, will set upon their adversary without any fear; and, if forced to climb the trees, they carry their mouths and hands full of stones to throw at travellers as they pass by ; and, when wounded, they set up a shriek, that immediately brings all of their kind within hearing to their succour, who stop the wound with leaves and moss, which will soon be healed. This, that we saw, was brought up very young by the person that had him, and would play many comical tricks ; as he was shown to us, he gave me such a salute with his tail, that made me stand further off, which seemed to please him mightily, for he looked at me and chattered, as much as to say, I have given it you.' The Spaniard told us they used to play a certain game with the na tives for money, and would often win, and then go and spend what they had got upon a liquor that made them drunk, and as soon as they found themselves so, they would retire very decently and take a nap, by which they were very often caught." After this we really think there must have been such a person as Richard Falconer—no mere inventor could have assumed such an exquisite tone of simple credulity. (ADVERTISENIENT. WORKING 'VIENS' ASSOCIATION OF LONDON TO THE WORKING MEN'S ASSOCI• ATION OF LEEDS. Fellow Citizens—We hail with delight the announcement of your intended meetings of the Bth and 9th of January— meetings which, we doubt not, will reflect the highest honour on yoUrselves, and also be of the greatest service to the cause of democracy. We perceive, by the Northern Star, you have invited to your meetings men who have endeared themselves to the De mocracy by their energetic and unwearied advocacy of the cause of representative government. We find that one of the individuals invited (Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Member for Southwark), has replied to your invitation by letter; the con cluding sente,,ce of which letter, according to the Northern Star's report, is as follows : " I ought further to tell you, that the Bill I propose to bring into Parliament does not go to the length of annual Parliaments, nor, in the largest sense, to universal suffrage, But it is quite satisf,ctory to the Working Men's Association in London." The above assertion is not true! So far from being " satisfied" with his Bill, we arc not even acquainted with its merits or demerits. No communication has taken place between this Association and Mr. Ilarvey on the subject. We are unable to conceive what could have led Mr. Harvey to suppose that the Working Mens' Association in London is satisfied with his measure, when it must be known to Mr. Harvey that we have not contented ourselves with merely ad. vocating Universal Suffrages, but at this moment we have a Committee sitting, for the purpose of dreting up a Bill for Universal Suffrage, and all the other essentials itecestaq for its full and free working—which Bill will be submitted to the various Working Mors' Asiociations and Democratic So cieties throughout the country, and when finally agreed upon, we propose to submit it to the citizens of London, and trust the same will be done in all parts of the nation. Fellow citizens of Leeds—We have upreared the standard of Democracy in London--we have promulgated its principles in the unconventional language of truth—and we shall perse vere in our course till the odious asp,rsions the tyrants of the earth have cast upon the sacred name of Democracy are supplanted by the love and adoration of the millions. Di you judge of us by our acts. Let our actions be a reply to ca. !tunny and falsehood. We know .we have excited the envy and dread of all who love not principle—we have told the worleinu millions to take their affairs into their own hands ! Th - e vain demagogue who seeks power by the aid of the multitude must dislike us—the men who would trade upon the grievances and miseries of a people must hate us—while the mean and arbitrary and ever-to-be-despised governing powers of this nation must fear us ; but the millions, the suffering, enslaved, and poverty-stricken millions, will sym pathise with our exertions and respond to our call—and see in the living principles we are struggling to establish the effectual means of putting down despots and despotisms, and of eventually securing the liberty, equality, and happiness of all mankind. Democrats of Leeds! we desire to proclaim, through you, to the men of Yorkshire and Lancashire, that we utterly abhor and contemn the cruel and inhuman Poor-I4w Amendment Bill—a Bill one of the natural results of non-representation, supported alike by the selfishness of Whig, Tory, and Radical ; and we will seek by every means in our poser to blot it out from the pages of our Statute-book. But we believe all our efforts to rid ourselves of this, and every other oppression, will be futile, until the great principle of Univers,' Suffrage is established amongst us. Finally, Brothers—Our principles are before you—we have proclaimed them to the people in language not to be miscon strued nor misunderstood. We belong to the Democracy— in the broadest sense of the term we are Democrats. We affect.no cant - about the " Altar and Throne," because expe rience has taught us that human blood has flowed and human wretchedness been produced to uphold what the knaves of the earth have called " Altar and Throne." Our civic creed knows no superior—no sovereign power but the will of the people. Our moral creed is based on the prin tiples of Eliot who was the meek and lowly f oun d er of Christianity, in its purity—of thin who taught us that " all men are brothers," that "we should do unto others as we would others should do unto us. " Convinc e d, there fore, of the justice and eternity of our principles, we shall hold on in the even tenonr of our way—we shall contend against tyranny and oppression in woatever part of the world we may find them to be raging—we shall struggle f or t h e un i versa l freedom and happiness of man until the pe r i o d o f t h e i r fi na l accomplishment, or until the day of our death. Believe us to be, brethren, truly yours in the cause of de mocracy, the members of the \Vcrking Mens' Association in London. Signed by the Committee on their behalf, Robert Hartwell, Compositor, Henry Vincent, Compositor, Thomas White, Hatter, Wm. Pearce, Brassworker, ilenry Mitchell, Turner, Thos. Irelam), Warehouse- Rich. Cameron, Brace-maker, man, John Cleave, Bookseller, A. Dyson, Compositor, James Lawrence, Painter, R. Moon, CArve.x. ‘Vm. Cumming, Silversmith, H. HETHURINCTON, Treasurer, W, 4.40V.ETT 4 Secretar,i, T Li p TR u SUN. LONDON: SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 23, 1837. This evening is the last on which the daily True San will appear. We have now for eighteen months devoted to it every energy of our minds, far more intent upon national improvement than on success in a mere commercial undertaking. \Ve have fearlessly advo cated the interests of the whole community, as distin guished from those of narrow sections. We have bearded the oligarchy in its strongholds, alike the open profligacy of the Tory, and the t ortuous dupl:city of the Whig factions. and exposed We do not affect to he insensible to the strong ap' probation of our views which has been expressed by some of the highest minds of our time. We ar e deeply grateful to that part of the public press which has awarded to us its honest praise, and we shall re member with pride, that amongst the public and tir e press, it is from the intelligent we have received the most support. \Ve have neither spared our time nor our capital in the cffort we have made to establish a Daily Journal unslmckled by party ties, untrammelled by the neces sity of advocating class interests, and have made consi derable sacrifices in so doing. But we do not sec a reasonable prospect of a remunerative return within such a definite period as would justify a pers everance on the p a rt o f p r iv a t e i n di v id ua l s , w ho value thei r pecuniary independence as the foundation of their political usefulness. But let it not be said we have suddenly abandoned our efforts. \Ve have, for several months, laid befor e the more opulent of the Liberal partythe actual posi tion of the paper. We have informed them that, afte r the present period, the distributive efforts of the Liber al party must be taxed to carry out to ultimate s uccess the national object we had comtnenced with much pro' noise, and continued so long as individual prudence ould permit. With some generous exceptions, this met with no efficient response. Wc trust that the Liberal cause will not suffer from the want of a daily organ. We do not attribute our commercial failure to apathy on the part of the people' There is scarcely a mechanics' institute, or a plaoe• where industrious and intelligent tradesmen and work. ing men assemble, that the daily True Sun has not been found. \Ve have had perhaps a greater number of readers than any other Newspaper, but the Indus' trious many who hare most sympathised with us have been so borne down by low profits and scanty wa ges, consequences of aristocratic rule, that a daily paper is an intellectual necessity they hare not the means to attain. Under these circumstances the daily True Sag has been disposed of to the proprietor of The Sun► and will henceforward be merged in that journal. And we wish and hope that the new vigour which our own circulation will infuse into our contemporary may e nable him to take that independent political position which we have ourselves occupied. Let the people remember that upon the support they afford him will depend the degree of his independence• Let them remember that the labourer is worthy of his hire ; and that if they would maintain an independen t press they must make strenuous efforts in aid of the journal which dares to be independent. Beyond our sincere desire that The Sun may deserve and command success, we have not the slightest interest in that journal. From some remarks which appear in another part of the paper it will he seen that the True Sun Weekly Paper will still remain in our hands. On Monday, and following days, during the week, The Sun Evening Paper will be published at our Office, as a substitute for the True Sun. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Though to the writer of this, Canada is no more than to yourself, viz., an oppressed country, appealing to the sympathies of every true and constitutional lover of freedoms I shall still individually ever feel grateful. deeply grateful 4 0 you, for your advocacy of the cause of the unfortunate Cana" dians. An awful, but noble responsibility rests on you at this time. You alone, of all the liberal daily Newspapers, refuse to join the pack of bloodhounds yelling for slauglater—.... ;he putting down at any cost," as it is phrased, the poor but noble spirited inhabitants of Lower Canada. Ido not doubt you will prove yourself worthy of your position. I address you these few lines, to offer my weak but zealous ass;stance in one particular way. The columns of the Minis ter:al and Tory Press are already teeming with every specie. of misrepresentation. All possible circumstances and e vents are, and will continue to be, made favourable to the Govern.. ment projects, at whatever expense to truth, justice, or huma nity, and of course equally unfavourable to those of the a• rebels." Franklin's famous advice, as to the best mode of reducing a great kingdom to a small one, is being literal followed ; such is the opinion of the gullibility of the British nation entertained by these most dishonest Journalists l The! will be deceived. Will you then allow me, from time to time, to collect for The Sun, all the falsehoods and fallacies most prominenilg mischievous, as they appear, and to the best of my humble ability refute them ? In many cases by their collection alone. they sill so illustrate each other as to refute themselves. Thanking you most fervently for the generous, manly, in ; dependent course you have taken on this impo r t an t question, subscribe myself, With sincere respect and admiration, Your obbeient servant, December 27. J. S. B. Whennell, Esq., died on the 23d instant, at.b iS residence, Harrow Cottage, Hornchurch, at the age of 8 6 . By his death not only his fiends and acquaintance, but the poor cf the neighbourhood generally, will have cause for , re gret, for he was t o t h em a great b ene f actor, particu l ar ly -.- the chilJren of the Parochial Sunday Schools, to whom 116 gave liberal gifts of clothing, besides an abundance of plu m cake, &c., tw o or t h ree t i mes a year. The old fashione, custom of " goo d en i ng, " or contributing to the poor on °6 * Thomas's d a y, was k ept b y hi m to the last. An intimate friend often remarked " he had a tear and a guinea for ever; case of distress." On all publi c occasions, when colleet i n were made for charitable purposes, his ba n d cou ld be trac ed e by the appearance of an old gui nea i n t h e p l a t e . Du rl 7:' the greater part of his long lif e h e en t erta i ne d a great Pa tiality for the cliace. —Es sex Herald. d On Wednesday evening last, a,eattlejobber, nam e Simpson, was robbed of 351 at a ho use o f ill fame, in M ust°.-' street, Bury.—Essex Herald. ti. Tuesday evening, as Mr. James Fry, of ChiPP: o '' ham, was returning on horseback from Castle Coombe , he re . attacked by three young - men, who, after a desper ate ej ar e a him on his part, drag ge d hi m f rom hi s h orse , and r° a rea him of his cash and watch. I n t h e scuffle his hat was be d se" almost to pieces, his clothes much torn, and he reol h ieve 4 veral severe injuries in the h ea d an d b o dy. On tho w , t er, lea, ing It:m, they threw him into a ditch neatly ful l ° e• rn " wh..re he lay some time sensAess, but, on recover',-riatton naged with great difficulty, from weakness, to reac h t r ice , ' Keynell, on the Chippenham-road, where he procured 0 , his to accompany hint home. Mr. Fry's horse eseaPeu ily be' falling, and dispatched to Chippenham; and his far n hei jef comingfound l a rnmeaerdl,y exhaustedp p a r r o ti e e e s e( i i n i n g search v,ith of his him, f,.),. : ,,i a i., fto3 Yatton towards home. Mr. Fry is now confined it u,. 0 ,,J, and seriously hurt; no trace of the thieves has yet been ' —Devizes Paper. the weir There are building at Cumberland and on tt ! ‘O,B no fewer th an n i net y-six ships, some of them of a iri s _ fe w and e i g ht have been launched within th 0 days.— Cumberland Pacquet. Academy of Music. The intimation w" cotnlLeyNoble Pre fu 1 N e, :f m r d . i k d ' a r t e e d Frederic t J he e I.::: vacant thas King'si )ee been c d h e o e l l a a r r s e h d i p t i l n i e ,t I s ; e u : tol e e ; :s r 4 Jewson in u highly complimentary letter from sident of the Institution, Lcrd Burghefsh. nor L th a e s ri t t the Crow" and An-- together in the two great public looms of st blistiment of Oa chor Tavetn, in commemoration of the tatifigdhiNfeastleitrinutpaBrOisOhelsadinieasntai urdouglideLtlo_eitildroint dfirroaninkttleles, B ‘ ritish and Foreik.-,n West London Auxiliary Branch of the great body rioting dition down to tea at the saute time was mi t , d Iternafx festoon ; music in the gallery, an a 'lied of a good band of total district VPiS, represe Temperance Society. The effect of i . s . u ‘. c h i t t e a n : %by T h o:of banners mid laurels. Eaeht by a table, surrounded with tickets, which were sold for • . butter; and those _ the FA d chasat to tea and coffei", A real num vOW ad libitum. g . . 9 an d freshments were given to evece br et hre n6l . f rom e ach that e n ble for superiority o f drtb,tc, .. ber of thi, women were remarkable thee; ggregate prestc: con" n : their attractive eountertaeoes ; and rt and bread crag d morality, and to ilia character of honest in fru ' a en i l'that could not fa' „ pe cc i t; l e e ri d l ty th e pruor, sequently, wall a r•rtueg rantieal vi ~ 4. ' hation of their p . d Pr rslue far their sincerity, and app.() of Fraen s, Mr. John Hall, a member of the Society d nd op e p o o n n te e n n Pro& the most decided contentment, of their system