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From the head of Lake Erie therefore to Quebec, the only really assailable frontiers of the Canadas, provided the superiority on the lakes be not yield ed to the enemy, are- the banks of the Detroit River, froni.Lake St. Clair' to Erie 40 miles ; those of the Niagara River - between Lakes Erie and Ontario, 36 - miles ; and the course of the St. Lawrence, from Kingston pt the foot of Ontario to Sr. Regis, about 110 miles. Even these weaker portions of the Canadian frontiers, and particularly the last, may receive a very conside rable accession of strength from the command of the waters. A slight glance at the map wilteriable the reader to follow this de lineation with ease, and at the same time assist him in forming a general idea of the military posts scattered on either side of the boundary. . • ' _ _ _ As the CANADAS constitute an integral and im portant part of the British Empire, we doubt not that our Readers will be gratified in reading the folloWing article, for which we are indebted to that loyal and learned Repository of sound Criti cism, The Quarterly Review : Amidst the agitations of the stupendous struggle which con vulsed the continent of Europe, we, had no thought to bestow, upon American warfare. During the continuance of a conflict in which embattled nations were the actors, and empires the stake, anxiety could in vain be demanded for the insignificant result of a Canadian -skirmish, or the puny vicissitudes of a campaign on the Niagara. It was natural, therefore, that, with the public of Great Britain, the late war in America should fail in awakening any considerable degree of attention, and the cir cumstances of that contest have accordingly in this country been hitherto little known or regarded. But though surpassed in magnitude and eclipsed in splendour by the achievements of our Army in Europe, the details of the military Operations in the Canadas and on the coasts of the United States are both inte resting in themselves, and of importance to the future security of our transatlantic possessions. In the prOsecution and close of the hostilities in which the United States chose to embark, they had assuredly little cause for satisfaction or triumph. The British Orders in Council were the first ostensible pretext for a war of aggression. But when it was discovered that the alleged source of grievance had been -already removed, resistance to the right of search became the plea for perseverance in the contest, of which the real object was the conquest of the Canadas. Yet, after the sacrifice of their commerce, the repulse of every attempt upon the British pro vinces, the capture of their armies, the ravages of their coasts, and the insult of their capital, they were finally reduced to ne gotiate a peace, which left our possessions uninjured, and omit ted all mention of theiforiginal pretensions. With Great Britain the war was purely defensive. She fought not for new conquests, or to establish new claims, but for the protection of her colo nies and the maintenance of rights, which had received the so lemn confirmation of time. And these objects were completely secured ; the ratification of the treaty of Ghent by America was a tacit abandonment of very assumption against which the government of this country had contended. But though the war gave neither reputation nor aggrandize ment to the American Republic, it must be admitted that, in the progress of operations in the Canadas, the British arms were not always crowned with that fulness of success which might have been anticipated from the high qualities of the troops. The portion of our brave army employed on the Canadian fron tier possessed"the same characteristics, and consisted of the same materials as_the men of Badajos, of Salamanca, of Vittoria; how then did it happen that their exertions received not that brilliant consummation which, on another theanie, rendered the British army the admiration of the world ? It is due to the re- , putation and the services of _the defenders of Canada to point out the real causes of that failure in enterprize, which so fre.. quently marked the course of the war of America, at the very period when their more fortunate brethren in Europe were reap: ing a rich harVest of victory. But it is in another point of view that an examination of the subject possesses the strongest claims upon our attention. The problem, how Canada may best be preserved, if again it should be invaded, is one for which the study of : the late war must necessarily afford the readiest solution ; and when regarded with reference to such a contingency, the occurrences of the cam paigns of 1812, 1813, anelBl,4, become invaluable lessons of practical instruction. By aid of the experience which they will afford, we may confidently hope, should trial of the event be unfortunately hereafter requisite, to escape a repetition, of that decision, miscarriage, and error, which mocked the courage and baffled the zeal of .our troops on many of the principal oc- , casions of the last contest. C ommissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, 44th October, 1822. SUCTI Persons 44th as are desirous of Contracting t ow su PPIY thenbove-mentioned Articles, for the use of , sh letts c onfined on board Hulks at Portsmouth, Woolwich, Cont 4"3, and Chatham, may receive particulars of the Foot at this Office, between the Hours of Ten and R cal e d and deliver th e i r T en d ers a t the Commissariat Office, and directed to the Superintendent of Convicts, - $ 1 : • 1 : 4; there "—" Tender for Provisions, &c. for Con • " or befiU•e, Thursdiy, the 14th November ; but Rill a' g ill b received after Twelve &Clock en that Day; nor Pri nted Pr °Posal he noticed unless made on or annexed to a length' Particular, and the Prices inserted in Words at signs r unless a Letter be Subjoined to such Pr oposa l , con 3e , 11 two Persons of known . property, engaging to be tt;e -°und with the Party tendering in the Scum expressed ...........114tticulars, for the due performance of the Contradt. At the opening of the war in July, 1812, the regular force in the Canadas consisted of seven regiMents of infantry, three of which were feneible battalions, o'ne of veterans or invalids, anda detachment of artillery, amounting in all to less than 4,600 men. The incorporated anilitia .of the two provinces probably , amounted to an equal number, . . On the receipeof intelligence of the -Aittetin declaration of war, Major-General Brock, who commanded the-troops in the upper province, immediately dispatched discretionary orders to the British officer in charge of Fort St. Joseph's to act dither offinisively or otherwise against the enemy at Michilimechinac as he should find advisable ; and that officer, without the least effusion of blood, succeeded, on the 17th July, in capturing the place with its garriSon' of 'sixty men and•seven pieces of ordnance. This was the first operation of the war, and trifling as the success would deem, it was of material importance ; it gave confidence to the Indians, who had been previously at , war with the Americans, and now joined us, opened a ready' communication with' many of their tribes, and paved the way for the sulisequent surrender of General Hull's corps. Early in the. year 1812; the American Government had as sembled a force near the Detroit frontier, with the intention of - invading Canada ; and as soon as their projected declaration of war was issued,. 2,500 men crossed the Detroit, under General Hull, and took possession of the British village of Sandwich. Upon the garrison of Amhertsburgh, however, under Lieute nant-Colonel St. George who shut himself up in total in action, the American General made no attempt. As soon as General Brock learnt th e e nt ran c e of H u ll i nto Ca nada, he Sent up Colonel -Procter from the Niagara frontier to assume the command at Amhertsburgh, and that officer's operations were so - prompt and judicious, that Hull hastily recrossed the strait, and encamped under the walls of fort De troit, against which, Colonel Procter, advancing to Sandwich, threw up batteries on the British side. Here, General Brock arriving with a reinforcement, the enemy, already reduced to extremities before' hiS appearance, capitulated ow - the 16th of August, to the number if 2,500 men, with 33 pieces of cannon. The fort of Detroit, its ordnance, stores, and a fine vessel in the harbour, fell into the hands be the Victors. But far more impcirtant consequences than these resulted from the surrender of Hull. The whole of the Michigan territory, an extensive peninsula watered by the lake of that name, by Lake Huron and the Detroit, an d w hi c h se p ara t es th e Indian country from Canada, was ceded to the British by the same ca pitulation. No acquisition could so effectually haye secured the north-western frontier of Upper Canada by cementing our alliance with the Indian nations, whose 'confidence and respect were gained by this success. Its effects upon the militia who had snared in it, and upon the population of the Cafiadas ge nerally, were hardly less beneficial : it inspired the timid, fixed the wavering, and awed the disaffected. Leaving Colonel Procter in command on the Detroit frontier and in die newly acquired territory, General Brock hastened his return to the Niagara line, with the-intention of sweeping it of the American garrisons, which he knew were then unprepared for vigorous resistance. But - the first intelligence which he re- I ceived on his arrival at Fort George paralysed his exertions.— Theconnuander-in-chief, Lieut.-lien. Sir G. Prevost, had con chided an armistice with .the American General, Dearborn, which provided that neither party should act Offensively until the Government at Washington should ratify or annul the sus pension of hostilities ! Of the inactivity thus forced upon Ge neral Brock, the enemy made the best use. As the armistice (lid not prohibit them from transporting ordnance, stores, and provisions, of all which they were greatly in need, from Lake Ontario along the 'Niagara line, they had time to recover the panic which had seized them on the surrender of Hull, and to fortify their frontier. The President of the United States then refused, as might have been anticipated, to con firm the armistice, but not before an American force of 6,300 men had assembled on the Niagara frontier. The British on the same frontier under General Brock, who now received or ders from Sir George Prevost to act upon the defensive only, did not exceed 1,200 regulars and militia. The enemy now prepared to carry the afar across the Nut. , gara. Opposite the village of Qucenston on that strait, they concentrated 3,000 men of their force, and at daylight, on the 18th of October, effected a landing csi the Canadian shore, not withstanding the gallant opposition of a British detachment of 300 men which was poSted the village. -By this handful of troops the passage was /orig and obstinately contested; until General Brock, who arrived, unattended, from Fort George during the struggle,_ fell in the act of cheering on his little band to a Charge. With him the post was lost ; a retreat was .effected„. and 1,600 of the enemy established themselves in position on the heights of Queenston. Meanwhile, the whole of the British disposable force on the Niagara, of about 1,000 men, of whom 560 were regular's, had assembled near Queen ston ; at three in the afternoon, they advanced against the American line, and, after a short and spirited contest, .put the enemy Completely to route, capturing on the field Brigadier- General 'Wadsworth, 900 men, a piece of cannon, and a stand of colours. Many of the enemy were drowned in the attempt to swini to their own shore, and 400 of them were and wounded, while the whole British bass - did not exceed 100 men. It may be well, before we advance farther, to offer a few ob servations upon the works whose titles are prefixed to the pre= sent article. Of these, the first, the " Account of the Mili tary Occurrences of the late War between Great Britain and the United States or America," is a laudable eflbrt to oppose a plain and unvarnished narrative of facts to the exaggerations and misstatements of the American press. It is, but justice to the author to declare ; that he has evinced ranch zeal for the national honour, and unimpeachable integrity. He has col lected the evidence of our'own accounts and those of the enemy with great occuracy, and compared the details with the utmost care and minuteness : his book is therefore highly valuable as a storehouse of materials for the future historian of the war.— And here we regret that our commendation must stop ; beyond the merit of a patient and faithful chronicler, Mr. James has no great claims to literary praise. - The story of every petty skir mish is so overloaded with circumstance that he leaves us no clue to distinguish between the _most- important and trifling events. Before the reader can arrive at . the result of any en gagement, he must toil through many wearisome pages of cri tical investigation into the truth or falsehood of American nar ration; and he, will search in vain for a concise or scientific survey of the prominent features of a campaign. Mr. James, we are led to conclude, is not a military man ; and he unfor tunately brings no advantages of composition to supply his de. , ficiencies in professional information. The Hi3torical Sketches of the late War' enjoyed great popularity in the United States, and rapidly passed through several editions. We have therefore noticed it here as af fording a favourable specimen of other American publica tions on the same subject. Bombast, exaggeration, and false hood are among the leading characteristics of Mr. Thomson's book, which we have, 'however, neither space nor leisure to particularize ; and we fell the less inclination for the Usk, because Mr. James has already sufficiently exposed them. -But Mr. Thomion is by no means the Alunchausen par excellence of American writers: He has not; as others of his countrymen have done, seriously assured us that a force of raw and undisciplined American militia routed severer times their number of veteran British regulars at the point of the bayonet. He has not compared the defence of Fort Sandusky to that of the rass of Thermopylx ; nor likened the successful issue of the affair at New Orleans to the glories of Cressy and Agincourt. We have chosen to refer to Mr.. Thomson as the Representative of American historians, because, compared with some of. his fellow labourers, he is modest, correct, and impartial. From his admissions some important conclusion may be occasionally deduced, and the work is therefore not without its utility. The . Letters of Veritas' were originally printed in a weekly paper published at Montreal in Lower Canada, and subse quently collected into the little volume before us. Within a small compass, these unpretending Letters contain a greater body of useful information upon the campaigns in the Canadas than is any where else to be found. They are, we believe, the production of a gentlenuth in Montreal of known respectability. Though not a military man, he enjoyed the best opportunities for acquaintance with the circumstances of the war • and as these letters which excited great attention in the Canadas,i ap peared in successive papers while Montreal was with almost all the officers of rank 'who had served in the country, it may rea sonably be presumed that his errors, had he committed any, would not have escaped without censure. Yet no reply was ever attempted to his statements, no doubt ever expressed in the provinces, of the correctness of his assertions. With the assistance of these works, and that of other sources of information, on which our readers may confidently rely, we shall proceed to ofFer a sketch of the war in the Canadas from its commencement to the termination of hostilities. Such was the dismay of the enemy at the result of the action at Queenston, that had General Shea*, wlio commanded after the death of Brock, crossed over immediately afterwards, as it is said he was strongly urged by his officers fo do, the fort of Niagara, which its garrison had even evacuated for some time, might have been captured, and the whole of that line cleared of the American troops. But General Sheafre, like his supe rior, was a lover of armistices, and after the action he con cluded one of his own with the American General, for which no reason civil or military was ever assigned. Such • were the principal occurrences of the campaign of 1812, in ifyper Canada; those in the lower province were utterly insignificant. ( To be continued.) CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. — We some time since published some observations upon the repairs which were then making in this Cathedral; but those observations extend. ed only to the entrance of the choir or screen ; since then they have beep progressively going on, and large sums of money have been expended, and the lilierality and taste of the Dean and Chapter evinced in restoring to its pristine splendour this beautiful pi e ce o f wor km a nship. The Statues of the Founder, and other Saxon Monarchs, which once adorned it, but were defaced by the Puritanical Uoths of the Cm_ monwealth, have been restored—the mutilations repaired— and the whole freed from the accumulated filth of ages, in such a manner that the elegance of its tracery is now fully developed, and it p rese nt s on e of the finest specim en o f the florid Gothi c i n th e ki ng d om . The white-washby w hi c h some neat Vandal had in former days obscured and obliterated the beautiful anti que p a i n ti ngs w hi c h on ce adorned th e wa ll s o f many of its aisles and transepts, is now undergoing the process of r'em'oval, and from the brilliancy of the tints which yet remain beneath, we understand little doubt is entertained that these spe chnens of ancient art will be restored to view, still retaining much of their former beauty. The choir is undergoing a thorough and complete repair ; the service of the Cathedral is performed, during the interval, in the Chapter or Sermon-house, a magnificent building adjoining the eastern side of the cloisters, which is, in its turn, also to partake of the general renovation. The tessa lated pavement which formed the floor of 'the shrine of S a i nt Thomas ti Becket, composed of porphyry, verde antique, and many other rare and valuable marbles, arranged in the form of a star, has been cleaned, and the vacancies occasioned by wantoness, or the rapacities of antiquarians_ filled up._ Much too has been done to the crypt, to which we would par ticularly direct the attention of those of our readers who may visit this ancient Cathedral, as being one of the most interesting remains of the Saxon style of building, and containing within its recesses many shrines, tombs, &c., which, were they mor e exposed to the eye of day, would not ail of securing the admi. ration not only of the mere antivarian, but of every person pos sessed of real taste and a true relish for architectural elegance. — (Kentish Gazette, Oct. 29.) From the mouth of the great river St. Lawrence to the tary post of St. Joseph's upon Lake Huron, we have the pro digious extent of more than 1,500 miles for the length of the British line of defence and communication in the Canadas ; and if we take only the city of Quebec as the commencement of the chain, and regard St. Joseph's as merely an insulated station, we have still a distance of above eight hundred miles from the walls of the capital of the provinces,:to the fort and naval arsenal of Amherstburgh at the head of Lake Erie.— When it is added, that, along the whole of this line, the British possessions are opposed by the northern boundary of the United States, it would at first sight appear a hopeless undertaking to attempt the preservation of colonies, separated from the mother country by the Atlantic, and exposed to the assaults of a nu merous people. But nature has afforded peculiar advantages for the protection of this lengthened frontier. The Lakes Erie and Ontario present a direct line of four hundred'miles, which a naval ascendancy on their . waters may at once convert into an impregnable barrier ; and above two hundred and sixty miles more—from Quebec to the spot where the boundary between British and Republican America strikes the St. Lawrence at Regis"—are covered by a range of woody and half-cultivated country, which, except at two or three points of easy mainte nance, forbids the advance of an invading army, and secures all Lower Canada from that quarter. Behind this again flows • , • \ - • • • i • r• • • • : ' , d 4., • . 3 ' f• " .• 4 1 • . - • ~s t I '74 . ..kl_cy . - • • *S'• 0 .1.41141116 t: •Lrft • ••• J. • „ . • a? 131 . _ Foi t -------- rrl,l-tt, , . lII' 'SPARVING THE TEETH AND GUMS. oIvp a r , VE Ei E TOOTII-P % E ~t4qfertsPlonQ I: : ;:V l l . l g 4 eneral use, rmabies'7..xerthger recoinmendatiou te of it.. Composed of Ve !hat it is unnecessary t nle,r edien , tvkithottt the admixture of any ll or pernicious ti j e u3 e of wtlll4terer, it is free from the u l i s v l u e l a n p l e ille r ct i i:it j i t a is g t a s in u s i t . I ,,? e tt: l F t c,tc.,' 43 aan s ti a ieliii i ll . :t e e 9 t t l i i . o ifi s c e e :iest h ' s c d trs t •e er p s article which ad . here s m of the T eeth; healing "lil t 13 4 , t 4, 4 the fori,.:4lrle Int d ers ir t o ' c m e ot i ng a new Enamel (whe e re im.. :14ttiZ i"iurtd o; an corroded) on the latter. It likew ts .. s, d _ rinn__ . a l , reg u l a ,' , 3 and health) redness to the Gums ; and, . 11 . s o ' id . r l, will preserve the Teeth in a sound state to old n ox gyi t a ,,sid e, ~.9, , , at 2s. gd. each, by Butlers, Chemists, No. 44 `tadl,l ttts,3"-.,‘,lal's, and 220, .Regeyt-street, (near the Ar '4ck,.,,,J i , ond on t 20, Waterloo place,. , Edinliurgh, and 13 1.1" e-street, Dublin • and by the principal Perftuners a . i;""ellers th •u e t i the United Kingdom. , _ e_ e t e'' ir e ie---,,iiihuir,ellaser°s a " r h e a reryuested to ask for Butler s Veg . s e the name and address ar . t. :4 tee i ne: l l 111, itFe.dsetar'n ptt and and l ° !i b b s e e l r . v at ta . ch , ed In t o i c ru a i c t l a i tßiaoLontntdhei under ' ar titl es - ' ll6 e, to distsoguish it ire, A rtt 1411INTARY, REGISTER OF THE PROVINCE t' is ~ ' OF LOWER CANADA. .. tt'A°er th,, r° ,P°sed to publish by SubscriptioHoo,l HOUSE Nis TllSSytiaintovve title, the PROCEEDINGS of the ed annually. le4 ie e 'cn t'artah ' t° be:, emtinuof 1 ir Constituents being ac- N lit te t t with rice ano. propriety their lt,:,10toll,i-,(2,,.v.e hthen nature r h e y and t 3 re i s e u m lt h o e f ra - t ; h /ls eir , deli r b l er i a n tio th ri e s, l a m p ; tlia - ' lB l C....‘ ' 4ll I) ec Mb i i -41 tet ""nitUitt e f., er, the . Ho . U to se o th f e A m sse a T t b p l ea y a y r a h p a p m oi e n n te ta d yy a ot tlii of it,,ee to inquire m b e f t4 tlts o f,T. known tli , proceedings of this House to the t i ll lele erehee this Province: . ' i t : th ese Clam House of Assembly induced the Subscriber, eti,etister , tances, to postpone the publication of the 1 ',40 ti ol ' i ~cfbr which he had issued a Prospectus,) under the e eio' I t is wen ' an early Report from the Committee: Th . e Se . s munication I,e4tl,lntidee k nown., terminated without any c Ill gant,. "Y the Committee to the House, and, as in the Pa e`ll-4bet-h-Yillbis triode 6" adopted to disseminate the proceed- Ilt, • gailie ouses of Parliament, it is presumed . it cannot be . .,,,Is ti ler prary .or e (141,..14 her ll i neonstitutional. The following Prospec. l l' ''tle lea")re l ' e Pectfully,submitted to the public: t el l t h_ .._ will constantly attend the House of Assem the moment the doors are it i ti ,4 . ri t) , th e h01e.,,,,,,v. Session ; • e 1,60414711 c till they are f To m sed, or the House adjourns ; t hiil ..+ to t h eed by prejudice mainst or pa . rtialit for an party, etylitere". n ernast of his abilities, faithfully reportAAs to ea ev;r a y . li4oick eke e s h ` t lg or imPortant which may °ce e ur. lce, he refrains airDehelka-'g t hesk he proposes eer , ,, e as 6, for standing already be tn fO rtn re d the tribunal of the th a l , Q ,_ ,te to` pass a „Jook„.„,etlographer, they are fully competent tfl i ale, l 4lli .. 3( I lt.; but he may be . itt little talent he is p 4 ' of ex er!lpt from political • bias, the perm'edtoassure them ittha ercising shall i etf,, li r o ent ary ite,i.t b e e rth str y e n n f u t o h u e sly pa e t x re e n rt ag ed e t w o hi r e e h nd h e e r (1,,. Regis oli c i ts. bser w the „lit te r wil l ell • e o e r be Published in royal fivo. af u te po r n i g e ne el p a a se pe a r f , A E ' slo4 iverel to Subscribers as early . 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Rea S. s ~ 1821. 1 11. 1 r Of of t ' • intimate h h has in IV IVI SI.. S th i e M e P nt S ir ° F N P;P-_ e!ti e ` ll 4 J ,, ity e l ast . seia, s t at. being eY e the first under the Reign of ;.vell'htht George I V , :td ot s te Administration of his Ex- Kte, t eY ill be Dalhousie. If adequate encouragement 411e°111,,,; anti ue published as Vol. I. of the Parliamentary PoteNete f rn as it i s , h proposed to continue the work, it will illetilleticy-,11„1,,`",e eor nmenCement of his Majesty's Rei " 4-I‘uninistration and also of the present Par ) . - COUNTY OF LANARK. Pursuant *to requisition, a very respectable Meeting of the Noblemen, Freeholders, Justices of the Peace, and Commissioners of Supply, was held on Wednesday, at Hamilton, for the pur pose of considering a Commutation relative to the Agricultural state of the Country, which had been transmitted to the Lord Lieutenant of the County ; and also for considering the price of labour, connected with Agriculture, and articles of consumption of the farming interest. On the motion of the Honourable Admiral Fleming,. his Grace the Duke of HAMILTON was unanimously called to the Chair. Some letters from absent gentlemen were laid on the table, upon ,which some observations were made. The Duke of Ilaittivr cis said, they were met upon a sub ject of great importance, a subject, on which he would be happy to hear the opinions of- ate Freeholders. The - situation of the Landholders was critical in 'the extreme, and if some relief were .not soon obtained, 'their condition would be distressing indeed. lie would not at present repeat his own opinions. They were well known to the Meeting. He long held tkat ex travagance in the public expenditure was sure in the end to produce great distress. The interest of the landlord and tenant were obviously inseparably connected ; and any .landlord; who would not unite and sympathise with his suffering. tenants,. was • unworthy of the situation in which Providence:had placed, him. He was unaware of any other plan that could be adopted at. present,' but that every possible means of retrenchment and economy should be practised by the Government, for the relief' of the landlord. Having made these few observations, he would sit dnwn, and they would commence the business of the day. Dr. CLARK, of Easter Moffat, then addressed the Meeting in a longspeech. lie began by considering the causes of the Agricultural distress. The first cause was taxation. The next, a change from war to peace. The third, was over production. Since the year 1765, or thereby, this country has beeWuni fornily an importing country, till of late years. The ex perience of half a century induced • moat persons to form an opinion that this Country was not able to supply itself with bread corn ; this opinion, together-with - the great consumption during thOwar, which has now failed—the protection supposed to be given. by the late Corn Bills—the opening the Ports, with out restraint, betwixt Britain and Ireland—all these causes toge.: ther have occasioned an increased cultivation, and a glut in all the markets of the kingdom. how far these causes are lasting,or only temporary, perhaps we have not had sufficient experience to determine. The cure, however, must probably consist, like that of the former, in the . effects of an increasing population and trade, causing an increased consumption,' and extended -circula tion of money. The fourth', and laSf cause, was the derange ment of the .Currency, a cause, probably. productive of more evil than all the other causes before-mentioned. The Hon. Gentleman, 'at great length, pointed out the evils which had arisen from the depreciation of the Currency, and contended that Government, by keeping the letter of th e la w w i t h t h e monied interest; broke it in truth with every other class of the community. *lle concluded, by saying, that he. should not make any motion upon the subject at present; but as a Com mittee would probably be appointed, to co-operate with other Counties, he should leave the matter to their consideration. Sir LIEN RY STEWART said, after what hail been . stated by his Friend, who had just spoken, he did not find it necessary to say any thing on the subject, farther than propose th e f o ll ow , ing Resolutions :.__. • 1. That the present unprecedented fall in the price of all Agricultural Produce, has involved the Proprietors and Occu piers of Lands in the greatest distress ; and that its continua 4 tion now threatens their total ruin. 2. That the disproportion betwixt the price of Agricultural Produce, and the expence of raising it, and betwixt the in.: creased value of the circulating medium, and the burdens chargeable upon land, render the Agriculturist unable to pay the rent and taxes ; or mu to cultivate the soil, with any profit to himself. 3. That in this state of genera/ calvnity, it is desirable that the aggregate opinion of the whole landed interest in Scotland should be ascertained, and for that purpose, that a General. Committee, composed of Sub-committees, from the several Counties, should be appointed to assemble at Edinburgh, as early as possible. 4. That a Committee should be al/pointed to draw up, forth with, a Report, stating the difficulties and distresses of this particular County ; and what may occur to them as most neJ cessary to be done, to remedy the evils; and that the-Commit tee should nominate three or more of their number, to meet and deliberate with the General Committee at Edinburgh. 5. 'That the Suh.Committee, appointed to meet , with the General Committee, in Edinburgh, - be requested to coinmuni , cate to this County the result of their deliberations ; and that another Meeting be called for this County, to take-the Report of their Committee and Sub-Committee into consideration ; and if judged expedient, to apply to Parliament for relief. The Resolutions being seconded by Dr. Clark, were una titmOnsly carried ; and the following Committee accordingly appointed : Lord Belhaven, Admiral Fleming, Sir henry Stewart, Bart., Sir James Stewart, Bart., Mr. Alossman, Dr. Clark, Mr. Brown,. Mr. Norman Lockhart, Colonel Gordon, Captain Os wald, Mr. William Waddell ; of which Commivee, Sir Henry Stewart, Bart., was named Convener, and any three declared a Quorum. The Duke of ItaltiLTON said, he-had in his hand a com: munication from Sir J. Sinclair, in Which he went into various details, by which relief might be obtained. Several counties had already agreed to send deputies to Edinburgh, to consider the subject. The Paper was referred to the consideration of a Committee, as was also a Resolution, which was put into Ad iniral Fleivring's hand, which stated that Scotland should be placed on the same levelas Ireland, as to a Free Trade in Spirits. The next subject brought forward was the mode of striking the tiars. Aiiniral FLEMING said, this was a very important Matter. The Clergy wanted a higher rate ; and he heard that the Lord Advocate was going to bring in a Bill into Parliament on the subject, and he moved, that the subject be referred to the Gene. ral Committee. .31r. 11l ossarax seconded the motion, and It was unanimously carried. On the motion of Lord BELHAVEN, the thanks of the Meet.: ing were given to the Duke of Hamilton, for his conduct in the Chair, and the Gentlemen retired. RELICS OF ROYALTY.-AMIN/GraY (Mary/Wid), Aug. 29.—The gloves worn by Mary, Queen of Scots l those worn by King Charles 11. and the cap worn by Queen Anne, at their respective coronations, are now in the possession of a lady residing in this city. They are made of fine cambric, and are remarkably plain. The gloves of Queen Mary are long, those of King Charles short, and bound round with white ribband.— The cap is likewise bound with white ribband, and trimmed with lace about one inch and a quarter in width. These ancient relics were left by Bishop Spratt to his niece, and by her to her daughter, the late Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, at whose death they came into the possession of the lady alluded to above,—(New York fiver.) Mr. JOHN FARDOU, of Woodstock, Oxford shire, some time since gathered from a tree in his garden five apples, known there as the Kempster pippin, or Blenheim orange, whose united weight was 88 ounces. The largest weighed 22 ounces 2 drachms, and its circumference 141- inches.— Mr. Fardou presented the writ to the Horticul tural Society of London, and the Council have awarded Mr. F. their silver Bantsian Medal. 67, - • - , . 4 $: ?, 0 ;7. a. er , + PRICE SEVEN PENCt. SIR IL LOWE, YOUNG LAS CASES, and O'MEARA The following article appears in some of the Morning Journals, and is stated to have been taken from a respectable Evening Paper of last night. We have already expressed our opinion -on the conduct which Sir HUDSON LOWE ought to pursue. The personal attack upon him de- - serVes no other notice than that of the law, and we hope that Sir HUDSON Will resolutely resort to it. lie had a duty to perform in which the peace and security of all , Europe was in- - volved. It appears' from the subjoined state ment that he had artifice and conspiracy to encounter, and the utmost vigilance, caution % and firmness were necessary to defeat the plans - which no doubt were . on foot to effect the escape of his prisoner. The sagacity and resolution of Sir Ilunsorr effectually frustrated these traitorous attempts, and he is % therefore, not only entitled to the thanks of this country, but to the gratitude of all the Continental Powers. The outrage practised on him is no longer an affair personal to him, but demands the investigation of Government. We know nothing of Sir HUDSON LOWE, whom we never saw, but by his public character and conduct. We take up the subject on public grounds ) and a senle of what is due to a British Officer who has been grossly insulted. for having firmly discharged duty of impottattee to the civilized world. " The lodging at the Dog tavern, it appears by information given to the police officer who went there to inquire for young' Las Cases,' had been taken for . him by Mr. Holmes, who resides at No. 3, Lyon's-inn, close adjoining.. Mr. Holmes had called on the Thursday, and said that the young gentle- - man would not require the lodging for three or four days. On the day after the occurrence with Sir H. Lowe, the publi cation of Las Cases'Jouinal was announced by Mr. Colbuni,. the bookseller, of Conduit-street. Mr. Colburn having been applied to for information respecting the young man, referred the persbn applying to Mr. O'Meara, who, it is understoxl, residas in the same house at Lyon's-inn, with Mr. Holmes. The publication of Las Cases' Journal in its original form had:been some' tithe since announced in the French journals. The reason why this publication did not go on in that country is not precisely` known, but it is certain that since the publics= don of Mr. O'Meara's work, the work of Las Cases has been announced for publication in ,pngland ; of course, since Mr Colburn says so, young Las Cases has not been employed in this affair ; but there is no doubt that the young man has been living, or associating, nearly the whole time he has been in this country with Mr. Holmes and Mr. O'Meara. Mr. Holmes, it ninstheobserVed, is the only English person, and indeed the only person, whose name is brought forward, in any way, to vouch for the authenticity of Mr. O'Meara's com pilation ; for, it is to be obserted, where Mr. O'Meara speaks of Count Bertrand of Count 3fontliolon, he refers only to them for the facilitieS he had in obtaining information, and not for the fidelity of his statements. Almost the whole of the other persons spoken of in Mr. O'Meara's book, whether English or foreign, are dead. Thlis the authenticity of his relations rests alirfost etclusively upon Iris Own as4ertions, particularly irr what relates to Sir Hud.: son Lowe, backed and supported by a simple declaration from Mr. Holmes; that the original manuscript had been confided to his care. The Journal of Las: Cases relates tb a gfeat part of the same portion a time as the compilation of Mr. O'Meara. Hence many important motives . foi desiring that the two narratives should harmonize together may be surmised. That the public may judge of the nature of the relations pre, - viotisly subsisting between Mr. Holmes, Mr: O'Meara, and the foreign persons who were under Sir Hudson Lowe's charge at St. Helena, some extracts are here added from a letter sent, at the same time with some French books, under a false address, from Mr. Holmes to Mr. O'Meara, whilst the latter was sup.. posed to be still at St, Helena. The discovery of this letter; and the consequent failure, at lea:St for some time, of the plans and schemes it disclosed, with the disappointment to the contrivers, whether foreign or Eng lish, may well account for the inveterate hostility which has been shown to Sir Hudson Lowe. • The Rublic, however, will best draw their own inferences ; and if young Las Cases does not escape justice, they will hav e , perhaps, still further opportunities of judging hether his quar rel with Sir Hudson was, in any sense of the word, a private quarrel; and whether, on the contrary, it did not arise out of a cowardly conspiracy (of which Las Cases was only the tool) against that officer, for having faithfully performed an impor tant public duty. " MR. HOLMES TO JAMES FORBES, ESQ.* " Dear O'Meara—l have atleng th seen Mr. B—. Theletter you gavehim for me,heleft at Ascension Island, to be forwaried,so that 1 knownot your instructions. lie did think of going to the con tinent, but is fearful of improper motives being ascri betl to his tak.. ing the journey. I told him that if business had any thing . to do with the object of his journey, I would be happy to go in his place; bu.t he says he has only one commission to execute at Paris, which is so unpleasant that he would not trouble me ; and that, indeed, his name being mentioned, he thought I could not effect it. If, therefore, you are aware of the nature of the commission, and that it is necessary still to execute it; you had better get rrre authorised to transact the business for you. " I expect to hear from my friends at Rome and Munich, of which you shall have due information. "Lady C----- is on the Continent, so that 'I must keep Las Cases' watch until I hear from hi►n. I have written . to, and sent him a small enclosure from his friends. B-, I mentioned to have seen, and that the parcels brought by him should be appropriated as directed. " Ever yours, (Signed) " W. HOLMES. " Another day is allowed, and I continue this duplicate to say, that the letter from Ascension Island, left by is just come to hand. All the parcels sent in July last by Air. I- are safe: since which, two have been left by some un known hand. One brought by B-, and two by 13- " I have persuaded Brash to take the French books, and they follow him to Deal to-night, to be shipped ; he has in.. structions to give them to F-. The English books arc sent to Stokoe. " I intend starting for Paris next week, to see Lafitte, and perhaps will see Las Cases ; but fear my journey will be use.. less, from the insufficiency of the document I hold. 8.....-, much regrets he did not bring me full authority to act. " Street and Parker refused to pay Gourgaud's bill, but they have since heard from Las Cases, and it is settled. I under stand the old General does not mean to publish ; but should he, Perry, of the Chronicle, has promised his assistance. " I understand you are to draw for 1,800/. You shall hear the issue of my visit to Lafitte, and if your remittances are paid, trade of that kind can be carried on to any extent. Again, God bless you " June 26, 1818." (Signed) " IV. HOLMES. *TI was the sumseription of the letter, but it commences "-Dear O'Meara." SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON, x. 9 Somerset-place, 24th Oct. 1822. TI CE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the re, u tneWE E KLY MEETINGS of THIS SOCIETY will be bet °n, THURSDAY EVENING, the' 7th of Novem .'4t, at the usual hour. NICHOLAS CARLISLE,. Secretary. . . 71 / TED, to PURCHASE, in the South •AcL Egland,' FREEHOLD LANDED ESTATE, l'e,hrt,aB.l74l"iterkable Eitel:tat taken.and HOLD ; or Several Sit - taller Pro, rti perhaps, be Esq, 1 0_,T i ay be address u edothecare of Edmund Chal -lilr, ck.:co rt, T e mple, London. , • BLENHEIM TAVERN, 11THE NFW CHELSEA. • I s II ER; late ' or DRURY-LANE th t t 4 nts TH E A TRE, begs leate most respectfully tontinotince; t~iin,°Pened the above, under the hope that his Enter etetoto "y secure him a fiell while the x eraty of Pelehirment will not only gratify his Good Company, but srt r kke, - ; t : t rnake a stand in the Character, which, although ect to, a short -notice, ' his unceasing study to appear t04,,,ki, he trusts, sccUre him a fitir Benefit. '` l lt Larder —Dinners 6est:The best of all sorts, &c. - • , 'A'O MESSRS, BRowELL AND CO- IN 0 TIBER London, October 8, 1822. 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