The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL UNION BANK. Bth January. Is3B. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a LIVID D of Four per Cent. for the half veer ending the 3 of De cember, will be paid to the Proprietor=, on the Cap' al Stock of the Company, on and after Tit unsnxy, the let If arch next. The Transfer Books will be closed from 7th ruary, (when the Annual Meeting will he held) till the Ist 3 arch. By order of the Bo.ird, JAMES LISTER, Manao•"er. LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK THIRD DIVIDEND • riIHE Directors of the LIVERPOOL BORO GH BANK give notice t. - ) the Proprietors that they reby declare a HALF •Y EARLY' Dividend. at the rate of Fi e per Cent., fur the half year, on the paid•up Capital of the tripany, and that such Dividend will be payable at the Ban , on and after the 31st instant, between the hours_ of Teo and Three on each day. Dated at Liverpool, the sth day of January, 1838. By order of the Board, JOHN JERDEIN, Manager. The Transfer-books will be closed until the Ist of February. Each Proprietor will be expected to produce his Certificate of Shares, on application for his Dividend, (if required.) COURSING, A GOLD CU P; Valne ONE HUNDRED SOVER. ti EIGNS, (given as a return .for the Glasgow Cup, run over Lord Egliugton's Estate, at Eaglesham, near Glasgow,) to be called the LANCASHIRE CUP, to which will be added a Subscription of Three Sovereigns for each Dog entered. The above will he RUN for over the Estates of Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, Bart.; P. H. Fleetwood, Esq., M. P.; and Charles Scarisbrick, Esq., at North Meols and Scarisbrick, (within 20 miles of Liverpool,).in the county of Lancaster, on the 6th, 7tb, and 9th days of February, 1838, on t following conditions :- Ist, The Dogs to be entered in the names of ing Members of any Coursing Club in the Uni r' Great Britain and Ireland. And no Geutl n; more than five Dogs. 2d, The names and colours of the Dog. ust be sent to the Secretary, No. 3, Fox -street, Preston, on r before Thursday, the Ist day of February, 1838. and the Stakes to be paid before the Dogs are drawn, which wilt take place at Mr. Hincle's. the Shakespeare Hotel, in Pr.Q.t.o, at Twelve o'clock, on Friday, the 2d of February. The Dogs belonging to the same person to be warded so as not to run together, if it is possible to avoid it. 11, No Dog shall run more than one bye. To prevent which, the Dogs that run a bye in the First Class shall run in the Se cond against the first winner in the First Class; and so on dur ing the remaining classes. 4th, To avoid more than the first drawing, the winners in succession in the list will be put together down to the last class, excepting in the case of a bye, or when two Dogs belonging to the same gentleman come together. stb, All expenses to be oaid out of the stakes. The second Dog shall be entitled to £BJ, and the third Dog £2O, provided one hundred Dogs are entered ; but if fewer are entered the second Dog shall only be entitled to £5O; the remainder (after deducting £2O for the third best Dog,) to he paid to the winner of the Cup. P. H. Fleetwood, Esq., M.P., Rossal-hall, Patron; Mr. Rich. Easterby, Secretary; and Mr. W. Nightingale, Tryer. N.B.—The Stewards to be nominated from the Subscribers on the day of entry, and when elected are to decide all differen ces that may arise. There will be an Ordinary each day during the Meeting, at Salthouse's, the Hesketh Arms Inn. tlemen be d Kingdom of an shall enter A CARD. TO THE NOBILITY, GENTRY, & PUBIC AT LARGE. THE opening of a New Year naturally excites the proudest emotions of gratitude for the unprecedented patronage with which Messrs:ROWLAND and SON have been honoured with respect to-their celebrated Articles, viz., ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, fur the HAIR, ROWLAND'S KALY DOR, for the SKIN, and ROWLAND'S opono, for the TEETH, each of which have obtained a celebrity 6re-eminently great. Messrs. R. and S. while they respectfully soli t a continuance of that patronage, earnestly C au ti on th e - Pu c against Imita tions of each. ROWLAND'S KALYDOR has the Name and Address of the Proprietors on the Government Stamp, and, in Red, on the Wrapper. ROWLAND'S ODONTO has the same on the Government Stamp, which is affixed on each Box. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is distinguished by their Names and Address on the Label. in Red, thus A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden, And Countersigned ALEX. ROWLAND. It is indispensably necessary to ask for " Ruivland's." 20, Hatton-garden, London, Jan. I, 1838. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE, LONDON. AN IRISH WAY OF . GOING TO fiii.—Capt. Watts, the master of the ship Reindeer, from Rio de Janeiro, was summoned by an Irishman, named John Wroughton, for the sum of £ll, under very odd circumstances. The Irishman said he had taken *liking to the sea, and shipped on board the Reindeer at Liverpool, and proceeded to Rio and back to London. The captain had refused to pay a far thing. _ _ _ Ballantine: Why, you surely are not a seaman ? I should rather suppose you were a tailor. Wroughton: That jist it. Faith I could climb the ladders— (latighter)—im,i pull in the long ropes—(iucreased laughter)— as hard as any body. Mr. Ballantine said that ladder and long ropes were odd names to give to the rigging and tackle of a ship, and asked the com plainant if he had ever gone to sea before? The Complainant: Never, sir : it was my Gist trip across the big waters of the say, except when I left mild Ireland. Ballantine said he did not see the man's name in the ar ticles, or any sum affixed as wages. Ile inquired if the captain could explain the matter ? Capt. Watts, said he4ould, and stated that alew days after the ship had left Liverptiol the Irishman, whom be had never seen before, suddenly exhibited himself, and on asking him how he got on board, the man said he was determined to go sea, and bad stowed himself away in a part of the ship where he could not be seen before the vessel left Liverpool. Of course he had no other resource but to rake the man to Rio de Janeiro, where he made a representation of the circumstance to the British consul, and the complainant agreed to work his passage home without wages. The captain produced the . agreement signed by the complainant, and the certificate of the,consul declaratory of the Irishman's admission that he had concealed himself in the vessel, and was not entitled to wages. Mr Ballantine asked the complainant if what the captain said we* correct, and he admitted that it was; but thought he was entitled to wages, as the captain had taken him all the way to Rio. and back. The captain said he was obliged to do so. He could not put back to Liverpool, though he might as well have thrown the Irish man overboard, for he was of no use on board. Mr. Ballantine ordered the captain to be sworn to the truth of his statement, and the declarations and certificates put in, which having' been done, he gave the papers !Jack to Capt. Watts, and ordered him the Irishman to go about his business, telling hint he was a very impudent fellow. The Irishman : What ! is there no wages for me, yer honour? Sure, I've been to say and back again. Mr. Ballantine ordered the next case to be called on, and directed the sailor" to leave the office. Ha was sorry the captain had been put to the trouble of meeting such a case. PERIODICAL LITERATURE OF EN LAND. The most remarkable character of the press of this country is its periodical literature. Looking back to the first half century of printing, we see Gutenbergand his successors slowly . producing a few costly books , 'fur which they had great difficulty in finding purchasers. ire think that it might be asserted, without exaggeration, that the periodical works issued in Great Britain during one year comprise more sheets than all the books pointed in Europe from the period of Guten hurg's discovery to the year 1500. A few of the details of this wonderful branch of the commence of literature may amuse our readers. The number of newspapers published in the United Kingdom is about 370; of which 51 are published in London, and 190 in the English provinces; 53 in Scotland; and 76 in Ireland. The stamps annually issued for these newspapers is now about 45,000A0. In the quarter ending Ist April last (the last re, turn) 11,500,000 were issued. This number shows an annual increase of about 15,000,000 since the reduction of the stamp to one pehuy. The quantity of paper required for the annual supply of these newspapers ►s 99,000 resins. In a petitio❑ to Pope in 1471, from Sweynheini and Pannartz, printers at Rome, they bitterly complain of the want of demand fur their books, their stock amounting to 12,000 volumes; and they say, t , You will admire bow and where we could proeure a sufficient quantity of paper, or even rags. for such a number of volumes." About 1200 reams of paper would have produced all the poor printers' stock. Such are the changes of four centuries. The number of weekly periodical works (not newspapers) issued in London on Saturday. December 16, was about fifty. 01 these the weekly sale of '' Chamber's Journal," the " Penny Magazine," the " Saturday Magazine," the " Mirror," " The Mechanics' Magazine." the " Lancet," the " Church of Eng land Magazine," and several others of the more important, amounts to less than 200,000 copies, or about 10,000,000 copies annually. Of these weekly periodical works the following is an analysis .- 6 Relig,ious. 2 Literary Criticism—Literary Gazette, Athenaunt. 1 Musical. 2 Scientifiz. 2 For the advocacy of peculiar opinions, one advocating opinions similar to those in works of Carlile, and one by the friends of co-operation. 18 Miscellanies. The more extensively circulated weekly periodicals belong to this class. New ones are con stantly added, and perish in a few weeks. 5 Tales and Stories. 7 Attempts at fun, some of them called forth by the success of the Pickwick Papers,—mostly trash. 1 Sporting Slang. Out of,this number twenty-one are published at Id. eight at a lid, and seven at 2d. Of the remainder prices are higher, varying up to Bd. The monthly issue of periodical literature from London is un equalled by any similar commercial operation in Europe. Two hundred and thirty-six monthly periodical works are sent nut on the last day of each month, to every corner of the United Kingdom, from Paternoster-row. There are also thirty-four periodical works published quarterly ; making a total of 270. Of the monthly periodicals —including, the weeklies issued in parts tthere are 58 devoted to general literature ; 48 to various branches of science, natural history, &c.; 46 religi ous and missionary —many the organs of particular sects ; 4 histories of England—appearing, periodically ; 17 works issuing in volumes—a few in parts •20 fine arts—pi cture galleries.— topography; 6 fashions. parts; the remainder, many are very cheap periodicals, addressed chiefly to children. A bookseller, who has been many years conversant with the industry of the great literary hive of London on the magazine day, has fa voured us with the following computations, which we have every reason to believe perfectly accurate :—The periodical works sold on the last day of the month amount to 500.0(X) copies. The amount of cash expended in the purchase of these 500,001) copies is I.: 9 5,000. The parceladespatehed into the country, of which very few remain over the day, are 2000.—Pen•iy May. NAVIGATSON OF THE LurvE.—We have much satisfaction in being able to inform our readers, that the commissioners of St. George's Quay have resolved to employ an eminent civil engi neer to. tnakea survey; and report on the praeticaliiiity of improv ing the navigation of the river from Glaseort to tht, Old Bridge. —Lancaster Guardian. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JANUARY S.— Th4ogh it has been what is called the new market, yet there has.been no great quantity of business done to-day The at tendance of buyers has been rather thin, and the prices given no better than those of last week. Wool remains steady, but can be easily purchased at last market's price. 1 NEWS FROM CANADA. • (From the Standard of Wednesday Evening.) The packet-ship Westminster, of London, which left New York on the 20th ult., and reached Falmouth yes terday, brings intelligence from Upper Canada to the date of the 11th, and from Montreal to the date of th 13th ult. Ail the information from both provinces is highly satisfactory, except in its- details of individual murders committed by the rebels. Our invaluable correspondent, "a Canada merchant," was perfectly correct in his judgment as to the temporary occupation of Toronto by the traitor party, asserted in the United States journals. To use our correspondents words, now fully verified, the rebels never were within three miles of "Toronto"—they approached within little more than that distance of the town on the sth, waited a day, during which they committed. some murders and made some prisoners by their marauding parties, and fled upon the first appearance of opposition on the fol lowing day—M'Kenzie and the principal leaders into the United States.. The news from Lower Canada is equally promising of the restoration of permanent tranquility. On the 13th the districts of Montreal and Quebec enjoyed undisturbed repose. Some broken bands of rebels in the neighbour hood of Grand Brule, north-west of Montreal, and sepa rated from that city by . the princip.d trunk of tire St. Lawrence, anti by the Ottowa•river, alone remaining in arms—if, indeed, they did remain in arms, for as no troops were-sent to look for them at any time, even this is doubtful—probably they are only fugitives or robbers. The New York journals supply some very interesting documents—the official report of the defeat of the rebels by Colonel Knowlton and a hurried levy of British far mers and agricultural labourers in the Missisquoi terriY tory on the sixth—the account of his escape given by the rebel General Brown—and a similar account of the escape of M'Kenzie. The affair of the Missisquoi gives gratifying proof of the valour and fidelity, as well as of the prudence, of the British settlers. The scene of operations is about fifty miles south of Montreal, on the frontier of the state of Vermont, part, as all know, of the commonwealth union. On the day named the rebels, abundantly suppli6d with arms and ammunition, provided with two pieces of can non, and reinforced by adventurers from the states, were preparing to make an attack upon the village of Philips burgh, when they found themselves opposed by a firm but tumultuary force, under the command of Colonel Knowlton, at a distance of about two miles anti a half from the village. The engagement did not last a quarter of an hour, and was managed of course without the least regard to discipline by the loyalists. Their courage was, however, irresistible ; and in about the time mentioned the rebels made a rapid retreat, leaving one man dead, sotne'Wounded, and some prisoners, their two pieces of artillery, all their ammunition, and nearly all their arms. Colonel Knowlton and his gallant Britons followed the fugitives to the United States frontier, but there they most wisely discontinued the pursuit, so as to leave the ,States government without a pretext for complaint. The accounts given of their several escapes by Browne and M'Kenzie bear a most pleasing testimony to the loyal zeal of the general population. The traitors would scarcely have had to encounter more of danger and diffi culty in stealing their way through the best affected county of Great Britain, than they represent to have obstructed their flight—through Canada. French, low Irish. and United States American squatters, were the only persons of whom they dared to seek relief. Even within the United States lines, and in the populous town of Buffaloe, M'Kenzie was not considered safe from the Royalists, and, accordin4ly, a body guard of six stout young republicans was appointed to wait upon his person. A very great number of arrests had been made in Lower Canada—among others Dr. Woolfred Nelson; Papineates principal colleague. was in custody, and most of the prisoners were persons above the lower rank. Pa pineau's papers had been seized, and, if we may trust the Montreal correspondent of the New York Inquirer, these papers may lead to arrests at this side of the At lantic. In a matter of so much delicacy we shall not use any words of our own : " The statements of our correspondent in reference to Mr. Joseph Hume and Mr. Roebuck are highly important: It is not unlikely these gentlemen have used strong language in their correspondence with Papineau, but we should presume that they would have taken good care to keep on the safe side of the law. No mention is made of the seizure of this corres pondence in the Montreal papers." So far the editor of the New York Inquirer—now let us have his correspondent : _ " The papers of Papineau, which hays been seized, are said to implicate deeply Mr. Joseph Hume, and Mr. Roebuck. The letters of the former are all tackeled on his own hand, to be and nut to he made public. It is said that they recommend the very • line of proceedings which have taken place, and that they are highly treasonable. However, they will be sent home, and the matter will not be so easily hushed. up. Should the assertions prove true, Mr. Hume and Mr. Roebuck will have to answer to the peg ple of England." Mr. Hume, if not invited to explain his conduct else where in the meantime, will have an opportunity of throwing some light on this paragraph on Tuesday next in the House of Commons. The Canada Portfolio will be anxiously looked for, in order to learn what Mr. Roe buck has to say upon the facts alleged against him: The Governor of Vermont has issued a proclamation, enfor cing upon the citizens of the United S:ates the duty of observing a strict neutrality. We now submit to our readers the American journals, from which we have, perhaps, too long detained them. ( Frum the New York Inquirer, ut the 20th.) The letters of our correspond;ut at Montreal contain the latest intelligence front that city. By these we learn that Dr. Wootired Nelson has been arrested ; and a line on the outside of one of them informs us that he was hourly expected at Mon treal. TI4 insurgents were still committing depredations in the neighbourhood of Grand Brule. Qu the 12th instant the stea mer Princess Victoria, brought in twenty-five prisoners, who were taken at or after the affair at Missisquoi, and, had been lodged for a day or two previous, for safe keeping, at the Isle aux Noix. Seven of these were men of some note. Amongst them was Bouchette. late editor of the Quebec Liberal, and an active agitator, and Kitubert, who was deeply implicated in the first movement at Longueuil, and who, with Bouchette, is said to have held a command at Missisquoi. Desrivieres, Mathes seault, and Boucher Belleville also among the prisoners, were active and prominent at St. Charles. Ja.lber was at St. Denis, having been concerned in the murder of Lieutenant Weir. Among them also is Roi, who was concerned in the death of Chartrand, and gave the command to fire upon him. He was arrested on the wharf at La Prairie, in the act of putting some oxen on board the steam-boat for the Montreal market. Being of the by-st an d er , s , he was forthwith sent off recognised by one in the same boat with the cattle. Some twenty of the prisoners taken at St. Charles and else where have been liberated, on evidence that they were couipelled to join the insurgents by force or intimidation. The Montreal Courier states that General T. S. Brown, leader _ . of the insurgents, and for many years the confidential friend and associate of Papineau, is an American by birth, but a native of New Brunswick, who has spent some of the earlier years of his life in Vermont. Frotn Quebec we learn that entire tranquillity prevails. The guns are all mounted upon the ramparts of the town and citadel, and the volunteer org,auisation goes on with great spirit. The 15th regiment remains in the Jesuits' Barracks. The Royal Quebec Artillery are to occupy quarters that have been fitted up for them in the wing of the old Parliament-house; and the Royal Quebec Volunteers, numbering 800 strong, have been provided with barracks in the stone stores on King's-wharf. It is stated that Sorel and Chambly will be garrisoned during the winter by volunteers, and that St. Denis, St. Charles, St. John's, and the Isle aux Noix,•will be occupied by the regulars, with the additiOn probably ofsurne volunteers or Upper Canada militia. The Provincial Assembly stands prorogued to the 13th of the next month. We find in the .11mtreal Transcript the following particulars of the butchery of Lieutenant Weir : `•We have received the following horrible account of the mur der of Lieutenant Weir. The story is very different from that put forth by Mr. T. S. Brown, in the Expres* of this morning. By the way, the Express now avows that its sometime correspon dent L. M. N. and Mr. T. S. Brown are one and the same person. " After Lieutenant Weir hail been betrayed into the bands of the rebels, Dr. Woolfred Nelson ordered his removal from St. Denis to St. Charles. The person intrusted with this duty was Jalbert, the ex-captain of militia. Mr. Weir's arms were forced back, and his elbows made fast to each other with ropes. Thus pinioned,' he was placed in a cart, into which Jalbert and another man under him, whose name we forget, also mounted, the former armed with a sword, and the latter with an axe, and they proceeded towards St. Charles. The roads were in so bad a state that the horse bacarne fatigued, and with difficulty con tinued at a foot-pace. Jalbert first ordered the roan to get out and walk—he afterwards got out himself—and finally he made a sign to Mr. Weir, who, although he was in so helpless a con dition, descended as best he might. He had just reached the ground, and was steadying himself with one hand rested on the kick of the cart, when Jalbert made a rush behind him, and plunged his sword into Mr. Weir's back with such violence that it transfixed his body, " Surprised, writhing with pain, helpless! ! and influenced by the first impulse of nature, the weapon was no sooner withdrawn than Mr. Weir got, under the cart, where he lay bleeding and in agony. After a short conference the two assassins approached the cart, and commenced a most savage and brutal attack on their victim, one nu each side; the one stabbing with his sword, the other striking With his axe, as the wheel and the position of Mr. Weir gave opportunity. At length, the axemau inflicted a severe wound on Mr. Weir's lett side, close to the hip. Rous ed by the brutal character of the attack, and the reflection, that to remain where he was would be to (lie by inches, Mr. Weir crept from under the cart, and regained his legs. Seein g th ese wretches again a d vance upon him, he resorted to the only pos sible expedient left, and, weak as by this time he was, he raised his right leg, and made a kick at Talbert., " The man with th e axe s eized the advantage of the moment, and aimed a heave blow at the left side of Mr. Weir's head. He saw the blow coming, and instinctively raised his hand. The blow took effect across the side of the head and on a line with the temple. After cutting off all the four fingers of Mr. Weir's hand the axe laid his skull completely open, nearly severing . the top of th e h e ad. The young man then sunk upon the ground, a dradful object to behold." The statements of our correspondent in reference to Mr. Joseph Hume and Mr. Roebuck are highly important. It is not unlikely these gentlemen have used strong language in their correspondenc e with Papineau, hut we should presume that they would hare taken good care to keep on the safe side of the law. No mention is made of the seizure of this correspond ence in the' Montreal papers. (Coriesnondence of the Crrurier and Inquirer.) MoNTizE t„ WEDNE4TIAI.—WooItied Nelson is taken, and is now at La Prairie. This I believe to be authentic. The troops are n ow o n their march. Colonel Dundas, with his regiment, the 834, and th e R oc k e t Brigade, have just pass ed my window. The weather is beautiful. They will proceed to St. Martin's to-night, and start from thence at eight o'clock to-morrow morning. when I shall join them, as there will be no bed or accommodation to be procured at St. Martin's, and I can be there before they start. \~ ~' \\ rHE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. We have no news from Toronto; but by advices from King ston the mails have all been stopped by the insuigeuts. Volun teers were flocking up from all quarters to Toronto, and by this time it is presumed that something decisive has taken place. It is reported, that Cotte, one of the leaders who escaped at the Phillipsburg affair, is marching from Plattsburg towards Henatningford with about 400 men. This is not unlikely, as about 200 men were dispersed and crossed the lines to Swanton when Bouchette was taken ; and he may have picked up some more at Plattsburg, where, it is known, that at a meeting several of the Americans volunteered to join. The - y will, however, be too late to .join the force at St. Bouard, and there are forces sufficient to meet them at St. John's and Chanalily: probably they will remain for a time ins St. Acadia, which is disaffected enough, and then disperse. The papers of Papineau, which have been seized, are said to implicate deeply Mr. Joseph Home and Mr. Roebuck The let ters of the former are all tackled on his own hand, to be and not to be made public. It is said that they recommend the very line of proceedings which have taken place, and that they are highly beasonable. However, they will be sent home and the matter will not be so easily hushed up. Should the assertions prove true, Mr. Hume andalr. Roebuck will have to answer to the people of England. The whi g government in England are the cause of all this mischief. lt is remarkable that whenever the whies have come into power we have had a revolt in the colonies. Lord Gosford is reported to have said, " I came to this province with the frill intention of acting upon the most liberal, even ultra-liberal, principles, but I have been driven into conservatism in my own defence by the conduct of government." It is a most remark able point, that in the commission as governor given by the whi's to Lord Gosford the power of proclaiming martial law had been erased. Lord Gosford was not aware of it at the time that he left England. He has been now forced to declare it and must obtain an indemnity from the English parliament when he returns. The times have been so busy in making preparations for the expedition, that I have not been able to gain from bead-quarters the list of volunteers in detail, as I wished to have done ; but I have the sum total which is correct. Memorandum of present volunteer force, Dec. 12. 1837: — Cavalry Artillery Infantry ... 8573 8902 Dr. Woo Med Nelson is taken, and expected to arrive here in course of this day.—Hall-past one o'clock, p.m. The St. Athan's Messerryer also says:—" A gentleman of this village arrived in town on Monday, p.m., direct from Yamska.' He says that the authorities are proceeding with great vigilance in making arrests in St. Cesaire and vicinity, and a state of the utmost consternation prevails among the inhabitants; that he saw a gentleman of St. Cesaire, direct from Montreal, who in formed him that on Friday last '2O of the prisoners, who had been arrested on a charge of high treason, were arraigned be fore the court martial at Montreal, and that eleven of the num ber were condemned to be shot at fuur o'clock in the afternoon of that day." The 43,1 British Regiment, December 9th, had not arrived in Quebec. The 85th is following immediately after the 431. It was reported at Fredericton, that three regiments, destined for Canada, were expected at Halifax from England, and would immediately march fur Quebec through New Brunswick. All these march over the territory of Maine. Thir remaining four companies of the, 83 , 1 regiment, 350 strong, arrived at Montreal on the llth instaut, also a detach ment of the 21th, from St. John's, with the soldiers wounded in the affair of St. Charles. 'Two companies of the 32d left Mon treal on the same day for St. Martin. Seventeen individuals were committed to gaol on the charge of treason on the 10th. _ The Montreal Transcript, Dee. 12, expresses its obligations to the Commercial Advertiser. We have a valiant speech of Captain Marryat iu the Montreal Courier. We annex the official account of the affair of Missisquoi Bay, with such items of interest as we can glean from the Montreal papers : " Frelighsburgh, St. Armand, Dec. 7, 1837. " Sir,—l have the honour to report for your Excellency's in formation, that yesterday morning I left this, by a previous ar rangement with Colonel Knowlton, of Brome, in company with Captain Henry Baker, of St. Armand, having under my com mand a body of volunteers to the number of about fifty men, armed with such guns as could be collected, to form an escort to waggons for conveying the arms and ammunition of Colonel Knowlton's battalion from Phillipsburg. 1 had proceeded only a few miles on my way, when an express from Phillipsburg met me, with the information that a considerable body of the rebels had passed through that village early in the morning to the state of Vermont, and were expecte& to return to bum it the same night. "I immediately dispatched . expresses in different directions, to rake men, armed and unarmed, and bring them to Phillips. burg, where I had directions from Colonel Knowlton to deal the arms intended for his battallion, if necessary. " Iu consequence of certain information I left the waggolas four miles froth Phillipsburg, and struck through the wood's s o as to meet the loaded waggons, at the head of Missisquoi Bay, in order to strengthen the escort from CaldWell's Manor and St. Armand west. We then proceeded in company to Phillips burg; and reached it at half-past four p.m., where I found men assembled from different points, and that scouts had come in from Swanton, in the state of Vermont, with the informatio❑ that a body of men, well equipped, and having with them two pieces of cannon, had taken up their line of march for this pro_ vinee. " In this emergency orders were issued to supply the men with muskets and ammunitions from the waggons, and at six o'clock a position was taken half-a-mile south of the village, on the west road leading to Swanton. " We had occupied this position nearly two hours in expecta tion of the enemy, when positive information came in that they had taken the east road leading to Swanton,and that they were within three miles of the " I instantly ordered a strong guard to remain on the west oad, and marched to a position two miles-and-a-half east of the village, and drew up inc men to a height to tbe - left, 'command ing the hig,hwav at the intersection of the Swanton-road leading north and south with the St. Armand-road, leading east and west w here I found the pickets and advanced guard had retired un perceived before the enemy, who were 'klo strong. "The force under my command amounted to about 300 men, but before it was possible for me to rednce them to order, the van of my line had commenced firing without command. "To a cotiimanderof your experience I need hardly apologise for the impetuosity of an undisciplined body hastily taken away from their farming occupations, and placed in sightof aneneiny only a few hours after arms had been placed in their hands. This premature fire was instantly returned by the rebels, and the firing was kept up on both sides forabout ten or fifteen minutes, when the enemy retreated back, towards the state of Vermont, leaving behind one dead, two wounded, and three prisoners. ."One of the wounded is Robert Shore Milness Botichette, of Quebec, who led .the advanced guard of the rebels, and is severely hurt. The other is slightly wounded , and re p orts him self to be a nephew of Julien Gagnon , of St. Valentine, in L'Acadie, habitue, the leas .of the party. They left, also, two pieces of cannon mourtild on carriages, five kegs of gun powder, six boxes of ball cartridge, and seventy muskets, part of them iu boxes, and two standards. From the undisciplined state of the Inyalists, the darkness of the night, it being nine o'clock, and the vicinity of the woods, the rest made their escape, The vicinity of the province line was also in favour of their escape, for the universal feeling throughout this part of the border is, th a t no man shall cross the line arme d, even in pursuit of invad e rs from the other side. so that to auy demands made by your Excellency or the Governor in Chief, an answer cannot with truth be made by the general or state go vernments of the United States, that the people of the province have done anything contrary to the treaties existing between that country and Great Britain. "O. J. KEMP, Captain. "To his Excellency, Sir J. Colborne." (Extract.) "Freelingsburgh, St. Armand, Dec. 7. " Sta,—l have the honor to report, that on reaching the Isle aux Noix, with the arms furnished for the Sheffield volunteers, I deemed it advisible, before removing them from that station, to proceed forward, in order to establish relays of carriages, with sufficient escorts for transporting them to the county of Sheffield—immediately on procuring which, I gave or ders for their removal, via Caldwell's Manor, an d c arriages set forwar d yesterday simultaneously from C a ld we ll's Manor, Phillips burgh, in St. Armand, on Missisquoi bay, and Frelighsburg h, while 1 pushed forward from Fretighsbur,gh to Brame, to bring waggons thence, so that no delay might take place; b u t know. the almost destitution of Missisquoi as t o ar ms and amunition, I bad given directions that the arms for my battalliun should be used in case of an attack by the rebels. "On returning to Phillipsburgh this morning, about stx o'clock, I found that an engagement had taken place yesterday evening at nine o'clock, about two miles and a half east of that village, between the loyalists, forming an escort under Cap tain Oren J. Ketop,and a large body of rebels (under a Mr. Julien Gagnou, of St. Valentine, in L'Acadie) who had em bodied at Swantown, in the state of Vermont. The enemy were driven back by the loyalists, with one man killed, number of wounded unknown, and the prisoners, one of whom It. S. M. Bouchetie, of Quebec, is severely wounded, and one slightly. The loyalists also captured two pieces of cannon, about forty stand of arms, five kegs of gunpowder, and six boxes of bail cartridge, with two flags. The muskets captured are of the kind used in the American Army during the last war. The rebels were about 200, and the loyalists 300 strong. Of the loyalists. not one man was hurt., The enemy retreated into the state of Vermont, by the road they came.—l have the honor to be, your Excellency's most obedient servant, "P. H. KNO'WLTON, "Colonel of Sheffield volunteers. "To his Excellency, Lieut. General Sir John Colborne, Cotnniander of the Forces, 84c., &c." WINTER IN - LOWER CANADA. , ---AS the winter approaches one snow storm succeeds another till the face of the whole coun try is changed. Every particle of ground is covered, the trees alone remaining visible, while even the progress of the mighty river St. Lawrence is arrested in its course—everywhere, in fact, the chilling grasp of winter is felt, and every precaution is taken by man to resist irs benumbing effects. All the feathered tribes take the alarm—even the hardy crow retreats—and few quadrupeds are to be seen ; some, like the bear, remaining in a torpid state; and others, like the hare, changing their colour to a pure white. From Quebec to Montreal the St. Lawrence ceases to be navigable, and serves as 'a road for the sleighs or cartioles. These vehicles vary in shape. according to fancy. The body of the carriole resembles that of a phaeton, or gig, a chariotteer family coach; it is placed on what are called run ners, which resemble in form the irons of a pair of skaits, rising up in front in the same mariner and for the same purposes. The high vintners are about 18 inches, but generally the carriole is about 12 inches above the snow, over which it glides with great ease, on a level sum face, without sinking deep; but when caliots (narrow ridges. with deep furrows) are formed in the snow, the motion is like rowing in a boat against a head sea, producing a sensation, until accustomed to it, somewhat like sea sickness. T':e carriole is often mounted with silver, and ornamented with expensive furs. Instead of the variety which a Canadian sum mer presents in tracing the course of noble rivers, the fall of beautiful cataracts, &c., nothing is now to be seen but one con tinued solid plain; no rivers, no ships, no animals—all one in inset iminate plain of snow, the average derth of which, (unless where accumulated by snow storms or drifts) is about 30 inches. The dress of the Canadians now undergoes a complete change ; the hat and bonnet rouge are thrown aside, and fur caps, fur cloaks, fur gloves, are put iu requisition, with worsted hose over as well as under boots : those who take exercise on foot use snow shoes, or mocassins, which are made of akind of net-work, fixed on a frame, and shaped like a boy's paper kite, about two feet long. and 18 inches broad: these cover so much of the sur face of the snow, that the wearer sinks, lint a - very few inches, even where the snow is softest. While the external weather is guarded against by the Canadians when out of doors, their habitants are also secured against the destructive power of in tense cold. The walls of "the houses are usually plastered.on the outside, to preserve the stones from moisture, which, if acted on by the frost, is liable to split them ; and the apartments are heated with stoves, which keeps the temperature at a higher and more uniform rate than in our English fire-plates. It hai been found diffiCnit to get the plaster to adhere, particularly exposed to the easterly wind; but, by mixing two pounds of Muscovado sugar, with a bushel of lime, a hard and durable . rough casting is produced.—Martin's Colonies, vol. iii. THE NEW LAW OF WILLS. (Eom the Manehes:er Guardian.) On the Ist of January the act for the amendment of the laws with respect to wills came into operation. The following is an abstract of its provisions : Sec. 1, This section is a statutory explanation of the sense in which certain technical terms are used in the act. The terms so explained are " will," " real estate," and " personal estate." It is enacted, that the word " will" shall be con strued as a general term, extending to a testament, a codicil, an appointment in exercise of a power to appoint by will, and an appointment by will of a guardian under 12 Car. 11. c. 24. This statutory meaning of the word " will" is very nearly, if not completely, its popular sense. But in its technical mean ing, the word `•will" is very different. and distinguishable from . . a testament, which is a posthumous disposition of personal pro-. perty only, and from an appointment by will, whichAs the exe cution of as an instrument precedent to, anti directory of, the transfer of property by another instrument, or by the statute of uses. A codicil, in its legal meaning, is an'addition made by a testator to his will. and is considered a part of it. The statu tory explanations of the terms " real estate" and " personal estate" are the usual technical, and nearly, but not altogether, the usual popular, meanings of the same terms., See. 2. Former acts relating to wills are hereby required. Sec. 3. Under this section. all property which would devolve upon the heir•at-law or customary heir of any one, or of his an cestor, if he became entitled by descent, or' upon his executor or administrator, may be disposed of by will. This comprises all customary freeholds and copyholds, with or without surren der, and before or after admittance; but does not comprise estates held by entirities, or in joint tenancy, or for an estate tail, or an estate in quais entail. At present, a right of entry cannot be devised or bequeathed. When the present act comes into operation, all rights of entry may be devised or bequeathed. Under the present law, a will of real estate passes only land of which the testator is seized at the time of making his will, and continues seized up to the time of his death. This rule will be' altered; and a will will pass real property acquired at any time before the death of the testator. Sec. 4 provides for the preservation to thelords of manors of the fees and fines now payable in respect of customary and copy hold estates, where the testator devises without surrender or before admittance, Sec, 5 provides, that wills, or extracts of wills, of customary 'reehtilds and copyholds shall be entered on the Court Rolls, and he lord be entitled to the same fines and d'ues from any devisee under this act, as when such estates are not now devisable, would be due from the heir in case of descent. Sec. 6. This section is intended to provide for a deficiency in :he statute of frauds, that is, for the devise of copyhold estates and incorporeal hereditarnents pear autre vie, and for making them assetf by descent in the hands of the heir, for special oc- cupancy of them by executors and administrators, and for making them assets in their hands as general personal estate of the testator or intestate. The provisions in the act set at rest a multitude of questions upon estates pur aulre vie, and render them generally disposable by will, and, if not disposed of, mike them general assets. Sec. 7 : yhissection provides, that no will of a person under age shall be valid, and thereby makes a considerable alteration in the existing law, by which wills of leasehold and other per- sonal estate may be made by boys at 14 years of age, and by girls at 12; but, as a general rule, real estate cannot be devised by persons under 21. Under the 12 Car. 11. c. '24; a father, though under 21, may, by will attested by two witnesses. ap point a guardian. This part of that statute seems to be re pealed by this action and the definition in the first section of the word " will." Sec. 8. A married woman cannot, under the statute of frauds, devise lands; but by the custom' of particular places, she may devise her :ands. She may also dispose by will of tier separate property, teal or personal, and may make an appointmentunder a power by will. The law upon this subject remains unchanged. Sec. 9 provides, that every will shall be in writing, and signed by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction, iu the presence of two or more witnesses at one time, and that such witnesses shall attest and shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but that no form of attesta tion shall be necessary. By the existing law, a 'will of freeholds must be attesteciby three witnesses in the presence of the testa tor. It is not necessary, however, that all the witnesses should attest at the same time, or that they should see the testator sign. It is sufficient, that he desires them* subscribe as attesting witnesses to the instrument, and that ihey do so subscribe in his presence. Even the only essential formality, rite subscription in the testator's presence, need not to be expressed in the me- . morandum olatrestation. Wills of personal estate require neither the attention of witnesses nor signature of the testator; but, by the rules of the Ecclesiastical Court, the want of the attestation of two witnesses makes its necessary to produce an affidavit of the handwriting of the testator, and it also prevents the will from being a valid appointment of guardians under 12 Car. 11. c. 24. The act of 1 Geo. I. providing fur the attesta tion of two witnesses in order to pass money in the funds, has, by construction, been rendered in fact nugatory. Copyholds may be devised by an unattested will. When the present act came into operation, all distinctions of the above kind were abolishee, and one rule established for every species of will. This section, however, has already been the subject 8 f questions out of court relative to the meaning of that part of it which enacts that "such witnesses shall attest AND shall subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but 'no form of attestation shall be necessary." The question mooted is t his :—What is the meaning of the words "such witnesses shall attest AND shall subscribe"? If they mean more than" such witnesses shall sub ; scribe," they must refer to some form of attestation; for us it possible to have an attestation, or any thing else, without a form ? If then, the words of the act mean more than the words "such witnesses shall subscribe," the words" but no form of at testation shall be necessary" must be interpreted as "but no particular form of attestation shall be necessary." 'Though this question is very refined, and perhaps even rather captious, yet, having been raised by some eminent lawyers, it will be prudent to insert before the names of the witnesses some such form, at least, as " Witness," " In witness whereof," Szc.- 7 -A mat ksman . may still be a witness to a will. . . Sec. 10. Under the existing law, an appointment made by will in exercise of a power must be executed according to the form prescribed by the power. Under this section. appoint ments by will are to be executed like other wills, and to be valid, although other required solemnities are not observed. This is a most important alteration. Secs. 11 and 12 are exceptions to the general rule in secs. 9 and 10, in favour of the wills of soldiers in actual service, and marAuers at sea, and of the provisions of II Gen. IV.. and J. Will. IV. c. 20, with respect to wills of petty officers, seamen, and marines. Sec. 13 is a mere declaration of the existing law. See Moody v. Reid, 7, Taunt. 355. Secs. 14, 15, 16, and 17, relate to the witnesses to a will. The statute of frauds required "credible" witnesses. The word " credible" gave rise to many questions. Now sec. 14 provides, that a will sh a ll not b e void on account of the incompetency o a witness to 'readmitted to prove the execution thereof, wlfethe such incompetency exist at the time of, or arise subsequently to, the execution o f th e w ill . U n d er t h e law, the effect of existing legatee's a beneficial devis ee ' s or to a will of freeholds i s not to invalidatetheattestatirl .ttn .a e n s d s thereby the will, but to vacate the devise or bequest • but this doctrine is applicable to wills of personalty; bez e u r s e e ro altestation is not essential to their validity ; and there is , account. Sec. rea son to take away the witness's legacy on that extends the existing law of real estate on this sul s e o t n tt le to xp.erso nal estate also. Secs. 16 and 17 put an end to doubts, and opposing forces of decisions contrary to each other and to reason, by enacting, that a creditor or executor attesting e is to be admitted as a witness. -• Secs. 18, 19, 20, and 23 Under the existing laws (as a first rule), marriage together with the birth of a child, though post hurnouS, and though the husband knew of the wife's pregnancy when be died, are circumstances which make an implied re vocation of a will. But neither alone is sufficient (except in the case of a single woman, were marriage alone is an implied re vocation); and the rule is subject to two material exceptions : firstly, when the wife and children are provided for by the will; and secondly, where there are existing children, one of whom is heir apparent. There is a second rule as to implied revoca tions, namely, that a devise is revoked by an alteration in the estate of the devisor, either —firstly, actual, as a consequence of the rule of law, that a will of land will not pass land required by the testator subsequently to the execution of his will, and therefore independent of any intent in the devisor to revoke or not; or secondly, intended, in which case the revocation is an inference from the fact of alteration in the estate as furnishing a ground to conclude that such was the intent of the party. All these distinctions, and many minute subdistinctions, will be done away by the present act; and all wills, with the exception in the 18th section, will be revocable by marriage merely, or by another will, or codicil or writing, declaring an intention to revoke, and executed like a will, or by destruction, and by nothing else. Sec. 21 is auxiliary to the sections immediately previous, and provides, that no alteration in the will shall ,have any effect, un less executed as a will. Sec. 22 providea, that no will revoked shall be received otherwise than by re-exception, or a codicil executed in a man ner before required by the act. - Sec. 24. Under the existing . law, a will (as a general rule, though there are some distinctions between freehold and copy hold) can pass no real. estate which the devisor acquires sub sequently to the execution of the will, but, with respect to Terminal estate, a will speaks from the death of the testator. ['his section provides, that a will shall, as to every kind of property, speak from the death of the testator. Sec. 25. From the rule mentioned-:In the remarks on the preceding section, it is evident, that every residuary devise is in its nature specific, being, in fact, a specific disposition of the lands not before expressed to be given by the will. It cannot, therefore, include specific devises void, or becoming lapsed, in the lifetithe of the devisor. But a residuary bequest of person alty includes such void or lapsed bequests. Under the present act this distinction will no longer exist. Sec. 26. Under the present law (as a general rule), a gene ral devise of the testator's lands will not include freeholds and copyholds or leaseholds, •where the testator has freeholds and copyholds or leaseholds; but where the testator has no freeholds, the devise will operate on the copyholds or leaseholds, ut_res ,nayis valeat quam pereat. By virtue of this section, a general devise will include copyhold and leasehold as well as freehold land: and, by See. '27, a general gift will include estates over which the testator had a general power of appointment. Sec. 28 The intention of testators has been ten thousand times defeated by the operation of a rule still existing, that a devise without words of limitation will pass only an estate for life. The rule has fur this long time, by the decisions of the judges in favour of the intention, been weakened by a daily in creasing number of exceptions, and, by the present section, will at last deservedly perish. Sec. 29. T. an intellect unlearned in the law, this section must appear unnecessary; enacting, as it does, that the words "die without issue," or die without leaving issue," shall be construed to mean—die without issue living at the death. But such was not, until the present act came into operation the legal construction of the words, according to which they were con sidered to mean—death, and a failure of issue at any time after wards. This is, not without reason, altered Sec. 30, 31. According to the present law, under a devise to trustees, as a general rule, they take exactly that uantity of interest which the purposes of the trust require; and the ques tion is, not whether the devisor has used words of limitation, or expressions adequate to carry an estate of inheritance, but whether the exigencies of the trust demand a fee, or can be satisfied by any and what less estate. By the present sections, a devise to trustees or executors, if an estate of freehold merely, or a definite terni of years be not given, will pass the fee; and trustees under an unlimited devise, where the trust may endure beyond the life of a person beneficially interested for life, will take the fee. Sec. 32 provides, that devises of estates tail shall not lapse; and sec: '33, that gifts to children, or other issue, who have issue living at the testator's death, shall not lapse. Sec. 34 provides, that the act shall not extend to wills made before IBiB, nor . to. estates pur auti e vie of persons who died before 1838. Sec. 35 provides, that the act shall not extend to Scotland. Sec. 36 seems superfluous. • On Thursday Mr. Loscombe, of the Plymouth theatre, fell from the top of the stage on toe floor, and died in a few hours after the accideut.— West Somerset Gazette. 4 __ .~ a SELECT EXTRACTS GENERAL. Ste JOHN COLBORNR.—At the storming of the heights of Beira, on the Bth October, 1813, Colonel, now Sir John Colborne, who commanded the second brigade of the rifles, addressed his men, before leading them up to the enemy's redoubt, with "Now, my lads, we'll just charge up the edge of the ditch, and if we can't get in, we'll stand there and fire in their faces.' They charged accordingly; the enemy fled from their works, and in following them up the mountains, Sir John, in rounding a hill, accompanied only by his brigade major and a few riflemen, found that he had headed a retiring oody of about 3JO of the French; and, whispering to his brigade major to get as many men together as he could , he, without hesitation, boldly rode up to the enemy's commander and demanded his sword. The Frenchman surrendered it with the usual grace of his countrymen, requesting that the other would bear witness that he had conducted himself like `' a good and gallant soldier." Sir John answered with an approving nod, for it was no time to refuse bearing witness to the valour of three hundred men in the act of surrendering to half a duzen.—RandomShots from a Rifleman. Slit WALTER SCOTT'S PECUNIARY MISFORTUNES.—The 4rst intimation he had of any danger hanging over him from the failure of Constable's house, Was communicated by Mr. Lock hart; but it will be seen by the following extract, that, though the information, disturbed bun, he did not credit it:—A few days, however, after my arrival at. Chetswood, I received a letter from the legal friend already alluded to—(Mr.W►n Wright, the eminent barrister of Lincoln's Inn=who, by the way, was also on habits of great personal familiarity with Constable, and liked the Czar exceed iugly)—which renewed my apprehensions, or rather, for the first Clone, gave me any suspicion that there really might be something ' rotten in the state of Afu,cory.' Mr. Wright informed me, that it was reported in London, that Constable's London banker had thrown up his book. The letter reached me about live o'clock, as I was sitting down to dinner; and about an hour afterwards, I rode over to Abbotsford, to communicate its contents. I found Sir Waiter alone, over his glass of whiskey and water, and cigar—and at this time, when ever there was no company, `his custom always in the after noon.' I gave him Mr. Wright's letter to read. Ile did so, and returning it, said, quite with his usual tranquil good-hu mour of look and voice, ` I am much obliged to you for coming over; but you may rely upon it, Wright has been hoaxed. I promise you, were the Cralty's book thrown up, there would be a pretty decent scramble among the bankers for the keeping of it. Them may have been some little dispute or misunderstand which malice and envy have exaggerated in this absurd style; but I shan't allow such nonsense to disturb my siesta. Don't you see.' he added, lighting another cigar, ' that Wright could riot have heard Of such a tiansaction the very day it hap pened ? And can you doubt, that if Constable had been in formed of it yesterday, this day's post must have brought tne intelligence ( - tired fromhim ?' I ventured to rliggest, that this last point did nut seem to sue clear; that Constable might not, perhaps, in such a case; be in so great a hurry with his .intelli- Bence. Ah said he, 'the Crafty and James Ballantyne have been so much connected in business, that Fatsmen would be sure to hear of any thing so important; and I like the notion of his hearing it, and not sending me one of his mala,rurous bil let-doux. - He could as soon keep his eyebrows in their place if you told him tljere was a tire in his nursery.' Seeing how coolly he treated my news, 1 went home, relieved and gratified. Next morning, as 1 was rising, beheld Peter Mathieson at my door, his horses evidently off a journey, and the sheriff rubbing his eyes, as if the halt had shaken him out of a sound sleep. I made what haste I could to descend, and found him by the side of the brook, looking somewhat worn, but with a serene and satisfied countenance, busied already , in helping his little grandson to feed a fleet of ducklings. You are surprised,' he said, to see me here. The truth is, 1 was more taken aback with Wright's epistle than I cared to let on; and so, as soon as you left me, I ordered the carriage to' the door, and never stopped till I got to Patton, where I found Constable putting on his nightcap. I stayed au hour with him, and I have now the pleasure to tell you that all is right. There was not a word of truth in the story. He is fast as Ben Lomond; and as mamma and Anne does not know what my errand was, 1 thought it as well to come and breakfast here, and set Sophia and you at your ease before I went home again. —Lockhart's Life of Scott. LADY SCOTT'S DEATH.—May 15.—:Received tie melancholy intelligence that all is over at Abbotsford—Abbotsford, May 16. She died at nine in the morning, after being very ill for two days—easy at last. I arrived here late last night. Anne is worn out, and has had hysterics, which returned on my arrival. Her broken accents where like those of a child, the language as well as the tones broken, but in the most gentle voice of sub mission. " Poor mamma— never return again—gone for ever— a better place." Then, when she came to herself, she spoke 'with sense, freedom, and strength of mind, till her weakness returned. It would have been inexpressibly moving to me as a stranger—what was it, then, to the father and the husband? For myself, I scarce know how I felt; sometimes as firm as the Bass Rock, sometimes as weak as the water that breaks on it. I am as alert at thinking and deciding as I ever was in my life. Yet, when 1 contrast this place asit now is, with what it has - been not long since, I think my heart will break. Lonely, aged, de prived of my family—all but poor Anne; an improvished and embarrassed man, deprived of the sharer of my thoughts and councils, who could always talk down my sense of the cala mitous apprehensions which break the heart that bears them alone. Even her foibles were of service to me, by giving me things to think of beyond my weary self reflections. I have seen her. The figure I beheld is, and is not my Charlotte—toy thirty years' companion. There is the same symmetry of form, thoup those limbs are rigid which were once so gracefully elastic ; but that yellow masque, with pinched features, which seem to mock life rather than emulate it, can it be the face that wiis once so full of lively expression ? I will not look on it again. Anne thinks her a little changed, because the latest idea she had formed of her mother is as she appeared under cir cumstances of extreme pain. Mine go back to a period of com parative ease. If I write lung in this way, I shall write down my resolution ; whiclig should rather write up, if I could. I wonder how I shall do with the large portion of thoughts which were hers for thirty years. I suspect they will be hers yet for a long time at least. But I will not blaze cambric and crape in the public eye, like a disconsolate widow, the most affected of all characters. May 18. Another day, and a bright one to the external world, again open on us ; the air soft, and the flowers milling, and the-leaves glittering. They cannot refresh her to whom mild weather was a natural enjoyment. Cereinents 1 of lead and wood already hold her,—cold earth must have her soon. But it is not my Charlotte; it is not the bride of my youth, the mother of my children, that will be laid among the ruins of Dryburgh, which we have so often visited in gaiety.and pastime. No, no, She is sentinal, and conscious of my emo tions—somewhere—somehow : where, we cannot tell; how, we cannot tell ;—yet would I not, at this moment, renounce the mysterious, yet certain hope, that I shall see her in a better world, for all this world can give me. The necessity of this separation—that necessity which rendered it even a relief— that, and patience, must be my comfort. I do not experience those paroxj'ms of which others do on the same occasion. I can exert myself, and speak cheerfully with the poor girls. But, alone, or if anything touches me, the choking sensation ! I have been to her room. There was no voice in it—no stirring ; —the pressue of the cof f in was visible on the bed, but it bad not been removed e'sewhere. All was neat as she loved it ; but 'll was calm—calm as death. I remembered the last sight of . her;—she raised herself in bed, and tried to turn her eyes after me; and said, with a sort of smile, " You all have such melan choly faces." These were the last words I ever heard her utter; I hurried away, for she did not seem quite conscious of what she said. When I returned, immediately departing, she was in a deep sleep,—it is deeper now. This was but seven days since. They are arranging the chamber of death—that was long,d.he apartment of connubial happiness, and of whose arrangements (better than in richer houses) she was so proud. They are ' treading, fast and thick. For weeks you could have heard a foot fall. Oh my God !—Sir Walter Scott's Diary. TIMES OF GEORGE THE FOURTH.—'This day, dined at Ken sington en petit comite; no servants, but dumb . waiters. * * 'The princess gave a long detailed account of her marriage, and the circumstances which brought it about. "I, you know, was the victim 'of Mammon; the Prince of Wales's debts must be paid, and poor little I's person was the pretence. Parliament would vote supplies for the heir-apparent's marriage. The king would help his little help. A protestant princess must be found—they fixed upon the prince's cousin. To tell you God's truth, (a favourite expression,) I always hated it; but to oblige my father, any thing. But the first moment I saw myf star and Lady Jane together, I knew how it was, and I said to myself, Oh, very well!' I took my partie—and so it would have been, if—but, oh, mine God !" she added, throwing up her head, " I could be the slave of a man - 1 love; but to one whom I loved not, and who did not love me—imp oss ible—.c'est autre chose." * * .‘ One of the civil things his royal highness did just at first was to find fault with my shoes; and, as 1 was very young and lively in those days, I told him to make me a better pair and bring them to me. I brought letters f rom th e princes and pridcesses to him from all the petty courts, and 1 tossed them to him and said, ' There, that's to prove I'm no impostor' Lady Oxford observed, Well, madam, it is the most surprising -thing in the world that the prince was not desperately io love with your royal highness.' " Not at all," she replied; " in the first place, very few husbands love their wives; and i confes', the moment one is obliged to marry any person, it is enough to render them hateful. Had I come over bete as a princess with my father on a visit, as Mr. Pitt once wanted my f a th er t o h ave done, things might have been very different; but what is done cannot be undone." * * 1 asked her if she had left Bruns wick with regret ? " Not at all ; I was sick, tired of it ; but I was sorry to leave my father; I loved my father dearly, better nor any oder person ;" and the tears poured over her face. "1 will tell you," she went on to say, and she mastered her emotion, " I will tell you there is•none affliction more powerful than dat for a good fader; but dere were some unlucky thugs in our court which made my position difficult." The Princess of Wales speaks highly of Mrs. Fitzherbert; she always says, "That is the prince's true wife; she is an excellent woman ; it is a great pity he ever broke vid her. Do you know I know de man who was present at his marriage, the late Lord B—d? He de clared to a friend of mine that when he went to inform Mrs. Fitzherbert that the prince had married me she would not be lieve it, for she knew she was herself married to him." * * The princess, in one of her confidential humours, declared that " Lady H—d was a woman of intact virtue—it is only a liaison of her vanity on her part with my better half; hut it will not last long, she is too formal for him." These words were quickly verified in another attachment to a younger and more beautiful woman, but one not calculated to be so judicious or true a friend.—February 10, lBll.—The princess went to the play, a resource she always reserves to herself, to escape from a dull dinner. She was accompanied by Lord Fitz—d, her lady in waiting, and myself. After the play, I was invited to sup with her royal highness; as usual, she talked of her own situation and her previous life. " Judge," said she, " what it Was to have a drunken husband on one's wedding-day, and one who passed the greater part of his bridal night Under the grate, where he_ fell and where I left him. If any body say to me at dis moment, will you pass your life over again, or be killed, I would choose death—for, you know, a little sooner or later we must all die ; but. to live a life of wretchedness twice over—oh, mine God, no ! Well, after I lay in—je eons jure 'tis true, upon inv honour, upon my soul, 'tis true—l received a message through - Lord Chohnondley, to tell me I never was to have the great honour of inhabiting de same room vid my husband again. I said very well; but, as my memory was short, I begged to have dis polite message in writing from him. I had it, and was free; I left Carlton-house and went to Charlton. Oh, how happy I was! Every body blamed me, but I never repented me of dis.step. Oh. mine God, what I have suffered Luckily I had a spirit, or I never should have outlived it."—Diary of the Times of Georue the Fourth. NEW I‘l A MNI ALIA.—Some new animals have ban discovered in Australia,. &c., a portion of which will cause fresh generic distinctions, and others will take their places in welt-eStabltshed genera : that named flalmaiurus irma, and belonging to the kangaroos, is of singular beauty and delicacy, 'frein the distri bution of the white and black spots on its head and tail, and its slender form. It inhabits the banks of the Swan River. 'TILE CHIN•CHOPPER OUTDONE. —'There is a man, we are told, who goes about to the various public-houses, of an evening, to exhibit his extraordinary performance on a common tobacco pipe. He puts the hell part against his teeth, and holds tie small end between the finger.and thumb of his left hand; then, with the fingers of his right hand, he pioduces really two oc taves : the tone is diversified by the expansion or closing of the mouth, something similar to the lew's harp. The manner in which he plays the " Downfall of Paris" is, we understand, very extramdinary. particularly the last part of it, which runs up and down the stale in semi-quavers!— The Musical Kriel. N -- __ JANUARY 12, 1838. TEM PLA RS 4 HALL, GREAT GEORGE-STREET. CONCERT. MR. PEMBERTON - respectfully informs his Friends and the Public that his CONCER T • WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE ABOVE HALL, ON FRIDAY EVENING, THE 19th INSTANT, PRINCIPAL VOCAL PERFORMERS. MISS WHITNALL, MISS LEACH, MR. BOOTIIBY. MR. 'DODD, and MR. PEMBERTON. FLUTE MR. BROWN. • CONDUCTOR MR. G. HOLDEN. PART I. r ' OVERTURE, [Piano-forte,l "Semiramide," M G. Holden and Mr. Ey t o n : , . Tiuo, " Tremate! etnpi tremate," Miss'Leach, , . Beethor's‘ n. Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Petnbertou DuErro, " I know a bank,"lf iss Whitnall and ) i Miss Leach ii Horn. SONG, " The peace of the valley," Mr. Pell Balla: .berton QUARTETT, " Mi manes la voce," Miss Whit nall, Miss Leach, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Pern. Rossirri. berton DUETTO, " Flow gently, Deva," Miss Leach i Parry. and Mr. Pemberton SONG, "The Echo Song," Miss Leach, [Flute) Bi s ho p. obligato] Mr. Brown ' S. GLEE, "The merriest time of all the year," ' Miss Whitnall, Mr. Boothby, Mr. Dodd, and Aldridge. Mr. Pemberton SONG, "She wore a wreath of roses," Mr. Dodd. J. P. Knight. QUINTETTO, " Midst doubts confusing," [Gin. derella] Miss Whitnall, Miss Leach, Mr. Rossini. Dodd, Mr. Eytou, and Mr. Pemberton • PART 11. _ OVERTURE, LPiano-forte] Mr. Eyton and Mr. 0 . G. Holden 5 Trtio, "Ti parte l'amure," Miss Whitnall, Mr. . . Rossini. Dodd, and Mr. Pemberton ...... SONG, "Bee() it pegno," Miss Whitnall BOLERO FLUTE, (in which he will introduce the air of "Kitty Tyrell," and a favourite Waltz) Nicholson. Mr. Brown DuETTu, "Glom) d'orrOre,"'Mlss . Rossini. and Miss Leach GLEE, "See the chariot at hand," Miss Whit nall, Mr. , ,Boothhy, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Pent - Horsley. berton SONG, " The Pirate Crew," Mr. Pemberton .. J. P. Knight. DUETTO. "O'er shepherd pipe and rustic dell," [Joanof Arc,] Miss Whitnall and Mr. Pem-Ic Balfe, berton *4 GLEE, " The Watchman," Mr. Boothby, Mr G. Holden. George, and M'r. Pemberton MADRIGAL, "Down in a flowery vale," Miss Whitnall, Miss Leach, Mr. Dodd, and Mr Fester Pemberton __.... _ Tickets for the Body of the Hall, Five Shillings; for the Gallery, Three Shillings and Sixpence. To be had from Mr. PEMBESTON, 11, Warwick-street ; Mr. WEISS, Church-street; abet Mr. THOMSON, Great George-street. The Concert to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Books of the Words to be had at the Door of the Hall. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Last two nights of Mr. 'l' THOMPSON'S engagement, as he has arranged to open in the Theatre-royal, Manchester, on Mon day next; he will consequentiy give his celebrated GRECIAN STATUES, and appear as ST. GEORGE OF ENGLAND, for the gratification of visitors at second price. r HIS present FRIDAY and TO-MORROW, (Saturday,) the 12th and 13th instant, will be performed thechivalrous drama called JOAN OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS. Joan of Arc by a young Lady, her second appearance on any stage. Ryan's SCENES IN THE CIRCLE—THE INFANT ACTORS—The •COCOA-NUT DANCE, .by the Chiarine Family--That surprising Act of Horsemanship called the FLIGHT OF THE SARACENS, by Mr. Ryan and his Pupils —The GRECIAN STATUES—SINGING and DANCING. The whole to conclude with ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, OR THE SEVEN CHAMPIONS OF CHRISTENDOM. In which Mr. Ryan's beautiful Stud will appear. On MONDAY next, a new grand Military Spectacle, called THE WARS IN SPAIN, with entire change of entertainment. Prices of admission, Dress Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Lower Gal lery, Is.; Upper Gallery, 6d., Children half-price from the com mencement to the Boxes and Pit only. Second Price at Half past Eight—Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Lower Gallery, 6d. Box Office open every day from 11 till 3 o'clock, when Mr. HALE will be in attendance. Doors opened at Six o'clock, and the Performances bggin precisely at Half-past. Private Boxes may be had nightly for Parties at 21s. and 425. Instructions in the Art o f Ridin g g i v en. Ridin g Master, Mr. Ginnett. Terms may be known on application at the Amphi theatre. Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. BY PERMISSION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED AND PERMA:RENT FATRONAGS OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE. THE Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liverpool,. are most respectfnlly invited to visit and examine the astod nishing production of Nature, the Stupendous SKELETON OF THE ROYAL GIGANTIC WHALE, Now EXHIBITED IN QUEEN'S-SQUARE. The Proprietor deems it wholly unnecessary to attempt as"' description of the amazing gigiintie native ;,r %h. , wholle wonderful size, strength, and character (5) far as descriptictt can go) are so well known to every reader of Natural History, who must have been struck with astonishment anti admiration on reading the various accounts of the Whale, nut only by the Historian, but by the adventurous Voyagers in the Northern _ Seas. It may be truly observed, howevPr, that no 'written ac count can furnish any adequate idea of the enormous frame of the creature, every bone and joint of which is a wonder 15' itself! It is no exaggeration to say that it must be seen to be understood, and even to be believed. The examination of the Skeleton now offered for public inspection must impress every mind with a sacred sense of the boundless poieref the Creating Hand that produced all the living wonders of the Earth. from the minutest insect to the magnanimbus monarch of the ocean, The Whale, of which the Skeleton is now to he seen, was Found off the Coast of Plymouth, in October, 1831, and then Weighed 118,0001b5., and measured in length 102 feet, circumference 75' feet. The Proprietor feels that, on inviting the Public to view a curiosity so interesting to all who admire the amazing produc tion of Nature; he should not do justice to himself if he were to descend to the too common modes of endeavouring to attract the crowd by extraordinary assurance of success; but he respect fully begs to state that the Skeleton has been visited by many Thousands in various parts of the Country, and that , L ? ry visitor has been astonished and gratified beyond all expect , Admission—Gentry Is. ; Tradespeople, Servants, and Children 6d. each. Ebe Eiberpool *tantiarb. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 12, 1838. (?;'- The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn ing at 5 o'clock. CLAIMS OF BRITISH MERCHANTS ON THE GOVERN MENT OF BRAZIL.—The following is a translation of the reply given by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs to the representation made by Mr. Hamilton, the British Minister at Rio de Janeiro, in behalf of those concerned in the losses of British property at Para in 1835 : " The undersigned has taken into consideration the note of the 13th ultimo, which Mr. Hamilton did him the honour to ad dress, respecting the orders received from the British govern ment, to convey to the knowledge of that of Brazil, the claint , made by certain British subjects resident in the province of Para and in Great Britain, relative to losses sustained in consequence of the unfortunate occurrences which happened in the said pro vince, in February, 1835; grounding said claim on the opinion affirmed by the crown lawyers of her British Majesty ; and finally proposing, as a mean of liquidation, the formation of a commission ad hoc. " In answer to the above, the undersigned begs to observe, that said losses having been caused by the breaking out of a rebellion, which, unhappily, the legal troops were not able to repress nor to frustrate, it is evident that they can only be con sidered as the consequences of a purely accidental misfortune, as would be, for example, a fire, or an inundation ; and that• Brazilian subjects having suffered equal, or, perhaps, greatetr losses, without being considered entitled to an indemnification, no better right certainly can be claimed by the subjects of her British Majesty. " The undersigned, considering that sufficient is here said to convince Mr. Hamilton that the claim in question is wholly destitute of foundation, excuses himself from submitting further reasons in support of the opinion professed by the Brazilian go vernment on this subject, reserving for another opportunity (should such possibly arise) to lay before Mr. Hamilton an ex position of facts connected with the law of nations, as applicable to the bombardment of Antwerp, and other emergencies of iden. tical or very analogous nature. " (Signed) ANTONIO PEREGRINO MACIEL MONTAIN. " Rio de Janeiro, 9th Oct. 1837." The unceremonious style adopted by the Brazilian mi nister in answering and at once dismissing the claim ad vanced for indemnification is disrespectful to the govern ment bringing the case forward, and unjust to those whose interest is concerned. At the present time that so great an amount of British capital is employed and outlaying in Brazil, it is incumbent on those engaged is the trade to consider how the guarantee or life and pro perty pledged by the treaty may be rendeied effective, without subjecting its spirit and literal construction to interpretations hastily formed by the Brazilian govern ment without reference or regard to concurrent circum stances. If the property of a Brazilian subject suffered through a public disturbance in this country, he would he indem nified from the funds of the country in which the damage should occur,; and we cannot see the justice of the at tempt made to argue away the redress expressly guaran. teed to British subjects in Brazil by the treaty, and on the faith of which they at all times so confidently expose their capital. The central government was fully informed of the. state of the province Some months before the insurgents got.