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I- s , "t -S . (1. • 4 _ Captain A pp,lslye, skroe, - Cnbstitution, WL.O went down as he pilot o f th e CarieWvi4 yeire'rday; uarrt 2 wls escaped - with his life. He received a tiesp %T.oivin.l, and was palso.ed into the storehouse . lately lielon,itig to the stage office at the eat;leoWitig e ty, on the'docCwith his •brains blown out. • 1.".. - • The Caronie w,as,,shen.et on._fire, and finally drifted into the current, and went -Over the-cal • • . . ........., ...._ We u'ye the abase; just as• it — was received, without vouching for anytretiie:paitiCtstr. - -It 'may be proper -to add, however, that Captiiiii Ke-eler,'"'a . s we ate infOrrnett,- , iaw the 'results of the scene abovedestribed. ~ • . .. . An eftife`iiillfeim , started to ascertain. fully the- facts. _. ( From The Commercial ildvert4er, Jan. 4.) . , • ,:-- ~,.. DESTRUCTION (IF THIS, CAROLINE ... The following a&Ttlint or this outrage_—fot••outrage it riXsbr ettly is-atifl) . 'itO*Vaiatiii extra: from the Buffald - Commereial- Ad vertiserd-tiii Sunday evening. Our readers will percieVe that it veries• - verr essentially from the first. hasty report which we gave'yestarday . , with a timely caution that it was nut to be received wilturut much qualification. Thretilgitattryeaterday eft to-day our city, has been very much excited in consequence of the seizure and burning of the. Caroline and the killing of one of our citizen*, at Schlosser. — The feeling genertifedhy these acts is altogether different from the patritrtic..exeiteinent which has prevailed here: It is far deeper-abd•Moreuutversal. Indeed there .cannot be, there is not buttme -opinion- on the subject. The taking the life of Durfee.airdahe Wounding of - other citizens, and the burning of •the Caroline,. are aets• tot which our government is bound to demand the fullest dud most ampleatouement. The following ere thefacts as nearly as we could ascertain them. The Caro line cleared front this port the. forenoon of. Friday last, for -Schlosser", whither she went, and during the day made several trips between that place and Navy Island: One other trips was made without showing her colors, in consequence of break ing herltg staff..:" :At evening she hauled up along the dock of a landing-place at Sehlosser, and was made fast. Several persona who were there at the tiine, and unable to obtain lodgings for the night, went aboard - the boat to sleep. Amenvi,this number, we understand, were some volunteers for NatiftSliltelTroin Rochester, lint it is said they had no arms with them. The only arms on board were a few pistols, perhaps half a -rlnzeit, and'an old musket. A little after midnight the boats front Chippewa came alongside.—Of their number, there• are various reports; they contained -to all from 30 to 50 men. As they. 'approached the Caroline they were hailed, but without stopping :to .ttarley, they rushed upon her deck, aimed with pistols, -boarding pike* and cutla•vare,;:jand_a geneial melee ensued; The affair lasted. hut a few minutes ; the boat was soon cleared-olher crew and lodgers, towed into the si.reani and sett ori: fire.--She went blazing intathe rapids; but probably broke to pieces before going over the falls. The scene was au appalliarsene; and required no adventitious aid,to add to its sublimity:. The story that the cries and shrieks of persons on board were heard, -amid the nigh of fire.ftimesatud , the roar of the catarart; we believe tube utterly unfoUnded. Of the 33 persons who were on board in the evening, 9 are missing. Whether they inade 'heir escape, or Werekilled, it impossible to say. It is not ascertained with absolute certainty that anieelmept,'Durfee was killed, .He was found.lying on his back on the dock, with a ball through his forehead, and re tnained in the same position, a ghastly speetifele, until two or three o'clock in the afternoon; when he was brought to town. A Att.:King - 1s seVeilelViihurnied by a sabre or cutlass cut in". the shoulder. ,Captain Harding, of the brig Indiana, has a cut extending from the left corner of the forehead to the nose. A thick fur cap which he wore: prObably saved his life. A negro is also desperately wounded. 13at two prisoners were taken ; ore a boy of 'thiscily who was accidentally on board, and a Cana dian frOm . Grand-Riier. Tee tiny is already, or probably will be released. The funeral of Durfee was attended this afternoon by upwards of 2000 persons" We have endeavoured in the above to give a plain narrative of facts, divested entirely Of all colouring. The acts recorded Speak 'for theinselves, and they are those in - which the whole American people have an interest. The seizure and burning of the Caroline, under the circumstances, was a most flagrant, out rageous' Violation of territory, anti the death of Durfee was a murder. There:maybe palliating circumstances, but if are, we have vet to learn them. What - course it is proper to Pursue if does not become us to say" . The affair is of that grave character that government .alone should decide upon it. We• 40 not apprehend any further aggressions, hut it is well enough to be prepared. "" On this point we have no doubt that proper measures will be taken. In conclusion, we wotird caution all into .whose hands this may fall, not to give heed to the thousand rumours with which the air is filled. Stone of - them are so absurd as to bear the v ery marks of falsehood on their face;'-and a little examination will show wady others . to be unfounded. We have"startling and serious faCts sufficient to engage our attention, without giving accuracy to idle gossip, or reports set afloat for the purpose of suli4erviieg sinister objects. The Mr. Durfee,'.who was killed, was a runner for one of the lines of staee „ s. As we have Wald alive, this attack upon the steam-boat was a gro s outrage, and wilt dieilitless be promptly disavowed, and am " ply dtonert for, by the British authorities—provided our go vernment can so far rouse itself filen the conveuient apathy in Which it has'ben slumbering for the last three weeks, as to de mand thes, q tisite explanations. It is evident enough that the out" ag, - was ate isolated work of a small party—volunteers—and uudert tken as well as committed without the knowledge of the commander an the Canadian -side, or any other responsible per son, siiFraneis Head was at. Toronto .when it, took place, and so, we" presume was Coithrel • lal`Nati; who is streaker of the House of Assembly... Whether theoffieer in command is to be Made responsible for not pieventing the deed, depends, of course; upon circumstances of which we are as yet ignorvt. M uc h as we condemn the, act, and deplore its - consequences, we are compelled by truth to say that we can see no good reason, whyatle plea tif inability to prevent should not be just as avail-- able to ,the Canadian authorities, - in reference to this...act, as it hat been ina4e by oar ; own.,,itt reference to • the invasion of Ca nada front the'dmerican shore, and by men ealliugthetusell es A inericatra:ititartatt:r- • - But•x>pe„iljug•tvg 4.4 4141 hekitE . tt to say.. •The blood him who perished;br of (item, if' there was more than one, ties updn t " heads of all who have taken part in stirring up the wild and v c , ' „ in ` 4 4 l ext4tetuent that for the last three weeks has pervaded ~ w h r ic ' h n 'afier population. Their conduct and the acts of otLers, lb encoiiiirked and approved, were the'eauses of retel ev Alki at which the ire, now so indignant. They have stir red Ville idle and thoughtless of their vicinity to invade the e territory of Canada, and leave supplied them with thenteans ,--theYvkave seen the peaceable, Canadians—peaceable at l e a s t no 'he United States, against whi c h they were engaged in ° "ir;le act—fired up o n 'by Ath er i c a ns at +y and he et, have k „ , tickled with fer oc i ous j oy at th e b e li e f t h at severa l were "lea—they have shouted with delight when they heard the O r° r a f,°!,th e canon which Ameri c ans were fi r i ng at Chi ppewa, , tarnish su bj ects gat h ere d together upon the i r own terri-. L.orre--they have done all these thin gs , a n d u p on th em li es t h e re . aponsibilityfor every drop of blood that is shed" in conse quene, Nor are th e s ki rts of our national and state executives free from the sanguinary stain, It 'was their duty to prevent the Flatnea•against Great Britain vs high have been daily, committed by American citizens with abs o lut e i m punity; th e y h ave not done it, and if we mousy judge (ruin the conduct anti language of their official organs, they have actually approved where they Ruh,,,oultl have m os t p o i nte d ly condemned; and the civili ze d not sustain them in demanding reparation for an utrage, that is but the natural and almost necessary con aequeuee o f other otttrages, whi c h th e y h ave ne i t h er prevented nor t puni s hed , and for which, therefore, they have taken upon heurselvea the responsibility. UPPER CANADA: Toronto, Thursday, Dec. 28, 1837.. 'This day at eleven yclock, his excellency the Lieut Gover nor proceeded instate,'from the government house to the cham ber oLthe . ., honourable the legislative council, where, being arrived, and seated on the throne, the gentleman usher of the black rod was sent with a message from his excellency to the House of.. Asssern" commanding their attendance. .The members present being coins up accordingly, his excellency was pleased to address the two houses with the followinv. • . • SPEECH.. • Honourable gentlemen qt . the Legislative Council ; and gentlemen of'the House of Assembly _ I have deemed it necessary to• convene the Legislature of Upper Canada a few dais earlier than has been customary, tar the purp ose of communicating with y ou on the pre.ent state of the province; bat before I draw your attention to this important subject, 1 cannot refrain from condoling with von on the foss which, since our Vast meeting, we have sustained in the deinise of his late gi'acions majesty King W illiaui the Fourth, of blessed memory, whose paternal attachment to tie.Canadas. will, I feel confident, long be rembered by its inhabitants with filial gratitude and respect. The throne of the British empire is now adorned by her ma. jesty Queen Victoria, whose youth, education, .virtues and sex, endearing. her to her subjects, claim their loyal protection and support., Notwithstanding •the prosperity and happiness of this pro vince, it .is with pain. I info rm y ou that I -have - -suddenly been ,called upon to suppress a rebellion, which must have appeared in the province at large of so extraordinary a character,•that it is proper I shoutdrevert to its origin anthprogress. 'With .every disinclination to revive political differences of •o•Pioit4o,wili.c.is must exist in every freoviiently, and which no liberal man would ever be desirous to suppress,. I will merely rciuitubyou,, that s.hortly 'after 1-arrived in this province, with instrticinaus from his. hite .i\lajesly to correct whatever grie yances.,..might exist, it ..nnayoidably became necessary that I shauld,constitutionallyxppeal to the sense .of the people. I did .so, and they unequisocally'suppoited:me. A few individuals, disappointed at the result, did not scruple ;to declare, that the people of Upper Canada had been mistaken ;in their verdict, which, it was asserted had been obtained by Mi. 'limpet plea ns. - • .TheY second sublie.c.t of discussion I deemed it * advisable to bring plainly:before the public—it was accordingly submitted to the consideration of his late majesty and the itnperial govern ment, the house of Commons, awl the house of Assoorlily of Upper Canada. anti by all th , se tribunals, the question was de cided •agaiast those, who, with grimuitless slander, hail assailed their govexntuept, and who, being rapidly deserted by their original supporters, ,weir now reduced t o a very few indivi viduals, • . l r igding that against cool argument they cotild advance no thing, they desperately determined to try an appeal to physical strength, the avowed object o f which was to force her Majesty's : , ‘ 4 lbjects from their allegiance, and to subvert the British eon, ttitution.onderthe pretext of reform, As soon as this rouspiracy became known tome, I deter alined, for the public good, I. would allow it to work its own cure,,but as 1,4 ',lt convinced that that c ure wou ld n ever b e ad ntitttsd to be ; perfect if tier Majesty's troops were required to take-onv partip•the contest, I cheerfully approved of their !ear,- lUg the province, iw.ortler,that the •;reople of Upper Canada, to a. state, uncootrolled independ ence , m i g ht b e a ll owe d a nother •opportunity o f unequivocally demonstrating whether they would support .me or desert me in the determination 1 had evinced. " to maintain for them the British constitution iNvio- LATa,.t!, , Besides parting, with the troops,. I farther resolved to place in cthe battis of the civil portion of the commuuity all the muskets, o),2l,o6p ) ,,iiiie t the government, bad in store, and.l. accord - 'nttly delivered them over to the custody of the mayor, alder men nd comnirrp,elitylif i tti.e city , of Toronto. NV,ithout e ith e r soldiers or weapons torwse my cause, allow,ert, the leader of the intended insurrection a full opportu nity to make-his intended exoerimeitt—l freely allowed him to a'rife what h e chose.;--,ay what he c h ose, and do what he chose I ;Illowed-liim to- assemble h s del,u(led adhel eats for the pur pose of drill, even allowed th em unopposed to-assemble with loaded fire arins,- and in spite , of the. remonstrances which, from almost every district of the province, I received. from Ike peaceable po't lion of the community,'l allowed him to -make de l'u'r"to Preparations for revolt; for. I heck / ,otilvv...l. itirliiii f.terrate the dcg, ee of.andacity an d cruelt v which the se armed of the Law wee, prepared. as events Ityentoved,• to e:thiltit. It did nor seem to the crettib:e,, that in the le,som of this Peaceful country, wh ere every one was enj o yi ng •th e , pro - E ect ion of equal lawn, and, leaping, the,fruit of his labours almost ti Odiminished by taxes, any num b er of persons could be found ",.: 11 4,4 to ossaihthe plunder th e .p re p erty of their inlet*- . 'ndttig,,,lfellow,suitjects. and to attempt the destruction of a go veroment from which they had received nothing but good. 'rite ultimate abject of the consnirsev mysterious secrecy. which I had no desire to penetratc.t and relying implicitly on the people, so little.did I inquire in to it, that I was actually in bed and asleep, when I was awaken(' by a nieSSenger, - who abruptly informed me that a numerous 6ody ()farmed rebels had been congregated by their . leader—that ithe murder of a veteran officer or distinction, a settler in the pro vince, had already been committed—and that the assail tuts were within art hour's march of Toronto. ' _ The long-looked • for crisis- had now evidently arrived, r !yid accordingly, defenceless and unarmed, leaned upon the !nib tia of Upper Canada to defend theingovernment, and then con ti dentiv awaited the' result. With an enthusiasm which it is impossible for me to describ t.hey..instantly obeyed the summons. . . Upwards of 10,600 men immediately marched towards they capital—and in the depth of a Canadian winter, with no clothes! but those they stood in—without food, and generally speaking, i, , eitiMpt arms. Reformers as well as constitutionalists—nobly rusked forward to defend the .revered constitution of their an 7 cesfors; although the rebel who had dared to attack it was offer in/. to his adherents 300 acres of our land, and the plunder of our banks. • As soon as 'the people had organized themselves, I saw it would be tiecessitry to make an attack• however, feeling the greatest possible, reluctance at the prospect ola sanguinary con flict with the deluded subjects of her Majesty, who were opposed to me, I despatched to them two of their own party, to tell them that before any collision should take place, I parentally called upon them as their Governor, to avoid the effusion of human blood. The answer I received from the rebel leader was, that he would only consent that, h►s demands should be settled by a national convention,. and that he would wait till two o'clock for my answer, - Having now, to the best of my ability, performed the religi ous as well as moral duty which I owed to the province, I issued a proclamation, calling upon those who had been seduced to join in the unnatural rebellion, to return to their duty, in which case I informed them that they would , find the government of their Qieen indulgent as it was just ; and having given them this last opportunity to disperse, I allowed -the brave militia of Upper Canada'io advance, and the result of this trial by battle Was the ptiblic verdict which I had always anticipated. The rebels dispersed in allditectitinsurrendeted everywhere at discretion ; those of their leaders who were not taken pri soners, absconded to the United States; and before sun set the whole conspiracy exploded. • In the London district e „a similar proof of public opinion was practically evinced. To the militia, nobly commanded .by Col. MeNatr, Speaker of the .House of Assembly, upwards. of 300 misguided' people laid down their arms l. —ctavits - g pardon for their goiltrYsking permission to assist the loyal militia in-cap toring the ftigitive leaders, who, they declared, had not only deceived, but deserted them—and the affair being thus con chided, there - remained-Uri-Uri rebel throughout the whole pro vince in arms!—indeed, so complete was their defeat, that ge neral orders Were immediately issued by me, announcing that there was " no further 'occasion for the resort of militia to Tororito".and that the militia of the Bathurst, Johnstown, Ottaws, the Eastern districts might march to LoWer Canada, in aid of the Queen's forces: • contesß which history has been compelled to record, I conceive that (here has never been a question 'more fairly submitted to the judgment of a free people, than that which in Upper Canada has just ended the total defeat moral •as well as plrysical, of the opponents of the British constitution. • The triumph has been that of reason over force—of good laws over anarchy—of bravery, fidelity, and generosity on the part of the militia, over murder, arson and robbery, by the rebels. • • • Tranquillity had returned to the land—angry passions had subsided—the political atmosphere of the province was becom ing healthy after the storm which had passed over it, when, 1 regret to inform you, that the peace of th , - province was suddenly invaded from a quarter iron which her majesty's subjects in this province had certainly never calculated upon receiving an attack. I need not on this occasion declare that the Americans are a people with whom the British empire for many years has as siduously•cultivated the most friendly connecticn. Our govern ment has looked upon them as its allies—our people have -inti mately connected themselves with their commerce—our capital has irrigated their land—unliinited credit has been fraternally extended to them with the unsuspecting confidence which in the civilized world is reposed in men of charactet and truth—we have rejoiced in their success, and we have done all that a ge nerous nation could do, .to save them from the e'xpense:and misery of war. It is true, we were once opponents, but the hatchet of war has long been buried,. and I must own I had hoped that the spirits of - our mutual ancestors were sacredly guarding its tomb! Such are the taelinf;rs of the British people toward the Ameri cans, and yet I regret to inform you, that in a mornent.of 'pro- . found peace and of professed friendship, a considerable number of Americans, regardless of the crimes committed, as well as of the degraded character of the man, have sympathised with the principal rebel, who has lately absconded as a criminal from our land... I regret to inform you, that Atnetican citizens of in•- fluence and great wealth.have come fiirwao to coerce ' the brave and independent people of Upper Canada, to change laws and - institutions which they have lately, by open and almost univer sal suffrage, publicly 'declared that they prefer. The American press has, to my astonishment, in many in 7 stances, advocated this flagrant act of injustice; and such has. been the *popular excitement, that not only has'a body of . A owl i cans, headed by American leaders, within a few days taken possession of. Navy Island, (which belongs.to the British, em pire,) but a proclamation has just been issued from this spot, declaring that the standard of liberty is planted in Canada— that a proviSional government is establiAect there,—that a re 'ward of £5OO is offered for my apprehension —that 300 acres of lier Majesty's lands will he freely bestowed by this provisional government upon any volunteer who Shall personally assist in •invading.„our. freedom and it is added that " ten millions of these lands, fair and fertile, will speedily lie.at their disposal, with the'Other vast resources of a country more extensive and rich in .natural resources than the, United Kingdom or old France. ,; am- itiformad -that &tnericans - from_..various: quarters are hitstening from the inferior to join this standard of avowed finnder and revolt—that: cannon and arms are publicly pro c,eiling.there=and under these circumst a n c e s , it becomes toy 'painful duty to iufocrnthat .without having offered to the Unitt:d.States, the smallest 'provocation—without having enter tained the slightest douht of the sincerity of American alliance, the inhabitants of, this province may in a few dais be called upon by me to defend. their hires, their properties, and their li i,erties, from an attack by American citizens, which, with no, desire to offend, I must pronounce to be unparalleled in the history of the world, • Upon the courage and resolution of the Canadian people, I place.the 6rmt reliance : and if this unwarrantable invasion should proceed, I know I shall not in vain require every Bri tish subjectcooly . to perform that duty to his country which his own pride, spirit, and feelings, will spontaneously suggest. The interference of foreigners in the domestic policy of a free country, is an aggression which .no nation of character can ever submit to endure, (especially where a baud of people, violating their own laws, our laws, as well as the sacred obligations of natjpnal amity, intrude themselves upon peaceable inhabitants, lavnessly to advocate by force of arms the practical blessings and advantages of republican institutions, which, by their own showing have at least ended with them in anarchy and plun der),, and as every country is a natural, fortress to. its inhabi , tants—as every village is a strong military pOsition—and as every bridge and ravine can be advantageously defended—l must own, that deeply as I should lament a conflict of this na ture,-I entertain no feeling of anxiety for the result. the peace fulinhabitants of Upper Canada wilt not lie left to defend their country alone, for they belong, to an empire which, does not suffer its subjects to be injured with impunity . : and if a national war which it rests with the American government to avert, should be the tinhap.py. con-sequence of an intolerant invasion of our freedom, the civilized world; while it - sympathizes with our just cause, will view with feelings of astonishment and ab horrence thiS attempt of a body of American citizens treacher ously to attack and plunder in a moment of profound peace, their oldest, their most intimate, and their most natural ally. A few days will, I trust, demonstrate that the American go vernment wants neither the will nor the power to controut its people. If otherwise, the defensive course which the inhabi tants of Upper Canada must be called upon to-adopt, is plain and clear.. In the meanwhile, however, it is but justice to the 4mericau nation to allow them, notw i th s t an di ng our terr i tory has been already invaded by their citizens the opportunity of nobly vin dicating, as I firmly believe they will, the integrity of their go vernment and institutions; and I have to inform you, that with this peaceful object iu view, 1 ha ve communicated w i t h t h e Go vernor of the stale of. New .York, with whim I have hitherto 'been on the,Most friendly terms, as also with her majesty's ini 7 sister at Washington ; and awaiting their replies, I have rein forced the,gallant militia of the frontier, by a strong corps of observation, and have made arrangements for a jittieral.call upon the militia, in case their serYices should be'unfurtunately requited.. . - . • Gentlemen of the house of Assembly: ; • I shall direct the public L Accounts, and the estimate for the emning year to be laid before you. The ordinary supplies necessary for the public service will, I have no doubt, be granted; and it cannot but be expected that the late•rastrittiempr-to'produce confusion in the province, will give•rise to- gir increase in the public expenditure, and cre a t e some new claims upon the justice and bounty of the legislat Yod will, I doubt not, consider the propriety of indeinnifyitig any of the inhabitants of this province who. have sustained serious lasses from thelmtraueous.aemof the insurgunts, and of providing pensions for the very few subjects of her Majesty a ho may have been disabled by wounds received in the defence of their laAvs.- Honourable Gentlemen, and Gentlemen; Ir . you were assembled under ordinary circumstances, there would be several matters relating to tie• improvement of the province, to the general welfare of its inhabitants, and to the• encouragement of emigration, which I should desire to submit to your consideration; but you will probably agree with me in, th nking.that it.may-be p udent to admit of your speedy return to your several:districts, by forbearing as mue•h as possible-to enter at this time opt the discussion of business which can Le prcperlY postponed. • . • • - Nothing perhaps presses so earnestly for immediate consider ation as the adoption of such measures as may most effectually secure the inhabitants of this province against the recurrence of the danger to which they have lately been exposed. Every Ole must feel, that the people who - .. at this inclement season, forsook their families and rushed in thousands to the defence of their independence and their laws, deserve that every exertion should be made, by their - legislature for their future protection; and having seen the misery which the late violent insurrection against the laws has inflicted upon many hundreds of people and their fariiilies, ive must feel that humanity reqnires every reasonable precaution to be taken, for enabling the go vernment in future to'suppress such guilty proceedings in their earliest stage's. .You are intimately acquainted with the character, the wishes and the interests of your fellow subjects; for whom it is your privilege to legislate; you are well able to judge of the causes of those es Hs *hich we deplore, and I can leave it with conti dence to your discretion to devise whatever' measures may ap- Per beit suited - fo'r .. mdin6irring the public't ranquillit y, and for Protecting the Jives and proneriies of her Majesty's - subjects. Ynn will mil fill rilsti - to:devote Your most serious consider .ation to the means of preventing or repelling such hostile ng gre!ssions upon our territory, by the-people of a-friendly power, as our frontier at this moment exhibits; for we owe it to our honour, and to the British name, to be vigilant and firm'at such a crisis. (Pro - 1i - the Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 5:) A letter in the Argus. dated Niagara Falls, Deeeniber 31, (Sunday),•states, that the inhabitants of the village hart formed themselves into a• company, for the defence of the frontier.— The same thing has been thine at Buffalo. Rochester, Le;visto.n. and indeed, all along the frontier. It will be well if these cow panics confine themselves to the defence or our own territory. The,had spirit is more actively at. woik than'ever, and we are fully-prepared to hear of thous - amts flocking -10 join the "army" of kir. Mackenzie, now that they find with what indifference our :,national and state governments look upon violations of neutrality. The same letter says that boats from the Canadaside appeared several times during the night of the 30th; but were fired at' from the American shore, and quickly returned to their own. Park, at which arypngernelits were made for another meeting, to be held vesterda v attertiocal. _ . 'The Rochester t h e Buffalo Star, and Journal, and t he.flibuny Argus autil Evening Journal, teem with exciting rn inours,.aud appeals 4rell . cilicill.ited to urge the people on to the most rash and violent proceedings. There is no truth ia the reports that troops have landed on Grand island froin the Canada shore. The Buffalo papers contain a► correspondence between the U. S. district attorne r , and Col. McNitb, dated the 29th, (be fore the attack on the steam boat), in which the latter gives the most positive assurances that no man under his command shall put his foot on the American territory in hostile guise, and authorizes the American authorities to treat any British sub ject who shall do so, as an outlaw. (Frain the Gimmereial Advertiser, Jan. 6.) Faoitf Tito. FaoNTlEit.—We have no Buffalo papers this morning. The latest information front that city is contained in the following letter to .the editor of the Albany Evening Journal. BUFFALO, 1537. T. WEED, Esq.—Dear Sir,—Our city is a perfect Military camp, and the excitement here is beyond any thing you can i rossihly imagine. There;are at least 3,009 armed men in the city this night, and mote are corittantly arriving. General Ltort's brigade came in to-flay from the adjoining towns in such on ambers, and with such feeling and determination to avenge the , death of our people on board the Caroline, that it is almost impossible for our most cOnsiderate and prudent men to pie- Vent them from marching', directly to Navy Island, and, o f course, openly violating our neutrality. T hey Continue to re ceive recruits of men and arms upon the island constantly, and what. it will.end in, God only knows. General Gould, of Roches ter, I.lr. Johnson, of this city, and the United States district attorney, N. Senton, came up in the cars this evening, f rom below, and report that there has been much heavy firin g be tweed, the island and the main shore this afternoon—th at t h e royalist breastworks were again knocked to pieces, but th ey h a d not ascertained whether any one was killed. They ex p ect an attack 'to-night, but as the royalists had but 130 regulars, who arrived , last night from Kingston, I scarcely believe it. I write. this to apprise you of the real state of things. You. will get plenty of stories, and more particularly from the slips, but theylcannot always be depended on. Yours truly, D. • • (From the Albany Argus, of yesterday.) We have nothing farther from the frontier. Yesterhyls wegtexa m ail brought nothing West of Utica, except :port that an attack had been made upon Navy Island, (hat the Bri tish forces had been repulsed with loss and with the capture of their heats, that Mr.. Van Rensselaer had crossed the river, and that the patriot .flag was fling at Chippewa. It - is, no dOubt, one of the thousand unfounded rumours in circulation, and -en titled to no credit. We hear from Buffalo, on the Ist instant, that the commissary general was about to proceed from that place to Navy Island, to demand the restoration of any property belonging to this state that should be found there. • • (From the Courier and Enquirer, fan. 8. ) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED SPATES OF AMERICA A PRQCLAMATION„ Whereas, information li;iving 'been received-of a dangerous excitement on the northern frontier of the United States, in consequence of the civil war begun -fit Canada, and instructions having been given to the United States officers on that frontier, and application having been made to the governors of the ad joining states to prevent any unlawful interference on the pout of our citizens in the contest unfortunately commenced in the British Provinces: additional information• has just been re ceived, that, notwithstanding the proelamations of thegovernors of the states of New York and Vermont, exhorting their col tizens to refrain from any acts within the territory of the United States; and, notwAhstanding the presence of the civil officers of the United States. who by my direction have visited the scenes of commotion with the view of impressing the citi zens with a proper sense of their duty, the excitement instead of being appeased, is every day increasing in degree—that arms and ammunitions of war, and other supplies have been procured by the insurgents in the United States—that a military force, consisting, in part at least, of citizens of the United Stales, had been actually organized, had congregated at Navy !stand, and were still in arms under the command of a citizen of the United States, and that they were constantly receiving accessions and aid. Now, therefore, to the end that the authority of the laws may he maintained, and the faith of treaties observed, I, MARTIN VAN BUREN, do most earnestly exhort all citizens of the United States who have thus violated their duties, to return peaceably to their respective homes; and I hereby warn them, that any persons who shall compromise the neutrality of this go vernment by interfeling in an unlawful manner with the afftirs of the neighbouring British Provinces, will render themselves liable to arrest and punishment under the laws of the United States, which will be rigidly enforced; and, also, that they will receive no aid or countenance from their government into what ever difficulties they may be thrown by the violation or the laws of- their country, and .of the territory of a neighbouring and friendly nation. Given tinder my hand at the city of Washington, the fifth day of January, A. D. 1838, and the sixty-second of the indepen dence of the United states. MARTIN VAN BUREN. By the President: JOHN Fottsyrit, Secretary of State, `Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer: ALBANY, JAN, 4, 1838 Little business of importance was transacted' to-day in either House of the Legislature. ' A notice to fix on the third day of April for the adjournment of the'present'session, vou.will'per ceive, has already been introduced in the Assembly . The experiment of fixing on a ti me within which the Le(gilattire shall do up their jobs at law weaving to be considered as worth trying by Most of the members. One of the two things would result from the adoption of the resolution. We should either have less legislation, or leSs tacking. The former would be infinitely preferable. • The , great `• lion" of the day in this city, was the adjourned meeting - in reference to the Schlosser Wail. in particular, and Canadian Independence in general. The Mayor. Tennis Van VeChten, Esq, presided. Spii ited resofut tons were introduced on the part of the committee appointed to draft them at the meeting on Tuesday, by S. S. Lush, Esq., who accompanied them with an equally spirited speech. Ile was followed by S. Stevens, Esq., of this city. Hon. Mr. Dickinson, of the Senate, and Joshua A. Spencer, Esq., of Utica, all of whom, as welt might be expected, made stirring appeals to the immense assemblage. We ate all anxiously awaiting further information, and feel almost inclined to regret the mild weather, as affecting the re gularity of the mail. There seems Co be no other theme of conversation than the Canadian outbreaks. Public curiosity is whetted to the very finest edge—and were news borne with the rapidity of the lightning, there would be those who would yet complain of the mail's delay. CaIiIBINATIoN.L—MR. O'CONNELL.—On Tuesday last another meeting was held in Dublin, for the purpose of 'considering the subject of combination, at which O'Con nell made another display of his wonted itnpudence, vio lence, and hypocrisy. The scene which ensued upon hi s getting up to address the assembled trades baffles all de scription. In the very arena of his former popularity this unprincipled agitator was assailed with a volley of groans, which seemed to drive him into a frenzy of rage and distraction.• Never was there an instance of such humiliation presented in the history of any individual of equal influence, as was witnessed in the case of this " bold, bad man,"- on the occasion to which we allude. So ungovernable did the audience become, in the ex pression of their disapprobation at the course which O'Connell was pursuing, that he found it necessary to move that the meeting should be dissolved, without pa ss . inn .a single resolution. At the close of the meeting, as we learn from the following paragraph, O'Connell was once more obliged- to be escorted by a body of police. The Dublin papers thus describe his retirement from the scene of uproar "The Lord Mayor, with Mr. O'Connell and - several of their friends, rose to retire. Mr. O'Connell was saluted with the most deafening groans, and cries of " there he goes, the traitor !" "Ah, the big beggarmau." " You are shying the Canadians ;" and other expressions equally insulting. A number of trades men then jumped upon the table, with a viety, it was supposed, of addressing the meeting, while those of their brethren in the rear pressed forward, so that Mr. O'Connell would have found great difficulty in forcing a passage to the door, but for the timely aid of a large body of the new police, which were oppor tunely brought into the room at this juncture. The police acted with great propriety. Their presence to a great extent, ap peased the tumult of insulting e`xpressions which were !flawed out on Mr. O'Connell ; but so excited were the feelings of the working classes, both in the Exchange .and in the adjoining streets, that a crowd followed Mr. O'Connell down Dame-street, hooting and groaning at him. He was obliged to' retire. into the Chamber of Commerce to escape from further insult." Thus has O'Connell been the author of his own ruin. The men from whose vengeance he is now obliged to be guarded by a body of police are the very people by whom he was formerly idolised—who uniformly graced his tri umphal car—who applauded his inflamniatory harangues to the very echo—who were the willing instruments to execute his commands—and who constituted the most important section of his constituents. Why are they now opposed to him ? • Why do they now refuse to lis ten to him—hoot at him—and even threaten him with personal violence ? The cause is obvious. They have been deceived by him—they have found out the hypo crisy of his practices—they recognise in him, not a friend, but a treacherous Toe, who has first deluded and , then betrayed them. It is, however, consolatory to reflect, that the very weapons which he summoned to his aid in his unprinci pled course of agitation have, at length, been converted into the instruments of his present humiliation. Ile persons who are now found among his bitterest oppo nents were, in a great measure, called into existence as a body, by O'Connell himself. But what shall we say of the principles of this reckless man, when we contrast his present with his former con duct on this very subject. of combination. He now de nounces the system as the object of unmitig,-,ated'abhor renee. Altit has he always held the same opinion as:to its pernicious and illegal character ? Let us see. In the Dublin Evening Mail we find the following striking ex hibition of O'Connell's duplicity and inconsistency : . . " It is our business to delineate life, as it Hies in all itz aspects. It is a task which unfortunately dispels many illusion , . If it were in our power. to give consistency to vice, and distin guish, under every appearance, the genuine character of virtue, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD q..ree of imposture; all that we can do, a$ historians of the pass im' !War, is to sketch faithfully the manners as they rise.' We have done this, and the doing so has led to our possession of more than one portrait of the same individual, as remarkable for their perfect truth as for their total want of resemblance to each other. We pregent :two of theee sketches for the enter taimnentof our readers. ' " On the 3.1 of December, 1833, there appeared in the morn ing newspapers of this city the followintr advertisement:— TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN. _ . .w e , th e undersigned bankers, merchants, and traders, request your Lordship will convene a meeting of our fellow- . citizens, to be held at the commercial Buildings, at as eddy a (lay as will anseer your lordship's convenience, to take into consideration the most effectual'means of bringing those per sons ,to justice Who conimitted, and also those a# were con cerned, in those barbarous and violent outrages, recently com mitted in our city, arising out of combination; and also to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliamegt to enact such laws, as may prevent a recurrence of those outrages -so disgraceful to our city, and sO injurious to the general in terests of trade.' " This document bore the signatures of more than 120 of the first commercial houses of this city, and we find amongst them 'John Hutton and Sons.' It is imputed, as far as we can 'see, no crimes to the tradesmen of Dublin. The Lord Mayor named the 10th of December. Mr. O'Connell was then the representative for Dublin, and then, as now, we presume, the president of the trades' union. If so, be can recollect whether the Evening Post was accurately informed as to the pains taken to procure a meeting. " We have been informed that a not►ce from the committee of the union of trades has been served on all workmen, order ing thein, on a penalty of one guinea, to quit work t-i-day at nine o'clock to attend the meeting to-day at one.'—Evening Post, 10th Dec., 1833 "However collected, at least 5000 persons were present to oppose the objects of the requisition. At this meeting ‘" Mr. O'Connell rose amid reiterated cheering. and said— Fellow-citizens, I beg leave most respectfully on my own part, and upon Yours, to thank the Lnrd Mayor for having called thisineeting. (Load cheers for the Lord Mayor.) It was the Lord Mayor's duty, when a requisition with so many respecta ble names attached to it was presented to him—it was his duty, I say, to call this meeting, and for having done so I return him my thanks. I concur, however. with those who are inclined to censure the requisitionists. ( Hear, hear.) They should not have cast the imputation of crime upon the people, and then shrunk from coming forward 'to substantiate their charges. (Hear, hear.) They should not have convened such a meeting as this—they should not have stuck the Lord Mayor in the chair, -and then have left him to be joined by such as chance might have called together. (Cheers.) This, my lord, should not have happened—it will not, 1 trust; ere, happen again. It has, however, shown that. the Lord Mayor is ready to discharge his duty to his fellow-:itizens, and the requisitionists should not have shrunk frptn theirs. (Hear, hear.) I hare come here to do . my duty. ( Hear, hear.) I have read the requisition, and when I did so I saw that it called for new penal laws, and I come here fur the purpose of showing that the present laws ate quite sufficient to repress illegal combination,, should it exist.' * • " ' Why, lam a month in the city, and I have not heard of any instances of it; and I was two months in the country. and I did not hear of any instances where this spirit of outrage manifested (Hear, hear.) To be sure, I heard that one gentleman—of whom they say that some one was jealous— (laughter)—had been beaten. This I was told this morning. • But no one came tbiward to substantiate, by particular charges, the accusations against the operatives of Dublin. lley.hure pre-• ferred a general bill If indictment against as all, and I think, as the case stands, we are entitled to a verdict of not guilty.' * C • "'Charges have been made, and those who have made them have nut come forward to support their allegations. These ..charges are of a very grave nature. Let me read them for you! —tHere he read the requisition, as abovel I am of opinion 1/tat you have a right to combine. (Cheers.) In point of law you are allowed to do so—in point of common sense you are bound to do so. The poor man's labour is his property as touch, nay more, than the rich man's estate, for it often. hap pens t hat .the rich man's estate is pr ocure d f or hi m by somebody else, b u t th e poor man ' s labour is completely his own. (Hear, bear.) It i t t h e hi ghest species of property, and the law recog nises labou r as property. I agree i n t h e propriety of olienuirea * • • Igo the full length of approving of open combination. • •. lread, then, this requision with feelings of horror, and deep sorrow. -I.3ut you have cheered me. (Cheers.) The shrinking away of the requisitionists convinces me that they are calumniators. We are free.; the charge is false and foul, and they were right to shrink from attempting to support it. (Con tinued cheering.) When I say you hare a right to combine, why " say You have a right to do so? Because your labour is your property, the parliament would be criminal if it made a law against combination , • because. by so doing it would inieVere with . the poor man's property. (Cheers.) • " ' Yost have a right t 6 refuse workhy with any man you don't like- You may say , " I d on 't lik e t h a t fellow's lace, and I won't work al ong w i t h h im. " • (L aug h ter.) * * * " ' la m ( con ti nue d M r . O'C onne ll) a com bi na t or myself— There i s on l y one regret 1 now h ave . 1 may , per h aps, h ave spoken a little tooharshly of the ,requisitionists (no, no, no) ; but really, my lord, I could but feel strongly nutter the circum stances. You have Called this meeting; such an immense con course of people having attended, and not one of the requisi tionists having come forward. Oh, but they may say, perhaps, that they were afraid. What was there of which they could have been afraid, unless indeed the y were afraid of being laughed at.? (A laugh.) They would have been listened to so long as they had anything, to say pertinent to the subject, and, perhaps, a little longer. (Laughter.) But it is too bad that the) should throw out this .accusation ap:lSt. the people, and shrink friiiii 'coming forward to discuss it. (Hearrhearl' * * * tit * * * . " On the 18th of January, 1838, there appeared in the morn ing newspapers of the city, the following advertisement : " 'lO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR OE DUBLIN. " 0 111; Luau,—iNie,theuntiersiine7l, request that your lord ship v‘ill be pleased, at as early a day as may suit your con venience, to call a meeting of your fellow-citizens, to take into considetation the evils arising from illegal combination, and also the best mode of preventing a repetition of the outrages and murders recently committed iu Dublin; and its vicinity.' " The first signature to this requisition is Daniel O'Con nell.' "The Lord Mayor named Saturday the 20th of the present month. "The proceedings at this meeting are too recent, to require mare than the following extract : "' Mr. O'CoNNELL—Why have I undertaken this subject? (the putting down combination.) Because I consider it my duty; and I am careless what popularity I forfeit, so long as can attain my wishes. When I talk to other men upon other subjects I am successful, because the hearts and judgments of my auditors are with late, but I cannot succeed with combinators, because they are bound by a tie which prohibits them front listening to reason, to common sense and argument—they will not listen to common sense (yes, we will, we will assist you.) Then go with me, and put down your own illegality first (fright ful hissing.) lines any one deny that the limiting apprentices is an offence against the law? (hissing.) You confirm every charge I have made against you.' - . "We believe it was at this stage of the proceedings a trades_ man exclaimed—what, owiug to the confusion and uproar, is omitted from our report— " Mr. O'Connell, every trade in Dublin sent you'a copy of its regulations when we were repealing !he Union—you found no fault with them then, and they are the same now. • •"Mr. Fitlich—lf you leave the matter between us and our employers, we will consent not to limit the number of apprentices, if they conceive such to be right. • " • Mr. O'Connell.—l cannot permit or sanction any thing that would violate the law. Oh, heavens! are we so degraded? I want to leave the talent of Ireland its full scope. I want that you should not come with your iron monopoly and your illegal limitation between the intellect of Ireland and its fair and fultdevelopement. " 'Mr. Kirwan—Mr. Chairman, allow me to ask one ques tion—does that resolution require any extra law, and if the law is sufficiently strong already, it requires no resolution to strengthen it, it is merely saying that a quart bottle shall hold a quart. lithe law at present be sufficient the resolution must be foi something else. (cheers.) "At a meeting at the Corn-Exchacge on the 17th instant, Mr. O'Connell declared, in speaking of combination— "' That this state of things should be put down; if the law had any efficacy in doing so. " And on the 24th inst., at a parish meeting held at Mur ray's Great Rooms, South George's Street, he announced that— "` He meant to hare a parliamentary inquiry upon the subject of comlunation, wheu he %vault' demonstrate the evils of the sys tem. He would persevere in the course he was taking, until he demonstrated to the people' themselves, that he was, as he had ever been, their hest friend, haein!, led them to prosperity in peace and honesty."' Our spirited contemporary then proceeds to account for this new-born zeal against combination in this loath some hypocrite. There can be no doubt whatever that the right cause is assigned, as the following extract will prove : " We would now respectfully ask a question of the many respectable merchants who placed their signatures to both the foregoing requisitions, and which they will answer truly. Why was it that they "skulked away" from ° the Lord Mayor's meet lug iu 1833 —and to whom was it owing that "they dared not to show their faces" upon that occasion ? We will ask them fur ther, have they ever considered why the combinator" of 1833 heads the requisition against combination in 1838? We will hazard a conjecture. "In 1833 the Marquiss Wellesley was our Lord Lieutenant and Mr. Blackburne our Attorney-General. At that time Mr' O'Connell had not the patronage, much less the government of . Ireland. So far from it, on the 27th of November in that year, just One fortnight before the meeting to which we have alluded, Mr. Barrett, the Editor of .Mr. O'Connell's newspaper, was tried in the King's Bench, and convicted of a libel written by Mr. O'Connell himself. • Its 1838 Lord Mulgrave is our Lord Lieutenant, and Mr. Wolfe our Attorney-General. Mr. O'Connell dines at the Castle, and his relatives and dependents have tasted the sweets of office. An investigation is threatened into the origin of outrage in this country—it is inconvenient to Lord Mulgrave to have it traced to its true source. A rebellion in Canad a has broken out before its time—it is inconvenient to Mr. O'Connell to observe the solemn pledge which betted given to the agent of Canada, to stand by him to the last upoa that question. The tradesmen of Dublin are the same in 1838 as 1833—their regulations are the .same—the law is the same— they made M r; O'Connell their representative then as they have done now ; {jut because the Whigs, under whom Mr. O'Connell anti his Lieutenant enjoy their salary and their patronage, must abandon oflit•e, if the former will only exercise, for one hour, as an honest and honourable man, the power which the people of Ireland have given to hits—the people who have given that power are to be sacrificed to this worthy,' anddisinterested pair.'• What will Englishmen think of such base conduct? W hat opinion will the liberal press Of England now ex . ~ • _1 1 1 -1--I'__- 1. fly r - _lll Will they continue to uphold hint as a consistent pa triot ? We cannot dismiss this subject without once mote ex pressing our regret that this singular compouna of vul garity, mendacity, and insolence, who has done all he could to involve his country in civil war, should have been welcomed to a public dinner in the loyal town of Liverpool. His sun has, however, set. His own coon trymen have found him out. The people of Liverpool also will hereafter treat him after a very different fashion. We know of no asylum for him, excepting it be among the S a lons of the Town hall. By Wein he may be feasted ; but from " the people" he will receive nothing but contempt, to the full measure of his deserts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE'. AN AGREILABLE PANTNER.—On Tuesday, at the police office, Mrs. Vose, a vinegar -faced female, who wore that des cription of cap, which, according to Miss Dorothea Julia Rionsbottom, receives its distinctive appetlatioa from being •common to the "swinish multitude," in other words, who were a mob cap, a cotton hedgown, and a linsey -woolsey petticoat, was placed at the bar, in company with her servant-girl. The pair were confronted by police-officer Furlong and Mr Thomas Voce, the unhappy spouse of the aforementioned Mrs. Vose. The officer simply stated that he had received the prisoners into his custody, and had conveyed them to bridewell at the request of Mr. Vise. The latter, a stalwart, fernier-looking man, dressed in fustian, said bluntly,—Aw went t'th bed last noight at Emilie o'clock, an' after a whoile tie/ heerd a gret raw i* th' street. Soo aw geet up, an aw went eawt, an' aw fun t' woife theer, an' t' sa'vant wench it entry, boo'ath dna& an' foightin' wi' t' pelisse. Aw doo'na know what e moo do wi hur—aw can d a naw good naw heaw. Mr. Hall: What are you? Com plainant: Hey? Mr. Hall: What are you? Oh! whoy—aw 'in a labourer. Nay, not a labourer awt'gether noither. Aw keeps tee'ams, an' aw's a lumper, too, someioimes. Mr. Hall : Have you any children? Complainant: Yoi! one wench. lloo's mine year owd. Mr. Hall: I suppose you wish to Le separated from her. Complainant : Yoi, aw could folks th a t of aw things, if it could be brou't ebeaut ouy roads. But she munnot sae t' little wench—boo 't be better wi me. ''l' 1:.:tylle 'll larn it no good. vary sure o'that. The police officer having stated that both the prisoners were very drunk when taken, and Mr. Hall having become satisfied that, with Mrs. Vose, drunkenness war "evermore the prelude to her sleep," he asked her if she was willing to be separated from her bus bind. She replied in a hoarse voice, and with most impudent bluntness.—Separated—yes —what should I want to live with him fur, third: yeti ? He gels drunk and abuses nie—does'nt he ? Do you think I want to step with him? He'll murder me. He got a hatchet last night, and I was forced to quit the house, was'iit I. He wants to cut off every limb of any body. He wants to chug) the all up into little bits, beginning at my toes The auditory in the court burst into a fit of laughter as they • heard this singular harangue, and the prisener turned upon them a look into which she seemed to have concentrated all eke ascerbity of her natere. Mr. Hall, (to the complainant, ) Well, what are you griffin to allow her per week ? Complain ant: Whoy, if hotel keep away fra ine,—a big strappin woman like hur, can do summot fur hursel,—awl allow bur three shillin' a week. Mr. Hall: I suppose if yeti were to allow tier seven shillings a week it would all go in drink. Com plainant, (earnestly;) Yoi—lv I give her seven shillin' a week spend noine eawt on it. (Laughter.) Prisoner: He's no labourer. He has plenty of horses and carts. He's got my property in his house to. Mr. Hall : Very well. He will allow you three shillings per week. Primmer: I don't want his three shilline ' s a week. I can do without it. Let him keep it. Mr. Hall: And you must keep away from him. You are not to go near him to annoy him. Prisoner. (loudly) Well, I hear you. I'm not living with him now am I? Mr. Hall, (to the complainant:) Is she living apart from you? Complainant : No, no stir. That's hur aggravation. She's not livin' we me now because see's theer in prison. But She wor livin wi me up to last noight. That's the hint as she gives ' you—just the same as she does to me. Well, you must keep away from him. Prisoner (snappishly:) Well, I hear you I tell you. lam away from him. Complainant : Aw wish as heaw she would. Aw'l give hur some o' the goods, an' aw'l ' keep hur loike a lady iv she will. Mr. Hall : You hear that ! Prisoner: Ave, aye! (violently) He shall. I'll make him gi' rue some o' the geods. lie's gotten all my property. (in a threatening manner.) If he does not give me some, I'll never leave him for nobody. No I won't, I'll go to his house, and there I'll stick till I'm carried out a corps, the villain! Com plainant : What 1 hey I worked fur. M. Hall ordered that the servant should be discharged. Mrs. Vose, he said, must pay a fine of 5 shilliugs for being drunk: In default of payment she was to be committed for three days to the House of Cor rection. Mrs. Vose: Very well, I'll do it ; but for him, the villain—. The prisoner was hurried away by the officers, but she continued to give vent to her wrath long after she was out of sight, and we heard her voice for some minutes, growing fainter and fainter in the distance as she was conveyed along the subterranean passages towards the Bridewell. ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—On Tuesday, at the police-office, a pale faced little fellow about four feet six inches high, fashion. ably dressed, who gave his name as Henry Helvorson, was placed at the bar charged with having assaulted Louisa Cain pleton, a young woman, about twice the size of her assailant. • The complainant declared that she and another "young lady" were coming alone unprotected from the circus on Monday night, when they swere met by the prisoner, who, without any provocation, and without speaking a word, struck her and the aforesaid Louisa, on the face, repeating the blow several times, and had it not been for the arrival of the police officer, Holden, she verily believed he would have killed her. She was covered with blood. The silk cloak which she wore was entirely spoiled by the gore which flowed upon it, and • the prisoner; likewise was stained by the same sanguine current. She exhibited a handkirchiet which was likewise stained with blood. The officer corroborated the latter part of the testimony. The complain ant, he said, was bleeding profusely when he came up. The complainant's face bore evident tokens of the brutul treatment which she had experienced. The little heroic prisoner stated that he was a German, and at first pretended that he could not speak English. Soon, however, he waxed garrulous in his defence, and stated that he haul been drunk a few evenings before, when he was robbed, and he helieved he had been in company with these very girls , i. e., the complainant and her companion. The latter did not deny that she had been in his company a few evenings before. The prisoner stoutly main tained that he had never struck the complainant on the night in question. The proofs, however, were too strong against him. Mr. Hall said, his statement regarding the supposed robbery furnished a key to the whole affair. It was evident he had lain in wait to punish the girl for an offence which he supposed she might have been concerned in. The prisoner was ordered to pay 10s. and costs. In default of payment to be committed for eleven days. tin our police reports of Tuesday last we inserted a report of a case, headed " Singular Charge," to which a person named John Roy accused another man named •Robertson with assault ing him, and Robertson preferred a counter charge of bigamy against Roy. Robertson was taken into custody, and we stated in our report that Roy was let out on bail. In this it appears we were wrong, and that Roy was let out of Bridewell without bail. The individual Roy, to correct our report, has wiitten a letter to the editor of the Telegraph complaining of the error. We are always ready to correct any error into which we may fall, however trivial. or however humble the individual whom it may affect. We imagine it is of very little importance to the tpublic whether John Roy was let out of Bridewell on bail or not, when a charge of bigamy was preferred against him. John Roy does not seem to think so ; and thou g h per f ect l y j ust ifi e d in correctin g th e error , th oug h in a singular way, as regarded himself, we cannot discover his right to apply the low slang language of the Telegraph to our reporter, or see the occasion for this "Dicky Sam" to abuse him. Both John Roy and his abuse, however, are of little consequence. It is somewhat singular that the Telegraph of the Maine day should contain the identical police report complained of, copied from our paper, without alteration, and without acknowledgment. "The be nighted" and be-Bridewelled "Dicky Sam," who signs himself " John Roy," must, in consistency, after this, "flash" out some " bright c orrusca ti ons " o f abuse on " the darkness" of his • friend of the Telegraph.] CAPTAIN CAIN.—We understand, from private intelligence which has reached us, that the grand.jury have ignored the bill for murder, brought against Captain Cain. He will. conse quently, be arraigned lor manslaughter. THE ROYAL. AMPHITHEATRE.—Last evening, the proceeds o4this theatre were, b y t h e lib era li ty o f M r. Bates, appropriated to the Soup Charity, and will prove a very valuabl e ass i s tance, the house b e i ng full in every part. The boxes were exceedingly well filled, and in the centre box were his worship the Mayor and his brother, and a large party of friends. We do not know what the house will hold, but we should think the receipts would amount to little less than £lOO over and above the expenses of the house. The drama of Mazeppa, from Lord Byron's beauti tiful poem, was performed, and w'as very well got up. Th e steed to which Mazeppa was tied was very admirably trained. We wonder, however, some communication was not made between • the stage and the circus for the horse to gallop down. If this had been done, and the horse had galloped once or twice round at full speed, and then back on to the stage, and over the rocks, it would have had a much finer effect. The hovering of the vulture over the dying Mazeppa was very well managed. A number of "Grecian statues" were then exhibited by Mr. Thompson, of the King's theatre, London, and afterwards fol lowed the splendid scenes in the circle . The audience appear ed highly gratified with the whole. Tits LIvEtr'THEATRE.—Last evening Mademoiselle Celeste wits to make her debut in Liverpool, at this Theatre. We wr re unable to attend, and cannot, therefore, give a critique on the evening's perforniances. We have little doubt, however, that so long as so exquisite a dancer, and so charming a dramatic actress is here, the house will be crowded. ACCIDENT IN THE RlVElt.—On Monday morning a sm all boat containing five persons was upset opposite George's pier head, owing to the mismanagement of the boatman. A steamer was close at hand, the crew of which rendered immediate assist ance, and saved the passengers from drowning. Authentic accounts received on Saturday from the Gold Coast state that an insurrection of the Blacks had broken out at El mina, a Dutch settlement, not far from Cape Coast; and that the governor, who bad sallied forth against them with3oo men, was, together with every individual under his command, either killed or taken prisoner. This calamitous event, as may na turally be supposed, had thrown the merchants belonging to the other 'settlements on that coast into a state of the greatest alai in. • DANGEROUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, as D. Wil liams, mate of the brig Pomona, lying in the Victoria Dock, was coining on shore, his foot slipped, and he fell off the plank, betwixt the quay and the vessel, into the dock. A police-officer, together with the captain and steward of the vessel, and some others, got him out of the dock, and conveyed him to Tindall's receiving house, Regent-street, where Dr. Sharrock attended him. He appears to be still in a dangerous state. PETTY RoBBLEIES.—CAUTION To HouSEKEIKPERE.—Some. time betwixt Friday night and Monday morning Mr. Williams' house, 31, Great Orford-street, was entered through the middle door, and the brass-work of the doors and two bells stolen.— On Saturday night, betwixt eight and nine o'clock. the front parlour door of Mr. Fairclough's house, N 0.3, Lambert -street, was left open, in consequence of which some of the light-fin gered gentry slipped in, and carried off a calico sheet, two frocks, a table-cloth, a petticoat, night dresses, and a pair of men's drawers. Housekeepers cannot be too vigilant iu watch ing their doors during the long and dark evenings. SMUGGLING TOBAceq.—On Tuesday a Scotchinan, named Johnson, was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with having been engaged in selling smuggled tobacco. An officer stated that he saw the prisoner going from shop to shop, in London road, offering the tobacco now produced for sale. There were about 3i lbs. weight of it. The tobacco was of a white colour, and was put up in rolls like tape. The prisoner said be had got it in payment yf rent, from a seaman who had lodged with him, and be was (ffiliged. to sell it to support,his family. lie was ordered to pay a fine of 305., _or be committed ten days; • STOCK JOBLIING.—It has been reported that a " clique" of jobbers on the Stock Exchange. have determined to gel up a private express, for the purpose of obtaining , exclusively, the • first int e lli gence f rom t h e seat o f war in Canada, whenever there is an arrival from thence at Liverpool or Portsmouth, in order that they may improve the art of vultntiting their bre thren of the house anstihe public. This is refinement with a vengeance, but it shows that the wags of the Stork Exchange have some idea of turning even a rebellion to aloud account. CRYSTALLIZED SNOW.—We have received the following interesting communication from an intelligent friend and cor respondent :—•` The snow which fell on Thursday last, at two P. M. was most beautifully crystallized;.the form of the crystals was generally that figured in bcoreqby's Arctic Regions, No. 20; in other words, it was a star having six points, the angle at the points being 60° Other crystals were composed of siZ radii, each terminated by a small ball. Therewere other varie ties, but these were the most common. The size of the filings varied considerably; some being a mere speck, scarcely visible to the naked eye, while the largest were nearly halt an such iff diameter. It is many years since 1 first saw Bcoresby's book, and I have fur several winters frequently examined the snow, in the hope of seeing some of the beautifu/ fortes which he ban represented initis.plates; but I never saw env, having the ap pearance of regular crystallizatioe, until Thursday last."--.. Liverpool Pirislw.. DEATH tie Bentisien.--An inquest was held on Tnesday, touching the deal of Witham Ashtoe. Thomas Vii r arburten deposed that heoareirivingitir's eart on Saturday last ales( Eaton -street, wft aberd of manure; whets he saw the deceased run out of his,cellereitotilknothistir but his shirt on, which *atria flames. lie stoppedlitis horses, and run to his assistance, and plucked the shi r t o ff him.' tliveteral , women came oot, and one of them threw a bectgowsnver him. Lie was carried to the Dispensary. Elizabeth Aston stated, that she wail a widow, and resided in Eaton-street. 'The deceased was her son, sod was twelve years old. On Saturdav„laar, about ten ininutis before three o'clock, she left him idibe cellar, where was ads*. She returned in 'about twenty minutes, and soon after the de ceased was brougbt in from the Dispensary. He had beam. very much burned all over his body. lie died the next even ing. Verdict—Accidental death. ACCIDENT ON TEE LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. —Ou Sunday morning, as the 8 o'clock first-class coach trails was proceeding along the Barton embankment, about five miles from Manchester, on its way to Liverpool, owing totem* slight derangement of the machinery, the train was obliged to come to a stand. While the engineman was repairing the de fect, which would have been the work of a very few minutes, another engine was observed advancing upon them from behind; and although the guard of the train used every effort, by running hack and making signals to stop, the steam was not shut off from the conning engine till it was so near, that the engineman could not prevent it running against the coach train with very considerable violence. The passengers in the last coach had got out before the engine shuck. and escaped without injury, with the exception of one lady, who fell from the steps on the ground, and whose face was seriously hurt by the fall Many of the passengers in the other coaches received bruises on the face and head, being thrown against each other by the violence of the shock; and the confusion and alarm for the moment, through the whole train, was excessive. Two of the coaches. were so much injured by the concussion, that they were detached from the train, and sent back to Manchester. The directors, we understand, investigated the circumstance of this accident at their board of ktionday, when it appeared that the two men in charge of the engine which did the mischief had been grossly negligent of the company's first and perhaps most important printed regulation for their enginemen, which states that "they shall stand up, and give a good look-out, all the time the engine is in motion." They had been shamefully negligent in this re spect, and were in consequence immediately discharged from the company's service. A THIU.P'S GRATITUOIL—it is said that a learned gentleman of considerabl e eminence at the tear has been recently taken in by the identical gan g of horse-chaun ters whom he had effectually defended io his professional capacity. Por.PricAr. BETTING.—OchIs have been offered, and freely taken, that Lord Durham never eo much as sets out cn his Canadian expedition. Napeleon's widow, Maria Louisa, Archduchess of Parma, was dangerously ill at thedate of the last accounts from Vienna. Lord Henry Russell arrived at the Duke of Bedford's, Bel grave-square. on Thursday, perfectly recovered from the effects of his recent accident. RE TO RT. —A very loquacious female witness, whom the op posing counsel could not silence, so far kept him at bay, that, by way of browbeating her, be exclaimed, " Why, woman, the re is braxs enough in your face t o snake a kettle!' " And sauce enough in yours (she instantly rejoined) to fill it." Major-General Sir 'Stephen' Remnant Chapman is recalled from the government of Bermuda; and his successor, it it understood, is to be Major Sir Andrew Leith Hay, the clerk of deliveries of the ordnance. The Hon. Edward Bouverie, son of Lord Radnor, is to ac company the Earl of Durham to Canada. Captain the Hon. Harvey Grey, of the 52d regiment, soil of Earl Grey; Lieut. the Hon. Frederick Villiers. of the Coldstream Guards, son of Lord Jersey. and Captain Conroy, are spoken of as having been appointed aides-de-camp to the Earl of Durham. WHAT NEXT ?—A "philosophic" wiseacre has, it seems, discovered that sitting near a fire in cold weather is very un wholesome. Upon the principle that contraries often meet, we suppose the same learned Theban will next make out thatbeing frozen to death is a healthful recreation. It is stated that the Corporation of London have determined to build the Royal Exchange in a manner adapted to the pre sent increased trade of the city. The following gentlemen were on Friday called to the bar by the Hon. Society of the Inner Temple, viz., John Dawson, Esq., Wm. Frederick Pollock, Esq., Thomas Christopher Bur row, Esq., James Robert Hope, Esq., George Young Robson, Esq., James Macaulay, Esq., and Thomas Rutherford, Esq. A few days ago a fine girl, aged eight years, named Mn!linens, was burnt to death at the house of her parents in Southport, in consequence of the snuff of a candle being heedlessly thrown upon her by a young woman who was lodging in the house. In consequence of the delay of the Ontario, outward-bound New York packet, frozen up in the London Docks, Col. Lo ring, Col. Sir James Hamilton, and ' Major Head left town on Monday for Liverpool, to take chance of an earlier passage to Canada. A SPORTSMAN', WIPE.—At the Derby Hunt ball, the young Marchioness of Hastings appeared in a magnificent dress of scarlet ♦elvet, trimmed with the brushes of sundry foxes which had fallen before the hounds of the gallant marquis. IMPORTANT DISCOYERT.—We understand that Mr. Charles Borrows, mason, of St. Austell, after studying for many years the best method - of destroying the s' damps" in coal mines, which have proved so fatal to thousands of human beings, bu at length succeeded in constructing a machine which will effec tually destroy them, and enable the miner to prosecute his 'twit with the aid of a lighted candle, without lantern or any aorit ing, in perfect safety.— West Briton. UNIVERSITY OF DURRAhI.—A professorship, which promises to realise the most important results, as regards the advance ment of science, is about to be established in this university, viz.—a professorship of mining, an endowment which has long been a desideratum in this country; and from the peculiarly favourable position of Durham, iu the heart of the great mining districts of England the students will at all times have the ad vantage of bringing their theoretical instruttions to the test of actual observation and •xpetiment. It is pleasing to witness this youthful establishment distinguishing itself so honourably in the promotion of learning. THR WEATHER Annozn.—The journals of Paris and of the departments of France, as well as those of Switzerland and Germany, are filled with references to the weather, and to taw loss of l!fe which had in a vast number of instances resulted from it. The thaw, which had continued throughout Tuesday last in Paris, was on that night and Wednesday morning suc ceeded by a fall of sleet, accompanied by a freezing temperature, which speedily incrusted the surface of the earth with a hard and polished coat of ice. The thermometer (Fahrenheit) marked five degrees below the freezing point at three o'clock on Wednesday. • The Bishop of Llandaff has undergone a most severe opera tion on the back of his neck on account of an obstinate tumor. His lordship has been exhausted by extreme pain, but we are happy to state, on the authority of his near relatives, that he is much better, and that a great improvement in his general health is confidently anticipated. Sir B. Brodie was the operator, as sisted by Mr. Ridout. Sir. H. Halford attended soon after the operation, when there were some alarming symptoms, which happily soon gave way; and all fever having subsided, it is hoped that strength may soon be regained. NEGROES . ire THE WEST INDIES.—It requires ninety ne groes to manage an estate of five hundred acres. Bach negro . is allowed an acre of laud, though there is no restriction as to quantity, and, if allowed, will break up a new piece of land every two ye ars , as i t i s more productive than cleared l an d. The negro cultivates corn , p eas, b eans, yams, cocoa, plantains, and bananas, and is allowed to keep as many pigs and poultry as he pleases. Sometimes a careful negro will have running about the estate eight or ten pigs, five or six goats, and two or three mules. Some of them make a good deal of money, and purchase their freedom, when they generally become indolent. and prefer stealing to working. Each member of a family is allowed by his owner half a belling and so much salt dads , d n gets a Christ Mas present, generally a quart of rum, a quart of sugar, ten or twelve pounds of fish, and frequently three or tour pounds of fresh beef, according to his deserts. They are provided with clothes, medicine, and medical attendance through out the year. Although the greatest kindness may be shown to the negro, he retains his character unchanged, and can never be implicitly trusted, 1444 extremely cunning, sly, and ad dicted to theft. They are very supeistitiuus, and implicitly bow to the 'wishes ‘lf their spirits, or Obias, as they call them. When one negro 'takes a mortal dislike to another, be works upon his enemy through Ibis channel. Before going out in the morning he will lay some earth at the door of his enemy, his seeing which makes him believe that his Obia deniands his life, and on this being repeated thrice without detection, be generally kills himself, eather by eating clay or some poisonous vegetable or shrub. Numberless cases of Ibis description baize (neared, • so much so as to call for the interference of the Assembly, who passed severe laws upon those practising this system, as well as. against those who made a trade of preparing circular balls of clay for eating. There are a great many fatal diseases amongst them, which the medical board of Europe have as yet been un able to devise a remedy for. . Hitherto the practitioner bas had the prejudices of the negro to contend with, as well as his hsbite, which ate invariably concealed by him in his wish for indolence. That barrier is now about to be removed by the termination of apprenticeship, when a new field will be laid open for the pro gress of the medical science in aiding the recovery of a fellow being from diseases comparatively unknown. Stealing is so natural to negroes, that they never neglect an opportunity of engaging in it. They are often entrusted to carry large sums of money, which they very seldom embezzle, as they know that they can easily be detected; but they rarely allow provisions of any kind to pass through their hands without levying a con tribution; and in extracting any thing from a package, they rival in dexterity the most experienced thief. One of Wr. Hogg's neighbour's negroes was in the habit of calling,at his house on his way to Kingston, where he was regulaily seat once a week, to receive any commands and bring any provisiage wanted. Mr: Hogg bnce gave him some money to pay a bill. On his return, having been later than usual, be accounted,* his detention by stating that he had been waylaid, tiedto atm!, ' and robbed of all is master's goods, although he bad contrived to conceal Mr Hogg's balance of a few shillings, which Me produced. The marks on his arms and wrists be exhibited as proofs of the accuracy' of his statement. On the investigatien, however, it turned out that all this was a contrivance to rob his master, who had implicit confidence in his integrity, and could scarcely believe that he had been cheated by his slave. Mr. Hogg having some flour at a wharf, sent down his carpenter, a negro, to bring it up.• .Some mouths afterwards, when the barrels were opened, it was found that the flour had been re moved from one of them, and the negro confessed that be bad done it by the way, but denied that be had efolen the flour—he had only taken it. It is remarked by John Randolph, a cele brated member of Congress for Virginia. that be never knew an honest negro, and that a negro never steals,—he takes, or finds. Like the Irish, the negroes are very ready, at an answer, and sometimes give a witty reply.--:Lognes through Re,