The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-16 00:00:00

tnycytal Parliamtnt. IldeSE-01 , On the motion of Lord' ELlA:Nam:tat:4st', the Exchange of Lauds in . Common Fail is B U was read it second time. NEGRO APpaENTIcEstilP. Lord BROUGHAM nave uouice to it, ott Monday next he should bring forvv;ml his motion. reg,irdin:4 nt:gris - slavery, negro ay prittitieeship, &e-, and he should move all address for the adop tion of oleaslres to alleviate their condition. As to aveelerating the periods of the einaneipation of the negroes, he should not then raise any question, although he 1141 very stroul, opinion Oil +fie sutjeet. Nis lordship undertook, on the suizgevion of Lord Eilenhoronzh, to • stubtait the terms of his motion pre viously to.the debate. . . Theltortuis of LANsnowNe m . ived the seCond reading of the 1 ) 1 , -•shyterian o.ans (Ireland) Bill. Lord BaouGIiAAVINHIed the bill, declaring that it displayed gross i4raiiranee of the law, and of who were presbyterians. The sinter for the second reading, after sower further conver sation., was discharged. Tacit lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COM alONS.—MomnsY. Its the Commons petitions were presented respecting "Sir J. Soatie's Museum ;" against the poor laws; fur the commutation of the sentence of the c)lton-spinners, &e Mr. WaK LK y, on presenting some further petitions, regard ing the cotton-spinners, complained that a morning contempo rary had suppressed the fist of his hiving presimted petitions -on this subject on Fritl:iy, and he thereupon declared that if any sorb inaccuracies sir suppression occurred hereafter, tie the ! cqiiseqiiences to himself what they misrht, he should notice to the Speaker that there were "strangers" present, and have the galleries cleared, i e. the reporters excluded. Mr. W A f,gy soon afterwards ot'ention to the fact that ;he time for having " li.hts" had arrived, and that it was proposed to ti y Isle experiment of the slew mode of situ oiti•ihnn by gas; •tiut as some were for and others :i.rainst that experi ment, he thought the opinion of the house ought to be taken— " gas V. wax." Toe SrstAKER accordingly put the question, and the ayes were loud in favour of the g is exhibition. The house-was thereupon idutw,iated by gas. Sir W. Moi.sswonTn gave no ice that March 6, he should move an al tress (1.-ciaritory of " want of coutideace in the colonial secretary, Lord Genelif." • Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the house resolve into coin . - mittee on the Poor Relief ((rebind) Bill. Discussion ensued, in which Lord CLEMENTS, Sir E. Sun DEN, Stc took port. The hsinssi•afterwards went into committee, in which an ex tended aid very disiultory discussion occu l tied a great part of the retilaintler of the evening. Toe .Lort AnvocATig,•also in a speech of great length, de fended the proceedings, anti denied that there hati been any errors in the legal proceedings, and consequentl that there had been any delay to cover the ultioders chirped against the law olficers.• Mr. O'CONNEt 1, moved, as an amendment, that a seleci committee lie appointed to iouire into the origin, nature, ark extent of tri , les unions or column !Gins of workmen or employ ers of workmen in the united kingdom, and the teiplencrol such anions or eninhinalions to aff.ct the free distribution of wages, labour, and einpl iyinent; stud al so their tendency to in duce the commission of outrages against persons and property", and the perpetration of murder; and also to report such sug gestions for improvement in the existing laws against illegal combinations or societies as they !nay deem requisite. Th e C o INcEL Lo g of the ExcitEguEtt said that both Mr. Wak!ey's propo,ition was objectionaole. an I that he could o u r agree to •he amendment. If there were ingoiry, it ought to be of the fullest and most impartial character; and if he had the opportunity he would move for such an inpury—riatnelv, an inquiry into the combination of masters, as well as men, without confioing, the investigation to Scotland. Mr. O'CONNELL said he would, after this statement, withdraw bis amen linen:. Mr. WA KI. EY- withdrew his motion, whereupon The CeLANcE.Lont of the EXCHEQUER move.' for a commit tee, which was agreed to. Ti►e naming of the cotnniil tee was deferred till Thursday. The Arroii N 1:Y-Gi sEisAI., after some conversation_ obtained leave to bring in the hilt to amend the Registration Of Voters' Act, containing a.clause to abolish the registnitioit chi ling. Colonel SiaruotiP gave notice that oil 'Thursday he would call the arention of the house to some recent government au pOtottneuts, and to some that he believed were in contentltlat lift. Oil the motion of Mr. flotxtas, a new writ was ordered for Bridgenorth. Tiae house then adjourned. 'HOUSE OF LORDS. —TuEsnAY. The Earl of Duo I-1 ST pres•.nted peiitious from Flull, Sunder land, &c. in faFoor the •• ballot." Lord ELt.R•inuttott;u deferre:t till Tuesday next the citn• naittee on the exchange of Common Fields' bill. The Julia-stock (Clerical) Co-partuership bill having been brought (ruin ihe Coin:nous. L ltd Et. LENai It(JUGH suzgested that their lorthhips should not proceed with it until they had some facts before them to w irrant it. Tile Loan Ctil,Nekl.r.ott answered that the Court of Exche quer havinz decidell flint the fact nr. clergyffiall being a mew ber of socii ca-parlviership ati-cted their proceedings, rendered parliamentars inter errnee areess,lll. - The bill way thereupon read the first time, and urdered to be reed the second time on Thursday.. HO-USE OF COAIAIONS.—TuEsnAY, In the commons ballots took place for committees on the Bel fast and Pet ersfield election petitions; that for 13ridgenorth did not pro,eed. Mr.' \Vann presented a petition from Sheffield for a commit tee to inquire into the cause of the Dorchester labourers, woo hat recoillV.l. I the royal pardon, not retorniu , to this country. Sir .G. Gu s hy sail shat a tree p red ei had ',ern sent out iit the spring ul 18.31 ;• and that he could in un.way .account for the non-return of those individuals, except as Was no unrottr nun case with those who received p irdans, or whose sentences had expired, they .found it much better to reinaiu there than return to this country. Mr. Fit.:xcla brought forward the ease n-f petitions alleging the forgery of mattes to the Sligo election petition ; hot, after considerable con vet satiou, the ins tier was detei red till Wedues : day. ' l4 Sir S. WiaA L EY moved for a copy of the cot respondence be. iween Ko2land and Fran ce re l a ti ve t o th e occupat i on of Algiers !?' 'by the French. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion, considerino. !hat the French by wh it they bad done had rendered a service to the • Christ ian powers. Lord P I.MER sToN consenting to produce the papers, the mo 'llion was airreed to. . _ Mr. WaK LEY, in a speech of consiilerab!e length. moved the foil - owing resolution :—That this house is of opinion that a select cournittee should he ap t eiinie.l In inquire into the constitution, practices, and effects of a society which h►s long evisteil in Scotlan I, under the title of the "A.qs .ci vino of Operative Cot ton•spinuers of Glasgow, and its neighbourhood. HOUSE OF CO XI \ln Vsl I.AI EDNESDA Y. The Speaker took the chair at f.tur o'clock. PETMISEIELD ELECTI.N. Colonel CAVENDISH, as chairman of the Peters6eld Election Committee s , reported that the committee had decided !hat 5 r H. Joaff d w as not duly elected to serve in the present parlia ment for the borough of Petersfield, and that Mr. Hector was duly elected. The report of the committee having been read, the clerk of the crown wag ordered to ;mend the house, ant amend the re turn azreeable to the resolution or the eooitnittee. A ~r eat number of petitions in favour of vote by ballot were presented by iliti.reitt members. :llr O'CoNN 611. presented a number of petitions from places i❑ Ireland, in favour of corporation reform. Sir H. iTERNEv s-lid he shout , ' out persevere in the amend meutof which he had :liven notice on the 'notion of the member fur London, on the subject of vote by ballot. (Hear. ' bear.) LONGFORD ELECTION. Mr. CA LEV, chairman of the Longford Election Committee, reported that the e onthittee htd deletinined that Luke While, .E.l. and ileury White, li ,, q. were duly elected to serve as kniztits of shire for the county of Limenid, and that the petition against the said return was not frivoloLs or v4.xations. The coin nittee also specuilly, reported that some definite law ought to be passed by the house on the que-tion of openim; the registry on controverted Irish elevtion petitions, as the subject was one of the greatest public interest and importance. 'CANADA. Mr. Hum E gave notice tha► on Tuesday next he should move that copiei be laid on the table of the house of all le!ters from Mr. Home, Mr. fLoebm k, and whet person s to M. Pap:neati. Mr. M'Kenzie, and Dr. Duncointie (hear, hear), w•hiu.h haul been se•zed, and were now in the possession of her Majest3's govetument. (Hear, hear.) SLIGO ELECTION The order of the day was then tii . oved for considering the rwitter of catiiplaintl i kihe petition of J• Somers, Esq. relatio to the signatures ( e petitiouess against the validity of the return for the borough of Sligo. 4. desultory discii;sion ensued, in which Mr. FresWield, Mr. French, Mr. C. W. Wynn, Mr. O'Connell, Col, Percival. Mr. Warburton, Lord Morpeth, and other members took p ar t. Mr. C. W .Wvis then-moved that the order of Use day for witnesses being examined at the bar be discharged. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, When there appeared : —For the motion, 128 ; against it, 142; majority against discharging the order forbearing. uituesses,l4. Ait er atoit her discussion, which lasted some time, Michael Cadagher was called to the bar and examined. Wit rresS knew Robert George Tyler, one of the petitioners c - plaining of an undue return• for the borough fi e s - as of opinion !lie signature to the petition was not to the hand writing of Mr. Tyler., 7 The witaesi .. 'trits under exarnitrition when we left the house. HOUSE OF LORDS—MoNo4r. IMPORI'ANT NEWS FROM CANADA. EVACUATION OF NAVY ISLAND -DISBANDING OF THE REBELS. (From the New lurk American (tithe 20th.) The northern uwil arrived at a late hour last night, brit:ging the Albany papers of yesterday morning, and Buffalo of Mon th y last. It will he seen by the annexed intelligence that the patriots have evacuated Navy Island and di•pe►sed. The canna❑ be longing to the state and the United States have been returned, and are under the care of Cokuuel Ay tes of toe wiiu►astattuued on Grand Island. (From the Bitffigto Star Extra, Jan, 15.) THE CANNON BELONGINT; TO THE STATES SURRENDERED- THE PATRIoT ARAIY DISPERSED By express this morning we learn that during the night the patriot army retreated from Navy Island—after having con veyed the cannon belonging to the state and the United States to Grand island, cud left them under the care of Colonel Ayres, of the militia. (From the Moiralo Commercial Advertiser of Monday Evening.) Schlosser, Monday .►lorning, 'Jan. 1418:38. Navy Island ;vas evacuated last night. cannon belong ing to. the United States havd been returned, and are lying at Schlosser. Thus far the despatch of our correspondent. We give below such - additional information as we have subsevently learned. It is believed that the larger portion of Van Iteussel 'el.'s men have lauded en the adjacent parts of Grand Islam!, having pre v ionsly sent across the muskets, &c., belonging to the stale, which wer e committed to the costo,iv of Col. A ) res. Toe fur ther movements of thedishanded force ate left to coujecture. - 011 r messenger pissed Schlosser, front the Falls, at half-past eight. As he approached Tonawanda, the Barcelona steamer Was putting on steam at Whitehaven ; but when he arrived op posite she had left, but in what direction he could not 'el'. A boat from the Canaita sloe lav out in the liver opp:isite Navy Istand early this morning, on her oars, apparently tecou noiieriug, for io tri,f an how. Two schooners, wilt British flags flying, were lying about one mile be) ,w Waterloo. which nereelisi•rvell by the se nines below Black liuck to have nt ore their ,ray u l , from below early this mu► oink. Another is lying at Waterloo. They are undoubt edly those which have been at Black Creek, jut above Chip ..newa, for a week or Inure. Tne object of their new position on►y be surmised. Two o'clock, p.m. Governor Marcy and General Scott, who came up from the Fails lost evens:;, left in extra cars, accomp inject by General Wool, about half past twelve to-dap, for Black Rock, and will, perhaps, proceed to Grand Island. Ta companies of artillery, with two field-piece , , also left here for that quarter. This step, we understand, is in consequence of intellizence that an armed British schooner (probabty one of those alluded to shove) is king in our waters, down the river, with hostile in tentions towards the steam-boat' Barcelona, or any craft tact may be employed in aid or the Navy Islanders. .. ...... ....-..... —. . . . While writintr the above, several discharges of cannon have beeu heard limn that direction. A gentleman, just arrived, says that the schooners alluded to have been tirini , at, he sup p,ises, either the Baiceloua, or squads of disbanded Navy Istauders. I write to apprise you of these circumstances, and, whether tiles . haze taken place by accident or design, to remonstrate ag,aitist the carelessness in the one case, and the wanton viola tion it nati n 1 neutrality in the other. Hoping to receive such au ails% et as will prevent the neces sity' ot fitly unpleasant tiouniunicalious to American authoti lies, I have toe honor tube, &c. IRA AYF.R, C. tith Hepl., 47th Brigade N. Y. M. lion. A. N. Nlaenah, o u cntnahmtig her Britamile Alajebty'sf.rees ..1 Chippewa. (c.,Pv.) FROM HON. A. N. MACNAB, COLONEL. COMMANDING CHIP PEWA, TO COL. IRA AYER, GRAND ISLAND. I i ead quarters, Chippewa, Jan. 13. Sir.-4 have the honor to ackionviedge the receipt of your letter of this day, apprising tree " that for several days past eanuon.halls and sheik have been throvrti from the batteries on the Canad , an frionitei upon Grand Island," and that in one instance your barge, has been fired upon, when bearing the Anneiican flag." • regatil to the cannon-halls' or shells from our batteries reticlii.g %our frontier, it is quite possible that this may tura ,ionally-have lievarriaa case, but I can assure you that it is alto orther Ihr eff •er .;f accident, and that nut iiiie shot or shell has reached your shore by design. You must br au are of the ( front the situation ut Navy , Island, and the position ofour batteries) of keeping cur shut ,and shell always within our territory, but you m ay rely upon my best endeavours to do so: and I sincerely host that no accident has occurred on Grand Island in consequence of sOrne of our shut having occastunally reached. it. NVith respect to your complaint of our firing upon one of 1 „,,,• b ars p.s, bearinlz the Aaterican ll'ag, I have only to say that thus is the firA hole such a report . has reached toe, and I sin quite cony/fleetl that,upon int i m ' correct. It may po•sibly be gfit op as a sort of set off 10 the Y you will find it wholly in of alien under your immediate It N.. while peacefully sounding the American tlag,, by &tug upon I ) .,, l i i i r i a ,,,,, e u t i7, ll ii t t i :t u f il i l l e ir d eL li t ) l ' y a uril l e7 Lieut. Elin , ly• the river, and I ,h, I be Mitch obliged to you to inake the COlXlllllllllCiltilni ill Your authorities upon this subject, which you mention in your ~s I desire notliiiig a n niu o letter to me, a as a full investi2ation of the charges you have pref erred.-1 have the hollow to be, . sir, your 0 bedieut humble servant, ALLAN N. MACN krt. Colonel Cotomandin,,. Colonel Ira Ayer, 48th Itegt , 47th Bligad e N. York Militia. (From the Albany Evenin g in ii ,„.l .) To THURLDw WEED, REQ. Buffalo, Jan. 5,183,4. Dear sir,-1 - Leavy firing having been heard here for . four hours past, great Anxiety has been felt in reference to the ex peeled battle at Navy Island. The cats have just clone up, tiv which we learn that the royalists comment eti a tretnentlon s tire upon the island Irmo the "'Ain ' 4l "e, at one o' c l oc k t hi s afternoon. Th el have 16 pieces o f artillery and severa l 'c'or'al s, ,all of which are the most active tiP'eration. Th e f orce is about 4,U00 militia, 200 regulars, and 280 I n di ans • the latter 'nosily arrived last night in canoes , from above. \l'lth these, and the assistance of the steam-boat Thames and their schooners II in. at Black Creek. Iwo g ales above the island it i s expected .iiev will attack the patriots to night. awl Gal knows wh at nuiv he the result. A great loss of life will ensue al Si) rate, a s th e patriots are pretty well lit epared, and the island it, e it i s alums , impregnable. The patriot force is about WI to 1200, as near as e can learn, and r more tietermitted set of men, for good or evil. were probably never outgregatcd. They have also 20 pieces of artillery, awl are well supplied ni!li small aims „„,i munitions of war. We are, of course, waiting with intense anxiety to hear front theta. (From the New Ywk Awcrican of the 18th.) PUSTC NWT. One o'clock The northern mail has just arrived. From the frontier it is stated, that on the ni,ht of the 12!h instant there was really a Itemenilrais cannon:dling at and on Navy Island. Three hunrlr d gnus were ei.lltord by a listener Part of the 2.11 British regiment had arrived opposite the island. A letter front the ialrud reports none killed, but eight or ten wounded, On the same night an express came up from Schlosser with information that Mr. Villl Renssetaer and his otulaws had landed on our shores, and were marching towards Black Ruck, with the supposed design of crossing thence idol Canada. General Scott and the governor immediately proceeded to Black Rock, where the militia force was soon assembled. It turned out to be a falsealarni. . • All Butt%lo, civil and military, and all classes, vied with each other in attention to General Scott and the governor, who had reviewed the militia cusp, it' service there. (From the,New York American of Jan. 15 ) From the Niagara frontier there are accounts to Tuesday All remained in stain quo, and-the ,idea seemed to prevail in Botrdo that the Intention to attack Nav) Island had been ielinquislied, not withstandiag cannon were trained for-a mile and a half upon the river, so as to bear upon Navy Island, as it to cover an attack. (From the Buffir/o Commercial Adirtiser of Friday ) Wm. Lyon Niackenzie arrived in thiWcity last evening, and put up at the American Hotel. He came, it is said, to provide an asylum for his wife, who has hitherto refused to leave him. While here, or on his way up, he was arrested by the U. S. marshal, on the charge of raising an armed force in this state, for the invasion of a country w►tn which we are at peace. Messrs. T. T. S' erwood, R. 'l7. Brown, and I'. Dorsheinier promptly offered to become his bail, which was accepted, and he was liberated. The a►uount of the bail Uuud is 5,10.) dollars. COPY OF A LETTER FROII THIV HON. A. N. MACNAB COLONEL COMMANDING, To Col. 9HE HON. JONAS JoNE'S . , A.U.C. head quarters,-Chippewa. Dec.3o, 1837. Saturday morning, Tii ree o'clock. Sir.—l have the honour to report for the information of his excellency, the lieutenant-governor, that having received posi tive lamination, that the pirates and rebels at Navy Island had 'purchased a steam-boat, called the Caroline, to facilitate their intended invasion of this couutrv—en•l tiein;,• confirmed in Inv info' [nation yesterday by toe boat (which sailed under British colours) appearing at the island, I determined 1111011 cultic g her out; and having sent Capt. Drew, of the royal navy, he, in the toast g&lant otanner, with a crew of volniit"..ers (whose names I shill hereafter• nientioo) performed this dangerous service, which was haiiilsoine:y elf-Tted. In cousequotice of the heavy current, it was found lu be imp,issilile to get t h e vessel over to this place, and it was, therefore, necessary to set her on fire. tier comurs are in toy possession.—i have the hon Our to be. sir, )our obedient servant, A. N. MACNAB. Col. Commanding. P.S. We hive two nr three wounded—and the pirates ahou the same number killed. A. N. 31AeNA6. CoPY OF A t.F.TrEn FROM THE HON. JOHN ELMSLEY, LIEUT. R.N., TO TUE HON. COL. A. N. MACNAB. Chippewa, Dec. 1837, Eight, a.m. Sir,—l hate the honour to ii&rin )ou, that I have just le : turned from the neighhuurhood of Navy Island, to which point I proceeded at day bleak with my spy-glass to inspect the posi tion of the rebel forces. Soon after my arrival there I perceived our eight-oared gig just rounding:the northern extremity of Navy Island. She hail been all round the island, and was fired at from all parts of it, with round shot, canister, and grape, and musketry. On our coming abreast at Fort Schlosser, 1 distinctly saw two discharges of heavy ordnance froin a point on the main shore on the American side , not tar the fort. As NOM) as our boat had passed, the firing ceased. I have deemed it uo more than my duty to call your attention to this tact, to the truth of which 1 am prepared to make affi davit whenever called upon.-1 have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, (Correspondence of the Daily Commercial Ailrertiser.) Niagara Fails, Sunday, 9 por.. Jan. 14. Gentlernen,-- - -Your exp i ess ha s jast' arrived, suss 1 1 hasten to coinmunicate the inevements of the ta,t 21 hours. The terrible catin'onadiug of Friday-togid ilid—as I have been assured by Majors Chase and Lawimin, and Colonel Freeland, 14 Navy [slatr—no damage whatever. Yesterday ninriiing, Colonel Acres, commandant at Grand Island, wishing to send a despatch to. the command:let at Clop pe ma, and I tieing no whit disinclined to go, procured a barge, selected tour stout fellows, and went across the river, oppesite the American ban duke. A large number or own crowded rotted :is we approached the shore, and my liarsinen expected nathiug less than It, be hied upon, but instead of that, we were • courteetisly rereiyed by the ma c , s , \Ve were, to be sure, sur rounded by two b o at-, but whether to cut miff mita retreat mir nut 1 could not' tell. 1 iiiquired fir heal quartets, and was total that 1 should flout the t oininandant three miles down the river, at Chippewa. My men were taken care of, and treated very handsomely, • whiie 1 jumped into line of their barges with Colonel NP Ly,„aia, It.A., and Lieutenant Elmsley. R.N., and rowed Aut/ the Canada s hor e tow-aids Chippewa, in lull view of the batteries on , Navy Island, and also those in Canada. I saw the men noisier ing round their guns, a nii hurry leg this tvay and th a t, and what , we expected soon occurred. Toes opened a fire upon us from the islaud, with muskets awl cities, and kept up a peppeinig THE FOLLOWING . ARE THE AFFIDAVITS REFERED TO IN co, discharge till we were'eal of their reach mi. Chippewa. This Wit S.... MA I Nall • S CoRRESFONDENCE. eleg aii espert, and the effic e r s , f or m y g r ea t e r c o m f or t, told ate Upper Canada, district of Niagara. to wit :—Silvanus Fearns th a t the balls frequently well into the bank and houses beyond Wrigley, late of the township of Dumfries, in the district of us. The bullets struck round occasionally, and one or tw o Gue, labourer, deposeth and sail h, that he is a Briti s h soh nearly in my range, Cut. M.l)anald, however, with a polit e - feet, that he enlisted with Charles Dencembe, and join e d h im s men were dis in the L on d on di str i ct ; that alter D uncom b e ' ness %Iner t d oes hen infinite credit, offered to place him se lf be- tween me and the guns, which offer, of course, I cou ld uut pers e d, h e went wit h Alfred Lu ce , another of Duticonibe's m en , accept, down to Chippewa,- and crossed the Niagara river to join the Cerra' arriving' at Chippewa, to my great surprise, I was i n - patriots, that he was on board the steam-boat Caroli ne w i t h troduced to - Col: 3.l`Nale who has neither resighed nor has he the said Alfred Luce, on their way to Navy Island, at the time been superseded, 'yet, as fat as I could 'emu, as you will see she was captured—that he believes the said Luce was killed in by the documents,' with copies of winch I was politely favoured the etigageinent—i hat he understood the boat to he the property by Colonel Ayres, whose hespitality and kindness has mu c h of the patrio ts—that on the same day she was ca p tured s h e had iodized me. I returned iiy a back rea d, as C o l . M`N a b told taken a six-pounder to the island from Four Schlosser on the the officers 1 had no pat ticular iuterest in being shut by the guns American shore, with provisions and other necessaries for oti N.ivy Island. 1 suspect another and quite as string a rea- M ackenzte's army—that the tlag they had no boaid was a British sett was their unwill ingness th a t I s h ou l d inspect t h e i r batteries flag — that deponent ,sax the cannon put on b oar d—th at the on shore. , cannon, as he understood, was the property oft he United States —and that when th e b oa t s approached the steam-imat, a rifl e I .-onversed with s evera l o ff icers, an d gat h er as follows : ! . was flied at th em from the steam-bo a t—that he than ran for- They are anxi o u s t o avo id a wat w i t h t h is country; they are ward to the fr on t o f t h e steam - boat, when he was made prisoner, mot , - an imeis to h I r e our author - dies cut off supplie s with th e i island; and they groan dreadfully about the cost and trouble I SiLVANUS FLARNS WRIGLEY. they hay.- been put to. They will not attempt the island by The only fire-lucks deponent saw on hoard, were muskets assault, bat expe r t t o d r i ve t h e patr i ots — p i rates they call them and rifl es Si LyA is t's FEA ItlsS W RIGLEY. —from the island by t h e i r s h e ll s , rockets, atol artillery. Col. i Scorn before me at Chippewa, t h is 33 t h D ecem b er, 1837. M • Donald told me that they count not h ave kill e d l ess th an 30 WILLIasi IlwatlLToN M ERRITT, J . P. or 40 on Fiadtaft.' night. Others set it hiener. . lle said that, -- Upper Canad a , di s t r i c t o f Ni agara, to w i t : —George Nolop, with the exee t it t a n of rhiise woundea :ot board I he• Caroline, none • of the village ur Biantford in th e di s t r i c t o f G ore ; yeieuati tie had been ki led ou th a t s id e. E very other arc t iuut Makes the poseth and with, th a t he i s a British subject—that on th e 28 t h loss much gr e d er . L ast n i g h t some 3 0 or 40 shel l s were thrown of this month, he emit over on b us i ness to t h e U n i ted States— at Navy Island, but hot more that. th ree or four lodge , : upon , that on arriving at F or t S c h losser in the United States, h e was it, and those d a l no i n j ury , taken pi !sorter by a b o dy o f arme d men, w h o sai d they were lle•tii Ding tmi Gr a nd I s l an d , we were hailed from Navy Island, citizens of the United St a t es ; th at h e was put un d er guard Lic! lout the wind blowing hard did not h e ar. Th e gu n s were Illatlllf d detain A for about hours; that he, thi s d e p o n en t, r e p eated l y in a moment, an d l evel l e d , an d we expected a shot ; b ut an applied to be liberanid, but was told by the guar d th a t th e y woui d an aimed bo a t w as sent out, un d er t h e comman d o f Al a j ur Law- . Ind let damned tiny g o; th a t w hil e h e was i t p rismit.er at ton, to int eire pt us — o hen he found we w e r e friends—not etre j Fort Schlosser, he saw a six-pounder, belonging, as the guard miss I mean. Hi s crew c h eere d , an d rowe d back aga i ii. . . G.mvernor Mrircv, General Scott, the Ceminissarv-general, informed him, to the United Stales, taken frnin the fort, put on' board the steam-boat Caroline, an d ta k en t o N a vy and other officials are bele, ant i I h ate conversed with them, but ascertained nothing of th e movements. Something iin while he was a prisoner he he ar d th e men beimitiging to the boat - poruunt is certainly on tne topi,, but what, time most develope, state that the boat belonged to The p a t r i o t s, an d t h at s h e w as t o In consequence of the innate-rid . volunteers ou Navy Island. be employed in taking stores, guns, and other neressaties to Navy Islam!, for tlie use of the pat r i o t arm y— t h at w hil e de the quarters are so crowd, e l t h ey have no room to steep, and ',intent was a prisoner some armed m en came up to th e t avern ate consequiently getting discoutented. If possible, every luau will ell tutu, Canada. - where he was, and said that the loves had got the boat—that' the men tu t tied out and fired u p on the ne lsons they called tones 1 saw several 18 and 21-p oun d s h ot lodged upon errand Island crown mark upon them, also a piece of shell. Th.. sen tries —that deponent heard front his guard thdt there were about thirty armed men nn board the boat—th a t (luring the confusion s i, owe ll me were several shot had at, uck. They have even w zzed over I heir heads while on duty. • he made his escape—llort when the men of the boat went down his regord to the tutorage alluded to, in firing upon the boat, I to man her, they marched iu regular order—that in the guard am informed that she was hailed by the seutry when coining room, iii the tavern were lie was confined, there was it cask filled to ehmoe, and ordered to lay lii. She refused. They threatened with six-peund shot, and lao . •asks of grape and canister. and le fire if she 'lot not. She told th em t „ ,to h c hi—f ire and b e the inert lielonging to the steam-to/al saul that said shut had _____! awl Ilse fired. Lieut. Ehusiv oi ei d ine tie w, , ssieerim ,, been taken Hut lit the arsenal at liiiffalmi, and was to be sent to at the tone, auil that one of the balls struck the rudder head the patriots—that to me o f th e cle w told the deponent after the and p used 1,0 wt ., •li his arm arid his body. As to the fi,ing steam-boat had been taken, that he w:is sentry on the deck when !Tilt) the barge, I presume the necessary affidavits can be taken. the attack was made, and demanded thecountersign several times Perhaps it was " itCeideula I. " . . from the attacking pa i ty, but they Jul' not give it. [Documents enclosed.] GEORG R NOLOP• [COI/%1 Sworn before me at Chippewa, this 20th day of Dec 18:37. FROM coLoNEL lIIA AYER, , IBri-t. REG., 47TH BRIG, N. T. GEORGE HYKEICT, J.P. MILITIA. U S.BARRACKS, GRAND ISLAND, JAN. 13, 1838. Sir,—For several day s past cannon-balls and shells have been thrown from the batteries on the Canadian frontier upon (3 , atlil Ist lid, within the teriirume s of the United States. This was particalarly the ease last night or this looming, when several shuts cute received, and two or mote shells burst NMI) the island, and to the vicinity of the American barracks. Our farce has also been tired upon, when beariug the American 11 aft. J. ELMSLEY, Lieut. Royal Navy. The Hon. Colonel A. Macuub, Ste. COPY OF A LETTER FROM W. LOCKWOOD, ESQ., FIRST LIEU TENANT iiF"l-lii. ST. CATHERINE'S TitooP OF CAVALRY, TO THE HON. COLONEL. MACNiI3, &C. Str,-1 have the honour to inform you that this morning at eight o'clo,k, about 20 men appeared on Grand Island (two miles below Black Creek) constructing a bridge across a ravine, aid when they. w a patty of men on the Canada shore watch ing their upisetneuts, they fired a volley of musketry towards them ; after having completed their work they left two men on the h‘dge and retired towards the lower part of the island-1 have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM Lock woon. First 'Lieut. of the St. Catharine's troop of cavalry. To the Honourable Col—Macuab, "Commander•in-Chief of the Forces of Upper Canada. Chippewa, Dec. 29, 1837. - Upper Canada, District of Niagara ; to wit .: —Luke Walker, of the city of Buffalo, in the state of New York, in the linnet. States of A met lea, labourer, ma keth oath and sail h that he was on board the steam - hint' last Hight when she teas Cal," lured ; that there were about thirty armed men on board; that the said boat, as he understood nas the property of the patriots in Navy lsmod ; she had been employed during t he day in taking provisions and stores to the island; that (ferment was in the ca bin lying down when lie heard th, watch on the deck crp out, "iiurra boys, here comes the enem v;" that he heard the captain say to the men, "Sleep well to night, fur we shall hays hard work of it to-morrow; there are many gentlemen cowing from Rochester, and we shall have to take theni over." his LUKE )e, WALKER. m Sworn before me at Chippewa, first having been fully read and explained to him, this 30th December, 18'4. \V. Lt AIWILTuN IVIERRITT, (From the Baltimore American of Jan. 20.) IMPORTANT PROM THE MICHIGAN PitoNTIKII. The following letter, Iron a source of the first respectability at 11-trod, tonveys the particWars of impoi taut events which have just transpired in that quart er , i n re f erence to the revo l t in Canada. We have here the developement of plans which have been heretofore occasionally hinted at in the accounts that • have reached us from Buffalo. DKTHUIT, JAN. 7, 18:38.—Our city for the last three days has beeu iu gi eat confusion, In cons.quettee of the extensive plans orin.arlin g Canada by certain refugees and others having been discovered. Nothing of the movement wris — kriii‘iriave that meetings had been held and resolutions passed, but it was thought the matter would stop there. It has turned out diffeiently, for on Thurs day night all the anus in our'city arsenal were secretly taken away; on the same day four hunured stand were openly seized at Monroe, and on the succeeding ingot our jail was robbed of all the arms and fixed ammunition %%hick had been deposited there for site keening. The next morning a vessel with about SIX) stand and about lOU men, departed trout our wharves for B Blaile—a British island, distant 19 miles hence, and opposite. Maldren, at the junction of River Detroit with Lake Brie. Attempts were also to be made upon our city powder magazine at Dearborn, which were frustrated by a guard being despatched from the city in tune. Besides these daringoperal ions, supplies have been purchased and sent to Bois Blanc—subscription papers circulated, and now containing WOO names—commissions from Navy' wan,' tendered aid accepted—enrolments of about seven hundred men made in the 41f-rent-counties on the river—regular drills held—antl, to cap the climax, a Sutherland from New Yo r k, i s hourly expected with a force t•ronr Cleveland, to arrive at Gibraltar, lii tittles hence—the point of rendezvous —and to take command of all the forces. As Bois Blanc overlooks MaWren, and has upon it the re. mains of an old breast work, the patriots design makin g it a d e pot, and intend, after leaving thereon a guard, to attack M a l_ d eo , proceed to Sanisvich and London, and effect is junction Mackenzie, at Hamilton, Upper Canada. Governor Mason is , ued his proclamation three or four days ago, but it was disregarded. Yesterday the U. S. district at torney despatched _ a steamboat with the marshal and posse, after the srh.ater. bat I hey were defied and thieatened with the um,. tents of an eighteen hounder if they approached nearer than hailing distance. Our citizens held a public'sneeting and passed resolutions ex pressing t heir disappr,diation Of the pailiuts' measures, and or. ganized a guard of 1(X) men fur the protection of the town, which was then without any arms save those of our volunteer corps , and liable to he plundered of its stores by the patriots, or fired on by the royalists on she opposite side Of the river. Ulu's' the return of the marshal, a requisition tOr arms was made ' T un General Brady, U. S. A.. which was granted. Arms from Dearborn were brought in, and an euriduient of 21A) esti. zens made, t o seize•the schoonei it found within our We think, however, she has reached her point iit destination ere this. The patriots have a brge body of tnen at Gibraltar, destined co,perate A-ith the 'vessel alluded to, and to-morrow mnrn inv n e may expect the grand move to be made upon the town of (From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 16 ) THE PATRIOT /1101 Y DISBANDED.—THE B A IiCKLONA.- Night bet', e last the soi distant p:ittlla army tan Nall' Island evacuated tIl l posoifin, crossin ,, in their boa's to Giant) I,,:a ti d, surrendered their artns to the ' United Stales authorities, and disbanded iheir forces. The cannon belonging to the State were reviled in a scow to Schlosser, and on the way, with all TATHAM V. WRIGHT. ,The ease which has lately been so, amply reported in all it s stAges tinder the :strove name has now collie into the house of Lords under the designation of " Wright v. Tatham." frhe cirennisiances of the case are so recent and notorious, that it trill tie hire only necessary to state its present positron and character in the appellate jurisdiction. It was an action orejecttuetil brought Iry Mr. Situ iron! Tatham, the defendant in ., error,against Mr. Wriest f •r the recovery of the possession of some extensive estates in. Lancashire. 'I lie case was tried at the Lancashire summer assize. in 1836, and a 'verdict found for Mr. Tatham, who was admitted at the trial to be heir-at-law of Mr Marsden, the original ow.ner of the estates in question, under whose will they were claimed ny Mr. Wright. At the trial certain letters were tendered in evidence on the part. of Wright, which ‘iere rejected by Mr. Justice Colerid g e. anti p , uoi this rejection exceptions tats tendered. In the r„ll,,witig _Miehaelintis Term juil.;ment was Signed in the Court of King's Bench, where the action was originally brotulit, and tipon that judgment a writ of error was brought in the Exche quer Chamber. This writ was argued befiire six of the judges, who were equally divided in o f ininn as to the affirmance or re- , versal of the judgment, and. a majority being required to re verse the preeeding decision, it was a coll rge in the eiretittistan- Celt Affirmed; ;and upon this affirmance the present writ of error in Pat tiameut wits brOUVlt. The twelve judges alten , led the }louse for the purpose of ad vislag their lord hips upon the questi-n, and Sir F. Pollodc, Sir.W. Foilett, Mr. W , ghttnan, and Mr. Martin appeared for the plaintiff in error. and Mr. Starkie. Mr. Cresswell, Mr. Tom linson, Mr. Armstrong, anti Mr. Baines. for th' defendant in error. 'The brainy was not concluded at the ri s i ng o f th e ilouse. „.„-.771-, : , 1 _,. -. 7 -, ri forg s DA Y , FEB , 13 . ' ....4 Their,Xrdships at. 11(e'Alting this morning resumed the case .e., of.:',Wbykt It''. Tai It o in '' 211; c'sl.Es , w r:.1.4, di:;ii . cirri :in d was foll o wed by Mr. SirAR- V Xkli s er Iv,itil. • " , "t . rX.',Pitij_ipc repli ;" . "M , ',. Atill , PlAticKi.r.,o4kolipn this intimated, that he would prepkre cittesiNictipon ther,lsplijNL.t for the opinions of the 3utigt9, who, yroin einisiderixtien, would inf o rm the house of the 11011C191011/ tOwkigla tkeY 4",14 'wigs. i f THE LIVERVOOL STANDARD MISCELLANEOUS. (From the New York Gazette, Jan. 2.3.) OUR NEUTRA L RELATIONS ITH GREAT BRITA IN.—" Every American citizen must feel sickened and ashained of his country, uuless the speediest and promptest measures are takeu for the . suppression o f our b or d er outrages upon the dotnimou o f a friendly power. The news which he give our readers this morning Is even more alarming to the lovers of the honour and faith of their country, than any thing that has yet occurred. The inteLigence from Detroit is almost enough to disgust au American citizen with his country. What has become to our countrymen that they should all at once become so perfectly infatuated Is there auy adequate cause for such a sudden and an ()chins violation of all national honour ? Is there any thiug in a poor misera•iie Scotch vivalmud, hi nself without either talent, character, or cause to wart ant it, that should lead a whale people into an ins me contest for a people, nine-tenths of whom are liviug in entire content with their own government ? Why, most tertaiuly not. It is the wildest and the wickedest breach of hational neutrality that ever occurred iu a civilized land. On Wednesday morning, as the Birmingham and Sheffield mail was proceeding on i s route from Berton to Derby, the axleiree broke, uaar the Little Derby House, and upset the coach. Two gentlemen were hurt; but, we are happy to state, not seriously. ELGIN BURGHS.—Mr. Belt M`Kenzie, who has had a re quisition presented to him to come forward tin the conservative interest, is the son of the celebrated Henry M . Kenz'e, the au thor of the " Man of Feeling."—alberdeen Constitution. So completely and firmly was the river Severn frozen last week, that on Friday and Saturday the cricket players of Bewda ley amused themselves by having several strong contested games thereon. Such a circumstance is not remembered to have taken place before by the oldest inhabitants. The quantity of wild (owl in the county of Kent is unprece dented. Cowards of 150 wild geese were shot off 'Whitstable with a pontoon; they realized 3s. a pair in the market. Wild swans have been seen in the river between Whitehall and Chat ham, and the docks are more numerous in all the old haunts of these birds then in any semen since the Breast frost of 1814. The letters patent of the Duke of Wellington, as chancellor,, appointing the Earl of Devon high steward of Oxford Univer sity, in the room of the Earl of Eldon, were communicated to convocation on Thursday, and unanimously confirmed by an unusually large assemblage of doctors and masters. Lord Brougham compares his rushing out of the house, after the delivery of his Canadian speech, to Catiline's quitting the Roman senate ; but the parallel cannot be complete, as histo rians do not inform us that the Roman, like the English senator, had taken physic. MAIL COACH AcernaNT.—An accident occurred on Wed nesday last to the 1 3 , rminghain mail, on its route to Chester field. It was proceeding 'town the hill, at Little Derby, about Emir miles from Derby, when the fore-wheel came off, in conse quence of which the coach was overturned, and the guard and two outside passengers much hurt.— Derbyshire Courier. STATE OF TRADE.—Owing to the return of severe frost, which has again closed the navigation that had been partially opened by the thaw of last week; the demand for goods and yarn of all description s was exceedingly limited yesterday; and the tittle business done was, in some cases, at a slight decline o n last week's prices. —Manchest e r Guardian. ARRIVAL OF A FRENCH 44-GUN FRIGATE AT COVE IN DIS TRESS.—The Terpsichore, frigate, from Martinique, bound to Brest, was towed into Cove last night, by the Air, steam-tug. She is leaky, and lost sails, spars, &e. The g,ovet nor of Mar tinique. and his lady, have arrive.) by her. She had been some days on the coast thing guns. The Air left Cove last evening after nightfall, and fell in with her about seven miles south of the lighthouse.—Cork Constitution of Thursday. It is very confidently stated, that communications have passed between the government and Colonel Thompson relative to some expressions made use of by that officer at a recent meeting relative to Canadian affairs at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. We undetstand that Colonel Thompson denies the accuracy of the report of the speech in question, and says that his observations hail only reference to absolute, not constitu tional monarchs.—Times. A quack doctor, having spread the alarm of the small-pox raging in the Isle of MUD, has induced the parents of 300 chit d rOll in the parish of St. Pattie to allow them to be inoculated for that complaint. The treatment of all the patients was ex actly the same, and fortunately perfectly inmostiins, the cheat having used only butter instead of the virus. Having filled his pockets the quack absconded. SHIPWRECK.—On the night of Friday the 26th ult. a vessel bound front Liverpool to Westport was wrecked on the rock which stands outside Achil head, iu the northwest of this county. We have hear I, but we hope nut ruly, that the wretched crew, when they had providentially reached the shore in their long boat, were plundered by some miscreants who reside near the spot The Neptune, one of the vessels belonging to the water guards, was dispatched to get the wrecked vessel off the rock, but she unfortunately went to pieces. Saturday afternoon, as a clerk belonging to an eminent bank ing -house, in Lombard-sireet, was going to Chariug-crinis, in his way he dropped his pocket-book containing drafts and bills to the amount of £3t wand upwards. It was picked up by a news vender's boy, who on fitpliug the address of the banking firm within the cover, lost no time in conveytng it to the house, the principal of which, on being informed rf the honesty of the boy, obtained the address of his fattier, who is in very indigent cir cumstances, and generously presented him with ten sovereigns, and promised t o tot ward the interest of the lad in every way that lay itt his power. THE LATE SIR D. K. SANDPoRD.—Sir Daniel was the se cond son of the late !tight Rev. Bishop Sandford, of Edin 'he took a burele and had completed his fortieth year on the day precedin g his decease. He was educated at Oxford, where brilliant first class, and gained the prize for the English Essay . At the early age of 23 he succeeded ti, that ch a ir w h ic h h e has since held with so much honor to himself, and so much benefit to society. For one session he eat as member for Peis'ev; Lot fiuding tiis health unequal. to the labours o f a senatorial life, he withtli.ew to fir ii in prijawenr, and confined hi mself almost ex clusivelys professional duties.—Gtuayme Courier. FIRE AT ASLITON.—We regret t o st a t et h at on MondaV mOrn ing last, the exten. , ive cotton factory b elonging to Mr. Wright,or Ashton-under-Lyne, was totally d estroyed by fire. W e un derstand that the fire originated in the following manner :—The engineer, before commencing work, was greasing, some of the gearing which was boxed offeby boards to preveet accidents; and in orde: - to see what he was doing. thrust a candle inside i the hos; when a quantity of cotton-thin gs w h ich ha l co lected there trunk fire, which communicated to the boards; and as there was nobody else on the premises to give assistance, the whole building was immediately in flames, and in a very shor time was speedily des , oyed. We have not heard the extent o the loss; but we believe, the property, to some extent at least was covered by insuiance. —M anc h ester Guardian. , DESTRUCTIVE STEAM -BOAT DISASTERS, AND LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN AMERICA.-011 f New Orleans slips of the 31st of December, received yesterd ay, f urn i sh the following ac count of t he lass. on t h e Mi ssi,sinPi, of the steam-boais Black Hawk and Vickslsureh, at en led Rath the destruction Of human life, and not far from X. 150.000, in property. —" The Black Hawk, Caiitain Taylor, left Natchez on the 27th inst., for Nat chitoches, with a full load of passengers, horses, and freight ; in cluding 90,000 dollars in specie, owned by the United St lies. Thai night, while in the Slissis.ippi, a short distance above the mouth of lied Riser, she Most her boiler, whit h I leas cif Hillier upper works forward of the wheel, and her pilot and engineer were instantly killed. Several others are supposed to be lost; the exact number, however, cannot tie ascertained—feur or five were severely, and perhaps mortally wounded, and several others received slight bruises. A large portion of the passengers made the hore by the aid of a flit boat, and about 75 001) dohs. of the specie and a large portion of the cargo were saved iii the same manner. Seven of the horses were killed. The hull of the boat is now ashore partly under the water, near were the accident occurred. The Viashorgh, Captain Auter left Vicks burgh on the evening of the 26:h .for New Orleans. At half-past four o'clock on the morning of the 29th, when about twelve miles below Baton Rouge, made the share on account of a fog. About three minutes afterwards a fire was discovered in the cut ton adjoining her boilers, and in less than twenty minutes the whole host was completely enveloped in flames. The passengers, fortunately, were enabled to escape to the shore without injury to their persons, and with very trifling loss of baggage.—New Fork Paper. A Citian CARRIED AWAY BY A BA BOON.—Flocks of ba boons are known toinfest the gardens in the suburbs of Cal cutta. A nati ve woman of Soorah left a child about two months old on a bed in her compound, liestnealed with nil (a native practice), and went away for a minute or two. No sooner had she left the pl .ce, than a large baboon jumped from a tree close by, and taking the infant in its embrace, ran up the tree again. The cries of the child immediately brought the mother to the spot, with 'meaty others. It was plain the child was being well treated by the baboon, for he handled it with mud] kindness. Some plantains being placed under the tree, the batmen came down, and secured the - fruit, but did not let go his hold on the child, although the people had hidden themselves. Soon it grew less sceptical, and, placing the child on terra firma. ate another plantain. At this moment the people appeared and shouted, thinking to terrify the monkey from his charge; but the animal was notao be so caught. It seized the child , again, and leaped from one tree to another, and so on, pursued by the people, screaming and shouting, fur a quarter of a hour or tnore. The baboon was then observed to leap over a tree with out its victim; this was alarming, for none could guess what had become of the child. until they heard its cries. It was then found uninjured, embedded in the paten trunk of the tree the baboon was seen last ote—Parbary's Oriental Herald. THE AMERICAN NAVY LALAND ADVENTUREHL—The northern part of the state of New Tusk, and particularly the district front Rochester to Buffalo, is a country very recently and most rapidly settled and peopled, and improved, inasmuch that the city of Buffalo itself, which now contains nearly 30.000 inbabi tants, was only a trier- village stone twelve years ago, and other towns on the line to lioehester have risen with Meat rapidit ; and the improvements it roads. canals, railways, and buildings, have kept pace with the increase of population. The capital for these improvements has been supplied by speculati on. „,,d by the facilit i es of banking accommooations. which have been carried to such an extent in the United States, and have led to such deplorable results. The failure of Rathbue, ag limy he called the founder of Buffalo, for three million & of dollars—one moiety of which was 'obtained by discounting for attires —one instance of the manner in which funds were, abtained t. for many of these rapid impro , ements ; and the fuiler e et the banks last yea!, and the consequent infest up li on of the awl:s ten-tett supplies, has cast out of cnip!“ mew , blot merph , mahi _ holes 'or labourers and artisans, hut , also bankrunt iraders, ruined speculators, anti many other el aa s es W ye ,. tasting loose upon society, full of enterprise, an a without much ..crumple as to any moral or political obligatein. The same district is also the usual route fns the mutual swaim of emigrants from the eastern stud nudie e states to the "far west and Buffalo is the regular port of embarkation for those pioneers of cultivation (we can scarcely say- cif ilization ) who plunge into the forest, trusting for the means of sabs:stenee to Ihe title. the axe. and the hoe, and to Whom the promised 300 acres of 'and in Upper Canada is a tempting allurement when compared with a squatter's title in the distant regions of Illinois or WISCOUSiII. —London paper. " There can be no doubt now of what we said yesterday morning, that the Van Rensselaer vagabonds of Navy Island, evacuated that felon establishment merely for the purpose of attacking Upper Canada from a inure eligible point. It is as curious as it is a mortif)ing fact that with the exception of the poor creature %I•Keurte, the oppression of which ' patriotism' is so fierce to rid itself in Udper Canada, is only felt by citizens of the United States who have nothing tinier heaven to do with that colony. Doucombe is a native of New York, Van Ren sselaer is a citizen of Albany, and Colonel Sutherland is a printer from some where in Onio. Pretty patriots these to put a whole peodie in peril, and jeopard the peace of two great na tions? Why in the name of all lost is preoostsroos, w.t•t lh it common disturber a II angoillity, Van Rensselaer permitted to go at large upon ❑ominal bail—with the general understanding that he was i tuned ately to lead the felon forces into hostilities against a friend]) people?" Cops of a le►►er from Ceiptai❑ Drew, Commander Royal Navy, to the Hon. A. N. M'Nab, Colonel Commanding her Ma jesty's forces:— __ Head-quarters. Chippewa, Dec. 30, 1837. Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that in obedience to your commands to burn, sink, or destroy the piratical steam vessel which had been plying between Navy Island and the American shore the whole of yesterday, I ordered a look-out to be kept upon her, and at about five p.m. of yesterday, when the day had cicsed in, Mr. Harris, of the Royal Navy, reported the vessel to me as having moved off Navy Island. I imme diately directed five boats to be armed and manned, with 4F volunteers, and at about 11 o'clock, p.m. we pushed off from the shore for Navy Island, when not finding her theme, as expected, we went in search, and found her moored between the island and the main shore. I then assembled the boats off the point of the island, and dropped quite down upon the steamer; we were not discovered until within 2U yards of her, when the sentry upon the gangway hailed us, and asked for the countersign, which I t o ld hi m we would give when we got on board ; be then fired upon us, when we immediately boarded, and found from 20 to 30 men upon her decks, who were easily overcome, and in Iwo minutes she was in our possession. As the current was running strong. and our pisit ion close to the Falls of Niagara, I deemed it most prudent to burn the vessel, but previously to setting her on tire, we took the'precaution to loose her from her mooring, and turn her into the stream, to prevent the possibility of the destruction of anything like American property. In short, all those on board the steamer who din nut resist were quietly put on shore, as I thought it possible there might be some American citizens on board. Those who assailed us were of course dealt with accoul ng, to the usages of war. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the officers and men whit accompanied me; their coolness and bravery show what may be expected from them when their country inquires the services; where all behave so well it would be invidious in particularise any one, but 1 may be excused flout men tiiming the gal act conduct of Lieut. Shepherd Arem muck, of the lio)al Navy, vihonoblyseconded•me; and had to encounter several of the piiales on the fine part of the vessel, by which I regret to say he has received five desperate wounds ; we have also two otheis wounded. and I regret to add that five or six of the enemy were killed. A return of our wounded I beg to subjoin. _ I have the honor - to be, Sir, Your must obedient humble servant, ANDREW DREW, Cond 0 1 Roaavy. P.S.—I b eg t o a dd t h at we brou m ght ma one prisone y r l away, a B, it lab subject, in consequence of his acknowledging that he hail belonged to Duncionlie's army, and was on board the steamer to juin Arlie nzie upon Navy Island. eturn of the Wounded ANDREW DREW. Lieutenant Shepherd Al:Comae, liuy - al Navy, desperately. Captain Warren, slightly. • Juhu Arnold, severely. ANDREW DREW. The King of Hanover lately went out shooting while Reau mur's thermomrt er was between teelve ant thirteen degrees below Zeto (about three degrees of Fahrenheit). Nuta4n FACT.—A r:ay or two ago a little girl, belonging lick to Mr. whitesmith, of Barnsley', put her tongue out to the ice which was upon the ir , n rails in front of Mr. bright's h ouse, i n that town, when her tongue was immediate ly.ltozen fast t o t h e ra il . T he poor little creature could not ex ti irate herself without forcing a portion of the skin off her tongue, u luck caused it to bleed profusely.— Leeds Inielligencer. NOBLE SENTI NEL — Prince Maximilian, of Leuchtenbura, 8011 of Princ e E ugene, and brother of the first consort of the Queen of Portugal, having been drawn for the army, chose to serve, an d was placed as a private soldier in toe Ist Rezinirnt. of Cuirassiers On the 19111 ult. he mounted guard for the first time, and was stationed at the gate of the quarters of 11,s regi ment. The King and Queen of Hanover passed him on foot, and re edived from him the accustomed salute. Many tithe' • persons of di st inction took the occasion of passing before this distinguished sentinel. FIRE.— Having witnessed the conflagration of a large build- I ig, int, nded 'fur a cotton store, belonging to Messrs liorrocks, Al tiler alit, Co. I cannot omit so seasonable an opportunity Of (lffet lug a few appropriate reins, ks. So dreadful are the rffet t 3 of fire, and so disastrous to the working people who are thrown Out of employment, that every effirt should be made to prevent or mitigate such calamities. In the first place, the fire engines, buckets, and every requisite, should be in perfect repair, and accessible at a moment's notice. All the firemen should lie perfectly sober characters, well trained to the work, anti made acquainted with the situation of every supply of water in the town. The superintendent should be cool-headed, active, and decisive, and ought tai he obeyed in all his orders. These remarks apply only to large towns ;' but I beg to offer a few hints in reterence to all cases, whether in town or country. So soon as the alarm of fire is given, instead of running empty handed, as I perceive to be the case generally, let every person in the first instance furnish himself with a can, bucket, or any kind of vessel, to cat ry water in. He may take it from home, or borr o w it 00 the road. By a determined efldrt judiciously directed, many flies would be extinguished before damage was done, and before the engines could be got to play. if the fire happened in the night, as many as possible ought to take lan terns with them, which would be found exceedingly useful. Then, instead of standing as idle spectators, or preventing the activity of others by crowding together, every individual should exert himself to the utmost of his power. This is but doing what he would wish toilers to do for him in a similar circum• stance. How dead to every humane, every generous feeling, roust those be, who; regardless of their neighbour's property, and of the loss which society at large must sustain. look on with indifference, or turn the conflagration into a sport ! Still more base and wicked are they who lake advantage of the confusion and exposure of property to pilfer, and carry off sub articles as they can conceal, belonging to the unfoitunate, persons whose property is being destroy - el by the flames. It is gratifying, how ever, to notice, on these oc casions , th e act i v i ty an d courage of many others of an opposite class. I have frequently noticed, not only the working people, but people in the highest tanks of society, exerting themselves in a most praiseworthy manner. What d giatitying reflection it must be to all such, to know that they have assisted in preserving valuable property flout. destruc tion, and secured to many poor families that employment by which they earn their bread. It would be well always to ascer tain the causes of fire, and to have them frequently published in a regular list, that they might be constantly remembered. Twelve houses in one street, including a valuable inn, were burned den in London, not long ago, through a drunken man, who slept in a garret. taking a candle to bed. The loss of the Ben Sherrod, steamer, which took place while racing with the Prairie, on her passage from New Orleans to Louisville, and by which 175 persons, amidst horrible sufferings, found a watery g rave, is but of recent occurrence. A b a rrel o f whi s k e y was on the- deck, (torn which the sailors were supplied, to stimulate them in the race, till, by the extraorifinars beat of the boiler, the vessel took fire. Indeed, I have no doubt, if the causes could always be paced immediate and remote, that three-fourths if not more, of the losses by fire, are to be attributed to the use of intoxicating liquors. The fire of alcohol not only burns up vessels, and houses, and streets, but consumes the vitals of about &ow ° f ou r cauntrymen every year.—Liresey's Mural Refinmer SIR WALTER SCoTT'S VISIT TO STORRS IN 1825.—Mr Bolton's seat, to which Canning had invited Scott, is situated a couple of unites lower down on the same lake; and thither Mr. Wilson Conducted biin next day. A large company had been assembled there in honour of the minister—it included already Mr. Wordsworth and Mr. Sow hey. It has not, I suppose, often happened to a plain English merchant, wholly the architect of his ()wit fortunes, to entertain al one time, a party embracing So many illustrious DatilcS. He was proud of his guests; they respected him, and honoured and loved each other; and it would have been difficult to say which star in the constellation shone with the brightest or the softest light. There was `' high dis course," intei 'Minded with as gay flashings of courtly wit as ever Canning displayed ; and a plentiful allowance, on ail sides, of those airy transient pleasantries, in which the fancy of poets, however wise and grave, delights to run riot when they are sure not to be misundei stood. There a ere beautiful and accomplished women to admit and enjoy this circle. The weather was as elysian as the scenery. There were brilliant cavalcades through the woods in the mornings, and delicious buntings on the lake by moonlight ; and she last day, the admiral of the lake," presided over one of the most splendid regattas that ever enlivened Winderniei e. Pei haps there were nut fewer than fitly barges following in the professor's tadiant procession, when it paused, at the point of Storrs. to admit. into the place of nontair, the vessel that carried kind and happy Mr. Bolton and his guests. The three bards of the lakes led the dicers that hailed Scott and Calming; and music and sunshine, flags, streamers, and gay dresses, the merry how of voices, and the rapid splashing f in numerable oars,- made up a dazzling mixture of sensatuois, as the flotilla wound its way anumg the licitly folaged islands' and along bays awl promontories peop,ed with enthusiastic specta tors.— Lockhart's Life of Scott. .lir' • The men on board, were near going over the Falls She had fallen far down the current, and the men had given up the case as hopeless, when a gale from the north-west sprang up. and by the aid of their bl an k ets wa f te d them on shore. It is said .that the Manchester and B o lt on ra il way w ill b e • completed, the entire di s t ance , i n A pr il next. Island. The British flag was yesterd a y morning hoisted on Navy Charters of Municipal . Incorporation have been granted to The Barcelona went down to Schlosser yesterday m orn i ng , the boroughs of Sheffield and Bolton. Three armed British schooners, upon the supposition that she Mr. Murphy, the popular meteorologist, calculates there will Was there to bring up the munitions of war of the disbanded be 123 rainy days, 125 fair, and 117 cnangeable in the present army, were stationed below Black Rock to intercept her, with year. orders to hail her, and on her refusing to lay to and be searched, A vacancy has occurred in the office of one of the six clerks fire upon her. We understand that the prop er represen t at i ons h av i ng in Chancery, by th e d eat h o f M r. Ri chard Pollen. These lu crative crative appointinents are i n th e g if t o f the master of the rolls. made to th e B ri ti s h C omman d ant b y Gen. Scott, she.. cone up , Henry Sewn, Esq., of the Ch a n cer y B ar, h as b een appo i nted early thi s morn i ng w i t h out mo l estat i on to Brack Rock Dam, whet e s h e now li es . W e trust that this vexatious war, so far as to the judge s hi p in the supreme court, at Calcutta, vacant by the N ivy I s l an d men are concerne d , i s ended, and that no the death of Sir B en j am i n M al ki n. inelsures will be taken to re -concentrate the dishan,led forces. In the (louse of Commons on Saturday, Mr. Plumptre gave Gen. `'au Rensselaer, of the late patriot army, Navy I s land, notice, that on the '22,1 inst., he should move for leave to bring was arrested last night by one of the Uniten States deputy in a bill for the suppression of trading on Sundays. marshal s , and liiierated on giving bail for his appearance at the Lord Eldon's will has been proved, and the personal of his next ses.ion of the United States Circuit Court. property sworn under 1.:700,000. This, of course, is independent The bail taken was Mr. Van lt.'s own recog•nizance in the of his large landed estates. The will is said to cover 70 folio sum of 3,000 dollars, with Dr. B. Johnson, G. P. Parker, and p each. ages , H. K. Smith, Esqrs. in the addit iona l sum of 1,000 dollars T he army is at present unde r it s es t a bli s h ment about 8,000 men; therefore government have it in their power to raise that The disbanding of the force at Navy Island has furnished an number without any application to parliament, and in couse opportunity for ascertaining the number who were there as- a i .e q ei t. recruiting is going on briskly. seintiled. * They mustered io all 510 who were enrolled. Be , Mr. Shell has been appointed to the commissionership of sides these there were something like 150 supernumeraries. Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the death of Mr. Creevy. The office is tenable with a seat in parliament, and Mr. Shell will return forthwith to his constituents, who will doubtless re-elect him. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, FEB.l2.—There has been very little change in the piece market to-day, and prices remain the same as last- week. The wool market has been extremely dull, and very few sales have been inade,although the last week's prices have been fully maintained. In a coal•pit at Greengares, about five miles west from Sla mannan, a living toad was lately found embodde.l in the solid strata about six fathoms below th., surface, and between a level bed of ironstone and &ilk. Its lodgment was in a soft wet mass, aunt the animal was sent to Glasgow in a perfectly lively con dition. ka Mkt id Alt Y 16, 16:315, ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. In consequence of the longer duration of Day Light, the Pro , prietor bas been induced to alter the tune of opening the Doors to [ - lalf-past -Six. Performance to commence at Seven. Second Price at Nine o'clock,—Charges of Admission as before. iral IS present FRIDAY, and TO-MORROW, (Saturday,/ 1 will be performed, for the fifth tithe out of London, * Drama of powerful interest, as perfoimed there 200 night'. called VOLSHA • OR, THE SLAV QUEEN. In which Mr. Ryan's entire Stt and Company will appear.. RYAN'S SCENE - N THE CIRCLE. The whole to concl e ‘iith the last Act of JIM CROW; Ott, TEN HOURS IN NEW YORK. On MONDAY next, for the Benefit of Mr. BATES, Pm' prieter, will b e p ro d u c e d an entire new Spectacle, called CRICH FUN; OR, THE DARK DAYS OF CATHERINE DE MEDI' CIS ! In which will take place, the Lion's Fight--Combat with the Bear and Leopard—Ouratw Outang and Antelope—The Royal Bull F ia ht, b y Dog ittid " Da2ger—The Wolf and his Chaser, &c. The novelties of the Arena will conclude with ea emit e new act, never before presented, called ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Proprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. There will be no Performance' O-MORROW EVENING, in consequence of the many Preparations for the following Novelties: IN MONDAY next, the 19th instant, and following Eve k togs, a new an d p opu l ar D rama; founded on Lover ' s celebrated Novel, with aiterations andidditions, adapted to this Theatre, called RORY O . IIIOIIIE. Rory O'More 11010 ...Mr. Raymond. To which will b e a dd e d a hi g hl y - pu l ar Interlude, never acted here, ca ied 'TILE YOUNG WIDOW. Aurelia Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with a new and splendid Comic Pantomime, which has been in preparation fur several weeks, with new Scenery painted by Mr. PARKER, new Propel ties. Tricks, &c., called HARLEQUIN LITTLE 80-PEEP ; • OR, THE OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED IN A SHOE. Clown Mr. King. I Harlequin Pantaloon llr. Brown. Columbine.. Mrs.,9ibson. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication of " F. C." (dated from Lisbon), is under consideration. The letter of " I'. M." would not prove interesting to the ge nerality of our readers. We have received the following donation in aid of the Soup Establishments. Mr. John Crowther, Church-street, 10s. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the Asiatic Journal for February, Wilson's Border Thles, (four numbers,) and Done's' Psalmody, which shall be noticed in our next. UstiEF OF THE Poou.—We hare no doubt that the sugges tion of our correspondent " A Visitor," respecting the dis tribution of the soup, provided by the liberality of the public, would, if adopted, be attended with considerable advantage. The plan suggested is, that visitors should be appointed to visit the houses of the poor, similarly to the plan adopted in 1814. The benevolence of the public has pot it in the power of the committee of management to extend their relief, in providing fuel, and clothing, when it is found necessary. The evil complained of respecting the unequal distribution of the soup, cannot be effectually removed by any arrangement, but, we think, it might be considerably mitigated, by ad,'pting the suggestion of our correspondent. We therefore, throw out these hints to the gentlemen who have the management of these establishments, and feel persuaded, that whatever arrangements can be made for the more effectual relief of the poor, will receive from them a most cheerful concurrence. The present severity of the weather, and the prospect of its continuance for some time, render it necessary that the bene volence of the public should keep pace with the necessitime , of the poor., rbe Eiberpool iitanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16. 1838. azi. The Publication of the STAN DA R D commenced this morel ing at 5 o'rlocir. CANADA.-By the packet ship Sheffield we hive re ceived intelligence from New York up to the 24th ulti -010, which confirms the news brought by the Europe and? Gladiator respecting the evacuation of Navy Island and the dispersion of the rebel forces under Mackenzie and R msselaer. We have given copious extracts from the N-w York journa's in another part of our paper. It appears that the "pirates" had quitted Navy Island on the 14:1i ultimo, without tisking any engagement. We suspect, however, that their retirement Was not ef fected without sustaining a serious loss, as the island was briskly cannonaded by the loyalists for several days. It is supposed that the " pirates" had quietly dispersed to q their t ly several homes i n t h e U n i te d S tates . al al T iwp t s te rfo - T )bra o ob r ri s : l n ) c '' e a s s com mitted utl:aisny , 4o srtil t hem en p ne r i e t v "h i ee o rubeseltaytneirteonfoailbl amenab l e e r tno p i p iratical ical expedi tion. These cowardly vagabonds left all their arms and am•nu nition b hind them in the island, on which the British flag was speedily -1I : O .s.A. in token of victory. The rebel Mackenzie was arrested at Buffalo by the American authorities on the Ilth, but immediately, li berated on bail in 5000 dollars. This certainly appears a very inadequate security for such kcharacter. Captain Drew's report satisfactorily accounts for the seizure and destruction of the Caroline steamer, about hich such a patriotic noise was made by certain of the United States citizens. He distinctly proies that this act of interference was strictly conformable to . thelaws. of war, and t h a t i t was unaccompan i ed by cr uelty. On this report the Standard has the following judici ous observations : " We are to observe in this report— " First—The clear evidence that the vessel was in the pirates' service—a matter which, indeed, is not disputed by the loudest. complainants of her capture; and elsewhere will be found affi— davits proving that she was the pirates' properly. "Secondly—We are to observe that she was found moored is the lake or river, the common highway of loth nations, and not, as the first accounts affirmed, made fast to the American shore.. "Thirdly—We have proof that the Caroline was engaged in military service, else, why demand THE countersign I Merchant' ships have no countersign. As she was not in the military service of the States, site must have been in the military service of Me pirates, which the other circumstances prove to have been the case. " Fourthly—lt is seen that the Caroline fired upon her D4a-- jest y's Ipiats before any tire was returned. -‘ Fifthly—The pirate crew were not taken unawares. They had their wen on deck wi h aruis in i their hands, and used these arms so effectually us unfortunately to inflict desperate wounds upon thiee of her Majesty's subjects. "Sixthly —and most satisfactory of all—ive have the assuranco of a British officer and a man of honour, that all the crew of the Caroline were safely sit on shore before the vessel was set on fire and abandoned, one only excepted, who, being recognised as a traitor, was brought away a prisoner. " Here, then, is the whole story of " the outrage" about. which the semibarbarian Jacobins of Buffalo have raised such a howl, and which Mr. Clay, Miss Mu) tinewe's cast-bops sage, has not scrupled to `• yell" forth in "like syllables of dolor,"" even in the Congress. Captain Drew has been contradicted, and no doubt will be contradicted again, by oaths and itsseveta— tions from the pirates and their abettors; but these men are known, to "lie as enormously" as their brother democrats its England, and swear as glibly as their fellow ruffians in Ireland,. There is not a jury could, be impannelled in Eutope irons It% pillars of Hercules to Nova Zetubla, who would hesitate to de, tide upon the statement of a captain in the British, navy, agains t the oaths o f a w h o l e "- w il derness " of Buffalo barb ar i ans ." On the general question of the 'occupation of. Navy%. Island—its subsequent evacuation—and the unjustifiablti, nterference of the American citizens. the StandaUge-. war ks:— " In contemplating the transactions under consideration, it. is impossible not to contrast with lust pride the noble honesty, and candor of the British conduct throughout, with the tricky pettyfogging malignit} of the New York. borderers. An army is organised ou the Unitrd States soil, for the invasion of the.. territory of a friendly power; the organisation is announced in : all the local newspapers; the local authorities do nothing te_ interrupt the in gauisation, This army equips itself with arms, the property of the States—still nothing; the invasion is effect-, ed by this pirate United States army —nothing stilt; the pirates., establish themselves in an island subject to the Queen of Eng. • land, and receive supplies from the Liaited Stabs' port Schlos ser, under the piotect ion of guns, bred upon the Queen of-Eng laud's boats, from that port. Plea Lieutenant Eta:sky': report. Still it never occurs ta the United States authorities, that it it much more their business than the business of the British Go vernor to suppress pirates, B u t t h e U nited States autho r s a rdeficientnointhese in vigil ance and activity. A cannon r e shot overreaches its mark and touches the American soil with out, however, doing the least damage. A fragment of a shells as innocent of mischief, is dtscoveied. These outrages upon Republican independence are not IA he Inoue—then the Caro- - line is seized in open war auti.(prohahly because the fellow who sold her to the pirates had nut touched the purchase.mortey.• and sees no chance of realising, the price in Canadian lauds,) . a lying story is trumped up, that she was surprised resting,. peaceably at a wharf, all her iuniate,s. wrapped in sleep, and that they were all murdered. We rejoice that lii it is!), truth,failh, honour, and forbearance have been so proudly shown in contrast; first, for the glory that is letleeted upon our country and our Christian and monarchi cal institutions; secondly, because of the high tone which the conduct of Sir F. Head entitles this empire tu - estimate in a/I future neguciations with the Republic; and as the anti-British feeling is so =illicitly runcorous upon-our frontiesy is must bn