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

iintperial Parliament. NEGRO A Ppt:iiNTicEsHiP. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice oat, oil Monday next he should bring forw ar d hi s. motion regarding negro slavery, negro ap prenticeship, &c-, and he should move an address for the whop-. lion of measures to alleviate their condition. As to accelerating the periods of the emancipation of the uegrues, he should not then raise any question,•attoongh he h. 1 ,1 4 very strong opinion on the subject. His lordship undertook, on the suggestiin of Lorl Ellenboroug,h, to submit the terms of his inotibu pre viously to the debate. The - Marquis or LA ssnowNE tn , )ved the second 'reading of the Presbyterian Oaths (Ireland) Lord BaIm:GHIA:IJ opposed the bill, declaring that it displayed gross ignorance of the law, and of who were presbyterians. The order for the second r:tding, after some further couver sation„ was discharged. Ti lordships tlieu adjourned. HOUSE OF COMAIONS.—Mosioxv. Iu the Commons petitions Isere presented respecting "Sir J. &one's Museum;" against the poor laws; for the comalutatiou. of the sentence of the cotton-spinners, &c , Mr. WA K ISY, on presenting some further petitions, regard ing the cotton-spinners, complained that a morning contempo rary had suppressed the fact of his having presented petitions lyn this subject on Friday, and he thereupon declared that if any such inaccuracies or sirppre43iiin occurred hereafter,-be the consequences to himself what they might, he should notice to the Speaker that there were: strangers" present, and have the galleries cleared, i. e. the reporters excluded. Mr. WA IC 1.e.( soon afterwards ceded attention to the fact that the time for having " lights" had arrived, and that it was proposed to ti v the experiment of the new mode of illuaunation by gas; but as some were for and others against that expert men!, he thought the opinion of the house ought to be taken— " gas v. wax." • Tire SPEAKER accordingly put the question, and the ayes were loud in favour of the is exhibition. • The house ',vas thereupon illuoonated by vas. Sir W. Mor.g,swoirria gave no , ice that March 6, he should move an adiress declaratory of " want of coulideoce iu the colonial secretary, Lord ffetielg.!' Lord J. RussELL moved that the house resolve into com mittee on the Pour Relief (Ireland) Bill. Discussion ensued, in which Lord CLEMENtS, Sir E. SUG DEN, &c took . part. 'rhe house afterwards went into committee, in which an ex tended and very dissidtory discussion occupied a great part of the rein iiniter . ,4 the evenin, . • The Lotto Aoyocarg, also in a speech of great length, de fended the proceedings, and denied that there hail been any errors in the legal F rnceediugs, and consequently that there had been any delay to cover the ulunders chlrged against the law officers. . . . Mr. O'Comtvitt.l. moved, as an amend - me a t, th a t a select committee tie appointed to inquire into the origin, nature, and extent of trades unions ur - cfniabinations of.workmen or employ ers of woritint.n in the united kingdom, and the tendency ol such unions or combinations to affect the free distribution ol wages, labour, and enaphyment ; and also 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 th , fy may doem requisite. The CH INCELEoIt of the —xcn Clt it said that both Mr. Walt ley's proposition was objectifmable, an I that he could not agree to lie amiendment. It there were infrairy, it ought if, be of the fullest and most in - Ili:mi..] character ; and if he had the opportunity he would move for such an inquiry—namely, an inquiry into the combination of masters, as well as men, without confining the investigation to Scotland. Mr. O'CoN N ELL said be would, after this statement, withdraw his amendment. Mr. WA K LKY withdrew his ,motion, whereup on a E The CHAActro of the xctis:nuEß move.l for a commit tee. which was - agreed to. The naming of the committee was deferred till Thursday. The At'ronNkY-GKNkttAL after some conversation. obtained leave to bring in the bill to amend the Registration of Voters' Act, contaiuin , a clause to abolish the registration shitting. Colonel SIBTHORP gave notice that on Thursday he would call the attention of the house to some recent government ap pointments, and to some that he believed were in contemplation. On the motion of Mr. llotmEs, a new a nit was ordered fur B rid ge north. The house then adjourned. - HOUSE OF I. , ORDS.—TUESDAY. The Earl of Dun HAM nres..nieil petitions front [lull, Sunder /and, &c. in favour of Ihe " ballot." ...... LOH Et I.j NW/HOUGH deferred till Tuesday next the com mittee on the Exchange of Comtnou Fields' bill. Th , ! Joint-stock (Clerical) Co-putuership hill havitm been brought frout the Cointnons, Lord ELLEN atinourni sulgested that their lord:hips should not proceed with it until they had some facts before them to W 'mint it. rie Lott D CHA NcEr.r.on answered that the Conn of Exche quer having decided that the fact of t clergyman being a mem • her of such cu-part net snip aft-cted their proceedings, rendered parliamentary inter ereuce tieces , cir‘. The bill was thereupon react ihe first time, and ordered to be read the second time ou Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. In the commons ballots took place for etlfn , nitters on the Bel fast and Peiersfield election petitions : that for iiidgeuurth dir not pro,,ed. Mr. WARD presented a petition from Sheffield for a commit tee to inquire into the cause of the Dorchester labourers, who hag received the-roval pardon, not returnitrx to this country. Sir G. Guar sm.! that a free pardan had neen sent out to the spring of 1835 ; and that he could in no way account for the urns-return of those individuals, except as W.IS uo unconunon case with those who received Rini ins, or whose sentences had -expired, they found it much better to remain there than return , tia this country. Mr. FRENCH,hrought forward the case of petitions alle.ing the forgery of. noes to the Sligo election pPtition ; hot, after considerable eonveisation, the Ina tier was defer red till Wednes day,.n. • _ - tr 3. WHALis:r moved for a copy of the t'oi resPonoenee"o. r Ween England and France relative to the occupation of Algiera by the French. Mr. MACKINNON seconded the motion, considering that the Vreuch what they had done had rendered a service to the Chri,tiart poWers. Lord A I,MERSTON consenting to produce the papers, the mo. lion was agreed to. Mr. \V,a Lar. in a speech of considerab'e length, moved the follow log. resolution :—ThAt this house is of opinion that a select coin nittee sh u old he apiiiiinte,l to inpore into the constitution, practices, and effects of a society which his long existed in Scotland, under the title of the " Ass , ci trim! of Operative Cot ton-spinners of Glasgow, and its neighbourhood. HOC/SE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. The Speaker took the chair at lour o'clock. PETERSFIELD ELECTInN. ColPflet C AVRN DISH, as et.tirman of the Peter field Election Coinmittees; reported that the committee had decided that S r Joaffe was not duly el.ered 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 was ordered to attend the house, •anal amend the re turn avepable t the resolution of the committee. A great nunaher of petitions in favour of vote by ballot were presented by cliff . ..rent members. Mr O'Corimo.i. presented a number of petitions from places in Irehnti. iu favour of corporation reform. Sir U. VII:RNEY said he should not persevere in the amend ment of which he had viveu notice on Ihe motion of •the hon. Member for Loudon, un the subject of vote uy ballot. (Hear, hear.) HOUSE .O,F-I,OII.O3.—MONDAY. On the rnotion'Of bird Ei.i.ENeonouGH, the Exchange of Lands in Comin:in Fret.44.B:ln read . a second time. LONGFORD ELECTION. • Mr. CA YLEY, chairman of the Longford Election Committee, ?, orted that I c .nntiiittee had tel t h at L u k e W h i te, o i. "',4 - ranit Henry White, Eq. were duly e l ecte d to serve as • -4 the •siiire fur the county of Longford, and .that the petition agaihoL the said :return was not frivirlot.s or vexatious. The eomarittee "Aso specially reported that some definite law ought to he passed by It.e, house MI the que'tion of opeoiog the registry on eoui roverteill rtsti election petitions. as the subject was one of the great est.puhlic interest cud importance. CANADA. Mr. FIUME gave notice that oo Tuesday next he should move that collies he la r iat on the fable of the house of all le , ters from Mr. fume, Mr. lioeho, k, and other persons to M. Ripoieati. Mr, _Nl`Kenzie, and Dr. Duncombe (hear, hear), which haft been seze , t, and were, now in the possession of her M.ijest)'s , r .. • • .31.146 6.1.144:1. The order of the day was theta lawyer! ,for eonsidermg Inc matter a compliiint in the petition of J• Somers, E. retattott to the si ,, n4tures of the petitioneis akiinst the validity of the return for the borough of Sago. A desultory discussion enstied, in which Mr. Freshfield, Mr. French, Mr. C. W. Wynn, Mr. O'Connell, Col, Percival ,Ir. 'arburton. Lord Morpetit, and other members took part. Mr C. W WrsiNt then inured that the order of the day for wiluesttesireinirexamined at the bar he discharged. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the house divided, when there appeared:—For the motion, 128 ; against it, 142; majority againgdischarging the order fit hearing witnesses, 14. After another discussion, which lasted some time, Michael -Callagher was called to the liar and examined. Wit ness knew Robert George Tvler, one of the petitioners com plaining of an undue return for the borough of Sligo. lie was of opinion the signature to the petition was nut in the hand writing of Mr. Tyler. The witness was under examination when we left the house. HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY. TATHAM V. WRIGHT. The case which has lately been so amply reported in all its stages under the above name has now cione inio the House of Lords under the designation of Wright v. Tat hatn." • The circumstances of the case are so recent and notorious, that it will be here only necessary to sate its present position and (diameter in ihe appellate jurisdiction. It was an action of ejectment brought by Mr. Sandford Tatham. the defendant in error, against Mr. Wright fdr the recovery of the p o ssession of soup- extensive estates in Lancashire. '1 he case was tried at the Lancashire summer assizes in 18.36. and a verdict found for NI r. Tatham, who was admitted at the trial to be heir-at-law of Mr Marsden e ihe original owner 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 ut Mt. Wright, which were rejected by Mr. Justice Coleridge. atm ' upon this rejection a bill of exceptions was tendered. In the following Miehaelmas Term jud,Junent was signed to the Court of King's Bench, where the action was originally bron.zht, and upon that judgment a writ of error was brought in the Exche tuvr Chamber. .This writ was argued before six of the judges, who were equally divided in opinion as to the affirmance or re versal of the judgment, and. a majority being tequired to re verse the preceding decision, it was of coursein the eireumstan ces affirmed, and npon this affirmance the present writ of error in Parliament was brought. The twelve judges attended the House for the purpose of ad - - th-ir lord.hips upon the questiun, and Sir F. Pollock, Sir W. Follett, Mr. Wightmaii, and Mr. .Mariin appeared fur the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Staikie, Cresswell, Mr. Tom linson, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. Baines. for the defendant in error. The bearing was not coin:hided at the'tising of the House. TUESDAY, FKR. 13. Their lordahi t 4 at the sittin; mmitiiug resumed the case of " Wright v. Tatham.'` * • Mr. Cit Essw6.l.CconcilyieJ, and IA ai futlovred liy It , iIE after Who'll/ . Sir F. Pot. LOCK Pep! lea% . , . Tilt., Lo RD CH iNcfmr.a , t upon OA, 'intimated, 'that he wri4ilir , . . prepare questiou4 upon toe •sii , Jout , for the opriiioas of thy Judge 4, who, upon eon‘ideration, ,w'ikuta iu(iirm kiletaciiis# s tif tili OM - . ...,.. , CIU9i01:111 W whi c h t h ey s ho u ld come. U4O ' . IMPORTANT, NEWS FROM CANADA. EVACUATION OF NAVY ISLAND -DISBANDING OF THE REBELS. (From the New lark American al i he 20th.) Ti northern rn.ril arrived at a late hour last night, bringing the Albany papers of yesterday morning, and Buffalo of Mori da v last. It witihe seen by the annexed intelligence that the patriots have evacuated Navy Island and diTeised. The caution be-• lonAug to the state and the United States have been returned, and are under the care of C o l one l Ayres of th e tnititiastatiuued on Grand Island. (From the. Buffalo Star Extra, Jan, 15) THE CANNON BELONGING TO THE St' ATKS SOOKENOERED- THE PATI:101' ARMY DISPERSKIL By express this morning we Irani' that duriog the night the patriot army retreated from Navy Island—after having con veyed the cannon helougin , to the state and the United States to Grand Island, and left than under Inc care of Colonel Ayres, of the militia. (From the Br Palo Commercial Advertiser of Monday Evening.) Seldosber, Monday Morning, Jan. 13, 1838. Navy [stand was evarnatedl.ist Itte cannon belong ing to the United States have been returned, and are lying at St.! dosser. Thus far the despatch of our correspondent. We give below such additional information as we h lye subsevently learned. It is believed that the larger portion of Van lteusselier's men have landed on the adjacent parts of Grand island. having pre viously sent across the htus,kets, behtugiu4 to the stale, 'which were committed to the custody of Col. Ayres. The fur ther movements of the disbandedforce.aie left to conjecture. Our messenger passed Schlosser, from the F a lls, a t h a ll-p a st eight. As he approached TOMlWanda, the Barcelona steamer was putting on steam at Whitehaven; but when he arrived up p,isite she hail left, but in what dilec•timi he could not $ el:. A boat from the Canada side. lay out in the liver oppisite Navy island early this morning, on her oars, apparently iecon u“itering. for about tiff an hour. Two schooners, with British Hags inv were lying about one mile bel,w Waterloo. which wereobserred by the s, nines oelow Black I{o,•k to litre in tile their way up (toll ty.i , iw early this mu wog. Another is t)itiv, at, Waterloo. They are Uatioutit edly those which have been at Black Creek, just wince t:hip peata, for a week or more. The object of their new position can only be surmised. Two o'clock, p.m. GivernorMarcy and General Sent% who came up trout the Fails last evening, left in extra cars, accompanied by General Wool, about half post twelve to-day, for Black Hock, and will, perhaps, proceed to Grand Island. Tao companies of artillery, with two field-piece-,. also left here for quarter. This step, we understand, is in clinsequente of intelligence that d o armed British schooner (probab.y one of those allude l to ab o v e ) is It tog in our. waters, down the river, with hostile io telitions_ towards the steam-boat Barcelona, or any craft that may he employed in aid of the Navy Islanders. While writing- the above, several discharges of cannon hale been heard front that direction. A •gentleman, just arrived, says that the schooners alluded to have been firing e t, he sup poses, either the Baiceluna, or squads of disbanded Navy Islanders. K.N., TO THE HON. COL. A. N. PA ACNA B. • {Correspondence of the Daily Commercial Adrertiaer.) Niagara Fails, 6untlay, 9 ;Lir.. Jdll. 1 , 1. Gentlemen,—Your expiess has just and I hasten to communicate the movements of the last 2-1 hours. The terrible cannonading of Friday night did—as I have been assured by Majors Chase anal Lawton, and Colunel Freeland, of Navy Island—tin darn we whatever. Yesterday warning, Ceienel Aaree, commandant at Grand Island. wishing to send 4 deSpatrh to the cot 1111 l andlot at Chip rit, and 1 being no whit-disinclined to go, procured a bin; e, s , -I.:eteil lour stout tel and went across the river, opposite the American hart asks. A large number or men crowded round as we .approacited the shore, ;and my oarsmen expected malting less than to be fired:l4mo, but instead of that, we were courftously received by he ' , thee. s. W e were, to be sure, sur rounded by two .boat, but whether to cut off our retreat or not I could - not tell. I inquired far tiea•l ipi.trtei ae .t was t o ld that I should filet the to,uanandaut three mires doss u the river, at Chippewa. My men were taken care of. and treated very handsomely, whale I jumped into one el their barges with Colonel M`Donaid, 8.A., and LieutenAnt Ehnsley, U.N.. arid rowed along the Canada share towards Ceippewa, in lull view of the batteries en Navy Island, and also those in Canada. I saw the tllett muster tug round their gnats, and hurt-taug this way and that, and what we expected soon occurred. Tee opened a tire upon us from THE FOLLOWING ARE THE AFFIDAVITS REFERED TO IN col— the island, with muskets anal titles, and kept up a peppeling discharge till we were out of their reach a' Chippewa. 'lbis was In At NA lI'S cotrukseoNoke.ck. elegant sport, and the officers, far a ny greater comfort, told ane UPper Canada, district of Niagara. to wit :—Silvanus Fearns Wrigley, late o r th e towns h ip o f Dumfries, al the distri c t o f that the ball s f rerieent i v wen t i nto t h e b a nk an d houses b e y en d us. The bullets struck, round occasionally, and one or two labourer, depeseth and saitb, that ha is a British su b. nearly in my range, • Col. 111•D o u,,Id, however, with a polite- ./ecl, that he enlisted with Charles thincombe, and joined h am tress which does Iron infinite credit, offered to place himself be- in the London district ; that after Duncembe's Meal were dis tween tuna and the guns, which offer, of course, 1 could not persed, lie went with Alfred Luce, another oh Dialconthe' s men, accept. down to Chippew a , and caused the Niagara riverttotjitiieinlit-hwee in Upon arriving at Chipp e w a , t o m y great surprise, I was i n - patriots, that he was o n b oar d th e stea•boat C a r o l ine w i t h troduced t o C o l. M`N a t i, who hats neither resigeed nor has h e the said Alfred Luce, on their way :o Navy Island, at been superseded, yet, as far as I could learn, as you will see she was captured—that he believes the said Luce was killed in by the documents, with copies of which I was politely, favoured the engagement—that he understood the boat to be the property of the patriots—that o n th e s a me d a y she was captur e d she had utilised by Celeu e l Ay res , w h ose 1 3 , isi n tai i tV an d k in dne ss h as much me. I returned by a back read, as Col Al• Nab told taken a six-pounder to the istund fro n t bolt Schlosser on the the °dicers I had no p.ttlicufarinterest in being shot by the guns American shore, with provisions and oihea necessaries for on Navy •1 suspect another atel Trite as strong a rea- Mackenzie's army—that the flag they had on bleat! wasa British son was their unwilliuguesi that 1 should suspect their batteries flag—that deponent saw the cannon put on beard—that the on shere. i cannon, as he uuders,ood, was the property of the Culled Stat J. ELMSLEY, Lieut. Royal Navy. The Hon. Colonel A. 51.avnab, etc. COPY OF A LKTTER FROM W. LOCKWOOD, ESQ., FIRST LIEU TENANT OF TOE: ST. CATHEItINK'S TltuoP OF CAVALRY, TO TliK tioN. coLoNkl. MACNAI3, &e. Str,-1 have the honour to inform you that this morning at eight Web k, about 20 men appeared on Gland Island (two miles below Black Crevi: j constructing a bridge across a ravine, anti i% heti they saw a patty of men on the Canada shore watch ing their loovetlieWS, they fired a voile) of nitisketly towards them ; after having completid their work they left two men tin !liiefol the the bridge and retired towards the lower part of the island-1 have the honour to be, sit, your most obedient servant, To the Wit LIAM LOCK woof). unr:ttiraLbieleutc. o u lth A e id S c t i . ), Z e h,: i r ii i i n ti c: a 's ,,, L i r e o r mo 4 i cavalry, Forces of Upper Canada. Chippewa, Dec. '2.9, 1837. es —and that when the boats approached the steatn-tioat, a r i fl e I . - ouverseil with several o fficers, and gather as f o ll ows : was flied at them from th e s t eam -b oat — t h at h e t h an ran for 'lhey are anxious to avoid a wet with this country; they are ward to the front of the ste am -b oa t, w h en h e was ma d e primmer. 'nor • an in is t.i h the oar auloortties - cut oti supplies with the island; and they groan dreadreadfully about the cost and tr o uble SILVANUs FaAttNs Witicia.kr. The only fire-locks dep onent saw on b oar d , were muskets thee hay.- been put to. Th e y will not attempt the island by assault, bat expect to drive the patri o ts—pi ra t es th e y ca ll t h em and rifl e s. Si LVA N l ' S FEA RAS W BIG thy. —from toe island by their shell s , r oc k e t s, and artiderv. Col. j Sworn before me al Chipp ewa, t h is 30 t h D ecem b er, 1837 . M Donald told me that th e y cou ld not h ave kitleti less than 30 WILLIAM 11 AMILT O N AlkititurT, J. P . to 40 on Friday night. Oth er s se t i t h igher. li e sai d t h at, -- with the exception o f those Wotintiel o Upper Canada, district of Ni agara, t o w it : —G eorge Nolop,n board the Carobue none : of the village of Bi ant ford in the district of Gene, yeoman oe• had been ki led on th a t sit e . E ver y o il ier account ma k es the poseth anti with, that he is a British sulject —that on the '2Bth loss much greater. L as t (might s t ow-110 or 4U s h e lls w ere th rown onthwent ness to e United States— at Navy Island, but not m n ore that, three or four lodged upon of this that on m arrivi , ng, h r at Fort Sc over hl on busi osser in the Cod th ed States, he was it, and these del no injury. i taken prisoner by a body o f arme d men, w h o sa id t h ey were He'll' ning in Grand Island, we were hailed from Navy Island, ' citizens of the United States; th a t h e was vat un d er guard and but the wool blowup., havl +lid not hear. The guns were 'Datum- d in a detained for shout 21 4,, u r s ; that l ie , th is d eponent, repeate d l y au as met , nod,. want sent Out, under the co moment, and levelled, and we expected it 01(d : nitan. ri omm, or mme linerateu, mit wa s roldl u y t riel, ; (iard that [Rey will' ill n atsuithil at Slapi l r Law- " , tot y .go;, that while he was a p risid.er at ton, to inletcept us—wh en h e f oun d we were f r i en d s—not cue- • not let any damned Ellie.; I mean. ill s crew c h eere d , an d rowe d bac k aga i n. , Fort Schlosser, he saw a s i x -p oun d er, b e l ong i ng, as the guard informed him, to the Uni!ed Stat e s, taken front the fort, put on Governor Marey, G enera l S cott, t h e Ciammssary-general, ' board the steam-boat Caroline, sod t a k en to Nary I%l4nd—that and other ' , trivial, are•h ere. an d I h are converse d w i th t h em, but ascertained nothils,,, , of the movements. Something, stn_ while he was a prisoner he heard th e men b e l onging to the boat portant Is ceriainly ( . 11 tile tsp i x, but what, ti tilt must iieveii,p,,. state that the boat beninged to the patriots, and that she was to be employed in takiug stores, guns. an d o th er nevessal i es to lo consequen ce o f t h e numberof volunteers 011 Navy Island, the qu.sriers are -so er o wd, e l t h ey have no room to sieep, and Navy Island, for the use of the patri o t army—t h at w h i l e de are consequently gettin g di scouteuted. If possible, every man I'olll4ll was a prisoner s-oile armed men va l ue up t o th e t a ve rn will gn Mtn Canada. where he was, and said i hat the l u r es h a d gut t h e boat—that 1 saw several 18 and 21-pound shot lodged upon grand Island . the men Wined out and tired urn! the pei sons (hei called tortes that deponent heard from his guard th a t there' were about crown mark upon lar in. also a pi ece of shed. The sentries s!towed me were several sh o t h i d struck. They have even thirty armed men on board the boat —th i t d ur i tn , the confusion w neat user their heads while on duly, be made his escape—that when the 111. , 11 of the Co a t went dew n In regard to the OW rage alluded t o, in firing upon the boat. I to m an her , t hey inarched in regular order—th at i n t h e guard am informed that alit was 'hilted b y t i me sentry when coming room, in the tavern were lie Was confined, there was a cask filled with six-p o und s h o t, and tau tasks of grape and canister, and in shine, and ordered to lay t i ,. Sh e re f use d . T hey threatened the men bel ii n g i tig t o th e s team b o at s a id th at sai d shot b an to fire if she did nut. She t o ld them to go to hilt—tire and be —! and the fired, Lieut.: Einistey told me he was steering been take') out of the drsellal at 1301r110,11114 was 10 be Sell( 10 the liatroes—that one of the crew told the deponent atter the at the time, and (hat one of th e b a t 's ' , truc k t h e t u dd er h ea d and p m‘serl bet wren his arm aunt his tautly. As to the li pug sit'ain-imat hail her') taken, that he was sew; yon the deck whet , the att ac k was ma d e, so d d eman d e d t h ecouniersigh several tones upon toe bat ge, I. presume the necessary affidavits eau be taken. Perhaps IL was .. alccidemo,,,.... front the attacking pa ( ty, but they did not give it. [ uo,uinvuts enclosed.] I Gsoil6 s: Not.or• r c„,„ . i 1 Sworn before me at Chippewa,' this 20th (lay of Dec 1537. FROM coI.ONEE. IRA AVER, , 1811-1. KEG,, 471 H BitlG, N. Y ' Cuisautius I( Y K EliT, J.P. miL ,,,,,,. u S. BARRACKS, GUAM) ISLAND, JA N I• 13- 1838' Sur,—For severa, (lays past cannon-balls and melts have teen thrown from the batteries on the Canadian frontier upon Gaud lan nd, within the terittories of the United States. This was particularly the-case last night or this inoinieg, when several shots nete received, and two or iimre shells burst upon the island, and in the vicinity of the . Aim-riven barracks. Our I , ar,le has also been fired upon, when bearing the American 11 ig. Upper Canada, Disfrict of Niagara, to w:t :—Luke Walker, Of the city of Buffalo, in the state of New York, in the United States of Ante:lea, labourer, niaketh oath and sat; ti that he was on board the steam boat Caroline last night when she Was cap lured; that there were about thirt% armed men on Ewald; that the said boat, as he understood, aas the property of the patriots in Navy Island; she had been employed during Ine day in taking Provisions and d o tes to the island; that deponent was in the cabin Il mg down wheit he heard ill.. watch on the deck crp out, " llurra boys, here comes he enentv ;" that he heard the captain sa y to the met'. "Sleep well to night, for we shall nave haul work sit it to-morrow; there are many gentlemen coming from Rochester, and we shall have to take them over.'' his • LUKE >. WALKER. m irk. Sworn before me at Chi explained to Mtn, this 30th December, .8...7. i'P'vra, first havrg. b een f u lly read and American opan 20.) ttAltittAiit, Alkiittryr, HIGAN FRONTIER. _ m ( p F o 7:7 4 the BF:1:1.7711 TIEor m I write to apprise you of these eiretan%tances, and, whether they ha, e taken pi p e by accident or design, to remonstrate the careiez.sness 111 the moe rase, and the wanton viola tion of nati u 1 tient I city in he other. Ilopiog to receive such au ansivet as will prevent the neces sity to ,tuy unpleasant colientunteattuhs to American authori ties, [ have toe honor lobe, &y, lAA AYER, 4Sth Regt., 47th Brigade N. Y. M. Hon, A. N. Macna!o, comuel commanding her Brttaunic Alajesty's forces it Chippewa. (chr.y.) Filpit„,HON. A.., N. MACNAB, .001.0NEI. CoMMANDING CHIP .. i'kWA, Ti) Col . . tHAv AYER,•,GRAND ISLAND. " 1 "a'l Tiarters. Coi t ioewa...lan. 13. L...00r ..,4,.s.uo;,.(efi g e the receipt of your appiisi6g hie s .•` that for several ita‘s past - cittition-bsJis .cud shells have been thrown trout the batteries on the Canaddin frontlet upon Gram! Island," and that •• in one iiistanee your barge has been tiled upon, when bearing the Aloe' lean - flag." Wiih regal,' to the cannon-halls or Ards from our, batteries reachi..g %our frontier, it is quite possible that this may occa sionally nave been the case. but 1 can assure you that it is alto gether the cff.ct of accident, and that not one shot or shell has reached your shore by design. You must he aware of the diffi culty (from the'simation of Navy bland, and the position ofour batteries) of keeping .•tir shot and shell always a ithin our territory, but you may rely .upou mv b est en d eavours to it so: and I sincerely trust 'that accident has occurred on Grand island in consequence Of Some of ourshot having occastoually reached it. The folloaing letter ' front a source or t,etir;;;;; l e clability at D-truit,, t ouvey s the particu ars of impottant events which have jtett transitired in that quarter, in reference to the revolt in Canada. NVe have here the developetnent of plans which have been heretofore to easiunall y hinted at in the accounts that' have reached tai front Buffalo, DEThoIT, JAN. 7, 1838.—Our city for the. last three days has been in great rouru.ititi, to cons-quence of the, extensive plans Canada by certain refugees and others having been di,covered. Nothing of the movement was known save that meetings had been twin and resolutions passed, but tt ass thought the matter would stop there. It h as turne d out diffeteutly, rot on Thurs day night all the arias in • our city arsenal were secretly taken away ; on the same clay four hundred stand were (peak seized at Alooroe, and on the succeeding night our jail was roimbed of all the arms and fixed ammunition a hich bad been deposited there for sate keeping. The next mourning a vessel with about 800 stand and about 100 men, depatteit Iron our wharves for B Blanc—a - British island, distant .19 miles hence, and opposite Ma Wren, at the • .sere aISO to be made upon our city piivrtier ualgazine at Dearborn, which were frustrated by a guard being despatched flow the city iu time. With respell to your complarint of our firing upon one of vour barges, bearing ihe Aawrteati flag. I have (oily to say that this is the first time s u ch -a report rids reached ire, and I am quire convinced that upon traitilly Sou w in mitt it t% holly in correct. It may l"""bi% be R ,, 1 lip as a sort of set off to the fluurage-commitied by a pArty of Well under your immediate command, and directly under th e Ame r i can ilig, by firing upon Lieut. EltliNl , II s,• while Peacefully sounding tire tiger, and I shallr n obliged tii i s s r t r Y' m m di to stake the communication to your object, Which von ment i on i n your letter to me, as I desire nothimt sd much as a full investigation %, a i t w it r tot lit :e h s iip , of the charges you have Preterred.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient fru:nide servant, ALLAN N. Al ACNA B. Gilunvi Cominandinsr. Colonel Ira Ayer. 48th Itegt , 47i h Brig a d e N. York Alilitia. Besides these daring operations, supplies have been purchased and sent to Bois Blanc subscription papers cit ciliated, and noun containing WOU names—commissions from Nav y Isl a nd tendered and accepted—enrolments of about seven hundied men made in the dlr.rent counties on the river—regular drills held—and, to cap the climax, a Sutherlartd hoot New. York, is hough expected wi h a force from Cieveland, to arrive at Gibraltar, 16 miles hence—the point of rendezvous —and to take command of all the forces. (FrOm the Albany Evenin g Jo u , na i .) Tu THURLOW WEED, FSQ. As Bois Blanc overlooks Mdldren, and has ut,;on it the to mains of au ( 0.1 breast work, the patriots desivi making it a depot, and intend, after leaving thereon a ;Nat'l, to attack Mal den, proceed to Sandwich and London, and effect a junction wish Nlackenzie, at Hatiiitt.in, Upper Canada. Governor Mason issued his proclam ttion three or four day s ago. but it w.ts disregarded. Yesterday the U. S. district at. tortley despatched it steamboat with the mar,lial and p 05.... aft er the schooner. hat they were defied and threatened with the cot, tents of an eighteen pounder if they approached nearer limit halting distance.. Dear sir,—Heavy firing havingbee n heard here for four hours Imo, great anxiety has hero felt to reference to the ex pected liatt.e at, 'S,avy Islau,i. 1 he,cais have just come up, by which we learn that the royalists commenced a i r e llt ,.,„l„ ns fire upon the island from the main shore, at one o'clock this atiertwn. * They have 16 pieres itt "tiilet and several utortar b , all of which are in the ini.sf liberation. '1 he force is about 4.000 militia, 200 regulars, and 280 Indians. the latter musty' arrived last night in canoes. from above. With these, and the assistance of the steam-boat Tha.nes and their schoone r , lying at litack Creek, tut) miles almve the island it i s ~,,r oed 'hey will attack the patriots to night. and kintua what rna l Ire the result. A great loss of iife will ensile at ili rate, a, the patriots are pretty cell prepared, and the island it.Plf is impregnable. 'nue patriot force is about 1);0x1 to 1210, as near as can learn, and more determined set (,)* lIIPII, fir goad or evil. were probably never congregated. They have a's o pieces of artillery, awl are well supplied ' , Aida 5111.111 antis awl munitions of war. We are, of course, waiting with intense anxiety to hear from Iheot. Our enizens held a public meeting and passed resolutions pri. pressing their disapprobation of the putouts' measures, and or ga niz, , d a guard Ott WO men fur the protection or the town, which was then without any arms save those i•f our volunt eer turn!, and liable to he plumh•red of its shires lt) the Firth tuts, or tired on ity the rovalists uu the opposite Side of the river. Upon th e r e ..orn of the marshal, a requisition for arms was made upon General Brady, U. S. A.. which is as granted. Arms from Dust horn were brought in, and an enrolment of 2tl) citi z," ma de, to seir• the scliminet it found within our jurisuiction, We think, boos ever, she has reached her point of desiinalion ere this. The patriots have a l a rge body of men at Gibraltar, destined to ro,perate II the vessel alluded lii , and t0..m,.n 0w nwri , in !! uiav expect the grand mi.(' to be wade upon the (lA% 1.1 f u:dem. (From the New Y iok Amelican of the 18th.) POST C II IP?. One o'clock. The voiltn`rrfmail has just arrived. Frilt' the liiiatier it is staled. that.on the niuht t,Pthe J.911h. iit.ttial there' lAA% real:v a Iteap-tifl , at anti aii Nave i-lanti." Three iitindr , oaiiited 1 , 3 a listet i .. l Part if the 13.} ittitiah r, giu ent bast arrived 11111160 e rbe inland ' :rletter from thes k ishiud rep..,rt5. , 131)0.44114i4 .Vot :eight or ten 4oirnaea, • (Feßtn th,. Thlghto Commerrial firerVser, JUL , n 16 ) T64E PA Tttliirr A 1431 Y DIN BA N1)101.-1 . 11E' I{ ItCEI...NA.— N , kl)l last the so/ disant witrttit ar;,, . 1) N a “ ..vartiatcd ih it iff.,iiinti.e.4l.,ing iu their hm.s to Guituf -iiieurierrd thrit arms In Ili United Stale.. atchorilies, (11 , 14.uijr4 thrir t“fir,F; 'll.O. no, U . t,, t h e s lat ., itetr,4e4frqed,iu a svuw tu Schlusier, and uu thr way, with all Ou the saute night an express came up. front Schlosser with intormatiou that Mr. Vail li , osse,,ier and his utulaws had landed .onour shorts, and were wait:long toward 4 Black Hock, with the supposed design of crotisiug thence into Canada. General Scott and the governor immediately proceeded to Black Rick, where the militia force was soon assembled. it turned out to he a false alArna. ;All Buffalo, civil and military, and all classes, vied with each other ►n attention to General Scott and ihe governor, who had reviewed the militia cm•ps in service there. (From the New York American of Jan. 15 ) From the Niagara frontier there are accounts to Tuesday eveling. All re►nained in stain quo, and the idea seemed to pr••vail in Milo that the Intention to attack 1 , 7,tv) Island had been ►eliuquished, not withstandiag cannon were trained for a mile and a nail upon the river, so as to Lear upon N.ivy Island, as it to cover an attack. (From the Bola() Commercial Advertiser of Friday ) Wm. Lyon Alackenzwarrived in this city last eveurt►g, and put up at the American note:. lle 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, ou the charge of raising au armed force in this state, for the invasion of a country with which we are at peace. :Messrs. T. T. S' erwood, It. T. Brow'', and P. Dorshelmer promptly offered to become his bait, which was accepted, and he was liberated. The amount of the oda ooud is 5,0i0 dollars. COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE HUN. A. N. Af ACNAB COLONEL CoMMANDING, To Col. HE HUN. JUN AS JONES, A D.C. Headquarters, Chippewa, lire. 30, 1837. Saturday morning, Three o'clock. Sir.--1 have the honour to report for the information of his excellency, the lieutenant-governor, that having received posi tive information, that the pirates and rebels at Navy Island had purchased a steam-boat, called the Caroline, to facilitate their intended invasion of this country—and being confirmed in me information yesterday by the boat (which sailed under British colours) appeal ink.; at the islauul , I determined upon critticg her out; anal having sent Ce.pt. Drew, of the roved nay), he. in the most gadant manner , with a crew iir volutit.ers (who.e names I shall hereaft,r ) performed this dangerous service. which Was hdiolsoole'y etl eted. In eimseqn-nce of the henry current, it was found to tie imp •ssible to get the vessel ovor to this plae , -, and it %Ties, titer fore. necessary to set her ou tire. tier colours are in my possesston.—i have the honour to be, sir, )our obedient servant, A. N. M ACNA B. C.. 1. Commanding. P.S. We have two or three wuunded—etud the pirates about the saute cumber killed. A. N. AIACNAB. COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE HON. JOHN ELMSLEY, LIEUT. Cni,pewd, Lie., La, 1837, Eight, Sir,—l have the honour to iniprin you, that I have just le turned from the neighbourhood of Navy Island, to which point I oripeeedeil at day bleak with my soy-glass to inspect the posi tion of the rebel frces. Soon ether my arrival there I perceived our eight-oared gig just rounding the northern extremity of Navy Island. She had been all round the island, and was tired at from all parts of it, with round shot, canister, and grape, and musketry. On our coming abreast at Fort Schlosser, I distinctly saw two discharges of heavy ordnance Rout a point ou the main shore on the American side, not far hum ILe fort. As soon as our boat hail passed, the tiring ceased. I have deemed it no more than Inv duty to call sour attention to this fact, to the troth of which I am prepared to make affi davit whenever called upon.— I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, _ 11 I E LIVERPOOL, STANDARD - the - ft:M 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 It is Raid that the Manchester and Belton railway will be the aid of their blankets wafted them on shore. The British flag was yesterday mornina hoisted vn Navy „ covpleted, the entire distance, in April next. Charters of Municipal Incorporation' hive been granted to Island. The Barcelona went down to Schlosser yesterday morning. the ooroughs of Sheffield and Bolton. Three armed British schooners, upon the supposition that she Mr. Murphy, the popular inwewologist, calculates there will was there to bring up the munitions of war of the disbanded be 123 rainy days, 125 fair, and 117 changeable iu the present army, were - stationed below Black Rock to intercept,, her, with year. orders to hail her, and on her refuing to lay to and be searched, A vacancy has occurred in the office of one of the six clerks fire upon her. in Chancery, by the death of Mr. Richard Pollen. These lu- We understand that the proper representations having been crative appointments are in the gift of the toaster of the rolls. made to the British Commandant tty Gen. Scott, she came. up henry Seton, Esq., of the Chancery Bar, has been appointed early th;s morning without molestation to B.ack Rock Hain, to the judgf-sh ., ip in the supreme. court, at Calcutta, vacant by where site now lies. We trust that this vexatious war, so far as the death of Sir Benjamin Mallon. the N ivy Island men are concerned, is ended, and that no measures will be taken to re-concentrate the disbande,i forces. In the House of Commons on Saturday, Mr. Plumptre gave Gen. Van Rensselaer, of the late patriot army, Navy Island, notice, that on the 22d inst., he should move for leave to bring was arrested last night by one of the Uaiteo States deputy in a bill for the suppression of trailing on Sundays. marihals, and liberated on giving hail for his appearance at the Lord Eldon's will has been proved, and the personal of his next session of the United States Circuit Court. property sworn under .C 700,000. This, of course, is independent The bail taken way Mr. Van lt.'s own recognizance in the of his large landed estates. The will is said to cover ,70 folio sum of 3,000 dullarS, with Dr. E. Johnson, G. P. Parker, and /;) , ge s. H. K. Smith, Esqrs. in the additional sum of 1,(1- " " a " each. The army is at present under its e s t a blishme3t about SAO men; therefore government have it i u th e i r p. iwer to ra i se that Tile disba n di ng o f t h e f orce at N avy I s l an d h as f urn i s h e d an opportunity f or ascerta i ning t h e num b er w h o were t h ere as- number without any application to parliament, and i n copse m sebled. They m ustere d i n a ll 510 a h o were enro ll e d. Be- quenc is going on briskly. Shell e recruiting has been appointed to the comm i ss i oners hi p o f sides th ese t h ere were something like ISt)Mr. supernumeraries. , Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the death of Mr. Cret-vy. fhe office is tenable with a seat in parliament, and Mr. Sneil will return forthwith to his constituents, who will doubtless re-elect him. MISCELLANEOUS. ( From the New York Gazette, Jan. 23 ) Otlit NEUTRAL RELATIoNS W ITH GREAT BRITAIN.—"Every American citizen must feel sickened and ashamed of his country. unless the speediest and promptest measures are taken for the suppression of our border outrages upon the domioion of a mendly power. The news which we 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 imeliigence from Detroit is almost enough to disgust an American citizen with his country. What has become to our coutitrymen that they should all at ()nee become so perfectly infatuated ? Is there any adequate cause for such a sudden and al:orlon,: violation of all national honour? Is there any thing in a poor miser:tale Seuten vagabond, hi nself without either talent, character, or cause to warrant it, that should lead a whole people into an ins Inc contest for a people, nine-tenths of when are living in etaire content wuh their own government? Why, most ertaiuly not. It is the wildest and the wickedest breach of national neutrality that ever occurred in a civilized land. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, FEB. 12.—There has been very little change in the piece marketito-day, and prices remain the sane as last week. The wool market has been extremely dull, and very few sales have been made,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 emboddel in the solid strata about six tat hums below tha surface, and between a level bed of ironstone and &ilk. Its lodgment was in a soft wet mass, att.l the animal was sent to Glasgow in a perfectly lively con dition. Oil Wednesdev morning, as the Birmingham and Sheffield mail was proceeding en i.s route from Burton to Derby, the axletree broke, near the Little Derby [louse, and upset the coach. Two gentlemen were hurt; but, we are happy to state, not seriously. ELGIN BURGHR.—Mr. Holt M'Kenzie, who has had a re quisition presented to him to come forward on the conservative interest, is the sou of the celebrated Henry NI Kertz'e, the au thor of the " Man of Feeling."—Aberdeen Constitution. So completely and fit mly was the river Severn friieen ;last week, that on Friday and Saturday the cricket players of Bevvd ley amused themselves by having several strong coetestedganaes 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. Uowards of Ire) stubd 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 flocks are more numerous in all the old haunts of these birds than in ally season since the greast frost of 1814. The letters patent of the Duee of Wellington, as chancellor, appointing the Earl of Devon high steward of Oxford Univer- SII se in the room of the Earl of Elden, were communicated to convocation tin Thursdes, and unanimously confirmed by an uuuswilly 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 Ruiner) senate; but the parallel capuot be complete, as histo rians do not inform us that the Roman, like the English senator, hail taken physic. AI Ate COACH ACCIDENT.—An accident occurred on Wed nesday last to the li.rininghain mail, on its route to Chester. field. It was proceeding tutu"' the hill, at Little Derby, about four miles from Derby, when the fore-wheel (-wile tiff, in rouse epience of a Intel the coach was overturned, and the guard and two outside passengers much hurt.— Ileroy shire Courier. STATE OF TEA DE.— ()Wing 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 "'toils and yarn of all descriptions was exceedingly limited yesterday; and the little business done was , in some cases. at a slight d e cline on last week's prices.—,{lane/rest er Guardian, Aitutv At. OF A FRENCH 44-GuN FRIGATE AT COVE IN Des- TRESS.—The l'erpsichore, frigate, from Martinique, bound to Brett, was towed into Cove last uielit, by the Air, steam-tag. She is leaky, and lest sails, spars, &c. The governor of Mar tinique. and his lady, have arrived by her. She had been stone dugs on the coast firing 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 affeirs at the Crown and Anchor 'Tavern. We understand that Colonel Thompson deities the accuracy of the repot t 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 Man, has induced the parents of 3UO rhil dreu in the parish of St. Pattie to allow them to be imi c elat e d for that complaint. The treatment of all the patients was ex /retie the same, and fortunately perfectey innexittus. the cheat h tying used only butter instead of the virus. Having filled his pockets th e quac k a b scon d e d . SH IPWII ECK.—On the night of Friday the 26th ult. a vessel bound from Liverpool to Westport was wrecked on the rock which stands outside Achil head, in the northwest of this county. We have near I, but we hope untruly that the wretched crew , when they had providentially reacher ! ! the shore in their long bent, were plundered by some miscreants who reside near the spot The Neptune, one or the vessels belonging to tee water guards, was dispatched to get the wrecked vessel off the rock, but she unfortunately went to pieces. Saturdav y afternoon, as a c l er k b e l ong i ng to an eminent bank ing.hous,e, in Litinbard-street, was going to Charing-cross, in Iris way lie dropped his pocket-buok containing deans and bills to the a inoutit of 13.)(10 and upwards. It Was pit ked up by a news vender's boy, who on finding, the address of the banking firm within tie cover, lost no time in conveying it to the h o U se , th e prineipal of whi c h , on tieing inf o rm e d , I the honesty of the boy, obtained the address of his father, who is ill very indigent eir euitist,inces, and generotisiv presented him with ten sovereigns, awl promised to fog ward the interest of the la.l in every way that lay in his power. THE LATE SIR D. K. SANDFoltn.—Sir Daniel was the se c,aid son of th e l a t e Hight Rev. Bishop Sandford, or Ldin buret,. mid hail completed his fortieth year tin the, day precerfing his Jere Ise. tie was educated at Oxford, where he tuck a tit Wien! first cless, and gained the prize for the English Essay, At i u age tit 23 he succeeded t:i that c h a i r w h ich he his s with so much honiii to him s elf, aw l so niece) bent. fit since the, held et r 1‘ . 10 :owlet y. Fur one session he Sal as nueilefer for Psis et ; i.ut fieditig his health unequ LI to the labours iif a seliaterial life, lie withdrew flout par lament. and confined limiseif almost ex eillsively to his professional ditties.—aersg,,,,, Courier. FIRE AT ASHTON. We regret tit state that 1)11 Nlendav morn ing test, the exteesive cotton factory beeregitie to Mr. Wright, of Aseturi-under-Lyne, was totals destret ed by lite. We un derstand that the fire originated in the billowing manner:— Toe engineer, before tenninenciug work, was greasing some of the gearing winch was boxed tiff by boards tit present act idents; Fin 1, -- !keine witnessed th e con fl agni ti,,n o f a l arge b u ild. and in order to see whet he was doing. thrust a candle inside I tgt jolt nded fur e velem :tore, belonging to Messrs I lorrocks, the box; wheit at qiiatitily of cotton -thinge which had co lected Meter are, Co. epportunity of there leek fire, which communicated to the boards; a.d as I vaunt)! unit so seasoneble an of a few appropriate remarks. So dreadful are the etre, is i there was teibiely else on the y remises to give assistance, the of lire, and se disastrous to the making people- who ate throvii whole building was inittiediatelv in flames, arid in a very shut oift of e mplevinetit, that every e ffe t e seituld lie made to prev e nt time was speedily des , toyed. We have nut heard the extent or tit igare such ca!aliolies. In the first place, the tile engines, the loss; hut ee believe the property, te i e . . exteet at least i Pities, buckets, and evert requisite , should be in perfect repair, was covered by insulance. —Manchester Guar, lan. and arcessible at a moment's notire. All the fireruen should DESTRUCTIVE STEAM-BOAT DISASTEES, AND Loss OP Lip ' , he perfectiy sober r-haracters, well trained to the wink, and inside Arse Puttee:Rev IN AMERICA.—Our New Orleans slips of the acquainted with the situatMti of every supply of water in the , 3lst of December, received yesterday, furnish the followine ac town. The superintendent should he cool-headed, active, I'old, , count of the hiss, on the Mississippi, of the steam-boa's Black aed deeisi se, and ought to lie o e tlett i n all hi s (m i tes. These ilewk and Vieksbureh, at en led with the destructem or liftman hints in retrial ks aelepply out , i „ h uge t„,tiS ; but I b eg to offer a hew l ife, and not far from 1;150.(NtO. ill property. —" The Black trence to all cases, whether in town or country. So H a wk. Caetain 'Taylor, left Natchez on the 27th inst., fir NM soon as the alarm of fife is given, instead of running empty chitoches, with a lull load of passengers, horses, and freight, i n . haunted, ,Is I perceive to he the case gener a lly, l e t every persou 1 chiding 9,/,000 dollars in specie, owned by the United Stites. in the first 'instance furnish himself eith sego, bucket, or arty' That night, while in the Mississippi, a short distance above the kind nt vessel, to cam, water in. Ile may take it from home, , muu tb of lied litter, she burst her butler, whit h I l ee o ff e ith er or borr o w it to the road. By a determined effort judiciously I upper works forward of , the whe e l, an d her pilot and engineer directed, many fites would be extin gu i s h e d b e f ore d amage was were instantly' killed. Several others are supposed to be. lust ; dune, awl before the engines could be got to play. If the fire the exact number, however, cannet 5e asier.a,ned —four or five helteelled in the nieht as many a s possible ought t o tak e lan- ' were severely. and perhaps Intro illy woutel e d, and several terns with them, which would he flits nil exceedingly useful. ethers receiv e d s li g ht b r uises. A large portion of the passengers Then, instead et etantling as idle spectators, sir preventing the ineile the share by the aid of a flit boat, and about 75 (XX) (lets. activity or whets by crowditig lugelhet, every indi v id ua l s h o uld o f th e spec i e an d a large port i on of the carv e ' were saved in th e exert himself to the mute s t of hi s power. 1 hi s i s but doing • same manner. Seven of the horses were killed. The hull of what he would wish toner s to do for him in a simil a r eirctitn- the boat is now ashore partly under the water, near were the stance- 1- 1 -i w dead to every humane, every generous feeling, must those he, wh o , accident occur re d. 'lke Vicksiturgh, Capt a i n A u t er l e f t Vi e ks regerdless tif their neighbour's property, I burgh on the evening of the 2fith for New Or teens. At half-past a nd of the loss which society at large must sustain. look on With four o'cleck on the morning of the 29th, when Amin twelve indifference, or tu t u th e coo fi agrat i on into a sport ! Still more miles below Baton Rouge, made the shore on account of a tog. base and wicked are they elm take advantage of the confusion I A bo ut three minutes afterwards a tire was discovered in the cot. and extreme of property to pilfer, and carry tiff such articles as ten adjoining her boilers, and in less than twenty minutes the they can conceal, belonging to the l oa m intim, persons whose i whole boat wascompletelv enveloped in flames. The passengers, pr etest). is being destroyed by the limes. It is graliti) log, how- fortunately, were enabled to escape to the shore without injuty ever, to notice, on these ficcasiens, the actit ity and eon rav,e of to their persons, and with very trifling loss of baggage. —New many others tit' an opposite class. I have frequently noticed, _F or k N eer. not only the working people, but people in tile highest ranks of A CHILD CARRIE') AWAY BY A B ABOON. —Fl oc k s o f be sot society exerting themselves i t i a fittest pra i sewort hy orthy manner. boons are known toinfest the gardens in th e su b ur b s o f Cal what a giatityin g tetlectien it must be t o ml siren, to know thatenths they have assist e d i n preserv i ng valuable property flow. 'lest r cutta. A nati ve woman o f S oerah left a child about two ne uc- old on a bed i n h er compoun d , b esmeared with oil (a native tier), and secur e d t o many pour f am ili es that employment by practire), and went away for a minute or two. No sooner had w hi c h th ey earn their bread. It would be well always to ricer- she left the pl ee, than a - la r ge baboon jumped ftmn a tree close tan' the causes of fire, and to have them frequently lMidiSlieil 11l ~ by, and.takin, the infatti in its embrace, ran up the tre e aga t e _ a regular lett, that they might lie coostdolly sertseuo'ereu- by esies or She child immediately brought the mottle! to the ,___,-__ i....__— ~. ...,, siirei, incloolo g a valuable inti, were spot, with m an y o th ers . it was p l ain the child was being well burned deep in Lond on , not l ong ago, though a drunken man, tieated by th e babeort, fur he h a ndl e d i t w i th much kindness. who slept in a garret• taking a candl e t o b e d. Th e l oss o f t h e Some plantains b e i ng p l ace d under the tree, the baboon came Ben Sherred, steamer, whi c h t oo k pi ece w hil e rac i ng wit h the dewn, and secured the fruit, b u t did not let go his hold on th e Prairie,' to her passage from N e w O r l eans t o L ouisv ill e, an d b y child, although the people had hidden themselves. Soon it uhich 175 perstois, amidst horrible sufferings, bito il l a w a l e' v e grew less sceptical, and, placing the child on terra firma. ate grave, is but or reeent occurrence. A barrel of whiskey was on the s the deck, from which another plantain. Al t hi s moment the people appeared and whicheilors wi l e su ppli e d, t o st i mu l ate thee, shouted, thinkin g t o terr if y the monkey from his charge; but m in the recs.. till, by the extraordi nary h ea t o f t h e b o il er, the animal was n o t t o b e sit caught. It seized the child ageiti, the vessel look fire. !ricked, I. have no d o ubt, if th e causes • , eaped From , rune tree t o anot h er, and Si, tin, pursued by th e you'd always he tiaced immediate and remote. that three-fourlos an d l if' net mere, re the losses people, scr e a un ir. g an d s h outing, for a quarter of a Weir air by lire, are to be attributed t o the use of intoxicating liquors, more. The b a bi ton was t h en übserved to leap over a tree with n The lire of alcoh o l n o t on ly b urns up ' out its vi i ol i o; thi s was a l arming, for none could guess what vesseis, atid houses, and streets, but consu mes th e vi t a l s o r a b out hail become of the child. unt il they heard its cries. It was then 30,000 efourcountryinen every year.—Lir e sey's M ura l R e f osnier found eninjured, embedded in the rotten hunk of the tree the SIR WALTER ez , '- VISIT TO STORRS IN IR SCOTT 's 1825.—Mr baboon was seen last on.—Parbury's Oriental Herald. Bohol''s seat, to which Canning had invited S tot t, i s situated a • Tee AMERIC AN NAVY ' , LAND A ovENTI'lt ERS.—Tlie north ern couple of tuto rs 10,,er down ,m the same lake; awl thither Mr. ! part of the state of New fork, and particularly the district Wllson conducted him next dry. A large company had been I r iron) Itinthester to Buffalo, is a Coliniry very recently attd Heist it , seti‘liled there in honour lir the minister—it i nc l u de,' already tepidly settled and peopled. end improved, inasinui.lt that the Mr. NVordswerth and Mr. Sewhey. It lets tett, I seppuse, often city of Buffet° itself, uhich now contains nertri) 30.0(e)inh a ht. happened to a plain English merchant, wholly the archittet of tan's, was telly a mere village some twelve )ears ago- and other his unit e e e nnes , to entertain at one lime, a party elltbraring wens on the line to Rochester hate risen with gteat r a peh t , • • ithiettitets namr.s. He was proud of his guests; so mare) . they' and the improvements of roads, canals, reiitveys and buildunis' helve b spre e e it him, He to !wsainow! rine l o v e d n each o t h er; d i ant would have kepi p ace w i t h t h e i ncrease of population. 'file capital ePti difficultsay which star i the cnstellation shone for these improvements bas been supplied by speculatirin ;Je d w i th the brightest cur the softest light. There was '• high ills- by the facilities o f banking accommielatieus. which have been course," inteimineled with as gat fleshings of courtly wit as ( arried to sorb an extent in the United States, and hate ltd to ever Canning elesplayed ; and a plentiful allowance. en ail sides, such deplarable resiOs. 'nue failure of Rathbun. nit() mat vb e of these airy transient pleasant ri e e, in which t h e f d ir e -y or peels, ealled the founder of Buffett), fur three millions of dollars-;one however wise and grate, delights to stun 6,11 when they are slue moiety of %Illicit was (attune-4 iry dist...mottles for ge d iteeet ~. net to be nitsuntlet stood. There here beautiful accomplished mires - one instance of the manner in which funds were obtained eitmen to admit and enjoy this circle. 'I he weather was as for nialiV of these rapid improvements ; and the failure tit' a, el l si a i i a s Ihe scenes y. There were teillitint cavalcades aweigh t i. t batiks test yea!, and the consequent intertuption of the a(et is . the woods in the niernines, a 'id delicious beatings on the lake billed supplies, has cast out of ernjeet meet, not 1 • nerely multi. • the ad' l' , iihe lake , ' be neetubeill ; an" the List day, ' I it. lif tildes of lationiers and artisans, hit. ! most bankrupt traiders, pi esided fuel one of the 'nest splendid regattas that ever t•illitened ruined speculatots, and men) other classe s e f at i ventorets. wi et b. i .,,, e ,„ lir-leaps these Here Hitt tee , . than title - beiges tit loose upon society, full of entreprise, and aill i e u t fulletyreg in the professor's radial)! erre eseien , ails ii it paused, „„„ h ~t , : lipl, a , ~, any moral iin , poilticail fitieseition. Th e same at !h e pion, of Sim is, to admit. into the piece of nitwits, the district is also the uettal moor lii, the ;militia I see , f ' 'hi o emigrants vessel that carried kind end happy stir. Beleill :tad his guests, s 'rem the eastern and nitillee state : I' ' s it the 'far trest ;" and The flu e e bards et the lakes lett the chsers that hailed t.ir t and 12 :I I ..,no'am is The rceniar port of ember:eitien fit' th , , - ,e pioneris Canning; and music and sunshine, flags, streamers. I en'- gay of (-trek aunt ) (we rein scat( rev say chit atien ) tele) pluitee into dreeees, the teeny hum of voices, and the repel seleskime • f ip- • i t. e t„,,,,, t, , r „, t i,,, f u , O w ,"i ii‘s ;,, si b. stel.„ 1,. , lit• mile ii, Illino terde ears, ma d e tip a dazzong mixture ef ..1 . 11,4T , 0 I . s. ;IS . axe. and the her, atid to whoa, fl, ri.ooitsetl 3to Feu, of awl the 11 ailla wound its veal atnoi is the tichly f - lag d i'd.b (l-1 and , in Upper Capada is a !ensiling a lureniera when ceninered is oh ail qig hi. s and protrion'ilite. I.eup ed with ent h us i astic : S i ecta- I a Neest er ' s title in the tlistaut reg i ons of In - Alois or W.scousio. tors. Loe khert's 'Life of Scott. 1 —Londun papgr. "'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 fur the purpose of attarking Upper Canada from a more eligible point. It is as curious asit is a mortifying fact that with the exception of the poor creature Mlienzie, the oppression of which • patriotism' is so fierce to r rid itself in Limier Canada, is only felt by eitivas of the United Stales who have nothing under heaven to do with that colony. Donconabe is a native of New York, Van Ren sselaer is a - citzen of Albany, and Colonel Sutherland is a printer from some where in Ouio. Pretty patriots these to put a whole peodle in peril, and jeopard the peace of two great na tions ? Why in the name of all that is preptistsrous, was that common disturber of tranquillity, Van Rensselaer permitted to g►o at la►ge upon nominal trail—with the general understanding that he was i.toned ately to load the felon forces into host►lities against a friendly peAtle?" Copy of a letter from Captain Drew, Commander Royal Navy, to the Hon. A. N. M'Nab, Colonel Commanding her NEI• 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 It•id been plying between Navy Island and the American shore the whole of yesterday, I ordered a luck-out to be kept upon her, and at about five p.m. of yesterday, *hen the day had cksed in, Mr. Harris, of the Royal Navy, reported the ve,s , l to the as having moved off Navy Island. I imme diately directed five boats to be armed and manned, with .45 volunteers, and at about 11 o'clock. p.m. we pushed off from file shore for Navy Island, when not finding her There, as expected, we went in search, and found her moored between the island and the main shine. I then assembied the boats off the point of the island, and dropped quite down upon the steamer; we were nut discovered unlit 'arcs of her, a hen the sentry upon the gangway hailed us, and a . sked for the countersign. which I told him we would give when we got on board; he then fired upon us, when we immediately boarded, and found from 200 30 men upon her decks, who were easily overcome, and in two minutes she was in our possession. As the current was running strong, and our position close to the Falls of Niagara, I deemed it must prudent to burn the vessel, but previously to setting her on fire, we to,.k the precaution to louse her from her mooring, and turn her into the stream, to prevent the jorsaibility of the destruction of anything like American property, In•short, all those on board the steamer who din not resist were quietly put on shine, as I thought it possible there might be some American citizens on board. Those who assailed us were of course dealt with accord ng to the usages of war. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the officers and men who accompanied me; their coolness and bravery show what may be expected from them when their country requires their services; where all behave so welt it would be invidious in rue to particularise any one, hut 1 may be excused from men tioning the gat art conduct of Lieut. Shepherd M'Comack, of the Howl Navy, a ho nob!) seconded use, and had to encounter several of the [mates on the fore part of the vessel, b) which 1 regret to say he has received fiv e de,perate wounds ; tte have also two others w.tioded, and I regret to add that five or six of the enemy were killed. A return of our wounded I Leg to subjoin. _ I have the honor to be, Sir, Your must obedivnt humble servant. ANnukw DaEw, Commander of al Navy. P.S.--I beg to add that we !nought one prisoner away, a B , dish siihj...ct, in consequence or his aeknoa ledging that he hul belongt• d to Duncumbe's army, and was un board the ste.:uu•r to juin M'Kenzie upon Navy Island. ANDREW DREW. It eturn of the Wounded. Lieutenant Shepherd Al'Cornitte, Royal Navy, desperately. Captain Warren, slightly. John 'Arnold, ANDL,-w Ll,4sw. The. King of Hanover lately went out shooting while tieau tour's thermometer was between teelve and thirteen degrees below Zero (about three degites of Fahrenheit). SING CIA FACT.—A t:•ay or two ago a little girl, belonging to Mr. Na,lor, whitesmil It, of Barnsley, put her tongue out to Lek the lee which was upon the in n tails in flout of Mr. Speight's house, in that town, when her tongue was immediate ly frozen fast to the rail. The poor little cicatre could not ex icale h erse lf without foi elm; a poi thin of the s k i oll'her tongue, ahich caused it to Wee,: profusely'.— Leeds Litelliyencer. NOBLE SENTINEL— Prince Maximilian of Lenchtenborg. 800 of Prince Eugene, and brother of the first consort of the Queen of Poriugal, having been drawn f or th e artily*. chose to serve, and w as p l aned as private s o ldi er in th e Ist. lieziinent of (26 ' , " , iets On the 19th ult. he mounted guard for the first time, and was stationed at the gate of the qiiariers of It 5 I'o - 'the King and Queen Hanover passed hitn on foot, and received trout him the accustomed salute. iSlatty othrt persons of diqinciitto took the occasion of passing before this I distinguished sentinel. Flakti,44‘ KAI: 0, ROYAL AMPIIITHEA,Tag, r GREAT CHARLOTTE-STIIEAT, LIVERPOOL. In consequence of the longer duration of Day Light, the Fri • prieter tras tern iuducrd to alter the time of opening the Doors to Half-past Six, Performance to commence at Seven. Second Price at Nine o'clock.—Charges of Admission as before. e A NM'S present FR IDA Y, and To-MORROW, (Saturday,) will be performed, for the fifth time out of London, a Drama of powerful intere,t, as performed there 200 nights. called VOLSIIA ; OR, THE SLAVE QUEEN. Iu which Mr. Ryan's entire Stud and Company will appear. RYAN'S SCENES IN THE CIRCLE. The whole to conclude with the last Act of JIM CROW ; OR, TEN HOURS IN NEW YORK. On MONDAY next, for the Benefit of Mr. BATES, Pro• prieter, will be produced an entire new Spectacle, called CRICH CON ; OR, THE DARK' DAYS of , CATHERINE DE MEW CIS ! In which will take place, the Lion's Fight—Combat with the Bear and Leopard—Ourang Outang and Antelope—The Royal Bull Fight, by Dog ond Da.azer,—The is olf and his Chaser, &c. The novelties of the Arena will conclude with an entire new act, never before presented, called ENGLAND'S QUEEN. Ploprietor, Mr. BATES. Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET. There will be no Performance TO-MORROW EVENING; in consequence of the many Preparations for the following Novelties iN MONDAY next, the 19th instant, and following Even ll ings, a new and popular• DI RUM, founded on Lover's celebrated Novel, with alterations and additions, adapted to this. Theatre, called RORY O'MORE. Rory O'More Mr. Raymond. To which will be added a highly-popular Interlude, never acted here, c..lted THE YOUNG WIDOW. Aurelia Mrs. Raymond. To conclude with a new and splendid Comic Pantomime, which has been in preparation for several weeks, with new Scenery painted by Mr. PA R K ER, new Propeities, Tricks, Ste., called l - lARLEQUIN LITTLE 80-PEEP ; OR, THN OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED IN A SHOE. Clown Mr. King. Harlequin Pantaloon Mr. Brown. I Columbine.. Mrs. Gibson. TO CORRESPONDENTS. tribe ILNerpool ;,-2.tantrarb. FRIDAY AIORNING. FABRUARY 16, 1838. azzi• The Publication of the STANDARD commenced this morn- in‘T at 5 o'clock. CANADA.—By the packet ship .Sheffield we have re ceived intelligence from New York up to the 24 h ulti mo, 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 eAtraets fr( m the- N..tv York journa's in another part of out paper. It appears that the "pirates" had quitted Navy Island on the 14.11 ultimo, without ticking any engagement. We suspect, however, that their retiretrent was not . ef fected without sustaining a serious loss, as the island was` briskly cannunided by the loyalists for several days. it is supposed that the " pirates" had quietly dispersed to their several homes in the United States; The more quietly this was done the better for them, in' all prububi lity, as many of them were amenable to the laws for of fences committed previously to their piiatiCal expedi-- vagabonds left all th e i r arms an d' a ti m on n . " n T a l i t o e These • hin ddly them in the island, on whih the British flag was speedily hoisted in toke n o f v i ctory. The rebel Mackenzi e wits arrested at Buffalo by the ar American authorities on the 11th, but immediately li berated on bail in 5933 dollars. This certainly appears a very inadequate seem ity for such a character. Captain Drew's report satisfactorily accounts for the seizure and destruction of the Caroline steamer, abou; hick such a patriotic noise was made by certain of the United States citiz.ns. He distinctly proves that this act of interference was strictly conformable to the laws of war, and that it was unaccompanied by cruelty. On this report the Slandat d has the following judici ous observations : " We are to observe in this report— "First—The dear 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 pitates' properly. " Second;v—W e are to observe that she was found moored It►' the lake or river, the common highway of 1 , 0111 nations, and not,, as the first accounts affirmed, mane fast to the American shore,. "Thirdly —We have proof that the Caroline was engaged in military service, else, why demand THE countersign t Merchant ships have no countersign. As she was not in the military service Of the States, she must have been in the military service of the pirates, which the other circumstances prove to have been the case. " Fourthly—lt is seen that the Caroine fired upon her Ma. lesty's boats before arty fire was returned. .` Fifthly—The pirate crew were nut taken unawares. They had their men on deck wi h arms in their bands, and used these arms so effectually as unfortunately to inflict desperate wounds upon three of her Majesty's sufjects. " Sixthly —and most satisfactory of all—we have the, aisurabee of a British officer and a man of honour, that all the crew of the Caroline were safely sot on shore before the vessel was set on tire 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 Mai tineates castison sags f has not scrupled to i• 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 assevera tions from the pirates and their abettors; but these men are known, to "lie as etiormoul)" as their brother democrats in England, and swear as glibly as their fellow ruffians in Ireland. There is not a jury could be impannelled in Europe from the palms of Hercu:es to Nort Zembia, who would hesitate to Ott tide upon the statement of a captain in the British navy, againe, - , the oaths of a whole " wilderness" of Buffalo barbarians," On the general question of the occupation of Navy Island—its sub.equent evacuation—and the unjustifiable interference of the American citizens. the Standard re mat ks:— " In contemplating the transactions under consideration, it is impossible nut to contract with just pride the noble honesty and candor of the British conduct throughout, with the tricky pettyfogging malignity of the New lurk borderers. An army. is organised on the Unit,ll 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 to. interrupt the organisation. 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 still; the pirates., establish themselves in au island subject to the Queen of Bug land, and receive supplies from the United States' port Schlos ser, under the protection of guns, fired upon the Queen of Eng land's boats, Prow that port. I . See Lieutenant Elmsley's report.l Still it never occurs to the United States authorities, that it is . ' much more their business than the business of the British Go vernor to suppress these pirates. But the United States autho rities are'uot deficient in vigilance and activity. A cannon_ shot overreaches its mark and touches the American soil With the least dam age. A fragment of a shall. " is discover e d. Th ese outrages npon Republican inno c ent ut o il ‘ ic 'e a vne h o wever, fd d o e ui p 'nigth esn.tlief, eirce are not to be borne —rhea the Car oline is seized in open war and (probably because the fellow who sold her to the pirates had not touched the purchase money, and sees no chance of realising the price in Can:idiot' lands,) a lying story is trumped up, that she was surprised resting peta.eably at a wharf, all her inmates wrapped iu sloop, 'and that they were all murdered. We rejoice that Bt it isti'lrut li, faith, honour, and forbearanvii have heed so proudly shown in contrast; first, tor the glory that is reilecte . ,l upon our country and our tht,istian and monarchi cal institutions; secondly, bct.cause of the high tone which the conduct of ,bir, Ilea& entitles this empire to asinine in alt future negociations with the Republic; and as .the feeling is sty manifestly riII349fOUS 01*11 out frontier, it west The communication of " F. C." kdated how Lisbon), is tinder consideration. The letter of " T. 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 far Febroat Wilson's Border Tales, (four numbers,) and Was Psalmody, which shall be noticed in our next. RELIEF OF THE PooH.—We have 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 plau suggested is, that visitors should be appointed to visit the houses of the poor, sitniiarly to the plan a d o pt e d in 1814. The benevole nce o f the public has put 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 adopting the suggestion of our correspondent. We therefore, throw out these hints to the gentlemen woo have the management of these establishments, and feel persuaded. that whatever arrangements can be made fur 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 necessities of the poor.