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London, England, 1837-12-27 00:00:00

whl led the advance wilt greet judgment, and was severely
wcunt:ed, the service will be deprived for some time of a most
valuable officer ; Surgeon P,rndon, of the Royal Regiment,
and Assistant-Surg. on MacGrigor, of the 32,1 regiment,
rendered every assiitanee in their power, and made the best
a-rangcments for the wounded.
" I have the honour to be, &:!.
" CIIARLE4 Cotta,
" Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne,
K. C. 11. and G. C H., &c. &c. &c."

RETURN OF KILLED, WOUNDED, and MISSING.
KILLED.

24th Regiment-1 sergeant, 2 lank and file.
32d Regiment —2 rank and file.

Itelialent-1 rank and file.
wou ;;En.

'24th Regiment-1 rank and file, severely ; 2 rank and file,
slightly.
32-1 Reg7Trient—Captain Markham:severely, but n-:t dan-
geiously ; 3 rilnk and file, severely ; 2 rank and file, slightly.

kIISSING.

24th Regiment-1 rank and file.
32d Ils•gi.rent-4.rank z.nd file (1 wounded.)
To-rm.. —Killed-1 serge wit, 5 rank and file. Wounded-
-1 cap.ain, 9 rank and file. Nl:ssing-6 rank and file.

(FATRAcT.)
" St. Charles, Nov. 27, 1837.

" SIR —1 had the honour, yesterday, to report the success-
ful result of my attack on the stockaded post of the rebels at
this place.
" In my letter of the 25th November, I stated the circum-
stances which induced me to suspend my mach towart!s
Saint Charles, and to order a company from Chambly to my
support, and I then s,id that I should wait at Saint Hilaire
for his Excellency's farther orders. This dispatch was sent
by Dr. Jones, of the Montreal Cavalry, and I hoped fur his
Excel:eny's answer during the following night. Not having
received it at nine yesterday morning I concluded that my
messenger lu,d been interrupted, and having learned that the
basin, at Chamhly, was frozen over, and every probability of
a retreat bein7. cut off, should such an event occur, I resolved
on the attack.
The wv.rch was acoomplished without opposition or
hindrance, except from the breaking down of the bridges,
&c., until I arrived one mile from this place, when the
troops were fired at from the left or opposite bank of the
Richelieu, and a man of the. Royal Regiment wounded ;
several tit! shots were als.► fired from a barn immediately
in our front. I burnt the bare.

" On arriving at two hundred and fifty yards from the
rebel works I took up a position, hoping that a display of ,my
force would induce some defection among these infatuated
people ; they, however, opened a heavy fire, which was re-
turned. I then advanced to another position one hundred
)ards from the works, but finding the defenders obstinate, I
stormed and carried them, burning every bui'ding within the
stockade, except that of the Hon. Mr. Debartsch, which,
however, is much injured. The affair occupied about one
hour. The slaughter on the side of the rebels was great ;
only sixteen prisoners were then made. I hare counted fifty-
six bodies, and many more were killed in the buildings and
their bodies burnt.

" I shall occupy this village until the receipt of his Excel-
lency's orders.
" My killed and wounded are as follow:--
" The Royal Regiment—l sergeant, 1 rank and file, killed;
rank and fila severely wounded; 7 rank and file slightly
wounded.

" 66th Regiment-1 rank and file killed ; 2 rank and file
severely wounded ; 1 rank and file slightly wounded.
" Total-1 sergeant, 2 rank and file killed ;10 rank and
file severely wounded; 8 rank and file slightly wounded.
" Every man and officer behaved nobly yesterday. Major
\Verde carried the right of the position in good style, and
Captain Glasgow's artillery did good execution ; he is a most
zealous officer. Capt. David's troop of Montreal cavalry
rendered essential service during the charge, and I regret
that more are not attached to my force.
" My horse was shot under me, and the chargers of Major
Warde and Capt. David severely wounded, since dead.

" I am, &c.,

. .
(Signed) " G. W. WETHERALL,
" Commanding 2d battalion of the Royal RegiMent
" The Deputy Adjutant-General, &c. &c. Montreal."

(corr.)
" Chambly, Nov. 28, 1837.
" SIR-I have the honour to report my return to Chambly
this evening, with the troops under my command.
" Having received authentic information, at Saint Charles,
on Sunday night, that a considerable body of the rebels had
assembled near Point °lib iere, under Saniere, for the purpote
of cutting off my retreat from Saint Charles, I resolved upon
attacking them in preference to marching on Saint Denis;
my march was so delayed by the difficulty of procuring con-
veyance for the wounded men, that it 'au too late to proceed
when I arrived at Saint Hilaire.

" This morning I continued my march, leaving the sick and
wounded at Saint Hilaire, in the house of Colonel de Ren-
ville, and a guard of one sergeant and fifteen men, in charge
of Dr. Sewell, of the Montreal Cavalry, where I propose that
they shall remain until th 2 ice on the river will admit of the'r
being transpi,rted in sleighs.
" About a mile from Saint Oliviere, the rebels were dis-
covered in a position well adapted to check my progress ;
they had protected themselves with an ab.ttis, and two con-
temptible guns mounted on carts; they thd so soon as 1
firmed to attack, relinquishing their guns, which are in my
possession ; a few shots were exchanged, by which two men
of the rebels were killed. I Lurnt a house from which they
fired on their re reat. With the exc'ption of a few strag-
gling shot from the opposite side of the Richelieu, I rca-hed
this st ition without further orpo,ition.
" I have brought in twenty-five prisoners, and propose
marching with them to Nlo.itreal, via Saint John's and the
RAilway, the day after to morrow, should I not receive
counter orders.

" The party assembled at St. Denis have Lroken up since
the affair of St. Charles. I have, &v.
_ _ _

(Signed) " G. W. WETHERALL,
" Lieut. Colonel the Royal Regiment.
" The Deputy Adjutant-Gmeral, Montreal."

(From th. Montreal Courier, Nov. 29.)
The meeting of the citizens of Montreal of American
origin, took place yesterday, at the place and time app,,i.ited.
The pressure of other engagements prevented us from look-
ing io at the meeting, to give a report of our own in regard
to it. We uudt•rstand, however, that it was very numerously
atter.ded ; few or none of our more respectable Amor ca i re-
sidents being absent. Even Mr. Jacob De Witt, M. P. P.,
we are told was present, and voted as every one else voted, in
favour of the resolutions offered.

The chair was taken at the appointed hour, by J. Froth-
ingham, Esq., and Edward Cheney, Esq., was appointed se-
cretary. The following resolutions were then submitted and
pa.seJ unanimously :
Moved by C. D. Day, Esq. • seconded by J. A. Perkins, sq.
Ist. Resolved, That in ;he present disturbed state f this
provin, it is a duty imperative upon all lovers of good order,
zealously to maintain the authority of the laws and her Ma-
jesty's Government, and to counteract by constant and earnest
effort, the designs of the treasonable and seditious.

Moved by W. Lyman, Esq —seconded by Logan Fuller, Esq.
2d. Resolved, That the leaders of the revolutionary party
have endeavoured to excite the sympathy, and secure the sup-
port of the inhabitants of the United States, to their desperate
enterprise, by comparing the situation of this province to that
under which the older colonies sought a separation from the
British empire, and have pretended to draw a parallel which
this meeting, as well from a knowledge of the political circum-
stances of the two countries, derived in the one ease from the
pages of history, and in the other from personal observation,
as from an experience of the mild and equitable character of
the local government, are enabled to declare totally unfounded
and perversely false.
:Voved by J. E. Mills, Elsq., and seconded by Charhs
(;ales, Esq.
3d. Resolved—That this meeting, composed of British sub-
jects of Ametic in birth and origin, impelled by the obliga,ions
of their allegiance, and a desire to preserve the harmony hap-
pily subsisting with the neighbouring United States, find
themselves called upon to prevent, to the utmost of their power
the practice of a gross and wicked imposition upon the citizens
of that country, to the prejudice of this ; and they ace irdingly
now express delib.•rately and solemnly their conviction,
funded on long observation and experience, that no just cause
for dis t£ ction exists in this rovince ; but on the e:mtrary, its
Governintnt is ca'culated t) secure the attachment and sup-
poi tor every hoaest man ; and tl at the attempted revolution
is to be ascribed solely to the false representations and treason-
able designs of a few enshitious and unpin( ipled leaders.
Moved by J. 'l'. Barrett, Esq., and seconded by llarrison
Steehens, Esq.
4th. Resolved. That with the opinions and foclings above
expressed, we will promptly and fear.cssly stored f irward h. de-
fence of our adopted country in the hour of az:A—and vi (3 now
declare our readiness, by eve ry means in t.ur power, by our coun-
cils, our influence, and our physical strength, to aid in enforcing
obedience to the laws, and in restoring peace and good order
under her Majesty's Government throughout the land.
Moved by S. Ogden, Esq., seconded by S. S. Ward, Esq.
sth. Resolved, Tint copies of the foregoing resolutions,
tog: ther nith the requisition for the meeting, be transmitted to
New York, Boston, and Burlington, for publication is the ra-
sp ctive new papers of those cities.
From the correspondence of the New York Herald of the
lith we extract the sub;oined letter

" Utica, Dec. 1, 1837.
" Mr. Cooper has just received, by war of Ogdensburgh,
direct from Montreal, confirmation of the battle at Lea Troia
11ivier, s. The letter i:s fr(,in a relation of his. The English
left •=OO, a. d the rebels 90 killed on the field. Papineau has
recur d the foun."ries at 5:. Charles and Three Rivers. Thy
are very cit nsive et the Litter place.
The atith,rities bad given orders to march ail troops
stationed at Toronto fur Mon.real. Immediately the popula-
tion rose en 'Haase and demanded their stay. They sit that
they had tto!hing to do with the people of the Montreal dis-
trict, and as they were Lovalists, they wanted t oops for their
own defence. They threatened to oppose the passage vi et
arnas. Finding such a determination among the people,
the
expedition was abandoned.
'•On the Ist of September last I learned from Captain Mal-
coins that there was but three regiments of troops in the Ca-
nadas. With such a force the Government will not be able to
make much resistance. The rebels knowing that their fate if
conquered, tvill fight to the death. Success will compel the
neutral portion of the population to take sides. It is an ad-
mitted fact that the sympathies of the neutrals (British) are
with the Canadians. If the English people join the latter, the
contest will continue till it end in independence or extermina-
tion. There is an 'immense number of Americana in Canada.
Their conduct it is easy to predict.
" The mild weather continues, It rained here all day