The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-26 00:00:00

CORN LAWS.

IRELAND.

sion, also, lam turned round on. They must report our pr.).
ceedings, or the proprietors of the different journals will dis-
miss them for not doing so, as the people of Ireland
must know what is going on here. Never, Sir, was there
such a dinner given by those usually denominated the middling
classes of society as that to which I had the honour to be in-
vited last night. It was given in a splendid building, which
had the accommodation of galleries for spectators, and con-
tained, at least, 800 persons, who sat down to dinner, in-
cluding those who paid at the doors, making the number 850.
Why, I ask, are the people of the British dominions deprive"
Of knowing what occurred in that assemblage ? lam of some
importance as guiding the pubic mind, and ° as the representa-
tive of the public wishes. If I were enabled to carry with me
to England the fixed determination of those who assembled on
that occasion what a national advantage would it be I
Mr. SHEA LALOR then said--Irish politics disclose this truth
beyond all others, that men are more apt to be misled by a
wrong estimate of their own importance than any other nits
take whatever. Day after day, hour after hour, you will find
them splitting on that rock. For seven hundred years this
country has been oppressed ; effort upon effort was made for
your regeneration, but only one man was found to achieve this
regeneration—this great Moses of the Irish people did achieve
it, Seven reporters set themselves up against this great Moses.
I pity those gentlemen—l would not be them—l would not be
i.l the position of those seven wise men of Ireland for any sum
of money. It is very well they have nothing to do but report,
for I am sure those gentlemen could not concoct one rational
idea between them —( Hisses and cheers.) Which will we
have? It is easy to get other reporters, but it is not easy to
get another O'Connell At the end of his lecture to the re-
porters he said, " Now I am sure you will not take this down
--I am sure you won't."
Mr. C. G. DUFFY—You are mistaken, Mr. Lalor ; it is all
preserved—even the buffoonery.
After the admission of some new members, •
The Rev. Mr. MAHER addressed the meeting. He came
up with the names and subscriptions of 16 000 Precursors
from the parish of Kilenaule and Moyglass, in the county of
Tipperary.
Mr. O'Coissutnn then adverted to the state of Tipperary
and the Special Commission sent down there by Government.
Some subscription money was handed in by Mr. Barrett and
other gentlemen, and Mr. O'Cjnnell's attack on the Re-
porters was again made the subj.'et of conversation. Afterwards
Mr. O'CONNELL said—My lirst duty is to report from the
Committee who were appointed pursuant to a resolution passed
at the last meeting, to inquire if it came within the objects of
this Society to memorialize the Queen for the dism'ssal of
Lord Oxmantown from the Lieutenancy of the King's County .
I think, with the gentlemen of the Committee, that it does
not legitimately bel Jig to this Society. We cannot then take
up the subject in this shape, but we will not overlook it,
when we see what they have done at the King's County meet-
ing yesterday. We will take the steps that may seem best to
us. It is an offence which cannot be passed over.—( Hear. )
In no country in Europe would it be permitted in a public
office to calumniate the great bulk of the people, and, what
is mere, the unpurchaseable clergy of the people. In his
private capacity he may blackguard us till he is black in the
face ; but as an official, we cannot and will not submit to it.
He is head of the magistrates of the county ; and what jus-
tice can the Catholic people expect from a body with such a
head? He may be very honest; but, like Caesar's wife,
the administration of the law should be beyond suspicion. I
now pass from this subject to that of the report which it is my
duty to present. It refers to the right of Ireland to more re-
presentatives. It will be seen from it that Ireland is entitled
to one hundred and seventy members, and that it will be a
compromise of our rights to take less ; but we arc willing to be
satisfied with one hundred and fifty for peace sake.
After some further observations, the 4th Report on the Re-
gistry was read and adopted.

The following extract of a letter was only referred to in our
, Thursday's report of Mr. GREG'S speech, but we think it too
valuable not to preserve it :
, Carlsruhe, Ist January, 1839, Grand Duchy of Baden.
Ste,--I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject of the greatest
importance, in consequence of reading some very short extracts or
speeches made a'. a meeting at Manchester respecting the Corn laws.
I am a landed proprietor myself, and was once of opinion that some
low rate of duty was necessary for our protection. But events in
England, and a residence of many years on the Continent, where 1 see
mighty changes taking place, have compelled me to give up all claim to
any protecting duty.
I need not to you, who so well understand the subject, repeat argu-
ments in favour of a repeal of these most unjust and most obnoxious
laws; my object being rather to communicate to you a few facts con.
nected with this part of the German Confederation- But I cannot help
observing on the narrow and dangerous view of the subject taken by
many of our leading and influential men. I do not allude to
such men as Lord Chandos, for I have never yet seen an
opinion of his that was worth a moment's consideration ; I al-
lude to the Ministry, or any other Ministry that might come
in, were a change to take place. I know that many, on both
sides of the House, pretend to believe, that British (*vital and industry
will force on the commerce of the country, in spite of all opposition ;
and that under no circumstances will foreigners be able to compete with
us in our staple branches of trade. Never was there a more delusive
idea; and the events going on here, and through all Germany, prove it
to be so. Why, in fact, should an abundant population, low wages, cheap
food, and a delightful climate, not in the end produce such a result ?
Those who look only at the commercial greatness of England totally for-
get that she had twenty-flve years' start of the Continent; or, at least,
that, amid the ruins of a destructive war, her population, protected by
her insular situation, worked in peace, while the Continent was crushed
to the earth by everything fatal to commerce.
But now look at France ! look at Belgium! and see the vast stride,
everywhere made to imitate or compete with England.
The Germans are a slow people; but they also are now fairly roused
to the importance of trade and manufactures. They do not, indeed,
possess great individual wealth, and few could or would venture their
all on such establishments as we see carried on by a few individuals in
England ; but it is evident that there is great and increasing wealth in
the mass, and there is no difficulty of procuring funds for any enterprise
that holds out a fair prospect of success.
In the sugar trade, they will very soon be independent of any foreign
supply. One work alone, in this immediate neighbourhood, will make
this year 14,000 quintals of refined sugar, at a cost of about twenty.tive
florins the quintal, which they sell for forty-two. The cost, therefore,
of the English pound is about fourpence halfpenny ; and this they sell
for eightpence. If they cannot sell their Om, they can manufacture
their beet-root into sugar; and this, at least, is some compensation.
At Lahr also, in this duchy, a considerable business is done in guns
and pistols, and razors, &c. Many of the workmen have been edu-
cated in England ; and their articles are as beautiful as any in the world.
Here, a new engraving on steel-work, managed by an Englishman, and
having a number of Lands from London, is producing works of grew
perfection

In the beautiful valley of the Alss, a few miles from this, new wool-
len factories have been erected, with all the new improvements in ma-
chinery known in England, or elsewhere. On this river there are fine
waterfalls. On the same ricer a most splendid cotton factory has just
commenced working, although all the buildings are not yet finished. It
has been erected at an expense of probably above 100,000/. sterling;
and there is a large surplus capital. It will employ 1,000 hands. The
machinery was made at Mulhouse (thanks to our precious laws respecting
the export of machinery), and the gas lights fitted up by a Manchester or
Bolton house, I forget which. Another very large spinning establish-
ment is about being finished at Augsburg, in Bavaria, about one day
and a half from this; and others are in contemplation in every branch
of trade.

You will observe, that I make no allusion to works of some years'
standing, but only to those of recent erection. In the Black Forest
there are some very extensive cotton factories, of ten or fifteen years'
standing. In short, peace is producing its natural effect; and it is vain
to deny, that the very wealth and success of England have raised up
competitors with her in all branchcs of commercial industry. A spirit,
fostered partly by envy, and partly by a natural desire to become rich by
the same means, is now at work through the whole of a mighty popula-
tion ; and I much question if any cause whatever, short of another de-
structive war, will arrest the impulse now given, and further excited
by the very laudable desire to render themselves independent of foreign
help.

I believe, if our Corn-laws had not existed, the progress of these
establishments would have been infinitely slower; because, the mass
of the population being rural, an advance of a few shillings on the
quarter of wheat was of greatly more importance to it than at-
tempts at new branches of industry, which must always have diffi.
culties to encounter in the beginning. But the impulse is now
given ; the first and most doubtful steps are, in many instances,
got over; and the advantages of employing a numerous population is
so obvious, that I much question if the continental Governmeats
will, for any cause whatever, now greatly modify the duties on Eng-
lish goods; the effect of which would b., to endanger their own infant
establishments. But, be this as it may, unless an alteration of our
Corn.laws produces this effect, nothing on earth will ; and, in a very
few years, British goods will be driven from the continental markets.
The short-sighted policy which, for the sake of a few years' high
prices of corn, is thus undermining our commercial prosperity will, in
the end, most assuredly heap all its accumulated evils on the heads of
those who now support it. But, although the punishment will be just,
there is little consolation in reflecting, that one evil is only followed by
another, and both at the expense of the nation.
Not withstanding what appears to be the clearness of the case, I fear
you will meet with great opposition in your attempts to get the better
of those obnoxious laws.

• . •
It is thus melancholy to think that, while the leading men on both
sides of the house attack each other with the utmost violence in many
questions cf the most trifling importance, they are united in one corn.
mon sentiment of hostility to a change of policy, based upon a system,
perhaps, the most hostile to national greatness that ever yet existed in
the world. It was left for modern times to discover, that the high
price of bread was necessary to the greatness of a commercial nation
and that the interests of 36,000 landed proprietors was of
more im-
portance than the prosperity of 24,000,000.

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The influence of such meetings as yours ought to be great ; and
I have no doubt your petition will be received with all polite atten-
tion. But it is not enough that the great cities alone meet for this
great national object. Every city, town, burgh, village, in the king-
dom ought to have its meeting and petition. Cheap bread is the cause
of all ; and a universal cry should be raised from one end of the king-
dom to the other, before the meeting of Parliament. Nothing
short of actual force should be neglected to beat down a system of a
more destructive character than any that, by possibility, can exist.
Wars and pestilence may sweep off thousands, but they pass, and are
forgotten. Famine and misery crush the spirit, as well as the body ;
degrade the human being into the character of the slave, instil into him
the ferocity of the tiger, and make him curse the lard of his birth.

. •In short, there is no end to the sickening reflections that spring up
from the view of such a state of society ; and I trust, Sir, that the im-
portance of the subject will be a sufficient apology to you, for the liberty
I have taken in addressing you at such tedious length.
I much regret not having seen a full report of the admirable speeches
made at your last meeting, and particularly of your own. I see you
allude to the chance of deserting your native land, and seeking else-
where that protection which you cannot find at home. If circum-
stances compel you to this, nowhere would •ou find a more favourable
situation than in this neighbourhood, where water power to any extent
can be obtained.
It would give me great pleasure to hear from you, what are your
prospects of success in the ensuing parliament; and I have the honour
to remain your most obedient servant,

SAMUEL STIRLING, Bart,

KING'S COUNTY MEETING.—We see in the Dublin Pilot
the report of a pubic meeting held at Tullamore, last Tues-
day. It was called by the High Sheriff, in pursuance of a re-
quisition, which stated that in consequence of the statements
made by the County Lieutenant respecting the Irish Go-
vernment, the people of the county, and the Cathclic Clergy,
it was necessary that a meeting of the nobility, gentry, and
landowners should take place to take them into consideration,
as well as the resolutions passed at that meeting of Magistrates.
Our readers, ofcourse, recollect the speeches delivered by Lords
Oxmantown and Charleville, at a recent meeting at Tullamore,
upon the melancholy occasion of the assassination of Lord
Norbury. Those speeches contained accusations against the
Government, the peasantry, and the Roman Catholic Clergy :
and the resolutions passed with the accompanying addresses deli-
vered last Tuesday, had for object a counter-demonstration.
We regret that the extraordinary pressure to-day on our
available space precludes our giving the procced;ngs in detail.
But the speech of Mr. Fitzsimon, M. P., evinces the spirit and
design of the meeting. This Gentleman, in [ reposing the
first resolution, spoke to the following effect :
I do believe that every honest and well-thinking man in
these dominions, not for the moment to speak of the calum-
niated people of this independent county, must approve of the
motives and intentions which we have bad in calling upon you,
Sir, to assemble us upon this important occasion. We ought
in the first instance to express our horror of the atrocious
murder of the lamented Earl of Norbury, aed if you will to
sympathise with his excellent and afflicted family, on the be-
reavement they have had to suffer by the hand of the accursed
assassin who has stained our country with the blood of an in-
nocent and unoffending man. Indeed, I am proud to say that
in the intercourse I have had with the people of this county,
there has been one universal expression of grief and of horror
at the atrocious crime which has been perpetrated ; and if the
recollection of this fatal deed, so melancholy in all its hearings,
has been for a moment lost sight of, such has been owing to the
excitement created by the publication of Lord Oxmantown's
philippic. The Noble Lord admits in the outset that he knows
not to what cause to attribute the assassination of the lamented
Earl of Norbury, and then he proceeds to lay down—first,
that the people are determined to do by assassination what
they dare not do by open rebellion; and next, to argue that
this murderous combination has been produced by agitation,
and, I think, perjury, which he insinuates have been fostered
by the Catholic clergy. I deny his Lordship's premises—
( Cheers)—and, therefore, I might ray, his arguments go for
nothing. I believe, notwithstanding all that has been said, all
that has been advanced, that I can state as a positive truth
that there are not a people in Ireland more amenable to the
constituted authorities, or more exemplary in their conduct
than the inhabitants, not only in the district where this unfor-
tunate occurrence took place, but of the whole King's County.
In candour I might add that it was not until within these few
years I could speak so confidently of our internal tranquillity.
I scarcely think it would not be becoming in me to undertake
the defence of the Roman Catholic clergy against the
vain attempts to insinuate that they in any instance
ever palliated crime. Tho clergy stand too high in
private and in public worth, and in the estimation
of all good men of every sect and creed, of every rank
and condition, to be affected by any calumnies, come from
what source they might. The clergy have embarked in the
sacred cause of liberty, hinc dice lachrpnce ; they have
taught their fellow-men to scorn to cringe before the shrine of
despotism ; they have assisted us in raising the flag of victory
on these very hustings. We have now arrived at that period
of our history, when it is a mere chimera to fancy that we shall
ever again permit the dying embers of civil and religious per-
secution to be resuscitated. The government of this country
has been also thrown overboard. No, but is plainly said that
there is no use in applying to the Government for any assist.
ance in any emergency ; the English people have been con-
stituted a court of appeal from our local government. I shall
leave these points to he settled between the Gnvemment and
it; Lieutenant. Our duty here to-day is to prote,i, strungi)
against the charges brought against the Government, and to
express our unabated confidence in the Marquis of Normanby. I

Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have left Oatlands,
their seat in Surrey, for Strathfieldsaye, on a visit to the
Duke of Wellington, who is receiving a select party of friends.
Sir Thomas Trowbridge gave an elegant dinner on
Wednesday at his house in the Admiralty.
The :Nla-iquis of Fl:eada:bane grPll,7,
yesterday to the Marquis of Lansdowne and other Cabinet
Ministers.

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 18;19.

must now allude to a most extraordinary attack made upon the
Government at the late meeting by Lord Charleville, who pro-
posed a resolution condemnatory of that memorable letter,
signed by Mr. Drummond, and addressed iri tilt, north of May
last to the Lieutenant of the county of Tipperary. I said ttr.in
that occasion, and I now repeat, that it was not the duty of
the magistrates to read a lecture to the Government, upon
what course they thought right to pursue in another
county ; but I am ready to join. isste with th it
Noble Lord, and to maintain tlid tenth, the im-
portance, and the justice of that admirable sieefence,
nine words only or which were quoted in the resolution ro.
posed by his Lordship and tarried by the meeting. I will give
you, then, the sentence whole and entire, withoht ariy War i-
lation, and it is thus —" Property has its duties as well as Its
rights. To the neglect of those duties in time past is mainly
In be ascribed that diseased state of society in which such
crimes take their rise ; and it is not iti tlid enactment or en-
forcement of statutes of extraordinary severity, but chiefly
in the better and more faithful performance of those duties,
and the mote enlightened arid humane exercise of those
rights, that a permanent remedy for such disorders is to be
sought." It Will also be tecolletted that his Lordship
stated that two men svho were edilvigted of an attack an Lord
Bloomfield's steward were imprudently pat'dttied by the
present Lord Lieutenant and were at, that moment It: one
1,101 Under a Charge of firing at Mr. Johnsot Stoney.
need not waste your time by endeavouring to eoritince
you that it is no argument that a man was improperly pat.
&Hied at ode time legoattge he was subsequently accused of
stonier dime. Lord dharieoAle WA.; pleased, at the late
meeting, to read a letter, which was addressed tei him by a
talented friend of mine; and which, I think, contained some
tiaeelisint delvicd. Cethiriiiited on this document
as he went along. Now, I sl;II take tea's'e.: cite 10 reatip let-
ter which I hare received from a highly-respectable gentleiiin
a friend of mine, who lives in the neighbourhood of Lord
Bloomfield, and who is, I believe, well acquainted with all the
facts of the case. I wish you to bear in mind that Lord
Charleville also alluded to a conspiracy against the life of
Lord Bloomfield. The letter is dated " Moneygall, Jan, 10.
1839," and goes on to say —" Lord Charleville has introduced
into his speech the case of three men from near isloneygall,
who had been pardoned by Lord Normanby in 1836. The
facts of the case are these :—The memorial referred to was got
up by the directions of Lord Bloomfield. A portion of it was
in his Lordship's handwriting, not deeming the one propostd
strong enough. His signature, together with the signatures
of three or four Protestant Clergymen, and many of the Pro-
testant Magistrates and gentlemen even of the highest
Conservative feelings, were affixed to this document.
The only Roman Catholics who signed that memo
rial were the Clergymen of the parish. It was a matter
purely emanating from the Protestant party, and put forth
as such, for it was got up and transmitted to the Irish Govern-
ment some time, say a few weeks before the arrival of Lord
Mulgrave. Although intended to be sent to you and your
colleague for presentation, Lord Bloomfield sent a gentleman
to request it should be entrusted to himself, assigning as a
reason that his friends were still in power, that his influence
was great with them, and that he hoped he would be able to
obtain their pardon before the arrival of the new Viceroy. I
have reason to know—nay, I have positive proof, that Lord
Normanby only heard for the first time of the existence of
this memorial on the 30th May or let of June—his attention
being then drawn to it by Mdjor Carter, the stipendiary ma-
gistrate stationed at Nenagh, a gentleman in almost constant
communication with Lord Bloomfield on the subject from the
ime of the conviction of these men. The case was under the
consideration of his Excellency until the following October,
during which time many reit reacts were made to Major Car-
ter, in reply to each of which he gave it as his most decided opi.
nion and recommendation that the men were fit persons to have
further mercy extended to ; in fact the only difficulty he felt was
the length of imprisonment they should undergo. And this
is the case brought forward by Lord Charleville in
his impeachment of the Irish Government ! Let me add that
the entire people believe that the three men pardoned knew
nothing whatever of the attack made on Lord Bloomfield's
steward, for two hours after the assault was made the guilty
party had absconded, and has not been brought to trial up to
this hour. Lord Charleville mentioned that two of these men
pardoned were now in gaol for firing at Mr. Stoner. Surely
bis Lordship does not wish to prejudice the juries will are to
try the case ? Believe me the trial will bring forth matter to
astonish his Lordship. Mr. Stoney's neighbours are shocked
at the imprisonment of these men, and do not believe they ere
the persons who fired at him. The information against them
was merely that they themselves told that they committed the
act. And who is the party lodging the information ?--a
woman of the most infamous character, residing at the time in
a neighbouring parish. The parish priest is prepared to depose
to the infamy ofTher life, and that he believes her to be un-
worthy of credit on her oath. She has bean disbelieved by a
jury in Nenagh. Mr. Howley approved of the verdict, and
complimented the jury on it, although her evidence was such
as that the prosecuted party should be transported if she was
believed. A witness was not examined for the defence, nor
was I, though in attendance, called on to give a character of
the prisoners—so glaring was the perjury; and yet this is the
only witness to sustain the case mentioned by his Lordship.
Lord Charleville has spoken of a conspiracy to take away
Lord Bloomfield's life. This story is rendered familiar to us
in this quarter. In 1836 his Lordship's nerves were shaken
by the report of a similar conspiracy. In the alarm and ex-
citement of the moment he sent a gentleman to the parish
priest, complaining of the demoralized state of the neighbour-
hood. The priest immediately sent a few of the respectable
farmers to assure his Lordship that his alarms were without
foundation—that the Catholic neighbours would undertake to
guard his person and protect his place. These men i.nplored
him to swear in the inhabitants of the district, or any number of
them, as special constables, pledging themselves to act as a
police until his alarms were quite removed. This was a story
got up here to answer a momentary purpose—in fact, to pre-
vent him from signing or forwarding the memorial above re-
ferred to. Pray excuse the length of this letter. My apology
is that it is on public business, otherwise I should not have
trespassed on your time.—l am, &c. &c." Here then is a
plain unvarnished tale, and I feel confident it would bring
conviction home to the wiind of the Noble Lord himself. The
English people now behold Ireland, which a little before shook
with convulsion, throb at the mere hope of justice, although
burdened with her wrongs, settling down into tranquillity, and
presenting to the empire a calm and unruffled surface. In the
hope of justice she may fora while forget her wrongs; but let
her not, in the admiration of her new friends. forget that she
has still her enemies.

THE GOVERNMENT—THE' PRESS—MR. O'COt•
NELL.
(Abridged from the Dolllin EoGiaLny Post of Thursday.)
At a meeting of the Precursor Society last Wednesday,
Sir F. M. Donnell in the Chas, the Secretary read the f
lowing letter, which was ultimately inserted on the Minutes :--
Belfast, Jan. 21, 1839.
Dear Sir—On Wednesday evening, the 16th instant, we
had a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Bell'es
Branch of the Precursor Society, in the Lower Schocl-roam
of the Diocesan Seminary, Donegal-strect—Mr. J. Campm'il
in the Chair.
Mr. Luke Byrne, in a very impressive speech, movel th
following resolution, which was ablyseconded by Mr. Harken,
and carried amidst thunders of enthusiastic and long-continued
applause
That the Belfast Branch of the Precursor Society tender
the full !need of their unabated and unbounded confidence and
regard to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M. P., the father and re-
generator of his country, and the noble champion of universal
liberty, notwithstanding the continued and malevolent attacks
upon him by a base, mendacious, and avowedly hostile
as well as by a Press hypocritically pretending to patriotism
and impartiality: and that we deeply deplore the untoward
conduct of Mr. Peter Purcell, relative to the funds of the
Society, seeing that Mr. O'Connell's explanation is full and
satisfactory."
After the enrolment of a great number of Precursors the
meeting separated, giving three cheers for the Queei,
O'Connell, and Justice to Ireland.
There will be another meeting of the Society on Wednesday
evening ; after which I will again write to you.
Yours, &c. C. L E NNO X, jun., S-ec.
Mr. O'CONNELL then rose and said—l did not urge the
writing of the letter you have just heard for this occasion,
and in alluding to that subject I do not intend to move any
resolution. I shall act a candid part, and give the parties con-
cerned a locus penitentice, an opportunity of retracting their
steps, and will therefole adjourn till Friday. 0,, that day
I shall take a different course if, in the mean time, the con-
duct I complain of be persevered in. I cannot help thinking
what a species of political interference those were guilty o'
who suppressed the proceedings of last night. But I'll pet
it down—l put down a combination of reporters in this
country before. I put the London reporters down also;
indeed, I am the only man who ever succeeded against
them. Last night I did not attack them, but the liberal
press, and, by the bye, lam made to say in Sdquders's it
was the Irish press generally. That was a prate mistake, aris-
ing, I suppose, from the fact of the gentlemen from that paper
having only taken short notes of what occurred. If I attacked
the reporters, they 'might be justified
in did not. I attacked the claft,
ancll going away, but I
cannot conceive how I
could be misunderstood, a attacked the press, and stated that
it was not conducted
tion of affairs dem.o that energy which the present posi-
'ls. It was a great piece of political im-
pertinence te in tl:e manner which I complain of. If Ido
acts lam repaid by treachery. I have dune that
times, and am not, therefore, surprised that on this ccca

AMERICAN PAPERS.

CANADA.
(From the New York and Montreal Papers.)
The Kingston Herald of the 18th inst., in alluding to the
execution of Abbey and George, adds—
" Abbey refused the service of any clergyman, but George
was attended by the Rev. Matthew Lange, and seemed deeply
penitent, though he, teo, had professed Deistical principles.
Abbey met his fate with firmness; and died without much pain.
George struggled for some time. His wife was allowed to
see him after his execution, and provided a coffin of black
walnut for his body. Both bodies were interred in the bury-
ing ground of the Church of England."
The same Paper says that Woodruff was to be executed on
Wednesday, and states that it is doubtful if any more of the
brigands will suffer the extreme penalty of the law.
The Court-martial was proceeding with the trials of the
other prisoners without any unnecessary delay.

SIR ALLAN N. M`NAB.— A rumour, to which we attached
no sort of credit, has bean prevalent for several days, that
this somewhat notorious individual was recently assassinated,
by being shot through the head while passing through the
Grand River Swamp, on his way from Hamilton to Br.intford.
The story of his death is contradicted by letters from Queens-
ton from an unquestionable source. Thus much is probably
true—that his carriage was stopped by some ruffians, who sup-
posed him to be inside, but on finding their mistake, it was suf.
fered to pass without further molestation.—Buffalo Commer-
cial Advertiser.
A court-martial has been ordered to assemble at
London on the 27th inst., for the trial of the pirates lately
taken in the west.

( From the Montreal Herald.)
Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, Joseph Narcisse Cardinal
and Joseph Duquette were executed in front of the new gaol.
On Thursday evening Cardinal was visited by his wife and two
of his children, and Duquette was visited by his mother, to take
a last farewell on this side the grave. The interviews n ere af-
fecting in the highest degree, and displayed in most forcible
language—that of the heart—that sin carries with it its Owit
punishment even in this world. The unfortunate prisoners
were attended by the clergymen of the seminary, who ad-
ministered appropriate religious consolation to them. Their
appearance on the scaffold strongly belied the character of
brave men meeting deatb, Cardinal in particular showing
great emotion, and trembling so violently that we did not
exnect he would have stood the short religious ceremony with-
out fainting.
Cardinal was a notary public at Chateaguay, and a Member
of the House of Assembly of the late Provincial Parliament.
Duquette was his clerk, and might have been forced by his
employer.
Martin Woodruff; one of the American brigands taken at
Windmill-point, a
lst He
wasba hanged
Catholic,of
o which religious per-
gedatKi
ngston on Wednesday
morning Salina, Onondaga county,
New York, and held the situations of military colonel and
deputy sheriff. He died was
a native
suasion he was recently converted. Warrants for the execu-
tion of Sylvanus Swete and Joel Peeler, two others of the
brigands, had been received by the sheriff of the district, and
they were hanged on Saturday.

Washington Globe.)
FROM
THE FRONTIER.
We publish extracta(nßroOrnh
Met
from a letter received at the War
Department from Major-General Scott, in relation to the re-
cent painful affair opposite Detroit.
It is to be hoped that the result of this affair, and of the at-
tack at Prescott, will put an end to these disgraceful violations
of the laws.

Head-quarters, Eastern Division, Cleveland, Ohio,
Dec. 16, 1838.

" Brigadier-General Brady's Report to the Adjutant-Gen.
of the 6th, will have informed you of the events which cc-
curred at and opposite to Detroit two days before. The ge-
neral result seems to have been, that of the 200 and odd Pa-
triots' who last crossed (the 4th) into the opposite province,
37 were killed on the spot, and 48 have been wounded.
" A small detachment of militia alone met and dispersed the
invarierq. with t!!f-• hnt a fevv
" It may seem t-trange that this new outrage should have
been committed near the United States authorities, both civil
and military, without the previous knowledge of either. I am,

hoWeirf perfectly satisfied that the United States have not
two more vigilant and determined commanders than Brigadi( r-
General Brady and Major Payne. As soon as the alarm Kas
given, they, their officers, and men flew to the spot, and ex.
erted themselves to the utmost. The collector also did his
duty, and the district attorney has been active in causing the
princiflil offenders, who escaped to our shore, to be arrested.

(Front the Montreal Courier. Dec. 31.)
The Hon. Mr. Justice Vallieres De St. Real, resident Judge
at Three Rivers, having followed in the wake of Messrs. Panet
and Bedard, of Quebec, by granting a writ of habeas corpus to
a prioner committed on suspicion of treasonable practicei,
while that law stood suspended by an ordinance of the Ad.
roinistrator and the Special Council, has been suspended from
his Ate, Mr. Justice Rolland, of this city, we understand,
will supply in the mean time Mr. St. Real's place at Three
Rivers. _ _ _ _

Messrs. Etienne Porent and J. B. Freehette, proprietors,
and the first named Editor of the Canadian Newspaper pub:
lished In Quebec, were arrested on Wednesday last on a
charge of high treason, and committed to gaol. The Cana_
lien, which still continues to be published, states that the
charged is based upon certain articles that have recently ap-
pear.d in its columns, and which, it is amusingly enough
added, contained nothing more than a little friendly advice to
Government.

UPPER CANADA.
(Correspondence of the Commercial A dvertiser.)
WATii./ITOWN, DEC. al.—We have this morning received
the unwelcome news from Kingston, by Mr. .Kemp, that the
following persons arc to be hanged on Friday neat, to wit :
Christopher Buckley, of Onondasta county.
U. A. Lawton, of Hounsfield, JeffeTlon county.
Russell Phelps, of Watertown.
L,ct:q.rd Delano, of Watertown.
Duncan AnclerStiil,
Andrew Leiper, of Pa.7lelia, Jefferson county.
These are generally young .7", and have been p erfectly
deceived by their leaders on this side.

(From the Morning Courier.)
MONTREAL, Cite. 31, 1838.—1 t was rumoured some days
ago, that it was not the intentlon or wish of the Go,"ernlnt,nt
to execute any more of the rebels, eictring those who !,oak
a part in the barbarous butchely of Walker, and who are to be
brought up for trial soon. Should this prove to be the case,
it will demonstrate two things, namely--lst, that a petted and
pampered people may rebel twice in as many years, and yet
only two out of some 700 be hanged fur it. 21—that if deli-
berate and cold-blooded murder be combined with rebellion,
the chances increase, but in shat ratio we cannot tell exactly
at present, of those who play the double part being elevated
above their fellows.

(From the Watertown (Jefferson County) Jefersonian•

Dec. 21. )

CANADIAN AFFAIRS.--.GREAT MEETING AT THE COURT-HOUSE.
Pursuant to notice given from the bench on Tuesday last,
a meeting was held at the Court-house, on the evening of that
day, to take into consideration the condition of the unfortunate
prisoners now in confinement at Fort Henry, Kingston, and
to adopt energetic, efficient, but pacific measures, to correct
public opinion In relation to Canadian affairs—to allay public
excitement along the frontier, and by all lawful and proper
means to prevent the invasion of the Canadas by an armed
force of American citizens, while the Governments of the
United States and Great Britain are at peace.
The meeting was called to ceder by Mr. Elisha Camp, on
whose motion the Hon. Calvin M'Knight, first Judge of Jef-
ferson County Courts, was appointed Chairman ; Hon. Daniel
Wardwell, Hon. Eli Farwell, General Thos. Loomis, Abner
Baker, jun., Sheriff of Jefferson County, and Mr. 0. V.
Brainard, were chosen Vice-Presidents; and Dr. Reuben
Goodale and Mr. Joseph :Mullin, Secretaries.
Colonel C. Baker, late Sheriff, being called upon, made
to the meeting a detailed statement of the result of the visit of
himself and Mr. E. G. Merrick to Kingston, to inquire into
the condition of the prisoners, learn their probable fate, and
what, if anything, could be done to save their lives and re-
sto,e them to society and their most deeply afflicted friends and
relatives. He stated, as the result of their inquiries, that the
officers of justice in Canada felt deeply interested in the fate
of the misguided men captured near Prescott, and that till
such time as the Government and the people could be assured
that American citizens generally bad abandoned all intentions
of countenancing renewed attacks upon a people with whom
they are professedly at peace, it would be idle to hope for the
liberation of those young men.
Colonel Baker spoke in high terms of the friendly and po-
lite attention paid himself and Mr. Merrick, by John M‘Do.
nald, Esq., of Gonanoque, the Sheriff of Kingston, Allan
M`Donald, Esq., Col. Draper, endother officers and gentlemen
whose names we do not recollect. He also stated the She-
riff of Kingston had very kindly expended the money for-
warded to the prisoners for their benefit, keeping an account
of the same, and that tee prisoners were now in much need of
further assistance from their friends on this side.
The meeting was addressed by Mr. J. A. Spencer (of
Utica), Judge Gridley, the Hon. Samuel Beardsley ( Attorney-
General). the Flom Richard Hulbert, the Hon. T. C. Crit-
tenden, Colonel Camp, Mr. William Smith, and the Hon.
Daniel Wardwell. These gentlemen, in spirited addresses,
urged the great necessity of disabusing the public mind in re-
lation to Canadian affairs ; the importance of regarding our
own laws and the rights of ethers ; the absolute necessity of
speaking out in a voice that will be respected at home and
abroad, and to adopt the most rational measures to mitigate
the fate of those young men now standing on the very borders
of the tomb.

A Committee of seven was then appointed to draught reso-
lutions, and a collection of 6:5 dollars taken up for the benefit
of the prisoners, and the meeting adjourned to Wednesday
evening at the American.

At the Ivijourned meeting on Wednesday evening a further
sum of 75 dollars was collected, and the following resolutions
were adopted :

" Thai we regard the preservation of peace with Great
Britain as all important to the best interests of the American
and British nations ; but that we have no reason to expect its
long continuance unless our citizens refrain from hostile inva-
sions of, or intcrtneddling with, her territories.
" That we feel a deep seated desire to maintain and pre-
serve the greatest freedom of intercourse, and the most
friendly relations, with our neighbours of Canada, and that
the best evidence we can give of our sincerity will to be to do
unto them as they do unto us—leave them to enjoy the Go-
vernment of their choice.

That the inhabitants of our frontier are loudly called upon
by every consideration of justice and sound policy, to exert
themselves to the utmost of their power to prevent all hostile
invasions Iwo the neighbouring Canadian provinces by bands
of armed men from our borders; and that we pledge ourselves
to our Government, and to each other, faithfully and fearlessly
to discharge this sacred and too long neglected duty.
" That any movements injurious to Canada arc open, fla.
grant violations, alike of international law, of the enactments
of the Congress of the United States, and of the Canadian
Provincial Parliament; and that our Ministerial officers, Civil
Magistrates, and judicial tribunals, should be vigilant and
prompt to arrest and ready to condemn any and every violator
of our laws.

" That we, in common with all our countrymen, feel a deep
commiseration for our misguided citizens captured near Pres-
cott, and now in confinement at Fort Henry, in Canada, and
that while we acknowledge the right of the provincial autho-
rities to condemn according to the laws of their country, in
the exercise of this authority we hope to see justice tempered
with mercy, and expect to behold magnanimous treatment
toward those unfortunate men, worthy of a brave and gene-
rous people."