The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-05 00:00:00

- -
the family of Dr. Quesnel in the most pitiable state of
alarm. The Doctor overcome by the entreaties of his wife and
the tears of his children, and seeing that he could expect no
help from his neighbours, at length opened a window, and pro-
mised to satisfy his besiegers; who thereupon retired, declar-
ing loudly that if the letter was not Written on the following
morning they would proceed to further extremities, arid
they accordingly on the followiug morning inquired at the
Post-office, and finding no letter from Dr. r-Quesnel address 'nl
to the Governor, they repaired with the utmost audacity to
his house, from which he bad not yet been able se.,
family to a place of safel 4.
:n e:11
y. scene of violence then
remove his
took place. en
• Quesnel, overpowered by the alarms of
his wife and family, determined to write to the Governor. Ile
informed his Excellency that the situation in which he found
himself compelled him to r.::sign his commission as magistrate.
He vas then compelled to give the letter, unsealed, to the
band of a sassins by which he was surrounded, who themselves
put it into the Post-office.
" Freed from these dangerous visitors, the doctor, having
placed his family iu safety, set out fur Montreal, to claim the
protection of the laws ; he waited on the Solicitor- General,
and laid the circumstances before him, and required that jus-
tice should be rendered him, adding, that, being a Magistrate,
he ought to be supported in that respectable character, as well
as protected in his person, and further, that if he could find es;
law-officer disposed- to do his duty, he shculd address himself
personally to the Governor-in-Chief. It is said that a war-
rant has been issued against Cote, and it is to be hoped that
this man will soon be taught that there is yet in existence a
Government to protect the lives and properties of the citizens.
" This is not the only excess committed by the band under
Cote, and God knows where there violence will end if they
are permitted to proceed. We have heard of several other
houses bei -g attacked, and it has been by these means that the
resignation of the 66 officers of Militia and Magistrates in the
county of L'Acadie boasted of by the Minerve have been ob-
tained. They were given in much the same manner as a tra-
veller who gives his purse to a robber on the highway who
demands his money or his life.
" We have heard also of attacks having been made on the
property of Mr. Languedoc, a Magistrate, and of Mr. Eris-
settle a notary, whose only crime is their loyalty. We earnestly
advise all those in the county of L'Acadie who have compla.nts
to make to come fearlessly before a Magistrate in Montreal, and
make their depositions with the strongest evidence they can
can bring forward, to prove the infamous proceedings of
Cote. All honest and good subjects shculd unite to rid the
country of the turbulent characters that infest ie
The most guilty person in all these disorders is one who
keeps himself behind the curtain, and is too great a coward to
show his face. It is always after a conference with Papineau
that these attacks take place, and it is difficult to believe that
be is not indirectly, if not directly, implicated in them. The
plaisanteries of the Lake of the Two Mountains followed close
upon the meeting ae.which Papineau made his agitation ora-
tion. The insult offered to Sir John Colborac took place
whilst Papineau was at ll.yaeinthe, and immediately after the
audience he had given to the canaille. 'I he destruction o
the property of Madame St. Jacques occurred immediately
after Papineau'v visit to St. Dennis. And, lastly, the attack
on the house of Dr. Quo -nel was made by a party returning
from a meeting of the five counties where Papineau was again
the leading star. If th;s man has the smalest remmn of
hilfml:
e he has
associateda s
ut.
ietsht
conscience left, he cannot conceal from himself that he is the
moralf
sense n caushonour,e
o f all
hemu
theses blu-h to disorders,fi and
such creatures as Woifred, Nelson, and Cote.

We have been informed, on what we believe to be good
authority, that a company or two of troops will be dispatched
to St. John's early in this week, and that, as soon as the re-
inforcements to the Montreal garrison, which are now ex-
pected almost daily, shall arrive, a sufficient knee will be
stationed at different places in the country round, to afford
ample protection ;to the loyalists throughout the d;striet."..._
Courier.
" We have received a private communication from Toronto,
dated the 31st ult., from which we learn that on that day the
greater pt.rt of the troops in garrison at that l lace left fur
I(h.g.ton in the Cobourg on their way to this city. The
men. our informant assures us, were, as they o.lght to be,
in the highest spirits, and were accompanied to the place
of embarkation by a great crowd of citizens, The troops left
are no more than are required to guald the Comm'ssariat
funds, which tre deposited for convenience in the vaults
of the Upper Canada Bank. A deputation from the citizens
of Toronto, has presented an address to his Rxeellerey,
volunteering the services of the two regiments of the City
Militia to serve in place of the troops, as a garrison. The
Volunteer Rilla Corps has presented a like address. Hit' Ex-
cellency has declined.bat h, declaring that no force beyond what
the civil authorities could at any time command, was at all
needed for the preservation of the public peace. Six thousand
stand of arms, accoutrements, &0., had been handed over to
the civil authorities, and by them deposited in the City Hall,
under the charge of 'a body of constables. It was thought pos-
sible, however, that the constables might be replaced by a vo-
lunteer corps for that purpose. Mac Kenzie's armed meet-
ings, of which so much is made in the papers that are devoted
to his service, are, according to our informant, held in utter
contempt in his own neighbourhood."—Courier.
(From the Albung Argus.)
Affairs in this province assume a serious r.speet. The dis..
play of an increased mllit try force at Montreal, increased by
large detachments from Quebec, appears to have had any-
thing but the effect intended. So far as the movement was
aimed at the organized associations of reformers now exten-
sively seattl.red through the province, it seems to have resulted
rather in the exasperat'on which the display of brute force, in
its most revolting form, seldom fails to produce upon minds
seriously resolved on accomplishing a great political revolu-
tion; whilst the loyalists themselves, emboldened by the
presence of a mercenary emps, and secure in the connivance
of the military and civil authorities, appear to consider them-
selves licensed to commit all sorts of outrage upon citizens

known to be liberals in sentiment, or active iii the Movements
of the reformers.
" The latest outbreak of this feeling on both sides occurred
on the- 7,h instant, at Montreal. This was the day for holding
the usual mcnthly meeting of an association of young men,
dalting themselves 'tie Sons of Liberty.' In the face of me-
naces and other means of intimidation, they assembled in a
largo yai d in St. James's-street—and, according to the Vinci::
cator's account of the affair, without noise or offence—or-
ganized, and passed resolutions expressing at once contompt
for the threatening attitude of Governrhent, and a determina-
tion to persevere in their efforts to obtain the desired reforms
—recommending similar associations throughout the pro-
vinces, approving of the confederation formed at St. Charles
for conducting the- civil affairs of the pro‘ince without
reference to the eatablishei government, &c., and ad-
journed, not however 'without having been assailed several
times during the proceedings, with stones and other mis-
siles from the Loyalists in the street. The breaking up of
the assembly appears to have been the signal for a concerted
attack by their opponents. Th,iy succeeded however in beat-
ing off' their assailants, and retired to their homes. The
skirmish, which appears to have been as brisk as it was harm-
less, was enough to bring out the military—the Board o f
Magistrates assombled—the' Riot Act was read, and troops
paraded the streets, with artillery, &c.
" Under this display of force, the Loyalists rallied again
and perambulated the streets in a body, committing all sort;
of outrages against those supposed to be politically opposed
to them, and without let or hindrance from any quarter—
dashing in windows, breaking open and rifling private houses
—among them the dwelling of Mr. Papincau, the leader of
the Liberals ; and, as if to leave no doubt of their political
character and designs, they summed up the doings of the night
by an attack upon the office of the Vindicator newspaper, the
old English Liberal press in Montreal, which they gutted'
from top to bottom, throwing the types, paper, books, &c.
into the street. This last outrage occurred within sight and
hearing of picket of soldiers stationed to preserve the peace,
and with the knowledge of.the Board of Magistrates, who
seemed to consider it as an act of disloyalty to interfere." So
says the Vindicator, the publication of which is to be resumed
notwithstanding, and, if we may judge from its tone on the
day following this outrage, with increased spirit and determi-
nation in the cause of Reform.
(From the Qutbec Mercury of the 4th inst.)
" Last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, as Messrs.
Caron, Lindsay, and M'Cord, were returning from a meeting
of the officers of the Quebec Militia Artillery, which had been
held at the Albion Hotel, they were attacked by a gang of
ruffians (who issued out of one of the taverns in the market-
place) and most dreadfully beaten. They would pro)' s'oly
have been murdered but for the interference of so's;le of the
neighbours, who, in rescuing them, earne i". for their share of
the blows. Messrs. Lindsay and Mir ord are more cut than
Mr. Caron, lant all boar 41166(''.ent marks of the brutal violence
of their a siiiants, F!"..-ale of the fellows are in custody, and it
's hopedtint the whole will be discovered."

UNITED STATES.
Now York papers to the 7th ult. have bee s received by the
Orpheus, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday afternoon.
The journals of that city were filled with details of the elec-
tions, which were everywhere running strongly in favour of
the Whig, or Anti-Government party. The Opposition
papers were so delighted with the success of their party, that
they were slst,sfial the result of the elections wonld cause a
total change in the policy of Mr. Van Buren. The following
are extracts from the New York papers :
" DISTRESSING STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT—
THREE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
( Front the New Orleans Bulletin.)
NEw ORLEANS, Nuv. 3.—Another dreadful accident has
occurred upon our waters, which have lately become the
scene of so many heart-rending and appalling catastrophes.
The steamer Monn:outh left this port about a week since,
laden with several hundred Indians, a portion of the Creek
tribe, as passengers. In travelling up the Mississippi, through
Prophet Island Bend, she was met by the ship Trenton,
in tow by the steamer lVarrea, descending the river. It was
after da:k, being near 8 o'clock at night, and through the
mismanagement of the officers, and the obscurity of the scene,
a collision took place between the meeting vessels, and the
Monmouth immediately sunk from the violence of the concus-
sion. Out of the large number of Indians onboard, near 300