The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-21 00:00:00

UPPEIt CANADA.

A dutiful and loyal Address from his Majesty's
faithful and attached subjects 'of the Ptnvinee
Upper Canada has been lately, we understand,
transmitted hither to their countryman, J. M.
jackson, Esq. to be by _ him laid before his Royal
Highness the Prince Regent. The tried devotion
of that brave people to their Sovereign and con-
nection with the Mother Country,. merits the most-.
favourable consideration of
,their case ; and we
have no doubt of its meeting a liberal interpreta-
tion and an early notice as it deserves. As a spe-
cimen of the spiritby which the gallant supporters
of -Brock and Sheatfe arc actuated, we, subjpin
with equal admiration and pleasure, the foll Owing
patriotic and anithating. Address to his Country-
men published by Mr. Jackson, in .August last,
previous to his departure for this country, and
pending, the perils of the invasion menaced by the
the United States of America. Well have the
Canadians profited by this energetic appeal, and
amply have they entitled themselves by their sub-
sequent conduct' to the most favourable construe-
don of their motives, and the most liberal and en-
lightened attention to their claims.

" TO THE INHABITANTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S PllO7
VINCE or UPPER CANADA.
" FRIENDS:, COUNTRYMEN, AND:FELLOW SUE?
JECTS-L-Since the influente of French intrigue hat
predominated in the Councils of Washiagton; and
the darling object of Mr. Madison's wishes.have
been gratified by inducing the Senate to a Decla-
ration of War against our beloved Mother Coun-
try, it becomes the duty of every well-wisher to
his King, and to the Canadas in narticular, to
prepare himself for the dreadful coutest in which,
in all probability, we may be very shortly en-
gaged, and to' make every preparation to frustrate
the objects of cur enemies. it is needless to call'
to your minds the valour ()flour ancestors,•or the
prize for which you will contend.: Already have
the arades-of the United States pollutedthe stream
which divides their country from the territory of
British' North America; already we behold their
banners waving in an hostile manner on our in-
•vaded coast ; already have their armies attempted
the conquest of our forts ; at this moment, our
fellowi,subjects are nobly contending against those
.wko have, without a cause, unfurled the standard
.of war, and unsheathed the sword against a people
who never injured them.
" Prepare yourselves, my beloved fellow sab•
jects, to brave the utmost perils of a sanguinary
war, and be not appalled by the numbers which
.may assail you, but let every man with cheerfaU.
pess disregard the fatigues and inconveniences
'which are. unavoidable in a contest in which you
.are contending for every thing dear to you and to
.your. posterity. Be resolved to undergo the se-
verest deprivations rather than zathmit to the dic-
tates. of an unprincipled soldiery. Those 1/1111.1CS
which are.led against you are at composition of the
veriest dregs' of the people, made up of disaffected
stranger's from a foreign land, where their crimes
have been the: cause of their emigration, and a
few unprincipled men amongst themselves, whose
only object is plunder, whose ,only- desire is .to
wrest from you those lands which matey of you
have obtained as a remuneration for your steady
attachment to the British Government-and loyal-
ty to your beloved tiovereign.' There cannot be
the least doubt but by a hearty and determined
nelTosition• you mast beenine conquerors, awl
drive. frqlri your shores back to their own, the in-
vaders of your country.—Rid yourselves of such
miserable and despicable took, sw:uring the hap,-
piness of your families, and the future peace of
your several districts, determined either to con-
quer or die in the struggle. • It is far better to lie
peaceably in the grave, than to be,the slave of a
foreign despot. Alas ! how I lament and com-
miserate the fate of unhappy Columbia-410w
changed her situation—how degraded in the eyes
ot. the whole world : but just now the envy of the
.Universe; at pence with all the l'ower's of the
earth, but by one fatal step brought about by the
mnehivations and intrigue of an unprincipled des-
pot., who is involved in an unequal contest with
the greatest nation on the globe; and which was
alone able to protect her—whose thunders will
root) resonation her devoted shores, and it Will
be owing alone to the hnmanity so congenial to.
Englishtuen, that her cities are not razed to the
•ground, 'and her coasts not drenched in the blood
of of her• citizens. rulers, with:an unaccounta-
ble madness, have been led into an alliance with
a Power whose friendship is destructive, anti
whose ambition, not satisfied by enslaving the'
principal Powers in the old world, ektends itself
to the subjugation of the new ; for which means,
a primary object, he has involved the United
Matefi in an unjust war with that nation which
has been so long and so nobly lighting the-battles,
and COoteuding for the liberties of the whole
Nv 6114.
Quebec, Aug. 11, 1812. - J. M. J.

General lore, accompanied by Mr;KAY, the
Messenger, has left town for Yarmouth.
It has been discovered within these few days,
that forgeries to an immense extent have lately
been committed
.by an individual. The person
charged with them is a' man of considerable note
in the mercantile world, being Mr. P—, a mer-
chant, of Devonshire-square, who is accused' of
having forged upon a house in the City, to the
amount of (30,0001. ; On a lottery-office keeper
fur 20,0001. ; and in the whole, in bilk of ex-
change, drafts, 8:e. to the ainount of 100,0001.—
The discovery, was made on Saturday last, when a
meeting took place between Mr.l): and the
parties forted upon and a turther meeting was
proposed for the Monday following. At the ap-
pointed time, however, he did not attend, and on
an inquiry being made. after him, it was ascer-
tained, that on t4,aturday he went oh to hisicountry
house ut Whetstone, which place he left ag,aM On
Sunday, and came •to London. Ile was seen on
tlutt clay .in Bishopsgate-street, in the City-road,
and in other places iii that neighbourhood. On
Monday, when he did not attend the promised
meeting, inquiry was made at his town and coml.:
try houses, and he not having slept at
either on
Sunday night, there is no doubt that he absconded
on the evening of that day, with a View to leave
vaifflaad. It is reported, this day, that he has

tAW 11 EPORT.

COU'ItT OF CHANCERY, JAN. w.

THE CORPORATION OF COLOIIESTER V. LOWTEN.

, .
The :Lottri CHANCELLOR this morning, deliver-
ed his judgment in this long depending --
His took a succinct review of all the.eir-
cumstauces which bad given rise to .the claims of
Mr. Lowten, and the securities granted •by the•
Corporation for the due discharge of those clims.
,—The
.question principally considered in the
cupric of the cause had been, whether the'chargeS
of Mr. LoWten for business done, and money ex-
pended, bad been tor purposes 'which ,could be
deemed corporate purposes. His Lordship thought
that qu4tion sufficiently doubtful to justify the
Select body of the Corporation in submitting the
whole matter, to reference. The charter bad au
thorised the select body to act for the benefit
of the Corporation. The select body, with a view
to the interests of the Corporation, had' submit-
ted the whole subject to arbitration. They had,
adopted every necessary.means for bringing the
matter fully before the arbitrators, and the arbi-
trators, after a complete investigation, had de-
cided in favour of Mr. LoWtels.—An award so
submitted, his Lordship was,of opinion, he .ought
...not to disturb. With regard to, the costs of the
issues tried at law, he considerS Mr. Lowten in-
.titled to have them paid by the Corporation ; and.
his Lordship was further of opinion„that a Bill
which imputed fraud to Mr. Lowten, was of a
.:character which called upon him to mark his sense
of it, by dissmissing it with costs.
The Bill was accordingly dismissed with costs.

COURT .OF KING'S Timm, lAN. C.O.

5)11:111 V. XV001).

This was an action brought by plaintiff, who
was a surgeon and apothecary, against the defen-
dant, a boot and shoe-maker, both of the parish
of 'St. Luke's, for publishing a caricature, re-
fleeting on the plaintiff's moral character.
Mr.ySerjeant litsT, for plaintiff, stated, that
this was an action for a most malignant and, scan-
&lons libel. He was sorry to say that libels of
'all sorts Were,much too common ; but of all li-
bels, thoie of the description under consideration
Were the 'Worst. If written libels were false, you
might provc them so ; if founded on false reason.:
lug, you might convince the world that such was
the tase ; but to a false caricature, the purest
character, the greatest innocence, afforded no de-
fence. The plaintiff did not go for damages .;
lie had always been willing to accept of an apo-
logy, but that being declined, he was compelled to
appeal to his Lordship and the Jury ; he. had
sustained. material injury, both ,in his character
and profession. The Learned Serjeant then stated;
there had been great abuses in the conduct of the
affairs of St. Luke's parish,, which plaintiff bed
been instrumental in remedying; and several. Of
the old officers, were removed ; that plaintiff was
appointed one of the Guardians of-the Poor., To
these, circumstances was attributed the hatred
shown. towards plaintiff, which it' was thought ,
irtOitsafelylie.gratified by the NW and ma-
:Humus caricature, The hint arose from the fol-
lowing circumstance: ten quarters of malt were
ordetell for the Poor•bouse, and at the same time
plaintiff ordered two quarters of the sante kind for
;himself and defendant, but by mistake, the twelve
quarters were all sent to the poor-house, arid plain-
tiff afterwards got the two quarters, and sent them
as at firSt intended. In consequence of this, a re-
port Was circulated that plaintiff had embezzled
some of the malt belonging to the poor ; on this,
plaintiff had his conduct, in this instance examin-
ed into„ in the vestry, and' the' conduct of both
plaintiff and defendant, was fully cleared from any
imputation of fount. The learned Serjeant stated,
that the title of the caricature, was " the Inside of a
newly refortnedWorkhouse,with all the Abuses Ike-
formed ;" and then commented at some length on
the different figures in it, particularly on that of
a rat with a human face,' nibbling a sack of malt,
under which Doctor" was written, and which
he could prove, by defendant himself, was intend-
ed for the plaintiff; there was also a figure in:-
titled, " Doctor Malt," With a pillory behind hint,
7 which defendant had 'also stated to be intended
for plaintiff. Tharthis was a libel of a very duo-
gerous nature, 'attributing misconduct of the
grossest kind
.to plaintiff', the Learned Serjeant
sa,A, could not be.aoubted ; but loot particularly
at those tituesoyhen the poor were labouring
under very great distress ; and that .as the
punishment of the plaintiff, were he guilty
of such offence, ought to be, most exemplary,
-,0, it innocent, no damages could be sufficient
for
stated,such t)
malignity.
-( It was not in his power,
prove that. defendant bad ac-
tually paid for the publishing; but he could prove
that he had been activs iin explaininl„; and .eircu-
.l Laing ; and this `he contended, was sufficient.—
. Several-witnesses were called, but they all agreed
in stating, that tielentittot only expluined the
caricature, in -which he held a prominent situa-
tion himself, anditliat he did not appear to have
any inaliciOw not ire.

Lord r.E.1.E1,41W1t UG IT, On the Counsel for
•
plin-
th stating that they could not carry it fartheri.
said, that though it was a most cruel injury, they
must carry it farther, and spew inaltice, lig it wotiltl
be too mach to visit, defendant in damages, who
did, not applaar to have any malichilts motive.—
Nonsuit,