The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-20 00:00:00

T JVEN)Na siTN
ANtERICAN NEWS
(E3~PRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.)

ARRIVAL OF THE CALEDONIA
AND SOUTH AMERICA.
The
LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.
packet-ship South America, Capt. 'Bailey, which
sailed from New York on the Ist inst., arrived at Liver-
pool yesterday afternoon after a fine passage of 17 days.
In consequence of the news brought by ells
Sheridan, and
the non-arrival of the Royal mail steremer the Caledonia
from the hour at which the South America was tele-
graphed until that of her reaching the Mersey, great
excitement prevailed in the mercantile and political
circles. On 'Change beisiness was serioasly interrupted,
.the Pier-head was crowded. The excitement was
_increased 'when, early in the afternoon, the telegraph
I,h7,unr--ed that the Caledonia had arrived off Holyhead.
•c'ehtents of the papers did not, when she exrkeed,
wer the expectations of the sanguine.
. ellte Caledoaia sailed from Boston on her appointed
0
.:oty,, the 2cl [net. She encountered on ;ter passage t
Italifax a 'violent storm, which prevented her from
peeking the latter poet on the 7th. During the storm
her fore and .ter
Carried away, anc'. in its fall broke the
legs or the 'vas
mate and the carpenter, besides in-
mateilcingem ore or less, seven of the crew. The second
&A carpenter have b n I f at Halifax. The pas-
and
ei? rt.re lowl. in their preaeise ebotth of the noble vessel
r indefatigable cominfeeder.
14 news brought by
later
than that brought
....The trial c Io CAtheCSalouedtl7nAiamiesriseeay.eral hours
°. A.`LeodY would not commence before
she
thedeter-
_ ,
t, 4th instant, Judge Gridley having. . _
mined
.0 clear the calendars, both civil and criminal,
Wueatere he took the case of the prisoner. The trial, it
befsjerobable, would occupy 12 or 14 days. The papers
Eitel •
e to "It, taill statements as to the course the trial is
who will ti,i,e, the number and names of the witnesses
___, y 0 exam e
-lieu, and the nature of their evidence,
4...,110l 30 tOrth. " the defence,"says the New York
hg rieraki 11
, "there will be UR attempt to prove refused t 1 1:aell ineffectual one. Some have absolutely
is negati °e. 'esttY• The testimony of M‘Nab and others
evithiliev- °ll%/c Thee' swear they did not see 2,l'Leod
took • expedition. 1
eirg• b wears that he thinks he
a lust of th '
a 8 •
able , e volunteers is not certain, and is not
the to produce it." the ' hing trial had caused
greatest excitement, :eta()) only Utica, but through-
the wbole State Of New York. The paper, from
we have alr adl d an article on
Abe APLeod's ee Y quoted, cone ues , ,
of differ case, by remarking that-. he rounds
" Igrounds
and
!loud ence between the two great nations are daily
Zl:,. y y.owing broader and better defined ; the atrocious
rntaPPlng of Colonel Grogan has stirred the whole
.... hern front' rogan .
d there is the
''''.°nges t frontier to a flood of mutiny, and
to Malin lece3sitY for prompt and energetic action,
either
The sin Peate or prepare for war."
merit a bductioel of state-
facts forms the subject of b
facu and diseussion in all the papers. So far as the
how i!,,lefetbe case are concerned the additional matterarrest
preeee„,ie Its corroborates the statements of the
-Y received• din this journal. They
are ell e and published
with
distrust '1: parte, and must, therefore, be received .
ilation 141. d suspicion. We are still without any expla. 'rid, 'Ot the transaction on the part of the British athon
the-si_tlle only paragraph relating to the arrest given in Jr ''.v York papers being the following, from the
antrecil Gazette :-
"Thi.
with
different- notorious Grogan, whose name, coupled
tier •
fron-
aggravated cases of incendiarism on the
1,..., Is doubtless familiar to our readers, was yesterdays
tiutttght to this city, in charge of a party of the Queen fat braeoons dsafely lodged in gaol."
iv , an
0" I ult makes
eh„ ee New York Ei:ening Post of the -I t 1 •
e folio • • styled " The Grogan
.44itir
~,wing remarks on what ls
ir_
an e c_
count ?another part of this sheet will be found. ,e
c_
all in •of art of Canadians int,, the
territor incursion apa . .
cat' iree into
and .
eaptiv.. Sof the United States, seezing . ~
~,
131.0t.v nu
e 114 American citizen, who was livir_ -
g under the
"Thenatio of our laws.
__, reedom thus taken by Bri;,.ish subjects within
our territ•
1317, and with the reersons of our citizens,
Arises, no doubt, from the readiness with which the
• ernMent, the moment NPLeod was arrested by the
till anth • • ^the .of which
be w orates or country, avowed the act
of tilts aeaused-'snowed it, too, in direct contradictionad,s
fact ; foe.• it appears from Sir Francis Head's
A to
e
Lord Palmerston, of which we published.
.Patchesextract r.
9 f'Vernor A few weeks since, that Sir Francis, while
eerear t' of Canada, had sent express orders to Captain
the Ca-
the ,le leader of the expedition to destroy
against
to' i.i• that in any movement he might make agaiwast
Allrgents, the territory of the United States,
e * respected, and that the British soldiery were to
4ter it
a persons e
eh on
n o excuse or pretext whatever. No doubt
t to be backed
.tb ngae•ed in th inroad expec .
.s„,4' the British Gobvernment,is and to find not only irnpu.
, , but reward.
' There is but one way to prevent the serious conse-
of violence. The
trees which may follow this act
will disown
doubt, will disown the
ctlah authorities; we have no doubt, ;
but this must
Veading and release. Colonel Grogansmallest delay, or the
%,,1., ,done instantly, without the .
clenorthern frontier will flow with blood a
in border
iv„,
hero Enterprises of retaliation .
will be set on foot by
li. better
"r`rans on the Aerican de, who dere not ng
lhea
ipitatesi the two countries
le. ,_ such an occasmion tosi prec
-1° tnu 1 hostilities. The outrage committed
ki, tua is of so
at-
ea.-33 4 nature, so entirely without provocation, and Zuded with such circumstances of cruelty and brutality,
rat nothing could be better suited to their purpose. It
23 firebre- d thrown into a magazine of combustibles,
*hie, a
e I" ,rnu.st be snatched out the moment it alights, or the
1--,°.`e,es in flames.
' B'publishto-day aproclamation just issued by the
tie e .
lin-`e"magistrate of the United States, on account of the
de• are
e.re:4Y state of our northern frontier. Secret lo
renewal
of
' eh.."4ad within our territory with a view to a
thms
','
are
insurrection in Canada. Clandestine preparations
'such-e
Makin descent upon the British provinces.
e g fora
el, an affair as that of the seizure of Grogan,
•
if not
i.:. ntlY redressed, will be apt to turn their secret pro'.
ell T:ileeiselings into o en hostilities."
-flit e*--- 4:be .0 1 rl) d the head " Frontier Dis-
t! , ittth _ a 4 le -xpress, un er .
- (ft "nes, thus alludes to the seizure and abduction of
tei
'Mt ADTI'Le. forcible abduction of Colonel Grogan fromflame `'.:42 ytn•ge, 'Vermont, into Canada, has blown ua
for a
:tee i!n4 -the Vermont frontier similar to that which
and
'l‘, •eeliVithe existed upon the frontier of NewYork,tlt
is
.',., : Ititkr now exists, though in a smothered sftahee.r
m.
'..eea-t7,t° he regretted that the commanders o
sensible
eae., a forces atpon our frontier are not more
to keep
.pean, proVided the British Government wish
ee with this country. If the circumstance narratedo
t.° the arrest of Grogan be true, and if the place f
...141.--4t
be arrest
United States boundary line, no
reate_e . 1 in the
e,„er,eehat may have been the
firmer conduct of Gro-
eee, et will b serious night's
cees e a pretty
th„entarnanding the detachment, provided the British
WC ieicarnent wish to keep peace with this country, as
ave he A, t{ Thin doubt they do.
atu
, abdction, of Grogan, whether all the circum-
"as b ; e very important. It
win do e true or not, is just now _ )
vices In° good to M'Leod, now coming b f •e an Ame-
e '1
' h it has
)ie nrY• It, but adds to the excitement which
]areas; the e
1.,°,1e.tt of the President's proclamation to re-
d 4 s*
-"' " Ithe fl all along the frontier.
.if „ ,e( s {lame ets ef• I'L!'ise disturbances, these abductions
and these
45f thill iraey do not cease along our frontier, the people
a rf "tilted States will soon be subjected to expensethe
._...
24161e.,•411!arY cordon from Passamaquoddy Bay I
to lit riki .eour I. in take an army of 100,000 men to garrisonof
C't/*,ti‘ef°!tiar. Let' the good people, then, of all parts of eTekiluntrY,Unite to put down the bad spirit that would
Ille '''S. a.° 1, • the ease and how math
- .e., r e Melee to reserve p
~ , ' •s' The i'n earl tell to carry on a war.
eft • .
of
arrest
e e fegeep
t. mai representations respecting the
Secretary of
1.4 ieAtetrlad been sent to Washington. The f
• I, tewonld
2 iranlediately lay these representations be ore
..-Zoz the British
. . •
for an
Fate ...• , trie British Minister and call upon him
41,,e,. tenets disavowal reparation for the injury to the
-I.j,iti
...or a
4%412 , flaw, and indignity to the State. ts Tetect wg led* at Nee,. York; it was, however,
pure
.4?
~.,rtZeith vet" great caution.
-
chap 'add stock markets had not presented any.
leXork.a7,_l of
be The Commercial Bank of New
ie. 4 eetiti &lad beea placed under an injunction. The City
4' 11 Q tills of the Dail
Express gives the following account
' ' tqha batik :---
- la% ''' affairs of the bank have, for a long time, been
snadeverY crippled condition. Large loans have been
t
Presentto individuals who are not in a situation to pay a
:., kiseinn ; and this debt being suspended, the Bank Cone-
theei;43l•ll have deemed it their duty to apply for an ienl:
et till, which has been granted ,by the Viee-Chanc
• tie;e. L',,',l receiver will, no doubt, be appointed in due
- !,'
_lig butte officers of the Bank are restricted from p
a
y
-
wdl be set deposited, and this class of creditorsre
aeupie
funeeriousi-
,er Inconvenienced. It seems there ar
e
d '4' to protect the bill-holders, as their bills are
depoit,/ all the banks. Nor is it apprehended that the
teelthel% *ill
ultimately lose anything, though the
t
. 18 Per. ,„raa must. The last sale of the stock was a
. - 4s'eseeth.7l„_ _l• 'The Capital is /500,000. The circulation
ek A Tor a. Newyork 'eta atver 3200,000-a very moderate amount
e ;islet ba k•This is all protected by the
.aee II y fund, te . sum
em, e olthtt___
~ and as all the banks receive them, n°
1e diekr.e';'4l Incur a loss. With the depositors it is a little
elaiPLal.leeerZ Although the safety fund is answerable for
le a ' reenneeii:74l, Yet they cannot be paid until a sufficient
•ee
le :Which, se ' the assets of the bank are collected; after
tech "eareseeerwhirgi there be a deficiency, the safety fund is
le ,Ilasit . • The holders of bills and those having de-
e, ries in the bank • "
Atte er , . are entirely secure.
• ...teat
se , °flea Clerks °ler County Bank had been robbed, by one
; h:3(..' '' The sl ' °f 87%000.
tl,'squoted matireas in the Bank of the United States were
le* Ther 7•
l''
s I e 114 d be '
'4i, a adonis, ~,,, eh a good deal done in exchange for the
hehear 'eof stAi",Llte,ll was to sail on the 2d inst. The rate
at" had bey - ----•'. tied been very firm at 10ei, and even 110
t.. 14
sold otained, which was a higher rate than any.
eel.ti Wee, at for a long period. The shipment of specie
1 ,t,t2Pre profitable than to remit bills.
_e, ea• ',P funeral of Lord S d h
'ltra -eon. Ok the y en am took place at King-
it(l.l st, bloc, eril'iii e 23d ult. The occasion was made a day of
sv 4Abhathg' and observed with all the solemnities of the
te • lern •
•• v, teetehe mediately after the funeral, his Excellency
•• - ae, Ad '..rtGeneral Sir Richard Jackson was sworn in
_ . eau antrotrator of the Government at Alwington-
, liettee, lie the
presence of the Judges, Executive c
C 8 elf be
ORtie: , Partrnents, such Members of
the ~ 'I and Assembly as were in
a O.
lz'eree* p.4,-. (From the --
kypi'v tit Cli r i
di .1 h- -exeerence, ogee herald, Oct. 1.)
i .eve. ee•-TRIAL OF AP
'''l ,r the, ',A4I an inter • LEOD.
~. , ,A.!lesslte
Caroline Teethe, rew with Nit.. Wells r
~
14 i
on
the t
._the owner E.tild one f ei. ' •
-..ee leetell. gem and r 1.4 of Zil`Leoil at 1.14? .-e principal wit-
'. e, 1. rthe ree
vt, II- is an
' , ereend ,d 9/,. i I),:e2tabtt he.,4, "ca. Mr. .:P-.
4Y h•- "4 VI ' • '4, V his statements 1114 y
tS33 ah e has . 1 trial /:,- .nd
..
..mu Prove,. e°llne tO this ' •i not Le called on until
a the atter . city to transact some busi-
..dame of two witnesses, who

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