Star.
London, England, 1818-10-27 00:00:00

UPPER CANADA.

TO TUE EDITOR OF THE DTAR.
Sts—As you seem to mks some interest in the af-
fairs of Upper Canada, it is my wish to set you right
in a few particulars, in which it appears, from your
remarks on Saturday last, you have been led into
error by snme of your Canadian Correspondents. I
therefore beg to lay before you a statement of those
recent occurrences in this Province, which have at.
tracted so much public attention, on the correctness

of which you may perfectly rely.
The Province of Upper Canada—particularly the
three districts of Niagara, London, and Western, had
suffered greatly during the war, but was, notwith-
standing, on the return of Peace, flee from every
species of public discontent. The inhabitants had,
while they suffered much, performed great services,
and they anticipated, in the just recompense of these
services, an ample indemnity for all the sacrifices they
had made. The Province had, during the whose of
the first year or the war, been successfully defended
by their own single and unaided efforts from the re-
iterated attacks of the enemy ; the capture of the army
of General Hull and of the fortress of Detroit, were
the honourable trophies of their valour; and had they
not been restrained by the orders of Sir George Pre-
vest from following up their successes, lest our acting
offensively should irritate the Americans, and unite,
them more cordially against us, they might have
more than indemnified themselves by repri!als on the
enemy? for the havock which the latter had commit-
ted by their invasion, The people of Canada were
fully sensible of the claim they had established on the
gratitude of their country ; but knowing that a
strong appeal had been made in their favour by the
'Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the
Province, in a joint Address to the Prince Regent,
they waited the result with that patience and con-
tentment; which belongs to the character of loyal and
confiding subjects.
A Board, composed jointly of Military Officers and
Gentlemen of the country, was accordingly soon af-
terwards appointed in each district, under the au-
thority of his Excellency Sir Gordon Drummond, to
ascertain and report upon the amount of losses sus-
tained by individuals, from the ravages of the enemy,
from our Indian allies, or from the King's troops (for
the country suffered nearly* as much from the two
last as it did from the enemy). While these Wards
were engaged in this investigation, Lieutenant Go-
vernor Gore, who had gone to England on leave of
absence in October, 1811, ,returned in September,
1815, to resume his Government, and shortly there-
after issued the Notice of which I transmit you ap
Official Copy (No. 1, subjoined). He, at the same
time, represented the Board as appointed by . Sir
Gordon Drummond to be wholly unauthorized, and
took great credit to himself for having, in his extra-
ordinary zeal to serve the Province, induced the
Noble Secretary of State to authorise the measures,
which he had just given notice. •
About the same time Lieutenant' Governor Gore
directed Circular Letters to. be sent to the Magis-
tracy of the Province, directing them on no account
to administer the Oath of Allegiance to any
emigrating from the United States, without IT:

• Ms imposed wl in behalf at the Province, induced the
Pco4incial Legislature to vote to him the sum of "000, to por-
ches, a berrise orrlsin.