Star.
London, England, 1818-07-28 00:00:00

6 REFORM IN CANADA.

* The work of revolution appears to be going on
in Canada; for we cannot believe that reformation,
merely, is the ultimate object of Gourlay and his
adherents. The right of self-government, enjoyed
and exercised by the people of the United States,
must be perfectly understood and properly appre-
!tiated by their Canadian neighbours. Indeed, priot
Ito the late war, a paper was published in Upper Ca-
nada by Mr. Wilcocks (who afterwards commanded
a regiment of Canadian volunteers in our service),
which openly advocated the principles of liberty and
independence; and it would not have been published,
unless it was patronized, nor patronized unless it was'
approved. It is well known, further, that the people
of Upper Canada would not have taken up arms
against us, nor for their Sovereign, had they not been
_betrayed by Hull, and coerced by military law. The
Crown Lands in that country may be some tempta-1
tion to attempt independence, as they also would be
a rich fund for defraying the expenses of the contest.
Their measures, however, will soon develop, their
motives."—Trenton True American.

The following is the only notice which has yet ap.
peared respecting the line of conduct intended to be
followed by Spain :
ANstGo., MAY a vessel which arrived lost night
' from Porto Rico, we learn that an embargo has been laid upon
aJ vessels at that bland, is contemplation of an approaching
rupture with America."

The Paris Papers of Saturday arrired this morn-
ing. Their contents are unimportant. The following
is an catract from our Private Letter:
" PARIS, JULY 25, 1818.

On Tuesday General Canuel appeared at the
Correctional Police. I told you he had fled. He re-
turned on Monday, ■ the express invitation of some
persons of high rank. The Ultras of course were in
'the secret, and at an early hour the Court was filled
with them ; yet the palliating remark of M. Dupin,
that it was the first time a Lieutenant-General ap-
peared at the Correctional Police to demand repara-
tion for wounded honour, was very ill received.—
' How different the year 1818 from 1815. Then the
Canuels, the Donnadieus, theDesultes, the La Fargues,
and the Blasserilles, were all powerful, and they had
fur their aulilialies the Prisons, Exile, and the Grand

Trevose, br trhich powerful engines the assailants o
their frme were speedily dispatched :

' Blest age" Ikut, ah, how ditareut from our own
" The virtuous Donna,dieu gets the dirt broshedi
off his coat, and has influence enough to be ofic►ally

•withdrawn from the scene ; and poor Czinuel, the
Immaculate Canuel, is obliged to beg a sentence in
his favour from a Court like that of the Sitting Ma-
gistrates.at Bow-street, to whom he and his fellows
look for a sentence, declaring them men of worth,
not quarrelsome, not factious, not perfidious, not
cowardly ; and which, consequently, must impose
silence on all those who, with facts before them, pre-
sume to think otherwise.

" Why is there not a Moliere to paint th,:se men
in all their perfection? That M. Couture, the Ad-
vocate, should give into this ridicule is astonishing ;
he is a mast of sense, of wit, and talent, and highly
esteemed. What could he mean by the following
phrase, uttered with the most grotesque gravity, in
speaking of his client—, It would be discovered to,
what men he belonged by the decency of his con-
duct and the dignity of his language.' What men,
what class could he allude to ? The nobility, such
language would ill befit. Was it then the Ultras?
M. Couture is, I know, sarcastic, but I cannot con-
' ceive that in this point he tried to mimic Potier (a
famous burlesque actor of the Boulevards) though in
fact he did it very happily. The Counsel and his
client both failed in their attempt to get the cause
put off, on pretence of seized papers ; they have all
been given up to him, containing (as I before stated)
nothing important.
" Yesterday Cannel was sent to prison. As to the
fate that awaits him, it would be cruel to anticipate
it. It is altogether a singular case. Cannel is ac-
cused of being the author of the Conspiracy at Lyons ;
he is imprisoned on a charge of organizing a similar
one at Paris, and his accusers are in disgrace at Court
for having accused him."

A Dutch Mail arrived this foreuoon. The follow-
ing are extracts :

BRUSSELS, JULY t 2.

The fortifications on the southern frontiers are pro-
secuting with great diligence ; the ramparts of Ypres,
Tournay, Mons, Ath, Charleroi, and Namur, will
be very far advanced before autumn. Dinant will
I be a great fortress, and more important as being op-
posite Givot. It is thought that Arlon, in Luxem-
burg, will be strengthened. The engineers must de-,
termine what are the places which must be strength-
, ened, since the loss of Landau, Marienburg, and
Philippeville, to restore the triple line of Vauban
to its original strength ; they are also to consider of
means of restoring the fortresses which are so greatly
dilapidated.

The increase of the French Army is confined to
the voluntary enrolment, which goes on toler.sbly,
well ; but this is fax froth being sufficient to make
the army complete to the peace establishment, for
which reason it is supposed that the usual levy will
take place after the harvest.

No account of the state of the,QuEsx's health ar-
rived from Kew yesterday. The Bulletin of this morn-
ing states, that " Her MAJESTY continues in much
the same state as she has been fur some days past."
The illness of her MAJESTY is a total decay of nature,
and a daily increasing morbidity in all those parts,
the energy, Or at least the regular motion of which,
is necessary to the functions of life. What usually
occurs in this disease, and which is always the last
stage of it, has some time since commenced in her
MAJESTY. A quantity a water has already accu-
mulated in the chest and stomach,

The Duchess of CAMERIDGit'S birth-day was cele-
brated at Kew on Saturday. Most of the Royal
Family, besides her own relations, were present. Her
Royal Highness is 21 years of age.
The Landgrave of 11.11SSZ CAsssa came to town
yesterday from Kew, in order to proceed ily way of
Harwich to Helvoetsluys.
This day being the Anniversary of the memorable
Battle of Talafera, the Guards on duty, in comme-
moration of the signal event, wore sprigs of laurel in
their caps.

The Ktxo of PRUSSIA has ordered the Army to go
into mourning for three days, for the latel'ield-Mar-
hall KALKRRUT/I.

The old Gateway leading into Scotland-yard has
been enlarged, and a very handsome arch is now
formed. This is a great improvement, and when the
old shabby buildings and lime-sheds at the bottom,
which have so long deformed the banks of the river,
are pulled down, a noble and striking view of St.
Paul's will be opened from Whitehall through the
new archway. It already attracts the notice of the
numerous passengers.
Sixty-seven, fever patients were admitted on Thurs-
day into one of the hospitals belonging to the House
of Industry, Dublin : the other hospitals are also
fully occupied.
The Manchester Papers state, that the refractory
Spinners have not yet returned to their work. Tran-
quillity, however, is perfectly restored at Stockport.
On Thursday Henry Peters and Mark Betts, two
gun-forgers at Birmingham, were convicted of com-
bining to raise their wages, and sentenced to two
months hard labour in the House of Correction.
PAats.--Among the papers found in the cabinet of
a suspected Conspirator, the following, from its enig-
matical nature, excited for a time strong sensations :
% Cordons-20 Divisions-2 Columns of 30,000
strong--New Sovereigns already divided—Quar-
tered--drawn 4th Bth Moon—Stores--Bourdeaux—
Madeira—OpOrto. On comparing it with some bills
circulated by a man in a green coat, it appeared to be
merely an abstract of the present Lotter" Scheme of
8,000 Tickets, with 20 Capitals, 2 of L 30,000, &c.
aid the Prizes of New Sovereigns, divided into shares
of quarters, &e.—o be drawn Tl:emnni., 4th
August, with store of (1017, Port, .tad .11,4,:is a.