The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

rri HIS present TUESDAY, December 4, 1838, will be
21. performed the Tragedy of
DAMON AND PYTHIAS;
Or, The FORCE OF FRIENDSHIP.
Damon Mr. Stuart.
Pythias Mr. Howard.
Calanthe,....Miss Faucet I Hermione , Miss Cleaver.
After which the new Farce of
TOM NODDY'S SECRET.
Captain Ortnond, Mr. W. Howard.'
Toni N0ddy,.......Mr. Baker I Inkpen,.. ..... Mr:Slaiter.
Mary,.. Miss Grant I Gabrielle,..Mrs. Te et.
To conclude with the Romantic Melo-D ma of
ROBINSON CRUSOE.
TO-MORROW (Wednesday), for the BE ''FIT of Mt.
SLAITF.R, the Comedy of
SPEED THE PLOUGH.
After which the Ballet Dance of
THE OLD COMMODORE.
To conclude with the Melo Drama of
LUKE THE LABOURER.
Mr. Knowles' last new play of The Maid of Mariendorpt.
as now performing nightly with the greatest success at the
Theatre Royal, Harmarket, is in preparation, and will, be
produced previous to the close of the present season. /

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take place on FRIDAY EVENING next, the 7th instant, on
which occasion will be performed the celebrate,d Comedy of
THE BELLE'S STRATAGEI .
Doricourt Mr. W }lnward.
Flutter Mr. X) aplin.
Letitia Hardy.. Miss Faueit. I Mrs. Rackeit..Mrs. Clarke.
Lady Frances Touchwood Mrs. Tenet.
After which, an Interlude, called the
ROMAN ACTOR.
Paris (the Roman Actor) Mr. Stuart.
In the course of the vening, a variety of Popular SONGS,
by Miss Land an liss Grant. To which will be added
the favourite Farce of
PAST 'FEN O'CLOCK
AND A RAINY NIGHT I I
Dozey Mr. Baker. I Sam Squib Mr. Slaiter.
Lucy Mrs. Tenet.

Nancy Miss Cleaver.
.0 conclude with a Panoramic Representation of the
QUEEN'S VISIT TO GUILDHALL. displaying the
whole of the ROYAL AND CIVIC PROCESSION.
Tickets to be had at the usual Places; of Mrs. TELLET
and Mr. CHAPLIN, 10, Queen-square; and of Mr. PARKER,
at the Box-office, where Places may be taken.

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"Hon. J. C. HnARTT:
" Sir,—Last night there was a general rising among the
patriots of Upper and Lower Canada. In the city of Quebec,
'l'heller and Dodge, the Yankee prisoners, had 2500 armed
men under their command--at Montreal, 20d0 men commanded
by French officers from France: Dr. Nelson entered Canada
by Napperill, and swept everything; took all the loyal volun-
teers prisoners, and got 800 stand of arms derosited there for

loyalists.
."
Dr. Nelson left Napierville last night at six o'clock, with
1500 men, to march upon St. John's, at which places he will
be joined by 1000 from the parish east of St. John's. The
town was to be burned at day-break this morning. (Novem-
ber sth.) All communication by land is stopped. The pa-
triots have possession of the lines. Bill Johnston is to work
at his old stand. Siittirday night, 1000 men (from Ohio) at-
tacked Fort Malden, U. C. On the whole, the loyalists of
Canada are very unpleasantly situated.
"I am, very respectfully, your ob't servant,
"M. S. GILMAN."
"FRANKLIN COUNTY, Vt., Nov. 4, 1838.—Messrs. Editors
On Friday last, the tories in Canada began to arrest the
principal Canadians at L'Acadie, and other places ; on Sa-
turday, the Canadians rose in open rebellion, and from what
I can learn, the rising will be general throughout the province.
Yours, in haste. X. Y."
l_We do not know who " X. Y." is, or what dependence is
to e placed upon the letter; but it is post marked St. Albans,
Nov. 5.l—N. Y. Express.
The first of these " important" stories we find in two of
the morning papers, and the other graces the columns of the
Express. Our readers will estimate them rightly, we suppose,
without any help from us ; the absurdity is too palpable to
need exposition. We may remark, however, that the editor
of the Troy paper might have spoken of the statements fur-
nished him with somewhat more directness, if he had looked
on the map for any such place as Napierville, or reflected a
moment on the probability of such events taking place at
Quebec, Montreal and St. John's and the news reaching
Plattsburg, all within 24 hours, or of an attack on Malden,
at the western extremity of Lake Erie, being made on Satur-
day night, and known at Plattsburgh on Monday.
?.S.—Since the above was in type we learn that there has
been a little outbreak at Beauharnois—unconnected, how-
ever, with any party or movement on the American side of
the line.
Mr. Ellice, the seigneur, of Beauharnois, was for a short
time a prisoner in the hands of the rioters, but was quickly
rescued.
The disturbance was soon and easily put down, and seve-
ral of the ringleaders were captured by the troops.
An exaggerated account of this affair was probably the
foundation of the story from Plattsburgh.
MORE RUMOURS.—About nine o'clock thiS morning, a
gentleman called upon us, with the astounding information,
that a British officer had just come down, post haste, from
Canada, and brought word that the lower provinces were all
in commotion; that Sir John Colborne had proclaimed mar-
tial law, &e. &c.
Thereupon we took measures to ascertain what truth there
might be in the tale; and this is the result :—Colonel Clive
of the Grenadier Guards has indeed arrived—but his intelli-
gence is of a very different character from that reported. No
martial law has been proclaimed—no invasion or rising has
taken place—and nothing has appeared to indicate that any
such is probable. On the contrary, this officer says that he
was instructed to inquire and look about, on his way down,
and especiallly at the points which have been indicated as
the seats of warlike movements.
He has accordingly visited Chazy, Champlin, Plattsburgh,
and other places on and near the frontier line, and held full
and free communications with the American officers at se-
veral of the frontier posts ; and he is perfectly satisfied that
there is no serious mishief to be apprehended.
CANADA.—We received yesterday Montreal papers to the
date of Monday last. The patriotism and courage of the in-
invaders who had assembled at Napierville, seem to have
fled, if they ever had any, before even the appearance of Bri-
tish troops. Two columns, one under the immediate com-
mand of Sir John Colborne from St. John's, and the other
under that of Col. Love from St. Valentine, reached Na-
pierville on Saturday morning last at the same moment, and
found the place deserted by no less than four thousand men,
who had collected there—probably twice the number of their
enemy, who now sought them. The two affairs which have
already been mentioned by our correspondent at Whitehall,
would seem to have, been of more importance than his letters
led us to expect. In both the attacks of the insurgents, they
were repelled by the militia of the provinces alone For the
accounts from other parts of Lower Canada, we refer to our
extracts.
The followin letter was received yesterday :
L'ACA DIE, Nov. 12, 1838.—Sir—I am directed by his
Excellency Sir John Colborne, to acquaint you that the re•
bels, who had assembled in arms in the district of Montreal,
have been entirely dispersed by her Majesty's troops and the
volunteers. 1 have the honour to be, &c.
WM. ROWAN, Secretary.
To Jas. Buchanan, Esq. her Majesty's Consul, New York,
(From the Courier of the 12th.)
On Saturday afternoon the annexed despatch reached-town,
announcing what so was much feared, that the rebel force had
evacuated Napierville before the troops reached it.
NAPIERVILLE, NOV 10, 1838.
Saturday, 9, A.M.
Sir,—I am directed by the Commander of the forces to in-
form you, that the force under his command has just arrived
here. The rebels, to the number of 2,000, vvacuated the town
about two hours ago, and about the same number had previ-
ously gone off, many of them having thrown away their arms.
The cavalry are now in pursuit of the former, on the Chateau-
guay road. Colonel Love's column reached the town, from
St. 'Valentine, at the same time with the Head Quarter di-
vision.

1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servan
JOHN EDEN, D. A. G
It will be seen by the following despatch, which was re
ceived from Major Carmichael yesterday, that Beauharnois
has been retaken from the rebels, and that the prisoners
taken with the Brougham steamer have been released.
Beauharnois, Nov. 10, ten a.m.
Sir,— I have the honour to acquaint you, for the informa-
tiou of his excellency the commander of the forces, that, in
conjunction with Colonel Philputts, a detachment of one offi-
cer of engineers, twenty-two sappers and miners, one cap-
tain, three subalterns, four sergeants, two buglers, and one
hundred and twenty-One rank and file, 71st Regiment, with
upwards of one thousand Glengarry men, were landed at
Hungry Bay this morning, marched, and took Beauharnois,
rescued all the prisoners, with the exception of Messrs. Ellice,
Brown, Norman, Ross, Norval, Bryson, Houndslow, and
Surveyor, supposed to be at Chateauguay—with the loss of
one man killed and three wounded, of the 71st Reginient.
The men are very much fatigued, and we wait here for
orders.
I have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble
servant, L. CAI:MICHAEL, Colonel, P. S.
Major. Hill, Assistant Quarter Master General.
(From the Montreal Courier of the 12th inst.)
By a private letter received yesterday, we regret to learn
that Mr. George Hay, a respectable farmer on the banks of
the Richeiieu, about six miles above St. Valentine, has been
robbed by the rebels of all his moveable property, including
his valuable stock of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, &c.; and
that all the loyal inhabitants on that side of the river have
experienced similar treatment. Mr. Hay's house had been
used as a barrack for several days by about 200 of the rebels.
The letter also stated, that atanit 100 of them have advanced
about a quarter of a mile over'the lines on the opposite side
of the river, and take their stand at a place called Beech
Ride, near Alburgh. Besides being well armed, they have
three pieces of cannon. The loyal inhabitants in that quar-
ter are worn out with fatigue and harassed with constant
alarms.
The Chatnbly mail carrier who arrived Yesterday afternoon,
reports that the volunteers had been fired upon by the rebels,
and that Mr. Dixon, the postmaster, had been obliged to fly
to the fort for protection.
Nine prisoners, who have been arrested in the neighbour-
hood of St. John's were brought to town yesterday afternoon
in the Princess Victoria. Among these are two noted re-
bels, one named Mongeon, the other Richard. E. R. Fabrei
and Doctor Lusignan, have also been arrested.
Through the whole of yesterday, very large volumes of some
smoke were visible in the direction of the Chateauguay; and
last night a large portion of the heavens was illuminated
by an extensive blaze, which was visible in the direction of
St. John's, supposed to be St. Athanase.
The Brougham steamer which was captured by the rebels,
is a good deal crippled in her machinery, and was towed
down to .Lachine yesterday. The mail-bag from Upper
Canada, that was on board of her remained undiscovered
and unopened, although its contents were valuable; it was
brought into town yesterday.
Consideiable sensation was created in town yesterday, by
the arrival of Messrs. Ellice, L. G. Brown, R. H. Norval,
John Macdonal, John L. Grant, John Bryson, John Ross,
Houndslow, David Norman, Dr. Surveyor, and another
whose name we did not learn, about whose safety some ap-
prehensions had been entertained. It appears that after their
captu-at Beauharnois, they were, as it was supposed here,
conveyed to Chateauguay, where they were confined to a
room, from which day-light was carefully excluded, but they
were allowed to have candles burning. Doting this time they
were well treated by the Cure and the nuns, who were per-
mitted to send them a profusion of luxuries from their larder
and cellars. They were also allowed to send money for any
thing they wanted from the village. They were being con-
veyed in carts on Satuarday, as they believed, to Napierville,
and had reached La Pigaounier, in the Seigniory St. George,
when their escort hearing of the evacuation of Napierville,
left them and fled. They were allowed to proceed in the
same carts in Laprairie, and were even advised, it is said, by
some of the older rebels, which road to take as the safest.
They reached Laprairie about two o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, and this city about ten.
Extract from a letter dated

" Quebec, Thursday Evening.
" There are now in this city a good number of strangers,
particularly Americans ; I learn. that a few of then were
ariested yesterday, but I did not hear for what cause.
" It appears that depositions have been made against se-
veral individuals in this city, who attend secret meetings, and
that warrants have been issued for their' apprehension.-
Morin has left the city."
We have been favoured with the following extract of a le
ter, dated

" Sandwich, Oct. 30, 183:

" All the Western and London Districts are in a bustle :
500 militia are called out at Chatham ; 350 are at Port
Sarnia. All the militia here and at Amherstburgh are
ordered to be in readiness at a minute's warning. The
Lake Shore militia are ordered out, and the whole of the
troops at Amherstburgh have been working day and night,
and all last Sunday, gettilig the fortifications ready."
The Official Gazette of the 9th inst. contains four ordinan-
ces of Sir John Colborne and his Special Council. The first
is that authorizing the banks to suspend specie payment.
Its provisions are similar to that issued on a former occasion,
and its duration limited,to the first of June next. The se-
cond ordinance authorizes the seizing and detaining, for a
limited time, of gunpowder, arms, weapons, lead, and muni-
tions of war. The third ordinance authorizes Sir John Col-
borne to take such steps as he may deem necessary for the
suppression of the rebellion, and to erect tribunals for the
trial and punishment of the rebels. The fourth ordinance
authorizes the apprehension and detention of persons charged
with high treason, suspicion of high treason,' misprision of
high treason, and treasonable practices, and of the suspen-
sion, for a limited time, as to such persons, of the habeas
corpus act. --
THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TROOPS
FIRED UPON.
(Correspondence of the Argus.)
Sackett's Harbour, Nov. 12.

My dear Sir,—A boat (not ten, as stated in the accompa-
nying extract), conveying a company of Colonel Worth's
regiment from Ogdensbnrgh to French Mills, on Thursday
last at noon-day, was fired upon, and one man badly and
dangerously wounded. The boat was in American waters,
and the men in full uniform Their character could not be
mistaken, if, as fatally appears to be the case, within musket-
shot. Colonel Worth started forthwith, with a suitable force,
down the St. Lawrence, to look into this business.
[Extract frogs the Sentinel, published at. Prescott (Upper

Canada), Nov. 8, 1838.1
We regret to learn that an American soldier was shot near
Cornwall, on Wednesday last, by some of the volunteers sta-
tioned in that vicinity. A gentleman Just arrived in the
Dolphin states, that ten barges, apparently filled with men,
were seen passing down; that they were hailed, and did not
stop or make any satisfactory reply; and the volunteers tak-
ing them for rebels, fired. It proved, however, that the men
were American soldiers, bound for some part of the country
below. An American officer came to Cornwall the following
day, making bitter complaints respecting the circumstance.
We have no doubt every satisfaction that can reasonably be
required will be given. If the boats were hailed and did not
hail too, in times like the present, no blame whatever can
be attached to the volunteers. They did no more than their
duty.

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