The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-23 00:00:00

IhIPOIITANT FROII ST. EUSTACHE.

Having just received authentic information, which may be
relied on, with respect to the operations of the troops which have
been sent against the rebels concentrated in the County of the
Lake of Two Mountains, at St. Eustache and Grand Brule,
we hasten to lay it before our readers.

The troops took up their quarters at St, Martine, during the
night of Wednesday, the day o❑ which they left this city, from
whence they departed at about seven o'clock yesterday morn-
ing towards St. Eustache, but not in a direct line, for it was un-
derstood that the ice on the river in that way, was not sufficiently
strong to bear the weight of so heavy a body as the artillery
and cavalry. A detour was, in consequence, taken towards St.
Rose, where the ice was crossed from isle Jesus to the main
land. The line of march theta proceeded upwards on the right
bank of the river, until the troops approached the village of St.
Eustache, making a march front St. Martin of 12 miles, whereas
in a direct line, it would only consist of six or seven.
The hoops were first fired upon by the rebels from the church
of St. Eustache, a considerable time before any position had
been taken. Upon coining within the peoper'rauge, two field
pieces were planted on the north-east side of the church, and
began to play upon it in excellent style, while another field
piece was sent round in the rear of the village, and stationed
where it commanded a street leading directly to the front door
of the same edifice. The three regiments and the cavalry, in
the meantime, made a circuit round the village i❑ rear; and
took up positions to intercept the rebels, when they should be
compelled to abandon their position. The church having at
length been set on fire, the rebels were seen flying in every di.
rection, but not without many having been killed and taken
prisoners. The Nunnery and Presbvtere, situated on either
side of the church, which were occupied by the rebels, were
also destroyed, as well as several other houses in the village,
particularly those of Scott and Chenier.

The loss sustained on either side has not been accurately as-
certained ; but it is reported that eighty of the rebels had been
killed, and more than a hundred taken prisoners. Dr. J. 0.
Chenier was killed in the yard of the church. The commander-
in-chief, Girod, and Fereol Peltier, are said to have taken to
flight towards St. Benoit, immediately after the first fire. On
the part of the troops, we have no accounts of any having been
killed, except one man. Mr. Gugy, while storming the Se
cristie, was severely, but not dangerously wounded in the left
shoulder, the ball coming out at the right arm. The blaze 'arising
from the burning houses of St. Eustache, was distinctly seen
last night, from the rising ground in the rear of this city,
towards the old race course.

Having taken possession of St. Eustache, the troops pro-
ceeded, early this morning, to St. Benoit, or Grand Brule,
where, it was said, the rebels were strongly fortified.
A report has gained general currency iu town, that a deputa-
tion from the rebels at St. Benoit had been sent in, demanding
terms; to which the commander of the forces is said to have
given for answer, that they must surrender at discretion, lay
down their arms, and give up their leaders. Whether these
terms have been complied with, we have not yet learned.
(From the Montreal Herald,'Extra, Dec. 14.)

Yesterday evening about half-past ten o'clock, an express
arrived in town from Lachine with information that a large
body of insurgents were within three miles of that village which
they intended to plunder of a thousand stand of arms and am-
munition which was deposited there on their way to Beauhar-
nois. The alarm spread tapidly, and in an incredibly short space
of time the volunteer corps mustered in great force, prepared
for the emergency. Expresses from the cavalry were at intervals
despatched for Lachine, so as to keep up a constant communi-
cation with the loyalists there. The whole affair turned out to
be the assembling of a few rebels, which so frightened the Point
Claire people, that they magnified the danger.
They are from St. Hyacinthe. An express arrived about uoon
from Sir John Colborne; the troops were to march from Saint
Martin this morning at 7 o'clock, the rifles and volunteer militia
to the banks of the river opposite St. Eustache, and the main
body of the army to St. Rose, where the ice is good, and from
which the attack could be easily made on the village. It is re-
ported that the ice opposite St. Eustache has been cut, so as to
prevent the crossing of the troops.

We have this moment (half-past three, r.m.,) learned from
John Clarke, Esq., of Saint Catherines, that he had seen
in the direction of Saint Eustache, a dense atmosphere of
smoke, indicating, most probably the conflagratiou of that vil-
lage.

We learn that letters were received here yesterday, which
state that Dr. Woolfred Nelson had expired in prison on the
morning of the 15th inst. The sufferings be endured in endea-
vouring to escape from the province, are stated as the cause of
his death.

(From the Courier and Enquirer of Dec. 23.)
UPPER CANADA.

We learn from the papers of the Upper Province, that since
the affair at Montgomery's tavern, strong parties of the loyalists
have been constantly scouring the country, and bringing in
prisoners. Some sixty of the Montgomery Tavern insurgents
had been arrested ; their captain is said to be one Stockdale, a
citizen of the United States, son-in-►aw of Jesse Lloyd, for
whose apprehension a reward of £5OO is offered. It is stated
on the authority of prisoners that the number of armed insur-
gents never exceeded WO. The seizure of M'Kenzie's papers
has led to several arrests; among others of Douce David Thor-
burn, " Primo and Genitor," Mclicking, Price an attorney,
Charles Durand of Hamilton,, and others of less note. The
number of able-bodied loyalists who had mustered at Toronto
between the 4th and 12th inst., is estimated by the patriots of
that city at 10,000.

The tone of the loyal papers towards the insurgents is in the
last degree violentand absurd. The talk of laying up " winter
provender for the greedy gallows"—accuse I.ll'Kenzie of rob-
ding au old woman of a half dollar in specie, and a " gentle-
man on horseback" of 24 dollars, which he promised to pay as
soon as he should become King of Upper Canada. All the
loyalists, according to these accounts, emulate the virtue of
Scipie, and the powess of Hercules, while the " rebels" are, by
the same token, cowards, cut throats, ravishers, robbers, and in-
cendiaries. The Patriot gravely announces that it was the in-
tention of the insurgents to hang Sir Francis Head, and as
many of the public officers as, they could catch, and set fire to
Toronto in twenty or thirty places at once, and then " com-
mence an indiscriminate slaughter without respect to sex of

A special commission has been appointed by Sir Francis
Head, to inquire into the case of the prisoners, of which the
Vice Chancellor is President, and which was to have commenced
its sittings on the 12th.

Volunteer forces from Buffalo have occupied Navy Island,
at the foot of the Grand Island, near Canada shore, and at the
last accounts were throwing up entrenchutetits'and had alreadi
mounted six pieces of cannon. They were engaged in procur-
ing ammunition and camp equipage, and balls were casting for
them at Buffalo.

A proclamation has been issued from the Island, setting forth
the objects of the persons assembled there, and calling upon the
reformers of Canada to make it a place of rendezvous, and to
lend their aid otherwise in revolutionising the province. This
is signed by William Lyon Mackenzie, as chairman pro tern
of the Provincial Government of the State of Upper Canada.
It states that the force embodied on Navy Island is well supplied
with the necessaries of war, the contribution of their friends in
New Yoik, and offers a bounty of three hundred acres of land
to all volunteers who will lend their personal aid in bringing to
a conclusion the Canialian struggle fur independence. The
patriots are enjoined not to coimuit ant excesses on the pro-
party ur persons of the royalists, on pain of the severest punish_
went. A reward of five hundred pounds is offered for Sir
Francis Ilead, that " he may be dealt with as may appertain to
justice." In this paper is is also loi malty stated that the com-
mand of the military forces is given to Gen. Van Rensselaer,
son of Gen. S. Van Reuselaer, of Albany, assisted by sundry
military men, who are named.

From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.)
Navy Island is at the foot of Grand island, near the Canada
shore, but not easily approached limn the other side, and is
considered a secure position. Parties from both sides are con-
stantly joining the patriot standard. Gen. Van lieuselaer is
said to be busy, planning operations, and things look more fa-
vourable to the patriot'cause.
It is currently reported that McNabb, with the loyal volun-
teers, has been repulsed in the London district, and driven
back; and also, that the patriots are in arms at Hamilton, and
have liberated Parkes. It is hardly necessary to say, that in
the present state of things, we are dependent for intelligence
entirely upon floating rumours. The loyalists, however, will,
as a matter of policy, send us any news favourable to their
party, awl, if possible, suppress every other.
Since the above was in type, a gentleman, who left Fort
Erie this morning, informs us that all was quiet in Hamilton,
and in the London district. Parker was yet in jail at Hamil-
ton, and arrests are daily made.
(From the Bei:10 Journal, Dec. 12.)

In a paragraph, yesterday, we briefly slated that the demand

JANUARY 23, Iti.3R.

of the sheriff for the arms abich had been surreptiliously taken
from the CUIJI t House, had Leen readily acceded to by the men
who bad them in possession. Since then we have been in-
fo' wed, however, that opposition was made to their being given
up, by a self-elected officer of the corps; and also by Mr. W.
L. Mackenzie, who, torgetting that he had just fled to our
country fur hospitality and protection, undertook to harangue
those assembled on a 'Tom fool's errand' into a violation of our
laws, and open resistance to our officers. We are pleased to
learn, however, that respect for the laws at once prevailed, over
the infatuation and the ill-timed recommendations of a fo-
reigner.

A card is published in the Buffalo papers, signed by about
150 residents of Buffalo and Black Rock, and addressed to the
citizens of Erie county, expressing a regret at the recent agi-
tation iu behalf of the Canadian insurgents, urging the preser-
vation of a strict neutrality, calling upon those who had taken
arms to abandon the enterprise, and advising the prompt inter-
ference of the civil officers of the city and county to put a stop
to all illegal proceedings.
(From the Courier and Enquirer, of Dec. 25.)

In publishing the following correspondence, we beg it may be
borne in mind, that we do not hold ourselves responsible for the
opinions expressed by the wider.

Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.

MONTREAL, Sunday, December 18.
The accounts in the Montreal papers of the affair at St. Eus-
tache are pretty correct. I shall, therefore, out enter so much
into detail as I otherwise should have done. The position cir
the insurgents was one of remarkable strength, and the walls of
the church being upwards of three feet thick and of heavy stone,
defied the shot of the long nines and twelve pound how►tzers.
But the service of the artillery was so rapid and well directed,
that it induced snore than 700 of the insurgents to make off lire.
virus to the town being invested, and there were not inure than
300 in their defences at the time of the advance of the royals
up the main street. Previous to the advance they had been or-
dered to cover behind and in the houses, to return the &ea the
enemy from the church windows, and were in that duty when
the house of the curate burst out in flames. So strong was the
position of the insurgents that they might have defended them-
selves till now perhaps, had they not set the curate's house on
fire to wake their escape under cover of the smoke, but the mo-
ment that the church and convent were enveloped in the Smoke,
the troops advanced and surrounded t he whale position, so-that
all retreat was cut off. The flames soon reached the church,
and its inmates had only a choice between suffocation and
slaughter. At the same time, it should be known that every
one who came out and gave himself up as a prisoner was spared,
as is sufficiently proved by the number of prisoners taken, more
than 120. Those who attempted to escape were shot down.
The fire burnt down the best half of the town before the morn-
ing►. Indeed, it would have burnt it all, had not the troops pull-
ed down one house to prevent the communication.
The next morning, as the column advanced upon St. Benoit,
several of the insurgents met them outside St. Eustache with
white flags, offering to surender their arms. The reply of the
commander-iu-ehief was unconditional surrender, and the
chiefs to be delivered up. The troops then proceeded on to St.
Benoit, where they found about 200 of the insurgents with a
variety of arms la►d down, but only 54 muskets. They stated
that the chiefs had fled and they could out be found. This was
only a ruse to save the town of St. Benoit from being burnt;
but they were allowed to go away, although it was well known
that they were the very people who were in St. Eustache the
day before, and (bet they bad 1200 stand of arms in St. Benoit
alone, as was ascertained by the papers of one of their principal
leaders, Dr. Mason, when the list of arms and a►nmunition, and
under whose charge they were, was found.
Sir John Colbou•ne would not at first make up his mind to
burn the town, lint he afterwards decided that the houses of the
ringleaders shoud be destroyed. He said it was absolutely ne-
cessary that this act of retribution should take place. St. Be-
noit had for years been the focus of msu►rection,—there was
not one loyal man in it. They perceived that they could not
resist the force out against !item, and it was by the advice of
thei► leaders that they had offered capitulation to save their
property, and await the just punishment which they deserved.
fo have let them off, would not only have left a host of rebels
ready to combine and rise at the tirst favorable occasion, but
would have irritated the loyal inhabitants ..f St. Eustache and'
St. Martin, who had been pillaged by these people, and froin
affluent farmers been reduced to beggary, and who would have
very truly observed, (as they did whet' they heard that St. Be-
noit would ❑ot be burned,) that those who were loyal were the
sufferers, while the rebels were let off scot free. However, Sir
John Colborue had no opportunity of deciding how far retribu-
tion should be carried, for the volunteers set fire to the town
before he had left it, and the wind being very high, it was more
than half destroyed before the whole of the force had evacuated
it.

From the success of the Queen's forces in both provinces, the
insurrection may now be said to be smothered, but although the,
fire is got under, it will require vigilance and activity to prevent
it again bursting out.
Never, perhaps, was there a revolt of such an alarming ap-
pearance, which has been crushed se soon and so effectually by
the promptitude and energy of Sir John Colborne and Sir:
Francis Head, and the spirit of the English population. Instead
of having, as was expected, 50,000 insurgents under arms, We-
find them subdued, their leaders all taken or killed, and 20,000
volunteers raised in the short space of three weeks, and hun-
dreds still pouring in from all quarters.
What, then, is the result of Mr Papineau's twenty years
agitation of the Canadian people, assisted by bad government
at home, and the treason of Mr. Joseph Hume and Mr. Hoer
buck ? Nothing but that be has implanted in the breasts of the
Canadian people a feeling of batted so strong against the Eng-
lish population. that there is not hardly one, from the highest'
to the lowest, who would not, if he dared, strike a dagger/I:3r
every English heart in the province. Indeed, had the/ id
ceeded, there is little doubt but the French revolution WOll e
have been reacted in this country. Nelson and other leaders
haranguing them with bare arms and axes in their hands, and
their defiance of their priests was a sure prelude of their inten-
tions. As I have before observed this is a national war between
French and English—nothing more—the Emrich were deter-
mined to rule the country if they could, and to have effected
that would have annihilated every Englishman in the two •
provinces. 1 wish the Americans to know this, as they bays'
been much deceived. We may quarrel and fight between our—,
selves, but no American would ever lend his aid to a French-
man to assist him in raising the guillotine on the squares of
Montreal and Quebec to shed the blood which flows in their
own veins.

Dr. Masson and Demerchel;• (St. Benoit leaders) are taken.
Young Cartier has been found dead in the woods. We have
advices from Colonel Maitland, who is marching towards St.
Scholastique. The rebels have laid down about 50 stands of
arms on his route.

LATER FROM MONTREAL.

We have conversed with a gentleman who arrived in this city
on Saturday evening from Montreal, which he left on the ]9►li
instant. The intelligence contained in our cortespondeut's
letter, is fully confirmed by this gentleman, who further informs
us that Aumery Giraud, who had been the leader of the insur-
gents at Grand Brule, bad shot himself at Long l'oint, near
Montreal, on the 18th, to avoid billing into the hands of the
loyalists, by whom he was hotly pursued. Scott, another leader,
has been taken prisoner. All the troops and volunteers who
had marched against the insurgents at Grand Brule had re-
turned to Montreal, with the exception of the 32d regiment,
which had been detached to different villages, to preserve the.
tranquillity which at length appears to have been established.
No day bad been fixed on which to determine on the course to
be pursued with respect to the prisoners who had been taken.
Mr. Papineau's abiding place has not yet been discovered. Mr.
Brown continued at Middlesburv, Vt.; and was untiring in his
exertions to excite a sympathy in behalf of the insurgents.

UPPER CANADA.

About three hundred " patriots" are said to be collected at
Navy Island—with about nine hundred stand of arms, two or-
three field pieces, and a large quantity of ammunition. We
attach little credit to this statement. The Buffalo Advertiser
mentions a rumour of the capture in the London District, of
MacNabb, the loyalist speaker of the house, which was subse-
quently contradicted. Messrs. Bidwell and Rolph were ex- •
pected at Rochester on Tuesday last, .where they proposed to,
get up a meeting with the view of raising recruits for the force•
at Navy Island. These gentlemen are most munificent in their-
promises of land and property of every description, to their
followers, when they carry the day in Canada. The intelli-
gence of the late overthrow of the party in Lower Canada will
probably depress the ardour of the few insurgents who may be-
in arms iq the upper province.
The Collector of Buffalo has received special instructions from-
the Attorney of the Northern District, to strictly enforce the
laws of neutrality.

THE " ALBION" AND THE WHIG MINISTRY.---FrOm
the Morning Chronicle to the yelping curs of the Liver--
pool press, the Whig-Radical vipers have been profusely
lavish of their abuse of the Times, Sir James Graham; '
Sir Francis Burdett, &c., for their alleged inconsistency.'
The Times has been, called a " renegade,"- Sir James
Graham a "tura-coat," and Sir Francis d recreant:
politician." All the choice epithets in the vocabulary of
calumny and vituperation' have been exhausted in de-
claiming on the apostacy of the "leading journal" and
of those distinguished characters who have left the ranks
of the Whigs in utter disgust at their revolutionary
measures.

But surely the Liverpool Albion and its consistent al-
lies can never be suspected of any thing like apostacy
from their former opinions. Let us see. In the leading
article of the Albion of yesterday we find the following
extraordinary paragraph :

" The proceedings in-parliament have, during the week, been
confined exclusively to the affairs of Canada. in both houses
ministers developed their plans for the pacification of that
colony ; and in both houses those plans received almost unani-
mous support. The ministerial scheme is embodied in a bill, a
copy of which will be found in another column. The whigs,
when they have to deal with a refractory member of the empire,
be it an integral part or merely a colony, never have recourse
to half measures. If they are not "bloody," they are " bold
and resolute" in their policy. They seem to be of Hamlet's
opinion, that they "must be cruel only to be kind." Cruelty,
with an eye to kindness, was the leading characteristic of their
Irish Coercion Bill, which empowered the Lord Lieutenant to
place districts of country under martial law. And cruelty, with
the same aspect of kindness, is now the prominent feature in their
Canada Coercion Bill, which, as it will find districts of Lower
Canada under martial law, temporarily suspends the constitution
of that-province. It is a singular fact, established by the history
of the last few years, that the whigs, the great champions of popu—
lar rights, bring forward, when they think they see sufficient oc-
casion, infinitely harsher, infinitely snore unconstitutional mea-
sures than the tories, the especial admirers of arbitary power,
dare, even under similar circumstances, venture to propose to
the House of Commons, though they might propose them to the
House of Lords. Who has forgotten the noble but unsuccessful
stands which, at successive periods from the commencement of
the French revolutionary war up to the year 1819, they made
against the 'notions, brought forward by the tories, fur suspend-
ing the Ilabeas Corpus Act i Yet, the suspension of the Habeas
Corpus Act was a poor, a paltry stretch of power compared with
the act of barefaced power which Use whigs now propose for sus-

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pending the constitution of Lower Canada. We leave the phi-
losophical historian to reconcile the theoretical professions of
the whigs with their
,actual performances."

This language Will, no doubt, surprise many of the
readers of the Albion, especially those who have rnepto-
ries sufficiently retentive to tententber the unbounded
praise which the Albion has bestowed, for the last feiv
years, upon the virtuous and immaculate Whig ministry.
A ahort tinie since, in cOmmon with the other radical
papers of Liverpool, the Albion identified the Melbourne
ministry with every thing that was liberal, .good, and
honourable. Now, it abuses the same ministry in terms
as strong as any that it ever applied to the'Tories:
Where is the 'change ? Have the ministers become
more conservative ?• or has the Albion become more ra-
dical in its principles ?
From a subsequent article in the Albion we are led to
the conclusion that the ministers have actually turned
Conservatives. Over this strange conversion the Albion
utters the following doleful lamentations:—
The debates in the Houses of Lords and Commons, on the
Canada question, justify the opinion we ventured to express,
last week, that the political movements to which the revolts in
the upper and lower province had given rise, in this country,
would be found, on the reassembling of parliament, to'have
diminished the parliamentary influence of the radical, and to have
increased that ,f the whit' and the tory party. The proceedings
in the House of Commons, on Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
Show that we were right in our conjecture. The radical strength
was evidently diminished, while the whip strength, augmented,
as it was sure tti be, by the undivided and hearty support of the
tories, overwhelmed the miserable minority who stood forward in
defence of the Canadians, and of their own conduct in reference
to those colonists. Mr. Hume, who has always taken a leading
part in the debates on the affairs of Canada, was attacked by
whigs and tories alike. He had not an opportunity of defending
himself, and none of his usual supporters came to his assistance.
was silent, and.-Sir Was, klulesworth opened not
his mouth.' It seemed as if the tadical`party, aware of the false
move which they had made, immediately on the arrival of the
first intelligence of the outbreak in Canada, were anxious, by
acting discreetly, not to. make bad worse. As it was, the debates
wereall on the side of the government, who will carry their most
stringent measures against Canada by more swinging majori-
ties than they formerly carried their atrocious measures of coer-
cion against Ireland."

We shall not stop, to inquire minutely into the causes
of the " diminished strength" of the radicals. It will
suffice to.say that it has been chiefly owing to the reac-
tion which 'has taken place in the country in consequence
of the rebellion in Canada. The dangerous tendency of
radical, or, rather, revolutionary principles, has been so
strongly•manifested by the proceedings of the Canada
"patriots," that the sober and reflecting people of Eng••
land have become more and more convinced of the ne-
cessity of adhering to the constitutional doctrines of
conservatism. The Canada rebellion has effected, on a
small scale, what the French revolution did. The latter
annihilated the deistical republicans of the corresponding
s'ocreties7;the former has dealt a death-blow to the redi-,
calistu of the present day. s.
We should perhaps. be justified in stating further that
the recent. disclosures made respecting the Glasgow cot-
ton spinners have had some effect in strengthening the
general antipathy to radicalism. The ringleaders in the
diabolical schemes of the trades' unions have been uni-
formly
.d4tinguished by their ultra liberal opinions.
This association of radicalism with a system of terrible
intimidation and murder has naturally excited the ap-
prehensions of the pUblic, and given a strong impulse to
the prevalent reaction.

One word mote with the Albion. In the following
paragraph it distinctly intimates the probability of a co-
alition between the. Whigs and the TOries :
" Lord Gienelg is a Scotchman : it is evident, however, that
he "has kissed the far famed Blarney Stone, and that the Duke
of Wellington, who is an Irishman, has had the benefit of us
fine a piece of blarney as ever trading politician bestowed on
the illustrious leader of a powerful opposition. This occurrence
coupled with the unwonted harmony which both Whigs and
Tories exhibited, in the debates in the upper as well as in the
lbwer house, " to thicken other proofs," that the time is not far
distant when the country will see the two great aristocratic fac-
lions forgettiag their differences, and joining together to throw
the Radicals overboard. The Duke•of Wellington's visits to
the PalaCe and the Castle will not be without fruit. The miles
will have some share, eielocg, in the councils of the Queen;
wit!ittien,we shall, as the showman says,'" see what we shall see.."
"-We shall See what we shall see,'' certainly ; but the
ay h.
.d nut vet arrived when we shall expect to see such
a.*9tion as the one which the Albion hints at. At all
events such an occurrence will not take place unless 'the
WhigX shake off all their old habits of deception, sub-
serviency, and. irtConSiStency. Such a coalition may take
place when the Whigs become Conservatives—but no
sooner.

THE EASTHAM FERRY.—In the STANDARD of Friday
last we inserted the following paragraph relative to the
state of the weather :

" THE Faosr.— The long continuance of the frost has frozen
the river Dee for twelve Miles above Chester, and the Mersey.is
now impassable to Eastham, large sheets of ice extending from
the quarantine vessels to the shore. Last night the frost was
more intense than it has ever yet been this winter. The ther-
mometer stood at 16, and there is every appearance of the fros

continuing."

The circumstances which followed the publication of
this intelligence it is our present business to detail. We
should, however, premise, that Eastham Ferry is situated
on the Cheshire side of the River Mersey, and is a place
of considerable importacce. The proprietor of this es-
tablishment is Sir Thomas Stanley,. and the present oc-
cupier is a Mr. Richard Smith, but to which of the many
branches of this patrician family he belongs it is not our
province to inquire. This ferry possesses also a coach-
ing establishment, from which place passengers are for•
warded to Cheiter; and•every place of importance in the
principllity of Wales. The Liverpool branch of this
establishment is situated in James. street, tinder the su-
perintendence of Mrs. Dud. Thus far we have reviewed
the topographical and statistical circumstances of this
flourishing ferry. It would perhaps be. well to mention
that the best of " good cheer" is provided for all nho
can afford to pay, both at the • ferry and the branch esta-
blishment at Liverpool. But we must proceed to notice
the circumstances which followed the publication of the
above paragraph.. An express was immediately sent off
to Eastham, by the route of the -Rock Ferry; and mea-
sures adopted to counteract the effects which tilight-result
from the communication of such intelligence. The testy
'dame of James-street felt disposed to take the law into •
her own)lands, and,.as an interesting prelude, expressed;
her wish to pull the ears of-the:Editor-of the STANDARD.
We are, however,: extremely. sorry that. measures have
.been adopted which forbid her. the indulgence tA this.
very delicate. and interesting Operation. On tire arrival
of the express at Eastbam, the messenger found Mr.
Richard Smith in no very agreeable mood; arising, first,
from the powerful opposition Of Mr. Catherall, of Mold,
;
-Mr. Hughes, .of Abergele, and Messrs. Jones and Her-
bert; and, secondly, from the effect's of a nine weeks
'indisposition. A consultation was immediately help',
the-first proof afforded by Mr: Smith that his reason
'tad not suffered by his long affliction was, his making the
t-discovery that if the Mersey was froieu over, the packets
could nut ply ; that if the packets coiild not ply, ac; pas.
sengers could come across, and, consequently, the
coaches must go empty. It was therefore resolved that'
instructions should be sent to the Chroriii4e to contradict
the statement of the STANDARD, and that legal proceed;
ings.be:forthwith commenced for compensation. In the
otirae of Saturday we accordingly received the following
note from Mr. Smith's solicitor :

.. .
.. ... . . .
. . .
" Canning-huildings, South
.John-street,
" 20th January,. 1838.
" SJit,-1 am desired by Mr. Smith, of EaBthain, to apply to,
you fur eoinpeusatiou for damages sustained by_ him, a
tbrough
a paragraph published by you, In your STANDARD paper of
vesterday, of the impassable state of the rivet Mersey front
-Liverpool to Eastliatu, through the frost.
i" I remain Sir, . .
" Your obedient Servant,
" JuHN CHEYNE."
Riehd. Pattispott„Esq., Publisher of the
Livuuroot. Stsrioaito." •

As we have not received any estimate of the damages
sustained by our statement, we cannot furni;.:h our rea-
ders with any particulars. The professional gentleman
engaged by Mr. Smith is, we doubt not, employed
in
ascertaining the number of passengers who crossed at
the lower ferries in consequence of our paragraph, and
the probable loss sustained both at the branch establish-
ment and the Ft!! ry-houst. The claniage,, we stilvose,,
inclut.. loss of cutout in tl.z fprm 9f ale, spirit*, and ci-
:ars, As IA e love to be particular in ail„titters lecluirinfr

legal investigatiOn, we shall instruct our solicitor to
obtain a return of the number of passengers who have
crossed to Eastham Ferry during the past week, and the
' numbers
.who have proceeded by, coach. The trifling
damage sustained owing to loss of custom we shall not
dispute. Mr. Richard Smith, with an ingenuity some-
what similar to that which he states belongs to Mr.
Catherall, of •Muld, has thought proper not to question
the correctness of our statement. We can supply
abundant evidence that the drift ice down the river did
render the passage to Eastharir impracticable, and also
obstructed the passage to all the lower ferries, including
Seacombe. If he doubts the validity of our statement
let him ask the captains of the different
,boats how fre-
()trendy they were firmly locked in the ice, and were
obliged to blow off the steam. But this interruption was
felt in domriion by the proprietors of the different ferries,
although Eastham, from its locality, might suffer more
severely. But we would ask, is this a reason why com-
pensation should be sought for at the hands of a public
journalist ? If so, we would recommend,: from a love
of equity, that the proprietors of the different ferries
I should also put in their claim, if indeed they would
imitate such an example of meanness. How admirably
does the conduct of Mr. Smith contrast with his address
to the public respecting the secession of Messrs. Catherall.
Hughes, Jones, and Herbert ! With what deep anxiety
does he make his appeal to the public respecting the
treatment he has received at the hands of these gentle-
men! How he labours to excite the sympathy of the
public by detailing his sufferings ! We ourselves have
almost been moved to tears by the affecting narrative,
and more especially so, as there does nut appear any
chance of obtaining compensation. But we rejoice, and
doubt not, tie public shate our joy,'"tharthere is a
prospect "of his coach being again on the road." He,
disinterestedereature, states that "sooner than the pub-
lic shall suffer by such a nionopol), he will make *those
exertions which lie feels little doubt will enable him, in
a feW'days, to place his coach again on the road; " and
we suppose it will also call at the Cross Foxes Hotel and
the Cross Keys Inn, Ruthin. We have made these re-
marks as a warning te our contemporaries in Cheshire
and Wales. It is possible that when Mr. Smith's coach
is again on the road, a heavy fall of. snow may take
' place, and block up the roads, in which case should any
of our contemporaries give publicity to the fact, they
will be liable to an action at common law for damages
sustained through the coach not being able to proceed as
usual. We have, however, great pleasure in informing
our readers that a thaw has taken place, and we would
request Mr. Smith to forward instruction to the Chro-
nicle, as it appears these gentlemen do not judge of the
correctness of a statement by the evidence of their senses,
but by the instructions they receive. If, however, Mr.
Smith has sustained any damage, we would recommend
him to apply to the Conservators of the River Mersey,
Who should have prevented the drift ice from obstructing
the navigation to East ham. And perhaps,we might also
with considerable propriety advise the fair combatant of
JaMes-street to indulge her propensity upon the ears of
the same gentry.

RA.DICAL TRICKERY.—We understand that the radicals
of this town have had recourse to one of their usual ditty
tricks foithe purpose of swelling the number of signatures
to the petitions nbw lying on the counters of various
huxters and slop-dealers in town. The expedient to which
we allude, and which is quite in keeping with the mean
practices of this despicable party, is, that of placing sheets
to be appended to the petition fur the Abolition of Negro
Apprenticeship on the same counter with those which are
to be attached to the petitions for the ballot, universal
suffrage, &c.; and representing the necessity of signing
the latter as well as the former, is. if their object were the
same ! We have been credibly informed that a great
number of conservatives, w he are favourable to the views
of the anti-abolitionists, have been thus entrapped to give
their sanction to the ultra radical petitions to which we
have alluded.. We therefore feel it to be incumbent
upon us to put our friends on their guard against such a
flagrant impntiton. :NY tk sincerely trust that the revolt'-
tionary faction will obtain few signatures-to their peti-
tions: Whatever number they may obtain, we hope that
the public will make a very large allowance forsignaiures
obtained in the surreptitious manner which we have
described.

THE EMIGRATION AGENTS.—In a previous number of
the STANDARD we inserted an authorised statement 'of
the number of emigrants who had, sailed from this port
during the last year, together with an account of the va-
rious sums of money recovered from the agents, who
had been subject to legal prosecution for imposition and
fraudulent conduct towards the poor emigrants consigned
to their care. The publication of this statement, although
attested by the clearest evidence, has been the occasion
of much offence, and several letters have been addressed
to us, reflecting on the conduct of Lieutenant Low, the
government agent at this port. In the discharge of our
duty, Ne have given 'publicity to two letters, which have
been of some service, inasmuch as they have led to in-
quiry. At the, request of Lieutenant. Low, we visited
the government office yesterday, and inspected the va-
rious books and documents connected with that office.
The result of our investigation was not merely a satis-
factory conviction that government had interfered in be-
half of the poor emigrants, and appointed an officer to
afford protection against the imposition of unprincipled
.men, but also a discovery that those men who have been
foremost in censuring the conduct of Lieutenant Low,
are those against whom complaints have most frequently
been preferred. The information we acquired has de•
termined our conduct for the future, and we shall decline
the insertion 4f any communications having a tendency
to injure the government agent. We conceive that
the public are most deeply interested in this matter.
The emigrant should be protected, and not left a prey
to those designing sharpers who first rob and after-
wards desert him. The bookS are open to the public,
and exhibit a system of villany which is a disgrace to the
port of Liverpool. The character of our merchants, our
brokers, our tradesmen, and all interested in the pros-
perky of our town, demands an exposure of that nefarious
syStern which, during the past year, has been the ruin of
hundreds of poor but industrious peasants. 'The length.
of our erinadtan 'intelligence prevents us from entering
minutely into this subject, but we shall resume it on
Priddy. In the Meantime, we would suggest to the
government the propriety of giving publicity to their.
various offi'cial appointments, for 'the protection of emi-
grants, which might be done at a very trifling expense,
either by the circulation of handbills, or, perhaps iu a
more effective and still cheaper way, by furnishing every
postmaster in the United Kingdom with a list of the.
various' government agents. This would be a most
effective way Of remedying the evil, as emigrants' would
be directed where to apply, and thus be protected against,
imposition and robbery. But we shall return to this
subject.

THR LIVER THEATRE continues by the spirited and really
clever acting of a well chosen company to draw crowded
houses.

VuutAC TEsrtmoNtAL OR. •REsPEcT.—The. fdends of the
4VA% Prince Crawford, M.A., assistant minister of St. Mark's
Church; have presented him with the sum -lit one - hundred
guineas, as a testiviony of their respect and affection. . .
LOVERS OF GOOD ALE.—We, assure our readers that a
better glass of ale is not to be had
.in Liverpool than at the
John Bull, in Lumber-street. We have, seld-im,tasted a more
delicioui beverage than Mr: Rowlands' Old Tenpe4ny.

. . .
NIIt. GEoItGE EYTON'S CONCEIIT.—I! will be teen from an
advertisement in another colunnt, that. Mr. G. Eton announces
his 12th annual Concert for Wednesday evening,, at Mr. Las-
sell's Saloon, ;St. Anise's... Mr. G. Eyton is welt known to the
iintilic as a performer on the piano-forte and violin of first-We
talents and of considerable standing,..and taking into consider-
ation the attractive programme he has put out, from which it
appears that be has engaged all the local musical talent of the
town and neighbourhood, compi4iug upwards of 100 per-
.
[(m iters; we do not doubt but that his concert will be well at-
tended.

; CONCERT AT THE THEATIi, tiOiAL.--LWe.percieve that otq
talented townsman, Mr. George Holden, has announced his
intention of giving a grand miscellanerms!cdncert, op an ex-
tensive scale, at the Theatre Royal. The music selected for.
'the occasion is of the choicest character, and we have no ,doubt,
from the well known character, of Mr. Holden, and the per-
formers vrl he has engaged, that ample justice a ill,be done
to these boibposithins. The professional celebrity of Mrs. Alfred
Shaw is generally known ; and Miss Bruce, whose name
cpHrs in. the itsdveitisement, has distinguished herself at the
Phi barn:attic. and Ancient Concerts. She was a pupil of Sir
George. Stkarrs.... We trust that the Liverpool public. wtu
attest, be their extensive patronage. bow much they appreciate