The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-28 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL

Miss ROMER and Mr. G. STANSBURY are engaged for
this and next week, and will appear this Evening in the
favourite Opera of LA SONNAMBULA.
The Public is respectfully informed, that Mr. TEMPLE-
TON is reluctantly compelled to forego his Engagement
at this Theatre, in consequence of continued indisPosition
THIS present TUESDAY, April 28, 1840, will be per-
formed, Bellini's Opera of
• LA SONNAMBUL...-
Amina Miss Romer,
As performed by her, with the greatest suee s, at theTheatre
Royal, Drury-lane, anti Euelish ra House.
Rodolpho Mr.. G. sbury.
Mr. Barker. Alessio Mr. Baker.
Liza • Miss Grant.
To conclude•with the Tragedy of
VIRGINIUS. .
_ _ _

Elvin°.

Virginiuc
.. Mr. W. Howard.

Mr. Stuart.
Numitorius.. Mr. Webster.

Icilius,

Dentatus.. Mr. Baker.
Caius Claudius,

Appius Claudius.. Mr. Gray.
. Mr. W. H. Bland.

Virginia.. Mrs. W. IL Bland. Servia.. Miss Cleaver.
TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the Petite Comedy of the
INNKEEPER'S BRIDE. After which will be produced,
with appropriate Scenery, Machinery. &c.. the Opera of the
MOUNTAIN SYLPH, in which Miss Romer will sustain
her original character of Eolia (the Mountain Sylph); Hela
(the Wizard of the Glen), Mr. G. Stansbury; Donald, Mr.
Barker ; Christie, Mr. Baker ; The Bailie, Mr. P. Crowe ;
Etheria, Mrs. P. Crowe ;.Jessy, Miss Grant. To conclude
with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS.

On THURSDAY, LOVE IN A VILLAGE, and THE
SLAVE.

THE FANCY BALL.

SUPPLEMENT WITH THE STANDARD.

On Friday next we shall publish A SUPPLEMENT,
furnishing our readers with a full account of the
GRAND FANCY BALL, which will take place on
Thursday. We are glad to find that the committee
hare formally requested the parties who intend to be
present on this festive occasion, to write their names
on the back of their tickets, with a description of the
dresses or characters which they May assume. We
trust that this suggestion will be generally acted upon.
It will be our object to give as .full and minute an
account of the ball as possible, and we shall therefore
feel particularly obliged if such of our friends and
readers as intend to be present will favour us person:-
ally with their names and characters to-morrow, or
the following day. In order,, however, to avoid the
stupid 'and impertinent hoaxes so prevalent an such
occasions, we shall not attend to. any communications
which are not made personally, or properly authenti-
cated.

Ebt Eiberpool gptanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1340.

By the packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins, which
arrived here on Sunday morning, we have received
New York papers to the 6th instant, inclusive, and by
the packet-ship North America, which arrived here on
Sunday afternoon, we have received a paper of the 7th
instant. The latest arrival at New York from Eng-
land, was on the 18th ultimo. We subjoin the most
important extracts from the papers which we have re-
ceived:—
TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION.
(In Senate--Wednesday, April 1.) •

MILITARY AND NAVAL PREPARATIONS ON OUR NORTHERN
FRONTIERS.
The Chair submitted the following message from the Pre-
sident of the United States :
"To the Senate, .

" I communicate to the Senate, in compliance with their
resolution of the 12th instant, a report from the Secretary of
War containing information on the subject of that resolution.
" M. VAN BUREN.

" Washington, 28th March, 1840.
" War Department, March 27, 1840.
" Sir,—The resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant,
' That the President of the United States be requested to
communicate to the Senate, if, in his judgment, compatible
with the public interest, any information which may be in the
possession of the Government, or which can be conveniently
obtained, of the military and naval preparations of the Brit-
ish authorities on the northern frontier of the United States,
from lake Superior to the Atlantic ocean ; designating the
permanent from the temporary and field works, and particu-
larly noting those which are within the claimed limits of the
United States ; ' having been referred by you to this de-
partment, it was immediately referred to Major-General
Scott, and other officers who have been stationed on the fron-
tier referred to, for such information on the subject as they
possessed, and could readily procure ; and an examination is
now in progress for such as may be contained in the files of
the department. General Scott is the only officer yet heard
from ; and a copy of his report is herewith submitted, toge-
ther with a copy of that to which he refers, made upon the
resolution of the House of Reprelentatives of the 9th instant.
As soon as the other officers who have been called upon are
heard from, and the examination of the files of the department
is completed, any further information which may be thus
acquired will be immediately laid before you.—Very respect-
fully, your most obedint servant,—" ' J. R. POINSETT.
" "fo the President of the United' States."

"`Mead Quarters, Eastern Division, Elizabethtown,
• N. J., March 23, 1849.
" Sir,—l have received from your office copies of two re-
solutions, pasSed respectively the 12th and 9th instant, one
by the Senate, and the other by the House of Representa-
tives ; and I am asked for ' any information on the•subject
of both, or either of the resolutions, that may be in [my]
possession.' • -
" In respect to the naval force recently maintained upon
the American lakes by Great Britain, I have just had the
honour to report to the Secretary of War, by whom the re-
solution of the House of Representatives (of the 9th instant)
was directly referred to me.
" I now confine myself to the Senate's resolution re-
specting military [I omit naval] preparations of the British
anthorities on the northern frontiers of the United States,
prom Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean, distinguishing
the permanent from the tempotary and field-works, and par-
ticularly noting those which are within the claimed
limits of
the United States.'

" I will here remark, that however well my duties have
made me acquainted with the greater part of the line in q►►es-
tion, 1 have paid but slight attention to the forts and barracks
erected by the British authorities near the borders of Maine,
above Fredericton, in New Brunswick, or in Upper Canada,
above Cornwall, being of the fixed opinion, which need not
here be developed, that all such structures would be of little
or no military value to either of the parties in the event of. a
new war between the United States and Great Britain.

" I was last summer at the foot of Lake Superior, anil
neither saw nor beard of any British fort or barrack on the
St. Mary's river, the outlet of that lake.
" Between Lakes Huron and Erie the British have three
sets of Barracks ; one at Windsor, opposite to Detroit ; one
at Sandwich, a little lower down ; and the third at Malden,
18 miles from the first; all built of sawed logs, strengthened
by block-houses, loopholes, &c. Malden has been a military
post with slight defences. These have been recently strength-
ened. The works at Windsor have, also, I think, been
erected within the last six or eight months.
" Near the mouth of the Niagara the British have two
small forts—George and Messisanga. Both existed during
the last war. The latter may be termed a permanent work.
Slight barracks have been erected. within the last two years
on the same side, near the Falls and at Chippewa, with
breast-works at the latter place ; but nothing, I believe,
above the works first named, on the Niagara, which can he
termed a fort.

" Since the commencement of recent troubles in the
Canadas, and (consequently. thereupon) within our limits,
Fort William Henry at Kingston, and Fort Wellington,
opposite to Ogdensburg (old works), have both been
strengthened, within themselves, besides the addition of
dependencies. These forts may be called permanent.
" On the St. Lawrence, below Prescott, and confronting
our territory, I know of no other military post. Twelve
miles above, at Brockville, there may be temporary barracks
and breast-works. I know that of late .Brockville has been
a military station.
" In the system of defences on the approaches to Mon-
treal, the Isle aux Noix, a few miles below our line, and in
the outlet of Lake Champlain, stands at the head. This
island contains within itself a system of permanent works of
great strength. On them the British Government has, from
time to time, since the peace of 1815, expended much skill
and labour.

" Odletown, near our line, on the western side of Lake
Champlain, has been a station for a body of Canadian
militia for two years' to guard the neighbourhood from re-
fugee incendiaries from our side. I think that barracks have
been erected there for the accommodation of those troops,
and also a station, with the like object, near Alburgh, in
Vermont.

" It is believed that there are no important British forts,
or extensive British barracks, on our borders, from Vermont
to Maine.
`ln respect to such structures on the disputed territory,
Governor Fairfield's published letters contain fuller informa-
tion than has reached me throughout any other channel. I
have heard of no new military preparations by the British
authorities on the St. Croix or Passamaquoddy Bay.
" Among such preparations, perhaps I Ought not to omit
the fact that Great Britian, besides numerous corps of well
organised and well instructed militia, has at this time within
her North American provinces, more than 20,000 of her best
regular troops. The whole of those forces,might be brought
to the verge of our territory in a few days. Two-thirds of
that regular force has arrived out since the spring of 1838.-
1 remain, sir, with great respect, your most obedient servant,
" WINFIELD SCOTT.
" Brig.-Gen. R. Jones, Adjt.-Gen. '

•
NAVAL—The United States' frigate Macedonian, and
sloops of war Warren, Levant, and Ontario, were at Havan-
nab, March 21st, all well. Three British men of war were
lying too, off the Moro Castle, at the above date.
TAMPERING WITH THE INDIANs.---The Washington
Globe says that the statement of a Detroit paper, that let-
ters had been intercepted passing between the British autho-
rities in Upper Canada to raise the frontier tribes of Indians
is not confirmed. It originated in the circumstance of turn
American Indians having been invited to the British territo
ries to receive presents.
TREASURY NOTES.—The secretary of the treasury, on th
Ist of April, gave notice that the amount of Treasury note.
issued under the provisions of the acts of Congress of the
14th October, 1837, 21st May, 1838, and 2d March, 1839
was
Of this amount there has been redeemed 18,144,230 5