The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-10 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS FROM CANADA.

I By the packet ship Orpheus, which arrived here last
night, we have received New York papers to the 19th
ult. inclusive. The following is the only paragraph in
our file which relates to the affairs of Canada :
(From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer, March 19.)
FROM THE FRONTIER.—We received on Saturday, the Bri-
tish official account of their attack on the horde which invaded
Point Pelle Island, but had not room then to place it in our co-
lumns. II appears that Col. Maitland, the British officer com-
manding on the Canada shore, after ascertaining that the ice was
sufficiently strong, passed over it a detachment of regulartroops
and militia, two companies of which he ordered to the south side
of the Island to intercept the retreat of the invaders to the Ame-
rican shore, whilst he himself landed on the north side and drove
them before him. Finding themselves hennaed in, they at-
tempted to escape on the south side, and here encountered the
two companies posted there. An engagement ensued, in which
the invaders were routed and left a Col. Bradley, a Major
Handley, and Captains Van Rensselaer and hi' Keon, and seven
others, dead on the field, several besides taken prisoners, many
of whom were severely wounded. The British loss is stated to
be two killed and twenty-eight severely wounded.
The following account of this affair is from another quarter:
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Sandusky city to his

- friend in this village, duted March 3, 1838.
"You will find an account of the movements of the Patriots
in the Sandusky Clarion, which accompanies this. The town
at this time, (8 P. si.) is in a state of excitement almost un-
paralleled. A part of the officers belonging to the Patriot army
on Point au Pelle Island have just arrived. - They had a battle
which lasted three hours, when they were compelled to retreat
with the loss of from forty to eighty men killed, wounded, and
prisoners. I was personally acquainted with two of the officers,
who left here on Saturday full of hope. Their bodies are now
stiffening oti the snows of the island. This battle must give a
final blow to all the hopes of the Patriots in this quarter."--
Saratoga Sentinel.

A subsequent despatch from Colonel Maitland announces the
capture of the renowned General Sutherland and a young man
of the name of Spence, whom, they say, is his aid de camp. He
was sent under escort to Toronto. As some of our readers may
like to know who this Sutherland really is, we state for their
information, that if they can recollect a Sergeant of Marines,
wbo, a few years since was daily seen in our publication office,
where he called for papers taken by officers stationed at Go-
vernor's Island and the Navy Yard, they may place before
them the individtial in question. He was Sergeant of Ma-
rines, and deserted, taking with him a sum of money belonging
to the corps.

The Montreal Herald states that 40 wounded rebels
were carried through the woods on sleighs. A large
tri-coloured flag, with two stars, and the word "Liberty"
worked upon it, was taken. Eleven prisoners were also
taken, several of whom had been at Navy Island.
AmongSt the spoil were found 40 American muskets,
ammunition, swords, &c. It was the intention of the
rebelS, when landed on the Canadian shore, to destroy
every thing before them by fire.

HAYTI--We find the following gratifying intelligence
in the Morning Courier and Inquirer of March 13 :
By Captain Lovell, of the schooner L'Orient, arrived yester-
day in 21 days from Port-au-Prince, we learn that the diffi-
culties existing between the Island and France had been ad-
justed, and that TrAident Buyer had issued a proclamation to
that effect.