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CANADA . lAverpeol , Saturday Evening . The Ketr York packet ilap , England , -which left that city « a the 3 d v&h anraa * at this port this mooing She Mngs-sqme late and Interesting aieirs torn Canada , the principal features of which ara detailed in the following extracts from TheAew York Daily Express : — ^ Advices from London to the 4 th January had readied New York when the England left , and several packets were then daily expected . IFrom The New York Daily Express of the 2 Sih . J HIGHLY 1 KP 0 BTAXT FROM THE
FROSTIERFrom ike Albany Argus of ywtenby ]*? * «* ^ oi the Qnondagn Standard of the 23 d , we hare accounts of sudden movements against L . anao . a . The whole frontier is represented to be in a stated the greatest excitement , and extenare preparations are said to be making along the line lor immediate hostffifies . We hare frem time to tone given accounts of the assembling of bodies of men at various point 3 on the lakes and the river St , Lawrence , whose object could not be mistaken . - _
The state of affairs on the frontier is now assuming aaore serious aspect than everbefore . We shallnot be surprised to le&rn in a few days , that the hostile parties have crossed into Canada at several points . Th » movements in tha neighbourhood of Detroit may have been intended to draw eff the British fortes from the lower province and Kingston , so as to leave fl » ' « whol « shore of lake Ontario open to attack . Quiet prevailed at Montreal on the 23 d , but apprehensioBS existed that Kingston , or some other town on the lake , was soon to be attacked .
[ From the Albany Argvs . \ ' Ogdessburgh , Feb . 22 . —I have just travelled through these counties and arrived here last night , and am surpr ised to find that such extensive preparations Save been made , and that , too . without exciting any pnblic attention until within the last day or . two . Ii seems , however , that individuals hare been for some time past engaged in scouring the country with sleighs , and are soliciting pro-Tiszoas and ' property of every description for the poor Canadians , who , it was represented , had been driven from their homes , etc . Various accounts are given # f the state of public feeling in Canada , some saying that the people there are collecting and making preparations to a&ast in ibe movement from this side , * nd t > thers representing the great mass of the population there a » loyal . Hoirerer this may be , there can be no doubt that a movement is in
contemplation from some point between this and French Greek , and from aD accounts it mar be an energetic one , and such an one as will be likely to provoke aggressions from the other side . Every body that 1 have seen for the last two or three days at * all the taverns . 4 " ° - ' ^ ^ ^ expect th 3 t an attempt is to be made immediately . Persons by the sleigh load have gone on , and I see no reason to deubt that a vary considerable force may , by this time , be on its way oxer the river . *• A sleigh load of the principal citizens here hare gone up with the view to dissuade their fellow-citizens from engaging in such an enterprise , but they jh ™\ with little chance of success now that the matter has proceeded so far . ** General Wool has been written to . I understand , and is daily expected , but has not yet been heard from .
- If an invasion of Canada should be made in the present state of feeling , both on this side and that , and under the circumstances in which this movement has been got up in the very heart of ike country , and , as it were , tinder the face and eyes of the public authorities , we may well apprenend a serious attempt at- ' retaliation , and a consequent broil with our neighbours . " The folio win 2 is an extract of a letter from one of { he citizens alluded to in the preceding extract , who rode to the scene of excitement . It is dated Ogdensbnrgh , Feb , 22 , ten at night : — -At Morristown we received information on which we can rely , that the gathering of the people was at French Creek , Jefferson counly . exclusively . TiVe also learn that the number collected there ^ as 4 . 000 or 5 , 000 , and that they began to move at daylisht that mornmgibr Kingston .
-At Prescott and Brockvflle there are several hundred men tmSer arms night and day , expecting an attack . . - * If the patriots should not keep their foothold at French Creek , we may expect retaliatory measures . - "We now learn that the preparation has been « rv extensive , united , and secret " Extract from another letter of the same date : — *• Itwas reported here last evening that a patriot
force had made a stand on St . John ' s Island—one of lie Thousand Islands '—near Gananoque , about fifty miles above this place , and twenty below Kings-Ion . From Taiioiw corroborating circumstances , we think it not unlikely that some move nas taken place in -that ' quarter . It is said that the force amounted to about ^ fifteen hundred , well jsnpplied with aims , amunidon , and ordnance ; and that the highest degree of confidence was felt of their ability to resist anv force that could be brought aeains ' t Aem . " ¦ "
Generaa Scott arrived at Buffalo on the 23 d , and left immediately for Michigan . ( From the Onondago Standard , Extra , Feb . 23 . ) -
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CANADA . By tie northern mafl of this evening we have received the following highly interesting " news from the - seat of war" in Upper Canada , which we hastPn to lay before our readers . The letter is from our frontier correspondent , and its statements may bereSedon : — - JTalertown , Feb , 22 , 5 t > ~ cloc&j p . m . *• Dear Sirs , —I arrived iere last evening , and firand a high state of feeling on . the state of Canada affairs . The patriot forces were concentrated at French Creek , on the St . Lawrence , twenty miles north of this place . To-day it is said they have crossed over to Hickery Island , in the Canada
channel of the St ; Lawrence . Their number is variously estimated—from 500 to 2 , 000 men . Their intended movement orpoint of attack 13 only conjectured . It ii said to be Kingston by some ; by odiers , that their object is to make a stand on Canadian ground , to f ire confidence to the people in feTonr of a revolution , and when sufficient force shall have joined the standard , then to act on the offensive , and adopt such plan , as ghaD bethought advisable . ^ The people of Kingston are in a high state of excitement and anxiety . They anticipate an attack , and have barricaded their streets—raised ice breast-Torks in front of the town , on the river—keep tip a
Tigilant police , and what force they can muster under arms . Some little apprehension is felt by the frontier towns than « n attack may be made by the loyalists in . case the patriots should hazard a battle and be driven back . Orders are , therefore , being issued , caBmg ^ out the militia . The prospect is , there * will be stirring times here for a few days . u A rumour has reached here that General Wool has been ordered on to Sacketts Harbour , which fires some relief to those whose fears nave beeri « xrited about an attack from die Canadians , or rather the Indians , who have been called in to the defence of Kingston , to the number of two or three hundred .
** P . S . Smce die above waa received we have seen fiud conversed with several gentlemen from Osweee , who left that place this ¦ morning after&e arrival of the Sacketts-narbour mail , which brought the gratifying news that the patriots nadleft Hickory Island ( ominous name ) , and taken possession of Brockville , ipper Canada , » large -village on Hie St . Lawrence river , opposite Momstown , St . Lawrence county , twelve mites above Ogdensburgh , Kberafcjg all the patriot prisoofiJs in the Brockville gaol ^ and fairing a large quantity of floor and other provisions , < fec . ; and that it was the intention of the patriots to proceed towards Kingston , taking possession of ftescot and villages on their onward march . "
, i he I leveland ( Ohio ) Advertiser , extra , of the 21 st last , has a letter dated Detroit , Feb . 16 , to the effect « si Van Rensselain , Sutherland , and Preeland were theuin Detroit , the Urstincogtiito , and thaiDunconibe was also there ; that the Tnflitin . ordered out by General Brady had been discharged J 5 k their supposed sympafties with ^ flie patriots ; fl ^ the only fcrcethen embodied for the preservation of neuirality was a company of United States troops stationed at Gibraltar ; that the patriot force is statiDned along that frontier from 1 , 500 to 2 , 000 strong ; and that a descent would be made by them on panada as early as the Sunday or Monday following , ¦ m the neighbourhood of Fort Maiden . The Adber «*«¦ , extra , has also the following-in a postcript :
,. . " Detroit , Saturday , Feb . 17 . ., " ^ "igence has just reached here this morning wttne patriots crossed over to the Canada shore tot evemng itith a strong force . Th ^ - entered the V ££ gJ *™ Maiden , according to prefoua nr ^ iDfoma ^ jn m ^ stbe taken for what it is ^ Tiefolowing letter , ^ hich ^ e eopy from the * ^^^ *^ t «* bnnt-rfaie matter BI have Dut ^ S ^ 5 ger * Qn County , Feb . 23 . ArftrwSLS-Sf ^*^ ?¦! ¦ ««* our county
f cseethe departare of feepatriotlr ^^ J TvZ ^ t Creek . ThTanny , as tliey ^ i g ^ SJ ^ S S # ^»^ SHS JS : £ - ^ - ^^* ^ ; ^ . «^ 5 » oSd ' * uS 0 ** a Commands , General Vaa Iteuiftoer , J ^ fd fromwmecau se , and they hire fc ^ * 3 ?^ tt to rrench-Crtei , and are dispersing in evtrr « u W » rai , perfeclly disheartened anf gWnf up ^
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farUieT attempt on the Canadas . The excitement here for flie last three days has been greater than at any time during fhe last war , and we are all . , glad that it is ended . '" ' ' - ' - '" - ' ¦' -, ¦ ' , ** E'ght companies of our militia are ordered our , and are now assembling to preserve order , and to protect , against any retaliatory measures on French Creek , the head-quarters of the patriots . Mackenzie has been in our village for the last ¦ week . " Yours , Ac "
( From the Express of the 1 st . ) PROM THE FRONTIER . -i •¦ The report of the capture of Brockville , which , we published yesterday , is not confirmed by later dates received to-day . It is said that a considerable force has assembled on Grindstone Mand , opposite Gananoque , a small island belonging to the Lvnited States . Preparations have been made at Kingston to repel any ^ attack on-that place . TEe Vermont frontier is represented to be in a quiet state . The following slip from the Buffalo Star is entitled to little credit , and is probably only a rumour , like a thousand others , which the excited state of feeling along the line have given nse to . The Commercial Advertiser of the same evening makes no mention of it It is said , too , that Van Rensselaer is at Syracuse , or was on the 22 i : —
" Buffalo Star Office , Saturday , Feb . 24 , 6 i p . m . " iMPORTAXT FROM CANADA . "A gentleman is now in our office who came directly from Upper Canada , and states that he there saw as many as 15 or 16 ¦ wounded British soldiers , who arrivea in two sleighs direct from Maiden . The battle was said to have been fought on Sunday evening , and 250 British soldiers were killed . He left Hamilton about nine o'clock last evening . " It was said that Fort Maiden and all the military
stores had fallen into the hand * of the patriots . "A report is also in town , corroborated by the same gentleman , that Van Rensselaer has obtained complete possession of Kingston . " ( From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of Feb . 21 . ) It is reported that the patriots in the neighbourhood of tiie Manme Bay have concentrated their straggling parties , and made a bold dash into Canada , ^ crossing on the ice , and eutering the province a little below Maiden . We give the story for-what it is worth , although we very much doubt its correctness . . IMPORTANT FROM DETROIT . ( From the Cleveland Advertiser . ) Thefolle wing letter was received bv this morning ' s mail from a seitleman , a resident of this- city , now in Detroit , ¦ whose statements are made from personal . observation , and may be relied upon as correct : — "Detroit , Fr iday , Feb . 16 . "I hare jnst passed from Lower Snnausky to th ^ s city , and have collected all the"information as te the plans , the strength of the patriots ; , and also the means of reasTJince with which they are to be opposed by the provincial government . - " General Van Rensselaer is here in person , th . or . gb he appears only tjicoe ., and SntEerlana and Freeltmd
are also here , and Duncombe and Mackenzie are supposed to be here . ' The patriot army , which is scattered along this portion of the frontier , is from fifteen hundred to two thousand strong , and is well supplied , it is believed , by its officers , with all tbe necessary munitions of war . Jew . however , of the soldiers are to be found in the principal towns , but are dispersed through the inter ior , at some distance from the shore , who stand ready at a moment ' s warning to rush , to the rallying points , and enter upon actual service . Dispatches
were sent yesterday to different quarters , the object of which , as is supposed , was to collect and march to tlie -point designated for the complete organization of the army . You will see , therefore , that should nothing occur to arrest the present movements , a descent will be made upon Canada as early as Sunday or Monday next . The intention is to cross the ice " a mile or more below Gibraltar , and "enter the province at a sufficient distance from the fort at Maiden to avoid being borne down upon by the ordnance stationed there for its defence .
" In relation to the force at Maiden , it is variously estimated at from five hundred to eleven hundred regular troops ; the latter of which must fall nearer the truth , provided the intelligence of last evening was correct , that a reinforcement of eight hundred men from Toronto has been received . Prior to this , however , the force at Maiden must have been very inconsiderable . "
STILL LATER . Detroit , Saturday , Feb . 17 . Intelligence reached here this morniDg that the patriots crossed over to the Canada shore last evening with a strong force . They entered tbe province below Maiden , according to previous arrangement . [ FBO . M THE SA 3 IE JUFER OF THE 2 D . ] FROM THE FRONTIER . The northern mail brings no additional information from the frontier . It is doubtful , whether any movement has been made against Canada . Larg ^ a bodies of men are-assembled , and it is obviously then * intention to make an attack upon several points at about the same time . The British force is now very strong , and any attempt to invade either province would undoubtedly be defeated .
UPPER CANADA . Extract from a letter dated Toronto , February 15 th , J 838 : 11 Mr . \ Roaf , Congregationalist minister here , refused to billet six Tory volunteers which were sent to his residence for that purpose , and though obliged to appear before the mayor , said he was determined to hazard all consequences . On Friday night six men entered his house without a warrant ; and carried off forty-two dollars in furniture , aud ^ told him that six more would be sent to-morrow . » s yet they have not done so . He is the man for them . The prisoners , of whom upwards of 400 are in gaol suffering the keenest pr ivations , are miserably in want of clothine . many of them not having received a change since t £ eir confinement . Many are sick , not a few dead , and the allowance in victuals is a quart
of water and two pounds of bread , furnished them once in two days ! The trials commence next month . Messrs . Parker , Morrison , and Montgomery are confined in the same cell . General Theller is said to be a noble man . He has three scars in his jreast , - and is groaning under the heavy irons which bind himto the floor of his dungeon . " The Heportep Battle at Maldex . —The Commercial Advertiser says , " We have seen a letter from an officer stationed at London , some 110 miles from Maiden , written on the 20 th February , at which time the uetachments there were inntter ignorance of any such event . Ifitfcad taken place on the 18 th as stated by the ' gentleman' at Buffalo , it must have been known at London on the 20 th . Moreover , we have a Toronto paper of the 23 rd , which ia altogether silent as to any such battle *"
( FROM THE DETROIT DAILY ADVERTISER , FEB . 13 . ) "W " e understand that 101 barrels of flour have been taken from the steam-boat General Brady , lying in the river below this city , and within , the American territory , by some persons connected with the patriot cause . The flour is said to have belonged to the British government . This last circumstance doubtless operated upon the minds of the patriots ( citizens of the United States ) , but still the _ act was illegal and wrong , because the property , being on the Amecan side , was under the protection of the laws of the United States .
( FROM THE SAME PAPEB . ) TTe understand that Mr . Mackenzie , General Van Rensselaer , and Dr . Duncombe are in or about that city . It is impossible to conceal that something of the highest importance , one way or the other , may soon -occur in this neighbourhood . The riser at this dtj is now frozen over . We have also a slight covering of snow , which , makes tolerable sleighinff . In the country there is plenty of snow . The Toledo Gazette of the 13 th says : — "We have been informed by a gentleman direct from Detroit , that Captain Davis , of L 6 ndon , Upper Canada , who was severely wounded and ta'ken prisoner on board the schooner Ann at Amsterdam , died in prison at
Maiden last week . Dr . Theller and Colonel Dodge , \ rio were also wounded , had so far recovered that they were removed to Toronto gaol laat week . " Tie Buffalo ^ Commercial Advertiser of the 20 th 8 ay 3 that Major Samuel B . Chase , of the Navy Island forces , was arrested on Sunday last by one of the deputy-marshals , on a charge of setting on foot and devising the means for a military expedition to be carried on from the United States against a foreign power with which the United States are at peace . . The defendant was examined on Monday , but the examination was not concluded on that day . 'The Buffalo Journal says : — "Business men , on this side of thev Niagara river , complain of the impossibifitT of collecting their debts on the other
side . While the inhabitants of Canada are allowed to come across , unquestioned ( and even one of the gang who were engaged in the murders on board the Caroline has been in the city during the past week ) , the tradesmen of Buffalo or-Black Rock , whose curtomers on the other side owe them large amounts of money , have not the privilege of going across , unarmed , to collect the same . ' . This is a very convenient way of evaoUng tne payment of debts . The Levriston Telegraph and Advocate , of Feb . 20 ,. says : — " Yesterday , Government dispatches from Sandwich reached the commanding officer * on the Canada frontier et Niagara , and last sight and to-day ' the whole effective forces of the royalists started in . sleighs for the London district . " »* Adams ( Jefferson county ) , Feb . 19 , 1838 .
The State Arsenal at Watertdn was broken open last evening , and some 500 , mnskete taken out . Fairbanks , who is tbe keeper , has offered a reward of 250 dollars for fke recovery of them . - TSeref > egihjj to be ioineexcitemeflt hereupon the fubjectof Canada . Many load * of men and : provi sions have been and are now passing here- ^ or tiie north . Some ef them haye called at tie different itoxeifor power , and nav * bought all that wsis for tale bj the keg . . Wketherit will amount io anything or no we cannot determine
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[ Thereportis , thatthereisstconwderabtovdk » : on the frontierin Jefferson connty , and that a descent upon Canada , at same point , ii contemplate' ^ . We donbt it Lowerer . ] ' Fkom Tobockto . —A correspondent ^ of the Rochester Democrat writes from Hamilton v Upper Canada : — "On the 9 tli there was a mob in Toronto among the Queen ' s loyal subjects , four of whom were killed and many more wounded . ' : We learn also from the gentleman who received this , letter , that Mr . Parker ' s counsel is now of the opinion that he cannot escape conviction .
FROM LOWER CANADA . The Montreal HeraldxX the 20 th insinuates that Grand Brule is in an unquiet state , and that the French Canadian population are not the least to be depended upon in their loyal professions , This paper says , " The mildest punishment rebels in prison should be visited with is transportation to the ' far east . '" There are estimated to be in the prisons about 400 . The cure of one of the Canadian parishes near Vaudreul , upon being asked by an officer whether any reliance could be placed on the very general manifestations of loyalty since the St . Charles affair , is said to have looked the officer in the face , smiled , and brought his band to his heart significantly , remarking , " Monsieur , vouzsavez que
le cceurnechangejamais . Monday the 26 th instant , i * appointed , by proclamation of his Excellency Lord Gosford , as _ a day of general thanksgiving throughout the province of Lower Canada for the blessings we now enjoy ; yet the gates of the city of Quebec are closed every night at eight o'clock ; troops are leaving the garrison for the country parts where no troops are usually stationed , i and martial law is in force in the most populous district of Lower Canada . We wish f uianksgiving day" was put off until we can have it in earnest . —Quebec Morning Herald . Lord Gosford was expected to leave Quebec on the 22 d . He is to be in this city , but whether he will sail from here or Boston we cannot say . [ From the same Paper of the 27 th . ~\ FROM UPPER CANADA . A series of resolutions have been introduced into the Provincial Parliament , approving of the destruction of the stenin-boat , Caroline , highly applaudicg the conduct of all who were engaged in that enterprise , and recommending a demand upon our government for the expenses of the pending rebellion in that country . ... _' -. _• ¦ Mr . Sherwood , supporting the resolutions , said , they ought not for a moment to shrink from declaring " the truth , let the consequences be what they might . As for the assertion that we -had beeu invaded by American citizens , it was a well-known fact that all the American frontier from Detroit to Plattsburg was , or at least had been , in a state of
war . Mr . Spfaker M'Nab said , it is uot & time when we should , as it were , " stand shaking in bur shoes , " because they choose to bluster and bully by means of their official correspondence , which , if I have any skilLin judging , all emanated from Mackenzie himself . It is a matter of public notoriety , of which , not a child who is able to read enn be ignorant , that the Americans have committed unprovoked aggressions upon our territory . And it is equally well known that an American citizen , who styles himself Gen . Van Rensselaer , who commanded the invading forces , was now living in the same house and upon the same
friendlyterms with Gen . Scptf , whose presence on the frontier was ostensibly to put a stop to the piratical and hostile proceedings of their people . Aud then they talk to us about the impracticability of restraining " their citizens . Are we to be . told that the authorities have not sufficient power ? Then let them suffer the consequences . Let them be answerable , as a matter of justice and common right , for the mischief which tney have committed . They have been as much in a state of war against the province as it is possible for any people to be , and I hope it will be plainly aud unhesitatingly expressed , that they may see and be convinced that their conductis well understood , and that they aro
held in contempt and defiance . He ( the Speaker ) would just mention an instance of duplicity on the part of the renowned General Arcularius—a fact that came within his own knowledge . That distinguished personage , meeting upon the road a detachment of recruits conveying a piece of ordnance which was destined for thft service of belligerents upon Navy Island , questioned the party as to what they were going to do . *' Oh' - !' , wo are only going to shoot ducks , ' was the ridiculous answer , which complelely satisfied the government official , who allowed them to proceed unmolested . Mr . Gowan read passages of a letter , wbicb , he said , was from a member of the house , now in the
city of New York , one who was neither a Tory nor an Orangeman . Speaking of General Scott and the army upon Navy Island , he says ' General Scott is friendly to them , and , in fact , plans for them—war will be the result . " Here we have authority of a member of this honourable house , William Beiija-TTiin Wells , for saying that the American authorities not only favoured and encouraged the procetMiDgs of those rebels and traitors , but actually assisted , them . ¦ _ : Captain Dnnlnp intended , as soon as the resolutions were adopted , to send a copy to the Governor of the State of New York , for his edDecial
edification . He could not but congratulate the country upon having at thehead of the general government the most accomplished officer in her Majesty ' s service . Under his guidanc ^ Canadians would rush forward to battle and to vKOTiy ( hear . ' ) . Mr . Speaker M'Nab felt perfectly satisfied that there wns not an honourable member in that house who , had he been placed in the situation in which he ( Mr . M'Nab ) had been _ as commanding officer , would not havt ; acted precisely as he had done in reference to the capture of the steamer Caroline , and he was also satisfied that it was that very act which saved the country from further invasion . *
We have Detroit papers to the 14 th , in whicb . no mention in made of any farther warlike movement in that quarter . General Brady was organizing a force to repress any attempt that might be made by our citizens on Canada . The Rochester Democrat says that neither Van Rensselaer nor Mackenzie is at Detroit , as he had stated ; but intimates that their locality is known .
DUEL IN WASHINGTON—DEATH OF MR . CILLEY . JJashington , Feb . 24 , Saturday Night . A melancholy affair has taken place among the great men of the nation . Cilley , orM nine , has Deen killed in a duel to-day by Graves , of Kentucky . It appears that Colonel Web b , of the Courier , challenged Cilley for what he had said of him in the house , and Graves carried the challenge . Cilley refused to fight such a ** blackguard , " as he called him , and was challenged thereupon by Graves , according to
the lawg of dueUing , which challenge he accepted . They fonght with nfles , agreeably to the request of Cffley , I Believe , first three times without injury : thefourth fire Cilley was shot through the body , the ball dividing the principal artery leading to the heart . He placed nis hand upon the part where the ball entered , exclaiming " I am wounded t " gasped two or three times , and expired . Graves not injured Great excitement prevails , as you may suppose . The body of Cilley was brought in , and carried to his lodgings between fixe and six this afternoon . .
( From the Washington Correspondent of the New York Daily Express . ) Washington , Feb . 27 , Tuesday Evening . The last officts of kindness , of remembrance , of honour , and attention to the remains of the late Mr . Cilley have been performed by all the officers of the general government . Everything in the form of eulogy , of pomp , parade , and pageantry , and of deep abiding sympathy , has been done to testify a proper regard for the memory of the dead . Yesterday the two Houses of Congress adjourned as a testimony » f regard to the memory J ^ f the deceased , and to-day m a body they have attended the funeral ; and for thirty days , of course , they have resolved to wear crape upon the left arm in respect to the memory of the dead . All , therefore , that
could be done to save the snug of death , and to wipe out the reproach of the manner of tiie death , has been done . ; The curiosity this morning , long before the obsequies began , brought a thousand or more people to the House of Representatives to witness the funeral solemnities . The galleries and lobbies of the nouse were crowded to over-flowing , and hundreds were driven away unable to find admittance . The services were solemn , imposing , and affecting ; About 125 carriages followed the remains to the grave , and PTobablymore than 600 people . The two flags over the two wings of the Capitof were kept at half-mast during the day , and the city seemed to have been almost a city of the dead . The judges of the Supreme Court refused to attend Mr . Cilley s funeral , giving as a reason the fact that he was killed in a personal rencontre .
TEXAS . _ ' New Orleans , Feb . 20 . By the brig Qpelousas , Captain Collins , arrived last evening from Vera Cruz , we have information of the sailing of a Mexican fleet , for the purpose of blockading th&ports of Texas . The fleet consisted of one ship , ' one brig , and two schooners ; they left Vera Cruz on the 6 th instant . The Opelvusds brings papers and dispatches lor . the Mexican minister . By this' arrival and ihat-of the schooner Creole , from Tampico ,. upwards of 45 , 000 dollars in specie has been received .
MEXICO . V The schooner Creole , Captain ^ Pormer 5 arrirod yesterday , brings us recent dates from Tampico and other Mexican cities . With regard , to political movements at Tampico , every thing remained traiquil ; but considerable animation existed iai commerce in spite of the small quantity of marchanoife in this place , and foreign goods were in ir « at d » -
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mand . j Pae Creole brought no newspapers , and oiir m ' ormatioii'isprmcipally derived from private ter PQe of these ^ mention ^ tliat " th ' &state o / Soiioro had pronounced decidedly in favoar of the system of federal government , aad was employing every effort to ensure succeaj to its design . ; V : \ . Another ^ correspoiident informsi us that a French fleet was ^ cruising near the harbbuf of Vera Cruz . The motives of we maritime expedition wera uni known ; ;\; :. - ' - ¦ ¦; : ' ;¦ : ; ' ¦ . ¦ :, -v ' / -V ' .. : - : ' ' ' -: ' : ' ' - ' . " ¦¦ ' ' ¦¦¦ ' '• , ; ' '¦ • '¦ ; The Creole brings 42 , 000 dpllars in specieV conr signed partly to commercial houses , ana partly to individuals in this city , ; i
FROM MONTEVIDEO . Captain Treat , of the brig : Got > e } -nor Broofo , at Holmes ' s Holei from Montevideo , December lp , writes to . Messrs . . Tbpliff ,- that the revolntibain the Banda Oriental yrasi not ooncladed When ^ he left ; It was howBver , stipposed that a speedy end would be put to itu as the friends of the insurgent chief would withdraw their influence in bis favour , should he not , before the end of December j come to a general battle wti -the government fprcesl A battle would decide tbi busineBs immediately , and tranquillity . ¦;¦ : would coriseqhently be restoredi The government forces were 2 , 500 strong , and the opposition about 1 , 300 , In Buenos Ayres ' allwas quiet . Advices from Chili speak of important advantages gamed by the Chilians over the Peruvians . —Boston Courier . •/ :
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. Thames-office ^ A poor woman , named Ann flays , ; who appeared ; to -be ^ in a tery destitute condition ver > recently appUed to Mr ; Broderip , and made the foliating statement-.--She said she was is a very great state of distress . Her husband , wno wa 3 a dock-labourer , had ; been out of employ Jour weeks , aud sfie ^ hai pawned every thing she could for the purpose pf procuring food for herself her husband , and little hop She Was living at No . 1 , Chancery-court , Shftdwell ,- and on Saturday last she \ applied to JTr . Sergeant ; the relieving-omcer of the Stepney IJnioay aud ritpreaented her distressed condition to him . He gave her one quartern loaf , and told her she and ner husband must apply for
idditiohalTeliqf to M , authorities of ' St ., Bptolph-Without , Aldgate , in Which she and her husband had a legal jsettrenaenfe . She waited on Mr . Mander , the church-warden of Aldgate , who said that she and her husband and child ought to be r ^ lieyed i but npthipg could be done for her until she . ' Was passed from Shadwell to ATdgate . She waited on Mr . Sergeant again on Monlay , and Was then accompanied by her husband . . They represented to him what Mr . Mander had sa& , and begged of him to pass them to ^ ^ Aldgate , which he refused ^^ to do or to relieve them , nor would he give them a friendly pass . She had managed to scrape on during the week
by pawning the last article , and begging a little froni ^ one and a little from ; another . Having nothing to eat either for herself or child , she Went to the lelieving-omoer again that mdraing , and he said he had nothing to do with her , and he would not relieve her or pass her . Mr . Broderip saidyhe was afraid he could not interfere in the matter . People were coming to the office every hour complaihing of their distressed condition , and there really was a great dpal of distress , but the magistrates could not relieve them . The woman ( bursting into tears , )—I have not broken my fast this morning , until my landlady gave my little boy a piece of bread and butter and myself a potatof Mr .
Broderip . —Is there no work ; in the docks now ?—J suppose not . A Thames-police officer said , business Was almost at a stand-still in the docks , owing to the navigation being suspended by the icei The Woman ;—My husband has not earned a farthing for more thail a month , and his wages are always very low , scarcely sufficient to kdep us at anytime . Mr . Broderip . —I think this is a case that ought to be relieved . Mr . Symons , ( the chief-clerk , )—Oh , yes , certainly , Sir ; she says she belongs to Aldgate . The womari . —Yes , Sir , they would relieve mis , only I cari't get passed from Shadwell . I would not have come here , if I was not in great v ? aut , and we have
no fire , Sir . Mr . Broderip said , probably Mr . Sergeant could not assist the woman ; he was no longer the relieving overseer , he believed . The officer . — Yes , Sir , he is still acting . Mr . Broderip : directed an officer to . go to him with the woman , and see : if Something could not ; be done with the family . He knew there was a great dearth of Employment , and much distress , and at this inclement season of the year the Poor Law Commissioners wished that relief should be given promptly to all destitute persops ,
and that they should not want ; ht believed that Was the wish of the commissioners , and he was sure the rate-payers did not want to see their fellowcreatures perishing at this time . The family ought to be relfered , if the man could get no einptoyment . Blaby , an officer , accompanied the woman to the house of the relieving officer , and on his return said he had represented the wishes of the bench to Sergeant , who had . given the famiiy an order to go into the workhouse until they could be passed to Aldgate . Mr . Broderip . —I am very glad of it .
L& . SCASHIBE Coroners . —By a recent parliamentary return to the House of Commons , there would appear to be the following coroners for ihe county palatine of Lancaster , and for boroughs , liberties ' , and manors within the county :- ^ Six for the County , all of whom are elected by the freeholders ; one for the borough of Liverpool , and one fpr the btrough of Wigan , appointed pursuant to the municipal corporations' act ; one for the liberty of Furness , appointed by the Duke of Buccleugh ; one for the manor of Walton-lerDale , appointed by Sir
Henry Bold Houghton , Bart ., lord of the manor ; one for the manor of Hale , appointed by J . I Blackburrie , Esq . lord of the manor ; and one for the manor and liberty of Prescot , appointed by the jury of the manor . There are , therefore , twelve coroners Within the county , the areas and population of whose districts are of most unequal extent , and whose duties consequently differ greatly in amount , some having little more than a nominal office , whilst others are almost fully occupied in the duties of the office .
Caution to Factory Masters .- —Mr . Savmders the Factory Inspector ^ has announced his determination to prosecute , every employer vrho does not alloW his hands under the age of eighteen years , one full hour and a half for meals , between the time of commenciDg work in the morning , and ceasing to work in the evening , it not being within the spirit of the act to allow any part of the above time after the mill has ceased for the day . A Eesponse to Lord Howick ' s Call for Popular Demonstration of DiscoNTENt .--On Sunday se'nnighta destructive fire broke out in the outhouses of Pentrefelin , a farm which Mr .
Jenkins , of Blaeuyplwyf Ystrad , in the county of Cardigan , holds ; the fire was discovered about one o ' clock in the morning , ragiog With majestic fury in its work of devastation . The out-houses , together wi th the live stock , which consisted of two valuable horses , ten cows , heifers , &c , in all amounting to twenty , yrere completely destroyed by the devouring element . It is generally supposed ' that the bouses were set on fire by an incendiary , as their igniting in any other way was almost , if not altogether an impossibility ; ,. ' besides , theTe are many
other circumstances connected with this sad event , which amount to a strong proof in favour of that opinion , Mr . Jenkins is a Guardian of the Aberayron Union . Prior to his election as a Guardian , Mr . Jenkins Was greatly beloved by all classes , but since that time , which was in June last , the spirit of revenge has been so strong against him , that some of his goods hare ^ been destroyed , and his life once or twice endangered , before this evil-foreboding calamity happened ; and subsequently to ft a sheep of his , with a stone tied to its neck , was thrown into a river and drowned . There have been several
other instances of hostility ; evinced towards some of the GuardianB of the A ^ beiayron Union ; and there is ho \ yojtidfer , as the leading and ruling men among th ? m a , re officers lately ^ returned from the army , who are totally unacquainted with theicircumstances of the poor , and are as much concerned about their being m a state of starvation , as th « i Bashaws of Somerset House . Under the ^ rd of Elizabeth , crime * were hardlyknown in this neighbourhood ; but since the NeW Poor Law Amendment Act came into operation ^ which is just nine months , they have increased to an alarming extent ^ and the perpetrators have , as yet , escaped undetected . .
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SATURDAY , MARCH 31 , 1838 . ¦;¦ ' / . ¦ ; ¦ . - . . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' . .: - ; ii » . : . . '' ¦• ¦[¦ " SLASHING HARRY . " No fact more striking or melaneholy than those changes Which we daily find worked in great minds by circumstances of a completely personal nature ^ Perhaps there is no man of the preseat day . who has so strikingly evinced a determination to be a great niaa : per fas aut » e / a « , " »» Haeby Lord BROiroHAji ; neither is there one who ha * so completely sacrificed all prinoiple at the shrine of selfishness , vanity ^ and conceit . Fro m a . brawling and yiolent CoflBBioner , he has now set ^ ed down
into the habitsy ; the manners , and the customs of that PrderjWbOjliyiDg upoo prostitutioniand venality , are most BenBitiyely alive to all the horrors of agitation . The ancient Demagogue does not forget the ladder by wldeh he reached hi ? present elevation ; neither ia he unmindful of the continuous and aWful danger ^^ by Which , each rung ^^^ was BurroUDded upon his ai 6 ent . . ' He has reached the top ; he knovrs the means by which he attained the passpprt , and he ; is aWaifeyjthat every ^ pledge by Whicn each step was gained , hasbeen ^ yiblated ; and every ptomisetrpken .
No ihaiti questions his ^ ^ profouhd leaxniflg ; but , ljkeah openknife in the infant hand , he lacks juagment to guide hiin in , the proper me of it- —like tHie man in ih % Mngr ; who W ^ by the ungoyernableriess oi hisV Steam Arm , " so has 'f SL ^ SHi ^ o HfRiit" been & coinplete victim to his Steam Ofongue . How maay b ^ - 'gorie Demagogue * Would willingly repal those ^ wkWard sentiment ^ rbieh pop'olarity , arid ; distinction , I and placey and smolumeat , have fata , acquired ;/ fcut in the case ; of Lord BHotroHAM , l ; he impression xas too deep , and the * 2 eci too indelible , to adiuit ' of erasure . No ^
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no ;;; the men of Yorkshire cannot easilyOfbrget'iafe homely le ^ 6 D 8 Jearned from their first great School * master , when he xvas abroad ; but lest " the Nbbfe Lori himself , aa isMs custom , should have - merely strung element phrases together for the ocea * sion-4-and lest he slipdld ; hate forgotten , those doctrines , which he inculcated , we shall lead his inind to a consideration ;; bfV a reflection upWliw ^ one day ' s tour from York ; to Sheffield ; We-are induced to adopt this course in consequent of t ^ porfentoas horror Which ; " Slashing Harry "has recent expressed in ; the H ^ use of Lords at'the language used by AeBev , Mr . Stephens in de- npuncing the Poor Law Amendment Act . He tbm quotesvMr . Stephens : — - ¦ . ^ - ; --
"Uadpubteaiy ttere wa « no lack ofas . « rtiOn ; there Waa wi deficiency ^ yrtuperamon . There was no lack of cevkm ? f £ reprehenswn of the systenpi , and . of those by whom it was o ^ ducted ; aye , of vehement ; fnriptis , blobd-thirety censure ma 4 reprehenaioa ; and that not by laymen , but by miaistere of the gospel of peace . He waa persuaded thathe ahovbi petrify tiieir Iord 3 hip 3 tty that Which he wastibout to ; state . It Was aiflfc cult to Believe that any beingiii a liomaa form could Utter such sentiments in snch language as had been , uttered by & clergyman , not of the church of ^ Eughind certainlyjljut byV fc ¦ cl ? rgman , the : ¦ B ev . > Iri ; ¦ ¦ Sttoh eJ ^ , ¦ at ¦ . ^ : a ¦ . lrii ^ etb g ¦ . ¦ ¦ h ak ¦ . ' ^|(; rlartshead-nioor to petition tor the repeal of the Poor . Lair Ainendmeht Act , and had been thus - described in a Leeifii
paperi # - " Stephens then read extracts from Magha Charts , ' and said that if it had been passed without Wood , it should be reinstated without blood : bnt if blood had been shed , blood should not be wanting to bring it back again . Sooner than sit down with this bill they would light up the tocaitt . oC anarchy . " - ^ Light up the tocaia of anarch . yl Tbi reyeienS gentleman seemed to cousider a tocsin to be a torch . He bid ) robably he ^ rd of ci bell , book , abd candle , " and had con ~ founded the first with the last . ( A laugh . ) He then proeeede -r" they would light up the tocsin of anarchy , and the glory ° f England should depart . Sooner than suffer his wife or child to be torn from him , he would plunge a dagg * into : tafe heart . of the nian . who attempted it . : They were not thereto
reason or to argue or to amplify on the qneshonV buttier were determined not to have the bill either in whole or in pv 4 either in . principle or in practice ^ either . iu its heador in its ta 3 » They irould neither have the sting in its tailnor the teeth , ia iL » jaws , but they would plunge a sword into the entrails , and dig a pit as deep as hell , and out of the Whig filth and rotten ness , unil detestable and damnable doctrines and practises , they would tumble it all into" ine pit . He would never pay any taxes towards that bill . If it ^^ was to be the law , he woulj be outlawed ,- and if it was . to be a law for the poor , then he wonld say by ^ ^ the God " who made th « poor , there should be no law for the rich . " At another meeting the same reverend gentleman was . ibus ' -ieDorted : —
He aaia what he did , not-from the impulse or whim of the moment , for he knew there was a government spy in the tooib . and if he didnot take the words down he knew they would appear in the public press , and that Lord John Ruaiell would have the ^ opportunity of seeing them . ( CheersO « He would . say let them have no factories' regulation bill alone , they must light for both bills at pnee . If they would hot grant them , n « would say , 'down with the ; mills . '; ( Cheers . ) " Onanofliec occasion the- sanie individual talked of those " institutions which were once ! the pride : of Mt » conntry ^ the ^ envy of surrounding :: nations , and the admiration of the wdrld , " as having been "destroyed b y the infernal Poor Law BUI ; and Ua fiendish snpTJortera . ' "I ask , " said the reverend eentlemanv
" the rich to paiise : I ask whatwill be the effect ^ Fthe law ia Manchester ? If you receive it , you must give up tne book of God / rom your pulpit , ahtl the prayer-book from your reading desk ; they cannot stand together ; for the devil is not mor » opposed : to ; the Almighty than is the New Poor Law tobisholjr word . " / Surely such language as that , uttered by a Ghristoni clergyman , if not actually , blasphemous , waa in the highest degree unholy and irreverent . : The reverend gentleman . pro ^ ceeded to say , — "And there is another old law which declares that no man is a ftlon for taking that which he needs to saUsfy / his hunger . " There Meyer was any such law . There might be extenuating circumstances in a robbery , but a rob bery was always a punidhable act . ^ fterexclaiminff , "I tell
Lord Jbhn that the Poor Law is the law of devils , and that rt ought to be and will be reswted to death : . > and after uttering a . gTeat deal moie of very inflammatory mattear , Mr . Stephens went on— 'In my town of Ashtori— " Now he ( Lord Brougham ) knew Ashton . It was an extensive place . The inhabitants were very ingenious and industrious , but they" were very excitable . " And , iis Tie had already . observed , most excitement . existed against the New Poor Law where it was least knowiu ' ^ In my . town of : \ Ashton , " said Mr . Stephens , " when : March . coniea . we-. are determined : on ' : ' our course . Let the man who , dare d p it accept the office of Guardian , va are determined ' an eye for an eye , a tooth for a tooth , ' man for man . It shall be blood for blood , so help us Sod and bar countryi" Now he ( Lord 3 rougham ) would ask their lordships ir he had been guiltv of aiiy exaggeration when he said that the lansuaee which lie was abbut to ouote Would make
their blood . runcpW ? Such gross misrepresentations both of the principle and of the details of the law were most repreheiv sible , prweeding from the lips of any man , still more were thej reprehensible When the speaker clothed his sentiments in laii » guage such . . ho human lips ought to utter ; above all were they reprehensible : when such gross misrepresentations ^ ex » pressed in such terms , proceeded from a minister of the gospel of peace , '; who borrowed hw illuatratjons from the Bible , me reading-desk , and the pulpit , who with abominable profanitrperverted theidoc . trine of " peace on earthVaiid' good-wiU towards men ' to the vile purpose pf exciting his hearers pa riot , insurrection , and blood-shed ; and -who ; a » in leligious matters hw influence might , perhaps , be great , nodoubt b . <» ed > that in secular affairs that influence n-ould not be small . ( Heaiv rear . ) One ' writer in . a . provincial journal , described the Poor Law Commission as- a " cruel Cerberus ; a tkreerheaded inbn * ater ; a decking over ihe inmates of tie national pfison . " '¦ - '
The Noble Lord took the report of the ZeedSt Mercury as his authority for Mr ; Stephen ' s speech at Hartshead Moor , in which there was scarcely one word of trntb . With regard to those expression !* said to be delivered at Mayiehesier , we subscribe to their accaraey , their valiae , and ^ their importance . And now , to place the ; diary of , a . mountebant , declaimer looking for popularity to betray the trust / in juxta-posution With the comparatively mild words of the Christian ministers ? JBor » y indeed , to horrify the Noble Lords , and the Noble School-master himself , by the recollections of his own iniquitaes . f * Slashing HabeV " , commenced his
day at York j where he preached blood and desolation , regretting that the nation was bound 'in a recognizance of £ 8 OQ , 6 oO , bQO to keep the peaces lie proceeded thence to Leeds , ^ ^ and there continued to inflaine the ininds of the people . He continued his tour to Halifax , Where having considerably evaporated , —^ and , as there is but a step between the ridiculous and sublime , —; he told bis heareri that " he was the boy for cheap beer , and cheap beer the people should haye . " To Elland next Don Quixote journeyed , and , after a fair share of steanv eloquence , he journeyed on his way to Newnall , where he first heard the glad-tidings of the threij
glorious days" and thus didSir Knight express huia 4 self : " He ( SkvLv . y ) was glady delighted fohetir the joyful neivs , and hoped the day xias '' mi fair distant when all Royal Beads would ' ¦' - 'ie made foot-balls for the boys to kick in the mire" "Ify" said he , " the . puke of Wellington should attempt fer force a Itourboh upon the MreticK Throne ^ in & \ positwiitothewiilofthe F ^ justify a revolt upon Mepath of the EnglishNaiicw ' ? , Does your Lordships' hair yet stand on en < if K not follow the Noble Demagogue to Sheffieid , ; Where having told the people" that thesafety ^ of the Empire depended upon the exportation of cutlery , " he actoj ally recoxrimended themi to make foot-balla of Royal Ileads , and preached high-tTeason to his admiring
pupils . "Won't that do ? Then . follow ^ Slashuigl HA . RRT to Birmingham , and there , we find him pourtraying the iniquities of PoilONAC and bis paitj , at once consigning them to the Wookj antl : assuring His hearers that your Lordships were nothing better ,, leaving the people to / draw the inference as to the manner in which sinners in an equal degree should be dealt with . We hare noW Mlonred the ' Magician from stale , small beer tp tne decapiUtioQ of M ^ onaTchs , and from the penny ; sds-BOi-s to ; a national revolt : and ; we ; leave our readers to judge whiether ^^ Stephens , Who felt a Wron ^ and denounced its continuance ; or BROtreham who saw no wrong , but rawed , a phantom , to gain popularity , best merits the epithet off Firebrand , Destructire , and Miscreant , " : ! ' : -
We are proud to acknowledge the ^ ^ epmplim ^ Ht paid us by ^ the Noble Lord , and claim ihe honoTir x » f having designated ihe Poor Lavr Gommission 4 s a l cruel Cerberus ; a toree-headed moiister ; a DeTil-Kingi ! . , . '¦ _ . - ; :- ; ; -l ; : ' ; : ; >¦; ¦ r \ ' y . '¦ - " < '" - The conclusion to whidh we wish our readers to come , \ ij tippna comparison between the evils complained of by Lord Brougham , and his mode of redressj wUh those pointed out by Mr . Stephens , and --his mode ^ of redress . If the interference of the Dul ^ e of WEtLiNGTON , with the accession
of the Bourbons to the throne of Franee wpnld furnish ^ justification ^ > revoU of ; th ^ iEn gliab ; people to 'W . hat pitch of anarchy ^ arid confusion should the barefaced robbery , and WholeBaJe ^ plunder of Lord BB o 0 QHAM arid hia associates , drive € ne starving population of ^ a country ? ; The Noble I ^ r 4 h ^ paririg » of tlw : workhquM , phvtte quencewhich was wont torbe directed to tte . elevation of stt-ety ^ and gapport of alaw , wbicjirobsthe indusferiouii t > t tie -mnvort of ite aiie . r
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ALtDRib , March lf .-r-The aspect of the war in the : south continues highly favourable to the constitutional arms . The history of Basilio since I Wrote [ astis a series of surprises and defeats . At Almaden he had to fty before the approach ; of Mendei Vigo's troopg , who marclied timely to the relief of that place . It ia understood tliat the maia ; works have sustained no injury from his short visit there .
lJnyen back irom Almadeii ji and thas defeated in his intention of entering into Estremadura , hp returned on VaHepenas with the hope of being able to make his escape into Arragon , .. through Guenca . Here he was met by GeneralFlihtej-j \ yiio in a few hours , and with an inferior force , drove him out of the strong town of yaldepenas , with the loss of several killed , and 200 prisoners . Fjiiiter continues in pursuit of him . I send you the dispatches relating to these points ^ which are as folio w : —
Brussels , MAuch 21 . ' - ^ rlnshdwiug himself ready to sign the twenty-four artifles j Kiug V ^ illiam has doubtless been lnoved by many lrnportant considerations . The first is the necessity of ailayirig the . storm wlricli is beginning to murmur among the people-, who are crushed under the weight of the pnblic burdens , a storm of which the preliminary indications have several times ^^^ inamfestea theraselvey eveii in the Stales General , which are in goneral so tractable , not to say obsequious . The second is to show a deference to the decision of the : power who will give him credit for it , however tiirdy he may appear t
and we should be astonished if lus obstinacy should even be commended in the . approachiiig conference tig prudent delay . The third is his thorough conviction that this acceptance will not a little embarnws Belgium , on account of the eiionhpus burilen which the twenty-four articles are pleased to impose onus , The forirth is to get the sums required for his year > expenditure voted , and which he could nob have obtained otherwise , whatever piay be' said . It remains to be seen whether Belgium is still inclinedto an jirrangemerj t of which , it does not feel itself to be i ' nwaut : we do not tliink it is .
Amstkp . dam , -. M'Apcii 22 . —The jbyfiil news that his Majesty the King of the Netherlands hits accepted the twenty-four articles is conn ' rined from all quarters . The state of the exchange at Amsterdam , and the accounts published by our own and foreign journals , take away all doubt on the : subject . Nothingis required bu t an ' officialariuouncernentirom the government of the : Netherlands , which we have in vain expected . The public is rather surprised at this silence respecting so important a matter as a resolution which , by its nature , is destined to the public , and which nas already been communicated to the cabinets interested . We ourselveg . imagiiie that this silence is to be ascribed to a kfna of etiquette , and that his Majesty's resolution will not be made public till the other courts are acquainted with it . However this may be , nobody , vro suppose , doubts of the truth of the news . i
New York , March l .-r-The banks of New Yori have agreed to resume specie payments on the 15 th , and the Bank of the United States on the 16 th May . The exchange on England had risen , and was quoted at lor on the 1 st . Hanover , March 2 O . T-The Chamber of Deputies of Hanover , convoked 'illegally- according to a phantom of a constitution abolished of right , and according to a mode of '¦¦ election-, not legal , ; has ^ oted upon a question of its competency . Thirtyone deputies pronounced in favour of the competency , and only 22 against it . One member was not present . The constitutional apposiltJoa onW vrtvi ^ for ihe
other two divisions [ for in Hanover , a 3 ; in England , members vote three times on the same bill ] to quit the CKataber . As nineteentbwBSy boroughs , or corporat ions , did not take any part in the illegal election , refusing to recognise the patent of the Duke of Cumberland , the retreat of the twenty-two dissenting membera will render all further deliberation impossible , the Chamber not being in sufficient number to deliberate . If the liberal tbivnsand boroughs which refused to proceed to election had chosen members , the majoritj' Would have been on the constitutional side . Thebest that is to be hoped is , adissolution dc facto , in consequence of the rytteat of ^ the constituCional members . The Court is endeavcuring to
corrupt as inany deputies as possible , and spends money in profusion , or promises honours , places and dignities . Unfortunately sewral men who ranked amongst the liberals have allowed themselves to be seduced ; but the majority of those who were Tories under the constitution of 1833 have held out firmly against the Orange King . Nearly twelve vacancies of professorships in the University pf Gfottingen it has been found impossible to fill up . Out of . the twenty universities in Grermany , not one single . professor willconseritto proceed to Gottingen nnderthe auspices of the Duke of Cumberland . iEEoriour to the leained men of Germany ' . —Letter in the Chronicle *
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Hun . PoticB . ——On Friday week , Joseph Brumen , a German 1 sid , who has appeared before the Magistrates on several previous occasions , was placed at the bar by a girl who lives with his brother charged with an assauU . Margaret Bailey , On beiBg sworn , deposed that the priaoner came to his brother ' a house on Saturday , and again onVYednesday , and when she ordered him to leave . the place , he refused , and struck her , A boy , called as . ^ witness , corroborated this evidence . The poor child , who understands English very imperfectly , said that she struck him first , and then he struck her again . His brother was from home . ; It appeared that the elder brother
had sent for the prisoner from the borders of Switzerland to instruct him in clock machinery , but that through the influence of theYcompIainarit , whom lie had in keeping , he had treated him in the mbstron ^ feeling and brutal manner . The Magistra ^ ea dismissed the charge , telling the boy he must not strike again , but if ' -iil-usedj come and make his complaint to tnemi In answer to a qtrestiori frorii tbe lad ' s sister ^ Mrs . Drescher , Mr . Parker said they must claim relief for him from the Work Housed and then the Guardiaris . would bring the brother before them , and they could decide the case ; He thought that he ought either to treat hiin properlyy and profide for him ,- or s ^ nd him back to his own country .
Charge against the Harborr Master . —On Saturday j morning , Mr . "Wiellsy solicitor ., appeared ori behalf of mx ; Bell , shipping agent , to prefer a complaint against JVfr . Grooling Clark , the Harbour Master , for ^ causing urinecessary ^^ delay ^ nd obstruction to the Neptune steam ship ; Captain Humble , plying between this port and Newcastle , by which he had incurred u penalty of ten pounds . The case , which is one of much ' importance , uridefwent a long ^^ investigatibp , which may ; he thus briefly stated , Mr . Wells detailing the facts as they afterwards appeared in evidence ' .--Mr . Bell Was the agent for the Neptune , and on Thursday , the iSth March , made application to Mr . Clark , foran order
to the captain of the Gazelle to remove his vessel , as she was laid up for repairs , and occupied . ' a berth which prevented the landing of good 3 from other packet ? . This Mr . Clark refosed ^ stating ;; that the owners of the Gnx ' elle Would rather pay tbe fine twice over than allow her to be renioved ; : bot ; he might take the Neptune to the North Quay ^ or tb the berth of the London * Which , she shoxdd leaye oiv Saturday . On Friday , ihe Neptune arrived , arid went to the North Quay , ' but was prevented by a steam packet lying inside of her ^ from delivering her cargo , and at eight o ' clock she remoTed outside of tlje Gazelle ^ and took the ^ berth : ^ ^ Zondan ^ - o ^ , on Saturday , by which means she had Pot ihe charicb of deliverinK her cargOi without empWiric sii
extra hands , arid ; tberi had to Bhip part of he ? ; other cargo on Sunday morning . The- repairs , « f tlje 'Gaxelle could have been dpxnei ., on ; ai ; Well iiaariother ; berth ' : iii that occupied byher , arid it ' they could have . got the Neptime into ; her place , the Tfbole of W cargo Wpild : liave been ; dejiyefed % noph on Friday . Mr ; Sidelbottom appeared ^^ fpr ihe defence , but did not iri the Slightest dejgree-touch ^ lie principal featxtreit of the ; i ^; , : > . ' . ! pi 8 . \ Majgiit |; i . t ^ a retired to their priTite . room , and : on returning , \ aft ^ r » abort consultation , into . court * theMayor afaid th « y considered the complaint as fully proved , * Dd convicted the defendant ia * the « um of i' 5 , arid . jls costa , .. ' . ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ '¦ ' " . '¦ . ; ¦¦' ¦ . ' ¦ . . ¦ ¦• ' ¦¦'¦ ' •; ¦ ; . - -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct344/page/3/
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