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      CANADA . ( From the New Yw * Herald . ) » GHLY IMPORTANT FROM THB FRONTIER—A * & £ SH ODTBKEAK . — THE PATRIOTS AGAIN IN MOTION . Bj last evening's mail we received the subjoined inportant particulars of fresh patriot movements . Taej have , it appears , recommenced operations at & remote point . SeTeral skirmishes between the p * riota and tbe British troops have proved favoursaHe to the former . To those wbo . are acquainted win the locality it will be seen that by obtaining

      pwseasioB of the points west of Tilbury , the patriots ca » run a line from Lake St . Clair to Lake Erie , thtrngb Kent County , and thus keep the regulars at b » y for a long time , or nntil they posh further into the heart of Canada . These fresh movement * of the patriets will have a material pffect on the sentence of the prisoners in Montreal and Kingston . Patriot Nbts from thb "West . —The Blow Struck . —The steam-boat Wisconsin , Captain Power , arrived from Cleveland this morning , brings us the following important intelligence : li Tae patriots , amounting to nine hundred , crossed

      over the Detroit River to Sandwich , burned that village to the ground , and the British steam-boat Thames , were ^ oined by two companies of the Royal Militia , and are now on the march through the London district , where , it is expected , they will be joined by * everal thousands of patriots . In a skirmish with the Queen ' s troops , several of the latter were killed ; we cannct Warn how many . The gentleman who brings the information stood upon tbe wb . &rf at Detroit , and saw Sandwich and the steamer in flames . The blow is struck , and we shall see different work from what we have yet had in either province . —Buffalo Daily Mercury , Dec 8 .

      We give this rumour just as it comes * o us , at the same time expressing some little doubt of its entire correctness . It may be , and very probably is true , that a hostile incursion has been made from our territory , a few houses plundered and burnt , and shot * been exchanged between the marauders and the inhabitant *; but that any successful stand has been made on the British territory , Or any serious "rising" taken place , we can see no reason for

      crediting . The outrageous exaggerations of tbe warlike doings of la * t winter in that quarter do not particularly incline us to be over credulous and hasty in beHeving the " news" ¦ which come * from that < iirecoon . Since the above was in type we have received the Cleveland Daily Herald ' ' and Gazette ¦ of Thursday , which is filled with rumours , &c ., which indicate the absurdity of the present report . Buffalo Advertiser . Dec . 8 . .

      Intelligence came this evening by the way-bill from Detroit , that the patriots have possession of Maiden . They took it with immense slaughter on both sides . The patriots took 175 prisoners . A report was current at Sandwich yesterday that a number o ! patriots were in the wood * in \ W London District , preparing for an attack . An -express from London for Maiden passed on Monday . Ten pieces of mounted cannon , chiefly ^ -pounders , wuh a large quantity of military stores , arrived at Maiden on Friday last . —Cleveland Herald , Dec . " 6 .

      Military Movement . —The steam-boat Constitution arrived from Buffalo to-day , with a company of United States troops . We have ' not learned their destination—probabl y Detroit . Gen . Scott arrived in the Columbus stage last night and took lodgings atthe American . We understand that Gen . Scott will repair to D-troit when he leaves the city . — Sandwich Herald , Nov . 27 . \ "What reliance is to be placed upon this news , of course we know not . There has doubtless been some movement , because Theller is in the neighbourhood , but we doubt the accuracy of all the extracts given above .

      ( From the New York Daily Exprett . Dec . 7 . ) PATRIOTS IN CANADA , OPPOSITE DETROIT ! MORE PLTJNDKS ' . MORE BLOOD \ ^ Detroit , Dec . 4 , 1838 . —Tkis morning , about two o ' clock , about 250 Patriots made a landing a few miles above "Windsor ( town opposite ) , marched down to the village , attacked the militia stationed there , and , after a s * hort skirmish , set fire to the barracks , and a steam-Boat at one of tbe wharfs ; and dispersed the Loyalist * , killing 17 , and wounding six . Tbe Patriots ln * t one man ( a " captain ) and had three wounded . The three wounded were brought to this side ; from them I have gathered this story . All the communications with the other « de has been cut off by oar Government , Our city is in a . mo * t intense excitement , and full of " a thousand rumours .

      Two p . ir . —A report has reached us of the rnut of the Patriots . Six p _ m . —The above is confirmed . The Patriots * re routed . I have seen a gentleman who was aboard the governmeiit steam-boat Erie , lying off the scene of action . He says the Patriots occupied tbe woodsmade a good defence against the militia that reached the ground first . The regulars charged at once , and the Patriots broke for their canoes . My informant saw many killed , in the canoes , and one boat cut in two by a cannon shot . The steam-boat took several canoe load of prisoners . Some were found wounded . It is impossible to ascertain , among the thousand rumour * , the number of killed or wounded . A man just from the other side , says , there are at least 60 killed of the Loyalists . This is , doubtless , exaggeration .

      THE PATRIOTS ROUTED AND BTJK AWAT . The Detroit papers of the 5 th and f-. tb give accounts of the defeat and dispersion of the whole patriot force . The Britieh lo « s at tbe attack upon the barracks is reported at 18 , and several wonnded . The U . S . steam-boats Erie , Illnois , and Macom Were cruising in the river on Tuesday night and prevented any reinforcements . crowing . After the Patriots left Windsor they were pursued by troops from Maiden . It is naid they divided on their

      approach , part re . reatiBg to the * woods and tbe remainder to an island in the river . The Erie , which was cruising about at the time , arrested ten or twelve as they wtre crossing to the island , some of whom were taken before Judge Wilkin , examined and committed for trial . From 30 to 50 escaped in the American side . On tbe approach of the Erie the main body of the British troops returned to Windsor , leaving a small force to pursue the party that setreatal to the woods .

      The Advertiser sayi " We are assured that geveral dead bodies of the Patriots , killed at Windsor on Tuesday , were suffered to lie unburied and exposed until yesterday , a prey to the hogs and dogs ! This is a brutality beyond all precedent . It is conduct that would have , disgraced Hottentots . When the life is gene , it i 3 the height of fiendishness to leave the inanimate corpse exposed as food for beasts ! " It was reported that Colonel Prince ordered two of the Patriot prisoners to be shot In cold blood after -the skirmish of Tuesday was over , and that such would have been tbe fate of gome dozen others , bad oot tbe commanding officer at Maiden put a check opon bis bloody design .

      " The whole Patriot force , amounting to 260 men , were dispersed and routed by 70 militia men and 6 regulars . . li Theller was arrested on Wednesday , and examined before Judge WilkiD—gave bail for his appearance the next day . His trial will be postponed to next term . " The Detroit Advertiser says the most authentic report i » , that in tbe skirmish at Windsor , twelve patriots and eight soldiers were killed- Up to yesterday morning the British had captured eleven prisoners , rome of them American citizens . Not a Canadian resident joined the Patriot invaders when they landed in Canada ! The whole number that crowed over is stated by the Patrios themselves to be 250 .

      THB LAST OF THB BRIGANDS . " The Commander-in-Chief , " after the manner of General Birge , is great on paper . He entered Canada with the following *—ADDRESS OF THB COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE PATRIOT FORCES , PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE OF SANDWICH . "Soldiers !—The time has arrived that calls for action : the blood of our slaughtered countrymen ¦ cries aloud for revenge . The spirits of Lount , and Matthews , and Morreau are ytt unavenged . The murdered heroes of Prescott lie in an unhallowed . grave , in the land of tyranny . The manes of the ill-fated Caroline ' * crew can enly be appeased by the blood of the murderers . 14

      PROCLAMATION . Citizens of Canada . —We have received the standard of liberty on our chores . It is not an ensign of oppression , but of protection . We have returned to our native land not as enemies , but as

      Arouse , then , soldiers of Canada ! Let us avenge their wrongs . Let us march to victory or deatn ; and ever , as we meet the tyrant foe , let our war-cry be— " Remember Prescott ! ' "

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      Mb . Murray has been returned for Kirkcudbright , ^ without opposition . Mr . James Reid , the late Chief Justice of Canada , has arrived in England . Mr . Baron Bolland is very seriously indisposed . Mb . Justice Littledale , we hear , is about to retire from the discharge of judicial functions . Four wheat ricks were last week destroyed by incendiary fires in Shropshire . The deliveky of general post letters in London , and in several other places , has been considerably delayed since the acceleration" of the mail by railways !

      Advance of Iron . -The meeting of the ironroasters of Staffordshire was held at Dudley on Thursday week , when it was agreed to advance the price of iron generally , £ 1 per ton . If a Man would commit an inxpiable offence against any society , lsrge orsmnllj \ ex him he successful . They will forgive him aDy crime but that . Nicholas Nickltby .

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      The Liverpool shipbuilders have seldom been so bu « y as they are at present . Mr . Spearman , the Secretary to the Treasury , is labouring under nevce indisposition . A Church-rate has been carried in Dudley , by a majority of 922 to 475 . Orders have been received at Portsmouth for the re-tstablishment of the Royal Naval College . Colonel Churchill has been paying visits in Lincoln , and delivering speeches in favour of Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliament ! . A FEW days ago , a bunch of asparagus was cut from a bed in an open garden , Biggleswade . —Hertford Reformer .

      Mr . F . Cramer has been dangerously ill , but is likely to recover . His complaint was an acute nervous affection of the head . M . Langlois , a member of the French Institute , and an historical painter of distinction , died in Paris ou Friday week . The Archduchess of Austria , consort of the Archduke Francis Charles , is enceinte , as a letter from Vienna inform * us . The Marchioness of Breadalbane is toe succeed the Countess of Durham as Lady of the Bedchamber to her Majesty .

      Captain Napier has been appointed to the command of tbe I ' owerfitl , 84 . now fitting out at Portsmouth , and destined for tbe Mediterranean . In allusion to the wonderful exploits of steam vessels it ha < been remarked that " Time and tide once waited for no man , now no man waits for them . " On the night of the 30 th or 31 st of December last , the parish church of Mitchatn , Surrey , was broken open , and several articles were stolen . Mahtial law has Wn proclaimed in Greece , as tbe onlv rman * of effectually putting down the banditti by whom the country is infested . Mr . J Orr , of Belfast , banker , whilst driving in hi . « carriage on Monday , was seized with a fit and suddenly expired .

      Don Carlos . —Mr . Fector , M . P ., for Maidxtone , and Mr . Borthwick , were at Buyonne on the 27 th ulc , on their w . y to the head-quarters of Don Carlos . A Letter from Athens says that , in spite of the retrenchments that had been effected , the Greek finances continue in a very embarrassed state . The Ceremony of the betrothal of the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia to Duke Maximilian ol Leuchtenberg took place at St . Petersburgh on the 18 th ult . The number of Italian refugees , who had returned to their couutry under the amnesty ot Milan , is stated , in letters from Vienna to amount to 110 .

      The following affiche appears in the window of a chandler ' s shop m Little Trinity-lane— " A nice room to let at this circulating library , with sink and water , &c . " March of Improvement . -tWorkmen are at pre . eut employed iu pulling down the large building in Soho-sq .. re , which has bten known as the '' White House' of infamous notoriety . By the djlath or Lord Clakendon , Wm . Chute Hayton , E > q ., of Moreton Court , Hereford , succeeds to the uu > se < sion of the Pealline Castle estates , in Glamorganshire . Prince Christian of Denmark has returned unexpectedly from his journey to the south of Germany aDd Italy ; but tla- mot ' ive of his Royal High . ue * s s coming back to the capital is unknown .

      A proposition to grant the widow of General . MeDdez Vigo , who was murdered in the late riot * of Valencia , a pension of 2 , 000 reals , has been acquiesced in by tbe Spanish Chamber of Deputies . The Dublin Corporators are verv savage at tbe conduct of their old friend , Mr . Recwitr Shaw , regarding him as a traitor to their worshipful order . r Fourteen out of sixteen of the Birmingham Aldermen , elected on Thursday week , were cho > en from member * of the Council ; consequentl y fourteen new elections for Councillors must be made .

      The Bishop of London , in a reeeBt ordination sermon , strongly condemned the judgment of Sir Herbert Jenner , that prayer * ( or the dead were not contrary to the doctrines of the Church of England . ° In many families the use of wheat flour in puddings , pastry , &c , ha * been entirely interdicted , and potatoes , nee , sago , tapioca , &c , substituted in it * stead . The Flao on the pasti . n of the mercantile harbour at Cronstadt was taken down on the 9 th ot last month , as a Sign that the navigation had wntirely closed for this year .

      It is mentioned , in advices from Denmark , that a proposal to emancipate tbe Jews had been wubmuted to a vote of the . States , and negatived by a majority of 32 to 30 . A letter from Never- states that an order has been sent from the minister of the marine to tbe c-annon toundry at that place , for the casting of i « ixty thirty-pounders and fix eigbty-pounders , for the'Kim ? of Naples . The great coffer dam for the houses of parliament , 1 , 200 feet long was dosed on the 24 th of December , and Father Thames excluded Irom a part of the dominion he ha * so long enjoyed .

      Accounts fkom Posen speak of a pastoral letter about to be addressed b y the Archbishop of Cologne to bis clergy , exhorting them not to conform to any orders issued b y tbe Government in matters ecclesiastical we presume . The Rev . Hugh Stowell , at a meeting in London , strongly condemned her Majesty for taking healthful exercise on Sunday * , and rebuked the Bishops for " want of fidelity" in not calling the Queen to account . At a shop-window in Oxford-street , several cravats of a new fashion are exhibited , upon which is placed a paper with the following inscription : — "These splendid fashionable Durham Canadian silk cravats just arrived , 7 s . 6 d . each

      Sir John Cam Hobhouse . ' in consequence of the high price of wheat , has advanced the wages of his labourers to 10 s . and 11 s . per week—such advance to be paid to them from the 27 th of October last . M . Berchoux , tbe author of the well-known poem , " La Gastronomie , " died on the 17 th of December , at Marigny , ( Saone et Loire , ) at tbe age ot / 8 . He was born at Lay , in the district ot the Loire .

      There has been a most extraordinary increase of water in tbe Serpentine River , by the sudden irruption of two springs on the north side , near tbe rtceivuK-hoLse of the Royal Humane Society . I he water is now four feet higher than formerly . The -winter has set in with unusual severity in Kussia ; and , as we learn from Odessa , in some of the Caucasian provinces the thermometer stood at 22 degrees below zero of Reaumur , or 17 * Fahrenheit at the beginning of last month .

      A South American member of congress thus once addressed the president and assembly— " Gentlemen , I beg you to observe that , if we thus prolong our debate * hryond our regular dinner hour , these political discussions will at last land us in our graves . " Thomas Mallett and his wife have been commuted tor trial on a charge of poisoning several bullocks the property of Mr . Stanford , of Ashboc-k . n- Hall , Suffolk , farmer , trom whose service the male prisoner had been discharged .

      Extensive RoBBERY .-On Christmas morning the sum of £ 4 500 was existed from the desk of Messrs Clarke , flour factors , Brunswick-street , Cork ; £ 600 were in soverei gns . Four men are in custody on suspicion . Marshal Soult , on his way to Paris , was attacked by four h . ghw . ymen , who were resisted and beaten off by the valet and other domestic * of tbe Duke , who was , during the entire of the affair f-njoying a profound slumber in his carriage . ' The Wssleyan Centenary Fund reached the immense sum of £ 111 , 000 before the close of the year ; and subscri ptions are rapidl y flowing in The estimate of the entire subscri ption is now

      Intemperance . -At Bow-street , one morning during the Christmas holidays , there were on the pnlice-sheet upwards ol 70 night-charges , and all cases either of drunkenness or trifling offences arising from tbe vicious propensity for intemperance . The Board of Guardians of the Uxbridge Union , at their meeting last week , increased the allowance to nearly the whole out-door paupers onef . urtb , without any application having been made to them fi-. rthe same , in consequence of the high price of provisions .

      The Brazilian Government has consented « n the riant of search claimed by Great Britain of all vessels suspected of being engaged in the slave t-ade . This is a v .-ry important step towards the total suppression of this infamous traffic .

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      We regret to learn that Mrs . L . E . Maolean ( better known as L . E . L . ) , wifeof George Maclean , Esq ., Cape Coast Castle , died suddenly on the 16 th of October last . It will be remembered , that Mre . ' Maolean had been recently married in thix country , and immediatel y afterwards proceeded to Africa with her husband . The Marquis of Waterford subscribed £ 100 to rebuild the church of Carrick-on-Suir , for which the pari « hiouers presented him with & beautiful white marble figure of Lord Tyione , one of his ancestors , which lay in the old church more than a century .

      Duchess de Berry . —The Duchess de Berry , according to a letter from Goritz , quoted by the Quotidiemie , was to arrive at that place a day or two ago , audis to go on shortly to Naplen , where her Royal Highness will remain till the spring . The Duchess will , afterwards visit Palermo and Rome , Hyde Park .- —A quadruple row of elms , forming thre * distinct malls , have just been planted , with much taste and judgment , at the Eastern end of Hyde Park , and will in a few years , add greatly to the beauty of that favourite resort .

      Winding up without Clock . —At a certain court where persons are relieved fro m their debts , a wag asked the reason why there was no clock ? The reply was because it was an insolvent court . " Ah , " he said , " I wonder the more when no many affairs are wound up in the place . " The most Rev . Dr . Lawrence , Archbishop of Ca * hel , died yesterday night week , at his own residence , Upper Merrion-atreet , Dublin , after a few days' illness . His Grace had been a Fellow of Corpus Christi College , Oxford , and Professor of Hebrew in that University ; and , in 18-22 , on the demise of Dr . Broderick , was elevated to tae See of Cashel .

      Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Oastler . — We hear , but we do not vouch for the fact , says tbe Glube , that warrants have been actually issued for the apprehension of the two worthies ( F . O'Connor and Mr . OastWr ) , We ahall rejoice to hear , adds our contemporary , that they are placed beyond tbe power of further mischief , either to themselves or others . A Linnian Family . — " A young she-monkey , in ithe Jardin des Plantes , Paris ( say * a

      correspon-, dent there residing , ) recently brought forth a little ape . The professors who came to see it were much astonished by observing , that all the other monkeys frame , each in its turn , to see their new-born companion ; some * ere allowed , by the father and mother to touch it , but others were sent away with a dreadful « rin . Some have been seen giving the little ape nuts , which the father takes and eats with the greatest gravity . The he-monkey sits the whole day next his mate and offspring .

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      Bolton , Saturday . EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURE . Yesterday , a very numerous meeting of the friends and supporters of the Rev . Joseph Rayner Stephens was held in the Town-hull , tor the purpose of adopting measures for that gentleman ' s defence in the recent prosecution instituted against him . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Deegan and several other supporters of Mr . Stephens , and resolutions were adopted that a fond should be raised to contribute towards his defence . The most extraordinary circumstance connected with this meeting was a disclosure there made , whichy if it turn out to be correct , will exhibit clearly the most disgraceful system of espionage that ever stained the character of this or any other ( lovernmfiiit .

      r It will be in the recollection of the readers of the Times that Mr . Stephens was apprehended by GoddarJ and Shhckell , two Bow-street officers , upon the information on warrant of a man named Cleworth , the keeper of a beer-shop at Leigh , where the alleged otfence was committed . This person was recognised at this meeting , and narrowly escaped being roughly handled by the people who attended it . The chairman , seeing a commotion in the room , and having ascertained the cause , interfered , and the committee of the Working Men ' s Association took

      mm under their protection , and placed him safely in the house of Mr . F . Frazer , of the Crown Tavern . He there stated that if his name was attached to the warrant on which Mr . Stephens had been apprehended , it was without his knowledge , and that it could not possibly be in consequence of anything he had said to any magistrate or ramnstrate's clerk . . , He was not believed , but at the request of several members of the Association , he agreed to embody bis assertions in an advertisement to be inserted in tlfe Uolton papers , which appeared on Saturday last : —

      The following is a copy of bis advertisement , from which it will be seen that he has offered a reward ot £ 2 for the discovery of the individuals who have originated the calumny against him : —

      " Arre 3 tof the Rev . J . R . Stephens . "It having been asserted in Lei »; h , and other towns , that the warrant against the Rev . J . R . Stephens has been issued on an information given by me , I , Thomas Cleworth , hereby declare that I hnve n * ver given a single word of information to any magistrate on the subject ; and further , 1 offer a reward of £ 2 sterling to any person who shall give such information to me as will lead to a discovery of the person who has originated this calumny against me . "THOMAS CLEWORTH . "ALEX . THOMSON , "Chairman of the Meeting . " Upon this subject the Uolton Free ress , published on Saturday last , remarks as follows : — -

      "WHO IS THE INFORMER ? " It will be seen from our report of the examination Of the Rev . Mr . Ste p hens on Thursday last , that Mr . Brandt refused to give up the name ot the person on whose information the warrant had been s-ranted . It had been generally rumoured in this town that the iniorn » er is a publican , named Thomas Clewortli , who resides in Leigh , and who suffered a good deal for his Radicalism under the reign of Castlereagh aud Sidmouth . So great has been the excitement in Leigh against this individual , that he has been keeping out of the way for the last two or three days . He was pr » sent at the meeting in the Town-hall , and it having been discovered towards the close that he waa the suspected personbe was obliged to ascend

      , the platform to give some explanation of the matter . He denied in tbe most explicit terms that there was the slightest foundation for the charge brought against him . When the meeting broke , up there seemed a disposition to handle him rather roughly , but the committee of the Working Men ' s Association took him under their protection , and escorted him safely to the House of Mr . F . Frazer , Crown Tavern . In the examination which took place in that house , before a large number of the Working Men ' s Committee , he stated , that he had never given any magistrate , either in Leigh or elsewhere , the slightest information about the speech made by the Rev . J . R . Stephens . He stated also , that if bis name was attached to the warrant on which Mr .

      Stephens had been apprehended , it was without hiif knowledge , and that it could not possibly be in consequence of anything which he had said to any magistrate , or magistrate ' s clerk . At the request of several members of the Working Men ' s Association , he agreed to insert an advertisement in the Free Press , offering a reward of £ 2 . to any one who shall give such information as may lead to a discovery of the originator of the calumny . This we consider the best course which Mr . Cleworth could adopt . If his name has been inserted in the warrant without his knowledge , it is right that the jugglery should be exposed . If the rumqur about his name being in the warrant be false , it cannot be too speedily contradicted in the most authoritative manner . "

      It will be recollected , that at the examination on Thursday , Mr . Brandt , one of tbe counHel for the prosecution , stated that the most material witness against Mr . Stephens had been kept out of the way by Mr . Stephens or bis party , which . Mr . Stephens indignantly denied . The witness then alluded to , it appears , is this man Cleworth . Mr . Oastler , who was invited to be present at the meeting , did not attend , in consequence of the fatigue attendant on his proceedings of the week . He sent , however , the following letter , which was read to tbe meeting : — "ManchesterJan . 41839 .

      , , "My dear Sir , —Last night I had tbe pleasure to receive your very kind letter . Nothing would have given me more pleasure , than once more to have met my friends , the people of Bolton . I am bound to them by the strongest ties of gratitude ; but it is impossible thai I can be with you to-night . My duty to that victim of Whig and sham Radical vengeance , yoar friend , and my friend Stephens , demands my presence here . This I neither can nor will neglect . " Mr . O'Connor desires me to thank you , and to express his sorrow that he must be absent , having viousl

      pre y engaged to be at Oldham . 44 1 rejoice that you are determined not to allow the enemies of God and man to triumph over Stephens . " His enemies may chuckle over tbe arrest of the man , who , in Ireland , Scotland , and Birmingham has been denounced as a traitor , an incendiary , a Devil !! Yes , they may chuckle and pocket the blood money , and think that they have ' crushed the wretch , but the day of reckoning is not far distant , and in the end you will see that all will be right .

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      ^ " Be calm , resolute , and ready , lieap the peace , but make ready for the worst . Depend uponity the throne is in danger . Be readyy I say , to drive back that host of Death ' s Head and Cross Bones Precursors , which O'Connell has threatened to lead against England ! Be ready , I 8 » y , to defend yourselves aud the Queen . "You will be delighted to hear that Stephens is well and happy , and calm and confident . _ " Deegan the bearer will tell yon about the « oul-8 timng events of tbe last few days . " Re . nember me to the good people , and say that I am right happy . "God bless yon all . Faithfully and constantly yours ,

      " RICHARD , OASTLEH . " To Mr . John Warden , Secretary to the Working Men ' s Association , Bolton . "

      Since the disclosure alluded to above was made , the friends of Mr . Stephens have issued large posting bills for distribution throughout the country , detailing the facts connected with Cle-worth ' s recent statement . The bills are headed , in bold letters , " The Whig spy system . " The excitement in this town with respeet to the arrest of Stephens is very great ; but the public tranquillity has not been disturbed . i

      If anything were wanted to shew the bungling absurdity of the Whig Ministry , and those with whom they are in coalition , including Poor Law Commissioners , spies , and policemen , it would be the fact , that no such a person oa Mr . Stephens , as named in the warrant , has been apprehended at all . Lord John Russell and his friends have certainly done fine things for the country , by inventing magistrates and municipal bills , and the former appear equally sagacious in selecting their law clerks . When the rev . agitator was apprehended by the Bow street officersin uurnuance of a warrant which

      , they held to apprehend John Rayner Stephens , they , in fact , apprehended Joseph Rayner Stephens . Stephens immediately perceived the mistake into which the Midases and the Dogberryg had fallen ; but , knowing that be was the person sought for , immediately Hurrendered , goodhuraouredly , however , asking the officers whether it was a legal document . Stephens says , under any circumstances he will not take advantage of a quibble . He believes that the present prosecution has been commenced against him in consequence of his opposition to the New Poor Law Bill , and he wiU abide by the merits of his case . —2 Y > n«—Monday .

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      — m REPRESENTATION OF OLDHAM . Yesterday , Mr . Fielden and General Johnson paid their annual visit to their constituents , at Oldbam , to give an account of their stewardship . It was arranged that they should speak from a temporary misting * , erected behind tt » e Albion Inn , but , as the weather turned out unfavourable , it was deemed proper to go under cover . The place fixed on was the school-room belonging to the Baptist Chapel , in George-treet . The room , which will hold nearly 2 , 000 people , was crammed to suffocation , and hundreds were collected round the windows and other parts of the building who could not obtain admission .

      On the motion of Mr . Alexander Taylor ^ Mr . James Holiday was called to the chair . The Chairman briefly opened the proceedings , and called on Mr . Fieldeu to address them . Mr . Fielden rose , and spoke for nearly two hours ; of what he said we can only give a brief outline . Mr . Fielden * aid he was bappy once more to meet his constituents . This was the sixth time he had met them , and he was sorry to say , that he never them under more unfavourable circumstances . The prospects , at present , before the people of this country , were the most appalling he had ever seen . No matter whether he looked to the internal state ot tbe country , or to her means of protection from other powers , the scene was equally distressing ; and if the people were not made more satisfied , anu

      better provided for , there would be confusion in the land . In the case of all the laws which had beeu made since he went to Parliament , it had , on uearly all occasions , been his lot to be on the opposition side of the House . He had conversed with many parties since he went into that House , and , on all occasions , he had endeavoured to impress on their minds , the importance of good and sufficient protection for the working classes and their interests . The Reform Bill , which was to improve the representation of the people , had only facilitated those measures which the poorer classes most dreaded , and increased the difficulties under which » liey laboured—excessive taxation ; and until the working classes had obtained the righl to elect their own representatives , there was nothing to hope for from

      any Government . Their allegiance to the Queen , their liability to be called on in defence of tneir country and the Constitution , demands that they should have those rights to which they are justly entitled ; and , as Unions are now forming for that object , he hoped they would be resolved to have those rights . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fielden then entered into an account of the most important votes which he had given during the last Session of Parliament , commenting on them as he went along , all of which was received with the greatest satisfaction . On tbe subject of the hand-loom weavers , he observed , it would be in their recollection that he pre . « euted . a

      petition from Manchester , signed by 6 , 000 weavers , of whom , by a calculation fairly taken , not more than 3 , 000 could earn 10 id perday . He ( Mr . Fielden ) moved that that petition be printed , but was met by the Speaker , who decided that , before be could do so , he must give notice of a motion to that effect , which postponed the printing of it . He had , however given notice , aud the petition was printed and put into tbe hand * of every Member , that thev might be undeceived as to the condition of this portion of society . The motion which he ( Mr . F . ) brought forward was as follows , and of its reasonableness he would leave his constituents to judge ;—

      21 st December , 'lB 38 . Hand-loom weavers . —Motion made , andquettion propoied — " That there is in this kingdom an immense body of handloom weavers suffering unparalleled digtretw , and that thin distress arises Irom tlv unprecedented low rate of wages that the weavers are paid for their work , aud from the heavy taxes imposed by this house on the food and other necessaries of Hie , a snlnioncy of which their wages should enable th » m to purchase . That the work which a large portion of these weavers execute , consists of articles indispensably necawary to the personal comfort and convenience of the higher and middle classes of society , or of articles exported 'to'foreign countriesand there for luxuries

      , exchanged andcecesaaricg to increase the . affluence and comfort of those clasps . That it is therefore the intere . it , as well as the duty of the 'jei > resentativea of the people in this house , immediately to-devise and enact such law as shall cither raise the wages of these distressed weavers to » scale adequate to maintained them comfortably , or that shall so reduce the taxes imposing on the necessaries of life , and to alter the mode of collecting such tuxes , so that no part of the wages paid to these pool weavers snail be abstracted from them , by either direct or indirect taxation on those » eces 8 aries . " —{ Mr . John Fieldet . 1—Previous question put , " That that question be now put . " The house divided : Ayes 12 . NoesJS .

      On Mr . Grote ' s motion for the ballot he had also voted , although he questioned its utility under the present limited representation . On the 20 th of rehruary he had made a motion for an entire repeal of the New Poor Law Bill , and although many of the Tories had made an electioneering manoeuvre of this important question , there were only 17 to vote with him , out of 658 member * , whilst 309 voted against mm . But this had not deterred him from Hs determination to erase it from the statute book ; and pulldown the three kings of Somerset House : by this law the people were deprived of all share in then local governments , which would , ultimately , brine confusion on the couutry . He had heard Sir James Scarlett say , while this bill was in progress through the house , that it would revolutionize the country

      , and he believed it ultimately would . It was one ot those laws which onght to be void , and whicb . it was a crime to obey . ( Cheers . ) Separation o ; man and wife , brother and sister , parent and child , were things which were not to be endured . ( Hear . ) If there had been a few riot « ( which he regretted ) ia the country it was not to pnt an end to the peaceful endeavours of the people to obtain an entire repeal of this unlawful and unconstitutional measure . He had been charged by the London and provincial press with exciting the people to violence , and it might be wondered why he did not reply to these slanders , but he would not take up his time with such scribblers . The Manchester Guardian had been active

      very in charging him with creating riots ; bnt those who best knew him would not believe his slanders . The fact was , that he always preached peace , and that he would continue to do , lor those who acted contrary to law , played into the hands of the people ' s enemies . Of his exertions in the committee on the New Poor Law , be would only say that he went throughout an ordeal which he would not again encounter for the whole world , he had seventeen members to contend with , ' and only two to support him . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Fieldea uried the people to continue to petition , and to be peaceable , but firm , in their agitation for a repeal of this bill He concluded amidst loud cheers , which continued for some time . ¦ eu

      ? w \ fh V ° w **? P ^ . oaUedon , Heobserved that he had not differed m hw votes , on more than J ? u ¦ % ? "ccasions , with his friend Mr . Fielden On his ( Mr . Fielden ' s ) motion for a feW wR the New Poor Law , he entirely concurred ; and onlv resigned hw right of seconding that proposition into the hands of Mr . Wakely , because h « tKoSt he would be able to do it more justice than himself Hear , hear . ) Mr . Johnson ^ also wenc W a lengthened account of his votes , giving his reasons as he proceeded , why he had andWW voted on many occasions , all of which were satisfactory to the

      On-the motion of Mr . Alex . Taylor it was unanimously resolved , that both members had discharged their duty to the entire satislaction of their constituents . Another motion was also passed , that they be requested to return to parliament for another

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      year , to represent the borough of Oldham . After thanks to the chairman , and three cheers for their own members , and Mr . Gander and Mr . Stephens , the meeting broke up . Mi . Fielden and Mr . Johnson retired to the Albion Inn , where about 120 gentlemen gat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion . What was said at the dinner we cannot repeat , being compelled to return to Manchester , in consequence of the advanced period of the week . —Manchester and Salford Advertiser . ¦ ¦ '

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      m SPIRIT OF TBE PRESS . Proceedings against Mr . Stephens . —Whether a man be guilty or innocent , or whatever may be his guilt , we suppose that it is ^ impossible to dispute the doctrine that if he is under trial the proceedings against him should , at least , be impartial , aud according to natural justice . If there is any swerving from this sentiment , the leaning ought to be in favour of the accused , especially when the almost all-mighty power of Government is arrayed against him . We are sorry to say that tbe proceedings against Mr . Stephens have violated all these golden rules of administering justice . There has , evidently , been a predetermination to commit the man , through thick and thin , whatever might be the evidence either against him or in his favour . The

      proceedings Were conducted , as we shall show , with the most scandalous unfairness , as in tbe shameful and truly revolting trick of leaving out the crossexaminations of the witnesses in their depositions or evidence on behalf of the Crown . The Government lawyere who conducted the prosecution , instead of proceeding upon the substantial merits of the case , took every dirty advantage , not only of technicalities , but especially of such as were more calculated to prejudice the individual than to advance the views of justice . To this we must add the absolute vileness of demanding excessive baiL Singular isit that the upper classes have ever : been not only enemies of the lower , but their enmity has always taken that bad comolexion which is imuarted

      to it by fear and a consciousness of injustice These upper classes or their partisans , called the Government , have never found any difficulty in corruptingf Judges to their designs . It was long before our ancestors could obtain from their master * the privilege of bail to the lower orders . When the princi p le was established , the privilege wasext < -uded to as tew cases as possible ; and , lastly , our Judges never scrupled to destroy the privilege altogether or to render it the most galling mockery , by demanding ' bail so excessive that it was impossible for the accused to have the slightest chance * of procuring it . At certain periods of our history the en-at grievance of the people was the habit of the Judges to require excessive bail in all cases

      where the Crown was arrayed against the people , or the rich opposed to the poor . This violation of the law and of justice has nearly disappear **! , and , with the death of Lord Tenterden , and the gradual disappearance of the Tory corruptionists who were his contemporaries in the Courts of Law , ic wag thought that such a practice could never be revived . Our country has been mistaken , and the bail demanded of Mr . Stephens is more out of proportion to the nature of the charge , as well as to the condition of the accused , than has been extorted in any case for many years . The public must recollect many instances in which not a larger amount of bail has been required of men of the greatest wealth , for offences of th « most heinous noture . This is not

      the way to conciliate the people , or to inspire them with a love or re . < p-. < ct for either their rulers or for what are called the upper classes . Among the numerous items which show the animus against the man , the predetermined resolution to act unfairly , and to persecute , rather than examine—to convict , in spite of every thing thac may arise , we may notice the refusal of the Magistrate to suffer anybody but Mr . Stephen ' s solicitor to see him in gaol before his case was even heard . Such a prohibition was illegal , and extremely brutal . Upon very scanty evidence , invalidated greatly by cross-examination , the Magistrate , Mr . Kenworthy , said tnat his committal was " quite within the terms of the warrant , arid we are determined to commit him to Kirkdale . "

      1 his was ominous , for the committal ought not to have depended on the warraut , but on the evidence . At last , however , after this prejudgment , and autilegal decision of the Magistrate , the clerk is required to read over the depositions , when'Mo and behold !" . or according to the papers " straugn to say , " the varlet , the " cunning little Isaacs" had omitted the cross-examinations . What Jurvman . would give a tig for the oath or for the short-hand notes of such a fellow as this ? Next came a p .. int upon whether what the reporter had taken dowu was that which had really been said in Court . Here the " cunning Isaacs" confessed that he bad not reported as fully as the accused might wish , arjd only what he , the reporter we suppose , deemed relevant to the case

      the said reporter being in the pay of the prosecuting party . This scandalous dereliction of duty ought to have vitiated the whole proceedings , and Mr . Step bens ought to have been dismissed instanler The reporter could be no witness before aP ,-tty Jury , and his report would be scoffed at . « The very production of it , or of the man himself , would give an honest Jury a strong feeling against the Indictment . Next came the question whether it was the ordinary practice to omit cross-examinations in favour of the accused , and Mr . Stephens was told thatne had a right to have his cross-examin ; ttiong taken down . All this appears to our un « ophi » ticated understandings to savour of the vilest rascality Why was the common practice deviated from ? Had

      there-porter exercised the same discretion with respect to the cross-examination , which he had done with the examination in chief , credulous people mighthave thought all fair , but here the Magistrate's " cunning Isaacs first doctors the evidence against the v . ctim , and when he comes to that which is in his favour , to be doctored at all , he knocks it out altogether , or kills it by a reporter ' s dose of prussic acid , Mr . Duck , the Government lawyer , suggested to the Magistrate that this objection did not apply to the first witness . This was not the question at issue . 1 be point turned upon the rascality of the proceedings , for if such gross foulness could be practsed withrespect to the second witness , what confidence could be placed in the report of the evidence of th «

      ftrst ? Mr . Stephens made the following admirable observations : — " My protest , Sir , applies equally to both witnesses . I contend that both those witnesses have contradicted themselves , and that each of them has contradicted the other : bnt , not a word of the cross-examination having found its way into your papers , my case is closed . I came here into the sanctuary ot British justice , and 1 did not consider it necessary to take down a single word of the cross-examination , and I took down but a very few words of that in chief , believing myself safe in your hands . But after your decision my case is clt . fced . " In fact , Mr . Stephens was virtually committed for tnal upon a garbled report of the evidence of only one witness , for he was remanded , and very heavy

      oan required of him . On the second hearing the proceedings were still more disgraceful . Some fal « e evidence was explained away . The Government counsel wished to expunge the false evidence . Mr Stephens resisted such irregularity and injustice , and he insisted that both the evidence and the correction should appear together , and he carried his point . The attempt at the reverse was Tery scandalous . A still more infamous feature was exposed * the Government Counsel stated to the Court that he was preparedwithchargesofamore serious uature than the warrant authorised him to produce . i \ lr . Stephen * , of course , urged that theie must be a new warrant , and the charge was consequentl y withdrawn : but what was the object of naming a charge which could not be

      proceeded upon , except that of prejudicing the case ? A good comment appears on all those rascalities in the following extract from the report . Mr . Stephens * aid , " It having been declared that it is the determination of the Court to commit me , and no previous cross-examination of the witnesses having been taken down , and I not knowing before what Magistrates 1 am accused , and knowing that gentlemervare determined upon committing me , I decline pitting a single , question ' to that witness . " He defy almost the records of the Star Chamber itself to produce a more able exposure of the corruptions of justice . We are travelling back to the tamer of ' the good old King _ the « f ather of his people '' -the " pious" George III ., when Government hired reporter * to swear any thin * airanst a

      person they wished to" get rid of-tunes when Judges were bribed , Junes were packed , and spies aud assassins ^ like the Irish Reynolds , weie foisted into toe Jury-box . We could name a case in which the lory Government , under the pious monarch , waa determined to hang an innocent msa coute quicoute Unfortunatel y , the Home Secretary , not Lord Sidmonth , overshot the mark , and hired « one mi > creaut , a reporter , who saved the life of the'intended victim , tor he swore through thick-and-thin so outrageously and swore , moreover , to such impossibilitiwu that he thoroughly disgusted the Jury . The Crown lawyetfc shrunk from the case ; even the Tory Judge was feeble m his charge , and , of course , the innocent object that was to have been judicially murdered , escaped and lived a reputable man . A similar spirit still exiuts , though in a very minute d . eree .

      ana Uie Uovernmentu obliged to exhibit it in accordance with the improved humanity of the &ge . Our doctrine ia to give fair play to even our Worst adversary , and never to violate the forms much less the substance of justice . Wt agree with our correspondent , Publicola , that all attempts at the destruction of property or infringements ' upon the liberty or safety of persons ought to be wued with all the seven i . y that is necessary to prevent the repetition of theoflence ; but this only makes us more tirm in declaring that the proceedings against Mr . Stephens amount to a most scandalous violation of law and justice ; that they are an outrage upon the'decencies of Society , nnd that they are merely a lesson to the people to imitate their betters in going to all extreme * and excesses of dishonesty and malignity in getting rid of an obnoxious object . —Weekly Dispatch .

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      friends . Charges , false as the hearts of our oppres-Bora , have been made against us ; and you have been told that we are pirate * , robbers , banditti , ano brigdndi . You have been told that we came to plunder and destroy , and that the reward for which we are contending was indiscriminste robbery . False is the charge—alike false and deceptive . VV * . came to restore to our beloved country the liberty so long enjoyed and so tyrannically wrested from us . This is our only object—this is the end of our desires and of out ambition . When this is accomplished , gladly will we return to the cultivation ol onr beloved fields , and the enjoyments of the domestic fireside . No one who remains at home shall be molested in

      his avocations—those only found in arms , or aiding our oppressors will be treated as enemies ; those aiding us in restoring liberty to Canada will be hailed as friends to us , to Canada , and humanity . Let every one , then , who has not the spirit to engage in the cause of liberty remain at home , and pursue his usual avocation in peace . But , above all , let those who ? eek for honour and glory , and their country ' s good , uprouse in the cause of the Patriots of Canada . Head Quarters , Patriot Army , Sandwich , U . C ., Dec . 4 , 1838 . By order of the Commander-in-Chief , V ? M . Lotjnt , Military Secretary .

      _ The commissions of the patriot officers were in cipher . Secret meetings , it appears , have been held all along the Northern frontier , at which , bounties of land were promised . The briginds were called Patriot Masons and Hunter ? . The contrivers of these expeditions , such as M'Kenzie and others , who drew others to the slaughter , and keep themselves safely out of it , hitve much _ to answer for . We find the following in tht ? examination at Kingston : —

      Jean Baptist Rosens examined—Was born at Montreal ; neveT left Lower Canada till lately , when be joined the Patriot Army , and landed witli them at the mill near Prescott . They gave him a musket and ball-cartridges , but he ' threw them away after the first fire iu the action on Tuesday , the 13 th ult , and ran away , but was stopped by four men , who said they would shoot him if he ran . He recognised the Pole ; said he was called General by the party , but never . « p"ke to him . ( This witness is very young , and wept bitterly when brought into Court . )

      Laurent Melhiet , a boy 14 years old , examined—Was born at Roucherville , Lower Canada . Joined Patriots ; was with the armed pany who landed near Prescott . They put arms into his hands , bui he ran away after tbe first fire . Saw the prisoner in tbe stone house near the mill ; he had a sword , and commanded , but did not see him command in the mill .

      EXECUTIONS AT KINGSTON . Col . Ton . Sboultz , the Pole , was hung on Saturday week . He was aged 31 . His father was a Major in the Polish army at tbe battle of Warsaw . The prisoner aUorose to be M ;» jor in the Polish service . In 1836 he came to the United States , and settled at Selina as a chemist . He was induced to join tbe " Hunters" or " Patr iot Masons" by Mr . Stone , of Salina , who also presented him with the flag that was taken at tbe mill . He was told thut the people of Canada would receive tbem witb open arm * , and

      even that the British regulars weuld join them on their landing . Trusting to these representations he embarked with others on the United States at Oswega , took the two schooners in tow laHen with men , three cannon , and munitions of war ; wai baffled in tbe attempt to land at Prescott , but finally landed at the Windmill with 180 men . He sooii discovered how he had been deceived , as no aid came to tbem , nor did any one join tbem . But as he had no means of returning to the State- * , be strengthened his position as far as possible , and made the best defence he could .

      Dorephus Abbej , a printer , and second in command , was al . ^ o to be hong on Saturday ; also Daniel George and Cbarle * Smith , officers in the same expedition . Governor Arthur orritr * the execution of all the prisoners convicted , aiid a number more were sentenced to be executed on the 12 tb . A brass pitce u > ed at Prescott was marked S . N . Y . No 54 j and evidently came from a New York arsenal '

      ( From the Toronto Patriot , Dec . 7 . ) We * top the press to announce that we have just received intelligence that the brigands , to the num-Der of about 500 , cro-oed on the 3 rd instant from Detroit to Windsor , about a mile and a Lalf above Sandwich , and directly opposite the former place , in a steam-boat , where they landed , and under the direction of their officer * formed . They were immediately attacked by Col . Pnnee , at tbe head of tue militia , and a'ter a short engagement they were thrown into confusion , and with the exception of a few who escaped to tbe American shore , were driven into the woods . There w > r < .- killed of the pirate ? twenty-five , and none of tbe gallant militia .

      On their landing at Windsor tney burnt the Br itish ( jtteamer Thames , and barrack * occupied hy the militia , in which , we regret to say , there were two of tbe militii burned . We are also informed that Assistant-Surgeon Hume , who is attached to the staff , supposing the brigands were a portion ol our militia , rode up to tbem , and was immediately killed , and his legs and arms bnken after he was dead . We have al ? o heard that General Brady conducted himself in a highly creditable manner . He pursued the brigands in an armed steamer , and fired Hpon them several times . One or two shots passed through tbe pirate steamer .

      Tbe wretches wbo have thu « again polluted our soil by their presence were , at the latestinteliigen ; -e , closely pursued , not only by the regulars and embodied militia , but by almost every inhabitant in that portion of the country . Among the killed , or among the nine prisoners taken , wa ? , we are informed , a member of the Legislature of Michigan .

      UNITED STATES . ( From the New York Herald of the 13 th . ) The Pennsylvania Insurrection . —Two Mouses of Representatives remain as they were . Neither will give up , and , like Billy Black , each says , " 1 never gives nothing up . " On Tuesday , great events we * e expected—; hat being the day ou which the votes for the new Constitution were to be counted . Ti Whig House and the Locofoco House met at different places—they would not even get drunk at the same tavern . This was prudent . The X . oeofocos have inquired of the Governor " lor what he has called out the military ? " The Governor has not yet replied to this puzzling question ,

      and it is probable that it will be referred tn the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia for solution . The troops are not allowed to appear in the « ireet « of Harrisburg , unless accompanied by their officers , marching double quick step . This arises from the jealougy entertained by the officers of the men . The latter are handsome fellows , and the girls would fall in love with them . Now , the offiow ? want to have a monopoly of the women ' smiles ; hence the restriction , unless they share tbe bon dons and have the pick of the pretty oues . To be serious

      this marching a body of troops upon Harrisburg is tbe greatest farce of all the farces wbicb have yet taken place . If the two parties at Harrisburg had been permitted to thra-h each other ' s jackets till they could not stand , something good would come out of it . Both Whigs and Locofocos have behaved ( as Sir Anthony Absolute says ) " like a couple ot d—d scoundrels . " Is it not a shame that the peace of a great state should be thus disturbed by two sets of rascally politician ! " —quarrelling , lying , drinking , swearing , and cheating for the spoils of office ? for that , after all , is the real bone of contention .

      MEXICO . The famous castle of Vera Craz , which has been accounted impregnable , surrendered tn the French flag on the 27 tb ult ., after a bombardment of five hours and a half . ^ fc

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 12, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1040/page/3/