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      CANADA . lAverpeol , Saturday Evening . The Kevr York packet « Mp , England , wMch left that city « n the 3 d insU , arrived at this pert this morning . She brings-some late and interesting aeirs irom Canada , the principal features of which are detailed in the following extracts from The New York Daily Express : — Advices from-London to the 4 th Jannary had readied New York when the England \ e % and several packets were then daily expected . \ From The New York Daily Express of the 281 A . J

      HIGHLY 1 XP 0 BTAXT FROM THE FROSTIER . From the Albany Argus of yesterday , and an extra of the Qjwndago Standard of the 23 d , we have accounts of sudden movements against Canada . The whole frontier is represented to be in a stated lie greatest excitement , and extensive preparations are said to be making along the line for immediate hosti&fies . \ Fe haTe irem time te time given accounts of the assembling of bedies 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 frentieris now assuming aaore serious aspect than everbefore . We shall not be sorprised to learn in a few days , that the hostile parties have crossed into Canada at several points . Ths movements in the neighbourhood of Detroit may have been intended to draw © ff the British fortes from the lower province and Kingston , so as tol » ave the wnole snore of lake Ontario open to attack . Quiet prevailed at Montreal on the 23 d , bu » apprehensions existed that Kingston , or some other town on the lake , was soon to be attacked

      [ From the Albany Argus . ] 'Ogdessburgh , Fib . 22 . —I have just travelled through these counties and arrived here last night , and am surprised to find that such extensive preparatjons fiave been made , and that , too , without exciting any public attention until within the last day or . two . It seems , however , that individuals nave been for some time past engaged in scouring the country with sleighs , and are soliciting proxisions and ' property of every description for the poor Canadians , who , it was represented , had been driven from their names , « fcc . Yarious accounts are given f the state of public feeling in Canada , some saying that the people there are collecting and making

      preparations to assist m the movement from this side , and -others representing the great mass of the population there a » loyaL However t > ii < mav be . there can be no doubt that a movement is in contemplation from some point between this and French Creek , and from all accounts it may be ah energetic one , and such an one as will be likely to provoke aggressions from the other side . Erery bodr that 1 have seen for the last two or three days at ~ allthe taverns , < £ c , seems to expect that 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 wav over the river . " " ~ -

      ~ A sleigh load of the principal citizens here have gone up with the view to dissuade their fellow-drizeps from engaging in such an enterprise , but they think with Irttle chance of success , now that the matterbas proceeded so far . " General Wool has been written to , I understand , and is daily expected , but nas not yet been heard from . r 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 the coxmtrv . and . as it were , under the face and eyes of the pnblic authorities , we may well apprenend a serious attempt at retaliation , and a consequent broil with our neighbours . " The folio wine is an extract of a letter from one of she citizens alluded to in the preceding extract , who rode to lie scene of excitement It is dated Ogdensbnrgh , Feb , 22 , ten at night : —

      " At Morristown we received information on which we can rely , that the garnering of the people was at French . Creek , Jefferson county , exclusively We also learn that the number collected there -was 4 . 000 or 5 , 000 , and that they began to move at daylight that morning Tor Kingston- ~ "At Prescort and BroctriHe there are several hundred men under arms night and dav . expecting an attack . " * If the patriots should not keep their foothold at French Creek , -we may expect retaliatory mea-sures . , . " We now learn that the preparation has been wry extensive , united , and secret "

      Extract from another letter of the same date : — ¦ fe It was Teported here last evening that a patriot force had made a stand on St . John ' s Island—one of the i Thonsand Islands '—near Gananoque . about Slrv miles above this place , and twenty below ' Kingston . _ From Tarionx corroborating circumstances , we think it not tmlikelj that some move has taken place in fliai quarter . It is said that the force amounted to about ^ fifteen hundred , well supplied with arms , amn ; nirion , and ordnance ; and that the highest degree of confidence was felt of their ability to resist any force that could be brought aeains ' t them . " - " General Scott arrived at Buffalo on the 23 d , and left immediately for Michigan . ( From 1 he Onondago Standard , Extra , Feb . 23 . ) - ' IMPORTANT NEWS FROM CANADA .

      By die northern mail of this evening we have received the following highly interesting ' news from the - seat of war" in Upper Canada , which we hastpn tolay before our reader * . The letter is from our frontier correspondent , and its statements may bereEedon : — - JTalerioum , Feb , 22 , 5 rcIocJOij p . m . _ u Dtta Sibs , —I arrived here last evening , and kraa ahigh ? tate of feeling on the state of Canada affairs . The paariot forces were concentrated at French Creek , on the St . Lawrence , twenty miles north of tMs place . To-day it is said they have crossed over to Hiekery Island , in the Canada channel of the St Lawrence . Their number is varinnsiv

      estimated—from 500 to 2 , 000 men . Their intended movement orpointof attack is only conjectured . It a , said to be Kingston by some ; by others , that their object is to make a stand on Canadian ground , to * rre confidence to the people in favour of a revolution , and when sufficient force shall have joined the aj mdard , then to act on the offensive , and adopt such plan , as ehall bethonght advisable . ' ' Thepeople of Kingston are in a high state of exaumsent and anxiety . They anticipate an attack , and have barricaded their streets—raised ice breast- ' Torts m front of the town , on the river—keep up a ¦ nalant policeand what force they- can muster

      , tmder arms . Some little apprehension is felt by the nwrner towns than an attack may be made by the loyalists in case the patriots should hazard a battle and be driven back . Orders are . therefore , being lened , railing out the militia . The prospect is , mew w 31 be stirring times here for a few days . A rumour has reached here that General Wool tas been ordered on to Sacketta Harbour , which fires some relief to those whose fears have beeri « xated about an attack from the Canadians , or rather the Indians , who have been called in to the defence « j _ Kingston , to the number of two or three tondred .

      •* P . S . Since the above was received we have seen « cd conversed with several gentlemen from Oswege , « io left thatplace this -morning afterfiie arrival of ^ backetts-harbouT mail , which brought the eraorymg news that the patriots hadleft Hickory Island < ommous name ) , and taken possession of BrockvOlfi , -Lpper Canada , » large vfflaee on the St Lawrence nver , opposite Momstown , St Lawrence county , twelve miles above Ogdensburgh , Kberating all the patriot prisoners in the Brockville gaoL and taking a large quantity of flour and other provisions , < fcc . ; and that it was the intention of the patriots to Proceed towards Kingston , taking possession of ftescot and villages on their onward march . " . ^ tteveland ( OHo ) Advertiser , extia , ofihtZlst wsUhas a letter dated Detroit , Teb . 16 , to the effect ; JP \ an Renggelaet , Suthfirland , and Preeland were ttenm Detroit , "the tirstincogjiito , and that Dun-« Jmbe was also there ; that the mSitia ordered out OX \ TfT \ PTVi \ H *« rt * Y «« # 4 lnfM > j ; - _ T- _ 3 * At

      posed sympafeies with-ae patriots ; fBSt the only rorcethen embodied for the preservation of neu-S ^ J TO&campany flf Umted S tates troops sta-S 011 ^ 3 ? Gibraltar ; that the patriot force is sta-JmedI along flat frontier from 1 , 500 to 2 , 000 strong : Mid flat a descent would be made by them on panada as early as the Sunday or Mondayfollowing ?« e ^ nbomhood of Fort Maiden . The AdbeV «*»¦ ; extra , has also the following-in a postcript : " Tntwn- ¦ "Vetroit i Saturday , FebA 7 . fitttn » ^ fS ™ *** 3 ^ st reached here this morning P ^ vSS ^ r ^ M ; ^^^ - Th ^ -entered the g ^^ w Maiden , according ^ to pre ^ ous : ^ & ***»* & * . must be taken for what it I *

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      farther attempt on the Canadas . The excitement here for the last three days has been greater than at any time during the last war , and we are all glad thatit is ended . ** E ^ ght companies of our militia are ordered out , 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 . ' " Yonrsjrtc" . ( From the Express of the 1 st . ) FROM THE yROKTIER . The report of the capture of Brockville , which we published yesterday , is not confirmed by later dates fc- ^ fT nw orfomnf r \~ r \ ¦ fli * i r /" " "" iTlR ^ fl Q . TilP PVCltPTHPnt

      received to-day . It is saad that a considerable force has assembled on Grindstone Mand , opposite Gananoque , a small island "belonging to the United States . Preparations have been "made at Kingston to repel anrattack oa-that place . The 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 rnmour , like a thousand others , which the excited state of feeling along the line have given rise 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 d : —

      " Buffalo Star Office , Saturday , Feb . 24 , 6 j p . m . " IMPORTANT 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 arrived 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 hands 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 . 1 i . ) It is reported that the patriots in the neighbourhood of the Manme Bay have concentrated their straggling parties , and ' made a bold dash into Canada , crossing on the ice , and entering 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 . ) TheTollewingletter was received bv this morning's mail from a gentleman , " a resident of . this city , now in Detroit , whose statements are made from personal pbservation , and may be relied upon as correct : —

      "Detroit , Friday , Feb . 16 . " I have just passed from Lower Sandusky to th s city , and have collected all thtfinformation as te the plans , the strength of the patriots , and also the means of reastance with which they are to be opposed by the provincial government . . _ , ' ¦ " General Van Rensselaer is here in person , though he appears only incog ., and Sutherland and Freeland 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 the necessary munitions of war . Jew . however , of the soldiers are to be found in the principal towns , but are dispersed through the

      interior , 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 . Dispatched were sent yesterday to different quarters , the object of which , as is supposed , was to collect and march , to the 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 ? ippn Canada as early as Sonday 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 . to the at

      ^ In relation force Maiden , it is variously estimated at from fire 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 morning that the patriots crossed over to the Canada shore last evening with a strong force . They entered the province below Maiden , according to previous arrangement . . [ FROM THE SAME PAPER 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 . Largabodies of men are-assembled , and it is obviously their intention to make an attack upon several points at about the same time . The British force is now yery strong , and any attempt to invade either province would undoubtedly be defeated .

      UPPER CANADA . Extract from a letter dated Toronto , February 15 th , 1838 : _ " Mr .-Roaf , Congregationalist minister here , refused to billet six Tory volunteers which were sent to his residence for that purpose , and though oblieed 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 earned off forty-two dollars in furniture , audV- told him that six more would be sent to-morrow . m . s yet they havenotdoneso . He is the man for them . The prisoners , of whom upwards of 400 are in gaol suffering the keenest privations , are miserabl y in want of clothing , many of them not having received a change since their confinement Many are sick , not a few dead , and the allowance in " victuals ia 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 poble man . He has three scars in his breast , - and is groaning under the heavy irons which bind himto the floor of his dungeon . " The Reported 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 tune the detachments there were iimtter ignorance of any such event If it had 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 U altogether silent as to any such battle . "

      ( FROM THE DETROIT DAILY ADVERTISER , FEB . 13 . ) We 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 State ?) , 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 PAPER . ) We 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 river at this city is now frozen over . We have also a slight covering of snow , which makes tolerable sleighing . 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 , 6 fL 6 ndon , Upper Canada , who was severely wounded and taken prisoner on board the schooner Ann at Amsterdam , died in prison at

      - Maiaen last week . Vt . Theller and Colonel Dodge , who were also wounded , had so far recovered that they were removed to Toronto gaol last week . " The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser of the 20 th saya 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 devMng 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 , ° 4 ^ examination was not concluded on that day . The Buffalo Journal says : — " Business men , on this side of the : Niagara river , complain of the impossibility 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 mnrdera on board the Caroline has been in the city during the past week ) , the tradesmen of Buffalo or Black Hock , whose customers 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 Tery convenient way of eyading the payment of debts /' The Lexvistm Telegraph and Advocate , of Feb . 20 ,. says : — - Yesterday , Government dispatches from Sandwich reached the commanding officers on the Canada frontier « t Niagara , and last night 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 Waterton was broken open last evening , and some 500 , mnskete taken out . Fairbanks , who is the keeper , has offered a reStard of 250 doDkrs for fte Tecpverj of them . - Tierebegms tote soine excitement hereinpon tha subjectof tfanada . Blanj load * of men and- provisions have been and are now passing here- "for the north . Some ef them have called at the different ttoxeiior power , and hav » bought all that wjte for « ale bj thelteg . . Whether it w 2 } tpiovait \ o anything or no we cannot determine .

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      , [ Th p reportis , that there is i coiwiderabk x » c * en the frontierin Jefferson county , and that a <[ psceEi upon Canada , at same point , u contemplated . We donot it however . ] V ' . FiioM Toronto . —A correspondent of the Roches ter Democrat writes from Hamilton , Upper Canada : rj : C * !*""* ^ there was a mob in Toronto among he Queen s loyal subjects , four of whom were Jcilledand mnny more wounded . _ We learaalso from the gentleman who received this letter , that Mr . Parker ' s counsel is now of the opinion that he cannot escape conviction . ¦ - F'I * K *» ViiTW \ T ^^» 4 ix « T- « 1 , a-. \ Z ~ . s * __— . Jl J~— -Vl _ . L ~ . ll

      ¦ . ¦ ' FROM LOWER CANADA . The Montreal Herald of the 20 th insinuates that j randBrule 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 > nson should be visited -vrith 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 manifestationa of loyalty since the St . Charles affair , is said to have looked the officer in the face , smiled , and brought his hand to his heart significantly , remarking , " Monsieurvouz savez oue

      , le cceur ne changej ' amais . " 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 , ; and martial law is in force in the most populous district of Lower Canada . We wish ^' thanksgiving 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 steam-boat , Caroline , highly applauding 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 pught . As for the assertion that we had been 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 . Speaker M'Nab said , it is not a 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 can 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 . Scott , \ rliose presence on the

      frontier was ostensibly to put a stop to the piratical and hostile proceedings of their people . And 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 they have committed . They have been as much iu a state of war against the-provinceas it is possible for any people to be , and I hope it will be plainly and unhesitatingly expressed , that they may see and be convinced that

      tneir conducts well understood , and that they are held in contempt and defiance . He ( the Speaker ) would just mention an instance of duplicity on the part of the renowued General Arcularius—a fact that came within his own knowledge . That dis ^ tmguished personage , meeting upon the road a detachment of recruits conveying a piece of ordnance which was destined for the service of belligerents upon Navy Island , questioned the party as to what they were going to do . " Oh ! wr are only goin ° : 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 , which , 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 . Beuja-: min Wells , for saying that ( he American authorities not only favoured and encouraged the proce ^ diB ^ s of those rebels and traitors , but actually assisted them .

      m 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 especial 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 . L nder his guidance Canadians would rush forward to battle and to viCTOry ( hear !) . Mr . Speaker M'Nab felt perfectly satisfied that there was 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 have 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 which no mention is made of any further warlike movement in that quarter . General Brady was organizing a force to repress any attempt that might be made bv our citizens on Canada . The Rochester Denwcrut 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 Washington , Feb . 1 i , Sattmlay Night . A melancholy affair has taken place among the great men of the nation . Cilley , or Maine , hasheeu killed in a duel to-day by Graves , of Kentucky . It appears that Colonel Webb , 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 laws of duelling , which challenge he accented .

      I ney fonghtwith rifles , agreeably to the request of Cffley , I believe , first three times without injury : the fourth fire Cilley was shot through the body , the ball dividing the principal artery leading to the heart He placed his hand upon the part where the ball entered , exclaiming "I am wounded !" gasped two ot three times , and expired . Graves not injured Great excitement prevails , as you may suppose . The bod y of Cilley was brought in , and carried to his lodgings between fire and six this afternoon .

      ( From the TVashington Correspondent of the New York Daily Express . ) : Washington , Feb . 27 , Tuesday Evening . The last offices 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 House * of Congress adjourned as a testimony ef regard to the memory if 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 sting of death , and to wipe out the reproach of the manner of the 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 house 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 probably more than 600 people . The two flags over the two wings of the Capitol were kept at half-mast during the day . and the city seemed to have been almost a city of the dead . x * ^^ , ud ? e i f P reme Court refused to attend Mr . Cilley s funeral , giving as a reason the fact that ne was killed in a personal rencontre .

      TEXAS . x > * v v « , New Orleans , Feb . 2 Q . i By the br ^ Opelousas , Captain Collins , arrived last evening from Vera Cruz , we have information of the sailing of a Mexican fleet , for the purpose of blockading the ports of Texas . The fleet consisted of one ship , one bng , and two schooners ; they left Vera Cruz on the 6 th instant . The Opelousds bnngs papers and dispatches for the Mexican minister . : By this' arrival and that of the schooner Creole , from Taxnpico ,. upward * of 45 , 000 dollars in specie has been received .

      MEXICO . The schooner Creole , Captain Pormer , airired yesterday , bnngs us recent dates from Tampico and other Mexican cities .. With regard to political movemBnts at Tampico , every thing remained traiqtul ; but considerable animation odstedm commerce in spite of the small quantity of merchandise m this place , and foreign goods were in treat d » -

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      !? S ! FhtCr ^ 0 ! e ^ ought no newspapers , and our » oruiation is , pruu ; i pally derived from privately tew . une of these mention that the state of Sonoro uaa pronounced decidedly in favour of the system of federal government , a * d was employing everV effort to ensure successtoits design . * i ~ - : ^ v Aether correspondent informs iis that a French fleet wa ^ crinsing near the harbour of Vera Cruz . 1 he motives of the maritime expedition were un-Known . ¦¦ --: ; . ¦ ¦ .. ; . ¦ : :. ' . ;• ¦ , ¦ . .. ¦¦ . ¦"• , •• - . ; : ¦ .: ¦¦ ' ¦ - . ¦ - ¦'•' . ' ; The Creole brings 42 , 000 d ^ Uars in specie , consigned partly to commercial houses , and partly to individuals in this city , - ¦ ^ - ^ .- *^ .- ...,-: . . , . . ' , — . ,

      FROM MONTEVIDEO . ^ Captaiii Treat , of the brig ; Got , ernor Brooks , at Holmes s Holei from Montevideo , December 10 , rntes to ^ tessTs . Topliff , that the revolutibn in the IJanda Oriental yras not obhcludect ' when ; he left ; It was however , supposed that a speedy end would 1 ) 6 P ^ *?^ ^ the friends of the insurgent chief would _ withdraw their influence in his favour , should ^ V ^ fore the end of December * come to a ge ^ neral battle vrith the , government forces : A battle would decide the business immediately , and tranquillity would consequently he restore ! Th \ government forces were 2 , 500 strong , and the oppo-Advices from Chili speak of imp" ortant advantaged gamed by the Chmans % ver the ; f eruviaiw .--S « Lourter ,

      RLmnip , March l 7 . ^ The aspect of the war in the south contmues highly favourable to the coustituWlarms . . Thehistory of BasiHo siiic ^ I wrote SfUf , . " v ° t P' -ises and defeate . At Almaden hehad to fly before the approach of Mendez Vigo ' s troops , who marched timely to the relief of that place . It is understood that the main , works have sustained no injury from his short visit tliftr » '

      ¦ JJn ven , back from Almaden ., and thas defeated in his intention ^ of entering into Estremadura , he returned on- Valdepenas with the ; hope of bein » able to make his escape into Arragon . Lthrougn Cuenca . . Here he was nietby GeneraTFlinterj who in a few hours , and with an inferior force , drove him out of the strong town of Valdepenas , with the loss of several killed , and 200 prisoners ; Flinter continues in pursuit of him . I send you the dispatches relating to these points : which are as foliow ;—

      Brussels , Mauch 21 .- ^ In showing himself ready to sign the twenty-four articles . King : William haii doubtless been moved by many important considerations . The first is the necessity of allayihg tlie . storm which is beginning to murmur among the people , who . are crushed under the weight of the public burdens , a storm of which the preliminary indications have several times manifested themselves even in the Stale ' s : G eneral , which are in general 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 tardy he may appear uld

      ana we sno be astonished if lus obstinacy should even be commended in . the approachuig conference a « prudent delay . The third is his thorough coiiviction that this acceptance will not a little embarrass Belgium , on account of the enorihpus burden which the twenty-four articles are pleased to impose on us . The fourth is to get the sums required for his-year ' s expenditure voted , and which he could not have obtained otherwise , whatever niay be' said . It remains to be seen whether Belgium is still inclined to an arrangement of which it does not feel itself to be in want ; we do not tlunk it is .

      Amstkp . dam , . MAncH 22 . —The joyful news that his Majesty the King of the Netherlands lias accepted the twenty-four articles is cbnfirmei from all quarters . The state of the exchange at Amsterdam , and the accounts published by our own and foreign journals , take away all dpubt on the subject . Nothihg is required bu t an official announcement from the government of the Netherlands , which we have in vam 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 has already been communicated to the cabinets interested . We burselveg imagine that this silence is to be ascribed to a kiml 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 , wo suppose , doubts of the truth of the news . ¦ - '¦ : ,

      New York , March l .--The banks of New Yori have agreed to resume specie payments on the 15 th , arid the Bank of the United States on the 16 th May . The exchange on England bad 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 niode of election not legal , has yoted upon a question of its competency . Thirtyone deputies pronounced in favour of the competency , and only 22 against it . Onenieinber was not present . The constitutional opposition ¦¦ only- wcii ^ i for the other two divisions [ for in Hanover , as in England

      , members vote three times on the same bill ] to . quit the Cha » ober . As nineteen tbwfis , borpaghs , or corporations ^ did not take any part in the ilTegal election , refusing to recognise the patent of theDukc of Cumberland , tiie retreat of the twenty-two dissenting members will render all further deliberation impossible , the Chamber not being in sufficient number to deliberate . If the liberal towns and borOughs which refused ^ to proceed to election had chosen members , the majority would have been on the constitutional side . The best that is to be hoped is , a dissolution de facto , in consequence of the retreat of the constituEional members . The Court is endeavouring to

      corrupt as many deputies as possible , and spends money in profusion , or promises honours , places and dignities . Unfortunately several 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 outfiirmly against the Orange King . Nearly tvrelye vacancies of prpfessorships in the University pf Gfottingen it has been found impossible to fill up ; Out of the twenty universities in Germany , not one single professor will consent to proceed to Gpttingen under the auspices of the Duke of Cumberland . Honour to the learned men of Germany i—Lefter in the Chroiiicle ^

      Hutt Povicb ;——On Friday week , Joseph Brumen , a German lad , 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 assault . Margaret Bailey , on being sworn , deposed that the prisoner came to his brother ' s house on Saturday , and again onVyednesday , and when she ordered him to leave . the place , he refused , and struck her . A boy , called as a witness , corroborated this evidence . The poof ehild ,: 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 borderspf Switzerland to instruct him in clock machinery , but that through the influence of the '' , complainarit , whom he had in keeping ^ he had treated him in the mbst ^ uni feeling and brutal manner . ThelVlagistra ^ es . dismissed the charge , telling' the boyV he : must not strike again , but if'ill-used , come- and make his complaint to them ; In answer to a qvrestiori'frotn the lad's sister / Mrs . Drescher , Mr , Parker said they must claim relief for him from the V ^ ork House ; and then the Guardians , would bring the brother before them , and they could decide the case ; He thought that he ought eit ^ r to treat him properly j and profide for him ,- Or send him back to his own country .

      Charge against the Harbour Master . T ^ On Saturday j moraipg , Mr . "WIbIIs ; solicitbr , appeared on behalf of J $ r ; Bell , shipping agent , to ? refer a complaint against Mr . G-oollng Clark , the larbour Master , for causing unnecessary delay and 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 pf much' importance , underwent a long investigation , whiehmay he thus briefly stated , Mr . Wells detailing the facts aa they afterwards appeared in evidence r—^ Mr . Bell wa ? the agent for the Neptune , and on Thursday , the 15 th

      Match , made application to Mr . Clark , for an order to the captain of the Gazette jx > remove his vessel , as she was laid up for repairs , and occupied Va berth which prevented the landing of gobd 3 from other packet ? . This Mr . Clark refosed , stating ; that the owners of the Gazelle would rather- pay the fine twice over than allow bier to be ; removed ; biut he might take the Neptune to the North Quay ^ or id the berth of the London which she should leave on Saturday . On Friday , the NTeptune arrived , and 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 remored outoide of

      tt \ e bazellcy and took the oerth . of the London ^ 6 ji on Saturday , by which means she had not &e pjiancfe pf . delivering her cargo ^ with out employing sit extra hands , atiil then had to ship part ' -- -Qf he ? ; other cargo on Sunday morning . The ¦ rep& 8 voj th ^ Gazelle could hare been ; Earned ouc ' " ft * well in another berth ¦ ' sui that occupied by her ,- and if ' they could have got the Jtftptune into > her place , \ the whole of her cargo ^ . p ^ fd / ii&Te / . ^ e ^^ deiiTer ^ " % noon on Friday . Mr ; ' Sidebottom appfeattd ipr ihe defence , but did not in ffie alighteat degrce-tpuch tne principal feature * of the" case ., ¦ The . MagiBtqrktfs rebred to their priTite . room , and on returning ^ aft ^ r * short consul ^ tionV into cwurt , the May ^ considered the complaint as fuUjp proved , * nd ^ con ^ victedthe defeadanf iathe « um of i ; 5 . and . jU . costs , " ^ : '¦ : "¦ ' ' . ¦¦' : . '¦ . ¦ ¦• - . ' . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' - -

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      . THA ^ ES ^ iCE ^ A poor ; woman , named Ann najs who appeared to be ¦ in a -t 4 « -v destiW SSS ^^ WSaS ' mmmm ^ M ^ M ^ h ^ ery-court , Shadwell , and on SaturdayS S ^ W # •' - *** JT * i * relieviDg-dHcer ? . ^ S ^? D ^ ^ m ° n > and representedher distressed conditiouto him . He gave : her one quarterh loaf " and-toldher she and her husband must apply for add ^ onal Tehqf to the , authorities of ' StBotol ^

      ^ ithout , Aldgate , m which she and her husband had a legal setttetnent . She waited on Mr . Mander the church-warden of Aldgajte , who said that she and her husband and child ought to be relieved , but nothipg could be done for her until she yras passed from Sbadwell to Aldgate . She waited on Mr . Sergeant again on Monlay , and was then accom- ' panied by her husband . . They represented to him what Mr * Mander ha ) j saisl , 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 oh during the week by . pawning the last article , and begging a little from and

      one a little from another ; Having nothing to eat either for herself or child , she went to ^ e relieving-ofncer again that iubrnvng . and he said he had nothing to do with her and he would not Telieve her or pass her . Mr . Broderip said , he was afraid he could not interfere in the matter People were coming to the office every hour complaihing pf their distressed condition , and there really was a great deal 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 potatol Mr . Broderip . —Is there no workiin the docks xi 6 w ' ?^ -d

      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 than a month , and his wages are always very low , scarcely sufficientto keep 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 woman . —Yes , Sir , they would relieve me , only I can't get passed from Shadwell . I would not have come here , if I was not in great want , 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 : direGted oiheer to ¦

      an go to him with the woman , and see-if something could not be done with the familyv 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 persohs , and that they should not want ; h * believed that was the wish of the commissioners , and he was sure the rate-payers did not . want to see their fellow - creatures perishing at this time . The family ought to be relieved , if the man could get no employment . 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 family an order to go into the workhouse until they could be passed to Aldgate ^ Mr . Broderip . —I am very glad of it

      LA . MCASHIRE Coroners . —By a recent parliamentary return to the House of Commons , there would appear to be the following coroners for the 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 b » rough of Wigan , appointed pursuant to the municipal corporations' act ; one for the liberty of Furiiess , appointed by the Duke of Buccleugh ; one for the I riiaiior of / Walton-lerDaleappointed by Sir

      , Henry Bold Houghton , Bart , lord of the manor ; one for the manor of Hale , appointed by J . I- Blackburrie , Esfq . 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 consequentl y differ greatly in amount , some having little more than a nominal offict ) , whilst others are almost fully occupied in the duties of the office . '

      CAtJTioN to Factory "Masters . —Mr . Saunders the Factory Inspector ,, has announced his determination to -prosecute : every employer who does not allow his hands under the age of eighteen years one full ' hour and a hatf ^^ for meaLsy between the time of commencing yrork ; in the morning ) ^ » nd 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 Response to Lord Howick ' s Call for Popular Demonstration of DiscoNTENt .--On Sunday se ' nnight a destructive lire broke out in the outhouses of Pentrefelin , a farm which Mr .

      Jenkins , of Blaenyplwyf Ystrad , in the county of Cardigan , holds ; the fire was discovered about one o ' clock in the morning , raging with majestic fury in its work of devastation . The out-houses , together withthe live stock , which consisted of two valuable hprses , ten cows , heifers , &c , in all amounting to twenty , were completely destroyed by the devouring element . It is generally supposed ' that the houses were set Oh fire by an incendiary , as-their igniting in any other way was almost , if not alto ^ gether an impossibility ; ,. besides , there are many other circuuistances connected with this sad event , which amount to a strong proof in favour of that opinion . Mr . Jenkins is a Guardian of

      theAberayron 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 haye . been destroyed , and his life once or twice endangered , before this evil-foreboding calamity happened ; and subsequentl y to it a sheep of his , with a stone tied to its neck , was thrown into a r iver and drowned . There have been several other instances of hostility ; evinced towards some of the Guardians of the Abetayron Union ; and there

      is ho wonder , as the leading and ruling men amph » th ^ m are officers lately returned from the army , who are totally unacquaintedwita theicircurastances of the poor , and are as much concerned about their being in a state of starration as th « Bashaws of Somerset House . Under the « rd of Elizabeth , crimes were hardly kHown in this neigabpurhobd ; 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 perpetratora haye as yet , escaped undetected .

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      -THE IQRTHERN STAR

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      SATURDAY , MARCH 31 , 1838 . " SLASHING HARRY . " No fact more striking or melanchol y than those changes which we daily find worked in great minds by circumstarices of a completely personal nature Perhaps there is no man of the preseat day who has so strikingly evinced a detennination to be a great man ; ^ per fiu out ne / ds ^ as Harry Lord Broughaji ; neither is there one who has so

      completely sacrificed all principle . at the shrine of selfishness , vanity , and conceit . From a hrawling and yiolent : € oiBmoner , he has now settjed down into the habits ^ the marinera , and the customs of that Order ^ whojiiying upo ^ prostitutioh and venality , are most BenBitiyely alive to all the horrors of agitation . The ^ ancient ; Demagogue does not forget the ladder b y which he reached his present elevation ; neither is he-unmindful of the continuous and awful

      danger ; by which , each rung was ^ surrounded upon his aiijent . . He has reached the top ; he knows the means by whicfc he attained the passport , and he is aw ^ revjhat every pledge by which each * tep was gainedjhas been Tiolated ; and eveiy promise broken . No mati questions his profound learning ; btit , like an open knife in the infant hand , he lacks judgment : to guide him in , the proper use of it- — -like : tHje man in

      nthe i sopg : yho was pejrpetuaUy getting into scrapes by the ungoyetnapleness of ^^ bJs ' StJeamArm , ' sohas ^' Ss ^ SHi ^ o Harry '' been a cpinplete victim-tp his Steam tongue . How many by-gone Demagogue * would . ^ Ung ly recal those ^ wkward- ^ which ^ ; ppp ^ lariigr ,-and ; distinction ^ and : placey ahd I emoluinent , have ! been ^ ^ neijiared ; Vut iti the case ; of JLord Bx t > troiHi ; M i ^ eimpressbTi ^ as toodeepy and tthe ? 2 ect too indelible , to adrcit of erasure . ¦ '¦; Ntfc

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      no ; : the menpf Yortshire cannot easily / forget ^ homely lemons learned froni ; their first great School * masterj when he kvw abroad ; but lest &e Nobfe Lord . himself , sM isrhis custom , should have mereljstrung eloquent phrases together for the oceasion- ^ and lest he should' have forgotten ^ tfiose doctrines , which ; he inculcated , We : shall ^ ead his mind to a consideration ofy a reflection upbnnw one day ' s tour from York to Sheffield ; We ^ are induced to adopt this courserin consequence oftfe : portentoas horror ^ which ; Slashing Harry " has recentl y . expressed ^ in the Hous ^" . of ^ Lords at the language ^ d by the Rev /^ r . Stephens in ^ J upuncing the Poor Law Amendment Act fie tttn * quotes ^ Mr . Stephens : — ; : -

      . " Undoubtedly there waa no lack of assertion ¦ thpr « i , ' ' dehciency _ oXwtupenrtion . There was no lack of & ^? "" r reprehensum of t £ e system , and of those b y ^ om "K ducted ; aye , of vehemeat' Wons , blobdS ^ « S reprehenaion ; and that not by laymen , but b ySof ^ ^ rdsluOTV that wluch be was abo ut to ; rtete . It Was ^ cult to believe that any being ia a human form could S such aentunent 3 ui sach langua ge as had been uttered by- * clergyman , not of the church of England certaiulyS by * clergyman , the Rer . Mr . Ste phens ^ at a meeting SlF ^ t Hartshead-moor to petition for the repeal of the " Poor Li * Amendment Act , and had been thus described in a Le& £ ffia ^ ofvfe ^ read extracte from Ma ^ a ChS . ^^ K . ; . ttad b ^? Pa ** d without Wool it Si

      . « Z - U II - ¦ bloM' bnt " Woodhad beenihsd , blood shpuldnptbe wanting to bring it back again . Sooner ttato s ^ fSR ^^^ ss ^^ Basf Sf ^ V " ^ :- » W * - Sooner ^ tha n su ffe r his ^ iSror W f £ from Km , he would plunge a dagger intor- « gheartof the man who attempted it . They were not th ^ eto reason Or to argue or to ainp % on th / ouestion , ' b ut ^ were determined not to have the bill either \ n wholeorin S ^^? .. ^ i P . \ eor ^ P ctice > either in iU head or in ita ^ S je in its tail the tee

      i > T& 7 ^ Ti * r ^ T sting nor fi * ia iu jaws but they would plunge a sword into the entraila , aS dig a pitaa deep as hell , and out of the Whig filth androttett-« and detestable and damnable doctrhies and ££ & £ they would tumble it aU into" the pit . He wouldhiSJ ^ SS any ta ^ es towards that bill . If it was to be the law , he vffl ^ W - ' ^ U F ^ to be a law for the poo ^ then he would say by the Goq who made lt £ poor , there should be no law for the rich . " At another mpetin ^ the s ame reverend gentleman was thus reported — " He . said what he did not-from the impulse or whWb £ the ; mo , ment » fw he knew there was a government spy in theiooin . . and-ithe did not take the words down he kn ? w they 3 appewin the pubhp press , and that Lord John Ruskeu wouS haw the opportunity of seeing thern . fCheers . V . Hp ^ m

      say let them . have no factories' regulation bill alone , thermtist light for both bUls at once / If they would , not grant tbim , h » would say ' down with the mills . ' ; ( Cheers . ) " On another occasion the same individHal talked of those " institutiona which-were once ; the pride of ifee country , the envy of suxrounamg . nations , and the admiration of the world , " aa havine been " destroyed b y the infernal Poor Law Bill , and & fiendish supportera . " "I ask , " said the reverend gentleman . ; the rich to paiise : I ask irhat wm be the effect of the law m Mandheflter ? II you receive it , you must give up the boot of GodJroin . yoiir pulpit , and the prayer-book from your reading desk ; they cannot stand together ; for the devais-not mow opposed to the Almighty than isTthe New Poor Law to his W .-word

      . ' - Surely such language as that , uttered by a Chris&rt clergyman , jf not actually blasphemous , was m thehiffhest degree unholy and irreverent . ; The reverend gentleman pro ^ cpeded to say , — " And there is another old law which declares tha , *; . man «• » felon for . taking that which he needs to -satLsfy ; his hunger . " There never was any such law . there might be extenuating circumstancea in a Tobbery , but s zdh ± bery was always a punishable act . After exclaiming , " I tell Lord John that the Poor Law in the law of devils , and that ifc ought tobeand wDl be resisted to death : . » and after utterbi « a great deal more of very inflammatory mat tea- ; Mr . Step hen ^ went on— "In my town of Ashton— " Now he ( Lord Brouithaui ) knew Ashton . It was an extensive nlace . The inhabitants

      were very ingenious and industrious , but they" were very excitable . And , as > e had already observed , most excitemenV existed against the New Poor Law where' it was least known . » t ^; ' . town of VAshton , " said Mr . Stephens , " when aiarcn , conies we are determined i on our course . Let the man who dare Ho it accept the office of Guardian , we are aetermined ' an eyefor an eye , a tooth for a tooth , ' man ior man . It shall be blood for blood , so help us Sod and oat ¦

      rtoreprehensible wlien the speaker clothed his sentiments in laii piage such , as ho human lips ought to utter above all were they reprehensible ¦ when such gross mLirepresentations , expressed m such term » , proceeded from a minister of the gospel of peace , who borrowpd his illustrations from the Bible , & reading-desk , and the pulpit , who with abominable profamtr perverted the . docjtrine of ^' peace on earth arid good-will towards men" to the vile purpose of exciting Ma hearers to not , insurrection , and blood-shed ; and who , as in reludous mattershwmfluencemight , perhaps , be great , nodonbthoped that in secular affairs that influence would not be small .: ( Bean hear . V One writer in a provincial journal , described the Poor Law Commission as-a- " cruel Cerberus ; a tbiee ^ headed mo » i ater ; a deva-king over the inmatea of the national prison . " '

      The Noble Lord took the report of the Leed Mercury as his authority for Mr . Stephen's speech at Hartehead Moor , in which there ivas scarcely one word of truth ; \ 9 ith regard to those expressions said to be delivered at Manchester we subscribe to their accuracy , their valqe , and their importance . And . now , to place the ; diary or * mountebank . Reclaimer looking for " popularity ; Jto betray the trust , in juxta-pos'ition with the comparatively mild words of the Christian ininister ^ ndvv indeed , to horrify the Noble Lords , and the Noble School-master himself , by the recollections of his own iniquities . ^ Slashing Harry '' commenced bi day at Yprkj where he preached blood and desolation , regretting that the nation was bound ! in a

      recognizance of £ 80 Q , 000 , 000 to keep the peacei lie proceeded thence to Leeds , and there contuinect to inflame the minds of the people . E [ e continued his tour to Halifax , where having consider ably evaporated , —and , as thfere is but a ' step between " the ridiculous and sublime , —he told : his heareri that " he was the boy for cheap beer , and cheap beer the people should have . " To Elland next Dont Quixote journeyed , and , after a fair share of stean * i eloquence , / he journeyed on his way to Newndli , where he first heard the glad-tidings of ; the " threi { glorious days , " wA thus did Sir Knight ^^ express him 4 self : " He ¦ ( JXakry ) was glady delighted fo Aehr the joyful neivs , and hoped the day tifas not . far

      distant when all Royal Beads would' 'be maa % foot-balls for the boys tokicfiin themire , " "Iff' said he , " the ^ Duke of Wellington should attempt \ t& force a Meurbon upon the French Throne , in 6 p- \ position to the will of -tfie Frehch Peopley it' would justify a revolt upon thepart of the English Nation . ' ? Does your Lordships' hair yet stand on end ? If not follow the , Noble Demagogue to : Sheffield , ; where iavihg told the people" that-the ; safety ^ f the Empire depended upon the exportation of cutlery , " , h » : aeta > . | ally recotnm&nded theinl to make fopt ^ balla ; of Royal J ^ eads , and preached high-treason Jto his admiring pupils . Won't that dp ? Then foliow ( 'Sla 8 hluig HA . RRT '' to Birmingham , and there , we find him

      ppurtraymg rthe iniquities of Polionac and his party , at once consigning them to the block ^ an ^ l assuring his hearers that your Lordships were nothing better ,, leaving the people tofdraw the inference as tothe manner in which sinners in an equal degree ^ shouldbe dealt with . We' have notr followed the' Magician from stale , small beer tp the decapitation of Monarchs , '' . ' and from the penny- scissors to ' a ; national revolt : and we leave our readers to judge whiether Stepheks , who felts wrong ^ and denounced its continuance . }; or ^ BROTJ € iham who saw no wrong , but raised a phantont to gain popularity , best ^ ^ merits the epithet of " Firebrand , Destructive , and Miscreant . " / ; : :

      We are proud to acknowledge the epmplim ^ at : paid us by the Noble Lord , and claim &e honour / of having designated the Poor Law Gommission as a " cruel Cerberus ; a three-headed monster ; aDerit-KingM . , . ¦ " ;• . ¦ - ¦ : ¦ '• ¦ . ' .. :: ' - ' - / V" /; - ;\ ' - ;/ ' ' -. ; "' ' , The conclusion to whitih we wish our readers to come , i » , upon aicomparison betweeii ' -the evils complainedpf by Lord Brougham , and his mode of redressj with those pointed out by Mr . Stephens , and his inode of redress . If the intertferenee of the Duke of WELLiNGTON , with the accession

      of the Bourbons to the throne of Frariee' : w ^ 6 nld furnwh & justification for > revolt of th ^ oEngliaa people , to what pitch of anarchy ^ and confudon should tfie barefaced robbery , and wholesale ^ plunder of Lord Bbouo » am arid hia associates ^ drive the starving population of this country ? ; The ^ Npble Lord has ganiiBhed hb table from ^ the pamigar of the workhouse platte ^ j andtiiat Eloquence which yras wont torbe directed tov -ttieielevat ioij of > stt > etyj ig now t ^ ed to the juatification ana Support of a laW > wkc ^ t ^ e ^ pport of the iiie . V . 3

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct999/page/3/