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the cir- CMjment, prcfunung upon cumftance of our havwg to g^eat a portion of our dUpu&Ue force employed in fighting .** brf .les of Europe in the pcnintula, and in¬ deed, in every part of the world luftaining the honor and giory of their country, and exalting the Britito name above all the nations upon earth. They know that if theyiucceed in embroiling their country in a war with Great Bri- - - - evei, ,_____y tain, they render a molt acceptable fervicc to Bonaparte, who has both the power and inclination to re¬ ward iuch fervices. They, how- do not calculate (or proba¬ bly do not care) what the iffue of iuch a meafure may be, as a num¬ ber of individuals have taken a lead In the politics of the U. States who are by birth, and every tyc of nature, aliens to the country \ h therefore care not what may be¬ come of the nation, as no rcverfe of fortune can render their fitua- tion worfe ; whereas, in the gene¬ ral wreck, they may be able to come in for a {hare of the plunder. 1 ihall therefore lay before my countrymen the profpects they may fairly look to, in this impend¬ ing i truckle. It is pretty clear that if they at¬ tack us, it muft be with an army 'fed of new levies, as they have no difpofable force at prefent. If they are to raxfe and difcipline their troons for the invafion and plunder of Canada, have net we the lame means of railing a force for the defence of Canada - nav, nave not we every advantage over them in that refpecT ? We have re¬ al liberty, grounded upon the moil wife and equitable laws 5 we have property, either tranfrnitted to us by mx MxSk&Sp m\^wg&tif our own mduftry* arifing cut of the haopy connexion ikbiiiling be¬ tween us & the parent fLitc—We have the characleriftic feelings and com o: attachments ariling out of nation-- ol affectations; and virtuous hab- J 9 its—We have a clergy noted for the morality of their lives, and the lefibns of virtue their example dat- incukatcs. The hufbandman cultivates his farm with the com- fortable afFurance, that what he fews with hope, he will reap in iafcty. x\nd when we confider that notwithstanding all the hea- vy demands which prefs upon the brave & generous nation to which O we owe our protection and happi- nefs, we are kept free from taxa¬ tion. That is, we fhare in her prosperity ; but, are exempted from her privations. On the oth¬ er hand, look at what is generally called the war faclion, or demo¬ cratic part of the American popu¬ lation—the heads of that party are the avowed patrons of flavery, & dealers in Iranian blood ; a traffic • which has a natural tendency to eradicate from their minds every cuflion for the prefent, to fay a few words upon the war as it a**" fects us more immediately, upcon the frontiers of the Province, l^e it known then, that the « Wijfe- j" in Congrefs, talk of march¬ ing into Canada, as if it were ornc. of the molt harmlefs amufemenits imaginable ; and that after sail thefe Canadites are routed ouit, they are to make an allottment cof their lands, as a reward to theefe modern crufaders, for their valiamt achievements. No man talks licrhit- ly of war who knows any thing a- bout the matter \ we may ther*c- fore conclude that thofe who hawe fet up the war-whoop, on the <o- ther fide of the line, have yet tlhc trade to learn. While I deprecatte war, and above all others, thus moft unnatural war, and the diif- graceful & corrupt motives which have led to it ; a war wagged in ceo- operation with a bloody Delpoit, who has wantonly trampled ufxsm the liberties of Europe, and delui- ged every country around hirni, with the blood of its inhabitants. And that the' American peopiie fhould enlift under the banners of this fell deftroyer of the human race, 13 a deplorable and ftrikirn picture of human depravity. While I deprecate and deplore fuch fnadnefs, on the part of the Amer¬ ican people, I however beg that Jit may be clearly underftood, that I ntertain no fears whatever abouit the iffue of it, come when it wilil, as there can be no doubt whatever but the Canadian population wfll cheerfully come forward, h main¬ tain the warlike character of theiir anceftors. The regular force we have already in thefe provinces 5s greater, and more efficient than afll it.lxr lil StiMtg® s&nray ;■ mvi \\€ can raife militia as fall as they can ; and, as they are to be the aggref- fors, we fhall remain quietly at home, while they rnuft take a long journey to come to us. That we fliall beat them, and fend what re¬ mains of them home again, there remains no doubt whatever, if we in a manner confiitent with our duty to our country. But fhould the enemy fucceed in per- fuading the Canadian people that they are come to fraternize arvd regenerate them, by binding their underloadings with a dofe of re¬ publican jargon, the cafe of the Ca¬ nadians will be miferable indeed ; but that of brother Jonathan very The Britifh ar- 1% em Vandals, will fail to imitate them in in cilcntial a point. nothing of the liberties that may be taken with the weaker and un¬ protected lex, by the unliccnced Banditti that may compofe this ar¬ my. I prefent merely an out-linc, and leave it to the feelings of eve* quence, wrote to his father • certain his addrefs. Unon ^ apPnfedofthis,hcdireacd>r^ fidentia! friend, Mr. Hawt **■ Brighton, to intercept her ul f to his father; but 4^^ finding eonfiderable diBicult??' iuch a fervxee, wrote to hcr I m 11Cr J11RU ry huiband & father to fill up the felt to difcontinti us, as no- picture. Thefe are evils that I hope will never be felt amongft thing can be fairer than the prof- pectVe have before us, of a fuc- eefsful iffue to the inlpending war. Our provident government has placed at our head an officer of great experience, and military tal¬ ents ; and one who cannot fail to to the corrcf dence ; and general Dairy ing about this time, Mils confidering herfelf rdc^Tfrom ;r Gordon ie infpire confidence, as he has not only merited, but obtained fuc- cefs, in all the viciflitudes of an ac¬ tive military life. Our troops have a confidence grounded upon the national glory, which they have no fear of tarnifhing 5 and are long¬ ing for an opportunity of giving the democrats a leffoii, that will ftrike deeper into their minds, than all the moral precepts delivered by the pacific; Councillors at Waih-- fe mgton. A CANADIAN to the knowled (T ac From a late London paper, CONSISTORY COURT. ' DOCTOR^ COMMONS, LONDON. Daltymple vs; Dalrymplc. This was a fuit at the inftanc. of Mrs. Dalrymple, formerly Mils Gordon, for a reftitution of con¬ jugal rights, as tlie wife,- by the w,.. Scot!anf^ °f Capt.- Jolm William Henry Dalrymple, a fon of the late C en. Dalrymplc, It appeared that capt. D. accom- panyinghis te®UTn*n* to F.dwM^F^ W3S there firft introduced to jniits they conceived a mutu¬ al regard for each other, which ended in a matrimonial contract. Family circumftances however, rendering it neceffary, as he per¬ vaded her, that the knowledge of the marriage fhould be concealed of his father, Cordon her promife of fecrecy, bffm^Z y made a frank avowal to M Hawkins of the nature of her fit' uation with capt. Balrymp]e ~ n fhortly afterwards returned verr unexpectedly from Malta j and in a converintion with Mr. Hawkins hinted at his determination of a! bandomng his connexion with Mifs Gordon. This gentleman u. d every argucnt to difuade him from fuch a purpofe, & as lie had reafon from his conduct to think with futcefs ; but In a day or two afterwards, he was furprifed to hear of capt. Drs marriage with Mifs Manners, a filler of the Dutch- efs of St. Albanr,._Th^ coining edge of Mife Gordon, ihe in juflice to her own rights commenced the prefent fui't, ° * The validity of a Carriage of the dekription according to the law of Scotland, being the principalq-ucf- tion in the cafe, the opinions and cxpofidons of that law, by its moil eminent profefTors of the prefent day, formed the principal' part of the evidence, accompanied by the production of many of the letters that palled in die courfe of the tranfaction. A very learned and ingenious argument took place upon thisfub- jccl. Ihe counsel for Mils Gordon it appearctc-1 trl»--- ^^«^«->t<^>% la^v *""'^"t^L nized three modes of marriage 1 binding upon the parties—the firft was aconfent per verba de fmfentiy by which the parties aiiuinc the marriage contracT between them from that moment ; the fecond time was, a promife to folerrmiz-c mat- rirnony at a- future period, and au yielded to his injunc- intercourfe between the parties up. tions of fecrecy, and they accoid- on the faith of ^promife; and ingly exchanged mutual written promifes, « as foon as it is in my during the lif Mifs Gordon little improved my can keep Canada as long 1 as feeling of humanity ; or, in fhort, every feeling whatever, where their interefts or perfonal fafety is not concerned. They are loud for war, under the idea that their re¬ mote fltuation will fhield them from its terrors. This policy, on then* parts, it requires little pene¬ tration to forefee, will entail upon them aB the calamities incident to war, in an aggravated degree. Do they imagine that we are ignorant ot their real fituation ; or that we do not know how to retaliate up¬ on them the calamities they would io willingly heap upon us ? 1 could aWy fhew how that is to be done, out fnail leave that par; of the dit "Britannia rules the waves.: Quebec is not only invulnerable a- gainft any attack of the enemy ; but from the facility with which fuccours can be throwm into it, there never could be a conqueft made of this Province, till they have fir ft fubdued our fleets, a talk that will require the Ikill and cour¬ age of all their naval commanders, the great and valiant Rogers inclu- ded. This is the utmolt extent 01 the evil in a national point pf view. power, to marry you and never a- ny other perfon/' Upon the faith of thefe promifes, they conducted themfelves. towards each other as man and wife,, and at a fubfequent period exchanged farther acknowl¬ edgments of tlie relation in which they ftood to each other, to this purport: " I hereby acknowledge John William Henry Dalrymple to be my lawful hufband j!* and u I hereby acknowledge Johanna Gordon to be my lawful wife •/' and figned reffectively. Upon capt. Dalrymple's departure with his regiment from Scotland, he ob¬ tained a written promife of fecrecy from Mifs Gordon, in which fhe declares, " that nothing but the ftrongeft neceflity, a ncceflity which circumfiances alone could the tdrd was by public acknowl edgments of being man and wife, letters in the conjugal ftyie, Sec. from which the actual exiftence of a mar#iage contract was by law prefumed. The learned advocates, from a review of all the circum- ftances of the cafe, then proceeded to contend that the marriage in q-ueftion clearly came within all the three modes fpecified, and the therefore bound to give court If the Canadians are, from faction or cowardice fa daftardly as to fuf- juftify., flioukl ever force her to fer their country to be over-rim, they will have time enough for re- It is not to be fuppofed operation to it. This corrflrucVion of the law was denied by the council on the oth¬ er fide, who from their comments upon the evidence contended, that it would warrant no other con- ftruction than that of an obligation upon capt. Dalrvmplc to perform the nuptial engagement at a future period, but upon a condition of fe¬ crecy ; that condition not having been complied with he was rcleai- declarc her marriage with him." cd. a learned pentance.- that any army will ftarve in a country that has any thing left to cat. Feeding their conquerors is a tax always impofed upon the countries over-run by*the French armies, as fome fmall return for the freedom and happinefs confer¬ red upon them. It is not there¬ fore to be fuppofed that warriors, who have leagued with thefe mod- Sir William Scott, in /cf perfpicuous He continued earncftly his injunc¬ tions to her on this head until al- and elaborate, _ moft the very moment of his de- fpeech, recapitulated the evi'lenu, parture from England ; conftaut- and delivered the judgment 01 . iy addrefiing her by letters from rortfmouth, & even when aboard, and pointing out to her the agen¬ cy of Sir Rupert George as the channel of their communication* Some time afterwards the eorref- pondencewas difcontinued on his part, and Mife Gordon, in conic- court. He obferved that the erup¬ tion mult be decided by tl;e law or Enrfand, though by reference 10 that of Scotland : it was a nrop^11' tion beyond the reach of arguinnv \ ,x' \ w in ci»,l* upon any principal 01 w* Ul . . zcdftatcsAhatifthchrrtmani^ H i .*. .1 leff allv (J thriccoi.id v.a-.