The Great Western steamer, which crossed the Atlantic from New
York to Bristol in twelve days and a half, brings some in- telligence from Canada; which, however, is of a confused and somewhat contradictory character. It appears certain that the exasperation between the Canadians and the Americans on the frontier is increasing, while marauders and scoundrels from various quarters are taking advantage of the unsettled state of things to commit outrages and obtain plunder. It is said that a schooner, with merchandise belonging to an inhabitant of Niagara, had been captured on Lake Erie, and that an attempt had been made to burn an American schooner on Grand River. Bodies of men calling themselves " patriots" had been collected on the Ameri- can lines, and ninety muskets belonging to one party had been seized at a tavern not far from Buffalo. About two hundred men had formed an encampment in Long Swamp, and a force had been sent from Toronto to dislodge them. A buccaneering leader, BILL JOHNSON by name, had established himself on one of a very numerous group of islands in the St. Lawrence, called the "Thousand Islands." Besides other appliances of the water, he had a six-oared barge, well-manned, with which he traversed the Lakes, and plundered the vessels he could lay hold of. Nine prisoners, engaged in the attack on the Loyalists at Point an Pell:43 Island, near Detroit, had been brought up for trial on a charge of treason in the Western District of Upper Canada ; but, with the consent of the Government, were remanded as "prisoners of war." A Magistrate preferred a charge of murder against them; but it was not received. All this is puzzling. Further, there was a rumour, that Sir JOHN COLBORNE had resigned the command of the army. A London story is, that Lord DURHAM has called for an additional force of three thousand troops!
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