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they bargained for was going on, emerged from the wood carrying their arms and making a " détour " to pass out of range of our muskets, running rapidly in the direction of the village. We receiving no orders to attack them a part of the Company felt hurt at their escaping, and asked to be allowed to fire. Capt. Globensky peremptorily for- bade it, at which a retired officer of the regular force, who was acting with us as a supernumerary, had a short but warm altercation with Capt. Globensky on the subject, and turning to fhe men, asked any who wished to hâve a shot at the rebels to follow him ; a portion of the men did so, and fired, giving évident pain and dissatisfaction to our Captain. It gave us doubts as to the loyalty of Capt. G obensky, but I afterwards ascertained that his motive was simply a désire to spare the lives of his fellow- countrymen, he being perfectly aware that before they could reach the village, it would be too late for them to take part in the engagement ; letting them go on conse- qnently their escape could do no harm.
The next morning one of the most important leaders of the insurgents was brought in to St Eustache, ha ing been arrested, not by the Loyalists, but (as T was informed) by men of his own party, to whom he had fled for refuge and concealment. He being a gentleman with whom I was acquainted, I immediately went to the guardroom to see him. I found him in a verydistressingstate, his arms having been so tightly tied behind his back by his captors as seriously to interfère with respiration and circulation, and being of corpulent habit of body, I saw that relief
