28 NOVEMBER 1863, Page 2

The Tribune reports that a plot has been discovered in

Canada for seizing the Northern steamers on Lake Erie, attacking Sohn- son's Island, releasing the prisoners there, and with them attack- ing Buffalo. The plot appears to have been arranged among Southerners resident in Canada, and not among Canadians, and Lord Monck has informed Lord Lyons that the Colonial Govern- ment will adopt the most stringent precautions to prevent its success. Lord Lyons, of course, read the despatch to the Northern Secretary of State, and new precautions have been adopted in all the Lake's cities. The Southerners did not, of course, care about a momentary occupation of Buffalo, but they hoped, by acting from Canada, to plunge Great Britain into a war with the North —as repayment for hospitality.