The Express.
London, England, 1849-05-15 00:00:00

847.] LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1849. [THREEPENCE.

sanction, and the influence of I is govensrarrnt, to introduce
the bill in question, we have, in addltioe, to complein that he
has violated a fundamental law of our provincial eons* itu.
lion, by disobeying the roysl instruction to reserve all bills of
an unused character.
Moved by Wilma Murray, Req. ; seconded by James
Gordon, it'q.
4. Resolved.—That the governor general, having been
addressed in a coastitational manner by the British inhabi-
tants of the provisos to withhold his assent from the mid
bill, and their pray en so expressed having been treated with
indifference by him, it la oar duty to petition the queen to
disallow the said bill, and mall the governor.
Moved by David Kinnear, Req., 'minded by H. L.
Routh, Roil
5. ihreolM.—That the following petition to her most
gracious esejeay be adopted by this meeting:
TO 11111 MOOT GRACIOUS MAIMITT TIES create.
The humble petition of the uniertiffoodi your Majesty's
dutiful and loving subjects, resident in the province of
Canada,
Bbeweth,—That your majesty's representative fa this pro-
vince, the Right Hourarable the Earl of Wein sad Kia-
carding,. by giving the royal assent to a bill for oompeneadng
rebels for Imes inflicted by your majesty's troops, sad by
others of your loyal subjects, acting under the orden of your
majesty's °Mom, bath seriously impaired your may -sty's
, royal authority, and endangered the peace and tranquilay
1 of the province.
That your petitioners feel most actively des satrap Mae
alma to your majesty's royal authority, sod the foals to
aommiles—a outrage sad as insult, they haws, mamma-
r. . fete.
,Way at mime. sad Irlikh maim at the
et sikalmat gad obairras.ebids en reamed
whit goverameot sad prearetioa.
hod trey humbly may that yew majesty wfll=
be pleased to mean the mid Earl of Elgin and
bola the government of this provisos, which Mesa De
pity administer with safety to the state or Imam to your
• and that your majesty will also disallow the raid
which is an insult and a r. bbery to every as. who, in
the time of trial, stood forth to defend your majesty's crown
and dignity.
And your petitioners will ever pray, de. do.
Aran. 29.
9 o'Cnoeg.—After the breaking up of the meeting
on the Clump de Mars yesterday, everything ma-
tinsed quiet until about half-past seven, when we
heard the alarm of fire, and the engine bells ringing
, furiously ; we immediately made inquiriee, presuming
that, from no alarm being given from the French
church, the ringing of the engine bells was a mere
ruse to draw oat tie people. It turned out just as
we supposed. It ap,*ars, from some information we
received, that some English lads were standing near
Pyper'e store, at the corner of Dalhousie-square,
when they were fired at by some Freuch Canadians,
and two or more of them wounded ; an alarm was
immediately g:ven, and in an incredibly short space
of time an numerate crowd was collected, who went
shouting about the streets for nearly an hour. We
have not been able to sacertain, up to this time, that
any mischief wan done. The troops were drawn up
to Dalhousie-square, and the main-lc:ad formed a
line across Notre Dame-street to prevent the crowd
from paveit gin that direction. We are told that the
government has caused a quantity of arms to be
served out from the ordinance stores to the
French Canadian', thereby committing the fatal
blunder of arming one portion of the population
against the other. We shall say no more on this
subject just now. We believe that Colonel Ougy
met the crowd in Notre Dame-street, and need his
influence and authority to induce t .em to disperse.
We regret to say that report has it that one of the
lads wounded was a son of Mr. Driscoll, Q.O , quite a
bel-
At a late hour last night we heard that the British
population in Beauharno.s and M it si evquoi are in a state
almost approaching to lam, metier), and have declared
their intention to march to the assistance at their
countrymen in Mentreal, if they are required. One
shopkeeper in the township sold fifty pounds of lead
in two dojo, to be cast into ballets for the rifles of the
stout fellows on the frontier.
Since writing the above, we have heard that the
parties who fired on the group of lads were some of
those who had received arms from the ordnance
stores.
' The intelligence is thus continued in telegraphic ,
despatches received in New York on the day of the I
departure of tLo Europa :
MONTREAL, Aram 30.
5 P. w.—Lord Elgin came to town at three o'clock
to-day. The carriage was ecorted by a troop of
provincial c tvalry. The streets were lined al the
i way to the Government-house by the people, who
biased, cursed, and pelted the chariot as it passed.
When the escort hid passed the French cathedral
into Notre Dame-street, a company of the 22nd regi-
ment closed in b.hind to protect the cortege. Op-
le the Government house, his krdship was struck
Ea stone on the head and by an egg in the face.
troops were then separately cheered.
The members of parliament then proceeded to the
Government-house to present their address. As they 1
peeped through the crowd they were actually covered
with dirt and the yolks of eggs. The members were
preceding in such a plight, escorted by soldiers, to re-
ceive the Governor-General of Canada, to present to
him an address from the parliament, congratulating
him on the quiet state of the country ! During the
ge of the members through St. Paul-street the
Cl:Act was read, and the troops charged. No lives
were lost, though the crowd was very demos. This is
a sign how troops whose hearts are with the people
can act if necessary. The governor proceeded cut of
town by the saburbs. A Major Botiches has arrived
from Kingston, and has waited on Sir B. D'Urban, to
represent to him the dreadful state of the country, and
to urge that if something be not done the people will
march on Montreal. Riots are feared to-night.
John Young has been appointed chi. f magistrate of
the city. He is a strong partisan, and is supported
by the present ministry.
Despatches from Quebec state that the governor
was burnt in effigy in that city on Saturday night,
and that the authorities were using strenuous efforts
to preserve the public peace. Upper Canada shares
the same fate, and the effigy of the governor has been
burned in many places, and at Brockville the autho-
rities were compelled to assist in the ceremony.
To-day the people are quiet, upon the assurance of
the governor that the French shall be disarmed. The
governor is to go to the Parliament-house at six to-
night, and mach trouble is expected. The provincial
cavalry have arrived in town.
A despatch has this moment been !received at the
Montreal Courier office from Brockville, in which it is
stated that the information bad just been received at
that place of the arming of the French Canadians by
the governor, and that steamers will be chartered for
the purpose of bringing down armed men to the
assistance of Montreal, and that this may shortly be
expected.
The state primers have been liberated.
From Hastings, Frontenac, and Glengarry, the news
is to the effect that all the populace of these counties
are arming, and awaiting orders to march on the
me tropolia. MAT 1.
5 P.m.—A deputation of French Canadians, to con-
gratulate Lord Elgin on the quiet state of the coun-
try, arrived in town this morning from Quebec. This
'mooted a great deal of excitement, and a large mob,
sombering some 6,000 or 7,000. assembled to pre-
yed their landing; but, notwithstanding their efforts
' to prevent them, they saceeded in effecting a ludo,
at the crams, about three miles below MontreaL A
large mob was prepared on the wharves to receive
them. They were, however, landed at the Longuiel-
, fisup. about a mile below the city. It is feared,
' (Bead they go down again by steamer, that the boat
will be attacked. Mr. Boulton will move in the
House of Assembly to-night for a dissolution of the
union of the two provinces. An address calling upon
the people of the city to keep the public peace,
signed by the most influential members of the con-
servative party, is to be sent out to-night.
Intelligence has retched town from Toronto of ea 1
immense meeting having been held, and ape tition to
the queen to recall Lord Elgin and diesolve pulite-
1
wait decided on.
News from Kingston is to the same effect.
As I close my despatch things look quite peaceable.
The steam-ship, Cambria, had arrived out at Boston,
via Halifax, on the 27th ult., after a passage of
twelve and a half days.
The screw steamer, Sarah Sande, arrived at New
York on the Ist inat
From Mexico we learn that cholera was on the

increase.
Accounts from St. Domingo city. of the 13th nit.,
state that President Idealongue was within 18 miles

of the city with 20,000 well disciplined trooFs ; be
had taken all the towns on his march, and was ex-
pected to attack the city in a dsy or two.

COMMERCIAL.
lifnw You. MAT I.—With the reanneption dour interior
navigation (the Ede Canal r igen to.day), there will be a pod deal
aaloadon VW Wend earling none hot the twilit tilde
et enwtela kagnienen Our weld, Wpm mead in value
tot wet,, serfs. roe wet nig lath tor inevAnee. the
t tal vale/ et the spoon lbws gib pert was NOM dela ; that of
=twee ant Awn Obi seentbenglie warehowed, ezeseged the
ent Onen Ilreti leavlng anwenael a 1,814706 nein
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mg. baked kg Mr. Imosiry Weber. at 144,144,9” dela.;
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Ihe NNW Om MIL Sege., 1121, to 30th Jana 1110, with these
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a Dols. 176.1.19,471
Attlera• sum of impaled cola
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in of IT =kg rose 211,193.3.19
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orgasms& men digest agar rid mew deedless voyages from
the Or and Went Mks Imi towel Arid^ of whisk the returns
ears to ns Y reeikandies sod sole flea Berege, end tir freights, •
tacg tellies el eldski:Le r oMMy Y Aerttra elipa. wbia
is recruit hes Wm mush injured by leis letter tramll4r-
emery, Arksima, rears thus:
"In all tin rest kettle and important cotton country of Georgia,
farms, Itlmbeippl. end Melds, the usual time of planting Is from
the lit to bilk Monk averaging about the 1010. As near at I can
learn, the Mew adds cf that eztemeive region were swept by fiesta.
ler, 17th. Ihik, md 19th April, and most meetly hare been re-
painted. Ike geserd wee then, end has ecatbated, I believe, to be
too dry foe the rung' germination of the new reed— which, mote-
over, owing Is the seerelty of seed, was more sparingly
end, theret, a geed rand say be mired. f rain has not
bliss, the doe Ms bast ray be estimated as equivalent to dr or six
warm
All the Ogres rig was up is killed. Planters have generally re-
visited their sittemliers with eaten.
Corn la maw eskers Wage South, where it was moat forward,
is kiLed. Whir, whisk was pretty well advanced in mirroppi,
Alabama, smi Georgia Is destroyed, and emir be lemony until neat
fell.
Ides that wee not covered with vita is killed or very much
damage.
Ati umber vegetares killed, many kinds in great state of forward-
ness owing to the early spring generally throughout the couth.
In some parts of Alabama there appears to be a great scarcity of
aorta. seed. Complaur • in Georgiu end South Caruhas are Ina

nunierena.
Opinions are wry general among the planters throughout the whole
cotton rowing region, that the e ties ter will be from Roue to five
weeks later then it would have been bad not this Warty visited
them, thereby cussing the plant tor so much longer exposed to the
tall frost. before it matures.
Not having a precedent (se general in the divination) to maws
On damage caused ky the frost on the 13th, 17th, and 19th of April
mating the pre duru
to the cotton plant, it is rtifikult to find two minds alike In esti.
m of this season.
0.77016.-Tha sales of the day were 700 bray at the following
quantitate :
New Orleans, Tama Florida and
and Mobile. Uplands.
Ordinary Bl to - -
Middling 7to 7i
Goot =Who, 7l - ............. 76 to -
Middling fair 7l to- -
Fair - -
Fully fair Si to - -
The market is pining strength daily frees the firm attitude ware&
by holders and the wird. real of oottue be vale. The advice, by the
nonlinear confirm these previous y received as to the destruction by
frost to the throlLas, °serer Alarms, and portions of Mississippi
and Louisiana, of the growing crop. l`ri es have advanced through-
out the South to consequenee, and purchases were making fur planter.'
recount.
Barearcres.-goon after the soiling of the Niagara steamer on the
17th April, the flour market begun gradually to improve, and has
teen sines strengthened by the favourable news per Cambria, received
on Friday het. niece are now about 25c. per barrel over those cur-
rent on the 17th ult. on Flour, and 4c. per bushel on Indian Corn.
r1.01.1.-IhUing the week past holders have been firm, and prices
have adnneed. The demand has been mostly for home use and the
hooters trade; but with little inquiry for 'sport. The Erie Canal is
to hearer this day, sad our supplies will be increased in • moderate
way, r low prises always tend to her back predate until later in the
sane. The range toe city made and Wester Carl theratLeir
ware Weber 4 doh. eltr. to doh 874 e. Obis W
break are lees Peaty, aed Wog 4 doh. 871 e. le doh.
Barton, Clemretown. Alexrdria, Breadywine, ka
ail , are menhir at
4 dela 81e. as 4 &L. 870., and
h.
77 soury, dols.
Hes nom is in request at doh. 73e. to 2 dor
Coen Mar. has brims seem, and kings idoh Sole. to 2d015.73c.
for yellow, sad Sikh. Pk. for white.
Gailir.-Wbeat sells man freely for home use, at 124 e. to 123 e.
pee Wits. for white Genesee, and 102 e. to 103 e. for Ohio mixed. Nye
Is steady ,at 57e. p r 361 r. Bark; tells at 62e. to Gk. per 48. r.
Oats are erne, at Lic. to 37e. per bushel.
lamas Coax eDistinues in demand at an advance, d with light
supplies. bilged Southern sells at 54e.; white, 33c. toy:c. ; yellow
Sorbets, 380. to 60e., anti round yellow, 60e. to 63e. per Sells.
The psroan to Great Britain and Ireland from this port for the
forteight ending on the 24th of April, were 8,230 bunts Oars.
bra Corn Meal, 8,000 trash Wheat, 185,541 baskets Indian
Parssion-Pak is rutin end pekes unsettled. Men may be
quoted at 10 dole. to 10 cols. 23e., and prime at 8 dots. 23e. to
8 doh. 371 e. Lard has &downward hackney ; sales of berets have
hen meth at 51e. to Ge , and of kegs at fie. to 61e. Saks of country
beef have been effected at II dots. to 11 dots. 73e. for mew. bey
Mon, ale. to Se.; pickled shoulders end ham., 31 dole. to 4 dol.. 3e.
Farrr.-6.000 boxes bunch raisins brought I dole 471 e. Forty beta
of almonds, to arrive, scud Oe private terms.
WeiraisT.-431 barrels Ohio Buhl at 22e.
Navas. Proust-The market remains without alteration ; rough
turpentine sells slowly at 2 dole. See• per barrel of 2601te. ; spirits of
turpentine, 34c.; rosin, 1 dot. to 2 dol.
rationis to Liverpool are firm at 3-16 d. for rotten; heavy goods,
235. ; cern, lid. To Havre: Cotton te. to fe. ; rice, are., 8 dolt. to
10 dots. To Antwerp: Cotton, le.. To Callornis, 2 dots. dOe. to
3 dole. per barrel, and We. per floc. To GlaagOw : Heavy goods have
been slopped at A 06.; cow" 9.32 d. to 3-16 d.; flour, 24. to as. 6d.
The engarmests to Liverpool have been at 6d. to 7d. pa bushel for
corn. and 2e. 3d. per barrel on floor.
Moon Masser.-Oar limey market today is, and for a week or
more hiebees, easy. 11. 8. B.lxes of 'OB "Al yesterday at 112
to 112 i, but today they are In lea demand, the greater portion
of the puretisses needed for remittances to Europe having
been completed yesterday. Good bids on Loudon were
somewhat seam to-day, and a good deal of bushels was
done at from 1071 to 11. 'floe St. Dents, lime packet, which sailed
to.day, carried oat above 80,000 doll. in five-franc pieces, but the cur-
rent of win is this way now, notwithstanding. Alain for 100,000 dote.
on account of the canal emsmissioners of this state, foe paying da-
mages on forfeited contracts, has just been fir:elated at an average
premium of 7 doll. 67c. per cent. for a 6 per rent stock haling fifteen
years to run. More than halt a million of dollars was bid for this
hundred threw), roc of the bids being below Si, and some of them
as high as 81.
Foam& IsCHANors.-Exchange on London, Hale. to 10k. ; on
Perla 5 dolt. 251 e. to S dole. 300 ; on Aanderdnin. 39,c. to 392 c.; on
Hamburg, 1141 e. to 3k.; on firemen, 784 c. to 79e.

FRANCE.

THE ELECTIONS.

PARIS, MONDAY, 5.30 PIK.
Tho number of votes recorded in the twelfth arron-
dissement of Peril yesterday was about 120,000,
that is, a liede more than a third of the number of
electors. Everything passed off quietly, and precau-
tions had been taken that no disturbance should occur
at the ballotting places. In the morning the regi-
ments occupying the forts rn the left bank of the
Stine were distributed amongst the divers mairies
of
Paris, and from thence subdivided into the elec-
toral sections of each arrondissement. Au entire
battalion remained at each mairie, and in the evening
an additional force was placed to guard the
Ernst is'
which the voting tickets had been placed durg h
day. Although it is impossible to state the positive
result, it was generally rumoured last evening that the
thorough republicans would have many more votes
than it was generally supposed they would have. This
is, however, mere guess work. The Debate, in oppo-1
sition to these reports, states that the changes wbich
were attempted in the lists originally voted at the
preparatory scrutiny had been treated without favour,
and that the party of order will gain the day, meaning
thereby that it supposes that the list of the Union
Electorate would unite most votes.
I The telegraphic despatches received from the I
idepartments generally announce that the electoral
operations had been conducted with the greatest
order everywhere. At Nantes all had been quiet, as
also at Rouen, where, on the first day, upwards of I
two-thirds of the electors voted. The Garde Mobile
have not been allowed to vote, and the reason of this
is contained in a letter from the minister of the
interior, which says that the Garde Mobile must be
looked upon as citizens distant from their homes,
where they would be entitled to vote, but that as a
collective body they cannot , There is considerable
hardship in this. In connechon with the army and
the elections, the opposition papers mention divers
facts, which seem to show a determination to coerce
those soldiers who evince democratic tendencies. The
Reforms says that, on the 13th, twenty socialist sol-
diers of the 18th Regiment of the line, almost ell
natives of Paris, were ordered off without any pre-
vious notice, under the command of a sergeant. The
names of the men are given. In the National is a
letter from Bordeaux, dated the 11th instant, which
sates that a lieutenant of the Garde Mobile, having
been present at a socialist banquet, and cried Vire la
RepublupeDemocratique et Suciak, has been put into