The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-03 00:00:00

ALARMING NEWS FROM
CANADA.

(MON Ora OWN

By Elerria Telegraph.
LIVE RPOOL, MONDAY.
The royal mail steam-ship America ha, just arrived
in the Mersey, with the mails from the New World,
due on the sth install,. The America left New
York on the 22nd ultimo, and Halifax on the
25th. Her dates are constquently one 'week later
than any hitherto to hand. She bangs, in addition
to her any
mails from North America, Cacada,
New Brunswtik,Nova Scotia, &c., &e., a considerable
number of pus •ngers, and reports the arrival out
at New York of the Hibernia. which left this port un
the ith alt., and of the Canada, which left this port
an the 11th nit, at Halifax, into which part she bad
ran for the purpose of landing a portion of the mails
sad passesgers.
Oa the 15th ult. the Canadian government arrested
several parties interested in riots and burning of the
parliament-house. No opposition was then given to
the arrest. _ _ _

In the evening,however, the mob attacked the house
of La Fontaine, the minister. The military, who had
been hid in the horse, fired 30 shots, killing a man
minted Mason. Same barricades were then erected ,whic h
the solders demolished, and the people then dispersed.
Mason's funeral was attended by large numbers ; the
coffin was &rased in red.
Donegal:la's Hotel in Montreal has been totally
burnt d.
The coroner's investigation into the death of
Mason was commenced on the 20th at Cyrus
Hotel. When Lafontaine wee giving his tes-
timony, the hotel was fired. The utmost ennfueion
envied. Soldier. escorted Lafontaine to the go-
vernment-house, in the centre of a square of
troops. Tho incendiaries escaped. The soldiers on
guard at the hotel when it was discovered to be on
tire. ran about with fixed bayonets.
Things have arrived at such a crisis that the bend-
ing of a straw may produce a revolution, and to make
matters worse the ministry hare split with the mili-
tary, end must resign.
The steam-ship Hermann had sailed from New
York for Southampton and Bremen before the de-
parture of the America. The Empire City bad also
left for Panama previously, and had carried out
several parties who were interested in the contem-
plated railroad across the isthmus.
The election returns come to hand since our last
have been also unfavourable to the present party in
power, who most now face a legislature the majority
of which will be opposed to them on those
destructive features of polities which mark the
two leading parties in the Union. General Tay-
lor seems to be pretty sensible of this, and
from the little that has transpired, it would appear
that he will, in a great measure, sacrifice his personal
predelictions to carrying oat what he considers to be
the duty of a president, to govern a nation in conso-
nance with the expressed will of its representatives,
impartial'y and honestly elected. Should the presi-
dent then find that the elections yet to come in Sep-
tember and October will not have affected the present
po.ition of parties in the house, it is surmised that
his excellency will then pursue the line of policy, it
may be with some slight modificat ion, marked out for
him by the legislature. The words of Mr. Webster,
that " the nomination of Taylor was not fit to be made,"
are not verified, as some would have it, by the late
elections. Some of these turned solely on the
quest on of " domestic institutions," and not on that
of general politics, whilst the apathy felt for the fae-
ces* of the whig candidates by the whigs themselves
is referable principally to dislike towards the cabinet
of the president, and not towards the general himself.
At the convention held in Rome on the 15:h inst.
and fallowing days, called by the hunkers and barn-
burners,for the purpose of cementing the union between
the different sections of the democratic party. delegates
attended from the 18 wards of the city of New York,
and from Broome, Erie, Richmond, and other coun-
ties. The abolitionists, barn-burners, hunkers, and
other partisans will all appear on the same platform,
merging minor principles in the furtherance of
democracy.
The Wilmot proviso is almost cast in the shade at
prerent, to be reproduced, however, when the united
Part, are successful in their designs. It is probable.
however, that so for as the proviso affects the territory
of California, the people of that district will set the
matter at rest themselves by prorionoeing in a
marked manner against either the introduction or
perpetuation of slavery therein. It is now considered
probable that California will take a position
as one of the States of the Union daring the next
legislative session. Another convention of the Low-
foco s is to be held at Syracuse on Sept. 6.
The Whigs hold a State Convention at Spume ea
the 20th of September, to nominate some As= kw
the State of New York, in November.
The maps and specificatioes, &c., of the por-
tion of the Panama railroad, proposed to be placed
under cestract, were exhibited at the office of the
company on the 18th nit.
General Taylor, who bad quite recovered from his
illness, was as warmly received as ever on his route.
The amounts regarding the cotton crop are still
wry unfavourable. The crop will not, it is expected,
reach two and a quarter million bales.
The corn and other grain crops are not more fe-
romehly spoken of than heretofore. The floods had
dew much damage in IDAIIIy districts.
The reports of cholera are lees alarming than they
lave hem for some time. The epidemic ie decreasing
is almost ail the localities throughout the Ligon.
The badness adrices to bead are very sommarising.
*sty is abundant, and there or• algae of mere de-
mised for it now than for some time past.
The OM attendant on the loonies' of cholera bee
dhAPPliMsd, sad a revive of badness is the coma-
Imre. There is oleo a disposition to invest in
settee. sager, sad real Sete". On the whole the
ere meet cheering.
tfttlei= Blase ere reotee 113. TreaanT
Neter, 114 t. Penamylriaian Fiver, 871.

In catton there was a fair amount of business doing
at New York. 'Former quotations were steadily
maintained as follows: New Orleans, middling fair to
fair, 101 e. to 101 c. per lb. Uplands, middling to fair,
10'o. to 101 c. per lb.
Provisions were in moderate request. Pork, mess,
10 dole. 75c, ; prime, 9 dole.
Exchange on London, 1091 to 110, with a large
business doing. On Paris, 5 dole. 2oc. ; demand fair.
On Hamburg, 3.5 to 3 51. On Bremen, 781 to 781.
Freights are unaltered ; prices low. The number
of passengers by the America is 104. Her mails will
not reach town till to-morrow morning.