The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-03 00:00:00

iarb,.„ lithe rebellion none made maw
Ihlt •
toreadors that their iababitant.. fiherolie
nth+"r„-"De d,gree, form a test of the feelings dots
e: this section ; but p, Amps ym. be
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Orr d with the annexationist doctrines
• k • •
0. e Ido not thic it is a test of the feelings of
atoll-et •
t ars of the province.
cr.S.,"' •
the municipal elestioos of Ude atty.
%fit me
• ,„ al coo:Laced in two or three wards, ad
Iter „t openly, but utdceeteed es the Met se
Teats bccaose the perties wisely speed
ar'? "a Village oat of our civic coned. In one waist
"0; $ Toy close contest between B. Hollow'
tl I'.l'. (sane xationist), and Cul. Ougy, /CPA
• me tomer was successful. h owe
• eta wards the annexationist' obeitinall
nitre. The votes were openly give/ es
35.1" :;..fea of annexation and coniat xion, and•
the wailed. It mast be loitered 'that the
o'h;,Ziots ere in the majority in this city hat I
„ guise tree—and I speak from an
pries—that there is a shoos
kesicat them, which it is quite likely vaqf
Avocets • majoiity at the ate. elestima.
re 01.. r most respectable former suppoettinkage
ks and there If little doubt that the ms•
-portable men among them yet will a
to an txtremity against England.
•oei e.. al of excitement was stirred up by dim
.n.l a comber of gentlemen of high stand-
,; .antocly and cruelly beaten with axe
+.• ne Ist orbanees, however, were not serious,
nuol to say, for the credit of our miseh
"": !y. that the., were, as former disturbances
wo:le of a handful of blackguards frost
the o, it is a common remark, are never
, , ~. ..; on such occasion".
r.x. comes an el, ction in Upper Canada, for
• Hatton. At this the =nista tint candl-
e., • •
. : %Veteran (a member of the ministry, the
c ...amiss:once of l'obiic Works), was de-
!he result of election is important, and
• orobeble that it will upset the ministry,
...,,ven admitted by some of its own organs
• , .lection took place. Mr. Wetenall was
..c appoi•tid to the ministry, in the place
Cameron, who resigned with so
..rev a abort time ago, declaring that he
, • •liimefully mated. The election wee
;agree o: the random of the seat,
octy by the new appobitmeot. It is ewes-
I le. em constituency, and the ministry has
. a blow from the hands of former friends.
...al candidate, Mr. Ilopkire, is tot a tory,
to a party called the "clear grits." This
party is composed of ultra re'orn em,
• ..cteed from the present ministerial Forty,
, very bitterly availing. Its complaint
mi.istry is, that it has forfeited all its
tt lea,: those respecting retrenchment, on
• .k cdiec; and tLat, instead of retrench-
-, ocly isertased our already too onerous
• e. I=l Inclined to think, from various
that this "clear grit "party has some
*,:h ice atnex doe's% It has not de-
....r favour; but it, organs have, irstead of
• rrongly, tried i: very gingerly. It is
: ate, that the tones juiaed with the "clear
. ::.is occasion for the overthrow of Mr.
fat coitest was close, and the majority
I :nay add, that at other important item of
f the "clear grits" is, that they ate in
• .r.dtieg the Legislative Council elective, as
. • orioo of the members of the League.
. iikalt cur legislature will meet before
LAMBDA.
NOVA SCOTIA.
•tiea of cotEitutional reform has engrossed
z: I - a of the attention of it. legislature. dings-
• .ea it is the tory party that seeks to inne-
r". ..... to liberal tin cffic..) that resists innovation.

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MINCE EDWAItDI3 ISLAND.
. L :.,:stare met oa the 6tls instant. The
rt., .- the usual stamp. Mr. Rae has been
voting for and 6 against him.
.meut in answer to the governor's speech,
• _ a waLt of confidence in the existing govern-
debased and carried, 17 to 3. In the Le-
r,.. C.ustil an amendment, not so strongly
. 'guilty significant, has been introduced.
• Ars ury determined to Late responsible go-
• The Esaniiner says: " We will now
, ejec•nre as to the course his Excellency
• .:e in reference to this matter. Certain it is no
• . •.: wee ever placed in a more unhappy posi-
.• . i4llu Campb..ll's is at this moment We
L.,, • rer.on to suspect. that, with the majority
t: Ar•tmbly, nothing short of an ample concei-
t.. • ::.-ir pruiciples will induce thorn to bring the
ro tut the tension to a claw.

VENEZUELA.

L• •rs from Porto Cabello, dated Feb. 26, state

• - r.dmiral oa the s'aaoa has threatened to
t. tout. He had transmitted to the
1.: . en government a list of demands through
! • • •h cAargi d'affaires, Mr. B. H. Wilson, and
4 within which compliance wan required
sere on the let of March. He is said to

••cd that by that time the government of
.hall have Wiled the claims made for the

nv.ent of Mr. George Ward and other British
:ve residing in Venezuela, and for other ac's
committed by this government, and
-• t law of "opera,' or stop law, shall be re-
rE.tc. Lr d declared null and void, as to British sub-

1k also rt quires the dividends due to English
: or the VenesueLim debt, which have been
st by the !donnas administration. It is
a ••_a..o. ;hat these dvmsnds have been mixed up
une-":e.! questions of boundaries between
%t!(:-..tlii aid British Guiana.