The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-05 00:00:00

THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN CANADA.

The Quebec and Toronto journals received yester-
day explain the circumstances which have brought
about a ministerial resignation in Canada. The
rejection of the Militia Bill was caused by the de-
fection of the Lower Canadian members who usually
support the government. The bill was lost by seven
votes. The ministers had a majority of seven among
the Upper Canadian members separately taken, but
as among the Lower Canadian members they were
in a minority of fourteen votes ; the result was that
which we have to record. The bill was rejected
silently. O❑ a previous occasion a discussion had
taken place; but when the Minister, Mr. Cartier,
moved the second reading, nobody spoke ; the mo-
tion was at once put to the vote, and the bill was
rejected. The bill was not considered a good one,
but it was the only proposition for placing the
defences of the country on a sound local basis, and
its absolute rejection has an appearance otherwise
than that which would have been presented if it
had been rejected avowedly for its defects of detail.
The colonial supporters of the Ministry blame them
for not announcing at first that the bill represented
their view of the duty of the colony towards the
mother country, and that they would stand or fall
by it.

The Quebec Chronicle makes some very severe
remarks on the conduct of the French Canadians,
accusing them of insincerity in their professions of
loyalty. It saya—

" The fall of one cabinet or the rise of another is
a minor consideration compared with the grave
issue which is now presented as between Canada
and Great Britain. By their votes yesterday a ma-
jority of French Canadians have put on record their
refusal to respond to the reasonable requirements of
the Imperial Parliament ; they have said in effect
that Lower Canada will contribute nothing towards
the defence of the province; they have formally
proclaimed that their recent ebullitions of loyalty on
the arrival of the British troops were either sheer
selfishness or an egregious sham; and they have
deliberately assumed a position which must mate-
rially affect their future relations, and the relations
of the province, to the British Crown.
" It is of no avail to remind us that other grounds
of complaint existed than those which appear in the
rejection of the Militia Bill. Whatever qualifica-
tions local knowledge may enable us to attach to a
Lower Canadian majority of 14 against the bill, in
England, France, and the United States, it is sus-
ceptible of but one interpretation. It is a declara-
tion on the part of 37 Lower Canada constituencies
that the colony will n3t discharge its duty to the
Crown in the vital matter of defence ; and so the
world is bound to estimate it. No amount of lip.
loyalty will suffice to obliterate this impression.
A French Canadian majority have refused to pay a
few dollars, and to perform slight service, as the
price of continued British connection ; and their
action must so stand before the world."

The organs of the French Canadians repudiate
this interpretation of the votes of their representa-
tives, admitting at the same time that it is the one
which is most favoured by appearances. Le Jour-
nal de Quebec says :
"This vote will, in England, have
an e
us Lower Canadians fatally
significant.
energetic protestations of fidelity and devotedness ff
Our
ect for
i
will no longer be believed in, and the noble positionemonstratons of last year
which we won by our d
will be irrevocably lost."
It is generally felt that the ministers did wisely
in not going to the country on a question so full of
delicacy.
The Toronto Globe declares that the vote of the
house was determined by objections to the Ministry,
and not to a well-considered Militia Bill, which
another set of Ministers will find no difficulty in
passing. It says :
,g The sole pretext on which a dissolution could
be based by Mr. Cartier is entirely taken away b)
the fact that the gentlemen who have defeated the
government on the Militia Bill, are avowedly as
favo'irable to a proper re-organization of the militia
of the province as the present ministry can be.
They voted against the bill because it was too cum-
brous and too costly, and because they could not

entrust the carrying out of its provisions to the
hands of the present men. Lord Monck, we fancy,
will have no difficulty in forming an administration
from the legitimate opposition, prepared to deal
properly with the militia and volunteer question.
There seems little reason to doubt that Mr. Cartier
and his colleagues have known for some time that
they could not get through the session, and that
they elected to fall on the Militia Bill. The
determined opposition of the Government to
any reform of the representation system
stripped it of all hearty sympathy among
Upper Canada members ; the Bankrupt Bill,
offered for the second time in a shape to court
defeat, and the Grand Trunk Subsidy Bill, brought
forward under ministerial auspices, increased
the dissatisfaction even among their supporters;.
and the frightful extravagance and jobbery draggea
to light in the debate on the Ottawa buildings ana
in the proceedings of the Public Accounts Com-
mittee, excited the strongest feeling of
in every quarter. Mr. Galt's speech, announcing
increased expenditure, a deficit of five millions, a
new loan, increased duties on tea a-,,d
sugar, and a
stamp tax, capped the climax of',.opular indignation.
fiat the ministry in its
It was utterly impossible in di! nation
exhausted condition conlzi
so unpopular as these, and
work through measures
it was a mere question
of time on what sad of the session the blow would
fall. The announcement that it had fallen took no
one in Toronto by surprise yesterday afternoon.
There was but one expression of gratulation at the
news among men of all parties, and decidedly those
most hearty in their rejoicing were conservatives,
who almost to the last had supported the adminis-
tration."

The following list of the new ministry is pub-
lished by the Quebec Chronicle as authentic :
"UPPER CANADA.—J. S. Macdonald, Attorn,ey-
Genemi ; M. H. Foley, Postmaster-General;, W.
P. Howland, Minister of Finance ; W. M'D ougall,
Commissioner of Crown Lands; James Morris, Re-
ceiver-General ; A. Wilson, Solicitor-General.
" LOWER CANADA.—L. V. Sicotte, Attorney-
".• C"Tlitiaiesiunrr or Public
Works ; T. D. M'Gee, Bureau of Agriculture and
Emigration ; U. J. Tessier, President of the Coun-
cil ; F. Evanturel, Provincial Secretary; J. J. G.
Abbott, Solicitor-General."

These gentlemen are not taken exclusively from
any one Canadian party.

ARRIVAL OF HIS _ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
VICEROY OF EGYPT AT WOOLVVIC.H.

A special train, consisting of the state carriages
used by her Majesty the Queen and the royal family,
arrived at Woolwich Arsenal station yesterday
morning at 1015, via Paddock-wood and Maidstone,
containing Said Pasha and his nephew, Mustapha
Pasha, together with the officers and attendants,
upwards of 80 in number, composing the suite of
the Egyptian Court now visiting England. His
Highness was received on his alighting at the sta-
tion by Sir Richard Dacres, the Major General
commanding the garrison ; Col. Kennedy, Depot
Brigade ; Brigade-Major Milward, Major Field,
Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster-General, and other
officers, in full uniform. His ExcellencyM.Musurus,
Mr. Larking, the Egyptian Envoy and Consul-
General in London, and the Hon. Charles Murre.y,
our late Consul in Alexandria, were also present to
receive the Pasha. A guard of honour, consisting
of 100 men of the 15th Brigade Royal Artillery,
bearing the national colours in command of Col.
Clifford, and the full regiment band, were drawn up
in front of the station, and as soon as his Highness
made his appearance the colours were sloped, and
the band struck up an appropriate air, the Egyptians
having no national anthem. The Viceroy and his
nephew, and the principal officers of the Court, then
entered the state carriages, which had been for-
warded from London by the Turkish agents and
authorities there, and proceeded to the Royal Ar-
senal pier, accompanied by Sir Richard Dacres and
and staff on horsebaca, the Pasha's band of about 25
instrumentalists following on foot, while the majo-
rity of the Egyptian suite immediately took the
ordinary train for London. Mr. C. W. Eborall,
the company's principal superintenraent, and Mr.
Knight, the superintendent at Dover, accompanied
the train to Woolwich. Mr. Bartholomew, the
stationmaster, having been apprised on previous day
of the Viceroy's arrival, had rrepared the landing
place and the whole of the platform and stairs
leading to the carriages with crimson cloth. The
Pasha's state yacht,the Faid Gahaad,built byMessrs.
Samuda, was stationed alongside the T pier ready for
his immediate reception, and on the Pasha's approach.
the whole of the crew mounted the rigging,
manned ,the yards, and set up a shout of rejoicing,
" Allah ! Alhallah !" and the name of the Pasha
being clearly audible. His Highness then descended.
the companion ladder,
,accompanied by his own
attendants, and Sir Richard Dacres and staff with-
drew, his Highness expressing a desire to obtain
some repose, being fatigued with his joweney. A
couple of Royal Artillery sentries were stationed
on either side of the companion ladder, and strict
injunctions ware issued to the police to keep the
pier clear of visitors at his Highness's special
request. A salvo was fired from a battery of 21
Armstrong guns specially brought on to the Arsenal
wharf, in command of Capt. Taylor, R.A., and the
Royal standard was hoisted at the flagstaff, to re-
main during the Pasha's stay in Woolwich. Atter
partaking of some refreshment on board, the Pasha
informed Mr. Murray that he should not etir for
two days, and that he had no intention of leaving
the yacht until Friday morning, when he purposed
inspecting the department of the Arsenal, and on
Saturday he should take a trip down the river.
The Faid Gahaad is a paddle steamer of the most
elegant and costly build, her exterior decorations
being white and gold. Her length, it is stated, is
15 ft. over that of the Himalaya, and she is the
largest steamer which ever attempted to coma up
to Wool wich. She left the docks at Liverpool in
command of Mr. Petley, Master Commander of the
Admiralty steam yacht Black Eagle, at 12 40 on
Sunday, the Ist inst., and passed Land's End at
1 47 on Monday, making a speed of from 12 to 14
knots per hour, She arrived in the Downs at 2
p.m. on Tuesday, anchored at Gravesend, and ar-
rived yesterday morning at 3 o'clock at Woolwich.
Notwithstanding her immense length and extraor-
dinary proportions, she was turned, and made fast
close to the pier without the slightest mishap. The
deck, being a " flush deck," forms an uninterrupted.
promenade of 383 ft., the vessel having been
lengthened 69 ft. by Messrs. Forrester, of Liverpool,
the original length being 314 ft. The quarterdeck
is covered with a rich floorcioth, and is screened.
from the sun and rain by a white canvas awning.
The saloons are fitted with great splendour, the
principal supports being silver-gilt, and the panel-
ling and decorations of the richest and most elabo-
rate
workmanship,
without reference to cost. The
aemblazoned at each end with a gilded
representation
of the rising and setting sun, and
Egyptian emblem, the Crescent, is introduced
s t tebedi s
thetttr oughout the embellisaments of the whole of the
furniture and arrangements of the ship. The Faad
Gahaad's draught of water on leaving Liverpool
was 18ft. 6in.; her consumption of coals 75 tons per
day, and her Stowage 600 tone. Her engines, by
Maudslay and Sons, are of 800-horse power.

THE BISHOP Op MALTA.—We regret to learn.
that the Roman Catholio Bishop of Malta on arriving at
Messina in the steamer Quirinal, was grossly insulted by
the inhabitants of that city, who swarmed in boats with
Italian flags round the vessel, shouting " Porco it Vescovo
di Malta!" " Spia dei Borboni I" " Maledetta
sua " Porci Maltesi I" and other expressions of a simi-
lar nature. They even, it said, went so far as to attempt
to board the steamer, on seeing which the crew were placed
underarms. The captain of an Italian frigate in the her-•
bour is reported to have shotted her guns, and warned the
people that he would fire on the boats if they did not dis-
perse. It is, moreover, rumoured that the English
Vice-Consul, after conferring with the supreme local
authority, who expressed every desire to protect the
bishop as far as the circumstance of an excited rabble
would permit, advised him and the Maltese on board not
io land. The French ‘, onsul, it is also stated, protested
against the insult to individuals enjoying the protection of
toe French flag, and it is added that such was the panic on.
board that the packet steamed out of harbour, picking up
souse passengers in the Straits, without even landing her
goods deliverable at Messina, or transhipping that part of
her cargo destined for the J.,evant,—/galta

The transactions in Public Securities to-day
have been very much curtailed, and the quotations
have undergone very little change. Consols are
92it for money and account. The attendance of
members continues small, and the business
negotiated presents no feature of interest. The
New Threes and the Reduced are steady at
914 ; Exchequer Bills are Bs. to 12s. prem.;
India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1071 ; ditto per Cent.
Enfaced Paper, 1031; and ditto 5-1 per Cent., 109.
The dealings in the Foreign Market have been
extremely' limited, and prices show very little
alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 821-; ditto,
1858, 70i; Portuguese 461 ; Egyptian Scrip is firm
at 11 prem.; Italian 5 per Cents. are steady at
711 ; Russian Scrip has improved to 1 prem.;
and Turkish ditto to 2t prem. ; Mexican are 314.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been exceedingly limited, and prices have ex-
hibited little change of importance. Great Northern
A Stock, however, has improved about 155., Great
Northerns, Eastern Counties, North Westerns,
South Westerns, and South Easterns remain at
about previous rates.

The Foreign and Colonial lines continued dull.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, however,
improved to 221, Royal Danish brought 1b;
Sambre and Meuse, 111; Grand Trunk of Canada,
231 4 ; Great Western of Canada, 11,i ID East
Indian, 1061 d ; Great Indian Peninsula 1041 1 ;
and Great Southern of Iddia improved to 1041.
The Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous
Shares are flat. London and Westminster realise
80; Ottoman Bank, 241; Union of Australia, 46 ;
Alliance of London and Liverpool declined to 31 ;
and Rio Janeiro Improvements remain steady at
271.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9li t
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9li I
NOW 24 per Cent. Annuities 752
.Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5/
India Stock
L'itto 5 per Cent. lO7/ I
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto 5i per Cent. ..
Consols for Account, June 10 . 92/
india Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 107 k
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent 8 12
Ditto Advertised
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60
Egyptian, 7 per Cent
Gronada Active
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway)
Ditto Scrip. ........
..
.......
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account ............ ...... ...
311
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ..
Ditto Account .
......
.... 46
iii,,ian 5 per Cent iRD -Z- S't .........
___,
Ditto, S per Cent., 1862. Scrip
Cert. of Coup. not funded. .„
„. .9-. -
Spanish
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. 2 *
Ditto 6 per Gent. 1858
..
701 Ditto Account
Ditto 1862 (Scrip) l, I
.. 2 701
Ditto, Paid up Scrip
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, ex 25f. 7l/
TWO O'CLOCK

Consois, Money .................. 92i
Ditto Account ...................... 92i t

SHIPPING-THIS DAY•

LONDON, June 6.—Wind at noon, South-East; moderato
breeze, with rain.
PLYMOUTH June 4.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived
(—Columbia
s), from IlLburg, for Bermuda. Sailed—Bozaleth, for
Bermuda.
PORTSMOU
Ei.., TH, June 4.—Wind, W.—Sailed—Arrived—
horsMe 8 g
Sheerness,
from Chatham; 1-I.M. 's ship Race •
, from

(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning..
A.rrived, June 4—Martha Pope, from Trinidad; Leoni-
das, from Hong Kong; Waterford, from Guernsey; and
Pacific, from Dunkirk?
Arrived, June s—Amber Nymph, from Antigua.
Sailed,
iber" June s—City of Hamburg, steamer, for Havre ;
la, steamer, for Oporto; returned on the 4th, having
been in collision ; and Lord Collingwood, for the Cape of
Good Hope.

Dam, Thursday Morning'.
Passed_ Red Riding Hood from the est lies for
London' Calaista, from Mattinzas for London ; Florence
Nightingale, from London for Aigoa Bay ; Surprise, of
Bridport, and Rose, of Guernsey, both from the North, for
West; Berbice, from London, for,B

A child, thedau
of Lanmeur ghter of a labourer named Marec,
(Fi4igtere) Was found a few da ago suffocated
ys
in her cradle, it is supposed from a cat having lain on the
child's face during the
absence of the parents ; the child's
mouth was full of the hairs of the animal, which besides
-,. was accustomed to sleep ill the cradle.