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. On 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 says—
" 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 thai their recent ebullitions of loyalty on
the arrival of the 131„,!ish troops were either sheer
selfishness or an egregim;.! sham ; and they have
deliberately assumed a position which must mate-
rially affect their future relations, al;„.
d the relations
of the province, to the British Crown.

" It is of no avail to remind us that other groOnds
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 not discharge its duty to the
Crown in the vital matter of defence ; and so the
world is bound to estirtmte 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 represen:
ti-ies, 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 effect for
us Lower Canadians fatalelys
.
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in not going to the country
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:-
6, 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
favourable to a proper re-organization of the militia
of the pr ;vine° as the present ministry can be
They voted against the bill because it was too cuai•
brous and too costly, and because they oould 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 dragged
to light in the debate on the Ottawa buildings and
in the proceedings of the Public Accounts Com-
mittee, excited the strongest feeling of indignation
in every quarter. Mr. Galt's speech, announcing
increased expenditure, a deficit of five millions, a
new loan, increased duties on tea and sugar, and a
stamp tax, capped the climax ofpopular indignation.
It was utterly impossible that the ministry in its
exhausted condition could work through measures
so unpopular as these, and it was a mere question
of time on what day of the session the blow would
fall. The announcement that it had fallen took no
one in Toronto by surprise yesterday afternoon.
There vi as 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, Attorney-
General; M. H. Foley, Postmaster-General; W.
P. Howland, Minister of Finance ; W. M‘Dougall,
Commissioner of Crown Lands; James Morris, Re-
ceiver-General ; A. 'Wilson, Solicitor-General.

" LOWER CANADA.—L. V. Sicotte, Attorney-
General; A. A. Dorion, Commissioner of 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. C.
Abbott, Solicitor-General."

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

ARRIVAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE
VICEROY OF EGYPT AT TVOOLIVICII.

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 10 15, 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 Murray,
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 horseback, 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 superintendent, 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 prepared 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 ! Alhallatt!" 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 journey. A
couple of Royal Artillery sentries were stationed.
on either side of the companion ladder, and strict
injunctions were 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-4
main during the Pasha's stay in Woolwich. Atter
partaking of some refreshment on board, the Pasha.
informed Mr. iVlurray that he should not stir 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 Woolwich. 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
pron,.nade of 383 ft., the vessel having been
lengtheneal 69 ft. by
ft. The quarterdeck
the original being
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rate workmanship, without reference to cost. The
state bed is emblazoned at each end with a gilded
representation of the rising and setting suu, and
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throughout t
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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 tons. Her engines, by
Maudslay and Sons, are of 800 -horse power.

THE BISHOP OF MALTA.—We regret to learn
that the Roman Catholic Bishop of Malta on arriving at
Messina in the steamer Qusinal, was grossly insulted by
the inhabitants of that city, who swarmed iu boats with
Italian flags round the vessel, shouting " Purco it Vescovo
di Malta 1" " Spia dei Borboni 1" " Maledetta l'anima
sua I" " Ford Maltesi 1" and other expressions of a simi-
lar nature. They even, it said, went so iar as to attempt
to board the steamer, on seeing which the crew were placed
uLder arms. The captain of an Italian frigate in the har-
bour is reported to have shotted her guns, and warned the
people that he would fire on the boats if they cid not dis-
perse. It is, more,,ver, 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 t.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
some passengers in the Straits, without even landing her
goods deliverable at Messina, or transhipping that part of
her cargo destined for the Levant,—Naeta Times.