The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN NOTES.,

'1 CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE.

A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from
Montreal, calls attention to a speech made by Mr. Hun-
tington at an agricultural exhibition in Missoquoi. Mr.
Huntingdon was formerly Solicitor-General, and has at-
tained some distinction as an orator. Last winter he made
a speech in the Canadian Parliament which excited a good
deal of comment, as it distinctly advocated the inde-
pendence of Canada. Mr. Galt and Mr. Huntington have
been the first to allude to the subject in Parliament, but,
,according to the correspondent of the Tribune, the idea
is gaining ground throughout the Dominion. Mr. Hun-
tingdon in his recent address declared that England her-

self wished to get rid of annexation, which had become
mutually embarrassing to herself and the coloni..r, and he
called upon Canada "to free her Majesty's gown from the
hold which, against her will, she still keeps of it."
The precise form of government to be dcsirod Wa3 not
stated, though the orator did not conceal his dislike to a
viceregal system. With regard to the common-id rela-
tiens of Canada with the United States, he advised the
formation of a Zollverciu, such as e:r.ists in Germany. Ti.i3
suggestion is, however, unrop.lar with the Protectionists.

NEWS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN,

A correspcndent of the Bulletin of San .Frencisoo has
written from San Buenaventura, a town on the Californian
ccast, to ley that a dceninent rcla-i.ing to Sir John

Franklin had been found on the beech at that
place. A request that it might be sent to the
British Consul at the nearest port was written in six
different languages. The document declared that the ships
Erebus and Terror had been deserted by the party and that
they had found a relic of Sir John Ross. It is
also stated that the party wintered at Beechy Island in
1846 and 1847, and that Sir John Franklin died on the
11th of June, 1847. If this account be really correct, the
document must.have travelled 6,000 miles to be thrown up
on the Californian beach, and through that mysterious
North-West Passage where Sir John Franklin and his party
risked and lost their lives in the attempt to discover.

THE FIGHT IN CATALONIA,

The Madrid papers contain particulars cf the combat a!:
Barcelona. The cause of the disturbance was the determi-
nation of the Volunteers of Liberty at Barcelona to protest-
against the disarmament of the volunteers cf Tarragona.
The protest was published in the Republican rarers, and
created great excitement among the r•oi.tiation. The
GoVernment ordered the dissolution of the battalions
which were commanded by the chiefs who made the pro-
test. This order being resisted, the authorities Lad no
resource but to call in the aid of " the military.
After the insurrection had been put down, the trcors
occupied their positions until the dissolved volunteer force s
had delivered up their arms. General Pierrad was breuidit
to Tarragona as a prisoner, and the behaviour of the people
contrasted strangely with their former conduct. Net one
acclamation was heard, and the greatest order prevailed.
The Gazette bar issued a decree on public order, which is
calculated to irritate the Republicans.