Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1837-11-10

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ted doncs Of the day; but nobody, be-
vond The initiated, could do more than
guess as to what they were to be. There
was no public notice of the mce'lngr nor
any general knowledge or oven suspicion
Of l,s intended time or place. Somebody,
1--WE know net who, but presume ii must
have been lineal descendant Of tho feth-
cred bipcd that wbilome saved the Roman
capitol by cackllng, who emulous OF his
famous ancestors renown.) had set up
hanbllls calling meeting on the Place q
Arrpes ut noon, ''to crush rebellion in the
buG;" but as the good people in general
did not know where to look for the SAID
rebellion, nor yet to whom to look as their
proposed leader 10 the crushing process
recommended, they very wisely stayed a.
way. Brtwccn 70 aud parties of tn" JUS
de ia Hberte" began TO colec. at BoNAcI-
SA's dram-drink lng establishment, at the
corner of No,re Dame and M'Glll Streets, !
and finally formed themselves into NEE
Ting. secure from Constituilonast eyes,
IN ward behind 1t which opens lnto-Great
! st. james Street by a gate and door, both
of which were kept carefully shut, to the
strict exclusion of all except the faithful
Til abou, 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the
meeting continued dcggcdy enough within
tSs safe enclosure, while groups OF Con-
sti,u,ionalis.s, some with sticks and others
without, were waiting dispersed up and
down the street with exemplary patience,
to see the end Of il, and know whether the
promised Tricoler was destined to appear
or not. At about O'Clock. the gates OF
: the ward were thrown open, and body OF
some 600 men and boys, more or less, be-
me-. ltooai thp whole Ot me
meeting, rushed into the street, but wlth-
| GU, flag Of any kind. At the moment,
, there were perhaps 100 persons scattered
abort the street IN small groups. trough
its whole length Upon these the fills lie
= la Hberie made an Immediate charge, with
Y sticks yolleys of stones, and tho discharge
of some two or three pistols The mob
then rushed at double lulc!. time up the
street towards the Place d Armes. and
broke number windows on their way,
{; the scattered groups skirmishing with
their stragglers as they passed. 10 one of
these skrmshes, ct the corner of st.
Francois Xavier Street, Mr. II. S. BRowN,
= who had previously made himself extreme
< ~ active, me, with pretty severe thrash
ing, and was carried off into an adjoining
house. Blu, for The interference Of Messrs
NunU!lcK, Lyun3 dIu (AslAb', "cu'u
S have been beaten much more severely lhun
= lie vas. Mr HooFaTErTER also was con-
siderably beaten at the came place, by the
other party. Immediately on reaching the
! Place d. Armes, and hardly ten minutes al.
$ ter leaving their place Of meeting, the
+ main body OF the rioters began to make IT.
self scarce, the greater part hurrylns on
up the St. Lawrence Main Streef.--ln
9 the mean time the Conatltnilona'lsts were
D collecting abou, Place d'Ar.neJ in consd-
cradle numbers, and began to seek in vain
y for their vanished enemies They passed
along Notre Dame Street, la few stones
, being thrown in passing at JOSHUA BELLS
house and then up the Main Street, into
. The 81. Lawrence Suburb where they
: found, Instead OF opponents, a flag. a sword
. and three guns, one single barre!led, one
double batre!ed, and one seven barrelled,
. belonging TO the ",fis de III Hberte." in
, a house 10 Dorchester Street, which has
been drilling place. --Re'urnlDg. by
way OF B0n6e cours Street: they passed,
, aud threw few stones into Mr. PAPIN.
y EAU's house, where, however, the grpa,
5 man was not TO be seen or heard of: and
1t then proceeded to the Vindic0.or Office,
= which they broke open, and out Of which
, they threw quantity Of the types and pa
- Eers into the street.
"A Long before this, however. the Megis-
" ,rGtcs, had called out the military, and
read the riot act. A strong body Of troops
'e with two pieces Of artillery were paradlug
IL the city, @, the very time when the above
Sc proceedings were gong Oh in the st. La"
I'd renee Suburb; and they had Just returned
10 the barracks, when the attack was made
H. ca the Findicoior Office. They were
~ marched out second lime in consequence
IN m Of it, but all was again quiet before they
ol reached the spot. A party of the Magls
". trotcs headed the Military, and anon.
We them were Messrs. DoNEGANI and Dr-nI
a yIEREs. How fond aome enemies Of tbs
!" law and military, are apt to be Of their pro
~, lection, --when they need it!
he Durlog Monday blgh, magistrates, will
1t. bodies Of troops under thC'r orders, were
10 stationed AT Sleiler's, Maine Street, ST, Lawrenc
II. Subu'b, at Boyd's, Place d. A,mes, aud at Rus
sells, Quebec Suburb Nnlhing, however, occur
red 10 disturb he quiet Of the city.
In regard 10 the proceedings of the day, an
pc especially The destruction Of property TO which
=, led We can only express Our regiel that the
- should haze taken place. Where the fault lie,
however, Is clear enough The braggarls Of II,
grand meeting in Bonacna's yard were the iir,
II agsrcs-ors, and Ihe consequences Of their agge'
70 sion were less serious after all than they may b
said 10 have deserved. The screwed up Courag
he of their attack would doubtless have brought upo
NJ, them FAT heavier reckoning, had not the dowr
~ right po'troonery Of their retreat enabled most
It them personally 10 escape il. The attack upon
On printing office We regret particularly, because
&c may easily he ma lie means of strengthening I'll
nd hands of the party attacked. The parry, howeye
m that has appealed to, and indeed been The first
use, violence, has no real right 10 complain Of II
o first return Of their own coin that is made them.
cd We hope The proceedings Of the day will
49, once make The "fis de la Hberte" more chary
their aud mn, n,y, ,,,,,, mora ,,,.c,i