Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-05-03
Important from Canada.
OUTBREAK IN MoNTkEAL-BuRNISo OF TIL
PARLIAMENT House
MONTREAL, Thursday, April 26,
6 O'Clock p. Nj.

Affairs have reached a crisis sooner than was
anticipated in tins city.
At late hour yesterday afternoon the Gov
ernor General went down TO the Legislative
Council and sanctioned forty eight bills
amongst which was sneaked that of the Re-
publican Losses.
Upon this being made known to the mob
outside, the Governor on entering his carriage
was pelted with rotten eggs, dirt, &c, amids,
shower of which The Vice Royal Cortegc
drove off.
An egg struck his Excellency in the face
In few hours the excitement in tie city
becane uncomfortable, and by O'Clock print
ed notices Of a mass meeting to he immed ate y
he'd in the Champ de Mars were issued
Persons were commissioned 10 alarm the
people by driving through the streets in
calashes with large bills. The fire bells were
also brouphl into execution,
AT 8 o'clock crowd of 1000 persons or
more assembled, and after strong resolutions
hal been passed, the cry was raised 40 the
Parliament buildings" The enraged multi
,ude rushed at a run through the streets, ard
by o'clock the first stone was thrown
through window into the midst OF the Legis
|lltve Assembly, a, the time in full session
A constant shower was kept up into the
windows ill everything was smashed.
In tn. mean time the members assemble II
The lobby.
A band Of twenty-five Of the leaders of the
mob rushed into the Chambers, AMI one having
placed himself in the Speakers Chair, an
nounced, " Gentlemen, the French Parliament
s dissolved.'
They then bo,,cd with the mace to present
il 10 sir Allen McNab, al Donegana's Hotel
The cry of fire was now raised. and il was
soon found ,ha, the Parl ament Houses were
in flames in a hundred places.
The fire spread with great rapidhy and il
half an hour the buildings were one sheet of
flames.
The mob had now augmented TO 1000, and
the burning buildings were surveyed with the
most s,oical indifference on the part OF the
spectators. At first the fremcn refused to
play and only attempted to save the buildings
close by.
Everything has been lost--all the archives
and records of the Colonies for several hundred
years Not 500 worth Of property has been
saved.
The military were called out and were re-
cevied with loud cheers on the part OF the
mob
No fresh disturbances up TO the present have
taken place.
The population Of all classes ard creeds,
had determined to stand by the acts Of the past
night.
The windows of Mr.. Hicks house were
broken by small portion Of the rioters.
Military guards were placed during the night
over all the houses Of the Ministers.
No lives we're lost.
Sir Allan McNab, the Hon w Badgcy
and G. b. Turner, ESQ., one of the editors of
the Montreal Courier, were cut ou, of the PAT
amen, House with axes.
Governors s residence, mile or two from the
city, and the governor and his family immedi-
ately came into town and are now at Done.
gana's.
A council was held during the night One
hundred and iorty-cight warrants for arrest
were issued, among whom j, is mentioned are
the names Of Messrs. Montgomery, Mack How
ard, and +. Smith.
The ST. Andrews Society met this morning
to expe Lord Elgin of the Society.
No news yet from the upper Provinces.
SECOND DISPATCH.
l2 o'clock
The excitement amongst tho populace is
increasing every moment.
Three leading Conservatives were arrested
on a charge of arson. and after undergoing
short examination were remandcd to Jail ill 10.
morrow.
Their nsn,cs are Montgomery, Mack How
ard aad Ferris.
A multitude, numbering about 1000 accom-
panied them to prison amidst continued and
dcsferine cheers.
They Uere escorted by guard Of 100 men
of Tho 10Th Regiment,