The New York herald., 1849-05-02
NO. 5444.
Affairs In Canada.


wardng deed is done, and history will record the act
Lord Elgin Governor General Of Canada asseuts to
bill having for it's sole object the abstraction OF
100000 from the public revenues, to be expended in
premiums upon rebels for their glorious deeds Of muir
The Of '37 aud 'Ss, uho peisd their hpes aud
property guard their Queen and country from traitors
npaissd and rered, and the French miscreants ohose
hands im5rued in British blood, be
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This act of the present government is but finishing
stroke to the numerous other ti-Brsh acts Of
nament which have been passed
But the Queen and British legislature will yet do
justice-these are now only reliance. strenuous
and powerful appeal must be instantaneously made by
petition to her Majesty and to the House of Commons
and We confident of the result supported
BY the press and people OF England As our cores
pondent British Canadian, truly observes, "An in
tense feeling will spontaneously burst forth in all parts
OF Canada; and a petition with 100000 signatures of
men, loyal and true ready, If need be- to back their
sentiments with their lives viii tell the imperial
vernment that they will be British subjects in fact as
we'll in name.' The British league lately formed in
Montreal whose circular We inserted last Wednesday,
must be Immediately put into full and vigorous
Only let us be true TO ourselves; have loyalty
watchword, and organization sole security The
address OF the League has this important sentence:
"Ihese means, so vast in attainment powerful in
agency and yet simple in contrvance expressi
bic in single word and that word is Organization.'
By adopting this advice shall form British protec-
tive phalanx capable of resisting the unconstitutional
cncroacnments upon the subject by the present
checked despotic governmcntf government it can be
called.
From Lord Elgin we can benceforth expect neither
remedy nor redress he has deliberately consummated
an act hateful to every loyal subject that
indebly tarnsh the cAcutheo Of the Bruces with
honor. rr.
The above article shows, also, the feeling of the
British towards the French; and the following ex-
tracts that of the French towards the British -
[From the Montreal La Minervel
To THE YOUNG CASApIAss OF THs CRY OF MONTREAL.
"A terrible outrage has been offered to the representa-
tives of the people public building the property Of
the city, where both legislative chambers held their
Eittngs has been barbarously burned by croWd Of mis-
belonging miserable faction. Our noble and
magnanmous Governor General the friend Of our con-
sttuonal rights and the faithful representative of
gracious sovereign has himself becu the object of the
insult and outrage of this horde Of scoundre Shall
permit this contomptble faction crush under their
feet in the capital every principle of decency, order
and law No, never Rally then, around the govern
ment and the administration Of your choice and who
have SO many proofs Of your entire confidence, and
prove them the implacabe hatred bear toUdrds those,
nS asey S rs A.sembe @ b. yoSr 8
selves in companies of ten and let your centurons
port their lists to the aduant general Of Militia God
rave the Queen A VOLTlGEUR.
The following is the petition for the recall of
To HER Mosr GRACIOUS MAJEsry:-The humble petit.
tion of the undersigned your Maestys royal subjects
residents of the Province of Canada, showeth that
your Majestys representative in this Province the
Right Hon Earl OF Elgn, Kincardne giving the royal
assent to bill for compensatg rebels for losses nict-
ed by your Maestys troops and by others of your Ma
jestys most loyal subjects acting under the orders Of
your Majesty's officers hath seriously impaired your
Maesty authority by endangering the peace and tran
qulity of the Province.
thus offered to your Maestys royal authority and the
insult themselves outrage and insult they be-
lieve, unexampled in the history of nations, which
strikes at the foundation of allegiance and obeyancc,
which reciprocal with government and projections;
eousy pleased to reca @ the said Earl Of and Kin
cardnc from the of this Province which he
can no longer administer with safety to the state and
allow the said BILL which is insult to every who
in the time Of trial stood forward to defend your Ma
jestys crown and dignity And your petitioners will
Annexed are two of the bills assented to in her
Majestys name by his EXcellency the Governor
General, VIII
An act to pr. de for the indemnfcaton of parties
in Lower Canada whose property was destroyed during
and thirtyseven and one thousand eight hundred and
thirty eight.
articles Of the growth produce Of the United States
of America into Canada, whenever similar articles the
growu and production of Canada, shall be admitted
witho duty into the said States.
[From the Montreal Herald, April 2S1
STATE OF THE CITY TO MIDNIGHT.
The morning after the destruction of the Parliament
House, the city startled by the intelligence that
several arrests had taken place and that the following
Nessrs. Howard, Montgomerie, Mack Esdaile' and
Ferries. We give the result Of the imprisonment of
going to press in another place. together with tho
resolutions passed at the meeting ut which they
present on the Champ de Mars In the meantime, we
may mention a. tn circumstance, together with the
great display OF soldcry at the Bonsecours Market
where the Houses of Parliament assembled, and
men which seemed in the early part Of the day. TO be
much less than could have been expected About the
Government House especially, considerable crowd
fingered the whole day and Notwithstanding the guard
drawn up inside the rangs, they continued to hoot
and pe several of the ministry and supporters Of the
ministry, who from time attempted come out
from the concave within. The Hon. j. H. Boulton
a1 ou0. % u, wt nss s nr ran on m
Holmes too, and other gentlemen were either kicked
or otherwise more or less ill.tf.ated. The soldiers
were nian@uvred to clear the ground but the
mob still out.manouvred them marching when
they marched countermarching when they counter
marched and facing about when they faced about
the whole being accompanied with laughter aud Oft
repeated cheers. This continued till the afternoon,
the whole city, except that neighborhood. car
rying its business in the usual manner, with the
exception of the groups ogossppers who collected at the
discuss the of public affairs Towards nght-fall
the assembage in front of the Government House be-
SONS collected the bank in the Champ de Mars. the
two assemblages occasionally echoing each others
shouts and cheers A little after dark, however, a
general move took place. and the whole body marched
into the French Square, where we believe, they COM
PEELED the people in the Pilot Office to cease work
They then proceeded to the residence of Mr..
Laontane the ridge above St. Antoine street; and
we regret say that they there again committed an
act Of incendiarsm. The house, which is detached
residence repeatedly set on Ere; but the hames
we're rs cxtipguishcd principally In consequence
He'll and some other gentlemen. We do not know
whether their endcavors would have been successful If
some person in the crowd had not thought OF the ex
pedent declaring that the deed Of sale from Bourne
estate the present proprietor was not yet passed as
the stables destroyed ana nucu haVoc ue oi
tn. furniture within The the beds especially
were given the wind and strewcd the whole garden
in front of sc. Do RS, window starcases LOOK
ing glasses cngravngs BOOKS, and the entire stock of
goods, such a. wealthy proprietor would place In
newly purchased mansion unceremoniously
demolished In tho morning these articles were
lying scme haif burned some exhibiting a hundred
fractures piled in every variety the door
Happily. the family had all departed before the
crowd arrived Here as at the Houses of Parliament
the touching loss is that of the valuable library
which the hon. gentleman had been engaged during
the whole Of his life in collecting Many Of the books
We hope Of them, preserved; but many. also
are partially or wholly burnt Some troops and fire
engines went down to the confagration but
did not arrive till great part of the mischief
had been effected. from thence several parties pro-
oecded to the residences of different persons who
were considered obnoxious. AT MIR Drummond's