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Tar FROJ BLES N CANADA.


MONTREAL, lharidays Apfu 20.
Afars have reached crisis sooner Than was
Aaiss,iPuied in this ciiy.
A,a lale hour yesterday afternoon the Gov. |
General went down 10 Ihs legislative council
and sanctioned l8 bills, among which was snea-
kedlhai Of The rebellion losses.
Upon this being made known TO the mob out
side, the Governor on catering his carriage was
pslled with rotten eggs. du, &c., amidst a
shower Of which the Vice Royal Corege drove
uG
An egg struck his Exeellency in the face.
In iew hours the excitement Of the city be-
came uneonRoIlsbe. and By seven O'Clock prin-
Ied notices Of a mass meeting 10 be held in The
Clasp De Mars were issued. Persons were
commissioned to alarm the people by driving
through the streets in calaehes with large bills.
The Gre bells were also brought into reQulsiuon.
AIS 9o'clock, crowd OF 1000 persons or more
assembled, aud after strong resolutions, had
been passed the cry was raised 10 the Pdriia-
nsHi bE.idiHgs.' The enrag dmulu'ude imme-
dIstely rushed al run Though he streets, and
hy nine o'clock the tr5I stone was thrown thro'
"a window into the midst Of the legislative As
semby al The lime in full session.
A constant shower was kept up into the win
dows till everything was smashed.
Ia the meantime the members assembled in
the lobby.
band Of e5 Of the leaders OF the mob rush
cd into the chambers, aud one having placed
himself in the Speakers chair, announced
"0eulemon the French Parliament is dlssol.
ved'
They then bolted with the mace to present il
to Sir Allan McNabb at DOhneganO's hotel.
Ths cry Of FIRE was now RAISED, and it was
found that the Parliament house was on fire in
hundred places.
The FIRE spreid with great rapidly g. in hall
an hour the buildings were an entire sheet oI
fame.
The mob had now augmented to 1000, aud
the burning buildings were surveyed with stole.
al indifference OIL the part OF the spectators
Al first the Rrsmen refused TO play and only at
tempted to save the buildings close by.
Every thing has been lOsI--aIl the archives
and records of the colonies for several hundred
years. MOI 500 worth Of properly has been
saved.
The military were called out and were recei'
we'd with loud cheers on the pau of the mob.
No fresh Disturbances up 10 the present hour
have taken place.
10 pOpuluVOI ol All ClaSSOS utlu ClOouS hhu
determined 10 stand by the acts Of last night.
The windows of Mr.. Hicks house were bro
ken open by small section of the rloIors.
Military guards were placed during the night
over all the houses Of the ministers.
No lives were lost
Sir Allan McNab. the Hon. w. w. Badgley
and 6. b. Turner, Esq, one of the editors oI
the Montreal Courier, were cut out OF The Par
lament house with axcS.
message was sent TO Monkands, the Gov
ernor's residence, mile or two from The GUY,
and the Governor and family Immediately came
into The Town and are now u DonneganN's.
A council was held during the night; 348
warrants for arrest were issued among whom II
is mcnaioned the names of Messrs. Mongome'
ry, Mack Howard aud f. Smith.
The Sir Andrews Society met this morning
TO Oxpol Lord Elgln as patron OF the society
no uUws ycI from the upper Provinces