Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-05-09

The Governor General came to town TO-
day to receive the address of the House,
escorted by the Dragons, pelled with
stones and eggs, and hissed. The carriage
was broken by the mob. The houses ea
the Ministry were also pelted with eggs
After reading the riot act, the soldiers
charged the people. The Governor es-
capped by the backway. He and the Min
listers were burned in efigy. No destruc-
ton Of life or property but great excite.
ment.
Great Meeting at BrockriHe-Gorernor
General Burnt in EGgy-Rlss"g Of
the population.
F'rom the Montaeal Courier of April sog
We received yesterday morning copies
of the following resolutions, passed at a
great meeting of the British inhabitants
Of Brockville and its vicinity; also of q
placard, which we conceive to be produc.
ton unexampled in Dependency of the
British G rown. 1t is the first time that
the constituted authorities of municipal.
ity have personally superintended the burn
ing in efigy of the representative of the
sovereign.
The same thing has been done in Go.
bourg, and we are told that the reflection
Of the huge fire which consumed the mock
Governor General was seen thirty miles
off on the lake.
The people of Fron,enac, Leeds and
Hastings are preparing to march to the
assistance of their brethren in Lower Can,
ada. The owners of the steamboats, have
placed them at the disposal of the loyal
people.
1t was reported in town yesterday after
noon, that the house of MIR. J S Macdonald,
member for Glengarry, at Cornwall, had
been burnt by the populace on Saturday
night; that Nj Macdonald has fled for his
life, and that the brave Highlanders of
Glengarry are arming by thousands to
come to the ass!stanc Of the British popu-
lation of Lower Canada if need be.
: We have alsoiDtelligence of great excite
ment in Toronto, Hamilton and Beleville.
The list Regiment and the Queens
Light Dragons were brought into town
on Saturday.
The Executive Council was sitting
nearly all day vest erday, and it is reported
that they have sworn in Mr. John Young
as Chief NJ gistrate of the city! We very
much wonder what good that will do them!
We believe that God has delivered these
Ministers over to Satan, for their own de-
struclion, which they have determined on
accomplishing in the speediest manner
possible; that we should not so much care
about, but they have deceived the Cover
nor General by their lying representations
till he is as infatuated as themselves.
The end is not yet-but it is not far off,
Hurrah for the Queen!-No French
Domlnation!-Englishm can make
Laos for Themselves!
RESOLUTIONS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY
THE ROCKVILLE LEAGUE.
David Q Ford, Esq. President, in the
chair; w. B. Mclean, Esq, Barriser, Sec
retary. The following res buttons were
unanimously adopted:
On motion of Robert Preden, ESQ.,, J. P.
Resolred, That the name of this Socie.
ty be changed from the s'Brockville Brit.
ish American Association" to that of the
"Brockvile Branch Of the British Ameri.
can League"
On motion Of John Crawford, Esq,
President Board of Police.
Resolred, That this Society heard, with
feelings of profound regret, that the ParIia
ment Buildings, with the Puplic Libraries
and Records, have been destroyed by fire,
and that this meeting is Of opinion thai,
had not the British Government broken
faith with Upper Canada, by removing the
Seat OF Government from within its limits,
such catastrophe would not have occur
red.
On motion of Paul Glasford, Esq J p.
| Resolved, That this meeting, while i,
deplores and abhors SO wanton q desruc
ton OF public property, cannot but express
lis utter astonishment at The career o.
madness and folly, which has characteri
sed the administrative conduct of the Ear
OF Elgin, in asserting, in Her Majesty's
name, to SO hateful, and so utterly unjus
Unable measure, as the Rebellion Indem
nlty bull, and which assent has led not O.
lone to the act,which this meeting deplores
but which may, in all human probability
if not disallowed by Her Majesty y-lead te
consequences still more serious and mpor
tant
On motion Of VIM Parkin, Esq. ]. P.
Rssotred, That the Members comp ri
sing this Association, have at all time
been distinguished by loyalty to the Crown
a loyalty not depending upon party, bu
springing from principle and intelligence
and evincing the sincerity Of its devotion
in the most gloomy hours and under tht
most trying circumstances; that such 10y
atty was officially repudiated in the Par
liamentary declarations of the Ministers
ol Lord Elgin which Ministers declared