Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-05-10
SERIOUS OUTBREAK AT MONTREAL.
The Parliament Buildings and all the
AFchieves Burnt.
Montreal, Thursday ]
Anril 0Rth 1QAQ (

Montreal, Thursday }
April 26th, ls49.
Affairs have reached a crisis sooner
than was anticipated, in this city. At a
late hour yesterday afternoon, the Gov
eTnor General went down to the Legis-
lative Council and sanctioned forty eight
bills, amongst VIII Oh was sneaked that OF
the Rebellion Losses Upon this being
made known to the mob outside, the
Governor, on entering his carriage, was
pelted with rotten eggs, dirt, &C., amidst
a shower of which the vice N.yal cortege
drove off. An egg struck his Excellency
in the face.
In few hours the excitement in the
city became uncomfortable, and by seven
O'Clock, printed notices of a mass meet
ing. to be Immediately held in the Champ
de nr$ MA issued. Persons were
cornAAisa asRed TO alarm the people, by
driving through the streets in cafashes
with large bills. The ERE bells were also
brought into requisition. At eight o.
clock, a crowd of 1000 persons or more
assembled, and, after strong resolutions
had been passed, the cry was raised,
"to the Parliament buildings?' The en-.
ragged multitude Immediately rushed
through the streets, and by nine o'clock,
the first stone was thrown through a
window, into the midst of the Legisla-
tive Assembly, at the time in full session,
A constant shower was kept up into the
windows, till everything was smashed.
In the meantime the members assembled
in the lobby. A band of twenty five Of
the leaders Of the mob rushed into the
chambers, and one having placed Linn
self in the Speakers chair, announced,
Gentlemen, the French Parliament is
dissolved" They then bolted With the
mace, to present It to Sir Allen McNab,
at Donnegana's Hotel. The cry of FIRE
was now raised, and it was soon found
that the Parliament Houses were in flames
in a hundred places. The Gre spread
with great rapidity, and in half an hour
the buildings were one sheet of flame,
The mob had now augmented to 600,
and the burning building, were surveyed
with the most stoical indifference on the
part of the spectators. At first the fire.
men refused to play, and only attempted
to save the buildings close by.
Everything has been lost-all the ar
chieves and records of the colonies for
seversl hundred years. Not SEQ worth
of property has been saved.
The military were called out and were
received with loud cheers on the part of
the mob. No fresh disturbance, up to
the present time. have taken place. The
population of all classes and creeds, had
determined to stand by the acts of the
past night. The windows of MIR. Hick' s
house were broken by small section of
the rioters. Military guards were placed
during the night over all the houses Of
the ministers. No lives were lost.
Sir Allen McNab. the Hen w. Bad
gely, and g. B. Turner, Esqr., one of
the editors of the Montreal Courier, were
cut out Of the Parliament House with
axes.
A message was sent to Monklands, the
Governors residence, a mile or two from
the city, and the Governor and family
Immediately came into town, and are now
at Donnegana's.
A council was held during the night.
One hundred and forty eight warrants for
arrests were issued, among whom it is
mentioned are the names of Messrs.
Montgomery, McHeward, and F. Smith.
The st. Andrews Society met this
morning to expel Lord Elgin as Patron
of the Society.
5000. Montreal, April q.
Last night the mob burned La Fon-
taine's (the leader Of the French partly
house, and then broke the windows OF
DR.. Nelson's. There was meeting to-
day which passed resolutions praying
the Home Government to recall Lord
Elgin. The speakers told the people to
refrain from violence and the meeting
dispersed.
@ Gen. Gaines, and his wife, Myra
Clark, we learn from the New Orleans
Delta, have iled in the U. s. Circuit
Court in Chauncery, supplementary bill
of complaint, she claiming as the only
child and legitimate heir of Daniel CLARK,
thirteen hundred acres of land, in the
Parish of st. Landry, fronting on Bayou
Plaquemie Bruelis, and now possessed
and occupied by Madison Lyons. Geras-
lme Richard. The title comes to them
from Delestine Leyargne. The Court
ruled that the defendants answer the bill
on or before the rule-day, in May next.
Czspeland - buildings - ncrerse -
Property Re0t and Personal gath
er the following from the returns of the
city Assessors for the year ls49. Num-
Der Of buildings erected last year in the
LIST Ward 226, value $70,75O