The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-05-05
RIOT AT MONTREAL~BURN RI.
ING OF THE PARLIAMENT
BUILDINGS, DC.

Droin various sources NO g1lber the I'll,
loving particulars ofo foreihlr dispersion of
The Canadian Parliament and the burning
oflho Parliament lnusc,
MoSrErAL, Thursday, April 20.
u'clock, T.. NJ
Ansir- hive rearhcd crisis suonor llln
wn. anticipated ~ Tho cuy, ~ "a hie hour
Yesterday nlicrnuun, The Governor Gritn
vent down 80 ilr Legislative Cougril nrd
snurii"nrd iony oigiu'hills, amongst Which
WIS ucnkrd lhot of tie Rebellion Lus.e,.
Cliuu ihis being male known I" The mob
outside size Governor 90 ,niciinr lis crrfHro
wns Irlird Will folicu egg ,difi &C. amidst
shGysrr uf Nhfrh The Wee Ho,h Cwlego
drove un. AZ EGG struck ~. lArlrur, lu
the Gcr. lu irW hours .lhr excitement %
tie c,t hrcanic uncomfortable, Hrd ~ 'et,
rii. O'clock printed uulirrs ufn n'nss uu,ng
10 ts immediately iirtit-Wslh T Champ 10 Nus
were isSutd. Persons were Conirll'''uurd
~ ninrn tho people hi diving through iOr
sIfDsi- ~ salseltes With huge ltllr, THE I've
bells we're Hlnn brought iuio execution,
Ats u'cluck u crowd Of 1000 prtsuus or
mnfc nsscuillc,l, aud after strong resolutions
hnd hrru passed, tl,c crt was raised, " 10 No
Parliament huil,iiufHl' TIC onrnPrd mul.
liutdc Immediately rushed az u Tuu hrugh
~
WINS ihtpWu through u ~ induW iutothc midst
81 thc Legislative AFcmhly NJ ihc time ~
iul scssinu Acuusinut rGuWcr Arni up lu''
10 tho windows uutil every ding whs rua'l'
ed. H. ihr inrnu time thr mcinlrrs nssru'
hlrd w lice lobby. baud of twenty-five of
lhc leaders ofihe mph rushed into the ChHn,
hers, mad one hnViur placed himsrlf m lls
Srcnkcr's Chnir, announced" Gentlemen, lle
French Parliament H. di-rukcd.' They thU
holird W,tli ll,e ,raco To- p,"s"ut u Ia Slr NJ
len AlcNuh, ~ DouucrnnH's Hotel The cp
ct ire nu- uuw fri--t. urd u WINS SOON found
That tho parhntrnt. Houses were in flames
in hundred plncos.
Tito iirc spread with great rapiIiy aud n
hllfou hour the buildings were oJr sheet of
lumc. Tho mob had now nugHtut,d ro.i.
coo. aud ilo lnruiur buildings WIRE surveyed
with the most sluirud Indifference ON the r1n
of The spectators Al iifsi lhc trcmru rrlus.
ed TO play, mud only attempted tn suyc He
buildings close hy. Everything hos been
lost--Hll tic archives aud rccohls ol he Cot
uuics for several hundred wears. Nrt-'OO
wnFih. of property has been snyed The mil
ilary were called out, aud we're received WIN
loud cheers on the pnrt of The molL No lrc,h
TtIETurhUurrs tTrtu tfTu ITrrrrri tirrr 'rrr' 'nN
en- place. Tho population, ofoll clnsscs and
creeds, had delernoIngl to stand by The dd'@
The past righf.
Tho windows Of Mr. Hicks house were
broken ly srnnll section Of the rioters. Md
ilnry guards were nlnced during the night o
vor all tlia houses of the Ministers. No lives
-unro lost, sir Alien McNal, tie Hon, W.
Bndgely, mud q. II. Turner, Esq, one ot The
editors Of Tie Montreal Courier, were cut OUT
of THO Parliament tl,e-e ',,tlt aSe- inrs'
sage WIS sent to- Monk lands, the Governors
resnlence.n mile or Two from the city, nnd
the Governor and family Immediately cnmo
into the Town aud arc now ut DonneganNS
A canucil wns held during the night. Que
hundred mud forty eight warrants for nrre,
we're lssiied, among whom II is mentioned
nrr tho names of Mr-rrs montgomery, Nurt
Howard, aud IT, Smith The ST, Andrew
Society mct IlJs Wormng to eXpeI i'orh ~.
pin ns Patron orthe Society. No news yet
from the upper Province. '.''-.