The Arkansas banner., 1849-05-22
FROM CANADA.
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 Ths sreite ihent here n oas--grea,er thau i.ase ever befere witsessed. The popascs would not HlIow the engines to play ea the fire excep,ipg to save psivats property. The Canadians of French birth are terrified St the boldness of the Anglo Saxons- Ny impression is that in three years hence CansdA will be portion of y9ur repuAlic. The British portion of eur people most eager for am nexstioa. shenid we leta the UniaA. Moatreal will eventually rank the third city on this continent for population and iapoFtaucs. l eaamot descrthe the intensity as the feeling existing here, The British wil not submit to be ruled any longer by French masters; and, should warfare eRsue the contest will be doabsfaf. think. however, at will be accom- plished pescefaly.--tCe N. Y. Tribune. The Public Meeting on Champ de Mar~. The proceedings of the public meeting tn Mon- treal on the Champ do Mars, (of which mention was made in the account given in the Banner last week,l embodied the following resolutions:
 Resotscd, That this paee,ing view with extreme regret and pain the present state of excitement of tie public mind, and the recent destruction of public and private property in the city. and pledges itself 10 matntaia the public order by all means ia it's power.
 ResoIred. That tho assent of the governor~yeneral to the bill for the payment of the rebellion losses in the opinion of this meeting, was not called for, al though 1t cannot justify the recent manifestation of the popular fceliog.
 RssokreG, That while we have to complain of his excelencys having allowed his advisers and the in- hnence Of his government to introduce the bill ia question, we have in addition to complain that he has violated Fundamental law of our provisional consultation by disobeying the royal instructions to reserve all bills of an uRasuai character.
 Rssoiced, That the governor general having been addressed in constitutional manner by tho British inhabitants Of the province to withhold his assent from the said bill and these prayers So expressed having been treated with indifference it Is our duty to petition the Queen to dissolve the said bill and recall the Governor.
 Petition Co the Queen.
 7s Her Most Gracious Majesty. The humble pe- tiion of the undersigned your maesty's loyal sub ects, residents of the province of Canada showeth: That your majesty representative in this province the Right Hon. Earl of Elgis and kineardine, in giving tho royal assent to . hit for compensating rebes for losses inflicted by your maiestys troops and by others of your majesiys most loyal subjects. acting under the orders of your maesty's officers hath seriously impaired your malesty's authority, by endangering the peace and tranquility of the province that your petitioners feel most acuteIy the oatrage thus offered to yoar msesty's royal authority and the insult to themselves; outrage and an insult, they believe, unexampied in the his- tory of nations, which striKes at the iOundation of allegiance and obeyance, which are reciprocal with government and protection, and they humhly pray that your malesty will graeiouSIy be pleased call the said Earl of Elgin and Kincaraine from the government of this province, which he can no longer administer with safety to the State and honor to your majesty; and that your majesty will not allow the said bill, which is an insalt io every man who, in the time of trial stood forward tS defend your in@Iesty's crown and dignity-snd your peti- uoners will ever pray.
 The French and British Canaslians.
 The following, which we take from Montreal paper shows the i'll will of the French towards the British residents in that city:
 To ae fospg Cansdians fthe Guy of Montreal terrible outrage has been offered to the represen- ta,ives of the people. public building, tho prop erty of the city, where both legislative chambers held lheir sittngs, has been barbarously burned dy c croted q miseresats, beisngiHg t0 miserable tac- ton. Our noble aud msgnanimons governor. gem era the friend of constitutional rights and the faitbfal representative of our gracious sovereign, has himself been the object of the iusull and out rages of his horde of scoandrels. Shall we permit this contemptble faction to crush under their feet, in the capital every principle of decency order and lawf No. never. Rally, then. around The govern ment aud the administration of ysar choice. and who have so maRy proofs of your entirr confidence, and preve to them the implacable hatred we bear towards those, whom 10 destroy, it Is ouly required for ns to will t. Assemble yourselves in companies of ten, and let your eentarons report their lists 10 :be adlutaat general of militia. God save the Queen. A EoLrIGEuR.