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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1849-07-12, Page 2A D 1 of e ar ttu opcau Nom THE WITHIN PARLIAMENT -THE CA RADIAN LO88Eti DILL, ETC. le the debate is Pailtamest upon the Ce edrae looses bill, Mr. Gledstooe inter, posed a most furious opposition to the mea- ner*, sad hes remarks are said to ban made a etarhed iteprwton in the House. He eosbedd that the presage of the bill le - volved Imperial as well as local consi- deration and that its provisions were •t variance with ,lbs honor and dignity of the crown. He denied that the senee of the Comedies people bad been pronounced is favour of the measure; that even if It had. he did mot admit that this should be ia ulti- mate criterion. It involved the highest imperial coos"deratrom, and should be sub- jsct to the dilemma of the imperial Parlia- ment alone. Ile did not ark the eovern- raeat to disallow the tet, but for an *mn- rs ee that under tho act rebels •bould not be compensated, but that parties should produce reasonsblo prima facie evidence, before receiving aqy public money, that they had not taken part in the rebellion. Lord John Russell complained of the tendency of Mr. Gladstone s speech to sg• gravels the dissensions in Canada, embit- ter the feelings of hostile parties, and the he has stated the case of one party, that in opposition, supplying them with argu- ments, ad mending their case. After pay- ing a warm tribute to the talents of Lord Elgin sad the •pint of his administration, eeriest scope arose, M. Cronies' usisse- tiag that the documents W been with►etd for stuck-pbbisg purposes, which t eisua- 'mun M. Dufuare dudaufolly repelled, os which he was assailed with tesulun Ias- guags. The President on beteg eked to record " that M. Dufaure was 'molest," re- plied that he would ,eccrd Owes the fact that all the confusion was created by a knot of 15 iadividuals. M. Lagrange moved that there should be a sight sitting to receive dsepatohes, which was refuse) by a large austerity, and the Assembly separated. On the 1116 instant the Assembly mel without much externalappearance.tnside or out, of that excitement which general ru- mour had led to expect ; nevertblese, the whisper ran that the members of the Moun- tain were in committee, preparing as set of accusation against the President end Minis - tors for • violation of the constitution,siga- ed by 9110 names. It is M. Drouys de L'Huys whom the opposition accuse of ha- ying, after he had sent in his resignation, counteraigoed the order of the President for 1, neral Oujinot to a, tack Rome. A de- would, it is said, be mine for the pro- duction of the order, and, if produced, then the ex -Minister world be included in the impeachment. The President of the As- sembly announced the death of their col- league, Marshal Iitgeand, whose death was a serious lose to France, for the covutry was deprived of fi great captain and a good citi- zen. He then announced the mines of the deputation appointed to attend the funeral. The order of the day being the moterpella- tions of M. Ledru Rothe regarding Italy, be averred that 11 would be the duty of I that gentleman rose and said that there ft ser m ea. The arshImamsal a.. e m-uc6 a 7teted. The Arebbfshop of Paris came at that time to adm1.t.1sr the last sa- crament, and during the c.remoay ail the freed" of the Ysr.hal •urruunded bin W kneeling. Amongst the. were Demerol Cevaignac, General de Bar, Geo. Boileau, sad other officers. A few minutes after the last increment bed bees mdauseatered the most alarming symptom' appeared, sad the features of the patient Weems much altered. At the moment Gemmel Rol►teres elms to, M. Crevethicr, the Mandisfed*tor, receiv- ed his last breath at 35 minutes put •ia.- The lest words of the Marshal we» "1e suis un butume perdu." The Marshal was born oe the 15th of October, 1781, at Lim- oges, a0d was consequently 81 years old when he died. Ile was the sob of M. Jean Amboi» Bugesud, Chevalier Seigneur dela Pmconnerte, ad of F racoise de Sutton de Cloward, who delimitated from a faintly in Ireland. 11e entered the French Army in 1805, was made corporal at Austerlitz, and a year after had the »nk of sub -lieutenant. Atter serving with gnat distinction in the wars of the empire, he had reached the rank of Colonel in 1814. In 1831 he was pro- moted to the rank of major -genera►. io 1810Ibe was made Governor General of Al. geria, sod in 1843 he was created a Marshal. immediately afar the melancholy death of the Marshal, M. Maigoe, We chis( of the cabinet of the Minister of !notice, west to the Elyse* to a000unce it to the President .of the Republic. The Preedsot received the news with painful emotion, ad delivered to him for Col. Foray, the Marshal's sos.tn- law, the fullowiog letter- " My dear Culunel,-I have go seed to tell yon how much I ate dstressed mo being made acquainted with the death of Marshal Bo- gesud. 1t is an Immense Tose to Frazee and to me. As to hu family, it is natural that it should be i•coosolable ; 1 cas only, therefore, attempt to assuage your grief by expressing to you my own. Belies. in my affectionate regards. Louts NaroLsol. " Lyseet 10th May." A morotog paper has drawn up with care a series of extracts from opposition journals, of which a few may be taken u • specimen of the rest :- "The Republic is surrounded by traitors, who desire to destroy it " France is in danger. The eternal mo- nies of the people and of liberty open the gates to the Cossacks. Keep an eye o0 our enemies, lest we perish victims of Royalist treasons." "Reserve is an imperious duty. But if the defenders of the constitution should meg more call the people to arms, each will know before commencing the struggle, that the Moderates desire neither mercy nor prison- ers, bet a war of extermination.", "Should the Assembly become the ac- complice of the President, and refuse to proclaim the dismissal of the usurper, and summon hint before a high court, there would then be but one power, that of the Preeideot Dictator, and the people would hare to deal not only with the pt ince who has destroyed the revolution of February, but with the Assembly that had betrayed eternal and limprescriptible rights." The Democratic Socialist committee of the Seine has published the following Ad- dress to the National Assembly :- " Considering article 5 of the preamble of the constitution, and article 54 of the constitution. Presideit aid his Ministers taking itemisation to leave thea act in operation, trusting that its opposentr, whom he be- lieved loyal men, would, when the present excitement was over, endeavor to arrest its eel consequences; that a direct action wool] be most likely to sauafy Canada. - He bad declared at once the policy which the government meat to pursue. Mr. Harries feared that Lord J. Russell war not prepared to declare that the set would not be carried into effect so as to toesmiidy parties concerned in rebellion, tied the act was so worded that no other power but the Goverornrst of this country could prevent that result, for the instruc- tions of Lord • Elgin could not do. so.- Whil•t I.erd J. Russell disclaimed the -in- tention of Indemnifying rebels, his .argu- ment as to lhaimposeibility of defining the term, implied that rebels would be indemni- fied. The blame of all that had happened in Canada, he contended was imputable, sot to Lord Elgin, but to the home Govro- meat, whose proceedings with reference to the colony he severely arraigned. Ile concluded by moving an address to her majesty to withhold the Royal assent to the act until her majesty had received satisfactory assurances that no persons who bad been engaged in, or aided or abetted the rebellion, should be admitted to participate in the indemnity. • The motion was seconded by Mr. B. Cochrane, who made a smart attack upon Mr. Roebuck, accusing him of being the advocate of Rebels.. Mr. Roebuck returned a spirited but somewhat bitter reply; and addressing him- self to the question before the House main- tained that the line drawn in the act was the only just one, suggesting cases in which men characterised as rebels would be equitably entitled to compensation for the destruction of their puoperti:`The motion were supreme moments when time war of immense importance, se in the present to. 'twice; for the int,rpeliatioos that a few days ago might have done good were now comparatively i,selesa ohm facts were ac- complished. R was now certain that the• French and the Romani had been engaged in more than one sanguinary combat, and on both sides the losses were severe. The French had nut made any impression, and General Oudioot was now himself forced to ask an armistice. The Minister of Foreign Affair*, interrupting M. Ledru Rollin, said the Government bad received no such intel- ligence.. M. Ledru Rollin persisted in maintaining the truth of his statement, and proceeded to quote • letter from Rome, 6tb Junes, decl*ing that the French troops had suffered most .eve»Iy, and tbat the Romans had retaken some of the puaitious. The 43rd and 68th regiment bad, according to this letter, sustained great lose. It is fur- ther stated that General Oudinot had asked for a suepueston of wins 34 !ours for sake of curbing oil' wounded soldiers. Under present circumstances he would abandon the interpellatidns of yrbicls he had given notice, for be thought they could now lead to no- thing. General Oudioot's conduct was, in his opinion infamous ; and he would declare that he saw but one course left, and that was an act of accusation against the Presi- dent of the Republic and his Ministers, and he would, in consequence, present an act of impeachment. (Cheers on the left, met with cries of "Oh,'l from the right.) He further proposed that members should at once retire into their bureaux to examine the demand lie had made. M. Odillon Barret commen- ced"by saying that ;no information of the kind referred to by M. Ledru Rollin had reached the Government. The laic infor- mation was the despatch of Geo. Oudioot, and he thought the hon. gentleman should in** hedjlthrfBsiager of .ho majority in Canada, but by stimulating that terrible spirit in which the• minority inoether coun- tries incited resistance to the determination of the majority. The guarantee required by the motion was impossible; either theta must be oo componsation, or the line drawn in tbd act must be adopted; oreo if it were possible to give the guarantee, it would-be impolitic and dangerous, for it would run coaster to the wishes d the people of Canada, as expressed by their constituted authorities. Mr. C. Bruce opposed the motion and de- fended the act. ,. Mr. Brotherton then moved the adjourn - 'mat. A brisk co tion tutee took place up - no a euggestion that the debate bit adjourn- ed, the motion withdrawn, and ootioe of it be given for another day: but on a declara- tion from D'Israeli, on the part of Mr. Her - rt}, that the motion would not be with- drawn, Dor would ho shrink from a division, there was a eoosiderable ferment in the Hoose; an' adjournment was moved and withdrawn; a division was loudly called for, end &tan ere were more than once ordered 10 withdraw, the qur.tion having been ev(d*tly placed is a dilemma. At length a division was taken on the gne.tion that the debate be adjourned until Friday, which. was serried by 172 against 107. The debate on the Rebellion Iasses Bill closed in the House of Commons on the commie( of the 15th ultimo. The •follow - sag atwadment was proposed by Mr. Her- ts'. "That an humble address be pre- sented to Iter Majesty praying that she will be pleased to withhold her Royal Assent to a act of the Canadian Assembly entitled an act to provide for the indemnification of persons in Lower Canada whose property was destroyed during the Rebellion in 1331-8 without and until Her Msjeety should bare received satisfactory asenraacn• that no persons who had Imam engaged in. aiding or •betting the unnatural rebellion ehould be permitted to participate in the indemnity so proposed." This amendment was negatived on a divi- iion of 290 to 150. Sir R. Peel supported Lon) Elgin. Lord John Rummell hes given notice in Parliament that the finamial statement of the Cbencellor of the Exchequer would be deferred till swelter week. FRANCE r Armor -rye iRRwReRCTIef In Psame-Aa- DMT Or wuwsaow. MRs or TDR ANu lsLr---TDR CITT raner.a,wen IN/ A SraTm Or tine-Ftottetee atrw1MN Tan Fa ♦me. 1T1 LIA Nt. Tf1E NATIONAL. ASSEMBLY. On the herb Ma. the A..emfile rss"met!. Towards the elm* of the proceediege, M. Bac roes to say that he was the degas of ears»! of his eolleegues in slating that ru- men as very serious (*erecter were cur ret. It was veld that meet important sews from Rome bad been received, ad it was deemed desirable that the Gorerimsat .boiled give ,eros information to the Assem- bly be 1►e snbjeet. M. Dufour* ur* admitted that di.patchee had been received from Gen. Gedleteir, sed odd that it was the latitudes of the t(ftist•r for Forage Nbos N gine t tmssdat. pnbhcity. . Bac peel*• sot 11. howl of .eadieg ordeal dea- th the geese before they had hew costa Alcatel 1. the 1*stably, no whits a public, woe wised epos is cedar to make a .asLNlailea a Omer of the L nue Repast, - Sb, sad at the mote time sguset the Oov- eraweal sad the legislative Assembly. - Notice was accordt.gty lettered to the Reforms and the other organ. of the Red R.pulalicans, calling opus the National guard., the studeata of t!fedtDl ten schools, and the werkmes, to meet without arms, at the Chateau d'Eau, in the Boulevard Bosse Neutralls, is order to go to ; recewlom to the Legislative Amenably, to pre.rot a pretest against the vote some to y.aterday, and a petition to the effect that the French Republic should recognise tbat of Rome. Between eleven and twelve the crowd began to assemble at the Chateau d'Bse - Amuog them was a great number of the national guard in uniform, but without their arum. At half put twelve the prueeseeiuo began to be formed. TM people formed twelve deep, under regular leaders. At the head of the procession were the national guards in uniform, to the ou:nber of at least 19,000; and the whole procession consisted of about 95,000 peptone. The first rank was composed of M. Eueooe Arago, who is chef de battalion of one of the battalions of the 8th legion, suppotted by two colonels of the national guards. They were in their uniforms se colonels of the national guards, orf were accompanied by some members of the Muuatain. Immense numbers of work - ate. were assembled oo the foot pavement, u well as at the Porte, Ht. Denis and St. Martin. All the shops in the lies of march eters closed, but *tithing like a symtom of disturbance was visible. Not a single serge sol -4 -sine was to be see.: but large bods» of nauooal guards were under arms at their respective points of muster. While this was going oe the military authorities were ptomain' to resist the demonstration. The troops were ordered out. 1t is impo.ible to give even in Idea of the number and variety of troops on duty, bet they must have amounted to 60,000 or 70,000. At half put twelve • regiment of lancers took possession of the Place da la Concorde& Two regiments of carabis.ern, a regiment of lancers, and a regiment of curtamners, were Not along the boulevards at one o'clock, towards the Porte St. Denis }end the Bastille, when they we» posted - I Every street, square, and lane were guarded by infantry. In the ieigbbourbood of the Assembly everything was perfectly quiet dt.rmg the morniog. Abott one o'clock, intelligence having attlived that a large body of men were approaching, troop» were sent for to the Esplanade of the In: valides, and almost immediately four squad- rons of lancers came down the quay, cross- ed the bridge, and took up poeitipna in frrnt of the garde meuble, at the epme time blocking up the Rue Royale, Ir*St. Flo- rentin, and the otheistreeta leading to the Place de la Concorde. The Tuileries Gar- dena were closed, being strongly occupied by the troops. At about half past one o'clock, the chasseure of Vincennes were even to issue suddeoly from the gardens, and run with great speed across the Place de la Concorde towards the,Rue dela Pail. When the procession milled at the end of the Rue de la Paix, they were, met by s large body of troops, both cavalry and 'fi- fthly, headed by General Changarnier, the prefet of police, and a numerous sta6.- General Changarnier iwmediately%ummon- ed those forming the procession to dis- perse, and on there appearing to be a slight hesitation, the body was broken by the arrest d Col. Oulearh wire is raid le hue gives sedan for tie delivery ef the Seabee to the tttaargeots. Orders were given aidit preview tee the madam' guards le tem .41 M lam. o'clock w the meta d the 18th, Mew .f need, sad it was Mtina'N that tie .0p. ped should set be beat*. Cs. i.ueoi very few obeyed the ander. la the *1 legion of o* battalion, easdat11( of /Ni mea, only 33 appeared at the piece ef tes- desous, sod 10 the 111 Iegloe the stesdalme . ea st111 worse. 1a all the 1&gleae, IM I.tith,.:a� sad madame of the sati*at guar)* a `smarted u a ►.d Indication of the state of s; u; ic opioeoa os the p5 110( t6. pubNe N eMp*Ia ted Qovunataeal polie7. Part. continued poste~ t17 'ra.�ul deoopgi the ulghi of Wednesday. 2 - .4 to le penmen who_ lww leer aakit . • Tae to aro bilmeThe egg elmeic f test Ili b s My ted et tnsseAa WAN bleild eed was eesegtsa, sed that sera ieWW was lull Doi tied, as seweeedv le ewe" bled Womb Of '..nes law fee waw atrsdlsl mew tea gee. shamed, .welshes y eeurt..me .l i1M whits the set. UR west said time • s•btd O len get ae.p*sa/Ms mild tats an, is might be &bewared, se is arlgbt *•.s if rob- .* kid bees esK..rf eaeleden 'Mee it w..ld be • quer .t elleeeney .4 peed.-. Under the arm& ae wheel, wsae.see- ry, et wastes d.streettee .f prep.rty,s Lord Sift• bad o rldbt to lestrect the see"- .issetrsere to make 'agony Mtt tbe mean - stances of all claims, ad tithes words pee • vouch greater Muted, ma dealt"( with round the Chamber lied bees all ore4:1-- gym' their quarter. at nightfall, and tragi uillli" 11ir R. Pees• tilt that tie trdumest war q ' ex`tuss,', Tet be ee id red got h' tots preval ed in the neighbourhood when the Assembly adjourned. But the troops and n ational guards occupied the booty/aids t111 half -past ten sod *loves o'clock. The traffic war not Impeded, the cafes, reeturants, and several shops were opened, and the peo- ple were walking about as usual Ii several parte of the boulevards. mints as he had ventured to repeat. The motive for disseminating such news was to disturb the public mind. (Murmurs on the left.) Such, too, was the object with which an act of accusation was now brot' against the President of the B.epubtrb and his Mtn- istere. -The effect would fall, for the couq- try aokeowledged that the Government bad been actuated by the desire of protecting the cause of liberty to the Roan States. Rome, if oho refused the intervention of France, would be obliged to submit in the same way to superior force, and submit to the dictation of a conqueror. France ought not, in order to ward orae attack on liberty, enter into war with Austria ; but when once engaged in an intervention there was no otherecourse open than the one pursued. - Ile felt that they bad acted patiently -that they had done their duty -and looked with confidence for the good opinion of the As- sembly and of the country. The sitting was suspended for a considerable time. Mr. Ledru Rollin replied by arguing that the in- tentions of the Cooetitueot AnemNy had been perverted. Towards the close of his speech he became violent. Ile told Minis- ters they bad blood on their head., and con- cluded by declaring they would maintain the constitution, even by an appeal to arms. - A shout of indignation was rimed by the majority. The Montagnards, on the other heed supported their chtef, re --echoing what be said, that they would maintain tie con. stitulion by arms. Odilld6 Barrett ascend- ed the tribune amidst great agitation, but was requested not to reply, and descended. M. Dauphin, the President, amid it would he impossible to violate the constitotton in a more scandalous manner than had just been done. (Loud cheers.) M. Lode' Rollin from hie meat said, that the eonatitntioo was by nne of its erudite placed under the pre_ lection of the French people, and if violated, they would defend it, even to arms. (Great agitation.) General Bedeau rushed to the tremor, and doom/reed the presumption of a minority attemptieg to dictate to the ma- jority by threats of exciting the country, and raining the people out of doomM Seger d'Agneseesu followed, and exclaimed that M. Lode' Rollin said there was blood on the forehead of the Ministry, but he would say there was a deeper stain on the foreheads of there who wero exciting civil war and foreign war at the name time. ile cinclnded by moving the order of the day with an expression of eyspathy for the army engaged le operations, oe which an immense majority road in eta favor. In (set all but the Members of the Mountain -M. Emman- uel Aragretestted against the vole being takes as carried, for there wan an infnrmal- ity in the way It was pet, as the dieeesuon bad not been declared to be closed. An irregular and confased cesversalron followed. M. Theirs exclaimed, that as the cry "Air Armee r' bad baro uttered, It was beneath the dignity of the Amenably to continue the discussion. Ultimately the. Assembly divided on the order of the day, pore et phyte, when the numbers wero-- For the mottos, S61 Ageiaet it. gal Majority for Ministers, -1511 Wariest ldaad died es the Istk Tweet d choler*. Up to 1 o'eleb p. Y. of tie penises day the mate .f tb• Menthol bad Imes growing store. From that moment mai les in the amines the prune was eats ; s Mllestar bMefoe" e'ds.b sort w* essttiN see to refresh bier, . .Mat et fee i e'ek worse agent, • Prussian general envoi of Radice ky, and two Jesuits from the Papal Court, have trampled under foot a vote of the Na- tional Assembly. Oodioot, acting oo secret instructions, has betrayed the word of France ; the soldiers of the French Repub- lic, armed against* free people, are coodem- ad to slaughter their brethren, the Republi- cans of Rome. "Can the Executive Government thus violate the constitution with impunity ? ' Members of the National Assembly, re- member that you are the elected agents of the sovereign people., " Article 110 of the Constitution says,- ' The National Assembly confides the con- stitution, and the rights whien it confers,lo the custody and patriotsem of all French- men.' " Elect of lbs department of the Seine, betweon the people and you the following understanding took place on the 13th May, " 1f the constitution is violated, the repre- sentatives of the people should give to the people an example of resistance." Signed bythe members of the committee. The Republican papers publish the renew- ing protest by the Montagnards against the French policy in ital : "Dec LAaATIoe.-fn the Taco of the des- patch, whic6-provee to evidence the auda- cious violation of the constitution by M. Louis Bonaparte and his Ministers and their disobedience to the deliberation of the Con- stituent Assembly, dated 7th May tart. tbo Mountain cannot but protest energetically. Let the people remain calm ; It may reckon that the Mountain will show itself worthy of the confd.ece with which it is honored. It will do its duty. (8ignstnrem.)" The fotlowaeg Is a declaration of the rep- resentatives of the Mountain :- " To the People, the N.uooal Guard, and the Army- "Ths majority of the Legislative Assam- "bly has passed to the order of the day en lbs affairs of Italy. By this vote the ma- jority has connected itself with a policy which violates the constitution. We hare brought in an act of impeachment ageism( the executive power. Wo shall 'listen it this day. We are dextrous to exhaust all the means which the constitution places to our bands. Let the people continue to have faith in their representatives, as their rep- resentatives have faith is them." • The Democratic papers oleo publish the following declaration, dated Paris, Monday, Jun* 14, one in the morning : " We the editors of the Republican prose we the members of the Democratic Socialist committee --announce to the people to hold themselves ready te do their duty. The mountain will do theirs to the end. We have their promise lb that effect. Five rep- »,entier» have been delegated by them to see what Is to be dom. AI! the Repuby- cans will rise like ono man. ".The members of the Republican press ; the members of the Democratic Soria ist commuter." A verg alarming demonstration on the part ale fled Republkans took place on 1►e 13th Inst., and for a gime a renewal of tie terrible insurrection of Jess appeared probable. The stir r eommsnced in a demonstration L.1 up by the Red Repo tart by the national guards the rote of the Asewwi(y t6. ',object of Russe. T u a pts agasedt vesterdae, se astenekestisa 4 ARRIVAL OF TH E CANADA. ONE WEER LATER FROM EUROPE. Now Tome, 34. P. M. 11011 KIM AROMA. MILL. On the 19th the Canada Rebellion Loaves were discussed is the House of Lords, and Lord Brougham made• long speech, revtew- meg Canadian history from 1769, allowing throughout a decided leaning to the ultra British party. He concluded by offering the following reeotuuott " That by an Act passed in the Parlia- ment of Canada, intitled an Aet to provide for the iodemmfieation of parties in ' Lower Canada, whose property was destroyed du- ring, the Rebellion in the year 1837 and '38, no security is afforded against compen- sation fur loess, sustained in the Rebellion in Canada in 1837 and '38 being given to tie persons engaged in said Rebellion. - That it is just and necessary, either by recommending a further and amended bill to the Iegtalature of Canada, or such other means as may be effectual to provide secu- rity sootiest compensation for losses in said Rebelhoa being given to persons engaged in, or abetting the same." Earl Gast replied toLord Brougham. He professed not to clearly comprehami the re- marks of his Lordship, and coos red that his resolution could not effect any practical purpose in restoring harmony and promo- ting sound government in Canada. Lord d3tanley and Lord Lynehurat sup- ported the resolution. Lords, CAIrSKLI, La1erD1wN, and ST. Ggaraiil opposed it. On taking a rote the resolution was lost -ill majority. SIR .ALLAN McNAB AND THE PETI- TIONS TO THE QUEEN. w . " woman streets' lend g • down from she boulevard, and the res: towards the Madeleine. In an instant the Boulevards were cleared by largo bodies of cavalry, and the demon • etration ended. Some accidents occurred whilst the cavalry proceeding down the boulevards; one dragoon befog hurt by a falls and a national guard having had his face cut by a sabre. The passages remain- ed interrupted in the neighborhood of the Rue de 1a Paix. The demonstratioa bore with them • petition to the Legislative A.. marbly against the war at Rome. On the procession being dispersed, and the crowd being separated in the different street*, they immediately set up a cry of " Aux -armee !" and with this cry »treated to, their different arrondissements. Oppo- site 'he Cafe de Paris, in the Boulevard des Helices, an attempt was elide to form it barricade. An omibus and a carriage were seized and upset by the mob, who commene- ed to pull up the pavement, but semen( the tirailleurs de Vincenues charged with their bayonets, and set the insurgents at once to eight. At half -past twelve, M. Lacrosse, the Ministeee'Public Werke, who accompanied the authorities to quell any disturbance, was attacked at the Chateau d'Eau byreorre of the insurgents. At the moment of the attack be was passing along the bouldevarde go horseback, accompanied by one of Gen. Changarnier's aides-de-camp. He was, in the first place, hooted, and then dragged from his horse by the furious mob. His clothes were rent to pieces, and at one moment it was thought that he would have loot his life; bot, fortunately, M. Etienne Arago and M. Gent, bottf of wbom ware 10 tho procession, interfered in hie favor', and cohtri,ed to Mire hie life. General Changernier, accompanied by Generals Perrot and de Castell.oe, and • numerous staff, after going for soros time along the Boulevards, turned back, aped pro- ceeded down the Ru. Vivienne, towards the Place de da Bourne. Behind the cortege wee a large body of cavalry, and a strong detachment of foot gendarmerie. As ha turned into the Rce Nueva des Petits Champs the cries of " Viva la Constitu- tion '" " Vivo la Republique !" were loud sod frequent. A oang man on foot treat up to the generars sidbt,Jind endeavored to induce him to listen to rtbat he had l0 se? • For some time his effort* were to vale; but st last the general stooped down and let a ear to what the other narrated. Almost immediately after to order was give*, appa- rently to keep off the crowd, u the seeder - merle hurried forward, and with gnat roegbsee forced the people, who were ac- eempseetsg the procession along the foot peek, to pis ea. 8..s who attempted to ,•sei.t this rode treatment were threatened with arrow, ad two young men who re- monstrated were takes Into enatody. The geadsrmetis thea closed 11104 tie head of the rewrote, me as to afford more protection to the *Seers to hostt,, In ease any attack or mischief was hlesied The ieesrgeet& then commenced making barricades to the Neighborhood of tba Hill.., but. were pat tows by the reaps. h ie announced dist He artillery of the *anoint guards, sheik le kaeers for W ad - heresies te the primitivism ed the W *.gs►- heap., wdcave.red to seise apse the am- iea sad ie head 1t eve, to the 1.urg.ati, tbat Seseral get .f tie Assembly to enppdFt lie ewe. of *Wee of their letCi�salad epee the the Pope, and in put down the Rosa Its- gallbs. A* order had bees Mewed for the • DOWNING STIO1T, withuu: • bele: explal:no8. . a. tot pot the conetrectiei epee tar • eliiiedttlert which had been assumed by Mr. Baskba.-- 11e considered it to he sub•teatially that 1-r to pray the Crown dot to "scent to the ate until certain amendme'ts avoid be mode 1. it, which wb.(ibar designed or fortsit0N, were adentics wnth the amet:.d•ents peeler' ed by the minority Io the hoses of uN.bly lied rejected. Parliament, therefore. wen asked to **gage is a co•flirt ie which it ought to engage if the honour ado crews imperatively required it, .but awry .h.sid previously confider its nature and circa+- emcces. The claim of Upper Ces•ds te M compensated from the imperial trsea lisp had bees rejected, this set appropriated s colonial fund ter eoloaial purpmes t it wen permed by a large atajonty, and the analysis of the votes ,hodbd that is its retest tts4- its cw.tltution the element* of that major- ity were worthy of eemred.r&lteg Payesg a high con.plimest te Lard Ines, what' considering the dIaeolly N hie parities, had acted with gnat er,saem sad imparti- ality, Sir Robert eia.ieed the seeps sad language of the early indemnity acts, tied observed that .fide the clams of UOer Canada had beim provided for, the r,jMttw of this act for Lower Caa•da would me ps• euliarly fs1idioo., mime He preacaltal were materially at veriest" with the other. Did the honor of the Crows require this extra- ordinary iet.rpndtios 1 Should that boo* control the di.ereuen of the Crown 1 He was of opinion it would be a moth wish course to lease the dlec»tioo ted reepoasf- biltty to the Crows, sad sot eenmit that boos. to • cootret with the majority of the Canadi.. Assembly. The declaration el Lord Elgin, tla assurance of Lund J. Rus- sell, and the legal opisios of the *thermal General, proved that the same fast would be " applied in Lower Canada as is L'ppss Canada," and In therefore deprecated • course on the part of that house which whilst it would be destructive of the pria- ciple of responsible government,wtwld cloud the prospect of a permanent and Cor- dial connection between the .osier 000ntry, and a colony in the welfare and prosperity of which all felt. deep Interest. ' i301 J..e, 1849. Sir, -I am directed by Earl Grey to in ore) you that he has duly laid before the Qoeee the petitioos to her Majesty, which you have deliv- ered to him for that purpose on Ssturdsy ls,l.- Thea petitioes are from the inhahitaats of To- ronto, from the inhabitants of Histstoo, fromahe residents of Weston and is vicinity. from mei- dents to the Newcastle Diwiet, (root Prescott County. from the Ottaw4Dlarriet, sad from the ,wee,tee4 Inc TS,t.:v..s.. bier r...1.. recall of the preeeet Governor General of Canada, for the dlasolutiou of the Parliament of that Pro- vince, and for the disallowance by her Majesty of the Act lately passed by that Parliament " for the indemnification of, the parties is Lower Can- ada, whose property was destroyed during the re- bellion in the years 1837 sad 1838." Lord Grey has ao doubt that the perms, who signed Wee petitions have been induced to do se by • sincere apprehension that if the Aet is question should be alloyed to come into opera- tion, it would have the effect of eoeouraging dis- loyally for lbs future, by making eaapeaation to times who have been gouty of rebelhoa, for lames which they brought upon themselves by their crimes : but his Lordship direct. ms to as- ses you, and he desires through yon to convey tie aItmeamera.ce to those who have confided to yes their pelioses for traowmusioo to her Ma- jesty, that if the Aet bad appeared epee a careful rxamt.atton of its provisioea to be justly apes to this objection, not only would her Majesty's ser- vsots bare bees prepared to advise the Q.es to have exereised her prerogative by disallowing it, but they are also enovineed that it never would ha.. received the meet either of the Governor Gemmel of Canada on her Majesty's behalf, K .f the majority of the repreeest.tiva of the people of that Province. i am directed to refer you to the mower order Governor General to the Address from the Comi- ty of Hastings, as eo.tainisg an rxpre siou of Lord EIgin's views,opon this subject, is which her Majesty's servants entirely concur. in that assay, Lord Elgin) in adverting to this act of the Provincial Parliament, expresses his brm b.. 11.4511.1 the Representatives attic penple of Cos - ram "did sot intend. is passing it,to cooatieaeee rebellion, or to compere** the leases of persons guilty of the heinous crime of tresses," and 1e add., " that it arse under this eoavietio, that he sweated to the Bill, and is this pint only could he ever mintiest as IIt< head of the Executive Governmeni togt t t to it." Lord Grey dirome to espreen her hep' that this official dceiarotira of the views of the Gov - proof Genii of Canticle, which is entirely approved by the Advirers of her Majea y, will remove the alarm and cats the indrgrtien which. from a mimpprehro.ioo 55 to et. true eharaetec and ob- jects, this measure has created, sed be appeals wins confidence to the (»liege sf Ioysly whieh aef,tare 111. Petitioners, and 10 7051005 well knows devotion to the British Crowe, and desire to promote the welfare armada. in callisgupon yea mad epos them to dbaie% bet Majes.y's Gnv. ersmeet t• endnvorlag to reai.sim the pehlie paste sod the authority (Wilmslow, add to allay the existing agitation which a products. a mach injury to e.mmeree, the partite eredit, and all the meat important interims of the Proviso of masala. 1 am, sir. Titer mem mVt J. HL W221.Aimed) D ram A' WILL THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT - OPPOSE ANNEXATION t it is sow useless to deny that the heeded offered to loyalists have gene Caste destroy loyalty in the bosoms of those to whom birth, cosnsetles, adiong habit, had made loyalty natural ; sad that tamely ail which woman, is to be rimed le iM peassiess se of thowho took op their s�Aetin.s fee British connection pd Qom. Vieteais,whtts they eeteredropoe the several Mikes *deb they now bold. We have lately read mater protestations of attaehamet 10 the dime and its representative, bot they are free" hasty converts -rebels yeeterday-weB- paid officials to-dry-ttl.0 who have given their lives to spread ,.dittossed iaia1Ast; but who, sow, without the will or the pow- er to repair the m.cbief they have des', feel it desert --though hardly **comey- to profess loyalty in 'their iadivideel cape. cities, while they appropriate the taxes tin- der authority frorp the Qoess. The doc- trines which they have spread, bswevie,ere not the less rife among their follows», be- cause the leaden find them ntreltsble to their new state of being, while a widely dif- ferent clam, whops gamine devotion has been spurned, despised, andnspit epee, have now no other guide for their tater* conte than the material interest of t1e eemstry, in which their interest sad that el their childree is brand up. All tib easel N denied : nor is it lees tree that a Ierp.4.- jority is this country regard the premed's of their material interests se adneural with 1be speedy progress .f asiiatles the e U. Statar�This measure they may mead give the Am.ncens the free me et our river, se that our wharves world be s.eoded with their craft. ; while 11 wand, at the sees tins, afford ear ship eweara reel,reepl ed - vantage" is American waters., wtsbnat the delay, and cosditiesa, and sseerla1Ny, of long draws out diplomacy and nicely balan- ced treaties, made on our side by Nevada- - tore from great Britain, neecgemiN with • the geography of the eosstry or the trade of the people. Tbie.easereerseld sheen interest to our n to Asterism eappiiteli.te who may men ledge tee them- selves at the end of (twit dee voyage r se" the principal wets of sparkly eperMh1rle and so release es fres 1 imam d1se"Lnw open British speeshsteri, Owen! .f ear resoaroee, .ad incredulous Y M .0112sem/ fart6. h would Nemo Mt laeillUsI 0.1 the objects of that trade faith Me he Want, which is jest opening ; it weed ampere te os peremeestl ell iM. seal! !MOW Pr the reciprocal feet eeetilele me-C9�.4e�sea.apply attewped ee •brain (hs t7a m esus soot see of the tre.� stud Me Proteetiosiets, .epee N . we less * the barriers to 0.r e.stt&ase wtflt ISI i�gg�i hoes, while it would alard le par Ine=- torero the basalt of a protestles IsrWL. It world, is abort, people eat slips i eaawert our water falls into motive Meters; sad Ple OPINIONS OF TOR sarrtaH ATTOR- NEY GENERAL AND RiR 80- H8RT PEEL ON THE CANADI- AN QUEiION- The ATTo.ss Gi+sasL. deelloed to enter into the gsserd merits of the quite - itee, aid stated hie eetpreetiea of the set. The question of Dr. MboU, be obeereed was twofold -bra, could' the crown qualify the set 1 He aseile»d engosetiensbly the "IOW, reeled net, it sorted on1 useat to et sesasiee tat■ set 1 tf+ttty hold Lord `Engle power to give taetfiif$ ola from the Ike spirit of the act 1 He that n I,od a derived his authority fres W , Iatroarloss meet fa1'w his '0.N ant delegate Deere ro- 1Mhhe poesem td, lea Pottle ret ea, h Mwreetieos to the .esaty dues, war at r the sat. Th, else t t gg the •d t- -tbli Imes ental. blew CI 1' equalise the prams of iMs4.pew per nest higher iys Breads 111.. ►a didegrees I Tho., whether btfy s comestible that aewho Welt i ward to sns.saties,!Umbel hest of 0.r political MMaMiM W the high lgii difft►r o* hn eerie NIR tIF tetratioaell ,halttl hew-lshms tilt .4.411 h div1 I* iso meet advestigelar .aruawM' eat *dept. Det tAib We fie• swuillwf 1. r Maw le aedee diell_ Oka nips Wee mel dpili s� - - abs wish/ r res7 Me