I
orgnized in the eighth section of this act;
and all aforesaid persons who are not uni
formed and enrolled as aforesaid, shall be
considered as delinquent militiamen, and
subject to a fine of FIFTY CENTS for
each year that such delinquent remains
ununiformed and unenrolled as aforesaid.
Section 7. That the officers, non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates
which were attached to the first and sec
ond regiments of Pennsylvania volunteers,
and also the officers non-commissioned
officers, musicians and privates of the e
leventh regiment of infantry, the regiment
of voltiguers, the third regiment of dra
goons, and all other soldiers enlisted in
this state in detached companies, who
were mustered into the service of the Uni
ted States, and who actually served in the
late war with Mexico and were honorably
discharged, shall be forever hereafter, ex
empt from militia duty, and from perform
ing any other military duty whatsoever,
except in time of an invasion, insurrection,
or actual war.
Section 8. That it shall be the duty of
the county commissioners, in making out
the duplicate for the collection of state tax
es in each and every year, having received
the rolls of the captains and lists of the
assessors, and ascertained the delinquent
militia men within their respective coun
ties, to add said fine of fifty cents, to the
amount of state tax of each aforesaid de
linquent, to be collected with the same,
under the same authority, and in all res
pects as authorized in the case of collec
tion of county rates and levies; and said
commissioners shall keep a book in which
hall be entered the amount of fines of de
linquents ascertained as aforesaid, which,
after deducting exonerations, in accordance
with the eighth section of this act, shall be
a seperate military fund, the collector be
ing allowed out of said fund the same per
cent, as for collecting other taxes, and any
books and stationery, as well as the time
of the commissioners necessarily occupied
in military business, to be paid out of said
fund.
Section 0. That in case there be any
person named in said warrant who could
not be found, or from whom it was lm
practicable to collect said fine or fines, it
shall be lawful for the county commission
ers to administer an oath to the collector
that he made diligent search and no person
could be found in his bounds, or that any
such fine ought not to be or could not be
collected, together with all legal certifi
cates, which certificates shall be of service
as a volunteer or commissioned officer for
any seven years before or any five vears
after the passage of this act, or a certificate
of a sworn surgeon of a regiment or to j
practising physicians, under oath, that
such persons are not capable of perform
ing military duty, the said commissioners
shall give the said collector a credit order,
which shall be an ample voucher for said
collector in the settlement of his military
account with the county treasurer.
Section 10. That it shall be the duty
of the county treasurer immediately after
the final settlement of the military account
of each collector, annually to pay over to
the several assessors the amount due for
services incompliance with the sixth sec
tion, and to the commissioners in compli
ance with the eighth section of this
act, to the treasurer of each company uni
formed and organized as aforesaid, (which
treasurer every said company is hereby
authorized to elect,) upon the order of the
crptain or commanding officer of said com
pany, the sum of fifty dollars to eachcom
pany of not less than thirty men rank and
file, and seventy five dollars to each com
pany of not less than fifty rank and file,
being to pay armorer and keep up armory,
and to pay music: It shall also be the du
ty of the county treasurer to pay over to
the brigade inspector any reasonable ex
penses incurred or paid by him in collect
ing military property in his brigade, and
in the necessary transportation of arms
and accoutrements or military stores, of
which he shall furnish vouchers certifying
to their correctness, aud ten dollars for
each company, fifteen dollars for each bat
talion, and twenty dollars for each regi
ment, he shall have organized within the
year, and the aforesaid sums allowed for
the items aforesaid, shall be considered as
a full compensation for the services, of
brigade inspectors: Provided, That th(
amount to be paid to any brigade inspect
- in
or in any one year snau not exceed one
hundred and fifty dollars: And Provided,
I hat should there be no
any brigade in any year, then and in that
case he shall receive ten dollars per com
pany for inspecting the first five compa
nies, u there be five companies in Ins bn
gade, a statement of which spveral expen
ses the county treasurer shall make out
and transmit to the state treasury, togeth
er with the balance of the military fund,
which balance is hereby appropriated to
the payment of the state debt: Provided,
That should the amount of military fund
collected as aforesaid in any county, be
insufficient to pay the amount allowed to
each company as aforesaid, then and in that
case the state treasurer shall pay to the
county treasurer, upon his official state
ment, any such deficiency for the purpose
aforesaid, out of the military fund, togeth
er with the expenses and salary of the ad
jutant general, before the aforesaid balance
shall be appropriated for the payment of
the state debt.
Section 11. That it shall be the duty
of the brigade inspector to attend in person
to every aforesaid organization, and fur
nish the requisite number of clerks at his
own expense, make returns of the same to
the secretary of the commonwealth,. re
ceive and distribute commissions to offi
cers elected, to make requisition for. re.
cive and disburse arms to each company,
ke and preserve secured bonda for their'
safe keeping, and annually inspect the
same.
Section 12. That it shall be the duty
of the colonel or commanding ofheer ot
each regiment, and major or commanding
officer of each battalion, not attached to
any regiment, on or before the first day of
August m each and every year to transmit
to the adjutant general a certificate, certi
fying the number of companies m his com
mand, and their tide, and number of mem
bers in each company, which "certificates,
together with those of captains of compa
nies not attached to any battalion or regi
ment, shall form a data for the said adju
tant general's report of the strength of the
military force of the state.
Section 13. That all the uniform com
panies that shall be organized on or before
the first Monday of June, 1849, shall
meet at their usual place of meeting on
said first Monday of June, and on the first
Monday of June in every five years there
after, an election shall be held in each com
pany for one brigadier general, and one
brigade inspector for each brigade; also
for such field officers as the battalion or
regiment to which each company maybe
attached shall be entitled to; the captain
or commanding officer of each company
shall superintend said election, and take
to his assistance one or more members,
who shall be severally sworn or affirmed
to conduct said election fairly and impar
tially, and make a true and correct return
thereof, and when the said election shall
have been closed and the votes counted,
the said superintendent and his assistants
shall make out duplicate returns of the
same, to be signed by them, stating the
number of votes, given for each person
for the different offices voted for, for the
battalion or regiment, as well as the briga
dier general and brigade inspector; one of
said returns the said superintendant in
each company shall cause to be filed with
the papers of the company, and the other
he shall within ten days thereafter deliv
er or cause to be delivered to the brigade
inspector then in commission, who shall
open and cast up the same and shall make
out one general return of the election of
each officer having the highest number of
votes, and having certified and signed the
same, shall forthwith transmit the same to
the secretary of the commonwealth; and
the said brigade inspector shall immediate
ly cause a written certificate and notice to
be given to each said persons of his elec
tion, and the returns of the election from
each company received by said brigade
inspector shall be filed and preserved in
his office, and subject to the inspection of
any person interested wno may wish to
examine the same.
Section 14. That the first Monday of
July then next ensuing, and the first Mon
day in July in every live years thereafter,
shall be the time of election of major gen
eral of each division in thi3 commonwealth,
and all the commissioned officers of com
panies, battalions, regiments and ongaues,
within the bounds of each division, who
I shall meet at the county seat in each bri-
r i i i i i t
gade, wnicn said county seat is nereoy oe
clared to be the place of holding said elec
tions, shall be entitled to vote for Major
general, and that the brigade inspector who
shall have been elected on the first Mon
day of June as aforesaid shall superintend
said election, assisted by the brigadier gen
eral or other senior officer present, and
after counting the votes, duplicate returns
of said election shall be made out and
signed by the said brigade inspector and
assistant, stating the number of votes giv
en for major general; and the said brigade
inspector shall file one of said returns in
his office and transmit the other to the sec
retary of the commonwealth, whose duty
it shall be having received the returns of
all the brigade inspectors, to count and cast
up the returns of each division, and trans
mit a major general's commission to the
person having the highest number of votes
in each division.
Section 15. That on the third Monday
of August, 1819, and on the same day eve
ry five years thereafter, an election shall
be held within the bounds of each organ
ized company for the election of company'
officers, and the captain shall appoint two
officers or members of the company to
hold said election who shall be . severally
sworn or affirmed to conduct said election
fairly and impartially and to make a true
and correct return thereof, and when the
said election shall have closed, duplicate
returns thereof shall be made out and sign
ed by said members, one of which shall
be filed witii the papers of the company
aud the other they shall cause, within ten
days thereafter, to be delivered to the bri
gade inspector, who shall make out one
general return for each battalion or regi
ment of the officers elected in the several
companies thereof, which he shall certify
and transmit to the secretary of the com
monwealth, upon which commissions shall
issue to the several officers elected, and as
often as any vacancy occurs in any of the
aforesaid offices, by death, resignation, or
otherwise an election shall be held to sup
ply the vaeancy, which shall be conduct
ed and returned in all respects as directed
for conductiug the original election of such
officers, upon ten days notice from- the
brigade inspector, by written or printed
advertisment or otherwise, given to the
qualified voters, to fill such vacancy, and
the brigade inspector may attend or ap
point any other fit person to conduct such
election; and in case of the inability of the
brigade inspector to attend to any original
election as aforesaid, it shall be lawful to
be conducted by any fit person whom he
may appoint.
Section 16. That every person who
shall have been uniformed and enrolled
and faithfully served as a member, of any;
volunteer company or companies for five
successive years after the passage of this
act, the evidence of which shall be a certifi
cate taken from the book of the company
or companies to which he may have be
longed during said five years, signed by
the captain or captains in command at the
time of giving said certificate, shall forever
thereafter be exempted from military duty,
except in time of invasion, insurrection or
actual war.
Section 17. That each county in this
commonwealth shall be a separate brigade
and 6hall be numbered in the division to
which they severally belong by the brigade
inspectors and brigadier generals who shall
be elected on the first Monday of June,
1849: Provided, That the city and county
of Philadelphia shali. be devided into three
brigades, as at present established.
Section 18 That the first dirislon
city and county of Philadelphia.
Second Bucks, Montgomery and Del
aware. -
Third Chester and Lancaster.
Fourth York and Adams.
Fifth Dauphin, Lebanon, and Berks.
Sixth Schuylkill, Carbon and Mon
roe. Seventh Northampton, Pike and Le
high. - A.
Eighth Northumberland and Union.
Ninth Columbia, Luzerne and "Wyo
ming.
-Tenth Susquehanna and Wayne.
'Eleventh Lycoming, Clinton and Pot
ter
Twelfth M'Kean, Elk, Forest and
Clarion.
Thirteenth Sullivan, Bradford and
Tioga. ;
Fourteenth Juniata, Mifflin, Centre,
Huntingdon and Clearfield.
Fifteenth Cumberland, Perry' and
Franklin.
Sixteenth Bedford, Somerset, Cambria
and Blair.
Seventeenth Westmoreland, Fayette,
Washington and Greene.
Eighteenth Allegheny, Armstrong, In
diana and Jefferson.
Nineteenth Beaver, Butler, Mercer
and Lawrence. "
Twentieth Crawford, Erie; Venango
and Warren.
Section 19. That the vice president of
the United btates;the oflieers, judicial aad
executive, of the government of the Uni
ted States, the members of both houses of
congress, and their respective officers, all
custom house officers with their clerks, til
post-officers and stage drivers who are em
ployed in the care and conveyance of tie
mail of the post-office of the United States,
all ferrymen employed at any ferry on the
post roads, all inspectors of exports, all pi
lots, all mariners actually employed in the
sea service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States, and all persons
who may be hereafter exempted by aay
law of the United States, or of this state,
shall be and herebyr are exempted from
militia duty. )
Section 20. That it shall be the duty
of the adjutant general to prepare, aid di
gest a complete military code, in conform
ity to the true intent and spirit of this act,
and to report the same to the next Legisla
ture, at the commencement of its session,
for which a reasonable compensatiot shall
be made.
Section 21. That ail former laws and
supplements to laws on the subject of the
militia of this commonwealth, be and the
same are hereby repealed, except such
parts as relate to the adjutant general, his
appointment, duties, salary, &c, and to
contested elections, and such as relate to
and regulate courts martial and the calling
of the military into actual service of the
state or United States.
Approved the seventeenth day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and forty -nine.
Exemption Law. ,
An Act to exempt property to tht value
of three hundred dollars from levy and
sale on execution and distress tor rent
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of liepresentatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania i. Gen
eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enact
ed by the authority of the same, That in
lieu of the property now exempt by law
from levy and sale on execution issued
upon any judgment obtained upon con
tract, and distress for rent, property to the
value of three hundred dollars, exclusive
of all wearing apparel of the defendant
and his family, and all bibles and school
books in ..use in the family, (which shall
remain exempted as heretofore) and no
more, owned, by or in possession of any
debtor, shall be exempt from levy and sale
on execution or by distress for rent.
Sec. 2. That the sheriff, constable, or
other officer charged with the execution of
any warrant issued by competent authority,
for the levying upon and selling the pro
perty, either real or personal, of any debt
or, shall, if requested by the debtor sum
mon three disinterested and competent
persons, who shall be sworn or affirmed,
to appraise the property w hich the said
debtor may elect to retain under the provi
sion of this act, for which service the said
appraisers shall be entitled to receive fifty
cents each, to be charged as part of the
costs of the proceedings, and property thus
chosen and appraised, to the value of three
hundred dollars, shall be exempt from levy
and sale on the said execution or warrant
RvriRntinor warrants - for the collection of
x o
taxes.
Sec 3. That in any case where the
property levied upon as aforesaid shall
consist of real estate of greater value than
three hundaed dollars, and the defendant
in such case shall elect to retain real estate
amounting in value to the whole sum of
three hundred dollars, or any less sum the
appraisers aforesaid shall determine wheth
er, in their opinion, the said real estate can
be divided without injury to or spoiling
the whole, and if the said apprasers shall
determine that the said real estate can be
divided as aforesaid, then they shall pro
ceed to set apart so much thereof as in
their ooinion shall be of sufficient value
to answer the requirement of the defendant
in such case, designating the same by pro
per metes and bounds all of which pro
ceedings shall be certified in writing by the
said appraisers, or a majority of them,
under their proper hands and seals, to the
sheriff, under sheriff or coroner, charged
with the execution of the writ in such case
who shall make return of the same to the
proper court from which the writ is issued
in connection with the said writ: Provided,
That this section shall not be construed
to affect or impair the lines of bonds, mort
gages, or other contracts, for the purchase
money of the real estate of insolvent debt
ors. Sec 4. That upon return made of the
writ aforesaid, with the proceedings there
on the plaintiff in such case shall be enti
tled to have his writ of venditioni exponas
as in other cases, to sell the residue of the
real estate included in the levy aforesaid,
if the appraisers aforesaid shall have de
termined upon a division of the said real
estate, but if the said appraisers shall de
termin against a division of said real estate,
the plaintiff may have a writ of venditioni
exponas to sell the wole of the real estate
included in such levy; and it shall and may
be lawful in the latter case for the defen
dant in the execution to receive from the
sheriff or other officer, of the proceeds of
said sale so much as he would have receiv
ed at the appraised value had the said real
estate been divided.
Sec. 5. That the twenty sixth section
of the act entitled "An Act relating to ex
ecutions," passed sixteenth of June, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty six, and
the seventh and eighth sections of an act
entitled "An Act in regard to certain en
tries in ledgers in the city of Pittsburg,and
relating to the publishing ot sheriff's sales
and for other purposes," passed twenty
second April one thousand eight hundred
and forty -six, and all other acts inconsist
ent with this act be and the same are here
by repealed.
Sec. G. That the provisions of this act
shall not take effect until the fourth day of
July next, and shall apply only to debts
contracted on and after that date.
WILLIAM F. PACKER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
GEO. DAHSIE.
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the ninth day of April one
thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
WM. F. JOHNSTON.
Arrival cf the Caiutria.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM
EUROPE.
The Steamship Cambria arrived at Hali
fax, on the 26th, at 4 o'clock, P.M. bring
ing London dates to the 13th, and Liver
pool on the 14th, at mid-day. The Cam
bria brought 46 passengers and about
$250,000 in specie. Below is a summary
of her news as we find it in the New York
papers:
Hostilities having recommenced between
Denmark and Prussia; a Danish fleet, in
attempting to capture the fortress of Eck
enforde on the 5th inst., was utterly de
feated and a line of battle ship and a frig
ate fell into the hands of the former com
mander. The line of battle ship ground
ed, and taking fire shortly after, exploded
with seven hundred persons on board.
A signal victory has been gained by the
Hungarian forces over the Austrians, the
latter loosing 1,300 men, 24 pieces of can
non, and 40 wagons.
On the 7th inst., Lord Palmerston re
ceived notice of the blockade of Palermo
by the Neapolitan government, and on .the
3 1st. of March, the blockade of Venice byr
Austria was formally announced. A des
patch of the 3d inst., publishes the strict
blockade of the German ports of Cammin,
Sevenmunde, Wolgast, Griefswalde, Stral-
seind, and Rostock, by Denmark.
Central Germany is in a State of confu
sion, the King of Prussia having refused
the offer of the Imperial Crown, made to
him by a small majority of the Frankfort
Assembly.
itenewea aisiracuons nave arisen m
Italy.
1 he people have gamed a temporary
triumph in Genoa, and Tuscany is prepa
ring to resist the further encroachments of
Austria.
Rome, though quiet, is unsettled. The
Pope still continues at Gaeta.
The King of Naples is preparing fo
an immediate attack upon the Sicilians,
and has been hitherto restrained by an
annrehended risinir of the Calabrians.
France is tranquil, .but all parties are
preparing for a great electional struggle.
England is quiescent, but with less glow
ing prospects ot the arrival of trade.
In Ireland, Mr. Duffy's re-trial is pro
ceeding.
The Vienna journals contradict the ru
mors of Gen. Bern s defeat by the Rus
sians, and the flight of his troops into
Wallachia. It appears, on the contrary,
that the Austrian general, Puchner, sur
rounded by a hostile population and hard
pursued by the Magyars' irregulars, has
thought proper to resign his command, and
place himself under the protection of the
Russians, in Wallachia. He was accora
panied by three other Austrian generals,
find, his troops were left to the care of Gen
Kalliani. The Austrian forces at Cron
stadt, were very short of ammunition, and
were preparing to recross the frontier, and
return to Wallachia. Their baggage had
already left for . the province. Gen.
Bern was almost undisturbed "in the pos
session of the whole of Transylvania, and
preparing to take Constadt, the last city in
that kingdom which is still held byA the
Austrian and Russian troops.-' "
ITALY.
Aftera siege of eight days, is rescia, or
rather the ruin of what was once Brescia,
is in the possession of the Austrian. The
town was bombarded for six hours, and
the streets were carried at the point of the
bayonet, and the inhabitants driven into
the houses, where they were burned alive.
The Milan Gazette of April 3, contains
a summary of the revolt and capture
nf BresciaV It says the inhabitants of
the citv. tikin? advantage of the absence
the greater part of the garrison, revol
ted aorainst the Emperor, and institu
ted a provincial government and a commit
tee of public safety. 1 hey then arrested
and ill-treated some officers who left the
citadel to consult with the local authorities,
intercepted several carriages containing
ladies, and behaved rather like savages
than men. Small detachments were drawn
from Verona and Mantua, in order to save
the city from the anarchy fomented by the
Camozzi and the B.ai?nordi. Marshal
Raynan also repaired to the city, and, on
the 30th ult.. sat down before the walls
with 3,200 men and 6 cannons. He off
ered terms of arrangement, which not be-
ing accepted, he divided his forces into
five detachments, each of which attacked
one of the gates. The artillery of the
citadel opened its fire at the same time.
The attack was terrible, as each house was
taken by assault, but on the 1st inst., the
victory was accomplished. The Concor
dia, of Turin, says the Austrians surround
ed the town, so that escape was impossible
The carnage was immense.
IRELAND,
The reports for the past year from the
District Poor law Inspectors to the Com
missioners at Dublin, record a volume of
misery most sickening to glance over.
Every page of this book, which is about to
be laid before Parliament, teems with evi
dence of the exemplary patience of the
unhappy peasantry' of Ireland, under suf
ferings that have had no parallel in the his
tory of the civilized world.
A clergyman from the parish of Con
naught, says this whole district is almost a
wilderness. "Out of 12,000 inhabitants,
which was the population of the parish
four yrears ago, I am sure we have not
6,000 at present; and as for landholders, I
am positive there is not one out of five re
maining; so that the creatures still live and
move here may be termed rather an accu
mulation of dead and dying humanity
than what is generally meant by a popula
tion." The most Reverend Dr. Crolly, the Ro
man Catholic Primate, expired on the 6th
inst., in Drogheda, after an attack of cho
lera of nine hours duration. The deceased
prelate was highly esteemed by all mem
bers of religious and political pursuasions,
being ever remarkable for Christian liber
ality toward his dissenting fellow country
men, and love of peace and order. Dr.
Crolly was a warm supporter of the na
tional system of education, and, indeed, of
every measure that tend io the purpose of
enlightenment.
A special tiain amvedon Thursday even
ing week with 2oU .Londoners, forming the
first portion of the English expected in
Paris, on a visit to the Parissian National
Guard. They were received with much
honor by the authorities at Bologne and
Ameins. The committee of the party
waited on Saturday on the Minister of the
Interior.
To an address made by the Secretary,
and in which he described the party as a
deputation of merchants, magistrates, and
artisans, of different towns in England,
desirous of cultivating friendly relations
with the French nation, the minister repli
ed in English, that it was not necessary
for the visiters to have an official character
in order to obtain a cordial reception. He
had, he said, visited the principal establish
ments ot England and could appreciate
the importance of the interest represented;
he added that he was seriously desirous to
see established between France and Eng
land the sympathy so important to the in
terest of the two nations and to civiliza
tion.
ine :uimster oi l'ubiic works gave
orders for the admission of the English
visiters to the national buildings and parks
which are not usually opened to the pub
lic.
In the course of the wreek, the party
received an augmentation, which raised
their numbers to upwards of 500. They
wrere highly gratified at the way in which
they were received in all parts of Paris,
and by all classes of people. At the Op
era, the orchestra played "God save the
Queen," the whole of the audience cheer
ing
Highly Important from Canada.
The New l ork papers have received
intelligence of a serious outbreak at Mon
treal on the 25th inst. Affairs have reached
a crisis sooner than was anticipated. At
a late hour of the afternoon of the 25th,
the Governor General went down to the
Legislative Council and sanctioned forty
eight bills, amongst which was sneaked
that of the Rebellion Losses.
Upon this being made known to the
mob outside, the Governor entered his car
riage, was pelted with unsavory eggs, dirt,
&c, amidst a shower of which the vice
royal cortege drove off. One of the eggs
struck "His Excellency-" in the face.
In a few hours the excitement in the
city became uncontrollable, and by seven
o'clock, printed notices of a mass meeting,
to be immediately held in the Champ de
Ma rs, were issued. Persons were com
missioned to alarm the people, by driving
through the streets in calashes with lare
bills. The fire bells were also brought
into requisition. At eight o'clock, a crowd
of 4,000 persons or more were assembled
and, after strong resolutions had been pass
ed, the cry was raised, "to the Parliament
Duuamgsr' Abe enraged multitude
mediately rushed at a run tLrW ?'
streets, and bv nine nVlwi .t,- a e
j - I.IC ii
was thrown tnrmtaH a nnVj,
inu
iwn
th
4
rststor
midst of the Legislative a eMui. ' e
time in full session. Arnn .
o "-UiUlV. .
was keDt un into ihn tt-."r,.
- 1 vn.
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thing was smashed. In the meantime l?
members assembled in the lobbv u ,
jof. twenty-five of the leaders of the rf
rusnea into ine cnambers, and one havb
placed himself in the SpeakexV chair -nouueed,
"GenUemen, the French Parta
ment is dissolved." They then bolted
with the mace, to present it to Sir Allen
McNab, at Donnegan's Hotel. The cr
of fire was now raised, and it was soon
found that the Parliament Houses
in flames in a hundred places. ".The
spread with great rapidity, and in half.at !
hour the buildings were one sheet of flame, f
The mob had now augmented to 7,000
and the burning buildings were surveyed
with the most stoical indifference on rU. I
part of the spectators. At first the .
men refused to play, and only attemsted
to save tne buildings close by. EvervtHn i
utcmuai- tin tuc m will v C3 aim reCOrcs
of the colonies for several hundred veam
Not $100 worth of property has been
saved. - The military were called out ztA
were received with loud cheers on theD-i
of the mob.
A subsequent despatch says "the excite
ment amongthe populace is increasing
every moment. Five of the conservatives
were arrested on the charge of arson. Oa
their way to the prison, they were accom
panied and cheered by a crowd of 3000 I
jjsiouiu. x iic n noie garrisua was under
arms. A mass meeting was to be held nn
the 26th. The French are enrolling them-
selves as a body guard to protect Lord El
gin. I he government attempted to gain
possession of the Canada telegraph wires
for the day, but were promptly denied
them.
The next intelligence may be still more
extraordinary.
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Further Riots at Montreal.
Montreal, April 27 9 P. M.
Last night thetory mob assembled again
in great force, and burned the house and
stables of La Fontaine, the liberal leader
m the Provincial Parliament smashed
the windows of the houses of Dr. Nelson
another prominent liberalists, and Inspec
tor General Ilincks, as well as the houses
of other gentlemen. Many acts of vio-
nce were committed at the -great mass
meeting of the Champ de Mars, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
The speakers recommended peaceable
measures, but resolutions were passed ad- It
vising the recall of Lord Elgin, when the
assemoiage quieuy dispersed.
1 he Provincial Parliament met to day
at Bonsecorn's Market House: theatten- r
dance was slim, and the body adiourned-lJ
without action. The excitement is very
high.
The German Empire.
The result of the various phases through
which the popular sentiment has lately
passed in the German States, is the elec
tion, as is known, of the King of Prussia
to the throne of the German Empire, by
the Frankfort Assembly. The Philadel
phia Bulletin has the following striking re
marks on the subject:
" 1 he title of 'Emperor of the Germans
is worthy of a moment's reflection, and no
one can help comparing it with that of
Louis Philippe of France, who, when
raised by the people to the regal throne,
took his seat with no other title than that
of 'King of the French. In the case of
the French monarch, it was a compulsory
homage to the great principle of popular
government an unwilling acknowledge
ment of the rights of the people. In the
case of William of Germany, it is a simi
lar acknowledgement, rendered necessary
by the gradual but certain growth of a sim
ilar sentiment throughout Europe. It is
a source of pride among republicans to see
their tavonte ideas thus recognized by
monarchists and aristocrats, but the insin
cerity of these classes, as displayed often
in succeeding events, is equally' a source
of uneasiness. Who can fail to recall the
continual encroachments of Louis Philip
pe upon popular freedom, until, from be
ing the king of the people, with supposed
limited powers, he became one of the most
overbearing and absolute of European
monarchs. We are much mistaken in
William, the Emperor of the Germans,
if he does not endeavor to fasten upon his
subjects similar fetters, and under the mask
a - r 1 l s-
lures oi a determined and unbending des
pot. He may not possess the cunning,
the tact, and the plausible address of the
dethroned French monarch, necssary to
accomplish such an end, but we cannot a
void seeing, that such is the design of the
German monarchists, in giving a title that
shall tickle the public palate, and gild the
pill of despotism about to be administered
The Frankfort Assembly has adopted a
constitution, which contains some further "
tributes to the cause of liberty. 'Among
these is a provision in relation to elections,
conferring the right of universal suffrage,
and vote by ballot. The contest on this
point between the ministerial and moder
ate parties was spirited, and the former
yielded the point to the latter for the pur
pose of securing aid in the more difficult
question of the hereditary sovereignty.
The latter project was carried, after a se
vere contest, and we find the strange con
tradictions of a sovereignty hereditary and
universal suffrage existing in the same
country. The veto of the Emperor upon
the proceedings of the Legislative body
was also modified by making it suspen
sive instead of absolute. Amendments to
the constimtion may also be adopted, un-
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