Montreal was expected to be in disorder on the 11th.
The Orangemen were determined to hold a procession through the city on that day, and up to Thursday night, though forbidden by the Mayor, had not given way. The Mayor adhered to his order, in spite of some doubt as to his legal power, which is denied by the magistrates ; and the Irish Catholics had resolved to support him, while " roughs " from all parts were expected in the city. Three hundred of them, indeed, had plundered the shops in Quebec of arms, and started by steamer for Montreal. The Government had sent a large body of troops to the city, under the command of General Smyth, to maintain order ; but it was believed that the rioting would be serious, and all the hospitals had been made ready to receive the sufferers. The affair will have ended before this paragraph appears, but we must still express a doubt whether, once in the presence of the troops, the factions will venture on bloodshed. The local legislature intends, it is said, to put a legal stop to processions of all kinds, as mere provocatives to disorder.
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