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EUROPE. Ireland, Liverroot, Saturday, April 14—1 P. M. ‘We are in possession of advices which left Dub- in at a very late hour last night. The only topic of news related to the trial of Mr. Gavan Dufly. "The evidence for the defence having been com- pleted, the Solicitor General proceeded to reply on the whole case on the part of the crown. He used every effort to nullify the favorable effect which Mr. Doufly’s defence had apparently made on the minds‘of the jury, and contended that no matter how amiable and truly philanthropic his conduct in private life may have been—and he admitted it was such—still the publication of the articles contained in the indictment as surely proved him a treasonable and dangerous man, and as such the jury must convict him. The senior Judge, Jackson, proceeded to charge the jury, which he did at great length, and in a very fair and liberal spirit. The jury after- wards retired to consider their verdict, but had not agreed upon it up to the hour at which our despatch was sent off. The strong probability is that there will be no verdict and although up to the latest moment, no official announcement was made, it is confidently expect- ed that the Attorney General will, should the jury agree, call another jury, and proceed with trial the third, hoping still to convict and banish trom his native land one of Ireland’s warmest and most gifted patriots. . Rumors prevail in Dublin, that Lord Clarendon will shortly re: his office of Viceroy. The fact is that his ‘Exes lency clearly sees that his employ- er, Lord John, is ‘not strong enough for the place,” and must, ere long, give place to an abler more trustworthy statesman as premier. The accounts received this morning from the southern and western provinces, as to the spread of destitution and disease, have become really alarm- ing. In Galway cholera is said to have supervened on dysentery; and yet, says our reporter, there is no medical aid; the people are left to perish with- out food, without medicine—even a grave is not to d for money. Truly, this is lamentable ina Christian land. f The rumor is dail; Denvir, of Belfast, wi mate. Lies credence that Dr. e the new Catholic Pri- ‘The Danish and German War. With reterence to the engagement which had taken place between the Danes and German troops, it appears that the former bad very decidedly the advantage; private letters from Copenhagen men- tionthat the Danes captured sixteen cannon and took a good many prisoners; the number of wound- ed was also very considerable. Prussia. It is said that the Emperor intends to return to Berlin early in the summer, and will take up his residence for some months, at least, in the castle of Schonbrun. The preparations going on there confirm this statement. @ommercial. Lonpen, Saturday Morning, April 14, 1849. ‘There continues to be an abundance of money upon the Stock Exchange and in the market, for discount purposes. ‘The transactions on the Stock Exchange, to-day, are not numerous. Prices opened at the same figure as esterday, both for money and account, and up to this our, (12% P. M.,) we have no variation; Liayd’s books do not present any important feature of interest, this morning. Livenroot Coron Manner, April 14—1 P. M. ‘The tone of the market, to-day, is quiet, and mo- @erate amount of business is going torward. In prices “there is not any change to report. The sales are ex- ected to reach 4,000 bales. Livenroot Cons Manxet, April 14—1 P.M The trade is in the same firm position noticed in the report of yesterday's market. Few transactions have ‘deen reported to-day, but the prices of all kinds of Dreadstuffs are full. and will continue so until the re moral of the blockade from the German ports. Maxcursten Goons Marker, Saturday, April 14, 1949. The indisposition to operate for the continent, has, 4m consequence of the blockade of the German ports, become more settled and determined. Partly as an in- direct result of this state of so large @ branch of the Duriness. the general flatnoss of the market has become eater during the last day or two; and prices have, Yor the most part, a lower tendency, and in some arti- ¢les,a further decline has actually taken place. On India account, there’ continues to be a moderate de- mand, principally for widu shirtings of the lower reeds, and as these are scarce. their value is maintained. Tho transactions for other distant quarters are very slight! felt. The home dealers, whose trade is oxtremely dull, are seareely ordering anything from the manufacturers. ‘The depression continues to be greater in yarns than in.goods. Shipping Intelligence. CLINERPOOL, April Arr, Salacia, from NOzleans; Clyde, ton. eld ‘De fence, for NYork; J Z, do; Liberty, do;Garrick, do; Philadelphia; Isaac Newton, do; Palmerston, Cas tine. Warrrrorn, April 11—Sld, Harmony, for Boster Law Intelligence. Iurontaxt Decision.—The question whether an in- dietment for bigamy can be sustained against a party who, divorced for cause. bad married again, came up at the-last term of the Supreme Court of the seventh dis- trict, in Rochester, in the case of the people vs. Luther H. Hovey, indicted in the county of Monroe, for biga- my. Hovey pleaded to the indictment, admitting both marriages. but setting up in his defence a decree of the Court of Chancery dissolving the marriage with his first “y wife, obtained upon a bill filed by her, charglag him with adultery. The decree is in the usual form. It dissolves the marriage, and declares “ that the parties and each of them. are freed from the obligations there- of.” It also contains a clause prohibiting the defendant from marrying again. To this plea the District Attor- ney demurred, and the defendant joined in the demur- rer. The Court of Oyer and Terminer sustained the demurrer, and the cause was brought into the Supreme Court by writ of error Judge Selden, whose eluborate opinion is published at length in the Rochester Adver- fiser, of this morning, reversod the judgment of the Court of Oyer and Termiuer, but said the defendaut will not, therefore, necessarily go unpunished, though eseaping the penalty of the act against bigamy ; for, independent of that statute, he is subject to severe penalties by other laws. The fourth section of the ar- tele on marriage, 2 RK. S., 2d ed., 74, makes the mar- riage void, thus subjecting the offender to the painful eonsequences of public dixgrace, illegitimacy of chil- dren, eto. In addition to this, such a marriage being absolutely prohibited by the forty-seventh ion of the act concerning divorce; 2 R.8., 2d ed., p. 80, punishable as a misdemeanor by the act, 2 R. S., 2d ed., P. 682, nec. 45, Count or Arrracs.—The May term of the Court o Appeals will be held at the court house in the city of Brooklyn. commeneing Tuesday, May Ist. ‘There are 121 causes on the calendar, an increase of 11 since the March term. We give below a number of causes first im order upon the calendar:—No, 1, Lemuel Sawyer and wife, appellants, vs. Eleanor Clark, et al., respon- dents, 2. The People, ex rei, Norris L.’ Martin, plain- tiffs in error. vs. the Mayor. of the city of Brook- lyn, defendants in error. 3. Francis Griffin ond others, aippellants, vs. Hiram Barney, respondent. 4. Cyrus Barlow. appellant, against Mary Barlow and another, respondents 5, James Rice, plaintiff in error, vs, Ed- ward Floyd, defendant in error. 6. Joseph H. Seguine and another, appellants; against Henry 8. Seguine, res- ndent. 7. Albert Wyckoif, plaintiff in error, vs. Peter ott. and Maria, his wife, defendants inerror. '$, Henry ‘Worrall and another, respondents, against David © « Judson, appellant, 9, Jacob Slason, appellant, against Caleb D. Barrett, impleaded, &e., respondents. 10. ‘William Smell, plaintiff in error, vs. the Herkimer Ma- nofecturing and Hydraulie Company, defendants in error. 11. Cornelius McCoen, et al., plaintiffs in error, ys. Mortimer Calkins, ct al., defendants in error. 12, Fliea A. Vrooman, appellant, vs. James Jones, appellee. 13. Thomas H. Patterson, appellant, vs, Rensselaer Ha- Yens, et al., respondents. 14. William Wooden, appel- Iant, vs. George Watfile, ct al. appellees, 15 Edward W. Leggett and wife, plaintiffs in error, s. kins, defendant inerror. 16, Henry M. Western lant. va. Geo. li, Kelsey, ct al.. respondents. 17 G. Kortright, appellant, y t Ainslie, respondent, 18, Nicholas G. Kortright, appellant, vs. Robert Ains- lie, etal. respondents. 19 John Brooks, plaintiff in error, v8, The People, defendants in error. 20. George D. Poet, plaintiff in error, vs. Philip Kearny, Jr.. de- fendant in error. Edward 8, Inne, plaintiff in er- rer, vs. David Reeves, et al, defendants in error. 22 Samson Boicuau, et al. plaintiffs in error, vs, Andrew Blott, defendant in crror, 23. Henry Stevens, plaintif? in error, vs, Abraham G. Thompson, defendant in error, %. James K. Southworth, et al.. appellants, vs. Charles H. Doolittle, respondent, 25, David Cotheal, appellant, v8. Abijah Fitch, et al., respondents. 26, John Peck, @pellant, vs, David L. Sayre, respondent. 27, Ebene: see’ Colvon, Jr., appellant. vs, Hiram k:, Storrs. appellee 26, The Corporation of the German Reformed Chureh, in the city of New York, appellants, vs. George Lovett, rospoavdent. 20, Charles Pitt and another, plaintiffs in error, v8. Samuel Congdon. defendant in error. 30. ‘William M. Baxter, plaintiffin error, vs. Noah T. Pike, defendas&X in error, 31, Burr Wakeman, plaintiff in error, vs, Parnum 8. Kenyon, defendant in error, 32 Nelson Sage, respondent, against Watts Sherman and others, appellants. 33, George Pearce, et al., plaintiils fn error, v8 Amaltew M. Hitchcock, et al., defendanta “"“\nerror. 34, WKliam Couch, et. al., surviving assign- ees, appellants, ve. John F. Delaplaine, eurviving exeeu- tor, &¢., respondent, 35, John F. Delaplaine, surviving ke., appollect. vs. John H. Graham, admi- respondent. 86. The Prosident, &e., of ‘Merchant's Bank in the city of New York, plain- fa tn error, ve. Enoch W, Clark, et ab detendunt ria error,—sllbany Atlas, = THE EVENTS IN CANADA, The Details of the Outbreak AND Destruction of the Parliament Bullding. &e. &e. &e. Our Canadian Correspondence. Montrrat, Canapa, Wednesday Night, April 25, 1849. } The Destruction of the Parliament House, §c. Never in my life have I witnessed such a scene as took place about two hours ago, in the Legisla- tive Assembly of Canada. Having been present in the Parliament House when the following event occurred, I lose no time in giving you an account of it, as it may reach you previous to the departure of the Europa for England. At about 4 o’clock this afternoon, Lord Elgin re- paired to the hull of the Legislative Assembly, to give his assent to the famous Rebellion Losses bill, and on his leaving the House, I understand (for I was not present), that he was saluted by the exas- perated mob with rotten eggs, and every missile that could be laid hold of; he left amid the groans and the hootings of the populace, that had been ac- cidentally assembled, for there was nothing said in the morning papers of his intention to sanction the bill. This, however, was only the prelude to what afterwards occurred, At about a quarter past nine o’clock to-night, while the members were debating on the Judicature bill for Lower Canada, I was sit- ting in a recess between two windows in the hall of the Assembly, when suddenly a tremenduous crash was heard and every window in the spacious room was broken to atoms, from stones hurled by the infuriated mob outside into the Hall. Then commenced a scene of confusion which I never shall forget as long as I live; the members were running for their lives in every direction of the House, and sought every spot where they thought their lives would be free from danger: some went into the library, others hid themselves under the seats, some I observed crossing the hall behiad the Speaker’s chair, while others escaped from the lobby through the door out of the house, During a brief period of intermission of the hurling of the stones, | crept out of the recess and went up into the library, which I had hardly reached when the mob, rushing and hallooing, came into the Hall, chopped everything, tables, desks, chairs, &c. &c., to pleces—one running away with the golden mace before the Speaker’s chair, others sexzing hold of whatever came in their way, and leaving their work of destruction to save their own precious lives, for the Parliament House of Canada was in flames !! é It is now nearly two hours since I left, and from this elevation ] see the fire raging as fiercely as ever, burning the building which cost over £80,000, and the public records and documents, the bills, which were in various stages in their progress through the House, and with them tke most valuable library on American history to be found on the continent, or in the world. Your patience may be exhauste: to know by whom these proceedings were adopted. { answer, by the high-spirited and intelligent Britons !—by men of education, of worth, of intelli- gence! Oh God! to what a pitch will party spirit carry men, when their passions are inflamed by ‘the ill-advised measures of their politi- cal opponents! A meeting had been held at eight o’clock to-night, on the Champs de Mars, which was, | hear, attended by about 5,000 people ; and it was from them the people came who committed this wanton destruction of property. Where it will end, or what will be the result, God only knows. I stepped out, a few mo- ments ago, to hear further accounts, but I glean nothing but rumors of injuries done to the mem- bers. I hope they are not as serious as what they are now represented, and trust that men prone (whilst in a, state of excitement) to exagyeration, have magnified the extent of the mischief which has been done. I met a few persons near the Hay- market, whe were shouting for vengeance against the Governor, and not wishing to place myself in further danger, after the miraculous escape 1 had about two hours ago from the Parliament house, I retured home, and shall not again go out to-night. Whatever I hear to-morrow, I shall communi- cate: to you by the next day’s mail. In the inter- val, you may imagine into what a state of confu- sion this will throw every department of public affairs—the Tariff bill, Judicature bill, Assess- ment bill, and a thousand others destroyed by fire; and valuable public records, geological surveys, reports of commissioners, on various matters of the greatest importance, all committed to the flames! I suppose Parliament will meet in another build- ing to-morrow, or perhaps be prorogued. I shall apprise you of whatever may take is aks P. S. Harr-rast, Twetve—P. M.—Whilst the Parliament House is yet in flames, I advise the British ministry to recall Lord Elgin, or else they will lose these colonies—yes, lose them for ever. X.Y. Z. IKCIDENTS, ETC., CONNECTED WITH THE EMEUTE. [From the Montreal Gazette, April 27.) ‘The 2th of April, 1849, will be looked upon hence- forth as a black day for Canada. Our children will speak of it as the day on which a British nobleman, holding the commission of his sovereign as Governor General of the province, sanctioned, in the name of her Majesty. an act which is unparalleled in the whole his- tory of the world, and which, in principle, strikes at the root of all government. It is but humanity in a go- vernment to forgive the misdeeds of individuals who may have unjustifiably risen in rebellion against it; it is positive destruction to repay them for the losses their rebellion had brought upon them, * ¢ * * » . . We have, then, to apprise our readers, that, in the course of Wednesday, the 25th inst.,it became whis- pered, without any person seeming to know from what source, that the Governer General would proceed to the Parliament House, at three o'clock, afternoon, to give his sanction to several bills which had been passed. * * * These and other considerations tended to throw doubt on the affair, until about three o'clock, the usual hour which governors had fixed, in all time before, for proceeding to give the royal assent to bills by the Legislature. A few persons went down Parliament Buildings at that hour, but no Go- vernor was there. Others continued to arrive, but ftill no Governor. At length, about five o'clock, the carriage of his Lordship was seen approaching the Par- Kament House, but there were not over 250 or 300 peo- ple in the galleries. and none outside. His Lordship having seated himsclf on the throne, and the Legislative Assembly having been summoned into the Council Chamber. he proceeded to give his as- sent to various bills. The Clerk of the Crown in Chancery had read the titles of several of them. and the Clerk of the L gisiative Council had declared the Queen’s assent, with all due formality, when the clerk took hold of the Rebellion Losees bill, and read, with t distinctness. the abominable title— An act to provide for the indemnification of parties in Lower Canada, whose property was destroyed daring the re- bellion, in the years one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven and one thousand eight hundred and thir- ty-eight.”” A dead silence ensued for a moment or two. People held their breaths in perfect surprise. At length, as it by magic, a move took place among the audience, a stamping of feet was heard, and groans and hisses mut- tered as the parties made for the door, which rose into yells and hootings as they descended the stairs. The remaining bills having heen speedily assented to, his lordship made his appearance in the street, attended by his suite, on his return to Monklands But still there was no crowd. Immediately he was seen, several rotten eggs were thrown at him, some of which we are informed struck him, and some most unfortunately hit also the gentl men of his suite. This was attended by loud hootings, yells, and groans, in the midst of which the postilion on his lordship getting into the carriage, drove off at a rapid rate. Kotton eggs continued to be thrown at the carriage, so long as they could take effect, and a dirty eight the machine exhibited, ‘Tremendous excitement eusued. The city turned out its thourands into the streets, and, at cight o'clock, they assembled on the Champs de Mars, to the number of five or fix thousand, But all was perfectly regular and peaceable, The chair was taken by A. Heward, Eeq and the following resolutions were moved and carried:— * Resolved Ist, That this meeting desires to reiterate the opinions of the meeting held in the Bonsecours Market. on the evening of the 17th Feb. last, relative to the ‘Rebellion Losses bill,’ considering the princi- ple of the measure as one designed to reward the dis- affected, and to punish the loyal, and therefore as alto- gether unconstitutional, “Resolved. 2d—That this meeting deeply deplores the outrage which has this day been committed against their feelings as British subjects, by the act of the Le- gllature in passing the eaid bill, without affording the ing their opinions ustings, and in total disregard of their titions and remonstrances against it. “ Resolved, 3d.—That in the opinion of this meeting, the act of the Earl of Elgin, in sanctioning the re- bellion reward bill, is a betrayal of the high trust com- mitted to him by his Sovereign, the tidings of which will be received by every loyal man throughout the Briti-h Eampire, with indignation and disgust. “ Resolved. 4th.—That a committee be appointed to draft a petition to her most gracious Majesty the Queen, reepectfally praying her Majesty to reeal the Earl of Elgin. and immediately quiet the minds of she people, by disallowing the suid rebellion reward bill, this day sanctioned by him in her Majesty's namo.” The chairman and the movers of the resolutions were then appointed a committee te draft the neouxcary petition to the Queen. and the vhairman declared the hiceting @esolved, Theerow the departed, and the writer of this article retired, with other members of the committee, to get ready the petition. Their labors were soon disturbed by cheering in the streets, and on looking out, a number of men were seen in advance of a caleehe, in which two persens were seated, bearing the mace of the House of Assem- bly, the crowd singing the national anthem, and cheer- ing for the Queen, For'the remainder of the proceedings we are in- debted to our contemporaries and to our reporter, We refer to their reports, The city remained perfectly quiet during the night. Lord Elgin was sent for in the course of the night, and the Exeoutive Council held a sitting. at which a clerk in the government office, named Sabin Tetu, made an affidavit implicating Messrs. Heward, Mont- gomerie, Mack, Esdaile, and Ferres, in the burning of the Parliament House (although not one of them we believe were near it), and they were arrested in the forenoon of yesterday on acharge of arson, An afti- davit was also made by one William M’Doneil Dawson, late of Bytown, against Mr. Perry, as an active leader, and by one Greer Walker, against Mr. James Farrell, as a ringleader. Although tho affidavits are of the most vague cha- racter, and merely relate to words alleged to have been spoken, yet Mr, Ermantinger thought it his duty to refuse bail. Mr. Ermantinger, on the demand of the gentlemen accused, stated that on their being ¢x- amined he would furnish them with copies of the affidavits against them, and that he would make out a complete committal. so that they might obtain a habeas corpus, and give bail to-day. Mr, Ermantinger was asked whether he was acting under instructions from the Attorney General, or whether he was actiug as an independent magistrate? He replied that he was act- ing as an independent magistrate, and that the com- mittal would be made out as he said. Instead of that, however, Mr. Ermantinger, acting, it is said, from the beginning under the directions of Mr. Lafontaine, the Attorney General, made out the committal * for further examination,” ‘This is, of course, to gratify the malignant and re- vengeful feelings of Mr. Lafontaine, by keeping the gentlemen accused in jail for several days longer. Mr, Ermantinger did not intimate to the gentlemen before him any intention of remanding them, but left them under the idea given them by himself, that the committal would be a final one. Mr. Ermantinger was tendered evidence to prove that not one of the gentlemen was near the Parliament House; but he refused to receive it, or to grant bail, because he said he considered the affidavits sufficient to warrant their committal, aud he would make it out ac- cordingly. Gentleman in the situation of the accused, ought to be dealt with fairly and openly. ‘The law was never meant as an engine to oppress. Messrs, Heward, Mack, Montgomerie and Ferres were accordingly conveyed in cabs to jail, at half-past two o'clock yesterday, escortee by a strong body of treops, to prevent a rescue, of which some fears were en- tertained. The excitement was such as was never seen in Canada before. They were escorted, all the way to jail, by about two thousand men, who cheered them with tremendous enthusiasm, It was a new feature to see British troops conveying toa prison men who had fought and suffered for their Queen, and that, too, under the directions of a domi- inant French faction, whom those very loyalists had put down twelve years ago. Can things contine 60? ‘The gentlemen in charge of drawing up the petition for the recal of Lord Elgin, have to advise the public, that a little delay may occur betore it {s ready, in con: requence cf the temporary inconvenience to which some of their number are subjectod. ‘We are informed that the Ministry are so alarmed at the awful state of excitement in the country and in Montreal, that the Inspector General went yesterday to the telegraph office, demanding of the Company not to permit the wires to report any intelligence of the riot of Wednesday, and demanding to know what in- telligence had already been conveyed. ‘Lhe directors inf.-aned the honorable gentleman that their wires were open to the public to transmit any news that parties thought proper, and they would con- tinue todo go unle-s government took possession of their wires by an armed force, in which case the would have proper recourse. As to the second demand, the directors informed him that they communicated no man's affairs, except to the party entitled to know them. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. ‘From the same.] Notwithstanding the great excitement which had been manifested outside the Parliament House, after the Governor Gencral’s assent had been given to the Rebellion Losses bill, the House continued in session, passing one or two measures through committee, with more than usual ~*tietness, and apparently perfect con- fidence. It soon became known, however, that a meet- ing had been called, and the passing of a carriage, with bells, accompanied by some person who proclaimed the appointment, caused ® momentary rush to the win- dows, About halt past seven o'clock, being told that the walls were chalked with announcements that the meeting was to take plaee at 8 o'clock, at the Champ de Mars, the writer left the House with a friend, and proceeded to that place. At the Champ de Mars a large number of persons were assembled. The bank, and the stone steps going up to the guard house were crowded with persons, who pressed towards the front, and bore torches, but below the muster did not appear so great as the ground they occupied seemed to indicate, ‘They were, for the most part, standing in groups at some little distance apart, and ‘it was remarked that a great number of females accompanied the men who were present. At the mo- ment the writer reached the ground, some person. aj peared to be proposing a list of names for a commit- tee; but the lights were extinguished immediately, and’ another voice addressed the Assembly.— ‘There was then acry of “to the Parliament House. The writer immediately proceeded there,and in con- sequence of the time necessary to enable the proces- sion to form, reached the House some three «minutes before the crowd, The doors were, at that time, locked ; but making use of his privilege, the writer on- tered, and passed immediately up stairs to the back of the Speaker's chair; meeting several clerks in the way, who anxiously ‘inquired—* Are they coming, are they coming?” Mr. Price was in the news room at the moment the writer passed the stairs of the smoking room, and there was only time te say “‘they are coming,” when ashower of stones appeared to have smashed every window inthe house, The passage was the only place which afforded shelter from the stones that were poured in on all sides, The apartments on ench side protected that spot from the missiles, and there a large number of persons immediately’ congregated. We noticed the Speaker, Sir A. M’Nab, Col. Gugy, Mr. Badgley, Mr. Bell, "Mr. Chauyeau, Mr. Papineau, Mr. Drummond, Madame St. Julien and her maid from th bar, and some other members and employées of the As- sembly. All was confusion, Some said, they will fire the building ; others, they are breaking in and will attack us, Some desired to go up the stairs to the tmoking room ; but the majority appeared resolved to await the event, and face any persons who might pass through the chamber to the place where they were Some one now asked who would go and talk to th. crowd? Sir Allan M’Nab immediately volunteered to do so, and entered the Assembly Chamber for that pur- pose; but the volleys which were still coming through the windows made it evident that he could not pass the length of the apartment without a certainty of being knocked down, ‘There was an immediate cry for him to return, About this time, it appears that some persons entered the House, and carried away the mace, and in all pro- bability there would have teen no difficulty in passing through as they retired, and of descending by the great Staircase to the front door, But those in the passage still continued to suppose that the crowd were without, and would refuse to allow them to pass. ‘The only hope was that the military would speedily arrive. Then some person opened the door of the news room, and raised the cry that the building was on fire. On look- ing through ‘the glass door which opens between the passage and the refreshment lobby, this waa found to be the case, ‘The whole awning wax in flames, which were fast communicating to the wooden gallery. It Wat now time to make rome effort to escape, and to risk abroken head, rather than to incur the danger of re- maining longer. The writer accordingly descended the buck stairs to the large lobby below, where several cluks had arsembled, and had determined to make @ ruch atany eddy, The truth was, however, that no dif- fculty existed. ‘They had closed the door which sepa. rates the lower lobby of the House of Assembly from the main entrance all and great staircase, and had thus, like the persons in the paseage above, remained in ig norance of the entrance of the men who carried off the mace, aud of the tact that they had left the front doo: open. ‘This was, of course, discovered on entering the hail, and all present passed into the streets. The flame bad already ‘enveloped the whole of that end of the building which is situated in M’Gill street, anda crowd War drawn up on the footpath, viewing te conilagra tion, which lit up the entire ‘city to the Unitarian chureh at the top of the Hay Market. Some engines were standing in the street, drawn up acroes the roud- Way at the end of St. Paul’ strect, but they were not playing, and it was said that the crowd had forbidden them to do so, Mr. Murray, of the Montreal office, had firiven Ineffeetually to get them to work. The wind was blowing @ mart breeze, and the whole of the ex- tensive building, in which there was a very large quan. lily of wowdwork, was soon in flames from! end to end, ro that it was impossible to approach the front. ‘Then the wind carried the fire across the street, and caught the opposite houses. The house opposite the cen- tre of the hall, oceupied by Mr. M’Crank, was, we believe, totally gutted ; and the whole range between M’Gill and St. Peter streets was for some time in reat danger, The stores occupied by Mesers, Fitzpatrick, Howell Holmes, Young and Knapp, and other parties, though at some distance from the building, were also, “for some time, considered in considerable danger, Even the Inspector of potashes entertaine fears for his stores, containing many thousand pounds Worth of goods, jn consequence of the large quan. tty of burning paper which was earried by the wind towards that building. The manner in which (here takes of fire were carried along the ground, pre- rented a mort magnificent appearance, “The whole ground appeared to be of lame, From the same cause rome injury was done tothe Grey Nuunery, whieh, how. ever, Was of litle consequence. We understand that the insuranees on the public property thus destroyed, ‘amounted to £20,000 ; but a ing, and the windews smashed ; but no other mischief was done there STATE OF THE CITY TO THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS —HALF-PAST SIX 0’CLOCK THIS MORNING. {From the same } The greatest excitement prevailed in town through- out the whole of yesterday. Knots of five or six indi- viduals standing at every corner of the strects, It was rumored that the Governor General was in the govern- ment house, and a crowd during the greater part of the day was collected in the neighborhood; the yard before the house was filled with troops; there was also a “‘cor- don militaire” across Notge Dame street, at each end of the government house, to prevent the crowd from assembling before it. At about 8 P.M. a mob visited Mr. Hincks’ house, breaking and destroying everything which could be broken. ’ A part of the furnitare, it is said, had been removed during the day. The house was much damag- ed. Mr. Holmes’s, and another house between, shared the same fate. At about 8 P.M., the whole town was thrown into consternation by the ringing of the fire bells, and the rattle of five engines driving through the ‘streets.— There was « cry that Lafontaine’s house had been set on fire by the mob, and a general rush toward St. An- toine Suburb took place, On proceeding there, we found the stables, and out houses attached to Mr. La- fontaine’s house, in flames. The mob attempted to fire the house three times, but were prevented by the exertions of Mr. Charles Phillips, Counsellor Bell, and a few othera, A more derolating scene could not be conceived, than that which presented itself to the writer, when the mob had left the house. Every door and window in it was broken in; the stair railings smashed to atoms,and the stairs disfigured. In the drawing room large and elegant looking glasses, together with elegant engray- ings and modern furniture, were all broken and de- stroyed, and lay « heap of rabbish on the middle of the floor. Livery parlor and bed room of the house present ed the same pitiable picture. On the floor of the libra- ty was piled cart loads of books, some of which were partially burnt. In a side room was a quantity of glass and decanters, all smashed to pieces; wines of various kinds had evidently shared the same fute, from various odors in the room. Mr. Lafontaine’s family were all away. and no person was hurt, A house in the St. Antoine Suburbs, in which it was understood Messrs. Baldwin, Price and Blake were boarding, had its windows «mashed in by volleys of stones. The house adjoining shared the same fate.— Mr, McNamee’s tavern was also battered. ‘The mob dispersed at about 11 o'clock, and at the time we go to press are perfectly quict. It was rumored in the streets, that Lady Elgin was at St. Helen’s, and that several members of Parliament had been beaten, SACKING AND BURNING OF THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE. From the same.} The writer of this report, on proceeding to the House of Assembly, on Wednerday evening. at about 9 o'clock, to take his place in the reporters’ gallery, fell in witha crowd of persons marching towards the House. The crowd advanced on the House,by different streets, from the direction of the Place d’Armes. It speedily sur- rounded the House, and commenced throwing ‘stones through the windows. The crowd was large but not very dense; the writer was able to walk about through every part of it. The excitement appeared to be in- tense. A party of the more violent among the crowd proceeded to burst open the hall door, which they sue- ceeded in doing in the space of a few moments, smash- ing the door to atoms. ‘They then rushed up the main stairs into the hall of the Assembly, a few members only having remained, among whom were Messrs. Stevenson, Galt, McConnell, and Dr. Fortier—the first named, with great coolness planted themselves in such @ manner as to exeape the volleys of stones, and, like philosophers, coolly surveyed the scene; the last screaming and yell: ing from very fear. ‘The mob proceeded to demolish everything in the hall. One fellow took possession of the Speaker's chair, and declared, in a solemn voice, that he dirsolved the Parliament in the Queen's name, and that the members had better take themsel: off, or he would not answer for their lives. The remaining members, together with other individuals, and four or five ladies, had in the meantime taken refuge behind the Speaker’s chuir. One of the reporters jumped from indow in the second story. This, however, was needless, for instead of having to pass through a lobby full of yelling demons, as honorable gentlemen antici- pated, they had simply to walk out. The writer proceeded round the house on the outside; the crowd appeared to be composed, as fur ashe was able to observe, of merchants and other respectable citizens of Montreal, for the most part. The number of persons inside the house was not very large; there was a party in the lobby, engaged in break- ing up the committee rooms, clerks’ offices, and knock- ing windows out. On the outside he saw five or six rough locking fellows, beating in the window panes with sticks and axe-handles. A few boys were throw- ing stones through the windows. The writer heard some expressions to the effect that it was not improba- bie that the mob in the building would set it on fire; these expressions did not soem unnatural from tho manner in which the work of demolition was going on. On arriving at the west end of the building, he saw ® few men break open a wooden gallery, which was et loyed as a store room for stationary. When the board- ing (a kind of panelling) was broken through, some loose papers appeared to have been strewed on the floor, which the writer thought were leaves of printed Dills, as these were flying about im all directions. ‘The men then fired there loose papers and threw them about the room. The wind was high, and in a very fow moments the wooden gallery and a canvas covering above it were enveloped in ‘flames. The crowd stood at some din watching in an apparently impagsive manner the p 8 of this handful of incendiaries, ‘The anxiety of the moment was painful. Five or six resolute men might have arrested the incendiaries, and saved the catastrophe. The writer's first impulse was to hasten for the police; he did not take this step, as the wildfire rapidity with which the flames spread rendered it useless. Some fire engines were immediately in the neighbor- hood, but they did not play upon the fire. It was ru- mored that the crowd would not permit them, ‘The writer again hastened to the hall of the House with the intention of endeavoring to aid in saving some part of the library or records. He found the hal and in confusion, He thought there were some | engaged already in what he intended to do; and finding that he could be of no use, again left the hall, to watch the progress of the flames, All this occurred in the space of ten or fifteen mi- nutes, The wooden part of the building was now blazing with intense brightness, A dense smoke was visible inside the main building. A moment more, and it belehed through the windows and chimneys with awful fury. It was now evident that any power less than the hand of God must be inadequate to save the building ; and it wouid have been madness for human Sila to have attempted, hopes of reseulng the libraries were now at ati end; bul there was a rumor that a beautiful full length picture of our most gracious sovereign the Queen had been saved ; and this simple act told eloquently of the loyal feeling of the crowd. The centre part of the building, covupled by the library of the Assembly, in a short time fell in with a dreadful crash through the rv of of the west wing of the building. Ina little time more the whole building, from one end to the other, Was enveloped in one sheet of living flame. It was now impossible to approach near the building, for the in- tense heat ; the belching flames now burst through the roof as it fell in. And the sight became awfully and magnificently beautiful ! The night was qlear and cold ; and the high wind lashed the flames to maddening fury. Numbers of dazzlingly white flakes of flame, like balloons of fire, rose to some height above the raging flames, and were borne by the winds to some distance. ‘There fire-flakes appeared to be caused by burning pieces of paper being shot upwards by the fury of the flames. ‘The whole heavens were illuminated; and the clear and beautiful blue of the firmament, with the moon and stars brightly chining, contrasting with the madéened flames and white light below, made a pic- ture of thrilling and awful beauty, such as it is rarely the lot of the artist to look upon. and such an one that his peneil would vainly try to imitate. ‘The crowd was stili not dense; it w: so to allow a hor. thr ‘The ox- pressions were ere exccrating the Go- vernor-General; some deploring the outrage; some speculating on the loss, more particularly of the two -best and most extensive libraries in the province; and some were exulting over the ruin; while others amused themselves with tearing to atoms numbers of bills which had been thrown through the windows. Some were making’ witty allusions to the warm and sudden dissolution of Parliament, comparing it to the Long Parliament. There ‘were various stories cir- culating a some fellows “taking away that bauble,” the Mace; and of some fellow taking osseesion of the chair, and declaring that the Parliament was dissolved. Some were wondering where the military were, and some gave ont that they were coming. This did not, however, create the slight- est alarm, that the writer was able to perceive, except that a few Canadians, catching the word, and on the hint, respeetively said, je m’en wait, which they imm: diatcly did. The feeling of the crowd might be divide into two divisions—deep regret on the part of the re- ficcting and better-informed—and jesting exultation among the unreflecting and ill-informed. In the meantime, the roofs of some houses on the op- posite side of Commissioners’ street had taken fire, and painful fears began to be exeited that it would extend to the whole of St. Paul street, the wind being so high. The fire companies, however, performed well their part, working in an intense heat, and suceceded in putting down the fire; one or two houses only being burnt, of contparatively trifling value. ‘The dainage in the other rtrect, on the east side of the house, was confined to feme wooden railings. The writer was on the spot until near two o'clock, when the rage of the flames had abated all the flooring and the roofing had fallen in, the bare walls alone stood, and the interior, from one end to the other, presented one mass of living embers, It may be observed that it was a late hour before the military arrived at the rcene, and the writer observed no police until the work of destruction had irretrieva- [From the Montreal Herald, April 26.) REPELLION REWARDED AN! LOYALTY INSULTED BY THE SOVEREIGN. It is with the deepest regret —with feelings that we cannot find words to express—that we annouuce to the loyalists of Canada the crowning act of injustice and ingratitude with which all their truth and devotion to the cause of their sovereign has at length been repaid. Yesterday, his Excellency the Governor General, in the name of his mistress, the Queen. gave his assent to that revolutionary measure, unprecedented in the his- tory of civilized “nations, by which the victorious de- fenders of the throne are to be taxed to pay the losses of defeated rebels, Nothing, that we can say, can either add to the indignation and grief with which this politically suicidal act of their sovereign must swell the bosom and moisten the eye of every true Bri- ton; or take one feather’s weight from that degrada- tion, which they feel, as it were, crushing, with the iron of power, every cherished sentiment of loyalty to their sovereign, affection towards their father-land, and confidence in the honor, the justice, and magnanimity of both, ‘The night is dark—let us trust that the morn will bring light and hope. ——— Wire men ne'er ait and wail their loss, hecrly seek how to redress their harms} What though the mast be now blown overboard, ‘The cable broke, our holding anchor lost? Alas! we cannot complete the quotation, for, although “yet lives our pilot he has sunk powerless before the storm, and has left us to work the ship into port, as best we may, Our readers will not be surprised to learn that, so soon as the royal assent was given, the audience in the gallery of the Legislative Council Chamber left the pretence, somewhat audibly manifesting their indig- nation at what they considered the prostitution of their sovereign’s name and honor, at the command of an interested, although, for the time, triumphant fac- tion. On leaving the Parliament House, his Excetlency was greeted with uninterrupted groans, hisses aud hootings—his poor postiliions and horses coming in for & somewhat plentiful shower of rotten eggs and other harmless bue unsavory missiles. 1¢ wasa sad, a humi- liating scene. [From the same.] By telegraph we learn, that tho greatest excitement prevails in Upper Canada, and particularly in the cities of Hamilton, Toronto, and the town of Brockville. ‘0 draw the uttention of members of the St. Andrews Socicty, to the advertisement of the meeting on Saturday. It'is understood in town, that the ob- ject is tor the purpose of taking the sense of the society, ‘whether the conduct of His Excellency the Governor, in sanctioning the Rebellion Losses bill, does not im- peratively eall on them to expel him from their body. [WisEXcchency wasafterwardsexpelled-—W. ¥- Elevate } From the Sunday Newspapers. Bru !—We believe the editor of the Herald has it the nail on the head. Mr. Henry Wikoff, the * gent” whom Fanny Elssler patronized when she was in this country, is the person who has persuad- ed Mr. Forrest that’ Mr. Macready bothered him: self about him and the press, when our tragedian paid his last visit to London, The Herald shows conclusively that this same Wikoff'is a meddlesome reon, and the very letter written by him to Mr. rest, and upon which that gentleman relies to sustain his charge against Macready, shows him to be a blackguard. No gentleman ever repeats or publishes private, conversations relative to other persons. Mr. Wikofl, then, in publishing private conversations between himself and Mr. Albany Fonblanque, relative to Forrest and Macready, has shown himself to be a meddlesome flunkey.—Sun- day Mercury. Banxrvricy or a Bisnor.—The Rt. Reverend Bishop Doane, of New Jersey, has made an assign- ment of his effects for the benefit of his creditors. His debts are said to amount to a quarter of a mil- hon of dollars, and it is reported that his assets bear a very small proportion to that enormous sum. Itis consoling to know that the good Bishop will not starye. Some sixteen or eighteen years ago, he married the wealthy widow of a Boston mer- chant, who, it is said, possessed in her own right an income of $12,000 per annum. | With this and his Bishop's salary, the insolvent divine will be en- abled to live in a quiet way. Mrs. Doane is said to be onefof the most exemplary of Christian wo- men—one who sets forth, not only with her lips, but in her life, the beauty of holiness. As regards the Bishop, we will only say that he should have a large credit with the firm of Faith, Hope & Chari- yy as a sett off against his present liabilities.— Sunday Times. Tur Deracation 1s THE Marsna’s Orrice.— Office hunters and partisans of both sides, versed in the history of our local politics, were astonished at the grave charge preferred against the Hon. Ely Moore, the Marshal of the Southern District, and others of his office. During the administration of Gen. Jackson, a well known politician, W. II. Coventry Waddell, held this tral lucrative situation for a couple of terms, but at the close of Mr. Van Buren’s reign he was superseded by Anthony J. Bleecker, who, in time, yielded the staff to the Hon. Silas M. Still- well, a name very well known to fraudulent debt- ors. This nominee of the whig party received his passports from Mr. Polk, who honored the present incumbent with his patronage. During the entire period, from Mr. Waddell’s entry down to the fall of 1846, Mr. Rapelye, a faitnful officer, and one, among the oldest of our citizens, held the post of chief deputy, and cashier of the department, from the arduous duties of which he was relieved by a Mr. Wm If. Peck of Sing Sing—a village on the Hudson, celebrated in story for its prison and pill- factory. A fact not generally known, but fully de- veloped by the present occurrences, is now brought to light—ihe friends of Mr. Rapelye furnished sure- ties for three of the Marshals, on‘ condition that he should haye entire control of the finances by virtue of his position in the bureau. To facilitate the ar- rangement, Mr. Bleecker executed an assignment of all the emoluments of the office to his chief de- puty, thus rendering Mr. Rapelye Marshal de facto. This ingenious precedent was followed by Stillwell, and when the last retired at request of President Polk, the friends of the working man, Rapelye, were disappointed in the elevation of Mr. Moore, as they were confident their favorite would have been appointed to the vacancy. It now appears further that the arrangement and assignment were adopted by Mr. Moore and Mr. Rapelye. ri vorhigd ao, lawn adrnininren ad 41 Uue ULE GLOBE Ub a yao sauion, it will be remembered that Judge Nelson was nominated and finally confirmed as successor to Judge Thomp- son; but this appointment was hampered by sundry fumily arrangements—that Mr. Gardner, brother to Mr. Tyler, was to be clerk of the circuit court, and another brother was to be created a commis- sioner of our district, and in consequence, the in- cumbents were ordered to resign. The clerk at once obeyed the judicial summons; but Mr. Rapel- ye, along established commissioner, who, though nota lawyer by profession, had adequately perform- ed the duties, conceived. it a bitter bill to be eject. | edby one of his own political party. The Presi- | dential will was imperative, and Rapelye, who steadfastly refused to resign, wasdeprived of his commissionership. ‘This may appear irrelevant to the subject, but still it has an important bearing upon | the marshalships, and can be adjudged the cause of | the present financial catastrophe. From the hour of his decapitation, the spirits of | the commissioner diooped; his health beeame visi- | bly aflected, and the advice of physicians required | his retirement from the cares of publie A | meeting of the sureties and of friends to the | shaland his deputy, was convened, and an arran| menteffected with Mr. Peck to assume the vacated | situation along with the balance due from Moore | to his deputy. Itis further alleged that a regular | Contract was entered into between the Marshal and his new deputy, whereby the former resigned all his title and interest in the marshalship to Mr | Peck, receivi refor a bonus of $16,000, and a j monthly $175; and this arrangement, | prejudic to the public interest, was known to, | and approved by, the late Presidentand his cabinet. The balance due the deputy, Rapelye, is said to Mar- who was so many years known, on both sides of the ocean, as a vocalist and actor, Without, intending to invade the privacy of the domestic circle, we must be allowed—since this most unhappy affair has, in some sort, got before the public—to refer to this unparalleled and very singular act of repudiation. ‘The popular fame of one of the parties—the husband—and the exalted worth of the other—the lady—will, undountedly, give to the affair unusual interest; and this fact must plead in apology, for referring at all to the domestic affairs of individuals, Mr. Edwin Forrest was married, if we recollect aright, in the year 1836, in St. John’s Chapel, in the Moorfields, London, to Miss, Sinclair. Mr. Forrest , at that time, in the thirty-first year of ge; the lady was one-and-twenty. Soon after ummation of the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. ‘orr pyaged to the United States, and set uy an establishment in Reade street, originally owne: and by the celebrated Mr. James H. hey remained till about the y: 1839, when Mr. Forrest purchased an estate in Twenty-second street, Chelsea, to which he re- moved his family, and where he has remained, with intervening visits to Europe, till the day be- fore yesterday. Until the ‘commencement of the last winter, with the exception of occasional family jars, an the interposition of those professional annoyances we learn that nothing that occurred in London, . transpired to mar the happiness of Mr. and Mrs. All ought to have been sunshine, Edwin Forrest. f though it 1s possible that the “storm-king” inter- posed his visage. % Whilst Mr. Forrest, two years ago, was in Lon- don, he wes assuiled, as all the world knows, by one or two of the London presses, and criticised in the most offensive and abusive manner. After the attack in question was made, he returned to the United States, and the whole character of the man was changed. He at once became moody, melancholy, and unhappy. In the month of December, Mr. Forrest returned from a professional engagement in Philadelphia, in a most unhappy state of mind, and at once demand- eda separation, He assaigned no cause, offered no apology for the position he assumed; and, when the immediate friends of the parties interfered, and asked to be informed why it was that he asked for repudiation, his only reply was—a studied, in- comprehensible silence. He was not to be inter- roguted; he demanded a separation; and he has accomplished his object. Mr. Forrest and his wife have eternally separated. : . It forms no part of our duty to interfere in their domestic feuds; and nothing but the eminence of Mr. Forrest, as an actor and a man, and the gossip of the world, would induce us to say thus much. Asan act of justice, we remark that we are in- formed—and our information comes from a source that can be relied on—that Mr. and Mrs. Forrest have, in the end, separated on terms of mutual re- ciprocity. The private reputation of both re- mains untouched, unchallenged, untarnished. No aspersion, at any rate, rests, or can be made to rest, on the character of the lady. No personal imputa tion has been cast on either side. Jealousy— the curse and bane, to wedded life—has net, in instance, had any influence. ; Mrs. Forrest is represented on all sides, and by those who know her best, to be a lady of superior talent, attainment, and personal beauty; and the disquietude which this ill-assorted affair must give her and her relatives, must be exceedingly poignant. The immediate friends of the parteatinee we understand, made numerous efforts to compromise the difficulties that have transpired between the gentleman and his wife, but without success. It has been supposed by many, that the absence of issue has been the cause of these domestic broils. Such is notthe fact. The lady has been the mother of four children, all of whom, how- ever, died in early infancy.— Sunday Atlas. Tue Rev. Dr. Hawkes.—It is said that the Reverend Dr. Hawkes is about to leave New Or- leans, and resume his position in this city. A Southern paper says that his return to New York will bea new element in the intellectual attraction of the city, “where, as a source of elegant enter- tainment, the pulpit, with many, takes the place of the opera.” This 18 very true; stained glass win- dows, and commodious aisles and pews, afford more advantages to cut a dash in boxes, than at the opera ; and the “‘ upper ten” are well convinced of the fact, let the opera, for which they have only a forced taste, “go to the wall,” and pay from five hundred to a thousand dollars for a pew at a “fash- ionable church,” in which to worship, not the Almighty, but the god and goddess of all their idolatry—Mammon and Fashion. The pewatin St. George’s Church, last Monday, were sold at prices varying from four hundred to seven hundred dol- lars each.— Sunday Atlas. Navat Orricer.—The new naval officer, Philip Hone, Esq., “turns out well.” If he | no ‘enemies to punish,” he certainly has “friends to reward.” He has appointed Isaac %. Hone, audi- tor, in place of Gen. Spinner, removed 5 Robert. Hone, deputy, in place of Edward Sandford, te- moved; C. S. Franklin, deputy, in place of Leo- nard Lee, removed ; C. Callender, clerk, in place of Charles Kathern, reanoved ; —— Darling, clerk, in place of ‘Theodore Frost, removed; and, — —, clerk, in place of E. W. Corbitt, removed. ‘Those naval office clerks must, of course, become sharp fellows if they remain among so many Hones !—Sunday Atlas. Terreir AFFAIR av Sr. Cuarves, [ntrxors.—I hasten to inform you that our town of St. Charles. has been under the supreme reign of a mob since 10 A gg! The cause of this outbreak of the sovereigns ofthe lend, was the open and reckless manner in ‘/nich Dr Richards and his students have supplie’, themselves, for the last few weeks. with subject for dissection’ A company of men—father. broths and husband of 4 young lady, from De Kalb county, who had reeently iited-came here on Thursday teat, alleging that she ad been resurrected, procured @ search warrant, and, with Sheriff Yates, searohg” the dissecting room and “ Aading the body, yet premises of Dr. Richards; nov “*41ng finding enough to eatisfy the relatio. “28+ she 2d, been there, and under the hand of the operator, such as hair and other evidences of identity. ‘11. ° 7 tives returned home; we heard no more from them unw' this morning, about ten o'clock, whon double teams, loaded with men, and men on horseback, were seen com. ing into our town in every direction, until some 200 men arrived, with & full equipment, froma rifle to # revolver. They marched to the doctor's premises, gathering strength a they progeeded, until a formidable force was congregated. cannot give all the details, but the re- sult was, that atter some negotiation as to givi up the body 'to her friends, two rifle shots were fired ‘froth one by him on opening the front Richard's house; door, and firing into the crowd; the other shot from the upper window by his son; and what is remarkable, neith- er shot took effect save in the coat of one of the outsiders. This wasa signal for a general battle; the mob fired in return, one ball taking effect in Dr. Richard’s right side and passing out between the shoulders near the spine— another muking an entry above the hip bone of one of his students (Mr. Rood) and passing diagonall through him. It was immediately reported that Richards was dead, but he presented himeelf again at the door to show his wounds,when # heavy stone hit him onthe right side of the face, which brought him down, or nearly ao: at the tame time a pistol shot took effect onthe right hand or wrist, The mob then broke all his windows, and injured his furniture. and are now dispersing. The citizens of the town took little part in the Proceedings; such as did, sympathized with the strangers; for this establish ment has been a grievous nuisance for years. Aft dressing the wounded, they are found to be dangerous, Very little prospects of the recovery of Dr. Richards. it has been # disgraceful affair for our town, but it has been provoked on by Dr. Richards and his students, until endurance ceased tobe a virtue. It is reported (and entitled to credence) that the doctor sent this particular subject, with two others, off to Warrenville have amounted to the sum of $9,000; to this add the further amount of $7,000 held by the deputy, Pe: ck, subject to the decision of the court, and we have a result, in addition, corresponding nearly to the amount in specie seized on board the brig Law- rence, by virtue of the proceedings had in the Dis trict Court of the United States, Such is the brief history of the whole matter, and it can k en at aglance that the responsibi ty rests entirely with Mr. Peck, although the pre- sent Marshal was an evident participator in the transaction, which greatly militates against his offi- cial character, Yesterday, Mr. Peck was discovered to be amon: the miesing, although the judge’s order mayer led to the pepe village of Sing Sing. After searching all the streets of Jersey City, the rocky, heights of Hoboken, the independent city of Brooklyn, and the flourishing town of Wilhams- burg, county of Kings, the messengers have re- turned to to this city without encountering the ar- rant Marshal.— Sunday Era. Rervor IN Emrest Lire—Mr. axp Mrs. Epwin For —Tuem Seraration.—It is at all, bly ccminenced, This cannot be too much regretted, and the reason thould’be well inquired into: for the writer affirms that five or six policemen might have ar- rested the incendi ) While the crowd, at some dis- tance, looked passively on. The greater part of the still worre lose, because irreparable, is that sustained by the destruction of the libraries of the two Houses, whieh contained books of which only a Mmited number have been printed, and which, of course, no money ean rertore to the world, With them, it is to be feared, have perished o large portion of the public records ef the lrovince~ another loss, which will be felt thoughout the country. ‘The Pict office wee visited in the course of the even- conristed of men too re | conrieted of men too respeetable to have aided in have stood and looked #0 Hlently on; the weiter ean only account for it by supporin, of the sudden resuit,” PPOnn6 that they had no ide THE NEXT MORNING. The houre lies in smoking ruius, The sto it was built being blue limestone, the walls are whiten- ed, crumbled, and tottering in a very dangerous tate. i . # wonderful that they should | fireside. of whieh | hig wife, limes unwelcome and disgracious, to persons of correct and honorable feelings, to interfere or in- terpote in the domestic affairs of private citizens or private families; and we would be the last men in the world to invade the sanctuary of the family During the period of some five or six weeks back, it has been reported in various circles of the town, that a separation was about to take place between this morning, anticipating the difficulty that has oc- curred.—St, Charles Letters fprit 9. The Property of Married Women. An Act to amend an act entitled “An act for the more effectual protection of the property of married women,?? passed April 7, 1848. Passed pnt 11, 1849 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows Section 1. The third section of the act entitled “ An act for the more effectual protection of the property of married women,” is Lereby amended #0 a9'toread as follows :— §3. Any married female may take by inheritance or Ly gift, erant, devisee or bequest, from any persou other than her husband, and hold to her sole and separate use, and convey and devise real and personal property and avy interest or estate therein, and the revta, nd profits thereof. in the same mannerfand with eet as if she were unmarried. and the same shall ot be subject to the disposal of her husband nor be liable for his debts §2. Any person who may hold or who may hereafter hold as trustee for any married woman, any real or personal estate or other property, under any deed of conveyance or otherwise, on the written request of such married woman, accompanied by a certificate of & justice of the supreme court that he has examined the condition and situation of the property and made due inquiry into the capacity of such inarried woman to manage and control the same, may convey to such married woman, by deed or otherwiae, all or any por- tion of such property, or the rents, issues or profits thereof, for her sole and separate use and benefit. §3. All contracts made between persons in contem- plation of marriage, shall remain in fall foree after such marriage takes place, Mr. Edwin Forrest, the celebrated tragedian, and Mrs. Caroline Norton Sinclair Porrect the eldest daughter of the eelebrated John Sinclair, > {tis raid that plague, in the form of locusts, haa fallen upon Texas, T bole country from Austin to the Guif of Mexico, teems with them, and the fruits of the earth are suffering from their attacks,