New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-11-16
~ A meeting of the members of the Bar op-


~ meeting of the members of the Bar op-
posed to the action of the Judges in the case OF
Colt, was held yesterday morning. Some thirty or
forty were presen,-most of whom were opposed
to the proceedings, but were not allowed TO ex-
press their opinion or to vote The following
Resolutions were adopted:
Reyoyed That the right 10 review the decisions OF lnie
tribunals Court OF las resort, sSt % $50
sl TO The due administration OF the laws tna 70 refuse
writ OF eror excep, free OF all aoao' aouA "
Peeosed Thai the question whether under the constlu-
ZION OF this State Court OF Oyer and ferm!nsf can De
held otherwise than by Judges appointed by the
and Senate although discussed, remains t rds
Court OF Errors aud deserves serious deberaton he Wors
OF the constitution heing, The Governor shai noMna
and with the consent OF the Ssnate, shall appoint
Resoea That questions concerning the organization OF
Courts require, above all others The decision OF the hghe
tribunal. nasniuc if illegally constituted Their Judge
en afo.d protection 10 officers directed TO execute
Rksoed That the moral force tevery legal JudSefhen,
especially when it involves human life, aust depend upon
its unqueStcned correctness and that the execution oil any
judgement. whose legality is gravey denied by deliberate
and disinerested minds without aording the opportunity
provided Tor by law 10 have It reviewed IN the Court OF
Ultimate appeal deprive that judgement OF the uni
vers4l respect which after such review it would be
clearly Illegal.
Pesored That tue execution any convict whatever
his crime. is of greater Importance TO the community
than such an administration OF the laws as will produce inl
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ofjrstice.
FIRE DIsrR1crs.-The City has been divided
into three Fire Districts by the Corporation, and
no Fire Company can remove its apparatus out OF
the district in which it is located, unless sum-
moned the districts are as follows -
|. The first district shall embrace all that part
Of the city living North of line from the foot OF
North Moore-street to the Halls of Justice, and
West of line running from the Halls of Justice,
through Lafayette and Irving Places.
,. The second shall embrace all that part of the
CITY living East of the first district, and North of
line running from the Halls Of Justice to the foot
of Rooseyeltstreet.
3. The third district shall embrace all that part
of the city lying South of the first and second dis
trlcts.
EARrHQUAKE Is CANADA.-We have published
brief notices from Montreal papers of an earth
quake which occurred on the 9th inst in Canada
The following fuller description is from letter ~
The Canadian of the 9th dated at Three Rivers:
s.This morning about 10 clock, we experienced
violent shock of an earthquake. was present at
marriage, we omit the names of the parties,) and
the Grand Ficair Mr. Cook, had reached the
Aenvs Del, when. on sudden, sound was heard
esembling the rolling of q cart over the frozen
ground this noise continued perhaps, tour Sec
onds, and was followed by an explosion resem'
bling that of 24-pounder; the trembling OF the
earth then commenced shaking the walls OF the
church, and making its arched root crack IN
fearful and surprising manner thought ths
building which was crowded with people, would
have crumbed over our heads. The scene which
ensued battles descriptions the piercing lamenta-
tions of the females, and cries OF terror or Inc
men, with the pi,eous, desparing shreks OF the
children. were truly awful A general rush was
made to the door by the neregntion, the reverend
Pastor and the aanced couple alone retaining their
position not however, without feelings of great ap-
prehension as to what might happen. The weather
cool, on the steeple spun. as in high wind This
trembling lasted for five or six seconds had 1t en-
dured beyond the church must have fallen, and many
would have persisted. Descending the steps,l raised
three females whom the crowd in the crush of their
escape had thrown to the ground but they were so
afrghted as to be incapable of standing. The shock
was violent throughout the town. Glassware was
DESTROYED. stones detached from the chmnies, and
window -panes broken in many houses; universal
terror reigned. 1t was strongly felt at the ST.
Maurice ferges, at Yamachiche, and Point du Lac,
and still more so at Becancour, Nicolct, and ST
Gregorie The waters of the Saint Lawrence were
seen by many to be violently agitated."
The following is from another letter OF the same
date:
"Precisey Mt o'clock, A. NJ on Monday, the
9TH instant, was sitting at breakfast, at Bernard
Hotel, on the steamboat wharf, at Three Rivers,
when sudden shock or conclusion, was felt, so
severe as to cause my compagnon dn deJeuner and
self to stare at each other perfectly as hast the
house actually seemed to reel 10 and fro, like a
drunken man-the floor trenlbled beneath us, the
table shook as though suddenly sraspsd by some
one in the act of falling, and all the breakfast ap-
paratus ngled again, from the vonce Gi the
shock My own impression was, That some large
steamer, in coming into port, having suddenly lost
her helm, had come crashing against and destroy
ing the wharf. DR.. Gimour who was in the act
of passing along the street TO visit at the hotel
describes bis sensation 10 have been as though sud-
denly electrified, his legs lettering under him in
most unaccountable manner. | have experienced
two earthquakes in the West Indies both lasted
considerably longer than this, but the latter was
much more violent than either of the former. l
have no doubt but that we shall find hereafter that
some terrible commotion has taken place farther
South.
RuN INTO Asp REPORTED SUNK.-The steamer
Emma, as she ives going down, met the Iioga on
Thursday night, and the two boats coming IN col
Iision the Emma was stove in and is reported to
have sunk after the Tioga eft. We did not learn
that anv person on board was injured
Pittsburg Chronicle.
AccrpENr.-We learn that by the breaking of
an axle of one of the gravel cars employed on the