The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-01


Pacific The Ohio will take her place next in dock The
Franklin is to be made receiving ship In the rope
walk, Some ten OF twelve tons are turned out daily
Particulars OF THE GREAT FIRE AT Sr. JOHN,
NEwFoUNDLANp,--We indebted to the st.
John New Brunswick NeWs, Of the goth inst brought
Express, for the account Of most disastrous fire at st.
John, Newfoundland on the 18th inst by which near
ly the whole of that town destroyed.
The following all the particulars given by that
paper AN arrival at Pctou from ST. John, New Found
cOnaagraton BY which nearly the whole Of that town
destroyed. The advices arrived in Halifax Mon
Tuesday morning. the 18th inst in Georges street.
off Queens street. in the room occupied as dwelling
until o'clock in the evening" by which time the de-
structon complete. 1t extended rapidly into Queen
progress all the intermediate buildings oil watts wharves
&C. far Messrs Newman's Here its ravages to tho
took all the buildings to the eastward making clear
sweep of wharves watts, Sc Tho house of f. N Stabb
was blown up in an attempt to stop the fire. in doing
wounded Queens street and Duckworth street are de-
stroyed. In the watts Of ~ Kent the fat of 900
SEALS The Catholic Church, and Episcopal residence in
Of Duckworth st, were saved. st Johns Church,
the Cathedral Church of England burnt to the ground.
The Court House, jail and ali the buildings by which
they surrounded, consumed also the Com.
mercial Rooms, Marine Insurance Office, Agricultural
Secieys Museum Bank Of British North America. The
Congregational Chapel ssvedordnance store burnt but
the rest Of the Building saved The Nunnsry School
but ear Of he 9aeras saved six thousand
persons had pass the night OF that dreadful day the
open air in front of the House. meeting
OF citizens had been called and taken to
afford much relief to the dependent population as the
calamity had left their power Provisions were scarce
II ascerained that there four thousand bags OF
bread and three thousand barrels of -four in the
chants hands-and his Erceilency had issued procla
nation prohibiting the expectation of provisions, the
erection Of buildings until alter the meeting OF the As
of them have lost to very large amount most of their
ouport import atoms had been made for which they will
receive returns in the fall
Tbor and lic Lu1 ipu hich fha fro aH
spared being hastily fitted up to shelter those who
had been rendered houseless The only mercantile
Newman 60. All the rest destroyed. The Lesis-
lature is to be Immediately assembled
The papers mention the loss OF life of three persons
two of them arterymen occasioned by the blowing up
Of the house above statedtte other old man, who
who sunk under the weight he carrying them to
place Of safety, and Immediately expired
been consumed the loss of property by this vista
ton is estimated million sterling Two rtreets each
mile long and number Of detached buildings have
have been rendered houseless
his dire calamity calls for the sympathy of all class
through the Province and understand public
meeting will be Immediately called at Halifax to devise
some means OF partially relieving portion Of the dis
tress which must unav oidabiy exist
SO lar can learn there is insurance in this
city On the property DESTROYED at St. john Newiound
land Ii is probable that insurance was effected in
Hartford Conn.-Boston .4du.
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION - Monday, June
currency and banking, reported the following:
The committee, to which was referred the subjects
Of banks and currency, and resolution to enquire into
the expediency of making a constitutional provision
that the stockholders of banks shall be individually liza
BILE for the debts of their respective corporations
specially reports the following resolution and amend
ments:
Resolved, That much of the 9th section of the It'll
article of the constitution Of this State relates to the
incorporation Of banks be- and the is hereby aboL
lished.
PnoPosrp AMENDMENTS The Legislature shall havA
pow pass any law granting special charters ION
banking purposes but associations for such purposes
be formed under general laws The Legislature shall
have power to authorize nor to pass any law sane
tioning any the suspension OF specie payments
by person. association or incorporation issuing Dank
notes Of any description
All individual bankers, and the stockholders in every
association for banking purposes issuing bank notes or
any kind of paper credits to circulate money herea
te authorized formed, shall be responsible in their
individual and private capacities for all debts and LA
bies of every kind incurred by any such banker or
The legislature shall provide by law for the registry
Of all bills notes issued put in circulation as money
and shall require for the redemption OF the same IN
specie, ample security by pledges Of property.
No individual banker, banking other institu-
ton of any denomination, shall after the year 1885,
issue bank notes or kind Of paper credit to
except under the provisions and upon the con-
dons prescribed in the preceding sections
From and after the year 1855 all perpetual charters
granted for banking purposes or to companies or asso
Citations for any other purpose, and exercising banking
powers, shall be revoked and annulled.
Mr. RUSSELL expressed his dissent from portions OF the
report The report referred to the committee Of
the whole and an extra number ordered to be printed
MrWillard offer ed resolution ofinquiry into the expe.
diency of orbdding all future accumuations OF the soil
exceeding in the hands of man, and OF re-
ducing the present landed monopolies: Referred The
article in relation to the Governor and Lieut. Governor
again taken up in committee of the whole and dis
cussed until o'clock. No question. Adj-.dD .argus.
INCREASE OF THE WEsr.-A letter. dated at
Milwaukee on the 18th instant, says 1.-THE mar