Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-02


mn had been formed at Diuain-The
Prince Royal Of Wertembure passed thro'
Franckfort on the 9th, for Berlin, where
ne was to stop few days and then pro-
coed 10 ST. Petersburg
Saturday ct the close OF tie business on
'Change, report got into circulation, at.
trbut u to some respectable authority,
thAt commotions had arisen in France, aud
that the object of them was 90 rescue Mar
sh ii Ncy. This rumour obtained some
coun'enance by a paragraph III the French
= pcrs, adverting TO the return OF 10000
RuSsi ms to the French territory. bat other
WIS there is not the least intimation either
10 the private or public accounts OF any dis
orders.
Hiotous movements az Bilston.--I h &.
S:rAitncss OF MONEY affairs has led princi-
- ,liy 10 the late detection of one of the
Banks at B.lston. This failure has led
principally to determination to shorten .
number othands employed there, and low
er the wages CT others. Upwards of 5000
men nave been put out of empioy-aDd a
disturb ID and riotous pOpulace has become
lnsubordInase, IN consequence. The Stat
tortiShue ieomanry have been cAiild uD,
ana have remained on duty during the
week. 1t is, however, an awkard s,tua
'' ~ eN-Hi ~ AT upOIit as TIC lGtiCdt-
ing parties retire among the pits, and other
dangerous points Of ground. No serious
aifrhy has yet taken place, though a horse
or two has been hurt and some ugly show
ers OF brickbats have occasionally Gssailed
small detachments of the force.
Fatal eUent in lYeH-st.-On Wednes-
day morning about half past ten o'ciock,
dreadful explosion took place in the extern
siVe sugar baking warehouse of Mir. Cons
tadt, of Wcll-street, (Wellclose Square)
which was attended with the most fatal
consequences.---It appears that new
process has .stely been discovered for the
quick refinement of Sugar By means Of
steam-and MIR. Constadt under the direc
ton Of Mr.. II que, the engineer, had CON
structsd new steam boiler, worked by
what is called a pressure engine, OF about
SIX horse power, the boiler holding about
1000 gallons To this was attached ali the
necessary apparatus of tubes, valves, &c.
and the Engineer had determined upon try
ing the effect Of the whole, on Wednesday
morning.
The fire was accordingly laid, AID the
engine put into play At ten O'Clock Mr..
tonstadt expressed his fears that the BOZ
or would be over heated, and the valves
become overloaded with steam; when, in
inspect IT more closely. SC ro,Iy, howe
yer, had they reached the works, when
general explosion took place, carving, in
The awful crash, utter destruction t. the
concern, and closing IL the heap Of ruins,
me DouieS OF more than twenty pcrsons.-
By three o'clock III the afternoon niue of
these unhappy beings we're dragged from
the ruins, drealfuily lacer- ted, and cor
veyed 10 the London Hospit 1. Six Of
them are not expected to surviye and at
d late hour IN the evening, five dead bo-
meS were also taken from the concern;
among those was the son Of Mr.. Spear,
che OK the partners of the house. The re-
ma'nder of the sufferers were workmen
employed iii the concern, many Of whom
have left large families. The building was
seventy feet in height and fifly in depth.
and the loss sustained by MIR. Constadt,
independent OF SO many valuable lives, is
estimated at 30,OOO.
Auother sugar house, belonging to Mr..
Constadt, has suffered. About II o'clock
on "Wednesday night the runs of the for
mer place baing so far removed as to per
mt an elias on Of flame, tie fire which
had caught the works Of the engine and
boz er machinery, and which till then had
been smothered, burst forth with IRE sisti
mable articles strewed about the runs i'm
medlately caught FIRE, ard communica .ing
to the different floors Of The building. the
whole was shortly enveloped in anne. 1t
would be impossible to describe the raging
tuiy oi the element; and Hotwiths ans.iAg
tfe timely arrival Of nearly twenty engines.
which continued to play throughout HE
hight The building was totally demolished;
the interior falling into condensed hcap
Of ashes upon the ruins Of the first house.
leaving only few and tctt ring fragments
q tie walls. In tbs additional caiami,v
no iutther loss Of human lives has been sus.
tanned. The adjoining honses and neigh
o'hooc have escaped injury; and the ef-
ieCts OF the liquid expl sion of water, su-
gar, &c. from the boiler and pans, dash
ed upon the djaccut buildings, and sufIu-
sed thlckly upon the tie S Of W,l-Iose-
square are tue only circumstances worth
oOserva icn, beyond iht destruction Of the
premises, Che J. IS Of so many lives, and
the uniog,unate injury of others.
HI" Lord Mayor int nIs TO summon
Common Council fol the purpose Of taking
into consideration the most tffiracious
mems for libcrating The 10000 Chris,iaDs
Oi foreign nations, now enduring the Il RI
soips Of slavery and improvement in the
Barbary states OF Tun.s and a & ers.
Gen. Wilson leaves town in few davs
to assume the Government of the Province
OF Lower Canada, in thc place &C SIR
Gordon Drummoud, who has r. requested
to b. recalled.
SIR Thomas Maitland. the present Gov
ras-s r.| Ns.14 "a