Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-16

WhitCu uS eAhukS ue udS tdn CtalubS Ou IIO first vacancy. Mr. Sugden IS to be made Solicitor General. st@ Itis said that the Duke of Wellington will go to Venice as soon as the Parliament is pro- rogued.
 It was expected that Parliament would be prorogued on the l6th of June.
 The reigning Duke of Oldenburgh died sud- denly on the goth of May. @ The wife of a member of the Corps Di- ptonGtique has eloped with foreign prince, and fled to the Continent Her husband had committed an assault on her, in conse- quence of her having ridden out with her par amour. NEW ORLEANS. June IS. Commodore Porter.-Capt. Miner, of the Ilavinia, reports that al attempt had been made to assassinate Com. Porter. He had been ordered to the city of Mexico, and on bis way thither, in company with gentleman l from N. York, and attended by two servants, when about forty ieaguesfrom Vera Cruz, he was attacked by party of nine horsemen two of whom had advanced within a short distance of him, when he turned and discov- cred their intentions-he instantly wheeled and shot one ofthem, whD turned out to be the leader. drew his sword and struck off the hand of the other whoh engaged him. The rest, seeing their leader fall. fed. The chief of the band, it is said, is the very man from whom the Commodore procured horses for the journey. a...r r, WHEELING, July l.
 Dreadful Steam- Boat Disoster.-A citizen ofthis place, who has just returned from Lou isvie, gives us the following particulars of the explosion of boiler ofthe s. B. Kenawha and it's consequences, which took place on the 24th ult. at the mouth of Guyandotte, on board of which he was passenger at the time:
 The Kenawha had stopped to discharge and receive passengers. Alter the boat was push ed oE the engine was started and the pump putin motion to supplyth boilers with water. The boilers being rather low, and very hot at the time, and but little steam having been let off during their stay at the shore, the moment the cold water came in contact with the star board boiler, it burst both ends blowing off, the boiler itself breaking quite asunder, about
 midway of its length, one half of which was ripped lengthwise and spread out in the form ofa piece of sheet iron, and the fue collap- sing, was cast upon shore, a considerable dis tance, by the violence of the explosion.
 There were at the time about 25 cabin and SO deck passengers on board, the former of wEich escaped uninjured. Ofthe latter. in- ciuding hands, the following is list of the persons killed and injured by the explosion:
 Killed 4. Died of scalds and wounds up to ! o'clock A. M. ofJune %, 4. Dangerously injured, {. Slightly injured, II.
 Wreck of Ebe Gyanicus. Montreal Ga Esans1S 1S,kr this melancholy and heart t-rending shipwreck, taken, from FiaIifax napers and publishes the joint aifidavits of the four Frenchnen, who first discovered the remains of the crew and passengers. which state facts the same as already published. The Montreal Ga zette adds ,i 4tq. ,.a.~.s,-s .., l....-,.
 There cannot be asdOubt that it was the Grancus. The lady whose ring was found is a Mrs. Sterling, formerly of Edinburgh, whose husband is now in Quebec. We have been informed by ship broker, that he learn ed, on the morning that the Granicus sailed, Captain Martin had been fortunate, and ob. tained "A passengers The crew probably consisted of 20 men and boys, so that but half of the persons on board are accounted for. It is understood that letters received from St. Georges Bay some time ago, men, toned that a bark, abandoned by those on
 board, had been thrown ashore in the course
 of the winter. - ht'e'' H'''
 XXI Z NEw- YORK. July '. Destructive Fie.-Soon after l2 o'clock
 last night, the citizens were aroused by the
 cry of fire, and the general ringing ofthe hells It was soon ascertained that the fire was in
 the upper part tf the city, and that it bore an
 alarming appearance. It commenced in the
 rear of 94l Spring street, and destroyed up
 wards of % buildings on the block bounded
 east by Varick- -street, west by Hudson street,
 north by Vandann. street, and south by Varick- street.-Most of the buildings in the rear were
 frame, small, and occupied by numerous fam flies, whose names we find it very difficult to obtain. On Spring. street, six good two stO- " brick-frOnt buildings were destroyed, The loss of property is estimated at from 20 to $S0.O0O, about one fourth ofwhich was insured.
 July 9.--Another destructiuc .fre.--A few minutes after II o'clock last evening, fire broke out in the four story brick store. No. 28 South-street, on the west corner of Guy Ier's Alley. The building was occupied by Messrs. Davis & Brooks, commission ner- chants, who had large and valuable stock ot merchandise on hand. The fire commenced tn the third story, and it is the opinion of some that it was caused by the spontaneous combustion ofwool. The fire ragged with tn- ny for some time, and about IF o'clock the gable end of this building fell against the store Of Messrs. Tucker & Laurie on the oppo- site side. whichswas forced in.
 Davis g. Brooks had an insurance of SSO.OOO