Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-14


Capture u British leSSc and Massacre Of the Cree
OF Ncic Zaiaadcrsruc latest accounts from Van Die
mans Land state tint the particulars of the capture of
inc Harriet, Capt Guard and the massacre of twelve
OF her by tc New Zealandcrs had created treat
sensation IN the colony The vessel shore, and
the crew landed having saved ammunition aud several
musqueis About Pin nttves, with tonahawks attack
cd Captain Guard aud his men and killed several car
ryng them away, and cutting The bodies up in pieces
Mrs Guard and her child were twice knocked down but
the remainder OF the fought their way through The
natives, having been reduced from TO four
teen and escaped by of body of friendly tribe
OF Islanders An attack had also been made upon ane-
ther British vessel bu, they plundcred the ship without
the knowledge of the Governor Of Van Dcnan's Land
he had despatched body of troops New Zealand as
was fully expected with the intention of capturing these
islands especially as 4 known that the civz-
cd part OF the population applied to be placed under the
Protectonoi the British Government. Should this be
enec'eG the trade between New Zealand and the colo
mes OF Van DiemanS Land and New South Wales
would be greatly increased.
DREADFUL SroKM-AlELAScnotY Loss OF I,trr ,xp
PRorxRry.
liverpool, March 2.-On Sunday night week Feb %
avoent storm from the N. n. w swept over this town
UP to midnight, the gale remarkably violent;
as the morning advanced, however, the wind blew with
all the force of hurricane; scattering in tin. lower
parts oil the town. states and chimney pots in every d.
recon, and in the higher parts unfoofng houses up
roofing and dismembering trees and leveIng walls
Inc Tavages of the storm have regret state been
awful anu melancholy the adjacent coast The loss
OF lives, and the destruction of property at sea have
consequently, been amentably great. The ship Norah
persons on board including the Captain all were lost cx
cep ono seaman. The other vessel wrecked ON Mon.
day morning the bark Robert Peel of Bristol Muir
Py master, which sailed from Liverpool for South Anne
rica ON the previous Thursday She was driven on the
west Hoyle Bank and was rapidly going TO pieces The
captain and crew (sxteen nunlbei) took TO the quar-
Ter aecS, which held together until morning; but the
captain and three of the pcrised of the cold i'm the
course OF The night, aud their bodies washed over
board On Tuesday afternoon and "Wednesday morning
the Cheshire shore and sands from the mouth of the Dee
TO the Rockpoint in the Mersey exhibited strong marks
OF the fury of the storm.
In the neghborhood of Hovlakc NOT less Than eorcn
vessels were on shore, less damaged Various
articles OF furniture and pieces of wreck floating in
the channel and the shore strcwed with fragments
OF the Norah, from Demerara and fthe Rob Peel for
Brazil The wreck of the Superb, steamer, lay on the
Brazil Bank, opposite New Brighton about mile from
the shore, whilst the Rescue Torusav schooner flour
laden, from Ireland, standing short distance from
the lied Noses She struck the North Bank on Mon
uuy evening, out rising again 20 the Tremendous sea
which was then raging, she swept on the main about
eight clock at night where she lies dischargp her
cuIEo, Whlch was considerably damaged by sea water
We regret TO add that the conduct of 1.-THE wrcckersn
along the coast of Wiral from Hoynke to the Red No
SEES, disgraceful to any civilized conntrv IN
the course OF Monday, groups of men, women and chill
dren, from many miles up the country, equipped in
wrecking costume, came down in countless numbers
bounced upon every thing that the surges might have
ihrown IN Their way and then dragging it among the
sand heaps as temporary depot started forward and
again fixed their rapacious alons n the ext prize
LoNDoN March l0.--Our fleet has suddenly been rc
called from Malta TO resume its station off the mouth of
inc Dardanees IN consequence of fresh disturbances at
ConsantnoPe, fomented by Russia A Russian fleet is
the Bosphorus.
LONDON, March 5-The following intcllircncc from,
Levant has been brought by vessel which left AIexan.
ara on the 23d of January and ast arrived in France
after touching Malta: GAS soon MS The denartnr -,
the English squadron known at Constantinople
three RUSSIAN ships of passed the Dardanees and
nave 1t IS said, cast anchor at Mytene foert, ship
winch lett the straits at the time is gone 10
hcr station at Tenedos The Admiral at Malta has sa
nouce OF these movements to London. On the 25l of
January, the squadron of Josas Rowley had been Sc
Nera Gays at Malta The retreat of the English squad
ron Is attributed to promise made by Russia To the Eng
sh-a promise, the fnlfment of which, is due to the
goou WIZ OF the Wellington Ministry
FRANCE.
LoNDoS, February 23.-'The disorgaHization in the
French Cabinet such that change of most conside
rable extent is expected the Chambers have
decided on the American Indemnity. The names men
oned as the probable Presidents of the Council are NJ
iumann M Dnpin, or Count Mole, but difEeDIiiAs at
tach to the choice of any of the three
The French-Chamber of Deputies, Feb. 25th, passed
the bankruptcy Law, and adjourned its sittings, NJ HUI
mann having previously presented the for the
year 1873 which given at length in the Moniteur-
The suspension of the sitngs because ofthe
committees ready to port.
Letters from Paris March 9th bid us RELY ON the
accounts given in the Courier Francois of Ministerial ar
Engagements, or rather Heterogeneous This amounts
10 the TACT that Messs. Sou and Mole could not agree
amongst each other, and still less with NJ Persil Both
the former demanded liberty grant an amnesty the
one by rdonnanoc the other by vote ofhe Chambers
Inc embryo Ministry went asunder this rock on the
night OF Sunday and Monday morning Marshal Soult
recommended the task of putting together Admins
aton not too esagreeabe to the Court by Joining GER
tam couriers with such Of tho Tiers Parii will lend
themselves to the alliance Later accounts however
state that lie had again abandoned this task and that il
had been intrusted to Marshal Gerard
LONDON, Feb. lS.-Thc Paris papers received this
mornng inform u.s. that the French Minister'S venturng
70 divide on the question of the tobacco MONOPOLY were de-
feaed by majority of 0 1t is said that this division
Will not have any effect the stability of the admins
uatonj IS difficult to how MrIlumann proposes To-
DO without the two millions sterling which the nonopo.
~ brought into the Treasury In Paris il is supposed
that this defeat of the administration will in all proabi-
NY, lead TO the rejection Of the in favor Of the Ame-
mean ciaim which the government expected.
PARIS, FEB. ga number of documents in addition
to those previously distributed to all deputies have
been demanded by the members Of committee on the
BIZ relative TO The American treaty and have been ac-
cordingiy laid before them. These papers have been
separately and scrupuously examined, and arc said To
have thrown considerable light the question as fras
regards the importance of The debt due 10y France II
appears however, that they have modified the OPT
mons OF the majority Of Tie committee which are sill
in favor ofthc grant fhe twenty five millions dcmnnd
ed by the uacd States but it also be rccollcctcd
mat eight of the nine Commissioners APPOINTED Ia e
anime the Bill had before their election advocated IFS
pure and simple adoption
The most important among the documents which have
Deen communicated to the committee will be printed and
annexed TO the report and the remainder will be depo
sed at The Office of the qucstors where they may be "
amined by all the depus til after the vote on the Bill
III Is stated uat number ofthe deputies and particular
~ the Duke Of Fzjames and NJ. Berryer are i'm Uossps
sion OF some remarkable documents not known 10 the
committee, but which will be- brought forward in the
course Of the discussion Tie Bill The report is ex-
pected TO be ready in a fortnight.
ToULoN, Feb. Give are assured that Instructions
have been sent 70 the Commander Of the Bcioua Fri
gate, which has just left port for Maon 10 remain
there IN order 10 keep in observation the American sonad
Ic 10 puhp in that.