Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-03-20

L.tI'E AND TyTsR EsIIila IsRo g q


L.4TsE AND INTER sT.IG FRO e ~.
ROPE.
T'hs racket ship Albany from HaRTe
Ia sFriiged Il New, York, bringing Paris
bapers to the 18th, and London datcsto The
IAN January. We have slips from the
Office Of the Mercantile, Express, Gazette
and daily VI big, from which We make The
extracts which follow
There have been extensive fires al Lon.
don, Paris and ST. Petersburg, the paricu.
lars ofwhich we subioin.
ENGLAND.
BURNING or THE RoYAI. 1NGE.--T1eF
has not been IN London for several years 50 de.
structive fire as that which occurred % fhe
10th January, The Exchange IS entirely as.
stroyed The flames were first discovered Z.
suing from Loyd's coffee house, 4 about nj
past ten, by one of the watchmen Of the BanE
The alarm was Instantly given; but before m
engines arrived the flames ere coYnrnynacafed
70 the Exchange. Some time elansed heiaTe
water could be procured, and IN the interim, the
tre spread with alarming rapdity. Anothey
delay occurred before the gates could be open.
cd TO enable the engines to enter the couTt
yard; out when an entrance was gained Il was
Ooo late to save the building. By midnight he
VINCE edifice was In blaze, so that the exer-
tons Of the iremen were fruitless. The CON.
fagTation was visible for miles round. IN les
than five hours from the commencement az the
FIRE the whole edefice was IN ruins. Oviino "a
the presence Of the military, and the general
good order Of the crowd no accident occurred
The principal papers have been saved. The ca
hlce now destroyed was built In the reiori. 81
Charles II. The statute Of sir Thomas (Sres
ham, the architecs was not injured. "A new
exchange is already talked Of
FRANCE
BURNING OF THE ITALIAN OPPrRA HORSE
on the evening Of the 10Th January, tie 4
Italian Opera House at Paris was consumed bv
nIe. ne alarm was given little after MD
ilg II, Due Notwithstanding every exerton the
99unaing was entirely destroyed One of tie
directors was KILLED by a fail, IN endeayorno to
escape nom the flames. An insurance had
peen effected, to the amount Of 100000 francs.
on the theatre and its contonts
RUSSIA.
:, I. DESTRUCTION BV FIRE OF THE hapERIAI.
paiace Of the winter place Of the emneror vUas
burnt to the ground on the 2otb of 11acor,p,s.
last he flames, which broke ont AZ i i =, lie
evening, seemed to burst from an naTtss "a tbe
building at once, At the time oftbe alarm fIe
emperor, with his family was at the theatre.
ana when the news was BROUGHT To him II
Fnshed rom the house, thinking it to he tbe
signal Tor revolt, he ordered an The fraors IA
l 45 arms Twenty thousand soldiers were
quickly arrayed IN the streets An efforts To-
SnecK lne flames proved useless, the buildinn
was entirely consumed by fire on the follnrviinS
evening. 1t IS affirmed that five or siy b,,,d,,a5
persons were more or less injured u, tI;s -
'asion /; but this account is probably exaooers.
ted. s1sess 20
Some idea of the extent Of this edifice NAV
be gathered from the fact, that 1900 persons /
nave been accommodated In it. Several indi.t
'lduas have been arrested on suspicion Of settinp
t on fire.
CANADIAN AFFAIRS.
The English papers are principallv ocepn;;ad
V1th tne affairs of Canada, al the movements
YIlich nave heretofore filed our journals beinG
'opled entlre-with very free remarks upon the
, OF the People and the Government If
ne united States. Both the French ana the
1lggnsh Journals seem to have anticipated That
~ people would freely express Their sympathy.
~ uidt our government would act In rood
MN 70 lor tle preservation of its neutrallitv
ile reclamation OF Gov. Jenison of Vermont.
eelned TO nave afforded mvch satisfaction 81
eutrality 0e'i'sil'ios 4of
/. me EARN, Army preparations in Great Britain for
,o,.' O a G are very active. The Dandy
=. r = Creat Britain, the Guards are cominr
Il ,oI y Is the handsomest looking corps in
~ ~ IOliu ele o1ncers being all ofhigh families.
~ GIe uen PICKED. The London Times saws.
. za00 ai under orders for Canada there
Ia r.
We latest information received 4, Ta...,.s
. Leeds held meeting syinpatlll.i... I.l.
anadians and pledglng themselves to ezal
her influence to induce Government to redress
,he provincial grievances.
Adylces to the 10th Of December, bad reacl-
"a Paris from the United States.
Lord Eldon, ex-chanceIlor Of England, was,
At the last London dates on the point ofdeath.
he Is m his s7th year.
treaty has been concluded between the
French government and Greece, providing for
the transmission Of the mail by 8 line Of steam.
boats between the two counties.
: The cold has been intense during the past
season; il Paris on the 18th Of Jan. the tier.
mometer was 8 degrees below zero
The money market il London was easy.
The cotton market IN Liverpool win be found
below The. sales had been extensive at 81 de-
cline q. Is Of a penny.
ae bullion N the vaults Of the Bank Of En-
gland, according to the last published state-
Iaent, was IS, S95, 600. The London Globe Of
January 18th says, sahe actual amount At tbs
moment must certainly exceed g 200
~ REGULATION. FL 80s
deposltes, $1,000 600
LIYERFooL GoTToN AfARKEr. JAN g. The
sales Of Cotton during the week amounted onlv
to 1920 bales.
LTyERPooIs Jan. H. $50 BAGS Of Cotton
have been sold the past week at decline Of
~ Of q penny The arrivals Ia same time
were IL ,Do0 bags. The demand had been rood
re cary part Of the week: but owina Is the
Z eslEe q me holders of new Cotton Is realize
Lne Market had given way an Is Of Dennv.
Upland quoted from 6 9 a 4 s II
BF TIE CAMBRIDGE
l.IvERPooIs Tuesday Morning. let "A lanrasv.
9ed9.-I he business ofom cotton market ~
week commenced wen And improved
naand, for the moment impaired fifnlness "a nm,
prices; but, as we proceeded, such was the ~
rerae anxiety Of some holders Is sen fflai fba
~ became alarmed and showed less tlisDo
stlon to buy and lower rates were accepted 81
The sellers
lie chief sales made IN Upland were 2 -
g 80 81; and p es Orleans from 4 ] q
g ~ he reduction rom the lilo le t point
e Decembess il generally to h and
even decline q al we have reason Is bes
leye has been submitted to and poa sly more
Aegettheless we iet ogT quotations rest as they