Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-11-19
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LATER FROM ENGLAND.

By the arrival of the packet ship Oxiod from
Iiyerpool At New York, on Saturday evening,
l... Ii,erpool dates TO October OH aud London
10 the slit The news Is not particularly impor
ran, and tho whole is embraced in the following
GREAT FIRE IN LlFERPOOL.-A most
d,s,,uc,i,e fire broke out III Liverpool, the night
al Friday The 9th ult. IN the second tier OF ware
bouscs near Great Howard street belonging To
N,ssrs Dawes & Co. Itextended towards Princes
Dock, and damaged and destroyed several thou
sand bales Of cotton. Among the sufferers are
NeSsrs Uirhfeld 81 Blch. Dlgby q Coston-
About L O'Clock AT night, the front Of the ptinci-
pal warehouse fell IN with tremendous crash. BY
seven o'clock on the following morning, it sup
posed that the fire WAS exfinguished: but IT once
more broke out with incredible fury near a shed of
Messrs " IN. and James Brown. owing To a quaint
~ Of olive OIL salipetre & other combuslibles having
been ignlt,d with the intense heat. Two dreadful
blossoms of The saltpere took place. both al which
were heard for several miles and sent forth eruptons
ofblazing cotton all the adjacent paris fhetown.
Fortunately motives were lost in these explosions,
which are Described ~ being grand aud terrible be-
yond description. We lament To add, however, that
before the flames were subdusd, Two men pershed
one in attempting TO fave some pigs.
The rigging Of some slips IN the Dock caught
fire during the second explosion but tie vessels
saved. Much cotton WAS burnt IN the shed OF
Messrs. w u J. Brown, that we have menti0ned,
aud the contents vi tcuud shed also injured
Some ware rooms filled will spice were DESTROYED
the fury OF the explosions, that paris OF bales aud
ven whole bales OF cotton were blown considerable
distances. The papers say Is the largest fire ever
remembered IN Liverpool.
RUSSIA AND CIRCASSIA.-fhe Crcassians
have Obtained another advantage over the Russians
The surprised party and took so pieces Of cannon
aud killed 900 men. The co nmauder, captain NJ Ill
tine made his escape with difficulty. with only 100
men.
A MAMMOTH IRON STEAMER.-Th mcr
chants OF Liverpool are building an IRON steamer
burthcn 36l8 tons She is 10 be called the Queen
OF the East aud 10 trade between England and Cal
| cuta.
The present English Import duty on wheat is IG
| shillings pence per quarter.
A NEW CONTINENTAL new continent has
beeen discovered by some French Exploring ships.
near the South Shetland Islands.
ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNA.-This vol
cano was IN state of eruption, WHEN the last ac-
counts left. The burning lava approached near the
town of Casa lnglese, when il turned and poured into
the Va de Bore, without doing much damage.
LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, Oct, s.
The supply of English Wheat since Monday has
been moderate, and the quality SO good as last
week; such has been very dlfcultto sell, although
Offered AT reduction OF fully Is per quarter There
/ ~ no alteration TO notice in the value Of Foreign,
but ;he demand has been limited. Barley is dull
sale at Is. 10 2s per quarter decline. We have had
asteady demand for Oats, but chiefly in small par
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