The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-09-07


18th Sir j. Brunei, the engineer passed through it
from one end TO the other, under the ed Of the
| river.
| An Anti Corn Law Conference of the Ministers of
Religion was commenced at Manchester Aug. l7th.
| Upwards Of GOO ministers were present.
| The London Sun of the 7lh represents trade in o
very depressed state in all parts of the country. In
Manchester, Leeds, Bolton, Bradbury Paisley, and
Glasgow, the suferings of the poor thrown out OF
employment We're truly deporabe
The Durham Chronicle gives an affecting account
OF an explosion by fire damp in Thornley, cocry, by
winch ten lives were lost and several persons dread
fully injured.
The death of the celebrated giantess, Mary Las
key, took place Tuesday evening, in Guernsey
one mad attained the extraordinary stature of seven
feet two inches. Her brother who had accompanied
her Tor exhibitidg measured feet inches.
AT this time there are building on the banks Of the
rser Wear, Sunderland, "a ships, and 50 more recent
y launched lying in the river fitting out and for sale,
making a total Of 1879, many Of them of large ton
mage
Several MSS of Mozart, consisting of about 200
pieces, are on the eve Of publication on the Cont
Activity prevails in the English dock-yards. At
Sheerness, the Hercules a. is be put in commission
without delay also, the Formidable 81 and the
SpIey gun brig The Goliah so, is to be
launched at the Chatham yard, and will be commits
stoned Immediately.
The house of Messrs. Monteiore, which some time
since failed is on the Of paying los, in the pound
they received lately large quantity of wool from
sydney
.Snop in Auoust.-The Lincoln Gazette says =
During the deuge of rain in the storm on Tuesday
night last, there was slight mixture of snow It did
not however lie on the ground, bat melted as II fell
10 have snow in August is indeed unusual IN LIN
coin"
Liverpool paper says that orders have been semitic
the continent for corn to the amount Of million ser
ling.
EARTHoUAKE.-The Scottish Guardian says We
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Thursday afternoon last half past o'clock, which
could only be rvaled by that which happened in the
latter end of 1889. In Comrie the same day, It Is
said that about eleven shocks took place. and the
pie were in great CONSERVATION
"A piece OF Egyptian antiquity has recently been
brought to light II is grand tabeau picture, dis
covered in the tombs of Benz Hassan, Cairo, re-
presenting the arrival Of Josephs brethren in Egypt
Joseph in the costume of officer of state, appears
in the act of presenting his brethren to Slceroy OF
the reigning sovereign in whose ombs the tableau
found.
One Of the SO carrier pigeon. despatched from Ba
yonne the other day reached Liege distance OF 800
Ter CUES in "a hours.
The Prussian government intends in case the rainy
weather should continue, to restrict the expectation of
corn and the dstllling of brandy from potatoes that
there may be no want Of those necessary articles,
Advices from Odessa state that several stoppages
had taken place there among Others the house OF Es-
nger for 100000 rubes and lsai4 for 100000 rubles
The Euphrates Expedition, Intelligence has been
received at the India Board Of the arrival of the Hon
East India Company armed iron steamboats, Nimrod
and Niocrs, at Bees, the Euphra'es. This graft
flying event took place the 3lst of May
Fifteen Ships Of Var ordered 10 America In
the afternoon Of the l4th August, il was confidently
asserted here, says the London Morning Herald by
generally well informed and most respectable mer-
chants that five ships of war had been ordered pro-
coed Immediately TO the coast of the U. States, and
that they Were there TO be joined by oher vessels of
her MaJestys navy from foreign stations 1 he OF
Ject of the alleged Mission of this armament to the
American shores, it was added, was TO receive Mr.
Fox should the refusal of the renewed demand for the
release, which it is said he instructed to make, of
Mr.. Mcleod compel the British representative TO
withdraw from Washington, and afterwards to adopt
such hostile proceedings may be deemed indsren-
sable for the vindcaton of the honor of the British
Grown, which has been wiliuly and wantonly at
tackled by the American people and government, IN
the person of its subject Alexander Mcleod. We
have stated the rumor, which we believe proceeded
from no interested, excited, prcjudiced source. In
thus giving to it publicity, howevery probable we may
think il, we add no voucher for its absolute truth
This looks like humbug
FRANCE-There is very little intelligence from
France. The Seminole de Armee says: " Rumors
of grave nature in circulation in military
looms, After having excited beyond all measure the
ambition of our Amy by untimely organizations, the
War Department is now contemplating to suppress
two companies in each battalion, which, in the hun
dred regiments of infantry, would put out of actual
service 600 captains and GOO lieuenants.
The Paris papers speak in gloomy terms Of the har-
vest.
The Augsburg Gazette says the marriage of Prin-
cess Clemcnline third daughter of the King Louis
Philippe with the hereditary Prince of SAKE Coburg
was positively arranged
The trial of Mad. La6arge, at Tulle, for the rob-
berry of Madame Leotaud's diamonds has resulted in
a sentence for life but she already undergoing
that punishment for the murder of her husband, the
last sentence was OF course merged in the first
There was great fire at Smyrna the 18th of Ju-
y. One-thIrd of the Turkish quarter, the whole OF
The Hebrew quarter, and several bazaars were destroy
ed. Among the latter were the godsmIths, shoe
makers, grain merchants and druggists. Also
10000 houses
The Smyrna Journal gives the following account of
the fire
A dreadful calamity has lust visited the town of
Smyrna, and plunged 20,0 900 of its inhabitants in des
olation and misery. A terrible fire such in the
memory OF man was never known in this country has
destroyed IN the space of eighteen hours nearly halt
the town, and wholly ruined 10000 persons. Tho
fire broke out on Wednesday at midnight in a coffee
house OF the GolJsmith's Bazaar Two hours after
ward the fire had spread extent of half mile
and hundreds of houses were burning at the same
time. The violence of the wind drove the flames with
incredible fury toward the different quarters of the
upper town, and rendered all human succor useless
The nature of the localities and the bad construction
ofthe old buildings, which were greatly eggomerated
with the intense heat and the want of water at seve-
raj points with the wind all contributed to render the
disaster complete.
A third Of the Turkish town. all the Jews quarter
several bazaars, among which those of the gold
Smiths the grain dealers the shoemakers, the sadders
the confectioners, the clothes Dealers the druggists
SC, a great number Of mosques seven synagogues
and 5000 to 10000 houses, were reduced to ashes
and at this moment only heaps of burning ruins
Several persons have persisted in this horrible catas
trophe the number not correctly known, but 1t IL
estimated from 30 to 40 As to the loss it is meal
culabe it amounts however to several millions. IL
is impossible TO give idea of the admirable conduct
of the Austrian navy in this cruel circumstance; it
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