Litchfield enquirer., 1841-06-03

siSting Cf ships, brigS and schooners, have been eighty-Sic. The departures of the same class of vessels have been seUenty-taco in the same period. Facts like these surely mean something, the purport of which all can un- derStand.
 Melancholy AccidenL-A most distressing accident occurred this morning (l7th) at about eleven o'clock. A large mass of Cape Diamond, with the wall from the Governors Garden to the base of the citadel, gave way and buried under masses of stone and earth the houses in Champlain street opposite the Custom House. About eight buildings in all are destroyed. Part of the inmates were at work, but it is suppose that between twenty and thirty persons were in the houseS.- Thirteen dead bodies have been taken from the ruins. Some were alive and sent to the hospital. The military are assisting in re- moving the rocks and earth and searching the rulIis.
 The following are the names of some of the proprietors and occupants.
 l Mir. Williams, rigger, QamiIy in the house.)
 2 A store next to Williams.
 3 Do. next to Blaikston.
 Mrs. widow Birch, occupied by Mrs. Corners.
 5 MT. Gaulin and store occupied by him. self, Mrs. Gaulin taken to hospital.
 6 MT. J. Young, house occupied by him. self.
 ' Mir. Lemons, house occupied by Vital Roy and family, (saved.l
 s House occupied by Mir. Lewis.
 Messrs. Gauln, Cote, Chartier, and Rob- ert McKibbon, Policemen, have been recog- nised among the dead. MT. Young's oldest daughter is also one of the dead.
 A friend who arrived from Quebec yester- day, has informed us that when he lett at half past 5 o'clock on Monday evening, 23 bodies had been recovered from the ruins, l7 or IS were dead-most of them so much disfgured and mutlatedsthat they could scarcely be recognized from their features.
 Montreal Gazette.
 iShipwreck-One Hundred and Forty- Eight Liues Lost 1.-The Quebec Mercury of the 22d inst, gives an account of the wreck of the ship Minstrel, which left Limerick, Ire land, on the 2lst ;of April last, for Quebec, settle in Canada She was wrecked on Red Island Reef, on Tuesday of last week.
 The following is a statement of the num- Der of the crew and passengers who perish ed: CREw-Capt. Outerbridge mate and 9 others. PAssENGERs-MaleA Adults, 47-Fe- male do. 4l-males under IA, lO-females do. 9-males under ', 9-females do. 12-- Infants, 10. Total pershed, l46.
 The Minstrel was well known in the Que bee trade as passenger ship from Ireland. She belonged to Limerick, and registered 206 tons. Last year she arrived at Quebec on the 23d of May from Limerick, with 163 passengers.
 DINNER TO MIR. TALLMADGE.-The dinner given to Mr. Tallmadge, in New York, the 26th ult. was attended by six or seven hun dred persons. Mr. T. in responding to one than an hour, avowed himself in favor of an immediate repeal of the Sub-T Treasury the Distribution of the Proceeds of the Public Lands equally among the s States 1hs t5 %RS; }SS off the Public Debt and to provide for the support of Government for Q General Bank. rupt Law, and a NATIONAL BANK. He also owned himself favorable to Repeal of the Expunging Resolution at the earliest practi- cable moment. He had originally opposed the adoption of that measure in the caucuses of the Van Buren party, and would have vo- ted against it but for the express instructions which he received from the Legislature of his State. He then most reluctantly voted for it; but he should now with great satisfac- tion vote to rescind and annul that deed.
 MT. Tallmadge closed his remarks with the following sentiment, which was received with great cheering:
 WhigS and Conservatives in one common effort to restore the true principles of Government,-mayth they continue cordi- ally united to carry out those principles"
 BALTIMORE, May 18th, 9 A. M.
 n-. VI in this State, was entered some time on Saturday night, and robbed of $ls5975 54-of which 38 was in godl3l ,967 in notes of the Frederick Coun y Bank, and $S,726 Is in notes and checks on other Banks A reward of OO0 is offered by ,he Direc. tors for the detection of the Robber and 900 for the money.
 This fatal blow to the Bank if the money be not recovered or its notes stolen be identified and repudlated 1he Bank was entered by false keys.
 Renovation of the Peach Tree.-The editor of the New.Engtand Farmer says that gentleman residing in Cambridge. informs him that cAarcoal placed around the roots of the dseased peach stock was ser viceable. He immediately removed the soil from around the trunk Of sckly tree in his garden, SUD- piled its place with charcoal and was surprised at it's sudden renovation, and subsequent rapidty of its growth. and the tenacty with which the fruit held on the branches and the unusual richness of its flavor when matured.
 DEATH BY LIaHTNrNe.-Mrs. Polly Chapin, aged about S5 years, wife of Mr. Zebulon Chapn, of Sims bury was killed by lightning during the thunder storm of Tuesday afternoon last. She was alone in the house, and was found dead two hours after the shower; her shoes were much torn, otherwise her dress was not injured. She was probably killed in- stantly The house was but slightly injured, one of the raiters only appearing somewha, shattered.-