The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-17
THE ILLINOIS FREE TRADER.
Foreign News.

The steamship Columbia arrived at Boston on
the I'd inst, bringing Liverpool and London dates
up to the Goth ult. With the exception Of the
great ire at Hamburgh, the news is Of not much
importance.
The city of Hamburger the great commercial
emporium OF Germany, one of the most flourish
ing on the continent Of Europe, is almost an en-
tire heap Of ruins. The fire, which broke out on
Wednesday night, the l4th of May, and which,
there is every reason to believe, was the work of
an incendary, extended TO fifty two streets, most
of which were reduced to ashes. On rough cal
culation, the loss of property was from three to
four millions sterling, but 1t is believed the total
loss will be double that amount. No person can
Of persons must have persisted. The canals through
the city were dry, so that 10 water could be found
The fire ragged from Wednesday night till Satur-
day morning. On the latter day, at 9 o'clock the
Danish, Hanoycrian, and Prussian troops entered
the town, and, being well supplied with gunpow-
der, commenced blowing up the houses to arrest
The progress Of the flames. This was completely
effected by Sunday morning. The senate order
ed every person to leave town aud nothing could
exceed the hcartronding spectacle of thousands of
poor people frantic with their loses, & without the
means of procuring food or shelter. The fire
commenced in the Roding's market, and the flames
were not arrested before they reached the Holy
damn on the Aster, having passed clear through
the centre Of the city. About 1000 houses and
warehouses; and seven churches were DESTROYED
The value of the houses alone was 55 to 90 mil
lions Of marks banco, or about S25O00OO0, and
the total loss, public and private, is estimated at
fully 100 millions, equal to So millions of dollars.
In the British parliament Sir Robert Peel was
still carrying out his measures with a strong hand
and his ''managcablc majority came fully up 10
the scratch and obeyed his behesls as fully and as
ieryenlIy as he could desire.
An examination into certain election frauds had
disclosed system Of prohigacy without parallel
in the history of representation. Mr.. Roebuck
had made himself very conspicuous in fcrreting
out these frauds. Several members of the com
than suffer an investigation as to the means by
which they got there.
The disturbances in some portions of Ireland
still continued, and were genarally attributable TO
the excitement on the subject Of ''repeal," The
country in and about lippcrary was in 4 very
excited condition.
In Paris another conspiracy to assassinate Lou
is Philippe the king of the French, has been dis
covered, owing to the confessions of tho mistress
Of one of the conspiralors who herself has since
been murdered
On the Marseiilcs and Moudon railway, on the
9Th ult a dcplorabe catastrophe took place, by
which l2O persons were killed, or have since died
Of their wounds, aud many were MANNED and
wounded.
The steamship Great Western arrived at New
York on the ih inst, bringing two days later dates
from England, but there is no news of any i'm
portanCe.