Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-06-06
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COLUMBIA.

dent 10 Franee-Another A.iempI 10 Assasinaie
the King Of Franee-Pnliamssiary Proceedings
Troubles in Spsn-Frerch Successes in Africa,
Sc &c.
BY the Mail Steamship Columbis, at Boston,
where she arrived on Thursday morning, at sir o..
clock, we have late and interesting foreign inieh
genes.
The news possesses considerable interest Tho
C. en Liverpool on the 18Th, and made the passage
in about 1874 days.
On Tuesday afternoon the pressure for money on
the Stock Exchange became so severe Tor a short
time that some Of the iobbers had to pay as high rs
at the rate OF 10 per cent per nnnum for a,eommo
dalton Tor few days. but the msrke, soon recover.
cd.
Money is abundant. Good bills can be discount.
ed at per cent; and many of the frs, merchants,
instead OF employing their capital in the ordinary
way Of business, are seeking for its invcstmen, on
oan-fortunate il they can obtain Al per cent.
The Queens great Bal Masque was the most
splendid affair of the kind ever got up. The En-.
gsh papers are full Of the particulars.
The Limerick Chronicle states that there was
snow the Kerry mountains in Ireland on the 18th
ult.
a successful experiment had been made in Lon
don, by several distinguished physica ms in remov-
ing cataract from the eye by means Of ealya-
nism The subject created good deal Of interest,
Seven more ships. with 1900 troops, had sailed
for India, which shows n determination on the
part oil the Government to push the war ngans,
Afshanistau.
There continued to be great many failures in the
commercial business of London. and also IN the
manufacturing towns. One of the heavies, houses
stopped payment on the I4th.
The southern counties Of England hod suffered
somewhat from drought, while in the northern part
the season wasq quite wet On the whole, vegetation
was quite promising.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
| ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PERSONS KILLED
AND MANY NAMED AND WOUNDED
A deplornbe accident took place on Sunday
evening week. on the Versailles and Moudon Rail-
way. by which one hundred and twenty persons
we're killed, or have since died of their wounds and
| manv MANNED and wounded.
In honor Of the Kings iete, the water works in
| the gardens OF Versailles were PLAYING on Sunday
| which attracted immense crowds from Paris. The
train to which the dreadful accident occurred left
Versailles for Paris at half-past FIVE o'clock in the
afternoon, and was crowded with pdssengers-
There were," says one account, Seventeen or
| NiSNNtth NhEhusf Will Two engines before ana one
| behind"
The velocity was excessive. When between
Bellevue and Mendon, the aIletree of the first ma
chime broke, and, stopping the second ran over it,
Killing the stokor, and breaking the first machine
in pieces, split its fire on the ground. Instantly
six or seven wagons were broken in pieces, and
the rest running over the live FIRE Of the broken
engines, buTst into flames. IL is the custom on tn
Left Bank Railroad for the doors of the wagons to
lie closed, without any possibility of opening them
N.W, b. l.
conductors were forthcoming, and thus the inmates
| oi three OF the wagons were burned"
From this account II is clear, that but for the
custom Of locking the passengers in the Carriages.
so awful loss OF life would not have taken place
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ASSAssINATE
LOUIS PHILIPPE.
The Gazette des TrbunauN states that a mum
her OF persons were arrested, on Thursday and
Friday week, in Paris. The police, who for som.
time past had been the search for manuf,ctory
OF prolectiles, discovered n vast number If incen-
diary bombshells at the residence OF a tailor in the
Passage violet. A quantity Of gunpowder and car
touches, Just made, were discovered in other euar-
tiers. Amongst the persons arrested are Considere.
who had been twice tried and acquitted before the
Chamber OF Peers, and Ponceet W no was conyi.ted
OF having been engaged i'm the conspiracy of the
Rue des ProuvaiIes and amnestied. Domiciliary
visits were made throughout Paris on Saturday,
particularly in the neigh borhOod of the Faubourss
81 Antoine, of st Denis, and the Temple The
Keeper Of wine shop in the Rue des Marias du
Temple was arrested. IL is added, that the Ia c
captures were mode IN consequence OF information
furnished 10y Ouenisset. Others pretend that the
information was given TO the Project OF Police hy
the ehere annie Of one Of the parties who had since
disappeared, and was said TO have been k lied anC
thrown into the river by the consDrators. Private
letters state that the projectes seized were of Glass
and IN the nature OF hand grenades intended fol
the destruction Of the King by being thrown into
and exploding in his carriage.
A DREADFUL FIRE AT HAMBURG.
The city oil Hamburg, the great commercial en-
porlum OF Germany one of the most hourishine OF
} the continent of Europe is a heap Of ruins He,
merchants were rejoicing at the prospect held on
10 them by the promised improvements in our COM
mercial tariff; now they are mourning over thei
richly stored warehouses in ashes their houses de-
voured by the flames, and their prospects of IN
ereasing prosperity scattered 10 the four winds o
heaven.
The fire, which broke out on Wednesday nisht
the 18th May, and which, there is every reason Il
bellve, was the work Of an incendiary, EXTENDED
10 hity two streets, most OF which were reduced Il
ashes. On rough caculetion, the loss of pro
perty was from three to four millions sterling; bu
Il IS believed that the total loss III DO double thu
amount. No person can tell how many lives were
lost, but great number of persons must have per
lshed. The canals through the citv were dry Sc
tta no water could be found. The FIRE raged from
Wednesday night ti Satud,y morning.
|
thus sums up tho results Of the sad catastrophe
sky streets, containing from 1900 to 2OOC
houses lie smou'dering on the ground. and form a
fearful but picturesque ruin. Two splendid church
Is, with sieeplos exceeding 400 feet in height
another church with It's tower, the Rath H,us
where the Senate hold their sittings, the old Ex
change, the repository of the archives, the buiId
Jog o. the Patriotic Society. are all destroyed. The
keichsnost Amt, nearly all tho grea, booksellers
ne ofices OF Two newspapers, (the Borsenhao and
he Correspondent nearly al the great hotels and
,ons' tthe Old London, the Belvdore, Ho e.s dc
kuisse ~. PeterSbufgh, Streets Hotel the Crown
Pence. the Wild Man, the Banner Amthans. the
Back Eephent) the principal magazines des mode.
and repositories OF fashion, and neirly al the chic,
apoihccanos, are destroyed. The following arc
snie:-the cellar where the bullion IL deposited Of
the B'nk' The Caihafoon,strasc, der wandraiunc
du Reichen sirase, &C..
Correspondence Of the Courier and Enquirer.
LIVERPOOL, 18Th NAY, 1912.
Since the date Of our last Circulir OF the 81 inst
our COuCn Market N IA fbcr a.. Iin.d IL 49,. a.