Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-06-10

able majority" came fully up to the scratch and
obeyed his bchests as fully and fcrven,ly as he
could desire. There was merely show of oppo.
sition by the liberal wings, out of respect to the
past administration; but still coupled with a
disposition to give the Premier plenty Of rope,
and hold him responsible for the use oft.
An examination into certain election frauds
had disclosed system Of profligacy without
parallel in the history of representation. Mr..
Roebuck had made himself very conspicuous in
ferreting out these frauds. Several members OF
the Commons had left their seats and gone home,
rather than suffer all investigation as to the
means by which they got there. Among them
were members from Lewes, 1larwic and
Peuryn.
INDIA.
There are no later dates from India than
were brought by the last previous arrival, but
the English papers contain mass of selections
from Calcutta journals which are highly inter-
esting.
The financial condition of India appears to be
! disastrous in the extreme. This seems to be
owing to tvo prominent causes. in the first
| place the rash attempt to occupy Affghanis'an
has cost the government already nearly G20,-
100000, a great share of which enormous sum
has been drawn from the legitimate channels Of
trade. In the next place there is now no abso.
lutte money power like the old Company mon
opoly, capable, from its ready means and un.
bounded credit, Of controlling half the finances
Of the world.
FRANCE
| The Gazette DIS Tribunaur states that a
number of persons were arrested, on Thursday
and Friday week, in Paris. The police, who for
some time past had been on the search for a
! mandatory of projectiless, discovered vast
| number of incendiary bombshells at the resi-
4 of t,;ln 81, D,,- ,,;,Iot A
quantity of gunpowder and cartouches, just
| made, were discovered in other Quarters
| Amongst the persons arrested are Consdere,
who had been twice tried and acquitted before
| the Chamber of Peers, and poncelet, who was
convicted of having been engaged in the con-
| splracy of the Rue des Prouvares and amnestied.
Domiciliary visits were made throughout Paris
on Saturday, particularly in the ncighborhool Of
| the Fapbourgs st. Antonc, of ST. Denis, and the
temple The keeper of a wine shop in the Rae
| DIES Maras du Temple was arrested. 1t is ad-
ded, that the late captures were made in conse.
qucnce of information furnished by Quenisset.
Others pretend tina, the information was given
to the Project OF Police by the cherc amic one OF
the parties, who had since disappeared, and was
said to have been killed and thrown into the
river by the consplra'ors. Private letters state
that the projectles -ezcdWe e O. las, an in tie
nature of hand grenades, intended for the de =
truciion of the King by being thrown Into and
Exploding in his carriage.
The investigation which commenced immn H.
a'ey after The discovery Of the projec.iles bombs
&c. in the Passage Violet and other places, is
| still pursued, says the Gazette des T,buuauN
with activity. Tac number Of arrests up tt
Thursday amounts TO about ten. Allthe objects
seized hive been deposited at tho Registrar,
Office. The projnc,Ilcs are made in perfect,
new manner. A stone bottle. not very thick
serves as :hc envelope this is covered with
thick coat Of the nAammable matter which i.
applied to the extremity of those matches Gale,
chimques allemandes. Inside, a quantity o
powder aud bullets are strongly pressed togath
er, So as to produce terrible explosion, if the
Inilannable coating ottEe bottle should come il
contact w'th any resisting body. Numerous
: witnesses have been already heard, and the,
are soon to be confronted with the prisoners.
EARTHQUAKE IN GnEEcE-I.e,ters fron
Athens OF the - h ut. state, that several vinlen
shocks OF an earthquake were felt in various
parts of the Peloponneusus on the 18Th, a
Sparly, the shocks lasted from - to3O second
each. The inhabitants ran terrified out of thel
houses. On the same day, and IN the course o
the night, four or five other slirhter shocks wer
experienced. Beyond the Euroas an immc rs
rock fell from Mount MeHeIas, near the vl!ag
of Druuchas. An old tower situate in the tow
, OF Magoues was thrown to the ground A
Nstfa the soil trcmbled with more violenc
than at Sparta, and portion of the HELEN:
College and several houses were desirovcl.-
The water OF the springs and wells became tur
bid, and an enormous rock, having detached it.
= self from the summit OF Old Mount NJ s,ra role
with terrific noise INTO the town.