Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-07-09

indeed all over Europe, in behalf of the
sufferers by the great fire at Hamburg,
have been on the most liberal and unprc-
cedented scale.
The PRECURSOR, of Antwerp, says awe
learn with pleasure that some captains OF
vessels, ready to sail from Client and Ant
werp to Hamburg, intend to offer free
passage to every workman of good char
acter, whose profession is connected with
house building, such as masons, bricklayers,
plasterers, carpenters and smiths, provided
they have sustenance during the voyage,
and for week after their landing"
Many more arrests have been made at
Paris. of persons supposed to be implica-
ted in the late attempts upon the life of the
King.
There had been more failures among the
wine merchants at Oporto and Lisbon.
and indeed the wine trade was never be-
fore in such a terribly depressed state,
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The British appear to be making i'm
mense preparations for the prosecution of
the war in China and India No less than
$4,000 stand of arms had been forwarded
to Bombay, by way of Alexandria and
Suez. '.....
Charles Albert, King of Piedmont, had
revoked his decree for the virtual expul-
sion Of the Jews from the city of Savonia.
He found the other potentates of Europe,
small and great would not countenance a
piece of barbarity worthy of the darkest
ages.
A rich vein of copper ore has been dis
covered at Tramore, county of Waterford,
adjoining "the Doncraile Cove" There is
fair prospect of its being worked soon,
and proftably. ...-... .-... .
A Madrid paper mentions the discovery
of cave near Oviedo, which is nearly
league and half in circumference! A
quantity Of human bones were discovered
as well as the handle of an antique sword.
A most melancholy catastrophe occurred
at Johnstown county of Kilkenny, on
Sunday night Mr.. George Heay,a gen.
tleman possessed of about $4,000 year,
was burned to death in his own residence.
Mensen Ernst, the famous Norwegian
runner, had started on his tour from Mos
COW to Jerusalem, which he engaged to
walk in thirty days on wager of $4,000
roubles.
attempts upon the life of the Queen of
England.-Another mailman, or a monster,
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the assassination of the Sovereign of the
British Empire. At six o'clock on Monday
evening, as her Majesty, accompanied by
Prince Albert. was returning to the palace
in an open barouche, with outriders, an
assassin presented pistol and discharged
it at the Queen, from very nearly the same
spot on Constitutional Hill from which Ok
ford fired. The wretch was instantly seized
by soldier of the Scotch Fusileer Guard.
He was at first supposed to be foreigner,
but it appears, unhappily, that he is an
Englishman, named John Francis, son to
scene shifter at one of the theatres He
is about 90 years of age.
The royal cortege, when the pistol was
discharged was fortunately proceeding at
a rate rather more rapid than usual, and
to that circumstance it is supposed that
her Majesty, in a great measure, owes the
preservation of her life, as Francis was
seen to take deliberate aim.
A respectable woman states that Just
before the attempt, she heard the prisoner
say to another man in flannel: "The Queen!
why should she be such an expense to the
nation! 1t is to support her that US poor
fellows have to work hard"
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when taken from the prisoner A search
has been made in order to endeavor to dis
cover the bullet, if possible, but as yet the
result has not been successful.
The prisoner had been under the notice
of the police for day or two, having been
lettering about the PARKS and, on Satur-
day last, he was observed by one Of the
police sergeants on duty, to pull out pis-
tol. The circumstance was mentioned.
but the inference drawn from il was that
he contemplated suicide, therefore orders
were given 10 notice his action.
The william is a good looking young man,
and his countenance is rather of a placid
and agreeable cast than otherwise.
Mr. Francis, senior, his father, who has
been for many years stage carpenter at
Covent Garden, is person of irreproacha-
BILE character, and states his son to have
been always very steady lad, nor can he
throw any light upon his motives to COM
nit so henous an offence.
When the news was known to the two
houses of Parliament they Immediately
adjourned. The palace was thronged with
inquiries after her Majesty and the whole
town was in state of the greatest excite
ment.
The assassin was examined before the
Privy Council, and conveyed the same night
to Newgate.
The prisoner, who was narrowly watch,
ed, passed a very quiet night, and although
often visited by the governor, he did not
enter into any conversation, or make the