The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-06-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM
EUROPE.

, from Liverpool to the 10Th ult., her day Of
sailing.
Great distress still existed in the manufac.
turing districts, and many heavy failures had
taken place.
The most important intelligence by this ar.
rival is of the destruction of large part of the
city of Hamburg by fire.
Sir Robert Peel was carrying every thing
before him. The opposition made but little
show against him, and his majorities have been
overwhelming throughout.
Another conspiracy for the assassination of
the French King has been discovered. A mum.
Der of persons have been arrested in Paris,
among others the notorious Considere. Among
the proectiles seized were several intended for
the destruction of the King, by being thrown
into the carriage, and to assassinate, of course,
as many of his family as might happen to &C.
company him. 1t is stated that the informa-
ton which led to the detection of this plot was
given by the mistress of one of the conspira-
tors, who has since been murdered, and her
body thrown into the Seine.
Destruction of great part Of the City of
Hamburg by fire The city of Hamburg, the
great commercial emporium of Germany, one
of the most fourishing on the continent of Eu-
rope, is heap of ruins. Her merchants were
rejoicing at the prospect held out to them by
the promised Improvements in our commercial
tariff; now they are mourning over their richly
stored warehouses in ashes their houses devour-
ed by the flames, and their prospects of increa-
sing property scattered to the four winds of
heaven.
The fire, which broke out on Wednesday
night the 14th inst, and which. there is every
reason to believe, was the work of an incendia.
ry, extended to fty.two streets, most of which
were reduced to ashes. Or rough calcula.
ton, the loss ofproperty was from three to four
millions sterling, but it is believed that the to-
tai loss will be double that amount. No per-
son can tell how many lives were lost, but
great number of persons must have persisted.
The canals through the city were dry, so that
no water could be found. The fire ragged from
Wednesday night till Saturday morning.
On the latter day, at nine o'clock. the Da-
nish, Hanoverian, and Prussian troops entered
the town, and, being well supplied with gun
powder, commenced blowing up the houses to
arrest the progress of the flames. This
was completely effected by Sunday NOR.
ming. The Senate ordered every person to
leave town, nothing could exceed the heart
fending spectacle of thousands of poor people
frantic with their losses, and without the means
ofprocuring food or shelter.
The destruction of Hamburg is one of those
calamities which will be felt in every part of
the commercial world. Great as may be the
credit of the Senate and people of Hamburger
with foreign states, century will elapse before
the city can be replaced in all the prosperity
destroyed by this conhagration. In the midst
of the confusion, an incident occurred, char
acteristic of the government and the people.
A public notice was every where put up, sta
ting that the vault under the bank, containing
the gold and silver bars, were fire. proof, and
that the bank books were all removed in per.
feet safety.
The Hamburger None Zeitung, of the 10th
ult. thus sums up the results of the sad catas.
hrope -
"Sixty streets, containing from 1900 to 1000
houses, lie smouldering on the ground, and
form fearful but picturesque ruin. Two
splendid churches, with steeples exceeding
400 feet in height, another church with its
tower, the Rath Hans, where the Senate hold
their sittings, the old Exchange, the repository
of the archieves, the building of the Patriotic
Society, are all destroyed. The Keichspost
Amt, nearly all the great booksellers, the off,
ees of two newspapers, 1.-THE Borsenhalle and
the Correspondent nearly all the great hotels
and inns, (ihe Old London, the Belvedere, Ho-
tel de Ruisse st. Petersburgh, Streets Hotel
the Crown Prince, the Wild Man, the Bramer
Amthaus, the Black Elephant,) the principal
magazines dies modes and repositories of fash.
ion, and nearly all the chief apothecaries, are
DESTROYED. The estimate loss has varied great
ly, the latest and highest being f7,000,000.-
Although the Bank of Hamburg was destroyed,
it has been officially announced that its treas.
ure and books are safe.
A subscription had been spread in London
for the relief of the sufferers, and 100000 in
gold had already been sent of to Hamburg
The King of Prussia had ordered a collection
| to be made in all the churches in the kingdom,
and from house to house. The King of Prus.
STA Immediately forwarded $4,000 dollars, the
King of Hanover 100000 marks. Queen Vic
! toria, Prince Albert, and the Queen Dowager
Joined in the subscription in London.
A considerable number of lives were lost
40 or so dead bodies had been found, and 100
persons wounded. The amount of the killed
is supposed to be the greater. About quar-
ter of the city is destroyed. The population
of the city is 100000.
Subscriptions have been opend in Berlin,
Frankfort, Vienna, Antwerp, Paris, Liverpool,
Manchester, and others of the cities of Europe,
to relieve the sufferers by the first at Ham,
burg. The London subscription, the commit
tee for the management of which is now per-
fected, is progressing very favourably, and it
is satisfactory to hear that the sympathy has
extended to the west end circles.
Terrible railroad accident-one hundred
and tveniy persons killed and many
manned and toounded.
A deplorable catastrophe took place on Sun
day evening week. on the Versailles and Mou-
don Railway, by which one hundred and TWEEN