Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-06-27
FOREIGN NEWS.
From the Boston Atlas
ID DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAN


The British steamer Britannia, Capt. John Hew-
III, arrived at this port Saturday morning, and
went into her berth at East Boston at half past ten
o'clock She left Liverpool on the 9TH instant,
aud has mnde her passage 10 IL l-2 days, She
brings our full files of London aud Liverpool pa
pers 10 The 9TH instant being IA days later than adj
vices by the Great Western.
The leegraphic dispatches from MarseilIes of
the overland mail from India, arrived on the Sd
Instant, bringing highly important news, embrac
ing an account of the fall of Ghnznee. The place |
capituated md surrendered on condition that the |
garrison be safely conducted to Cabool. On the
other hand Col Pollock hud forced the Khyber
pass md taken possession of the forts command !
ing it, aud would, no doubt march to the relief Of
JellaabaJ. General Sale, in sortie from that
place, overthrow the insurgents.
rumOr prevailed that Akhbar Khan had been
badly wounded
General Knott had gained some advantage on
the side Of kanduhar, hut General England had
not yet joined him. 1t is reported that Schoh
SO0lah Lad been poisoned,
.4tiempt upon The iGs ofMe Queen-The papers
give long accounts of the details of a rash attack
upon the life of the Queen, on the Both May
They say that another mailman, or monster with
cut the excuse Of madness, has attempted the as
sassnation of tho beloved Queen of this empire.
At six O'Clock yesterday evening" as her Majesty,
accompanied 10y Prince Albert, was returning to
the Palace al assassin presented pistol, and tried
to discharge it at the Queen from very nearly the
same spot from which oxford fired (; but the weap-
on flashed in the pan and missed fire. The wretch
was instantly seized by n soldier of the Scotch
FusiIier Guard and is now in custody. lie was
at first supposed to be foreigner, but it appears,
unhappiIy, that lie is an Englishmnn, named John
Francis son TO scene.sher at one of the thea.
tres lie is about 90 years of age"
This attack upon the life Of the Sovereign ex-
cited the liveliest sensation among all classes of
the people The two Houses Of Parliament voted
an Address to her Majesty. The prisoner had
been committed for trial and the papers were spec
ulaling upon the legal nature Of the offence and
lis probable punishment. We should be inclined
TO agree with the Liverpool Mail in the following
opinions:
"Tha this poor thief the son of a scene -shiier
had any real or premeditnled intention to assoss
nate Her Most Gracious Majesty is what we do
not believe. 1t is beyond the limits of human
credny. The whole facts show this. Ii does
not appear that there was ball or shot OF any kind
in The pistol. There may have been some loose
powder, but that was all. The Queen heard no
repoit-was not conscious that any pistol had been
fired at her and was not informed Of the attempt
until after she had reached the Palace.
Nevertheless all that the prisoner aimed at was
| accomplished. The monster assassin was instant
~ arrested, and he was dragged the Palace then
| TO some station, and next TO the Home Office in
! Whitehall, where he is surrounded by dukes and
eorls judges and magistrates, ministers of the
Crown, and high officers of state. What a sight
for the son of scene-shiter Then The Houses
of Parliament both Vdjourn in dismay-rhe Lord
! Mayor, with mournfuI counienance rides in his
| coach TO Buckingham House-the Duke of We'll
| lington is to enter the Home offce-all Lon
| don is in consernaion-St Paul's shakes-busi-
ness is uspended-people cape at each other-a
| is horror and dismay. Who would not he the son
| of scene-shlter?
"Our own private opinion is, and we rather die
Ter from Lord Bioughum, that if the police had
taken the little dirty wretch and hogged the skin
| off his back, and afterwards worked him in the
lreadmlll for three months, bread and water being
his only fare, they would have done more to put
an end TO snoJs pretending TO shoot the Queen
than all the addresses of the Houses of Parliament,
! MI the proceedings OF the Privy Council aud ali
! the flarhy paiade of public trial will ever accom-.
! psh. II this had been done in Oxlurd's case we
should never have heard of John Francis"
The Fire at Hamburger We have the following
statistical details of the destruction of property by
The late caIanntOus fire :-Sireels DESTROYED 81 ;
lanes ditto 10; houses duo in Streets 1892 small
houses in lanes, 499 cellars, 469 inhabitants dis.
possessed, 81 500. Churches destroyed, g. viz I:
81. Peter, ST. Nicholas and ST. Gertrude. The
value of the private buildings is estimated at AZ
million marks banco, in The mutual insurance Ell
tected by the municipalities, and the public build
ngs at 10 millions, making together 81 millions.
are estimated al f6,32G 600. The amount insured
in the foreign insurance companies on furniture
and goods is estimated at 10 million marks EaLco
or tI4l,OOO but we are informed, on very good
authority, that this item is SO over-rared that il
throws doubt upon the accuracy OF the statement
Of the aggregate loss sustained We are credibly
Informed that the total amount of the liabilities of
tile English insurance companies will not exceed,
at the very utmost f450, 600; and, according 10
the most recent accounts, G420,000 is held as near
er The truth. 1t is farther rendered perfectly GER
tain, that even the latter account will be very ina
terlaly reduced for, AZ the researches in the ru
ns proceeded, considerable amounts of property
were rescued daily, which was constantly increas-
ing The salvage 10 the English companies.
! Destruction Of Books and other Merchandise al
Hdmburgh.-A letter from Hamburkh SAYS that
the number of Libraries destroyed by the fire was
eleven, six Of which were public establishments
To these losses must be added the stocks of some
booksellers, containing, amongst Others 10000
volumes of modern German, French and English
works. The total destruction of books as vet as
cerlaned, amounts to 100000 volumes Several
collections OF scientific objects have perished par.
uculary one, consisting of 600 models of ma
chimes belonging to the PatrioticSociely and which
were used in the evening aud Sunday classes in.
sued for the mechanics Of the town. The same
letter gives the following AS an estimate of the
quantity OF merchandise consumed 20 100000
lbs. OF coffee, 100000 lbs. of sugar 5000 600 OF
which were refined, 200 bales of raw cotton. $50
bnes of spun dilto, 300 tons of Carolina rice 500
sacks OF Java rice, 100 600 lbs. of palm OIL 500.
600 oils of rape oil, 900 tons Of Smyrna currants
1000 tons OF cheese, $50 sacks of lInseed 30 OOC
pieces of linen, 5000 casks of caret 400 pieces OF
corn and poIatoe spirits 400 pieces of rum and ar
rack, 5000 lbs. of West lnda and American TO.
bacco
"