Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1842-06-09
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on Thursday last, bringing Liverpool papers to the
10Th May. The political news is of no Importance.
Nothing later from India China. A terrible
lamity has befallen the city of Hamburg fifth part
of which has been destroyed by fire. depriving thou
sands of shelter and the means of subsistence.
A great fire is said to have taken place in the Aus
trian town of Steer, not far from Lntz, where 400
houses were consumed g. hree-fourths of the inhab-
itants who are celebrated for their iron manufactures
left without shelter
Seven ships with 1000 troops had sailed from Eng
land for India, which shows a determination on the
part of the government to push the against AFT
ghaniston.
In Paris another conspiracy to assassnate the king
had been detected and several arrests made.
From the London Observer
THE ROYAL MAsQUE.-The Ball Masque given by
Her Majesty the 18th May to the nobility and gen.
try of the land, of surprising briliancy aud
magnifcence. Nothing equal to it has been witness
sed for ages. 1t was a spectacle which no other
country but England could have got up; and it must
have filed the minds of all the foreigners who behed
it with the most enlarged idea of the splendor Of this
country. The number present was computed at
1900 comprising all the beauty, the loneliness and
fashion of the land.
Her Majesty wore a crown of gold, studded with
large Jewels Of various colors, the points Of the
being formed with the vine leaf. From the cro@n
were ~u-Pe"5~d oreilettes of diamonds Her Males
ty wore two rows OF large pearls round her neck.
The mantle of cloth of gold fastened by broad
gold band, extending the whole width of the chest,
studded with large jewels, of various colors, while
similar band, studded in the same manner, was laid
down the whole length of the chest the effect of the
whole being that of a large ewelled cross; the
mnever with which the surcoat covered in front
forming the back ground. The effect of this was We
ry beautiful.
Prince Albert crown, similar in design to
that of the Queen His mantle of red velvet border
ed with gold, and edged with pearls, was fastened
aeross the chest with broad and ewelled gold band
The tunic of blue embroidered in gold was fastened
around the neck by jeweed collar, of great brill
liancy-the same magnificent mode of termination
was adopted at the wrists. A beautiful girdle sup
porting a diamond hed sword completed the lead
ing features of Prince Albert's costume.
Rail Road .Accident.- One h,ndred and hcenty per-
sons killed, and many manned and rounded A de-
porable catastrophe took place, on Sunday evening
week, the Versailles and Meudon Railway, by
which one hundred and twenty persons killed,
or have since died of their wounds and many manned
and wounded.
In honor of the Kings fete, the waterworks in the
gardens of Versailles 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 passengers.
"There were" says an account seventeen or
eighteen wagons, with two engines before and one
behind The velocity excessive. When be-
tween Bellevue and Meuden, the axletree of the first
machine broke, and stopping the second over it,
killing the Stoker, 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,
burst into flames. 1t is the custom the Left Bank
Railroad for the doors of the wagons be closed,
without any possibility of opening them, except by
keys in the hands of the conductors. No conductors
were forthcoming and thus the inmates of three of
the wagons were burned"
From this account, it is clear that for the custom
of locking the passengers in the carriages, so awful
a loss of human life would not have taken place
GERMANY--.4tgfI Confagration---D Destruction Of
one.ffh Of The city Of Hamburg by Me.-The city
of Hamburg the great commercial emporium of Ger
many, of the most furnishing the continent of
Europe, is heap of ruins Her merchants
iocng at the prospects held out to them by the pro-
missed improvements in our commercial tariff; now,
they mourning their richly stored warehouses
in ashes, their houses devoured by the flames, and
their prospects of increased prosperity scattered to
the four winds of heaven.
The fire, which broke out on the 4th inst, and
which, there is every reason TO believe the work
of an incendiary, extended to itywo streets, most
of which reduced to ashes. On a rough cacu-
laton, the loss of property from three TO four
millions sterling, but is believed that the total loss
will be double that amount. Nc person tell how
many lives were lost, bnt great number of persons
must have persisted. The canals through the city
dry, that water could be found. The fire
ragged from Wednesday night to Saturday morning.
On the latter day, at O'Clock, the Danish, Hanoveri
an and Prussan troops entered the town, and being
well supplied with gunpowder, commenced blowing
up the houses to arrest the progress of the flames
This completely effected by Sunday morning
The Senate ordered every person to leave the town.
and nothing could exceed the heart-rending specta-
Gle of thousands of poor people, frantic with their
losses and without the means of procuring food
shelter.
The destruction of Hamburg is one ofthose calam-
tiles which will be felt in every part of the CONNER
cia world Great may be the credit of the Sen
ate and people of Hamburg with foreign states,
century will eapse before the city replace all the
property destroyed by this confagration.
The Niger Erpedition.-A letter from one of the
survivors of the voluntary exiles to the swamps of
Niger, dated from on board her maiesty's steam
sci the Wherefore, Island of Ascension, Feb H.
states that very few are left to recount what they
have seen and felt during the expedition. All the
marines had died, with the exception of sergeant
Hodges, privates e. Velley, ID. Bloomfield, II. Glib
son, and w. lines these had been attacked with
African fever, and recovered, but the disease had
made permanent mark some of their consttu-
tons. 1t was expected that the Wilberorce would
again go up the river veH soon but it was doubtful
whether any would live~to state the result. She
would remain at the Island of Ascension for despatch
from the government by sixteen gun brig, which
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