Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-06-13
FOREIGN NEWS.
FROM The Boston Daily Mail, June 8.
ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA.

The money market remained lust about the
same US Mt the last previous dates
The Limerick Chronicle states that there WINS
snow on the Kerry mountains, in Ireland on the
18th.
Seven more ships, with sixteen hundred troops
had sailed for India, which shows Il determination
on the part OF The government TO push The war a.
gainst Affghanisan.
The disturbances in some portions Of Ireland slill
continued, and were generally traceablo to The
element on the subject of repeal" The coun-
try IN and about Tipperary WAC in a very excited
condition.
There was a terrible explosion OF disery in
Church street, Lambel on the 18th, but short
distance from the palace of the Archbishop Of
Canterbury Several persons were injured.
column OF ignited spirit was thrown upwards of
fifty feet into the air.
A greut fire is said to have belaen the Aus,ri-
an town Of Steer, not fur from Linz, where 400
houses were consumed, aud three .fourths of the
inhabitants, who were celebrated for their iron
manufactures, were left without shelter.
DESTRUCTION OF ONE FIFTH OF THE
CITY OF HAMBURGER BY FIRE.
The city OF llamhurgh the great commercial
emporium of Germany, one of the most flourish
lug on the continent OF Europe, is a heap of ru-
ms. Her merchants were rejoicing ut the pros
pect held out to them by the promised improve
nents in commercial tariff: now they
mourning over their richly stored warehouses in
ashes, their houses devoured by the flames, and
their prospects OF Increasing prosperity scattered
to the four winds of heaven.
The fire, which broke out ON Wednesday night,
the l4lh inst and which, there is every reason to
believe, was The work Of an incendary, extended
10 tity-two Streets most of which were feuLceh
10 ashes. On rough calculation, the loss of prop
erty was from three to four millions sterling, but
it is believed that the total loss will he double that
amount No person can tell how many lives we've
| lost, but great number Of persons have perish
ed 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 Danish,
| linnoveran, and Prussian troops entered the town,
and, being well supplied with gunpowder, com
menced blowing up the houses 10 arrest the prog
| ress Of the flames. This completely effected
by Sunday morning. The Senate ordered every
person to leave town, and nothing could exceed
the heart-rending spectacle of thousands of poor
people frantic with their losses, and without the
means of procuring food or shelter.
The destruction OF Hamburger is one of those
calamilies which will he telt in every part of the
commercial world Great may be the credit of
the Senate and people Of Hamburger with foreig n
states, century will eapse before the city can be
replaced in all the prosperity destroyed by this
confagralion. In the midst OF the confusion
incident occurred characteristic of the govern
nent and the people public notice was every
where put up, stating that the vault under the
bank, containg the gold aud silver bars, were fire
PROOF, nUu lnat lne DuUK HOOKS were I'LL TeIIlONeu
IN perfect safety.
The Hamburger Noue Zeitung, OF the 10Th in
slant, thus sums up the results OF the sad caastro
phe:
Sixty Streets containing from 1900 TO 1000
houses, lie smOuderng on The ground and form
Il fearful but picturesque ruin. Two splendid
churches with seeples exceeding 4O0 feet III
height, another church with its tower, the Rath
Haus where the Senate hold their slt.lngs, the
old Exchange, the repository OF The archives, the
building OF the Patriotic Society, are all destroy
ed. The Reichspost Amt, nearly all the great
booksellers, the offices OF Two newspapers, tlhe
Borsenhalle and the Correspondent nearly all the
great hotels and inns Uhe Old London the Belve-
dere Hotel de Ruisse, ST. Petersburgh Streets
Hoel, the Crown Prince, the Wild Man, the Bra
mer Amlhans, the Black Elephant the principal
magazines DIES modes and repositories of fashion,
and nearly all the chief apothccaries, are destroy
ed
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACClDENT-ONE
HUNDRED 81 TWENTY PERSONS Kill
t LED AND MANY NAMED AND WOUN-
DED.
, A deplorabe catastrophe took place on Sunday
evening week, on the Versailles and Moudon rail-
way, by which one hundred and twenty persons
were killed, or have since died of their wounds,
and many manned and wounded
} In honor of the Kings tete, the waterworks in
the gardens of Versailles were playing on Sun
I day. which attracted immense crowds from Paris.
red, lett Versailles for Paris at half past five o.
clock in the afternoon, and was crowded with pas
sengers "There were" says one account, " sew.
en,een eighteen wagons with two engines be
fore and one behind.
The velocity was excessive. When between
Bellevue and Moudon, the uxeiree OF the first
machine broke, aud stopping, the second ran over
il, killing the stoker and breaking the first ma
chine in pieces, split its fire OH the ground. In
stanly six or seven wagons broken IN pie
ces, and the rest, running over tho live lire OF the
broken engines, burst into flames Ii is the Gus
r tom on the Left Bank Railroad tor the doors oil
the wagons to be closed, without any possibility
7 of opening them except by keys in the hands OF
! the conductors. No conductors were lorthcom
. ing, end thus the inmates OF three OF the wagons
! were burned"
e From this account it is clear, that but for the
: custom of locking the passengers in the carriages
= so aw iul loss OF lite would not have taken place
/ THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
Sir Robert Peel was still carrying out his meas
ures with strong hand, and his manageable
II majority" came fully up 10 the scratch and obeyed
4 his behests as fully and ervenly as he could de-
). sire. There was merely show Of opposition by
the liberal wings, out ofrespect to the past admin
. slration but still coupled with disposition Il
is give the Premier plenty OF rope, and hold him re
g. sponsibe tor the use OF II.
i, An examination into certain election frauds haC
", disclosed system OF prohigacy without paral
lei in the history Of representation. Mr., Roebuct
re had made himself very conspicuous in ierretn!
" out these frauds. Several members of the Com
: mons had lefl their seats and gone home, rattle
than suffer mn investigation as to the means b!
IN which they got there Among them were mem
n, bers from Lewes, Harwich and Penryn.
H. INDIA.
-, There are no later dates from India than wer
=" brought by the last previous arrival but the Eng
IN lIsh papers contain mass of selections from Cal
n cutta journals which are highly interesting
q. The fnancia! condition Of India appears 10 b
disastrous in the extreme. This seems to be ow
ing to Two prominent causes. In the first pac
h. the rash attempt TO occupy Atfghanlstsn mas cos
of great share of which enormous sum has bee
o. drawn from the legitimate channels of trade Il
,o the next place there is now no absolute none
~ now er like the old Company monopoly, capable