Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1842-06-28
FOREIGN NEWS.

in ii days from Liverpool. The most important
news is account Of an attempt to assassnate the
Queen on the 3D. inst, which caused great excite
ment in London
An examination into certain election frauds had dis
closed system Of prohgacy without parallel in the his
tory Of representation. Mr. oebuck had made himself
very conspicuous m icrreng these frauds Several
members Of the Commons had en their aud gone
home rather than suffer investigation the
by which hey got there.
The tide Of emigration is setting strongly towards the
United States and Canada. This partly occasloned by
the Australian settlements being present in pros
porous condition in consequence Of their having into
debt doubt ia audabe imitation Of old established states
The Queens great Ball Masque the splendid
affair Of the kind ever got up The English papers
iuIl of the particulars.
The dfesses might naturally be expected. cf
the most magnificent description, and those which did not
dazzle with their magniceuce attracted the eve By their
Isnguarty, or amused the fancy by their quainness-
The grand feature Of the ball the assembling and
meeting OF the two Courts of Anne Of Bretagne (the
Duchess of Cambridge and Edward and Phill cher
Majesty and Prince Aber)
About haif past ten the heraJs marshal'ed the pro-
cesson from the lower suite Of rooms and the Duchess
Of Cambridge appeared in most magnificent costume
led by the Duke of Beaufort, Louis MI, equally mag
uihcent. and followed by the of her These
divided by heTalds aud mashas into quadres, and
marched IN the following order-Aiter the ROYAL Party
consisting OF Prince George the Princess Augusta, &c
came the Highland Quadule the Greek Quadre, the
Hungarans, the Knights Templrs and the Saraceus
These recalling the Throne passed before the
Sovereign making their obcsances and then formed them
selves for dancing which Immediately commenced.
/ FRANcE--A dcporab'e catastrophe took place sun
day evening week, the Versailles aud Moudon Raj!
way, by which hundred and twenty persons were
killed. have since died of their wounds. and many
manned and wounded. Ia honor Of the Kings fete, the
water works in the gardens of Versailles playing
sunday which attracted immense crowds from Paris.
The train to which the dreadful accident occurred left
Versailles for Paris half past five o'clock the after
noon, and crowded with passengers There were"
SAYS account Seventeen eighteen wagons, with
two engines before aud behind. The velocity was
excessive. When between Bellevue and Mendon, tie
axetree Of the first machine broke, and stopping the
ond killing the stoker, and breaking the first
machine IN pieces, split IT'S fire the ground. Instantly
six wagons broken pieces. aud the
running the live fire the broken engines burst
flames. 1t Is the custom the LEFT Bank Rail Road Tor
the doors of the wagons be closed without any posi-
opening them except by keys in the hands of the
conductors. No conductors were forthcoming and thus
the inmates Of three wagons buried. From Ibis
clear that hut for the of locking the
passengers in the carriages, awful loss would have
taken place.
NEW ArrLIo ALTON PHoToGRArHT.-An artist of
Rome, named Roudin has Just applied TYPOGRAPHY the
Photographic process of Mr. Dagueue He has succeeded
only fixing the stone the Photographic impress
but also obtaining proofs from in the way The
first experiments made the Nebula of orr
on the image of which received in telescope and
transferred the stone. proofs been
VI. Arago, who considers them satisfactory.
= Discovery OF ISLANDS II THE P,cIrIc OcEAx-The
Cape of Good Hope papers notice the discovery. by
English vhale several Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
previously unknown. They eight in number, of
extent fertile and inhabited. The appearance of the
natives and the &c. totally different from any
e others in that neghborhood.
Il reported that another conspiracy to assassinae
Louis Philippe the King of the French has been dlscov
cred Paris owing the confessions of the mistress
one of the conspraor who herself has since been
dsed The parties SAID 10 be persons connected with
the former cuprits, QuenISset, Considerc, &c.
\ great fire is said have b.facn the Austrian town
of Stcer. far from Lint where 400 houses
sumed, and threefourths of the inhabitants, who were
celebrated for their manufactures were left without
shelter.
There have been disturbances IN Codi1 in oonse
quence of the drought, and the suerlngs of
people from want of water.
The Count Las Casas the early and devoted friend OF
Napoleon, died at Passy the 10Th
EAHruQUAKE GREEcE.-Letters from Athens Of tn,
2St ult state several violent shocks earthquake
felt parts Of the Peoponesus the Sth
Sparta the shocks lasted from p to 80 seconds each
The inhabitants terrified of their houses. On the
day. and in the of the night four We 9th
sighter shocks experienced. At Mistra the sol
trembed with violence than Sparta. and portion
the Hellenic College and several houses DESTROYED
The Of the springs and wells became turbd and
enormous rock hlvIns detached tsef from the
old Mount Ni-ra rolled with terrific noise into the town
Of At Caames the first shock, felt at half past o'clock
lasted between aud seconds and there 9th
e crs from that hour until midnight Intervals of three
* quarters of hour Most of the houses damaged
and several IN the nei-hborhood actually way. Up
wards of fifty dwellings thrown down at Arep0Is
and fifteen towers crumbed Etyus. Many person
buried under the of their houses M the proviuc
of Mama. At Androusa several churches fell in On tb
18th ult about four o'clock \. NJ. another shock
felt at Patras which lasted a minute and half
OF The Courier Gree that red mamma had fall
en- at Tupotza and elsewhere and that the Minister
he the Interior had collected information respecting that ph
r. nomenon which would be submitted to the examnotIo
OF of the medical board
L Ex-PREsIDFNr NAN BUREN,-We have Just r.
T. turned from Terre Haute. where VIC had the plea
IN sure OF an Introduction 10 EXPresdent an Bure
OF his tour through the West in nun We discovere
he none Of that cold hearted reservedness nor tia