Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1842-06-09


IaFEe END splensid chpaehes are consumed.
ans property estimated IL from four 10 i've
millions sIesling isaessEoyed. The New
H5mbuFg Leltung 81 1.-THE 18Th Instant.
states that lasses are computed as iollows--
81, 900 lDg Of dollars for goods horaedin
The ware houses 20 900 600 dollars lorff
larnilure and Other SAlOahles la ware !
hoases and this Is Independent ii The
value 81 the houses destroyed, which are
10 Be rebuilt Ry State loan. -
Houses were moi allowed 10 bs insured
abfoad, but on movea5le property there
was large amounted insurance. IN Lon.
don. w ii he Ph0aiK i, coo GOO Il arks:
atshe Sun 8 800 08g; ~ lhe Royal Exl
change 2 200 900 sHd at the Alliance
seq, 900. These wsTelhe gross amounts
81 luhichi. was expected / quarter might
bel saved
"A subscription had been spread in Lons
don for the relief 81 the sufferers and
Ef0.0Ou ii cold bad already beer sent on
toI Hamburg. The Ming Of Prussia had
ordered collecsipn ip be made 10 NJ Dhe
churches ID the kingdom, and from house.
tolhouse. The Klngof Prussia in meds
atsly forwarded Is 300 dollars the Kiug
2a0 GOO marks, Queen Vic.
toEia. Prince Albert and the Queen Dowa-
ger Joined ID thesuhscription ID London.
bAsconsiderableln number Of LIVES we're
lost 40 81 so dead bodies had been found,
A9d I20 persons wounded. The amount
ofxhe killed Il supposed % be areater---
ABBOTT sixth ofthe eispfs 9sssreged,--
The pSpula}ion. OF lhe 90 e 70, 900. s
The Eana6n papers Ia Iiusl sere /, cosn.
ulenss in Ne letter otsGen, Cass 10 M.
GuizE protesting against the sratihcatiea
.of tKe Qniniruple treaty regulating the
Ius1lusl lightAof search This document
Mas polished ID The London Times 81 the
l3lh. There had been some recent did
lcnssion'in the Paris papers on this treaty.
The question Of ratification was moi yet
settled.
l The Queens Fancy Dress Ball Oh The
18Th. went off with great success. The
fancy dresses displayed great Taste, ,ifge-f
Euity, and luxury Of establishment.
The steam ship Great. Western, Liedt.
Hosken. arrived off Liverpool ii daylight
On The morning Of May II, and anchored
ai SO clock, making her passage from New
York In twelve and hall days, il being
the shortest passage taking into consider
alton the prolongation Of the voyage 10
Bristol, which this steamer has made.
The Britannia arrived at Liverpool On
tbe eveningeof May l6. having left Boz.
ion Din the Isl, and having waited 81 hours
at Halifax. Tor the Canada mails and gone
al last without them. She made her pas
sage-irom Halifax TO HiveEpoolsin 10 days
and three hours. Neither ofthese steam
'sfs carried any news from this country cf
particular interest. sN
. Seven more ships, with. sixteen hun
drad troops, had Sailed for India. which
shows determinations on the patti of the
government 10 push lhe war against AT
ghanistan. fEs Is
There continued u bela great many
failures in the commercial business of
ELondoni and akol III lie manufacturing
towns. One Of the heaviest houses ia
Manchester stopped payment % the i4th.
/ The southern counties Of England had
suffered some what from drought, while in
the northern part ;hetseason was quite wet.
Ga che whole, vegetation was quite prom
Using.
There was terrible explosion; Of dis.
Etillery, in Church street, Lambeth, on the
18th, but short distancefrom iheEpalace
of the Archbishop 81 Cantstbasy Several
persons were injured A column 81 igni-
ted spirits was thrown upwards 81 fifty
FEET into the air. 1EfH
Al Vienna letterinfofdikns Us thai the Rail-
road between that city and Raab was
opened on The 5thinst.. as far HI Gliggniiz,
] with convoy of between 500 and 600
persons invited by the Count de Sina,
withswhon the first idea Of the road origi.a
mated. and who was accompanied on this
occasion by Prince Mifosch.
A correspondent writes from Java, that
| in The morning Of November Ia an erup-
lion Of the Goenseng Goebtoer Mountain,
sin the district'of Preanger, took place with
/ violent subterraneous noises, which lasted
/ I'LL three in The afternoon, covering the
earth 10 The extent 81 10 miles around
with sand and cihders TO various depths,
from 2 10 5inches, damaging n great space
Of cultivated ground, and upwards of 400
900 coffee trees.
+ The Queen completed her twenty. third
year. on the 24th May. q
q TIE cREoLE QuEsTicH-on HE subjeck Of
the difficulties existing between Great Britain
and america, The London Morning Herald Of
he 10Th says
h Each succeeding arrival from New
York indicates more and moretihe proba.
bility Of ia successful termination Of Lord
AshbuHon's mission 10 Washington
fSuch probability does bot, however, les
ssp public interest ii the disputes TO COM
lpose WHICH that mission s diIecled. OF
lthossS dIputes The Creole case seems 10
inyolveyIhe gIeatest difficulties; not in
deed, pefhaps in itself, butsip the priDci-
Iple Of inisrn ationaa Law which must go
tlvern ii.
THE roSsPIRSUY AGAINST THE KING or
THE RKEraH
The Gazetfe dssS Tri6unaur states that .
. number Of persons were arrested, on
Thursday and Friday week, 10 Paris
Tbs Police. who fol- some lime past bad !.
been on the search for manafactory Of
projeciiIes, discovered a vast namber Of
incendiarJ bombshelis at The residence Of
4 tailor, 10 the Passage violet. Aqnan.i-
ty Of gunpowder and csrtouches. just
made, were discovered ia other quarters.
Amongst The persons arrested, are Con-
dere.. who had been twice tried and sc-
nnfttpd hefore fhe Eharhar III pears and