The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-03
FOREIGN ITEMS.

We select few additional items of foreign news
from papers ,ed by the Great Western, which
includes all of any special interest brought by this
rival:
Birth Of a French Prinees.-We are happy to state
that the Princess de Jolnvie was at half past twelve
las, night safely delivered Of Princess at Neuilly.
Her royal hghncss and the infant princess are both
gong on favoraby IL rs curious coincidence that
this the anniversary of the Prince de Jonville
birthday. He eaters to-day bis 9Th year.
Murder Of an .i,nsriean Captain the high @ds-
The Thomas Bennett, a vessel on her voyage from
Liverpool to Charleston, S. T., whence she lied on
the s. August, returned on the I4th in consequence
OF the murder OF the Captain by the cook. She had
been out five days when the melancholy event occur
/ red, but had only reached the Bay Of Biscay when
the chief mate put back, and on arrival the murder
er, hne looking fellow, named John Kent was APP
pretended and placed in confinement
Ereotion-Wii iam Savlle, the murderer was
executed at Nottingham he 7th August, when a
fatal accident happened among the great crowd as
sembed TO witness the hanging. Just after the pri-
soner was turned of, rush Of the crowd took place;
and number OF persons were forced down narrow
avenue that leads TO the street in which the execution
had taken place This avenue Is a very deep de-
scent, called Gamers Hill, and at the ton are
three or four steps. The persons who were forced
down fell on the ground and the others were pushed
over them. Those VINO had fallen we're trampled
upon, and thirty persons taken up more or less
injured; twelve were quite dead
u. Ii
Bay states that the operations against the wreck of
the American irlgate Missouri going on we'll and
that II was expected she would be ahoat in two or
three weeks from the Dist Of July. The work was
most arduous one, IT had to be conducted under
/ burning sun, with the Thermometer al I25. and in
The shade varying from 95 to ITO degrees
Faefores in Great Britain and Ireiand--In England
there are lO75 cotton factories employing 1873 243
hands IN Scotland 1853 factories and 80 $50 hands
IN Ire aud . factories and 4,Oll hands Giasgo,o
National
SPoiia'ion Of Churci yards.-The inhabitants Of En-.
field are much excited by the exposure which lately
occurred at the public sale Of the furniture at the
late Wears house The Nicarage Garden Joins the
churchyard, and the late occupier, II was seen had
used tombsones for paving fr his stable yard II Is
also reported that some leaden collins are not in
their proper places. The late Vicar received not
less than 200 per annum, and left his death the
sum Of eco 900
The -3boihion Of imprisonment for Deh-Tbe
ABOVE act, which received the royal assent on the
9th instant, by commission came into operation the
following day, when number OF debtors no had
been imprisoned in the different metropolitan prisons
for debts under GO, were liberated, and the same
course will be adopted in all the other tails through
out the country, with the exception Of those persons
who stand committed for penalties due To the
| Crown.
| Wesleyan Conference.-The lQlst annual confer.
ence OF Wesleyan ministers now sitting at Birming
ham, IS attended by about 500 ministers and the Rev
Jabez Bunting is for the fourth time president A
report Of the education committee stated that about
tl2,OOO had been contributed. The increase of
Sunday scholars during the year had been Is 627-
| and of week day scholars 1853