Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-08-15
FOREIGN NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF THE MAMMOTH
GREAT BRITAIN
sEVEN DAYS LATER PROM EUkO. T.


JJ,l0nJ In EsclQ.2-tmcricdR SccnflteS ton6-
,,,r pD-As AG;as among tie Eagitsi al Can.
tan, SC.
The steamship Great Britain arrived al New
YORK Sunday II NJ, with news down 70 inc
,i,b nh, The day OF sailing. Westerly winds
nre.a led nearly all the way across att!mes ffeSh
Gales ana ugly cross sea; as! three or tour DAYS
,hic!; foss The engines worked admirably all me
way, and we're never stopped until they had occa-
sion 10 sound on Georges Bank, of SANDY
Flock al /, P. NJ, 10Th August making The pas
SAGE in IA DAYS 81 hours running Time. .o'h
ult lat SIS, long. 10, spoke brig Kate Ko'Insoh'
Of Pic,on, running East 9Th inst, of CAPE hace,
New FonndIand passed the HALIFAX steamer lot
Liverpool. 9,h, LAT. 46, long. 90 81, enchanseo
coiors with Her Macstys ship Apollo, Ellen
Thompson, and Dri2aoa.
we are indebted 10 Adams & Co. Tor ioreign
papers.
The Cotton Market still continues hrni.
The condition Of the Crops was still unsettled,
the weather being very ausp'cious.
The Provision Trade IS improving.
American Securities are looking up.
The death OF Earl Grey is amongst the events
fine day The father OF The Reform ACT, ana
tnur wears Prime Min stsr Of England, The de-
CSdSeU 4NODiSiii:U 'p"'N - -
uv's eve during one OF The most evenAni PeIioos
Of lis history
The subscription on behalf OF The sufferers 10y
the fire at Quebec grows apace In Alanchcslei
upwards q! $1,000 has already been collected. In
Ligerpool the amount is moi lnlid OF lllal sun;
ROYAL VislrsR-TEe King IL Holland arrived
on visit her Majesv and Prince Albert on
Thursday. lie landed al WooiWicn, Wn 1.l u.
was received with due honors and immediately
projected TO Mivar,'s Ho:ei where he SLEPT, ana
nroceeied Yesterday 10 Osborne Hotel, Isle OF
Wight. 10 visit The Queen.
An attempt wa made the ether eyening-it is
hardly necessary 10 say il was unsnccessiul-by
Mr. Ewar, to procure repeal OF Inc GUY on
those two prime necessares OF llie-hread ana
cheese. Sir Robert Peel resisted The motion, on
the ground principally thai the farm mad oceh
50 recently reduced, maj any 'ur.lt. ,a"pe''"s'
with il so soon was ont OF the question
Among The signs ot,he times may be mention
cd The introduction Of bill hy the Government
for enabling Jews to hold certain corporate ana
other offices. OF course il will pass, hu' u Is 10
the dscredit Of England, in The middle OF The
nineteenth century, that tn statute book IS >lili
loaded with euac,mens against tins proScrincd
and unfortunate race.
SUGARS from Prince Of W aleS Island, Province
Wellesley, are 10 be admitted AT The low duties.
Maple and New Zealand wood, il solely APP
plicable 10 cabinet purposes are 10 be admitted
Tree
Sir Edward CusK. c. H. brother ofthe Earl
Of Brown>icw is 10 be the new Governor OF The
Isle OF Man.
CosrIcT OUTBREAK At ApES "A Letter, date!
Alden. June 30, hiough, BY the last Overland
Mail, gives the following particulars Oh an out
break there:
"Wh,st he convic,s 6i in number, were al
work on The roads on the 2lsl, under military
guard they suddenly rose on and disarmed The
military guard placed over them. Having de-
priycd the greater number Of the guard OF their
arms, they ,uok possession Of large boat which
they cndeavored 10 launch. In lhls effort they
failed when they all plunged into The sea with
their irons on, and s,ruck out boldly Tor the OPP
rosie Arab shore The guard, having recovered
their arms commenced firing on them, by which
Two were shot dead, and five severely wounded:
thirteen were drowned, and eight effected their cs-
cape ant got clear OF, after swimming upwards
of mile and halt. One has since been taken
anC brought in by the Arabs Seven are still mis-
sing, whom Inc Aiahs have promised u aprre-
bend ana bring in This donor think they will
do, as The CONNECTS lilndoo> VIII prefer enbra-
cirg the Mahommsdan religion 10 goal and let
ters.'
CONFEDERATION AT SMYRNA.
The following details are taken rom private
letter, d..si Smyrna. Julr 9, l-l3;
"Smyrna is again in misery and ruin; larger
and more awf;Il migration than the last com
menced on the evening oi Ire 81 instant, CONT
nued violently for twelve or fifteen hours, aud up
wards Vi two DAYS in burning embers and side
fires; even up 10 yesterday here and there naga
zines and stone buildings were huining-some
from being opened too soon, when The Ieale air
burst ,Gju flame II began in the centre Of The
Town, aided by furious North wind, (Which al
forwards changed) destroying everything right
and left. and tor circumference, calculate, OF
al least mile and hail.
"Tne town half side Of Frank street is consum-
ed, and then right away TO our exit out Of town
10 Bandia Tie English hospital was saved by
a miracle, and thereby preserved that par, OF he
town and the so called Rue de Rose The Aus
TRAN hospital burnt Close 10 it Borrell lives;
he was saved although the fire was burning on
three sides Of him. Then, backwards, all The
Armenian quarter, except Purdie street, + de-
s,royed.
"rhc FIRE skirtcd The Jews cuarer-buruing
some 100 houses-and lhan spread TO The grand
Vizier Khan and up the bazaars Shoemaker
lane is all burnt and round about 81. GEORGES as
in Inc former fire. The three corners, Alkin>on's
Mahass', &c, are saved 1t came near to Us
when Van Lcnneps and three or four adjoining
houses were burnt hut all these being built with
terraces aud long passages, the half only towards
Frank street were consumed, and The tre was for
lunately stopped.
NV pOil1ng houses DOWN In INC illtle lane We
pass though, going into the country from Frank
street, we stopped ii on that side OF us, although
Il was very close The Dutch and Tuscan con
sulates were burnt two or three large khans-
thai is the Grand ViZier, 4 new made one. and
Imaum Oslu Khan were destroyed. The Greek
hospital close TO the ustrian hospital, was saved
by great exe1lion. lthad 800 inyalids nj. Four
teen OF fifteen large wine iavernS, and their de-
pois &c, are gone.
"At one lime the fire 50 ragged, that had not a
change OF wiDl taken place, il was thought all
SMYRNA must have been IN RUNS Mr.. Jackson
says il is the worst fire he has ever seen, and
larger even than that in 1877. He, as well "a
Brant and all down our nelghho. hood, had their
houses diamantled and everything put into maya
zines, bu; thank God. The English have escaped
Very few, and those only in rented houses, have
been hnrnt OUT, amongst whom are oar friends
JUNIOR Charnaud The Vice Consul, and some
others. Young Whuall made a grand stand
and saved their house, and consequently the
neishb0rhc0d.
"Greal asss,ance..was given hy the Austrian
corvette and French hris IN port. The English
men-of-war were unlucsily absent. Some fifty
or sixty people may have lost their lives
'Thc hrnenians are completely ruined, and
how business, with reference 10 old engagements,
will &c, on, 10 not know, though not much mer-
chandse has been Observation-Disclosures 10 10000;
valonia perhaps as much The religious
schisms cause great delay ana difficulty in form
ing committee Of succor The Sisters Of
Charity are doing grea, deal of good. As yet
oul English subscription comes up 10 $500 |
am particularly fortunate, ard my people are all
saved, including Browning and my brokers'
Most Of the brokers Of the other houses have
LOST some their all-the savings OF many years
The weather is excessively hot and the supply
of water very short at Boudja. We also suffer
from want Of H. A fire in this country is dread
ful. Many thousands are compelled 10 live out
in the open air in the gardens fed by charity, as
they must be for some limc and the frs, day or
SO after the fire no bread was 10 be had"
IRELAND.
Mr. OConnel is about 10 retire 10 Dsrrynane
where he proposes 10 occupy himself during The