Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-05-14
Foreign News
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STEAMER CAMBRIA LOST +!
CREW AND PASSENGERS SAVED.
attempt to .3ssassiaate Louis Philippe

4 CREW AND PASSENGERS SAVED.
Attempt to .3ssassinate Louis Philippe
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA ENaUIRER--ExTRA
OF MAY 4TH.
Adyices were received in Philadelphia yes
terday afternoon from New York, by Magnetic
Telegraph, announcing the wreck and tota
loss, off Cape Cod, on Sunday last, ofthe stea
mer ssCanbria," on her way from Liverpool
to Boston, The crew and passengers were all
saved.
Cotton has advanced id--,he news per Hi
hernia confirming short crops.
Great excitement in England on the Irish
Coercion and Corn Laws. Supposed thai
Peel must retire Business generally dull.
I Lord Stanley expected to lead an opposition
TO Peel
About halfpast five o'clock. on Thursday
as Louis Philippe was returning from his drive
in the forest of Fontainbleau, man seated up
on the wall fired at the King. His family were
with him. Several balls struck inside the car
riage-but no one was injured--the assassin
was arrested.
/ SpAIS-Narvaez has been driven out, and
: has fled TO the south of France
The advices received per Hiberna, were
considered pacific in England. The flour
market remains without change, but firm.
An extra from the American Sentinel has
the following additional:
There has been no change In the corn OIL
IRON trade since the last adyices. The cotton
market was steady and well supplied. Sales
5000 bales and prices closed Id higher. In
provisions there had been large arriyals--mar-
ket duh and attended with few sales.
The North American extra says: "The
| f'o,,,i-;, ,,,;ll ,,rc h, blxy no esot of -
The London Times says, Mr.. Folks Mes
sage (or an increase Of the military is not
warlike Nothing new on Oregon
The Sun office has received a slip from the
New York Herald, which we copy in full, as
follows:
Wreck OF THE CAMBRIA.-The Royal
Mail Steamship Cambria, Capt. Judkins, left
Liverpool on the 18th of April last at p. M
ana arrived at Halifax on the LIST inst. at noon,
and leftagan at p M. She brought from 90
to 100 passengers to Halifax, and left abou,
thirty there On Saturday night, about TWEEN
ty minutes TO II, the weather being foggy, the
boat running at half speed and just about be-
ing stopped for the purpose OF sounding, she
touched slightly on the bottom.
She then canted broadside to the beach. Ii
was then discovered by communication with
the shore that she went ashore on the beach of
Truro, about 5 miles south of Highland Light,
Cape Cod, and heading south.
There was quite swell at the time, but for
tunately very calm. Every effort was made
to heaye her off. About past O'Clock, the
Captain and passengers landed, took horses to
Plymouth, and thence came to Boston by an
express engine. AT the latestaccounts size re-
NAMED perfectly tight.
There was but one newspaper received in
II y
change, to which all the press ofthat city had
equal access, consequently the slip received
contains but business synopsis of the news.
The intelligence of her arrival at Cape Cod
reached Boston at about O'Clock on Sunday
afternoon.
The news by the arrival of the Cambria is
not mportant-and indeed the small interval
Of time between the departure ofthe Great Yves
tern and the Cambria, (eight days,) does not
admit ofany very new and extended inielli-
gence.
Only one paper, Wilmer & Smiths Times,
has been received from the Cambria. This
was furnished to the Merchants News Room
| by c.; b. Blake, Esq, one of the passengers.
| PARLIAMENTARY. House OF Com
mons met after the Easter Recess, on the eve
ming of Friday, when the Coercion Bill again
came up. Nothing Of interest resulted.
/ The Hibernia arrived out on the 18th.
/ The packet Montezuma left on Thursday
previous for New York, with 80 passengers.
Cotton has risen one eighth on the receipt
of the news of short crops here by the Hiber-
MIA.
The London Examiner says England loves
peace, but is ready for war.
PnoDucE-1'he arrivals have been large.
CorroN MARKET, April ls.--Sales were
| 5000 bales--Inarket steady, and prices supper
ted but very little higher-l-S and farthing.
/ AMERICAN Provision MARKET.-Good in
quries-but few arrivals stock small. From
the East the arrivals have been large.
ARRIVALS OF CoRN.-Several large cargoes
of Indian Corn have arrived in Dublin.
! CHEESE TRADE.-There is little Of fine En-
glish Cheese on hand in the London Market
I The demand for niddling is not great. The
stock of American is small-300 tons.
OREGoN QuEsTIoN.-Nothing new has
transpred on this subject, and matters remain
in stdtu quo.
| Com TRApE.-Since the Great Western
sailed, there has been an improved demand
for wheat, and the prices have risen somewhat
/ in Liverpool the corn trade is better.
BANK FaILuRE.--Latham s Co., Bankers,
/ Dover, have failed. Liabilities IlO0,O0O.--
Dividend l5.shillings TO the pound
! MAHUFAcTuRtNG DIsTRICTs.--Ihe latest
adyices are of more favorable character
| More business has been doing al Rochdale IN
the flannel market-bu: prices are no BETTER
In Manchester, prices have declined, general
! ly the prices are dull.
| A wreck has been seen off Shorehain.
Electric Telegraph from Folke'stone
| ArrEmpr TO KILL THE king OF THE
! FsEScH.-About 81 O'Clock on Thursday. as
I .ouis Philippe was returning from his drive
\ in the forest Of Fontainbleau, a man seated up
4 on the wall fred at the King His family
were with him. Several balls struck inside
the carriage, but no one was Injured. The as
sassin was arrested. His name is Loconate.
He is an old General, guardian OF the Forest
Journal des Debats
IRELANp.-The news is distressing-ln some
parts Of Tipperary the peasan,ry, unable to re-
sst the cravings Of hunger any longer, have
broken into the shops and helped themselves.
The town of Clommell is in state Of siege,
and the poor, starving people are only KEPT
down by fear of the bayonet.
SPAS.-The latest accounts from SPAN an
nounce the very gratifying fact that Naryaez
has been driven out Of the country. He has
fed to the South Of France. The liberty Of me