Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-05-07
EIGHT DAYS LA'rE,S FROM Ell
ROPE.
STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA ASHORE
ON CAPE con.


The Steamship CAMBRIA, CaptJud.
kline, left Liverpool on the 10Th nit,
and arrived at Halifax on the LIST inst.
with 90 to 100 passengers; landed 20
at Halifax and started for Bo"on 4
bout 20 min. to IL on Saturday night,
the weather foggy, and the ship nun
ming at half speed, and about taking
soundluIs, the ship struck on the hcoch
off Truro, some five miles from High
land Light, Cape Cod.
The engines were reversed, and an
chors thrown ont, and every cXcrlon
made 10 get her off, but without effect Il
was about half tide when she struck.
and the weather calm, though there
was considerable swell of the sea-
AT the last accounts she was heading
south, and very little apprehension
was felt for her safety.
Geo. b. Blake, Esq. and Capt. Che
ter, two of the passengers, went ashore
at Truro, procured horses and rode 10
Plymouth, where they procured an eI.
press engine, which brought them to
this city at about half past d p. NJ
They brought but one paper, the En-
ropean Times, which was left at the
Merchants Exchange.
The whole distance from Truro 10
Boston, round the base OF the Cape, one
hundred and thirty miles, they accom-.
pliShcd in ten hours; which consider
ing the necessary delay in procuring
conveyance, may be considered remark
ably swift.
The news is quite unlmporaht
Cotton had advanced l-Sd to far
thing per pound i'll consequence Of the
news by the Hibernin, confirming the
previous accounts Of defect in the O..
mount of the crop.
Business OF almost every description
was in n state Of sta~nn'ioN
The British Parliament had aga4
met, and the Irish Coercion Bill form
ed the chief matter Of discussion.
ireland was growing worse and worse
Famine and murder tell the whole sio-
~ from that country.
Narvaex had been driven out o.
Spain III consequence ola quarrel VIVA
Christina, to the general gralIuca'i'"
of the ,,eoplc.
, Another attempt Lad been made o"
the life of the King OF France ASh
was riding in the forest ofFontalnb.c'u
he was fired at by a man sitting on
fence, but escaped without injury
Lord Broue ham had been creating
Sensation" at Paris.
lord Stanley, 1t was SAID, wrai
take the lead IN opposition to Sir h,
I bet Peel.
There is nothing later rom India.
The ST. petersburgh journals, pu.
liShed the reports OF General Prime
AnbronlkoH, CommauderiD-Cmd r.
Southern Daghestan. According
these reports, part ofthc Caucaua u.-.
be- recorded as cntuelypacltied.
Tho Russian detachments haychaI
some skIrmlshes with the Schotchcn.
which latter were worstcd, and Oh.
country, one ofthe most difficult IN 'hf
Caucasus, is thereby opened to heRus
sian armies.
Several extensive iron cOmpau.e aT
busly engaged IN casting moriar ar'
field pieces Of large cahbre, under e.l
tract with the British government
Both classes Of engineers IN the ro}a.
navy have had their wages increase.
and the Observation-Disclosures Is gong ae
with great rapidly, at various ports
Several more failures have ta.e.
place at Glasgow, and the iIabunr "a
one party, extensively engaged a '.
IRON trade, are stated al upwards 70.
100000.
Upwards Of $4,000 trees have bee.
destroyed ia the Royal forest OF Saf.
IN France, by conAagmuon.
Heavy floods have done much a.-