Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-08-11
4; From tkc NJ IY.5 Com. Advertiser, 30th July.
III DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE,

- III AYSssLA LEN II reOHi- ~ WI Z.
sARRIyAL,oE THE, srEAIsHIPtW WASHINGTON N.
The American steam packet ship Wash
singtun,a Captain Hewitt, arrived at her
& dockin this city at about twelve O'Clock
,his;day. with l46 passengers. In, sconse-
5quence.of the foggy state of the atlnos-
4 phereeshet was announced by telegraph
only a short time before her. arrival at the
wharf: Z. 81 .f =
8 The Washington, itappears, left South.
ampiou ou,sthe .dayoriginally designated
1; for her departure, the j 9th instant, but 10
= Consequence Of The bad quality Of the coal
on board was obliged to put back, and did
= moi, sail again uu,il,lhe 18th. =
Before she reached the. Needles it was
i found that the furnace here was partially
destroyed; they were, however replaced
With new ones; these in turn were affected
and il became evident that it would be
unsafe to continue The voyage; under these
circumstances, the vessels head was
turned at half.past3 a. m. on Sunday, ,and
--she arrived in Southampton again on the
afternoon ofthe same day,
A meeting eE passengers was called, ,and
committee for investigation of nine per-
sons.enlirely unconnected with the ship,
and of three or four different nations,
was chosen. This committee examined
the coal, the bars, &C., and received the
reports of officers Of The vessel, including
the Two chief engineers. The report OF
; this conmilloe was unanimously accepted
by the passengers and ordered to be pub
lished.
Prorogalion of Parliament.-We cah
now state confidently thalP Parliament will
be prorosued by Her Majesty in person,
on Thursday next.-Gtobe.
Installation of Prince Albert at Cam.
(. bridge.-The installation Of The Prince
: Chancellor, at Cambridge, attracted 10
that eminent seat of learning, not only her
Majesty, but almost all her Ministers land
the members sloflhe Court. The Duke of
) Wellington, Lord John Russell, Sir Rob-
Z ert Peel. aud a great many bishops and
. other personages of distinction were pres
cut. &.5ats
We regret to stale that fever to an
5 alarming degree still prevails in Liverpool.
In adiiiont 10 The deaths already recorded
the Rev. Wm. Dale, OF ST.. Mary's Ed
mund street, died on the evening Of Sa-
,urday week. He is the eighth victim TO
the pes,iIence amongst the Catholic clergy
Of Liverpool. The authorities have re-
( solved to take instant steps, now that the
new Poor.law is coming into operation,
mildlyibu firmly TO remove the number
S of pauperswhich}have so long besiegsd
the5,6wn Of Liverpool. Typhus fever is
increasing alarminsly among the 'navvies'
{ employed on the Caledonian railway. In
temperance, want of vegetable food, and
the. damp huts which these laborers in
habit, have contributed TO increase the
prevailing disease. In London, although
some .oftypboid have occurred,
! thegmetropolis.is generally exempt from
malignant fever. "A :: q, i5il
5 rs FRANCE.
;s The trialbefores the. French C Chamber of
Peers continues 10 absorb public a.sention
I in France. Every day eedings hasI
beensmarked BY some incidentof a novel
sas1d most fsexsTiagK KInd liIezt ess:
iation OF stranger occurrences and dlscoy-3
cries give this trial the, character Of a great
drama. VI. IS ~ ~ s.
On Tuesday morning the: public was
star,led,by statement that the previous
evening NJ. Teste had attempted TO com
nit suicide. The following is from the
National -i
aBetween eight and nine o'clock last
evening an explosion was heard in one Of
the chambers.in the prison of the Luxem-
bourg. occupied by the accused'parties in
the affair ofthe Gounbenans mines. The
attendants rushed in, and it was found
thar M. Teste had attempted TO commit
suicide.saHe had placed pistol in his
mouth and pulled the trigger, but the
pistol missed FIRE. He then placed a second
pistol close TO his heart and fired, but he
had pressed the weapon with such force
against the part that the ball did not enter
and fell to the ground. No wound was
Inflicted, land The only trace ofthe explosion
was black mark from The powder on the
flannel waislcoat and the skin. 1t was
remarked that the discharge from the
second pistol produced alsevere confusion
aud violent swelling; and IL was with
great difficulty NJ. Teste could be induced
10 submit 10 have the confusion dressed.
"'rhis account" writes our c0rrespon-
dent, sis uhhappily true;" bur what adds
to the horror Of The circumstance is, that
Mr.. Teste's son is suspected Of having
supplied his father with the pistols: The
CONFUSION was dressed, and keeper placed
over the unfortunate man.
: The report Of Mondays proceedings
has explained The case of M. Teste's des-
pair. Tie evidence of NJ. Ro1ueberl, the
notary of NJ. Pelabra, left no doubt on
any persons mind that the bri5e Of 100000
francs had been received by the minister.
aa: London Herald, July l5.
Messrs., Du Fay and Co., of Manches.
ter, in their trade report just published
remark: "A greatly cheering feature in
oureSportsis the increasing trade with
the United States, which has been some
compensation for the stagnalion in our
commerce to other countries. II is also
very gratifying TO observe, that if The ex-
poris for llIc twelve months ending the 18th
June are compared with the same period
Of the preceding year, the decrease is