Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-18
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days, is Henry NJ Paine, of Worcester,
the great " shot at" gas king, &c Sev-
eral years ago the papers were illed with
his name, and the accounts OF tie repeat
ed efforts " hich had been made to kill him,
wherever he went he was constantly shot
al in L most mysterious way but, strange
/ ly enough, he was never injured, and no
one was ever present when these attempts
we;e made 10 Kill him. His house was
well perforated by bullets, and occasionally
he exhibited holes in his hat After this
he was quiet fox time then lie turned
up, few moalhc ago, as the disGoverer Of
new process Ly ahlch c beautiful burn
ing gas was manufactured from cou.mon
water. The papers all rung with this extra
ordinary scientific discovery bu, the bubble
soon exploded and afer having humbugg-
ed great many persons, the public came
10 the sensible conc 'u,ion that Mr. Paine
was all gas, His latest announcement is
that some one has sent him sample of
cigars, aud that in attempting 10 smoke
enc, it exploded and severely burned his
face
7 DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE
The steamship llbernla, arrived at Hall
fax on Thurs ay morning, bringing the
rJlowing inte 'lgenee 80.
POLITICAL.
/ The ministry have been sustained by the
Commons 10 the Greek affair By ma ority
Of rs.
The cue lion Of lie itcrea.e Of Louis Nd-
poleon's salary has received the sanction of
the Wrench Assembly.
Ii is said that Gen. Narvarz had warm
discussion with the Minister Of the United
States, in which he expressed the aston
'shmenl and rcgre' OF The Spanish Govern
ment that the Government Of The United
States had nol only no, prevented the ex-
pcdition Of Lopez from being prepared in
the states, but had allowed it TO depart with
the obiec of attacking Cuba And i, IS al.
so reported that The Spanish Minister has
addressed a warm Temons,rance to Wash
lugton embodyng tire views Of the Spanish
Government, and that this note is no, witt
len in a very am"aNle spirit.
INDIA.
Through the kinlness Of Csp,. Lang, Of
'he lllbernia. we have a telegraphic de-
spaich from London on Saturday morning.
announcing the arrival of the Overland
Mali with Bombay dates Of 2jih May. SEQ.
At Benares upwards Of 1000 persons los,
their lives by the explosion Of magazine
boat loaded with 5000 bbls Of punpow der.
A fleet of 90 boats were destroyed, be-
81 es doing immense damage 10 the town
near which the ezploa on took lace.
The Commercial advces rel resen, bust
ness very dull. The season is considered
closed.
10 mar ne news reported
ENGLAND.
The chic! feature Of the news Of the
week is the debate in Il G House of Com
mons relative 10 the policy of Ministers on
the Greek question, and the commiital of a
cowardly assau on The Queen by man
named Plats, formerly an officer in the
10Th Draguons. The offence was commit
ted against Her Majesty in the following
manner -
Shortly after O'Clock on Thursday e,
ching lley Majesty was leaving Cambridge
House, in company win Prince Albert,
when from amlrg the crrwd assembled TO
witness he: departure, man walked on
With walking cane in his hand and made
an assault on the person of Her Majesty
he struck her on the head aud face repeat
no effect bcyol the demolition Of her bon
net. The Queen appeared at the Station
Opera the same evening, where che was
greeted with the most loyal and cnihusiss-
TIC reception. The miscreant has been TAX
en- into custody, and has undergone an e1-
animation, at which he appeared perfectly
sane, and it is sad he has been livirg in
good circumstances. .t
On Monday III ht Mr.. Roebuck brought
forward his condempalory monon relative
10 the policy Of tho Government on tho
Greek question. aud an exciting md very
able debate was kept up every successive
night, wi, varied success TO both PARTIES,
ull Friday, when a di"ision pronounced
maimi'y Of 80 10 favor of Ministers
IN a House Of ga this vote is said 10
to he n fair index Of The state Of public feel,
ing in England, as the dcepcs, in,rigues
are on foot to compel the preser, Ministers
TO resign. p1 'a
Lo,d Palmerston's speech in vind.caiion
of hls conduct said Ia have been espcc-
ially brilliant. According TO Mr. Glad
s,oac, he spoke from The dark OF one day
to tho dawn of another day, onl made a
gigantic, Intellectual aud physical effort.
ITALY. ,,s
The position of Rome is still most salts
factory. a commission Of Cardinals hass
been named TO discuss the affairs Of tbs
country. and We are told that tho police has
been placed under the Austrian MILITARY su-
thoriy. o..
/ AT Naples frghlful accident has oc