The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-21
FoHFHER:: FOREIGN NEWS NY
TIIR NORTH AMERICA
GREAT nRIrtAx.


GREAT BRIriAs
Inc Z. >. steam fiigate Susauehanua hal I'm s,r
Ihs discharging Of the Atlantic eahis from, ,,.
six weeks fNSs~a s~as""ee1py :" ABOUT
The Earl of FitE~ilIiam /. dead.
it Is semi-ofleialiy announced that Il, q, ,n,uu,
10 reduce the standard for recruits from = taas
usaes 'or ,he cavalry TO feos S inches nna from
teet inches for infantry, TO feet Inches tha
age TO be extosded to 80 years '''0
IL is also announced that l.rtber farce of In 400
mitia Is TO be at once called out; this will ra;s.
the force OF embodied militia 10 80 o0O '''
IL IS reported that Mr.. Thomas Beatty Locke.
Formerly partner in the firm of Messrs Uarri
son, Watson Co.. bankers, of Hull has nnf nm
end to his life. The assumption is that the unfor
tunate gentleman was involved as a large creditor
OF the BANK or oil the parties implicated In its fail
ure. Mr. Locke was we'll known In Hull and bigh-
~ respected.
The total ascertained SUBSCRIPTIONS from oil
quarters TO the Indian fund did not exceed f10O.-
900.
Sir Il. Bcrling has resigned his seat for East
Kent, and Wnl. Eades has again become candi.
date.
THE MEETING OF THE EMPEROR.
dispatch from Weimar mentions that nothing
had been decided as TO when thesEmperors would
take their departure.
COMMERCIAL
QUEBEC, Oct. l9-Letters 10y the North America re-
port an eighth advance in Gotten, aud quotes fair
closed hrm Flour had declined I'd. Trade in the
manufacturing districts WAS unchanged Money
very active, rates hardening though the heavy pay
ments due Oh the ath passed of tavorably, and no
failures were announced. Consols declined "a jim
consequence of the tight money market and the un
favorable position of affairs in India.
The announcement of the suspension of the Phila-
dephia banks reached England by the Baltic, but
sufficient time had not elapsed for the development
OF the effect
The funds were prejudced lately by large sales
The amount Of stock thrown upon the market is
ap4r no aal arah h..
Ieyed 20 have been partly on banking account.
The demand for money is extremely heavy in all
quarters, and the applications st the bank exten
rive.
BLOODY AND UNPRovoKED MURDER-0n Saturday
night last, wanton murder was perpetrated in
Tenth Avenue, near the corner of Twenty-irst
street, New York city. The following particulars
are copied from the Herald:
The victim, Mr.. John Swenson. of No. $40 West
Twenty-seyenth street, was in company with his
wis when the assassin aimed the deadly blow
The circumstances attending the horrible tale are
as follows :-Slr. and Mrs. Swenson were returning
TO their home in Twenty-seventh street, when they
were met at the corner of Twenty-frst street and
Tenth avenue by three young fellows who were
going In an opposite direction One of them step
ped up To Mr. Swensoa without the slightest pro-
vocation and elbowed him of the sidewalk Mr..
owenson said somethang TO his wife about the con-
duct of the rowdy, when the latter construed the
language as applied to him, and, in an insulting
latter, becoming somewhat rexed at the imperti-
nence of the fellow, replied in sharp tone ''What's
that to you?" Thereupon the rowdy made II
spring at him, and stabbed him in the breast with
Il dirk or clasp knife, iutiicting CHASTITY wound
from which the blood flowed in torrents The
wounded man tried to grappe with his assailant,
but the latter eluded his grasp. and. i'll company
with his companions, started off at quick pace
down towards the North river The cries of Mrs.
3 ab the horrible situation of her husband soon
drew a large rumher of citizens to the spot, who
followed the direction taken by the tugitIves, but
could find no trace of them whatever.
The wounded man lived but a few minutes after
receiving the fatal blow. He just had time to tell
his wife that he had been murdered. when he sank
exhausted up, n the sidewalk, and died.
Information Immediately conveyed to the
Sixteenth Ward Station House, when posse Of
men were detailed to scour the entire ward in
search of the assassin. After long and weary
search the policemen were obliged to relinQuish
their efforts and return to the station house. The
murder was witnessed by a lad named David Scott,
who had also been attacked few minutes previous
ly by the very man who aimed the deadly blow at
Mr.. Swensons heart He stated that the fellow
drew q knife upon him and threatened to kill him.
The assailant was, to all appearance laborng un-
der the effects Of intoxicating liquor at the time of
the occurrence: but the successful manner in which
he effected his escape by fight, proves clearly that
he could not be very much intoxicated. and was
not wholly deprived of his reasoning faculties
when he made the unproyoked and brutal assault
upon the dect a5ed.
THE CHICAGO FIRE.-The fire which occurred in
Chicago, Ill, on Monday morning, consumed pro-
perty to the value Of 100000, only half Of which
was Insured The principal sufferers fol-
lows:-Messrs Comnick Co., hardware dealers
Si0,0o0 Messrs. Pilworth Co., cIotheirs $4,000;
j. ii. Durham, {25,000: VIM Shay, dry goods deal
er, Sl3ocoo; Messrs. Cook Co, booksellers, $780,
OU0; Edward Hampstead, grocer, $4,000; Messrs.
Lewis Page, oil store, $4,000.
The following persons were killed by the falling
of the walls of the burning building:-John Dick
ey; Pt ter keuvan, fireman; Mr. Barn um, proprietor
OF a variety store; Mr. Clark, merchant. Fears
are also entertained for the safety of others who
were missing. The origin of the fire is unknown
BosToN SHIP FROZEN Up IN RUSSIAN TERRITORY
Capt. Turner, of schooner Lewis Perry. which ar
rived at san Francisco, September 18th in seven
teen days passage from Petropoovski reports that
the ship Europa, of Boston, Captain Robinson had
been frozen in the ice in the Amoor river for
twelve months, and was got out lust before the
Lewis Perry sailed, and safely anchored in Castro's
Bay. Some Of her crew had gone ashore intoxica
ted, and were frozen to death upon the ice while
lying upon it. Two Others of the crew had their
fingers frozen SO badly that they had to be ampu
tated, which rendered their hands entirely useless
Boston TFdpeiter.
HEAVY FAnUREs.-The Montreal Commercial Ad
vertser of Monday reports the failure of Burstall
CO., of Quebec, with liabilities of $500 900 AL
so, rumor that the Grand Trnnk Railway had
100000 of sterling exchange returned under pro-
! TEST solu W the damn VI upper NaLaua several
large manufacturing houses 10 Montreal have sus-
pended operations, and nearly two thousand ope-
rstiyes thrown out of employment. Business
is extremely dull and the financial pressure daily
becoming worse.
| FATAL AFFRAY on w EsTERN STgANER.-The Mound
City (ll.) Emporium, of the Sth inst, gives an ac
count of fatal affray board the steamer Gazelle
near that place, on Wednesday last The difficulty
arose between some passengers and the cook. Gil
| bert Boreu, of Mound City, a passenger, and the
| cook killed. and Abram Clemson and Mr.
Hudson were perhaps mortally wounded
| The San Domingo revolution is still in progress
| and with prospect of the complete overthrow of
| the existing BaeZ government. Numerous towns
had pronounced for the revolutOnists, under Santa
! Anna and President Baez was likely to be driven
| from the country. Several of the most prominent
| men had been banished, and others imprisoned by
| the revolutionists.
BIGAMY.--Godfrey, the comrade of the late Doctor
Kane, who has been committed TO prison In Philu
delphia, on the charge of having three wives at
one time, is still unable to procure bail to the
amount of two thousand dollars demanded by the