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‘ol. VINI.~-No. 154.—-Whele Ne. 3005. ¥ORK, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1842. Price Two Cents, TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER COLUMBIA. Terrible Fire at Hamburgh-——Awfal Rail- road Accident in France—Another At- tempt to Assassinate the King of France— Parliamentary Proceedings —Troublos in Spain—French Successes in Africa, é&c, ‘The Steamship Columbia arrived at Boston on Thursday morning, at 6 o’clock. The money market remained just about the same ag at the last previous dates. We have no improvement to notice in trade. On the contrary, the dullness which had for some time prevailed has, if possible, increased. People seem to have made up their minds to’ enter upon no busi- ness transactions whatever, until the new tariff shall have passed into a law. On Tuesday afternoon the pressure for money on the Stock Exchange became so severe for a short time that some of the jobbers had to pay as high as at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for accommo- dation for a few days, but the market soon reco- vered. Money is abundant. Good bills can be discount- ed atthree per cent.; and many of the first mer- chants, instead of employing their capital in the or- dinary way of business, are seeking for its invest- ment on loan—fortunate if they can obtain 44 per cent. The Queen’s great Ball Masque was the most splendid affair of the kind ever got up. The English papers are full of the particulars. Asuccessful experiment had been made in London by several distinguished physicians, in removing a cataract from the eye by meaneef galvaniem. The subject created a good deal of interest, The steam ship Great Western made her last pas- sage to Liverpool in twelve days and seven hours, Seven more ships, with sixteen hundred troops, had sailed for India, which shows a determination on the part of the government to push the war against Afighanistan. There continued to be a great many failures in the commercial business of London, and also in the manufacturing towns. One of the heaviest houses in Manchester stopped payment on the 14th. The southern counties of England had sufiered somewhat from drought, while in the northern part the season was quite wet. On the whole, vegeta- tion was quite promising. The disturbances in some portions of Ireland still continued, and were generally traceable to the ex- citement on the subject of “repeal.” The country in and about Tipperary was in. a very excited con- dition. A great fire is said to have befallen the Austrian town of Steijer, not far from Lintz, where 400 houses were consumed, and three-fourths of the inhabi- tants, who were celebrated for their iron manufac- tures, were left without shelter. A Vienna letter informs us that the Railroad be- tween that city and Raab was opened on the 5th inst. as far as Gliggnitz, with a convoy of between 500 and 600 persons invited by the Count de Sina with whom the first idea of the road originated, and and who was accompanied on this occasion by Prince Milosch. ‘The report that Bungaree, the Australian pugilist, died, owing to his severe punishment, is unfounded The remains of Admiral Dumont D’Urville, his wife, and son, who unfortunately perished by the railroad accident near Paris on the 8th instant, were interred with much pomp on Monday last in the cemetery of Mont Barnasse, after the usual cere- monies of St. Sulpice. Eight new islands in the Pacific, are stated by the Cape papers, to have been discovered by an English whaler; they are fertile, inhabited, and of considera- ble extent. A Kilmarnock paper says—‘‘Scarcely a day elapses without departures of emegrants taking place, com- posed of agriculturalists, mechanics,and other classes of the cemmunity.”” Mr. Washington Irving delayed his departure for Spain, in consequence of a special invitation to the queen’s ball At Sierra Leone last year, nine European women died out of a total of thirteen then residing in the colony; the colonists nevertheless accounted it a healthy season. A private letter from Munich, of the 11th instant, states, that the utmost exertions were being made at Berlin, Augsburg, and in fact throughout Germany, to collect subscriptions for the sufferers by the late calamitous fire at Hamburgh. It was feared that many of the German insurance companies would be seriously compromised by that event. It wasaaid that a company at Gotha would lose 10,000,000 florins. It is repotted that another conspiracy to assassi- nate Louis Philippe, the King of the French, has been discovered at Paris, owing to the confessions of the mistress of one of the conspirators, who her- self has since been murdered. The parties arc said to be persons cer rected with the former culprits, Queniseet, Considere, &c. On Thursday, there were no lesa than six vessels lying at Greenock with full complements of passen- gers for various ports in America. A letter has been received{from Algiers, May 1, announcing that General Changarnier had just made a successful excursion against the Arabs, and cap- tured 6,000 head of cattle. The correspondent at Alexandria of the Sema- phore de Marseilles states, under date of April 26, that 21,000 stands of arms had been landed there by an Englith etenmer, and had been immediately focyenges to Suez for the use of the British troops in The British Parliament, The only Temarkable feature of the proceedings of the Britieh parliament is the introduction of a bill by Sir James am, to continue the new poor-law five yenrs longer, and to abolish the unions constitu- ted under whatis commonly called Gilbert's Act, in order that the law may be uniform thronghout the country. Sir Robert Peel was still carrying out his mea- sures with a strong hand, and his “ manageable ma- jority” came fully up to the ecratch and obeyed his behests as (fully and fervently as he could desire, There was merely a show of opposition by the libe- ral whigs, out of respect to the past administration ; but still coupled with a disposition to give the Pre. mierplenty of rope, and hold him responsible for the use of it. . An examination into certain election frauds had disclosed a system of profligacy without a parallel in the history of representation. Mr. Roebuck had made himself very conspicuous in ferreting out these frauds. Several members of the Commons had left their seats and gone home, rather than suffer an investigation as to the means by which they got there. Among them were members from Lewes, Harwich and Penrya. Hex Masesty’s Fancy Dress Bata.—This bril- Tiant fete excited both astonishmentand delight ; it re: the liveliest creations of the imagination, and presented as it were the description of the an- cient chroniclers bodily before te dresses, as might naturally be expected, were of the most magnificent description, and those which did not dazzle with their magnificence, attracted the eye by their singularity, or amused the faney by their qnaintness, Y ‘The entire suite of state-rooms were opened, and most brilliantly illuminated with chandaliers, can- delabra, and branches, Map of Hamburgh, with the part of . Her Majesty wore a crown of gold, studded with jewels of various colors, the points of the crown be- ing formed with the vine leaf, From the crown were suspended oreilettes of diamonds. Her Ma- is wore two rows of large ‘ete round her neck he mantle of cloth of gold was fastened by 2 broad gold band, extending the whole width of the chest, studded with large eee of various colors, while a similar band, studded in the same manner, was laid down the whole length of thegchest, the eflect of the whole being that of a large jewelled cross ; the miniver with which the surcoat was co- vered in front forming the back ground. The ef- fect of this was very beautiful. It would have been impossible, in the whole of that noble and brilliant assembly, to have hesitated a moment in selecting the representative of the chivalric Edward, even if his eral highness had not been distinguished by any of the emblems of sovereignty. e Prince wore a crown similar in design to that of the Queen. His mantle of red velvet, bordered with gold, and edged with pearls, was fastened across the chest with a broad and jewelled gold band. The tunic, of blue embroidered in gold, was fastened eck by a jewelled collar of great bril- the ficent mode of termination t i A beautiful girdle, supporting a diamond-hilted sword, completed the leading features of Prince Albert’s costume. H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, as well as II. R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, showed excellent taste in sinking their ranks as to costume, on this occasion, and told pata only as ladies of rank in the fifteenth entury. Vain would be the task to point out even half the ladies who drew our gaze last night ; but three sis- ters SA Reay, famed for the loveliness of itsdaugh- ters, attracted alleyes. We refer to the Countess of Chesterfield, the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and Miss For- Tester, three sister graces. The Countess represent- ed Donna Florinda, and nothing could exceed the chaste elegance of her costume. Her robe was of white satin, richly embroidered in Sold, _and pro- fusely ornamented with those splendid diamonds, tare emeralds, and large pearls, which haye so often excited the admiration, ue the envy, of her lady- figs fair and noble contemporaries. Lady Ches- terfield betrayed a profound knowledge of ‘the sci- ence of the toilette ; and the effect to be produced by such matchless jewels as hers, by selecting a white robs, which set off to equal advantage those lustrous gems and the bright eyes and jetty tresses of the lovely wearer. on. Mrs. Anson represented La Duchesse de Launebourg, and wore a tunic of pale blue reps pees, cree rig silver, oe ae eae pearls a: jamonds, over a scarlet velvet frappeé, and richly trimmed with gold lace. Tier cofeee was charmingly becoming, and never did a costume accord better with the peculiar character of beauty of this lovely blonde. The Hon, Miss Forrester, as Blanche de St. Pol, appeared to singular advantage, and Um costume, like herself, was universally ad- Tired. The Earl of Chesterfield’s costume, by its sober grandeur, and the costly diamonds with which it was ornamented, was acknowledged to be match- less ; and eee the Second himself, so rich in jew- could not have been more splendidly attired.— Col. George Anson, in a magnificent dress of the time, was an admirable representative of the house of Medi: Maidstone, as the Duke of Lau- nebourg, was splendidly costumed. ‘ A costume which attracted much attention was that of her Grace the Duchess of Beaufort, who ap- peared as Isabella de Valois, fs of Spain. Her robe was composed of drap d'argent, embroidered with bouquets of flowers with gold stems ; and the tablier, stomacher, and under sleeves, of crimson velvet, studded with pearls and diamonds. The loose sleeves were formed of the same costly mate- rials, and ornamented with aiguillettes of silver. ‘The leading teature of the ball was the assem- bling and the meeting of the two Courts of Anne of erp, Duchess of Cambridge) and Edward and PI og (her Majesty and Prince Albert.) About half past ten the heralds marshalled the [tee oe from the lower suite of rooms, and the Duchess of Cambridge appeared in @ magnificent costume, led by the Duke of Beaufort, as Louis XII, equally magnificent, and followed by the reet of her court. ese were divided by heralds and marshals into quadrilles, and marched in the fol- lowing order:—After the Royal party, consisting of Prince George; the Princess Augusta, &c., came the Highland Quadrille, the Greek Quedrille, the Hungartans, the Knights Templars, and the Sara- cens. These on youolt jing the ‘Throne-roore passed before the Sovercign, making their obeisances, and then formed themselves for dancing, which imme: diately commenced. Her Majesty left the ball-room about a quarter to three o'clock, but dancing was continued for about an hour afterwards. Sir Charles Napier aj the character of Ali ee chi Captain Elliot wore a Chinese costume, suppos- ed to have belonged to his friend Commissioner in. Desravcrion oF one prerit_or vie: Crry or Han BURG BY Fine.—The city of Hamburgh, the great ercial emporium oft Germany, one of the most on the continent of Europe, is a heap of ler merchants were rejoicing at the pros- pect held out to them by the promised improvements in our commercial tariff ; now they are mourning over their richly stored warehouses in ashes, their houses devoured by the flames, and their prospects of increased prosperity scattered to the four winds of heaven. om e Bee hid out on the 14th inst., and which, there is eve believe, was the work of an incendiary, extended bei fifty two streets, most of which were reduced to ashes. Ona rough calculation, the loss of property was from three to four millions sterling, but it is be- lieved that the total loss will be double that amount No person can tell how many lives were lost, but a great number of persons must have perished. The canals through the city were dry, so that no water could be found, The fire raged from Wednesday night till Saturday morning. Jn the latter day, at nine o’clock, the Danish, Hanoverian, and Prissian troops entered the tow. and, being well supplied with gunpowder, commen: ced blowing up the houses to arrest the progress of ared at the Bal Masque in acha, and performed the part Wednesday night, | of theimmen: _ vn 9 ~!x // sy f ap 2/NNEN ALSTER the City Destroyed by the Conflagration. gal J i 2) fy the flames. This was completely effveted by Sun- day morming. The ~enate ordered every person to leave town and nothing could exceed the heart- rending spectacle of thousands of poor people _fran- tic with their oases, and without the means of pro- curing food or she’ The destruction of Mambnrgh is one of those ea- Jamities which will be felt in ry part of the com- mercial world. Great as may be the creditof the Sen- ate and people of LHamburgh with ign states, a centur: wile before the city can be replaced in all the prosperity destroyed by this conflagration In the midst of the coafusion ad incident occarred characteristic of the government and the people.— A public notice was every where put up, stating that the vault under the bank, containing the gold and silver bars, were fire proof, and that the bank books were all removed in perfect safety. i The Hamburgh Noue Zeitung of the 1th inet thus sums up the results of the sad “* Sixty streets, containing from ses, lie smouldering on the grounc ful but picturesque ruin. Two 5 with steeples exceeding 400 feet church with its tower, the Rath H Senate hold their sittings, the old dy pository of archives, the building of tie Society, are all destroyed. Reichspost 4 all the great booksellers, the offices of papers, (the Borsenballe, and the Correspondent) nearly all the great hotela and inns, (the Old London, the Belvidere, Hotel de Ruisse, St. Petersburgh, Street’s Hotel, the Crown Prince, the Wild Man, the Bramer Anthaus, the Black Llephant,) the prin- cipal magazins des modes and repositories of fash- ion, and nearly allthe chief apothecaries, are de- stroyed. The at Patriotic : following are safe:—The cellar where the bullion is deposited at the bank, the Ca- tharinen-strase der Wandralune, du Reichen-strase, The Fire in Hamburgh, s Hameunon, the 12th May, 1942. It was my intention, agreeably with my usual po to have waited upon. you to-day with my monthly cireu- lar ; but as general business has been completely paraly ed during the last week, owing to the dreadful calamity that has befallen Hamburg, it is rendered superituous. In lieu of it, however, I take the liberty of handing you a brief account of the conflagration, and to make my remar more jntelligible, add aplan of the town, exhibiting clear- ly the dreadful destruction that has taken pla ‘Th formation thus conveyed will, I presume, be acceptable, and your sympathy for the suiterers be com- mensurate with the desolation and distress into which they have been so suddenly and aw {fully plunged. The fire commences we dnesday, the et, and having shertl: ning spi- ighly inflammable articles, spread with such frightful rapidity, that by day-break on the 5th, 27 houses and warehouses were in flan The most stre- nuous exertions of the firemen to arrest its progress proved unavailing, and towards the afternoon the church of St. Nicholas caught, ant by the fall of its steeple spread the fire in every direction, By noon on the 6:h, the old Exchange, Senate House, and neighborhoo!, were con- sumed, and shortly afterwards the newer Grossen Blicken, and the old Jungfe incumbered with masses of furniture brought thi other quarters for safety) were inflam The utmost consternation prevailed at this juncture, as it was the whole northern and western part of the town woul be sacrificed, but by the judicious isolation of the fire, b the blowing up of several houses atthe end of the Jung- fernstieg towards the Ganse market, and a providential change of wind, it was effectually checked in this quar ter. The destructive element then raged with increased fury, in the direction of the old town, and when on the morning of the 7th the cathedral of St. Peters was observed to be on fire, apprehension and anxiety had reached their climax, as in the then mn of the wind, which was hourly increasin; 3 ot the old town, the principal warehouses, and roperty, within them hung upon a thread that might break from one instant to another. ‘The general consternation was also augmented by rts, destitute it appears of foundation, ring the night to set to the town in vari- ous other directions, the consequences of which, hal the proved successful, must have entailed its entire destruc- tion. This dreadful stateofthings lasted the whole day, and in every Note even in ‘those remotest from the then' re of the disaster, (pyines might be seen leaving their Awellings with such of their valuables and furniture as they bad the moans of saving, and hastening from a town which ap; ing, however, the wind, which had increased to a perfect rricane, veered round to the southward and eastw: ind this providential change, by driving the flames back on themselves, prevented further misch. They reach- ed the Holydamm on the Alster at about 7 P.M., affording from the new Jungfernstieg, on the opposite side of the | water, t most awfally grand spectacic that could pose bly be itnessed ; but were hailed with the utmost than’: fulness in that direction as the harbingers of safety, and as | the last efforts of the confiagration. A’ few hours suificed | to show that too sanguine bopes had not boen entertaine: and by the morning of Sunday the 8th, nothing further remained to be done than to watch the rvins, and extin- guish the ap tana poets under them. The fire has laid waste sinty strects, containing about 2000 houses and ware- houses, and seven churches. The value of tho houses slone was 56 to 60 millions of marks banco, or about 4 to 44 millions sterling, and the total loss, public and private, is estimated at fully 150 millions, equal to about 11 million sterling. The loss of life has also been deplorable | bodies having already been dug out of the ruins. Among the goods destroyed, West India and American tobacco, ts, cotton, Silesian linens, and manufactured goods, | occupy the most prominent places, | Itis gratifying to beable to state, notwithstanding the | Confusion and distraction occasioned by this catastrophe, | a most laudable disposition is manifested to fulfil all pecu- niary engagements and that the payments at the bank have not been suspended for a single moment. The ut most liberality is observed in discounting and all parties | appear desirous of doing whatever they can towards light- ening the position of their unfortunate neighbors and pre venting those consequences, whi ler such cireum- stances, a less judicious policy might easily en| the community. A temporary Exchange has use of since the 9th; but to-morrow the new Exchange, which, although surrounded by fire from the night of the 6th, and given up as lost, has not been injured, will again receive its members, and by its commodionsness will greatly facilitate the trensactions of general business, which will doubtless be resumed next week. The alacrity with which the inhabitants of the neighboring towns | fened to render assistance, is truly commendable, nor is the humanity less praiseworthy wh ch hes prompted to many both high and low, and froin far and near, to rend money, clothing, and quantities of the necessaries of life, to the committees for protecting from further mi those who have lost their all by the calamity, and ar without the means of providing themselves with either | Sustenence or shelter. I subjoin 2 list of the principal shipping srrived since the ith, which may to concerned in the cargoes, and beg to conelur with a remark thet Altona hes not suffered in any w' was evident that the fate | hat attemapts bo. | ry and want, | ‘ds import and export busi« usual. Don Quixotte, John Hale, Paquet de Vera Craz, Riga, Bremen, Anna, Nedaros, Os- rai, N. 5. de Bigonna, Junius from Havana; Call Scho, Merchant, from’ Matanzas; Hever, Condor, Fe drones Minde from St. ‘Thomas; Patmos, Maria, Hector, Vigilant, Carmin Packet, Columbus, from Port au Prince 5 Sophia irom Gonaiv samigos from Trinidad de Cuba; Appenrate Packet from Porto Rico ; Wilhelmina, John & Helene, from Mayaguez; Hermann, Stephani, Washington from New York , Henriette from Boston ; Godefroy, Prinzessin Louise from New Orleans; Experi- ment from Philadelphia ; Idaand Emma from Angostura; George, Diamant, Victoria from La Guayra; Bremen from Tobasco; Ida, Fortuna, Peaningham, from Pernambuco ; Hammonia, Cimber, Edward from’ Rio; Diana, Ania Louise, Hamburg, Westmoreland, from Bahia; Pegasus, from Para; Bon Pere from Maroim ; Triton from Maran- ham ; Olga, Herald from Batavia; Flora from Manilla. Brrrisi avo Forriay Socrery ror tae Surrres | SION OF JNTEMPERAN Yesterday the above soci- ety held their annual meeting in the great room, Exeter Hall, Earl, Stanhope, the president of the society, in the che ‘The room was notwell filled, upon, which fact the chairman commented in his opening | d coun: {all true friends of eran er of th: or thi | to become united, in order | had at heart should prosper. is report | Was read, from hi i at the funds of | the society were not in a dourishi g condition, and the committee strongly recommended that every means should be tied in order to efiect an union with the New British and Foreign Temperance So- ciety. The meeting was addressed by Mr. 8. Buck- ingham, the Rev. ©. Stovell, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Kenwick, Mr. R. Allen, Mr. Walkden, the Bishop h, Mr. Grosjean, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Whitta- . The whole burden of the speeches necessity for a complete union amongst all the friends of the cause of temperance. Few facts were stated, bat Mr. Allen said, that temperance had had the eflect of rendering the oftice of jailer near! a sineeure in Dublin, while in three years it had ad- ded nearly one half to the number of depositors in the savings bank of that city. ‘The Bishop of Nor- wich, in his speech, declared himself no teetotaller, although a warm friend to the cause of temperance He said he had heard it said that the teetollers had a seeret object in view, ch was no less than an ardent desire to putdown the church of England, and introduce the Pope. (Laughter.) He did not ay he believed it, but it wassaid by many. Had he thought there had been the slightest trath in the report, he would have opposed them by every means in his power; but he did not ; he gave them credit for supporting the cause of temperance on the same ground he did himself, and that was a firm be- lief that the spread of the temperance principle must lead to the ad of Christianity, and therefore to the strengthening of the church of England. Thanks having been voted to the noble chairman, the meet- ry sph Sturge has written to his friends at aim, who wish him to be put in nomination at the next election, to say, that he will accept of the honor, on the condition “ that no money be spent, or any improper influence exercised to bias a single vote in his favor.” New Roman Catnoric Catueprat.—Nearly > 000 has been subscribed for the purpose of erecting anew Roman Catholic Cathedral, on a most magmi- fieent seale,in York. The ground and_ buildings have already been purchased, and some of the latter have been ‘pulled down. Upon the site chosen a monastery formerly stood. ‘Phe ground, which ex- tendo frot the Holy Trinity Church t the Bar, ito be laid outas a crescent, in the centre of which the cathedral is to be erected. Mr. Pugh has been se- lected as the architect, and the works are to be com- menced immediately. Theatricals, Devry Lane: Tuearre —The play of the Stranger was performed on the 17th forthe benefit of Miss I. | Faueit. The performances of Mr. Macready as the Stranger and Miss Il. Faucit as Mrs. Haller, are sufli- ciently well known to need no further notice on this oceasion. Mr Keeley infused into the character of Peter hisgenvine humor, and Mrs. Keeley, as Char- lotte, mas the beay ideal of an insolent waiting maid. At the conclusion of the play Miss H. Faucit, led on by Mr. Macready, received the most enthusias- tic applanse from the audience, and a shower of bou- mets. The opera of La Sonnambula succeeded to the play, in which Miss Romer sustained the cha- racter of Amina, and Mr. Allen, that of Elvino. The | house was tolerabiy well filled, but we had hoped the merits of Miss H. Favcit would have insured her a bumper. Mr. Willoughby Weiss appeared on Friday at Miss Kemble’s matinee must-a’e in Dublin. ‘The amount of judgments obtained against Charles Matthews, and from which he seeks to be relieved hy the Insolvent Court, is £9,128. Thalberg has re-appeared in London. He gave a concert on Friday to a numerous audience at Wil- lis’s Rooms. By a letter from St. Petersburgh we have heard a very gratifying account of Taglioni’s career in that city. The presents which this distinguished danscuse received—the applause with which she was wel- comed—the royal personages who strove to de her honor—and more han all, the warm expressions of kindness and personal respect she elicited from the nation whieh she delighted, make a very glittering parado in this chapter of her life. Beaupre, the celebrated mime, whore fantastic dances and graceful pantomime long formed the de- light of the habitués of the Academie Royal, at Pi ris, and whose creation of the part of Poichinelle, the popular ballet of the.“ Carnival de Venise,’ drew down shouts #f admiration and laughter at bis astonishing imitation of his pasteboard “se fy in a manner no mortal limbs could be su ed to be distorted—is now no more. He died in his Sith | year, a pensioner of the Opera House. The talents of Beaupre were not confined tothe ludicrons. Ttis well known that Napoleon received instructions from him in representation, and that Talma studied | attimdes under hisdirections. Mad‘ Nathalie Fitzjames has just prodaced considerable effect at Versailles. She sang two acts ofthe Lucia di Lammermoor,” with remarkable expression ; she played the pantomimie part of Fe- | nella in the “ Muette de Portici,” and danced with Petipa the opening scene of the 'Griselle,” ‘These rare proofs of three-fold talent delighted and surprised the audience. Carlotta Grisi has arrived at Paris, and made her rentréeat the Academie Royale in her best part, one of her own creation, the Giselle, _ Atthe desire of the King of Prussia, Meyerbeer is at Berlin, superintending the rehearsal of his own opera, the “Huguenots.” He has been received with flattering distinctions. At no period was the musical art more highly cultivated, nor its professors more honored and rewarded. The management of the Italian Opera at Paris has been this season unsuccessful in att its specula- tions ; empty benches, small receipts, fiasco for their aew opera, and now to crown all, M. Dormoy, the firector, baffled and defeated by Ronzi, the singer, whom he had cited before the tribunals, on account upon the government alter the public ukase have not been dispelled by the pr of uflairs.— Times. jiua of the «ut aspect te India. There are no later dates from India than were brought by the iast previous artivel; bet ie English papers contain a mass of selections from Calcutta ournals which are highly interesting. the financial eondition of India appears to be dis- astrous in the extreme. Thisseems to be owing to two prominent causes. Jn the first place the rash attempt to oceupy Affgkanistan hes cost the go- vernment already nearly £20,000,000, a great share of which enonnovs eum has been drawn from the timate channels of trade. In the next place there is now no ubsolute money power like the old Company monopoly, capable, from its ready means and unbounded credit, of controlling half the finances of an. alleged simulated illness—Phomme de paille— the phantom-director was condemned to pay the expenses of the law suit. Sheridan Knowles’ new play at the Haymarket is to be entided *‘The Rose of Arragon.” Phelps is engaged to support a principal character. Charles Kean’s benefit is to take place at the Hay- market Theatre on Monday, the 28d instant, on which occasion a Shaksperian revival is promised. At Drury-lane the benefits furnish the only vay ty; “Marino Faliero” is announced, anda new farce ; but no novelties of mark. During the flve nights Mr, Vandenhoff and his daughter played at Cheltenham, the receipts did not average &: ‘The I ket is enriched by Mrs. Nisbett’ charming and impulsive gaiety ; she has been play- ing the Widow Cheerly, and redeeming Cherry's parlor pathos from sickliness in ‘The Soldier’: Daughter,” and Constance in ‘The Love Ch Farren and Mrs. Glover are also promised to i nate with Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. Cerito made her first appearance this season at her Majesty's ‘Theatre on Saturday night in the ballet “L'Eleve d’Amour,” and was received with the greatest enthusiasm by the audien Her dancing -eems to have gained much point of precision, while it has lost nothing of that ease and grace which cha racterised her former perforinances. France, A deplorable catastrophe took place on Sunde , on the Versailles and Moudon Rail- which one hundred and twenty persons since died of their wounds, way, b were killed, or ha and many maimed and weunded. In honor of the King’s fete, the water works in the gardens of Versailles were playing on Sunday, which attracted immense crowds from Paris. The train to which the dreadful accident occurred, left Versailles for Paris at half past five o’clock in the afternoon, and was crowded with passengery “There were,” Says one account, “seventeen or rey eenie wagons, with two engines before and one behind.” The velocity was excessive. When between Bellevue and Mendon, the axletree of the first ma- chine broke, and, stopping, the second .an over #, killing the stoker, and breaking the first machine in pieces, spilt its fire on the ground. Instantly six or seven wagons were broken in pieces, and the rest, running over the live fire of the broken engincs, burst into flames. It is the custom on the Left Bank Rail Road for the doors of the wagons to be closed, without any possibility of opening them except by keys in the hands of the conductors. No conduc- tors were forthcoming, and thus the inmates of three wagons were burned.” From this account itis clear, that but for the cus- tom of locking the passengers in the carriages, so yful a loss would not have taken place. . The Paris journals, without exception, anticipate war between England and America, unless that one or the other gives way, and eur private letters men- tion facts which would appear confirmatory of that anticipation. These facts are the definitive resolve ofthe French Government not to ratify the treaty of the 20th of December, 1842, for the suppression of the slave trade, and President Tyler’s approbation of all that the American Minister in Panis (General Cass) has written on the subject. Our correspondent, nevertheless, writes under a belief that no Ciiger of war between-the two countries yore and in the vosteript of his letter assures that the ¢ tches of the French Minister at Washington (M. Bacourt,) received by the Great Western, expressed an exp: tation that the question would be amicably arranged before the month of July next. “So confident is M. Bacourt of that result,” says our correspondent, “that he has applied to his Court forleave of absence 2” ‘The Count de Las Cases, who acagp pani Na- poleon to St. Helena, died at Passy on Monday last. Spain, Letters from Barcelona of the ith state that great apprehensions were entertained that disturbances would break out on the following day. ‘The Spanish journals of the 2d appear with a black border, that day being the anniversary of the insur- rection of Madrid against the French, in 1808, when great numberof inhabitants, headed by Valerde and Daviz, fell in the cause of their country. Letters trom Barcelona of the 10th state that the authorities had been extremely active in their en- deavors to extirpate the Carlist guerillas, Greece, PARTHQDAKE IN Greece.—Letters from Athens of the 28th ult. state, that several violent shocks of an earthquake were felt in various parts of the Pe- loponesus ; on the 18th, at Sparta, the shocks lasted from 25 te 30 seconds each. The inhabitants ran terrified out of their houses. On the same day, and in the course of the night, four or five other slighter shocks were experienced, Beyond the Eurotas an immense rock fell from Mount Menelos, near the village of Drouchas. An old tower, sittate in the town of Magoules was thrown to the ground. At Mistra the soil trembled with more violence than Sparta, and a portion of the Hellenlo College and were destroyed, The water of the springs and wells became turbid, and an enormous rock, having detached itself from the summit of old Mount Nistra rolled with terrific noise into the town. At Calames the first shock, felt at half past nine o'clock. lasted between 40 and 50 seconds, and there were ten others, from that hour until midnight, at intervals of three quarters of an hour. Most of the houses were damaged, and several in the neighbor hood actually gave way. Upwards of 50 dwellings were thrown down at Areopolis, and 15 towers crumbled at Gatylus. Many persons were buried under the ruins of their houses in the province of Mai At Androusa several churches fellin. On the 25th ult., at about four o’clock A. M., another oe was felt at Patras, which lasted a minute and a half. The Courier Gree announces that a red manna had fallen at Tripolitza and elsewhere, and thatthe Min- ister of the Interior had collected information re- specting that phenomenon, which would be submit- ted to the examination of the medical board. Rassia, The ukase of the Emperor of Russia, which was promulgated on the 2d of April, has caused a degree of fermentation in that empire, which it may not be easy to allay ; for under the system of absolute go- vernment, which binds. the yarious classes of that huge country within its iron circle, conspiracies and tioleiios are the cers possible expressions of disaflec- tion among the nobles or discontent among the peo- ple. In itself this ukase does not appear to ingraft any very important changes upon the existing law of enfranchisement in Russia, for it was already in the power of any noble to emancipate his eerle by a species of contract, subject to the approval of the Marshal of the province, and of the crown. The new ordinance does not enjoin this enfranchise- ment of serfs—it leaves it optional as it was before ; but it defines the terms of the contract, and creates a species of copyhold tenure in favor of the peasant, who receives his freedom on these conditions from hislord. The interference of the crown between the lord and the serf is, however, resented with in- tense animosity by an aristocracy which stands itself in a servile relation to the crown; and all the ex- cesses of arbitrary power will be more easily forgiven to an Emperor of Russia than the employment of that power for the relief of the lowest class of his subjects. By thia ukase the government assumes amore di- rect influence over, and interest in,the gradual eman- cipation of the serf-population ; and it will of course be in the power of the state to disseminate among that populatien the spirit whieh will lead to the com- pletion of its owa designs. The contracts for the emancipation of seris are to be made subsidiary to the purposes of the fise, by being passed on stamped paper of a particular class ; they are to be sub; to the direct approval of the Imperial administr and, lastly, they will transfer that important px Russian diseipline, the recruiting system, from the seiguorial jurisdiction to the roster established by aw, ‘This measure was instantly followed by an official declaration, that it was not to be regarded as a change iu the existing system; and ‘that the most stringent cautions sotld be taken by the police to prevent all false interpretations of the ordinance from getting abroad. Bat this declaratioa and those pre- cantions snfficiently indicate the resentment it was calculated to occasion among the nobles, and the hopes it might awaken among the peasants ; and our private ace te from Russia continue to assure us that the apprehensions which{seem to have seized of the world. Markets, Loxpox Moxey Manxet, May 17.—The lish Funds have fluctuated about one quarter per cent, the conse- quence of asudden and increased demand ash, which in several instances brought for a few ¢ tion.as high a rate as 10 per cent. Before, day's business was over, ther less call for i were therefore much firme No other reason th tempi to favor speculation can be assigned for rent sudden seareity for money, which is lieved to be the pr fade to boose other operat with the settlement of the Consol ace . ‘Thursday week. Consols for money were last quoted to j; ditto eccount, te, Bank Stock, 167 to 163; In dian Stock, 249 to i Exchequer Bills, 38. to 408 premium. ‘The half monthly account in the Foreign Stock Market was not of ino ‘, pn the sole feature was the incrcased value of ino «dl by the state of effuirs in the Home Stock Market clored flatly. *° aecommoda- wever, the ond prices f per Cents, ¢ WO} te f e A decline rates of bi Wo mburg ueh Ie f the don former city for Hunbtrg | closed at 119f 9c, The mark loved as follows :-—Five per ce for cash, 119f 900; for account, 1191 9c, Three per Cents, for cash, $1180c; for account, 81f 90c. Bank of France Shares, 3340f. Neapolitan, 107/76c. Spanish 24}. Atthe Madrid Bourse, on the 9th, Five per Cents were done at 97} for cnsh. (From the Circular of Baring, Brothers & Co. Loxvox. May 1$,—Money is alittle less abundant.— Buyers find no inducement fo come forward until the Ta- riff, which is still under discussion in the House of Com- mons is settled. The sales of Cochineal consist of about 160 bags Honduras silver, from 3s 4d to 48 7d, being in ad- vance of nearly 2d per lb. In Coffee for home use there is nothing doing, while foreign ain lower. 1500 bags St. Domingo, imported by way of the Cape, have been forced off ut 338 for export, and there are further sellers at that price. In the continental market the same dullness prevails, and even at present moderate prices there is a to- tal absence of speculative inquiry. ‘Lhe imports to the end of April, and stocks Ist May, were as follows : Imports. Stocks, 1. . 1942. 48, 1012. Groat Britain. Other ports, ‘Total, Ibs. 121,000,000 107,000,000 134,000,000 119,500,000 Sheathing copper has declined }4 per Ib; the present rice is id. ‘Lhe extensive arrivals being anticipated, ave not materially affected the morket, though ordinary qualities of American, being more freely offered, must be quoted rather lower. | Holders generally seem disposed to meet the market, and this, coupled with the continued flat- ness at Manchester, does not tend to induce spinners to ex- tend their purchases. The imports to 30th April, and stocks Ist inst, were as follows : Imports, Stock aR 1841. 1842. 1841. 1942, Geeat Britain, 429,557 540,000 518,670 640,000 bales. Other ports, 196,925 218,741 201,021 229,721 ** Totals, 626,482 758,711 719,091 1 Davas.—Opium 7s to 7s 6d. Camphor nominal ; 600 cases have arrived, which will be offered for sale in a few days, when prices will be establirhed. Flour and Wheat —American Flour is held at 285 per barrel in bond, while Canada free sells from 32s to 388. We have had more in- quiry for foreign Whcat, a al cargoes soft Polish Odeksa have been told to errive at (8) to 47, nnd one or two from Danzig Gs to 58s p including freight and Incurane would bring Peters a £8 ‘The Indigo market has t it chests have | thing Jo 33 we gnote 3 ave seen same ples ggthe Missouri Leed recently arrived at Liverpool; the pigs are notsightly, but the quality ix ™ good soft."— A contract for the East India Company of 200 tons English, has been taken at the low price of £17 11s, and as the mar- ket is now flat, we should not think it would bring over £17 per ton! Linseed oil 348 6d. Sperm declining; they quote British 762 to 73%, but it could be had under that. Bengal Rice 7s 6d to Lis, Saltpetre bas declined 6d to 18 In Ameri. on L colt the redneti per ewt: we quote Bengal 258 6d to 254, and Madras 24s t Seeds—The sowing seayon being over, red clover is difficult of sale at 40s to 42s per ewt, in bond. Odessa Linseed 60s to 518, and Morshansk 488 per qr. Linseed cake 6/to 7 10s perton. Not much doing in Raw Silk: we quote China Tsatlee 18s 6d to 2is 6d. Spelter dull at about 351, Spiccs—About 5000 cases Cassia Lignea have arrived, which will be brought to auction in a few days, when prices must decline. Pepper quiet at our last quo- tations; Pimento }d lower; sales have been made from 2jd t arrivals. Other articles dull.. e of wind, we have had nu is from the East and West Indirs and Mau ritius, and prices of all kinds for home use have about 4s per cwt. The sales of foreign are confined to 00 boxes inferior white Havana at 24s., 500 boxes good yellow a and acargo of 1500 boxes yellow Hava- na, deliverable at Trieste, at 20s 9d per cwt.” There is lit tle doing in any of the near ports of the Continent. At St. Petersburg, 600 hoxes oll Sugars (1899) have been sold at Ro, 25}, ani hollers were demanding Ro. 26} to 27 for thebest. ‘The follow mg were the iujoit® to the end of April, and stocks on ist instont, exclusive uf St. ! burg, viz. vol? Great Britain, 179,200,000 ther ports, Total, Ibs. 399,100,009 25 Our tallow market has b burg, ¥ € is now worth 47s 61 pe casks, agoinet hi 547 | ar, ane 18, At the resent pubtic 12400 packs of which shout 10,090 sobl; ‘hey went of fw at adecline of bi per tb, ‘Hwaokay jt, and Ht Hyson, Impora!, quote Conon 15MIN ALO er Ib. Straie 65.0 67%. In To- acco we have no change (9 notice, ha arecly @ transaction whereon to tunnd quotaions; we «ill ho; nand will arise ere long, especially as tt w crop is said to be infe: ‘The sale ‘ntine since our last are about 3000 barrels Wilm ist arrived, at 121 per ewt from the rs are now pretty fall of stock. Spirit a fair demand prevails for Rosin. The t American Stocks continne very insignifieant, and we delve put little progress in the return of confidence. The quot:tions we give are but for mere trifles. Offered. Avked. Jew York State 5 per cent. Thier cent. 7Spereent. Pitwachasette 3s (dotlensy 1B anne On te By i" Pet ins es 2 “ ‘ennessee 6 percent. — 5 ad Sterling oe erihe a Oe oaramare 6 * eee eR so ' 6 20 hay a ; United States’ Dank shares Wa. persh, Is. pea sh. Loxpow Coxs Exenanar, May 16.—We continue week by week to be well supplied with every Groin, both from onr own and foreign porte. last week of Wheat amounted to 6.187 ers of English, and upwards of $2,000 of foreign. ‘The supplies of Barley were but moderate, but of Oats they amount altogether to 26,061 quarters. We had a fair average demand through- out the week, but in the absence of speculation our trade is nothing more than usual at this searon of the year. To this morning's market the supplies are tolerably foot of Wheat and Barley from the home nties, but short of Beans and Peas. Superfine dry samples of Wheat realise 1s above last Monday's currency, but other descriptions are without any improvement. Barley is in moderate A, at last weex’s prices. O: re firm for good qual but secondary sorts meet a very slow sale, and are the turn cheaper. ‘Beans, with white and gray Peas red. Flour and Seels continue nominally at ted. ie Eihae Eunor Ttevont, May 12—There has heen little ince this day week; iness transacted in the marke tnippecs have operated with ors as well as the home tra ps ‘cantion, but hollers of goods are firm, but in prices Tittle variation has taken place. Ten To-day the operations in Free ‘Trade Tea were trivial and prices are still nnsteoly, 1s 744 to 184 ia the trrieof common Congas, cash. ‘The etre hat have are rived of late haye brought a large quauuiy «f common black and green Coffeo—1700 bag of Fast India nearly all sot ot ahont revious rater, but in some instances rather ehouper, Guod atavian kind 47s to 90°; ont. 148; yoo! ord. cxlgapore te 6.1; Pade: pe Ml to 350 6? ntaken more a ratem. ax finviehex av ‘he fa from bast sto G4 alvance for fe Rice jet goat rooneet and prives are Grm ; middling to good Benga) 93 BT to HH per cw Rum hes been in requert; the stpply is antl, ai Js tplto 25 gall. prices firm ; proof 1 Sngar—The only p sale to-day consisted of 2400