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Foreign. nohiolk, august O. FOUR-BAYS LATER. By the ship Virginia, Captain' jMshek, 39 days from Liverpool, ar rived in Hampton lloads, Liverpool; papers to the fifteenth of July, and London to the 13th, have been re ceived at Lyford's Reading Room, through the attention of Captain F. and a correspondent. They contain no intelligence of moment from the ? continent. In England the affairs of the Queen still continued to engross the public attention to the exclusion of almost every thing else ; it had been, determined, however, to sus pend the second reading of the Di Vrttce Bill to. the 17th of August, sol -that in the interim the public feeling, now wrought up to a feveristi pxcite-j ment, may have time to cool audi tranquilize. -1 he wretched taterde-J nations who were brought over from Italy to give evidence against the) Queen, it will be seen have taken ? their departure, probably after hav ing given depositions. The English people feel as they ought on an oc casion so humiliating to everv digni-i fied sentiment. Mr. Canning, it is announced, has decidedly refused to] take a ny part in the prosecution. The report of Mr. Canning's resignation is contradicted. He re mains in office upon an understanding with his colleagues that lie is to take no part in any proceedings relative! to the Queen, either in the cabinet! Council or in parliament. 'm The House of Commons will it!' is understood, have got through all the business before it in about eight or ten' days, when it will adjourn from time to time, the adjournments! having reference to the progress of' 4he proceedings in the Lords, in or der that if the bill should pass the upper bouse, it may be in readiness to receive it. ^ FROM (SPAIN. ASTe have advices from Cadiz to ?,4u6 iSth July. The Cortes assem- ' bled agreeable to appointment on the 1Kb July, when the oath to.support the Constitution was administered to King. the whole of the royal family and chief dignitaries of the nation being present at the ceremony. The further proceedings of that august body were awaited by the people . with extreme anxiety. In deed the public mind is far from en joying that repose which results from a confidence (hat all i> going on' right. ' On the contrary, fearful apprehen sions were entertained that the meet ing of the s. Cortes would be the sea? son for an attempt at counter revolt tion. Plots were every day detected ?Eight priests were arrested Hi one day, in Cadiz, -by O'jftnhoMfe The national militia were to lie under arms in that oity from the 8th Jul v until the result of the meeting of the Cortes was known. Two frigates, 2 sloops, aud & brigs were about to sail from tiadiz with, Deputies f? South r America. to offer terms of conciliation to the jBsurgents ; at the same time these TttlKls are loaded with succors in stores aud ammunition for Atorilln. No idea was -entertained .of patting with the Colonies peaceably.? Of course, Quiroga's ackuowledgment , of their independence goes for notn > ing. ; $0 it will be, we fear, with Florida. ? Wo confidently believe that we shall never get it by treaty. . NEW-YORK, AUGUST SO. XATEST FROM ENULAJS D. By the arrival this forouoou of tlo *hip Atlantic, Captain Mat lack, in 36 (lays from Liverpool, whence sin sailed on the evening of the 18th ?Inly, the Editors ot the Gommercn ... Advertiser have received Loudot dates to the 10th July, and Liver pool to the 18th ; Lloyd's and Com mercinl Shipping Lists to the 14th. and AiyeiV Liverpool Mcrcautih .Advertiser of the 17*h. The period for the commencemen of the Queen's trial, has been d< finitely fixed, and the IVers of Pai liament are summoned for the 17tii Vairust, on which day (he second n * ? railing of the bill of degradation nd divorce is to be moved. The request of the Queen for r copy of the charges against her, and a list of the witnesses to be furnish ed her, has been resisted by the Ministry, and refused by the House of Peers, by a majority of 50. The coronation, it is now said is iiot likely to take place before the month of June next. It was supposed that both Houses of Parliament would adjourn on Friday the 21st, utitil the middle of August. Council far the Queen. ? It wasj stated in more of the late Engtfsh papers, that Mr. Brougham intended to resign his seat in the - House of Commons, that tic might be enabled to plead in behalf of her majesty, at the bar of 'the house of lords. On the 12th, Mr. Brougham brought forward a motion, in the house, that he and Mr. Denraan, her Majesty's Attorney and. Solicitor General, might be allowed to plead at the bar of the house of lords, in defence of their mistress, without vacating their seats. Some debate ensued. Lord Castlereagh did not oppose the mo-; tion, and it was allowed. The same : permission was also granted to Dr. Lashington, one of her Majesty's Counsel, and to the King's Attorney and Solicitor General. This per mission is understood to be an excep tion to the general rule, and is not hereafter to be taken as a precedent. The following resolutions, in sub ? mm tance, were adopted in the House of Lords, on the 10th. ' 1. That the Bill respecting the Queen be read a second time on Thursday the 17th August. 2^ That this Order be communi carted to the Queen. , 3. That on the 17th August, Counsel should be heard on both sides, and witnesses examined, pre vious to the second reading of the Bill. (It was previously observed, that if the day proposed was incon venient to tlie Queen, her majesty's counsel could make application with out delay for further time.) 4. That Counsel should be heard: on the second reading in support of tl)e Bill. 5. That the King's Attorney Gen eral should be informed of this Re solution. 6. That the H ouse^ should be call ed over at ten o'clock in the morning, on the 17th August. (The Lord Chancellor said, on the passing of this Resolution, that it was - scatxly necessary for him to observe, that the order would be en forced.) 7. That no Lord sliould absent himself from the House, without > * ? * . j ^ leave, during the progress cj/ft these proceedings. 8. That the Lord Chancellor shall b? dkeCtdd to sen J letters to all ab sent lords, to acquaint them that the houtie Mas to be called over on the 17th of August., "Caroline Re gin a, , " To the lords spiritual and tem poral in Parliament assembled. " The Queen having received in formation that the house^of lords have appointed the second reading of a bill for the degradation and di vorce of her Majesty for Thursday the 17th of August next, aud as it is necessary and expedient for her de fence, that she should be furnished with a list of the witnesses to l>e produced against her, the Queen de sires that such list may lie forthwith delivered to her Majesty's Attorney General." Arrangements, it is said are mat ing for another Meeting of the City of London, in order to consider the propriety of persecuting a petition nd remonstrance against the pro ceedings in the House of Lords, ? ith respect to her Majesty the ^ueen. It i* reported that Middle sex will meet for U*e s;une purpose. The London Traveller savs - # ?? ?< Her Majesty the Queen is by birth he nearest heir to the throne of these 'leal ilis, next after the reigning fami , nud though her succession to the ihione is highly improbable, it is not impossible. "Would it not l>e a strau^e event, if. alter degradation and divorce, lier Majesty should as cend the throne." M. Hyde de Neuvill^ French Ambassador to the United States, has arrived at L'Orieot from this country. The papers do not contain any news of interest from the continent. Domestic. ? * liALTlMOHE, AUGUST 30, AWFUL CALAMITY. , Between nine and ten o'clock yes terday rooming two distinct explo sions were heard in this city, accom panied by coucussions, such as have been before experienced after the browing up of Powder Mills. The appearance of an immense volume of smoke in the direction of the Bellona Powder Works lef little or no doubt of what had taken place, and excited much anxiety for the fate of the men employed in the works. To the politeness of several gentle-' men who repaired to the place imme diatcly after the explosion was heard, we are indebted for the following details.? The house *vhieh first was blown up was the Stamping Mill . One of the workmen states tint he wus not conscious of the explosion until he found himself lying in the mill-race hard by ? neither did he know his thjgh was broken until he attempted to walk. In this mill there were two others, one of whom is mortal ly wounded; the other escaped un hurt. , f-' About fifty yards from the mill stood the Drying Room > in which six tnen Were at work. The fire of the first explosion was violently for ced into the windows of this house, containing about sixty kegs of pow der. The workmen had only time to precipitate themselves into the mill- ace, near the door, when this house was also destroyed, with a most awful explosion ! Adjoining this house stood the I rrainery , containing also a large! quantity, of powder. In this there' were three men at work, two of whom ; were killed, having been thrown 4o the distance of eighty yards. Their bodies were shockingly mangled and burnt. No traces of the third work man were discovered when our in formants left there. The roof of the Packing House was removed, i>ut the powder stored in it fortunate lj did not take fire. As far as the injury extends the premises exhibit a scene of awful and utter desolation. This is the fourth time since their firct erection that the Bellona Powder Mills have experienced this destruc tive calamity. A Coroner's Inquest was held by James h* Stansbury , esq. on the bodies of Josejph Kelly and Owen O'JSeale, two of tho workmen kill ed by the explosion. Thomas Fallin k mortally woun ded, % Edward Guineaman has a leg fractured. William Logue is missing. , NORFOLK, AUGUST ?8. ' Extraordinary Suicide . N On Thursday afternoon last, about sunset, a decent looking man, a stranger, standing on the deck of a vessel at Taylor's wharf, enquired of a bye~stander what o'clock it was r ami upon being informed, he observ ed u Jt is time Jor me to be going f" and immediately plunged into the river and disappeared. ? fcteveral |>er sous were near the spot at the time, who,! at' a loss to account, for so strange a proceeding, stood by the place where he went down, for some time, watching for his re-appearance, in order to assist him, should it be. necessary* But he rose no more ! On Saturday his body Was found near the spot where the rash act was committed, and after the usual forms, decently interred. From a paper found in his pocket book, it appeared that his name was jXatkaniel Lemont , of Hath, (Maine) aged 28 years? a lei-' ter wax also found in his pocket, from bisfallier at Hath, dated in 1819. WASHINGTON, ALcAST 21. | ? Missouri . ? We have received a i ciipy of the Constitntion of tlie new stale of Missouri. The powers of ^merr.ment, as in most of our Re publics, are distributed between three separate branches. Legislative, Ex vcutive and Judicial. Tlie Legislature or General As sembly, is to consist of two branches ? a Senate and House of Repre sentatives. The whole number of Representatives is uot to exceed one hundred, to be chosen for two yeajs, and to be not less than twenty-four years of age. The Senate is to consist of not less than fourteen nor more than thirtv-tliree members, to w T serve for four years, and <>ne liaif of the whole number to be choseu every second year. The suffrage is to be uni vera sal, except that no soldier, > seaman, or marine, in the Army or Navy of the United States, is enti tled to vote. All votes at elections of civil or military officers, by the Legislature, are to be nva voce , and to be published, with the names of the absentees at each vote. With respect to the powers of the Legis lature, the grant is in general terms, with the exception of the clauses re specting slaves and their treatment, respecting which we find the follow ing particular provisions : Sec. 26. The General Assembly , shall have no power to pass laws, ? . 1st. For the emancipation of slaves with the consent of their owners or without paying, them, before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated $ and, Sd. To prevent bona-fide cui- 1 grants to this state, or actual settlers therein, from bringing from any of the United States, or from any of the territories, such |>ersons as may there be deemed to be sla\es, so long as any persons of the same de scription are allowed to he held as slaves by the laws of this state. * They shall have power to pass laws ? , j l*t. To prohibit the introduction into this state any slaves who may have committed ary high crime iu* any other state or territory. \ &d. To prohibit the introduction of any slave for the purpose of specula tion, <*r as an article of trade or merchandize. 3d. To prohibit the introduction of any slave, or the offspring of any slave, who heretofore may have been, or who hereafter may be, imported frem any foreign country into the United States, or any territories, thereof, in contravention of any ex isting statute of the United States, and ? 4th. To permit the owners of slaves to emancipate them, saving the rights of creditors, where the persons so emancipating will give security that the slave so emancipated shall not become a public charge. It shall be their duty, as soon a? may be* to |>ass such laws as may be necessary, 1st. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coining to, and set tling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever; and, 2d. T o oblige the owners of slaves to treat them with humanity, and abstain from all injuries to them ex tending to life or limb. Sec. 27. In prosecutions for crimes, slaves shall not be deprived of an impartial trial by jury ; and a sl?ve, conviqted of a capital offence, shall suffer the same degree of punishment, and no othfc, that would be inflict d on a white person fo( a like offence, and courts of justice, before whom slaves shall be tried, shall assign them counsel for their defence. Sec. 28. Any person who shall maliciously deprive of life, or 4is~ member a slave, shall suffer such punishment as would be inflicted tor the like offence if it were committed on a free white person. The Executive power \f vested in a Governor, who is to be, at least thirty-five years of a#, a natural born citizen of the United Htatea, or a citizen at the adoption of (he con stitution of the United States or an inhabitant of that part of Louisiana now included in the *t?t3 of Mis** souri at the time of the cession there of from France to the United 8tates, and shall have been a resident of the same at least four years next before his eleciiou ; to hokl his office for four years, and to be ineligible for two successive terms. ? There is also to be a Lieut. Governor, qualified arul elected iu the 6ame manner as the Governor, who is to be Presi dent of the Senate. The Judiciary power, 86 to mat ters of law and equity, is to be vest ed in a i( supreme court" in a "chan cellor ," in " circuit courts ," and in such inferior tribunals as the General Assembly may from time to time, or dain and establish. The Judges are to be appointed by*the Governor, with the consent of the/ Senate. ? The [A>wers and jurisdiction of the Chancery, Supreme, and Circuit Courts, are accurately defined in the constitution. The Declaration of llights is brief in form, but comprehensive in its scope, and contains such princi ples as do honor to the intelligence of the convention bv which this Cou * stitution has been framed. PETERSBURG, SEPTEMBER 1, hire f ? On Monday uight last L about 11 o'clock the inhabitants of this town, whose moral deportment leads them at au earlier hour to their repose, were roused by the alarming cry of Fire ! So far as we can learn, the fire broke out in a wooden built! * ing, opposite the north side of the Market Square, occupied by one Fleming, how _or? Uy what means, conjectures are various, but said to have been communicated from a can dle to some papers. The fire ex tended westward to five wooden buildings immediately adjoining? and one was pulled down to stop its further progress. The buildings were of no great value, and the loss ! to the occupiers, we are informed, I as it respects moveable property, was not of any considerable amount but no doubt serious to them* Much credit is due to the exertions of the Old Street Junior Association 9 for their management of Hooks and Axes. \ The Baltimore Banks have de termined to issue do more notes un Jm 5 dollars ? and to put in circula* tion, specie for small change. This is well worthy of imitation ? Specie is now getting plenty? the banks of Virginia should follow the example, and draw out of circulation the rag ged North-Carolina Treasury Bills, which from necessity are now used for small changef and which, after November next, together wiih Vir ginia Bank Nates under five dollars are no longer passable. CAMDEN. : THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1880. The Hoh. Henry Middletox, Minister to Russia, arrived, with his family, at Liverpool on the 3d JuK, in ?2 days passage from New- York* Charles 8. West, Esq. lately a Clerk i rt the Bank of the United. States, has heen appointed Cashier of the office of Viscount and Deposit at Fayetteville, in the place of K. W. Latimer, resigned. > The London Examiner compli ments Mr. Irving, and his Sketch Book. The editor concludes a lite* rary notice of this work, as follows 3 ? ? We trust this work will be rend and admjred by the British public. Nothing is tnore desirable than that the first fruits of American talnet should be encouraged, tliat our ulta marine brethren may be excited to a rivalry in letters, which should at once forward their taste and refine: ment, and gain them a lasting literary reputation worthy to go down to pos terity along with their glorious polit ical fame/* Manufactures.? It is stated that, in the single article of nails , a man will accomplish as much in one day by manchinery, as could have been by 200 men 00 years ago.