Foreign News: Arrival Of The Columbia At Boston

The steamship Colombia, Capt. John.son, fmm Liverpool, May 10, arrived at hor moorings at G o'clnck. The Royal Masque.- The Ball Masque given by Her Majesty on the 12td of May, snys the London Observer, to the nobililty and gentry of the lanri was one of surprising brilHancy and magnificence. Nothing equal to it has ever been witnessed for ages. The number present was computed at 1,800 comprising all the beauty, the loveliness, and fashion of Ihi' land. FRANCE - One hundred and twenty persons killed and many inaimed and wotinded. A deplorable catastrophe took place on Sunday evening week, on the Versailles and Meundo railway, by which one hundred and twenty persons were killed, or .iave eince died of their wounds, and many maimed and wounded. In honor of the Kinjr's fete, the waterworks in the ardens of Versailles were playiur on Sunday, which attracted immense crowds frorr Paris. The train to which the tlreadful accident occurred left Versaillos for Paris at past five o'clock in the afternoon, and was crowded with passengers. lThere were," says one account, "seventeen oreighteen wajjons, with two engines before and one hehind. The volocity was excessive. When between Bellevue and Meudon, the axletrep of the iirst machine hroke, and stoppiner. the second ran over it, killing the stoker, and breaking thefirst machine in pieces. spilt iüj fire nn the ground. Instantly six or seven wno-ons were broken in piecea, and the rest running over the live fire of the broken engines, burst into flames. Tt is the custom on the Left Bank Railroad for the doors of the wagons to be closed, without any possibiiity of opening them, except by keys in the hands of the conductora. No condüctors were forihcominor, and thus the inmates of three of the wagons were burned."GERMANY - Awful Conjlagration-DesIniction ofone-fifth of the city of Hamburg, by (ir e. The city of Hamburg, the great commercial emporium of Germany, one of the most flourishing on the continent of Europe, is a heap of ruins. Her merchants were rejoicing at the prospects heil out to them by the promised improvements in our commeriál tarÍF: now, they are mourning over the richly stored vvaiehouses in ashes, fheir honses devoured by the flames, and the prospecte of increasing prosperity scattered in the (our winds of Imavpn, The fire broke out on Wednesday night, the 4th inst., and which, there is every reason to believe, wns the work of an incendíary, extended to ftfty-two streets, most of which were reduced to ashes. On a rough calculation the loss of property waa from three to four millions sterling, but it s beheved that the total loss will be doublé that amount. No person can teil how many hves were lost, but a great nnmber of persons must have perished, The canals through the city were dry, so that no water could be f'ound. The fire raged from Wendesday night to Saturday mornmfr. On the latter day, at nine o'clock, theDanish, Hanovenan and Prussian troops entered the town, aml beinc well supplied with gunpowder, commencec blowing tip the houses.to arrest the progresa of the flames. Th is was complefely effrcted by Sunday mominj. The Senat.e ordered overy person to leave the town,and nol Irng could exueed the heart rending spectacle of thoussnds ofpoor peoplefrantic with their losses, and without the nieans of prociiring food or shelter. Advices from Hamburg of the 14th. state that in clenrinsr awav the ruins, 160 bodies bad alrendy been found. The number of houses totally destroyed, was 1.500, and 720 more werp so ininred as to bp nn'iilnbitable.A mening was held in London on the 2Ofb, for the relipf of Hamburg, the lord mayor presided. A larae committee was appoinled to receiv" donatins. The ofovernment hnd sent over a largr; snpp!y of tents and blankets, and Ll0,000."alreadv subscribeH i had been sent over. The followirig donations are also announccd: The Kinor of Prnssia has given 50,000 dollars, and has ordered a general collection to be made throuerhout the kingdom. The city of Berün has given $10.000. TheKingof Denmark 100,000 florins. The grand Duke of MechlenburgSchwerin, 30,000 florins. The estates of Hanover have granted $100,000. The city of Frankfort 100,000 florina. The city of Bremen 30,000 dollars. Englavd. - The great Chartist petition has been presenten lo parliament. lt was signed by more than three millions three hundred thoiisand men, and asked, among olher things, for what every true hearfed American must wish the petitioners 6uccess in obtaining the right of voting by ballot extended to evert man, so as to insure a house of Cornmons that vvill truly represent the feeüngs and consult the interests of tbe vast mass of the British People, now unrepresented. No petition since creation ever had as many authentic signatures. Pheir request to be heard at the bar of the hojse was voted down -287 against 49. Sir Robert Peel and Lord John Russell argued against universal suffrage and O'Connel in favor of it. The Brilish ship Erebus has been towards the south pole on a voyage of discovery. - The ship approached within 160 miles of the magnetic pole, and to latitude 78 deg1. 4 m. and was etopped by a barrier of ice 150 feet