The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-30 00:00:00

GERMANY.

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An electric dispatch from Berlin, dated yesterday
morning, says :—" Yesterday (the 28th) the Presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers presented to the Se-
cond Chamber a Royal message, announcing that
ation will
be
from the 7th of August next the article of the
Constitution relative to the organization of the peerage
woulda
abolished,future a
pnedr
itohda
bites y
ts a rile -ooragl a:rjoionnance.
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A public fete took place at Berne on
wosueltatlebde
the 94th
honour of the vote of the 18th. Delegates - ' ill
part of the canton, GOO in number from every
room of the Casino, and several 7 met in the large
deli-
vered. After the day had been spent
were I
procession by torchlight took place- ent in rejoicing, a
the statue of Rudolph d'E r 1 to the spot where
ach, the h
erected. ero of Laupen, is

ITALY.
TERRIBLE DISASTER AT TURIN.
The following brief account of a terrible and de-
structive explosion at the Sardinian capital, one quar-
ter of which city is stated to have been injured, was
hurriedly written upon the margin of the Opini"e
of Turin, of April 26, immediately before the de-
parture of the mails on the afternoon of that day, an
The and
which arrived in London by this morning's post.
literal translation of the hasty but apparently truth-
ful communication, which it may
received through perfectly reliable sources,
follows :--
"`.TURIN, the "TURIN, APRIL 26, MID-DAY.
I MID-DAY.—Exploded
the side of the
be observed
is
ai
ss
pow-
der magazine of the Place Pal-"el has been injured.
Dora. One quarter of the ea
Every ono is in consternation.,
known, nor are the causes.
All is confusion."
two magazines will follow. . t pilithfaeeadreedtaitlhsatartehneoot
other
Under the head of
of the above date has
followingarriv
paragraph, Since the above was receiveedd. the Journal de Turin
"latest intelligence"
con-
firming the foregoing _,vo
T successive shocks have
" TURIN, 11.45 A.D1.7-an
earthquake. The powder
been felt like thou©
oorfa
has
exploded. The popula-
tionmagazine of Borg is the
°t
opf he Ascleinetheoffatubbeoudrigsasitser.on Tfirhee
.
is hurrying
rappel is being beaten.
ullen down. Two hundred deaths are
spoken
0 barrackkeli f.,, has
foregoing gives
nttea
newsGazect:
sof
pos thet c
rs
iapmt
the morning
D blew called
Borga Dora, up on
of Turin, .
of the disaster,
It gives no particulars
some
,estdataitneg that atthbae
of
f portion
that
the main depot has been saved; rut;
but states that
dosf3tr.he large
and the
houses
and that the Duke of GENOA .
WOTES
going to press,
of Public
And
of the neighbourhood were on fire at the time of
spot.
r, the Interior, an
wMeirnei set ear st
beef

RAILWAY SHARE MA.RK.ETS.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL. 29.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There was an improved feeling er.
hibited in the share market to-day, and a good business
has been done at improved prices.. The sales reported were—.
Eastern Counties, 99i—Lancashire and. Yorkshire, 73 c,
London and North-Western,,l24lA c.—D4to, New Quarter
business
5i p. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 ir s'
Midland, 6944—North British, Preference, sy_s,oiz
Eastern and Dover, 2254 c.—Cork and Bandon, le` 5, uth.
prices
_ Union, f,9—East Lanca-
shire, APRIL 29. ' '
Sm.= EXCIIITTGE.—A considerable amount of
was transacted in our share market to-day, and
3 dis.—South-
vastern and Dover, 22 j 4 —l.eds, F
shhaitrie,ani 7 upward tendency.
revisbury and Birming-
ham
North-
western, 1721—Blackburn,—shs. I.—London and North-
2ii n —Eastern Counties, 9 34 dis.— Matlocks,
Wolverhampton, Preference, 6—Oxford, Worcester, and
35.1 . ire, 7
4 p.

OUR EXISTENCE.--The mean
general duration of
human life is between 38 and 42 years; the natural limit
Of from 80 to 90.
all new-born infants, 1 out of 4 dies the
first year, two-fifths scarcely attain the sixth year, and be-
fore the twenty -second year it is reckoned that one-half of
the generation are consigned to the grave. The number of
males in a given number of births exceeds that of females
in the ratio of 16 to 15, but the mortality among male children
is at the ratio of 27 to 26.