Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-05-24

fore. Considerable imFurtations Of gold had
been made from England into Paris, and
evidently large banking operations were 60
ing on, The specie in the vaults OF the Bank
of Eng gland has decreased, in correspond
ing degree, more than million and halt
in fortnight, and this drain has been in--
creased by the demand for gold in Ireland.
Spain.
In Spain, matters seem fast progressing
towards an outbreak the utter absence OF
all constitutional government must soon pro-
woke the people to rebellion, however attach
ed they may be to their present form OF gov
ernment. Lord Palmerston has addressed
a letter through Mr.. Bulwer to the Spanish
ministry. His advice has given such UNI
brage to the Narvaese cabinet, that the
Duke of Sotomamon sent the letter back to
Mr.. Bulwer with strong expressions OF rude
ness and contempt; and there can be no
doubt that every intrigue has been set on
foot to remove Mr.. Bulwer from his post at
Madrid. The advices from Madrid indi-
cate that the month will not expire before
serious outbreak. All business Is at a stand.
Portugal.
Advices from Lisbon to the 2Oth have
been received. Portugal may now boast OF
her revolution, effected in the centre of the
Chamber of Deputies by the concession
made to the people of the right of electing
the national representatives, by the direct, or
English system, inst of that of indirect
elections, which appears to- have been re-
sorted to in this country, for the express
purpose of faciitatingscorruption, and suffo-
eating the suhrages of the people. This
virtual revolution was effected on Monday,
by 81 votes against sc.
Switzerland.
Advices from Berne to the 10th have been
received The Diet had secret sitting on
the l4th upon the demand of the King of
Sardinia that the Swiss confederation should
march thirty thousand men into Lombardy,
and keep reserve of &c, 900 on the frontier
Naples. =
Accounts have been received. from Ma
pies all was tranquil. Some volunteers and
troop of line had left for nothern Italy. The
election excites'l little interest. The move
ments toward Lombardy still continue.
Prussia.
The people have little confidence in the
King. He is at Potsdam, and hopes to re-
gain the forfeited confidence Of his subjects.
An official list of the killed and wounded
soldiers at Berlin has been published prov
ing the first account to have been much ex-
agerated. The government has announced
that all feudal dues viii be abolished, and
thesrents from the peasants tc the mobiles
tcommufed.
Riot at Breslau on the 18th inst.
in which some forty or fifty persons were
killed. The government troops were called
out and order evantually y>restored.
Italy.
5 Some disturbances took place at Rome on
the 18th, but the affair was soon put down
by the police, who seized several of the riot
efs, all of whom were well supplied with
money and arms.
The Papal ministry has issued an ordi-
nance declaring the notes of the bank le-
gal tender for the space of three months.
The Postscript of Wilmer & Smiths Eu-
ropean Times contain the following:
Denmark and Schlessuig Holstein-G Great
Battle. and Taking q, Schles,oig BY the
PfussaanS. ..5..e-: :1es-
Alton, Monday, Apri24.-By the noon
train from Renesburgh, intelligence was re-
ceived of the taking Of the town of Schles-
wig by the troops of the confederation, after
an engagement which lasted from three o.
clock in the afternoon of Easter Sunday, un.
til eleven o'clock The fertilization called
the Lonnevirk was taken by the Prussians
at the point of the bayonet. After the bat
tery had been silenced by the field pieces oi
the Hanoverians, Schleswig fell into the hand
Of the confederation. The. conflict was a
bloody one. s
The Danes had from 10000 to $4,000
men; the force Of The Confederation was the
greatest, but was not all engaged. The loss
of the Prussians is, about 30U men killed
and wounded. The less of the Danes is no
known.
That the Danes fought well. is freely ac
knoWledged. One OF those accidents tha
confound the best calculations rendered tht
| mines useless. The waters of the Schlet, a.
the head of which schleswig is built, rose t.
an unusual height in consequence of con
/ tinued east wind land entered the excavations
The dam or fortified work called the Dan
nevirk, was the main defence cf the Danes
Taking of Observation-Disclosures burg
Monday, April 25th.- A telegraphic des
patch Just received at Altoona announces tn,
entry of the German troops into Flensburg
| on which town they advanced, after taking
possession of Schleswig, without opposition
Sicily.
Deposition Of the King Of Naples from
the throne Of Sicily.
The Sicilian House of Commons after dis
cussing the expediency of calling to tn
throne an Italian prince of the family o
Tuscany Or of Saxony finally decided tha
] the dynasty of Ferdinand Bourbon had for
ever fallen from the throne of Sicily and tha
Sicily shall govern herself constitutionally
Great rejoicings followed this announcement
Palermo was Illuminated for three nights il
succession and all the statues of the hous
of Bourbon were pulled down and eonverte,
into cannon.
Ireland, &c.
Nothing new from Ireland. All was agi
tation, and the Government was prepa rim
for an outbreak. The passage ST the Gov
ernment security bill seems rather to hay
excited than allayed the political excitemer
in Ireland, and is calculated to sustain th
cause Of the Chartists in England and Scol
+ land.