The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-04-28
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mineut. All Europe is in commotiou.
ENeLAND.-A great Metr,pohlaO Char
list Meeting, was to have been held on
the day the Sarah Sands sailed. on Ken.
sineton Common. Petitions for the Char
ter were to be adopted and the meeting
was to repair en- masse to Westminster,
and present them to the Houses of Par
lament; to re assemble on Tuesday, and
60 in procession to ask the Parliament for
an 0RSwcr.
A great weekly conservative organ in
London THE Britannia has the follow
ing--We have no sympathy with the ad
miration expressed by some pseudo-Con.
servatives in the House Of Commons oI
the intelligence and moderation display
ed by the Free nch people in their won
derful revolution" If this foolish speech
be persisted in, it will be difficult to con
vince unlettered men that what is acoun
ted glorious in Paris can be reasonable
in Dublin and Birmingham, Let US
wait the event. The course ofovery 10y
al man at the present time is perfectly
clear. An minor d!6erenccs IF opin'0"
must be forgotten in The presence 9t The
great Danger vhich hreate"s u.s.
IRELANp.-The condition OF ireland is
still matter of serious concern Ia the Go
vernment. Disaffec;ion. it is believed,
is spreading, and rumor prevailed that
the Government was in possession Of III
formation of grave import.
The correspondent Of the Morning
Chronicle says, Day by day the evi
dsnces of increasing dissatisfaction are
becoming more apparent. a large por
ton of The working classes in this cit,
are arming. Rifles, musketS, pixies, anc
other weapons have been obtained il
considerable quantities, in accordance
with the suggestions oftho JacobH news
papers.
Meanwhile the Government are tax
ing every precauiion against an outbreak
Additional troops are pouring into TN
country.
BgLeIuM. "A troop Of French and Bel
gian soldiers, aboH, 1000 strong. entered
the confines of Belgian from France bn
were routed, losing about 400 OF ihei
number. Lamartine had beforehand dis
avowed the expedition. Military prep
arations continue to hc made.
HoLLAND.-A temporary admlnlstra
ton has been formed and tho people u
Amsterdam were queted. Revolution
ary movements, however were still instl
gated by portions Of The press, and th'
civil and military authorities were on th'
alert.
FRANCE.-This country is as Tranquil
as could bo expected. Some distnrban
ces have occurred at Lyons and still con
tinue. A plot has been discovered b,
the Government among the eraItcs of th'
clubs to arrest Lamartine and Garne
Pages and civic guard OF 1900 ha
been formed for the protection nf the go
verRment.
The Provisional Government has m;
terialy reduced the salaries Of all put
lie fnctionarcs.
A decree of The government modliie
the law of libel. and enacts that hence
forward no officer Of the government ca
prosecute journal for crilicising his puf
lie conduct.
Joseph Henry, the man who som
time ago fred on Louis Philippe, is sal
to have been restored to liberty.
It was reported in Paris that order
had been sent to the generals comman'
ing The military divisions in the east an
south 10 march all their disposablo force
towards tho Alps, where they are TO b
concentrated, & remain under the order
ofGeneral Lamorccire. These warlik
preparations were suggested by pr'
test suid to have beeu entered INTO by tn
English, Russian, Austrian, anl Prussia
Ministers at Turin against the project {
King Charles Albert to invade LombaI
dy. So far as England is concerned
may be confidently stated that there is n
ground for this statement.
The National says, Three militar
camps, connected together, and consis
ing of disposable force of nearly 100
900 men, will certainly be established {
Dion, Lyons, aud Grenoblc. In the {
vent Of a war, aud in case of an advanc
on the kingdom Of Sardinia, the heo
quarters of the French army will be tixe
at Lyons. in order to direct, from thu
point, the first military operations.
The elections have been postpone
until Sunday tho I'd of April and The N,
tional Assembly was to meet on the At
of May.
DENMARK There is also some lroub
in this country, One Of the Duchies ht
declared its independence aud the Kin
of Prussia has declared its admission il
10 the German Confederation. This q
der was backed by the marching Of 90
900 men towards Denmark. 1t is al,
said that tho Danish Government hi
stopped the navigation Of the sound N
detained several vessels.
SwEDEN.-The committee on the Co
stiiution. in this country, after very n
mated debate aud without coming to
vote, have decided to deviate from IorI
or principles aud To draw up an elab'
ate project Of representation, propnsl'
partial changes in the present represe
iative system. This nation, in the eve
OF general war, may he drawn into
1t was once powerful, but ut the pre-