Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-04-28
News from Europe.
THREATENING STATE OF AFFAIRS IN
ENGLAND AND IREL AND--FURTIER
REVOLUTIONS ON TIE CONTINENT
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PRUSSIA NOT 4 REPUBLIC.
BY the arrival Of the steamship Sarah Sands
OF New York, on Friday afternoon, VIC have in
ielligenco from Liverpool to the Sd inst, being
nine days later
ExGLANp.-Thc Chariists in body were 10
assemble at London on the 10th April, 10 petit
ton Parliament. Tho programme has already
been announced. Delegations from all the chief
towns in England were 10 assemble in London.
The deputation was TO proceed 70 the House OF
Commons, accompanied by body guard TO pro-
tect them. II any attempt should be made 10
prevent them from exercising their constitutional
privilege Of petitioning, they say, Let the blood
she'd he upon tho heals Of those who resisted"
II Parliament rejected their petition, then they
were 10 present ono to the Queen in person. II
she refused to grant relief, then more decisive
stems would be taken. On one thing they were
determined, 20 have their rights, 'peacedbly u
fkcy can, forciJiy il hcy mua." AZ n great
Chartist meeting in Birmingham, a workman
thus held forth: " We want the aristOcracy to
pay its share Of the taxes All that the heads
Of these families pay 10 the State is received
back BY the other branches Of Il, through their
commissions in the Army and Navy and other
Departments Of State. We must hare a cheap
Government We love the Queen, but cannot
afford to pay her so high. For my part, | think
no monarch ought to have more than $4,000
a year" Other Chartists arr grimbling at the
large number Of royal pensioners saddlcd upon
the nation--Downgcr Queen Adelaide with
100000 a year, spent mostly in foreign ooun-
tries, Prince Albert and his troop Of children,
&c.. &C.
The organization Of the Chariists was such
that they could assemble all their force in Lon
don in two hours. There is no law iorbidding n
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against 100000 men each with musket, what
could Lord John Russell do2
Il is well known fact, for il has been openly
asowed, that many policemen and soldiers have
already fraternizcd with the Inasses--some Sc
crcily, others openly
Government will soon find that the voice Of
the people cannot be siiGed BY pooh-pools
and "grea, laughter" as has been more than
once attempted in the Houses Of Parliament
The Duke and Duchess De Nlontpensier had
asked an audience OF Queen Victoria but Lord
Palmer-ion evaded the request.
The Postmaster General Of England has re-
Gently authorized the transmission by mail to
any part Of the United Kingdom, Of books or
other printed matter. Packages 81 one pound
weight are TO be charged sNpencc, and an in
crease Of weight in like proportion.
Breadsiuffs al Liverpool were dull Of sale
SCoILAND.-ln consequence of the recent
disturbances at Edinburgh and Glasgow, the
military force at those and other places has been
strengthened.
The Patriotic Society at Edinburgh ar NOV
ing in the matter Of relieving the unemployed.
They propose that instead OF being set 10 break
stones, as usual, some acres Of land should be
taken, and work given at spade husbandry.
lRElAND.-Day by day (says a correspondent
Of the Morning Chroniclc) the evidences Of in
crcnsing disaIection are becoming more appa-
rent. ! refer not TO mere rumors Of arnings,
or TO speeches of excited persons ut the meet
ings, but to facts which are well asccriaincd by
competent authority. large portion Of the
working classes in Dublin are arming. Rifles,
muskeis, pixies, and other weapons have been
obtained in considerable quantities, in accord
ancc with the suggestions Of the Jacobin news
papers. One wholesale dealer in those articles
has declared tina, he is unable to supply farther
onlers at present. You may see butchers boys,
on leaving the markets, marching home with
rifles on shoulder. Such is the anxiety TO OBJ
tain arms Of any kind, that in some instances the
long blades used by cork-cuttcrs have been con-
yeried into species Of bayonet or dagger. Reg
ular meetings Of rife clubs take place for prac-
tee in firing. Numbers Of persons cOngregaie
frequently for drill in enclosed yards in obscure
streets The fact that pixies are being manufac-
turcd in great quantities, both in the metropolis
aud in the neighboring counties Of Kildare and
Meath, is now no longer unknown to the public
One thing is certain-sedition, open and secret,
is abroad; discomfort and disafcetion reign in
every PEASANTS bosom, and spark will ignite
the rehcllious volcano, apon which this uniortu-
nate country rocks TO and fro.
Meanwhile, the Government il taking every
precaution against an outbreak. More troops
are poured into the country, although there arc
$4,000 men at different stations already; and
the loyal inhabitants Of Dublin are to be armed
and disciplined.
Emigration presents a very different aspect in
the present and the past year. The poor law
now gives the peasant hold on the land, and
he does not feel in such hurry to depart. II
is probable that a wish also exists to aid their
beloved /" Emerald Isle " in the gathering politi-
cal tempest.
Large amounts arc being drawn from the saw
ings banks by the lower classes
Destilution and disease prevail to an appalling
extent, particularly in the west of Ireland.
FRAScE.-Thc election of members Of the
National Convention had been postponed from
the 9th to the Esd April, and the time for the
meeting of that body fixed on the 4th May.
Three thousand Poles, accompanied by depu-
tations from the Clubs in Paris, waited on the
Provisional Government, informing ii of their
intention to deliver Poland, and asking for aid.
Lamartine replied, sy1npathizing with them, but
at the same time assuring them that France
would not commit acts Of violence aggression
on any nation. He besought them not to at
tempt TO effect their object with any other weap-
ohs than ideas. lie announced the policy of
France to be pacific until she was compelled TO
change it Similar responses had been made to
Populations of Italians and Spaniartls.
A corps of French volunteers was organizing
at Paris, TO proceed to the assistance Of the rev.
olutionists of Italy. But an attempt to revive
the Jacobin Club had failed, and the friends of
the measure were hooted from their place of
meeting by the populace.
Tho story of quarrel between GARNER Pages
and Ledru Rollin, at injecting of the Provisional
Government, was wholly unfounded.
Discomfort is fomcnting in France against the
Provisional Government. La Presse openly ad-
NocateS its overthrow. A plot has been detected
to arrest Lamartine and GARNER Pages, leading
members of the Government
Lamartine had addressed proclamation to
the people of Paris and the Departments, cnjoin-
ing upon them the preservation of order
All the Banks in Franco have suspended spe- |
Gle payments, by decree of the Government. |
Large failures continued to take place in Paris |
and throughout France. The Funds had fallen |
IL per cent. lower than ever before.