Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-04-29
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IA general meetlng Oi tniS OOuy VIII take
place a, its spacious shooting galleries, 42
New street, on this evening, (Thursday,) at
eight o'clock. Citizens desirous of becoming
members are invited TO attend.
~ "ANDREw ESoLIsn.
England.
Chartist Meetiags and Seditious Speeches
On Thursday week. DR.. Mcdonald delived a
lecture to the Chartists at Nottingham. He
spoke much in favor of the charter, and said,
if the petition which is to be presented on
the 10th inst were rejected, he would come
to Nottingham, though he had TO come thither
barefoot, to put himself at the head Of the
people.
Such was their organization that they could
assemble all their force in London in two
hours. There was no law against number
Of men, from every city, town and village in
the empire, walking quietly to London. And
with 500, 900 men, each carrying gun bar
rel, what would Lord John Russell do! The
people would wait long time, but not for
ever.
A Mr.. John Finn denounced the Govern
ment, and said that the first man shot in Ire
land would be a signal TO lrishmen in this
country to take that revenge which centuries
of oppression and tyranny had sown in their
bosoms.
Denmark.
The Duchy of Schleswig has declared its
independence. A Provisional Government
has been established at Kiel, and they have
addressed proclamation TO the inhabitants
The King of Prussia has declared the ad-
mission of the Duchy into the German Con-
federation, and his determination TO support
them. In pursuance of this, on the 26,h ult.'
upwards of 1000 troops marched towards
the Northern frontier, the Guards forming the
greater portion of the army. All the neces-
sary arrangements with the Governments of
Hanover and Brunswick have been compile
ted, and they will act in all respects in con-
cert with Prussia.
Prussia.
All continues tranquil at Berlin, and the
popularity Of the King is increasing. The
Berlinischc Zeitung says, that the King has
taken large number of those of the citizens
who were wounded in the combat of liberia
ton on the 18Th ultimo in his palace, and the
apartments of the Duchess of Mecklenburg.
where every attention is paid TO their COM
fort. The Queen has given her own beds
and family linen, and has the meals for the
patients cooked in her own kitchen. She
pays daily visits to the sufferers, whom she
comforts and cheers.
The attempts to establish a Republic in
Prussia have all signally failed. The feeling
in favor of re-establishing the nationality of
the Poles is everywhere increasing The
Poles are on guard with the burghers of Ber-
lin. They wear the German cockade com.
bined with the Polish national colors. The
The King openly recognized them, and it is
everywhere understood that the desire in
Prussia is to interpose the Poles as an inde-
pendent nation between Germany and Prus-
sia.
In Hungary, the concessions made by the
Emperor were just in time TO prevent the
proclamation of n republic While the mag
mates renounced their privileges in the AS
sembly of Presburg, on the 18th, more for.
midable revolution was going on in Pesth,
where o0,O0O of the new National Guards
assembled and concerted the establishment
of a republic, which they did not, however,
proclaim. Things looked very serious till the
news of the constitutional concessions of the
Emperor arrived at Preslh, where the in
formation was enthusiastically received.
Russia, Germany, ana Poland.
Austria and Prussia continue tranquil, but
there appears every probability of war be-
tween United Germany and Russia, Poland
being the battlefield. The great object of
the Germans is to interpose an independent
nation between themselves and Russia, and
this object is distinctly avowed in the follow
ing article which appears in the Cologne Ga
zette :--''If we look carefully at our position
towards foreign states, nothing is more Ger.
tain than that we shall shortly be in open
war with Russia One month hence at the
latest, we must be in the field. The will of
the German people has pronounced itself in
favor of the ere-establishment of Poland Prus.
sia will have to give up portion of her ter
ritory to attain the object, an intermediate
kingdom between Germany and Russia. This
movement has already commenced. pro-
visional committee has already been formed
at Posen for the regeneration of Poland, with
the sanction of the Prussian authorities.
The Constitutional states that there are
$4,000 Russian troops concentrated on the
frontier of Galicia, few leagues from Cra-
COW. $4,000 Russians occupy Russian Po-
land, and Warsaw alone contains a garrison
of 10000 men. The Russian Imperial Guard
has already marched towards the frontiers
of the Grand Duchy of Posen. The army of
reserve has been called from the interior,
and the army stationed towards Odessa has
received orders to send $4,000 men towards
Galicia.
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