The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-13
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OF THE
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
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STEAMSHIP NIAGARA.
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Quar- London Correspondence.
LONDON, Jan. 26-P. M.
O1emswg Of Parliament.
The Queen will open Parliament IN person. The
address in the Lords will be moved by Lord Brace,
and seconded by Lord Bateman.
LONDON, Friday Evening, Jan. 26.
Summary of European News
Europe is becoming more settled, or Is rather
taxing a stesta. The Continent Is tranquil-if
we except sanguinarv civil war in Spain
and here in England, the approaching Sc IS on of
Parliament is the topic OF the day. The buoyancy
OF the English stock market continues, and bust.
ness ls getting up. The stock market Is the best
barometer to 60 by. Our winter is over; to-day is
as warm as summer, with bright sun and clear
sky.
The last mail from Bombay brought tidlngs of
battle with the Slkhs, which, though our troops
carried their point, does fail to prove that the
Slkhs are good men and stout, and what Is more.
are well disciplined soldiers. The Commander in.
chief gave orders to cross the river Chenab. This
was effected, but with the loss on our side of Bri-
gadier General CuretoD, who was shot through the
heart, Colonel Havelock, two other officers, and
some ten or twelve wounded, with a loss of four
and twenty prlvates The Mooral still holds out
1T Mooltan. We have 100, 600 men in the field, and
100 pieces OF heavy artillery. Some decisive bat
tie ls expected--the result must be In our favor
as, however brave the Sikhs may be, civilization
Is too powerful an opponent for them to overcome.
In this last sklrmish they crossed swords with our
best horsemen, and fell fighting by their guns =
Colonel Cure Ton and Lieutenant COlenel havelock
both old Peninsular men,
The most important event that occurred on the
continent since wrote on Friday last, IS a vote
that was passed in the sitting of the Frankfort As
tmbly on the 18th inst.
The question who is to be Emperor OF Germany,
was on the topfs. The debate was long and vio-
lent; but the Prussian party carried the day. The
original proposal of the committee "hat the dign.
~ OF the supreme head of the empire Is vested IN
one OF the reienlng Princess" was adopted by
The next question, which ia now being debated.
10 whether the title is to be hereditary
And then comes the rub.who Is 10 have it
The King of Prussia has firmly and wisely mott
he'd his intention OF not accepting the imperial
crown unless with the sanction OF Austria Bava-
ria, Saxony and Nuremberg. Should he accept
OF II without thus sanction "a sanction Austria
will never give-civl war the inevitable result,
and the Austrian and Prussian eagles will dig
their claws INFO each other.
The war IN Hungary is over. The Hungarlans,
It. What has become Of the old Magyar chlvalry
Gone is the revolution of 1913.
The sudden change in the weather has caused
the ice on the great rivers to break up.
than INTO another. The Danube IS now the mon.
ster evil, beating the state of slege hollow Al
ter q period of intense frost, there came all of
sudden thunder storm, accompanied by rapid
rlse OF the thermometer, which OccasloEed the
breaking up OF the Ice, and OVERLOOKING OF the
river. part of the city, ntersected by an arm of
the Danube, is still under water, and for two days
people have been sailing about the stree "a in boas
The stoss: as it is CALI d, came SO Unexpectedly
that the shopkeepers had barely time to shut their
thoss, and make their escape, This event. tormi-
dable enough here, is viewed with terror and ap-
prehension by those who inhablt the banks of the
main stream the rush OF water sweeping allbetore
IT, burypg towns and villages and desolating fields
IN Hungary the passing Of the Ice Is always secompa
jscent emine to the people Of tho snemy's
approach The inundstons Of Pssth in the year 1855
witnessed them, with fear and trembling. Country
people with whom have spoken, pretend to have felt
on the morning Of the thu nder storm shock Of an
earthquake: BY which they explain the sudden mp.
heavDg Of the Of ice The dan ger IL over for the
the river returning to its bed after
l102as2 forms worth Of damage done BY the fires,
VIII bear besvy the citizens some time to come
at nSn,sn o. the sudden thai the Pegnt. rose
iphabitant before Many lives, 1t IL sad, lost and
he dsmsee sustained BY the warehouses lying along
The unusually high flow Of he waters In the Neeksr
and the neehbouIng rivers caused the bursting Of .
railway communication between Nordsm and He'll
Die h nv was stopped The damage has been repaired
The breaking up Of tho Ice 1t Hamburg, proceeds
Win great IspiGity During the night oonsiderabe
was ret adrift. In the viciaty Of st. PAUL. men
actively at work in breaking up the Ice and the
harbour has already been cleared.
Ins Eine hss become so in'ecurs thai great num-
Der OF the country people have crossed Hamburg in
ice boats through the aud Others have gone
by lsnd scre's Williamsburg The thsw to have
In France, matters main pretty much in ..atu quo
Prince Loui Napoleon 10 q PRECEDENT in name. but
HA n mt - 10 a.. a.
permission.
Contrary to expectation Of the three candidates pro-
Jay de IL Meuithe has been elected This was blow
to the cabinet which supported M. WHEN; but will
not induce them to reign.
The sfairs of France have, however, entered nav
STEPS have bee taken and attended with sucsess
sort Of compromise between the Oreansts and iegti
in contrary ections, they all suffer and neither
party hsesinsr If may judge from information from
well seer. dsd sources snsgation Of tho Orlean-
itts eus Philippe's psrty and the sgtimists Duke
9f BSrdtan1 has taken place the restoration Of the
Boorbons IL to be their motto; the plan proposed IT,
that The DUKE to reign for his lifetime a. Henry w.
the crown then to dsscend to the Count Paris
OF the Ducbsr Of Orleans. The immense Importance
OF entente di0i will be the gene
raj elections take place. The Constituent Assem-
bly, Viii teon be dissoved. and the Legislative
Chambers elected, in which the monsrchsts hope to
obtsin large and decided majority The republicans
are 81 a.sd lo'. The Bonspartists are weak fac.
tion ThopRh Bonaparte 10 at the head (nominally)
Of the republic, his mnstsrs Odilon Barrot and
Leon Fsueber torsanistsl Fslloux Qsgitimist); his
adsjss Mole and Tbers tLons Philippists); Commau.
Ger In Cff Busesud Who offered his services to Louis
Philippe 70 miDa,Asr Ia csnoiae. All tn. nts
Louis Napoleon made In favor of his relatives have
been ~ null. one by one, by his minister's With the
exception OF that OF bis uncle, Jerome the post Of
Governor Of The Invslidss.
The sis,olotion Of the pressnt Assembly will be the
zig al for new agitation.
The National Assembly has at length adopted the
bill which sends the parties Of bens the urin-
cpss or aee.rsores In the attack Of the Asss mby on
ne io'n OF Nay, for trial before the High Court Of
Jrsice OF the ration. The debate upon the subject
vas lepg and animated one, but the whole que son
ntue merely amounted to this does the trial of the
Demons accuted Of the affair Of the 18th Of May be.
fore tribunal which did mot exist at the time when
The crime was committed, amount to violation which
st do~n tnat laws have no retro activeseReet! NM.
dupont de Bufssc, Cremieux, and Jules Favpe, con-
nosa TOT the Affirmative while the Minister Of JUS