Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1849-05-11
A Week Later from Euron..

The steamship America arrived at Halif., q.
Friday, with one weeks later intelligence from
Europe. Owing to tho uniavorabie nccoun,.
from the continent, the price Of cotton had ~
ccded onc-eighth Of penny. The reports n
the corn market show n slight advance. Mon,
was plenty. The America brings about giss,
900 IN specie-S925,000.
FRANcE.-The French government Ia, CON.
10 the important resolution Of an armed intervsr
ton in Italy, to rcinstate the Pope. An erped.
dition had already sailed for Ciyita veccbia-.
The bill appropriating i,20o,0Oof to meet u,
expenses Of the expedition passed the frend
Assembly by vote Of . to l.. In the Britd
House Of Lords, Lord Lansdowne said that Ii,
government was aware Of the French intsryer.
ton in Italy, but bad taken no part in it, a
though he acknowledged the government al
not disapprove il.
GERMANY.-Germany Is still in state d
great confusion. The assent Of some Of d,
smaller States to the assumption Of the imper.
dignity by the King Of Prussia has been give,
but other and more important States are opp,..
cd. Neither France or Russia view the pl,D
with favor, and Austria is violently opposed .
il.
The war between Denmark and Prussia r,su
as hercely as ever, nothing decisive, however,,
very important having occurred. The D.ne
have blockaded the Prussan ports
AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.--The Austrian,
have sustained still further defeats In the Hunc,
rian war The great struggle now is for The -.
session Of the Hungarian fortressof CoIern Which
has been besciged by The Austrians several weeI,
The Important position Of Waited had been ~
cupied by the Hungarians Coleru is bu, TWEEN.
~ leagues distant from Vienna
IrALy.-Italy is still in inde,cribable couiu.
sion. The Republicans have been put down n
Genoa, afier having had the command of Ia,
beautiful city for nine days. IN Tuscany, there
has been general rising in favor Of the Grund
Duke, and the man who was recently Dictator
Is now prisoner. The landing of the French 1t
Z Ci,iia Vecchia, will doubtless put an end TO Ii.
, Roman Republic, and he followed by the res,e
ration. Of the Pope. Venice is beseiged BY he
Austrians, by sea and land, and must surrender
In Sicily, the struggle has commenced viii
dreadful ferocity, and desperate battle ,OJ
place on Good Friday, between the Neapoits
! and Swiss troops, and the people Of Catsa
which continued all night, and ended in The u.
feat Of the Catanians- A great number Of then
: were killed, and the city was afterwards saekd
: and plundered.
|, Tho terror caused by this defeat has cau,si
9 the city Of Syracuse to surrender without rein.
y ance. Palermo is now the only place Of muth
: strength in the hands Of the Siciians A deps
rate resistance is expected there, but with rsy
G little chance Of success.
. Information has been received by the 0berOn
steamer, that on its leaving Catania on Saturday
evening, the city was in flames in three place,
The most beautiful edifces were heap Of ruins,
and the removed library and museum Of naiunl
!, history were entirely destroyed.
.. The latest accounts from Florence leave no
: reason to doubt but that the Grand Duke d
Tuscany has returned to his capital. hisrepr,-
= cd that the revolutionary Government Of Leg
! horn has been overturned by the people then
selves-as that Of Florence has been before.