The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-12-18
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC
FOUR BAYS LATER.


FOUR BAYS LATER.
New YORK, Dec 8, 1851.
The steamship Pacific, from Liverpool. with
dates to the 25th ult-, arrived at O'clock last
night She brings A passengers, among whom
are the Hon. c. Riyes and lady. the American
minister to France, and Mr. Winthrop. bearer
| Of dispatches from London.
The steamer City of Glasgow arrived at Liv-
erpool frem Philadelphia, after passage of II
J days.
! The Cunard steamer Europa made the passage
out from Boston in 10 days and hours
The new telegraph, invented by VIM F. Healy
was about to be adopted by the Liverpool, Man
! chester, Lancashire and Yorkshire company, on
their whole line, in which the voltaic battery is
| superseded by beautiful application of magnets
and electricity.
The news from the Continent is of but little
interest
Mr. Wagstaff, having comp leted his arrange
ments for the transatlantic communication
between New York and Galway, returned on
| the Pacific.
Lord John Russell has contributed $500 to
Lieut.. PINS expedition to the Polar Seas, in
search of Sir John Franklin. Lord Palmerston
is reported to have borne the whole expense of
the party far as st. Petersburg, to which
point Lieut. PIN was accompanied by Gov
ernment messenger; and it was reported that
dispatches had been received, promising the
Imperial assistance to Lieutenant Pim The
search was intended to be prosecuted north and
east of Behring's Straits
The cotton factory of Messrs. Dugold, Nc
Thail & Co., at Greenhead, was destroyed by
FIRE on Tuesday. 1t was an immense structure,
employing 800 persons. The loss is estimated
at e20, 900.
The Sunderland Bank has suspended pay
ment.
HANOVER.
A new Ministry, under the presidency of n
Schle, has been formed, which will pursue an
entirely new course of policy.
The new King of Hanover has issued proc
Iamatiou, pledging himself TO the most sacred
observance of the constitution of the country.
FRANCE.
II. de Thaughner, Minister of the Interior,
has an Invitation to stand as candidate for
Representative from Paris. lie Feorce Duriefie
has been named Minister of Commerce. and
Casabianca as Minister of Finance.
The illness of the veteran Marshal Soult, had
somewhat altered under the skilful medical treat
ment, which had caused hopes of his recovery.
a bill had been deliberated upon by the Coun-
ell of State, and shortly to be introduced
into the Assembly, on the subject of the respon-
sibility of the President and his Ministers,
wherein it is provided, that he may be impeach-
ed by any ten members of the Assembly, and
his functions to cease thereupon. This viii
have the effect to reopen the question contained
1 in the proposition of the Questors by going
/ down still deeper towards the root of the dis
sention.
The Assembly, on the 23d of November, de-
termined, by vote of AL to %, to proceed to
the third reading of the municipal bill.
An article in the Paris Constitutionale charg-
ing the hands of the Party of Order, with q
conspiracy against the person of the President,
has caused great sensation. The Minister of
the Interior has denied the existence of such
conspiracy.
1t is stated that there is probability that the
President will again present the electoral bill,
recently defeated in the Assembly.
y bill has Deen prOposeu IN the Assembly IOr
regulating the responsibility of the President
and his Ministry.
GERMANY.
The proclamation of the present King of Han
over, gives great satisfaction. He is called
George V.
The state of Hungary in political sense, i:
most unsatisfactory. The system of expulsion
is still going on at Vienna on a grand scale.
PRUSSIA. s-,-a.7
The renewal of a commercial treaty betSeeI
Prussia and Belgium had failed.
= The Prince of Prussia to leave for Der
lin. on the 23d, to take command Of the army
on the Rhine
SPAIN.
The news from Spain presents no marked fea
ture of interest. Negotiations were pending
with the United States relative to the Cuban in
vasion, and gave rise to much discussion in tn
public journals. Two vessels of war had arri
we'd at Cadiz, with another portion of Lopez
expedition on board.
ITALY,
The Neapolitan Government intend increasing
the export duties on sulphur and oil.
TURKEY
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