New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-02
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
THE NEWS BY THE NIAGARA.
Prom our London Correspondent

Ffcm our LONDON CorfespOnorH-
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ths,s IA The Great Exhibition increases 10 toe
popular mind 1000 season ticAeS
seld alre sdy, and all are sgos ior 'no 'r
~. ,o,;e made the passage from NeT'YorE
80. - /. lizzie more than twelve days
.ut the following from LVerPoO' paper
IN the third day out assistant engineer, W a
Ring was jsmmed 70 death between the escape
- md lever He was killed instantly. His
yrrsios were committed 10 the deep with appro-
s.iste funeral ceremonies by Rev. a. G. Coke.
6ne nassepgers Immediately contributed a so "a
sxeesding $500, and placed it ia the hands oil
S.pt Luce, 10 be handed 20 the mother OF the de-
seased, who lives In New York. dependent upon
her son.
parliament has done nothing to speak Of, ex'
.s,, mare talk about the Katiir war, and some
more about Guiana, in which Sir William Moles-
wortb pitched into the Government bsdly-hsv'
;,g heen in session bat one day this week, Mon
asv. II meets again on Monday next having
been keeping Easter meanwhile
The Hungarian and Polish refugees, who have
hsen suffering for want Of employment, are dis
,ersips TO different places where comfortable
chances 10 earn their living have been offered
them.
Hon. @. w. Wright and Gen. Wslbridge from
YOUR side are making stir here with their speci.
mems Of California ores. They are, as under
stand, here for the purpose Of getting up mining
companies 10 the New State.
The new French ministry appeared in the As
sembly on Friday the 18th, and on motion OF
want Of Confidence bad only majority Of 81 in
their favor. Leon Faucher is at their head. He
would ruin the best cause, and will do up Louis
Napoleon or himself, probably botn, TO a certain
~. Ii is SAID that be aud bis colleagues have de
eded TO move for the revision Of the Constitution
with a view to keeping Napoleon In Office oil
sourse. They are mad to do ii, or an mistaken
They propose to operate on the Councns 0ene-
raj and get them to declare in favor OF the re-
visiop they will get some bat not any consider
able majority Of them, and having got them, will
still have to carry the measure through the AS
.emblv. IL is said that the French Socialists
have determined to run Cabinet maker named
Anthony a. their Candidate at the coming presl-
Dental election. What great thiRg If me-
cbanic should be elected to such an office 30
sialism il spreading awfully among the peasants
IN the provinces The Dac de Lens has arrived
nj Paris on a mission from the Count de Cham
bord. He hopes to patch up the discOrd in the
great party Of order.
Trade in France 10 heavy and 10 the man
ufscturiDg districts great suffering s expert
snced
From Germany there is nothing decided, though
IL 10 believed Austria has given in to the plan OF
recognizing the Frankfort Diet.
At Temesvar in Hungary, the powder maya
zine in the Citadel exploded on the Sd ult, killing
twenty persons. The following is an account OF
it written from the place;
"This morning at clock, noise like thunder
was heard over the city. followed by sounu hAe
heavy fall OF rain every window Ia tue CITY
was smashe TO atoms, the doors In all the houses
even those which were locked, were Ourst OPEN
masses of masonry strewed the streets, ana
dense mass of smoke darkened the atmosphere
The powder magazine had exploded. 10 lew
minutes the noise Of the explosion ceased, ana
the cause was ascertained-the powder maya
zine near the Transy lvanisn barracks had blown
mo. People hastened to the barracks as soon as
me smoke had cleared away. OF the magazine
itselL a large building with substantial walls,
nothing rem aimed bat a heap OF smoking RUNS
from which occasionally shell exploded The
whole roof of the barracks was blown away, the
walls riddled with shells and other materials,
which had been thrown likewise into every part
of the town, committing havoc where they eX
ploded. Legs aud arms and corpses, horribly
nutilated, were scattered in al directions. The
exact number Of killed has no. yet been ascer-
tanned. Two captains aud forty privates are re-
ported dead. Half an hour later whole oAttal-
ion would have been on exercise in the bArrack
yard, and probably exterminated. The town gates
are so seriously damaged that they are unsafe.
At the moment | am writing shells continue 10
explode some rising to height in the air. 1t 10
not safe to venture near the spot. Ten hundred
weight of powder Is dep0sitsd at no great dis
tanoe, but IL is hoped that 1t will not be- ignited.
Members OF some Of the unhappy victims were
found 1880 yards from the spot. Nearly all the
Inhabitants have led from the city tor safety
No clue TO this disaster has as yet been found
Nothing new in Italy az to politics except re
petition Of the old story. In Sicily there was Q
tremendous storm on March 10 and IA;
Its ravages, says the Official Journal, were moi
sonfined TO alermo, but extended also TO Messi
ma, Cefals, aud the neighbOrhood. Cliffs ant
rocks have fallen down In many places and caused
foundations by stopping the course Of rivers al
ready swollen by heavy rains houses have been
swept away, with their inmates; gardens, vine
yards, olive plantations, &c are nov transformed
Into deserts. At Montema ggiore one third OF the
houses lie buried under an immense mass OF earth
detached from the adjoining mountain but the
Inhabitants had fortunately fJreseen the impend
ing danger, and had taken 20 timely flight. An
other land-slip occurred at SchStaai, and over
whelmed the mineral baths at that place. lg hs,
nos yet been sscertalned whether any lives were
Loaf. The road from Cefala to Messina is perfect
ly impossible. Hundreds Of fishing boats have
been wrecked on the coast
The Duke of Saldsnha has set up revolt 10
Portugal, which looks threatening. The war cry
10. "Down with the Thomar Ministry" tLord
Pslmsrston's pets } but he may mean to oversee
the Monarchy itself He is said to be very strong
and 1t 10 doubtful whether the Government vii,
not be beaten
AT Athens, Rev. Mr.. King the welLknown
American missionary hRs got into trouble, which
10 thus described by the CoHr.er Of that city;
"a aisgraceful scana tnnk nlnce ON Snndar sai