Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-06-04
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Wednesday, | o'clock, A. NJ. May 2G.
The steamship Cambria has Just arrived -
She left Liverpool at A o'clock, p. NJ, l5,h
INST, with 81 passengers.
Steamer Arctic arrived out, Wednesday, the
18th, at /, A. NJ, having been detained some
hours by fog and want Of water.
The news is interesting but not Important
The French tetes passed aft brilliantly, without
any attempt at pyoclaiming the Empire.
In Parliament, a motion to abolish the paper
duty and newspaper stamp.duty had been voted
down. The Militia bill is still being discussed
The Indian mail has arrived.
Cotton active at quotations shade advance
ed. Corn dull. Money abundant. The weeks
sales of Cotton were / II 800 bales, Of which
Sl,73O were American.
The wooen manufacturers of England are
alarmed at the prospects Of a deficiency in the
supplies of Australian wool, caused by the
AgIIt of the shepherds to the gold mines. A
dcputaton has been appointed to draw tho at
tcntIon Of Government to the subject.
The Crystal Palace is definitely bought for
10000 by the Directors of the Brighton Rar-
way, who intend, by the aid Of u JOINT stock
company, to re-erect i, at Sydenham, and open
1t as an exotic garden by the first of May next.
Captain Howard, Of the ship Renovation,
which brought news Of the two wrecks seen III
the ice, and surmlsed to be Franklin's ships,
has made deposition concerning them before
the authorities Of Venice. His statement does
not throw any additional light on the subject.
lie thinks they were whalers
FRASCE.-The long anticipated 10th Of May
passed over with the greatest eclat, and with
out the slightest disturbance. The fete was
purely military. Sixty thousand troops, of all
arms, were drawn up in the Champs de Mars,
and not many short ot half million of civilians
were spectators Of the ceremony. At noon the
President arrived, at the head Of brilliant
stah and proceeded to review the soldiers
after which Il presentation of standards, sur
mounted by the imperial eagle, was made to
the Colonels Of the various regiments. He
subsequently addressed them in u speech, very
adroitly put together, in which he says, The
Roman eagle adopted by the Emperor Napoleon
was the last striking emblem of the regenera-
ton and grandeur of France. 1t disappeared
with our mlstortunes, 1t ought to return when
France, recovered from her defeats, and mis-
tress OF herself, seems no longer tc repudate
her own glory. Resume, then soldiers, these
eagles, not as a menace against foreigners, but
as the symbol of our Independence, as the
souvenir Of an heroic epoch, and as the mark of
each regiments nobility and swear to die, if
need be, in defence of those emblems which
This address was Immediately pacarded
throughout the city. The clergy, headed by
the archbishop Of Paris, mustered to the mum,
Der 500, around a gorgeous altar, erected on
the field, and bestowed their blessings on the
standards. The troops then detiled before the
President, and the ceremony concluded. About
2OOO crosses and medals were distributed
The President was, on the whole, well re-
ceycd. The infantry in general cried pivs
Napoleon the cavalry Iire FEmprerr! On
the other hand the operatives of lhe Faubourg
ST. Antoine notified their employers that they
would work during the day, instead of being
present at the tete.
Festivities continued indoors on Tuesday
Wednesday, and Thursday. Ga Tuesday night
grand ball in the Tuilleres was attended by
$4,000 persons; on Wednesday, a banquet was
given to SOO,Generals and superior officers, and
on Thursday, dinner to 1000 OF the non om-
missoned officers Of the line.
Louis Napoleon offers premium Of five
thousand francs for the best design for a model
lodging house for artisans.
a letter issued BY the Count de Chambord,
calling on the legltlmists to refuse the oath Of
allegiance, attracts much attention.
AdviceS from Prussia and Austria are mostly
occupied with the movement OF the Emperor OF
Russia, now visiting in Vienna. Prince
Windischgratz and the Ban have arrived in that
Capital, and the Duke of Bordeaux is expected.
Hence it is thought that the Emperor's visit is
: more on business than pleasure.
The Austrian Lloyds publishes list OF sens
tences against Eluugarlans implicated in the
last. The names OF twenty-siX, IN exile or else
where, are to be publicly affixed to the galIows,
Among the per rsons thus harmlessIy executed.
are Count Alexander Tesky, and Pulsky.
koSsuthS relations were at DR. esden on the 5h
nst., on their way to Bremen.