Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-06-19
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ARRIVAL OF THE
b A LTIC.
rouR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

lnIeiIgence from EUROPE arrived al an early
hour this morning,
M -ssaess.ss. ENGLAND. sa-a--
The floor Of the Corn Exchange in Bruns-
wick street, Liverpool, gave way, a, noon,
on the 1st instant, precipita,ing upwards of
700 merchants 10 the vaults beneath -
None, however, were killed, although a
number were more or less injured. Some
repairs were being made at the time, and
the workingmen had incautously removed
portion of the supports, which caused the
floor TO give way. Two of the workmen
were killed.
The steamship Sarah Sands, put into Fal-
mouth, May list, short Of Goals
Nothing done in Parliament.
The particulars of the capture of Rangom
by British troops had been received.
The loss in the engagement was small
The cholera had broken out among the
troops, and the soldiers Of the different regi-
ment. were dying in numbers. Several
officers had also fallen victims.
FRANCE.
The Moniteur declares that the warlike
rumors are unfounded, and that the right of
The French nation to fix its own form Of
government has never been menaced or
contested by other powers.
More refusals 10 take the oath Of ale
glance are announced. The refusals come
principally from members Of the General
Council, no fewer than twenty-five or more
of whom have resigned their offices rather
than swear allegiance 10 Louis Napoleon.
The Committee of the Budget have adopted
an amendment to the effect that no credit
should be allowed for the sale Of the Orleans
estates.
The marriage of M. de Persigny with
Mdlle De La Moskowa took place on Friday
night, at the Chapel Of the Elysee.
The advocate of the Council of State
charged 10 defend the appeal of the Orleans
family against the DEGREES relative TO their
property, have published memoir, from
which it appears that they intend 10 rely
upon four points Of law, and also that the
ordinary judicial tribunals have jurisdiction
in the case.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
Advices from the Cape to the 18th Of
April had been received. The war it was
generally thought, was being brought to a
close. Hostilities weIe suspended, and trea
ties were being entered into. Sir Harry
Smith and lady came home on the steamer
Gladiator.
SWITZERLAND.
Accounts from Friburg state that meet
ing of the parlzans oi the Government had
been convoked. New arrests had taken
place. The Patriotic Society, to the number
of 500, had held a meeting and passed re.
solution calling on the Government to defend
with the utmost energy, the conquest Of
is47.
RUSSIA.
Cronstadt letters of the 2lst ult., report q
considerable change in the state of the ice
and that it would soon disappear. AT s.,
Petersburg, on the ED uli., the river wa:
full OF ice.
ITALY.
IetttTe lIOtu huuOtd VI tut lOlu uil', Sldtt
that the British Consul was refused permis
sion TO see Edward Murray, the Englist
State prisoner, confined in that city. Or
the eve of the Ascension after Vespers, thu
Pope was carried in grea, pomp TO The bal
cony Of the Vatican, whence amidst tn,
roaring of Artillery, he gave his Benedic'iol
TO the people, surrounded by the French an,
Roman troops.
AUSTRIA.
Accounts from Vienna 10 May 26lh, stat
that everv possible means has been taken t.
conceal Tive real state of political feeling il
the different provinces, from the knoweds
of the inhabitants of the Capital.
The state of the finances is very discouI
aging, and the first cannon fired, as sigma
of war, in Europe, cannot fail to plung
everything into irretrievable disorder an
ruin.
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