The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-05-05
POUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival OF the Baltic.

New YORK, May 1.-The Collins mail steam
ship Baltic, with Liverpool dates to the 10Th uIt
arrived this evening at half-p"st six o'clock
She brings - passengers.
The steamship Asia arrived out the
ing Of the l7th
The 4ro6eller Genoa sailed from Liverpool on
the 18th uit. for Aiontrea! and Quebec direct.
Among the passengers on the Baltic are bud
ley Mann and g. w. Crawford.
ENGLAND.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial
statement, proposes to continue The income tax
on q diminishing scale for seven years, and to
extend it to ireland on all incomes over one hun
'dred pounds Also to reduce the advertisement
duty, stamp duty, and some others; to abolish
the soap duties, substitute liked tor al Vaiorem
rates, making ten per cent. the maximum on
manufactures, increase the spirit duties and leg
scv duties, and reduce the tea duty within the
next four years to one shilling per pound, and
immediately ls l0d
Opinions are divided respecting the statement,
some approving it, while others think that 1t VIII
cause the overthrow # the Ministry.
The Kossuth rocket affair remains unexplaln-
ed, but Kossuth WAS apparently gulltless OF
participation in it. Mr.. Hall, the ostensble
owner of the factory, threatens to prosecute the
Government, and in the meantime the munitions
have been seized and deposited in the Woolwich
Arsenal.
great soiree has been given to Mrs. Stowe,
at Gla sgow, and also at Edinburgh, at which
place her reception has been very enthusiastic.
The London Times, which first the
charge against kossuth of being Implicated IN
the rocket affair still insinuates that he Is at
the bottom of it. Kossuth's denial, through his
friend Mayne Reid, is published. VIM. Hale,
the syn of the proprietor of the rocket factory,
has also published astatement exculpatIng Kus
suth and declaring that it was a bona fde estdb-
iishment.
4 motion in the House of Lords to inquire in
.l,o ,nfo Inca fin, lfnla
was negatived by a vote of 10 to %.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer. in reply to
inquiries said the revenue for the financial year
exceeded the estimates nearly million and
half sterling, and the expenditures had at the
same time fallen short 1857 900, leaving. with
the surplus Of revenue, overpius of G2, 49,
GOO.
The Chanceilor's budget was the chief topic of
discussion in commercial circles.
The Times and Chronicle praise it. while the
ether London papers condemn it.
The Conservative members OF Parliament met
Lord Derby on the 10th, and chalked out their
course Of political action.
There WI be 10 fete ut Paris on the 9TH of
May, was expected.
The Emperor is desrous of removing the ash
es of Napoleon the First from the Hotel des In
Talides to st. Denis.
The returns of the revenue shows an augmen-
tstiou on the quarter.
The Emperor has given the Archbishop of
Tours Cardinals hat.
The collection of Sevres china, intended for
the Crystal Palace Exhibition at New York, is
described of the most gorgeous description, a
private view having been had of it in Paris.
lie Pays says that the country is strong, fnan-
xially and trade in Paris is moderately active
Ressini has been made Commander, and
Ponsard, the dramatic poet, an officer of the Lee
sion Of Honor.
The new Spanish Ministry has been formed
with Gen. Lersunde 40 President. 1t transpires
that the Cortes were dissolved. in order to quash
Conchas exposure of the Cuban slave trade
The 5uTnored conspiracies have proved to be
81 sham.
At Lisbon, or the 9,h, the Portuguese cotton
and woolen trades were brisk, and there were
large exports OF wine going on.
GERMANY
The Dutch Government has protested against
the establishment OF Catholic hierarchy in
Holland, snd las withdrawn the Minister from
Rome.
The King Of Sweden has resumed the reins of
government, md the Commission that ruled du-
ring his sickness, has been dissolved.
AUSTRIA.
An Austrian Commissioner under the Presi-
dency Of Count Recbberg. has been sent to Lom-
hardy TO report upon the state of affairs there.
The hasty withdrawal of paper money has af-
fected trade considerably at Vienna.
Further explanations have been made respect
ing the withdra wal of the Sandman Minister
from Vienna. but they contain little that is new.
There is great distress in the manufacturing
suburbs of Vienna, the shawl and riband manu.
fscture being almost at stand still. This dis
tress is attributed to the recent action with re-
gard to the paper currency.
TURKEY.
The English and French Ministers have arri
ved at Constantinople. The former has assured
ihe merchants of the city that peace should be
preserved
There is nothing with regard to the move
pents of Menschikoff.
Ghika has resumed the government of Mol
dayia.
The French feet remains at Salams, and the
English at Malta
The Turks are aIming oil the forts along the
6osphorus.
Nothing new from Milan. Three persons ma.
med Conte Zani and Borghi, have been execu
ted at Bologna for political assassination.