Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-11-22

S coal mine was inundated in Stafford
-h.rr England. Friday. drowning twenty
two mea. Eleven were re~eued.-The
heavy gales which prevailed on the British
coast on Wednesday have proved very de-
-ruc5ige 1f lie and shipping. Many wreck,
are reported, and fifty live, are already
known On have been lo~r.-The gale off
,ae Pru~~iau coast on Wednesday night was
equally disastrous. Twelve vessels were
sunk in the harbor of S-ralsund end the
town completely inundated by water To
add to the calamity destructive fire broke
oat, which destroyed a large amount Of
property several lives We're lost. The
same storm ragged in otherparts Of Germany.
1t lahceS the Cu>5om-houSe and many
Warehouses are -ubmergei.-The King Of
spain is confined to hispalace By illness
According to the Epa-a. of Madrid. serious
fears are entertained of revolt at the ar
>anai Of Cadiz. aided by disafected parties
in tha; city. and the Government isstronslv
urged to take the necessary precautions
against an outbreak The official journals
oi Germany intimate that in order to secure
a majority in the upper house for the pur-
pose of carr, ing the Reform bin the Empe-
r.r viii If necessary create number Of new
life peers. Prince Bismarck is again re-
ported III. and one of his Berlin physician,
has gone TO Narziu TO attend him.-The
Deputies of the Right Wing and Right /
entire Of the French Assembly held 4 meet /
ing on " Wednesday night. at which coali- |
isAu 81 the conservative factions was agreed /
upon They passed a resolution declaring /
Jilat while the restoration of monarchy was /
npo>,~lple, the 'Ssue now lies between con-
-eryatlSm and radicali~nr, and warning NJ. /
hlers that upon his upholding of the for
ner depends their support in the event
% General Cissey's resignation BEING ner-
'iSled m he Will IN all probability, be succeed
'd 10y General Chanzy lamentahle ac-
counts appear in our latest European files as
Do the Hoods ~ Northern italy, which have
,,,endered tens OF thousands h0meleSs.-
! We cousins az Queen Nict0ria-Princes
/ hilip and Augustus Of axe-C0burg-have
'rr,Led at sydney from California.-Thisl
eaf whaling fishery appears TO have been
cry successful. Al Dundee the result Is
'eckoned AT $50, 900. against SIS 200 which
was an exceptionally good year.-A great
aquarium Is being made at Naples By
.oung Herman naturalist-Dr. Dohrn, of
''ettln-at an expense Of between S35. 900
nG $4,000, nearly all of which comes ONT
u ms own pocker.-Later reports con-
nm the SurmiSe that the majority Of the
members Just elected to the Swiss National
.ouncil are favorable to revision of the
oh>tltution. The engineers Of the rail 4
'ay ne'Ween SaraguSsa and Barcelona, spain.
ave struck, and in order to prevent an in
eruption Of the traffic, the Government
as despatched engineers from the arsenalS
, MI their places.-Beyond the limits of
russia. and especially in South tiermanv. !
ne proceedings Of ths lierrenhaus at Ber- Z
N excite the liyeliest interest. Tie argu.
tents Tor reta,ning or reviving feadal rights
hu practices that have been extinct or dor I
'ant IN the rest Of the Empire for half a
eintury have evoked severe criticism.
large meeting held in the City of Boston
nsIand, on Wednesday last. resolutions of !
mpathy were passed for her American I
amesake, and active measures set on foot '
insure effective aid TO the sufferers
ne common Council of London have voted
rtSoia tion expressing their regret and SYM 4
Athy Tor the calamity in Boston. Measures O
ave oeen taken for sending aid 10 the ,pc G.
rers by the recent calamity. d