1 MAY 1852, Page 11

The King of Prussia announced to the Second Chamber of

Prussia, on the 28th of April, that he has annulled the articles of the Constitution prescribing the organization of the First Chamber, and will reconstitute that house by royal ordinance. He has simply abolished the elective principle, and determined to make the First Chamber a house of nomi- nees, like Louis Napoleon's Senate. The journal of Turin of the 29th of April has this short paragraph of "latest news "— a Turin, 11.45 a. m.—Two successive shocks have been felt like those of an earthquake. The .powder-magazine of Borgo Dora has exploded. The eopelation is hurrying to the scene of disaster. The rappel is being beaten. 111 the faubourg IS on fire. A barrack has fallen down. Two hundred deaths are spoken of."