The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-22 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
P►ubilic Opintott,

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

The Queen Dowager of Bavaria, Frederica Wilhel •
mina Carolina, died at Munich, of a eomplaint in the
chest, on the 13th instant. Her Majesty; who was
daughter of Prince Charles Louis of Baden, and niece
of the present Grand Duke, Was born on the 13th July,
1776, and consequently was in her 66th year, leaving
five children—Elizabeth Louisa, Queen of Prussia ;
Amelia Augusta, married to Prince John, brother of the
King of Saxony; Frederica Sophia Dorothea, married
to the Archduke Francis of Austria; Maria Anna Leo-
poldina, Queen of Saxony • and Louis Wilhelmina, con-
sort of Duke Maximilian Saxony;
of Bavaria.
The following is said, by the Debats, to be the in-
tended composition of the brigades of infantry and
cavalry, for the corps d'arrnee now forming on the
Belgian frontier:—" General Bourckhoultz is to com-
mand the first brigade of infantry, which is to com-
prise a battalion of the 23d light, two battalions of
the 40th, and two of. the 46th of the line. General
Galinier is to command the second brigade of in-
fantry, composed of one battalion of the 14th
light, two of the 28th, and two of the 71st of the
line. The head-quarters of these two brigades is
to be at Lille. General Bro is to command a brigade
composed of three battalions of the 42d of the line, four
squadrons of the 10th Chasseurs, and four squadrons of
the Bth Cuirassiers. His head-quarters are to be at
Valenciennes. General Letang is to command the first
brigade of cavalry, comprising four squadrons of the 2d
Lancers, and four of the 2d Dragoons. The second
brigade of cavalry is to be under General Lanthonnet,
and will comprise four squadrons of the Ist Carbineers,
and four of the 4th Cuirassiers. The head-quarters of
these two last brigades is to be at Lille."
In 1837, a family of vine-dressers from the valley of
Rheingau, in the Duchy of Nassau, composed of nine-
teen persons, emigrated to Sydney with the object of
introducing there the principal sorts, of Rhenish wines.
According to the latest accounts received, the enterprise
has succeeded beyond expectation, and these German
colonists have already made more than 3,500 gallons
(15,800 bottles) of wine. The quality, according to
samples which have been sent home, although not quite
equal to the Rhenish wine, is excellent, and the differ-
ence is not easily distinguished.
The Captain of a vessel, arrived at Bordeaux from
Monte Video, which he left on September I, reports that
as he was getting under weigh the cannon announced
the death of General Fructuoso Riveira, President of
the Republic Uruguay. The war with Buenos Ayres
was still going on.
A letter from Singapore, 4th September, mentions the
arrival of the French frigate Erigone, Captain Cecile,
from Rio de Janeiro, having on board Colonel Dubois
de Gencigny. She found orders to proceed to Manilla
and Macao, where the Colonel is to obtain and trans
mit to the Government an account of the state of affairs
in China, and make advances towards a commercial
treaty with the Celestial Empire. His mission is said
to be limited to two years.
The Presse makes two great blunders in its news..
First, it denies that Sir Stratford Canning is going to
Constantinople, and gives his destination as Vienzia ;
and, secondly, it asserts that a Treaty of Commerce had
been signed between Spain and England. The Presse is
wrong in both statements.
Colonel Don Damaso Fulgosio's execution took place
at Madrid on the I Ith, at half-past one o'clock. He
proceeded in full uniform, in an open carriage, accom-
panied by his friends and a clergyman, but seemed very
much dejected, though attempting to bear up manfully ;
the parting scene with his brother had quite overpowered
him.

The Havre Journal tells a story of a Cherbourg
sloop, the Amiable Desiree, having been seized by the
English Custom-house officers when discharging brandy
near the coast. The officers got on board, sent some of
the smugglers ashore, and were securing the sloop and
cargo when a storm arose and blew the sloop from its
anchors out to sea. It at last blew the sloop ashore, on
the French coast, near St. Waast. The French count
on an exchange of prisoners in this case.