The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

S ingMARY OF HEWS

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" Who runs may read."

POUESON.
There is some talk of another serious misunderstand-
ing between France and England. The Porte is sending
a naval expedition agethist; the Bey of Tunis, the Sultan's
vassal. rrance has engaged to protect the Bey, and Eng-
land has bound herself to uphold the dominion of the
Porte. If, therefore, the Divan persevere, a hostile col-
lision between the English and French fleets is regarded
as certain. This is distressing news, if true. We have
already risked enough for Turkey, seeing the mode in
which she governs Syria. The Government ought to dis-
suade the Porte from any attack on Tunis.
Rear-Admiral Cay has received orders to sail for
Brest in a fortnight, in command of the following ships
of war :—The Jena, the Suffrein, the Marengo, the
Triton, and the Scipion. A letter from Barcelona of
the 28th ult. says—" All the French men-of-war have
received orders to put out to sea without any knowledge
of their destination. The commanders are to open
their despatches only when they are at sea." The French
Minister of Marine is partial to sealed instructions.
They have before been issued when a cruize for exercise
in the Mediterranean was only intended. Possibly on
this occasion the destination of the fleet may be Tunis.
The Emperor of Morocco has given orders to the Ad-
miral of the two ships of war bearing his flag, not to
molest any vessel bearing the British or Hansiatic flag.
Such respect for our flag on the part of his Moorish
Majesty calls for the grateful acknowledgment of the
First Lord of the Admiralty. Spare our flag while at
the head of a fleet of two ships of war ? What magna-
nimity !
On the 16th ult. a Swedish Captain in the Baltic fell
in with a Russian squadron consisting of nine ships of
the line, carrying from 80 to 100 guns, two of which
carried Admiral's flags ; three frigates, and a large brig.
Nothing is said of their destination.
There is no truth in the report that the Spanish
authorities at Mahon detained a French brig.
Chevalier Raffo, Prime Minister of the Bey of Tunis,
has arrived in France. This looks as if a collision be-
tween the Porte and the Bey was apprehended.
The Hellenic Committee is doing all in its power to
support the cause of the Greek insurgents in Candia.
The French and English Governments are said to re-
commend Greece to observe a strict neutrality.

verned its distribution—has not been almost eiftlrtsively
conferred on turbulent political members of their
divii
communion,"—The affectation of political liberality at
thnbjetiqeffient of the above passage comes with a
peculiar ill-gfae4 fiord the Times, which, but the other
day, recommended the carrying matters with a high
hand in Ireland. Orangeman yesterday, Liberal to-day,
who shall venture to assert that the Times will not be
Chartist to-marrow ?

MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.
Though the Leicester trade is far from being in a
healthy condition, yet a considerable business is doing in

goods:
At Stockport the prospects of the working classes are
gloomy in the extreme. At this moment 2,000 factory
operatives are out of employ, and the number will in-
crease. Emigration to America is the last resort of many.
At the Hull docks on Wednesday week, dock dues
were paid on forty vessels arriving at this port, being the
largest number ever known in one day. They were
principally laden with grain.