The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-30 00:00:00

The Madrid Joy • d of the 21st.
inst, On the 2,0' .irnals receive are
at the return of the REGENT to
the capital Iv. as expected. The decree for the
I::n°cati°t). of the Cortes on the 20th of Decem-
ber
.red in the Madrid Gazette. The ca-
pital war S tranquil, and the Funds improving.
`• Thy
•Paris Journals represent the existence of
caa~• wide-spread distress among the working
sees and small shopkeepers of that metropolis.
French Government, by upholding systems
'1 Monopolies, foolishly intended to benefit this
hulk
of the workin., classes to a state of the
-",,,°st deplorable destitution. Then the im-
-"ense cost of her military and naval
14. stitutions weighs like a millstone round the neck
bfjfnl'rance• Yet so deplorable is the general
ig-
rance upon these questions, that a motion to
,tllit Prussian beef into France free of duty, or
reduce the army by a single regiment, would
xi,arse a storm of indignant clamour against the
--Linistry !
1,43 'bight be expected, the Syrian Correspon-
ivnts of the French Journals attribute all
m'e disturbances in that devoted coun try to British
teilinations. " The English," says a writer
h":,,111 13eyrOut, in the Semaphore of Marseilles,
-"1 his statement is received with avidity, " are
;111el'ally accused of having fomented the troubles
Clch now desolate the Libanus. These Eng-
it'll are therse engineers, the soldiers, the
)%11and a Consul-General of Syria, comny;nd-
(l the troops Of her Britannic Mgjesty Colonel
:°'e.); aided by the ships and steamr..rs which
-re constantly hovering on the coast of Syria.
fft ,
et having furnished arms to tb',; mountaineers
„ the Libanus, and withdrawn, them from the
vow
atoer fof MEHEMET ALI. place them under
th
reek the Turkish overnment, the English
4 an on their gra:iitude, and expect to acquire
great
i influene'.! in those Countries; unfortu-
t4nglish
-e'Y the Cl'ristians of the Libanus detest the
Prot ' tr.ore on account of their religion th?,n
other motive; and the English for
silo„-`1 b•rne found that as long as the Chri'Aians
;41';lAs"' ; 4thLeey the
most powerful party in thi;. "'noun-
"
would not be able to s p rc,ad their
v,ests, their bibles, their principles,. nud still less
84 i establish an influence there ; an.d for this rea-
•
g that they:revenge themselves for the in-
til
l'au t.
tude of the Christians, an to 6to accomplish
'ir anibitious end the Englis'n have incited the
thrilses against the Christians, and brought about
eBe deplorable events."
ou e need hardly take the trouble to apprise
to:readers that there is no foundation whatever
ellts of
thiB calumny. These are, we believe, some -
French the Bible Society in Syria, as there.are
greeach Missionaries, but their books and tracts •
am equally distributed among the Maronites
roses
The 3,
loniteur has the following news fiom
Spain
me
Vii the ellstoinhouse station was established at him
tboet articlesl t inst.; prohibited goods, such as •
,ottons, and
tt) Pass of colonial produce, are no lr ad Pass
Those which are liable to Alger allowed
duty are to be
tareelo free
L 11P to the 30th. The of the ..as ordered the members political chief of
'of the municipalities
Junt rterc'vitice, who had been dig of
by the Radical
continued resume their funetip- The state of siege
Guards, °ll the 12')d. The 0,,
gani•4; hzd ipeen di e *battalions of National
tred
are not to be reor-
tiCethero wl:40 others are
retrloved offer ..to abremea when all the members.
to the Government shall have
Q • Ant,
'ALVAN/),
Court of 1", the French Ambassador to the
48 a
Spain on F. 4drid, was expected to set out for
de
"aol Zunday morning. This may he taken
-hied proof of the restoration of more
e relations between the Governments oc
GtrizoT and the Duke of VICTORY,
tirie morning before last, the concierge of a house in
listi4itie du Platre au Mar.aisentoetnaanptisrefaorricnegd atbt.etn,uvan;
onelate hourt him
11is lodge, and founddead from two causes coin-
d
It appeared that he had gone to bed with a
eoZa braiier in his room, but finding suffocation
to On, he
h e had got attempted to get up. Being too weak
hold of the cord which leads to tte
, help himself, but in the confusion of his 'orain
ha `w_lned it round his neck, and this added suspension
pnocation.
Inni!l -Lynx of Brussels states that, e;:aly on Tuesday
itscgig, simultaneous visits of the. police were made at
s and at the residence of its responsible editor,
ta>Sl'ra all den Plas, and also P;; the apartments of Mlle. Pi-
eouti in the Rue des Hitondelles. M. Van den Plas was
iaterlietQd before the e,xamining magistrate, and after his
Irogaion. was detained in custody. On the same day
• s.rite...
eon,„„ vanders:missen, jun., was committed as an ac-
ir"'ee in the bide plot. The police has also arrested
airs of an agent, intrusted with the private
tlose
p°fGenr,ral Vandermeeren. *They are all three in
,nt in the prison of the Petits Carmes.
qg.pi,,n`r4l. of our Paris Contemporaries give the follow-
its-`-4 of nevvs. Our readers may form a judgment
the tameduthenticity, by the writer being ignorant even of
Ford of the ttsh Ambassador, who is not Lord
4°rl a'ard, but, Sir Stratford Canning :—" Lord Strang-
,,,klitet.o-he new gnglish Ambassador at Constantinople, is
remand have teceived the following instructions :—First,
in d tLe demolition of the fortifications at &Mina,
"rthr.t..."ntentpt of the treaty of Adrianople, which
1a4",..-'ttne Russians from Tonging any, works on that
ocondly, to claim free entrance into the Da-
' performance of quarantine. - Thirdly, to
ibc44tir t-he Divan to undertake the canal of Kustendji.
Lit to will save vessels passing by the,Danube from hay-
it,e?oot to the Russian officers on entering the
0-` thet;„" °,f the river. Fourthly, to obtain alterations
4t Nvilat'eS Which favour-the Russian trade, or rather
flab.--"L is carried an under protection of the Rus-
b, 4t,71'
--hrufr°lll Troyes of the 23d inst. states that Pot-
;' belts as execution was to have taken place on the.
dw-s postponed on account of the guillotine being
Raillotor--er, wae, executed on the following day, the
tbea,kal'ffle been in the meantime repaired.. .At
11/4114,1- d°l' 'll6e priest who accompanied the criminal
•••-, aln'n 2,15 crowd, stating that the want of religion
Ti brought Pottevoie to an untimely end., andl
I,'lfaT,, Present to avoid his example. The criminal
Ih4t: kcee men sent
said that be
been
asked pardon of God, but
sen exeeuted, as the man.
te,'o`) 114'?,:citstnoti
ruc,itovhaasvneot dead. It appears that Pot-
, Istle
,:lthstanding depraved disposition, had
was ~.prison tamed a pigeon and a sparrow, to which
Ace .enderi..
.1 attached.
~eat after isPir-:,from Lons-le-Saulnior, in the
.Jura,
.shtaated
te- fortnight of the finest weather the moles.
to
the d sadden!
h and the ground is covered with snow
st.,
k•l,t t4113,,,t- °;ll‘oria 13 to 15 inches. On the 16tchv
411 d
the ather was
o'clock-, the following phenomenon e ulrred.
the
frightful, the atmosphere very cold,
• Itir,
Icwind whirling tire snow to a great height in
,t44cl a ;here was a tremendous explosion of thunder
„,-(lver flash of lightning, which set fire to the
Zestliatc,-isioe church, but fortunately the smoke was im
,1,7/ teen, and measures taken with such prompti-
' the fire was textinguished before any great da-
-1:t'l m'as done.
%)tit he Police has lately been extremely active in tracing
Nvir::,uinber of thieves, who take up their abodes in the
tarni-,s .;)f Paris, whence they come into the city to.
t)l) tneir depredations and afterwards escape to their tl4 r° retrats. Six were' found two days ago, and
I,,,,lcrrest is deemed the more important, as they are
nc'ffrenders, and some of them are known to be
), "n igangs•
-ad rho •Vednesday," says the Memorial Bordclais, " a1e.44 e satisfaction of seeing brought into execution a
°theei.are,°l police long demanded. Commissioners and
• ertain 'ave visited the places where milk is sold, to
as-
trade note the frauds which are practised in this
iAb olnerous vessels of adulterated milk were emp-
melitlo7 the kennels anti informations laid against tit e
kiestn.7ll,,ts." This isa good hint for the police authc
r the capital.
‘l'rinttter from Amsterdam of the 21st inst. says :
11•441 .„;e Prederick of the Netherlands, who has returr ted
fatliCerlin, has been to Loo to pay his respects to
.his
1148 't
112h0 King, notwithstanding his anxious dot are,
p.h`e th:- ;ken able to do the same, as the ex-King attaches
he cannot a 5 cede.
he -:11,6it conditions to which, as Kilig.
d 'the r-,,""'ing will remains at Loo until the 30th ino t•
e-aY et,-;was a considerable fire occasioned on thatrs_
soev-n'tlg at La Chapelle St. Denis, a suburb 4. Paris,
luat:e Children lighting and throwing about c hernical
flu, es, which they had bought of an itineraw dealer
arria-se azticles. The flames caught a numb' A- of old•
Att4e bodies in a depot, and the whole were *consumed.
at the her
fire occurred the same night Lear tb e Barriere,
tory 411(1 of the Rue Grange aux Belles, ir, manufac-
. as9t,ta` Painted leather. Notwithstandinf: the prompt
the I,,,nee given everything was constui,e'd. It is said
ThloPie for was not insured.
041 a: Commerce of to-day publishes f;letter from Mos-
-07111, dated the 10th inst., relatlye to the last expe-
°l General Bugeaud, and tieneral Lamori.ciere,

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