The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

F. VEXING SUN
IN
• FROM THE FRENCH PAPEIjSZ)7I
The Moniteur publishes a Report from M. 8,4'.
gent, Inspector-General of Bridges and Roads • •
2-711 Ersc,.
sent by the Minister of Public Works to ex P-
the damage done by the last inundation of 1.77
He states that the dykes and other hydraulic
been more or less extensively injured or dots
Pont-Saint-Esprit, Monfaucon, Roquemaure, Vit tent lir I S M:1141
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Araznon Vallahregue, Beaucaire; and Tara seen ; but
that at all these points works of repas-ation are: going on
as far as circumstances admit. The L'hone is still very
high at Beaucaire, and lower down its course tb e plain.
of Saint-Gilles is almost entirely submerged. No general
estimate of the damage, which is no deal considerable,
appears as yet to have been formed.
The Memorial des Pyrenees says—" A few' days ago
as a detachment of volunteers of Estramaauea was re-
m:ming some criminals to Badajoz, they we Te attacked
by eigut men on horseback, whose object app.sared to be
to rescue the prisoners. Uncertain as to the issue of the
combat, the volunteers began by shooting the ncin under
their charge, and then attacked the horsemen, whom
they put to flight."
The Indicalcur of Bordeaux states that, on the .24th
inst., a suspension bridge over the Dordogne, at Mag-
ritte, gave way, and that a waggon, with seven or eight
people, was precipitated into the river, all of whom
perishco'.
A baby left by its mother in its cradle, in a cottage,.
with the door open, at Rolignon, in the Pyrenees, was,,
a short time ago; killed by a pig, which got into the.
.hßeals
room, and devoured the poor infant's head.
It was reported on 'Change, on Saturday, that the house:
of An
ginubeiriisehlannetnl
tCao.t,
Havre, had
who have also a
brae
stopped payment,
with debts to a very large amount. This failure was
coosichred the more disastrous, as the firm, which were of
gr eta.t respectability and large shippers, had extended
'
their' s.'leculations to many undertakings in the Gironde,
such
as, the Teste rail-road, the bridge at Cubsac, and
other great works.
'ial
The Memo.
of Bordeaux says, that the cashier of
the house
absconded.
,Iguerie contributed to hasten its fall, and
has
A complaint has been laid against this
of 1
person, and a se.irt: h has been made, but he Las not been
found.
mato, may be the secondary causes," this
jtohuorn
discomfiture
-th have more or less contributed to
will:ofteis firm, it is not the less true that.
the first and efficient Cuts° is the stagnation, or rather
aladds,
"
annihilation, of our cotnralree, Our merchants make vain
efforts to struggle against' the unnumbered affficulties
created for them by the laws ,atocting trade."
The St. Petersburgh papers. .state that on .the 13th
instant the Neva began floating dawn masses of ice suffi-
ciently large to render the removal of the bridges fleet*.
nary, and that on the following day most of the canals
were frozen. Although not much snow had fallen,
shmlges had appeared in the streets.
A letter from Rome, in the Augsburyh GeAzettc, says,
that the Pontifical Order of the Golden Spear, instituted
by Constantine in commemoration of his vicAory over
Maxentius, ha* been newly organised by the Pope. The
new decoration will be worn suspended from a red rib-
band, and in the centre of the cross, on a white ground,
is the effigy of Pope Silvester. The commander.% are to
be limited to 180, and the chevaliers to 300, for the
states of the Church, but are to be unlimited for foreign
States. The Secretary of Briefs is to be Chancellor of
the Order.
The Minister of Public Works, having received com-
plaints that the navigation of the Rhone is greatly im-
peded, as soon as any rise in the water takes place, by
the different suspension bridges thrown across that river
lowitts been made too low, has issued orders for esti-
mates !o be formed of the expenses required for zaising
the roadw7tYs of all these bridges from 3 to 4 feet a Bove
their present' elevation.
The France alieridionale of Toulouse states that ihe
result of the late c,
laps in that town shows the popula-
tion to be 79,937, beieg an increase of 2,565 since 1836.
The floating part of the population, including the gar-
rison, the schools, &c., is 10,431.
On Saturday last Madame Calmonne; the widow or
M. Cannonne, late adjutant of the Palace of the Elysee
Bourbon, having fallen asleep near a stove, her clothes
took fire, and she was burnt to death.
The Nantes journals state that on the 16th instant the
church at Gcllier, near that town, was struck by light-
ning, which completely stripped the clock tower, tore
off many slates from the root, and descending into the
nave, broke a slab in the pavement, made its way out •
again by removing a stone 4001bs. weight, passed through
a convent adjoining, where it did but some slight da-
mage, and entered a carpenter's shop, where it destroyed
most of the implements.
The France states that M. Cavaignac, who was as-
serted erroneously by a Belgian Journal to have been
concerned in getting up the late plot in J3elgium, ar.ived
in Paris a few days since from Algiers, to take an active
part in the editing of the Journal du Peuple, in eonoe-
quenee of ale imprisonment of M. Dupoty.
The King and Queen of Prussia left Munich for Ber-
lin on the 22d inst.

A letter in the German Journal of Frankfort, dated
Stockholm, 9th inst„ after contradicting the rumour that
the King of Denmark was going to Norway to pass She
winter, says:—.' Notwithstanding his age, the King ea-
joys perfect health, and works nine or ten hours every.
day. lle is said to be engaged in writing a treatise to-
show that the proposition submitted to the States Gene-
ral in 1823, for a tribunal for scrutinizing the conduct of
Ministers previously to each Session, is contrary to the
spirit of the Constitution."
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The Handlesblud of Amsterdam, of the 25th inst.
says—" Prince Frederick of the Netherlands arrived on,
Sunday at Loo. Persons who were present at the inter-
view between him and his father, the ex-King of Holland,
say it was ',highly affecting. The Prince remained with
his father and the Countess, his wife' until eleven o'clock
at night, when he returned to the Hague. King Wil-
liam Frederick was to leave the Hague to-day for Berlin,
but it is believed that his absence will be a short one ;
he has promised the Protestant clergymen of Apeldoorn
to be present at the inauguration of the new church,
which is to take place at Easter."

The Russian Minister of Public Instruction has been
lately engaged in improving the University of Kasen,
where the Chinese, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Tartar,
and Armenian tongues, and generally the languages of
all the Eastern and Western nations are taught. Such
vt{dents as distinguish themselves by their acquirements
are sent to travel in the interior of Central Asia, to ac-
quire a knowledge of the manners, customs, institutions,
and religion of the wandering tribes of that part of the
world, hitherto so little known. Two young men have
lately been sent into European Turkey, Asia Minor,
Persia, . Arabia, and Egypt, with all instructions and.
means of acquiring information, which is to be published
on their return.
The following are the courses of public and gratuitous
lectures, on living Eastern languages, appointed to be
given at the Royal Library, during the first half of the
scholastic year, commencing from Monday, viz.,—
Ilindostanee, by M. Garcia de Tassy, on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a quarter before ten ;
Arabic, by M. Reinhaud, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and
Saturdays, at half-past two ; Vulgar Arabic, by M.
Caussin de Perceval, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays, at eleven • Persian, by M. Quatremere, on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at seven in the
evening ; Turkish, by Chevalier Amedee Jaubert, on
Wednesdays and Fridays, at twelve ; Armenian, by M.
GMreeondka,ysa,ndWeGdureesedkaysi,,aakend_
Fridays, Modern attdefouFrl;orAivroadl
'erenn
graphy, by M. }lase, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sa-
turdays, at eleven.

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