The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-31 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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publtir eptuton.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN,

M. Sauzet has been re-elected President of the French
Chamber of Deputies. He had 193 votes, whereas M.
Lamartine, the poet, had but 64 votes, and M. Odilon
Barrot only 55. This is the first triumph of the
Ministers.

The opinions of the French press upon the King's
Speech, selected from Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday,
will be found in another part of The Sun. The Speech
is denounced as a compound of rhodomontade and imbe-
cility by a majority of the journals.
Senor Olozaga, late Minister of Spain at the Court of
France, arrived in Madrid on the morning of the 21st
inst., for the purpose of taking his seat in the Chamber
of Deputies. When the difference took place between
M. Salvandy and the Regent, the latter sent an express
to Olazaga to remain at his post, but he had reached Vit-
toria before.

The following gratifying news from Spain is from
a Madrid letter of the 21st inst.—" Nothing can be more
satisfactory than the rapid development we observe in
the reviving industry of this country; though the tax
levied by Government on the proceeds of the mines is
only five per cent., and that we must take it for granted
that fraud is practised to some extent, it yields about
60,0001. sterling this year, though none is paid by the
proceeds of the quicksilver mines of Almaden, and the
new one of Almadenejo, belonging to Government,which
yield 1,204,000 dollars per annum, or 251,0001. sterling.
The mining undertakings afford employment to half a
million of people, and to 50,000 beasts of burthen ; and
little doubt need be entertained that the next year's ac-
nount will be considerably more cheering; it is thus that
we see the industry of Spain springing up in every
direction."

The Malaga Bishop Ortigosa, who lies under the
Pope's displeasure, has been raised by this Government
to the Archbishopric of ,Burgos, and the canons and
other members of the Seville Chapter have been com-
manded by Ministers not to obey the Archbishop and
Cardinal Cienfuegos, and to proceed to /he election of a
diocesan governor as in cases of cede racante.
The accession of Mehemet Izzet Pacha, to the office
of Prime Minister at the Porte, cannot but be injurious to
British interests, as it was the remonstrances of our
Government that caused his removal from the army in
Syria, where he was noted for his atrocities.

PUBLIC OPINION.
The Post endeavours, but not with the happiest results,
to be sarcastic on the subject of the two addresses pre-
sented to Lord Melbourne, from Derby, on Monday last.
The whole article is a mere tissue of pertness and flip-
pancy, and bids defiance to anything like analysis.
The Times, like the Post, affects the satirical as regards
the presentation of the two Derby addresses to Lord
Melbourne, and observes of his Lordship's reply, that it
was " characteristic "—an expression of dubious import,
but intended, we presume, to be condemnatory.
The Chronicle, in reply to some remarks lately made
by the Dublin Morning Register, on the question of the
Repeal of the Union, says—" The Union with Ireland
will never be repealed. Hundreds of thousands of men
may fall a sacrifice in the attempt to effect such a repeal,
but as long as England is secured by her navy from con-
tinental invasion, Ireland cannot be forcibly separated
from her."

The Herald contains an article suggested by the Derby
addresses to Lord Melbourne, wherein, glancing at the
Whig Budget propositions, our Contemporary observes—
" That Lord Melbourne knew or cared little about the
propositions, we can readily believe ; the more so, as the
Noble Lord, in his reply to his Derby admirers, again
gives a characteristic instance of his utter ignorance of
public opinion, in protesting that he expected the greater
part of the proposals would have received the sanction of
Parliament. In such expectations, however, the Noble
Viscount stood alone."

The Dublin Evening Post contrasts the magnificence
of former Irish Viceroys with the petty economy of the
present, and observes—" It has always been the custom
of the Viceroys of Ireland to send a fat ox to the Mendi-
city Institution, that the mendicants might fare substan-
tially on Christmas Day. It was, at least, a harmless
custom; but his Excellency judged—whether wisely, we
shall not say—that you might fulfil all the obligations of
charity at a less expense. Accordingly, determined to
send something, he ordered that a quarter of beef should
be sent to the beggars. This, no doubt, is in accordance
with the economy and retrenchment which the Mail as-
sured us so unctuously was to be the principle of his
Excellency's administration."

The York Courant remarks, in allusion to Lord Mor-
peth's reception in America :—" A private letter states,
that this worthy and patriotic Nobleman intends to re-
turn from America to this country at the close of Febru-
ary, or, at the latest the first week in March. However
gratifying to Lord Morpeth's feelings must be the gene-
rous hospitality shown to him on transatlantic shores, we
feel confident the warm and cordial welconiel which will
greet him on his return 'home, and amongst the Refor-
mers of the West Riding.,of Yorkshire, will be equally
pleasing."
The following is from the Cheltenham Examiner :
" Well says Mr. ChriStepher thatiNirlianierit must legis!
late on the Corn-laws—that the fitejins of oountry
demands an imiestigatibri'iOtileV'e.antat"'
and well he says ThriCiiolliociteiV'Or hilelthelitires will
beaccepted. The events of the present winter, the agi-
tation and discussion which have been carried on, and
the suffering which has been endured, have placed the
parties in a very different position to that in which they
stood at the close of the past session ; even Mr. Christo-
pher knows now that the chance of an Bs. duty is lost to
the monopolists for ever."