The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-17 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Pubitt Optutott.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

On Monday a great deal of business was done on the
Paris Bourse, and at higher prices. The Three per
Cents. closed at 82f. 75c., and the Fives at 125 f.
Great distress, according to the National, prevails in
the manufacturing districts of France.
The Greek Government having, says the Moniteur,.
requested from that of France the permission to send to
Toulon several young Greeks to pursue the maritime
studies necessary for the grades which King Otho in-
tends to confer on them in the Greek navy, and the per-
mission having been immediately granted, six young
Greeks have arrived at Toulon, and have been placed
under the care of an officer of the navy. The son of the
celebrated Canaris has been received on board the
Marengo ship of the line, now in the Levant.
On the Ist of January the citizens of Stockholm gave
a grand ball in honour of the Royal family. At nine
o'clock the King, accompanied by the members of his
family, arrived. His presence caused the more pleasure
as for several years his Majesty has not been present on
such an occasion.

The German papers state that a report was current
that the Germanic Diet had made a representation to the
Government of the Grand Duchy of Baden relative to a
third duel, which was to take place in the affair of Goeler
and Haber. _

A letter from the Hague, Jan. 10, says:—" The Mi-
nister of Marine has lost everything by the fire which
destroyed his house. He was obliged the same night to
take refuge in a public hotel with his wife, who was ill,
and his two daughters. The next day he received an
invitation to occapy the palace which his Majesty pos-
sesses near the Royal chateau. On taking possession of
the apartments, Vice-Admiral Ryk found on a table a
pocket book containing 25,000 f. in notes, and in a ward-
robe were placed a great number of rich silks, velvets,
and satins, for dresses for Mme. Ryk and her daughters."
According to the Augsburg Gazette, the property left
by the late Count of Nassau has been estimated far too
highly, the real amount being not more than 70 millions
of francs.

The weather at Paris, which for several weeks had
been generally so unusually mild for the period of the
year, changed suddenly in the night of Friday. A
sharp frost set in, and at six on Saturday morning the
mercury fell to 22 Farenheit, and at noon it stood at
26. On Sunday it continued nearly the same.
The Madrid papers state that the weather in Navarre
during the latter part of December and the beginning of
this month was severe almost without precedent. Snow
had fallen at Taffala for fifteen days consecutively, and
prayers had been put up in the churches for a cessation
of so rigorous a temperature. It was feared ,that all the
olive trees would be destroyed.
A letter from Manheim, in the Journal de Frantfort,
states that Dr. Goldschmidt, of Gottingen, has disco-
vered that the little comet seen at Paris in November,
describes an ellipse altogether differing from the usual
parabolic orbit of comets, and revolves round the sun
in somewhat less
,than seven years. Its orbit comes
nearer to a circle than that of any other similar body
yet discovered.