The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-02 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Vutittr Oottliton.

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FOREIGN.
The Illohiteur Paris•ien states the number of French
Government steamers now afloat, or building, is 92. Of
these, eight are frigates of from 450 to 650 horse-power,
nd 13 corvettes of from 220 to 320 horse-power.
'the Ist Legion of the National Guard of Paris met
on Sunday morning, in the Place VerdOme, to receive
its Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, and other officers lately
appointed. The weather was uncommonly fine, and the
attendnnee to the men was numerous. The Prefect of
the. Seine administered the oath to the officers, afttr
Lich the General in command, accomranied by the
Prefect, passed in front of the four battalions composing
the legion, which afterwards defiled before him.
Several of the Paris journals announce that petitions
against the Bill for arming the fortifications of Paris
are lying for signature at various places: The Refornie
publishes a first list of the subscribers to a petition
from the officers of the National Guards of Paris. It
contains the names of sixty captains, lieutenants, and
other officers.
The Duchess of Orleans has sent, in her own name
and that of the Count de Paris, a sum of 200 francs to
the Committee of the English National Schools of the
Havre and Rouen Railroads. There are, at present.,
four schools established at Rouen, Malauney, Barentin,
and Bolbec. The number of children who attend amounts
to upwards of 500.
Several cases containing plants and seeds from the
different countries visited by the legation to China have
been received at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Amongst them are several specimens of the tea-plant,
and a coffee-plant from the Malay Peninsula, which has
been hitherto unknown to the botanists of Europe. The
bean is small, nearly white, and highly aromatic.
On Saturday the police emptied into the Seine, near
the Jardin des Plantes, nearly 500 casks of adulterated
red and white wines, which had been received at the
entrepiit, from Rouen, at the end of 1843, but had hi-
therto been unsuspected.
The Council General of the Moselle, and the Munici-
pal Council of Metz, have voted four millions of francs for
the prolongation of the Frouard and Metz railroad to
Sarrebuck. The department is to furnish 2,700,000 f.,
and the town of Metz the remainder.
A postscript to a communication from Berne, of the
27th ult., says :—" I have just heard that, in consequence
of the daily increasing defections from the Lucerne Go-
vernment's troops, the expedition of the free-eorps is to
take place to-morrow. At the same time the Berne Go-
vernment (seeing that this revolutionary attempt no
longer requires its moral support) intends to issue a pro-
clamation prohibiting the people of its canton from join-
ing these free corps : their only object is to keep up some
appearances towards foreign diplomacy. The Russian
Minister has, according to report, delivered to the Vorort
a note drawn up in harsher language than those of
France, Austria, and Prussia.
A. letter from Athens of the 18th ult. states that the
Russian Chargé d'Affaires in that city had received fresh
dispatches from his Court. They confirm the declara-
tion of the friendly disposition of Russia towards Greece
and the present Ministry.