The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-29 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Public Optuton.

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By accounts received from Lisbon, of the 21st instant, we
are glad to learn that the partial insurrection which had
broken out at Abrantes and Elvas was at an end. The re-
volted soldiers received no support from the people.
From Spain •we learn that at Madrid great preparations
were making for the joyful reception of Queen Christina, and
that in the neighbourhood of Alicant and Murcia the leaders
on both sides were busily engaged in shooting officers and
decimating soldiers.
In the French Chamber of Deputies on Monday, Thursday
next was fixed for a discussion on the Otaheite affair. At the
same sitting a proposition for the interment of General Ber-
trand by the side of the Emperor was brought forward, and
the taking it into consideration was determined on.
The Ztkniteur states that the bill relative to the completion
of the great lines of, rail-roads, and the conditions to be
granted to the companies who may offer to execute them,
was to be presented to the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday
by the Minister of Public Works.
M. C. Laffitte has been re-elected Deputy at Louviers, by
a majority of 199 ; having obtained 340 votes, while his op-
ponent, M. Auzoux, had only 141.
According to accounts from Rouen, the extensive cotton-
works of M. Quesnel, in the Ile Dieu, near Vascoil, rented
by M. Andrieux, were totally destroyed by fire on Friday
night, leaving the whole a mere mass of ruins, except the
dwelling-house, which escaped. This establishment con-
sumed more than 4,000 lb. of cotton a week, and employed
150 men. On the preceding day the manufactory of 'ln-
diennes belonging to Mine. Veuve Schlumburg Rouff, Son,
and; Raupp, was also destroyed by a similar disaster, with
more than 300 pieces of the Indiennes which it contained.
A letter from Marseilles states that a very considerable
agitation took place in that city on Sunday last, in conse-
quence of a severe beating given by the mate and captain of
a Russian vessel to a young cabin-boy. His cries reached
the shore, and caused much excitement. Nearly 1,200 per-
sons soon collected on the quay, and would have boarded the
vessel if the police had not gone -on board and rescued the
boy. The Russian. Consul was informed of what had oc-
curred, and the boy was removed to a place of safety.
The Pope consecrated as Bishops four of the Cardinals on
the 11th instant. This is the first instance, it is said, for 150
years, of the Pope having performed this ceremony in person.
The Prince of Wurtemberg, Don Miguel, and all the Diplo-
matic Corps, were present on the occasion.
A letter from Ancona, Feb. 6, confirms a rumour which we
published on Tuesday. "An event," it states, " took place
here yesterday, which has caused the greatest alarm. As
Judge Allessandrini, of the extraordinary commission, ap-
pointed to try the political prisoners, was passing down the
street, escorted by two gensdarme, a man wearing a mask
rushed on him, and plunged a dagger into his back. The
crowd opened its ranks to the assassin, who mingled with the
other masks that filled the public way, and escaped. M. Al-
lessandrini is not dead, but no hopes are entertained of saving
his life. The police have not as yet discovered the murderer.
The amusements of the Carnival have in consequence been
suddenly brought to a close."
Letters from Constantinople, of the 7th, state that a great
insurrection had broken out in Albania, and that Bosnia
threatened to follow the example of that province. It was
said that the movement was instigated by Russia.