The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

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FOR,ZIGN.
Queen Christina attended Divine service at the Cathedral
at Lyons on the 20th inst. After the mass, the Queen re-
ceived in her apartments the Prefect, the Mayor, and all the
civil, law, and military officers of the city. In the morning
of the 21st her Majesty embarked in another steam-boat for
Avignon, where she would arrive the same evening.
It is stated in a letter from Hayti, 23d ult., that M. A.
Barrot, not having been able to come to an understanding
with the Government as to the time to be allowed for the
payment of the French claims,' had broken off the negotia-
tions, and embarked on the 18th in the Aube corvette, taking
with him, however, the funds for the payment of the instal-
ment due in 1843. An envoy from Hayti is, as has been al-
ready announced, to visit France for the purpose of renewing
the negotiation with the French Government.
The mandement of the Archbishop of Paris for the observ-
ance of Lent has just been published. It permits the eating
of eggs, butter, and milk during Lent, except for the three
last days of Passion week, and butcher's meat on the Sun-
days, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, except in Passion
week. Persons who wish to eat meat every day may do so
by distributing alms, to be employed towards the purchase of
the old convent of the Carmelites, and for the relief of the
poor.
The King of Saxony, on the sth inst., issued an ordon-
nance which so far relaxes the restrictions on the press as to
decree that henceforth all pamphlets, and other publications
exceeding twenty sheets of letter-press, shall be exempt from
the censorship.
A letter from Vienna, Feb. 15, says :—" Our railroads
have been impassable for three days, on account:of the enor-
mous quantities of snow that have fallen. To-morrow the
lines will be again open."
A letter from Constantinople, Jan. 31, in the Journal de
Francfort, contains the following paragraph :—" It will be
remembered that some months back the trial of a Turk took
place for offensive expressions against the Prophet. The
affair took place precisely at the moment when France and
the other Powers presented their notes to the Divan, to pro-
test energetically against the execution of the unfortunate
Ovaghun. It was already. reported that the impiety of the
Turk was about to be punished with death, conformably to
the text of the law, but the profound impression made by the
note of the Minister of France caused the sentence of death to
be revoked. M. de Bourqueney, blinded by false hopes, was
proclaiming his pretended triumphs everywhere, but all was
deception. In a fortnight after the Greek of BilecTk was
executed, and now we learn that the Turk of Salonica has
been decapitated."
The Union des Provinces states that the cold weather in
France is not to be compared to the severe frost which has
been experienced in Germany and. Switzerland, as will appear
from the following facts :—" At Konigsberg snow fell in such
quantities that wolves entered the town in the noon-day.
At Nuremberg the snow was nine feet in depth. In the
Grisons in Switzerland the glass stood at 23 degrees of
Reaumur (51 Fahrenheit) below freezing point, and sub-
sequently there came a fall of snow, which completely
covered the hills and valleys. During several days a snow-
storm prevailed, which caused much injury. Five persons
perished of cold and fatigue in crossing Mount Albula,
and several others had their limbs frozen. Five:men and
thirteen head of oxen perished in an avalanche which
fell from a mountain to the east of Niederwald."