The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-16 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
Vubitr eptnton.

" Who runs may read."

FORMXON.

In the French Chamber of Peers, the general discus-
sion on the address closed on Monday, and on Tuesday
the first paragraph was under consideration. It will be
agreed to without amendment.

-The Bureaux of the Chamber of Deputies were en-
gaged in the examination of the Budget. No Minister
was present, and the Budgets of Public Werks and of
War were the chief subjects deliberated on. The latter
department excited most interest. Its expenses amount
to 329,733,283 f. (13,500,0001.) Some Members, and
particularly M. Magne, expressed a wish to see the ex-
penses of the army in Africa placed on the ordinary
Budget of the State. In the department of Public
Works an increase of 975,500 f. is demanded.
The Atessager gives the following account of a juvenile
rebellion, without assigning the cause :—" On the 10th
inst., at the time of the evening recreation, the students
of te Ecole SpceJiale Militaire, at Saint-Cyr, without
any apparent cause or motive for discontent, uttered
the most vociferous cries, and continued them till the
hour of bed-time. The General in command of the
school inflicted punishment on the most violent, and the
next morning issued an order of the day, warning the
pupils against listening to the suggestions of their
comrades exciting them to rebel, which, he said, would
compromise their future success in life. This induced
a calm for the rest of that day until the evening, when
the riot was renewed, and was repeated again on Sun-
day morning. Two of the adjutants were knocked
down. The General sent an account of what was pass-
ing to the Minister of War, who returned directions for
the whole School to be confined to their rooms, and the
chief culprits to be put under close arrest, until they
could be brought before the Council Discipline. The
General was authorised to call in an armed force, if ab-
solutely indispensable, informing the pupils that the
Minister would break up the School entirely if they did
not immediately return to their duty. On the recom-
mendation of the Council of Discipline, the Minister has
ordered five of the pupils to be expelled, and sent to join
such of the regiments as they voluntarily agreed to enter.
The Montpellier and Nismes Railroad was opened on
the 9th inst.

A royal ordonnance has been published, establishing
an octroi duty in the sea-ports of Algeria.
A letter from Oran gives the following as an episode
of the battle of Isly ;—" At a critical moment during
the battle a battalion, being hard pressed by the enemy's
cavalry, found it necessary to form itself in square. On
seeing the front rank kneel, the Moroccomen, not ac-
quainted with our tactics, fancied that our soldiers were
praying for quarter, and wished to surrender. Ceasing
all acts of aggression, the body of cavalry came leisurely
up, expecting only to receive the arms of future pri-
soners. The commanding officer of the corps of infantry
saw the enemy's misconception, and kept his men in
their position till the Morocco troops came within two
paces of the front of the battalion, when a general dis-
charge at point blank taught them that the French were
not accustomed to surrender so readily:".

In a long statistical account, in one of the Paris papers,
of the number of persons in France accused of the crime
of poisoning, from 1830 to 1842 inclusively, we find the
following results :—The number accused was 541. Of
these 251 were acquitted ; 65 condemned to death, of
whom 37 were executed, and 23 had their judg-
ments commuted ; 138 sentenced to hard labour at the
hulks for life, and 58 for various limited terms ; 29 to
minor punishment. Of the total 541, 295 were men, and
46 women ; but the poisoning of husbands by their
wives were more numerous than of wives by their
husbands. To the total number of 541 there is to be added
6 who have been tried and condemned in default of
appearance. It is necessary to add two more items to
this sad account, viz.:—ln the ten years from 1830 to
1839 inclusively there were 200, and in the three years
from 1840 to 1842 there were 113 ascertained acts of
poisoning, the perpetrators of which have not been dis-
covered. From the whole statement, it is proved that
this crime in France has been latterly greatly on the in-
crease.

The Austrian Government has decided that a public
exhibition of articles of industry shall be opened at
Vienna, on May 15, and continue to July 15 of the pre-
sent year.
A deliberation was held on Monday at the depart-
ment of Agriculture and Commerce, for the purpose of
forming the Commission that is to distribute premiums
on the 23d instant, at the market of Poissy, to breeders
of cattle, in conformity with the Ministerial order of
March, 1843. The oxen are to he divided into three
classes, the first having four prizes of 1,200 f., 1,000 f.,
800 f., and 600 f. ; the second, three of 1,000 f., 900 f., and
700 f. ; and the third, three of 800 f., 700 f., and 5001.
Sheep are to be divided into two classes, each of
which is to have four prises of from 6011.. to 300 f. It
is at this great market that the two bceuf pal are to be
purchased.