The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-15 00:00:00

SUSNARY OF NEWS

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POREIGN.
The Spanish mail, of the 7th inst., has not attired, owing to
the great fall of snow on the Pyrenees, and In the South of France.
At Paris the cold continued very severe. Fahrenheit's therms).
meter, at six o'clock on Wednesday, marked IL being 41, below
freezing. At Brussels the cold was still more intense, the titer•
mometer having fallen to 7.
The Count de Rattl.Menton, Consul at Canton, is about to be
oppointed Consul-Genera) for France at Manilla, in the room of M.
Barrot.

The following appears in the Affiqur :—" We learn that soma
members of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies have formed a pro.
iect for founding agriculturarestablishments in Algeria. It appears,
also from our correspondent at Philippeville, that M. Ferdinand
Barrot ha 3 acquired within the immediate territories of that town
from 1,000 to 1,200 hectares (2,500 to 3,000 acres) of land, which
he intends to divLe into about 40 farms, and to settle families upon
them. It is added, that the Minister of War has shown himself to
be very favourable to the realisation of this great undertaking."
It appears from an official return et the commerce of Guada-
loupe during the second quarter of 1844, that the imports amounted
to 6,937,5041., of which 4,805,521 E was for French merchan-
dise from France, 669,915 f. for French merchandise from the
French colonies and fisheries, and 4,465,068 f. for foreign mer-
chandise.

A letter from Algeciras of the 29th ult. states that the Spanish
war.steamer Gironda, in passing under the batteries of Gibraltar,
had been fired upon. The circumstance was mentioned in the
Spanish Chamber of Deputies, when the Minister of Marine said,
the Gironda at the time had in tow a coast-guard vessel which had
been disabled by :the weather, and the officer of one of the batte-
ries, imagining that the vessel in tow was one that had been cap-
tured by the steamer within the waters of Gibraltar, and therefore
in violation of the laws of neutrality, had fired upon the Gironda.
This assurance had been given by the Governor of Gibraltar, and
he had not only dismissed the officer in command from the post
that he held, but had also given orders that in future no Spanish
vessel passing by Gibraltar should, under any circumstances, be
fired upon.
A Berlin letter of the 7th inst., gives the following statement :
The day before yesterday an old chorus-singer of the Grand
Opera, named Bredersck, went to one of the magistrates, and spon-
taneously confessed that he was the sole incendiary of the Opera-
house, burnt down in the night of the 18th of August, 1843—that
he did it in revenge for a severe reproof given him by the leader
of the chorus, and effected it by scattering lighted tinder in the
wardrobe and other parts of the theatre. He was committed to
prison, but the stateof extreme destitution which he was in led at
first to a belief that he had accused himself merely to gain food and
lodgings. The minute details, however, which he has since given,
corroborated by other information obtained by the police, appear
to indicate that he has told the truth."
It is reported that the Prussian and Danish Governments have
agreed to refer their differences about the Sound dues to the media-
tier; of France.
During the last month, the consumption of meat in Paris was
7,409 oxen, 1,378 cows, 6,939 calves, and 41,631 sheep, i:Png 572
oxen, 74 cows, 1,142 calves, and 2,319 sheep more than in Jan..'arY•
1844. This consumption has never been so great in the stirs:
month of the year since 1825.
We are authorised to state (says Galignani) that the Committee.
ofthe Franco.Ecglish Railway Company (Jacques Lefebvre) from,
Tours to Nantes is composed as follows :—The lion. George Daw-.
son, M.P., and Member of the Privy Council; Mathew Boultort
Rennie, Esq. Director of the London and Westminster Bank; John
Anderson, Esq., merchant ; George Hankey, Esq., Director of the
Dover or South-Eastern Railway.
An accident happened during the performance of Robert le Diable,
in the evening of Sunday last, at the Valenciennes Theatre, which
might have had the same fatal effects as that which destroyed the
life of Miss Clara Webster in London. While the actress who was
performing Isabella was, in the second act, reading the •letter from
Robert, the long veil hanging behind her, suspended from her co-
ronet, caught fwe from a gas-light, and in a moment was in one
entire blaze. Fortunately, it was seen by the foreman of the
firemen, who instantly came on to the stage, tore off the veil, and
extinguished the flames. The actress fainted from the fright, bus
in ;very short time she recovered, and resumed her part.