The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-26 00:00:00

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FORZIGN.

There is 'not much news in the Paris Journals of
Tuesday. The King went to Paris on Monday, to
give audience to the deputation of the Chamber of
Deputies which was to present to his Majesty the Re-
gency Law, adopted by that assembly. On , this oc-
casion, the King, dressed in his regal robes, had taken
his seat on the throne, where, "surrounded by his sons,
Ministers, and Aides-de-Camp, he received the Bill
from the hands of M. &laze; with whom he ex-
changed gracious acknowledgments. Upwards of 200
Deputies were present at the reception.
The French squadron, under Admiral Hugon, ar-
rived at Ajaecio, in Corsica, on the 13th inst. It con-
sisted of eight ships of the line, two frigates, and a
steamer, carrying together 11,000 men, and 910 pieces
of artillery. ;The squadron was to remain at Ajaccio
until the 22d.

The Debats contradicts, in the most positive
manner, a report which has been afloat for some days
of the hospitals of Paris being filled with patients at-
tacked with typhus and cholera. This journal declares
and with perfect truth, that the sanitary state of the
capital is not unsatisfactory, and that there are only
the usual intestinal affections common to the season,
with a few cases of typhoid fevers brought on by the
excessive heat.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 16th inst.

Some'disorders had taken place near Alicant, where
the inhabitants of four of the neighbouring districts
had combined and joined in an attack on the Govern-
ment salt-works. The assailants succeeded in carry-
ing .'off a large quantity of salt. The Political Chief
repaired to the spot, at the head of some troops, and
succeeded in arresting the principal leaders.
The Constitucional of Barcelona of the 17th inst.
contains a despatch of the Minister of War to the
Captain-General of Catalonia, announcing that the
Regent had conferred the Grand Cross of the Order
of Isabella the Catholic on Brigadier Zurbano, for
having pacified the province of Gerona.
The Frankfort Gazette of the '2lst inst. announces
that the Legislative States of Holstein had adopted
the following resolutions with regard to the publicity
of their debates :-Ist question.—Shall the Assembly
petition the Ring to render its debates public ? Car-
ried by a majority of 33 to I'2. 2d question.—Shall
reporters be admitted into the Hall to give an account
of the proceedings ? Negatived by 36 against 9.
Accounts from Naples of the 9th inst. state that
on the preceding night the King, Queen, Princesses
of the Royal family,.,
and the Infant Don Sebastian
and.. the `Princess Amelia, his wife, sailed in the
Vesuvius ship-of-the-line, for Messina, to be present
at the celebration of the feast of our Lady of Loretto.
Five frigates and a steamer formed the escort of their
Maj esties.
The Prussian State Gazette publishes an Imperial
ukase of the 6th ult., decreeing the construction of a
stone bridge across the Neva, which is to be defrayed
by means of a loan, the capital of which is to be re-
imbursed out of .the proceeds of an additional duty
of 1* per cent. on all goods entering the harbour.
of St. Petersburgh after the Ist of January, 1843,
or whiCh might be lying in the Customs'. stores at
that period.
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.

The coal-whippers on the river made a general strike
on Wednesday, and resolved to cease from work till
they obtained a penny per ton, clear of all deductions,
as formerly, for their labour, and should be employed
direct from the landing-places along shore, without
any interference from the " middle-men."
In Cork the sale of spirits is unusually slack. There
are at this moment no fewer than 3,000 puncheons on
the hands of the distillers, without any appearance of
their being expeditiously bought.
The Kidderminster carpet manufacturers are doing
a brisk trade just at present, but other warehouses
are, for the most part, dull.
PUBLIC XMP&OVEMENTS.

. A number of Italian gentlemen in this country
have formed themselves into a Committee for the pur-
pose of erecting a school, and giving gratuitous edu-
cation to the minstrel mendicants, or Italian boys,
who are so constantly seen exhibiting on the high-
ways. About 200 children are already receiving the
benefits of this plan..