The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-02 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

AND
tilittlit ®pinion.

" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.

Several of the French journals reply to the article of the
Debuts on the report of the Captain of the Deux Scours. In
their repliei they repeat most of the arguments which they had
already so repeatedly used, but the Constitutionnel and the
Ceurrier liancais both declare, in allusion to the inference of
the Debuts, that the Opposition journals would at once in-
volve France in a war with England on the subject of the right
of search, and without investigaion as to the truth of the
charges which have been brought against that country of in-
solence and outrage to the French flag, that they neither con-
template nor desire war. The Constitutionnel says it requires
only that treaties so injurious to the honour and interests of
France, as it describes those for the right of search to be, should
he annulled or very much modified ; and the Courtier
Francais observes that it is very far from being desirous cf a
vain effusion of blood, and only demands that the French naval
force for the protection tit trade should be increased.
The Courtier de Lyon gives an account of a terrible whirl-
wind on the 24th instant, at and in the environs of Chauffailes,
in the Saone-et-Loire, which unroofed most of the houses of
the town, scattering the tiles and slates like so many feathers,
and mak ng the tall chimney of a steam-engine bend like a reed.
In its course it destroyed the crops and vegetation to a vast
extent, dilapidated whole forests, and rooted up many single
trees. Some large wallnut trees were carried two hundred
yards from the spot where they grew. At Chauffailes, one
man was killed; at Saint-Ygny de Roche, four ; and, at Coub-
lan, nine persons perished. The whole country was covered
with wreck and ruin of every description.
The Ecclesiastical Seminary at Tarbes, in the Hautes
Pyrenees, was struck by lightning on the 22d instant, anti sus-
tained considerable damage, and, it is believed, would have
suffered much more severely, had not the electric fluid been
diverted from its course by the attraction of a quantity'of iron
tools which were plated in one of the angles of the build.
ing. By the same storm the communes of Andrest, arro-
vines, and Pouyastruc, sustained severe loss, and in the latter
a man and a youth, employed in getting some hay into a barn,
were both killed.

According to the second edition of the Almanack of the
Bureau of Longituites, which has recently been published, the
actual population of France amounts to 33,540,000 souls, the
births in 1839 amounted to 957,000, the deaths to 780,600,
and the marriages to 266,890. The deaths in Paris for 1840
were 28,294, of which number 281 were exposed at the
Morgue.
The Gazette de Flandre et d' Artois gives the following:—
" The Custom-hou,,e officers of Boulogne have just made a
seizure of a voluminous correspondence, said to have been left
by Prince Louis, now confined at Ham, in England, when he
set out on his expedition to Boulogne. It is added, that the
depositary being dead, his representatives thought it right to
send the letters to France."
The Correspondent of Nuremberg of the 25th ult. an-
nounces several changes in the Austrian army ; Count Nugent
is to replace Count de Rothkirch at Gratz; Prince 'Vasa is
appointed Commandant at Brunn. Colonel Holier has been
sent to Aram, with full powers to settle the disputes between
the Croatians and Hungarians.
The Madrid Patriota of the 21st contains the following
arficle :—" We stated on Friday, in opposition to all the jour-
nals, that propositions had been made for the first aeries of the
loan of 160,000,000 reals, and our statement was perfectly cos.
rect. To-day three propositions were presented, one for
20,000,000, at 19 per cent. discount ; another for 5,060,01.0,
at the same discount ; and a third, made by the Bank of San
Fernando, f..r 30,000,000, at 18 per cent. discount. Those
three propositions have been submitted to the Minister of
Finance by the Director of the Treasury."