The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-06 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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Pubitt Optutou.

" Who runs may read:'

PORMIGN.

There is nothing of real interest in the leading
articles of the Paris Journals. The Courrier Francais,
in a notice of the last news from India, expresses an
opinion that the power of England in that quarter of
the world, having reached its apogee, is now in its
decline.
The Univers announces that Pope Gregory XVI.
had sent to Mr. O'Connell a splendid cross and gold
medal. M. Cullen, the Director of the Irish College
in Rome, now on his way to Ireland, had been
charged to present to Mr. O'Connell those gifts of the
Holy Father.
An official return has just been published of the
imports and exports of corn and flour in France, for
the first seven months of the present year. The im-
ports IN ere as follow in metrical quintals (the metro
cal quintal is 22141 b. English) :—Wheat, 202,541 ;
other corn, 45,539 ; flour, 1,342. The exports were:—
Wheat, 325,645 ; other corn, 200,037 ; flour, 70,194.
The quantity remaining in the entrepots, on the Ist
ult., were :—Wheat, 44,672 ; other corn, 16,123 ;
flour, 8,479.
The French Government granted, in 1841, three
grand crosses of the Legion of Honour, seven crosses of
Grand Officers, forty-eight of Commanders, and two
hundred and two Officers. The number of Knights'
crosses conferred has not yet been officially stated.
We quote the following from the Sentinelle of
Toulon :—" The American squadron in the Mediter-
ranean has been reinforced by the Congress, a 60-gun
frigate, which has lately arrived from Mahon, and a
ship of the same nation is also expected. The differ-
ences which have arisen between the represen-
tatives of the United States and the Emperor of Al° •
rocco are not likely to come to an amicable settle-
ment. An Envoy sent by the Commodore to the
government of Morocco has not been received, and
the Commodore only waits positive orders from his
Government to commence hostilities."
The Univers states, that the persecution com-
menced by the Emperor Nicholas against the Ca-
tholics of his empire had hitherto only served to in-
crease their numbers. In the city of Warsaw alone
no less than 400 Jews abjured Judaism and embraced
the Catholic religion in the course of 1841. The
number of those who conformed to the Greek schism
was comparatively small, although great advantages
are held out to the Israelites who embrace the reli•
gion of the State, whilst those who become Catholics
have nothing but persecution to expect.
A Madrid Journal gives the following as the pre-
sent state of the Spanish navy :—Three ships of the
line, 6 frigates, 1 corvette, 10 brigs, 9 schooners,
4 armed steamers, 3 armed sailing packets, and
2 small vessels of war. The ships of the line are at
present not in a state for service, but one, the Sobe-
rano, is fitting out at Cadiz ,• only 3 frigates are fitted
out, but one is getting ready at Ferrol, and another
will soon be ready for sea.
It was reported in Rome on the 23d ult., that the
Russian Minister, on receipt of despatches from his
Court, had waited on Cardinal Lambruschini, the

Secretary of State, with whom he had' had a lively
altercation. Should the influence of Russia prevail
at the Papal Court, Cardinal Lambruschini will be
obliged to vacate his post, in favour of Cardinal Ber-
netti, who has acted as Nuncio in Russia during
several years. It was likewise stated that some dif-
ferences had taken place between the Cabinets of
Vienna and Rome, but nothing serious was appre-
hended so long as M. Lutzow who is entirely devoted
to the Court of Rome, should continue there as Am-
bassador of Austria.

The National publishes a letter from Pesth, from
which it appears that the Austrian Government was
determined to prevent, by every means in its power,
publicity being given to political as well as criminal
trials. The Court of Pesth having lately refused to
sit with closed doors, the hall was immediately sur-
rounded by a battalion of infantry, and the artillery
of Buda, which commands the city, was pointed
against the building, in which the Judges were as-
sembled. The latter, compelled to yield toforce, man-
fully protested against the illegality of the proceed-
ing, and resolved on bringing the matter before the
llungarian Diet, at its next session.
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The Nile having reached the height of 18 ells, the
handle or embankment of the canal of Cairo was cut
with the usual ceremony on the 17th ult. This rise
in the river was considered to insure an abundant
harvest in Lower Egypt, and an additional increase
of four ells would produce the same beneficial effect
in the upper part of the country. M. Keiser, who
had arrived from England, with the prospect of be-
coming Secretary to Boghos Bey, had left in the Great
Liverpool, for Malta, on his way back to England.
Private accounts from Alexandria come down to
the 22d ult. The Pacha issued fresh orders on the

18th for the fleet to hold itself in readiness to put to
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sea, and in the course of a few days three months'
brei7eltrirg.l:h;, eaNn• vessels s ealss undermian
sailing orders were 18 in number—namely, six ships
schooners and cutters. 'The Nile steamer, with the
eight horses intended as presents for King Louis
Philippe, was to sail on the 25th, directly for Mar-
seilles.