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London, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

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Several of the French journals- reply to the article of the
Debats on the report of the Captain of the Deux. Sceurs. In
their replies they repeat most of the arguments which they had
already so repeatedly used, but the Constitutionnel and the
(Ammer Francais both declare, in allusion to the inference of
the Debats, 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 investigation as to the truth of the
charges which have been brought against that country of in-
solence and outrage to the French tag, 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
be annulled or very much modified ; and the Courrier
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 of trade should he increased.
The Courrier 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, and 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 places' 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 Longitudes, 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 Rand re et d' Artois gives the following:—
" The Custom-house 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 aisveral changes in the Austrian army ; Count Nugent
is to repla6e Count de Rothkirch at Gratz; Prince Wasa is
appointed Commandant at Brunn. Colonel Ilalier has been
sent. to Agram, with full powers to settle the disputes between
the Croatians and Hungarians.
The Madrid Patriota of the 21st contains the following
article ;--t. We stated on Friday, in opposition to all the jour-
nals, that propositions had been made for the first series of the
loan of 160,000,000 reals, and our statement was perfectly cor-
rect. To-day three propositions were presented, one for
20,000,000, at 19 per cent, discount ; another for 5,000,0t0,
at the same discount ; and a third, made by the Bank of San
Fernando, f.r 30,000,000, at 18 per wet. discount. Thome
three propositions have been submitted to the Minister of
Finance by the Director of the Treasury."

PARLIAMENTARY.
The so-called Royal Assent, meaning the assent of the Mi-
nisters, was given last night to a whole batch of Bills, which
were thus at once converted into solemn laws.
The Customs' Bill or Tariff was brought up from the Com-
mons, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on
Tuesday next.
The Earl of Mountcashel brought the condition of the immi-
grants into Canada under their Lordships notice. He said that
6,000 had gone thither from the United States and 17,000 from
England and Inland. They would only find employment on
public works, and were likely to be in great distress. The Duke
of Wellington was not prepared to give the Noble Earl any
information on the subject.
In the course of a short debate on the second reading of the
Corporations (Ireland) Bill, Lord Campbell adverted to the
hasty and improper manner in which the Justices Jurisdiction
Bill had been carried through before the usual hours of buli-
ness, but obtained no satisfactory explanation. The Corpora-
tions Bill was passed through all its stages, the Standing Orders
having been suspended.
Several petitions were presented on the state of the country,
and against hurrying through the Collieries Bill. Lord
Brougham gave notice that he would on Monday week, bring
the distress of the country under their Lordships' censideration.
Their Lordship then adjourned.
In the Commons, Sir R. Peel laid on the table the breviates
of the ratified treaties with Texas, and in answer to Mr.
O'Connell, said that Texas had not established an efficient
blockade on the west coast of Mexico. _ _

Hawes complained of the great additional duty levied
on cement-stone under the new tariff, and Mr. Gladstone said
the subject should receive further attention.
In answer to Colonel Verner, Lord Eliot stated that the
Government had not any intention of increasing the grant to
Maynooth ; and Sir R. Peel cautioned the world not to believe
tho stories about a dispute in the Irish Government.
In reply to Mr. Wallace, Sir R. Peel said he did not mean
to alter the standard of silver.

In reply to Mr. M. Milnes, Sir R. Peel said he had heard
nothing official of the proposed new duties to be levied in the
German League on woollens. Ile had some conversation on
the subject with the Prussian Mini,ter, and he hoped the report
was unfounded. lie would not, however, answer for the
future.

Lord Mahon brought the state of the drama under the notice
of the House, and complaiaed of its condition. He merely
moved for memorials presented to the Secretary of State on the
subject, which were ordered.
Mr. Gaily Knight moved for certain ukases issued by the
Emperot of Russia, and brought the state of Poland under the
notice of the House. He was seconded by Sir F. Burdett,
and a strong opinion favourable to restoring the nationality of
that country was expressed by Mr. flume, Mr. Milnes, Mr.
P. M. Stewart, and others. S:r Robert Peel spoke feelingly
and justly on the subject, deprecating all violent language,
but expressing an opinion that the Emperor of Russia would
de well to ameliorate the condition of the Poles. The motion
was agreed to.
Mr. Cowper called the attention of the House to the
hospital schools at Greenwich, and made a long statement
relative to the education in them, which seems to be most
deplorable. Of 50 boys, 15 could neither read nor write,
though there was a clergyman at the head of the school. A
short d scusssion ensued as to the authority in whose hands the
inspection of the school should be placed, but in the end Mr.
Cowper withdrew his resolution.
Viscount Clements afterwards drew the attention of the
House to a local subject, the administration of the Grand Jury
Laws cf the county of Donegal. The House adjourned at
a Quarter to Two o'Clock.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 15 1842.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Lord AJINGER.)
The two special cases on the paper this morning went off
without any discussion; one was left to the arbitration of a
re:eree; and in the other the plaintiff was non-suited. '1 he
Common Jury eases which were taken were mei ely• actions fur
the recovery of tradesmen's bills, which afforded no subject of
public interest.

INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY)

IN RE JAMES ACTON.

The insolvent in this case was a wholesale ironmonger, car-
rying on business in Whitechapel-road. The hearing had
been adjourned from a former day, for the purpose of producing
certain books of account, to show the disposal of a quantity of
wine, which it was alleged had been made away with by his
brother.

It appeared that he had been in the habit of discounting bills
for, and a'so i:etting bills discounted by, a wine-merchant,
in Finsbury-square, and from this person, in consideration of a
bill of exchange for 1,0101., he got a quantity of wine, about
two months before being taken in execution, which the op-
posing creditor alleged had been fraudulently made away with.
The Couf•r decided that the books produced in Court satis-
factorily proved the wine to have been disposed of in the usual
way of trade, and ordered the insolvent's discharge forthwith.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

UNION HALL7-(THIS DAY.)
John Regan, an Irishman, was charged with hawking spirits
in the street without a permit.
The defendant was observed by an Excise officer offering
liquor for sale, which was manufactured at an unentered place.
The liquor itself was of the most pernicious description.
The defendant said that he mrt with a countrt men of his,
who had just come from Waterford, and that being a tenant of
the Marquis of Waterford, he ( the stranger) came over here
to enjoy himself for a bit, as his Lordship had given all his
tenantry a handsome present on his marriage. The stranger
then pulled out a half-gallon bladder, with the " right stuff "
in it, and gave it to the, defendant, who was pounced upon at
the moment by the officer.
The officer contradicted the assertion, and the defendant was
fined 251., and in default of payment he was committed for
three months.

MARLBOROUG STREET.
(T II IS DAY.)
Christopher Taylor, aged nine years, and Thomas, his
brother, aged seven }ears, were charged on suspicion of steal-
ing a market gardener's sack, of the value of 35., which was
found in their pos,e,siun last evening, in Great Earl-street,
Seven Dials.

The prisoners said their parents had run away from them,
and that ever since they had nightly slept together in Hyde
Park.

Wilks, the gaoler, said they had both been charged with
felony before, and they had also been brought before the Court
by their father, a hard. working man, who complained that he
could not keep them at home, and that they were repeatedly
robbing him.
Police Constal•le No. 60, of the F division, stated that upon
searching the prisoners he found upon them a strong iron hook,
sharply pointed, and, with a cord attached to it, which was
used for drawing up joints of meat, &c., from out of areas.
They had also about them several half-pounds weight-of soap,
which, no doubt, had been sto!en front off the show-board of
different chandlers' shops.
'they were remanded to endeavour to find the owner of the
sack.

Caroline Murphy, aged 67, and in a very decrepid state,
was charged with stealing a hair comb from the stal of Thomas
Burke last evening, in hloor-street, Soho. The prisoner was
observed, while bargaining for a gilt ring, to secrete the cinch
in her bosom, and on being taken into custody it was
found in her possession. There were also found on her a piece
of soap, a pair of shoes, some candles, two loaves of bread, and
some sausages, all of which it appears she had within the short
space of an hour and a half stolen from different shops in the
neighbourhood.
J lie was committed under the Police Act for two months to
hard labour.

Ann Mears, a cleanly-dressed young woman, who was evi-
Oently in a very ill state of health, and supported herself on
a crutch, was charged with begging.
ilorslord, one of the officers belonging to the Mendicity
Society, stated that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, he
saw the prisoner beg, and receive alms of a lady getting into
her carriage, in Grafton-street, Bond-street.
The defendant said that she was ill, and a cripple, and the
lady merely gave Itr something, as she had previously known
her. She was desirous of getting into some place of rest and
refuge.
Mr. HARDWICK asked if anything was known about her?
Horsford—She has been received several times into the
workhouse, but will not stay there. Slle has been fourten
times apprehended for begging, and eight times committed for
different periods.
Mr. HA anw:cx said, then only one course could be pursued,
and that was to commit her for 21 days.

OVERLAND MAIL.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

The French telegraph conveys the following
news brought by. the Indian mail, which left
Malta the 26th, and reached Marseilles the
29th. On the 16th of April, General Pollock
joined Sir R. Sale at Jellalabad, re-establishing
on his march the authority of Thorabaz Khan
Sullpoora. He was to march on Caubul as soon
as he was joined by Colonel Boulton. General Eng-
land had re-united troops, forced the passes, and joined
General Nott at Candahar. Captain M'Kenzie had
arrived at Jellalabad, with offers from Akbar Khan
to release his prisoners on conditions. The answer
was not known. Elphinstone died on the 23d of
April.
China news is of the 19th. On the 10th of March
the Chinese, 10,000 or 12,000 strong, tried to retake
Ningpo, while another force attacked Chinghae. In
both instances they were repulsed with considerable
loss.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
( RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
CHELTENHAM RACES.--IHUItSDAY.
The Southam Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added. Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's Mariu4, 4 yrs (Rogers) I
Mr. B:istow's f by Uncle Toby—Dinah, 3 yrs
Mr. Hervey's Saracena, 3 yra, and Mr. Bristow's Arethusa,
3 yrs, also ran.
The Sherborne Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile.
Mr. Sadler's Combat
Mr. Bristow's Harroldstone, 3. yrs

Lord Eglinton's Bellona, aged
The tollowing also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Carter's Delusion, aged, Mr. Meiklam's Wee Willie, aged,
Mr. Agg nd Protestant, 4 yrs, Mr. E. Jones's Fervid, 4 yrs,
Mr. Isaac Day's b m by Nimrod, out of Busk, 5 yrs, and Mr.
Bush's h g by-Exquisite, ont orMaresfield's dam, 4 yrs.
Tradegnen and Innkeepers' Cup arf 100 sore., added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 sees. each, h ft. About two miles and
a half.
Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 5 yrs
N

Sir C. R. Cockerell rid. .orman, 4 yrs
2
Mr. Charteris nd, Marino, 4 yrs; and Mr. Bristow's Are-
thusa, 3 yrs, also started, but were not placed.
'the Free Handicap of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 50 added ; the
second horse saves his stake. ('up Course.
Mr. Carter's Dt lusion, aged (Cotton) 1
Mr. Sadler's Combat, ag, d
The following also started, but were not placed : —Mr.
Rush's b g by Exquisite, out of Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs; Mr.
I. Day's Science, 6 yrs ; Dlr. I. Day's b m by Nimrod, out of
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