The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-15 00:00:00

SiairilAßY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The French Minister of Marine has instituted a
committee to inquire into the grievances of the mer-
chants interested in the gum-trade against the com-
pany to whom the Governor of Senegal made over, in
January last, the monopoly of that article. The
committee, composed of delegates froth the Chamber
of Commerce, and of the Director of the Colonies, is
to meet in Paris towards the latter end of September.
Accounts from Madrid of the sth instant, state
that it was believed that a fresh misunderstanding
had occurred between Spain and Portugal, arising, it
was supposed, out of M. Almadovar's to M.
Costa Cabral and the commercial treaty lately con-
cluded between Great Britain and Portugal.
The Spanish Consql at Oporto had announced to
his Government that the Portuguese authorities had
caused to be arrested, at his request, a number of
criminals who had sought refuge in Portugal, as well
as the ex-Carlist Lieutenant-Colonel Javier Blanco
Marquina, who had just arrived from Bordeaux.
According to the Barcelona journals of the 6th
inst. two small bands had made their appearance near
Vich and Villadran. One of the rebels belonging to
the latter had been taken prisoner and shot. On his
way through Girona General Z urbano delivered a
list of 11 Republicans to the first constitutional Alcalde,
with an order to expel them from the province within
three days.
The Augsburg Gazette of the Bth inst. quotes a
letter from St. Petersburgh of the 27th ult., an-
nouncing that the Emperor had increased the sala-
ries of the diplomatic and consular agents of Russia
in the Ottoman empire. The Ambassador at Con-
stantinople is to receive in future 36,000 roubles per
annum. Besides the ordinary personnel of the Chan-
cery, a special office for commercial affairs is to be
attached to the Legation. There are to be Consuls-
General in Egypt, at Smyrna, and in Servia, and a
Consulate at Jassy.
A letter from Schnitz, dated the Ist inst., state 3
that, in the afternoon of the preceding day, the mag-
nificent forest on the frontiers of Saxony and Bohemia
caught fire and threatened the most, terrible ravages.
At distances of a league from the frightful scene, the
foresters of the two countries were labouring inces-
santly in felling trees and digging wide trenches, in
the hope of stopping its progress.. On the Saxon side,
upwards of 200 acres are said to live been destroyed,
but the damage done within the Bohemian territory
was so great as to be incalculable. The fire was not
extinguished when the last aceounts left, although
1,000 persons had been employed in endeavouring to
stop it ; 500 acres of trees had been already consumed.
A great excitement having been manifested among
the Christians of Lebanon on the arrival of Admiral
Baron Lasusse upon the coast of Syria, Omer Pacha
was obliged to make advances to the Druses, who have
promised him assistance if circumstances oblige him
to have recourse to arms. Mehemet Ali, being in-
formed of the appearance of a French squadron in the
Syrian roads, gave immediate orders for his fleet to
hold itself in readiness to leave the port. Neverthe-
less, this fleet. is only_, destined to _keen the inhabitants
of Neverthe-
less
in oider.
wONMY—TIZAIDE—COMIVIEWLCE.
The unemployed operatives at Stockport still con-
tinue to walk the town in formidable groups. Out of
the 32 cotton-mills in the borough only 11 are par-
tially at work. The money drawn from the savings
bank a few weeks ago was 1,3001.; it has since in-
creased to 1800/. ; but yesterday the amount had
fallen to 300/. In Manchester the workpeople are
still idling about the streets

NAVAL AND IVIIL/TARY.
The sloop Magnet, which foundered in the Malmo
Roads in 1809, after having lain under water 33
years, has been raised by means of the diving appa-
ratus. Remains of four bodies were found; the
masts and rigging were in good condition.
A statue in honour of General Puthod was inaugu-
rated on the 4th inst. in the grand square of Bage• le-
Chatel, in the Ain.

LAW AND POLICE.
The Special Commission for the trial of the Lan-
cashire rioters is fixed for Tuesday, the 4th of Octo-
ber. Lord Abinger and Sir E. H. Alderson are ex-
pected to preside. The trials will be held in the
Castle of Lancaster.

The Special Commission for Staffordshire is to be
opened on Saturday, the Ist of October, and on
Monday the trials will commence. Chief Justice
Tindal will preside. Upwards of 200 prisoners are
now in custody. - -
Thirty prisoners were tried at the Preston Sessions
on Monday, being the principal rioters in Blackburn
and its neighbourhood, and who were variously sen-
tenced in periods Of from two to twelve months.
ThomaS Norris, a lad of about 12 years of age,
page to an Italian lady, residing at 39, Weymouth-
street, Marylebone was charged at Clerkenwell on
Tuesday with robbing Mr. Wiland, a dweller in the
same residence, of a valuable ring. He was committed.
John Webb, a hosier and tailor, residing at 422,
Strand, was charged at Marlborough-street on Tues-
day with stealing a variety of small articles from the
auction-rooms of Messrs. Jones, in Leicester-squart4..
lie was fully committed.

PINE' AIMS.
The Welsh bards and minstrels will make their
gathering this year on the 12th and 13th of October,
at Abergavenny.

56XTMitANY AND SCIENTIMC.
Tha large solar spot which was near the sun's
eastern limb, reached the centre of that body on the
10th inst. A row of new spots has appeared to the
westward of this, and also a small one below, or to
the south of it.

M. Fan Mons, the celebrated Belgian chemist, died
a few days ago.

THEILTRZOIiZt.

The author of the new successful play of Love's
Sacrifice, at Covent-garden, is Mr. Lovell, who mar-
ried Miss Lacy, formerly an actress in London.
CO ITILT-I'ASECIONABLE.

The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George are
expected on Saturday or Monday next at Woburn
Abbe•.

We are glad to learn that the Mike of Dorset is in
an improved state of health.
The Marchioness of 'Westminster, at the end of the
month, proceeds to Eton Hall, Cheshire, to meet the
Marquis.
Sir Edward Knatchbull has arrived in town.
Miss Burdett Coutts and Miss Meredith are. going
to Harrogate for a short peeiod.
The Bishop of Llandaff has been compelled to post-
pone the intended visitation of his diocese, on account
of ill-health.

The Marquis of Fayal left Mivart's Hotel on Mon-
day, to embark for Lisbon, via Falmouth.

nfiscELtanmous.
The list of burgesses for the borough of Liverpool
for 1842, contains 10,500 voters, showing a decrease
of above 1,500 since the last year.
Several ancient coins were found last week on dig-
ging a foundation in \Vest-street, Brighton, among
which was a silver shilling of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth, dated 1564.

Of the 130 union workhowies in Ireland, 81 are
declared fit for the reception of paupers, and by the
end of Autumn 100 will be open, the whole at a cost
of 1,150,0001. _

A man name :1 John Blandon was murdered at
Ipswich in the street on Friday. A person named
Wright, strongly suspected of the act, and a prevari-
cating witness named Chisnall, were detained in cus-
tody after the inquest, which was adjourned to Tuesday
(yesterday) morning.
The state of the agricultural labourers in Oxford-
shire may be gathered from the fact that one parish
in that county, with a population of about 1,100, is
without a day-school. The rate of wages fluctuates
from ss. and 6s. to 10s. a week. Uncleanness and
insobriety prevail to a great extent, and the houses of
the labourers are dens of misery.
A

.ccounts from Newfoundland, of the 24th July,
received at Dieppe, state that the cod-fishery on some
parts of the coast had been abundant; but, on the north
Ind the extreme south, it bad turned out very badly.