The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY moRNINcir. _ APRIL 23, 1842.

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.
Some of the Paris journals again allude to the statement of
the Courrier Francais respecting the communication said to
have been made by the Emperor of Russia to the Government
of the United States. The Constitutionnel expresses its be-
der that the statement is essentially true. It says—" The
inquiries which we have made lead us to consider as cor-
rect in every respect, at least in its main features, the in-
formation of the Courrier Francais relative to the recent
communications of Russia with America, respecting the right
of search. The following is the true history of the affair :
Previously to July 15, 1840, a close friendship, founded on
their hatred of England, united Russia and. America. It was,
to use the piquant expression of a certain. statesman, a sort of
Carlo-Republican alliance against the ariitoeratic Govern-
ment of Great Britain. Since 1840 Ru isia is so pleased with
having detached England from France, that she has done all
she could to manifest kindness and go od-will to her new
..11y. It has been a sort of honeymoon of the union formed
at our expense; and the warning which Russia has just given
to America is one of the pledges of the deep affection which
Russia feels for England. M. de Bruni,w has informed Mr.
Everett, the representative of the. United States in London,
that America is not to expect any support from the Cabinet of
St. Petersburgh iu her plans of offering opposition to the right
of search, the said Cabinet being determined to aid as much as
possible all efforts for repressing the slave-trade.
The Presse has the following on the same subject :
"' Several of the journals have alluded to a note mentioned
1:y the Courrier Francais, relating to a diplomatic communi-
cation, made, it is said, by the Russian Government to the
United States, giving them notice not to count on the perse-
verance of France in her refusal to ratify the right of search.
We had received information of this note before it was
alluded to by the Courrier, but we did not attach to it any
great importance. Supposing the communication to be au-
thentic, it is evident that it refers to a peri.xl, since which the
question has completely changed its chara.iter. Since then,
i❑ fact, revelations have been made by French vessels from
every quarter—public opinion has been declared energetically,
and with unanimity—the Chamber of Peers has given its ad-
hesion to the opinion manifested by the other Chamber.
Whatever, therefore, might have been the intention of the
French Cabinet, at the penal when the communication was
made, it is evident that it must be very different at present.
It is also clear that there is not a Minister in France who is
not perfectly aware that, in ratifying the treaty of December 20,
he was preparing his own impeachment. rile question, then,
is no longer the same, and were a struggle to commence on
the part of the Uttited States against the pretensions of Eng-
land to search their vesiels and press their sailors, we believe
that they might reckon en the support of France, or at least on
her neutrality, if neutrality be possible in such a conflict.
The annual report made to the shareholders of the Frankfort
and Mentz Railroad for 1841 shows the following results :
During the year the number of passengers was 769,681, or an
ave! age of 2,108 a day, being an increase of 108,549 upon the
preceding year. There were also conveyed by it 1,196 car-
riages, 1,164 head of cattle, and 2,390 dogs. The receipts
amounted to 425,693 florins, or 915,240 f., an average of
2,511 f. a day. The net profit was 441,546 f., yielding a di-
vidend of 6 per cent. to the shareholders, and leaving 24,000
florins, or about 50,000 f., to be added to the reserved fund.

A cabinet courier arrived at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
from London, on Monday, and on Tuesday morning M. Guiaot
had a long conference with Lord Cowley, at the English Em-
bassy, after which he proceeded to wait upon the King. At
half-past twelve a Cabinet Council, at which Marshal Soult pre-
sided, was held at the Ministry of War.
We find the fonds. ing from Constantinople, March 30, in the
Augsburgh Gazette :—" Sir Stratford Canning has addressed
to the Porte a note, demanding explanations respecting the 6,000
Albanians embarked at Volo, and other ports of the Archipe-
lago. The Divan hastened to reply that these Albanians were
intended for the coasts of Syria, to reinforce the towns
of that province. A few days after the Grand Vizier proposed
to Sir S. Canning to recal unconditionally Omer Pacha. The
Ambassador replied that the recal.of the Pacha was but a se-
condary matter, and that England wished, above all, to see the
former order of things re-established in Syria, viz., the resto-
ration of the Christian Princes, and the dismissal of all the
Turkish authorities.
PARLIAMENTARY. _

The Spirit Duty (Ireland) Bill was seriously opposed last
night, on the third reading, on the ground that it demoralised
the people. This argument would have had no effect, but it
was ascertained that the Bill would inflict a relative injustice
on the lrish distillers, and on that account its further progress
was suspended till Monday.
The Corn-keeping-out Bill was read a third time, after
a short debate, in which the inequality of the protection afforded
to different species of agricultural produce was forcibly pointed
out by the Marquis of Lansdowne. The agriculturists have
made no fight, therefore, in the House of Lords. They suffer
Feel to lead them, like lambs, to the slaughter.
The Merchant and Factor Bill was also read a third time.

Their Lordships got through all their business before seven
o'clock.

The Commons, in the early part of the evening proceeded
with the Income-tax Bill, which stood fora second reading. Mr.
C. Buller moved that it be read a second time in six months.
Sir John Walsh, Mr. Ewart, Sir W. Clay, Mr. Wakley, Mr.
D'lsraeli, and Mr. Christie, addressed the House, but a division
was early called, when a great number of the Members had
paired off for dinner, or were absent, and there voted for the
second reading 155, against it 76, giving the Tories the re-
spectable majority of 79.
The Hcuse was to have proceeded with the Ordnance
estimates, but Captain Boldero being absent, not expecting
sueh an early division, the House took up the Railways' Bill,
and discussed that in Committee. It sat till a Quarter-past
One o'Clock.