The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

D
public Optuton.

" Who runs ,nay read."

FOREIGN.

The Overland Mail from India arrived at Marseilles, on
Wednesday night. The garrison of Ghuznee, we deeply re-
gret to state, had capitulated, on condition of being safely con-
ducted to Caubul. This is our second serious reverse in Aff-
ghanistan.
As a setoff against this disaster, Colonel Pollock had forced
the far.famed Khyber Pass, and taken possession of the forts
commanding it. Ile was preparing to march to the relief of
Jellalabad, where the heroic General Sale had made a sortie,
and driven off the insurgents.
There were rumours that Shah Soojah was poisoned, and the
as-assin, Akhbar Khan badly wounded. General Knott had
gained some advantages at Candahar, where it was daily ex-
pected that he would be joined by General England.
No news from China.

The French Chamber of Deputies has rejected, by 206 to
63, the project of law affording the Government aid, by way of
loans, to the Strasbourg and Basle, Bordeaux and Teste, and
Paris and Versailles (Left- Bank) Railroads. The Pcbals, the
Constitutionnel, the Courrier Francais, and the Paris Globe,
disapprove of the rejection.
On Wednesday afternoon the Chamber of Deputies passed
the Rouen and Havre Railroad Bill by 173 against 99. The
execution, by the articles, is assigned to C. Laffitte and Co.,
at their risk and peril, by the prolonging of the Paris and
Rouen line to Havre. The State offers a loan of ten millions
of francs, payable by tenths, besides a free gift of eight mil-
lions from the Government. _ _

The ordinary mails from Madrid are only to the 26th. On
that day the Fete Dieu was celebrated, and the Regent and his
staff accompanied the procession. The Queen and the In.,
fanta, her sister, viewed it from the balcony of the Munici-
pality House.
Captain Vasse, of the Paris, which arrived yesterday morn-
ing at Havre from Hamburgh, reports that the inhabitants of
that city hare imposed upon themselves a mourning of six
weeks, during which period there are to be no amusements of
any kind, and music is entirely interdicted. Workman are
actively engaged in removing the ruins of the houses which
were destroyed, and wooden barracks are being constructed in
different quarters for the accomodation of the houseless. He
states that in one street, that of Holzdamni, 127 houses were
burnt, and only two escaped, as if by miracle. Bills are paid,
and mercantile engagements respected as if the calamity had
not occurred.

We learn by a letter from Trieste, 21st ult., that the Aus-
trian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company, which hithei•to only
occasionally sent their vessels to Constantinople and Syria,
passing by Smyrna, have now established a fixed and regular
communicaticn by that line. The Emperor of Austria, taking
into consideration the advantages rendered to the public by
this company in its different lines of navigation, has granted in
its favour a diminution of 20 per cent. on the Post-office duties.
The Augsburgh Gazette announces the undertaking by
Russia of a powerful attack on the Circassians. It is to be
directed against the districts of Schapsuk and Saduk, the
central points of resistance ; whilst on the south another corps
will proceed from Gagra of Sutcha against the Abasians. The
War Minister, Ceernitschef, will command in person. General
Grabbe will command under him. Some hope as little from
these active operations as from the blockade of last year. Gutz
Beg, whom Bell called the Lion of the Caucasus, is dead.
Alansur Beg is the most influential chief in the north. The
Abasians obey Hadschi Dukhum Oku.