The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The French Government, by the mouth of M. Guizot,
declared in the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday,
that Sir Robert Peel has been misinformed respecting
the existence of a Christino-Carlist conspiracy in France
against the Regent of Spain. Permission had been
refused Cabrera to visit Paris. It is then true that he
sought it ! •

The Presse states that Father Casares, a Spanish
capuchin monk, who has been the originator of most of
the reports recently spread, concerning a meditated
attempt of Carlists and Christinos jointly against the
present Government of Spain, and who has been disowned
by the Carlists, was yesterday arrested at his residence
in Paris ; and that papers found in his possession prove
him to be a secret agent of Espartero.
It has been calculated that, since 1830, the European
Governments have expended in the organisation of fleets
and armies upwards of twenty-two thousand millions of
francs.

In France, 14,012,000 men have been called out for
military service from 1791 to 1842 inclusive. They are
thus divided under the different Governments during
that period :—Under the old monarchy, from 1791 to
1792, there were 1,270,000 men. During the Assem-
blies from Bth March, 1703, to the 22d August in the
same year, 5,992,000. Under the Directory, from 1798
to 1799 the number was 860,000. Under the Consulate,
from 12th November, 1799, to 24th March, 1804, it was
443,000. Under the Empire of sth August, 1804, till
1814, it was 3,865,000. Under the Restoration, from
1818, to 28th July, 1830, it was 622,000. In fine, under
the present Government, from 11th December, 1830, to
1842 inclusive, 960,000 men. It results from this, that
the annual average of men called under arms, from 1791
to 1842 inclusive, has been 300,000.
At each new election since 1830 the number of De-
puties re-elected has uniformly increased. In 1831, out
of 427 Deputies in the preceding Chamber, 222 were
again returned ; in 1834, out of 458, there were 292 ;
in 1837, out of 459, there were 310 ; and in 1839, out of
457, there were 381.

The official returns of the prices of wheat in the mar-
kets of France for the last month show the highest to
have been 23f. 15c. per hectolitre at Mulhausen and
Srasburg ; and the lowest 16f. 87c. at Saumur, Nantes,
and MRrans.

The price of bread for the first fortnight of the pre-
sent month is fixed at 34 centimes the kilogramme.,

During the last month 3;712,503f. were paid into the
Paris Savings'Bank by 25,722 depositors, of whom 3,638
were new ; and 2,321,000 f. were drawn out.

PARLIAMENTARY.
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In both Houses last night the present conspiracy, which i
hatchingsin France with the knowledge, if not under the sanc-
tion of the French Government, was brought under notice by
Lord Clarendon in the Upper, and Lord Palmerston in the
Lower house; and it was satisfactory to hear the Earl of
Aberdeen in the former, and Sir Robert Peel in the latter, em-
phatically declare that the present Government was the best
which Spain had had for many years ; and express a hope that
the people would rally round it, when they would be sure to de-
feat the conspirators. Such language does honour to the
Tories. The Ministers, however, declined to say what had
been the effects of their remonstrances on the French Govern-
ment.
Lord Monteagle, in the Upper House, moved for a Commit-
tee to inquire into the Exchequer bill affair, and vindicated
his own conduct in the transaction.
Lord Brougham defended Sir John Newport from some of
the charges which Lord Monteagle had indirectly brought
against him. The Noble Lord also approved of the Commis-
sion which is to be appointed.
The Duke of Wellington begged the Noble Lord to with-
draw the motion, assuring him that no imputation stated on
him. The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
In the Commons the Corn Importation Bill was read a fi• st
time, and on that motion Mr. Cobden and Mr. Goulburn de-
fended the manufacturers from Mr. Ferrand's imputations.
A smart altercation ensued. Mr. Mark Philips extorted
from Sir R. Peel a confession that he had heard nothing since
his appointment to justify such imputations as those of Mr.
Ferrand.
The question on the Scotch Church which Sir A. L. Hay
was to bring forward, was postponed to make way for voting
the Estimates, that Sir R. Peel may be enabled to make his
financial statement on Friday next.
On the motion for going into a Committee of Supply. Mr.
O'Connell moved for any instructions that might have been is.
sued relative to the religious instruction of Roman Catholics in
the Army and Navy, and called the attention to the fact that a
great many Irish lads are embarked in the fleet who receive no
instruction in the faith of their fathers. The motion was
agreed to. Tho Navy Estimates were voted in Committee of
Supply.
Sir Charles Napier distinguished himself on the occasion by
advocating very effectually the interests of the Navy.
The Exchequer Bills Bill was read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second time on Monday; Lord Eliot brought in a
liillrelative to Dublin Gaol, which was read a first time; and
the House then adjourned.
PUBLIC OPINION.

The Morning Advertiser contains an article on the subject of the
landed Aristocracy, in the course of which it observes:—" It can
be no longer said that the Corn-law discussion is barren of good,
for however remote may be the probability of obtaining any im-
portant concession to the just, demands of the country from the
Tory Cabinet of Sir Robert Peel, the matters that escaped from the
incautious lips of the Starvealls, during the course of the wordy
debate, cannot fail to provoke such thinkings and discussions out
of doors, as must, at no distant period, break down not only their
infamous and inhuman food.monopoly, but also, and as surely, the
aristocratic powers in the Legislature of the country."
The Herald has. the following incidental remarks in an article on
the West Indian question One alternative is certain; either
our sugar colonies must have supplies of labour gradually poured
into them, or the people of the United Kingdom must—by being
to the consumption of foreign sugar—neutralise all the past efforts

and stultify all the future exertions of the British Government to
suppress the slave-trade and procure the abolition of African sla-
very. It is for Lord Stanley to decide which shall be adopted."
The Post, discussing the question of the profitable employment
of the poor in Ireland, says, " that it is easy to suggest that the
Government might purchase bog and waste lands from Irish pro.
prietors, in order to employ the poor, but even if Government had
the means for such purchase, which it has not, through what
scenes of jobbing and extortion would it not have to wade, in or-
der to obtain this worthless land, for the most benevolent pur.
pose ? The mercantile spirit in this country has so knocked down
the patriotic spirit, and all classes are so ready to chaffer and to
bargain, and to make the mast they can fur themselves, that we are
not fit for the freedom which we possess."

The Times expresses a hope that the Bill for legalizing marriages
which have been solemnized in Ireland by Presbyterian Ministers,
between members of the English Church and Presbyterians, will ba
proceeded with as rapidly as possible, and adds—" It may be useful
to point out exactly what the State, as such, assumes to do on these
occasions, which is this, and neither more nor less than this—it
affixes the legal consequences of marriage to their union—it vests
the property of the wife in the husband—it fixes on the husband the
maintenance of the wife—it gives to the children the rights of In-
heritance--it renders the parties liable to the penalties of bigamy
if they assume to marry another. But with the nature of the pre-
vious union, in faro conseientice it does not and cannot interfere."
The Chronicle, referring to some remarks lately made by M•

Guizot in the French Chambers, says—" If there be no substan-
tial difference between the expressions used by Lord Aberdeen, and
the expressions attributed to him, then there is not the slightest
doubt that he has given his formal sanction to the French conquest
of Algiers. We are not now considering whether it was politic,
or the reverse, to have nad such a concession ; we merely beg at-
tention to the fact, that unless Lord Aberdeen has been " substan .
tially ' misreported he has made a concession of which it Is of the
utmost iruportai.ce that the British Parliament should be officially
informed."