The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-07 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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The reports from the East by the last Levant mail
of an intended co-operation of the English and French
squadrons on the coast of Syria, with a view to com-
pel the Porte to do justice to its subjects in that
country, and fulfil the promises which were given to
the Great Powers, have furnished the Courrier Fran-
cais, the Constitutionnel, and the Presse with occasions
for again ripping up all the old sores about the Treaty
of the 15th of July. We have noticed their argu-
ments in a leading article.
81. Eugene Bore has been appointed Consul for
France at Jerusalem. He is at present at Bagdad,
and will not proceed to his new post till towards the
end of the year.
The Barcelona journals of the 30th ult. are filled
with distressing accounts of the ravages occasioned
io Catalonia. Rain fell in torrents on the 24th, when
the Llobregat and Noya overflowed their banks, and
soon formed but one immense sheet of water. The
districts of Iguallada, La Pobla de Charamunt, Ca-
Pellades, Valibona, San Quintin, San Pedro de Riu
de Vitelles, Monistrol, and others, were entirely laid
waste; many of the inhabitants, surprised by the
1113°4
were drowned, and the damages caused in that
quarter only were calculated to amount to 4,000,000
Piastres. The wasters of the Llobregat had not risen
to so'great a height since the year 1740.
The cantons of Berne, Soleure, Argau, and Basle,
have formed a kind of commercial union for the abo-
lition of all international duties. Valais is threatened
Wit)
—ao explosion. A liberal print having been se-
vere on the cler, the latter have accused the Go-
'°'*i'ent of tolerating such calumnies, have raised
the etrof Catholicism in danger, and have appealed
an extraordinary convocation of the Great Council.
The Cantonal Government has answered by a long
proclamation.
I,The Commerce Beige mentions a report that the
Ing and Queen of the Belgians are about to visit
ranee again, and that they will embark at Ostend
direct for the Chateau d'Eu.
The German papers are barren of news. Thy tell
us of everything but what we want to know. they
register reviews, Royal and University fetes, but by
looking through them all no one would discover that
the Congress of the German Union is at this moment
sitting, and that their most important interests may
be affected from day to day by the opinions that may
prevail.
Accounts from Rome of the 25th ult. announce
that the three steamers built in England for the Papal
Government had at last reached that capital. They
bad already given proofs of the solidity of their con-
-1.1, ruction, having in the space of a few hours towed
three vessels, heivily laden, from the mouth of the
Tiber to Rome. The banks of the river were lined
with an immense crowd of people, curious to witness
at Spectacle so novel to them. Cardinal Fosti, and
several other Prelates, were present at the arrival of
the steamers.
According to letters from Bagdad of the 27th of
'July, tranquillity was far from having been restored
in that city. The Sheik Soliman Ganam had been
murdered by the Agheles Gusmen, and the popula-
tion had been thrown into a state of considerable
agitation in consequence of a report that the Persians
were marching upon Bagdad. Those fears, however,
Were soon allayed when it became known that the
Itritish Minister at Teheran had protested against all
violation of the Ottoman territory by the Persian forces.
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
The Duke of Buccleuch has become proprietor of
the Wanlockhead lead mines, which for the proceed-
u)lB7 years the Marquis of Bute rented.
Work is not yet general at Manchester, but peace
13 preserved. At one of the Salford factories the hands
,have resumed work without obtaining their additional
Remand. It is calculated that 8,000 power-loom
weavers are still out. At Glossop, where the attack
VB4 made on a factory last week, everything is
Peaceable.