The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-05 00:00:00

SUM,. ARY OF NE, S

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pubitt 04mitott.

" Who,runs may read."

FOREIGN.
According to the returns laid before the French Cham-
bers the retention of French Africa costs France about
sixty-seven millions of francs annually !
Her colonies only produce to France a direct income
of six millions of francs per annum: This of course re-
fers only to direct income. No estimate can be formed
of the commercial advantages of the colonies to the
mother country.
The French Minister of Marine's. budget is of consi-
derable importance. The war. policy of M. Thiers
obliged the Minister of Marine to arm no fewer than 024
vessels. He has endeavoured, by a new organisation, to
reconcile this increase with the Treasury without dimi-•
nishing in any great manner the naval strength of Frallee,.
He consequently divides the vessels into three cate-
gories :-Ist. The ships at sea ; 2dly. The vessels in the
roads'; and ,idly. In commission at the.. ports. Thus
there will be 140 vessels ; of which there arc eiglit 4144
of the line, 12 frigates, 8 corvettes, 2l ltrigs, 44 smaller
vessels, 30 gabares, and $5 steamers, always at sea ; four -
vessels of which, one of the first rank, an 4 -three of the
third rank, will be in the roads fonrlectt veoels, of
which six are ships of the line, three frigates, three.
steamers, aro to be in- eommission at the ports. The
Minister of Marine, Admiral Duperre, Poutctiq§: Ow Pits
organisation presents celerity of ezfecutiqn,,;sf.cength of
disciplkne. and oewton)Y, nu§? 44110!-Igh the budget of
the navy is divested of napre than thlrty,flvpri frifilion§
of francs, the Minister keep* up 154 artned vessels, 4qd
22,589 sailors, and u 0,404 infantry and artillery for the
service of the ports acid colonies.
The French Minister for Foreign Affairs,* in his
budget, proposes- various increases its his dopartment,
principally the creation of two Consuls of the first class,
one at Canton, with a salary of 40,000 francs (1,0oL) ;
and the (other at Port Logi% its tho Manritins, at 20,000
francs (800/.) Ten Consuls of the second Ria4s, at
salaries varying from 10,000 to `.20,00Q franc,
Moscow, Newcastle, 4fa4414 (MeNico), WnteroA
(capital of California), Panama, Jernsaionvjedda (lied
Sea), Erzeroum, Mossul, and Janina,

„ . . . .
The Prefect Of PQIIOP !pore 415 permissions to hohi
public balls in Paris (Wing 163 p 1040 this numher
amounted to 628 ; and in 1841 to Bso. Onritlk t11(3 pre-
sent year it is sai that 7013 public Claneing-places are
open in the capital,
The Swabian Mercury gives the following table of the
increase of the population in the capitals of the German
States, between 1821 and 1841 :—Vienna, from 273,242
to 357,927 ; Berlin, from 182,217 to 415,541 ; Munloll,
from 60,024 to 106,351; Dresden, from 52,000 to 80,929;
Hanover, from 24,000 to 29,000 ; Stuttgardt, from
27,09 to 42,217 ; Carlsruhe, from 16,021 to 23,484
Cassel,
from 23,892 to 41,348 ; Darmstadt, from 15,450
to 29,007 ; and Weimar, from 8,917 to 11,435,
The Archbishop of Toledo has resigned his pastoral
trust, because, though a Progressista, he does not ap-
prove of the Governments last projects of law submitted
to the Cortex on the subject athe existing relations with
the Court of Rome,

F44I44DIZINTAILT,
Lord Mounteagle gave notice last night that he would
on February 17t1), move for a Committee of the Lords
to inquire into the Exchequer bill fraud and forojes,
Their LArdships were inforniod th4t lier Majesty
would receive their address this day at one o'clock,
and
then adjourn. _ _

In the Commons, after the presentation of petitions,
several of which were directed against the Corn-laws,
M. 'Brotherton gyve ootioo of 4 motion to Prevent doubt,
ful business being Wpm after 12 o'clock.
In reply to Mr. O'Connell, Sir B. Peel stated, that
Government meant to introduce a Bill immediately to
set at rest all doubts about Presbyterian marriages in
Ireland, contracted in ignorance of law but the whelp
subject is to be taken into consideiation;:and
suiise-
a comprehensive measure introduced.
Lord
John Russell gave notice of a motion for the
of some correspondence relative to the re-
signation of Judges in Scotland and Ireland, The Noble
Lord Melio a 710)Z,Y jqb,
Mr. Godson undertakes Mr, Sergeant Talfourd's task,
and is to bring forward on Tuesday the Copyright
question.
The case of Mr. Elton, the cruelly treated midship-