The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

TIIE StTN, LONDOiki,FRIDAY MORNING, skintEmßiiß 16; 1842

SUMMARY 0 !lEWS
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Vtarite eViattAt•

" Who. runs may read."

POItEIGN.

The officers of the French navy are at' present com-
posed of 2 'Admirals, 10 Vice-Admirals, and 20 Rear •
Admirals on service; 5 Vice-Admirals, and 20 Rear-
Admirals on the reserve establishment; 33 Captains
of ships of the line of the first class, and 66 of the
second ; 66 Captains of sloop of the first class, and
124 of the second ; and 502 Lieutenants, of whom 100
of the first class, and 402 of the second.

By a Royal ordinance, dated the 7th inst., the Duke
d'Aurnale, Colonel of the 17th Regiment of Light In-
fantry, was promoted to the rank of Major-General,
and placed at the disposal of the G-overner-General of
Algeria.
The frigate La Belle Poule arrived at Brest, from
Toulon, on the Bth inst. The Prince de Joinville,
who is to embark in her, was shortly expected at
Brest. Orders have been received by the maritime
authorities of that harbour to prepare an expedition
for the West Indies, consisting of two frigates and
three transport corvettes, and which is to put .to sea
in the beginning of October.

The cattle Oiled for the consumption of Paris
during the month of August last was 5,400 oxen,
1,767 cows, 6,950 calves, and 37,951 sheep. As
compared with the consumption of the eorresponding
month of 1841, there is an increase in 1842, of 218
oxen, 1,016 calves, and 3,857 sheep,
and a decrease
of 120 cows.

The Univers, in allusion to the contemplated addi-
tion to the Peers of France, says—" We have been
informed that the peerage has been offered to M.
Royer Collard, and refused. It is also said that M.
Victor Hugo and M. Casimir Delavigne are. to be
comprised in the next batch. These two poets are not
likely to follow the example set them by the illustrious
philoscpber.. "
Only two of the Ministers remain in Paris—M.
Villeinain; the Minister of Public Instruction, • and
Admiral Duperre, Minister of
returned from Eu. MarShal Soult and M. Guizot
were on a visit to the King,and the other members of
-Marine , who have just
the Cabinet were either at the waters or on their
estates.

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Geneva, says
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the
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na Protestanti
exhibited
much much turbulence at having been refused the ministry
the neighbourhood of the church. In the°
proclamation was issued, announcing, hat evening
_council.a
of State would hand the offenders over to justice.
The Kid Journal states that a treaty hadj beecn.
con-
cluded between Denmark, Prussia, Mecklenburg
Schwerin, and the Hans-Towns, .Lubeck and Ham-
burgh, to construct a railroad between the latter city
and Berlin, on the right bank of the Elbe. Two
plenipotentiaries are appointed to regulate the mode
of carrying this plan into effect, and it has further
been agreed that the line is to be prolonged from
Berlin to Bergsdorf, in a tfirection as straightand un-
interrupted as possible, each Government, however,
having the power to decide on the course to be fol-
lowed through its own territory.
According to the Madrid Gazette of the 6th inst.,
we learn that a Committee has been appointed to
draw up a Bill for regulating the attributions of the
judicial and administrative authorities, there being no
legislative measure in existence having reference
thereto. The Committee is to be composed of Senor
Jose Maria Calatrava, as President, and of Senors
Sebastiano de Olozaga, Jose Rodriguez Busto, Fran •
cisco Cabella, and Matteo Miguel, all Deputies, as
members.
The following provisional regulation, sanctioned
by the Regent, appears. in the Madrid Gazette, re-
specting the quarantine dues to be 'paid at the laza-
retto of. Viso, which are thus established :--For all
Spanish vessels of from 20 to 300 tons, 6 to 60 reals
a day. All foreign vessels to pay double the amount.
The Herald° announces that the British war-
steamer Meteor had arrived at Santander, to take on
board four horses offered by Queen Isabella to the
Queen of England.
A letter from St. Petersburgh says—" Additions
have been made to the salary of our Ambassador at
Constantinople, which henceforth will be 30,000
roubles (about 140,000 f.) per annum. This Embassy
is also to have a special chancellery attached to it for
commercial purposes. -A sum of 120,480 silver
roubles per annum is appropriated to the charges of
the Embassy and Consulate. There are to he in
future Consuls-General in the principalities, in Egypt,
at Smyrna, and at Servia, and a Consul at Jassy.
The Emperor, on the recommendation of the Holy
Synod, has created a new eparchy of the third class,
with an Episcopal See, for the government of the
Greek Church in the Caucasus."
lONEY—Tl—cotviDsziacE.
Brentford fair commenced on Monday, and con-
cluded on Wednesday night. It was numerously at-
tended and well conducted.
The power-loom weavers, still out of work at Man-
chester, continue to hold their open -;air meetings; at one
held on Wednesday no less than 43 persons were taken
into custody for illegally assembling, &c. At S taley-
bridge an attempt was made yesterday to turn out
the hands of some of the mills, but the military dis-
persed the mob.

_
EccimsilisTicAZ.
n arrived
at his distant diocese on the 16th' of April, after a
Dr. Munro, and several medical
,
The Bishop of New Zealand, Dr. Selwy
voyage of 110 days.
LAW' AMID PoLICZ.
men,
_ having ap-
i
pended their signatures to a document, affirming I‘' I.'
Webb, hosier and outfitter of the Strand, to be of
insane mind, the sitting Magistrate of Marlborough-
street on Wednesday, considering him not to be a respon-
sible agent, ordered him to be placed under the care
of his friends, the two charges of felony upon which
he was committed on Tuesday being set aside by this
decision.

A commission of lunacy was opened on
Wednesday
at the Sheriffs' Court, Red Lion-square, on Matthew
Easum, a gentleman entitled to large property now in
Chancery. His father was a ropeinaker ;
since 15 or
16 years of age he had been a perfect child, mistaking
a sovereign fora shilling; knowing the value of no
other money, and not knowing his own bed-room, or
his bed. Mr. Easunl was found of unsound mind,
evening at St.
-
and incapable of taking care of himself and property,
and that he had been so since September 1, 1838. i
An inquest was held on Wednesday
Bartholomew's hospital, before the City Coroner and a
jury, on the body of Joseph, Fs i its, who died ilf 'eat.'
sequence of injuries received frOm being run over by
an omnibus on Monday night. Three Goswell-street
namely, the Hope,
.Celerity,. and Favourite, were run-
omnibuses, it appears from
ringleader n in t
has been the cause of the deceased's death. The ning together, but it is not undtherestopordes:,nhtichevoitd.
tehnecme,
in-
quest was adjourned till
.Friday, for further evidence.
Newcastlethe late
Wednesday,the
" with force and arms attempted to levy war against
Potteries, was committed at
gaol delivery, for having
tothher. crown and dignity." The charge
being one of high treason, the Bench could not accept
eE talcslQueen,
s htihs trial at
of bail. _ _ _

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cOTlFlX—rlisrt
—ZOABLE.
The Marquis of Westminster is expected to return
of the ensuing week from
days after Doncaster races.
EtoaAtolnooiriapial,rkwhatithtehrehcislois!
ordship
proceeds for a few
The Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden
have left Eden .Lodge, Kensington_ gore, late Gore
House, on a visiting tour. The HI Miss Fanny
Eden is staying on a visit to his sister, the Dowager
Countess of Buckinghamshire, at her villa at Black-
heath.
In the course of the week Sir Alexander Mallet,
his lady, and family, will leave Brougham Hall, in
Westmorland, where they have been staying a few
weeks on a visit to Lord Brougham, for Holland.
Prince Estherhazy - returns to town at t the end of
the week, to prepare for the reception of his Imperial
Highness, the Archduke of Austria.
The Earl and Countess of Euston have returned to
Salcey Forest, Northamptonshire, f
' from a visit to the
Duke of Grafton.
The Earl of Clan williain arrived on
Tuesday lost
from his seat in Ireland, to pass a few days with the
Countess of Pembroke.
The Dowager Lady Holland has returned to town
from Brocket Hall, Herts.
Lord Redesdale is passing the season at Batsford
House, Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Gloucestershire.
The Earl of Wemyss and , March is seeing com-
pany this month at Gosford House, Haddington.
His Excellency, the Count St. Aulaire, is ex-
pected to return to Manchester House, on the 24th of
this month.
VIZEICEZZaLNEOVS.
The Hon. Alberic 'Drummond Willoughby, only
son of Lord Willougby d'Eresby, on beeoming of age
upon the 25th of December, will, in addition to the
Willoughby and Gwydyr estates, inherit the domains
of his grandfat'ner, the last Earl of Perth.
A deputation of the Senior Fellow and a portion of
the constituency within the College at Dublin had a
long interview with Lord Eliot on Saturday, to re-
monstrate with his Lordship on the i -Inpolicy of per-
sisting in the present contest for the representation of
he University ; but his Lordship did not yield to the
(monstrances urged. Mr. George Hamilton's Com-
mittee continues to meet daily at East Chapel Build-
ings College.

THE, KING OF. PANOVER.
His Majesty, the King, cOntinues to grow
better, and left his bed to•day. The commies
cence continuing, no more bulletins will be
issued. C. BARING, Doctor.
"Dusseldorf, Sept. 6."