The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-13 00:00:00

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The all-absorbing topic in the French Journals of Sunday,
is the elections." The preparatory operation of nominating
the bureaux in the different colleges of Paris took place on Sa-
turday, and is evidently less favourable to Ministers than was
expected. Out of fourteen colleges, the Opposition boasts of
having a majarity in nine of them, as is apparent from the in-
dividuals nominated. Nevertheless, the Ministerial organs
congratulate each other on the result, in the very same terms
that the Opposition makes use of, the Presse and the National
both exclaiming, La journey a ete bonne.
The Charivari of Sunday states that the result of the eke-
torah rperations on Saturday, to constitute the bureaux or poll-
ing planes, promised, for the next day's ball,t, to the Opposi-
tion an almost general success. Of the twelve Parisian c,:l-
leges, only two appeared doubtful, if the Sunday's scrutiny
were to be taken as a test.

The courtier Francais writes as follows :—" Courage,
electors ! 'T•l:e ixeltmiratries of the tattle are favourable to us ;
in this affair of advanced posts for the nomination of the polling
Committees we have obtained the advantage in nine colleges.
This is a good sign fur Sunday's scrutiny. Be all at your
post."
The Commerce • asserts that the Opposition had gained ten
out of fourteen Committees. _ _

The Royalist Quotidienne remarks the absence of such a
large number of electors from the bureaux so that no
adequate opinion could be formed of the physiognomy of the,
electors.

`1 he Presse admits that it is not the Oppos'tion which had
to regret the absence of the electors. although it claims tie
advantage for the Conservatives in the first, second, and tenth
colleges, and describes the third as doubtful.
The Debuts alludes to the absence of the Conservatives, and
predicts that the Opposition, who, in 1839, returned nine,
will now only send six or seven Deputies.
The opening of the Swiss Diet leads attention to the affair
of the convents. It aprears that there is a bare majority in
the Diet for voting the accounts; but the strong minority of
eleven Cantons will be able to resist the majority of twelve.
The Alexandria Correspondent of the Augsburg Gazette
says that the reason of the flight of the Emir A Vallah, net hew
of Emir Peschir, on board the British vesst I off Beyrout, aas
the attempt Of Mustapha Pacha to force him to sign a petition
to the Porte against the restoration of the Beschirs.
It appears that' Russia is determined on dethroning Pritme
Shika. The Hospodar received funds for the payment of I:2,000
soldiers, and kept hut 5,960 on foot. 'f he Govertnuent of
Charles X. and Louis X VIII. did the same.
PATLZIAMENTAWY. _

Lord Wharncliffe announced last night that the Government
meant to remain perfectly passive in respect to the Collieries
Hill.

The Lords only received some petitions, and made some ob-
servations on Hudales system, and on the system of education
generally. Lord Wharncliffe rather flattered the notion, we
are afraid, when be raid that would Parliament grant a suffi-
cient sum.of money we should soon be the best educa-ed people
in the world. Parliamentary grants can do much, but we
doubt their miraculous• agency in converting an uneducated
into an educated people.
Sir R. Peel also, in the Cnmmons, presented a petition from
Mr. Ilullah's classes, and expressed au opinion favourable to
a' grant.
Sir R. Peel, with the unanimous approbation of the House,
brought in a Bill for the better security of her Majesty's pet son,
which was read a first find second time.

The House wa;subsequently engaged with the Poor-law
Bill in Committee. On a division, an amendment, moved by
Mr. Sharman Crawford, to continue the Commission fur one
year only, was lost by 164 to 92 ; and the Commission conti-
nued for five years.

The House adjourned at Quarter to Two o'Clock.
'az° le EY— TRI2,IIZ—OOI%/ZtVEZWZ.
Since the introduction of railway travelling in 1337, the in-
come derived from the tolls on the metropolis roads has pro-
gressively decreased from 83,497/. to 67,4731., showing a
felling di of 16,0001. "per annum.
A meeting of the subscribers of the Asylum for the Deaf
and Dumb was held yesterday, %%hen 30 children were elected
out of 71. It appeared that the Charity had arrived at its jubi-
lee, it being fifty yea's since its establishment in 1792, during
which period nearly 1,800 children had been received. At
present 290 were under instruction. 178/. in subscriptions
was announced.

Twenty-eight millions pounds of genuine coffee are con-
sumed yearly the United Kingdom, and not less than eighteen
million pounds of dAeterious matter, composed of chicory and
other ingrecb-nts, are sold under the name of coffee.
The Greenland Seal Fishery has been unproductive this
year ; the twelve largest seal-boats have caught, in the aggre-
gate not more than 21,500 seals.