The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-05 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

The Fmperor of China has ratified the Treaty with
England.
The army of the Indus was to evacuate Caubul
about the middle of October

The King, of the French is remaining at St. Cloud,
and made visits during Saturday to Trianon, Ver-
sailles, and Neuilly.
Appeals are being niade to the inhabitants of Paris
generally in behalf of the poor of the Bth and 12th
arrondissements. In the latter there are no fewer
than 14,164 indigent persons, among whom are 839
blind or otherwise infirm. In the Bth arrondissement
there are 4,600 families, amounting to 14,500 persons,
for 'whom it is necessary to provide during the dead
season of the year.
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has ter-
minated the discussion on the Bill for sanctioning the
treaty concluded with Spain. It was adopted unani-
mously, with the exception of a single vote.
A Madrid letter of the 24th ult. states that all the
Spanish vessels of war at Cadiz have been ordered to
proceed to Barcelona. General Baldasano has left
Madrid to take the command.

The population of Rome in 1841, says a journal of
that city, amounted to 158,868. In 1832 there were
only 136,269 inhabitants.
It appears from a statistical account of the popula-
tion of the Island of Cuba, in the Madrid Gazette,
that •there are 418,291 whites, 88,054 mulattos,
10,974 mulatto slaves, 64,784 free blac!Ks, and 425,521
black slaves • making a total of 1,007,624.
The Academy of Inscriptions has elected, in the
place of the • late Count Alexandre de Laborde, his
son, M. Leon de Laborde, author of several works on
the East, and of a commentary on the Bible, by a
majority of 32 to 27.
The Agram Gazette states that great complaints
have been made to the new sovereign of Servia of the
number of foreigners, particularly Austrians, to whom
places of trust have been confided. Hereafter, in
proportion as the country becomes settled, and natives
of talent can be found to perform the duties of the
executive, they will always have a preference over
foreigners.
A letter from Constantinople, Nov. 9, in the Con-
stilutionnel, says :—"At the very moment that the
Syrian affair was considered at an end, everything is
again deranged. The report that the Maromtes,
Druses, "and Mutualis, had made common cause
against, the Turkish authorities, is confirmed, but the
Government keeps the details a secret.
The letters from Perpignan speak of nothing but
the great numbers of emigrants from Catalonia, who
seek refuge in France.
The Quotidienne states from Prague that the Duke
de Bordeaux is in excellent health, and is frequently
on horseback, either in the Riding School, or taking
excursions in' the environs of the city. The Prince
has been visited by M. Gayard, the sculptor of Paris,,
who presented to him a finished sketch of the monu-
ment ordered by him to be erected to the memory of
his late tutor, the Bishop of Hermopolis. M. Gayard
also obtained permission of his Royal Highness to
execute his bust in marble.

The band of Terrados, being repulsed and pursued
by the inhabitants of the arrondissement of Fequiras,
is dissolved, and its Chief has taken refuge in the
frontier. The National Guard of Gerona has offered
to go in
.pursuit of the insurgents, and tranquillity
prevails. in all the other cities of Catalonia and the,
kingdom.
. MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE.

Numerous factories have sprung up within the last
few years throughout .the north-eastern districts of
Ireland for the preparation of flaxen thread, and the
cultivation of the raw material has been greatly
extended.