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

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

The leading articles of the Paris journals do ntst
possess much interest. Almost the only vii tteserving
of attention is in the Debatt on tie ordonnance of the
King of the Belghns respecting the silks and twines
of Germany. Our readers are aware that the Bel-
gian Government has been very roughly handled by
the gentlemen of the Parisian Press, who have ex-
pressed their opinions upon the pleasure in question.
The Debuts, however, has not adopted the same
course. This journal excuses the ordonnance on the
ground of the national desire of the Belgians to obtain
new markets for their produce, and recommends that
France, instead of showing resentment against her
for attempting to conciliate Germany, should draw
closer the bonds of union with Belgium, and make it
the interest of that counq in all matters of com-
merce to cling to France. or this purpose theDebats
advises that the negotiations of 1841 for a Customs
union between the two countries should be resumed.
The following is a specimen of the style in which
M. Thiers' paper, the Constitutionnel, speaks of Eng-
land. rt must have a contemptible notion of the un-
derstanding of its readers :—" See that perfidious
Albion, though her empire be menaced in India, and
her armies in jeopardy in China—though insurrection
is at the gates of London, and the three kingdoms on
the very brink of destruction, see this perfidious and
execrable England will not die. The fact is, England
hopes to repair all her losses, all her disasters, by ob-
taining the right of search. This will compensate
her loss of India, by the tremendous preponderance
which it will give her over every slave brig and gum
vessel of France. . It will enable her to put Abd-el-
Kader on the throne of Algiers, and to sell her cot-
tons in the markets of the Great Desert; for it is
always at opening markets for her manufactures that
this nation of shopkeepers aims ; and the right of
search, we know, is calculated to throw then to the
perfidious Albion all the ports of the world.'
The French Government has invited the four great
commercial ports to send a delegate to Paris to form
part of a Commission, which, in conjunction Kith Al.
Galos, head of the Colonial Department, and Al.
Maisonneuve, the Director of Foreign Trade, are to
inquire into the difficulties which the gum trade of
Senegal gives birth to each year. Amongst other
remedies which have been tried, was an association of
farmers of the revenue, to which the Government of
Senegal gave their sanction, and from which much
was expected. Intelligence received from Senegal,
however, shows that those hopes have not been realised,
as the trade has failed this year, the Moors having
organised a resistance to the association.
According to the Quotidienne, the amount voted by
the Chamber of Deputies for the fortifications of Paris
will fall very short of the expenditure. Of the 140
millions voted, 75, it says, have already been ex-
pended, and 25 are due to the contractors, so that
40 millions only remain. The Quotidienne, in order
to show that these 40 millions vt ill not go very far,
observes, that the forts of Mont-Valerien, I'Est, St.
Denis, ?antin, Noisy-le-Sec, Rosnv, Vincennes, Cha-
renton, Ivry, and Issy, are not halt finished ; that the
forts of St. Denis, l'Ouest, Nogent, Bicetre,
are not a
quarter finished; and that those of Vanvres, Mon-
trouge, Courbevoie, Aubervilliers, St. Maur, and
Vine d'Avray, are not begun.
A Berlin letter, of the ht instant, informs us that
the King of Prussia has issued an order for the meet-
ing of the Committees of the Provincial States on the
18th of next month, in order that he may consult
them before coming to a decision on the following
points ;-1. The arrangements for the diminution of
taxes, promised for the Ist of January, 1843. 2. The
establishment of a general railroad communication be-
tween the States, at the expense of the Government.
3. A Bill respecting river navigation.
Letters from St. Petersburgh in the Augsburg Ga-
zette admit the bad news from Circassia. It was
brought by an officer who arrived a little before the
intended fetes in July. The struggle lasted four days.
The Russians lost a great number of men. The Court
leave St. Peterburgh for Zarscjezelo till the winter.
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
A meeting of the South Staffordshire iron and coal
tnasters, and a deputation of men from the various pits,
took place at West Bromwich on Wednesday, with a
view to an amicable settlement. Lord Dartmouth
presided, and during the course of the meeting it was
stated that nearly all the pits had been set •to work
during the last two days at the old prices, the pro-
posed reduction having been abandoned by some
masters. The whole district, it is hoped, will now
quickly resume labour.
The Paris and Rouen Railroad, owing to English
industry, will be now fully completed by three years'
labour. From the Report read by Mr. Locke, the
engineer, at the late meeting, it appears that without
the continuation of the railroad to Havre, the journey
from Paris to London will, by May next, be able to
be effected in seventeen or eighteen hours, including
stoppages, so that any person leaving London in the
morning at five may arrive at Paris at about eleven
at night.
At Manchester the weavers are the principal parties
now standing out for increased wages; the other ope-
ratives are mostly at work. Two or three small mobs
and petty outrages occurred on NV ednesd ay,an d the ring-
leaders were apprehended. Stockport still continues
somewhat excited, but the " Ashton boys" have re-
turned to the mills.
AGRICULTITR.A.L.
Hop-picking, in the districts of Mereworth, Canter-
bury, Ticehurst, and Battle, will be general this week.
At Nlaidstone, it is feared, the bines will only afford
a " top-crop," and in other places shortness of yield is
expected.

ELECTIONEERING.
Mr. Hamilton has issued his address to the electors
of the Dublin University, in opposition to the Go-
vernment candidate, Mr. Smith, whom he pledges
himself to stand against, or any other person. He
states his opinions as opposed to the grants to the
Board of National Education, and the College of
Maynooth.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The Hon. Lady Pakenham will present the 16th
or Bedfordshire Regiment, with new colours on the
30th inst., being deputed in the stead of its Colonel
in Chief, General Lord Beresford, who is labouring
under ill health.