The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-03 00:00:00

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FOREIGN.
The vote of the French Chamber of Deputies, giving to the
Government, in order that the intended reduction in the navy
might not be effected, a larger sum than was demanded for the
budget of the marine, continues to be the leading topic in the
original columns of the Opposition Journals, which regard the
vote as a signal defeat of the Ministry.
An Algiers letter, of the 20th instant, explains as follows the
liberation of the 84 French prisoners who arrived recently at
Blidah. The Kalifa in charge of them, finding his provisions
run short, proposed to Ab,l-er-Kadsr that the prisoners should
be killed, but the Emir replied by ordering them to be released,
and sent back to the French army
We find in the French Budget for 1841, the following ac-
count of the number of persons composing the Legion of
Honour, and the expense of this institution to the country.
The account is made up to October 15, 1'341. There are
eighty-two grand crosses, of whom six are without pay; a:O2
grand officers, forty-one of whom are unpaid; 799 commanders,
565 of whom only are paid ; 4,494 officers, 2,151 of whom are
unpaid; and 44,101 chevaliers, 'of whom 25,624 are unpaid.
The total number of members is 49,678. Of the seventy-six
grand crosses w ith pay, five have 20,000 f. each per annum ;
one has 15,000 f.; thirty-two have 5,0001. each ; twenty-one
have 2,0001. each ; twelve, 1,0001., and live, 2501. Of the paid
grand officers, three have 5.000 f. each; sixty, 2,000 f. ; sixty.
eight, 1,000 f., and thirty, 250 f. Of the paid officers, 808 have
I,ooof. each, and 1,535, 250 f. Of the chevaliers who are
paid, one has 1,5001., as being the oldest of the order; all the
others have 250 f. each. Taking the population of France at
thirty-five millions, and deducting the usual amount for women
and children, it is found that one in 350 is a member of the
Legion of Honour.
The Sentinede des Pyrenees has the following from Ainhoa,
May 26 :—‘• The valley of &sten has been reinforced by a
battalion of troops, and a movement has taken place amongst,
the French troops, the line having been reinforced between
Sara and Wham. By a recent order of the day, the Spani,h
officers and soldiers are expressly forbidden to enter the French
territory, General Harispe having previously issued an order
prohibiting French officers and soldiers from entering that of
Spain."
The advices from the Spanish capital, by telegraphic de-
spatch are of the 26th ult. The Moniteur thus publishes the
news:—"According to the latest accounts from Madrid, M.
Surra, the Minister of Finance, has tendered his resignation,
which has been accepted. Ihe resignation of 51. Camba, Mi-
nister of Marine, appears to be certain."
A letter from harnburgh says, the number of libraries de-
stroyed by the fire waa.,eleven, six of which were public esta-
blishments. To these lossei niust be added the stocks of some
booksellers, containing, amongst others, 30,000 volumes of
modern German, French, and English works. The total
destruction of books, as yet ascertained, amounts to 300,000
volumes. Several collections of scientific objects have perished,
particularly one, consisting of 4,000 models of machines be-
longing to the Patriotic Society, and which were used in the
evening and Sunday classes, instituted for the mechanics of the
town. 'the same letter gives the following as an estimate of
the quantity of merchandise consumed, viz. :-2,000,0001b5. of
coffee; 5,000,0001b5. of sugar, three millions of which were
refined; 1,200 bales of raw cotton; 350 bales of spun ditto ;
300 tons of Carolina rice; 500 sacks of Java rice ; 100,000.b5.
of palm oil ; 500,000 quintals of rape oil ; 1,000 tons of
Smyrna currants ; 2,0:10 tons of cheese ; 250 sacks of linseed ;
30,000 pieces of linen; 8,000 casks of claret; 400 pieces of
corn and potatoe spirits•, 400 pieces cf ruin and arrack ;
3,000155. of West ladle and American tobacco.

The Emperor of Russia, says a letter from St. Petersburgh,
16th instant, has sanctioned the forniation of a Csmmittee to
receive subscriptions in Lid of the c:ty of Hamburgh. A sub-
scription has already been opened at Riga for this purpose.
The Ileketie states that subscriptions in favour of the suf-
ferers from the fire at Hamburgh hare been opened in nearly
all tLe Swiss cantons.

The official tables of the duties received by the Customs
Union of Germany, for the year 1841, give the following re-
sults :—The general receipt for Prussia amounts to 14,701,856
crowns ; being 500,833 more than in 1810. Bavaria, 1,681,171
crowns; an increase of 160,977. Saxony, 1,878,177 crowns;
a decrease of 186,972. Wurtemburg, 474,449 crowns; an
increase of 30,914. Baden, 846,364 crowns; a decrease of
38,666. Electoral Hesse, 408,673 (Towns ; an increase of
40,960. Grand Duchy of Hesse, 515,415 crowns ;an increase
of 66,893. Thuringen, 348,213 crowns ;an increase of 6,712.
Nassau, 34,142 crowns; an increase of 2,921. Frankfort,
1,026,461 crowns; an increase of 36,171. Consequently, the
receipts of 1841 amounted to 21,915,921 crowns, and in 18 iO,
to 21,293,232, showing an increase of 622,689 crowns. 'I he
above receipts were for a population of 27,142;323, thus di-
vided :—Prussia and her dependencies, as given by the census
in 1840, 15,159,031 ; Bavaria, 4,365,586 ; Saxony, 1,706,276;
Wurtemberg, 1,703.258; Baden, 1,294,131 ; Electoral Hesse,
666,280 ; Grand Duchy of Hesse, 820,907 ; Union of Thurin-
gen, 952,421 ; Duchy of Nassau, 393,095 ; Free town of Frank-
tort, 66,338.
Whole villages.. including the rich as well as the poor, ate
emigrating (says a letter from Mentz), from Germany to
North America. Three of those in Upper Hesse have, within
these few months, been entirely aband,,ned, and several in
Rhenish Prussia are preparing to follow the example. A short
time ago the whole population of one of these villages passed
through Menta on its way to America, iccompamed by its
pastor and its schoolmaster.