The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-11 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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publtr Opinion.

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The election of Secretaries to the rharnber of beptt•
ties took place on Monday, and three out of the four
were chosen from the Conservative ranks.

The Quotidienne gives the following,extraet of a letter
addressed by the Duke de Bordeaux to the Marquis de
Pastoret. It is dated Tceplitz, July 28 On receiv
ing the news of the sad event which you announce to me
in your last letter, my first impulse was to pay fur and
have prayers put up for the unfortunate victim. I was
more favoured last year, and I am the more thankful to
Prov;dence, as I hope my life has only been preserved in
order that it may be one day useful to ~my country.
Whatever may be the course of events, tliky will always
find me ready to devote myself to France, and to siterifiee
every thing for her."
The Journal des Deficits has an article on the prospects
of England, which is by no means flattering ; although
not quite so virulent as the Presse, its tendency, we fear,
will be to increase the Anglophubia;the French reign-
ing epidemic.
The Debars states that Count de Sainte Aulaire, the
French Ambassador at London, has, for the last week,
had an attack of bilious fever, which, though not of an
alarming description, confines him to his bed and delays
his return to England.
As a proof of the distress of the lawer orders of the
people in Paris, the National states that there are up-
wards of 50,000 mattresses now in pawn at the Mont de
Piete. We feel it right, howevk to observe that the
accounts from other sources seem to disprove the state-
ment of the National as to the existence of great distress
amongst the industrious classes of the capital.
A letter from the Electoral Prince and Co-Regent of
Hesse-Cassel, announcing the marriage of his daughter,
the Princess Louisa of Hesse, with Prince , Christian of
Sleswick-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, ha's been
presented to the King by Baron de Schaenten, the Hes-
sian Minister.

A letter of July 20, in the Augslnagh Gazette, states
that a considerable reinforcement to the Turkish
troops intended to act against Bagdad left Smyrna on the
19th;under the command of Mustapha Pacha, for Da-
mascus, where further re-inforcements would arrive pre-
paratory to the.commencement of hostile proceedings.
A paper war has commenced between the Minister of
the Interior and M. de la Touche, the late sous-prefect
of Piormel, the former denying and the latter asserting
that the Government intimated to him that as regarded
the election of 31. de la llochejaquelin or 31. de Sivry, it
would prefer the return of two Legitimates to that of
one Liberal.

The Spanish papers of the 2d contain no news what-
ever. Mr. Washington Irving was presented to. the
Regent.
PARLIAMENTARY.

A score or so of bills what is called the Ro3al assent
yesterday.
The Lords passed the Parish Constables.4ll, as sent up from
the Commons, without insisting on their amenditients, •
The Marriages (Ireland) Bill went through the remainder of
the stages, and was sent back to the Commons.
The Newfoundlacd Bill went through a committee after a
little conversation about bearing counsel against the Dill, which
the Lords ate to do to-morrow, after they have almost passed
it. Their Lordships then adjourned. •
Messrs. Hope and Mildmay took their seats in the House of
Co-mmons.

• The Bankruptcy Law Amendment Bill was read a third time
and passed.
On the motion to read the Insolvent Debtors' Bill a third
time, Mr. T. Duncombe brought the state of the Penitentiary
and of our prison discipline under native, but without any ether
result than making some facts widely koown. Sir James Gra-
ham said the case of the unfortunate -Holberry had given him
great pain. The Bill was read a third time.
In the evening sitting Mr. T. Duncombe presented several
remonstrances to the House, but it being objected to them that
they contained no prayer, and could not, therefore, be received,
Mr. T. Duncombe, after some debate, withdrew them.

In reply to Mr. R. Yorke, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
said landlords would not be allowed a deduction in the Income-
tax on account of repairs executed for the tenants.
In reply to Mr. M. Philips, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
said that the law officers of the Crown had not discovered that
defect in the Corn-laws which some other gentlemen hid dis-
covered, and by which they hoped to escape the payment of
duty for corn brought in between the 29th of April, and the
Thursday fol:owing.
The remainder of the evening was occupied by Lord Pal-
merston on a review of the session, which he undertook, and to
which Sir Robert Peel replied. r. Cob&n, Mr. Hume, and
two or three other members spoke. Thii W 4.5 a party debate of
the old stamp, and perhaps one of the most brilliant of the ses.
sion, which flickers sit isabout to go out,
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Sir J. Graham obtained leave to bring in a Bill to regulate
the registration of voters for next session. The Right Hon.
Baronet proposes to make great alterations in the registration,
and even to repeal the whole of the registration clauses of the
Reform Bill. The House sat till twenty minutes past
Eleven o'Clock.
MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.

At the meeting of the Proprietors of the Birmingham
and Derby Junction Railway, on Tuesday, in the former
town, it appeared from the Report that, from January to
last June, 82,682 passengers had been carried by the
railway, making since the opening oNhe line a total of
494,072. The amount received for traffic and carriage
for the half-year had been a total of 29,3001., showing
an increase of 124/. on the preceding half-year.
CLMSZASTIC.A.M.
About 32 inhabitants of St. Dunstan's, Fleet-street,
appeared at Guildhall yesterday, on summonses for re-
fusing to pay their respective shares of the Church-rate.
The objections were stated, but over-ruled, and orders
made for payment.