The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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FOREIGN.

The discussion in the Paris journals of the Oppo-.
sition relative to the recent vote of M. Thiers, con-
tinues to be the main feature in their original
columns. Those which have been alike remarkable
for their hostility to the-ex-Minister, and to the pre-
sent Cabinet, persist in regarding the difference be-
tween M. Thiers and M. Odilon Barrot as indicative
of a breaking up of the coalition between M. Thiers
and the Left of the Chamber, whilst on the contrary
the journals which have supported that coalition are
evidently endeavouring to prevent a general rupture.
./The news of the blockade of San Juan de Nica-
ragua by the English has furnished the Presse and
the National with a pretext for nearly two columns
of comment on what these journals call the spirit of
encroachment of the English Government. We do
not find anything, however, in what they say on the
present occasion worthy of extract. The remarks are
in an unfriendly spirit, and evince determination to.'
attribute all the proceedings of England to wrong,
Motives.

We find the following in the Akhbar of Algiers of
the 15th inst. :—" The sickness has become frightful.
Cerebral fever is especially prevalent, and is almost
always mortal. No locality is spared. At Dely
Ibrahim, a village which was celebrated for its salu-
brity, there is great mortality. The cause of this is
the intense heat, and probably there will be many
more victims before the beginning of autumn. Our
troops have suffered much, but fortunately no precau-
tions are • spared against this scourge, which every
summer makes of Algeria a frightful charnel-house.
A Transylvanian journal gives a disastrous account
of the fire at Beresk. This journal says :—" In less
than one hour 272 houses and 434 farm-buildings
were reduced to ashes, with all their contents, and 18
persons Ntrercturnt- to death."
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Prom Constantinople that Sir Stratford
Canning had succeeded in obtaining redress for the
Albanian disorders in the lonian Islands. A Turkish
flotilla will unite with the Thiglish ships on that
:station to capture the marauders.

The Russians have suffered in their late encounters
With the Circassians. Eight pieces of artillery had
been captured from General Grabbe's camp, but were
retaken, except two pieces, with a loss, however, of
1,600 Russians, and 60 officers. This attack on the
Russian camp was made on the 13th of June.
Nothing new from Persia. Diplomacy was striving
to heal the differences, but the. Porte was bent, on
war, and refused all concessions. The Russian Mi-
nister had intimated to the Porte, that it would not
allow the Shah to be dethroned, as Russia had gua-
ranteed the present settlement in Persia.
MONEY-ItaDE-COMIKERCE.
The Marquis of Downshire is at present employ-
ing not less than 1,200 labourers in draining and
other public works in Ireland.

LAW AND POLICE,
Three revolting murders have within the last fort-
night been, committed in Ireland, viz., of Thomas
Long at Limerick, stoned to death ; of a woodranger,
named Home'', in Clare ; and of a man named
Mercer, in Tyrone.
Captain Philip Partridge, of the brig Yarrow, of
Liverpool, was brought up for re-examination at the
Thames police on Thursday, charged with the wilful
murder of three Spanish sailors, between Benin, on
the coast of Africa, and the Island of Teneriffe, in the
latter part of last year. The investigation was postponed
for a week, and the prisoner sent back to Clerkenwell
prison. The case will be ultimately sent before a Jury.
Dennis Clements, a seafaring man, aged 68, was
tried at the Old Bailey, on Thursday, harged with the
wilful murder of Bridget Clethents, alias Holloway.
The prisoner was found- guilty -of manslaughter, and
sentenced to two years' hard labour at the Maidstone
House of Correction.
LITERARY AND scxEurrxrxc.
The lightnings of the present season have been de-
scribed by M. Arago to consist of four distinct kinds.
1. The• striped, or zig-zag lightning; which developcs
itself with great rapidity; 2, the sheet lightning, which
covers a large surface of clouds; 3, the globular
lightning, in which the electric fluid seems to be con-
densed,.and the motion of which is slow ; and 4, the
phosphoric flash, which hangs for some time on the
edges of the clouds.