The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

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PORMIGZZ.

The following news appears in the form of a telegra-
phic despatch in the French journals :—" The fort of
Sebdon, or La Frasna, ten leagues south of Tlemcen,
was entirely destroyed on the 9th instant. This was the
last place of the second line of the Emir. The enemy in
this campaign has abandoned to us, in his flight, 14
pieces of cannon, of which seven were field-pieces cast
at Tlemcen. Fifteen tribes have made their submission.
The Emir is in the territory of Morocco, near the fron-
tier. We are making rapid progress in the west."
It appears from a recent statement that the number of
law tribunals in France is 3,467, and the number of
judges and magistrates, viz., justices de paix, 2,858, with
the same number of judges ; tribunals of first instance,
360, with 2,593 magistrates ; tribunals of commerce,
220, with 1,242 magistrates ; tours royales, 27, and 922
magistrates ; courts of cassation, 1, and 57 magistrates ;
cour des comptes 1, and 104 magistrates. The number
of counsel enrolled an the lists of the tours royales, on
the Ist of January in this year, was 8,619.
"In England," observes the Presse, "the annual ex-
pense of each soldier upon an average is 540 f., conse-
quently the number is but few. In France the expense
is 340 K, in Austria, 240 f., in Prussia, 212 f., and in
Russia, 120 f."
" We learn from Madrid," says the Messager " that
on the sitting of the Cortes of the 16th inst. a bill was
presented for mobilising, in case of need, 50 000 National
Guards." ,
Account:: from Barcelona of the 15th inst. state, that
it was rumoured in that city that the Junta of Vigilance
was on the point of being re-established. The Journal
des Debats, however, which publishes this report, con-
siders it to require confirmation.
PARLIAMENTARY.
Lord MONTIUGLY postponed his motion concerning Exchequer.
bills last night, on account of the absence of the Duke of Welling.
ton in his county.
A brief discussion took place on the law concerning Dissenters'
Marriages in Ireland. Lord Campbell recommended that the Bill
for settling the question should be introduced into the House of
Lords. The Lord Chancellor said the Bill was prepared, but he
had not considered the question of bringing It before the Lords
In the first instance.

The Bishop of Exeter entered into a long history of the abuses
in the Creditor Workhouse. Lord Wharncliffe defended the
Government from any supposition of wishing to defend such abuses.
The petition, on presenting which the discussion arose, was laid ou
the table.
In the Commons Lord Stanley stated that a riot had taken place
in Kingston, Jamaica, on the Christmas day, attended with loss of
life, all caused, it seems, by the meddling of the Mayor. This is
only one of the great multitude of examples of the zeal of magis.
trates being infinitely more mischievous than the fun and frolic of
the people.

Lord Eliot obtained icave to bring in a Bill to settle the ques-
tion of Dissenters' Marriages (Ireland).
Mr Muntz's motion to allow strangers to be present at divisions,
was negatived by 136, the numbers being 187 to 51. Sir Robert
Peel took the Conservative side, and stood up for ancient and ab.
surd practices.

Colonel Sibthorp moved for an account of the number of days
Lord Monteagle had attended at the office of Comptroller of the
Exchequer, which, after a few words from the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Mr. Paring, was granted.
The Corn-law debate was resumed, and brought to a close at
half past one o'clock.

PUBLIC OPINION.
' The Post observes of Lord Monteagle's Letter to Sir Robert
Peel, that "his Lordship has succeeded, to a very considerable ex.
tent, in throwing from himself individually, as Controller-General
of the Exchequer, and from the office over which he presides, re.
sponsibility for whatever has been amiss in the method and form of
preparing and issuing Exchequer Bills, and for the dreadful conse-
quences which have ensued."

The Herald speaks of the Abate on Mr. Villiers' resolution, and
its Afournment, observing, " how long is this trifling with affairs
of national importance to be indulged In for the purpose of orato-
rical display and radical violence? Every one knows that the
motion will be rejected by an immense majority, that the discussion
is insincere and factious. Why then did not the House reject the
motion at once ?"

The Chronicle has a short article on the subject of a sanguinary
occurrence which is reported to have taken place at Kingston,
Jamaica, on Christmas day, wherein our Contemporary remarks,
" if the whites of Jamaica were to reflect coolly on their situation,
they would see the folly of wantonly outraging the negroes. But
the whites are in possession of power, and power is a great cor-
rupter. There is too, we fear, a bad feeling towards the blacks,
arising out of the question of wages."
The Morning Advertiser states that it considers the Whigs the
adversaries of the people :—" As a party they sprung into existence
in opposition to the Tories. Their being has purely existed in
opposition to the Tories. From the Act of Settlement to the de-
bate in the Commons this day se'nnight, is there evidence trans-
mitted, that their lite has consisted, not in urging forward the facul-
ties of the country, but in a struggle for office against the Tories.
If these strictures did not apply to the Whigs they would now have
flung themselves into the ranks of the total repeaters."
MONEY—WI:LADE —C OMIVIERCE.
It was stated on Wednesday, at a meeting of the Thames Haven
Dock and Railway Company, that initelgium, during ten months
of the year 1838, fron► the very low fares, upwards of 2,000,000
persons travelled on the railways, the whole population of the king.
dom nut exceeding 4,000,000.
It appears that from the year 1790 to IS3S, bath inclusive,
10,283.471 bushels of wheat were exported from the United States,
being a yearly average of 209,666 busheli.

Emigrants from Baden and Wurtemburg have increased at an
immense ratio for the last rive years, who settle on the banks of
the Mississippi, and at New Orleans, where they chiefly become
vine-growers.

The towns of Preston and St. Helen's, Liverpool, once hives
of industry, are now converted into one great preserve, with
keepers and lodges, having scarce a thicket without a hare, or
coppice without a pheasant, and in the midst of them all, men are
starving by thousands.

The lowest estimate of the extent of land at present under grain
crop in South Australia is 5,000 acres. Judge Cooper recently
stated, in a late address to the grand jury at Adelaide, from what
he considered to be good authority, that the number of acres of
land, from which wheat, barley, and oats will be this year reaped,
is 10,000 ; that the number of sheep is 200,160; of cattle, 16,000;
of horses, 1,000; pigs, 5,000; and of goats, 1,000. There is thus
reason to believe that in the course of another year, as much corn
will be raised as will supply the wants of the colonists, that is, of
about 15,000 souls.