The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-25 00:00:00

The Siecle says—" We are informed that the Staff of
the expeditionary army to Constantine will be composed as
follows :—Duke of Orleans, Commander-in Chief ;
Lieut.-
General Schramm, Major-General ; Lieutl-General Dan-.
remont, Ist division ; Lieut.-General Archard, 2d division ;
Lieut.-GenTral Bugeaud,• 3d division General Marbot,
Commandant of the Cavalry ; Generals Trezel, Rulhiere,
Durocheret, Perregaux, &c., Commandant of Brigades ;
Lieut.-General Gourgaud, Commandant of Artillery ; and
Major-General Lamy, Commandant of the Engineers."
STRASBURG, JAN. 20.—A duel took place this morning,
the cause and result of 'which 'we alike deplore :--Major
Parquin was no sooner released from prison, on his late
acquittal, than he repaired to Kehl, in the vicinity of Stras-
burgh, on the other side of the Rhine, having first left a
message with Colonel Taillandier that he was ready to give
him a hostile meeting if he required it. The Colonel, ac-
companied by his brother, also an officer, and a third mi-
litary man, in the person of a Major of the 46th Regiment
of Foot, gave Major Parquin a rendezvous just outside of
the fortifications, the rules of the service forbidding him to
cross the river without permission. M. Parquin, accotnpanied
by the Count de Gricourt, reached the place. indicated
at twelve at noon. The weapons chosen were small swords,
and, after several ineffectual passes were exchanged, the
Colonel touched his opponent on the breast, 'but, striking
the buckle of his braces, the sword bent without entering
the flesh. The Major expressed his desire to go on, and
almost directly the sword, at another pass, went in under
the right side and came oat at the left-shoulder, going right
through his body. Notwithstanding the seriousness of this
wound, it is hoped that the Major's life will be saved. The
Courier du Bas Rhin, in giving an account of this rencontre,
states that it took place on one of the islands of the Rhine ;
and that the ground being slippery, Colonel Titillandier fell
before he wounded his opponent.. The latter Journal men-
tions only one wound as having been received by M. Par-
quin ; and which, although it appeared that the sword
passed through his body, merely grazed the left side be-
tween the skin and the flesh. According to the opinion of
M. Parquin and his second, Colonel Taillandier was also
wounded in the breast.
La Paix publishes a list of the various Cabinets that
have been constructed in France since the revolution of
1830, from which it appears that the Councils of his Ma-
jesty the King of the French have undergone, either com-
pletely or partially, in the course of six years and a half, 13
changes. The Presidency of the Council has been filled
(according to this document) successively by MM. Laffitte,
Casimir Perier, Marshal Soult, Marshal Gerard, the Duke
de Bassano, the Duke de Treviso, the Duke de Broglie,
M. Thiers, and Count Mole. The Ministers of Justice
have been MM. Dupont (de l'Eure), Merilhou, Barthe,
Persil, Sauzet, and Persil (again). The Ministers for
Foreign Affairs have been—Count Mole, Marshal' Maison,
General Sebastiani, the Duke de Broglie, Admiral de
Rigny,. M. Bresson, Admiral de Rigny (again), the Duke
de Broglie (2d time), M. Thiers, and Count Mole (2d
time). The Ministers of War have been—Marshal
Gerard, Marshal Soult, Marshal Gerard (2d time), Gene-
ral Bernard, Marshal Mortier (Duke de Treviso), Marshal
Maison, and General Bernard (2d time). The Ministers
of Marine have been—General Sebastiani, Marshal Soult
(ad interim), Admiral de Rigny, Admiral Roussin, Admi-
ral Jacob, M. Charles Dupin, Admiral Duperre, and Ad-
miral Rosamel. The Ministers of the Interior have been—
M. Guizot, Count Montalivet, Count-d'Argout, M. Casimir
Perier, Count Montalivet (again), M. Thiers, the Duke de
Bassano, M. Thiers (2d time), Count Montalivet (3d time),
and M. Gasparin. The Ministers of Commerce have been=
Count d'Argout, M. Duchatel, M.-Teste, M. Duchatel (2d
time), M. Passy, and M. Martin (du Nord), The. Ministers
of Finance have been—Baron Louis, M. Laflitte, Baron
Louis (2d time), M. Humann, M. Passy, M. Humann (2d
time), Count d'Argout, and M. Duchatel. Finally, the
Ministers of Public Instruction have been—the Duke de
Broglie, M. Merilhou, M. Barthe, Count Montalivet, M.
Girod (de I Ain), M. Guizot (2d time), M. Teste (ad inte-
rim), M. Guizot (3d time), M. Pelet (de la Lozere), and
(4th time) M. GuizOt.