The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS
(Fr ow Guligptani's Mesaenger.)

PiRN, JAS. 22.—Yesterday being the anniver-
sary of the death of Louis XVI., the King and'the
Dauphiness attended a solemn dirge, performed'. n
the occasion at the Chapel Royal of the T
His Majesty was accompanied by the Great D a-
tili
ries of State and the Great Officers of his Household,
The set vice at the Abbey Church of St. Denis was at
tended by the Dauphin, the Duke of Orleans, the Due
de Chartres, the Foreign Ambassadors, and a grat
number of the civil and military authorities. Ac
None Dame and the other churches of the capital,
solemn services were likewise' performed.
The death of the Queen-Mother of Portugal,
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Charlotte Joachime, at the Palace of Queluz, tcar
Lisbon, has been announced by telegraph. Her
Majesty, who was born on the 25th of April, 1775,
was the daughter of Charles IV., King of Spain,
widow of John VI., King of Portugal, sister of Fer-
dinand VII., and mother of Don Pedro and Don

The Constitutionnel contains the following extract
of a private letter from Toulon :—" The officerS of
the Royal Navy have just been thunderstruck upon
reading a circular of the Minister of the Marine,
which seems to have proceeded from the office of
the Secretary of the Inquisition, rather than from a
Government department, the head of which is daily
represented by the Journals as not participating in
the disastrous ideas of his colleagues. I beg you
therefore to give publicity to the circular, which is
as follows :

PARIS, DEC. 15, 1829.—1 n conformity to the
provisions of the 134th; 148th, 28Ist, arid 301st
Articles of the Ordinance of October 31st, 1827,
there moq be addressed to the Minister, at fixed
periods, by the Commanders of fleets, squadrons, or
divisions, and by the Captains of vessels, confiden-
tial notes relative to the persons forming the stairs
ors, board ship.
" In future the following provisions will be ob-
served in the fulfilment of this important duty :
Every Captain of a King's vessel must, upon
his return from a cruise, or upon entering a port of
France, lifter an absence of six months or more, ad-
dress to the Minister direct a report, in which he
will express himself, without reserve, upon the cha-
racter, conduct, and talents of each person of the staff.
" When the Captain shall be placed under the
orders of a Commander of a fleet, squadron, or divi-
sion, he shall deliver to the Commander a copy of
the said report, in order that the latter may add to
it his own observations before he transmits it to the
Alinister.

" The Captain of a vessel sailing singly shall de-
liver upon his return to the ports of France, at the
periods specified above, to the Maritime Prefect of
the arroadissement in which he may be, a copy of
his notes upon the persons of his staff, in order that
the Prefect may do the same, relative to the report
as is stated in the foregoing paragraph.
" The notes to be given upon the officers and
otheN cannot be too detailed ; they should extend
to the conduet, the morality, and talents of each
person ; point out the merit of each as a sailor; men-
tion his disposition for the sciences, and their appli-
cation; render an account of his ;teal, devotedness,
and martini spirit; not neglect to g,iva information
upon the temper, health, and strength of each officer;
and, lastly, point out those who, by combining all
the qualifications and energies of the seaman, are
suited to superintend the general details of a large
siessel,oe prove themselves worthy of being called to
the honour of commanding a King's ship.
" In drawing up these notes, every Commander-
in-Chief, or Captain of a vessel of his Majesty,
aught to boast of fulfilling one of the most important
duties of his post ; and it is trip.n his honour and ve-
►acity that the Minister relies for fully appreciating
the titles of officers to the King's favours,
" It is not strictly required that the copies of
these notes delivered by each Captain to the Com-
manders of a fleet, squadron, or division, or the
Maritime Prefects, should contain the same details
as the despatch addressed direct to the Minister.
" The notes are to be sent to the Minister, under
a double cover; the first addressed to the Minister,
and on the second shall be written :--4 Confidential
pates relative to ofticers..--For his Excellency alone.'
u The Minister relies upon the devotedness of the
A delis-41s and Maritime Prefects, tied upon the zeal
o f the Captains of his Majesty's vetsela, for the
strict execution of these important provisions,
(Signed) " Baron D'IIAUSSEZ."
EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER OF THE 27TH ULT.