The Sun.
London, England, 1838-04-16 00:00:00

FRANCE.

( From the Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday.)
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, SITTING OF APRIL 12.
M. DUPIN, President, took the chair at 2 o'clock.
The order of the day was the continuation of the discussion
of the Bill for the regulation of the staff of the army.
The Minister of Finances opposed the second paragraph of
article 2, purporting that " general officers could be placed on
half-pay, by reason of their length of service, only at their own
request." His only objection was the additional burden which
it would inflict on the public purse.
The paragraph was, with the ensemble of the article, after
some discussion carried by an immense majority.
Articles 4 and 3 were then put and carried as follows:
Art. 4—" When the staff in activity shall exceed the limits
fixed by erticle 2, a promotion can only take place every
three vacancies, unless for eminent services " Art. 5
"in time of peace all employments are to be exclusively
conferred OR those comprised in the first section. In time of
war the general officers comprised in section 2, will be also
employed."
Article 6 was then put as follows :—" General officers of
the second section are to receive three-fifths ol their pay with-
out extra allowances."

M. Fuichiron proposed, as an amendment, that they should
receive but half-pay.
General Bug,,eaud opposed tht amendment, as making a dis-
tinction unfavourable Co General officers.

The article, with the amendment, was carried by a very small
majority.
Article 7, as follows, was then carried :—" Those General
officers who now form part of the corps of reserve instituted by
the Royal ordinance of the 13th November, 1833, and those
placed in non-activity by the ordinance of the 28th of Novem-
ber, 1836, n ill be placed, according to their ages, in the first
or second section of article 2."

Article 8 was then carried, viz :—" The dispositions con-
tained in article, 9, 10, 1 t, 12, and 13 of the law of the 19th of
May, 1834, arc applicable to General staff officers."
M. A. Portalis asked if Marshal Marmont was still included
among the Varshals of France, and if he had taken the oath.
The President observed, that this was a personal question,
and ccrald only be put when his pay was asked for from the
Chamber.
General Subervic said, that the Marshal had received the
King's permission to reside out of the country.
ticles 9 and 10 were then put, and carried as follow :
Article 9.—" The reduction of the number of the present
Mar,hals of France will be effected by their extinction."
Article 10._" Every disposition contrary to this law is ab-
rogated."
The ballot was then taken on the ensemble of the bill, when
there appeared—
For the bill f 193
Against it lO3
Majority 9O
I The bill was accordingly passed, and the Chamber rose at 5.
" The Bulletin des Lois of the 12th inst. publishPs the con-
vention signed on the 2d of January, 1138, by France and
Greece, for the conveyance of the correspondence between
both countries. The communications are to take place
at least thrice a month on the part of France, through
the offices of Paris, Marseilles, Constantinople, Smyrna,
and Alexandria, and on the part of Greece, through
the offices of Athens and Syra, but always by French
steam-packets. Those packets are to be considered
and received in the harbours of Greece, and particularly at the
Pireaus and at Syra, in the light of ships of war, and to be free
from alLnavigation duties. In case of war between the two
nations, the French pickets will continue their operations
without hindrance or molestation cr, the part of the Greek
Government, until the formal notification of a rupture of the
mail communications.

Passengers on board these packets who should not think
proper to land during their stay in the harbours of Greece
shall not, under any pretext, be forced to go ashore, or liable
to any search, or ;to the formality of having their passports
legalized.
1 ;The postpaying of letters, but not of printed papers, shall
be optional. The postage may be paid as far as the places to
which the jurisdiction of the French and Greek offices re-
spectively extend.
The convention is to last nine years.
A letter from Hanover, of the 2d inst., in the German
Journal of Frankfort, says—" The commission appointed
by the Chambers to examine the new project of the Constitu-
tion, contains so many partisans of the Government, that there
is no doubt that the report will be favourable to its adoption.
Even if the commission does not accede on certain points to
the views of the Cabinet, it is probable that an understanding
will be come to, since M. Von Schele has already declared
that the King will not insist on the unqualified adoption of
the project, but will, on the contrary, agree to all modifica-
tions which do not affect its fundamental dispositions. The
Deputies are about to return home till the commission has
finished its work. The commission will communicate with
M. Leist and M. Schele, who will demand, if necessary, the
instructions of the King, and act accordingly."
The Archduke Palatine of Hungary, according to a letter
of the 2d inst. from Pest, is already indefatigably engaged in
restoring the city to its former splendour. The ruined su-
burbs are to be rebuilt upon a new plan, the old narrow irre-
gular streets are to be widened, new streets and squares are
to be erected, and boulevards similar to those at Paris are to
be formed.
There has lately been found in the Vatican library a manu-
script containing songs written and composed by.A.belard, with
the original musical notation. The Abbe Baini is employed
in rendering them into the modern notes, and a German
gavant, to whom this curious and valuable discovery is owing,
hopes shortly to be able to publish it.
We learn from Alsace that the railroad from Strasburg to
Basle has been commenced with great spirit ; a considerable
portion of the land has been purchased ; some of the embadk-
ments are far advanced, and everything leads to a fair ex-
pectation that this line will be completed before its rival, on

the other side of the Rhine, is begun, notwithstanding the
vote of the Chambers of Baden.
Our readers who may intend travelling to Switzerland and
the Upper Rhine will be glad to hear that diligences have
commenced running from Friburg, and communicate with
those from Paris. A mail-coach has at the same time been
established between Carlsruhe and Zurich.
We are sorry to bear that M. Lablache has just had the
misfortune to lose one of his daughters, after an illness of six
weeks.
The amount of the different public Stocks of France on the
Ist of January last was as follows :-
5 per Cents. (241,662 holders) 147,118,615 f.
3 per Cents. (30,186 holders) 35,788,053
41 per Cents. (826 holders) 1,026,600
4 per Cents. (2,595 holders) 11,978,176

(275,269 holders) 195,912,036 f.
It appears from the official account of the Administration
of Finance, made up to the 31st of December, 1837, that of
the loans made on behalf of the commercial and manufactnring
interests in 1830, and amounting to 32,000,000 f., including
the interest, 21,681,000 f. had been repaid, leaving due
10,227,000 f. The Treasury calculations show that this
balance comprises credits the recovery of which seems certain
to the extent of 3,437,056 f., the surplus, 6,740,591 f , being
composed of loans the chances of recovering which are more
or less doubtful. _ _

After the high tide at St. Waast, La Hogue, the sea re-
tired so low that the remnants of the twelve ships of Admiral
de Thourville's fleet, which were burnt and sunk tin 1692,
were percepticle ; and several objects, such as balls, &c., were
recovered.

A Toulon letter of the 10th• inst. says :—" Accounts from
Constantine, March 13, inform us that General Negrier had sent
out a fresh expedition against a tribe sufficiently strong to bring
into action 5,000 horsemen, and which had plundered some
caravans on their way to this place. The General's column,
which was composed of 2,000 men, made a march into the
country which had not previously been explored. It was
found to be very fertile, and many ruins were seen. On
reaching the territory of the hostile tribe, the troops burnt the
first douars they met with, and a severe battle ensued. The
enemy, being superior in numbers, sustained the attack, but
must have suffered great loss in killed; we had only a few
men wounded. The column retired after burning many of the
dou.irs, and brought to Constantine a certain quantity of
cattle."

Intelligence having reached Corfu towards the middle of
March that the plague had manifested itself at Monastir, in
Bitoglia, near Janina, the Board of Health of the lonian
Islands ordered that all passengers and vessels coming from
Albania, including Vostizza, should undergo a quarantine of
21 days. and the goods proceeding therefrom be kept 28 days,
and purified in the Lazaretto. The plague had totally ceased
along the right bank of the Danube to the north of the Bal-
kan, with the exception only of some of the villages of the
district of Silistria, where numerous cases were still observed.
At Lom, and the adjoining country, the epidemy was raging
with the greatest intensity, but Bosnia, Wallachia, Servia,
and the greatest part of Bulgaria, were entirely free from it.
FRENCH FUNDS.-Pants, APRIL 14.
Five per cents:, leef. fOc. 7.7 c. 55-;
Four and a Half per Cents. 103 f. tiOc.
Four per Cents., 10If. 25c.
Three per Cents. Sl£ 5.f. sc. 10e. 15c.
Bank Actions, 2:070£
ilente de Naples, icor. 100 f. Isc. 10c.
Roman Five per Cents., 102%
Spanish Actives, 9.114%N•
Spanish Passives, 4!4.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,4411. 1,4i5f. 1,442 f. Sf'c.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. i!N,N.
Haytian Lsar, 160 f. 475 f.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25f. 55e.; money, 2511 55c
Three months, paper, 25f. 40c. ; money, 251. 40c.
LAST PRICES.
Five rer Cents. 108 f. 95c.
Three per Cents., s;f. 10c.
Bank Actions, 2,670 f.
Romans, 10123,.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,412 f. s^c.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 23N.
Haytian Loan, 475 f.
Spanish Actives, 2;14.
Spanish Passives, 414.