The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-29 00:00:00

FRENCII 'PAPERS.

(From the.EtitiWof Whinesclay.)
TAMS, AcT. 26.—According to the preparatory labour pre-':
--sented.by the agents of the domain, on' the sales of the goods
-of emigris, under the national law of confiscation, there
..• were 437,010 axles, the 'value of which, in assignats reduced
to money, •was 1,091 millions of francs.
Front this sum must be' deducted-:l,*(The amount of sums
paid by Government to creditors of the proprietors; 2, that
.:•rof the contributions on land and moveables ; 3, the value of
the repairs and keeping up. The net sum to be paid to•the
victims may be estimated at 30 millions of renter, at Ji:•per
cent. Thirty millions -on a budget of 900, present no insu.
. perable dalieUlty,•and the least 'financial head would not be
- At a loss to find means of payment. •The difficulty is. less in
the means than thedetails of the operation.
(From the Pilots of Ffiednasday.)
Auoinu no, OCT. 21.—The latest news from Constantin-
ople and Smyrna make mention of some advantages obtained by
the Capitan Pacha ever the (Irak fleet. The 'Austrian Observer
h..s not said a word up to the
_present time on the subject.—
.44 letter from a commercial house atSmyrna, dated September
17th, states that the Greeks lost .from ten to tvrelve.iire.ships,
anti one corvette of 24 guns, between Stanchlo and Boudroun;
•bot it adds, that in this combat the Turktrwitnessed the burn-
of one of, their frigates and several other vessels. Accord.
ing to this, it is most probably the affair of the 10th Sept. that
the correspondent from Smyrna speaks of; but news direct
Front Coostantinople pretend that it was on the 19th September
111.:1 the Cerium Paths obtained the victory over the Greeks,
arras took from them 30 of their ships. This last version con-
• tratlivs, by its very date, the account given in the letter from
• -finfirna, for it adds, that the Tartar-bearers of the dispatches
had Arrived that day (Sept. W.)
• ' Mt:swear, ()cr. 13.—Yestetday was arrested here by order
• ,-of the Prussian Government, the Governor of the young Dukes
of Alonteitailq, in consequence of his being the author of a work
Injurious against a .Royal Personage. The young Dukes
threatened to tire upon the-first person who attempted to arrest
their Governor ; -this canned a great 'mob to assemble, and the
,guard was obliged,to he called out, through whose means he
w.:* arrested in the evening, about seven o'clock, and sent
-under an escort of the police to Berlin.
• 0ct:15.--4,etters from the Levant, assert that
the Captain Pocha, fearing for the safety of his penult owing
to ,the late disasters he had experienced if he returnW..to the
••: Dattianelles, 'will, his supposed, make a second ettempt.on
Samos. • •
rAIIIIS, OCT. •20.--VIICOCII .Ftrxus.—Five per Cents.
102 f. 30c.—Bank Stock, 1,9110 f Five per Cents.
(Falconet's certificates); 1t9.-=ltentes il'Espagne, 171; Royal
Spanish Lorin for 11123, 57.,-Exehange on London, one
month, 26t'. 10c, ; three months, 24f. 95c..-(Cours Authen-
-0,114.)

143EQUIES.'A ND INHUMATION OF LOUIS XVIIL
Front the Journal dee Debats.) •
P Oct'. three' o'clock this day,
the tomb closed on the late King; whom so many noble re-
Wilt:A:Lions will real for history—on the benefactor of France,
on the immortal author of the Charter. Nothing was spared
$n give to the Royal Funeral a pomp and Majesty worthy of
him who was their object, worthy of the high degree of splen.
'our and, prosperity to which she has been elevated tinder the
finvernment of Louis. XVIII.: The pillars and Gothic etches
of the Church of St. Denis had disappeared under the funeral
ornaments, and in their place an ancient basilic was represented
of the lonic order, with gilded moulding* in the aisle and ex-
terior part of thechoir. igures of angels serving for candelabra,
arsre placed on the tops of the.columns, and a large mourning
band, extended from one to the other, crowned the pillars, and
supplied the place of a high attic The architecture of the
'upper 'gallery of theperiphery of the church, which had been
left uncovered in case of fire, was gold, and from it rose a large
arch,hung with black, ornamented with pars de lie, in gold.
4iielleries had been constructed, according to custom, in the
recess of the pillars. The supports of these galleries, and dra-
peries around them, were of velvet with silver fringe,' and or-
siamented•with flaws de lit, .with cyphers and coats of arms,
embroidered in vellum, in lace, in gold,jsilver,:and silk. Above
the altar, on which were -a multitude of wax candles, there
war a large burning cross on black cloth 411 chandeliers,
each with three rows of lights, were suspended from the roof
of the church, which was further- illmmn ,red by candelabra
placed on the column by two rows of lights, one above the
entableture, the other above the attic, .and by the lights of
tile bier. The number of candles was estimated at HAIL--
The catafhlco, placed In the middle of the nave, was a hand-
some piece of architecture of the Corinthian order, similar to
the mausoleums which were raised b the architects of the Mk
trotury to Francis I. and Henry IT' This mausoleum, very-
rioilly gilt and surmounted by a dome supporting a figure of
religion, surrounded by eight figures of adoring angels, was
occupied t y 4 gilt sarcophagus, partly covered by the pall, and
bx the Royal canopy hi cloth of gold. Twelve chandelier%
of gold suspended from the covering of the mausoleum, and
'2l candelabra of gold and lapis lazuli, placed on • the steps of
th, basement, illuminated the bier. As at the funeral alai:MIS
. -OWL the seats at the riglit of the corpse were reserved for the
Princes,.and in the nave, and.in the body of the church, places
'lime assigned for the '3larshals, the Al inisters, and for the great
• Officers of the Kins Ilotoiehold ; for the Ambassadors, And
for the Peers ; for the Deputies, and. for the Deputationrfrom
the different public .bodiee.
411 the Royal Titles, placed in succession upon a stand in
front of the catafalco, formed' a funeral trophy.
• By eight-o'clock hi the morning a considerable number 'df
persoroiliad arrived. at St. Denis. The road was covered with
carriages. At ten' o'clock the Municipal Body, with the Pre-
fect of the Seine at their head, Members of the Courts and
the Tribunals, arrived successively at the Royal Basilic. They
mere escorted by the Gendarmerie of the Department of the
Seine. These Bodies were conducted to their respective
places. A great number . of -the..serrants and affectionate
subjects of the King filled the galleries, °nee* excepted ;
the benches had been reserved in the lower part of the nave for
the Deputations of the Corporations of the Charcoal-men, of
the Porters, and of the Danes de la fiche. The coffin was
ypttplTlNy placed in die.sareophagus.; and covered with the pall
and Royal Canopy. At half-pailt eleven arrived in the follow.
ing order, Prince Tilley rand, I; rand Chamberlain, carrying the
Banner of France ; the Duke d'ilzes, representing the Grand
_'d aster of France ; the Duke de Polignac, representing the
Grand Equerry of France, and carrying the Sword of State,
suspended by a violev, velvet belt ; the Viscount Saint Priest,
oresenting the First KtinerryCitreer, 4trancleant porte corvette
• blanche) bearing the ancient banuer called the. Pennon du
Ihider this banner was ranged the household of the King ; the
atioviesa de Vernon, performing the office of First Equerry,
blearing the King's battle-axe ; the Chevalier de Riviere, First
Gentleman of the Horse, bearing the King's Coat of Arms ;
the Viscount tie Bongan; bearing the King's shield ; the Count
Perelongue, Equerry in Ordinary, carrying the, King's
oven; and the Marquesedt Fresne, Equerry in Ordinary, cur.
rying his Majesty's spurs;. Marshal the Duke of Ragusa,
ilfejor-Oeneral of the Royal Guards,. in service ; the Duke
de • Alontemar, Commandant -of •the Foot Gerdes de-Corps
of the King ; the Dukes de Luxembourg, de Mouthy, de
Grammont, and de Havre, four Captains of the companies of
.the g.ardes du corps, 'each preceded by an officer bearing 'the
• standard of the company they command ; then came the Chan-
cellor, preceded by the Grand. Master, the Master, and the
ASaistanf Master of the Ceremonies, the King at Arms, and
. the Heralds of Arms of France; after him came M. Raves,
President of the Chamber of Deputies of, Ithe Session of
1804; the Count Deseze, First President of the Court of CAMS.
don ; Marshal /if Oncey, Duke of Callaghan°, the senior of the
• Vrench Marshals appointed by the King-to carry the corners of
the funeral canopy. All the royal ensigns and honourstplaced
successively on a projection before the bier formed &funeral
r trophy.
-At half-past eleven o'clock,, the beating Nof the- 'drums an-
mounced the arrival of the Princes, and the Clergy went in pro-
, ca;ion to meet them anti the Dauphin. With his Royal High-
ness, the Duke of Orleans, entered, accompanied by a numerous
• • suite, at theohead of which were the Duke dearemoille; the
'• _Duke de Chevreuse, and the Duke de Brissac, appointed by
'the King to talc; at the proper time and place, in the Royal
Sepulchre,. the Crown, the Sceptre and the symbol of justice,
tifftich•till thenvere to remain, before the bier. The Dauphin
and the Duke of Orleans took their places on the seat reserved
for them, and the three'Peers ijust named took 'their seats be-
side them. Madame la ()suptine appeared -at the same time
in one part of the gallery-in the sanctuary, to which she was ac-
customed to go with her pious grief. The other part of this
gallery wits occupied by the Duchess of Orleans, 11Iademoiselle
•of Orleans, and by the two young Princes and two Princesses
11lthe Orleans family. The duty wasperformed by the Grand
A moner of, France.—After the service for the occasion, the
shoo or Itertnopolis pronounced the -funeral oration Of the
late King ;,hut discourse lasted more than an boor, and pro-
duced a uswt profound tiensation. mass seas concluded
by a Dc Prieurulir and a' Libera, which were chaunted, doping
'the- singing of Odell, five Bishops nominated by the King,
• merformed the absolution* round the body, prescribed by the
itual.
Afterwards they. repaired to the mouth of' the vault
mi
'into which the coffin was nnedietely lowered by twelve of the
•Gardes-du-corps.' The officiating Prelate threw a small glm.
. .44 of earth on, the.coliin, and come holy- water, pronouncing
ate requiescat in pace.
•
' Then the King at Arms approaching the mouth of the vault;
4tnd having taken otFhiccoat data% .his-esei., *mica caduceus,
,and thrown them on the tomb, crying with. a loud voice,
".ticrid o
do at Arms of France, no and- do yOurday.".