The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-08 00:00:00

inties.

The taking of the Lunette St. Laurent was expected
yesterday evening—its fire had ril:eady wholly ceased to-
cards night. This has taken place, or will probably io
•he course of the day.
Marshal Gerard received yesterday, at 3 o'clo,:k, a de-
ers tch from General Chasse, whilst reading which he ea-
•laimed " Tant mieux" (so much the better). Ii is
!bought that Chase again threatened to fire upon the city
if the French did not cease firing from Montebello.
This communication immediately set all the couriers
estafettes of the French army in motion. General
Despriz received several expresses in the course of the
.evening from the Marshal. The French Gmsul had also
lespatches from head-quarters.
The Belgian engineers, yesterday and last night, pierced
ll the houses of the Rues Cuiller and St. Roch, ad-
p..ining the esplanade. There is now an inter-communi-
.l ition betwe•n all these houses.

All theme precautions, j pined to those taken yesterday,
eintinue to g.v fresh uneasiness.
M. Gendtbien and several other well-known public
baracters are here.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 6, Nooti.
The King has just left Antwerr, with a suite of five car-
riages.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Journal des Debats of Wednesday.
The Minister of Commerce and public Works of France
hay presented to the King, and published in the Moni-
/cur, an account of the manner in which the laws of the
•22d of March, 1831, and 19th of April, 1832, relative
to the sedentary and moveable National Guards, have bean
execut•d.

At the most difficult epochs of 1791 and 1814 no
work upon the National Guard equalled, in point of ex-
ent or statistical variety, the Compte Rendre, dr iwn up
'►y the care of that Minister. Behold some of the facts
calculated to show the military resources of France.
Immediately after the promulgation of the law of the
12d of March, 37,000 Councils de recensen►ent were
created, in which 111,000 municipal officers were admit-
ted. Agreeably to the I ►w, they c ailed out the citizens
lielonging to the National Guard, and decided on eve►y
claim of exemption.

The 86 departments, the population of which amounts
•o 32,560,934 inhabitants, furnished 5,729,052 citizens
ur the National Guard, 3,781,206 of whom were placed
,n the register of ordinary service, and 1,947,846 on that
f the reserve.
The former are divided in the following manner :
INFANTRY.
Communale
1,871 '°733 3,695,031
cantonnate
SPEC' A I„ AIMS.

Artillery
Sapeurs Pompiers, or firemen 54,7x3 54,723
Marine and Naval Operatives 2,012 2,012
Cavalry

Tot it 3,781;206
Out of that number 928,496 are armed ; 473,302 are
equipped ; and 721.,438 are provided with regimentals.
The number of legions is 141, comprising 880 hat-
alions; that of the battalions and squadrons which are
not formed into legions is 3,416, and that of the com-
panies, and subdivisions of isolated companies, is 18,126.

ADMINISTRATION.-AR3TAAtENT.

The total number of arms distributed to the National
Guard amounts to 1,142,853, viz, :
French and foreign muskets and earabincs 89.3,1/97
Pistols
Infantry, cavalry, and artillery swords 242, I Bfi
Small swords and lances 2,SBt
Pieces of artillery, 4,6, 8, and 12'-pounders, with
carriage, &c.
The whole of that materiel cost 32,500,000 f. In le_
pendently of those arms, there are 118,220 muskets
b longing to the municipalities or private individuals.
The ammunition distributed, in 1831, to the National
Guard, were 183,20011)s. weight of gunpowder, and
331,177 flints, the value of which amounted to 293,3701.
The number of crosses of the legion of Honour con-
felled on National Guards from the Ist of August, 1830,
to the present day, is rated at 727, 660 of whom were
created si.nple Knights, and 67 were promoted to a supe-
rior rank in that order.

MOBILISATION.

Sixty-eight departments have already published a state-
ment of the number of National Guards comprised within
the reserve.

The Ist class, or young :unmarried men, from 21 to
35 years of age 927,402
The' d ditto, or widowers without children
The 3d ditto, citizens havingasubstitute in thearmy 41,553
The 4th ditto, citizens married without children 117,595
The sth ditto, citizens comprised within the clause
of the 145th article of the law 80,263
The 6th ditto, citizens married and having children 296,107

Total 1,465,9-18
If to that number we add the presumed number of
the National Guard i❑ the eighteen other departments, or
179,951, we shall have for the whole of the 86 depart-
mints 1,945,899 moveable National Guards.

ARS
TheNlsA.oPrkoLanEnoouN'neSed
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fa„GtheEolrnOiinAg,NuYn.d—et.
the title of " Lights and Shadows of German Life," we
understand will represent incidents in life, and traits of
character, far more original and remarkable than any that
have been put forth by other works of a similar descrip-
tion. It will also exhibit many striking scenes of the
campaigns of the French army in Germany, and the
effects of those campaigns upon the domestic manners of
the Germans.

AN AWKWARD (THOUGH NOT AWFUL)
CATASTROPHE.-One evening last week, a loving pair
were courting near some palings on the banks of the canal,
not far from the West-bridge, when the frail fence gave
way, and the equally frail fair one and her inamorato
plumped over head and ears into the cooling element.
Fortunately for them, a boat wss passing at the moment,
and the luckless couple were rescued from their perilous
situation.—Lcicester Chronicle.

ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION.—The Com-
mittee met on Thursday evening in the Horticultural So-
ciety's Rooms, in Regent-street, Admiral Sir G. COCK-
of 2oth toh e
.
from the Duchess of KENT, were announced. Captain
BACK said he had had a long interview with the Duchess
tn,:etltaheten Chair.
o f the A subscription
House,of 1
aonodl.
of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, and they had ex-
pressed much interest in the success of the expedition.
Mr. PELLY, the Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company,
said he was authorized to offer, in the name of the Com-
pany, a special commission to Captain BACK, giving him
.bsolute power to command any and all of the servants of
the Company throughout the vast extent of their territo-
ries, for any purpose connected with the primary object
of the expedition. Captain BACK said, the name of the
Company carried with it almost sovereign sway among the
native tribes in their country, and the direct sanction of the
Government would not give horn so great an assurate of
safety in those wild regions, as the commission granted
by the Company. The subscriptions now amount to
e,2.00/. Only 1100/. remain to be subscribed beh re the
Committee will become entitled to the 2,0001. pions sod
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