The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-02 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

" Lours, by the Grace of God, Scc.
" 'co all those whom these presents may con
We have ordained, and do hereby ordain

cern.

as follows :

" The Marquis Dessolles, Peer of France, Mi
nister•of State, is nominated Minister Secretar'
of State for the'Depariment of Foreign Affairs
end President of our Council of MiniSfers.

" The Sienr de Serre, Member of the Chamber
of Deputies, is appointed Keeper of the Seals,
Minister Secretary of State for the Department of

J ustice.

" The Connt de Cazes, of France, is ap
,pointed Minister Secretary of State for the De
-part ment of the Interior.

" Baron Portal, Member of 'he Chamber of
Deputies, is appointed Minister Secretary of State
for the Department of the Marine.
" Banin Louis, Member of the Chamber"Of
Dc-
.pttties, is appointed Minister Secretary of S.a:e of
the Finance Department.
‘"l'lie Ministry of Police is suppressed.

el Our Minister Secretary of State of the De-
partment of Foreign Affairs, President of our
`Council of Minister!, is charged with the execu-
tion of the preen! Ordinance.

" Pone in Paris, at the Castle of the Thnilleries, in the
year of Grace ISIS, and in the 24th of sour Reign.

(Signed)
" The Minister Secretary of State of the Department o
Foreign Affairs, President of the Connell of Ministers.
(Signed) " The Marquis de DESSOLLES."
DEC;REE.
Louis, by the Grace of God, &c.

" LOUIS,

" The state of health of our cousin the Duke
de Richelieu having obliged us to accept his re-
lignaliun which he has offered, the Duke de
Richelieu is named Minister of State and Meth-
ber of our Privy Council.'•

ANOTHER DECREE.

" Louis, &c.

"In consequence of the resignations offere by
Count Mole and Messieurs Laine and.,floy, they
ere appointed Ministers of State and Members of
our Privy Council.

(Sigurd) "
(Countersigned) " The Marquis de DESSOLLES,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, President of the

Council."

CHAMBER OF TIEPUTI E s NG Or Dec:

Tn the Sitting of the Cliamhyr of, Deputies this
day, the Order of the Day called for the discussion
of the six-twelfths. After a long and interesting
debate, six-twelfths were granted, and all the in-
_direct Taxes, till the promulgation of a new Law
of Finance The third dcticle -for opening a pro-
visional credit of 200,000,000 f. was also adopt-
ed. Upon the get.,:ral question of passing the
entire law, the Chamber divided-185 for it, and
17 against it. Chamber adjourned till
Monday.

The Funds on Tuesday, private letters say,
opened at 66, and left off at 65 f. 45 c. ; but as
the Baron Louis, as Minister of Finance, had de-
tertnined upon the immediate sale of the Royal
Forests, the produce of which worild be applied
to the purchase of reptes, it was calculated that
Le would thus purchase from 10 to 12 millions of
rentes. Stocks had risen to 67.

Poets, Dec. 29.—The King continues to hear
111,ss in h,s aparrn►ents, hut the state of his Ma-
jesty's health is improving.
The Diike de Richelieu was much better yes-
terday.

Two shocks of earthquakes were felt at Modena
early in the present month. A more violent shock
was telt ar Reggio, and in the mountainons part
of that province. At Parma the Sit Me phenome-
►non took place on the Bth inst., ft: seven P. M.-

The n•zt evening at six there was another shock,
so violent that it lasted from seven to eight se-

coudq, and the alarm became genet al : no other
accident, hilwever, occurred, except the titling of
some chimnies: the parish Church of Arola was
partly thrown down by the same shock, and two
persons were killed by the fall of a roof.

FIVE PER CENTS.

!Amitlrty 65 f. e.

DP.FRRRED STOCK.

421 the 22d March, ISI7, 77 f.
?id Sept. 1817,

112,1 March, 1818, ....;3f.
••• •

Rid Sept. JP,IB,

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[7'he Times.]
NEW :'RETCH MINISTERS.
The following are all the particulars which we
ace at present able to give respecting the four new
Members of the French Ministry :
M. DessoLLEs, Peer of France, was, in 1814,
Commander of the Nat ional Guard of Paris ; when
be conducted himself so as to acquire the perfect
confidence of the King!, and was raised to the
Peerage in June of the same year : he is a Lieu-
tenant-General of the armies of France, a Knight

of St. Louis, end Grand Cross of the legion of
linnotir, and was, previous to his present exalt a.
tint), a Member of the Privy Council, and a Mi•
sister of State.

M. de Serre was President of the Chamber of
Deputies during the last Session, and was within
four votes of obtaining the same dignity this year;
he is a Knight of St. Louis, and of the Legion of
liOnonr, and was, before his new appointment,
one of the Connell of State, and a Member of
the'Coinmit►.ce of Legklation.
M. Louis was Minister of Finance in .1814,
being one of the AdministrAtion of which M. Tal-
leyrand "was at the head : he is a Grand Cross of
the Legion of Honour, and a Member of the
Chamber"of Deputies; he was also a member of the
Privy Council, and a Minister of State.
M Portal is an Officer of the Legion of Ho-,
nottr, and a Men►her of the Chamber of Deputies;
he has also been one of the Council of State since
May, 1814, and has been, for two .years past, in-
trusted ►virh the Direction of the Colonial Branch
in the Department of the- Minister of Marine,.
over the whole of which he is now appointed to
preside.'

Extract of a Letter, dated Buenos Ayres, Oct.
5.—" The arrival of the Trinidad transport, form-
ing part of the expedition from Cadiz, in the Ri-
ver Plate, is already known to you; that vessel
was received in triumph by the people of this city.
It appears, however, that the commotion which
led to the separation of that vessel from the rest
of the squadron, was the. work.of ,26 persons
only, and that the remainder of the troops on
hoard, amounting to 200,-hesitate at jotning the
Independent cause. New ►ljfferences have arisen
between this place and Santa Fe, whither we are
marching between 2 and 3000 turn, and we greatly
fear a repetition of the bloody scenes that took
place there about two years and a half ago.—
Our finances, as "yon may have heard, are not
in the most flourishing state. The Supreme
Director, Poerrydon, recently issued a decree,
imposing a general contribution in aid of the
exigencies of the State, from the operation
of which even the resident English merchants
were not exempted. This class of persons,
hoWever, feeling indignant at the measure, ap-
pealed .torthe protection of Commodore Bowles, •
and resisted payment. Commodore Hawks
espoused the cause of his countrymen so warmly,
that he declared the port to be in a state of block-
ade by British ships, and actually detainee! some
vessels in the eon tillee to the harbour ; the Eng-
lish merchants firisfly succeeded in their object,
hwitg Ii it is not precisely known in what manner
the diderence was settled."--(lbid.)

[Morning Post.]

THE DUKE OF XVELLINGToN —Very erroneous
ideas are e'►terrainetl respecting the tvealth ac-
quired by 'our illustrious Hero. It is welt known
to all leading military men, that the Duke's al-

Ilowance amounted only to 6000/. per annum.—
His expencei, except when in Paris, greatly ex-
ceeded his income ; and at Cambray, where lie
kept open house to all who chose to join in the
sports of the field, they were enormously great.
It is true that .500,000/. (the aivarl of Parlia-
mem) appears:a great sum ; but when we con-
sider that 263,000/. goes to Lord Rivers, these is
then to ht. built a magnificent palace, which will
swallow up the greater part ot the residue. As to
the services of plate,the one from Yo; ugal takes the
lead, and even that—what is its intrinsic value
It abounds with ornament, and the scnlphire is
rely beautiful; but as to solid worth, it is incon.
siderahle. As to the story ot the pictures, it is
a fable. Exaggeration has extended their value
to bet ween one and two hundred thousand pOunds.
His Grace has few pictures of great celebrity;
and not one of those whick he rescued front the
fangs of Joseph Buonaparte at the battle of Vit-
toria ; the Usurper had stolen them from the-
Escurial.--A Gentleman, very likely to. be well
informed, asserts that the Duke of Wellington's
income, when all his affairs are arranged will not
exceed twenty thousand per annum.—We noticed
in our paper, in 1816, the pictures above allotted
to; when they were exhibited at the Hon. Win.
Wellesley Pole's house in Sa►ille-row, to the
Prince Regent, the Duke of yolk, and his Ma-
jesty's Ministers. Since that period, we have
reason to believe, they have been restored to the
Spanish Monarch.

The Bank of England,it is siid, refused yesterday
to discount Bills accepted by the first Bankers. The
c 'rciiinstance, it is added, has occasioned a good
deal of sensation in the City, and is ki,ked upon
Ati a strong indication of an approaching retort)
to cash payments, in anticipation of which, the
Bank, it is supposed, feel it necessary to restrain
their issues.—“bid.)