The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-21 00:00:00

FR ENC R PAPERS-.

Auc. 17 —lt is understood .that the
Electoral Colleges for the election of Deputies are
to as-:enible ~n the 15th of next month, and that
all the Presidents of these Colleges have been al-
rea,:y appointed by the King.
Tire Minister of War is still indisposed, and
unable to attend the Councils of Ministers. •

Tin. Duke iif Wellington ;willed here yesterday
evening, at halt past seven o'clock.
The Count (le I{upl'in (King of Pri.-sla) artived
here yesterday evaning. His suite consists only
of a single carriage.

M..Dclaconrt, a pensioner of the State, died at
Commerey the Sth instant, a;,:ed 100 years an►l
one month, without having beets inflicted by any

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The procession on Friday at Notre Dante began
about h df-past .hree, the PrinGes and Pt incessei
of the Royal Family having arrived about a quar-
ter of -au hour before. The crowd of spectators
was more considerable than in the preceding,
years, but the greatest order prevailed during the
whole ceremony. The King heard Mass in the
Chapel of the Thuilleries.
The Count de I3uol Schanenstein, Austrian Mi-
nister at the Diet of Frankfort and President of
the Diet, has arrived here.
Madame de Krudener is about to fix her resi•
dence in the Kingdom of \Vurtemberg.

The 7th instant the solemn installation of 59
ligieux of la Trappe took place in the Abbey
of Meilleray (Loire Inferieure), in the presence
of an ititnren,e concourse of people.
We learn from Toulouse that there have been
public prayers there for rain ; a part of the South
still continues to suffer from prolonged drought.
The last Lausanne Gazelle states, with regard to
Martinez, the Chief of the rebels at Pernambuco,
that he %. as au Italian, born at Parma. He studied
mineralogy at Presburg, and married at Vienna a
very rich woman. Ile was then summoned to
Spain, to take the Administration of the Mines of
PUtosi, in South America, where he acquired an
immense fortune. Happening to be in tl►e Brazils
when the insurrection broke out at Pernambuco,
his imprudent ambition induced bit•7t to place him-
self at the head of it.

The Count de Marcoff, Privy Councillor of the
Emperor of Russia, arrived on the 7th instant at
Carisruhe. He was at Paris for some months.

A picture, representing the embarkment of the
King, at Dover, in 1814, painted by the cele-
brated Bird, of the 'Royal Academy of London,
at the excress command of the Prince Regent,
has been placed in Carlton-bouse ; 1000 gui-
neas were paid for it: A copy of this beautiful
picture has been made by the same artist, for Sir
Thomas Clifford, and placed in his charming
!louse at Tixhall ; a .seat often honoured with the
visits of Monsieur during his stay in England.
Lady Morgan, in her book on France, has been
lavish in her praises of the bravery-of the present
youth of France at the expense of their fathers.
According to her, till the last twenty years,
Frenchtnen had neither talents nor courage ; the
aged are in her mind cowards and dotards. A
venerable old Nobleman, equally remarkable for
Isis services and his sacrifices in his country's
cause, was told some days ago in a large com-
pany, of tLis strange calumny, so ungraceful in
the mouth ofd female. " What !" said the aged
warrior with a smile, " does this lady think that,
at the battle of Fontenoy.the French foughtmere,
ly %,-ith balls of cotton ?”.

On Satnyclay 0)(17 began to erect in the Champs
Eiysees, the Amphitheatres for the fete of Saint
Louis.

Several grenadiers of the Royal Guard have al-
ready been incorporated in the company of the
Swiss Guard.
Count de Forbin, Director-General of the
Royal Museums, arrived at Marseilles on the 611,
with the Artists who will accompany him in his
voyAge to the Levant.
Five per Cents.—Saturday, 681. 50c. ,
MADRID, Awa. s.—lt is said that the Liberales,
known by the distinguished parts they sustained
in the Crates, including Arguelles, liomanillos,
Qaintana, &c. have been set at liberty, and em-
ployed by the Government.
MADRID, AUG. 6.—The expedition for Buenos
Ayres, fitting out at Cadiz, is about .to be com-
pleted at the expence of the rest of the army.
PETERSBURGH, JULY 22.—The Russian fleet
from France, with part of the army of occupation,
has at rived from Calais at Cronstadt in less than
ten days.
FRANKFORT, :AUG. 12.—We learn from Peters-
burgh, that. his Royal Highness Prince William,
sort of the King of Prussia, was bit by a dog,
which at first fawned upon the Prince, but on
which he trot) by accidert. The animal was im-
mediately killed. Through excess of precaution
the wound,was canter ized,and letters from Peters-
burgh mention that it is in a satisfactory state.
The Emperor of Russia announced the accident
to the King of Prussia by couriers.