The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-04 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS. •
(From the .Gazette de -France, dated Dec. 2.)
TRIESTE, Nov. 2 o.—Alemantile letters from Zara
say, that the. Montenegrins have recommenced their
plundering incursirAs on the fruntiers of Dalmatia.
The cordon on the frontiers has been reinforced by
several detachments of Chasseurs, and the Govern-
ment has Proclaimed martial law, in consequence of
which several robbers, who were arrested, have been
executetd.
VIENNA, Nov. 2:2.--Our Funds are rising. Yes-
terday a courier was•despatehed to St. Petersburgh,
aria another arrived from London.
The last accounts from Cronstadt announce that
the cases of plague have become more numerous in
a neighbouring village where it has broken out; but
RS the place has been surrounded by troops, and
every precaution taken, it is not doubted that with
the excellent measures employed in the Lazarettos,
all danger of contagion will be averted.
PARIS, DEC. I.—Some Journals have announced
on the authority of letters dated the 15th and 16th,
that Don Miguel was in a much more dangerous
situation than he was confessed to be. Now we are
able to state, from letters of a more recent date re-
ceived by express, that the. situation of the Prince
does not excite any alarm, and authorises the hope of
a very speedy recovery.
(Prom the Courier Francais of Monday.)
PARIS, DEC. I.—We are assured that we were
well informed in announcing that the French army
. could not quit the Morea till towards the end of
March. It appears, however, that the Ministry pro-
poses to bring back those whose cure is prevented
by the influenee.of the climatt. At the same time
it is said that those of our soldiers who have served
their term will return also. Our expedition to the
Morea not being considered as a suspension of the
state of peace, the delivery of the definitive conga ,
will not be interrupted.
On the 20th of last September M. de Debelleique,
Prefect of Police, published an Ordinance for the
extinction of mendicity. We remarked at the time
that the effectual mode of attaining this end was the
removal of the causes of mendicity ; that we must
put an end to the protection of lotteries and gaming-
houses, and the multiplication of convents and reli-
ligious establishments, which - continually acquire
without alienating; we said, in fine, that work must
be procured for vagabonds, rather than shutting them
up and sequestering them from society. Now the
Prefect addresses himself to the benevolence of the
inhabitants of Paris, to obtain, by subscription, the
means of increasing the depot of, \Tillers Cot erets,
and forming branches at Paris.
We begin by 'declaring the law inhuman which
punishes with long imptisonment- those unfortunate
persons whom misfdrturies 'have reilneed to the ne-
cessity of begging, pr who,,-without having been
found begging, have not -been able-to-show a resi-
dence and means of subsistence. That provision
which gives absolute authority to the sub-prefects
to detain persons con victed •of vagabondism and
beggars, for an indefinite period, is equally hard.
In the first place; we think that the society,
which has established for its benefit the right of pi ()-
petty, arid which severely punishes robbery, is
rigorously bound to provide for the subsistence of
beggars, whom their age, infirmities, or sex, render
unfit for productive labour; in the second place,
healthy beggars ought • not to be deprived of their
liberty, except for the time necessary to amass a
saving to supply them with the first necessaries, and
that in fine the punishment of imprisonment ough
to be suppressed since there is no real crime.

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Now, for the support of 'the poor in the Budget
are allowed six cents and a-half on the produce of
the general contributions for the depots of mendi-
city, and the Councils General of these Departments
have a right to vote to the amount of five cents of
the same contributions for the same purpose.
Now we applaud the motives which induce M. de:
Belleique to institute the present subscription for
the purpose of increasing the .means of subsistence of
the poor. It must, however, 'be' remembered, that
the budget of the city of Paris amounts to 45 millions,
which is greater than the revenue of Denmark, or the
Swiss Confederation. No doubt, if the unnecessary
expenses to ,which this is devoted . were laid aside,
there would be means enough left to form new
depots, or increase that of Villers-Coterets.

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We conclude by observing, that subscriptions
ought never to have for their objects that which
affects the social body, and for which supplies are
voted in the Budget.
FRENCH Funns.—Rentes, Five per Cent. 107 f. 30c.
10c. Three per Cent., 751. 75c. 76f. Bank Actions,
1642 f. 50c.

FOREIGN Fu N DS. ---Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Pal.
81 f. 25c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 99i-; Interminable
Spanish Annuities, 51 50i; llaytian Loan, 632 f. 50e.
6.301.

Extract of a letter from Paris, dated Novem-
ber 21 :—" His Royal Highness the Prince Conde, Duke
de Bourbon, has given a
.zuost-splendid fete in honour of
St. Hubert, at Chantilly. Above 50 of the most dis-
tinguished personages of France (amongst whom was
Prince Louis of %Men; Prince Talleyrand, &c.) were
present at a series of entertainments which lasted a week.
The stag and wild boar were hunted ; and shooting, bin.
(petting, theatricals, and illuminations, in turn contri-
buted to delight the distinguished party."

It has just come to wit knowledge, that a
kindness, the more delightful, because never intended to
be published, was exercised a day or two ago by the lessee
of Drury-lane Theatre, Mr. Price. A gentleman at one
time of high standing in the theatrical profession, but who,
through misfortunes, has been, with his family, entirely
dependent in an infirm old age, upon the labours of a son,
even now not more. than 22,, died last week, and his death
was yesterday followed by that of his youngest daughter.
It may be imagined how heavily the great expence of the
illnesses and funerals of two persons under such circum-
stances must fall upon an extremely scanty income. Mr.
Price being apprised of the emergency, immediately sent
a cheque for a handsome sum to assist in relieving it. The
deceased gentleman was nineteen years a subscriber to the
Covent-garden Theatrical Fund, but, by some chance, not
having paid up the twentieth year, 'he was considered as
disentitled to the annuity. Mr. Fawcett has been ap-
plied to to represent the distressing position of the family
to the fund, and to urge the Committee to do something
for their relief. It is to be hoped the benevolent Manager
will not be less active than he generally is on similar occa-
sions.— Times. *

A festive meeting of the members of the club
of " True Highlanders," the object of whicsh is to alle-
viate the wants of aged and distressed Scotchmen, and to
cultivate the language, manners, and customs of the
lliQh-
lands, was held at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-
street, on Tuesday. The principal attraction of the even-
ing was the expected presence of General Stewart, one Of
the most enthusiastic members of the society, who set out
yesterday for the governmer tof St. Lucia. The General,
however, was unable to attend • but the meeting did not
forget his merits, either as a soldier or an annalist of the
Highland regiments.

ELOPEMENT.—On Wednesday night la'st,
about twelve o'clock, Mr. B. Broughton, a plumber and
glazier, of Horncastle, eloped from that town with Miss
Caroline Simpson, daughter of the late Mr. Simpson, for-
merly an excise officer: they were matried the following
morning at Hull.—Boston Gazette.

A few evenings ago, a rough-looking Irish-
man called at a Clergyman's house in Stranracr, and
civilly requested the loan of his great coat, for the use of a
surgeon, who had been deprived of his own by some acci-
dent, and whose compliments he delivered in due form.
The minister was just about to comply with the request,
when the thought struck him that as he was a tall, and the
Dactor rather a short man, it was strange that the mes.
cenger should have paSsed so many friendly doors, and
landed at his in the suburbs of the town. In these cir-
cumstances he told the man that when he brought a line
he would get the article, and though Pat affected great
cheerfulness, and promised•to return with a written order,
he never found his way back. When inquiries were made
next day, it was discovered t' at the Hibernian Jeremy
Diddler had been trailing entirt ly on his own account.
Though the applicant had a good great coat of his own, be
tried the same trick at other houses; but as the attempt
failed in every instance, we infer that the lieges are all
d' Yorkshire," and not to be done in that way.—Dumfries
Courier.