The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-26 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Moniteur of Feb. 23.)
P tnts, FEE.22.—The official part of the Moniteur
contains a Royal Ordinance, conferring the dignity of
Marshal of France on General Maison, Commander-
i n-Chief of the Army in the Mores.
The number of Marshals of France had remained
incomplete since the death of Marquis Lauriston, and
the King has taken this apportunity of giving a strik-
ing proof of his satisfaction to General Maison, and
to recompense at the same time both the former and
the recent services of th! General, who distinguished
himself both in 1814 and 1815.
Two expresses have brought, within a few days
of each other despatches from the Marquis Maison,
dated the 1941 and 23d January last. At the time
of the departure of the vessel which received the
General's despatches, the towns occupied by the
French troops in the Morea were beginning to rise
from their ruins, and to have an appearance of life,
commerce, and industry. The symptoms of plague
which had shown themselves had entirely disap-
peared, and the ample assistance voluntarily offered
by all the corps of the divisions had afforded the
means of giving provisions and clothing to the un-
fortunate inhabitants of two villages, which a wise
precaution had rendered it necessary to deprive for a
time of :ill communications.
Our brave soldiers haVe eagerly embraced this
new opportunity of manifesting the generous senti-
ments which animate them.

All letters agree in giving the most satisfactory
accounts of the health of the troops. The number
of men received into the hospitals rapidly decreases,
and in a short time the proportion of sick will be no
greater than what is usual" in garrison. No Cours
Authentique has been received.
(From the ponstitutionnel of Monday.)
PARIS, FEB. 23.—AFFAIRS OF GREECE.—The
following details have been extracted from a letter
from Egina, dated the lith February. The source
whence it comes is very respectable :
" The physical situation of Greece was most de-
plorable at our arrival. Some fields at a distance
from the places occupied by the Turks were scarcely
cultivated, and one could not conceive how the
people could survive such misery, if moderation and
patience did not exist to so eminent a degree among
the Greeks, and they had not still. ome few moun-
tains to which they might fly with their flocks.
Argoc, which has been twice ravaged, is almost en-
tirely rebuilt, and I have some hopes of the next
harvest. Some travellers from Tripolitza assure to,
that there are already three thousand new houses :
nothing is comparable to the industry of the Greeks;
and when we have seen the rock of Hydra covered with
houses, which are more than palaces for that country,
we may hope that Greece, were it free, would ac-
quire tidies and power in a proportion much beyond
the extent of its territory.
" The population of Peloponnesus may amount to
about 300,000, and that of the neighbouring Isles
to 150,000. Among these the greater part find a
field, and a few stones of which a house is soon
made ; but there are in the Mores, in the Isles and
particularly in Egina, refugees from Rumelia, which
are in the greatest misery. The American Com-
mittee cau►e some assistance to be distributed here ;
the President employs a part of the subsidies to so-
laee the unfortunate people ; but those cannot last
always, and a part of Runielia must be rendered to
the Greeks, or they must be colonised in the Pelo-
ponnessus. The latter means are certainly not those
which would roost please the Greeks; they demand,
itappears to me very reasonably, Attica and The-
which they have watered with their blood;
Tliessaly and Epirus would be required to make a
po~r-s of the third order, and in a state to resist by
itself. nit I fear that the considerations of a gene-
ral peace will injure their pretensions : that will be
a misfortune to them, and to us also perhaps ; for
the Morea will fall beneath the neighbouring in-
fluence of the EngliA, and that is all the fruit we
shall have gathered from our sacrifices. Here the
policy of France would be to form a state susceptible
of some independence, and this true policy would
accord with humanity. France desires it; but it is,
perhaps, not sufficient to desire it—it must also be
accomplished."
(From the Courrier Francais of Monday.)
PARIS, FEB. 23.—We yesterday mentioned the
names of two Cardinals, who, immediately after the
death of Leo the Twelfth, appeared to reckon on
some chances of attaining the Papal Throne. To
elan a private letter from Rome joins a third, who
certainly will not obtain the support of France, but
who might, perhaps, reckon on some support from
Austria. One of the mast ancient Princes of the
Church, the posssessor of a great fortune, Cardinal
Fesch 4*, unites in his favour the two principal con-
ditions of being elected Pope. The same letter
adds, that in case of necessity, the influence of the
Society of Jesus will not be opposed to him.

Cardinal Fesch, the titular Archbistinp of Lyons, oh-
tained the Cardinal's Hat in 1803, and is thus tha third
11,:mber of the Sacred College according to seniority.

The two Members for Truro have resigned
their seats. 4
TI e late George Ward, Esq., of the isle of
Wight, father to the 91•mber for the City, is said to have
died worth upwards of 700,0001.
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The Judges on the ensuing Western Circuit
will have to bold an Axsize at Southampton--a circum-
stance which has not occurred for the last 2$ years.

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Rickard Caine took the oaths yesterday and
acted as Foreman of the Jury in the Court of Common
Pleas _ _

The late DT.Baillie,the most eminent physician of
this age, was remarkable for the small number and sim-
plicity of the medical ingredients which he prescribed, con..
firming the apophthegm of Lord Bacon, that "multinlie
city of remedies warn the child of ignorance."
ETIQUETTE OF THE PERSIAN COURT.—
Thongh passionately fond of public exhibitions, the Per-
sians have none that deserve the name of theatrical enter-
tainments: but, though strangers to the regtdar drama,
their stories are often dramatic ; and those whose peen-
pation is to tell them, sometimes display so extraordinary
a skill, and such varied powers, that we can hardly believe,
while we look on their altered countenances and listen to
their changed tones, that it is the same person, who at one
moment tells a plain narrative in his natural voice, then
speaks in the hoarse and angry tone of offended authority, and
/4_t subdues the passions he has excited by the softeat sounds
of feminine tenderness. The art of relating stories is at-
tended both with profit and reputation. Great numbers
attempt it, but few succeed. It requires considerable
talents and great study. None can arrive at eminence ex-
cept men of cultivated taste and retentive memory, They
must not only be acquainted with the best ancient and
modern stories, but be able to vary them by introducing
new incidents, which they have heard or invented. 'They
must also recollect the finest passages of the most popular
poets, to aid the impression of the narrative by appro-
priate quotations. The person whose office is to amuse
his Majesty with these stories is always in attenehuice. , It
is equally his duty to beguile the fatigue of a long marght
and to soothe mind when disturbed by the toils of public
atEtirs ; and his tales are artfully made to suit the disposi-
tions and momentary humour of the Monarch. Sometimes
he recites a story of the genii ; at others he speaks of the
warlike deeds of former Sovereigns, or of the love of some
wandering Prince. Often the story is of coarser ma...
ials, and the King is enterined with low bpd obscenead-
ventures. In no Court is to more rigid attention paid to
ceremony. Looks, words, the motiOns' of the body,
are all regulated by the strictest,46rms. When the
King is seated in public, -fils sons, Ministers,
and, courtiers, stand erect, *RI' t their hands crossed,
and in the exact place beloivrag to their rank. They
watch his looks, and a. gland', s a command. If he speaks
to them, you hear a voice rep`iv, and see the, lips move,
tett not a motion or gesture b;trays that there is anima-
tion in any other part of the frame. The Monarch often
speaks in the third person :,--" The King is pleased,"
" The King commands." His Ministers usually style him
" The object of the world's regard." They are as parti-
c,dar in forms of speech as in other ceremonies ; and su-
periority and inferiority of rank, in all their gradations,
are implied by the terms used in the commonest conversa-
tiotm—Maleolneq History of Persia.