The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-25 00:00:00

FRENCH P4PERS.

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Dec. 21.—Ort Thursday the Princes of
the Royal Family waited on the Duchess of An.
gottleme, to cougratulate her on the anniversary
of her birth-day. She also received the felicita-
tions. of the Duchesses of Berry, Orleans, and
Boorhon. The Grand Officers of the Crown, the
Ministers and Officers of the King's tiousehold,
and of the Royal Corps, were, afterwards admitted
to pity their respects to tier Royal Dighness.
Qtr
,the Preceding ,evincing, before eight o'clock, the
trumpets of the' 'Cordes-de-Corps began to per-
form military muck ender the windows of Ma-
dame's apartments, null clifititstied until half-past
one in the 'morning. The musicians of all the
corps of the Royal Guard, both infantry and ca-
valry, those of the troops forming the garrison,
and thUse.of the National Guard on service, dur-
ing this 'time alternately executed airs' dear to
Frenchmen. ,The market-women- of Paris and
Marseilles presented bouquets to her Royal
Hihness.
The Journal des Debats has a long article, in
which it notices, that in various towns of France
the Magistracy are forming societies and opening
subscriptions for the relief t,f the poor. It repro-
bates, however, one mode generally resorted to,
.natnely, that of forming stores of reserve for the
supply of local wants. This practice, it justly ob-
serves, by increasing the:competition among the
boyeeq, only tends to enhance the price of the
commodity.
The case of M. de Verities, who was lately ad-
mitted a Member Of the Chamber of Deputies, is
rather a curious one. He was elected before be
was 40, but did not present himself for admission
until be was turned that age.
The worth in the charter is admitted, not elect•
td, which if not altered may give rise to incon-

niencies.
Twenty-five Deputies have entered their names
as Speakers against the election law, and 15

foi• it.
On the 21ct of October last, General St. Leger,
a tcuiglit of St. Lords, was returning from Ver-
sailles in a stage-coach, in which were Messrs.
Franc and Colomb, hnd a person of the name of
Germain. ,The latter introduced a conversation on
politics. and asserted, that if all Frenchmen had,
like hint, clone their duty at Waterloo, foreigners
would- not I:ave entered Valli a second time in

"nne vevy reprehensible retitctions on'tlie King,
and the, pt rsbns.who hail followl Ilitu to 6hent.

(Yit their teaching Patis,:ll. St. Legerresolved to de

liver the skdd Gerindin to juNtice, and with the as-
sistance of his two companions, conveyed him to
the gnard•houhe. The Court of Correctional Police
Las since tried hint, and iu cotibideration of

ing a young family dependent nn laic industry,
have sentence►l him to 9 wontlie itnprisoninent

6;14150 francs fine.

We learn front Constantinople, under date of the
ithlt Nov. that M. de Itahusky, the Russian Am-
bassador, has left that capital in a Itossiatt vessel
of 24 guns, and sailed for Leghorn.
Nineteen pett.ons are about to be tried by the
Assize Court, eltarged with having associated for
the commission of burglaries in
According to recent newt front Trieste (Novem-
ber 20), the plague continued its ravages through
various villages of Bosnia. The Government of
Dalmatia, whilst it publishes that unpleasant in-
telligence, assures the pittilie' that the service of
he,tith of the Austrian litits is performed with the
greatest severity. An individual, who had_pene-
tratell beyond the.cordon, was immediately shot.
Letters Of is still more recent date (November 30),
from the same piece, state that a polacca, coming
front Smyno, had carried the plague to Tripoli.
Ail vessels froth that Regency are put under a qua-
rantine of forty-two days.
it has been resolved to construct a steam-boat
ott the Lake of Constance, to convey travellers.
~eould go in the sante day from Sehaffeuhauseu
to I.indau, or vice versa; anti would touch at
different otter places. The length of the yeast
be ninety feet : ~it will be entirely of an Eng.
lists construction, and will carry 60 passengers.
There was no puldic Sitting,of the Chamber o
ncititties yesterday. The Commissions out the
BudKet, itolividual Liberty, and NewsVapers,
Ilv.ritibled themselves, but the Order of the Day
,for to-morrow Was not tittered.
Two regiments of the Guards are to march im-
Mediately to go into garrison—one at teen and

(la! other at Amiens.
The night before last there was A consi.►ierable
fall of sntlw i►) various directions.
Nuts, Dec. 20.—The following notice will be
distributed tu•morrow to the Chamber of Depu-
ties : Those Dep►►ties who a',e disposed to con-
tribute to the annual benefaction that will take
place on the ::2d of the month in all the churches