The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-02 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Moniteur of Friday.)
PsRIS, FEB. 26.—1 n a first voyage to the Vanniecl.
Islands, Capt. Peter Dillon, Commander of an Enlist'
ship, found on those islands some remains of the shipwreck
of La Perouse ; and in a second voyage, undertaken,
the expence of the English East India Company, the Capts44
procured several other articles which evidently be1e:4441 so.
the vessels of that celebrated navigator. Tha details o'
these two voyages have been published is this .loornal.
The King, on the proposal of hia Excellency the 141i'
!lister of the Marine, has heep pleased to authorise
Dillon to present to him the fruit of these two voyages.
By producing these articles this Captain has proved thst,
he is entitled to the reward promised by the Decree 01
Feb. 28, 1791, to the navigator, whether Frenchman of
foreigner, should first discover traces of the glair
wrest; of Ls Perouse. As it was to be expected front ti°
East India Company, it has renoutmg all claimstlel
this subject, notwithstanding tha expense which it b*",
been put to for this e4peditioax, And thus the entire roam&
belongs to captain
King, by An Ordinance) of the 2241 instant, con'
t
ferred on this foreigner the dignity of Knight of the XOl5
Order of the Legion of Honour; and h;,l Majesty, by ade
cision of the same day, conformaltlo to the Decree of Fob'
28th, 1791, has besides fp-411W 10 Captain Dillon on in'
demnity of 10,0R0 fvancs for his personal expences daring
the voyage, AACI air annual pension of 4,000 francs.
In his second voyage to the Vannicolo Islands, Captf3l
Dillon was accompanied by one Frenchman, Cbaktiow,
Ex-Consular Agent of France, wb was at ChandeTnalrl
when the Captain sailk,A, ottere4 to accompany hint Y.':
this perilous expedition. The Icing has rewarded
Chaigneati by creating him a Knight of the Legion
Honour,

(From the Messager des Chauthres of Fri,(10)".)
PAgia, FEB. 26.—A Journal, among a wrie4d
completely erroneous, which w; itmlicrliately contradict!"
had stated that the army in the Mores was going to be e'
pr:eased to 25,000 men. Another Journal observes to" ii
that our article does not apply to this assertion, whence
infers that it is true. We are formally authorised t 9.
tradict this statement, as well as all tile Teol ,
FeENc" VEINPN) P 41,44, FEil. 27.—Rentes, Five r
Cepts., 11C1f. lrsc. ; Three per Cents., 76f. 70c. 6°4;1
Bank Actions, 1,81'7f. 50c. ; Neapolitan Rentes, Cert.
61f. 20c. 10e. ; Sicilian Bonds, 00* ; Royal Spay
Loan, ; Interminable Spaniali !Annuities, 481 ; 14;#
tiara h2Ol.

OXFORD ELECTION.—We are
the almost unparalleled exertion§ of the proprietors of TA:
,S'w4, for an ananunt of the commencement of the 03;01!
election. Nothing can be inferred, as to the final rear:, ‘
from what had taken place when the expresses left Oxfot°
but it is evident that the struggle will be of the wn-,et 601.11+,3
description.—Leeds 114rfari,
Q4.Foin Ef.l9TiqN,,--.7-Wp should be
of Rtuch injustice to the spirited Editor of The $14"11
we failed in acknowledging his exertions in putting
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public in possession of the interesting intelligence o'iti:ll
to the Oxford contest, with extraord;nar
'l4n of Thurlday eycpipg,77:tat4. paitii;n up to nib'
(AlQC)i—cgritailiiiig all the Election proceedings at 03:f°11
up to half-past four, reached our office about eight o'nlec,
yesterday morning ! The annals of typography present co
similar instance of dispatch and industry.—Birrain946
Journal.

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Such have been the extraordinary exertions
vitt'
The Sun Evening Newspaper, during the Oxford
that their expresses have left Oxford at - - tieo(
in the afternoon of each d,tart4 pouGeecOs;
'oafe het:ft printed in the paper and published in London%
„4/4f-post o.9kt the same same evening. As it would 0/1
at least one lisur to set the intelligence received from ()%,,
ford in type, the express must have been only thre 11° "
in accomplishing a journey of upwards of,tifty.lfour mrl
sit tl}e rate 91 eigi!yeen 'odes an hour. The Sun 110
!--t long time surpassed all the other Evening Papers in P ,
curing early intelligence,,sparing no expense in sec°
Its object—but this Oxford example of diligir°o,
was never equalled in the annals of Newspaper publicati°
The News.
At Doncaster the Mayor has called a p,14,b;1.C-,i,
Meeting, on the requisition of the Vicar and thirty-4ne .0(1
the inhabitants, to take into EGusideration the propriOld
petitioning parlitnent against the C.itholie ;
in the same town, a meeting is called by eighty gentlej:it
of the 4!st consideration, at the head of whom stand
Win. Cooke, Bart. Sir F. L. Wood, Bart. Sir 3. Cqep,
Bart. and Sir J. Radcliffe, Bart. to petition the Lee

ture in favour of the Catholic Claims.
The Nottingham petition in favour of the ri
moval of the Catholic disabilities hag, in op; 14C1
td nearly, not quite, 4000 wignaiurce ; that piestfii,
by the Duke of Newcastle against concession, which
we know not how many weeks at the County ball, (10
receive more than half that number. After tlria tiwl),lj
of Newcastle will pgrhaps be silent about the East
fort petition speaking the sense, either of the nation
or
tounty.—Nottinvham Review.

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