Star.
London, England, 1829-12-19 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

Prom the Messager des Cham6res of Wednesday.
PARIS, Dec.l6.
A duel Is said to have taken place between M. Gensede, of the
Gawk, and M. Manlovelle, of the Drapeesr.
A letter from Toulon informs us, drat M. Massieu de Cereal is
to succeed General de la Fketonniere in the command of the block-
ade of Algiers.

A rUsasier, like that which lately took place at Navar*no; was
near occurring at Modal= the 16th of November. At the be-
ginning of the night a fire broke out in a home at the bazaar Inha-
bited by the Greek merchants. The drums immediately beat to
arms, and all the French soldiers in Garrison In the place repaired
to the spot, and by their extraordinary exudesa aseesedeil to
checking the progress of the flames, which otherwise might bate
spread through the town, and communicated to the powder maga-
sines. Several houses were, however. consumed by the Santee, or
demolished, in order to stop their progress. This is a greet lose
in a country where the ravages of a long war have left few houses
standing.
Yesterday evening. at nine o'clock, the Commissary of Police of
the Quartier of the Hotel de Ville went, accompanied by tea
Gendarmes, to a winroshop and eating• house, kept by M. Dominique,
Rue de la Theranderie, with a view to seise the Regimes of a
Society which met there In a subtetraneous cellar. Whet WK.
celleet wind-fall for the new Prefect. There is, perhaps, some
conspiracy on foot ; and it may afford a fine opportunity for him to
prove his competency to MI hie office !,
The thermometer of Chevalier was yesterday 3 deg. 5-10 below
Zero ; to-day, at 7 o'clock in the morning, it was at 5 deg. andrat
12 o'clock, at 2 deg.
• The following details have been transmitted to us by a catenate-
cial traveller :—An act of an audacious and unheanl•of auntie has
thrown the small town of Saint Lessard. in the deputmeat of
Haute Vienne, into great alum. On the morning of the lkilmid. a
beggar presented himself at the parsonage-house, and asked kir ohs-
rity. The Curate was about to give him something, when the beggar
said," 1k upon your guard, for you may to-night be robbed and as-
sassinated as well as your female servant !" The Curate, disking
that the man bad given.binr this caution only to excite biageoerealty,
made hint a small present, and be departed. No greater 'Math*
was paid to the intimation than it appeared to merit. The bogie
being situated in the metre of the toms, it was net thought likely
that such a bold attempt would be made ; but the Curate gave or.
dera that all the doors should be well closed, and as a sort oLentra
precaution, when he went to bed be placed two pistols by.ble side.
A part of the night prised sway tranquilly, and the Curare bad
fallen into a profound sleep, when, at aboutthros'elock in the morn-
ing, he turned round suddenly,
.;011 perceived s man getting is at
the window. He immediately took up one of his pistols .andfired
upon him. He seemed to be wounded, as be instantly disappeared;
but another man now got In, and the Curate bats about to fire a
second pistol at him, when he received two violent blows with a
hatchet, one on the face, and the other on the shoulder. . •
He would in all probability hive fallen ender the hand of the
assassins if the noise had trot brought some persons to his asslitanee.
The gendarmerie, whose barracks were close by, were informed
of the circumstance, and wined in time to seise several of the
robbers. Three, it is said, wAre:oundueted to the .prisoe of Li-
moges; and it is supposed that there were a great many eeecereed
in the transaction. 'fits Curate had recently received a large suet
of money ; and as the circumstance was only known tousle per-
sons hi the town, it it stoppage& that.the robbers were by no mane
strangers. Though the Owlse was severely wounded, bk Ufa Is
not considered to be in danger, . .
It now seems certain that bad it not been for the opposition Of
' the Dauphin, who appealed to the wisdom of the Xing, the Council
of Sunday Might S..re bees aureate!. wish -the mere .dieestrons
repents. Tbe question dispute seas eclogue memo* iwadobse it
would be politic to stifle, by the triple oppression of the electives,
of the press, and of tie tribunal., aft legal resistance. hl.,de Pe-
Urn, it is id, preserved a most profound alkere during the dis-
cussion, as if, like the King himself, he feared to puts restraint
upon the liberty or the opinions of others: by manifesting his
own, and had wished to reserve himself .to *Jam. ~,111. de CU-
btol and hl. d'Haussez evinced their disapprobatioe, sod Al. de
Courvoisier alone combated—actually combated* MI • ta
with the most honottrsbie energy, like .a true sued' ierrest,
whase put devotion guaranteedideeincerity. Vitoimaiseureirbut
this appears to t,r very unlikely. that after the Dasspitinleadez-
presed his concurrence with the observations of M. Carved:kr, Al.
'de Hourniont retired, saying, that henceforward he ralgta be corn-
.sidered as not. belonging.ce the Council .Ihe-illio as I. assy,• the
Ministry is evidently dissolvedrand the Deevciaiess..ree the bona.
don of a new one have most certainly been already recompreced.
There is a report that a courier was sent no 'Seedily evening to
Al. de Vinci.. • N. de.feyronnet ha. been in Parh hit the last two
days, and it is believed that he ureold not have eosseweitbetts good
informed:so, . Persons draw verivitscouelusiooc from lidajace; but
for unruly., we doubt not ,thou many hems dreotels and' flaw they
still dream; and it mould have been curious if N. Ale .VjUele bad
nut found a Plate iii some Of AM divans.. IAA in all. this we can
' 'only discover signs of impotener and opproaching.dimitletioe i and
We sboulthesitate a long einseliefers "sae could behrre diet M. de
Villek himself, whatevek.,plaiausio be might. Awl y
.awrorning.
would.tbitik it pelitir..ickevoinroe altesjoitia irons whisk. he was
drive!' byeauseheluid.eqt..a.majoriattiesw.e., .
thi..l44lkai cn'Onl4 YentafdaY. the Gamey et.reverei parings
were mentioned as candidates I% tbe digoky.of Dried chancellor
. ?raticSo .DAlPbri7 COM' among
others, Messrs. de. Villele,,Peyronnet, Lally I`oleasial, BattbeirtnlN
and Bares, besides, bli sera.Kamm end Pohang', whom we have
already mentioned. It is teem debited that this high elite elsoulA

be conferred upon some one whose name stands eminent among the
French Magistracy, and there are several such In the Chamber of
Peers, such as those of Mole, Aligre, Pasquier, Seguier, &c.
VIENNA, Dec. S.
Yesterday. .there as great bustle on our Exchange, in conse-
quence of the account{ from St. Petersburgh respecting the health
of the Emperor Nicholas The funds fell at first, but afterwards
recovered on the publication of the Bulletins in the Austrian Observe►.
It is reported that her Majesty the Archduchess Maria Louisa
of Parma is seriously indisposed.
The last accounts from Constantinople are of little importance.
Dec. 7.-11Ietalliques, 1021; Four per Cent. ditto, 91i; Bank
Shares, 1,232.