Star.
London, England, 1829-11-13 00:00:00

PETER SCH LEM 111 L.

FRENCH ARMY.

FOR THE STAR.
An Account of the Military Force of FRAIOCC, as made nut by the

Nliniater of War, for the Year 1830•

Description of
Force.

Non-con- Enfans
missioned de
marts and
I Priests. . Troupe. • Total.

-,----....
E. Troops of i French* 7,026 113,021 1 I
1,976 129,8471
E the Lint 1 Swiss ... 316842 7,460
4414 .1
192 .
15'178
.2 Garde i French- 534 10.056 1 I
15.3. Royale / Swiss...
CAVALRY of the Line .. 2,513 I 29,392 / : 3,7.7 35.623
Do. Garde Royale... 520 5.820
A neimase of the Line... 1,170 14,492 282 17,427
Pb. Garde Royale.. 100 1.403 1 .
Garrison Companies of /
Infantry & Artillery 5 220 5,557 I
113 6,120
Do. do. Garde Roy.. 8 222 .
F.Nantezas
Military Equipages, or /
49 664 I 12 725
Waggon 'Frain .... $
King's Household Troops #. 1,409 • 417 . .... 1.826
General Staff $ 2,604 . „ , .... 2,607
---- --...--.---
T0ta1.... 16,937 197,460 ' 3,026 217,425
Gendarmerie / Horse .. 16 301 / 15,378
Royale $ F00t.... j 609 14,452 $ •

• Swiss Infantry.
f Cavalry.
j 12 Marshals, 494 General Officers, and 2,098 Field and other
Officers.

TABLE TALK,
HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, LEARNED, and 9tIM0110(18.

—" Pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, auda-
cious without impudeneyjearned without opinion, and strange

without heresy."—Sumtsmar.
MINISTERIALJEALOUSY.—NotwitIistanding the great
abilities of MOHABET, he seemed to be sensible of his
own merit, and conscious of his importance in the State.
He was punctilious about rank ; and would upon no oc-
casion give place to the Vizier, who would not relinquish
the precedence which he derived from his high office. The
dispute was carried so high between these two great men,
in the beginning of the reign of SHAW RH N, that it
was agreed they should not come to Court on the same
day. The EMPEROR did not chuse to interfere in the
contest; both were powerful in the State ; and it would
not be prudent to disoblige one, by giving preference to
the claims of the other. He, however, was at last pre-
vailed upon to decide in favour of As 'Pit ; and he made
his excuse to MOUABET, by saying that " in all civilized
Governments, the sword should yield to the pen." Mo-
ll ABET submitted, but he avoided ever after, as much as
possible, the ceremony of appearing publicly in the pre-
sence of the Emperor.—Dow's Hindostan, vol.
p. 162.
[lt is impossible to read this passage without fancying
for a moment that the Historian has given us, under fic-
titious names, certain memorable transactions of our
own Court and Cabinet in the spring of 1827—whereas
the ineffectual jealousy of SHAW J EIIAN'S Commander-
in-Chief displayed itself in 1635.]
CHIVALROUS SPIRIT.---HENRY IV. and FRANCIS I.

of France, regarded the title of " GENTLEMEN" as the
highest that could belong to them : " la qualite de gen-
tilhomme etant le plus beau titre pie nous possedions,"
was the memorable saying of HENRY; and FRANCIS, in
writing to CHARLES V. signed himself " Francois, pre-
mier gentilhomme de France." It is impossible not to
be reminded of the answer which CHARLES VI. gave to
his father when he offered him the choice of a crown of
gold, or of a helmet, as a badge of that chivalry which he
professed to admire. " Monseigneur," exclaimed the
young Prince with energy, " donnez moi le casque, et
gardez votre couronne."—Broadstone of Honour.
THE CHOLERIC MAN...-JOHN LILBURNE, who was
Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Parliament, and
at one time head of the Levellers, was so fond of dispute,
that Judge Jew xixs used to say of him, " If the world
was emptied of all but JOHN LILBURNE, LILBURNE
would quarrel with Jou , and Jon x with Li Le uRNE."
DODDERS AND DODDERS.-HENRY MARTEN, the
notorious Republican, in the time of CHARLES I. was
wont to sleep in Parliament. Alderman ATK INS made
a motion that such scandalous members as slept, and did
not attend the business of the House, should be expelled.
MARTEN started up directly, and said, Mr. Speaker, a
motion has just been made to turn the noddees out of the
House ; I desire that the noddees may be included."
TREATIES RATIFIED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
SWORD.—It was the custom of CHARLEMAGNE to affix
to every Treaty which he ratified, a waxen seal im-
pressed with the pummel of his sword. " And with the
point," said the Emperor, " I will support it."
CHINESE FIG URES.It is remarkable enough that
the custom of placing grotesque figures, like those of the
Chinese Mandarins with ductile heads, on chimney pieces,
should have prevailed among the Greeks ; yet that it did
so,we learn from the following passage in 'Ar.c IPM RON'S
Haleuticon :—" As we see the figures placed on chim-
neys, though they cannot hear what we say, nod to us in
a friendly manner."
SIR EDMUND SAUNDERS, Chief Justice of the King's
Bench in the reign of CHAILLES 11. was originally a
strolling beggar about the streets, without either known
parents, relatives, or friends. He came often to beg
scraps at Clement's Inn, where he was taken notice of
for his uncommon sprightliness ; and, as he expressed a
strong inclination to learn to write, one of the Attorney's
clerks taught him, and soon qualified him for a hackney-
writer. SAUNDERS eagerly availed himself of every op-
portunity to improve himself by reading law-books, which
he borrowed, and in a very few years became an able
Attorney—soon afterwards an eminent Counsel, and
ultimately arrived at the Chief Justiceship of England !
EFFECTS OF LEARNING.—A little learning makes
some men vain ; a great deal renders a wise man modest.
Tom BROWN'S 'Short Amusements.'

The Russian AmbassadOr, accompaied by Count M AS-
TUCEWITZ. had a conference with the Earl of ABER-
DEEN yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Saxon
Charge d'Affaires had an interview with his Lordship
yesterday.
Mr. BLAIR, one of the Commissioners of inquiry at
the Mauritius, arrived in town yesterday from the Mau-
ritius'. Mr. B. attended at the Colonial Office, and was
occupied for a considerable time on official business.