Star.
London, England, 1817-08-21 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS AUGUST H.
Yesterday the Line. accompanied by Monsieur
and Madame, heard Mass in the chapel of the Castle.
At his return his Majesty shewed himself at the win-
dow of the glass gallery. The King and the Royal
family were received with lively acclamations.
At half-past two o'clock, Monsieur, Madame, and
the Dukes of Angouleme and Berri, went in a car-
riage to the Cathedral, where they were received by
the Clergy, and conducted in procession to the choir
to seats prepared for them. At a quarter before four
o'clock the precession set out from the Cathedral,
passing by the streets of Neuve, Notre Dame, Mucha
Eeuf, the Borillerie, the Flower Market, and the
Quaj de la Cii4. 'rhea. Royal Highnesses returned to
the Castle about five o'clock. Detachments of the
National Guard, of the Royal Guard, and ot the
Swiss Guards atten. ed. All the streets through
Which the procession passed were ornamented with
tapestries, and the window's were hung with white
flags. Their Royal Highnesses during the whole of
their passage, received lively testimonies of the hap-
piness which Frenchmen feel at the sight of the au-
gust family of their King.
Count de Ruppin (the King tit Ps ussia) arrived
ea SAturdif at six o'clock, and .I.ghted at the hotel
of the Prussian Arribassador, Rue de Bourbon. The
Count, after dinner, honoured the Theatre des VA-
rittes voili his presence. His suite on his arrival at
Paris consisted of one solitary carriage. The Mar.
shal Duke ot Reggio, who had repaired to his dis-
trict (the 3d military division) to compliment the
Count de Ruppin, has not yet returned to Paris.
The Doke of Wellinpinn arrived at Paris on St.
turday evening. a; hall-past seven o'clock.
We are assisted that the Electoral Colleges for the
nomination in Deputies will assemble on the 15th of
next month, and that all the Presidents of these Col,
leges are already named by the King.
His Excellency the Minister of War being still in-
disposed, has not attended the last sittings of the
Ministers.

It, the Address pronounced in the Consistory on
the 28;h of July, his Holiness, while declaring the
names of the new Cardinals, French and Italian,
whom he hail created, said—'. Among the Cardinals,
the hit is cur venerable brother, Alexander Anse-
lique de Tailcyrarett.Perigord, former Archbishop of
Itheihes, wt. cm his Must Christian Majesty, touched
with his metal, had since the beginning of out ponti-
ficate iee„initirnded with the warmest zeal, and
chum wi c.,ula not admit into the Consistory of the
eltd ut List Sepitmoer." This passage skews the in-
terest woich hes Majesty took in seeing invested with
Oa ',topic so virtuous a prelate and so laitblul a
subject. _ _ _

Sequier, first President or the Royal Coati, has
departed for the waters of Aix-la-Chapelle, by leave
from the Keeper of the Seals.
On Saterday they began to erect in the Champs.
Elysees, c ,mphitheatres for the fete of St. Louis.
Several adj.!. i the Royal Guard have already
been incorporated in the cirmii.ny of the Swiss guard.
Coant de Forbin, Director-General of the Royal
Museums, arrived at Marseilles on the 6th, with the
artists who will accomp •ny him in his voyage to the
Levant

On the 7th instant the solemn installation of 59
Monks of La Trappe, in the Abbey of Meilleray,
took plate before an emmense concourse of persons of
all ranks, who flocked from Nantes and all points of
the department to witness this mournful and imposing
ceremoi .

Puislic puler' are now offered at Toulouse for
rain. A part of the South continues to suffer from
prolonged drought.
Vaccination has made such progress at Amster.
dam, that out or A pl,pUlition of 100,000 perinns.-in
the first quarter of 1817. Dot one individual was at-
tacked with the small prz.
The last Lausanne Gaunt gives some curious
details on the history of the Chief of the Brazilian
Rebels, Martins, who has been executed at Bahia.—
Martins was not a Portuguese. as was believed; he
was an Italian, born at Parma. He had studied
mineraiugy at Pretbetg, and married at Vienna a
very rich wile. Invited to Spain to go not as a su-
perintendent of the mines of .Potosi, in South Ame-
rica, be had there acquired an immense tortune ; but
happening to be in Brazil when the insurrection
broke out at Pernambuco, his imprudent ambition
led him to place himself at its head.

A cosi.eily is at present performing, the plot of
which is founded on the following anecdote of the
yenth of the celebrated Marshal Count Saxe s-
-4. Among the many admirers whom the charms and
talents of Mademoiselle Lecouvreur, a young actress.
attracted. the Count Sent was the lover whom she
preferred. Every body knows that the Count was
in all respects an accomplished cavalier. He well
anwited the superiority that be obtained over his ri-
gals. Mademoiselle Lecouvreur sacrificed them all
to him, with the exception of two or three wry pat-
Odder friends, of one of whom the Count became
secretly jealous. One evening. when Count Saxe had
gemmed from the Lady protestations.uf the most
render love, and the most inviolable fidelity, he re-
tired, with the appearance of great satisf ietion ; but
Ilespecting that his rival was waiting for his depar.
tare, in older to introduce himself, he devised a new
and whimsical mode of ascertaining the truth. Des-
perate lovers tear whole locks from their heads. The
Count imitated them on a small scale. He twitched
out a single hair, and fastened it with wax across the
Opening of the door by which Le had quitted his fair
one's apartment. Returning in less than an hour,
he discovered that this frail barrier bad not been
respected. He knocked loudly, and being admit-
ted. commenced a search, and soon found the Gen-
tleman. who thought himself very happi:y concealed.
One might suppose that this affair would destroy the
naino of Count Saxe and Mademoiselle Lecouvreur.
140 such thing. It rendered it more intimate than
ever. The Lady knew how to act in other places
besides on the stage It is said that she even com-
pelled the Count to acknowledge that he was in error,
and apologise to het for his conduct 1"