Star.
London, England, 1817-09-08 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, SEP rEMBER 4.
Yesterday, before Mass, the Duke de la Chatre
bad a private audience of the King. His Majesty
presided at a Council of Ministers.
It is said that successors are already provided for
the Prelates and Ecclesiastics who have not accepted
the Sees to which they have been sprinted by the
King. Some of the new nominations are mentioned,
and they appear to be dieated by the same wisdom
as the preceding. We can, however, mention none
as certain, except the Abbe de Boisville, formerly
Grand Vicar of Rotten, who is appointed to. the
Bishopric of Blois, and for whom the usual informa-
tions have already been taken. There are in all 14-
Sees which the late refusals leave to be filled.

Desbaus said, the day before yesterday, to his Ad.
vocate, who seemed to prepare him for the confirma-
tion of his serttence" Well, we shall meet in Another
world. In my capacity of Quarter-Master-Serjeant,
I am gong to sic where we are to be billeted.
An affair which originates in the disclosures of
Monier, will be brqught before the Court of Assize
on the 30th of September, and will occupy its atten-
tion for some days in the succeeding month. There
are ten persons accused, and a great number of wit-
nesses to be examined.

On the 2d insto.t, in the Old Church of the Car-
melites, in Vangirard-street, a solemn mass was cele-
brated, in commemoration of the Bishops and Priests,
who, on the 2d of September, 1792, led there under
the poniards of assassins. M de Bonibelles, nomi.
nated Bishop of Amiens; officiated in froatificalitur.
After the expiatory prayers, Abbe Latourneur pro-
nounced a discourse to a numerous congregation.
The cote nony concluded with a handsome contrri.
bution for the benefit of the Orphan Hospital.
The annual service for the Princess de Lambelle
was celebrated yesterday in the Church of Saint-Leu.
The Duchess-Dowager of Orleans and many other
persons of distinction were present.
To-morrow the Council of Revision will deliver its
opinion as to the case of Desbaus and Chayoux. The
same day the Counsel of Messrs. Comte and Dunoyer
will argue before the Court of Cassation, in support
of the nullity of the warrant issned against them by
M. de Reverdin, the Judge of Process.
The Duke of Wellington left Cambray on the SI st
ultimo, on his way to Sedan. All the English troops
stationed in France, also the Hanoverians, Saxons,
and Danes, had received orders to assemble near Va-
lenciennes, preparatory to the review which takes
place on the 6th instant, and at which, it is said,
Count Ruppin is to be present.
In consulting the annals in which the efforts of the
most celebrated swimmers are recorded, we believe
none more remarkable will be found than that which
was witnessed at Marseilles on the 15th of August.
The Chevalier R. inspector of candidates for the Po-
lytechnic School in the south, swam from the port
to the castle of If in the space of three hours. He
was accompanied by a boat to assist him in case of
accident. Mr. R. performed his difficult under-
taking (the distance is more than two leagues) with-
out experiencing any fatigue of importance. He had
no opportunity of resting in this new sort of voyage,
c4,not by abandoning himself so dse impalae of the
waves, and floating like a piece of wood borne along
by currents. M. R. is the same swimmer who, when
a pupil of the Polytechnic School, swam from the
Pont de Charenton to the Pont de St. Cloud, follow-
ing the course of the river, in the space of two hours.
The voyage from the harbour of Marseilles to the
Castle of If was, however, a far more difficult and
daring undertaking than that of the Seine. This
extraordinary experiment attracted a great number
of curious spectators, and in particular the seamen of
all nations who at present crowd the portof Marseilles.