Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-03-23
EOHs EaGN NEyVS.
LATE FROM FRANCE.

by the packet ship Sylvia de Grasse, from
Havre, we have received our files OF Paris pa
pers to the LIST OF February inclusive.
FRANCE
The intluenza-or as the Paris journals
call il, the influence, (Pinfueace,) makes
quite sensation in the capital. The King
had touch of il on the 27th-lhe military
hospitals were crowded with patients from
The garrison of Paris, and tie physicians
themselves were no better off than others
One of the papers gives the follow ing sketch
of matters in the Chamber of Deputies
1.-The influence appears TO have taken q
special affection 10 the Chamber of Deputies
Business was perpetually interrupted this
morning, by the coughing, not only Of the
members, but also of the auditory. The
chairman Of the committee from which the
bill under discussion WAS reported, is unable
to attend, and half Of the ministers are in the
same predicament. The speakers who have
ventured into the tribune, have apolog ised
Tor speaking low, I'm account of the soreness
OF their threats the President has been fan
to mo sten his every half minute, with sugar
water and even the reporters are missing
from their accustomed station"
The papers were busly discussing, with
considerable acrimony, proposed law esiab-
lishing The appanage OF the Duke ofOrleans
and the Queen OF Belgium. The opposition
journals contend that the children of Louis
Philippe are amply provided for by the i'm.
mense private property OF their father, which
he made over To them the very day before he
accepted the crown.
The Stamping cleark in the post Office al
Besancon recently had one ofhis hands Sc
sereiy shattered, by HE explosion of letter
charged with Illuminating powder an injury
snid To have been inflicted on him by his wile's
n DiSh fora MI trio h., Il
Of opening and reading his wife's letters
The Paris papers say that the epidemic
prevailing in that capital is very differen,
from the grippe Of 1881, and much less dan
gerons than the influenza raging in England
Very few deaths have been caused by i; in
the French capital This, however, may be
ascribed TO The less stimulating diet of The
French.
The preparations for The new expedition
against Constantine were not YET completed,
but going on with great activity.
The Courier Francis says iha, courier
was despatched to ST. Petersburg on The 29,h
OF January, with instructions TO the French
minister, NJ. Barante, to demand expIana>
tons touching an article in The official Gaz.
cite of Warsaw, on The subject Of the debate
III the Chamber Of Deputies
The following is a translation Of the often
sive paragraph.
"The different paragraphs Of the address
do not agree well together, or with The actual
condition Of affairs. Thus in the outset il
speaks OF The general tranquility OF the world;
but little farther on, it deplores the civil
war in Spain, and the defeat at Constantine
''lt is known iha, The differences with the
United States and Switzerland have gained
for France neither honor nor profit. On the
contrary it seems that, frightened by The
former, she consented TO pay what was de-
manded, and as 10 The latter, no she wishg-!
to Brighten in her turn, she found so many
difficulties IN the fulfilmonl of her purpose,
that she ives glad 10 accept in haste quasi
demand for pardon"
The death of Major Henry Lee, OF Virgin
ia, author oflhe Lille OF Napoleon, and Amer
lean editor Of the new English paper eslab-
lished in Paris, is announced in Galignani's
Messenger. Ii took place on Monday, Jan.
30lh.
LATE FROM ENGLAND.
The packet ship Oxford, Capt Rathbone,
arrived this morning from Liverpool, whence
she sailed on The 81 of February. BY this
arrival the editors OF The Commercial Adj
veriiser have received their files OF papers to
the Sd inclusiye. The most important intel
Iigerce is the speech ot the King with the o.
peniug 81 parliament.