London, Saturday, Decembe...
The Frenrkh papers of Wednesday (including the even- ing paper of that day, the Efoi1e) arrived last night: their contents are extrem ely unimportant: amoiig them is a decree of the King of PuRssTA, dlescribing his motives for his nmarriage to have been the loss of the society of his only remaining daughter (just married) : he states, that 'the succession being already provided for, he did not thiok a royal mnarriage necessary; but fiading domestic society essential to the comfort of his declining age, he had judged it advisable to unite himself with the amiable and estimable Countes HARRACH: he accordingly pronounces her his lawful wife; and in case of children, creates them Princes and Princesses of LEIGNITZ. 'We subjoin two or three extracts from the Etoile " PARIS, DEC. B. The List letters from St. Petersburgh, dated November 20, announce that the Neva has overflowed its banks and inundated the city. All the bridges have been damaged or destroyed; the in. Undatien began in the rnorning at three o'cloek, and the water was stilI rising. It is not yet possible to estinate the damage that this terrible event has caused. The inundation is greater than that of 3797, in which 3,000 persons perIhhed. The Neva then rose only 14 fect above its level; on the 19th it rose 16 feet. " Tlonseigneur Natali,thc PapalNuncie to the King of the Nether- lands, has just set out for Rome, where he is going to give the Pope an account of his mission. " JASSY, OCT. 20. * It was reported that the family of Prince Stourdza,ourHospodar, vice going to be taken to ConsBaatinople as hostages. This dis- agreeable report seems, however, to have been founded only on the depriture of the Princesa and her daughter, who is going to Con- ntantineple to see her young son. Time alone can shew whether this j.ourny has been ordered by the Divan."-Arugrsburgh Gazctte. FPRswcs, FuNDS.-PARis, Dec.8--(From the Eto4.).Fiv6.per Cent. Cons., 101. 95.; closed, 102. 10. Royal Spanish Loan, D8. Bank Stock, 1,990. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECBMBER 11, 1824.