Constantine was entered by the French army on the 13th
instant, after a vigorous resistance. The besiegers arrived before the walls on the 6th, the breach was opened on the 11th, was practicable on the 12th, and on the morning of the next day the successful assault was made. General DAMREMONT, tile com- mander, was killed on the 12th, by a ball, as he was proceeding to the breaching buttery. He was succeeded in the chief com- mand by General VALLEE. The Duke DE NEMOURS, it is said, was close to DAMREMONT when the latter fell. No further par- ticulars had reached Paris up to Wednesday night, but the details were daily expected. On Wednesday the Te Dem was per- formed at Versailles for the fall of Constantine. Louts PHILIP has directed the remains of General DAMREMONT to be interred with the highest military honours, at the Invalides. DAMREMONT was considered one of the best officers in the French army ; and during the Peninsular war attracted the admiration or the Duke of WELLINGTON for his brave and skilful deknee of Burgos.
Having got Constantine, the Parisians are beginning to think what they shall do with it. To retain their conquest would be very expensive ; and the good people of Paris have no relish for taxes, however keenly they delight in glory. The Ministerial jour- nals argue in favour of turning it into a French fortress, but admit that the Chambers may refuse to vote the necessary funds; and in case of their refusal, it must be dismantled and abandoned.
Attention has lately been directed to the movements of TH IERS. Although the festivities at Versailles, on the marriage of the Prin- cess MARIE, were understood to be strictly private, TatEes, it seems, was a guest of Louis PHILIP. Rumours of his entrance into the Cabinet were, of course, immediately put in circulation: and such is the need of debating talent in the French Ministry, that his accession would be desirable; but then, he is pledged to a more direct Spanish intervention than Louts PHILIP will per- mit. However, greater difficulties have been overcome by the offer of place and power to versatile statesmen, than any which stand between TRIERS and the Cabinet.
