5 DECEMBER 1835, Page 1

The French Ministers have appointed Admiral MACKAN to the naval

command at Martinique. In a short time, an armament of fifteen sail of the line and several frigates is to be ready for sea. The French journals boast that their navy has been quietly but steadily augmented. They say that they have 119 vessels of war in capital condition. A good deal of irritation has been excited in Paris by a report that the United States have concluded an offensive and defensive treaty with Russia • but there seems to be scarcely any foundation for this rumour. AU the mercantile men in France are represented as being uneasy, and alarmed : the rates of marine assurance have been raised.