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London, England, 1824-04-20 00:00:00

FRENCII PAPERS.

Yesterday we received the Paris Journals of Saturday,
with the Eioile of Sunday's date. The following arc
extracts :

[ From the JourNal tie Paricl
PERPIGNAN. APRIL 7.
The first column of Spanish prisoners of war, about two hur.dred
men, arrived to-day : they will set off to-morrow for Spain. Other
columns of shoot the same number will arrive in two days, and,
conformably to the order of the Minister of War. she officera of
the saute nation will also take the same route ft.r their native
country.
[Front the Drupang Blase.]
LixTz, ApaiL 7.
Prince Metternich accompanies the Emperor to Prague. We do
not, as yet, know if his Majesty will go to Berlin, to be present at
lan important negociation. Baron de Kriegelstein, our Minister at
the Court of Portugal, has sent to our Court a declaration of the
Cabinet of Lisbon, relative to the 'Giro of the Brazils.
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Our Ctsirt, net;ithstanding the intermit it takes in the Prince
Royal and his august wife, daughter of our Emperor, is decided
not to acknowledge, in any shape, the independence of the Brazils,
and will pursue the system adopted by the other great Powers form-
ing the Holy Alliance.

.MADRID, APRIL 10.

It is announced that General Rivaud has refined to take the
command of the Army of Occupation in Spain It is Also stated,
that Viscount fhjeon will replace llourroont, and Marshal Monica
will command at Cadiz the second brigade of the Army of Occu-
pation. It is General Desperamoos who at this moment commands
at Madrid.

It appears that Cie Spanish Government has not thought it sat.
Orient for one Agent of' Finances to go to Paris ; therefore it hetsentM. Burgin, whose principal mission is to examine what lanamo
of credit the Spanish Government can obtain there.
From the JourNal tics Drbwr.l
P. 1.1111, Aisle. 11.
To-day the King gave audience to Prince 'I alleyrand, and the
Ambassadors of Spain and Naples.
At two o'clock Count Villele presided at a Council of 31inisterei
[From the Efoik.l
PARIS, APRIL 11.
A very extraordinary event is this day the subject of general coo-
versittam ; all the details have not yet reached us in such a manner
that we can give them positively, but the fact is too real, and the
following particulars may he relied on. Sonic days ago 31. de For.
bin, the Director of the Museum, received an anonymous letter
front an individual, who said that the government having caused
him to sustain a loss of 211,000 francs, he would destroy, one after
the other, all the pictures in the Museum, if the sum in question
was not brought to him at an appointed place. 51. Franchet, of the
police, also received a similar letter; but, thinking it the act of
some madman, no importance was attached to it; but the day before
yesterday a person tin ployed at the 3luseum ran to the Director of
the Police, and Minima him that one of the finest of Ruben'
pictures had been torn to pieces. The author of this act has not
been discovered. The doors of the 3luseuin were instantly closed,
and we understand that a similar precaution his ben adopted at
the Luxembourg.
It is announced that Lieutenant-General Rivaud de la Raffiniere,
having refused the colonnind of the Army of Occupation it is the
Viscount Dijeon who will replace 31. Bounnont. It is also
said that Gen. Mouton will take the command at Cadiz of the
second brigade of the Army of Occupation. General Desperamons
has the contu land in 3latind at this moment. General Clouet, who
quitted the capital a short time since, is gone to Valencia with his
brigade; a battalion of Swiss troops and artillery aregone to Toledo,
where his Majesty was to pass the Passion week, and then return
to Arintjues. Flee hundred horses are to be sent to Xeres.
The hot division of French prisoners passed through Perpignan
on the 7.h inst., on their way to Spain.
The Marquis of Matailorida, President of the Regency of Urge!,
quitted Burgos on the 6th, on his way to Tunis, where he is ap-
pointed Ambassador.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 17.—Five per Cents closed
at WM'. 85c.; Scrip, Bank Stock, 1,91.10 f. ; Neapolitan,
95 7-8 ; Spanish, 16; Exchange, one month, 251. lute.; ditto
three, 25f.
[Front the Musilebr of Friday.
FRANKFORT, APRIL 10.
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The (hand Duke of Iladen has granted liberty to ;he CathAics of ,
Pforzheim, for the CleiCilia Or their religion. Hitherto their worship
was only tolerated, but (tie conduct of the Catholics has induced
the Prince to issue a meat honourable decree in their favour. Ile
hopes, he says, that his Catholic subjects will see in this mark of
favour, a new reason to distinguish themselves by their religious
sentiments and by the practice of every virtue. Other Protestant
Princes chew dispositions favourable to the Catholics.' A Catholic
church is building at Coburg, and the Catholic parish there will
have a resident clergyman. Churches for Catholics are building
also at Bremen, at St. Goarahausen (Duchy of Nassau). and at
Darmstadt ; the Grand Dukes of !Jesse and Nassau contribute to
the expenses of the latter. A Catholic church and school are build-
ing at Pirna, iii Saxony. The Princess Cunegunda has left 8,000
crowns towards the expense of the latter. At Ilamburgh the he_
ate has just decreed that the Catholics shall henceforward be eli-
gible to all of as well as the Protestants ; even the offices of
Senator and Burgomaster shall be open to them. The city of
Frankfort has wade an amicable arrangement with the C'atholies,
represented by 3lessre. SCiIOVICT, heathers, who were themselves
feenserfy Postestanas. In several places 4 the Consistories ihave,
adopted some practices of the Roman form of worship. The Gm-
sistory of Saxe-Ileiningen has just restored the prayer for the
dead ; and a general fife will be celcbrated in this view in all the
churches in the month of November.
In the pein cipal Lutheran church at Berlin, the statues of the
Twelve Apostles have been placed, and on the altar is a crucifix
with wax tapers, and the book of the liospeL