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FRENCH PAPERS.

!From the AfuniteN► of Wednesday:l
The nfEriAl part contains the notification of letters from Teciout
societies on the 'loath of the Lite King, and on the accession of
Charles X.; and also of the new credentials of several Foreign
rs.

A royal ordinance decrees, that all the regulations in vigour re-
lative to tliv first futi7 companies of the Royal flank-du•Corps shall
he applicable to the sth company trout Oct I, 1821.

Non-official part.
MAIIIIID, OCT. 11.

(By Ex rnEss.)

The Madrid Gazette mentions the principal news brought by
Rrigadier-Oeneral Don Buldamiro Espartero, Chief of the Stab' of
the Army of the Vice.noy Laserna, who landed on the 29th Sept.
et C3dia, but has not yet arrived at the Escurial. lie left Quilea,
in Peru, on the 2il June last.

We lend from this news that there were four corps, the total
strength of which. is 111,500 men, marchir.g against Bolivar, whose
troops are estimated at only 6900 combatants. The first corps,
under the command of the Oeueral-in-Chief, Cantcrac, would ad-
vance by the mountains; the second, of 3.000 men, commanded
by General illonet, would proceed along the sea-coast ; the third,
of 2,500 men, commanded by Carmala, would march between the
two, and follow with a rear-guard of 3,000 men.

The same Gazette announces that the Emperor of Brazil had
been dethroned in au insurrection.

Their Majesties and Royal Ilighnesses continue to reside at the
Royal Palace of the Escurial.
On the Bth and 9th of October • solemn service in memory of
Louis XVIII. as performed at the Escurial. The Nuncio offi-
ciated. The King, the Queen, the Infant, and lafantas were

present.
The Madrid Gazette of the 12th contains the convention fur the
occupation, with the ratifiration of the Kings of Spain and France.
In the 34 article of the convention relative to marine captures,
the terns fixed for the liquidation was to the month of May; it was
then prolonged till the month of September, and has just now been
further extended to the month of March 18214
LTOllOllt, OCT. 8.

The Captain of a vessel, arrived in fifteen days from ChihreDU,
has confirmed the news already published un the shores of the Adri-
atic, that the United Turkish Egyptian fleets have had a severe en-
gagement, in the vicinity of Rhodes, with the Greek squadron of
Admiral 31iaulis, in which they were completcly defeated; having
lost several ships of war, and a considerable number of transports
full of mops. Three Turkish ships, from 40 to SOguns, were blown
up by the Greek fire-ships.

LEOIIOEX, Ocr. 7.

Not a vessel enters our port that does not confirm the news of the
destruction of the Egyptian fleet by Admiral Miaulit. It is uni-
versally believed that the Paella has always intended to deceive the
Divan of Constantinople; but we may believe that he wished to
conquer the Mores, or at least the Island of Candis, on his own
account, when we look to the amount of the forces which he lied
put to sea. The statement of the amount of the armament comes
leans Alexandria in a way we can rely upon. It consisted of 61
ships of war, of 46 to 16 gum, 52 Egyptian transports, and 91
others, chartered by Europeans. The troops embarked consisted
of 19,2110 men. The plague had begun to consume them before the
fire-ships of the Greeks reduced them to ashes.
NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, AVG. 31.
In consequence of the request of the Philanthropic Society of
Quakers of Philadelphia, the Greek Government has selected
twenty-three young Greeks, who will be instructed in agriculture
and other useful arts. . .

On the 16th of August, Captain Georges Dyovounitis pined a
considerable advantage over Dervisch Pacha, in the environs of
Ambito:l : he took many prisoners, and a great deal of baggage.
Odysseus has obtained still greater triumphs at Thermopylae, on
the 17th or lgtli of August.
SEPTEMDER IS.
It is calculated, that of the Egyptian expedition which has been
annihilated, twenty-six transports were English, thirty-six Aus-
trian, seventeen Spanish. four Russian, one Sardinian, one Tus-
can. and one American.
The Greek camp assembled at. Gastouni, consists of 14,000 men,
commanded by young Sisinis, with 250 Solions. The plague de-
solates the !rower Epirus and the town of Arta.
I From the EAdJe, dated Thursday.)
PARIS, OCT. 20.
Yesterday, before Mass, his Excellency Sir C. Stuart, Ambas-
sador ferret his Britannic Majesty. presented to the King, in a
private audience, the emitter of his Sovereign to the letter notifying
the death, of Louis XV I I.
We are assured that the Ceuneil-General of Paris, in a eittine
which it held yesterday. voted the erection of a statue in honour of
the late King Louis XV 111. This statue, it is said, will be ele-
vated in the square of the Palais Bourbon, opposite the spot where
the Charter was declared.
Extract of a private letter of the '26th ult. from Corfut--" The
difference which existed between the Lord High Commissioner of
the lonian Islands and the Greek Government has been amicable
adjosted. A new Proclamation has been just issued, by which ail
English and Innian subjects are again enjoined to observe the
strictest neutrality.
The Pieniontese Gazette of the 12th contradicts the report given
by some journals, that the Dey of Algiers had threatened to declare
war against the Court of Sardinia if it did not pay the customary
tribute. It is notorious that the Sardinian Government has never
paid any tribute to the Dry of Algiers : it is well known that
this country was at war with Algiers till Lord Exmouth's expetli.
don.
[From the Journal des Drbott.
Pal nts, OCT. 19
The Ring left the Castle of the Tuileries at twenty minutes past
one, in a chariot drawn by two horses. to inspect the Hotel des
Invalids. The Dauphin was at the aide of his Majesty. In
front of the carriage were the Duke de Grionniont, Captain of the
Omani'', and the Dukc de Polignae, First Equerry. Three Royal
carriages followed. His 51ajeety arrived by the street of Bac and
that uf Babylon, before the principal entry of the church. The
Marquis de Latour Alaubourg, the Governor at the head of the
Staff, received the King at the extremity of the bridge constructed
for the occasion in front of the great entrance, and presented his'
2lejtesty with the keys of the Hospital The King gave his hand'
to the 31arelial, who kissed it with delight.
51. the CuM of the Hospital, and the Sisters of St. Vir.ccat de
Panic, attended his Majesty to the bottom of the dome. The Kirg '
was rildreesed by the Curate, under urate, and conducted by him the ca-
nopyin the church, when Dentine Foe R.rgern &drum was sung.
I he King afterwards ascended to the refectory of the (Athens who
were all at taide. His Majesty took a glass of wine and said,
" 1 drink to the health of the Officees and all the Invalids." He
then descended to the yard, whets all the sub-facers and inva.
lids were drawn out. Ire passed through the ranks, and, drawing a
list front his pocket, he called by name ten of these veterans of our
military glory, and conferred upon them, with his own hand, the
Cross of the Legion of [honour. Ile accompanied the gitt with
these words—•• You have deserved it by your services ; I wish to
bestow it noon you myself." Cries, a thousand tinine repeated, of
Vi:•e Is Ilea ! were heard during this affecting seene.
The King then visited the infirmary and bakehouse. and ex-
pressed his satisfaction at the good order which rtigned in every
slepenment.
His Majesty left the Hotel at a quaker before four. Ile was
saluted at his departure as well as upon his arrival, by a salvo of
artillery ; an immense crowd blocked up the streets through which
the King passed; it is impossihie to give an idea of the etthu.
seam reeked by his august presence.
Papavoine, the proceeding in whine affair is carried on with
activity, was taken to-day, at half-past ten, to the Petals de Justice.
Ile did not leave the examination Wert the 11agisteste till half-
pat four. The crowd CO•t111%.1e• to press with anxiety upon him.
, Ile is clothed its a blue coat, and wears • bonnet of black silk
Upon his bead, his hat having been deposited with the Registrar.
Ills hands are secured with handcuffs.
[Flom the ComatiradooncLl
rants, ()cr. 19.
The event to which the interment of the actor Philippe gave tine
yesterday, is this day the subject of every conversetion. The jour.
mils of the Opposition speak of it in a dissatiefaceory manner, and
do not examme the questions which are ininlved in it. The nil.
Material journals do nut state the matter with. correctness. The
Et oak, in particular, has exaggerated everything that took place
upon the part of the great crowd which was assembled upon the
occasion ; bat we must not be satisfied with such statements ; we
shall enninine everything to the booms. The question is. shall
the Church be in the power or the State, or the State in the
power of the Church? Everything has been said upon this
subject; it has been made perfectly clear; but opinions are
still not the less divided. In the sixteenth century. Sixtus
quietus, in promulgating the 801 l which excluded Henry the
Fourth from the throne of Franca, furnished the advocates
for the Supremacy of the Church with powerful ocapons. The
tiletliOgiatl Hermit, though a priest, opposed this opinion in his
Cattedie ApJlogy. in the Nineteenth Century. At the sitting of
'
the Chamber of Deputies, 14th May, 11121, the King's Commis.
eery doe:hied the project of the law for the erection of the new
Bishoprics, declaring from the tribune titst Iteligion is not in the
State, hat it it the State which is ie Religion. Here thin are the
principles advanced by the Governmeut, end to-day it naps the
consequences. Suppose that no State Religion existed, and that
the modes of worship were kept up by the zeal of the Faithful, moat
easueedly. if such were the case, religious fervour would not he
diminished. We know what takes piece upon this matter in coon_
pies where the Catholics are the few. No where are they more re.
Iligious. more scrupulous observers of their run, more bountiful to
' their clergy. These latter cut no figure in the state budget ; there
is no necessity to compel them to a performance of ceremonies,
eV] of those *Lich peculiarly concern the public peace. Is the

country where modes of vorihip are supported by the S•atr, they
should be dependent upon it—they receive the benefit, they shnula
submit to control.

The College of the Jewish Notables at Path, is proceeding in
iq
operations for ilia reorganizatioo of the Jewish C:onsistory, Gy pir
toe of the Royal Ordinance.

[From the Quo[idioms.]
PAltra, OCT. 19.
Yesterday, at the moment when the body of the actor l'h:!.pie
was let down into the grave, inethe presence of many of his ti.ti.dr-
a ,dayer, who was one of those assisting at the eeretnony, itte,tti
some expressions, which were received with much applause. The
grtveiligger, disgusted at the unseemliness of hese boisterous testi.
monies of satisfaction upon such an occasion, exclaimed, "C ;tale.
men, you are not here at a play." In anything we say respect,
ing this subject, we are far from wishing to make any attack
upon actors individually. Many of them, attracted to their profit.
arm by a pastion often invincible, afford to doe public honourable
examples of private conduct, hut we tamer the motives of the
church, which never judges them by their private manners aid
domestic habits, hut considers them merely intheir public canfeity,
which often forms a contrast with the purity of their private life: d
is in this view that the French Magistracy has considered them re
the close of last century, making, in this respect, commons tame
with the church—the principal guardian of morals. Upon the
2:kl April 1761, the Parliament, at the request of the Bannaireer
the order of Advocates, and upon the requisition of Ostler July de
Fleury, the King's advocate, issued a decree, disgracing Ifueme de
la Matte, wh•i had published a memoir in favour of the profu-
sion of a player. He was in consequence removed from the hurl
advocates, and his memoir was torn and burnt by the common eie.
cutioner. It may be said that ancient prejudice was predorninsat
in the exercise of such severity, but without justifying what nil
appear the extreme of rigour in such eases, we ought at least to ac-
knowledge with gratitude the motive, of such conduct, and ae
ought not toexpnee ourselves to the imputation of seeing nothing hit
blind caprice in that made of acting which is the result of anti.
durations adopted for the interests of the morals of soziety. What.
ever may he the opinion upon the subject, we must always sdrait
the right of the Church, which certainlykun never be controlled ia
the exercise of its powers and the application of its laws." This is
true in the estimation of the man who believes in the power of the
church, but in the opinion of hint who is not submissive, it is a suf.
ficient reason that obligations should not be imposed, because they
ale, according to him, nothing but subjects of derision. This is,
in fine, what the apologist. of the Church are Justihmt in savirp,
" Are you children of the Church, or are you not ?'' And in
either case, your judgment is pronounced. It sea in fact pronounced
by those who are children of the Church, and alto ought to sub.
not, and by those who are not children of the Church, and who
have therefore nothing to ask of it.