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London, England, 1824-08-07 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS•

We received yesterday, by Express, tbe (toed
ThwrsdaY• On Wednesthty the Session of the Chambers
was closed by Royal Proclamation. It will be seen that
the ElOile, in a postscript, mentions the Ministerial changes
which, it says, were that day (Wednesday) " decreed in a
Council of Ministers." The list we have givtn in another
column contains these changes.
Pasta, AUGCST &
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
SITTIIIO Or THE 4TH AUGVST.
(PRESIDENCY OF 111. RAVEZ.)
The Sitting opened at half-past two o'clock. 51. M. the Minis-
ters of the Interior and Justice were introduced. There were 120
Deputies present.
'he pores verbul of the last Sitting was rend and adopted.
The Alinistet of the Inte • delivered to the President the fol-
lowing document, which he read to the Chambers:—
" Louis, by the grace of God, &C.
" The Session of 1824 of the Chamber of Peers and the Cham-
ber of Deputies is, and will remain. closed.
" The present Proclamation 81111 be presented to the Chamber
of Deputies by our Keeper of Seals, Minister of Justice, and by
our Minister Secretary of State foe the Department of the Interior.
" Given at the Chateau of St. Cloud, Aukist 4, the year of
Grace MN, and the 30th of one reign.
" By the King,
(Signed) " LOUIS.
" Countersigned by the Minister Secretary of State for the
Department of the Interior,
" CORBIERES."
31. tho President read the (kb Article or the 4th Chapter of the
Statutes in tenor as follows:
" The Chamber shall separate instantly, if the Proclamation or-
dain the close of the Sesston, the adjournment or dissolution of the
Chamber."
The „Chamber separated amidst cries of—rive k Rai!
„,_ r•
"" lcellenel the President of the Council of Ministers pro.
eeeded to the Chamber of Peers, where be read the Ordinance for
closing the Session of Ind.
[From the Btoik, dated Thursday."(
Sr. (Lout), ACCEST 4.

The King heard Mar in his apartment.
The King received M. the President and the Bureau of the
Chamber of Peas, who had the honour of presenting to his Ma-
jesthe finar.cial projet of law, which wasw, adopted by the Chamber
la the Slab; of yesterday.
At noon them was a Connell of Ministers, at which the King
presided t it lasted an hoar sad a half.
After the extraordinsry beats which have prevailed in the de.l
pertinent of tbe Ands since the beginning of July, a violent wind
arose an the lath, and refreshed the atmosphere. At the close of
the evening, the lightning fleshed from all points of the fumatnent,
air ecompanied. by thuWer.
At twenty minutes past 10 o'clock there was a shock of to earth-
quake. accompanied by a hissing of wind, resembling the noise
made by a fusee. The shock took place, according to the opinion
of some, par eotaresaut, and that of others, by oscillation, and
many persons were awakened from their sleep. The effects pro.
duce) by this shock are variously reported, but the accounts gene.
rally agree as to the hour and the indication of the degrees marked
by Reamur's thermometer at the time, which was at 211 degrees.
The barometer, which throughout the day had indicated a pres.
sure of 23 inches, experienced no variation at the moment of the
shock, and the temperature, which was rather fresh during the day,
became sufibcating until two o'clock in the morning. It Is asserted
that the shock was felt at different points in the ccntiguous depart-
ments.

It is affirmed, says the Journal of the Department of the Scheel
and pier, that on Thunday last a huist:er of Versainm, accom-
panied by a Justice of the Peace of the Canton of 31arly, en.
scrod the Pmillion de la Jonthere, belonging to I. Ouvrard.
ei-dtratst Contractor-General of the army of ,pain, in order to
arrest hlm, in default of payment by bins of a credit of nearly three
millions.

POSTCRITT—To-day, In a Council of 3linisters, were decreed
several chanfes which are neceuitated by the nomination of •
Minister of lr °reign Affairs, taken from among the 31embers of the
Council. We will communicate them to our readers to-morrow.
MA ID, JOLT 2a.

All is perfectly tranquil in Madrid. A perfect understanding
existsts between the superior French and Spanish Authorities on
the question of trying those who incited the scene (for an account
of which see an extract below) which took place on Sunday last, by
a Military Commission.
FREN.:II Ft: nits, Ann. 4.—Five per Cents. 99f. Cre. ; ditto,
for the end of the 31uoth, 991. ;a:oc. ; Neapolitan, 86 ; Royal Spa-
nigh Loan, M.
[From the Etoik of Wednesday.)
PARIS, Aca. 1.
The Council of Ministers, which was held yesterday at the resi-
dence of the Count de lasted until half.past ten o'clock at
night.
An afflicting scene, similar to one which occurred a year ago,
Woke place in Madrid on the evening of Sunday, the 23th ult. It
is known that the quarter St. Antonia, the ordinary abode of sol-
diers, is too often disturbed by quarrels which arise in Taverns.
On this occasion, intoxieation and a young female brought into
conflict some French and Spanish soldiers, thirteen or fourteen of
wham were wounded, two or three dangerously. An investigation
'of this atiiir is on fuot. It bar already been. discovered find the
quarrel was provoked by three young secret emissaries. who bad
persisted in insulting the French soldier's during three days pre.
vioualy, without these latter having given them the alighteet cause
of complaint. Two of these instigators have been arrested, the
third has fled.
There is not the least doubt that the eternal enemies of order ma.
nouvre in secret to seduce the imprudent, and to disturb the har.
mony which reigns between the soldiers of the two nations. Nothing')
has been spared by the 111.4h:signing to give an alarming its.,
portance to 1,41 event which was scarcely known in the other quarters
of Madrid, since the presence of the Generals Iligeon and Quesada
was sufficient to restore peace.
His Majesty the King of Wirteniburg, who is now at Marseilles,
visited the Port Dieudoone, and the Castle of If, on the 27th tilt.
On landing at Mont Hedon, his Majesty gave 34113 francs to the
boatmen, and a diamond ring to :il. Latounum, who is dis-
charging, par interim, the functions of Captain of the Port of
Marseilles.

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[From the Joantal des Debata,l
During three days past the Ambassadors of Austria nod
Prussia hare met at the residence of M. l'uno di Burge, the Rus-
sian Ambassador.
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[From the Journal de Paris.]
The following is a fact to be added to the meteorological obser-
vations of the present year, which are so singular on account of the
remarkable anomalies which they already present. I fr. the 14:11 of
July, which was the hottest day of this summer, whilst the thee-
moonier of Reamur marked 29 degrees at Paris, and 33 at Madrid,'
it only marked 24 at Naples, at noon. It was not until two hours
afterwards that the reflection of the sut•. caused a rise to 27.