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FRANKFORT PAPERS.

Vetter*lay we received Frankfort Papers to the 15th inst.
One of them contains a project for ameliorating the con-
dition of the Jews, which has been submitted to the Cham-
ber of Deputies at Smug:mit. It is but a few years ago
that the Jews at Frankfort, ['tough forming a fifth part of
the population, were petit up in a nook of the city, which
bad but one place or egress, and even this was shut up at
night ; and twit now, in Germany, they labour under
teeny galling restrictions, which are a disgrace to an age
that bmists of its civilization. 'f he following are extracts:-
4 F.TUTTGARDT. JUNE 8.
The Chambers( Deputies, in its Sitting of the 4 h of June, re.
eeived from It. Poe Schmidlin two pro i-ta of law, the first of
which relates to the civil condition of the Jews, and has fur its ob-
ject, by a system of legislation adapted to our times, to make their
condition harmonize with the general welfare, and likewise to faci.
Mate as much M possible the means of &mating and qualifying
the Israelites fur the enjoyment of their civil rights, on their tak.
log upon them, on the other hand, all civil duties. In general,
therefore, the Jews settled in the kingdom shall enjoy the rights of
subjects of Wurtemburg, and be ,autject to all the civil lees, and
bound to fulfil all the duties and obligation* of the other citizens.
'Every Jew settled in the kingdom must belong to one certain
-committee, as citit.ei or proprietor. With respect to the right of
acquiring real property, and rev ding in another commune. the Is-
raelite shall be placed on the same footing as the Christian ; but
he is prohibited from acquiring real property tie the purpose of re-
selling it, and 'the necerary renlibitiotur are precrilied to prevent
any trade of this kind. The Israelites *hall be allowed further to
found separate colonies, with their own demarcation earl particular
municipal constitution, with the obligations annexed to them, espe-
cially for the support of the poor, and may purchase the lend ne-
cessary for this purpose, in which the State will attired them mery
reasonable facility. The Jew shall farther he entitled, as well as
the Christian. to choose his preferion and trade at pleasure. and I
qualify himself for it either at home or abroad. , But while the
Jews are thus to be permitted to exercise every description uf trade '
and profession, the law contains the necessary regulations to pre-
vent the inconveniences of the petty retail trade, &c.
Particular regard is had to the 'improvement of the Jews, In a re.,
ligious, moral. and Intellectual view. Two chapters of the law
treat of the churches and schools of the Jews. Parents and
guerilla= are bound to have et& children and wards of both
sexes, from the age of six to fourteen, instructed in public
schools, for which purpose the necessary dispositions are made
foe the establishment of Jewish elementary schools; and with
veferesee to the liberty in the exercise aftmir religion allowed
the Jews, various regulations are made, for :he purpose of so
the of the Jewish church, without touching the
=1"1 their religious woikliip as hitherto penctised, than an
improved religious education may be gradually effected.
SW:TZEILANT, JUNE 5.
Charles Pfyffo, Captain of the Swiss Papal guard, has ban
fur some days at I.nrerne, his native city. He is commissioned by
the rope to renew the capitulation for the company of guards,
which has subsisted for three centuries, due regard being paid to
the alterations that allay he necessary on amount of the change of
circumstances. Hellas already presented to the Council the Papal
brief PO this ; and the emaciation', which can hardly meet
*4th any difficulty, oil even he brought to • satisfactory termina-
tion by the Council. 4t said that 31. Pfeifer in likewise corn-
atiosicased to communicate the wish nf Holiness to take into his
pay a corps of 2,000 Swim troops of and to enter into ne-
gotiations for the purpose.

M. d'Oubril isen his way to Madrid, as Minister Pleni•-1
potentiary from the Ituasian Court.
The Chevalier Moreno y Davie, the Spanish Minister
at the Court of Denmark, died on the Ist of June, in the
40th fear of his holding that post.
A letter front the frontiers of Catalonia, dated June 9,
'hews the diereses' state to which the inhabitants have
been reduced by the failure of the harvest. The follow-
ing is an extract :—" A debarkation of corn being on the
point of taking place at Arenys del Mar, against the laws
of the State, which prohibits the importation of corn, the
custom-house officers mustered all their force tor event it.
The tocsin, however, was sounded, and the inhabitants
rising ea matte, compelled thorn to retreat, and secured
the discharge of the cargo."
Advice from Grenada, dated January 26, state that the
free coloured inhabitants of that colony, on hearing of
some commotion in a neighbouring French colony, held a
public meeting, at which they voted a patriotic address to
Ida Britannic Majesty, and declared that for •whatever
grievance they have to complain of, they will seek no
other redress than that which may be procured by petition.,
A private letter from Zink!, dated May 14, in the
Journal de 21.farseeller, unym that news had been received
there of the defeat of the Elyptian fleet by a squadron of
14 Greek vessels off Sonde. It was added, however, that
the news neededeonfirmation.

Letters from Bahia, of the 28th of April state, that
every thing was perfectly tranquil, but that the exhaustion ll
and poverty caused by the late war were so great, that the
natives hail not a shilling to lay out in trade. For a month
previous to the date of this letter scarcely a sale had been
r:ported.
ADULTERATION Or WINE IN Panic—A correapon-
dent from Paris says—To such an alarming degree is this
practice arrived among the retailers of wine in this me-
tropolis,and so dreadful its effects, that a day or two ago,
a young man, 23 years of age, having drank a single bottle
of wine at a wine-house, at the Barrier de la Villette, fell
down on leaving the house, and lay as if dead ; assistance,
being obtained, be was restored: and it was declared by a
medical attendant that this paralytic attack proceeded from
the noxious nature of the wine he bad taken. A similar
event happened latt Monday in a wine-house, rue Nleslee ;
a man fell dead in the tap-room after thinking a chopine
of wine. It is to be hoped the Government will take this
affair in hand.

Dscistos or A GASTRONOMER.—The other day, in'
Paris, some friends of good cheer having met round a table
covered with all the delicacies which money and the Palais
Royal are capable of providing, a question was started to
know which of the two nations, the French or the English,
were the most civilized. An amateur of Gastronomy gave
is his opinion, that the pre-eminence belonged to the
Britons. "Their manlier of eating," said he, "is a proof
of my assertion ; they calculate better than we. For in-
stance, the small fork, either of steel or silver, it irrevo-
cably attached with them to the left hand, and he knife to
the right. 'flu: fork seizes, the knife cuts, and instantly
carries the morsel to the mouth. The manceuvre is pre-
cise as well as quick ; Mere is so loss if time ; it is truly the
Prussian tactics. In France the first motion is made much
in the same manner; but as soon as the pieces are cut, we
ground our arms, the knife lies motionless, on the right
isle of our plate, and the fork passes from the left to the
right band. First loss gr tiine.—The hand seizes it,
carries it to the morsel previously cut, and a third motion
raises it to the mouth. The English method is far superior
in all respects. As the weld civilization signifies the
science of living, which science consists in living well, that
is to say, in good eating, I conclude that the English are a
more civilized people than the French. SVith respect to,
economy of time (says our Correspondent), I think our
French Advocate is in the right, as very few of our City
Aldermen would allow their turtle or N. nison to cool,
while he amused the company with a discussion on the
manual of the knife and fork.
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STEAM NAVIGATIOV.—(From a Correspondent.)—The
advantages which steam navigation affords to travellers will
be shortly extended in an extraordinary degree on ihe coast
of Scotland. A steam boat, very superior in her size, con-
struction, and accommodations, will be established in the
month or July between Loch Tauber., Isla Stalfa, lona,
Lod even the Giant's Causeway, and thus, with but a trif-
im intermission, there will be a communication by steam
between London and the above places, the route being as
follows:—Prom London to Edinburgh per steam ; from
Edinburgh to Glasgow 40 miles, by a good mid or a plea-
sant water conveyance in track boats ; from Glasgow to
Loch Tarbert, per steam ; and from the latter place the
new steam boat will convey passengers three tunes per'
week to Isla Staffa and the Giant's Causeway. It is need-
less to point out the advantages which travellers in general,
but more particularly the curious, will now enjoy, of
being enabled, by means of this pleasant and expedi-
tious conveyance, to visit these parts of the North, so cele-
brated both for the remains of antiquity, and the wonders
of nature there displayedin so remarkable a manner.
The following letter is sad to have been written by a
Noble Lord to the Secretary of a certain Bible Society, in
answer to an application that lie would become its Prea-
dent :
Sitt—l am both surprised and annoyed at the application con-
tained is your letter • surprised because my well-known character
should have exempted me from any application of the sort, and an-
noyed. hermitic it compels me to communicate with you. I have
been addicted to play; I have lately taken to the turf; I fear I
frequently blaspheme, and I never ilistnbute religious tracts: all
this was well known to you, and the society ; and in spit* of It you I
were willing Kt ecnsider me a fit person to become its Presidem.
Uud forgive your hypocrisy. I would rather live in a land of,
sinners than ut saints. I am, yours, &e.