The National Register.
London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PA n ts, !%I Allyn 21.—lty a Decree of the 17Fh of this month,
his Nlajestv has ordered the execution of the measures determin-
ed on at Paris in December last respecting the Jews. ASs na-
gmrue and Israelite Consistory is- to be established for esery
`?000 Jews, but there can be only one Consistorial S'ilatrofrae.
fora Department. The Uonsistory is to superintend the
and see that their teaching he conformable to the dot trines of
the Grand Sanhedrin. They are to give informatiln re*pevting
the Jess ish Conscripts of their districts. I:vcry Jew who
wishes to settle in France or Italy, must give three months pre.
Sinus notice to the nearest Consistory. here h to be a central
Consistora at Paris ; each Consistory is to have a Cram' Rabbi,
elected by Yrs Notables. The Rabbis of the Central Cons;.tory
are to base a salary of 6000 francs; those of the Consistorial
Synagogue 1000, and the other Rabbis are not to have less than
I OM francs.

Another Imperial Decree, dated the 17th, annuls all ohliza-
tions for loans made by Jews to minors, without the sanction of
their guardians, to married women without the con•ent of their
hosbands, or to military men, without the authority of their
superior officers. Bilk granted by French sultjects to .leer
cannot he demanded, unless the holders prove that full value
was given without auy fraud. All debt, accumulated be inte-
rest above 5 per cent. are to he reduced hy the Courts of Law.
If the interest growing on the capital exceed t per cent: the
contract is to he declared usurious. After the Ist Julv 'text,
no Jew will be anoxia to trade n ithout -a patent, renew ahl,.
annually. This patent the Prefect, are not to grant to any in-
dividual, until he produces a certificate of his character. te?ti-
fying that he is no usurer. No Jew not actually domiciliatc,i
in the Departments of the Upper and Lower Rhine, can he ad-
mitted to a domicile there. In the other Departments the Jeo
cannot be allowed to settle, except upon the eoadition of their
purchasing rural property, and abandoning commerce. The
Emperor may, however, grant to individuals exceptions from
this law. The Jews of the Conscription are required to per-
form personal service„ and are not allowed to find substitute.
These regulations are to be continued only during ten years, is
the hope that after that period there will be no difference be-
tween the moral character of the Jews and other Citizens of the
Empire. If the contrary should appear, the law sill be con-
! tinned in force. •
_ .

The Jews of Bourdeaux, of the Gironde, and the Lando,
having given no cause for complaint, arc not made subject to the
above regulations.
'MA Atli Vt—Tite Official Journal of this day contain. thf.
Declaration of Russia and of Denmark against Sweden: and also
the Proclamation issued by General Bust hoyden, on his entrance
into Finland. This last is preceded by an article from Stock-
holm, in which an account is thus communicated of the impri-
sonment of M. Alupeus, the Russian Ltivos-.
Is was on the stit instaut that we had the pain to witness the
Mission Minister, M. Alopcus, taken into custody. The fol-
lowing is AU account of the manner in which that Arainfe
took place :—That day, at two o'clock in the morning, Rawl
de Rove, the King's Aid-de-Camp, was announced to M. .llo-
peus, and made known to that. Minister that he had receised
orders to arrest him, and to seal up his papers, and those of hit
mission. As was natural, the sliuister protested agaimt
this
treatment, and wished to oppose it, when some officers, with a
numerous detachment of the body guards, made their appear-
ance, and obliged him to submit. All persons employed mulct
the Russian Lnibassy were roused from their beds, and those in
the city were searched out, awl a guard set over their rc•i-
deuce. A Lieutenant of the body guards was made respomible
for the person of the Minister, and four subaltern officers uer
ordered to euard those employed by him, sentinels being phc"
at the door of the house. Madarne Alopeus was offered the
choice, either of leasing her house, and going to iiro
io the city, or of submitting and remaining with those is hoo
art
confined.

Tile following iA the Note IN bleb, under titer circurnzrine,"
rto• Swedi;ll Minkter for Foreign .1)1All •
transmitted to A!opetts:•-• • 1
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" NIL; L't,..io,t ri‘crived infitrination that a 'l.ll"i3c
."."1, vtlt..t•eo fi:lo;•1. ;art Itio