The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Etoile dated Sunday, Jan. 21.)
PARIS, JAN. 20.—Letters from Berlin, to the Eth Jan.
say :—" It is reported that the approbation of the estate
of the-Grand Duchy of the Rhine, of the abolition of the
French code, has been received. It is added, however,
that the code will not he wholly abolished, and that,
among the parts which it is wished to retain, are trial by
Jury, the publicity of judicial proceedings, and oral pro-
ceedings. It isalso believed that the Government does not
intend to abolish those institutions where they have ex-
isted for some time."

The Gazette Universelle, of Lyons, of the 16th, con-
tains the following article:—
" The academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres. and Arts,
of Lyons, has resolved, in its sitting of this day, that an
Address should be presented to the King, petitioning his
Majesty to order his Ministers to withdraw the project of
law relative to the press. Some of the Academicians pro-
posed that the subject should be referred to an extraordi-
nary sitting, convoked expressly, but the academy judged
the affair pressing, and appointed a committee to draw up
the petition. The Commissioners are to lay the petition
before the Academy, on the 25th instant, and a sitting
will be speedily convoked, stating the object to be discus-
sed in it."

(From the Pilote of Saturday.)
PARIS, JAN. 19.—Letters from Alexandria, in Egypt,
of the 26th November, say, that the Pacha had laid an
embargo, on the 17th of that month, on all foreign vessels:
'The embargo continued -4.8 hour*, after the departure. of
:the.., het, which was not effected tiil after the lapse of six
.days. ' Severaticcidents occurred; a brig laden with am-
munition was destroyed by. &el three Austtian transports
were drivenagaioat arnck, and were, for tWo,days in great
danger- _ • . , _ . - , . .
. It is said that the Pacha has ordered the Admiral to re-
main at sex though the winter, and to follow the ol.deis
61Ibrahim Paella, in case the Jatter skuld be obliged to
return to Egypt. .
. .
--;--r..ettera from Vienna sa,', that Baron Cittenfels,.the"Aus-
triatkiaternnheitvat Constantinople; VAS' has been "iieryr47
served inleiv proceedings, relative to the negotiations Coln:.
;permed by- Enghtn&and-- France -in -favour of GieeeN i
waiting for the arrival of M. de Ttibeaupierre, to leave -the
instructions which he will bring with him, in Order to re-;
gulate his conduct accordingly.
The Afoniteur and the Etoge give, at considerable
length, the commencement of the debate in the Chamber
of. Peers, on the Report of the Committee appointed to
examine the. petition of M. Moustier. The report itself
is not given, but the Mortiteur announces that it will be
inserted in a future number at full length. The report
was ordered to be printed, on the motion of Count de
Segur; but the proposal of the same Noble Peer, to
defer the discussion till after the printing of the report, '
Was opposed by the Archbishop of Paris, and rejected by
the Chamber.
...... (From Galignani's Messenger, of Jan. 20.) . .

The pUblic curiosity was greatly excited on Thursday
and yesterday, in consequence of the Report of the om-
mittee upon the Count de Montlosier's petition for the
laws against the Jesuits to be carried into execution, having
been brought to the Chamber of Peers on Thursday, and
the discussion upon the subject continued yesterday.
Count Portales, son of the celebrated orator whoformerly spoke with such eloquence against the Jesuits, in
disguise, under the name of Paccanarist, was Reporter.
From what has transpired of the sitting, it seems that all
the Ecclesiastical Peers that were in Paris were present, as
well as the Prince de Polignac. The Report concluded
by proposing to refer the petition to the President of the
Council. The Reporter, it is said, spoke with such.mo-
deration and firmness as are above all praise, and developed,
with much talent, the doctrines and principles which the
Magistracy have avowed, in different memorable judgments.
The Cardinal de la Tarre is represented as having bestowed
high eulogiums on the institution of the Jesuits, and deeply
censured three Ministers (de Pombal, d'Aranda, and de
Choiseul), who contributed so powerfully, in the last
century, to the expulsion of the Society of Jesuits. In
conclusion, he called upon the Chamber,' in vehement
terms, to reject the petition.
The Duke de Choiseul felt himself called upon to speak;
in consequence of allusions having been made to one of
the members of his family, who had done his best to serve
the-Monarchy—to the memory of a statesman of whom
he had the honour to bear the name, and profess the prin-
ciples.
The Duke de Fitz James read a speech, in which he ex-
pressed himself favourably inclined to the congregation and
the company of the Jesuits.
The Sitting was adjourned to Friday.
In the Sitting of yesterday the Viscount D'Ambray
spoke in favour of the Jesuits, but the speech presented
nothing new. . .

The—Viscount Laine replied, with much argument, to
the opinions offered on the preceding day by the Cardinal
De La Tarre and the Duke de Fitz James. M. de Bonahl
delivered an obscure speech, which is said to have been
against the proposition.
M. de Parente spoke on_the opposite side.
The Bishop of Hermopolis rose amidst cries of " Ques-
tion." His Excellency delivered a high panegyric upon
the Jesuits, whom he represented as having rendered the
most important services to education, at all periods, in
every country. He maintained that the company of Je-
suits admitted into the kingdom by several Royal edicts,
had only been expelled by police decisions, and that no
new laws were necessary to authorise Priests to spread
the Divine Word, and form youth to the practice of Chris-
tian virtues.

Baron Pasquier answered the arguments of the Rev.
Prelate with great force and perspicuity : after which the
Order of the Day was proposed, and rejected by a majo-
rity of 113 against 73. Three points of the petition were
then rejected, and the fourth and last, which related to
the Jesuits in France, was referred to the President of the
Council.
(From the Journal des Debate.)
LISBON, JAN. 3.—Letters from Oporto, of the 31st of
December, announce dispatches from General Claudino,
stating his entrance into Viseu, on the 28th, with the
troops under his command, anti those of General Azeredo.
The rebels evacuated the town the same day, and re-
treated in ,the direction of Mangoalde. Colonel Pinto,
whe commands at Coimbra,had been requested,by Count 'l
tie Villa Flor, to go to Murcella,* where the Marquis of
Chaves must necessarily pass after crossing the Mondego.
The British flag now floats in the Tagus, upon no less
than thirty vessels of war, and a prodigious number of
transports. Sir T. Hardy, who commands the expedi-
tion, has his flag on board the Wellesley. The day before
yesterday, the troops disembarked, and were inspected by
the Commander in Chief, Sir H. Clinton; after which
they went to take possession of the quarters assigned them.
The bands of the different regiments played Portuguese
airs. The reception of the troops was enthusiastic, and
garlands of flowers were scattered from the balconies upon
the heads of our deliverers.

It has been this day decided, that the Portuguese army
shall be organized after a new plan; it is to be entirely re-
modelled. Marshal Beresford has just been named Com-
mander-in-Chief. A great deal has been said of the pre-
tensions, or, to speak more properly, of the demands of
England upon Spain : they are of such a nature that war
is inevitable, unless France will come forward as guarantee
for Ferdinand VII. At this moment twelve sail of Eng-
lish vessels have just been telegraphed.
P tas' JAN. 19.—M. Michaud has this day published
in the journal of which he is a proprietor and principal
editor, a letter relating to the dismission which he has just
received. We consider it our duty to reprint it. It will
add to the interest which a disgrace never fails to excite

* Murcella is situated about five leagues east from Coimbra,
and 45 leagues north-east from Lisbon, on the road from Guarda
to Coimbra, whence it would appear that Chaves intended to avoid
the latter town, and to march directly upon the eapital,—(Note
of French Ed.)