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London, England, 1820-10-14 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

At a late hour last night we received the French
Papers of Tuesday, and this morning those of Wed-
nesday came to hand.
After Mass, which the Ktwo heard in his apart-
ments on Monday, his MAJESTY received a Deputa-
tion from the Municipal Council, and from the Na-
tional Guard of Versailles and Fontainbleau, congra-
tulating him on the birth of the Duke of BouttneAux.
In the Address from the National Guard of Fontain-
bleau, we find the following passage, which may
serve as a tolerably correct specimen of French Ad-
dresses in general :
" May the enemies of legitimacy tremble at their own impo-
keine ! May they acknowledge the finger of Goa, in the sub-
lime inspirations, and in the courage of a virtuous and adorable
Princess, who has become altogether French. Nay your Ma-
testy deign to have confidence in those, who, bursting with a
sacred fire, possess in their hearts the innate feeling of love, and
service towards you."

To which his MAJESTY deigned to reply—

" I receive with pleasure the sentiments of the town of Fon-
ttinl;leau ; and I recognise them in those which you have ex-
pressed."
The accounts from Naples come down to the 22d
ult. The Constitutional Journal of Me Two Sicilies,
announces that the Duke de GALLO, sent as Ambas-
sador Extraordinary to the Court of Vienna, had
been obliged to stop at Clagenfurth, and that to the
complaint which he had addressed to Prince MET-
TERNICH, he had received for answer, " that in con-
sequence of an overturn which had upset the fcun-
dations of the social edifice, and which menaced at
the same time the safety of Thrones, of acknow-
ledged Constitutions, and the repcse of the People,
his Majesty, the Emperor of AUSTRIA, would act in
contradiction to the principles which had invariably
guided him, if he accepted the mission of the Duke
de GALLO."

The same Journal announces the refusal of the
Imperor of Russta to receive the Prince de CIMI-
TILE, upon which it makes the following remarks:
It appears, then, that our political reform will be
the principal object of the deliberations of the Con-
gress, which is to assemble at.Troppau. Let us hope
that more correct notions will enlighten the allied
Sovereigns." To balance this news, which excites
here considerable uneasiness, The Journal of the Two
.Sicilia announces, that Don ONIS, the Minister of
Spain, bad presented to his MAJESTY a Letter of Con-
gratulation from. his Sovereign, in reply to that, in
which the King of NAPLES announced to him the accep-
tation of the Spanish Constitution for his Kingdom.
The accounts from Sicily are not later than those
we have already given. General Fr ORESTON PEPS
had published a new Proclamation to the Sicilians,
in which he promised a complete oblivion of all that
had passed, on the sole condition that the revolted
cities should re-establish the Authorities as they be-
fore existed. The Deputies from the City of Catania,
avid the Province of that name, to the Neapolitan
Parliament, had arrived in Naples.
There is nothing new in these Papers from Spain;
nor any Portuguese intelligence whatever.
French Five per Cents. let t off on Tuesday at 741.50 c.

FRANKFORT, OCTOBER 5.
The Ecclesiastical Affairs of Protestant Germany, I
and the regulation of them, are a chief subject of
conversation in this country. Since the last answer
of Cardinal Gonsalvi to the proposals made to the
Court of Rome, by the Plenipotentiaries of the Ger-
man Sovereigns, it is considered as nearly certain, that
the basis of the provincial arrangement will be
adopted in a manner almost agreeing with the pro-
posals. There are merely some modifications which
the Court of Rome requests to be acceded to ; but it
is also affirmed, that these modifications are not pro-
posed as absolute conditions, and consequently their
non-acceptance would not break off the negociations,
-which have been for some time on foot, nor much de-
lay the conclusion of the provincial arrangement
above mentioned. According to the basis of the
convention which is to be concluded, the new divi-
sion of the Bishoprics is fixed till a farther division,
and may perhaps be considered in some respects as
definitive. Each of the States which shall take part
in this negociation will have a territorial Bishop, for
whose endowment and that of his chapel very suit-
able provision shall be made. The Holy See shall en-
joy the right of confirming the Bishop presented to
it. It cannot refuse this confirmation, except on very
serious grounds, which shall be communicated to the
Governments concerned, &c. It is thouipt, that the
Sovereigns whose delegates form the Lcclesiastical
Congress, will have in common a Minister residing
at Rome. On the other hand, it is affirmed, that the
Pope intends to have an accredited Minister to the
Germanic Diet, who will charge himself with- all
affairs concerning the Holy See, its interests, and
tbs.: of the Catholic Church in Germany.

Madrid Papers have arrived to the 28th ult. At
the evening Sitting of the Cortes, on the 26th, an ani-
mated &bate took place on the Bill for defining and
limiting the Freedom of the Press. The first clause,
enacting, that " Every Spaniard has a right to pub-
lish his sentiments without a previous censorship,"
vas read and approved. But a special exception is
made with respect to commentaries on the Sacred
Scriptures, and the dogmata of the Catholic Religion,
which notes or commentaries are prohibited from
publication, without the licence of the Ordinary. A
warm debate arose on the two following clauses,
‘vhich explain and restrict the jurisdiction of the Or-
dii,ary, and allow the author, who may feel ag-
grieved, to appeal to the Junta of Protection. In the
course of the discussion, reference was naturally
made to the Institution of Juries, so essential to the
mai.ltenance of a free Press; and a handsome en-
comium was paid by M. CALATRAVA on the Trial
by Jury in England ; where, observed another De-
puty, the institution is perfect, whereas in France it
i; defective.—The Sitting of the Cortes is to be ex-
terided to the 9th of November.