Star.
London, England, 1817-03-31 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

We have received this morn►ng the French Papers
of Thursday and Friday I.lst.
The Session of the Ch..mis.rs was, as expected,
close• :)y Royal Proclautatinn on Wednesday. The
ICHvo not bt.i ,14 able to prorogue them in tierson, the
Dukes of Ricueuta; and FkLTHE were commissio-
tiers to the Peer,; and M. LAINE and Count Cott-
VETTO to the Deputies.
The Grand Duke Mamas arrived at Manbeuge
on the 18th, and set out nn his return for Brussels on
the 21st. Twenty thousand of the Russian part of
the Army of Occupation, were reviewed by his
Highness in,the plain of Wattignie, betstetu Mau-
beuge and Avesnes.
Another shock of an earthquake was felt on the
18th, between Bayonne and Pau.

The Emparton of MOROCCO has authori►ed a free
exportation of grain from all parts of his dominions,
to France.

New Orleans Papers to the 15th of February, have
Arrived. The following is an extract :

" NEW ORLEANS, FEBRUARY 15.

It is reported that the inhabitants of Carthagena,
in conjunction with a revolted regiment of Royal
troops, had taken possesbion of that City in the name
of the Patriots. It is also reported, we know not
upon what authority, that a Treaty has been con-
cluded between the United States and the King► of
Spain, whereby the whole of Florida i. ceded to the
firmer."

The Imam, of 10 guns, Captain D►vnx, arrived
on Saturday at Portsmouth, from the East Indies.
She left the Mautitius on the 10th of Nwreinber, hay-
ing just previously been to Bengal for specie, and to
Madras and Trincomalee for Mails, all which she has
brought safely to England. Oa her way from the
Mauritius, she conveyed a force to Tamatave, in the
island of Madagascar, consisting of Capt. Ls SAGE,
(who is called a Government Agent), a Sargeon, Se-1
cretary, and about twenty artillerymen. They are'
to be stationed At Ova, about 300 miles from 'l'.tma•
have, and it is hoped and expected that their pr..zence
will operate to effect an abolition of Slave-trading in
that quarter. This abominable traffic is at present
carried on by the Malays, who procure Slaves, some
by purchase and more by •iolence, from the Eastern
Coast of Africa, and make Madagascar their depot,
whence they are clandestinely conveyed to the Isles
Roderique, Bourbon, the Mauritius, &c.

The ICARUS lOtt the MAGIC'S:OM 11,11101LNIA, CON-
SWAY, and Bacon's, at Trincomalee—the MaiHp,
FALMOUTH, and JULIA, at the Cape—and the Naw-
CAitTLE (Sir FULTZ/41;Y MALCOLM), SPEY, and Lava-
an, at St. Helena. BONAPAUTIt Continued to live in
the same secluded manner he had done fur esene time.
He had not gone beyond the boundary of his garden
time LAS CASES left him. The Icoaus departed
from the Island on the 28th of January, and Ascen-
sion on the 12th of -February. She has returned
home to be paid off, being on the War Establishment,
and is come into harbour for that purpose. She left
Cakukta on the ISth, and Madras on the 28th Sep-
tember. The MUSCAUTO has been very successfully
employed in cruizin against the slave-ships, having
captured the schooner Petit Antic, under British co-
lours, from Madagascar. with 144 Africans on
board ; the Joseph and Zephyr lugger:, under Bri-
tish colours, and the Helen, under French colours,
which were engaged in the Slave Trade between the
Mauritius and Madagascar, laden with the unhappy
objects of their detestable uatracs