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^aturDaj? to ilftouliai)'* vooto. LONDON, APKIL 13. THE Paris papers to Thursday's date have been received. Those of Tuesday confirm the ac- count as to the satisfactory settlement of the ques- tion respecting Christians abjuring Islamism. The Porte has come under a written undertaking to the representatives of England and France, that no such persons shall be put to death. The affairs of Ota- jieite again occupy the attention of the Paris journal- ists. The arrival of an officer with dispatches from Admiral Dupetit Thouars has excited considerable curiosity; and, as the Government. appear anxious to conceal their contents, some of the Opposition papers infer that the intelligence from that quarter Z5 Is not favourable. The Steele, however, asserts the contrary, and states that the delay in publishing the documents arises from the embarrassment into which the Government is thrown by disowning so hastily the acts of a public functionary, who had merited ^ell of his country. "The officer arrived from Qtaheite," says that journal, "with dipatches from 'Admiral Dupetit Thouars, and who is said to have Wought a most favourable account of the colony since the establishment of our sovereignty, must '0 have been in no slight degree astounded at the re- ception he has met with. He expected congratula- bons, and perhaps an ovation but finds zi that a sentence of disavowal has been pronounced, even without that information as to circumstances which he, no doubt, was commissioned to lay before the Minister of Marine. The advent of this officer, who Was a member of the Commission for insuring re- Spect to the protectorate of France, and has siticc been Aide-de-Camp to Admiral Dupetit Thouars, is a political event of incontestable gravity. The dis- avowal by the Government has not vet been dis- cussed and decided upon by the Chamber, thanks to the humility of the Ministry, which has dispensed Wltll an approval, and contented itself with a sus- pension of sentence of condemnation. The Minis- try owes to the Chamber and the country a full com- 'niinication of all that has now come to its know- 'edge." The National also calls for explanation on two grounds. Either the dispatches," it says, justify the conduct of the Admiral towards Queen "ornare, or they justify the Government which has censured the couduct of the Admiral. In the latter fase, the Government owes to the country and to Ilself to make known the documents; in the con- trary case, it owes to the country and to itself t° retract a disavowal which it made much too hastily." The affair it is expected will be brought "efore the Chambers in a few days. From another source we leartie that Queen Pomare is not the only Person with whom the Admiral has quarrelled. ^°me of his own countrymen had rebelled against Is authority, and the disputes became so serious that he was obliged to expel them from the island. 's said that the mediation of Great Britain has £ een accepted for the settlement of the difference between the King of Sardinia and the Bey of Tunis. n A petition in three parts, calling for the immediate III ^bolition of slavery in the French colonies, signed bY workmen and workwomen of Paris, has been P''esented to the Chamber by Messrs. Isambert, de ^aniartine, and Agenor de Gasparin. Madrid Journals to the 5th inst. have come to hand. No movement has yet been made by the ^iuistry towards a return to the ordinary laws of country, or to the recal of the Cortes but on the hand the laws for restricting the liberty of he press are already drawn up; and, having met J^th the approval of the Cabinet, will be published One of the clauses of the new law raises caution-money given by the journals from 40,000 I** 120,000 reals.—The Gazette publishes the Royal ecreeconferring on M.Carrasco, Ministerof Financ •, e title of "Condede Santa Olalla."—These pape s enounce that the King of the French has conferred le cordon of the Legion of Honour on Senor Gon- n zales Bravo and three of his colleagues. If the statement is correct, certainly that honour never was prostituted. What have these men done to merit his mark of distinction ? They have destroyed the °nstitution, disbanded the National Guards, put °vvu iile li()evty of the press, established military k^spotistn, and sanctioned atrocities at Alicant which j,ring disgrace even on Spaniards. Will patriotic reiichnien, who regard the Legion of Honour with eneration, consider its value enhanced when shared lth such colleagues? These papers, as usual, n £ ?ntain long accounts of the movements of the two ^ueens. On the 4th they left the Palace on foot, 0 attend the religious ceremonies usually observed Holy Thursday. The process on to the church headed by a squadron of cavalry, and followed the municipality, the magistrates, certain of the Ambassadors, and the superior clergy. U>H. Busson, the French Ambassador, walked by c e side of the Queen, the Queen-Mother was ac- by her youngest daughter, and an im- crowd, says the Casteflano, silently contem- o a*ed the salutarv example thus given by the young OVereign. oJ n J^he packet-ship St. George, Capt. Ferris, ar- at Liverpool on Thursday, has brought letters <1; !>apers from New York to the 24th ult. A reet vote has been given in the Senate on Mr. j^^P'e's resolution directing the President to notify ve cat Britain the intention of the American Go- t ieiit to terminate the Convention by which the r't°ry of Oregon is jointly occupied by citizens of \v» 1 c°niltries* Upon the votes being taken there tvv^ ^or ^,e res°bition eighteen, and against it e°ty-eight, so that, the resolution was rejected by ^liajority often.—The bill to provide for the pav- °f the debt of the State of Louisiana, by the boe the public properly and the issuing of new ids, Was ulK{er discussion in the House of Re- III .setHatives of that State on the 14th ult. Rcso- hal0tlS 'n opposition to the annexation of Texas oftk ^eei1 defeat in the House of Representatives e ^ennsylvanian Legislature by a majority of The exchange has risen to 108$.

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