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LONDON DEC. 25.

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LONDON DEC. 25. TH E Paris papers to Thursday's date inclusive have A been received. They bring us the sentence of the Court of Peers on the prisoners which it had been trying. Sentence of death was passed upon Quenisset, Colombier, and Bazier; imprisonment for life upon Dufanr. Jarrasse, and Pptit; imprisonment for fifteen years upon Vallet and Bo^aio imprisonment for ten years upon Launois and Boucheron detenfio" for five years, and loss of all civil rights upon M. Dupoty, for writing a Journal read by the conspirators. A similar sentence was passed on Bazin and Prioul, Martin, Fougeray, and Consiaere, were acquitted. The sentence against Dupoty, which had been ex pected, formed the general subject of conversion Paris 011 Wednesday. The Conservatives tj,at learn, worked themselves up to fury, ^e? in°gse (0 intimidation alone could reduce the mauvaise Prc^ ^e_ silence whilst the more sage foretold a |at(er tween lie peerage and the press, in which CQN_ might not always be defeated. In fact, aH r;hprai nected with the Liberal press, joined by oteg, deputies and peers, were about to prcpa and petition to the Chamber of ^BJK,n j ,hat .he precedent of Du„o.y'» Peers the whole press at the mercy of the Gourt ot Peers, aud was in itself a monstrosity an an g the other hand, the law-officers had determn ed on bringing before the Court of Peers all the journals which had misrepresented the trial and act of accusa- lion, or which criticised them too severely, fetich a strugole as this must end either in the suppression of all freedom of the press, or the abolition of the worst part of the September laws. The veteran, M. Royer Collard, was amongst those who declared that the raising such a strife at the present moment was likely to be" most pernicious and fatal to the government. M. Guizot and his friends, however, think otherwise. They thought that their weakness in Parliament pro- ceeded from the calm, the indifference of the moment, which allowed the Conservatives to split into fractions, and permitted personal causes of difference to rise up to distract them. By exciting a fierce and passionate quarrel between Conservatives and Liberals on the subject of the September laws, which the former con- sider their palladium, M. Guizot's friends imagine that they will not only rally the numbers and fanaticism of the majority for the address and the principal questions which commence the session, but that this warmth and marked division of all parties will last, so as to have an influence on the elections, and be the means of re- turning to a new chamber an overwhelming number of Conservatives.—Most certainly the condemnation of Dupoty, in defiance of all law and justice, is the greatest blow dealt to the Liberal party since the ordonnances of 1830. It places their lives and liberties completely at the mercy of the Court of Peers. -The opposition journals seem to dread to allude to the condemnation of Dupoty, from fear of being summoned to the French Star Chamber, and fined and imprisoned by the mere will of the President, which the Law of September" authorises.—The editors of these journals were to as- semble on Thursday evening, to consider what course shonld be adopted to protect themselves from a similar fate. The effect of the announcement of the sentence of the prisoners on the Paris Stock Exchange was to produce a rise in the quotations.—The Augsburg Ga- zette and the State Gazette of Berlin both declare that the condemnation of Dupoty, on the pretended charge of complicity, is a monstrous example of ille- gality and injustice. The only other topic which seems to occupy the Paris journals is the reduction of the French Marine. The Debats approves of the re- duction of the navy in time of peace, in order to facili- tate the operations of merchants and ship-owners. The Constitutionnel, on the contrary, contends that the navy ought never to be reduced, as seamen in merchant vessels lose the habit of discipline, and are subse- quently useless for Government ships. The history of every naval war proves the fallacy of this assertion.— The King of the French will open the new Session of the Chambers in person 011 Monday. "It is reported," says the Constitutionnel, that in the last meeting of the Council of Ministers a warm discussion arose on a paragraph in the Speech from the Throne which M. Guizot had proposed. It was a question in this paragraph of giving express approbation to the project of the treaty of commerce with Belgium. M. Humann is said to have opposed himself very energetically to its adoption, and the Conncil was unable to come to any decision at this sitting." The Madrid Gazette contains a circular to the poli- tical chiefs of the different provinces, ordering them to set at liberty all persons who, in consequence of the affair of the 7th September, were arrested by way of precaution, unless there be charges against them which it is intended to bring before the tribunals.—Letters from Madrid mention that the Government had obtained possession of the Bull granted some time since by the Pope of Rome for authorising the solemnization of marriage between Maria Christina, ex-Queen Regent of Spain, and Munoz, her well-known paramour, and legalising it wherever and by whomsoever performed, whether by prelate, parish priest, or friar of the "orders grey," or of any other complexion. This singular document, it is believed there, will be laid before the Cortes at their approaching session, in justification, together with her participation in the O'Donnell insurrection, of theextreme measure adopted provisionally by the Regent Espartero of embargoing the payment of the dower stipulated by settlement on Maria Christina's marriage with the late King.-The Spanish Government, finding that the number of churches within the kingdom is too numerous and un- suited to the condition of the inhabitants, has issued a decree enjoining the Bishops to make such unions of parishes within El their dioceses, as may be consistent with the population and the due administration of divine service. This measure is to be carried into execution in the course oft, two months after the ob- servations on this subject of the provincial deputations and the Ayuntamientos shall have been heard. Of course the Pope will oppose this salutary measure of reform, and thus the breach between Espartero and the Holy See will be widened. Here is a new theme for O'Connell vituperation. The Hibernia, Capt. Wilson, arrived at Liverpool on Thursday last, from New York, after a passage of only twenty-two days and a half. She has brought journals, to the 1st inclusive, from that city, but they contain no intellIgence relative to politics or commercial affairs, later than the news recently received by the Halifax steamer, for which second editions were pre- pared by the New York press, on the evening previous to the departure of the Hibernia.—The Americans, despite of their republican notions, appear to be mightily delighted with Lord Morpeth, who continued to be feasted and toasted with unabated hospitality. He bad been entertained at a grand dinner given by the St. Andrew's Soeiety. on the anniversary of "their patron Saint; and his Lordship delivered an eloquent speech on the occasion, acknowledging the very flatter- ing manner in which he had been received by the citizens of the United States. The above was the third dinner he had attended, on three consecutive evenings.—Captain J. R Crosbie, of the brig Elizabeth ° *T ^rom 'he Nassau, New Providence, sailed the 21st November, reports 'hat the brig Creole of Rich- mon< Virginia, bound to New Orleans, arrived at KSaUj°'' the 9th November, with about 150 slaves on oard, in a mutinous state. They obtained posses- sion of the vessel and demanded that they should be lan e at a British colony. Having disabled the Cap am, and killed some of the crew, they murdered x r. owell, part-owner of the slaves, who was passen- ger on uard, by severing his head from his body, and afterwards throwing his remains overboard. They cotnpe eil another ship-captain, who was on board as passenger, t0 sjeer krjg Nassau, where he made t ea ove report on arrival. Several of the ringleaders were p aced in prison, and the rest of th« slaves suffered a erty- It was reported that the Americans ffa^a'nst their being allowed to land, but rLlnanc i v1' Tlie Creole had sailed again for New 0rle3nS of the crew.

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