The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-17 00:00:00

ITALY.

ROME, DEC. 27.—The promotion of several Prelates, of
which I spoke lately, has now taken place. I add the most
important particulars :—Monsey G. Farritti, the well-known
and meritorious Minister, is appointed Bishop of Teuscone
and Corneto, in the room of the deceased Cardinal Vetzi.
The post of Uditore Generale Della, Rev. A. Camera, Apos-
tolical, is offered to Mousey Mezey, d'Argenteau Nuncio,
at Munich, a native of Liege; should he decline it will be
given to Mons. Luigi Amat dc S. Felippe e Corso, late
Nuncio at Madrid. Both places lead to the nearest promotion
to the Cardinal's hat. The successors to the two Nuncios arc
not yet appointed. Monsignore. Burial() della Valle is Uditore
della Sacra Rota in the room of the late Monsignore de Cupis,
and his place in the Signatura is given to Monsig. Lipefic.
Arrangements made by Monsignore Testi, Minister of Finance,
in his departments are particularly important, because, in addi-
tion to the three sections in the Chamber of Accounts, those of
the Customs, Public Debt, Stamp Duty, four new ones are
formed, viz., Public Works, the -Prisons, the Taxes, and one
other ; the Presidents, three of whom are not ecclesiastics, as
usual, but laymen, which is a very remarkable innovation.
We have accounts from Malta, which state that the plague
had been brought thither by a ship from Constantinople, so all
vessels from that island were denied admittance into the king-
dom of Naples. The next mail from the south will show what
credit is due to this report.
VIENNA, JAN. 4.—The Viadika of Montargis had to-day
the honour of being presented to Prince Metternich by Prince
Gottschakoff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires.
We have a continued violent north-west wind, with heavy
snow, which is so deep, that the streets have frequently been
impassable. The mails from almost all parts have arrived a
day or two too late; and a courier who was dispatched yester-
day by the Chancellor of State for Paris could get only one
stage from Vienna, and after many fruitless attempts to pro-
ceed, was obliged to turn back, with his carriage broken, to
set out a second time with a stronger vehicle, and double the
number of horses.

CORFU, DEC. 22.—8 y a letter which has been brought by a
steam-boat we have news from Smyrna, which represents the
state of Syria as very critical, and say that great caution must
be observed in making consignments to that country. Several
houses which have lately commenced doing, business with that
country are under much uneasiness, because, in case of any
extraordinary events which may ensue from the fermentation
in Syria, great losses may be apprehended. In Greece, on
the contrary, trade is becoming very active, and the im-
portation of goods from the South of France is increas-
ing. The return of King Otho is anxiously expected at
Athens ; every thing is in readiness for the reception of his
Majesty and his young consort. The accounts from Smyrna
add, that the prohibition issued by the Russian Government
against the landing of foreign merchandize on the north cast
coast of the Black Sea, seems to increase the contraband
trade carried on, and which calls for great vigilance on the
part of the Russian authorities. Several ships, it is said, have
lately been detained which had on board military stores fer the
Caucasian tribes. It is believed that a great part of the car-
goes is English property. Two officer► have lately been sent
from the office of the Lord High Commissioner; one is gone
to Malta, the other to Tripoli. It is said that orders have
been sent to the English men-of-war that were sent to Tripoli
to return to Malta. This is supposed to be at the request of
the Porte. The defeat of the French before Constantine has
given manifest pleasure to the inhabitants of this island. It is
believed that the French will now find it difficult to regain
their ascendancy among the Bedouins, and that though France
may obtain a temporary success by its arms, it will not be able
in the end to keep its ground in Africa. The premiums of
insurance for ships have risen considerably within these three
weeks.

JASSY, DEC. 23.—The General Assembly will be opened in
a few days. It is generally hoped that this session will be con-
cluded peaceably and happily.

RUMOURED MARRIAGE.--It is reported that
Lord M-- H— is about to be united to Miss B—,
a young:lady of great beauty, from the sister island.
FIRE AT QUEBEC.—Last night, between ten and
eleven o'clock, a fire broke out at Pres-de-Ville, to the
south-west of the Inclined Plane, in the house of Mr.
Kelly, tavern-keeper. The wind was westerly and the tide
out, and many of the houses wood; and the street narrow.
Every assistance was given by the neighbourhood, but the
fire could not be prevented from spreading across the
street, and the wooden buildings on both sides burnt so in-
tensely, that they set the stone houses that happensed to be
opposite on fire, by the doors,, windows, and eaves of the
roofs. The military and some of the fire companies at-
tended, but little could be done to arrest the progress of
the flames to leeward. The conflagration only stopped at
the Inclined Plane. A couple of houses to the windward
of Kelly's were consumed. The buildings were mostly
new ; twenty-two of them erected on the late Mr. Mol-
son's property after the fire two years ago. The desolation
and distress is immense. Besides the loss sustained by the
proprietors, and the assurance companies, it is supposed that
upwards of 100 families are deprived of their dwellings at
the setting in of winter, and have lost all they have saved
by industry for their support. The number of houses de-
stroyed is about .50. The amount of property destroyed
is not so great as at the fire of the 10th of September, at
the Queen's-wharf, but it is much more disastrous, by the
number of industrious families that it leaves destitute.
Three of the merchants of the Lower Town are now col-
lecting subscriptions to assist those who stand most in need
of aid, with a place of temporary resort and some imme-
diate relief.—Quebcc Gazette, Dec. 9.
COPENHAGEN, JAN. 3.—More than half of the
inhabitants of Berlin have been suffering by a disorder
which is a severe cold, and is here called the grippe ; on the
whole, it is, however, very mild. The King, who has been
attacked by it, is rather better. Jan7.—The bulletin of
to-day represents the King's health as improving ; the fever
has abated ; the appetite is better, and his Majesty feels
himself rather stronger. His sleep however continues to
be interrupted by the cough- —Hamburg/1 Paper.
The number of sheep lost in the late snow storm
in this county (Lincolnshire) would exceed belief. One
dealer alone has bought three hundred skins during last
week, and there have been others in the same line who
have purchased even-more largely.—Lincoln Gazette.

NAPOLEON AND THE DUKE L'

VICENZA.

(From La Nouvelle Minerve.)
" Napoleon," says the narrator of the details given onclig
the above head, and who will be better remembered by many
of our readers as Caulaincourt, " was subject to violent fits
of ill-humour. When he wanted on these occasions a sa-
tisfactory answer, to those who contradicted his opinions,
he used to show his displeasure by some dry answer ; but.
if it happened that he was still opposed, he often carried
ill-humour to the very verge of rudeness. When the con-
versation took this turn, I used in order to avoid corning
to extremities, which I knew my temper could not
patiently brook, cut the matter shoot by gravely taking:
my leave. This used 'greatly to annoy the Emperor ;
but, notwithstanding, he never allowed me to depart
without adding some word of kindness to remove any
unpleasant feeling which his previous warmth might have
created, and in this way, without further explanation,
harmony used to be restored between us." It appears
however, that their differences were not always so spee-
dily made up. " During the campaign of Moscow," con-
tinues Caulaincourt, ".at the close of a warm altercation,
I quitted the head-quarters; and retired to a kind of garret,
which an officer had the kindness to give up to me along
with his straw pallet—a luxury at that time. Berthier
came to seek me on the part of the Emperor. I, at first,
objected to return, being satisfied, in my own mind, that my
functions about his person had ceased. I had even written
to him requesting some command in Spain. He returned
my letter, at the bottom of which there was written in his
own hand, lam not so bad as to send you to get yourself
killed in Spain. Come and see me—l expect you.' On
seeing me approach he laughed. You well know,' said he,
holding out his hand to me, that we are like a pair of
lovers, who cannot bear to pass one another in anger.'
"" Our difference on this occasion had lasted three days.
From that time his sallies of ill-temper were much less

serious.

" Towsrds the close of 1813, the Emperor began to
show himse.if more in public—attended by the Empress—
than had been his custom. He probably felt it necessary
to court popularity at the time, in order the better to coun-
teract the intrigues which were even then going on very
actively amongst the friendi of the Bourbons."
That Napoleon was cognizant of much of what was going
on on this subject appeari certain, from the statement of
Caulaincourt, who seems at a loss to account for the ex-
traordinary apathy—the more extraordinary- in one of the
energetic habits and movements of the Emperor. One
evening, at the opera, "when the Emperor and Empress were
present, Napoleon, at the close of, one of the acts, retired
into the salon attached to his box, and turning suddenly to

aulaincourt, said. " They are plotting in the. Faubourg
St. Germain ; those people are incorrigible ; they say many
bad thiegs of me there. Have you heard any ?" Caulain-
court's reply was indicative enough of the courtier and the
soldier. •" It is not in my presence that any one would
venture to speak ill of your Majesty."
" They do, however," continued the Emperor, " plot and
conspire absurdly—meanly ; but these petty intriguers are
not dangeraus ; yet I am astounded at the ingratitude of
these peoples whom, for the most part, I have raised from
misery--to whom I have restored their sequestrated estates—
and on wfrom I have conferred, at, in many instances, their
own most obsequious and humiliating solicitations, places in
my Court." Caulaincourt does not mention the reply he
made to these remarks ; but he intimates, " that if the Em-
peror had followed the counsels which had been given to
him, and sent ' a certain porsonage' to Vincennes, he would
have done only an act of justsne." " That traitor," he adds,
" was the life and soul of all the plots and conspiracies then
going on between the Bourbon party and the allies, and from
his former relations with most of the members of the foreign
diplomatic bodies, he possessed much real influence:."
Though the Emperor knew some, and suspected snore, of
the intrigues which were carried on, to take advantage of
the difficulties to which he had brought France, and the
jeopardy in which he placed the imperial sceptre, it appears
from the statements of Caulaincourt that he was not trt all
aware of the extent to which they had been carried, and the
boldness with which they were conducted.
Some few days after the conversation above noticed, at
the breaking up of a Council, Savary, the Chief Minister of
Police, placed in the hands of the Emperor a parcel, con-
taining printed papers, manuscripts, several letters, and a
porkfenille.
" What is all this ?" demanded the Emperor.
Sire," replied Savary, " they are proofs in
.support of
facts to which I have often in vain begged the attention of
your Majesty."
The Emperor knit his brows as be cast his eye over ono
of the letters which Savary had put into his hands. •
From the Minister's account of the manner in which these,
important documents came to hisa hands, it appeared that
some time before the police got intimation that Madame
La —, under pretence of a journey, for amusement, to
Mentz, was to be the bearer of many important communica-
tions from the Coterie of the Faubourj St. Germain. We
are told that a more prudent choice could not have been made
of an Ambassadress for such a mission. ,She was young,
handsome, of most engaging manners, great Address, and a
spirit which would not have shrunk from any of the conse-
quences of the functions with which she was charged. On
the 3d or 4th of December, 1813, she prepared to set out
from Paris. Her passports for Mentz were all en regle—
lier elegant caleche was covered with boxes and trunks,
filled with robes, cloaks, bonnets, &c. Who could have
suspected any evil from such an array of trumpery ? In
fact, nothing could have a more harmless air than the
whole set-out. In this manner, and accompanied by a
confidential domestic, she journeyed towards Mentz in per-
fect security, revelling in the delightful anticipations of
splendid fetes, of riches, and ambitious conquests. Alas!
pleasant dreams are of short duration. The fair tra-
veller had not achieved more than half her journey, when
she was aroused from her enchanting reveries to see her
carriage surrounded by vulgar gendarmes, and still less
polished alguazils of police, who roughly threw open the
door, and intimated that she must descend. Her place
in the carriage was soon supplied by agents, who com-
menced a most minute search into every part, evidently
in quest of something which was considered of vast impor-
tance. She knew well what was the object of their search ;
but as long as she found that it was unsuccessful, she, with
the most imperturbable coolness, talked--in a high strain,
using no slight threats against the invasion of the liberty of
the subject.' " What could they want? Were not her
passports all regular ? Was the reign of terror returned
that men could be guilty, with impunitT, of such an outrage
against a poor unoffending female ?" Rer complaints and
remonstrances were continued in this style' up to the moment
when she saw that they had found the long .sought-for par-
cel, which was ingeniously concealed in the bsittom of the
carriage. It contained the correspondence—a portfolio,
filled with letters of credit at Frankfort and other Places,
and besides 15,000 francs in gold. Her tone and misnner
became now all at once changed. To threats and remon-
strances succeeded tears and supplications, and offers of gold
to the worthy gendarmes. But all was in vain. The police
agents were, as they usually are, insensible to tears, and in-
accessible to gold, and the lady was obliged to submit to re-
turn to Paris, escorted by the gendarmes, and with three
police officers, who ungallantly took their seats at the side
of the fair traveller. They arrived at Paris by twilight,
and Madame La-- having been subject to a long interro-
gatory by the Minister of Police, and all the documents of
which she was the bearer, taken out and verified in her pre-
sence, she was committed to a place of safety. Her tra-
velling companion and the postillions who, (except the po-
lice), were the only parties cognisant of her arrest, were also
properly looked after. When Savary had related what we
have stated in substance of the manner in which he had ob-
tained the documents, the Emperor read them ; they were
all of the utmost importance, as they showed the views And
objects of the kgitimatistes. Savary urged the Emperor
to take immediate measures to put down those con-
spiracies against his Government. Napoleon did not re-
ply ; he bowed to Savary to take his leave, and await
his orders. After Savary had retired, the EMperor
again read most of the documents—an expression of in-
dignation escaping him now and then.. Some of them
he threw into the fire as he read them ; others he placed in
the drawer of his bureau. For a time he was sad and silent,
and it was some moments before he said to me, " Can you
conceive such atrocities ?" It does not appear from the
statement of Caulaincourt, that the Emperor either pu-
nished the parties engaged in these intrigues, or took.
that advantage of his knowledge of them which he had
been advised to do. This may perhaps be accounted for
by the more pressing nature of other • objects, which
about the same time forced themselves on his attention.
Every day," adds Caulaincourt, " some new disaster
occurs to complicate our situation already so •embarrass-
in-. The strong towns in Germany in which our gar-
risons had hitherto held out, were now going from us
one by one, and we thus, besides the forts, lost men,
munitions, and materiel, those precious resources with
which our enemies enriched themselves. Still the new levy
of 300,000 men was going on with facility, but we wanted
time. We were now in December, and the allies were ad-
vancing by forced marches. On the Ist of January, 1814,
they crossed our frontiers."
It was then commenced that campaign of miracles, in
which the genius of Napoleon blazed forth with astounding
splendour. Never before did an army achieve such pro-
digies of valour, or perform such skilful manceuvres—work
such wonders. In the campaign of France were renewed
those prodigies of Italy, which exhibited to the whole world
the spectacle of a hero. The close of the military career
of Napoleon supplies the most 'gigantic defence which the
annals of warfare afford.

It is generally understood-that a brevet wiil be an-
nounced in the Indian army, similar in extent to that winch
has just taken taken place in the King's service.