The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

[THE TIMES.]

The Paris Papers during the interval, not yet
elapsed, between the presentation of the law on
the press, and the forthcoming report of tl?e com-
mittee, by whom the measure will be launched
for the first time into the arena of the Chamber
of Deputies for discussion, have furnished little
subject of remark. With regard to the great
scene of interest in the East of Europe, the French
intelligence, however, in each separate_ instance
confidently given, has, proved on the whole to be
so vague, fluctuating, and unauthenticated, that
well informed people have ceased to consider it
a reasonable basis for calculation, or even for
conjecture. Until we have an accurate state-
mentsof the reception afforded by Russia to the
last conciliatory overtures of the Ottoman Porte,
we shall be inclined to suspend, as much as pos-
sible, all direct notice of the daily rumours.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
We lately stated that Viscount Chateaubriand
will succeed the Duke de Cazes as Ambassador
to England._ This appointment is stated in the

_
Moniteur. The same paper announces the ap-
pointment of Made Serre, Minister of State and
Member of the ChaMber of Deputies, • to the
embassy to the Court of the Two Sicilies. The
Moniteur further contains four Royal Ordinances
of the 9th of January, appointing the Duke
of Laval Montmorency, the Duke of Dou-
' the Duke
.of Narbone-Pelet, and
• the Viscount Bonald, Ministers of State atd
Members of the Privy Council. The King has
also signed an .olklinance, naming Dr. Francois
an Officer or the Legion of Honour, in recom-
pence of the devotion he has shewn by his efforts-
' for the relief of personi labouring under the
dreadful contagion at Barcelona ; and another,
replacing General Donadieu on the list of effec-
tive General Officers. At the suggestion of the

,prez.ent Keeper of the Seal, M. Peyronnet, the
King has remitted to M. Lacretelle, the elder,
the remainder of the imprisonment to which he
had been condemned, as the author .of a pamph-
let, entitled " The Clippings of the Censorship."
—Among the motives which are said to have
induced the King to accord this grace to M.
Lacretelle, are, his advanced age, his in-
firmities, and his rank in the Academie Frangaise,
of which he is Chancellor.—The foreign news in
the Paris Papers is of a pacific character. it is
stated under the head of Vienna, that the Otto-
man Porte has accepted the Russian ultimatum
with certain modifications. The French funds,
notwithstanding, are on the decline.—lt appears
that the missionaries in Paris, of whom so much
has been said lately, are increasing in activity,
and the concourse of persons who flock to the
Church of St. Genevieve to assist in their exer-
cises, and receive their instructions, becomes
every day more considerable. In order that the
working classes may profit by them, they com-
mence at half-past five in the morning, and con-
tinue till seven.

MORNING lIERALD4
Paris Papers of Wednesdai and Thursday
have arrived since our last. From recent cir-
cumstances and some paragraphs in these Jour-
nals, we should conclude that an experiment of
no small difficulty, in our judgment, is in the act
of being tried upon the good people of Paris :
it is no less than to 64 re-catholicise" them to
the faith of the fifth century. We neither blame
the conduct or question the sincerity of the Pro-
pagandists; but we have strong doubts of their
ultimate success, although they have the advan-
tages of the highest protection, with the materials
of credulity and intrigue. But their machinery
appears to us to be as unfit for a campaign of con-
troversy at the present day, as the ancient batter-
ing-rams compared with Congreve rockets or a
field of heavy ordnance. All their hopes seem
to rest upon the exposure of the relics of St.
Genevieve, and some sly miracles wrought by the
Missionaries within the last two or threp years in
the departments. The remains, or what are pre-
tended to be the remains, of the Saint, are daily
exposed to the worship of " the Faithful," who
assemble round them in multitudes ; and the
Duchess of Angouleme, by her devotional per-
formances at the new Church of St. Gene-
vieve, has given to it a vogue, which may
not be without its value in the work of per-
suasion. We doubt, however, whether this
vogue will last as long even as the latest
fashion ; and it would appear that some of the
reputable and enlightened heads of the Gallican
Church are shocked at these indecent manoeuvres,
but are restrained by an influence above their
controul. If it be the object to restore Chris-
tianity or Catholicism, let these Propagandists
employ the only weapons that can be employed
with success, or with approbation, at the pre-
sent day. Let them open the Bible, and appeal
to that and to the reason and judgment of their
hearers. Then even those who are not of their
communion will not deny them the praise of la-
bouring for the benefit of Christianity. Let them
unite their endeavours with the universal distri-
bution of the Bible ; and, if they do not give
proof of the truth of their particular opinions,
they will at least prove the sincerity of their con-
viction. Religions is in reality a mere pretext
in the hands of this Propagandist Party. Ambi-
tious and intriguing Pciests and Politicians, a
few weak heads, and some female devotees are at
the bottom of the crusade. We are convinced that
the respectable and enlightened members of the
Galilean Church would not for an instant coun-
tenance this attempt to palm the legends and
juggleries of the fifth upon the nineteenth century.
The explosion of Mr. Loveday's case will pro-
bably put an end to the scheme. His petition
was put into the hands of M. Lanjuinais, to be
presented to the Chamber of Peers. The Quo-
tidienne has promised a reply to it, which we look
for with some curiosity. It appears by the
Moniteur that M. Chateaubriand is appointed Am-
bassador to London, and M. de Serre to Naples
—a melancholy falling off in the rank and
consideration of the latter. There are accounts
from Madrid as late as the 3d instant. The
Ministry was still unchanged ; but it was ex-
pected that the Ministers of Finance and the
Interior must resign. The provinces remained in
nearly the same state. The accounts from the
north of Europe still leave the question of peace
or war in the same state of indecision. They
however rather incline to the side of hostilities,
and ascribe the recent pacific rumours to persons
interested in raising the Austrian funds.