The Sun.
London, England, 1807-08-29 00:00:00

FROM THE PUNCH PAPERS.

• Mats, Atio, ta,;--We announced:. 'thai•on. Sun-
day last after Mass,,a Deputation of the Kingdom
' ofltaly was'admitted to.an audience of his
„Majesty. I
The Patriarch of Venice spoke in the name of the
Deputation. In his speech he expressed the septil
to firs c,l' ft~rli lore, and...atniration,i.vOich
Italian people felt, and for which they had given it
in charge to their Deputies to, render clue homage,
at the feet of the Monarch, the Conqueror, and the i
Pacificator. The, Emperor replied in nearly the
following 'words: '' I approve of the sentiments
which you express in the name of my, people of
Italy ; I have experienced a particular joy in the
cour4e' 61 the. late campaign, at the distinguished
Cowin& of my. Italian troops. For the fast time,
since many agett, the, Italians have appeared'
honour On 0; grand theatre or the 'world ; I hope
that so happy a commencement will excite the emu-
ofthe nation ; that even the women wilt dis •
miss front them those idle younginen Who languish
•round their toilettes, or at least that th,iy will put
,receive them till they the covered with Hbonourable
scars.
For the rest, I hope, before winter,lO inalse! the
tolif of -1)37 Italian States, and I promise thyself' a
'particular pleasure in, being in the midst of my
inhabitants' of my good town of Venice. The
Viceroy has not,
,sutlered me to remain in igno-
ranCe of the just: sentiments which tnihiute them,
and the proofs of hich t hey 'hoe gt
me."

•
His Nfajesty the. Emperor, before haYing reposed
from the'tatigues of .a war as, painful as •glut-ious,
has beep employing himself with the, meat,s of
making • the arts of peace flourish. While grand
toonuntents were erecting, while itotoeui,e labours
. were pia:ix:sing for the cioneliishweot (it the capi(al,
.ditferent projects are spoken et', \t ith a view to the
encouragement of lettevs; projeas conceived by
Majesty in the midst of the Ltiours and 'nitwits of
war, reduced to order by a Minister wiliprot`his- Wis-
dom had ren&,i'ed deirr to the .iftstind:ohltietis.',,and
of which the c7‘ecttion will 'not be long tieloyed if
his Majesty judges I h«u neces.try, One tixse
projects consists in the cstahlktiment of sour Profes-
sorships of Geography, united to the College of
France.. There is to be a Professor Ship of. Mari-
time Geography ; two of continental (one of Europe,
and the other of the rest of the globe), pod one of
Commercial and Statistic Geaguphy.
With regard to History, there rtretO be tern Pro-
fossional .Cnitirs instituted Antlent, &myna-
log the Gi-eek, one of lioinan, one of the Middle ,
Age, and, One'of Modern History ; a Chaii of the
History of yi;ince, and caw of Alilitary iiistory ; a
Lb tir of the Hjstorrof Legislatioo, and, another of
that of Literature ; a ;Chair of Ecclesiastical, and
lastly a Chair ot Biographical History.
The inhatmants of haying learned that. Of
country of Hesse is to make part ut thetikingdotO
Westphalia, an. event which must gite them the
h0.1)0 of oioying iniute tranquility, 11.. e been eager
to forM a guard of honour for the reception d their
new Sovereign. This guard, will the
15111 ot this month.