The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-19 00:00:00

THE ENWGIITENED PAI'iUOTS,

We were amused on Saturday last With two
coliin Papers, the Morning Chronicle.arid.the. Pub Uri
Evening Post, from which the foll Owing -pttractS-
are so'hlicrous that we cannot reftainifrom thi
pleas,ure of giving then a place in Tun
The first displays the spirit-the second., the inter
ligence of the worthless Faction. .
`` Ever since the error of the Dukesif 13ELitiko;
which opened 'the eyes Of -the Allies to something
like a knowledge or belief bf the extent
.of the
forces opposed to then, BUONAPARTE changed his
Man, and reverted to the original concealment by
which- he had nearly lured them to thetoils. The
alarm excited by his, developements and the move
ment of AILIGEREALT- were viewed by him With re-
gret, and the most, profound and intense thought
at Troyes, were requisite for three days, to replant
in the minds of the allied for
scheme
of -going to Paris—of committing their armies be-
yond redemption ! ! !.
Baittes were directed to be fOught with
BL'O6IE-R, and to be ended like battles. reallo
doubtful, or giving, him hopes. Alarm was af-
fected before.SCH‘VARTZENgERG after the purposed
pursuit, /and thei,purposely sustained repqlse ;
45,000 men were. left on the line.of March, when
treble the number were in store behind ;. (Queryi
the old 600,000 ?) . .

" Prince SCHICARTZENBERG has advanced—Br,o-
C keeps his ground—the Frenchscolnums-aret
covertly (under.umbrellas,) makingfor their dcs-
tined points, it which ,when they arrive, the tremen-
dons conflict commences, and all is ended. Most
probably at this mothent, while" I 'write, the Allied
Army has -been surrendered ! • .
" It is said that sonielroors nave appeared at
Boulogne. It is very likely to be some of Btu--
cnun's army, dispersed and flying in all dir,lctions:"
—(The Morning Chronicle.)

" IMPORTANT NEWS.
‘_` The intelligence from France, which we this
..cyenintr communicate, is More important in ad
its. bearings than any received for a considerable •
time. The sun of' Napoleon's good tontine again
sh;nes fo7th, and begins to indicate a rethrn
its former splendour in a Avord,
UNDER PRINCE SCEMARTZENBERG, itAvn SUED
FOR AN ARMISTiCE! This is, in itself, a volume
-as-to the- S.-tk.e!tif;'atrairs-Ntrith the De!,iterers !
Their have sued formerey ; it is. nothing short of
this—they have sued, for ,mercy frnin the French
Emperor—from, that map, whoselnanie they join—
ed to every thing infamous, whose Capital they -
were to enter, and whose .drown arnLpuWer they
,were to destroy for ever."—(The
_F.eening
Post,)

It is.hnt justice to the Chronicle to state, that
the ahoye frantic ravings are only sanctioned by
its sapient Conductors under the shape of a letter
from a person, i%'ho profeSses to have formed
, .
mind upbn the reading of that Print, from " oft*
and accordance of principle, for •twenty years."—
No, wonder he shonlirwrite so foolishly, sofaltotjy,
so unpatriotically ! ! !"

•-t •
A Russian Paper contains the following article :
Irkutsk (ilts'sia),Ocr. Gor-
Lowm,. who had orders to explore the coasts but
little known Of the Eastern Sea, arrived, inlBll,
off one of the isles of Japan, called Konnacheri.
The Governor of the island invited him to land.
He accepted the invitation ; but this demonstra-
tion of friendship was soon followed by the basest
perfidy : the Captain; his first :Lieutenant, dna
pilot, and four seamen,- were arrested and con-
fined, and for two years no one km 4 their late.
The strictness' of the laws of Japan, and the. for-
malities ofeUstom,especially in regard to foreigners,
made us fear that our unfortunate countrymen had
died in dreadful torments. At length, however,
we have learned, to the great satisfaction of the
parents and friends of Capt. GoLlowiN, that he is
now with his crew on the island of Matimai, where
he lives conformable to his rank, and enjoys full
liberty.: On .receiving this intelligence, our Go-
vernment sent Captain Rtconn, on:, the 10th of
August, 1813, in "a vessel to Matzwai, to bring,
with the consent of the Likuperor of JAPAN, ti.ap-
tain GoLLovset N anditiS companions to Russia.
Mrs. SmnoNs concludes her. Readings before,
the University at Oxford -on Monday. .She los
given three Readings, whiehl were w'ell attended.
A man, named BACON, .has been committed to
Oxford Gaol for stealing three .flitches of bacon.
He doubtless thought he had a right to take_
them under protection as members of hisfamily.
oxFoRD, Re.r.Dr: Van Mihiert, Regius -
Professor of Divinity, was nominated a Delegate of the Cla-
rendon - Press, in the town of the Right Rev. the Bishop of
Oxford, who tas tesigned. in the convocation on' Wednes-
day la4t till ninnination of Mr. Cardwell, ofsßrasennose Col-
lege, and Mr. Kehle, of Oriel,. to the oti Examining
Masters, received the approbaltion of the a
cAmoanioE, MAa6fr —l' he 'Subject of the Se,tnnian
Prize Poeni *,*n. the present lq.a,r,ls----"..iepthah meeting * his ,
illughter atter ins rasa row,"
The Hedge Ayssoip (Gratiola o;9t,inalis) and
its preparathins, which' have been foini.l.so hi ;hly
beneficial in Pulmonary Consumption, Asthma,
and Constitutional Cough, at tie Phthi'sieal Dis-
pensary, which has recently been established un=
der the patronage• of the Prince Regent, may •Itse
obtained at the Chemical, .and Medical Hail, 1714
Piccadilly, late of Bedford-street, Coventiarden:

THE MEANS ,SOVEREIGNS NOW HAVE OF
RENDERING, THEIR STATES INDEPENDENT.
-Ist. Every Potentate in--Europe has the power,
st-the present expected Peace, of rendering hirri,
. self independent Of,the Pope, whose authority has
t vet been deemed inferior to the decrees or Ge-
neral Counc;is ; the.infallibility of 'the latter the
Roman Catholics never doubted, though that of
the Pope they have, and particularly the Freneh.
Tie Popes have at all times been afraid of Ge-
neral Councils, and therefore , endeavoured to
render their decrees nugatory, by gaining a ma-
jority by means of their numerous Italian BiShops,
and this in defiance of - the protests of _ the most
bigotted Sovereigns, Philip the 2d of Spain, Bc.c.
and of the Court of ,Fiance, the latter of whom
forbid the Decrees of the` Corincil of Trent being
published in the French dominions.
2d. If- the bigotted Kings in the dark ages re-
volted at the usurpations of the Church of Rome,
what Must the present enlightened age think, if
the Emperors and Kings of Earope:do not make
themselves Supreme 'Heads of the Church in their
several. States, at a General Peace, referring
henceforth all circumstances relative to the to-.
Irian Catholic Religion to a: General Council ?
_ 3d. The present, Pope cannot, say that Ms an--
thot ity is superior tc.) the ,D.ccrees of a general
Council, because the Canons of the, Church de=
,clare the contrary. Therefore, a, reference to a
General Council in future,cannot abridge the
power
.of the present Pope, who, as yet, never'
had any power, nor ought he ever to have any.,
but only to have a pension settled on himself and
his Cardinals for life. If any Cardinal dies, a
stiec:essor is not to, be appointed. the Col-
lege will become extinct; nor should any other
Pope after the present-be ,cbosen... Those acting
contrary to these articles to suffer.death or impri-
sonment for life. For..thesame rea.on, the tem-
poral.dorninions of the Tope
~Ought never to be
restore 1. „
4tl. If there does not exist, a. Pope, there can
be no- Ecclesiastical- power in any State, iude-,
pendent of the Supreme Civil Magistrate, whe-
ther that is an Emperor or. King, or of any other
denomination in a republic.
6th. One State cannot interfere in the religious
afluirs of-another, nor will there be any foreign.
power that can. This (as universat.toleration
now allowed) will ensure religious peace for ,ever
lip EUrope. A power' to act otherwise is the curse,
of AI :civil 'society, .and most. destructive-of',hu-
Oran happiness: It will be folly in the extreme
tint to- settle this permanently at a 'General Con-
gress for Peace.
6th. Every state- naturally chuses .what form
of government it prefers but tti,ere is an axiom,
" That what is gained in the extent is lost in thp
stability of regal power:" Great Britain is an in-
stance of this, who alone- has twice withstood
the whole power or Europe, from the,affection
every Briton bas to the free constitution of his
country, and which they deemed worth fighting
for, and has prevented- its conquest, as Prussia,
Austria, &c. have been,- and bas enabled Great'
Britain to set a noble • example to the rest
..of Europe,• and has ultimately emancipated
the world from' the tyranny of France, and
this blessing the Allies will no doubt secure
at a general 'Peace, and which every country
is interested in the preservation' of. Here it
may not be amiss to state, that. Ambassadors
horn Foreign States were considered by Frederic
the Great as • himian beings, and subject to. pas
sions as well as other men ;,-and as their prOfes-
sion obliges thent•to dissemble and stifle their re-:
sentments, where an opportanity offers, their
irritability at times is in ,a ratio to the violence
offered to their feelings by its occasional suppres—
sion. They then (according to the Great Fre-
deric) are too apt' to .make their own private'
pipes the quarrels of their f:onntry ; and war is
tie consequence, which better_men woad have
avoided. It is not possible by umpires to .avoid
these occasions for war, and, thereby prevent the
desolation of the globe.