The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-25 00:00:00

THE POPE.

A Narrative of what passed at Fqntainbleau.on
the 22d and 23dJanuary, 1814, when his Holi-
ness the POPE was sent off front thence, has'been
• transmitted to us from" Paris by a Correspondent,
and the account is truly interesting.
" AI; de BEAUMONT, Bishop of , l'laisance,
whom Nvot,Eotsr had named ArchhishOp of
•
BOURGES", was led several times to the Holy
Father, to perSuade him to agree to sothe arrange-
ments. All his efforts'were in vain, The Arch-
bishop of Touns, the Bishop of EVREUX , and ;the
Cardinal MAURY, were also sent. Pius VIE re-
fused to see the Cardinal, He admitted the other
Prelates, and in answer to their pres Sing solicita-
tions to make some sacrifices, by which he might
avert the consequences of a refusal, he said,
" Leave me to die worthy of the sufferings I have
" endured." M. de. BEAUMONT afterwards pre-
`sented to him in writing the *declaration of the
Emperor, that he would consent. to restore to the
Head of the Church a part of his estates, proVid-
ed that Plus VII. would'agree to cede. the ether.
To this the Holy Father replied, " The 'do-
mains of. Saint PETER are not my property ;
" they belong to the Chinch ; and I cannot aon7
" sent to the least cession : as to the rest, tell
your Emperor, that if, for my transgressions,
" I may never more return to Rome, my Suc-
",cessor shall enter in triumph, in spite of all.
" the efforts of the French Government."

M. de BEAUntriT sheaved an inclination to jus-
tify the EmperOr; who said he had the best inten-
tious.—" I depend much , more on the Allied
" Prince's than on hith," said the Sovereign Pon-
tiff. The Prelate, astonished, desired some ex_
planation of these words. "It does not suit me
to give an explanation, nor for you to hear kt,"
replied the Head of the Church. M. de BEAU-
MOVT then gaid; it was the Emperor's intention
that his Hcliness should return to Rome. " It
" must be then With all my Cardinals," said the
Sovereign Pontiff. The Bishop said that that.
could nA be at prcti3ent—that the Emperor bad the
best intentions ; but that circumstances' would not'
allow him to permit the dcparture,of the Cardinals
for Route at the same tithe. "Then," said VI ',is VI I.
" if your. Emperor chases to treat me as a mere
" Member of the Church (on simple r,digieux),,.
I do not (orget who lam myself; I want only
", a volture to tarry me. AH that Ideniaud.is•to.
be at Rome, to fulfil the functions, of my pays-
" toral charge." The Bishop replied, that -tile
Emperor felt_what was due to his di nit;, and
%wished to give him an honourable escort—a ,Co-
lone! would accompany his Holiness. At
" least," replied the Pope with dignity, " the
" Colonel shall ant be in-my, carriage." M. the
BIZALTMONT detiarted, and a Colonel entered the
apartment, and said he was tomnianded to accom-
pany him to Rome. This was Saturday afternoon.
The Pope said, he would not depart till the next
day, after he had performed his Mass. He made
this deelaration with so much firmness, that no
answer was made ; but 'the Colonel never quitted
the, apartment, nor was his Holiness suffered to
speak to.any person apart.
His. Holiness, however, convoked all the. Car-
dinals then at Foutainbleau, to the iiumlyer of 17,
and in the preseince of the Colonel .prescribed to
them three, things ;
t. Not to •wear the decorations which they had recfived.
from the Emperor.
2. Not to accept of any 'treatment or of any-pengion from
the French Government.

3. Not to go to any repast to which they might be invited
bj'rthe persons attached to the Government_

On. Sunday; the 23d January, at II o'clock, the
_Holy Father was carried away from F'ontainbleau,
and slept that'night at Orleans. They made hini
travel' under the name of Bishop of Imotti. After-
wards the Cardinals were. carried away, -each by
!Amuself, and each conducted by a genS d'arme
and they were not, to be told the place of their'
destination till after they had set out.
On the of April it. was not generally known
at Paris where they were gone ; whe4i ,the Pro-
visional Government published time Decree, " that
" all obstacles to the return of his Holiness to
" Itome should instantly cease, and that all due,
" honours should be paid to him."