The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-08 00:00:00

POPE LEO XII.

The new, Pope, when Archbishop of Tyre, was
entrusted by Pius VII. with an important mission
to Germany. Several Ecclesiastical Principalities
and Chapters had been secularised in that coun-
try, and their estates occupied by the secular
Princes ; and these spoliations were confirmed
on the 25th of February, 1803, by the Diet of
Ratisbon, then assembled under the mediation
of France and Russia. The Court of Itome was
seriously alarmed at changes which extended
to a great length, and were productive of great
disorder in the religious state of the country.—
The Pope addressed urgent remonstrances to the
German States. The sketch of a concordat was
then prepared in the conferences held between
M. de Dalberg, formerly Archbishop of Mentz,
and M. Troni, Auditor of the Pontifical Lega-
tion ; but when it became necessary to go into
the detail of arrangements necessary *for set-
tling the interests of the different dioceses,
difficulties multiplied on all hands. The Pope
therefore demanded that these matters should
be treated in special conferences with the Diet
of Itatisbon. This task was entrusted to the
Archbishop Della Genga (now Leo XII.), then
Nuncio of His Holiness. Eight conferences
were accordingly held between the 6th of
February 1804 and the 21st of March following,
and in all these M. Della Genga displayed great
talents and an unwearied zeal in the cause of reli-
gion. The other negociators were M. de Franck,
Referendary of the German Empire, and M. Kol-
born, Suffragan of M. de Dalberg. It was believed
that M. Della Genga's exertions would have been
crowned with success, had not Buonaparte broken
up the whole proceeding by involving Germany
in war, and dissolving the German Empire, out
of the wrecks of which he formed the Confe-
deration of the Rhine. M. Della Genga was
even then not discouraged, but applied to
the Courts of Munich and Wurtemberg to
conclude those arrangements of .which the
bases were already agreed upon. They, how-
ever, were too much in dread of Buonuparte'a
power to venture on such a step without his
direction ; and the worthy Prelate was forced
to return to Rome without having attained the
object of his mission. His Sovereign never-
theless was so well satisfied with the talent
and energy that he displayed on the occasion,
that he immediately gave him an important
office in the spiritual administration of Rome,
and finally in the year 1816 created him a Car-
dinal. Pope Leo XII. was born August 2,
1760, and has consequently entered his 64th
year.

FRANCE. AND PORTUGAL.—Some curious par-
ticulars respecting the nature of the recent cbm-
munications between France and Portugal have
transpired through the medium of a letter from
Paris, which we believe to be entitled to COD&
device. The information is peculiarly valuable,
too, from its exposing the hypocrisy of the
French Ministers, in advocating Liberal Prin-
ciples of Government, and in affording a clue
to their future conduct.' It is well known
that the party in the French Cabinet who
at first pretended to oppose the war, but would
not cordially declare for peace, announced their
anxiety, not for the establishment of absolute
power in Spain, but of limited monarchy and re.
gulated liberty. These ersons professed. the
-same kind wishes towards Portugal, though they
did not decide on bombarding Lisbon, to carry
them into effect. It is said that Count PALMELLA,
the NI inister of regenerated Portugal, immediately
after the counter-revolution, wrote to M. de CUA.
TEAUBRIAND that he WKS 1111XiOUS to obtain the
countenance and assistance of the French Cabinet
in establishing something like a constitutional
charter, to take the place of that which had been
overthrown by the-neighbourhood of French arms
and the influence of French gold ; and that he
would not retain his situation in the Ministry un-
less some attention was paid to the rights of the
subject, as well as of the throne of his Faithful
Majesty. The French Cabinet answered that they
would immediately send an Ambassador to an-
nounce their intentions, and to co-operate with the
King in restoring order to Portugal. M. HYDE
DE NEUVILLE was accordingly dispatched with
all convenient speed ; and lest he should be taken
by the Constitutional guerillas, was shipped off
from Brest directly for Lisbon. It was some-
what naturally inuigined that his instructions
would be in conformity with the professions of
M. de CUATEAUDIIIAND and the express desire
of the Portuguese Minister. On the contrary,
he was instructed to exert himself to the utmost
to prevent his Faithful Majesty from granting
any constitutional charter, or in any way abridg-
ing that unlimited authority which his base army
lately put into his hands. What an important
lesson for France herself is contained in this
transaction 1--(limes.)

INCREASE 01? NEWSPAPERS 4 IN AMERICA.—
There are eighteen newspapers published in
Connecticut : the oldest is The New London
Gazette, which was commenced in 1763, sixty
years since. The next is The Connecticut
Courant, which was commenced in 1764.
The population of Connecticut, in 1820, was
276,248, which gives one paper for every
15,000 inhabitants ; in 15,000 inhabitants it
is calculated there are 3,000 families, and if
every family took a paper, it would give 3,000
subscribers to each paper. In 1755 thtre was
only one paper published in Connecticut,
although the colony then contained 130,000 inha-
bitants ; and in 1755, when the population was
nearly 200,000, there were only four papers.—
There are twenty-eight printing-offices in Con-
necticut : there are eleven other periodical pub-
lications.

We understand that the Magistrates of the
City and County of Canterbury, at their General
.sessions held in July last, came to a determina.
don to levy in future the sum required for the
f~xperices
of the county, by an especial rate, as
they are empowered by the statute, for that pur-
pose, instead of taking the same as heretofore
from the Poors' Rates.—(Kentish Gazette.)

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1823.