The Sun.
London, England, 1824-09-15 00:00:00

rence of that event. The Ruler of thirty millions
—of a people, too, towards whom, for centuries,
the eyes of the world have been almost constantly
directed With feverish anxiety—acquires a conse;
quence from his situation, which demands
from the public Journals something more
than a mere notice' of' his departure from
this busy -scene. The time since the first
appearance of this Prhice before the public,
has also been more distinguished by remarkable
events than any other in the history of the world.
The misfortunes of his family and his own, his
elevation to power at a time when the world had
begun almost to forget his existence—his subse-
quent expulsion from his kingdom, doomed in all
appearance to pass the remainder of his life
in an obscure exile, the prostration of his cele-
brated adversary, and the humiliation of ' his
country, his return. 'to his capital at the head
of the foreign bayonets who freed Europe
from the rule of an unprincipled soldiery, and
subjected it to the rule of a band of perfidious
despots,—give an importance to Louis the Eigh•
teenth, independent of all other considera-
tions. He was, at ' the same time, the most ac-
complished Monarch of the Continent (excepting
King John of Sweden=--for Alexander owes his
distinction alone to the magnitude of his Empire,
and his pretensions). And yet with an intellect
acknowledged to be at least respectable, with the
best schooling, that'of adversity, he has passed
through these eventful times without leaving any
impress of himself on his age. This seems to
have chiefly arisen from absence of any thing
great or generous in his character. Reigning
with him, seems to have been merely n means of
extending his pleasures and personal enjoyments.,
Tile employment of power for great purposes
would seem to have been altogether foreign to
his disposition..

rTIIE TIMELJ
An Express arrived last night. from Paris,
which left the French capital at 10 o'clock. on
Monday morning. From the nature of the intel-
ligence communicated by this medium, there is
little or no doubt that the King of France has
breathed his last,although they do not bring any
actual information of that event.

FItENCU CENSORSHIP.--Thor Archives G4ne-
,
rules de Medicine for August, which we have just
received contains an additional instance of the
encroachments on the liberty of the press,
insti-
tuted by the Bourbons. Not content with esta-
blishing a censorship over those Journals which
are purely literary in their objects, they have
extended it to those of a scientific nature and
have expunged a whole page of letter-press in
the periodical above refeired .to—one of the best
on medical literature which issues from the Pari-
sian press. This page consisted of the following
letter from the Prefect of the Police, with the
answer of the Editor :—•
LETTER FROM THE PREFECT or POLICE TO THE EDI-
TOR-IN-CHIEF or THE "ARCHIVES."
" Sir—An ordinance of the King, of the lath of this month,
inserted in the Bulletin of the Laws, put in force the laws of
the 31st of March, 1020, and of the 211th July, 1821, relative
to the censorship on Journals and periodical works. The Jour-
nal which you conduct comes under this ordinance; and I there-
fore request of you to send u proot' of each number to the hotel-
for the general direction of the police, in order that it may be
examined, and approved of if necessary."
The following is the objectionable comment on the above
letter
" We know not what the censors can expect to find in a
Medical Journal, unless there he amongst them some physi.
clan who is desirous of reviving the decree of Parliament which
prohibited the administration of emetic tartar. But, however
may have been, the happy idea ,of placing the sanctuary of
the sciences under the tegis of the police could only have ori-
ginated from a strong head: Let us hope that, sooner or later,
the Academy,of Sciences will know how to appreciate so brilliant
a conception. I—(Mitt)

[MORNING POST.}
It is remarkable, that at the very time when
the French Bulletins and Orders were issued,
the Journals of Sunday, still acting on the system
of deception lately practised respecting the state
of the King's health, published accounts of his
having given audiences and transacted business as
usual. That this was not the case is proved by
the contents of the first Bulletin ; for it does not
announce any sudden accession of illness, but a
regular increase embracing a period of several
days, during which his health was 44 deeply
paired." Indeed it is fairly acknowledged in the
same document, that it was impossible to " dis-
semble" any longer, and the next, which was is-
sued in the evening, together with the orders for
closing the Bank, the Theatres, and other places
of public amusements, and the receiving of
the Ministers and Grand Dignitaries of the
kingdom by Monsieur, are sure proofs that the
life of Louis XVIII. has terminated, and that,
the reign •of his successor has begun. As
to the immediate political consequences of this
event it seems to be agreed on all fiends that they
will be in no respect remarkable. The Crown,
as in the most ordinary cases, without contest or
dissension will glide from the head of the de-
ceased Mouarch to the head of his Successor,
and may the same spirit of personal mildness
and moderation be among its attributes as marked
ti course of the, late reign. For, whatever
may be the faults,. which as rigid publicists, we
may find with the course of the late Government,
they cannot derogate from the private vir-
tues of the individual. To trace the public life of
the late King of France, would be to go over an
eventful field of history, whose prominent fea-
tures are already so deeply graven on the minds
of the present generation, as to render it super-
fluous to retouch them. As an instructive ex-
ample of the instability of earthly grandeur and
the vicissitudes of human fort um,Athitssubjeet may
deserve a more lengthen 4 comment. Born to
high destinies, this Prince, by the fury of the re-
volutionary storm,. was suddenly transported
from the illustrious abode of his Royal predeces-
sors, to become a dependent outcast on foreign
bounty.

DRITISII PRESS.)
The Paris Papers, not in the train or under
the influence of the Ministry, continue to shew
ample proofs of the power and activity of the
censorship. Scarcely one of these Journals lip•
pears without at least one blank space, from
which some offensive article has been removed by
order of the censors. An Evening Paper sug-
gests Government should 44 in-
that the French
sist that other matter should be ready, to sup-