The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-04 00:00:00

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS.

GHENT, DEC.. 29.—The day before -yesterday
the Constituted Authorities of thiS city paid a
Visit, in a body, to the English and American
Legations, to congratulate them on the cessa-
tion of the differences between the two na-
tions, by the conclusion of an advantageous
peace. The American Ministers gave yesterday
'evening a diplomatic supper, in their hotel ; the
greatest cordiality prevailed. at it between them
and the English Ministers, who, in a few days,
will give, in their turn, an entertainment to the
American Legation. The departure of the Mi-
-niiters of the two nations will take place shortly.

STRASBURG, DEC. 19.—We see here no military
preparations, and hope for al;ng peace with all
the European Powers. •
The Journal of the Lower and Middle Rhine con-
tains'the following, as. it seems, official remarks 1
upon the Declaration of the King of ,Saxony :
" We have read this Declaration in the French
Moniteur of Dec. 1. It seems strange to us, that
the present French Government has admitted this
Declaration in- its official paper. If all the Euro-
ran Powers had acted, in 1813, like the King
of Saxony, Louis -XVIII. would at this moment
he most likely titular King of France. But then
France will protect all the oppressed—whether
they•are oppressed justly or-not is no matter, pro-
ifided only that Prussia (which has so crossed the'
French it their plans, and is the more formidable
to them in proportion as it is great and powerful)
be not aggrandized. If France is resolved to take
the part of all the oppressed, we are able to point
out, as' for instance, • Napoleon, Joseph, and
' Jerome Buonaparte.
" The King of Saxony says in his Declaration,
that after the.battle of Leipsic lie had the inten-
tion to join the great Confedcrary.
,After the
battle of Leipsie, indeed !—who would not have
joined them ? But before that, being persuaded"
by his-French-minded Counsellors, he obst:astely
refused to accede, as his duty required, notwith-
standing the voice of his people, of his army, and
of all Europe, so loudly called upon him. When
lie left Dresden on the 23d of February, 1813., he •
solemnly proclaimed that be remained firm to the
pdlitical system (that of Napoleon) which he had
followed for six years. He fled from the Allies to
Plauen and Ratishon. The greatest part of Sax-
ony was evacuated by the French and occupied by
the Allies at the end of April, Frederick Augustos
li<l not return. Every person guessed even then
what Austria would do, and how things would
turn out 4 but the King of Saxony remained
faithful -to the dissolution of Europe.. A lettee
imrin the. Emperor Alexander and the King of
Prussia isivited him to •retUrn ; lie staid away ;
hat as so:4n as Napoleon sent for him to Dresden,
lac was 'there imme.dia:ely (12th May, 1813.")
The Declaration says farther, " the great ob-
ject of the war was the security of thrones, nut
-the thirst of conquest or aggrandizement ; but
Lprobably it is designed to make the obstinate ad-
-ven,aries of the good cause hornless for the future.
What a turn would the affair, of Europe have
akcn in April, 1813, if Frederick. Augustus had
then left Napoleon, and intimately united himself
with time deliverers ! Who can calculate how
many thousands would then have survived, who
have now fallen by battle., misery, and pestilence?
Frederick Augustus was for forty-five years a good
Prince, and justly loved by his people ; but in
the latter years he suffered himself to be misled
by evil:minded persons, and engaged in a conflict
Nv it h that all-powerful fate which had 'resolved to
regenerate the world. lu this conflict he fell—
his history will say of him, and against this sen-
tence no declaration can avail, whether printed in
the Moniteur, or elsewhere."—(Universal Gazette,,
Dec 20.)
Nva.Eunr.sci.—The following is sent us for in-
sertion':—" For some time past, several Ce.rman
Papers arc filled with tackles which relate to
Sweden and the Crown Prince, and which seek
to deceive the public opinion in Europe, both in
- regard tri the person of this Prince, and the sen-
timents which the .Swedes and Fareign Sovereigns
entertain towards.hirn. To attain this they heap
falsehood upon falsehoods, and absurdities upon
nbsurdities ; as for the sentiments of the Swedes,
the writers would willingly persuade Europe that
the Swedes will not like to see the sceptic of
the Vasas pass into the hands of a Prince
without ancestors : this is an error which the
Swedish nation is too enlightened to fall into,
and which its own history refutes: Charles
Knutson and the Great Gustavus Vasa, were
trot born in the purple, and the history of all
nations records no greater men—none who have
done more for the good of their country. If the
present Crown Prince wants any ancestors be-
sides those whom the adoption of King Charles the
3111th has given him, 'he might appeal to the
many benefits he has conferred on Sweden—to the
Union of Norway, which lie has just so happily ac-
complished. This is the kind of glory which passes
for the highest in the eyes of the Swedes. But
what is most surprising is, the thoughtlessness with
which certain sects in Germany seem to forget, the
services which the Crown Prince has performed to-
wards the deliveasinee of Europe ; they stein not
to choose to, remember, that it was the Crown
prince who laid the first stone of the coalition, of
which the result was so fortunate.; they seem to
forget that the Crown Prince alone had. sufficient
influence over the Swedes to induce them
to listen only to the general interest of -Europe ;
that the Crown Prince was the first and faithful
friend, Sweden the first and faithful ally, of the
Emperor Alexander. It would be needlcss to re-
peat here 'all that the Crown Prince did in that
decisive period for the liberty of Europe. Tim
wiser and jester part of the, public will- recognize
it, and as for those whose understandings , are
prepossessed by passion and prejudice, it would
be labour in vain to remind them of it.
The gratitude of Sweden, the esteem and friend-
of all the Sovereigns of Europe, suffice to
the Crown Prince. He may look down with con-
tempt on the mean attacks of the Newspaper
scribblers of all Nations. Instwad of making

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themselves the organs of tr. . and the lin.
ticism of any sect, and setting aside the respect
due to Sovereigns, the. compilers of Newspapers,
who make such a fuss about the return of the an,
cient order at things, should themselves return
to the caution and modesty of Journalists of for-
mer times, who merely related real and acknow-
ledged facts, and carefully avoided all that Could
give offence. Instead of taking this conduct for
their model, we see no '-a-days German Jour-
nalists presume boldly to judge of Sovereigns, to
calumniate their. .Representatives, and instil into
people the doctrines of JacObinism, and the spirit
of rebellion. After the fatal experience which
Europe has had of the consequences, it is hardly
to supposed that such scandalous proceedings
will be any longer suffered.—(Correspondent of
and for Germany, Dec. 24.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.