The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-05 00:00:00

thi-oki‘ni..§ i.;T IRAN CE.

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The recent events. In .Paris give 'a. new interest
to all inforTi:ljon respecting the -sources of dis 7
content in the french empire.- The following
clOcument, though of s.;nie standing, Wirt threw
much light on this important subject.. It touches
on two great causes of complaint ; the one of an.
ecclesiastical, the other of a financial nature.

Buonaparte's disputet with the Rope were buried
in considerable obscurity : we only kneW in gene-
ral, that his holiness continued firm is his deter-
urination to'resist,complini!ce with the mandates
of his Lay master, and that a considerable schism
in the Gallican Church was the consequence. In
like manner, it became difficult, to 'penetrate the
raystery of ibe. Reports on the French Finances.
They exhibited a 'labyrinth of calculations, and
great apparent contradiction in their resnits.• On
both these subjects the subjoined statements will
be found tolerably distinct and intelligible, and
vire. have reason to be fully satisfied of their au-
thenticity. •

OFFICIAL REPORT FROM PARIS, SUBJOINED TO A
DISPATCH OF ******, TRANSMITTED FROM
******, 1811 :-

• ,Since the union ofßome to the French Empire,
all the fruits of the Concendat have been lost. In
spite of the care taken by Government to keep the
secret, yet, in-the course of dine, the details of this
event have made their Nvay into the provinces. At
length, the departments of the west, of Belgium,
and of the south, became acquainted, thaethe Pope,
torn from his palace; transferred to different places,
and lastly, guarded with strictness at Savona, op-
posed an invincible resistance to all the changes
effected by the Emperor, and obstinately refnsed
canonical, institution to the Bishops recently ap-.
pointed.; Prom that time consciences have begun.
to be-troubled. In Poitou, in a part of Brittany;
of Maine and Anjou, and, especially, wherever the
war ot La Vendee has left traces and recollect
Lions, a species of schism has arisen. The cowl-
' lry.people would no;longer acknowledge the priests
who were shut to them ; they even insulted them
in the churches. The Government believed that
the ancient chiefs of La Vendee spread this spirit
of revolt, and banished them from their native
• laud. Madame De -la Roche Jaquelin has been
exiled to Grenoble. TheDolbees, the Beauehamps,
and the Beakinionts, have been compelled to quit
'the country ; which is not, however, on that ac-
. count, more quiet or contented. In Beighirn
the priests themselves, have excited the greatest
opposition: At Raremond, at Massayk, at Tirle-
mont, and in every part of the_ country, they have
refused to repeat the prayers for the Emperor.---
In many places it was necessary to employ force,
and arrest a great number of ecclesiastics-. The'
public mind has become dissaffected ; and from
Luxemburg to Antwerp the people shew a disposi7,
tion- adverse to Government. Things were in this
state when an.unforeseen evert augmented the fer-
• mentation. Cardinal Fesch, not chbosing to
cept the Archbishopric of Paris, because he was
canonically instituted to that of Lyons, and was
certain, he should not he so to the former See,
-the Emperor nominated .Cardinal Maury ; and at
the same time named the Bishop of Rennes to the
ArchbishopricofFlorence,andtheßishop of NanteS,
M.Duvoisin, to the Archbishopric of Aix. The Pope
• not only refused to grant canonical investiture,
but he also fulminated a, Bull 'against M. d'Os-
. mond, which contained the most hilarious ex 7
press;hns 'against the Emperor. It was not difficult
to circulate this Bull amongst those priests who
were attached to the Pope. The Bishop of Nantes,
esteemed as the light of the Gallican church, refused
to quit his 'see; and the Emperor's &unless gave
way to that of a-Bishop. M.Duvoisin maintained a
guarded silence ; but M. D'Osinond. and Cardinal
• Maury having accepted their nothinations, there
was a great sensation in the Chapter of _Parg,
The Abbe d'Astres, Vicar-General, having a
copy of the Bull, communicated .it to several of
his brethren, M. de Portalis, son of the ancient
Minister of Public Winship, Counsellor of State,
and Director ot the Library, learned that the Bull
was in the hands Of,M. d'Astres, hi: near relation;
-it is even said that it was read at his house before'
seven. or eight persons. 'Portalis, a man weak,
• . pious, • and attachedcto religion, did not dare to
• inform the Emperor; of that circumstance. The
pc Nice was acquainted with the circulatibn of the
Bull, by the whispers of the priests ; and the Ern-
- peror, furious at the conduct of Portalis, after'
having treated the Abbe d'Astres very harshly; on
New Year's Day, before the Chapter, and before
800 persons, caused him 'to be arrested, and con-
veyed to Vincennes. Portalis, treated still worse
before the Council of State, was exiled to the dis-
tance of 40 leagues from Paris ; his secretary, the.
Abbe Guerard, was arrested ; and' the Abbe
Tournefort, his relation, met with the same rigour.
Other well-known priests are cited, as well as. M.
De Mons, Bishop of Pay; in the south of, France..
Cardinal de Pietro, ancient Secretary bf the Briefs,
and exiled -to Dijon, ,was brought to Paris by the
gees (Parities, and interrogated by the Police. In
a word, to complete this sort of revolution, the
Emper or has appointed to the direction of the li-
brary M. de Pommereuil, who makes a profession
of Atheism, and who detests the religion of Christ;
• otherwise, a man of spirit and resolatione a good
minister, a former General of Artillery, very ac-
tive and adroit; but no more restrained by
• moral than by' religious scruples. 'lt is im-
possible. to express the astonishment caused
by such a choice. It 'announced a complete :re-
action. Persons who are attached to refl.—
gion, and their number is very great, elc-,
pect4ieW persecutions . Already several females Of
illustrious name, amongst oth'ers Madame De
Sayecourt, are exiled. It' is asserted that the
Abbe d'Astres will be brought to a trial. The ge-
neral result of this. affair must necessarily render
More perplexed and difficult, the circumstances in
Which Government finds itself relatively, to the
priests, and to twenty-eight millions of Catholic'.
The affair is still more serious; as the Protestant`.;
of Languedoc and Alsace,' on various accounts,
are almost equally discontented. The Pastor o •
Militiamen has been arrested, on the deni:Jul. Of
the Prefect of the Higher Rhine. The eireitia-
tion of several documents, which were pubilsifed
in Alsace, on the subject of Church mattersOntsi
beeJ. dso stopped. In a word, if • these general
eeeeedispositiOns of abnost the whole population of
"Pj France—more ardent and seditious in one district,