The Sun.
London, England, 1804-08-29 00:00:00

FROM THE PRENCiI PAPERS.

PARIS, Auet. lO.—The victorious armies of
Louts XIV. during the first twenty-five years of
his reign, made 'foreign nations acquainted with
our language, with'but manners, and with the high
degree of perfection to which sciences .and the fine
arts had arrived in France. The brilliancy of his
Court, :IA the hospitality and roliteniss of our nu,
tion, engaged faraigners of rank and distinflion to.
•cbine among us, Co aamire•thr, aod topy to imitate
us. His liberal pensions 'to men of letters of all
flations, made the'world acquaioted .both, with the
;gLry of the king and the grandeur of his subjects;`
and" cver since, no Man of education abroad is un-

acquatnted with'our language, and no person is re.
yarded of elegant and accomplished manners, who
has, not travelled in. France, and learned among us
how 'to unite dignity anddelicacy, to be sociable
with his equals 'of our sex, and amiable with all
classes of the other, to make his inferiors ;happy
withoitt becoming :familiar, to be' condesiending
wi (hot); descending to familiarity himself. It is
therefore to the reign of Louts' XIV. that we art
indebted for that "enthusiasm with which our Revo:.•
lution has been hailed by all people, already loving,
esteeming and adthiting us as the most civilized, na.
tion upon earth: It is the acquaintance with cur
language, 'and with our amiableness, that' makes -all
European nations,, with the sale exceetion of the
Efiglish, anxious to be united, nay even incorporated
with us. The best ,propagators of what the British
insolently call 'Gann-mania, besides the writing of
Voltaire, Rousseau, Raynal, fielretius, and IVIon.
teStileO, have been the French Theatres establish.
ed in all great' cities • on the' Continent ; and • our
CoyernniOnt cannot better. employ the .sueerfluous,
treasury of the Stare, than to support .these esta:
blishtnents, and to ere& new ones of the same de.,
seiiptian every where. That such is the svie and
generous intent of our Emperor, the decree of Field'.
marshal BERNAporre, out Commander in Chief
in Hanover, communicated to the Executive Com-
mission of that Eleffirate, ti.nderthelst inst. evinces,
by which out countryinan,Comedy.Ditcaor-
has obtained exclusive privilege of the use of all the
theatres in Hanover, so that, in future,,and as lOng
as that Countryis occupied by our Troops, no Ger-
man, but only French plays, will be represented.
This is so much the more because, of all the
people in dermany, the IlanoverianS- are still the
only naticin more attached
.to England than to
France, and requite therefore t) be inforMe& of the
vast diffetence between the hardly half-civilized
islanders, and a 'nation of 'which the loweSt Me.
chanic possesses mire real paitriuss and good 7;zan.:
',err than the first Lord in the British: Empire.
Should, therefore, at it lot ure pacification; Hanover
be given up' by us, we may rest asstited that we
shall leave behind us a memory dear to all eilighten.
ed minds, and a remniihranee, which will he highly
advantageous to 'our grandchildren and to Mir Go.:
vernment for ages to corne.--(journa/ de Peli-iL)
The iix first representations of the Opera Les
iirrriles, has produced to the, Administration a clear
0041 of 53,600 livtes. The Parisians continue to
fight ,by the entrance every night it is represented,
so that the Police ,has. been obliged 'to interfere.
Some persons' cupidity has taken advantage of this
public curiosity, and 'sold tickets which cost them
only Six livres, as high as two 10U1S.diJrs. Though
crowded houses are at this season not very pleast
for the, spe&atorS, the 'opera mania was never
greater ; and Out Beller and Brau:r prefer to'breathe
the pestiferous atmosphere of a playhouse
.to'
imbib-
ing the healthy air of a Tivoli, ofa Bois de Boulogne,
-
of the Elysian Fields, of the Thisilleries, and Lux-
emburg') gardens.

It is reported that .a list is mule.up*of two bun.
tired and twenty Foreigners. of distinaion, wh"lij
the EMPI Ron intends to nominate'Menthers of the
Legion of Honour. It contains the names of seve-
ral Sovereigns, their relatives, their Ministers, and
Generals.

The ELECTOR of WURTEMIIIRGH has made a
journey to Upper. &rabbi, and even to Constance.
His son, the.young,Elettoral.Prinee, continues to
reside here, ttnd w receive the most liberal, and
hospitable.attention from our EMPEROR, and from
the different branches of out. imperial. Family. At
a Fete lately given by Her Ifni:trial Ilig!mess the
Princess-MURAT. he was seated on her right.tratid,
and opened the with her: Every one who saw
this PritteeAa9trie inorqhs ago, is surprised to see the
improvement of his manners, and Willi what attention
he has studied the ate and elegance of the Members
ofour. Court. Should his stay be a little prolonged
here, he will soon serve as a model of tiod breed.
tog tar all his ;ountryincn.

The report was very prevalent last week, and
believed by all our principal Literati, with. Citizen
MERCI RR at their head, that the famous Vesuvius'
had, duriti a violent earthquake, totally disappear.
ed. Their-speculations,. were, in• c.onsequetice,. 01
numerous as violent,aod cootradia,uy. Some pre—
tended that another volcano would soon appear to
some other part of Europe ; others., that this stir.
prising,act.iient predicted a total•overthrow of our
globe, and a pl•picar revolution more terriblethan
the political one ,to which Our EMPEROR. has kist
given the coup de grace: others agaiu affirm, that
notwithstanding•what our Physicians and Astrono.
mets say to the con/Jury, asdirret and invisible