The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

directed after the battle of Aspern, there can be no
doubt that 13UONAPARTE must have -been ruined.—
Defeated in the heart of an enemy's covntry,- if •he
'had been pres,ed with vigour), all the 'advantages
which he had • gained would have beeri
,wrested,
from 'hint in as short a time • as he aquifed them:
"But it is ,us'eless now to dismiss these points,' or
specUlate 'upon -the , degree of, power :which
.Austria still retains ; for in consequence of
this marriage, she is not likelf to give any,uneasiaess
to IRION,‘PAiTE, at least for a considerable time to
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come.. ;The fetters of.,the different_States' of the

Continent are now rivetted. The .ISiorth and the
South of Germany and *ltaly, must, for a time at.--1
least, subunit to. their 'fate ; for, if the Emperor of
AUST,RIP is so far subdued as to give his daughter as
a. wife to 131:m4-AFAR-re, it is-in vain to eXpetit from
him Any further efforts to effe& the general‘deliver-
ance of Europe. The effect of this extraordinary
measure apOO the Peninsula, we fear, will be most set-
nous. 'PUONAPARTE may now devote alguch.larger
yOrtion of his fgrce to the attack'of- Spain: and Po-
rtugal than he could orherwise havoifone ; though'
we Confess we apiireliend more from the effects of '
treachery than we di) ftom the force..of his arms. jl
Such is the gloomy _prosp.ed of atfairi 'which the .
Continent now presents 'to, Our view ; but lioweVer
we, may lament the fate of so many nations, thus
subjected to the sway of a merciless Tyrant, for
ourselves we have nothing to fear, unless 'indeed
we aid his efforts by internal divisions, by factious •
disputes among ourselves.
Thera is indeed one State, at the extremity of
the Continent, whose power has not yet been- sub-
dued by- thearms, though her council's- have. for
'some time Peen guided by the intrigues of 'France.
We mean Russia. The accounts which •we have
lately received from the Continent speak confident-
ly of an approaching rupture bet Ween France...and '
.Russia. We know not whether these speculations
are or are not vF elr founded, but certainly
,we shduld,

not entertain very sanguine e3ttiedations as to the,
result of such a conflict. ,Tlnt three great military
poWers, which, united, would haVe been ►nvincible',
have suffered themselves to be beaten in detail, and
to gratify the most miserable jealousies, hlve sacri
flced their independenc.o. Prussia boned on with
, .apathy-.while Austria was humbled almost 'to the
dnst;—Austria, in return, saw the -fall of ,Ptussia
'without an.effort to save her. .ALEXANbEtt. ,not
only did not interpose to save Anitria, but Jie ae--
tually contributed to her ruin; and having submit-
ted to be the-dupe of BUONAPARTE'S artifice:,• 116
may now become the viEtirn of his power...
rheother intelligence contained in, these-Papers is
of course-of minor importance. -Hanover' is-to be
united to the kingdom of Westphalia, and aolland
is to be treited as a conquered Province. - There are
reports that our• Minister at Constantinople, Mr.
ADAIR, has been ordered to quit t.hat city, but they
- appear to be,entrety of French fabrication. • I

The resignation Of Lord CHATIIAbI, which we
announcedyesterday, has given rise to a variety of
speculations and reports respecting furthest Minis-
terial changes. We think it right to mention "them.as
the rumours of themorning;without however at tach-.
ing any credit to them. • According to, one arrange-
ment,. Lordlvity Loa AVE is to succeed Lord CHATHAM
at the Ordnance, and Lord CASTI.7.IIEAGIi to be the
Ficst Lord of the,Admiralty. According to another,
,the LORDCHANCELL'ORistoretire7and to he'succeed-
'qd by Mi. PE'ItCgVAt, 'Peerage. The Marquis
WtLLESLEY to,'l2e.Prime Minister,
..Mr. CANNING,
Secretary of State' for Foreign Alffairs ;. Mr: 1-/Os7.
AISSON, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Lord•Mui-
GttAvt, Master-General of the Ordnance.;..and Mr.
YORKE to be First Lord of the Admiralty.

By a private letter frOm a very respetlable,cor-
l'espoudertfat.-Savona, we learn, that his Holiness
the Por.i had, been, t-scorted under a .stria:guard to
that placo, where he was keut several.dlys. iii cloSe
confinement. = 'He was then fernOvecl
.10 Grenoble,.
with the view, as it wag supposed, ;of beiogjalten far-
,
tiler:into Franc, but the- people fl,)o(ed-Avith such
eagetness from all partx•to_pay homage to the- unfor,
tunate Pontiff, increasing in numbers in proportion
to his progress; that the French General deemed-it
prudent •to return with his venerable captive, to Sal
. , •
vona, where. he was to continue till orders were re-
ceived from Paris. No person is permitted to•sec
the Holy Either but those who have the immediate
care of hitn.--"We learn from the same correspon-
dent;•that his Holiness, before he quitted Rome,
aware of the dreadful measures to which the French
Ruler might have Tecourse; in Order to extort from-

1: him what measures his cruel policy might require,
r hat, in .conjunaion with the body of •Cdidinals,
I,.chosen his co-aajuior and successor to the Pontifi-
cate, and the person thus norninatsd is undexstood
to bc the Archbishop:of Palermo.

Tne Red Ribbon of the late Sir WN.f. Pm hangs
between Marshal BERESFO4D, Sir. SAmuar. Avon. 7
INIL:TY; and General Pot 4; 11 of them deserving
Officers.

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