The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-29 00:00:00

FR !,:CH TAPERS.

Pants, Nov. 25.•,--In L1.1.e Chantlier.Of 'betnities
lester.-4y, the central Committee was farmed tor
'the examination of the Project of Law regarding
the Lihrrty of the Press, 'con•sistitig of the fol.-
In.wing„ D' sties

The Viscount. tie Bonald, front the first Bitreatt ; the Thatiati
Favard de‘Latig. hide, ; M. M. Bollin, third; Fajet tie
Baure, fourth ;*rir timairae,. fifth.; Ittipon, sixth;
hallgh; seviuith ; Porinnerot, eighth ;"I.'pectiney, ninth.

Accur►li.►g to iortliig'ence from Gothenburg, of
the 1101 Inst. the Russian squadron -was then on
the Epoi►it bf:

l'Eit CENT'S.

Monday GZ f. i 0 c.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 21.—Hitherto we. know no-
thing wick certainty respecting the dismissal of
the Commissary-General of War ; but we regret
extremely to have to relate all the tumours which
Circulate on that-of his Royal Highness the Here-

ditary Prince.
The tolloiving are what appear most probable
us. Every one knows that his 'Royal High-
ness is chared- wills the directiou of the IVor

Department.
Goltz was placed under him with the title
:of Commissary-General.
It is said, that M:Goltt submitted to the ding
a plan concerning the officers on half-pay ; that
the result of this plan was, that 42 of those of-
ficers who were worthy of recommendation from
their distinguished services, and who, on that ac-
count, had been par icularly recommended by his
Royal Highness, were placed at the disposition of
the Colonial Minister, to be sent to liatavia ; .
That the Prince considered this mode of placing
them on active service incontistent with the • pt:o.
tection and kindness he bad manifested towards
•them ; . ,

That it appeared to him, if he had the supreme
direction of the IVar Department, it waf but cam-
anon decorum. to ask his opinion, and that M. de
Goltz hid entirely failed hi that respect.
It is said, that in consquence, he has entreated
.the King, as a favour, that he .may have no more
intercourse with M. de Goltz, byhis Majesty giv•
ing a dismissal to one or the other.
It is added, that the King desired to see the
Prince, to give a verbal explanation upon the sub-
S'ect ; but that the latter, fearing he sliould.hesi-
tate between the dictates of honour and his re-
spectful affection for his Majesty, entreated that
Le would take his request into considerttion, 'and
signify his Sovereign will previously. ,
It is certain. that the King has accepted the re'
'sip-lotion of all the offices held by the Prince
his son.

AVe are assured, however, that after this, these
august persons ha'd an interview at the residence
of our beloved Princess, who shares with the house
of Nassau the love and th.e respect of the inhabi-
tants of the kingdom. --(Journal de la Belgique.)
The appeal put in by the Duke of Wellington
against the judgment of the Court of First In-
trance, which acquitted M. de Busscher, Editor of
The Journal des Deux- Flandro,ot a charge of ca-
lumny towards his Grace, will ccknie on before the
higher Court on the Bth December next.
As soon as the season permits, means will be
taken to strengthen the military line of defence
both on the French frontier and on the Meuse.—
The town of Ath is to become a fortress of the
first order : the works will cost four millions
florins.--(Oracle )
ROME, Nov. B.—The Netherland fleet, under the
orders of Admiral Van Braam, is at present in the
port of Naples. It has been asserted in some Jour-
nals that this squadron is to join that of Russia,
from Revel, to repress the piracies of the Al-
gerines ; but this statement is destitute of foun-
dation. It is, oo the contrary, alleged that the
Dey of Algiers manifests the most pacific inten-
t►otrs.

BERLIN, Nov. 15.—Prince Blucher has arrived
here from.
Latesic, Nov. 12.--Letters from Russia state,
that the Emperor and the Imperial Family will
feturn to Petershiogh the-latter end of .the pre-
sent month. They have given up their intention
of psssing the winter at Moscow, on accountof the
advanced pregnancy of the Grand Duchess Alex-
whost: accouchetnent is to take place at
Pftersburgh. The Emperor will pass some time
at Warsaw towards the close of the winter.

MANN elm, Nov. 20.—The approaching Con-
vocation of the Prussian Council of State has for
its object to determine the question a; to the or-
ganization of Provincial States in the different
Provinces of the Monarchy.

The
,following was yesterday omitted for wan'
of room :

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF NOV. 22.
M. Laine, Minister of the Interior, ascended
the Tribune, and said—
" Gentlemen,—At the opening of your last,Ses-
sion the King announced-to you that he was con-
tinuing his negociations with the Holy See, and
that he entertained a confident hope that a happy
termination ‘vottid restore peace to the Church of
-FrAtice. The Chambers received this, c.4.llnnitllll-
- of the King with gratitude.
" At the opening of the present Session his
Majesty apprised, you of the conclusion of the

riegoda!ion, 'Tie added, that ttc
be commonicated to you, and that lie 'w6Vildebarge
his •-Ministers, at 1.1)-e'safite time, lo•prOose
Pit/sect of a Law tO give the legidati4e sanctifin
to sgeb dispositions of the new 'Concortat as ale
-Sns4ptible of barittottize it the Char-
ter,, the laws of the kingdoni, (aid he liberties of
the Galilean Church. :rills itnutirtant mission
We are 110 W about to fulfil.

" The events 'which caused Pire'desfriiction nf
the Church ot France are suflicientlylmown. We
hare nut only heen'the witneNses ot tht.nfr, but-the
`.l:hey beking to hi _story. and we recall
them.meiely to bleis Provideqde /lilt has tettared
with 'liberty the legitimate and tutelary Tlsrone,
acl,ich' is every day confirmed by the Wisdom ot
the

,• On the 13th ohlukyi, Dip , Convention was decreed be-
tween the French Government and t tie holy See. It was pub-
lished as a laW of tire Stale. On the Bth of April, 1802, two
series of diSpositiois's, intitled Organio-irticks, were promul-
gated to be observed as laws or the State. On the 24th of
May following, the Pope, in an address pronotiteed in Secret
Consistdey, declared, that Naving perceived that With the Con-
cordat were puolished some articles not recognised by him,
he should he compelled to demand of the French Government
tome suitable arid necessary- changes. •
" Discussiims were then opened between the tivo Powers,
and prolonged without coming to any result. The'misunder,-
standing between the Pope and the French Government mul-
tiplied; we shall not here retrace their progress. In the
year 1808, the Pope refused to the Bishops of France the ex-
traordinary power Which he had previously acknowledged,
difficulties were raised respect ing_the forM of Canonical 111-
St it ot ions, and the events of 1809 produced an open rupture.
`f On the lath of Fehrwary, 1813, A pretended Concordat,
signed at lontainhlean, was inserted in the Bulletin des Lois,
anti published as a law of *the State, in an unusual manner.,
The •lope protested against this puolication, and considered
himself as freed from all the engagements that '-he had con-
tracted with the Government then existing,. -
" Such dras the state of things when the King re-ascended
the Throne of his ancestors. All the relations between
France and the Head of the Church were suspended ; the -
sucee::sion of Bishops was interrupted; the Churches were
without Pastors; the Priesthood was divided; .he People were
without the henetits instructions. The evils that
afflicted the ChOreh threatened the State. Ti, prevent one,
and terminate the other, the King. commencer! tiegociations
with horse; the Convention concluded on the I MI of June
last, between r the Holy See-and tho King, has been the result.
It re ews the alliance that ever existed between the Sovereign
Pontiff and France.
" According to the terms of .the 1 4th article of the Charter,
the King concludes Treaties of Peace, Alliance, and Coos•
pierce, maundering the
.Pope as a temporal Sovereign, in his
quality of Head of the Universal Uhurch ; -a Concordat kas
all the characters of a Treaty properly so called.' It is an
agreement formed between two per:Suns, with a view to the
public good.
" In tree mean time, if the Concordat nifw communicated .
to yews is a treaty of peace, and of religious alliance, which it
belongs to the king to conclude, it also presents other cha-
racters peculiar to itself, that distinguish it from ordinary
treaties. It has ftr its object not rush to regulate the rela-
tions of the State with neighlusuring coantriesi hut also the
internal economy of a settional Church. .
" Such is the nature of the law we have'the honour to
propose. If has a -double irbjeet, that of giving the force of
law to certain diplomatic conventions which have no oldiga-
tion on the people without the concurrence of the three
P-ouches of the Legislative Power ; and of accompanying
them with explicit and s'oleren dispositions which secure all
the rights and liberties coufirmed by our laws and national
maxims.
" The Caminical Institution' of the Bishops eras the essen-
tial point of Conftrenee with the Holy See, for there was iii
France a great number of Itiahopricks vacant and churches
suffering. The right of interfering in the nomination of Bi-
shoo is one which the King possesses its quality of Supverne
Head, and to assure himself that tunctions so important as
those attached to a Bishop not he delivered over tor
foreigners and enemies of the t ;mist itution.
" On the other side, the Pope, by lite general discipline of
the Catholic Church, consecrated in France-by the Ordinan-
ces of the Realm, possesses the right ctt iovestigating the
ilithups whirl) nominated ; hull these two rights heiug exer-
cised iu concert, it kas become necessary that the two powers..
should agree to nay their mutual - prerogatives with ad-
. .

" Luring the course of the late ncgociatios, attention was
ireqUently and naturally directed to 'what had occurred on
the subject of nominations and institutions between Francis
I. and Leo X. in a Treaty confirmed by the practice of nearly
three centuries. !Thus the law now proposed cousterates,
with respect to the nomination of Bishops, the right of the
King of France, as it had been recognized in the .ancient
Convention."

M; LUNE then observes upon the remaining conditioussof
the Treaty as they refer to the new circumscription of Dio-
ceses, and coneludes—', To the Kin: alone, as Supreme
Head of the State, belongs the nomination of Bishops; to the
Pupil, as visible litad of the Church, it belongs to incest thew
with their subliia mktiou.

" The Church of France is -aggrandised, but not renewed.
The advantages that resulted true a precedins Concordat,
whether for the re-establishment of religiuu or for the peace
of societ;:, are consolidated.

.
" Similar precautions secure to you the maintenance of
those precious liberties which St. Louis, Henry IV. and Louis
XIV. have protected, and which our greatest and roost pious
Doctors have'defended. You will hasten to place them under
a constitutional and regular guarantee, by a law necessary for
the repose of the-Church—ot that Church which France bears
in its bosom, and which has contributed to its glory, to which
we are indebted for our Bossuets, our Fenelons—which, unit-
ing wisdom to the purity of faith, religious zeal to the love of
country, devotion to,the King to the sanctity of morals, has
merited the respect and veneration of all people. It is to yOu
that the King confides the defence of rights sacred - to the
Crown anod the Nation. Prove that you will confirm, by the
wisdom of your deliberations, the happy concord that should
reign between the Church and the Empire."
t Here the Minister communicated the Project of Law
which we inserted on Thursday.)

SOUTH AMERICA.

PRIVATE LETTER.

On the Banks of the Guarapicke Malaria, 6th Sep-

tember,'lBl7.

I arrived among the Patriots at Yrapa about the
latter end of July. While We remained there we
get nothing but salt fish for our rations, and a
bottle of rum'a day. From Yripi7artitere " sent
in an open boat to La Pica de Maturin. From
thence we walked to this place, where we arrived
after a most fatiguing journey. For three days,
the half of each day's match was . through
mud ; often through water up, to the waist,
and obliged to carry our knapsacks. At night
we were generally annoyed by wild beasts,
and always by mosquitoes. On our arrival
here we had no reason to complain of the. way
in which we were received. Indeed, for the
first week we were treated well enough ; but this
did not last long ; they soon seemed to get tired
of us, and at last we. got nothing to eat but
.what
we could buy for ourselves, and we get no pay,
for they have none to give. Beef is plenty enough
here, but no money to buy it nor cooking pots,
and we cannot - cook it for ourselves. There is
no such thing as. salt or spices of any kind
to be had. Owing to the uncleanliness. oc-
casioned by all kind of filth being thrown about,
what with the bad living and constant rains, we
had not been long live before. we were alt at-
tacked by the fever. was so ill. for ten days that
I could hardly move, and had nearly given may
to it ; but I roused myelf, and have almost reco-
vered. One of our companion is still so ill, that
he can hardly move across the room,_ but I hope'
to be able to send him away. Another,After be-

THE • SUN.

SALEM Qvls INCERE FALVM AUDI:AT ?

LONDON,
S.4TURDAY, IVOIEMBER 21, 1817.

We received last night the Paris• Papers of
'Tuesday last, and this morning those of Wednes-
day. •We give extracts from the former in ano-
ther column. Amongst them is xti article taken
from the Journal de la Be/gigue, respecting the
dispute between the KING of liic iNittheriandS and
his Son the Prince of ORASGE, which confirms'
the recent statement we publishel, so far as
relates to the immediate or ostensible cause of
.
the unhappy dissension. • It appears that the
litxc and the Petttics-subsequently had a meet-
ing, but the result of the interview is not stated.
The following are. extracts from the Journals of
Wednesday .

" ]'Attu, Nov. 26.—A vessel which has ar-
tived in 44 days from the Havannah at Bourdeaux,
brings intelligence that La dally, Capt. Jautard,
belonging to the latter port, before her arrival at
the Havannah, had been plundered by a vessel
belonging to Clu•istopbe. The passengers, stripped
of every thing, were put on shore two (lays jour-
ney from the Havannah.

" The Central Committee of tke Chamber of
Deputies appoinited to examine the Projet regard-
ing. the Liberty of the Press, and report thereon,
assembled yesterday. There was no. Public Sitting
of the Chamber, nor will there be any to-day.
" The Duke of Orleans visited the King yes-

terday morning.
" The Pere Elysee is dangerously ill. There
are little hopes of his recovery.
" General the Baron de Tnyll, the Russian
AmbassadOr to the United States of America, and
M. do Alinister -Pkaipotentiavy from
IVurtemberiz, arrived yesterday at Paris,
" The Conrt of Assizes Extraordinary of./.lbi
will open its Sittings almint the kith of next month,
or earlier, for the trial of the persons charged
with the assassination of M, rna;d6s.

" Orders have been given at all the French
ports to subject vessels to quarantine from what-
ever quarter they come, in consequence of the.
Algerine Squadron being at sea with the plague
on board.

" FIVE rzrt. CENTS.
"Monday- - Glf. J 0 c.
" Tuesday . 63 E. 70 c.

" VIENNA, Nov. 13.—Their Imperial Majesties
are expected to arrive litre the 19th instant.
" It is still sail, that tl:e Prince de Metternich
is to unite all the Austrian. Ministries under his
direction, with the title of Chancellor of State.

PETEIIcBURGII, OCT. 31.—Our JOU? IN'S have
published an Extract of the Report suat;e to the-
Chancellor, the Count de Itontanzow, by Lieut.
Kotzebue.

" According to the instructions given to Lien-

tenarrt 'Kotielme, iral ;::e tr2rnmr'
of I ?,l? from. Nortnn's Bay t!') tivike a voyage
the meriOr of 1167tii America. In order, lio:‘•-
eVer, to be enabled to undertake this exveditioc.
as promptly as possible, he was directed to
thrOugh Norton's Bay before tare summer, in rf
to ditcover what aid he 'could derive for this exe'
-curio!) of the raiSsion couAded to him.
tt--onfrartiabljr to these instructions, Lient.
Kor..lebtre, on the 17th July, 1816, quitted the
port of Peter and .Paul Lo proceed to Norton's
Bay.

" After having attained this ob;ect, and discr-
.
vered several other hay 8, amongst ()tilers, one t.O
which he gave the name ')f Good Hope, and L•cin
Which.he proposed in the ensuing year to-pro Se.•
eine his Voyage into the interior, he arrived on
the 7th Septeniber at Ootialaslika; and directzki
his course towards New Albion. The 2a Oct. he
anchored in the port of San Francisco,w here he was
received in the most amicable and obliging manner
by the Governor ; he 'quitted the coast of New
Albion the 2d NoVember. The intention of
Lieutenant Kotzebue was to remain till April in
the South Sea, and then to reantne his course to-
wards the North, to commence in the countries
to the East of Behrings' Straits the. researches
and discoveries which he is commissioned to
Make."

The
,proposed supervision of the Press by the
CROWN LAWYERS, which we were the first in
communicate to the Public, freim authdrity, is not
intended to apply so much to the Diurnal News-
papers, as to those- Weekly eifusions of sedition,
which hare too long been suffered to pass with
impunity. But the Opposition Writers in general
seem to have taken the alarm, though they can
have nothing to fear while they retrAin from
Jacobinical violence and artifice, and offer reason•
able and well-founded objections to the measures
Of Goveinrnetit. Those who would wish to pre;.
rent a liberal and candid discuision of public rend-
s'ures, and ‘vholly to silence an Opposition Press.,
Can he no friends to their Country, and can neVer_
be the objects of patronage to any Administration
that regard their own true interest, and the
probation of the People.

The British. Press of yesterday, having copied
the article from THE St/NI- of the day before,
which adverted to the report circulated in Park,.
that an English Newspaper is the pay of the
French Government, says, "we wish Tuc Su
had been more explicit." We,have uothirg nrorct
cLii,say upon the subject, but, on the corrrary, •,:ve
"expressed our t:,sbelief that any Enoi:lt Jouroal
shotdd so flir degrade itself as to he under toreign
influence. We could, however, if necessary, men-
tion the name of the Englishman who is saidto he
the Agent lot the English Paper, and who, if there
is really any truth in the report altogether, now
attends the FtLench Minister every day, as we
before stated, in order to know what he is to
communicate to the Einglis% Journal. But, re-
peating our distrust that such a disgraceful con-
nexion can possibly. he carried on, we have may
to say, that if the report gains credit, and any
English Newspaper should actually be named, it
will be incumbent on that Paper to clear itself
from an imputation which must not only deprive
it of all confidence in this country, but which, in
fact, ought to excite enquiry and. alarm in the
British Government, for. a Paper under the in-

&epee of France must he expected to varnish
over all the measures of the French Cabinet, and
either suffer those of our Rulers to pass in silence,
and, at best, is give a very languid support to them.,
if they should in the slightest degree interfere
with the policy of the Court of France, however
well calculated to promote the interest and maitt-
tain the honour of this Country, or indeed to pre•
serve tranquillity in ail the rest of Europe.

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