The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-24 00:00:00

Maylo.)

Dutch and Flanders Papers, the former to the
23d,and the latt,er to the 22d inst., also reached
us this morning-, and the contents follow :
" FRANKFORT, MAT 16.—We have this
morning learned that their Majesties the Empe-
rors of Austria and Russia have quitted Laybach
to return to Vienna.

" His Royal Highness the'Crown Prince of
Bavaria arrived at Nymphenburgh on the even-
ing of the 11 the on his return from his tour to
Italy.

" BRUSSELS, WY 21.-His Excellency Mr.
Elaut, the new Minister of Finance, arrived here
on Wednesday, and immediately entered on the
function; of his high office.
"The cause of the Vicars-General of the Dio-
cese of Ghent i; not yet terminated. M. Del-
hruck and M. Verhagen have spoken at great
length for•the defence, and the Attorney-Gene-
ral has commenced his reply:

" The Second Chamber Of the States-General
continues to 'discuss the Articles of the new Civil
Code.

"The Supreme Court of Justice has annulled
the sentence of the Tribunal of the First In-
.stance relative to Mademoiselle Le Normand,
and has sent this modern Sybil before the Tri-
-bunal of Louvain, to be there tried.
" The Journal of Ghent states, that Mr. Pe-
seux, a Frenchman by birth, who has been 'for
some time Editor of that Paper, has been arrest-
ed, as the author of several articles relative to
the affairs of Naples. M. P., after answering the
various interrogatories put to him, said, t That
in all these articles he had always respected the
authority of the Sovereign and the principles on
which the preservation of society depends ; that
he had always written that the insurrection at
Naples, criminal in its origin, had been legalized
by the consent of the King and the Prince Royal ;
that he had always considered the war against
Naples as an aggression, since it was not proved
that the nation and its Sovereign had in any man-
ner offended Austria ; that the articles in the
Journal of Ghent are moderate, free from crimi-
nality in the eyes of all those who respect the
liberty of the Press, and that his intentions are
pure,' &c.
" HA MBURGn, MAY 18.—Welearn from Stock-
holm, that the Diet of Norway has rejected the
proposal of his Majesty relative to the Nobility
of that kingdom." •

LISTIQN, MAY s.—At the Meeting hf the 3d; the Ministers
informed the Assembly that M. LAURENtO D'AN-DnA had
received orders from the Court of Rid Janeiro, to demand
that a Palace should be got rewly at Lisbon for the reception of
the King and Mi. Court, on his arrival in Europe. The letter
further states, that the Palace of D'Ajuda was too small, but
that of Quelnez would suit. The Minister demanded 45,00.
milrays for that object, which was referred to the Committee of
Finances.

The Meeting at the Crown and Anchor yes-
terday was so much in the hackneyed style of
pretended patriotism, that any report of its pro-
ceedings must be disgusting to all real friends of
the country. We have, however, given an account
of it in another part of our Paper, because it is
proper that the true character of the Agitators
should be known, and held forth to the contempt
and indignation of the people. The chief subject
of complaint at this meeting, which may fairly
be characterized as factious and seditious, was the
laudable attempt to controul the licentiousneSS of
the Press, set on foot by a body of persons styling
themselves a CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. The
necessity of such an association is obvious, for never
were the blessings of a Free Press so shamefully
abused as at the presentperiod. Even those public
Journals which profess to be adverse to.the dar-
ing licentiousness of such writers as COBBETT,
and to act on the purest principles of Whiggism,
approach so nearly to the doctrines of the writers
alluded to, that hardly any distinction can be
made between them. The New Constitutional
AssociatiOn in question appears to be fOunded
on the principles of that Association at the
Crown and Anchor, which, twenty-five years
ago, arrested the progress of the Revolutionary
doctrines which spread the contagion of French
rebellion and regicide. That Association held
forth a warning voice to the country, and by the
diffusion of short, well-written tracts, corrected
the judgment of the lower classes of the people,
and in a great measure contributed to the security
of our establishment in Church and State. The
new Constitutional Association, however, though
founded on the same principles which were then
so seasonable and so beneficial, has adopted an-
other plan, viz. watching over the progress of the
Seditious Press, and submitting its productions to
the notice of the Law. This surely is.a proper
object, for who would wish that attempts to destroy
that Constitution which renders us the most free,
secure, and happy people on the face of the
earth, should pass unpunished till the whole is
buried in confusion and anarchy ? It may be ex-
pected, therefore, that an institution for so salu-
tary a purpose, and supported by some of the
most respectable characters in the country, should
be reviled by the meeting of yesterday, and the
abuse of the latter may therefore be considered
as the mere effect of factious spleen and ambition,
crossed in its wicked machinations.

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Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of GLA-.
RENCE, accompanied by the Duchess of KENT,
went to Bushy, where their Royal Highnesses
spent the day.—The Duke and Duchess of
GLOUCESTER had a numerous party to dinner
yesterday.
The KING'S Coronation Robes are-finished, and
were yesterday exhibited to many persons- of dis-
tinction. • No words can convey an adequate idea
of their splendour and magnificence. •
Two persons named Styles and Webster, residing in the
northern outskirts of this city, were taken into custody by Sal-
rrion, the Bow-street officer, on Friday eVening last (18th in-
stant), charged with being concerned in the late melancholy.
affray at Herne Bay, and were conveyed on Sunday morning
(20th instant) to Londdn. Merritt, another man implicated in
the same affray, effected his escape by ,running through the
river Stour, near Barton 11-13.11.—(hetitial) Gazette.)