The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-31 00:00:00

THE ROMAN CONCLAVE.

Some days ago we mentioned that most of the
Cardinals who are to take part ►n the Papal elec-
tion had arrived, and that the Ambassadors of the
great Catholic States having received new creden-
tials, had .addressed the assembled fathers on the
great. work which they had been cut off from the
busy world to execute. The speech of M. de Cha-
teaubriand on that occasion was mainly directed
against tl4e influence of the Jesuit faction, and
recommended a choice like that of the deceased
Pope. The Ambassador of the Emperor of Austria
has been equally explicit in communicating the
views and wishes of his master. His Imperial
Majesty declares himself, like our Henry VIII., a
" perpetual defender of the holy Catholic church,"
and stooping to conquer, assures the holy fathers,
that in protecting the freedom of their suffrages,
" he will, in all times and in all circumstances,
be as submissive to the church as a son should
be to his beloved mother." He then advises
them to choose a Pontiff who shall be worthy of the
high honours to which he is raised—who, endued with
wisdom and moderation, shall use his double power
for the tranquillity,the welfare, and the happiness of all
Europe. This model ofgood sense and moderation (ac-
cording to the Ambassador) was exhibited in the per-
son of the late Pope. His Imperial Majesty, therefore,
entreats the Conclave to choose a successor to Leo
XII. who shall resemble him in the features of his
character and the conduct of his government. As
the Sovereigns both of France and Austria recom-
mend the choice of a Pontiff like the last, neither
gives any countenance or encouragement to the pre-
tensions or hopes of the Jesuits. It is said, however,
that tt►e two Ambassadors who have so nearly agreed
in the terms of their advice and the expressions
of their confidence, are not so well agreed about
the individual whom their respective masters would
wish to see invested with the Papal diadem.—
In case, therefore, a Pope is chosen who may be
suspected of being too much a partisan of either,
a kind of threat is held out that the losing party
will use his prerogative in objecting to the success-
ful candidate, and thus render necessary a new ap-
, lineation to the electoral urn. In the mean time the
common people are amused with some of the cere-
monies of the- election, while politicians reason and
11 dispute about its results. As there are now more
than forty Princes of the Church shut up in the
Quirinal Palace, without cooks or kitchens, every
meal has to be brought them from their own re-
sidences. Every day, therefore, about noon, the
carriage of each Cardinal, preceded by his servants
in rich livery, sets out towards the Conclave with a
profuse supply of luxurious dishes, and the gastro-
no►uic procession is generally as well attended, if
not so edifying, as any festival of the church. This
daily kitchen-cavalcade, the visits of the Foreign
Ambassadors to the Palace, together with the for-
malities of searching among the dishes for contra-
band communications, and the indications of the con-
cluded labours of the day by the rising of the smoke
from the tube under which the billets are burnt after
scrutiny, seem to afford great entertainment, or to
excite great curiosity, among the Roman Cockneys.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

EAST INDIA.

The Chatham, Bragg, from Bombay, has arrived off
Plymouth ; sailed from thence October 27, and St. He-
lena, January 3.
The Thames, Warming, from Singapore, has arrived
off Dartmouth; sailed November 16th.

The Ranger, May, from the South Seas, off J),t
mouth ; sailed from St. Helena, Jan. 29,
The Osirs, from the Cape, off .15EAr.a.nre.p.
The Ceres, Warren, from Boinbay,-Ips arrivo pff
Scilly ; sailed September 0, Colmnbo, evt, atld till
Cape, Dec. 29.
EttritrAtes, Buckhorn, from Bengal, has arrived;
sailed from thence Oct. 16,- Saugor 23, and the Cape
January 2.

The Noormnbull, Hopkirk, from Manilla, bac arrived
off Cape Clear (Ireland) ; sailed Nov.
will loss of
foremast and bowsprit, baviv,g been run fonl of by a large
ship on the 12th inst. ; assistance had been rendered by
the Wanst,ed, or the. crew must have abandoned her.
The Bradock, from Bengal tu Liverpool, was abandoned
at sea 4au. 21; baviue., six feet water. The crew have
come home iu the Chatham,