The Sun. — 1837-05-16 (London, England)

PHJ SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1837.  not to the good sense, but to the passions and pre. when grand fetes are about to be given for the marriage of judices of the multitude—such a production as the I the Prince Royal ; in fact, strict logic would point out that e ney was sot yrt to avoid being at the one before before us is admirably well tth imed, and calculated, mot; our But this so of reasoning is by present no means agreeable if read with dispassionate attention, to produce a very to the adepts of the Chateau. beneficial effect. The author is not a mere theorist, If our information be correct, the intention' of recalling but lays his chief stress upon facts, and at every step M. p Apony is of as old a date as Count Pozzo di Borgo's of his progress gives reasons " for the faith that is in falling into disgrace with the Court of Russia. The reason is this—the moment that an ambassador is on too good him." " The Church" says he— terms with the Tuilleries, Europe cares no longer for his " The Church is a body corporate. The property of services ; the men wanted are those who, in imitation of the Church is sacred to the purposes for which it was be- Count Pablen look on, but never become familiar. queathed ; but the Clergy are mere life-tenants of its Crowds of Russians are pouring into Paris, and besieging estates : they have neither the right to sell nor to bequeath the hotels ; this is a subject of congratulation at the Tullethem. This constitutes the difference between property ries, where it is taken for a proof of the friendly relations which is personal and property which is corporate. Now which at present exist between this Court and the Cabinet what is corporate, or, as the lawyers call it, " politic," is of St. Petersburgh. A gross error, however, arising from public property, endowed for public uses, in which public ignorance as to the cause of so many Russians travelling interests are vested, and over which the State has the su- at the present moment ;- the fact is, that all of. them, both preme control, in direct contrast with the property of indi- little and great, are in direct communication with the viduals, over which it has no control. So far is this prin- Cabinet of St. Petersburgh : every Russian is an observer, ciple of the dominance of the State over the Church recog- not to use a less polite term. If they go to Fontaineblaeu, nized by the Constitution of this country, that a statute of it is to observe acts and actors, and send an account of Edward 1., a monarch to whom the Church owes many of both to their Government. There exists, even at present, its best immunities, explicitly declares that nothing ought a greater coolness than ever between this Court and that to be considered prejudicial to the power (libertatis) of the of Russia, as the following fact will prove : Church which is found to be necessary for the King and Our readers will recollect what we stated some time Commonwealth.' (9 Edw. I. c 43.) This identical passage since relative to a private treaty of recognition, and for Lord Coke himself has declared ought to be written in let- granting subsidies entered into by Russia in favour of Don ters of gold ; whilst Selden, Holt, and various other eminent Carlos. It appears now decided that this treaty should be authorities affirm, that the law ecclesiastic is of no avail made public, and the St, Petersburgh Gazette will shortly wherever it is at variance with the law of the land. How contain the text of that document, with the view, it is said, of far this doctrine might be perverted into a sanction for lending moral strength to the Pretender's cause. Austria is plunder, almost as foul as that of the sacrilegious thief and still wavering ; its old policy was never favourable to the restomurderer Henry