The Sun.
London, England, 1806-10-01 00:00:00

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.

Nothing.official from the Cabinet of Berlin, nor
from that of the Thu4-leriesenor from any other part,
can induce us to think that Prussia is resolved orilfight-
ing ; and, perhaps, the Publiciste, before speaking
with so little circunispe6tion of a Power who, it is
true, marched against us at the beginning of the
War' of the Revolution, but who has since laid down
her arms, and neither participated in the second nor
third coalition, ought to. haverefrained; and waited-
.
till the question was started.
- - Perhaps he will say that
.the Prussian News-
writers, and more espeeially the Gazetteer of Ba-
; .reuth, write and declaim against France with' the
' greatest animosity; bit it is well knoWp that the
Bareuth 'Gazette, which appears to he the repertory
of all the follies in circulation against the Fiench
melon, ha,s carried
.on this trade tor a tWelv4notith
past, and has so much fallen into discredit and cone,
tempt, that it is very probable /he King of 'Prussia is
ignorant of its existence. The extravegancies of an
obscure Journalist, who makes a bustle in a town al-
most unknOwn, cannot justify the errors of a Paper
I so justly esteemed as the Pullic iste..
Whence then proceed these armaments of Prus'..,
Sia ? Against whom are they direaed ? We know
no more than the Pub/i,e4te; but, more circumspect,
we observe, attend, and welt.
The author of the article of Hamburgh will per-
haps also bring forward in his defence a warlike song,
which was, it is . said, ordered to be sung on the
Berlin Theatre, and printed in the Official Gazette.
Fie has seen in this fa& a prevecation against izrance.
This, we confess, become§ graver; we think that it
in consideration . of this 'deviation which the in-
habitants of Berlin publicly witnessed, that the Ad.,
ministration here wish to remain ignorant of the
articles of the Publiciste against Prussia.
But after all, what does-this circurnstapce prove,
. however remarkable it may be ?-7-. Thet the same men!
who caused Count Hauc;wiTz's windows to be
broken when he foresaw the greatest misfortune for
his Prince and Country, who have frequently drawn
on themselves the displeasure of their King by the
hatred they bore to. France, are constant in their
delirium and fury, and that they seduced and de-7
ceived in order to obtain a 'triumph of Oazetfes.—,
What had 'the French journalists to do ? At most
answer a song, by songs. The'Berlin Poet cettl.
pared France to a storm 'which held thunder, and
he said that Prussia would burst this steno by can-
non balls. -A French'songster. might have replied,
that it would be easier to avoid the .storm • than to
draw the thunder on one'r, head.
We know, moreover, who is the author of this
bullying—we know also that the General who com-
, mands at Munster has written against France a
most insulting Proclamation—but more accustomed
to get inebtiated like a HUssar than to write poli-
tics, he is 'not probably of the number of those
.men whom the Court of Berlin calls to its Coun-
ells. Besides, were it necessary to colle6t all the
observations of the Officers, the measure would
be equal on both .sides ; for if several Prussians
-do not like the French, there are also Frenchmen
who do not like the Prussians.. Besides; what sig.!.
nify all these disputes, which certainly form no part
in the combination of Powers and Cabinets ? What
is positive in all this is, that Prussia has been arming
for a month past, and France only for :hose eight
days. This fa& must strike every: one—the rest is
only obscurity—time alone can euly enlighten us.