The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-14 00:00:00

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As We fec.,l'il"..Dur dtaty'th• Assist every Instituticri
whic.h.intty tend to the -pro Mtiti on of human ity arid the
.ho'nour-or our Country;' 1,‘;.,6 deem it very proper to
submit to our Readers thesfolldwino-'Extraets froth a
Sermon preached at AYlsharin- Norfolk; by the Rev.
JOUNBEDINTaftELD COLLYER,- on the day appointed
for a-General Thanksgiving-for the last signal Victory
obtained by Lord NELsmsT.----- We are particularly in-
duced to insert these ExtraCts because the learned,
pious, and public-spirited Author hts liberally assign-
ed all the profits-which may arise from the circula-
tion of his Work to THE PATRIOTIC FUND, an Esta-
blishment that deserves the'patronage of every Eng-
lishman and friend to humanity. -After apologiz-
ing for the -introduCtion of politic's in his judicious
and interesting Discourse, the Author makes the ti.)l7
lowing pertinent and well-timed observations : • -
France, herself, is the first obje& we Will con-
template torn' and distraded fOr several. years past
by the -most horrid convulsions, and deluged .with
the blood-of her citizens, she is now sunk into sub-
jeEtion to a most arbitrary and despotic Government.
There were some amongst us who rejoiced at seeing
her aspire to freedom, and considered thefirst- dawn-
jugs of :the Revolution as the auspicious opening of
gloriOus day of liberty, which was to impart the
Same kindly influence to the rest of Europe which
had so - long invigorated and sustained this happy
Island. We have lived to see the most frightful
reverse : at this moment, France retains not one
spark of that freedom which was 'her ostensible
obje& 'At
.the outset-of her career! She has been a
prey to the most savage riot and licentiousness ; she
has'been tom by factions and intestine .commotions,
and driven almost to desperation by the continued
scenes of hideous cruelty and massacre in which
thousands of her
,sons have perished.----Relieved' at
length from the most complicated and agonizing of
her suffering, she has been content to subje& her-
self to the imperious mandates of an Usurper, and
in this state has been even raised to an eminence of
power, which, however, partakes too much of the
nature of guilt, to impress us with any idea of her
national happiness ; nor is there a remote corner of
Europe which 'has not. felt, I may say which does
not continue to feel, the direful effeels of that shock
which social order and freedom sustained by the
French Revolution 5 few are the Powers whom
France has not. reduced to the humiliated posture
of tributary or dependent Provinces, either by per-
fidy and intrigue, or by carrying war, harock, and
desolation into their very bosoms : that subjugation
of Europe which she' now wishes to complete,, has
been successfillly.accelerated in some instances by
exciting a spirit of discord and discontent imthose
Countries which she invaded ; the incautious people
listened to her delusive promise of iproteaion to the
poor and chastisementro-therich, till alas !too late
they 'discovered their mistake, and found that the
humble cottage atibrded no better shelter from the
storm of revolutionary madness than the vaulted
temple or the gilded palace.
" What was the case with Switzerland a few years
back ? The people of that Country wanted no
change-, for none could they exiled to add- to their
liberty and prosperity ; they ranted pot for what
.is caned refinement, for they. lived in a state where
all artificial refinement was rejected for-the substan-
tial blessing of contentment ; by rural' industry they
had acquired a national hardihood ; they were free
and happy, and long „had breathed the pure 'air of
independenceb till at length, divided and disqllieted
by fancied ills, they became, less and less capable of
an united- and formidalle .resistance,' and their sub-
mission to the Power whieh-sedneed them was com-
pleted, The inhabitants. of a great part of Italy have
.also been forced to endure outrages the most Violent,
and. are now siabject to-the satnemaster. The peo-
ple of Holland, whose mercantile opulence was once
their pride and support,' have:- been reducted to the
acute degradation of yielding up, without resistance,
to the same over-beating Power, the rich acquisitions
of their commerce. A great and ancient MOnarchy
is at this very period engaged in a desolating warfare
against the cominonfoe, and is gallantly struggling,
sword in hand, for its very existence."

The Author resumes the subject, and refera to the
Institution for whose advantage the Publication is
intended, with force arid delicacy.
• " Again,can we contemplatec the deplorable situ-
ation of those Countries upon which God hath thus
in his anger poured forth his visitationsmithout be-
ing penetrated with the most acute seusibilitiy of the
humiliating and calamitous, state to which they have
been reduced? Can 'WC think of Governments,
hitherto the most dignified, now degraded or dis-
persed ?- Of Cities desolated, Countries pillaged,
houses reduced to ashes, women-and children starv-
ed, hoary heads:exposed to wretchedness"? Can we
cast our eves around us and see, these scourges
actually infiaid in several of the Nations ; and do
we not in the midst of our-own rejoicings experience
a degree of sorrow for the inhabitants of those
CountrieS who are thus bereft of their comfort and
independence ?
." And if we feel even for those who are not our
Countr)kuieu, our atfeaion is beyona expressioti:for
those gallant men .of our own Nation, who have sa-
criticed their health or strength, and for -the memory
of those departed heroes who havefailen in the de-
feilie -of .their Country. :—be it remembered, that
they adventured their lives in fighting our battle,
that thoLstiffered that we might rejoice,' and that to
their effort, in aiins it is owing, under Providen'ep,
'.thra woarepreserved from any immediate danger of
perishing c. the Aratiang whicli are desp.oyed &fore,
dur.faos (1).44t. 8.. v. co.) To those brave men,
who. survive in 'pain or sickness, shall we not
liaf,ten to extend relief ? Or, if the deceased have
left
.WidoWs or children once. dearer to them than
their 'Own„existence, shall we not endeavour by every
means in'
.our poWer to: alleviate..their sorrows,
minister to their neeessities',. to' supply to theth the
place of these Whom they so deeply lament ? What
recompense can be giveu to. them adeqUate to their
loss .? What reward equal to the services which
'their departed husbands and fathers have rendered to
their Country ? In our defence they were'prodigal
of lfc=--ler not us be niggards of our charity to the fatherless and the ~low.A ; Patriotic Fund is esta-•

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