The Sun.
London, England, 1806-08-28 00:00:00

OFFICE OF. ORDNANCE,

Aug. to, !M.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA-
jESTY's ORDNA 'NCB do hereby give' Notice, nut
Proposals will be received at their Offce, in St. Illargaret-strert,
Westminster, on or before the isth of September nevi, fam
Persons as may be willing to undertake thesupxy ofLEATHLR
BREECHES and GLOVESAr the 17.9.6r1 Iforse4rtillety and
corps of Rgal Artillery Drivers, upon a Contran for a-period of
Three Years, determinable after One Yea)., Upon Three ilfonthi
.Notice "being given ly either party.
, •

of the Articles may be seen upon application at the
Principal Storekeeper's Office in the Towers and the Term ant.
Condiiions 4.1 the Coutraa nrly be known at the Secretary's Office,
in St, Margaret-street aforesaid, any daj, bqween.the flours of
Ten and Fore o'ClO'ck, where the Proparats sue In be delivered,
sealed up, and marked on the outside, ".Proposali for the supply
of Leathei.n Breeches and clovesi" but no Proposal can 6e ad.
'flitted after the 'so of Sette,l4er,next.
By Older tf the Board;
•

R. H. CREIP, trowa)y.

NXTITEN Professional Men of Education and
W v Responsibility deviate from the general System by
the seledion cifi peculiar branch, the sanction of lOng'con-,
tinued success is the best criterion of superiority.
Eight years have I devoted my pradice to the exclusive
treatment of Three Disorders, anm the successful result of
my plan gives me additional ardor to oppose, as tar as I am
able, the ravages of those Complaints which are the most
important in the Catalogue of Human Infirmities.

After initiation into 'every. Branch, as an Army Surgeon,
t formed a wish at an early, period of l'radioe to rescue in-
dividuals from the ignorance of uneducated men, or the
equally dangerous precipitancy general r raditiidiers.
The Three Disorders, to the Cure of which I have dew
voted my attention, comprise. .every species of VEN b.
REAL INFECTION, whether of a recent or lung du.
rations zdly,. All kinds of debility, whether arising from
the habits of school-boys, or the indulgences of mature
age*: And, lastly, tut derangement of the system in wo.
men which is called BARRENNESS; or STERILITY,.
• Numerous Diseases are the result of ignorance, or haoe
in the treatment of a simple
_Gonorthpedi and it not tiu-
frequently happens that the seeds of Lite are poisoned by
'the indiscretion of att unguarded' hour.—By a superior ine-
thod'such Complaints are easily cured; and, even whe-re
others have failed, I trust that I may presume to offer a
radical re-establishment.'

Few, however, are the cases of complicated distresr in
this disbrder, compared with the calamitous-situations of
Men, who, ,from an indulgence in a solitary vice, or the
prevalent gaieties of a fashionably life, acquire that state
'of Debility, which is the unavoidable consequerice of such
pernicious habits. a _ _

Where the unhappy sufferer broods over his misery, but
carefully Conceals his- misfortune, it may be some conse-
lation for him to know, that.although It be an obieo of
doubt or uncertainty with other Nadia:tiers, the removal
of .these Deficiencies by the gradual progress of Renova.
tion, is .the acquirement of arty Experience. I f the rivs
of bacelius or Venus have began to.reduceManty vigour,
much anxiety will be prevented by an early Counterace •
tion of this languid State; ands in these cases, no great
difficulty will occur.
But where this Deficiency has for years existed, a proper
perseverance is indispensably • equisire to revive the_slum.
boring Sparks of Life, and to reanimate the' Constitufafor,.

M A itRI El) WOMEN, .who have long been c isapnbinted-
in their expedations ofd Family; may be assizTed, that. itr
most instances, such defeds are curable by -Medical "skill..

The secresy which is so essential to 'my untie; taking,
and thequalific:,,tions which I have presumed to stare, limn
the basis or my pretensions, and in coincidcwe with such
thii,intimation is given, that Mr. 13ree ma. be cortsulted
perSatiaily, or by , Letters (inclosing a small Note) at his
house, No. 2,9, Arundel. street,. Strand, near Temple Bar.

There iss an additional Entrance in Water-street,
adjoining, and the Name is ons oth the doors.,

Martinilre*, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

DOA' G,ISPAII MELCHOR DE JOVELLANOS

ON THE

DIVERSIONS. OF A PEOPi..

We are indebted to the pen of Lord HOLLAND
for-the translation of the blowing passage of an
Essay on Popular Diversions, by the great and good
Statesman whose name is prefixed' • and "• who is
now languishing in the' dungeons of Palma, im-
prisoned without ,an accusation, and condemned
without theform of a trial." ; .
This virtuous Spaniard deplores the fallen state
of his Countrymen ; and, in a most eloquent paper,
displays the influence of an harsh and vigorous
police on •themoral• energies of a • nation. It is a
lesson to our purit4nical societies and reforming
Magistrates, which they ought to read before they
attempt to mortify the spirit and change the cha-
iaster of Englishmen
The, labouring class of society require diver-
sions, but not exhibitions : the' Government is not
cared upon to 'divert them, but to permit them to
divert themselves. For a few days, the short mo-
ments which they can devote to recreation and •en-
, terbinment, they .will naturally seek, and easily find,
amusements for therriselves. Let them merely be
unmolested, and prote&ed in the enjoyment of them.
A bright sky and fine weather, on a holiday, which
• will legve them-at liberty to walk, run, throw. the
bar, to play at ball, coits, or skittles, or to junket,
drink, dance and caper on the grass, will fill all
their desires, and yield them completd gratification
and contentment. At so cheap a rate
.may. a
whole people, however numerous, Ise delighted and
'amused.

. . "
How happens it then, that themajority of the
people of Spain have no diversion at all ? for every
one who has travelled through our provinces must
wave made this melancholy remark. Even on the
greatest festivals, instead of that boisterous merri-
ment and noise which shOuld bespeak the joy of the
'inhabitants, there reigns throughout the market-
places and. streets a -.slothful inactivity, a ;gloomy
stilines; - which cannot- be remarked without the

-mingled em(Ations of surprise and pity. The few
persons who leare their houses
,seem to. be driven
trot them by listlessness, and dragged. as far as the
threshold, the market, or the.church-.dodr, .there,

muffled in their cloaks, leaning•against some corner,
'seated on someibench, or lounging backwards and
forwards,without objed, aim, or purpose, th,ey pass
their hours, aye,. • may say their whole evenings;
without mirthi• recreation,• or amusement. When
yon add to this piatire, the drearinesS and filth of
the villages, the poor and slovenly dress of the in-
habitants, the gloominess and silence of their air, the
'laziness, the want of concert and union, so striking
every where, who but would be , astonished—who
but would be afilided by so •mournful'a,pba.nome-
- non ? This is not- indeed the place to expose the
errors which conspire to produce it ; but whatever
these errors may be, one phint is clear—that they
are all to be found in the laws. Without wandering
from my snbjed, I may be permitted to observe, that
the chief mistake lies in the faulty police of our vil-
lages. Many Magistrates are misled, •by an ill-
judged zeal, to suppose that the perfe&ion of mu-
nicipal government consists. in the subje&ion of the
people ; they imagine that the great objed of subor-
dination is accomplished if the inhabitants tremble
• at the voice of justice, atid no one ventures to move
cr even to breathe, at the very sound of her name.
Hence any mob, any noise or disturbance, is termed
a riot or tumult ; and every little dispute or scuffle
becomes the subje& of a criminal proceeding, in-
volving in its consequences examinations and arrests,
- imprisonments and fines,- with all the train of legal
persecutions and vexations. Under such an oppres-•
-save -police, the people -rowing dispirited and dis-
heartened, and sacrificing their inclinations to their
security, they abjure diversions, which, though pub-
lic and 'innocent, are replete witl' embarrassments,
and have recourse to solitude and inaction, dull and
,painful indeed, to their feeling, but at least unmo-
lested by law, and unattended with danger.
`f The same- system has occasioned numberless
regulations of police, not only injurious to the liber-
ties, but prejudicial to the welfare and prosperity of
the villages, yet not loss harshly or rigorously en-
for,:ed on • that account. There are' some places
where 'music and ringing of bells*, others where
balls and Marriage suppers are prohibited: In one
village the inhabitants must retire to their 'houses at
the curftw; in another they must not appear in the
streets without a light 3- they must not loiter about
the Corirrs, or stop in theporehes : and in all they
are subjed to similar restraints and privations.
The ran for goverl.ting, in some eases perhai)s
the 'avarice of the Magistrates, ha i extended to the
must miserable hamlets, regulations which would
hardly be necessary in all the confuion of a metro-
polis ; and the wretched husbandman who has.wa-
tered the earth ,with the sweat of his brow; and
slept on the ground throughout the week; ciimot.
on Saturday night bawl at his will in the streets
of his village, ur chaunt his ballad at the door of •
his sweetheart.

" Even the Province in which I live (Asturias),
remarkable for the natwal bbeerfulnOss and innocent
manners of its inhabitants, is not exempt from the
hardship of similar regulations. Indeed the discon-
tent which they produce, and which I , have fre-
quently witnessedi has suggested many. Of these re-
fle6lions on the subjea. The, dispersion of
fortunately prevents that municipal police,
which has been contrived for regular ,villages and'
towns ; but the cOttagers assemble for their diver-
sions at a sort of wake, called. RomeriaS, ,or Pil-
grimages. And there it is that the regulations of
the police pursue and molest them. Sticks,' *hiCh
are used more on account of the inequality. Of, the
country, than as a precaution for self-detence, are
prohibited in these wakes. Men dances are for-
h.d.'en ; those of women must cloSe' early in the
evening; and the wakes themselves, the sole diver-
sion of these innocent and laborious villagers, must
break up at the hour of evening prayer. 'How can
they reconcile themselves with -any cheer fellness to
such vexations' interference ? It may, indeed, be
said, " they bear it all." Yes, it is true, they do
bear it all ; but' They bear it with an ; and
Who is blind to the, consequences of long and reluc-

* Thereis a custom in Spanish villages of parading the
streets on' holiday nights with the hells taken from the
Mules and wethets. 'llte rude kind of music they prochice ti
" Coneerrada." • ' •

It was confidently reported this morning that a
Messenger had reached Town in the course of , the
night with Dispatches from Lord LAUDERDALE; but
upon enquiry we find that no Messenger has artived.
Mr. SHAW, who was sent off with Dispatches to
Lord LAUDERDALE on Saturday last, could not, as
we stated, yesterday-, arrive at
,Paris .before Monday
afternoon, and we know that the Messenger, with
his Lordship's. answer, is .not expected till to night
or to-morrow morning.

'Wa announced yesterday the capture of a part of
the homeward-bound Quebec Fleet by a Fratch
Line-of-battle Ship. During the course of the after-
nocin the following Bulletins were sent from the
"Admiralty' to: the LORD MAYOR

Admiraly-O.Fte, Aug. 27, 2 P. M.

Message by Telegraph, from Portsmouth : Masters of
fotrr of the Champion's Convoy are arrived in an A inviican ;
only six are c;iptiired by the Veteran.".
N. B. The Veteran is lerome Bonaparte's Ship.

Admiral y-Oece, Aug. 27, 4 fr. fn.
Names of the Ships burnt Lire, 'Lydia, Inhu and
James, Alexander, Slier-. Eel, And the Hester."

It is evident, from the above account, that Jr-
ROME BONAPARTE was on-his passage tO I,!lntope.
But it is rather singular that his Ship should have
separated from the rest. of GUILLEAVMEZ'S Squa.-
'droll. It .is not likely that his Ship should hite
been sent singly to Europe, while the remainder .of
the Squadron reinamed.in the \Vest Indies; we are
therefore inclined to_ think, that the whole Squadron
is on its return home. • The. se.paratio.u.inay have
been occasioned by stress of weather, or Admiral
GUILLEAUMEZ may have conceived that there was
a greater chance of his Ships getting into Port
by running singly thanby.keeping It is.
indeed possible that Sir JOIIN WARREN may have •
overtaken the French- Squadron, and aetained the
,other Ships. Our Readers will find 'further parti-
culars respe&ing the Quebec. Fleet:in our Ports-
mouth Letter.

IT gives us sincere pleasure to learn, that the last
Dispqehes received. by Goyero.lent From St.peter4-
burgh contain the strongest, assurance bf the Em-
peror ALExAt.:DER's determination to preserye his
friendship and maintain hiS 0-operation with this
. ,
Country. This intelligence tends strongly to con-
firrn the opinion we have, frequently expressed, that
the Emr.Enor, of IlusstA will not ratify Treaty
signed at Paris by M; p'OnnittL.

Yesterday, .about twelve o'clock, Tits lkilAsEsTy
arrived'at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, escort-
ed by a party of Light Horse. _

Soon after two o'clock HIS' MAJESYYId a Pri,
vato Levee, which was nttended by,

The Archbishop .of Canterbury.
The I.orcl Chaucellor.

The First Lord of the Treasury.
The Secretaritn; ot.,'Srate . for the Home •and C0101'441 DC.
partments. . . .
The Lord Privy Seal.
The First lord of the Admiralty. . . . .
The blaster-General of the Otduance,
The l udge- Advocate.
'The Attorney-General. .
Earl Paolet.(in Waiting.) - , ,
Lords Holland and Cathcart (Gold Stick:),,
...

Sir Stephen Cottcrel.
Generals Sir W. Clarke, \Vetherall, and Floyd
Captain Pallier; R. NT.
. _ . .

The foilokving had the honour of being presented
to His MAJESTY : •

Lord Holland, by Earl Spencer, upon his being appointed
'one of the .ConankissiOners.to 'rivet their Excellencies, Mess.
Monroe and incknek,. the A-rneriCara A mb.issarliir.:, to settle
the difterznces bet ‘vecri our Gownuticnt and the United Srates.
Brigadier-Gen. Wetherall, upon fais ter ern froirvA.rwrica.,
Major-Gen. Sir,William Clartle, upon his arrival horn Ore
Last Indies. • '

General Floyd, upon Ws return From. I relmid.
Ca t. Punier, on his being appOinted Post Captains, by
Earl Paulet. ,

*His MAJESTY .crave '
audiences to the Loan CgAN-•
cELiox and all the Cabinet I‘,liniSters. After which
His MAJESTY 'held a Privy Council, at which Lord
HOLLAND was introduced by Earl SPENCER, sworn
in a NlCmber, and took his seat' at Honourable
hoard accordingly.
His MAJESTY Was pleased to appoint the Arabi
ShOp,Of CANTERBURY, CUANCELLOII, and
Earl SPENCER, Commissioners to prorogue the Par-•
liament to 'the gm of 06tOligr, agreeable to the
Order of Council on the 130' inst.
,They will ac-
cordingly attend the House of 1-',..,ers today, at half
pasi due o'cloCk, anti prorogtw' the Parli::unent
cordingly.
His MAJESTY set off fql, his return to Windsor
about halt' past , ' ,

The PRINCE of WALES left town at four o'clock
off Monday, for Bushy Park, where his Royal iligh-
riess'ifie Duke of CI,ARFicF: was Waiting tbr
'At half-past five the. Royal Brother's set out upon
their tourfrom Bushy, 'aecompanied by Colonel LEE
and Major BLPDMFIELD. On Monday night they
slept at Benson, and yesterday visited Blenheim, 'the
Magnificent se of the Duke of MARLBoaou.
The.hoyal Brphaie.rs be a 4 ant Si!ii weeks np:igf
their tour. • ' '