The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-25 00:00:00

tru OF this assertion. The Allies were oftener
successful than otherwise ; but their victories were
unconsequential, becaust•tlie French Armies,,owing
re• never ceasing
.supplies of fresh •numbers, were
enabled, notwithstanding their defeats, to keep the
field, or, if driven from it,- to return with renovated,
vigour.- Suwarrow had the advantage in every en-
gagement, till worn out with success lie was con-
strained to retreat from Switzerland, and leave it in
the possession of Massena. ,Suwarrow; like. Pyrrhus,
in his 'War with the Romans, Was undone by vic-
tory.
This military • system of the French now bistOri -
cally detailed; and illustrated front fact, accounts"
inure rationally for the success that has finally
crowned their efforts, and for the failure of 'the
Allies, than the pretended treachery of this or that
Cabinet Minister, of this or that General, of than
the cowardice of one Army, and the disaffeCtion of
another ; and though it is not 'pretended to-be the
only, _yet itappears to have been the principal cause
of That success and failure. Indeed whatever any '
one nation considers as its printaryiobjeCt of attaih-
ment, in that, if within the bounds of poSsibility,
will it acqUire a decided and oVerbearing pre-emi-
nence. Hence the British Nation' being convinced
that its main support is a Navy, is ba'!ome•theJkirst
Naval Power that now clods, or ever exist.
And what I: say of Britain, as to its Ntwy, is appli-
cable to Ffance, especially since the. Revolution, 'as
to its land forces.

I Observed in the beginning of this Paper-that this
cause of French success had been • but little attended
Co by other nations, and the fa& speaks of itself; for
nothing effectual has been done to counteract this
cause. - The old system of an Army Establishment,
limited to so,many thousands, though from experi-
ence found ti be inadequate, -has been invariably ad-
hered to; and Armies so constituted brought into
the field have been allowed to moulder away, till re-
sistance:,‘ with any hopes of stems', became impos-
' sible, and nothing renlained but destru6tion, or such,
a Peace as the conqueror chose-td diCtate.
What other mode, then, is to be adopted ? The
nations of Europe who, wish to retain their inde-
. pendence, ,or-wish go recover it, must act in defence
of that independence, and for its recovery', in. the
same manner in which it is attacked, or has been
annihilated. They must class their popUlation, as
the French have classed.theirs 3 this population must
be trained to- arms, and a military establishment,
suited to their wants, must be maintained, complete,
in its numbers, in -time of Peace and-in time of
:War, by draughts from dais -population. Nations •
, thus prepared may 'be attacked,: they may be de-,_
feated, but ohe or two defeats, however disastrous,.
will not subjeCt•them to the will 'of the conqueror.
Fighting on their own territory they will repair their.
losseS much: sooner than the invader ;i at any rate
they will be able to resist until their neighbours'
come to their assistancec and if different Powers,
alike supported by armed population, coalesce for
defence or attack, their united force will be irresist-
ible. It will have a still hapiAier effea ; it will inti-
midate the general enemy of F.dropse.; it will render
attack on his part impraaicablef and defence on
theirs unnecessary. That, objei.qions lie
_against this
, system I- allow, and they shall be duly weighed'on,
some future occasion. In the ,mean time jet it .be.
conSide'red, that, unless flay system is adopted, we
must sooner or later be subjected to a French yoke
as some of our ueighbeurs have been. In that case
it. will Matter little-what title Bonaparte may allow
the puppet he, sets over us to assume, Whether that
of Pensionary, I,amlan'tanni Elea-or, Prince., King,
ocEmperor. We Will nOt the less be slaves, and
Slaves to his slaves.- , Similar causes must for ever,
in like circumstances, produce sii'dilar effects.
An-
tient Rome froM its beginning was 'a.eamp esta-
blished in a corner of Europe; its citizens were all
soldiers, and compelled to serve when required by
'the State. -' Rome first conquered Italy, next the
countries' contiguous to Italy lastly, the then
known world, never failing to make the nations
first -Conquered contribute, as its allies, to the con=
quest of the France is a camp situated in' the
centre of Europe ; -its able bodied citizens all sol-
diers, as the Romans were, and obliged; like the Ro-
mans, to serve when ordered. Spain,: Holland,
S.viritzerland,.ltaly, and part of Germany, have been
subdUed ; and their forces by sea and land are be-
come, in tkhands of their conquerors, subsidiary,
means of extending their conquests. French con-
quests
must go on progressively as the Roman con-
quests, and nothing can ;' stop them but their awn,
extent', or a mode of resistance suited to the nature
of the attack ; and that mode, the only mode which
sound sense and a generous spirit. can recommend,
and-which experience will be found to justify, is the
one I have here pointed out.
H.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, WEs rmjNATER, 1AN.24.

PAINE V. WHALES.

This. was ,an • ataion tried before Lord ELLP.NBO-
RQVGH, at Guildhall; Tor Money had.i.nnd received—,
The Defendant had sold to the Plaintiff a horse, and-
received the price. • The: Plaintiff, afterwards,; re-,
garding the horse unsound, called on the Defendant,
along with a friend, in whose presence he mentioned
the, grounds- on which he contended th.,4,the horse
ought to be taken back on this o=4oli, The De-
teadant acknowledged that lie had. sold the horse
with a warranty of soundness, and if he
should prove unschund, to repay the purchase-money.
And the Jury accordingly found tiar the Plaintiff..
The' action being laid for money' had and received,
Mr. FAtsKIN.F. maintained, that in the CirCLIT:StilaCeS
of the case, i,t'cOuld not be supported ; ^but that it
ought to have-, been laid, on the contraet. for the war- .
ranty of the horse..
Mr. GAlutow, fOr_the Plaintiff,: cited the case of
the sale of a chaise, wherethe purchase was to de-
.pcld on the pleasure of the purchaser's wife, and
where an action for money had and received was en-
tertained.EßSKlXl3, on the other side, contended, that
the anion ought to have been brought on the war-
ranty in. the original contrael, and. Maintained that
ik the latitude here contended for were to be ad•
mined, everyaetion on contraat might be transferred.
•intd one for money had and received.
The Court, considering this a question. of very