The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-17 00:00:00

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pdte -batten 'tltO.liii6 tthlritr-ies., , t N.or is 'it Vresumcd
'that she will be, so now. With France and Spain, i
we have "negotiated 1.4.11der the- mast humiliating, eir-I
cumstances ; why.- is our national dignity to be di-
re&ed against, Gre4 Britain only ? ,
There is no distinction between' declaring war,
and adopting measures which , must inevitably pro-
duce war. War, to. _the United States, is .an ,evil :I
that must be deplored ; but a war with Great:Britain :,
would produce distress, public and private,- that is
incalculable:in extent. .
..
An embargo is alSo spoken of, and may. be tried
as an expedient ; -.but those who remember the,spc-
cess,of that laid in 1794, will not. be
_too sanguine.
The Administration of that time favoured-that mea-
sure, which, with dispatching a special Envoy to
Great, Britain, was the-best policy that could have
been adopted under existing -circumstances. " Our
merchants would have:had time to get their proper-
ty, home, in case the negotiations had failed. Be-
fore, however, the result of those negotiations could
be known, the. embargo was_ raised. If any one
. wishes 'to know who were most forward in raising
it, let him consult the SOurnals and Proceedings cif
Congress, and he will find that the men, wliO N.rc•re
most `violent against 'Great Britain were, the first" to
sink under the operation of a measure direeled against
that-nation. Au embargo, for the "reasons that_opc.-
rated on the' former oceasiOn, does appear to be a
measure-of sounder policy than ,any 'thing that has
been proposed;- and has,alsci this-advantage, that it
will be dire&ed egnallyiagainst all nations.

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The folleTing important Document. has. not been
published in the Alynit,eur. It is, .however,.authgAr,
tic, and was isssued by the Emperor of tale Viench
on the night of the battle ofAustetlitz .„.

PROCLAMATION.
I-lead-quarters, at Austerlitz .Dec.
• Ten o'clock afniglit.

.. • SOLDIERS OF THE GRAND ARMY,
" -Even at this hour—before this great day shall
pass away, and be lost in the ocean
.of eternity, your
Emperor must address you,' and express how much,
he is satisfied witli• the conduCt of all those who have
had the good fortune to combat in this memorable
battle. . •
"Soldiers ! you are the first warriors in the world.
The recollection of this-day, and of your deeds, will
be eternal ! Thousands of ages hereafter—so long as
the events of the Universe continue to be. related—
Will it be told that a Russian Army of 76,060 men,
hired -by the gold of -England, was annihilated by,
you on the plains of Olmutz. The miserable re,
mains Of that Army, upon which the commercial
spirit of a
,despicable Nation had'placed its last hope,.
are in flight, and hasten to make known to the sa-
vage Inhabitants' of the North what the French are
capable of performing ; they will likewise tell them,
that after having destroyed the Austrian Army at
Ulm, you said to Vienna, 'That Army is .no more!'
To Petersburgh you shall also say, The Emperor
ALEXANDER has no longer an Army.' .. .
" Soldiers Of the Grand "Army ! Four. mOuthi
have not elapsed since your, Emperor sPoke thus to
you at Boulogne
_march to dissolve a, coa-
lition formed by the gold and intrigues of England
Aid the-result has been the overthrow of. 300,000
Soldiers, and.4two great. Monarchies.
Soldiers !..you are worthy of immortiality--.
Whiit'will :your relatives, what every French-
man say ? 'They-can never cease to contemplate yoil
With emotions of atfeCtion, and adrniration.—..knd
When your Work is completed, when you return to
your own fire-sides, your families—all. France will
exclaim—" These -are, our brethren, the heroes of
Olmutz, who, out of an Army of 76,000 men, made
10,000 prisoners, took 140 pieces 'of cannon, and left
26,000 men dead on the, field." . ,

PUBLIC OFFICE-, BOW-STREET.---011t Readers
will recollth that we some time since stated acharge
having been brought before the Magistrates, of this.
Office by a Mr. Hodgkiss, a Grocer; in the ViCinity,
of Finsbury-square, against a. yOUng man named .
Cole, formerly his 'shopman, for stealing some Wear-
jug apparel during his continuance in Mr. H.'s ser-
vice, which, after a full hearing, was discharged, as"
unfounded and malicions,,and an aEtion was in con-
sequence marked in the Court of King's- Beneh, by
Mr. Cole against Mr. Hodgkiss, for defamation, and •
a verdiet of 201. damages, and costs;obtained, alnount-
.
mg altogether to 7.ol:payable uPon the entering up
of Judgment on the- first day.of the approaching
Term. •
Yesterday the former charge was renewed be-
fore Sir RICHARD FORD, and. the parties again at-
tended. Mr. Hodgkiss was, however, more fortu"--
nate in his endeavours than on the former occa-
sion. He brought forward a woman. who swore
that she carried the bundle, containing the pro-
perty alledged •to have been stolen from Mr. Hodg-
kiss by Mr. Cole, and which was found in Mr.
Cole's parlour by Mr. Hodgkiss and -the Police
Officer, from a' house in which Mr. Cole at times
slept, and 'by his order, to his house, in Brewer-7

street.
On this evidence .Sir R. FORD conceived
,lfunself
warranted to bind over the parties to prosecute, and
order ,Mr. Cole into custody.
A respeCtable Attorney attended on the part of,
Mr. Cole, and, expressed his .conftdence of his client's
innocence, and hia consequent acquittal. •
We forbear. making any remarks on ;this case
until after the trials which, we understand, will
come on in the course of the present Old 4ailey
Sessions.