The Sun.
London, England, 1806-09-03 00:00:00

CHATHAM RACES.

THURSDAY,, AUGUST 2S.
Handicap Sweeps:Ars. tor ail ages, bvia nit the property of.
Officers of the Brigade of Guards, Twenty Guineas each,—
• Mile Eicats.
Capt. Palkcr' b_ m. Ttrunette, t Ist. - - 4 1 r
COL b. it. Fitiut, t rst. 1 Z
Hon. Mr. Gordon's ch. h. by Regulus, lost. Slb. 3 3
Mr. Calut,bell'i ch. Parisot, ►lst. - 34 dr
Lord Alvaidcy's b. t. gst. Sib. - dr
Three very fi:le heats.

Match for so Guineas--One Mile,
Capt. Dalliiig'i br. h. Major, itst. bear Capt.Tarker'; br.
in. Marianne, cost. 81b.--A capital race, wun "by ban a
neck.

Match for so Guineas.---One Mile.
Col. Hulse's gr. t Marcia. list. best the Hon. Mr. DOS-
cawen's b. h. ight.rs. lost
—. —Won easy,.
Mstcßr h for -. Guineasu Ore Mi le
C.:,pt. Parker's hr. It.. Knee. Csp, Bst beat Alv.anley's
b. in. Mar .''cry Dam, jst 71b. - Mare bolted.
'Alstch for so Guineas One Mile.
Ilon. Mr. Boscaweil's b. Pumpkin, gst: best Capt. Chris.
' tie's g. tt Somoset, Sst. 81").--A goat: rA.ce.
PrIALII for zo Guineas.-1). 1.
Hon. G. Agar's b. in. Restless, 61b. heat Mt. Hes-
!Lab's b. It. Punch, li well contested race.
Man.:ll tot Gst. A
uitt eas..--1) 1.
Capt Beckett's ch. h. .ji,iin Kell, • rst. best Colonel Stib.
kklrt's Gerttait, t tst.-.---Gin,d running.
Match for zs Guineas. --a. 1.
Mr. Coombe', s. policy Tom Thumb; ast., beat Hon. Mr.
• Ilidc,!,,en's br. poney Hunka Munka, Bst. -- A beautiful
rA..e, won by hair a neck.
• All the above races were rode by Officers of the
Brigade, and as the day Was uncommonly tine, the
DlitnerOtlS spectators who were on the ground were
gratified by a most excellent display of jockevship,
• -
in which the superiority of Captain PARKtII was
evilent• to the most common observer. The horses
were in general well matched, and a great deal of
sport was atfoi-ded•

The Officer who apprehetdedOnes said, he went
to his master's house :on. Saturday night, • after the
shop "was shut, aecompaniedby Mr. Petre and the
boy, and that the; latter immediately pointed out
Jones as the person who employed 'him to receive
the 901.
The Prisoner, in his defence, positively denied
having ever seen the boy before last Saturday night,
when he came to his master's shop) accompanied by ,
the Officer and Mr. Petre, who, lie said, pointed::
biteout to the .boy, saying, " that is the man,",
• •and•then asked the boy if that was not he ? He said
he had been sent on Friday morning to Stoke iNfew-
ington, and continued applying for money to his
master's customers, whom he named, in that guar-,
ter till half past one o'cloek, when he went to
.the
Lingo of .his brOther, and Was some miles from
Lombard-street at the time the check was said to
haVe been paid.
The Lox') -MV ion, however, thought it right'to
commit the Prisoner fully fur trial, and bind over
the parties to prosecute.
Just as thiS business Was concluded, a poor female
maniac, of interesting person•and appearance, burst
into the presence of the Chief Magistrate, in spite of
all attempts to restrain her, and filled the Court with.
her ravings. She was a tall elegant figure, about 25
years of age; her fair oval countenance still bore
the vestiges ¢t a. beauteous and „amiable comeliness :
her dark hazel eyes gleamed with the•Avild tire of a
disordered intellect ; her long blaokh lie.. flowed to
her waist in dishevelled tresses ' • and she talked so
incoherently of her mother. and her lover, and her
distress, and displayed such a conflict of opposite pas-
sions and feelings, marked with the wildest symp-
toms of her unhappy malady, as-could not fail to'
arrest the attention and excite the:pity:of all who be,
held her. The Loin) t,,:fAvoll desired she might be
treated with humane attention, and conveyed to a
proper receptacle for in her unhappy circinn-
stances. •

, .
HATTON-GARDEN.-Eliza Bray, a genteel dress-
ed respcdtable young woman, in mourning, was
brought before the Magistrates at this Office, charg-
ed with stealing a quantity of furniture, plate, &c.
the property of the person with whom she lodged.
It appeared, upon the evidence of Mr. Davies, of
Bedford-street, Bedford'-row, that the Prisoner came
to him_ about a month ago, to take his second-floor,
furnished, and referred for a chara&er to a Mrs.
Ossey, on whom he accordingly waited. He found
her, in appearance, a person of respeaability, and
received a most .excellent character of the Prisoner ;
but she subsequently turned out to be the Pri-.
sowers sister. She accordingly took the lodgings,*
and condnEted herself with great propriety ibr some
time ; but having reason to be dissatisfied with her,
he gave her notice to quit towards the end of the
month: About this period, from some information
he received, be had reason to suspect all was not
right above stairs, and having procured a constable,
be searched the apartments, and found the window-
curtains, the bed-curtains and bedding, six silver'
pivons, and some other articles were gone ; sonic of
which 'he traced to different pawnbrokers, where
they had'been pledged; but nut directly by ti.• hand
of the Prisoner. When they searched the prentises,
the Prisoner requested to go into the bed-chamber,
and while she was thre, the Witness and the Con-
stable overheard her whispering to her sister, who
was then lying-in, Which conversation, they suppos=
ed, related to concealing some duplicates that were
afterwards discovered. In bringing her to the Office,
awe Constable (to use his own expression) coaxed
her to tell'Where the dtiplicates were, when she re-
fusing, he persisted in bringing her, and then she
promised to Make the discovery.
The Law Agent of the Prisoner then submitted,
" that upon this' evidence the Magistrates were not
bound to commit her for trial. It did not appear,
in any way whatever, that any of • the furniture in
question was made away with by the Prisoner ; arid,
not having given up her lodgings, nor her term ex-
pired, at the time she was apprehended, she still
had the power of replacing those articles which were
SO taken away.
. The Magistrates, however, were of opinion, that
Onder the A& of Parliament they were fully justi-
fied in committing her fur trial ; and she was fully
committed accordingly.
Some other persons attended `against her -with
similar charges ; but the goods not being found, nor
any evidence of her being privy to taking them,
these complaints were dismissed. •
Three very fine boys, from nit to fifteen years
of age, were brought before theNlTlgistrates, charged
with hallcoing and making a great noise, and dis-
tUrbing the congregation in Woburn Chapel; Ta-
vistOck-place, on Sunday last, at the time of Divine
Service., The two youngest candidly confessed their
Offence, and acknowledged their contrition, upon
which they were discharged; but the third denied.
The-faa stoutly, although contradi&ed by the other,
two.
The MagiStrates having explained the nature and
'penalty of such an offence, were about to commit
him ; but from the very excellent character of. the
boy's father, and his promise to amend in future, he
was also discharged, -with a severe and proper repri-
mand. ,

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Mary Doyle, a servant girl, about 18 years of age,,
was charged by her late mistress with stealing a
quantity of Tier property, and pawning it. The
mistress, however, having redeemed the goods, and •
they not being produced, the Magistrates thought
they could not detain her upon this charge-; but it
appearing that she had obtained several places; by
procuring one Mrs. Clarke to give her a false cha-
rat:ter, the Magistrates, convicted her under the Sta-
thte, 'for causing misrepresentations to be made of
her character, and sentenced her to pay a penalty of
201. or in case of non-payment, to be itnprined
for one, month.
Not complying with the first part of the sentence;
she was committed 'to the House of Correaion.

On Monday Thomas Donovan and Tkomas Evans
were brought before the Sitting Magistrates, charged
with stealing seventeen pigs from ' Mary-la-bonne
Frtn, on ThurSday night last. By the active exer-
tions of Trott, the Otiicer,.and his assistants; the Pri-
soners, with their booty, were discovered. The faCts
being mad: out to the satiSfaEtiowof the Magistrates,
they were both fiilly committed for trial.

FRANCE.

The Political Knovrtledlze • auti Sagacir., of M. C Ewrz are so
welt known, that the toilowing Article' from that celebrated
-Writer is peculiarly,entitled to the attention oft he Public.

all
The treacherous scythe of equality swept away
the rich variety of the local institutions of ancient
France' ; all the rights , and privileges of the Pro-
vinces, their customs, their usages, their statutes,
their civil and criminal forms, the assemblies of their
states, their independent Ibundations and public
establishments, their distin& properties, their imme-
diate influence and credit ; nay, their 'very limits
and their names. The present Regent of that coun-
try extends his ter rifia sceptre over an immeasurable
plain,' without one -hill or dale, without one ram-.
part, or the smallest obstacle, to arrest or to check
his career. From the centre of his nniform Empire,
with an Almighty Cabinet, a Minister that trembles
at -his nod, a well-regulated financial machine? an
'omnipotent and omniscient police, an army wholly,
devoted to his will, and abundance of prefeas and
sub-prefects, he governs a nation of thirty millions,
as easily; as-securely, and as despotically, as in the
flourishing times of the Ottoman Empire, the Grand
Signior ruled from the seraglio, by means of his
PachaS and his Agas, his vast poSsessions in 'Europe
and Asia. . The Constitutions of the Empire, as they
are termed, exhibit not one solitary feeble attempt
to limit this monstrous despotism ; nay, more, they.
have, -to all intents and purposes, dwindled away to
a nameless shadow.
It is' not only the constitiipons and the rights of
individual Provinces and Cities that have been de-
stroyed ; not a vestige is now to be found of the:
effects produced by the consideration, the influence,
and the co-operation of the two superior classes
upon the ancient form of Government ; nor even of
the personal power, the personal influence and ins-
portance.with which private individuals, of - great
property, of distinguished families, or of uncom-
mon merit, once•formed around the-State a kind of
collateral power in different points of the, kingdom:
Bishops and priests, paid, in general
.wretchedly
-paid, blindly obedient to the Government, excloded•
from all participation in temporal concerns, have
stepped into the places of. those powerful heads of
the richly-endowed Galician. Church. The French
Nobility, with all their titles and their dignities, _with
all their splendour and their wealth, have disap-
peared ; all that remain of the ancient families.,
have either sold themselves unconditionally to the
new Sovereign; or are buried in remote provinces,
or are living in retirement and obscurity, on the
wretched relics of their former fortunes. A large,
perhaps the largest portion of the great landed pro-
prietors, consists of new possessors, who shudder at
the mere idea of an essential change in the govern-
ment ; and wosid not fill to adore the Sovereigns
were he even-a Phalaris, a Nero, or a Thamas Kuli
Khan., The consideration, the renown, or the. in-
fluence of no single individual over the minds of
men, can Ise ,placed in,competition with that which
he possesses.,
Before,the come encement of the military period,
during ten horrible years, a certain perfeaion in
madness, a certain Yirtuosoship in guilt, was the
exclusive medium in France to. attain power and
distinction. Since the Army obtained the superi-
ority, the -renown and the good fortune of a single
yiaorious General has swallowed up the claims of
all the others ; all that shone within his sphere are
annihilated; proscribed, and exiled. Considered in
this point of view, as well as in the former, modern
France resembles a-bare and desolated trait, from
.the surface of which rises but one singe trees but
-one single all-powerful-arm, but one single name.
In spite of this despotic power, there exists in this,
as in every Other country in Europe, such a thing as
public opinion ; but, on thc,one band, from a pc,
culiar cause, which is deeply rooted in the present
state of France, it is thorougly devoted 'to the -Go-
vernment; and, on the other,-such regulations have
been adopted, that its voice is totally drowned. It:
is devoted to the Government, because the whole
mass of the people consider the.present Sovereign as
their deliverer from the horrors of anarchy—as the
.man who put a period to an execrable Revolotion—
and still more, because even' those who are betters
informed, -look (whether with reason or not we shall
not pretend to determine), on the bare possibility of
a- new Revolution, as the greatest. of evils ; beytond
'which they discover a bottomless abyss, or, perhaps.,
the terrific speares of past times._ From this dispo-
sition and manner of viewing things, it may easily
be conceived how the Government 'has constantly
retained its power over the public mini, thought of ,
late years almost all its resolutions and measures (its
usurpations, its wars, its nepotism, &c. &c.) are in
evident opposition. to the real interest of the couns
try : and if even this were not to escape the notice .
-of the inore,enlightened, and who can for a-moment ;
suppose that it does ? a thousand obstacles render it ,
imposiible for-them to communicate this knowledge,
in an efficient manner, to their felloweitizens.
The measures of police, the censorship and pros •
hibition of books, bear the same proportion, in those
countries of Europe where they have attained the
highest degree of rigour,. to. those which have been
introduced into France, as a lofty fence round a
place that is intended to be made inaccessible, to a
pit one hundred fathoms deep, dug in the midst of
this place, as the recompence of curiosity. The ut-
most that is done in other Countries is confined to
obstacles ; and those who 'find means to overleap
them, . are afterwards treated with mildness- and
iii-
dulgence, In France, on the contrary, tremendous
punishments are in reserve for those.who, in any
manner; attempt to pass,these barriers ; and a single
article in a Newspaper has often occasioned many
years incarceration, banishment, or death.. To this
may be added,. that, in consequence of the multifa-
rious connexion subsisting between the central states
of Europe, every thing by degrees becomes knoWn;
notwithstanding the strictest prohibitions ; whereas,
in France, the circulation of foreian Newspapers and
publications is attended with reaCdanger.
In all the monarchies, in the interior of Europe,
the military charaaer maintains its rank ; bus in
.none is the preponderance so great, in none is the
government so-completely military, and in none are
the rulers so determined to sacrifice every other
. consideration to military greatness as in France.
Amid the storms of the Revolution, and
,even in
the turbulent times- which immediately succeeded

the principal tempest, virtue could possibly
thrive ; and what was denominated state' policy in
those times of. terror, whenthe-whole struaure of
the State rested on injustice anciperfidy; plunder and
atrocious maxims was of stich a dishonourable de-
scription, that honeSt men would not Pollute, them-
selves with it At.tiiis very time, the spirit of the
Army WaS strengthened and elevated .from day- to'
day, by a. concatenation of circumstances, . which
we shall not here investigate, till it at length pro-
duced that system Which prevailed during the last
years,ef the War. This was now the only point in
the whole national economy of France on which,
the eye of the si,e6,tator could repose without dis-
gust, and the good fortune that attended:their arms,
seemed, as it were, to envelope the nakedness of the
state, its atrocities, infimn ties, and guilt, in a splendid.
Mantle. The mast celebrated of its Generals soon
sttcceededitt overturning the Government ; a detested
Government, whose •ruin was considered by.all par-
ties as a most desirable objea. Thu preponderance
.of the military charafter *as now established ; and
as, not withstanding all-the changes of form which
the new Government underwent, notwithstanding
all the accumulation of titles, and marls of honour,
and pomp, and ceremony, nothing could-be devised
to form a crluniterpoise to military consideration and
glory, the necessary consequence was, that this pre-
ponderance was daily more and more developed and
strengthened.
The present Regent of France 'is a fortunate Ge-
neral ; but,, unlike other Sovereigns, who, sure be-
hand of their Thrones, acquired a military reputa-
tion by their warlike achievements, independent
of their monarchical dignity, he reigns only bee ruse
be obtained it. By military achievements alone be,
opened his unexampled career ; as a soldier, and re-
4ing Upon the Army, .he overthrew the..Direetoril
Government ; as a .soldiet, and relying upon
Army,:be ascended from lirnited -and temporary,
to unlimited,despotic, and hereditary power.
Whether lie will continue tone viclorious,.filike alone
can evince; but, as long as he is determined to rule,.
• the maintenance of his military. renown must be bis
first and, hit'laSt care. Al GoTeitment.is'so cttxse ~
so multifariously, so inseparably contieEted with {iii-
litary interest : none sacrifices so unconditionally to
military greatness every other interest, every regard
for the state of the country, for the wishes and the
sighs of the People,
,e Whenever a regtilar, mild dominion, consecrated
by justice And antiquity,and Smmediately.combined
with the welfare of the Naticin, superintends-. the
public affairs, the' military force will only be con-
sidered ,as the means of .attaining higher,, objects.
What used to be imprOPerly denominated military
States, could only be called-so With this limitation:.
In thiS light, FREDERIC 11. though himself a for-
tunate General, viewed, in the whole latter .part
of his .reign, the Army which. he had 'created ;
and that portion of the, constitution of his kingdtAn,
which appeared to be -founded on military fOrms,
did not prevent his successors from following, ,even
to excess, that excellent maxim-- " To consult:
above all things, the welfare of the State, Ahem
to-pay regard I;.i the Military Interest." Butthis is .
not the case in an order of things; where, in-every
essential pariicular, the interest of the SotiereiAn
separated from the interest cf the Country; and is not
the case with a new Dominion, which is but Slightli
rooted in the opinions, and hi the customs of this -
people; which, founded amidst opposition and dan-
ger, by extraordinary circumstances, 'after 'a tur-
bulent Revolution, cannot for a moment :entirely
dismiss the apprehension Of. being shaken.ordver-. -
thrown by extraordinary circumstances of a collipt
nature and tendency. Such a Re!er is intent oniy.oa
appearing
,continually powerful, '‘-Ptert.,us, and for-
mida4le ; and,,. above all
able. With him the order of things reversed. If
the prosperity and the happkiess of the. State can be
combined with its military interests, he striveS4to pro
mote both at once; if either of diem -must bepreferred,
resolution is previonslytixed.•Tle_i4 determine,d,
.to maintain his military :.freatnes4, let manutadures,
tradeecommerce, 'colonies; and ...ill the',.private in-
terests of the citizens- flourish Or. decay, just as it
pleases.,Heaven.—Sucli is a true 06ttiraf :the pre;:-
sent state -of France. . : '

When diserders of the moat 'malignantnat re
have either trOm.htreditary •Call6eti, .the- Luxury or
dissipation of the,agei crept as it were involuntarily-
into our frame, it is of the utmost importance to
•those.-afilided with:them to-know wheat to meet-
With a permanent and radical-.cure.• This having
long been the objeft -of D. SoLomAN, of Gilead-
House, near Liverpool; he has. at length consented
,I)Iical •-basi‘
to make public his ilizti-Inoet.;giiie-s., a • medicine
foundcl on a chemical and ~0 11)1Ps0
for the cure of the. Scurvy, King's Evil, &c.
t
.and which he has administered during* a loft(); eour
Of private, praitice with -the mos.,t: complete and.
never-failing success, in the mist obstinate cases.
The pcv.vers.of this Medicine are of the most gentle
and'invigoratinw nature;: gradually cleansing .the
blood 'from every impurity, .and .restoting, the pa-
. tient to his pristine :-health, wbeh eery other has
entirely. failed, .as may be.fully seen iu the yam-
phlets delivered gratis by all the Vatiders in ittoit
, towns. '