The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-11 00:00:00

[PRICFP'SIXPEXCE-RA.L r PEN'NfT.

TO THE EDVIOII. 01? THE' SUN.

. .
Szn,-7--It would be doing an essential service To•
the'FOutry, if any man of bminesSiu P•arliameut,
would endeavour to get'amended'snizth 'Acts of
Parliament as are.sc worded, 'or so drawn up:
to deteat their, o%liu purposes, of which from time
to time he Might getinformation fiorn country
Magistrate's as 'they found-. difficulties occur in
carnying them iuto execution. 1 .wiq instaboe
two or three ofily; thoughl apprehend there are
' many:more.:

in 'the Mutiny Act, soldiers having families
may be called upon to make oath of theVae..3rd'
their last legal settlement, and the JustiegiAndi
give an attested copy of such affidavjt.v.tp
livered to the Commanding. Officer i'Olkproduc
ed when required ; which attested#
attestttilyW &I' -at -,
any time be given .in evidence, ike.•-•This attested
copy then is the only evidence that cap be
the examination itsel cannot, nor any other copy
of it. Should:the soldier be called upnii again,
he may have a copy of the attested copy., if it be
then produced, but it is not said that such copy.
of the copy Shall be evidence ; and therefore it is
presumed not to be so. See' Lord Kennyon's de-•
termination. 'Burn's last edition, IL 567. Mean-
while the Commanding. (Meer in the_ copy into
his chest, and takes it with him to. Spain or Am-
erica, and the ClauSe of the Act becomes nugatory.
. 2dly,
.By Gilbert's Act for the maintenance of
the Poor by incorporated Societies, a Justice of
Peace cannot relieve a pauper, or even issue
summons for 'the guardian, till the pauper Shall
make oath that helfaill applied to the visitor, and
bath been refused relief by him ; now the visitor
is in country parishes a nominal officer, and .is
known to take no part in granting relief, living
perhaps nine or ten Miles from the Poor-house,
and by possibility nearly twenty from the pauper.
What therefore was designed probably for the
ease and convenience of the Poor, he'cornes their
hurtheu.

3dly, A Certificate must be-taken out, tinder a'
penalty, befog any person may use dogs, &c. for
killing Conies. But the exception is so general
with regard to killing tliejn in hurrc4s, bi• iu any
'inclosed grounds, that the purpose is 'in .a great
measure defeated.

By inserting the above when you have room,
you will Oblige !?our constant reader.
A COON ‘OISTRATE.

GERMAN. SUFFERERS.

The following Letter, addressed to Messrs.
HAIrmAN and Co. was received yesterday, and read
at the Board of Committee for the Sermart.
SuifererA. 500/, was imme-
diately voted to that untortunve distrr.,!.
That part of"Saxony-iyirtg between the Bohe-
mian frontiefs and Dresden, especially tliose vil-
lages which before enjoyed such a happy ease,
are -fallen a victim to the most horrible calamities
of war. ,
Armigs without npmber have over-run this un-
happy spot for several mouths, and the fiend of
German freedom.drove him to the most enormous
excesses.
_

The. dwellings were burnt or otherwise destroy-
ed t the cattle driven away, wher'2 it starved for
want of provision, awl consequently no means
left to till the ground., •
The unhappy inhabitat)ts fled naked and hungry
into the woods,. and re-appeared wher-quirt was
a little restored, to seek help from the more re-
mote cottagers, but alas, from these they. could
'obtain but. little relief. For the whole of 'Saxony
is almost destroyed.
They could el4im no relief from their Sovereign,
for.at this moment they have none.
And they could get no succour from their ,bor-
dering neighbours, fur these,had shared the same
`fate.

• Thus these poor -cottagers, without bread,
houses, or any help, are become a prey to the
most contagious sicknesses. Of 36,000 inhabitants
which this Brice happy district contained, 10,000
have been seized' by these infectious fevers; and
more than 6000 already fell:a prey to the disorder.
More than 1400 families (for twenty-five villages
are wholly • destroyed) lay naked and exposed to
.
the inclemency cif a- rigorous Winter, with not
even straw suflicient to lay upon.
There has been a Committee formed of the
most worthy members of that circle, for tae pur-
pose of alleviating, us far as possible,
frightful miseries; hat their exertions have only
succeeded far enough to furnish these poor fugi,
tives for the space of five weeks with bread, phy-
sic, and straw.
Their fund being now exhausted, and•Sallony
wholly ruined, some aid can only he expected
from those countries %Alija have less suffered..

We therefore turn our eyes and prayers to the
noble English nation, the wealthiest and most
magnanimous in the world, which has alreittly
done much, 'indeed nearly all -the relief which
Germany has received.
It is from you that we expect the life and hap-
piness of so many thousand souls. We have made
a collection for the supply of their wants for the
following week ; but Bohemia has'suffered too
much to afford any thing like 'an adequate sufli-
cieney for their pressing- wants ; and we are very
anxious to furnish the abiiolute necessities, as.
physic, straw, some greens, and, if possible, some
corn, in order to cultivate .for the next spring,
for the fields lying all waste, the misery will, if
possible, be increased. God Almighty will plen-
tifully reward it, and you may rely on the most
conscientious distribution of your liberality,: with
- a true and public account of the same.
Prague, Fell. 2, 1814. BALLABANE AND COMPANY.
N. B. Allowances will be made for- the stile of
this letter, when considered that it came from
.Prague