The Sun.
London, England, 1809-08-11 00:00:00

faithful ally into a mortal enemy; arid deprived France
for ever of that important inlet to the WOlOl of the
Indiei, Should he displayed in every lightand its
motives too. They should have if in the Corsican's
own words,
_",-a Bourbon Shall hot reign in .Europe:"
So, to: appease the guilty fears.of this trembling Usurp
er t? establish the broiherS of this low tricking,
fellow uphn the thrones of Europe ; to create a'Boo-
naparte dynasty, French blood' is lavished,—French
interests are sacrificed, an a scene: et villainy perpe-
trated;w:lncli.is wit hoot par.:Bei, even in the most sa7.,
vage state. of S6ciety.. Spew Frenchmen their mon-
ster Emperor in his clear light, and if they rest' sa-
tisfied with. their instrumentality, we must consider,
themitohe a dislina race from the ingenious, en-
lightened, and high. spirited order amen of the same
name which fOrmeri'y existed.
but know that the old proprietors of France,
who still perhaps form the bulk of the opulent part
of .the nation, do 'not 'scruple to sheer whenever they
have occasion to •mention " les nnvedx gens."—Th
generality bovvto the Corsican, because -(besides his
terrors)b,..l gratifies their ruling passionanity; bat
prove to them that their condition under this-nsurp-
' et' is one of degradation in itself, and'of borrop in
the ,eyes of others 'i rather than 4 of eclat, their
vanity will ceale to be gratiAea. The.: scenes
of bloOd-shed, rapine, and injuitice'inwhio they ate
implicated wil9 then'he visible to them. They will do
what the Tyrant most drad.F. ; they will think—and
R,erchtlnce communicate' their theughts.-
ifesfjes,, as a measure parely,defensivel it,is ne-
cessary that the' unceasing endeavours of the enemy
toexcitehatred against this country should meet with
counteraaion ; that the pe4le of Europe, and of the
world, should be taught to cherish the indepen-
.deriCe of Britain as the sole remaining depository !of

Europeanl ibertb—as their rong'hold,—their
del,—as the only eft:anal barrier now , existing
against universal stavery.,—the powerful. and willing
cliampi-on, t) whose assistance nations that desire to
be free, may yet success(tallY resort. •
The-brevity required in an,:addiesa of this nature,
-precludes -a.:.brtiter.. recital of nuinerous additional
reasons in support of the. expediency .of - strong
appeals to Pilblic opinion pn the enemy's territories
at the present time. It.-V for us
_now•to consider
how the principle may be reduced jogiipn, reserving
of course, the mode of communication to private
detail. Our Government Will nerdesCend from the
accustomed dignity of regular atiff:estliblished power,

to adopt measures of po;ular exposuree-against the
Corsican ; 311 d so. that the work be done, it way b©
as we 1 that it shoold be left toindependent parties.
--..lut what private person will, the
task ?

It is -too much to suppose that .any Gentleman
will come fori.varl to prosecute a national objel to
the mwerial detriment of his fortune;. for this rna,..
chineryi cat not. be etiedua'ly exerci,..ed without a coti''

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siderable expetwe. England;
,hotvevil.,is remarka-
ble in the ;number of its voluntary societies for na-
tional andlutTi4ne purposes,; and what can bc more
national; or_ more humane, t ;an
_counteract the

career of the'destroyer of France ? might we'
not epec.-t flotn the united .exertions of a resptha-
ble and 'independent association of enlightened 131-i-
-' tons, gratuitously ()tiering their labours, and disfri-
huling the rays of truth over The -darkened
.and op-
"pressed Continent.

SING&LAR FUNERAL. - Oil nay return from my,
journey (says ,a traveiter);. when Larrived near to
flaerlern, on York Island, I Met the funeral of Tom
PAINS thelOad 3it was going QM to East Chester
tot interment. The followers were two Negroes,
the next a carria;;e, with six diAinken Irishmen in
:it, then a riding chair, with two men it, one of
them was asleep, and then an Irish .Quakes on
horseback.

A society has been formed at Gloucester, similar
to that in Shrewsbury, and at Iron Bridge, for the
purpos,es,,ot putting in force in the most rigorous
mariner the several clanses in the Severn Fishing .
A 4 prohibitory of. unlawful fishing. E,ig!it nets were:
taken up, an exposed at Gioncester;,wjth the hope
of detediug their owners ; but, oonscions of their
illegality, no person Was p4d enough, to lay claim tor
thein. Several weirs and hedges on the river have
been destroyed.
The equestrian and pedestrian feats of the pre
sent day engross the admiration of thepublic, while
the more, meritorious performances (because executed
in ilie.countrys-service)-ot Mr. Powell, of the Ad-
miralty, have hitherto been unoticed.--70.n'thelaq-
ink -of the French in Wales, he left London. with
dispatches at paSt two o'clock on the mornings of the
3d of March, 1797; and arrived at Plymouth .before.
eleven o'clock that same
,night, being a distance 0f,.,
226 miles ; and on the rebellion in Ireland, he left
London with dispatches to his Majesty at Wey-
mouth, the lath Oaeber, 1798,at noon, and had
returned by half:past _noon the 'next day, being a
distance of 264 riles miles in about 25 hourS; per=
formed on post hacks, though a very foggy and:
dark night, and after ". having received, a severe hart,
by the falling'of one of ,his horses—both journies
being unexpected, much time was unavoidably lost
on the road in procuring horSes, He also left Leg
horn on the 1 ith April, 1796, at the time. the:
French were entering Italy, with dispatches frot-
AdintrAl Sir J. Jerais, by a circuitous route through
Mantua, Verona, Tyrol, Swabia, Vranconia;Hesse;
Hanover, to Cuxhaven. He waited 16 hours at
Florence and Verona for other dispatches., and ar-
rived at the AdmiraltY and Foreign 1 ffces its Lon-
. don early on the morning 'of the 27th of the same
month.

•
CANINE MADNESS.—oerjeant Nixon, of the 6th
troop 7th dragoon &aids, at present quartered in
Manchester barracks, was ,a short time ago bit in his
thumb by a. small dog, belonging to himself, and en.
"terfaitung. no suspicion of its being mad, took no
further notice of shortly. afteri the dog died sud
denly, and on "Wedne4day se'nnight the Serjeapt
tvas seized with the hydrophobia, and expired on
Sunday morning last.
On the' igth Of (hi% month the price of Tickets
and Shares ‘A ill advancv. Those why intend to ad-
venture in the present State Lottery, will save con-
siderably by .an immediate. purchaSe. The particular
Numbers bespoke by litc.naßDsoN, GOODLUCE., and
Co.'s Olfuot.s, Caronill, and‘ChAring-Cross, are now
ready for &livery ; and_ those who wish for more
than one Ticket of a -Nurnbr,'should make early ap-
plication, to prevent disappointment.