The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-12 00:00:00

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The following ext.ract from Tice Leeds Intelli-
gencer,- on the strange perversion of intellect
with which some people defend the greatest atro-
cities of"Buonaparte, are deserving of attention.
" One person tells you, that the usurpation 'of
Spain was intended as a benefit to its inhabitants :
smother gravely argues, that the Berlin 'Decree
was occasioned by our Orders in Council ; and a
third madman declares himself ready to fight any
one ;who will,not believe the murders of Palm,
Toussaint", Pichegru, Ilofer, and D'En-
ghien,•to bc'proofs of extraordinary mildness and
magnanimity. Different motives prompt different
Persons to these,apologies for the most detestable
of tyrants. Factiousness, and disappointed am,
tition, influence some ; credulity, and a foolish
admiration of talents disjoined from virtue;ope-
Fate oa others ; but the weakness, which most
coamionly produces this effect, is called liberali-
ty,—not the 'great and amiable virtue, which
justly deserves that' name ; but a bastard senti-
ment, uniformly exercised in defence of the arro-
gant pretensions of. au unprincipled enemy, and
against every thing which has been held sacred by
the greatest and wisest,of mankind.
" It is a lamentable thing to observe, that no
measure 'of lawless rapacity can be adopted by the
revolutionary banditti of Prance, but some Mem-
ber- of the British Senate,—some descepdant of an
ancient and honOurable family —some Statesnmn
Who has been, at one time or other,, in the, ser-
vice and confidence of the CroWn,—steps- forward
to palliate, or vindicate, or applaud it, and is
beard without disgust, perhaps !with marked ap-
probation. Indeed, Sir, I_ fear, that the preva-
lence of these anti-patriotic opinions is synipto-
matic of a very general disease in the body po-
litic,—a weakness both of principle and intellect,
not confined to one party or set of men, but
spreading through. all classes, 'loosening the very
cement and holdings of society, and preparing our
State to fall,,like Athens before the modern Phi- ,
lip. If this man be really most deserving to wear
the Imperial Crown of Europe,--if his fierce vio-
knees he hut so, many marks of a' profounder and
mere enlightened, policy than the world yet haS
witnessed,—in God's name, let us abjure all oppo-
sition to his will, and 'hasten to supplicate" his fa-
vour and protection, putting far away kom us al/
proud thoughts of what our ancestors. once were,
or what blood we bear in our veins ; bnt- if we
klare to entertain a thought of national independ7
tnee,—if there be common sense in the noble
struggles of a Nelson or a Wellington,—if, in
short, we be not guilty of maf:ness in resisting
Buonaparte, let tics examine his acts on sounder
principles, and by a more, plain ,nal -downright
mode of reasoning,—let us speak of him as he is,
us wisely suspect
,of fraud and falsehood
whatever proceeds from such a convicted hypo-
.c,rite and liar,—let us listen with incredulity and
contempt to the panegyrists of such a tyrant."

Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ had beempreseuted with
an elegant sword from the Citows; PuiNcr, of
SWEDEN, valued at nearly three thousand pounds,
was sent to him by hisAid-de ;Camp „Count
EssEN.

Letters from Constantinople, .of. the 24th of
Zeptember; state, that both Count Italinsky and
Tchitschagolf had been authorised to•
offer the renunciation of all the countries situated
on the left bank of the Pruth by tha Russians,
4n•ovided the Ottoman Porte would conch•de with
that Power an offensive treaty of alliance ; but
this proposal, the object of which- was to arm the
Grand'Seignior against the French and Austrians,
bas failed:

The'.Lisbon Gazette saysohnt on the 21st ult.
Marshal Beresford came to Lisbon from Cintra,
eptirely recovered from his wonnd.
A solemn dirge will be performed on Friday
next in the Sardinian Catholic Chapel, Lincoln'*
Jun-fields, for the repose of the soul of his Excel-
iener,Pniur• ST. MARTIN, Count DE FRONT, late
Sardinian Ambassador at the Court of St. James's.
Thy service will begin at ten o'clock precisely.

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