The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-23 00:00:00

a soldier of the camp of Boulogne, for sptaking dis-
respectfully of his Officers, the people generally ob-
served, cc Bonaparte means this as a hint to us 1.1)
The Liberty of the Preis, as :well as the liberty of
the person, however ostentationsly it has been made
the object of Commissions &Administration in the
Senate, is also under the protection of this Police,
and its Minister, Fouche,' and his-assistants. There
is an Otfice established for its superintendance !and
perhaps Bonaparte intends to institute one also, and
Police Clerks, at Paris, to protect the liberty of the
seas; for which he pretends to fight, having already
done so much for the liberty of the land, at least on
t ie Continent.

• Brunet, of the Theatre Montansier, cdhiic aetor
of great merit, has several times ventured on the.
Stage -to. throw ()qt. sarcastic insinuations against tit;
plans of 139napartei, particularly in ridicule of the
preparations for the Conquest of England. For
mentioning a tlottilla of walnut-shell boats, he was
committed to prison ; and has frequently been
confined some days as a punishment for this kind
of sallies ; but he is essential to the arnusementsc- of
the' people ; and Bonaparte knows that he must
amuse them in. proportion as. he enslaves and de,
bases them.

It is dangerous for the friends of a person in con-
finement to interest themselves in his behalf ;
.for
they thus often expose,themselves :1 the same fate.
If any body applies at the Office for information, or
goes to speak in favour of another who has fallen
tinder suspicion, he nuts the risk of being detained ;
and if not, he will 'always be folloWed and kept in
view, and hare his motions particularly watched
for some time, by Spies appointed to that service.

There, are two respeelable families in Cumberland
(or rather two branches of one family), at the head
of:which are a father and his son; and the number
of each branch is equal, amounting, together, to
eighteen pszsons. It is, perhaps, a singular fa& that
the former has one son and six daughters, and the'
latter 4x sons and one daughter. . •
' The late robbery of the CuttimUnion Plate of Lin-
coln Cathedral is involved in much mystery, in con-.
sequence of the fblldwing circumstaticeii----A eon-
viCt in the City. gaol (lately a Dragoon Soldier) inti-
mated to the Gaoler, who; a few weekaago, con-
veyed him to the Hulks at Woelwich, that " no
long time' would elapse before a' great Wilding
Above-hill, and tbewarehouse'oe an eminent draper
in Lincoln, would be robbed by two persons, poor.
whom was well knostin, and Hide• suspected to be
capable of slic.ll a trarisaaion." LT: consevence .of
this information, Nvhich Alr. Tulte-, the gaoler, di-
Vulged on his return to Lincoln, Mr. Smith,' who
was the draper alluded to, and fortunately paid: to
the assertion of the convict More attention thall it
was generally thought worthy of; had new locks, and
bars put upon the doors of htii'Valtiable Warehouse,*
and the rObery of the Cathedral has proved with
well-employed 'eautien. Proper persons have been
.sent from Lincoln to obtain what'further intelligence
respeCting this mysterious affair it is possible to ex-
tort from the convict Dragoon. -
On Friday •se'unight a fine new-born infant was •
disc. Bred floating down the Medway, Opposite the •
Gun-wharf at Chaihain ;. 'it was taken ashore hybue
of the labourers' of the ordnance. ' No inquiry, could
discover the inhuman wretch that had consigned the'
helpless innocent to such a premature dissoltitiou.
On Friday se'nnight a man, very respectably dress-
ed, was observed to plunge into the water about 2po
yards from :the Commissioners' stairs in Chatham,
Dock-yant - Immediate. assistance was procured,
and after a considerable time had elapsed, the -body
was picked up, but too late to restore animation.--s.,
Be had a paper. in his poeket, addressed James' Wil-
liams ; no discovery has yet 'been made of his
connexion, or of the motive Which led him Willis
rash act. The same day as .two Officet's of the
Guards were rowing in a boat in Gillingham Creek,
their attention was suddenly arrested, by the appear-,
ante of n man struggling in the water at ' some dist-
ante, from them ; they immediately proceeded to 1
the spot, and having procured assistanee, succeeded
in drawing nut the body- 'appearances of life being '
obserV6a, one of the Offic s Went immediately to. \
Chatitatu. Barr:telis• for sap 'al assiitance; but every
nieans 'proved ineffectual to i Toyer life. The per-
Any h:id nothing bbour him bYv,rllicla to discover to
whom or where he belonged./ - . •
`l'nesday night a PriVate in the Fife Shire Regi..
Inept of Militia.,, at. Chatham, drew suddenly from
his' pocket a razor, and instantly cut his throtit 'in a
shocking manner i one-of his comrades nearly had ,
his thumb cut off in the strUggle,of getting away
the ra-Lbr from him. The Surgeon was immediately
sent t'or, who sewedup the wound—but a very short
time elapsed before this unhappy man took an opt
portunity.to tear open hi& throat
after died. again,. and ' soon-
.
, .

~The. following is another instance "added.te the
list, showing how cautious, persons ought 'to-be riot
to leave deleterious drugs in tile way 'of the igno-,
rant.:-4lizabeth Jones, aloor WOlll4ll of the parish
of Caerwent, in ;the County of; Moilmouth, found
among some drugs (left her by a perfifori. who in-,his
life-time :had praaised farriery), powder,
which she ,Oenceived to be Crean of Tartar On Sa-
turday se'nniglit, she took a to.a-spnonfull in a little
treacle. It wai' not long.ere extra ordinary:pain and
'vomiting Conyinced her
.of the mistake. Under
great -alarm she- hastened to Chepstow to obtain a
remedy, Where with difficulty she arrived, and took
what was ordered for her relief, but all in vain : she
languished till 'about ele%en atnight, and died.
Tuesday .evening last :Edward Barrett, a young
'man of Lynn, s'ou:of Mr. Barrett, of
.the Pilot Hoy
Public-house, put a period to his existence by Swal
lowing a shuing!s worth ref laudanuni.
On 6aiur4ay the 6th inst. was taken up on Selstry
.Beach, the body of a' person who appeared not to
haVe ht.:tailor% drowned he had on a white cot-
'ton waistcoat,' wh ;tt., shirt frilled, white neek-hand,-:
terchief, with anw.her inclosed, *purple silk braces&
and ei pair of naukt,ell tro.,vsers. The words ." G.
Collins" is:inarkeci.witli Indian ink on his breast.

On Saturday. se'unight,abau half past ten o'clock
u the evetung, ag Mr. Cock, carpenter, of Thetford,
was returuiur home from Bury, he was attacked in
the noldieadiug uv to Farnham church by two foot-
pads, whi..) rokhed him of his. money, and cruelly
beat him;. after which they made off towards Bury.
The villains were dressed iu short smock frocks.