The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-01 00:00:00

THE VOLUNTEERS.

When we read the Columns of' abuse -icrainA the
Volunteers of Great Britain, inserted by the orders
of the :French GoVernment in the French Paprs, or
Written by. the English and Irish Traitors at INis, in
the Argus, we' feel no surprise—it is natural that
men shoUld take every' opportunity of..expre'ssing
their detestation' of 'a system Which has opened a
most formidable,.we trnst an:insurineuntable barriel to
all their hopes of conquest and of plunder; but we
c.enfess we are at a loss to imagine upon Nvhat prin-
ciple it is'that men, who 'profess to be anxious forthe
welfare of the 'State; can endeavour, upon all oc-
casions; to degrade the Volunteer System, and to
render the individtials who compose, that. body,
contemptible- and ridiculous.. It it ..were now a
question, whether such t System ought to be
adopted, it would. undoubtedly *be open to every
man- fo give his opinien freely.bn the inconveniences
and disadvantages with Winch it might be attended,
but now that the System has been adopted—now that
it constitutes one great and, essential part of our de,-
fenee, it is unwire and impolitic (to 'use no stronger
terms) to hold it up as. an object of derision and
`contempt, both 'at borne and abroad. 'The only
effect that can result from. it is, that of disgusting a
body of men who, with great inconvenience, and
at a great ekpenee,, have enrolled themselves for the
defence of the Country. Hitherto, however, the
attacks upon the Volunteers have been *made upon
them. generally—it was not till very recently that,
we have seen an attempt made to single out, an in-
dividual, and endeavour to hold him.up in a public
Assembly, where that individual could not answer,
as an object of :derision, mid for what reason
becalise. he Was in trade. Ts it to be endured that
men Who have honourably answered the call that
eras made' upon them-by their Sovereign and their
Country, are. to be made the, object of course
sneers and clumay jokes, because they are in trade
We . presnme . that the *. person who made the
observations to which allude has seen a great
th of service, be4teAse we have heard him say so
over and over again.'—blit that does not Warrant him
in attacking and holding out as obje&s of contempt,
between 3, and 400,000 men, who have volunteered
tbr' the defence' of their Country, or in endeavour-
ing to wound the feelings of an himourable
Tint it seems that the ears of this Gentleman
otTended by the application Of a military title'
to a. man who is hr. trade ; courage, loyalty, pa-.
triotiSm, are :useless and contemptible qualities, it
Oontatninawd by trade. We Shill only add, that the
man Who abaudons the cornfbrts of private life to
rally ,round the standard Of :his Country in the day.
of danger, justly de4!...ves whatever rank or honour
he may for whaterer be his profession. or
trade, • '
`.`‘: That aa shall gentle his condition,"

SPORTING I.IVTELLIGENCE.

DIRIJRY MEETING, THuainny, TuNt 27.

I);Ike'of StAlbans's 'Northampton, tut. beat Gen. Cuts-
venora Humming Bird, gst. tolb. twe utiles, 25gs. '
Mr. Germain a Witchcraft. lost. 2111),beit Lord
Absolute, Ilat, 6/h. Tree milts, sogs.
M ,r. Joey, 12:t. beat Gen. Grsvenor's
Wr4l, rust. fi.)rn the end of the Will an.l
one the Course, sogt.

AA handicap Sweepstakes of togs. each, two MUM.
Elis Royal Highness the Prince of W4les's brother to VI-
veldt, 4 fn. old, ,list. tolb. - . . t
Mr. CodY.lard's b. h. Young Eclipse; 6 yrs old, 'itst. .• 2
Mr. It.r:;ivAl's Clinton, aged ttst. 31b. 3
/}lr. fla....kc's Little Printer, aged I ISt. 71b. " 4
Mr. hlellish",s Lisrnahago, 6 yrs. old, tzlb. . - - s
First Class of Handicap Sweepstakes,:topr. t.ach, w;th 25gs.
added by the Club, two trti4s.
Lord Sackville's Wh;rlizig, rest. 21b.1 -
Colonel Kingscote's La Mancha, 4 yr 3. oht; lost. zlb. '.. 2
Duke of St. Albans's Northanipton,l6 yrs. 21b. - 3
Lord F. Llentinck's Chance, I Ist. 7 lb. beat Gen. Gros.
vcnor's Skirtniiher, 9st. 411). tW4) miles and half, 5045.
Second Class of Handicap Sweepstakes, togs. each, with
zp:s addcl!, ,twolnitcs.
Mr. Nlellish's Pipyint, 6 yrs. old i ist. 71b. •
C rosvenor's Skirin;slier„ 4 yrs, 'old, 93t. 711 s. • 2
Lord C. Somerset's Daisy, aged, lost. - 3
Mr. -B. Price's Crildrig, 4 yrs. old, lost. • • - - 4

' !DAY.
The Barrington Stakes of zsgs..eiclr, toys, ft. for all' Ayes ;
two miles, three yr olth to carry 9st. 71b. tour yr olds,
tosB. talb. /five yr .olds, t rst. 41b. MX yr olds 'and aged,
Itst. 911). •
The Prince of Wales's Rebel, agerl, walked over;
Ilowytth's Wheatear, teat. 71h.' beat C roive.
nor's Humming RIM, lost. 71b. the New Mile, cogs,—Won
very easy. • •
Lordi F. Bentinek's Chance, iost, 1.1!). I;pat the Duke r,f
•St. Alban's Northampton, lest. 71b, two inties and a halt,
2,,Sgs•-7 sto agst Northampton.
litty Pounds by llorses- of alldeniminations. feats, the

Nov
Mr. Ilarrison's Chilton, aged, t Ist. 131 b. 5 I
Cul. Kingscote's La Mancha, 4 yrs, old, tot. llb. I q, 2
Major Pint's Cary Owen, aged, gst. 41. b. 6 3 3
11n; Prince of Wales's Rebel, aged, e2rt:.4lb.' 2 2 dr.
Mr, Goddard's b.• It. Young Eclinsel 6 yrs oldo I-Ut.
1i), • • d
ltlM r •
r. ellish's Pipylin, 6 yrs. old, a tat. g lb. - 4 dr..
Evgil betting on 'Rebel; 3 to a agst Chilton ; s to 2, figs!
La Mancha.

leo!. King; ente's La Mancha, test, 411). tr.at Mr. Nfellish's
Pipylin, 126 t. 41b, thOINCW -5 41 2011 Pipylln.
His Koy.al flihness went froirtiMbary tAco c:oor.c to Boa-
tonL,tlte seat ofthe Latl c,f Gui}cllnrct, , ;
The' Meeting was unconunoitiy well attended, -and there
was excellent sport. •

Tn OrElIA'.--The King's.Theatre was opened
,on-Saturday last, upon a renewed subscription, for
a few nights, till the Parliamentary, fieces4, anti the
adjournment of the Fashionable World to rural en-.
JoyMents, and the sight'el'grcives and Tawn,v, rather
more durable: than those of paper and carmy.,.. The
Opera .of Saturday last was, La 'Cosa. _tiara: It is
one of the most spirited .and pleasant Comic Operas.
'that- has been brought forward for many years. Mrs.
lititalloioN cannot be said to appearto peculiar ad-
vantage, .in this Piece, as her excellence is ,always
transeendant, and, delightful.- RovEamo, Katrivr,
Ylci:irrobrr -S-roamm, and BITA}IAM are also. con-
ecmcd in this °Odra, 'which is still' farther strength-
ened by the return of MoilELLt, •, whose Comic
Powers are in fuil'vigour. The whole was very
mucli admired. and 'applauded. The Concluding
.13 all et , La Idle Sauvage,"gave PAursox, in particu-
lar, lICINV chlitilS to public applause; which was also
very warmly exerted in favotr of our fair Country
W011311.e. Miss CaANTIELD, Who followed her in the
.Mirror Scene with happy emulathqat. 'The House
wits very Nye)l attended by the higher orders, and
thc perfortnanct-i conoltided witheut any tre3pass
upon the det.orum 'so properly recouitnended. by
Epinopal Authority. - •
Died last week at Gosport; .after a very short
TIN.% 3.kmes Goorinyz; Brovex, of that plilci4
11 t2i'x'lr»iYitY regl-e!! ed, by a large fazilily and a very' OX
tefliive