The Sun.
London, England, 1802-08-20 00:00:00

LONDON, A UG UST zo, 18oz.

YESTERDAY we received a Aioniteur of the 16th,
instant, and this morning the remaining. Papers of

that day.

The Mani/rap is principally filled with Addresses
presented to the,Firt Consul on the preceding day,
by various Public Bodies, expressing in strong terms
the langllage of Panegyric on his general conju6l,
and more particularly on those recent eventso- which
have arisen out of the Sennius Consulta of the zd
and d.th of August. The Addrcsnes alhided to,
it elude, amongst others, thole of the •Legislative
Body, the Tribunate, the Archl,ishop of Pails, the
Protestant Coniiistory, and the National Institute.

The only expres--sion worthy of remark is, in the
P.Alress if the Legisative Body, which proceeds
thus " First Consul, France has acquired,: at the
price of its Misfortunes, an useful experience ; she
is convinced that Learned Speculations cannot com-
plete; in a few days, the Legislation of a great Peo-
ple, .that the most elaborate theory iilways leaves
on. the Body Politic, some incoherencies which
human irehight cannot avoid.. If the parts of
f! that
Body .are iollaxible, and their connections immutat
ble, the slightest disproportion menaces the whole
work with speedy destruain. Your prudence has
guaranteed us from this evil ; you have done
.much
for Liberty ; you have not done less fc)r Public
Tranquillity , and you have reserved to -yourself
the power cf still further supporting both, when-
ever the necessity of pursuing that line of condut
is dilated by experience."
An Article relative to Switzer/aid, to which we

refer, gives a (ktailed account of die present situation
of the Sri ailer Cintow,. It appears that the Inhabi-
tants of the Cantons of Uri, Schlviiz and Underwald,
hlve I,rmally dcm,rtied to be sepArated from the
1-leiveric Republic, I;i,:dging as their motive, that
thc .Co:htitiit ion of A.,nt-r.qtory; is the only one
which is suitable to their habits and their manners.
This demand is addressed to the French Minister in
Swlizethind, rev, Air% he will use his influence for
the gratificarien of their wishes, They urge that
the union l.t:tween them and the Helvetic Republic,
under, itr, new Constitution, was a forced and un-
forturn.te Marriage, and that the only remedy is a
Di v•irce.

it is stared from Rokna, that the cause, either
rral or pretei.ded, of the late disturbances in that
City, arose ot:t of the scarcity an.l dearness of
Provisions. Tranquillity has, howevtr, been re.
stored by means of the French Troops.

The Minister of Police has addressee: a Circtilar
Letter to the PrekEts, desiring them to make known
in their resreai‘e Departments, the various rela-
ikn, by ‘thich the last Senatus Consulte'd the 4th
of AuBust is conneCted with, the ConAitution,
serving upon the various points of view in which
it ouBht to be consiacred.
An account of the Festivities of the zsth, will be
found under the Paris head.

IN resuming our Remarks upon the New Consti-
tut',,,n of F.ance, we cannot but observe, that it
kias been discussed, or rather abused, with coo-
sider.d)ie violence, by some of our Cotemporary
journalifits. It appears to us, that the distinaion
bet t‘een the Internal Policy and the Exterior Rela-
tions of It;:arce, has tint LCCiI SUffijent!y•lnarkfd and
preserved in many of these discussions. Thai the
vehement advocate for Liherty should declaim against
the present Sy,-,:m of G)vernment in France, is by
we ins surprizing ; but that such a Spirit ,houid
lead ‘, gr., 53 Invec;ivesag tinst that Country, or its
i,f ~,,.,gist rates is greatly to be lamented.---
:ether Ftanee now possesses the only Govern-
ment which is snittd to her l)ispmilion Or her
.Chara(ler, is a questiop that may he calmly di-_
cussed without violence and without agitation.—
But why direct the grossest Toveoi ves against the
Chief Magistrate tA the French Republic, for doing
that, which ti, remains yet to he poveli, is not at,
.4tl beneficial to the French _Nation ? Liberty in
the hands of those wlio know not how to enjoy it,
can only degenerate into Anarchy—and the only
i'erne4 for Anarchy, is the strong Arm of Power.
f4Overnments are good or bad only in proportion
as they are adapted to the respe4ive Charaders of
the F.e,,pig t.!..1t0 are ,subjeo to them, It is evident,
04t tlr,l.44islcops!.ittitjup was ;gdtiertly trans.

planted into Turkey or Persia, it could not take
root in either of those Countries, because no Soil
could there -be found analogous to its properties
and its habits. The fundamental Error of most of
the Speculatists upon Government, has consisted in
beginning with Theory instead of Experience :
number of Persons who called themselves Philoso-
.phers, fancied they were endued with the Power of
regenerating Mankind, and began with destroying
every thing. What did they. substitute ? A Theory
that was to suit all .People; all Times, and all
Cireurnstances; but'a Theory that was drawn from
no one axiom of Experience, from no'data of Ob-
servation. The Experiment failed, as it obviously
must: Theory succeeded Theory, until, at length,
it was discovered, and reluEtantly admitted by
many of those who had been fascinated by the
charms of an Utopian system, that all Theory was
vain, unless deriving its Source from Experience.—
That General Happiness can be established without
consulting Individual Comfort, is a monstrous chi.
mera, which could only have been conceived in
the brain of a Modern Philosopher ; since it must
he evident to every Man,
,not blinded by a favour-
ite Theory, that General Happiness is only the
produ6t of the Happiness of Individuals.
Whether the present Constitution of France is •
calculated to promote the Comfort and Happiness
of the Individuals of that' Nation, time only
can determine; but when compared with the mon-
strous SyStems of Democratical, or of Oligarchical
Tyranny which have preceded it, the People of
France have certainly reason to congratulate them-
selves on the change. More has unquestionably
been done miller the present System to conciliate
the feelings of the heart, and increase the stock of
domestic comfort, t;an under -any System which
preceded it since the Revolution.
This subjea may be considered in many different
points of view, blit let it be discussed with tem-
per and with moderation. To
,mix with the dis.
cussion invekaives and reproaches, breathing in some
degree a spirit of hostility, is unnecessary, and im-
proper, impolitic and unjust. The Government of
France, become more concentrated, atd surrounded
with pacific emblems, offers an additional Security
for the permanence of the Peace. To blend there-
fore Remarks upon the Constitution of France with
invectives which can only wound and irritate, be-
trays a spirit inconsistent with that Peace which
this Country has promised to maintain, and is de-
sirous of preserving. While France faithfully
maintains, on her side, the Peace which has been so
happily effeeted between the two Counrriesi it is
obviously in the highest degree improper to make
an hostile attack upon her Government and her
Chief Magistrate, which can only provoke animo-
sity, and engender hatred.

In beginning with-the French Constitution, and
ending with the Eleaion of a Member to the Eng-
lish House of Commons, we follow the example of
The fMorning Chronicle of yesterday, which starts
a discussion concerning Liberty in France, for no
other reason, as it appears, than to bring in at the
end of it a paragraph concerning the late Middlesex
EleCtion, in favour of the newly adopted Champion
of the Whigs. ", Shall we," they triumphantly
ask, " see men have- the of to inveigh
against one popular Eli Rion, and the introduftion
of one popular Member into 'the House of Corn.
mons ?" We answer. " No," 'the House of Com-
mons is a Popular Body, and no man who is at all
acquainted with the English Constitution, would
think of inveighing against the introduaion of one
or 658 popular MeMbers into the House of Com-
mons. But we inveigh against an Ele6tion, carried
by a Mob, in defiance of the sense of the People :
we arraign a triumph, openly connected with a con-
tempt of the I.\,ltgistracy and the Legal Authorities
of the State. We can only see in that event the
temporary success of Licentiousness, and congratu-
late ourselves that the time is not fa,- distant, when
the legitimate triumph of real genuine British Free-
dom will be secured.,

The PRINCE came to town on Tuesday last, and
dined the same day with the Duke and Dutchess of-
DE VoN-ii IR E, in Piccadilly. His ROYAL HIGH-
NESS supped, on Wednesday last,' with the family.
Yesterdaynoon, the Earl and Countess of Cnor,-
NIONDELEY, Lard MoßpETtl, Lady CHAR LoITF.
CHO Lmo NDE V, Mr. CHOLMON'DEL Y, MiSSSE
M,)U a, and suite, left town for the Continent. The
party set off in four new post-coaches, with six
h ,tses each, and out-riders. Three of the out-
riders were dressed in, scarlet at.d gold, and the cou-
rier in blue, with gord'embroidery, very rich and
handsome. The .company rind retinue exceeded
twenty persons, forming, in the whole, a most
cavalcade. Tile party was to be met
at Dover last r4,ht by their interpreter, Mons. L.
and by his Lordship's house steward, valet, Sze.
They intended sailing for Calais this Morning, and
on landing, to i4-ocecd immediately through the
South of France into Lilly, Germlny, &c. The
€ LEI'S intend inaking a ten month's
_ _

A house is taken at Ramsgate' for the Duke and
Dotchess of DEyoNsmaz anti their family,