The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-03 00:00:00

PATRIOTIC SOCIETY AT LLOYD'S.

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Tests Society, whose zeal for the honour of their.
Country, and liberality in rewarding' merit, cannot
be too highly praised, have subscribed a Fund that
almost exceeds. belief, and voted immense sums,
either to reward the great exploits of such naval or
military charaElers as distinguished themselves, or
alleviate the sorrows of those families whose nearest
relatives fell in the service of their,Coontry. The
Committee of that Society, wishing to add. another
.leaf of laurel to the wreath of tho.se they may deem
worthy of their bounty, have lately determined to
have an Engraving, with appropriate Emblems, in
which is a large mantle left blank,for the purpose of
inscribing no it the name of any .person they thins
distinguish, with a description of the ;salon that led
to it.

'The Committee applied to several Artists to fur.
nish them with design; and 'inany of those made
were marked with classical taste, and atistinguisha
by a poetic spirit ; but as the personi' to whom they
were to be distributed were not in general very high-
ly educated, it was thought that .abstruie or deep al.
legory was not appropriate to the purpose, and they
have aceindingly fixed on adesign, the leading me.
rit of which is its simplicity, and'compotied of Em.
that are `not only ',obvious hut obtrusive to
every Englishman.
It is to be called
," THE REWARD," and repre-
sents Pritimnia with, her shield, &c, seated on the
,
0-ummit of a rack in a spirited attitude, grasping, in
her right hand a trident, and, holding to her left a
branch of laurel. A bright
.ray of light appears as
descending on her head, immediately over which is
inscribed "Patriotic 'Fund ," and on one side of the
figure are introduced flags, spears, fce. and beneath,
the British. Linti, with the rose, thistle, ace. Con ,
the other side•ii a trophy, composed of warlike in-
struments. Beneath is a large mantle, susrnded
from the top of small pillars, composed in a form
similar to the Roman faith, and crowned by the
'head of a spear. On this is to be inscribed, in t ery
fine handwriting, the name of the heroic character
who receives' any hontiurable murk of this Society's
approbation, and the immediate circumstance which
induced them to distinguish hint. To write this,
we have been informed that the Society intend to
emplby such of the Blue Coat Boys as write a very.
tine hand, thus holding out to limn a fair induce.
ment to excel and qualify themselves for the situa-
tions they are intended to fill. It was originally.,
proposed to have printed them on vellum, bum that
being of too hard and stubborn a texture to take a
fine impression from the copper, the plan was al-
tered, and they are to he printed on the best paper
that can be procured. The drawing was made by
Mr.. t K..POUTIIR, and engraved by Mr. E.
~Se it
The Oetoms whose names and achievements this
Patriotic Society trill thus record, ate worthy of
every distinOion and; encouragement ; and it must
-highly gratify them,,aA well-as Drum lite a jot er!ltt.
tattoo, shew to rhei( and friends theie
. . .
hUnourable testimonials of their merit.

HOPP Nt as the Artist, who, exercises the pen Ili
adroitly as the pencil, has versified some Persian
Fables with so much taste and spirit, that he will
probably be encouraged to submit them to the r,,b.
lie.
Houle Toogs has so many political offences to
answer fur, that it is hard indeed to add the errors
of Otilettl to the heap. Yet a sorry Pamphleteer would
fain persuade the Public that his nonsense comes
from the pen oft he old Ilitenhltdoe Reformer. .
The People of Sweden ate complimented in The
11lonitear, with the Title, of the FreftehmeN of the
North. The Svvedes, we are persuaded, are too far
,Noll., to be cajoled by such disgrace-NI hornale to
their National Character.
A valuable colldtion of Minerals has been made
at the Rosenburg Palace, at Copenhagen, as part of
a Museum of Natural History. The Danish
Vtrnment has purchased for -it the shells, minerals,
and petrifaftions of SPENCLIR, the Superintendant
of the Cabinet of Curiosities,. for which the} have
paid alas!. which is said to be less. than hall its
value.
On Monday aftetnoon a child, three years old,
fell from a two Pairof stairs window, in Newport
Market, into the strret., What renders this inct.
dent striking is that it received no farther injury
, than-a graze on the shoulder.

FRokinglTlE bich: AND DUTCHTAPERi

t.—The Prefe6 of the Depart_
rniwt of the Upper 'Rhine, has, toritten a Circular
term' to all the Mayors of this b.cpartrnen!, warn-
ing them to be strict in the case of tic-nun& for
Passes, troin all traVellers, to prevent ILL.. dese'r.

tion of the` Troops from the Interior, h.; way of
this Frontier.. .Hq.derla'tes, at the same time, that
all Mayors negligent in the discharge of this ditty
will he regarded as favouters of desertion, and se-
verely punished as.
,such. This Letter has been
Written in consequerice of, the information Uo.
vernment has oludircetl rtf several_arsmpts from

its internal and external 1 oe4, or .Conspirators, to
seduce the Soldiers, particularly young Conscripts,

to desert.

Letters from Brussels mention that the Auditor
of that Staff, 'VAR B ERG, sent: by the tmpeior of
the French to Berlin, with
,a Letter fur the King
of PtUssiAt, and who is still in lhat Capital, waits
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only Passes from Rtissia to cabti"nue his journey
to St. Petersburgh, with another Letter, written
by the Emperet'a.own hand, to ALEXANDER the

Arm. . • . ,
Upwards of 156. Alnianacks; .ft..r Oft ;year XIII.
have been already published under dilVerent appel.
lations, as the .Imperial Ahaantrek, ,the Emperor's
.01/manack, the Elltlret.e.t A I issaaatk, Prince Joseph's
Alm/mark, ,Prince Louis's Al hanack, &c. &c. all
with pretended appropriate dedicatiOns, containing
the must Mull and ridiculous verses, epigrams, calem.
bourghs,joexd'espeit, enigmas-, fie. that ever soiled
paper. The witiints are as proud of theseskef
d' astivra, as if they were ROLISSEAVSOt VOLTAIRIS
of the day. But the most curious of all is the
Catholic Altai:gad; dedicated to his Holiness Pltls
VII. where, by the s4ie of legends of Saints, aki
tales of IttilaCleS., are placed love letters to a this.
tress, and calembourgs agsinst religion. We have
been told that the author had the fully or itnperti.
nence to this Almanack to his Eminence
Car:l.lB3i CAPItAItA, who, judging from the title,
gate him in return twenty Louis, but after reading
it; offered hie i fifti more to eniirely suppress it, as
. a scandal Which would be very displeasing to the
Poris upon his arrival in France. The author had
theitidacity'to rcket ibis money, hut, Instead of
suppressing site Alrnanack, published the anecdote,
which made ibis stupid produdion pass through
four editions in three weeks, by which tie gained

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tyo lonic more. , The.lCorreitAional. Polteeors well
as the Cwn for the Proteoion at' the Li.
betty a! the Press, haVe: taken cognisance of this li-
terary swindlng, and the authOr is now in the prison
of the:Temple.• The day after his arrest, he agreed
with a printer for the fifth edition, hut, it was entire.
ly seized by the Police, who ate now anxious to buy
up the former ones, which consequently sea at
a premitim. Cuidinal CAPRARA has had the
magnanimity to demand the release of the Author ;.
to which the Minister of fulice, Senator Foucksi'
has not .consented upon any other tertitt, than that
he should he transported to the Colonies- for fife ;
;lA' he he probably before now reAched Roche.
.for,t, the pbee at his embarkation: What a pity
that the other 14.9 Authors of Almanacks ate not
of this party !—(joi-eant Paris.)
The contents at private Letters-arrived lately
fruu St. Petersburgh are of a very pacific natute ;
at least they do not mention any apprehension to
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that capital of any rupture between - France and
Russia. The EMPEROR of RI/ESIA continues to
Volta French merchants and 'traveller,' and they
are treated with .great atitention, friendship, and
lespeO, by the. people, alt attached 16 Ftatleei and
admiring her sagust.Sovereign; whilst the English
are not only deipised, but detested. Se.veral of our
Commercial Ai.,,ents have, however, left Russia, in
consrqueoce at a ridiculous pause; among others,
144.w/it Dr Yrt.t.tbaANcy, Commercial Com-
missary ar Crunstaili.
The Hereditary Prinee of W I itTrI4BEIW has left
France, and is now travelling in.Ataly. Before his
depatture, he wrote a long letter to the States of
tl.eiifra,late, acknowledging his great obligations
to the French Government ; arid, iu the mean time,
thanking the States fur the separate,. sums which
they hare allowed him, without forcing him yearly
to apply Lvi Irther for wormy. He speaks with
respect, as a dutiful sorii of his parent : but he does
not;,spare hisCUuntillors. Those who chiefly in.
• buence the determinations of. the ELECTott of
Wtwrimaittp are said to Ise. foreigneri; ;among
. whuirs are :mentioned,. Wir;tNGltODr tram. Hesse ;
Hone MANS from Pk/Illet.11114; 404 VOX ENDS troth
1.1410/et..