The Sun.
London, England, 1804-02-04 00:00:00

INPASION.

IN our Paper of .Wednesday we gave an interesting
article upon this suhjea, rx.racied from the Courier
de Londresof the preceding evening. The Courier
de Londres of last night contains the remainder 'of
those- reflections, stated. to have peen published at
Paris- by order of
.BOAPAR.TE, Which we extrad
for the amnsetuetu of our Readers.

I have now accompaUiid the French to. the
shore. From that moment a War on land mus:t'de.
Cide the rest. We thus come to the preparations of
defence which the English have made to oppose
thern.

" In spite. of the Fanfaronades of the English
Journalists,. they cannot help suffering, to escape
them sincere comphints on the apathy and want of
ze;tl in the Arm,tments and Voluntary Contributions.
This coldness of some, and enthusiasm of Others, is
easily explained to those who have been a short
time in England, and who possess a ralent for ob-
servation.

" The enj,yment of Liberty for two, centuries
has develOped am ,mg 'the English a greater strength
of national spirit, it I may so express myself, than
among other European Nations ; but the existing
Government, and particularly the measures of the
last Administration have suppressed this spirit in
'the must numerous class of Citizens, so far at least
as respeds an attachMent to their Government, or a
with for its preservation.
" In consegnence of this system of measures,
the poorer and even middling classes, are held in a
servile dependence upon tyrannical creditors. Amoug
the rids, which last exclusively frame the Laws,
every 'thing is calculated for their advantage.—
In short, Englat,d is the Paradise of the wealthy,
but to the pu ,r, and even to reduced Gentlemen,
it is avery

" On these accounts a great change has taken
place in the opinions of the English People, since
the epoch of the French Revolution : formerly the.
yiipnlace in particular hated the French; now the
rich and powerful are-the only objets of their
hatred. Some years since foreigners, could not walk
the streets of London without being insulted ; now
they are treated, even in the purlieus of St. Giles's,
with comparative amenity.
44 The cause of the rich eagerly corning forward
in the present instance, and the indifference of the
poor, are well known ; the English Government are
fully aware of this, and its refusal to accept the
offers of great numbers to serve, is easily accounted
for. Many of these I allude to were considered by
,the Government as Jacobins ; the aggregate num.
ber of won Was calculated by Mr. BURKE at
400,000 ! I
" All these individuals who are benefited, or,en-
riched by the present system in England, will eager-
ly come forward, and no others : but it is a serious
question, will those classes furnish the best Soldiers?
I am willing
,to believe chat Messrs. PITT and
SHERIDAN; with their phalanxes would perform
prodigies of valour ; but they should: take into
their consideration the advantages conferred by a
great superiority in point of discipline.
" One thing to he considered with respe& to
those who are unused to warfare, is, that they pre-
fer ading in large bodies ; in that case the ire of
the French Sharp-shooters will be the morel:effica-
cious, and they can turn such hodie3 with a &eater
facility. I well know that the' English are brave,
hut they are easily 'affe4ed by the hardships of
War, and the Troops . in question must soon yield
to the, superiority of French discipline.

" The numerous Volunteers of London should be
placed in the first line, for the defence of their Ca-
pital ; but I believe they will find enough to do to
preserve it from that pillage so ardently desired by •
the populace, when it is,considered that, exclusive
of foreigners, there are more than -160,000 discon-
tented artificers and workmen, ripe for revolt ;
when is added to these, what will be performed by a
riotous and ungovernable populace, inflamed by in-
toxication, the first fruit of their operations of
plunder, -the ,refledion must be horrible. The
destruElive riots set on foot by Lord.GEoRGE Goa.-
DON will be exceeded, and, to a certainty; the Vo-
lunteers must be employed in preserving the peace
of the Capital.
" For_ all these reasons, and others which 'I could
suggest, I believe it will be difficult to
,oppose
more than 60,0 ct, or 70,000 men to the French
Forces, before the sacking of London, more espe_
cially should a descent be effefted In different parts
of the Coast—Added to these considerations, the
English can but graduidly. coneet an Army to op-
pose us, so that in fad we shall have a superiority
even in point of numbers. I say nothing of the
comparative abilities of the Commanders. It will
be sufficient to name them. On the one side they
have a DUKE of YORK and his Staff—on the.other,
BONAPARTE and his numerous and celebrated Lieu-
tenants.

'• The language held by Col. CRAWF UR D in Par.
liament, made me at first believe him an able Officer;
but that opinion is since changed, on learning that
he proposed to form entrenchments on those parts of
the coast where the French may probably land, and
around the metropolis. These, however, would
eventually be of advantage to the French. The Erik.
lish seem to have iorgot the fate of their Allies, the
Austrians, and the inefficacy of their boasted en.
trenclunents.