The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-13 00:00:00

LETTER to the SHOPKEEPERS in the METROPOLIS.

GENTLEMEN,—There is an old and. (roe pro-
verb, that "good wine needs no _bush." If the
same discrimination were exercied on exterior ob-
jects of taste, it would be economising wealth
and practising wisdom. Unfortunately this-is not
the case, and it behoves the friend of mankind to
point out those base 'arts by which they are de-
luded. Ido not address myself to those who are
so mean as to live by a species of swin thing,
though it is to be hoped thsy are not impervious
to common sense: There are persons who im-
pose upon the Public their nostrums, and would
fain make us 'believe in their,superior efficacy.—
These deceptive characters, who are at war with
fair dealing, and in alliance with adversity, not-
withstanding are deserving our pity. •
The object of this Address is to guard the
Trade against those Quacks who perambulate the
City, and sell what they call Mackin, 13, 14, and
even 15 bottles to, the dozen, of a quality and yt
a price that the respectable parr, of the Trade
will
,not buy it. I amp informed, on the contrary, that
they always inquire for my Blacking, which I Of-
fey to Sale, in full pint bottles, at twelve shillings
per dozen, and 10 per cent. discount, for money,
and which is of so superior a quality. as to need
no further recommendation.*
• 1 am, Gentlemen, your's very truly,
RICHARD TURNER.
Blacking Manufactory, 114, London-road, Southwark.
* I hare so %ouch foreign and country trade, that I keep
no Town Trat eller, because Dealers well know the way to
my Manufactory.

Friday, sth December, was the Second Dav
of Drawing,' when No. 5,842,. a Prize of 500.
Guineas, was all sold to the Public in Ten
Shares, by EYToN, Stock-Brokerr, 2, Cornbill,
who has on tile Tickets and Shares, warranted
undrawn, for the Four Twenty Thousand Pound
Prizes, which are yet, in the Wheel, and must
be all drawn, the 2Uth instant, when the hot-
tery finishes.

FOR THE SUN.

111 it. EDlTOR—Rardli as I find occasioc to con-

Irovert your °pillions, it is still more rarely justi-
fiable that I should occupy ymtr coltunne with the
-controversy. You will, however, permit me to
-observe, that, up.on your own argument, Saxe'!`'
has -evinced heavy demerits-,—sufficiently hea, y t
--Atti4e<k4sititled-her to any, the -least
She stuck to the 'Corsican even " to the last." The

other Continental Powers, great as was their mi.
ginal sin of adherence or submission to that
creant, -redeemed it by turning against him, and
vert Irrowing his tyranny.' The loss of a part of
iter political existence was only-part punishment ;
and while she retains one foot of territory, her
case is therefore neither " hard nor cruel." You
know, Sir, that Saxony "kept her engagements
'to the last."

Denmark stands next in,degree to this pertina-
cious ally of Napoleon. And had Norway been
transferred from her to any other Power than the
revolutionary throne of Sweden, I should not -re-
gret the transfer. Its " infamy." rests, not in the
a quo, but in the ad quoit:
With the example of PELTIER before my eyes,

I do not like trusting myself to speak of Stveden
whose revolutionary heir would be as jealous, per-
' baps, of any glance at his history, as was his
Consular .Comrade, Citizen Buonaparre. else,
Sir, I could say much of the honourable, the le-
gitimately honourable, GusTArus, who is kept
out of his throne for the same acts which kept the
other Sovereigns upon theirs. The less said on
this subject, Sir, the better.
But while such encouragement and reward are

Leld out to revolution and revolutionists, why talk
of Bavaria and her Napoleonite connexions ? and
why, indeed, of France ? who is to be spared, it
seems, and n►oppetted, and cockerel, and dan-
dled, because she has not yet shaken off that legi-
timate rule which she was obligkd to receive.
No, Sir.—Let as be consistent in our principles
of legitimacy ; and steadily denounce all its oppo-

rents, be their station who e it may.

And while upon this subject, let tne obser►e,
Sir, on the impud-ent--not apology—not even
vindication—but applause, of the detestable revo-
Nlionists of France. Such miscreants as Las
Jxsas, Regnault, and the other tools of the

'Usurper, are pitied and praised ; and the tardy,
unequal justice, whicl► only banishes :hem front
society, and hunts them beyond the danger of
their contamination, is cried'out against as cruel-
ty. They are described as virtuous, and noble,
and devoted ; and their rebel Leader as an Eny,)e-

ror truly !
What else, Sir, are they to be called ? Is not

the revolutionary Press, in France, in the Nether-

lands, and in England, satisfied that these scoun-
drels are snlTered to live ? If they have escaped the
gallows, are they to disgrace our company ?
A REAL ANTI-GALLICAN.

While we profess our eatire concurrence in all that
our valuable -ljorrespondent has said, or could say, in repro-
bation of other Continental Powers, we must again profess
our sincere regret at the fate of Saxony. The King was
obliged to hold out " to the last," in support of the Usurper
of France, otherwise it is probable that the French Army, tin-
der the direction of its barbarous and inexorable Leader,would
hare -spread desolation and horror over his dominions, and
that the cottage would have been as Much exposed to his un-
sparing vengeance as the palace. Compassion for his subjects,
therefore, who had suffered so much under Corsican protec•
tion, obliged him tO exempt them from Corsican persecution.