The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-12 00:00:00

heyOn! remedy; WOuld it be believed, for in'
stance, and yet it is exactly and literally true, thl
gn- estate estimated to be worth 1(1,00°1. sterling
in 4803, has i,ioce that period necessarily oblige'
the, Proprietor to contrA't a debt amounting to Fol
that sum ; and this estate would not, if sold-at pre
sent, bring 20001:sterling. Even, whatever was th
price, t would ruin the purchasers, if war contiont
Such is the situation of all the vine countries in tit
South-west of France. The -unfortunate propri(,
tors, in order to exist, . to pay their taxes, and cult
vate their lands, have stripped themselves of all the
possessed besides. The pleasure grounds have bee
broken up into culture, the woods and copses ct
down, their furniture, that was not indispensahl'
has been sold. Retired into the country, t hey le2
almost the same kind of life as their peasant
without being able to flatter themselves with ti

hope that they will be able' to save their
,propert,,
from shipwreck, even in the event of a return
peace. Many of them have already ceased to el
tivate their vines, and even in ninny places the
have permitted the little produce, which
.could
expel ted in such circumstances, to rot upon t
plants, as not being worth the expence of g
thering.
It is natural to suppose, that, in a country wlie
the inhabitants sutler so cruelly from the tinmea;or
ed ambition of an usurper, discontent must reign.
His Generals, Lind those especially of the Republica'
school, loudly complain of his turbulent character
which prevents them from enjoying. the fruits
their first triumphs, and leaves them no other 1•ro5
-pea but that of death i,t a state of continental vat
They are as hostile to the war of Spain as,t,he brill
of the people ; they regret the loss of 150;000 met"'
Who have already perished there ; and to inderrinA
them for' the dangers which they run, and the Di
tigues they. undergo; they have neither glory 11°
booty to expert, as in other wars; they know alai
Spain is so much exhausted, that the ColleelorS
the South of France convey to Bayonne. or PerpiSl
nan every thing for the use of the French army 41
Spain, and that this war has already cost Buoiii
parte 300 millions of livres. From the state of
public mind in France, we do riot pretend to iuid
any immediate menace to the authority of Buon'
parte. The sufferiugs of the French are don htleSs greab
but the people are not united. They call to :Mind t
most striking horrors of the Revolution, which WO
conduaed them to a base and servile submissiolj
they du not see distinetly to what a change wool°
lead, and all th.: youth are in arms. Besides, soli
fishness, corruption, and an internal consci-ousnd
of crime, unite and attach to the Usurper a nutnV
of individuals. On the other hand, the incredibl°
quantity of places in every department dra\vs to
side many, who, amidst the several shipwrecks ill
fortune, have no other means of existence.; all tll°
expedient; suggested by cunning are set-.to work to
augment the number, of his partisans, and an
police, backed by an army of Gens d'armts, key
those.in awe who are not gained over.
However, in spite of all these favourable circutir
stances, from which the Impostor knows how t 0
draw the full advantage, he would still appear t°
think, that his despotism, and the patience of 10
eople, have reached their last limits ; .that. twenti
years of a revolutionary system .have exhausted tb°
resources of France in men and money, And thOi
some interval of repose is necessary, betbreithe at'
tempt to put the finithing hand to his gilantic
111 consequence, he still attempts, - wan prudence,
to conceal from the French the extent of „their sa'
crifices. He bolrows and applies tu them the affec'
tionate expressions of our illustrious Queen yizai
both to her free people, and attempts to calfn ad
irritated spirits by making proposals of peace to thi°
country, in spite of his resentment against England',
a resentment which he has so loudly and so lateill
declared.

Elizabeth, in her speech to Parliament, the 30i11
November, 1601, said—" And though you have
had, and may have, upon tills throne Princes mote
powerful and wiser than myself, you never had/
and never will have one who loves you more."