The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-05 00:00:00

POSTSCRIPT.

Having explained the cause of government by
a few over many, who could not govern them-
selves, it seems that in the first state of things
they employed their power in malting laws, and
appointing officers to execute them, which ,formed
a Facet democracy, and when in the hands of
selected men, their heirs or successors, it was an
oligarchy, but when of one person only, it was
a monarchy. The power of each is supreme and
fiduciary. While Government subsists, it so con-
tinues ; but when, if ever, dissolved, the trust of
the people returns to them of course. Its de-
viations may be resisted, hot it cannot be lawful
to overturn it, nor is it the attempt of any party,
or ever has been since its first rise, to do so, and
form a new one. The parties nutlet Charles I.
were ab,olute factions, as Puritans and Church-
men. The zeal of the turner against the en-
croachtnents of prerogative upon liberty was
laudable, but the servility ot the latter as Cour-
tiers was odious. After the murder of the King,
the Puritans oppressed their adversaries, as they
had been by the Churchmen and Royalists, who
then turned advocates for the people. So, tinder
Charles 11. the Courtiers or Cavaliers having
overcome the Pnritans, were soon after called
Tories, who again exalted prerogative, when the
Poritans were turned into Roundheads, or Whigs,
and were clamorons for liberty.
This legerdemain of partieS, this jumble of
nick-names, made use ot by way of mutual re•
roach, made King William describe a 'Fury to
be a Jacobite and a Papist, and a Whig a Presby-
teeilo and an enemy to. the Church.

What are the parties at this time ? Pittites and
Foxites !—Church and State are the elevated ob-
jects of the one; !evening, equality; reforma-
tion, universal suffrage, annual parliaments, and
the admission of Ro:nan Catholics into power,
under a Protestant I These are a sort of
bastard Republicans, disposed to say, when they
dare to speak out, that a King may be deposed
and put to death ; that the conscience of the
people is their power ; that they are above their
Sovereign, and may do as they 'please with him,
as they are all Kings themselves ; that when the
many are on one side, they are always in the
right ; that they are judges of miscarriages, and
have power of revocation, They distinguish the
King's political front his natural character, and
that though you murder him in one, you pre-
serve hint in the other. In short, this is making
hint a puppet, and themselves his shewmen.
From such a Political Society, and spelt Poli-
ticians, Good Lord for ever deliver

MONTESQUIEU.

CAUTION TO SERVANTS.-Yesterday, Elizabeth
Meredith and Sarnh Fletcher were examined at
Hatton-garden Office on the following charge
—The former prisoner lived cook in the family of
James Armitage, Esq. 5, Brunswick-square ; the
servants were .dways allowed plenty of provisions;
but it reaching their master and mistress's ears
that they were kept rather on short allowance,
suspicion fell on the cook. Her master caused
her to be watched, and by that means ascertained
that it was her invariable practice every night,
between 9 and 10 o'clnck, to hand a 5111,111 hand-
basket over the area-gate to the prisoner Fletcher.
Iu consequence of this discovery, Mr. Armitage
employed Wm. Read, jun. to watch,
,whilst he
himself stood at one of the padour-windows in
which there. was no light. -A little before JO
o'clock on Monday night, as the prisoner Mere-
dith Was in the act of handing a small basket, ac-
cording to her usual custom, over the area-gate
to the prisoner Fletcher, the officer took the
latter into custody, and on searching the basket
it was found to contain a fresh hall-quartern loaf
uncut, the chief part of a boiled leg of mutton,
and some cold boiled potatoes. Mr. Armitage
did not wisb to prosecute them criminally, but the
Magistrates overruled every objection be made,
and insisted on his prosecuting both, as an example
to servants.----'life prisoners were. CUMlllitted
Noy ate for trial.

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