The Sun. — London, England, 1816-12-25 00:00:00

'While national benevolence is exertion l , itself an r around us , in individual efforts to endeav Ur to ameliorate that distress which falls so hes ily on 1 Y our poorer brethren, it becomes the duty )IV all' to offer their assistance, by advice, by subsCilp: tion, and even by personal exertion; and if it can be proved that the latter will considerably assist the subscription, it is to be'hoped that some will be found 'both able and willing • to•volunteer that undertaking. • s - 'fbe - Sobieription has extended to Pa'rochial Associations. Employment rather than gratuity is most wisely recoMmended; but as it will be found mast ditlicnlt to obtain employment for the • needy objects, the present, the easiest recourse ls rel►eving distress by money. Liberal as is that Idea, if it can be render ed more liberal, if a bounty of fourteen sll4-lings a week to a family can be made equal, by personal exertion of the Committer of such Asso ciations, to fifteen shillings and fiveporce'half- Trenny. it is to be hOped that none will refuse to undertake it. Bread alone will prove the truth of „what may done by personal trouble. The present price of Bread is lnd.; but Bread of the "same quality anal weight may be purchased at 15d. by retail. it is civilly demonstrated, that if time Committee procured ilread of that_ description to be either given instead of money, or even to be purchased at their Workhouse, or any other place in the pa:- rish, the gift of 15d. would be equal to that of Ind. leaving in the hands of the relieved 24d., or mu time subscription purse the same value, thus, enlarging the bounty to the poor, or increasing the amount of the collection. Btit with personal trouble Bread may be pro em-eft at even less than 15d. by contracting for certain triautities, as is done for the supply of the Household troops in Portland street and other Barracks, where the contract for the loaf of 411)8.. h under Bd.: The loaf is of good household or Ilrowit Bread, of as good a quality as that sold by the cheapest Baker at 13iti. for the loaf of 4 lbs. 3 1; or the quarters loaf. ft may he urged that the poor can' purchase cheap Bread . themselves ; the reply is, .that the distance ton great, and that Airy cannot leave their homaand their children ; therefore it is An act of charity to bring it within their reach, and a poor person could go for'Bread in the parish in w hi c h t hey dwell, when they could not go to one mote distant. • It may be objected, that as there are Parish SobFeriptions, such a measure inight be offensive to the tradesmen of the parish, and create bicker ings, div.isiens, and heart.baroings. The reply its, the magnitude of the distress, the numbers to be relieved, the necessity of husbanding the fond, soul that being a voluntary poor.rate, it is the property of the Subscribers, and their concern to ssake it hold out as long as possible, to protract a second application, or an involuntary increase of it,. poor-rate, • fr could he wished that subscriptions would still extend further than Parish Associations, and lone cookihe more italtul than among the nume. rolls congregations with which this. metropolis &haunt's. They hive a- more intimate knowledge of the trite situation of their poor than the rest, end one has set the% exatunle II) the city of Lon . - don, by , purchasing xu ox to give among the dis tressed at Christmas, which was slaughtered and hrepared for ,then by one of the trade of the ighest respectability in his proleSsion. Christian charity Most hope that so praise-worthy an'ex. ample may be followed, and that every congre gAtiOti in London may associate in like manner, and pro s ore Bread and 'Meat for their poor, at prices on a level with their income, which would relieve those who have already fallen into po oeety, and be a support to those ready to fall into that dreadful calamity. It could be wished that this Association would extend to intlividitals. A most worthy Magistrate, possessing the highest talents, and well known to the Public, has set a bright example. When a poor female supplicant applies to his jurisdiction for relict, instead of sending her to the Pariah Beadle, the Overseer, or Chutchwiirden, with true parental kindness, he replies to her soliaite. lion; " here, my good Woman, is a ticket ; go to that shop roood.the corner; it will produce .you tea, sugar, bread, and butter, and take it to that loose, which my officer will point out to you, wher e you will find water boiling, and a good fire for an hour to warm you and your poor infant )," while to the pour Man, he takes from a basket, which he has behind him, some potatoes, and re plies, at that house you will flint the pot eon ii-taritly boiling, dress the there, and refresh yoUrself with the half pint of porter this ticket will produce you." Some hdndreds of otherwise- unemployed la bowers have been already set to work no the Calton-hill, in the North Loch; and in. Brun's field Links. They receive one shilling —a day of ititiges, and those who have families are to be sup plied with certain articles of food, according to the number of those depending on them for sub sisteoce. At the dose of each day's labour, they receive thtir shilling each, with a recommcnda , IlAto to - a t z who can fi ti'd better wages from ant P ; rivate' Ployer, to accept of it, and when it to return to the Committee.—(Edinburgh Paper.) ' The . Students of the University of Glasgow, amounting in number to • nearly 1700, met last week in th e i r respect i ve class roon,,i, rand 'instil =coly agreed to enter into a subscription for. the relief of the poor in that city, and a'emourit tee was appointed for the purpose of procuring subscrip tions. We arc happy to learn these meetings re ceived- the approbation of the Professors, who also subscribed liberally, in addition to a grant of 105/. trout the funds of the University. - • The Officers, 'Non-commissioned Officers, and Privates of the gallant 94th Regiment, or' Scotch Brigade, SO distiuguished in the field and so ex mplary in qoarters, sulncribecl each one daY's ply for the rtliefof the poor of Kilkenny. 'the courier of Friday nt contaiws the follow ing paragraph t 7 - !" At Chester a Meeting was . held on Tuesday last, to consider the most effee; teal means of . relieving the mapufacturiog and industrious poor. A large subscription Was col lected forthwith, to which the Earl of Grosvenor ad led 20001."—A donation well suited ,to the wealth of the noble donor—had it been given 1 But what will the Editor of the Courier say, when he hears, that this same Noble Earl, who in the year 1812 lavished seventy thousand pounds in a yarn and fruitless attempt to destroy the inde pendence of the Ci t y of Chester, in the year 1 . 816, to relieve the patient sufferings Of the industrious poor of the same City,,subseribed what ? _Twenty Guineas!! ! , in the Courier of Saturday there appears a long account of a Me4ting said to have been held in the Town-hall in this city, on Tuesday last, and in which is enumerated, as speakers, a number of respectable intlividitals of the city. Earl Grosve-' nor is also stated to have subscribed 20001.1 Every line of the composure is, an arrant untruth and a base imposition. No Meeting of the kind alluded to was held in Chester on Tuesday ; and no other intention could hove induced the scribbler •(whose head seems wore etilighteiied than his heart) of the malignant, article, to engage in so contemptible an employment, than that of hold ing up to vulgar ridicule eight or nine exemplary characters. The wit is of a despicable' spedes; and instead of Creating merriment, will be exe crated by'every matt of common sense and under standing. We would recommend reformation to tlie unfortunate writer before it be too late. He oust be in a woeful plight.—(Chester Courant.) FASHIONABLE CHANGES. ' 'Lewd Walpole, in' Curzonstreet, from a tour; the Duke of Grafton, from Norfolk, to Wakefield Lodge, near Stony Stratford.; Right Hon. William Fitzgerald, M. P. in town, frons,a Loin; Mr. James Cocks, M. P. in town, from a tour; /puke of Leinster, from Dublin, to Maytiooth ; Lord Walls-• - court, for Brandon, in Suffolk ; Lord Thomas Cecil, from a tour to aurleigb, near Lincoln; Lord Lismore, from a tour •to Dublin; Sir Walter Burroughs, from a tour, to Dublin ; General Blachford, for Wypyard House, Richmond, front town; Duke of Buccleugh, from Edinburgh, for Bow Hill; Lady Boughton, for Bayborih4h House, near Taunton, in Somersctshire, from a tour; Major Keating, from Dublin, to Kilkenny; General Ord,from Edinburgh, to Roddain House, near Northumberland ; Lieut.-Colonel Sir Henry Pyne, for Bath; Colonel Robert Latouche, from a tour, to Dublin; Sir Harry B. Neale, from a tour, to Lymington, in Hampshire; Lord Do Clifford, for Kingswestou, near Bristol, from a tour. ~ AItRiVALI. Ttie Countess of Minesley, on her way to Dublin, from Pa ris; Istrs.J. Long, at her house, in Lower Grosvenor-street, from Brontley4sill Sit Thomas and Lady Liston and family, at the St. James's Royal ,Hot el, from their sent in Scotland. DEPARTURES. Right Hon. C. Arhr.tlinot, on a visit to the Earl and Conn test of Warwick, Warwick Castle; the Marquis of Salisbury, for his seat,.Hat6eld ; the Earl and Countess of Darnley, for Cobham-Hall; Lord and Lady lid re, for Thorodoti Essex ; the Earl of Westmoreland, for his seat, Applethorpz, North amptonshire; Lord Eardley, for his seat, Belvidere, Kent; the Bishop of Quebee,'for Bucks. [From 4 ° The Times,"l (We give the following Letter as it has been sent to us, with out rxiirrssiag any opinion whatever as to its contents.) St could reply to the note copied from a French Paper. ,and lately inserted in some of the'London Journals, with all the contempt merited by such a piece of knavery, and by the hatred of my enemies, who make use of the name of General 'khegru's brother to give authenticity to falsehood, hot I tiatisfy myself with telling the simple truth My father was never married : that great 11141 l gave me his name without adding any fortune, because he had none. Ar rested by order of Buonaparle in May, Me, I suffered two months' imprisonment : the journals have published this fact, why don't they now contradict it? On the 6tim of No ',ember of time same year, I caused a small monument to be erected to the memory of my father, and performed for him funeral honours : all the Papers mentioned Oils without con cealing my name; why have riot the same persons revolted what they then said ? On the 21st Feb. 1816, I defended - the Mirturiy of General Pichegru against the Editor of the Pickle donika Rai, in a Note which I inserted in the Ga:ette de Fraitce,,signed with my own name. .19 May last I took a journey into Germany, and on my re turn to Franco was arrested at Chatillon-sur-Seine; I was brought to Paris before the Minister of Police, wbo,:not luting tdput me in prison, sent me to the Ahlmaye-all Bois, where I remained till they were pleased to confess the injus tice of such conduct. I learned at the same time, that amass uamed Lc Blanc, who hetraied my father to Rtionapattot was at Paris, and even in office ; I claimed justice against the betrayer, which was refused to me; I threatened, and became the victim., Compelled tnimtit ray country by arbitrary ' acts' I know how to bear my misfortune without cOmplaint, and too prone to boast, I hold to the motives which induced Me o go obro ad. , ELISABETH PICHEGIttr. 13, f4adox-street, Dec. 13, 1816. A General Bill of all the Chris►enings and lin rinls from December 12, 1815, to Dcceniber 10, 1.g16 zilirist rued in the 97 parishes witilio the wane, 9M-13urird, 1-I '.4l.stened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 5061—Bu rieil, 39(19. _ _ 2 • ' ' Christened in the 23 out-parishes 'in Nlieldlesex and Surrey , 12,510---Iltiried, 10,104. Christened in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of Westminster, 4027—Buried, SIM. Christened. Males ' ' 12 ) 1 " }ln n1113,58'1 Females 1,449 _ Buried. - Male* ..10,1051 .1na1i20316 Ftszilairi 10411 , are died, • --- Whereof- 1 . 1 Under two yoars of age, .5400 Bet Wren tWo and fis* ..1960 Five and ten .. . Ten and twenty .. ... fi7S Twenty and thirty 1404 Thirty and 191'4 Forty and uil y, 12123, illy' and sixty 1 OS . • Increased in the Thu -Sixty 814 seventy 1710 Seventy:lml Eighty and ninety.— . 781 Ninety and a hundred.. IGB A hundred ...... A Imildred anti one A hundred and three .. 1 'A initnired and four rials this year s 76e. Subscriptions a rt now raising in different parts of the Highlands of 'Scotland fur the purpose of erecting distilleries for legal distillaturo, agreeable to the late Act of Parliament, as the best means fur putting a stop to illegal distillation. In introducing some extracts front American Papers last week, we intimated an intention of confirming to select several amusing articles, un connected with the etern►►l ring of politics which is heard from the Anvils of the Public Journals. The following seem worthy of notice ; the Poetry is . one of the best specimens thar leas reached 113 tfrcim thi other side of the Atlantic, and the. Le- ter as containing some interesting information in Natural History. ' [Front the XeuP.York Courier.] CRYSTALINA. • A FAIRY TALE: ITY AN /04RRICAN. This interesting and beautiful. Poem, published and for - sale thiS day at the Book-store of John ThoMpsan, 126, Peurle-street ; Peter A.,Mesier, 28, Wail-street, and at the office of the New York Courier, 87, Pearl-street. This effusion of elegant genius has received the warm approbation of every reader of taste, to 101Q111 it has been submitted. And to those who think it at length time to bestow some patronage upon such efforts of American genius as 9e wilco hoed to do our country honour, we do not hesi tate toJecommend it, as a performance far elope rior.to any thing . yet. produced by our country-. men. The following modest and elegant Preface, we Cannot refrain from laying before our readers. This Poem 4 founded, chiefly; on the supersti tions of the Highlanders of Scotland, end was finished in 1812, As the Author is a native of the United. States, he ought to hope that the' Ameri can Critic will treat his performance at least with justice, if not with partiality., The proverbial in difference, .and even contempt, with which Ame ricans receive the productions of their country men induced the Author, for some time, to sup press the publication of this ,poem. He has, however, been prevailed on by a variety -ot con siderations, which it is useless to enumerate, to. trouble the public with his production. He can not deny.that he feels considerable solicitiide for its, fate, but deems it nobecoming an Author, either to d'epreciate the severity, or solicit the le nity of the Critic. However jest the complaims of American Writer's, in some instances, the Author of Crystalina still possesses confidence its the ge nerosity, liberality, and, justice of his country- men : We give the following as a specimen of the Au thor's talent at description, taken from the Second Canto: — Towards the Palaceoilent and alone The Here mov'4l--afar the fabric shone Like gorgeous clouds that throng the setting sun : But ere he reach'd that ltlace, huge and bright, A glorious scene detaiii'd the wond'ring Knight— A piarly river ! whose melodious titii Lay'd gulden shorei! whose banks were beautified - With trees wide-waviog, paradisiac Irow'rs And all the gaudy multitude of thrw'rs That on prlng's lap the liberal Flora show'rs. This to dividing, wird its branches twain., In circling sweep around a flow'ry Tilts; vocal groves, then fondly met again. The Lifet fair; so form% arose between ; With dome-live swell, array'd in richest green;. So fair it *was, so smooth; so heavenly sweet, it Weald made only for angelic feet. On thisgreen Isle the splendid Palace stood, And rainbow bridges arch'd the pearly flood-. A fairer bow fair Juno ne'eedispley'd In vernal skies, tho' nut like Juno's made OF subtile sun-beams, but of solid gems, Such as adorn imperial diadems. Its blue WAS solid sapphire. Its gay green Was massy emerald. The ruby sheen Form'd its bright curve of, rich and rosy red ; Its yello w hue the gulden Topaz shed. Seent'd either end on snowsehite clouds to lie-a They were.not clouds, but sculptur'd irory! • And now a bugle brcath'd a silver sound, Whose notes with soft reverberations round, Rang sweet and long ; now silently unfold, The diensond gates on hinge of polished gold : And now rode out a. fiiry cavalcade • In Indeed 'march, with banners bright display'd, With diamond lances and , With golden helms, And-Shields of gold emboss'd with sparkling gems, Adverted the pagertut proud beneath each Knight O'er grassy levels pranc'd their steeds milk-white, Whose ivory hoofs in glitt'ring silver shod, With nimble grace on Mashing tiow'rets trod: Prancing they came, and as the trumpets blew, They neigled ler pride and arch'd thei r n ec k s o f snow; Toyed their proud heeds indignant of the Tein. Chantp'd their fuaut'd bits, and paw'd the trembling plain. Werrior and steed array'd for battle shone, Whose buritish'd mail and bright caparison Illum'tl, far round, ti.e tlow'r-enworen field, And restless-splendors tbssh'il from shield to Loud in the ran the wreathed bugle spoke., - Till woods and floods with martial clamors 'shook'. High in the midst, enring'd by many .1 itnight. And thron'd'eonsisicuotis on his chariut.bright, Rode Oberon forth; in rood. imperial state, A n d, by his sid e , his ( l ateen Titania sate. In proud precession the refnlgene host O'er the gay bridge, the pearly river clamed ; The rain-how areli beneath the ureasued tread Of prancing steeds, harmonious clangor made: (Fromilte National Intelligrancerj EXTRACTS OP A LETTBR FRobt OR. 5.• L. NEITCHELL, 'w °cr. 22, .1816. , • '" Mr. Maclure. and .M. Le Stienr i the former an eminent geologist, anti the latter time distin guished zoologist, passed the last Saturday even . ing. At my house. _Baton L'illseallier, Count Regnant!, and some other Gentlemen of the like character, were present. At My request, Rl, Lie Sueur produced, for the information of the tom pany, his drawings of the fishes of the Frctlontall , waters. They were executed in a sty l e ecria In • Wilson's birds,, and were beautiful when viewed only as specimens of fine art; but, when con sidered as delineations of real objects, many of them unknown to the persons present', "Mid 40, or more, species new to the 'philosophical !world, yon can easily conceive VOW a treat we had. — It, was, indeed, a grand and admirable report on the Ichthyology of these parts of North America. • . Among diem was ' t herring of Lyle, and its con tinuous floods ; and a cod, inhabiting the same • -place affording deeistve. proof of the correct ness of my doctrine—that tne "great lakes of North Ameriea were originally, filled With 'salt' water, and that they haVe parted' with it; and been replenished with fresh water, in the course of time ; while some of 'the fishesliave gradually aceinumodated themselves to their netv element and remain living witnesses to their former state of things. The descendants of Oceanic animals,; are, at this day * . inhabitants of the npper Lakes. I am well 'assured, and by a Very competent wit ness, Alexander Macomb, Esq. that a finned or amongethers, at Detroit.. N. iti.fisteeq4u , had iinforthed rue some weeks ago, that OD his excursion to es G e olgc . and( hampl*, and n to Sdratiigi" - iii their `"neighbouring` si reams, he hail discovered' about civerity thuts olti , theil He calculates, that M. Le tineur has itflilvd forty at leaSt to the" list . of discoveries : and it ants agrecil that,' in my menioir published iu the Nei% York Philosophical' Transactions, •1 tad desciihed 80 which the linropeans:had never heard Of; so that the scientific world Will have a present of 140 " kinds of fish to add to their present stock, I hale been - migiiiitLditting itryspitte liOnrs, hi exatnin• ing the fosAil: geology around New-York. it is curious beyond any expectation I Awl entertained when I undertook the task, . om,Solisiled "shu t have before Me,the remains of 14 . animals, raised from the straw-nutter ground,' that are no longer inbabitants.,44ll4orsirliti their whole races hav ing bei:mme ,Why it has pleased the Creator thiti to destroy the beings which he once formed, 1 knOw.not ! But the actual 'specimens now before me prove the exicence, in tot er days,' around New Yotk, of an amphibious rep tile resembling the famous fossil crocodiles of , Maestriet ; of an elephant peculiar to America ; of a rhinoceros different from that' of the trans atlantic countries ; of the great maatoden; of art extinct oyster ; cif spiritlus ; of a ruadrepore—be- lemite—terebratula, &c. not now found and known Only by their dibititerretl remains : be. sides the bonet of land animals', relics of fishes, and Various other memorable objects of this class. Thus, yon see, we are taking Independent groutfil, and doing business in earnest." SUBSTITUTU FOR BREAD.—One' of the most economical substitutes (Or bread is the following very simple dish :,—Take two pounds of meat pre poet! for a pie, ,mash a quantity of potatoeS, and mix them up with milk to the consistency of bat.; ter; pour it oveirthe meat and send it to the'oven without a crust. The potatoe hatter forms crust, and thus prepared, the Meat will go much further than in the usual way, and bread will be saved. We nriderstancl, from- a Correspondent, thit the exportation of deals from, Pett.l4burgh this year has been very small, the whole quantity be ing only 816,000 itandat4, which is about one million standard less than last year. Out of this quantity 260,000 have been imported into Hull, 280,000 to 'London, and 57,000 to Liverpool.— WWI Packet.) The Russian Government has purchased fi very (ine flock of Merinos in Spain, to improve the breed of sheep in Russia. There has lately appearett:at Antona, 'in Italy, an Adventurer, who assumed the titieot Pontifical. AstronoMical Physician, and has given many lee* tures there on the rain anti the fine weather, the influence of the season, and an 'manic revolution, to be announced by earthquakes, fiery meteors, anti water-Spouts, and which was to terminate in un universal deluge. This charlatan, not having appeared Very orthodox in his systems, received an . order to suspend his lectnres, and to depart from the Staten of his Holiness the POPE. But h e thought proper to , work upon the public credulity ittanother manner ; be concealed himself for some days, and imagining that he bad deceived the vigilance of the police, he appeared with new papers, and under a new name. He sncereded in forming a society of adepts inneeromaney,.whons he swindled out of considerable sums, under a written pronase of giving them a sight of Beri;eimb. This adventurer lived with a tamale. whow he bad associated in his.schetnes. The police seized on both. Mr. PLATT is still confined to his bed; the wen. ing is abated, the wound discharges, and he is considerably better.' It is not true that the sur geons have given up the intention of extracting the ball ; they have not given their opinion. Michael Daniel, alias the Nurse, the only sur vivor of the murderers of Mr. BAKER, has been apprehended for a highway robbery, near Cashel, and has made a full confession of his being'present at the murder of Mr. BAKER. A book stiller, with a kvooderi leg, and who has a very hittuft , ome wile, threw itimstif into the Seine. yesterday ; but was taken' ont by the tioat. men in time to - save his 'Wt.—jealousy ,was tits 0 4113 e. - " . (Paris Paper, Dee. 2 t.') The Theatres being chised yesterday evening, according to annual, F hltmti, - on Christmas Eve, Oive the )tanagers of both [looses an opportunity of a roll rehearsal of their aew ; • • 011 the evening oVßomect COATCS - 6 non. aewery of lr i Ode at the liristol Theatte during .the al► tipple was thrown'on the stage, which 'Mt . s. tirwoon Caught in her hand. A few ,ntotnettiti after the following Impromptu' Was handed to bet' ale Boxes •` 4 , Our Moderh PAlltt, it apprarti : Not leant.* usu of ey,,, or ears; ilestows the Wire with judgment t too, And ware the Apple r to le itwai thii!." • •• • The-136 infantry, and the ilepht of the , 19th, stationed in Jersey, are to be tediiced to the Peace Establishment'. The old men, and all those under tire feet ten inches, are to:be discharged. An increase in the number of men employed in each company of Shipwright's, in Portsmouth Dock-yard, has been ordered (from 19 to 25), by which seven quarrermen will be reduced. FAT SSC r,- T} rec¢ extraordinary fat sheep have lately been pureliased by Mr, lltra., butcher, in Wetherby.—thici , weighed 1821 b. ; another '2oSlbs. and one, equally fat, remains alive. The' herrings have made their appearance-in the Frith of Forth ; for some days past they hare been taken in considerable quantities, and are now selling in Edinburgh, of an expellent quality at 3d. per dozen. A few days since, a healthy young man, named Thomas Owens, ()Nile parish of Combhay, mat wlth his death in the following singular manner;.— He returned to his home late at night, and finding the, door locked, threw himself down to sleep on a new made dung heap, the heat of which affected. him so much that mortification ensued, and lox died in a tew hours. Night robberies ore very frequent in bye places before the setting of the watch. , A Lally named Thorne was attacked by' three ruffians, lrt. pawing into 13artholotnew Close on Monday evening,josc after dark, one of whom snatched her muff and ridicule, containing Jl. unit corns silver, with erhich they gut oil undiseovcietl.