The Sun. — London, England, 1814-08-25 00:00:00

THE SUN REVIEW. (No. XXVIII.) 77rorots eirditgh 417orway (ma LaplaAd, during the Years 10(;, 7, and Si by . LEOPOLD VON BUCII, Member nf_ the royal Academy of Sciences at 'Berlin.. Translated froM the Original German by JoHN BLACK, ..with N'otes and 11. . lititrations, chiefly MiheralogiCal, and vinie . Account o` 'the .. Author, by ROBERT JAMESON, • F.R.S.E. F.L.S. &c.;2illus trated with ,Mops and PhysisielSectiOns.—LHENali tot.uy n 4, London; a GOLDS E, Edinburgh ; and J. CU MMING, Dublin, 1813. 4to. pp. 460. , We resume okr Observations on VON Buctes Trateh, and .With this short notice shall close them for the,present, rO'erving:to .ourselves the liberty of again taking them up, should the March of armies, or the course of events, lead us more deeply into this pleasant and instructive volume, than is now consistent with , the limits and design of THE SUN REVIEW. • Christiania is the great dep►it,for the best deal timber, owing, it is said, this superiority to the accuracy of its sawing mills, which divide the plank With uncommon uniformity. There is some-, thing whimsical in the mode of keeping and set .tling accounts with the country people' who come to market with the wood :—" They deliver over their boards to the overseers,, who mark an their backs with'chalk, in letters and figures, the place to which the'boards were brought, and the num ber of them. It is a singular enough sight to see these boors hurry away with all ,possible expedi , -Aron to the counting-houses of tie msrchants iu - the Quartale, with this original species of obli gation on their shoulders. 13y stopping on their way, or engaging In any other' hUSiness,, they. might rub out the marks on their coats, and thus extinguish for ever all evidnce of the debt. When they appear before the trea,surer, at the country -louse; they have 'no , occasion to say a single word; they present their shoulders, and are im mediately paid ; the brush which the treasurer applies to his shoulders, is the boor's acquit • tan ce." The inhabitants of Christiania are polished, and of cultivttcd mulerstandings. They have two Theatres—(the people of NOrway are universally 'fond of dramatic 'amus'ements) —an excellent Gymnasium, and an admirable Military School for 100 Cadets, enriched with a fine library, mathe matical instruments; and every scientific appa ratus necessary to complete the education of the students. The country round the city is most picturesque and beautiful ; studded with the villas of the merchants, and commanding fine views of the sea. The winter is not severe in proportion to the high northern latitude of the place. The snow is hardly expected to lie before the beginning of De cember; and continued frost is very rare in*No yember. It is, howevei., sufficient to cover the harbour of Christiania with ice in the end of No-. vember,,and the sliipping is there for some months altogether at a stand. About the end of April the ships are cut out of the ice, and proceed on their various voyages. • From these circumstances, it appears to be of infinite importance to the Swedes at , this moment to push their advances upon Christiania, shOuld war still unhappily be continued ,between them and the Norwegians, The approach of winter lutist destroy military operations on.a great scale, and even in April and May, when spring and mer meet, the state of the roads in Nortotty for bid every idea bf long marches, or very effeetive military moveMents. , We shall not, for the reasons already assigned,' follow our,Author in his Journey to Drontheim, though to the Geologist it it of peculiar interest. Should the operations of the present contest verge that way along the great Lake of Miosen, we shall make nu apology for returning to Mr, VON Boca, and borrowing from his _pages such infdr mation as may be calculated to please our Readers.: In the mean time we take our Jeave of this dis• tingnished and indefatigable Disciple. of the School of WERNEk, recom4lending his. Work, not only as one of great science and ability, but, as peculiarly entertaining from. its' lively notices of the customs, manners, appearance, and opinions cat the people. *Nott.—We May add to this the population (1801) of Nor way, and of the places at present interrestiug to the public, iit,m their being mentioned" in the Military,Bullitins. The whole population of Norway.was ' :010,074 Christiania, as already stated Frederiestadt Fr i ederichshall Moss . ()psi() The Bishoprick and Province of Dr.intlichn 11*..gp4 Corasn!in,, or The Minister, a Romance, in Three reltetnes, by the •ARTnna of th• Stviss • Emigrants:- LoN,Gm.ts, Ortmt, and BnowN:1814. 'The - object of the author of this Romance waS to delHcate a Monstpy, in nature, viz . . a perfect and irreproachable Prime Minister. In •attempt ing this he has wisely laid the scene in Cashinire, farseeing that the character I%;as top incredible for. The wor k_ ...is comprised i n ser i es : o f letters, and d e tails the exploits of the flero, - first in the unitary and thell io the civil line,. till by pure merit he is elevated by a weak but well meaning Monarch to the rank H of Premier.: this high station he conducts himself With perfect in tegrity, and succeeds in all hiS undertakings. He 'however, undone by intrigue, and compelled tin fly, The enuntty is.then brought to: theprink of ruin by hie unprincipled successors, and in the end. saved by his interference. The King is;ltow erer, killed, letting CORASMIN guardhin Wins infant heir. Such is the outline of the-story and with the intermixture of a little love-Itffitir, the sum total of these three volunies, which have little tomantic iK Client beyond the design. Wt i cannot say that we have been much interested in the per sonages 'of • the Dramatis Per Son. They are either too: gtiod or too bad, and altogether too artificial. fort humanity. :The style is gener l ally unexceptionable, and many of- the reflections such as limy blend instruction wlth antusement, Yet it is' seldom that books written to illustrate. any single point, to pi ove one thing, or to display one prominent opinion, are either entertaining or natural, We fear CORASMIN, is an addition to the stock of this species of compositionovhere in considerable talents are thrown •.aWay upon an idle labour, to extract sun-beams from cucuntbers. JOURNAL OF A TRIP TO PARIS. (No. XXV.) • Paris, Friday, 29th. On my return to my Hotel I strolled into the Church of St. Roch, one of the most remarkable in Paris, and politically celebrated for having been the sa c red structure on the steeples of which BUONAP.ARTE planted his cannon,. to overawe the populatio.n, (luring the horriblemassacres of Sep tember, so bloodily written in the History of the Revolution. The , Evening's Service was perform ing, and in no very impressive manner, as the continual movements of the curions .about the Church almost entirely destroy the idea of serious and uninterrupted devotion. The great singula rity of this vast Edifiee . eonsists in three immense, Chapels in the center of the' Church,,before you reach the Choir; these are dedicated to the Virgin, to Christ crucified, and to the Triumph of Religion. There are also some curious Aisles and Confession als. One little Chapel, in particular, attracted my regards : It is appropriated to the charitable, but I fear mnavailing, purp4se of praying Souls out of Purgatory, of which place there is a very ‘. strange and ludicrous picture.. The walls also are all covered over- with painted flames, &c, like a San 13enito at,ati Auto da Fe:. — One of the large central chapels, before noticed, is remarkable - for its sombre and gloomy appearance, and fora very Strong light, artificially thrown 'upon a fine Picture in the midst of this deep shadow, which produces a grand effect. • , The various occupations of thi s d a y threw my dinner hour so far into the evening, that, after dining at BzAuvituttes, I. found myself too late for the Theatre Francols, and, being. somewhat fatigued, I was glad of the excuse to retire early to rest. - I, however, paid. a visit to a couple of Dwarfs, in my way 'home, whose 'm:nute propor tions were not unworthTof notice: These were CaIICd i NANETTE STOCE.ER, and JEAN HAUPTMANN, the former an excellently proportioned woman in Miniature, 'converses 'sensibly and with great good humour, and is 33 inches high ; which height she attained when four years old, ,and has never since' grown, though now as many years of age as she, is inches-he resembles exactly a. great Doll. , Mr. HA UP7MANN, her companion, is full threefeet high ! and a dozen of years younger than the Lady. He is, however, not so well,pro portioned, nor so agreeable in hii physiognOmy, being like a sallow unhealthy boy. He accom panies NANETTE'S pianoforte on_ the violin, which be plays with tolerable skill. They have travelled together all over the Continent, and told me they were. about to visit England,, the land which en riches foreign talent of every sort, however small. .tote-a-tke with this Lady, :who: speaks French, German, Italian, and English exceedingly well, displays a bosom like a nursery maid,- be sides many other accomplishments and attractions, I was addressed by a person among the spectators, probably piqued by the deserts of this await whit) ;begged to inform me that he had changed his lodg ings, was Monsieur LEMERCIER, a most celebrated Scholar tor the solution of all metaphysical clues tiiins, Master of most of the ancient and modern languages, especially English and Italian, an:ex cellent Mathematician, and au fait in sacred and profane histOry, geography, chronology, and, in fine, another DoctorTangloss, if not an adMirable The issue of all this was, that he taught English Gentlemen to speak French, and had bOard and lOdging for them at his:house, in such a street. As a proOf of hiscapatity, he put the following Note into my hand:— ' L...'5pe 9 .1 9 .a.c14 Anglise, and live No. 22 ; nota-withstanding the chiller in his • schols, ofer Gentleman who deiir to speak perfitlito teach , , with conve-, niente loge and horde." , • • I. assured: this learned_ Gentleman that I would apply, for his. assistance . I 'Veinained in•PariS;,and_. • ". at any, rate mention hini;lto•iny eitintryinen who were in want of so able an instructor., which-I Iniw, through you, Mr. Editor, take the opportu nity of 'doing; 11(14''t the SWIM titue - of subscribing,: invsel • • VI.VFOR. MUNCH PAPIAS to the 23d. HAMBURGII 11$AUL• ce of ti' WASHINGTON,4IILY B.—Tlie : American Corn= CoPFI4 3AGEN, Atm. 13.—8 y a s emen ` JalY, Supreme Court of J u sti ce o f the 29th a nJ 111, - .N : Westerman, Counsellor of Ju stice cbief Director of the L o ttety, is C C" ultffi h ue( illi banishment and payment of c osts, f" fo -,wijtten and - sent by•Mr; Gyldenpal uc a lel(' ti 4 ,Mr : .Carster Anker, a t Christiania, containh'biiie most expressions concerning th r 50 0 sures which his Majesty the King fou nd concludingoh the last 'Treaty of Pe `% t ° Sweden, and, in which he ,has the b cddlle ir,,t' - blame his Majesty's- resolution to cede the ui~loo dom NorWay,and to say that thaC out , h,t to have a Part of what belong' esrj,!4' to the Danish Crown, &c. The 20torneY135,v mantled that he should be declared in faill°l l l capitally punished, a n d hi s p r operty forfeihtel;oll On the,llth of A ugus t, a no tice wa 6 signifying that the Duchies of Holstein Wi lit bs° week, having contribut e d M uc h more Wrl e l . i ii pir the other parts'of the kingdOM to th e ° ee' ) ance of thelltissian troops, it was t hl94 , l ,., t or ill' he table that, as' the s t a y oCtliese troop '- tracted, the Kingdom of Denmark 51 ? A) taxed apart. Th e n o ti ce fixes the saws t°ll ol ll by the land-holders 101tY.e'D missioners who are in London .write to 'our f Go vernment,: that th - ,y expect tv conclude a Treaty of Peace; -but-gas wisdom-teaches us to be . prepared for all contingencies, .they thiul..it ath:iseable to' place no reliance upon this expectation till it is actually fulfilled. They expect this arrangement' in America (under the title of t Tleaty of Peace and Commerce) by the Ist September; but the Adininistration, to be in' utraMtpte pvratns, have called out 93,500 Militia, tke:„whi,fh force will secure an honourable peace' or carry on a v)gormis war. - . COPENHAGEN, AUG. 4.—The Emperor of lius sia pays regularly for the Provisioning of. troops in - Holstein ;, 130,000 :ducats have 'beetf expended by the Commissariat. Our paper Inoney: Is a great.loss in• Exchange. Theliaired of the Danes and Norwegians against the Swedes, and vice Versa is represented as so great ; that they seldom„.meet vithout . mutually iusulting - or at- tacking each other. . • FRONTIERS , of AUSTRIA, AUG. 10.—The head-quarters.RTealiont to be transferred to Stokcrau, on the Danube,' Many'Poreign Mini : sters and Enyoys‘,have already taken haitseS - in Vienna for they . approaching Congress. • FRANKFORT, AVG. Alopeus, Plenipo tentiary from the Emperor of Russia to the Court of Berlin, arrived here yesterday, orrhis:way from the waters of Schwalbach. BANKS of the ELBE.—Travellers assure na that a Swedish regiment hai , refused ' , to combat against the Norwegians, A S . Vve'dish Major,. saiy , they, has - taken refuge at Copenhagen,. Votkul.Vgla, and many other Swedes of distinctin,. have gone away. .The inhabitants of Norway are - zealousJy attached to Prince Christian ; and will second bun: to the utmost. One 'thousand. two hundred and ships paid te•Sourid duties in July. out °l li The ship Of . the line, the Louisa, Coll'e,slof tit Dock at Copenhagen on Monday; 0 00 frigate, the Pearl, ‘a brig, with three " 1115' goes to the West Indies in September' a fO r • BERLIN, AUG. Highness rril'-toro denburg sets out on theist of Septem ber :Congress` tea t ROME, JULY 25.—The,report still re -5 o 0 1 Patina, Modena, and Guastalla will be c ,. s icle °ll, Buonaparte, and that he w ill in future 1.-ielitir the Continent. Th e p u bli c pr i nts exPreSs.tl' that this.may, be a inert rum o ur. „er itC NAPLES, JULY 2B.--1-11is Majesty b' s ~ ;10‘ the free -exportation of Corn from Kingdom. .hiltb HANovEly, Aug. 15.--On the 121 1 0 - ,l'V . • day of the Prince Regent was with Much . Ceremony and general joy: , olei buildings and many private hOuses ‘verei.o mated, and many had fine transparelic suitable inscriptions.-(framburgh Corr` • 17 and tt 4 les s AIToNA;;AUG..IB.—Her,RoyaI Princess of. Wales left Hamburgb `ester (i lll9l'' proceeded on her journey to Bruusivlc.l%."7 Ilier‘crtrY, 19.) l t 5 ROME; JULY 3(l.—N ap l es i s a ' ri glifig 5 V I force, it i s s aid, a g a i ns t t h e B ar bary S tat4 iilli ° - Court has been for some time varikin ce s* t elt of Naples. ,‘ or ,itt The DUke of Rocea R or narta V sse 1, 011' this city some days since, it is suPP °set rieto st important Mission ,from Naples tn.% (Bremen Gazette.) . GHENT, Atm. 15.--Eight linndcred men,, of an English Regiment of lufa'ntr•y, passed through here for Ostend, to embark for America, • WARSAW, JULY 30.—The drawl Dukes Nico las and MiChel . pasied thrOugh herd on the 20th; returning to St. Petersburgh. LUBECK,'AUG. 8.--;—The Swedish trobps, have left this city. VIEN,NA, AUG.. I L—We no longer doubt that the Allied Sovereigns will meet here before,the end of September. The Empress of Russia is expected on the 10th ; the Emperor and the King. of Prussia between the.lsth and 20th. Our exchange has fallen suddenly from (."84 to 254, without any Ossignable reason. • LINTZ,'• AUG. 10.—The Emperor of Austria' is expected here the day after to-morrow; and pre parations are made for giving his _Majesty liant reception. (CoaslCA.)—BuTiA, AUG. .s.—Somes troops Which formed part of the Army of Italy have dis,- embarked on our Island ; they are to form the garrisons, and be quartered hc4... The regiments: have been well received, and their fine appear ance promises a degree of discipline not always tibserved by the Allied troops whit, have sojourned ): 4;• • • • ° MAILS. Go ilc- Anniven-1 France, 1 Fiarubttrb. Dus ••- • ' PAR!s, AUG. 22.—A letter fiorn Philadelphia, of the 6th July, contains' the important intelligence, that_Petion bad hoisted the White Flag at Port au-Prince, and sent a General to the Havannah, to announce his submission to Louis 3;17 - 111 . . We look. with impatience for the confirmation 'of this happy news... Some persons who left Philadelphia on the 10th and 12th, bad not heard of this matter. PARMA, AUG. B:—We had yesterday published here,—lst. a Patent of the Emperor Francis I. by which Count.Magawli Cerati' is nominated, in the name of the Archduchess 'Maria Louisa,. Duchess 'of Parma, Placentia, and Guastalla, • Minister of these .States :-2d. a Proclamation by this Minister to the inhabitants of these Duchies :-3d. a regulation, by which - they are divided. into two Governments ; namely, tlre Government of Placentia, with Placentia for its capital. The Government of the Duchies is monarchical. The administrative anthority "is ereised conformable-to law, and to the orders of her Majesty, by a Minister, two Governors, and persons of rank 'in the three Duchies, with the 'consent of a Council-of State, &c., The Minister: is at the ,stead of. each administration. No fo-' reign er.can be employed in the duchies. The cockade will be red and white. NAPLES, AUG. I:o,—The Emperor of Anstria has sent, the King four decorations of the Order Of St. Leopold, to h'e distributed to OtE"cers who have distinguished theniselVeS- in the last ,cain ;issl ' paign. ifY " GSVETA, Au0:12. - -The Chevalier F. D'Yver-; .1 The English and American Jet • itfr nois 'arrive/I this :nor.' in Loridon. We are • - the " 1. . C rit' c ' as - stn:ed at we shall receive our New •Constitu- reciprocally flan on , the 15th. Caiouge is •definitively (inked , ftitentioni tOwards ' e li a s e P l l l7o c tl i t ier • to the Republic of Geneva. • for c° • Ave,. B.—YeSterday arrived here - of their full. powers was ' rife 4 e rli f ife r tlor , yea M. le Baron Zuvlen van Nyelekit,' on'his. Way to Hotel des Pays Las, nerio( i)() Berlin,: in. pality. of Envoy of the Sovereigiv' eolittnoll; consent since 'this rale use Prince of the United LOw Countries, ences have been carried on ill Pit (LE 0 ~ic4L(S • Buf4dii, 55. P . Exclieq. OUP, °warm, " 'Xrct1 ,at 65 Cuusols for ea r " Stock-13roicer, '- 5" 1"4 ect f o . I'B, Cove-011,1 THIS DAY AT Tv 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cerif.!Cona. 664 I f ! 4 Rev Cetit. Con.s%' 834 5 per e'.'ent. Navy Ann. 961 Binh L,•Ann. 16 11-I'6 13-16 E. ErroN 7 • *au:l ati g HIGH IVATF:It`AT LONDON BRIDGE 1 : -14 1 111 ' 6(1.31t4r Nlornin,,cr, SS minutes aft e r 2. 1 Ercuisg, 65 191 Ti IE-ItTN. LONDQN , ' lat d. THURSD4 y, f 1 uo us r We l'c9 ilk from cviei variance tilreceivede utter] at b, tllO alt y received by the t left e" (Ai " .3eat Is', pretending the same date, are sli ci t ict such facts ' as would With OW II of Governor of H stamp t 0 11 1 C and communicative only of !na tters B Yankee Pa • cat Mfoolrl iirtri t i . l u gc, ; a s , ir e ri : l e a n eipPxcriatei ir:)etiicr,cest.ist oc Partizan might write in Sic f G.A• n Ike o V ( ' is 'JHEQT, AUG. 17.--The c .er , •desiPays_ :BRIDGE, Brother 'of the Pattics "°"s anover, arrived het.e vt , . with • his • suite , in three carriages.t , ti ' t el s " tin! for o • clod' s a e n t d o a u f t t a r t h o r v el o tklas is li' Mr • • W HITBREAO also arrive d here ril' f