The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-14 00:00:00

Rt;TSIA.

Tit! extent of territory and addition of popu-
lotion which the Russian Empire has gained
during the last century, is enormous: It maybe
estimated from the following calculation. -
In 1-;*2 i, Russia received an actessicih' of Livo-
nia, Estbnzia, and Ingria ; the first 4if these
Countries is computed to contain woo square
miles, and a population of 0.5;300 souls: The
extent of Estbot:ia is 403 miles ; its population
200,003 souls. Ingria is 4co miles square,:and
has 406,000 inhabitants.

In 1742, CaTelia,lVbourgi and some districts
in Finland, containing together 990 square. miles,
and i i 8,000 inhabitants, were added to her
dominions.
Her acquisitions in Poland during the years
.1772, 1793, and 1793, amounted to 8742 square
miles, and to 6,0 4,800 subjects.
In the Crimea and the Ottoman Distri&s, she
acquired in 1774, 1783, and 1791, a surface of
1900 square miles, and 430,000 people.
New acquisitions in Courlandi during 5795,
were 2.57 square miles of territory, and 300,000
inhabitants. Total accession.of strength during
the century 1,3,739 square mile% 8,014, too sub-
jeets.

The Population of Russia ,was estimated in
1784., at 24 millions, exclusive of its Asiatic
Territory, which contained about six.millions of
inhabitants► To these are to be_added, about
4,000,000. Poles, the number gained since that
period, as there is to be dedutted from the total
of Poland, what the year 1772 gave, calculating
300,000 people for Courland, and ioo,ooo for the
Crimea, and we shall have for the Population
of European Russia, 28,400,000 souls. The
total extent of territory i 5.25.1,300 square miles.

A Letter from Memel of the loth ult. says,
that the weather was so mild there, at that time,
that the Harbour had t 6 fathoms of water at the
entrance. But a very small quantity of merchan-
dize remained in their warehouses at the close of
the last year: Their stock of Wheat,. the only
article free for exportation, had been exhausted
by the English ; who also took with them as large
a quantity of hemp and flax as they could stow,
the news of the Embargo in Russia having oecat-
sioned a great speculation in that article. -A great
quantity of masts and rafts are left' here.—The
following is a list of the Vessels• which entered
the Harbour of Mcruel in the year Iftco :

English - - .553
Prussian - - - 128
Danish - - -38
Swedish - -
Pappenburgh 12

Lubeck - - 6
Mecklenbingh - 7
Hamburg!' - .2
Oldaaburgb. -

- 2

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Mr. tt/Mi3P.RLAND, we are glad to find, is
again coming forward as an advocate for the
Christian Faith,, in ovepOsition, to the sophistry
of modern Philoiophers. Sudi 'a dircetion of
talents andlearning from an Author whose labours
have in general been of so different • a kind, can-
not but increase. the respea Of the Public for
this distinguished Literary 'Veteran, though
there can be little hope that his. arguments, how-
ever.clear and convincing to the. wise and virtuous
part of mankind,, will have any'effeCi upon the
insidious tribe whose mischievous dodrines he is
laudably solicitous to refute.

Dr. PARR, it is said, is about to publish the
curious Sermon which he delivered at St. Paul's
four months ago, and which had the rare merit
of being equ4lly pleasing to frievds andfoes. To
the former it was so mos, ng, that none of them
could bear to listen to such a trial of their
feelings above four hours, and-on the latter it
operated as so comfortable q narcotic, tti.it it kept
them in profound repose during the whole time
of his delivering it.

Few modern Plays have been" so well supported
as the Comedy of The Poor Getitlernan,, at Co_
vent-Garden Theatre. The parts are properly
assigned to the Performers, with hardly one ex-
ception. The result is what might be expected
—strong interest and 'diversified entertainment.
We did not give a sufficient tribute to the merit
Of MURRAY in our first account of this Comedy,
uor of 'TowNsEtin, who is an industrious and,
useful Performer, and who supports hii Charac-
ter with spirit, simplicity; and nature. The
Comedy itself, though not of first-rate merit, is
much superior to Most produaions of the modern
Dr.una.

MORTON'S Operatic Comedy; we understand,
is to be entitled The Blind Girl. The story, is
very interesting,' but • mihgled. with episodzcal
huroourl. 1111Azzi.N.Grit and Re EV a are busy on
the Music' and the Piece itself is receiving'• the
last .touches from the. Author,

The new Piece of Deaf add Math, is founded
upon the priCtice of the French Professors, re.
speduing people under the unhappy predicament
signified by the Title, and is said to be founded
on an interesting &vin6 that really happened in
France,

The chief events of Mr, Monk LEWIS'S hew
PlaY, we . hear, depeikl, upon a dream, which is
supposed to have occurred to one of the charac-
ters, We hupe the high expedition this Drama
has excited in,the :theatre will not prove, a dream
a 150,.. as... the .Plece .itselfis preparing in'so mag.
niacent a style, :that if will in that case be a very
expensive reality, .
A certain Baronet is ac keta in his Inquiries
into the, State or a Prison as The celebrated-flow.
Alto, though, we believe., the World ,are gene-
rally of optnioti that there •is an essential Ayr.
rence in the- motives. •

The Caricaturists have already taken hold of a
certain Northern Potentate, who ii represented
under the appearance of a Russian Bear, with
BONAPARTE for hit Leader, Luckily, howeveri
the caprice of this same allegorical Bear-is cqua!
to his strength, and he may play some Unexpe4ed
trick at the expence of his Cort;efin•Ceitehtelor.
Two Friends, Lorenzawick., from London
to Trieste, is captured by a French Privateer, in
the Mediterranean, and carried IlltQ Carthagena.