The Sun.
London, England, 1814-04-22 00:00:00

JOURNAL OF A till? TO PARIS.

TO THE EDITOR OF VIE SIIN

But, even without risking the promise of too
much, 1 may presume thataccuratt personal ob-
servations, communicated directly fl thn France,
must possess at this period very considerable in-
terest. To the politics of' the newspapers, when
we add the Etat avails of daily occurrences—
when, to the glorious 'colours of thee magnificent
group of Monarchs, are added the minute touches
which generally escape the'
,common picture-
drawers for the public—l, cannot but think that
the whole will be singularly attractive in the cb-
lumps of a newspaper.
If you, Sir, concur with me in this opinion,
by inserting this short and hurried note,. written
on the eve of the sailing of the first Packet from
Dover to Calais, you will pledge me as your re-
gular corresp`undent ftom-Frauce fur several weeks
to come.

rVIATOR

Note.—l may take this. opportunity .of saying
that there are plenty of vessels here attempting to
catch stray parties ; 15/. is the price they ask for
transporting you across ; hut few people like to
trust themselves in these Boats, when the Packets

are ready to convey them SQ much more comfort

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ably and securely.
A lovely girl landed here last night. She had
.been eleven years a' prisoner. On touching the
free land of.Alhion, she knelt, burst into tears
of inexpressible joy, and was carried, fainting,
from the shore.

BRIM EN MAIL.

BOITZENBURG, NEAR HANIDURGII, M.tnciz 22.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER.

" I left Ihniburgh' on the 16th, having received
orders to-quit my house in-24 hours, as it was to
be burnt down. The small (piantity of wearing
apparel, and a few hauls, which was all I could
save, were taken from me on the way by French
plunderers, and I arrived here, with my children,
with hardly clothes to cover us----God knows whe-
'ther I shall ever recover what I have left in Ham-
burgh No words can paint the hovrid situation
of that unfortunate city—Bread and meat are not
to behad'at any price; these are reserved for. the
garrison and employ6s butter costs ss, 6d.
English a pound, an egg tenpetice, and potatoes
fourpence per pound. Tallow is. melted_ for but-
ter, and costs 2s. Bd. per pound,, Milk is not to
be had. The inhabitants :have 'long since been

forced to resign their houses,—Horse-flesli is only

given to the soldiers. Even the most of the gar-
rison horses are killed. If a horse drops in the
street, hundreds of peOple fall 'upon it and cut off
pieces. In many streets lie the skeletons of six
or eight horses, which spread a dreadful stench.
" From 80 to 100 persons. die daily in the hos-
pitals—the nurses hardly ever hold out above
three days and as people are afraid to apply .for
this employment, men, and still more, women,
are seized in the streets, and compelled to attend
in the hospitals.

r---**. All the /Muses left by the inhabitants arc
turned into barracks ; the mete skeleton only re-
mains of them. No wine or brandy is allowed to
be sold. From one merchant they took latcly
2000 hogsheads of 'wine. The soldiers get %vine
in abundance. Even the ships in the harbour are
burnt. A great merchant had a new ship, that
had 'cost him 90,000 mares (6000 guineas) ; he
begged Davoust not to burn it. "No ," said he,
sneering, '' I will leave it for the Russians ;" and
the same night he had it burnt. The poor man
has almost lost his senses. Many citizens have
been shot for murmuring at these cruelties ; many
have received fifty to 'one hundred blows with a

cane, their iiroperty. has been confiscated, and
themselves driven out of the city %me' to—our

oppressors."

COPENHAGEN, MAltcu

PRINCE, CHRISTIAN' 'REDBRICK'S cincuL,ta

LETTER.

"1, Christian Frederick, make known, that
he Norwegian People, relead from its oaths'.

APRIL this.wonderful period;
when the spiendour,of the world is concentrating
to one focus--at a time when all who cannot
run, at least wish to read, it may perhaps
be gratifying to you, and at least entertain=
lug to yOur readers, to have a Journal of
an expedition, which will be followed by many
thousand erratic brings, for Whose use I pro-
fess myself a pioneer on the present occasion.
-.The letters which I shall address to you from
day to day will contain remark;' upon the state of
the country through which I pass ; all. Such mat-
ters ns may seem curious to an English traveller,
after our long exclusion from the Continent ; the
state of intercourse ; the charges laid upon Miler
Anglois ; and a variety of points, which, I trust,
, .
will in novelty, exceed any prospective view I
might now scribble front a crowded iuu at Dover
concerning- my design.