The Sun.
London, England, 1814-09-03 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS:

ITAMBURGH, AUG. 26.—The fate of Saxony ap-
pears decided. According to letters from• Berlin,
the King of Saxony was to have subscribed his
act of abdication on the 23d inst. Saxony is to
be partitioned between Prussia, Austria, and the
Duke: of Saxe-Weimar. The King of Saxony
will be indemnified in Italy by the Legations of
Bologna, Ferrara, and Ravenna.
According to letters :from Copenhagen, Count
Joachim Berustorf hasiattv4.,arted for Vienna, to
be present at _ the Congress conjointly with his
brother, who is Danish Minister at Vienna.

BRUSSELS, AUG. 28.—1 t would appear, that the
Government is busily employed in the ameliora-
tion,of the Custom-house system, for the interests
of Belgian commerce and manufacturei. The
Deputies of the Chnn,l,A.;-•
tire—c-friet manufacturing towns, presented their
views on this interesting subject about three weeks
ago, and we may expect to see them soon cone,
pletely regulated. We learn, that until the new
plan be completely matured, the Prinde Sovereign
has authorised the Commissary-General of Finance
tci pnrinit the export of essential oils, subjecting:
them only to a balance-duty.

In vidue of an ordinance of the Prince Sove-
reign, there will be an entrepot for every kind of
merehandize and produce at-Mons.
• The Lyceum established at Leige has been sup.
pressed by orders of General Sack, and will he re-
placed by a college.
ZUITHR.N, AUG. 25.—For some days past no
more ,llanoveriatt troops have passed through
here. We expect*, however, in a few days, the
passage of some convoys of Rend' prisoners„ on
their return from Russia. •

CRONSTADT, JULY 2.G.—This morning his Ma-
jesty the Emperor paid a visit to our roads, from
Oranienbaum,- and, after reviewing the fleet, re-
turned again to Oranienbatmi in the afternoon.
COFELHAdEN, AUG. 23.—Perions arrived from
Sw,eden confirm the last news, and unanimously
assert, that the war with Norway is regarded
-there as finished.

PrOm the Danish Army List have been stretch
off Lieutenant-Gcneral Count Schmettow, Major,.
Generals Lowtzow, Virogh, Staffeld, Bang, Mot-
fcld, Meier, Ohme, and the Governor-General
/Wier, in the West-Indies ; moreover 19 Officers
of the Engineer Corps, 48 Officers of the Ord-
nance) and one Sea Officer.

General Vandamme has paid a -visit to the
School'of the Cadets. This General now seems to,
be inclined to become a tin:her-infrchant, he
having, bought here a considerable quantity of
planks, to sell again at Dunkirk.
GOTTEN7UTAGEI, AUG.' 19. Private accounts
received here state, that Friederickstein has al-
ready been evacuated, and occupied by the Sine_
dish troops ; and that our troops had also entered
Christiania Fin the 15th inst. The Swedish and
Norwegian soldiers regard one another as ft lends
and brethren, and reciptOcally meet in their re,
spective canips. Our Government had issued :or.
tiers, that Norway .shall be provided with provi-
sions of every kind.
. ViENNA, AUG. 20.—Field Marshal Lieutenant
/Droll holler, Who accompanied the Emperor'.
Napoleon to the island of Elba, has received a-
miSsiou from our Cout.t to, that of Petersburgh,
and is on the eve or his departure. ,

'SPANISH PAPERS —The Gctzetia de la Ciudad de
Palencia emitiiiis an account of the cvienrat:on
of St. Ferdinand's Day in that city —it appears
also, truth these paper', that .in eelehratinz the
day of St. Ferdinand, the city of Alitiant, with
great pomp, Chanett the 'tante of one of their
squares tram ,qiicire, or the 'Revolution " to
that Of " The %Iprire of Ferdinand VII " And'
the city of . Parr st.,..ona-erecte,i, wider a Reyal
cree, a grand funeral oile, and tvith great military
parade, and e,ery mark cif conunitted
to the dames the Constitution decreed by the (3e-
nerd._ and Extraordinary Cortes on the 19i4 t
I duel), 181'2,

JOURNAL OF A TRIP 'lO PARIS.

N. X~> [ Y. )

Perf:r, S7tuidcr/ 30.

to my last I intimated my intention, of giving
Volt some description of the Jardin des Plantes,
,justly esteemea by the Parisians as one of their
greatest ornaments. To. enrich Mi.§ Museum, the
rights of other nations have not been violated,
nor spoils ravished from publie.Or private property,
at mice to enrich and disgrace •the country in
Which they were collected together. Bounteous
Nature has supplied these stores, and admiration
is OceiN.(l, and instruction offered;• from sources
not polluted with rapine and blood, nor procured
at the heavy expence of the disregard of every di-
vine precept, and the breach of every human
duty.*

This Garden and Cabinet of Natural History
was originated (Anno 1636) in the reign of LOUTS
XIII. by his Physician, GUY DE LA BROSSE--the
celebrated TDURNEFORT augmented it by his con-
tributions, and the great Naturalist BUYFON was
its zealous head, and the ardent promoter of its
success. Aided by such talents, it has become a
splendid repository for all that is curious and rare
in natural history.

I spoke perhaps too decidedly in my last letter
when I undervalued the botanical department. I
would qualify what I then wrote, by observing,
that I meant to apply my remark comparatively,
with reference to the unequalled botanical re-
sources of England, and also with reference to
the superior collection the Gallery of Natural
History.

I shall not detain you with; • detail of the
plants in their various arrangements—they are
very numerous, and some of the exotics curious;
but this part of the institution did not appear to
be in the best order. Opposite- the fine iron rail.
ing, on the side of the river, by which you enter,
stands the Gallery I have just mentioned—a plain
building, but internally, with the exception of
one only, the finest in the world, whether we look
to the multitude of its contents, or to their value
and admirable preservation and arrangement.—
The lower range of apartments, into which it is
divided, is devoted to the display of the minerals,
fish, lizards, serpents, shell-fish, and animal and
vegetable fossils—the tipper range to the shells,
butterflies, birds, and animals. There is, besides,
a library, though not a very extensive one, in
which there is a good statue of BUFFON by PAJOU,
with thp irdinwinfr inert i'nfinn /mile pedestal :--

" Majestati nature par ingeuiunt!'

This assemblage of the xvonders and the kauties of
Nature is4elight ful and interesting. Many ofthe mi-
nerals arc of surpassing merit, and the whole Ca-
binet exquisitely and classically exhibited. The
Nitimat portion of it are in the finest order, and
Mr. lit.n.r.oe- hitnself has not shewn more taste,
and skill in his best efforts than are here very ge-
nerally obvious, It is -a noble school for the Stu—
dent, to whom it is open every day, while the
Public arc only admitted on Tuesdiiis and Fridays,
from 3 to 5 o'clock.

From this Gallery I went to the Theatre of
Comparative Anatomy, at 'the distance of a few
hundred yards. Here, though after the stated
hours of admission, I was, as a stranger, allowed
to enter; and I cannot too often take an opportu-
nity of recording and praising French politeness
in this respect. Their attention to Foreigners, who
arc anxious to examine their public places, is as
remarkable for untiring civility, as for being disin-
terested—money is seldom taken. Would 1 bad it.
in my power to say as much for another country I
could very readily name ! This Theatre contains a
fair specimen of human and animal anatomy, some
singular lust's naturx, and one or two remarkable
skeletons. After passing these in review, I so-
journed to the Swiss Valley, in another part of the
Jardin, and spent an hour or two in looking at the
wild and tame beasts in their several habita-
t ions and menageries. These are ingeniously and
picturesquely disposed of. Curious goats, deer,
zebras, sheep, &c. &c. in perms of a des-
cription congenial to their native scenes and
habits. Uncommon birds (both aquatic and
of other kinds). put into quarters equally agree-
aisle to their natures. In another part, in im-
mense square dens, twelve or fourteen feet deep,
and about thirty in breadth, are different species
of bears, Which seem quite at home in their mode
of living. Elsewhere is the general menagerie,
where monkeys of many tribes, some tine lions,
panthers, wolves, hyennas, &c. in
and ti,l-crr,
• t -
csges,are submitted for he gratification of popular
curiosity. A stupendous elephant, whose docility

We should except from this some of the animals ; the
elephant, for example, and others which were brought from
Ilolland.—Lait week, one of the lions got out, passed through
ti!e gardens, and found his way into the street, 7:ithont doing
the least mischief. The royal animal WEIS speedily mined
-t :d followed by his keeper, who overtook him in the street,
,111 A Lim back most amicably by the mane•

and good nature ate maniksted in' a titillbcr
acts prescribed by his keeper, completes the ca-
talogue of this entertaining shew., which strangers
may see every day, and the people thrice a week,
gratis. •

Having completed my inspection of the Jardin
des Plantes, I took a cabriolet at the gate, and
drove to the Pantheon, thence to dinner, and in
the evening to the Theatre Franctiisi -Where I
savvTALmA and Mademoiselle GEortiAlsof all
which matters I shall treat in my next, 'being
now near the limits of a letter sufficiently long for
your patience, and for

VIATOR.