The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-24 00:00:00

THE SUN REVIEW.

(No. XXVJT.)

FREDERICSTAPT, MOSS, CURIST,LANfA, THE- SEAT

OF WAR IN NORWAY,

Travels 'hrott;-/i .Norteay and Lapland, airing the I'l2ars-
. BOG, 7, and S;, by`,LEt!tvoLt, VONT 13.1! perriber of the
Royal Academy of Sciences. at Berlin. Traibil;ttea..from
'the. Original cerrnan by JOINBLAcx*, with Notes. and .11.-
10-tratiuns,ehielly .Mineralogical, and some Accouut.of this
Author, by .110;mni JAmEsON,.r.n.s.E. F.L.S.
trate.i with:gaps and Physical Sections.—llEN tr.( CQLL t:
don ; G. Gpi.DIE, Edinburgh; and J. Cu .ADit G, Dublin,

4to. pp. 4so.
Independent of its general merits as a Work of
sCience, and its recommendations as a production
of lasting information, the subject of our present
• Number'has at this moment peculiar claims to
notice and attention, from its.unfoldingthe
situa-
tion.of a country upon which.the eyes of Europe
are now fixed, to observe,. at this extremity, the
last convulsions' of that dreadful disorder which
has so long and so terribly agitated the entire
Continent. It is here that the latest horrors of ex-
hausted war are', still displayed ; here the fiercer
passions still rage; and, while the rest of man-
kind apply themselves with apparently cordial and
unanimous devotioo to, cultivate the blessed works
of Peace, the torch of discord continues to inflame
the Northern Horizon, and the Sword of hostility
to -(1-Ciotti the bounties of Nature, the labours of
- .
man, and Man himself.
The Translator; whO has executed his task with
great fidelity and ability, -introduces the stores of
Mr
NroN Soca to the English Reader by a Pre-
:free, in which he notices- the .very.sesnity War-
_ Dtation respecting NorWayhith-erto attainable in
lhas ecmun4y, and promisesJhat the ,deficiency
-shall. be in a great measure. supplied by the enstr,
inepages and,,
_after perusing them,- we have
pleasttre in stating, that belies kept ,his ‘vordes--
for not only floes his Original furnish, ample ae-
cOunts of the mineralogical riches of the country,
bnd_ Of its..geology,. but also. accurate 314 lively
descriptions Of the population, their Manners and
customs, and of the political state Ofthe-natiOn,
as, welt ap ihe. commercial
.capacitie,,s,,..6Ste..4. its
various parts. The politics of the PrefaceArre of
the' opposition stamp, 'the facts ill-authenticated,
Arid the conMuSions errooeohs.
From Mr. Voit.Boen's view ref Norway, it is
very evident that the difficult nature .of its lakes
and Mountain§ offer great obstacles to the progress
•of an invading army; and that -a determined
people, adequately supplied with provisions,
might, if they did not ultitnately triumph, for a,
• lengith of time at least inceessfoltv accripy- and
resist ame most powerful attack. The Translator
assumes that they universally and irreConcile-
ably hate tile Swedes, and will overthrow them in
every attempt to force Norway. to submission.
The premises are false, and the conclusions smack
mote of the wishes of the Theorist than of the
conviction of the well-informed mind. We fancy
there is net a doubt in any sound judgment that
Norway Must yield, and very speedily ;, and well
Will it be for her when she is united to Sweden.
But, we shall not be provoked into politics even
by the ill-placed dicta of this Translator,swho
had much better haVe stuck to the task he
was so much more competent to execute—
that of giving a correct. and excellent trans-
lation of Ids Author, of whom Professor JAME-
SON, in his Biographical Sketc informs us
that he is a Prussian by birth, and a disciple of
the. Mineralogical School of the celebrated %VER-
N E . Doctor J. also briefly
,enumerates his prin-
cipal literary labours, and the result-of his geog-
mostical inquiries in theseNorthern.llegions.
:o;mr Aathor principally .directs his ,attention to
tlieMineralogy and' Nateral Ilistory of the Coun-
try tLroitgh which he travels..; bat as that varz. of
ivor!i: is too yolumnotts to.admit of extract; we
trot Olir Readers' will rardun outtelerrilig-thm
to-the Work itself for thiS valuabte portion or its
,a!insi chiefly -notleink sfiehlioiat. as
are more eonneeted With its statisticahituation and
political qualities ;,.especially as stich,are now the
most' interesting" topics,; -arising out of the actual
stale of Norway
Our Author, sets out from rserlin, and ...after
Copenhagen, Sic. passer through Frede-
, rieks6kand Moss to Christiania, 01 these places,
which very recent- cirCumnstances render 0 much
time-objects of curiosity, the following are the only
notices which we can extract from Mr. Vcits BucH.
Frederickstadt -(page 24)- ". one of the Princi-
pal., fortifications of the country, and a very
small, • though not ..alt'bgether an nuthriving,
town, In > time of peace, - a whole regiment
ilea" in •.the.,,garrisoa..here, and vessels conic close
to the-walls. Although time number of .inhabi-
talits, it was found in 1801, did not exceed 1837
persons, this is .1)= no means a small 'norther for
a town in the North ; and the half of all theSwe-.1
dish towns are not :More populous. We made no
fong.,-.a6y, but proceeded to descend the Glow-
men, iltepriticipal stream of time North, over
which we passed at .t‘ ferry. We found the stream
every„way -deserving of its fame. , It runs with
great-ranidity, and beiow the town is at least ftS
broad as the Rhine at Cohleutz, notwithstanding-
. the separation of a chnsiderable arm from the
• main stream, about a mile farther up, at Th unoc,”
25.:Y '' We soon arrived at Moss, where a
considerable river runs foaming 0ver..5.0u5.,j,,, file
middle of -the town,•dasbing clown from, one•wheel
to another, till at last, at the edge of the Bay of
Christiania, it drives the bellows of .a, great ii on
work."
Thise iron-works, :end the triamh tft4l,4,4qtp;
'carried on, ''maintains and enriCheS the w.holl of
the-South of Norway." FrOni Muss tholraml,,
lers proceeded to Skytsjord.1 • • fyinca •L,ovlish
te 431

miles from Cliristiania;_ and -533 feet above
level of the sea. This place they reached in Clic
eoining of the same -dity, andthere re-sta.-for tht-,
.
night. Ou the folby,riug (lay they wet 4 to niriS-
tiailia, the rolite to. Which.is thns destribed,
These mild (fourteen Log!isli) we passed in.. a
most delightfasannmer morningr--a favour which
seemed to be conferred,upon- us by: Ifeaven, that
the view of.-the wondtrfi:d country round Chris-.
•
tiania might he ttijoyed by ps,ip all its glory.---;
What variety! MIA astonishing forms of ob-
.
jests, lOoking doWn front the height .01 Egeberg..
The-large town at 'the end of, the bay,\.in the midst
. •
of the country, spreads out in small divergent
J
masses in every direction, till it is at last lost in-;
the distance among villages, • farm-houSes, and:
sountry houses. There are ships in
the harbour, ships behind the fascinating little
islands befoi the bay; and other sails still appear
in the distance. The majestic forms in the horizon
of the steep hills rising over other hills, Which
,bOund the country to the WeStward, are worthy
of CLAUDE LORRAINE:"./ have Icing been seeking,
for a resemblance to this country and to this land-
scape. - It is only to be found at Geneva, on the
Savoy side, towards the mountains of Jura : but
the lake of Geneva does,not possess the islands 'of
the Viord, theilitunerints masts, and the ships and
boats in sail. Here we have the impression of an
extraordinary and beautiful country, united in a
wonderfully diversified manner, with the pleasure
deriVed from the cOntemplation of human industry ,
and activity. .' •
We descended by numerous serpentine wind •
ings the stetp height of theletgeberg, through he
remains of the old town of Opslo; and throngh a
Combined row of houses along the bay to Chris-
tiania, which •we reached about mid-day of' the
30th of July.''
From this-account our Readers will be able to.
perceive what .kind of country, of roads, of obsta
' cles,Stc. the .Swedish Army has now before it
(after the capture of. ,Frederiestadt) •in its march
upon Christiania. Of Christiania itself our Author
gives us the following minute description, Which,,
we are'sure wiil-be very acceptable to our Readers,
and °therefore, though we , have. already nearly
reachid our prescribed limits, we -Make ho:excuse
for transcribing for their.
.gratiticatiOn.
What make: Christiania the capital of Nor-
way, is not merely the. presence of the principal
constituted. Autthorities and pu:idic bodies of the
country, aor is it the superiority of its popula
tion, for Bergen contains double the number of
inhabitants ; but it is rather the extensive influ-
ence of this town over the greatest part of the
country; •the various connections of .the inhabi7;
tants, partly with the capital of the kingdoth, and ;
partly with foreign countries, and the social mode.
of lite and cultivation of those inhabitants. •
" Whoever is acquainted with northern towns,
will discover, from the exterior of Chi istiana, that
it is a distinguished, a thriving, and even a beau-
tiful town ; for the streets are....not only broad and
straight, and nearly all intersect one another at
right angles, which gives a 'gay and animated ap-
pearance to the Whole, but• almost all the ,houses
arebuilt of stone; and wooden log-houses are,
for the most.part, banished to the remotest streets
of the suburbs:'

These, stone-houes are highly esteemed by tie
natives from the interior, who have only been ac-7
customed to see the wooden buildings ofßergen,
Drontheim, Skeen,. &c.
'The town is by no means nnifOrm, but i 5
vided into several small towns, the boundaries of
Which May almost be laid .dOwn with certainty.
there is an exact boundary between the part of
the town'occupied with the inland trade and that
where the foreign trade is carried on."
In 1801, the number of inhabitants, including.
the garrison, amqunted
.to 900, of whom 110
were shopkeepers, .220 retail dealers, rind 242
master artisans. There is. a:weekly market, and
an annual .or winter fair in Januai y, when prodi-
gious crowds of Slyedes, Danes, Norwegians,
assemble' together in this place, and form one of
the`most interesting speetacleS which a stranger
visiting Norway can behold.

o be:continued.]

PRIVATE CORIZESPONDENCE.

gr'HANIBURG-H,. AUG. 16:—.--This morning 'her.
Royal i-ighaesS,th.e Princess. of Wales arrived here'
with lier suite) 'under the na!Tteof the,Countess of
NVolfenbut.tel., -Every where; during her passage;
she was received by ero‘vds of people with all the_
attention and respect due to :her. Illustrious rank.
This evening her Royal- Highness honoured the
Theatre With her prescuce,..where she experienced
that enthusiasm which has ever marked -the iianrz,
burgh public'for the members of the august House
of En hand.."
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Core
NHAGEN, . AUG. 13.—Mr. Foster has,
just•detiVercd in, his credentials as Minister from
England. T be- ratification by the' Briti'Sh
vernment of the additional articles of our treaty, of-
peace with England leas arrived, and we shall
soon, re-outer into pOsseSsion of our'West India
Colonies. In addition to the Bulletin of • the
Crown Prince, (see The Sun of
,yesterday),: a
private report from Uddewankstates, that Gene.,
ral Vegesack.has repulsed, with 2000 men, a Nor.
Wegian corps 'of GOOO.
" BERLIN, AUG. 14:—Prince Hardenberg will ,I
vet out, about the Ist of September, for the Con
-
(Tress of -Vienna. The preliminary conferences
ivill commence on the, 10th of September. The
superb Russian guards, called the- youncoards,
consisting of 10,000 men, have arrived here.
They will remain three .days, -and will be enter-
tamed at a pahliefestival. The Emperor Alexan_:
der has caused to be restored to- the relatives of
Prince' Poniatowski, his possessions in i'oland,
which had been confiscated. Themortal remains
of King Stanislaus Lecivrski have been Conveyed I
front Lorraine :to l'arsaw. According to letters
from St. Petirshurgb, of. the 30th .of duly, the
Emperor-Alexander had passed in review all' the
tlO6ps of that capital: IlarOn Anstetten had al.-
riveilthere from London.','