The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-28 00:00:00

ARRIVALS IN TOWN.

The Duke of St. Alban's, Lady Charlotte Beattelerk, and
Mrs. Coutts, from Brighton ; the Earl of Bristol and the Ladies
Hervey, from Ickworth Park, Suffolk. At the. Bath Hotel,
Arlington-street—Mr. and Mrs. Kirby, from the Continent;
Mr- rind. Miss Harding, from Bath. At Batts' Hotel—Cap-
tain and Mrs. Morshead, from Barnet. • •

.ARRIVALS AT CnEt.TENitAm.—Lord Ebrington, Sir T.
Hayes, Major Miller, Major liellingsley, Captain Chigot, Cap.
tain W'eatherall, Captain St. George, 'Captain- Jeffry's Mrs.
Stretton, i\lrs.•Elliston, Mrs. Thomas, Mr. R. Andrews, Mr.
W. Andrews, Mr. Saxon, Mr. Elliston, Mr. Frankland,
Swan, Mr. A. Turner, Mr. ilowell,.Mr. F. Collingwood, Mr.
Addison, Mr. G. Robinson, Mr. Mortimer, &c. &c.

The Earl and Countess of flarewood, with their accustomed
liberality, have lately distributed blankets and articles of warm
clothing to the poor on their various estates.
The remains of the Dowager Marchioness of Bath were re,
moved on Wednesday last, from her house in Lower Grosvenor-
street, for interment, in the family vault in Wilts.
Mr. Secretary Canning left his residence in Downing-street
yesterday morning on a vi iit to the King, at the Royal Lodge,.
Windsor.

Mr. George Dawe, R.A., the portrait-painter, who has been
patronized fir several years past by the Emperor Alexander at
St. Petersburgh, where the artist bad apartments in the Royal
Palace, with a suit of servants, carriages, &c., to paint the dis-
tinguished warriors and other distinguished characters for the
celebrated Military Gallery, has had the honour to paint for
the :Emperor the full-length portraits of hii august sisters,
their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duchess Mary, heredi-
tary Grand Duchess of Saxe:Weimar, and die Grand Duchess
Ann, Princess Royal of Holland, during their late visit to St.
Pctersburgh.

• THE R ussiv N GENERA I. CROUTTA.—We think
that some authentic details will not be read with-
out interest, which relate to a great personage
who for a long time was very near the Prince
CONSTANTINE, now Emperor of RusstA. We
speak of General CeourrA, born in one of the
Prince's Islands, situated in the sea of Marmora,
opposite the .seraglio. A Russian Ambassador,
who resided at Constantinople, having recogniied
striking traits of genius in young Croutta, took
care of his education, and attached him to
his embassy. At his return. to St. Petersburgh
he presented his protege to the great Catherine,
as being acquainted with the Greek, Turkish,
Russian, and French languages, as being besides
possessed of political and military talents. Ca-
therine afterwards advanced him,.entered hint in
the college of tit. Peters burgh, and entrusted
the education of the Prince Constantine to him.
The latter knew how to appreciate the great
talents and qualities of Crmitta, attached him to
his personi and made him his Aid-de,Camp. In con-
versation he oftener gives him the title of Pater
than that of Governor. Six years ago the Emperor
Alexander, being at Warsaw, said publicly to
Croutta," Would to God that I had many Generals
like Crouttii, for independently of his talents, ke is
a martyr to labour."—Croutta has not shared the
disgrace of Capo d'lstria, because Prince Con-
stantine did not concur in the policy of his
brother.---General Croutta is about fifty-seven
years of age ; he.is short, bald, with a keen and
penetrating blue eye. He is a Statesman and a
good soldier. He inhabits, with Prince Constan-
tine, the palace called Belveder or Warsaw.

MADAME BANTL—WIien Madame RANTI died
(in 1806), the physicians of Bologna (the place of her demisel,
anxious to learn, if possible, the cause of the extraordinary ex-
tent and power of her voice, opened her body, when they dis-
covered that her lungs were not only in a remarkably strong
and healthy state, but of extraordinary large dimensions ;
whence it would appear, that the qualities of vocal tones de-
pend less on the formation of the throat, the glottis, and the
larynx, than had before been, imagined.

At the burial of the celebrated JEAN PA UL
Iticirrza, his friends followed the coffin, each carrying a
cushion of velvet, elegantly fringed, and on which were placed
the principal works of this great writer.
When lIENItV VIII. hesitated as to seizinz the
church-lands' he was encouraged by a boil mot of Sir Thomas
Wyatt's,—"utter," said he, " the rooks' nest, and they will
not trouble you ;" referring. to .a distribution of abbey-lands
among the nobility.

, •
„IRRESISTIBLE EVIDENCE.—A French Journal,
after contradicting a statement which appeared in another
Journal, announcing the death of a person whom it names,
adds—" he himself came to assure us that he is alive."

D'EGVI LLE has been rehearsing his new ballet
at the Opera House nearly every day during the
past week. Ilisjigurtmies will present a perfect
novelty in the King's Theatre, where, during
many years, in this department, we have been
accustomed to old women. These worthy per-
sons have been in general pensioned off, and a
number of pretty faces introduced in their stead.
Mademoiselle Bom NI, who will make her first
appearance in this country in the Opera of II
Crociuto in Egitto, at the King's Theatre, on
Saturday evening, brings a high reputation with
her from the Continent : she is reported to be an
accomplished singer and a very able musician.
We understand this Lady will be succeeded by
PASTA.

'l'na RlNG.—Sampson yesterday personally
challenged Ned O'Neal, the Streatham Youth, to fight for
3001. O'Neal accepted the friendly invitation, and sayihe will
deposit 1001. at his benefit, which will take place at the begin-
ning of the new year.
In February, 1528, the Londoners were
amused by a battle bet weer a Dutch and French
vessel, fought close to London-bridge, to which
the former had actually pursued the latter. Wal-
singham, Lieutenant of the Tower, boarded and
seized both the combatants, and the matter was
left to the Council to determine,