The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-04 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIME&

Stn—ln your paper of to-day, I see a paragraph stating that
the Footman': Directory is said to be written by Dr. Kit-
chiner."

I assure you that I know nothing about the work thus attri-
buted to me, and beg that you will be so good as to allow me
to st►te, that the only works of which I am either the author or
the editor, are—," The Cook's Oracle," " Art of Invigotating
Life," " Peptic Precepts," " Observations on Telescopes,"
" Observations on Singing," " The Loyal, National,, and
Sea Songs of England ;" " The Sea Songs of Charles Dibdin."
I feel myself called upon to make the declaration, because
various other winks have been set down to me, of which I have
not written a single line, and of which I would rather not be
considered as the author.

Your insertion of this in your paper of to-morrow► will much
oblige, Sir, your humble 'errant,
Warren-street, Oct. 3, 1023. WM. ICITCAINEIt.

A Topographical, Military, and Scientific En-
graved Plan of Cadiz, Accompanied with 48
References, taken from this day's Morning
Chronicle (in which Journal it originated), will
appear in To-morrow's Observer.

Some experiMents were made at Leith Fort,
on Thursday last (the 25th ult.), with a newly
invented shell, having the spiral motion, and
acting by percussion. It is fired horizontally,
has no fast!, and explodes instantaneously upon
striking against any hard substance, so that it
adapts itself 'to alt ranges. It was tried against
an oaken target, four feet square and 13 inches
thick, which a single shot blew to pieces. It is
therefore supposed that it may be used with
effect against shipping.
DUEL PPEVENTED.—A meeting was appointed
to take place yesterday morning at day-break,
between Captain S., a celebrated playman, and a
Mr. IL, at the bottom of which was a dashing
courtezan, the admiration.of both. The Lady
rather than risk not having two strings to her
bow, gave information, but it got wind and left
the snatching party bleouacking in vain, as neither
of .the gallants attended
.that spot. Highgate
Common was the Place appoiuted.
YANLET CrtecK.,7-Yesterday Mr. BAILEY, the
Deputy Water Bailiff, accompanied by a nume-
rous suite of officers and others in sailing boats,
sailed from London in the celebrated vessel
called the Sea Horse, belonging to Mr. CAP.
Pan, of the Alien Office, the fastest , sailer in
England, to the :Medway, for the purpese of
going through the Yantlet Creek, lately cleared
out. This is 14 first vessel which went through
there these Wyears past. The passage cut is
only live mike across from the Thames to Ro-
chester, and is a saving of ,40 miles.
A GIETED FAMILY.—There• at present resides
near Versailles; a retired subaltern officer, who
accompanied Napoleon in most of his wars, who
is the father of 9 children, and whose 9 children,
.born in 9 different countries, speak nearly us
many different languages or idioms. His wife was
an Italian, whom lie married in Italy on the
first invasion of that country by the French. His
first child (Marie) was born at Milan, and speaks
Italian, the language of her mother. His second
(Guillaume) saw the light in Switzerland. His
third, called Ali, came into the world In Egypt,
and speaks on occasion a kind of Coptic. His
fourth child was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, when
Buonaparte threatened a descent on England from
that port. His fifth child was born In Germany,
and speaks German. His sixth wasa Neapolitan,
and is consequently called Gennaro (or %Inoue-
rius.) Hisseventh is a little Spaniard,called Diego,
who has not forgotten the language of his infancy.
His eighth is a little Prussian, of the ' name of
Frederick ; and his ninth, Mademoiselle Nielto I
line, Saw the light in the island of Elba. The
eldest- of these children is said to be 28, the
youngest eight. The mother is dead. These
nine children still reside under the paternal roof,
and render the house something' like a tower of
Babel,
A Ferrier, HicawAvstAsr.---Tlid Journal tie
la Haute 'Saone, contains the following notice
of the arrest of a desperate character :----The
highwayman, :lathed Michel, who some years
since was the terror of the departments of the
Haute Satlne and the Haute Marne, has been
arrested in the arrondiSiement of Vassv. This
brigand entered Open his career of . crime
with the assassination of a countryman 'wham he
suspected Of living in a state of adultery 'vv4N his
wife, condemned; in defaelt of appearance, to
the punishment of death, in 1812, by the Court
of Assizes of the Hante Saone, he quitted this
province, changed hliname, and married a second
wife, though his first was still ably. Pursued, some
yearsa fterwards, by a brigatlierorgen-d'a rmes, rt'c:
companied by several of his band, and armed with
a gun, when on the point of being taken, he stop-
ped near a forest, aad taking aim at the brigadier,
killed him on the spot. Changing again his name
and place of residence, he established himself at
St. Dizier, where; we are nisiured he was on the
point of contracting a third marriage, when he was
denounced by his first wife. At the moment of
his arrest, he wounded the gen4Parme who seized
him very • severely with a chisel. This hri-
gand, his Wife (who is also condemned to death
as an incendiary), and their worthy son, equally'
devoted to the same pnnishment for an attempt
at assassination, have alt been removed In the
prison of,Chaument, the chief place of the. de.
partment of the Haute Saone,: where . they will
receive the reward which is due to their many
crimes.. . .

On Wednesday morning, n young Lady, oc-
cupying apartments at a house in Henry-street,
St. Ormond's Will, after taking breakfast, re-
tired to ber heti-chamber, and cut her throat with
the knife which she had used at breakfast, ;n a
most-horrid manner. Report states she 114411 been
kept by 'a mini of high rank in the army, who has
lately withdrawn from her. Si►e now lies in a
very precarious state,and is attended by a surgeon.