The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-24 00:00:00

INVENTION OF PRINTING.

Burtams, JuNE 16—The Afessager des. Sciences contains
the following article :—The municipality ofthe city of Haarlem
has just decreed, that the fourth centenary fete for the inven.
tion of printing, shall be celebrated in that city, on the 10th
July next; that, on this occaaion, there shall he a solemn in.
auguration of the monument raised in the wood of Haarlem, to
the honour of Lawrence Koster, who was the first that printed
with moveable characters. This fact is contested by several
writers, but the greater part have treated this subject with too
little attention. M. de lurnig, in a very judicious dissertation;
has completely investigated this subject in• • all its bearings,
whether, typography, or practical workmanship ; fur one must
either be of the profession, or intimately connected with the
mechanical part, to decide on the various points in dispute.'
Deputies are to assemble at this fete from all theacademics and.
societies of the kingdom. The printery and booksellers or
Philadelphia lately metror the purpose of appointing some de.
putles to otrer the homage of the Americans at the foot of a
monument which is to iiiiirtortalie the memory of a man to
whom literature and the ociences owe their principle progress
and perfection. The usual discourse will be pronounced by
the celebrated Professor Vander Palm.

A letter from Rio de Janeiro, dated the 10th
April, after describing the assembling of the
Cortes on the 17th, states that the oath taken by
the Members is contrary to all principles of li-
berty, inasmuch as it professes entire obedience
to the will of the Emperor. The oath is said to
have been drawn up by the well-known Antonio
Carlo, ,one of the late deputies in Lisbon, and
brother of Jose Bonifacio. It was intended,
under the plea of certain errors and omissions in
the jOurnals, to propose to the Brazilian Cortes
the establishment of a censorship on the press.
ANECDOTE of Mit.u.--When this General
lately entered France, he .was at one time in
a small country house, taking his soup. Three
gensdarmes, who had been made prisoners by
some of his soldiers, were there presented. to
him. " I see, gentlemen," said MINA, by
your uniform, that you belong to the police, and
without doubt you come to enquire after me ;
make 'your report-i—say that on such a day and
at such an hour I was upon the French territory
eating my soup ; three prisoners more or less is
of little consequence to me—yen are at liberty."
Dux}... OP HARTON.—This unfortunate noble.
man was not less distinguished by the accom.
plishments of his mind than the beauty and
elegance of his person. Worn out by excessive
dissipation at the early age of thirty-two, he
retired to Spain : in one of the fainting fits to
which he had been subject, he fell from his horse
in a small village, and was carried by some cha
ritable monks of the order of St. Bernard into
their convent, where they administered to his
wants in the best manner they could. Under
their hospitable roof he languished a week, and
then died. The character of Lovelace in Clarissa
has been supposed to 'be. that of this nAleman,
and what confirms this supposition is—the True
iton, a political paper in which the Duke used
to write, was. printed by Mr. Richardson.
The English Opera House will open for the
summer season in a few days ; and among the
first novelties, we understand, will be the debut
of Miss. DANCE,. sister of Miss DANCE, late of
Covent-Garden Theatre, in the character of
Susana, in Figaro.
It is stated in a letter from Paris, that Mr
JAMES LAVITTE, intending to retire from public.
commercial affiuirs, has assigned to each of his
Clerks in the Bank, an annuity in tbv public
funds, equal to the amount of his salary. This
is, indeed, a most generous proceeding.