The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-03 00:00:00

AMERICA

CHILLICOTHE (OHIO) Oct. 7.—Pigeons, In
number exeeeding ail calculation, have forseve-
rat weeks b'.en collected on the waters of iciota
Burgh Creek, a few miles east of the Furnaces,
in Adams county. Their roost extends- over, an
acre of ground about a quarter of a mile in length
and breadth. To this place they collect in the
evening ; and in the morning they rise in a cloud,
and literally darken the air. To persons a mile
distant, their noise, while on the roost, seems to
resemble the sound of a distant water-fall. The
trees and shrubs which form,their roost, are bent
to the ground by their Weight. They are des-
troying time white-oak mast, which is abundant
in that district of country, and fears are enter-
tained:that the fields of ripening corn will not
escape their ravages. Many of them have been
beaten down i ith sticks, and caught in the night,
by the surrounding inhabitants.

From the St. Lola.. Enrirer Sept. 3n.
Dien.—On Tuesday -Vitt' inst at Charette village, in the
90th year of his age, the celebrated Col. Daniel Boone, disco-
verer and fir,t settler of the state of Kentucky. His death
was communicatcd to the General Assembly un Thursday
48th inst. by Mr. Emmons, senator, from St. Charles county,
and both brandies of thg Legislature, through respect to his
memory, adjourned for the day, and passed a resolotion to
wear crape un the left arm for twenty days.—Col. Boone eini-
Kralt d to Upper Lousiana, and settled on the Missouri, about
CO miles above St. Louis, before the purchase of the coun-
try, and received from the Spanish Government a donation of
2,000 arpens of land.—The -American Congress confirmed
that grant to liiai ; that is to say, they did not undertake to
deprive,him of what he had received from a Foreign Govern-
ment. Tnts is the only favour which the discoverer of Ken-
tucky and the founder of that great state has received from
his country.—The fatuity of Col. Boone, al .o emigrated to
Missouri !and enjoy a respect worthy of the name of their
father, One of 1) suns, Major Nathan Boone, was a Mem-
ber of the late Missouri Convention; another, Jesse B.
Boone, Esq, is a member of the present General Assembly.
Until within two years past, Cul. Boone has enjoyed much
health, and was capable of gr, at bodily activity. Since then
the approach of death was visible, and he viewed it with the
indifference of a Roman philosuplier.—lle was buried at the
Charette village, and thus the rdnitiy4 of the man whose name
is identified with that of Kentucky, now repose on the banks
of the Missouri.

SOUTH AM 1 TLICA.

SANTA FE DE BOGOTA. OCT. 19.—An Extra-;
ordinary Gazette from Choco has just been re-
ceived, which announces the arrival of a brig,
one of Lord Cochrane's squadron, at the port of
St. Beneventura (in the Pacific). The vessel has
brought two. thousand muskets for the Repub-
lican service. Two Deputies came in her,' for
the purpose of entering into a treaty, offensive
and .defensive, with the Government of Colum-
bia, against their common enemy. Official con-
firmation has also been received, stating that Ge-
neral Valdez's diviSion occupies all the territory
between Popayan and Mercadenes. There is
scarcely a day passes that some of the Royalist
Of;►cers and soldiers do not march over to the
[nsurge►its, who treat them with every possible
indulgence. General Calzado has requested of
the Viceroy of Lirna some reinforcements, but
was answered, that he himself required an addi-
tional force, as he was daily in expectation of
an attack from the united. forces of Lord Coch-
rane and the Republican Government.
SARANILLA, OCT. IS.—The general opinion
is, that something decisive will spring out of the
negociationS between Bolivar and Morillo ; in
other words, that the independence of the coun-
try will be acknowledged, as nothing short of
this is contemplated' or: desired •by the indepen-
dent party.—The forces ,That operate against
Santa Martha by land march this day, and the
fleet is to sail to--morrow. The object of the land
expedition is to bring Sanchez Linia 'to action.—
He is at present at ..San Carlos. As he cannot
advance through the Cierilga on account of our
boats,.he will be easily overtaken. The detach-
ment consists of 1000 men. Colonel Montillo
doe's not quit this p►'orince, or take the command
of the expedition at Tarboro. We are sickly
here. •

The liUver Ttnne; presented an extraordinary
spectacle yesterday—innumerable ke-bei-gs !
From Battersea'Bridge, as far as the eye could
reach up theii.ver ; and below., the same objects
presented themselves, corning up with the tide.
On Sunday 'barge, with several men, were'
locked up;;fo'r several" hours ; the poor 'fellows
were-withouf provisions or fire, with no means of
approach.; ''.',liowards • night .the ice-bergs sepa-
rated ; and then, with the assistance afforded by
• ropes,- they were dragged 'to shore. 'lf the frost
continues anothe‘inight„the ThameS trill be pass-
able above-bridge.
A beautiful monument, intended to be erected
in St..NicholaS'..Church, Newcastle, to' commei
morate the eminent public services and private
worth of the late :gallant Admiral, Lord Cot.-
, LiNGwoon, has arri.ed at Newcastle; from
London.

LITER.kRYataISCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE.

[FII.OII SOURCES.]

SOUNDINGS AT SEA.—The following method
of taking Soundings at Sea is in general use, and
extremely simple :—A graduated glass tube, of
some. length, full of air, excepting, a known-por-
tion, in a curve at „the4bottegn, of any Bissous,
coloured liquid, which, being forced up the tube
by the pressure of the sea;water, indicates, by
tlfe Mark which it leaves inside the tube, the

degree to which the contained air had been
compressed, and co►►sequent.ly (if the specific
gravity of the sea-water be ascertained) the
depth to which the instrument had descended.
This instrument needs no piston.
LANG VAC cs.—Accordiug to a " View of all
the known Languages and their Dialects," pub-
blished by AL Faco. ADERBEKG, Counsellor of
State to the Emperor of RUSSIA, their number
amounts to 3,06 1, viz.: in all Asia, 937 ; Eu-
ropean, 587; African, 276 ; and America, 1,264.
VESUVIUS AND Pomew.—During a late erup-
tion of Vesuvius a shower of ashes fell on the

now uncovered part of Pompeii. M. Du GuN-
BERNAT, a SpanishnatUralist, having compared

the substances of which this recent shower is com-
posed, with those which anciently overwhelmed
the city, could not find the smallest resemblance
between them. and doubts whether that city
really was ruined by a shower of ashes. He also
observed, within a few days after the eruption,
that the crater of Vesuvius was covered with
ervstals.of common salt—a pretty plain indication
that the admission of sea-water into the interior
of the mountain has something to do with the
phenomenon. _ _

GALVANIC MAGNETI,SM.—A brief account has
been given, in- most of the journals, of Sir
HUMPHREY DAvy's recent interesting electro-
magnetic experiments. We have here to notice
also an important result obtained by Professor
OERSTED. lie states, that a plate of zinc (about
three inches high and four inches broad) placed
in and by an arch of small wire, connected with
a trough nearly fitting it, made of thin copper,
and containing a mixture of one part of sulphuric
acid, one part of nitric acid, and sixty parts of
water, forms an apparatus, which, being suspend-
ed by a very small wire (only sufficiently strong
to bear its weight,) will, if a powerful magnet be
presented to it, exhibit magnetic polarity—turn-
ing its corresponding pole to the pole of the
magnet. The suspending wire is attached to
the apparatus by a thread rising from one side of
the trough to the wire, and descending to the
other side of the trough ; and the plate of zinc
is kept from coming in contact With the copper
case by a piece of cork interposed on each side of
the plate.
STATISTICS, &C. FRANCE.—It appec,rs, from a
late publication of the Academy of Sciences, that
Paris contains 714,000 inhabitants, of whom
25.000 are not domiciled. The average number
of births annually is 21,000, and of these, the
proportion of males to females is as 25 to 24.
The annual consumption of bread is 113,680,000
kilogrammes ;. of oxen, 70,000 ; of heifers,
9,000 ; of calves, 78,000 ; of sheep, 34,000 ;
of swine, 72,000 ; of eggs, 74,000,000 ; of pi-
geons, 900,000 ; of fowls, 1,200,000; of wine,
870,000 hectolitres.
SWEDEN.—By the census taken in 1819, the
population, of the kingdom appears to be,
2,543,412. The births in that year were
2,329 ; and the deaths, 3,23 B—difference, 909.
Nearly a half of the children are born out of
marriage. One Out of three children have in-
variably died. Marriages, 504 ; and divorces, 24.
GREENLAND. The whole population of
Greenland, according to the last Report of the.
Missionary Board, consists of 3,586 individuals,
spread through 17 colonies on the western coast.
The interioris not habitable, Owing to accumula-
tions of ice. The population has increased 714
since the year 1789.
THE LATE Ma. PITT.—The Life of this dis-
tinguished Statesman is in the press, by the pre-
sent Lord Bishop of WINCHESTER. It is under-
stood that it will be published in two volumes
quarto.
PHILOSOPHY.—It is expected that the First
Report of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
will make its appearance early in the ensuing
mouth.

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THE SUN.

SOLI:31 QUIS DICT.RB FAILSUM•AtUDEJTY

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1821.

We
/received this morning five days Paris
Papers to Sunday last inclusive. The following

are extracts :

" PARIS, DEC. 31.—Th u rsda y the King received the grand
Deputation of the Chamber of Peers with their Address. His
Majesty rctut !fed the. following Answer I receive wi:h
deer sensibility this testimony of the sentiments of the Cham
of Peers. I observe with real satisfaction the conformity
of its principles with mine.

' I have said, and I repeat it, that if I wish to see my life
proliinged, it is to consolidate the institutions which I have
given to my people. But whatever may be the Decrees of
Providence, let us not forget this maxim of our public law,
The King never dies in France.'