The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-12 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1820.

AIETROPOLITAN LAW SOCIETY FOR PREVENTING
• ABUSES IN THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW.
THE ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the
MEMBERS and FRIENDS of tiii9 SOCIETY *ill be

held at the FREEMASONS' TAVERN on MONDAY NEXT,
the 17th Instant.
WILLIAM LEAKE, Esq. in the Chair.
STEWARDS.
Nathaniel Atcheson, F.A.S. .1. Pitllen,
T. H. Budd, H. Stratton,
'l'humas Downes, George Spence,.
R. Hall, F. Turner,
William Hine, I James Western,
William Y. Knight, William Wright. '
Tickets, 21s. each, may be had 61 tne Stewards or the
Secretary.
Dinner on Table at Half past Fire, precisely.
JAMES ANI)EKTON, Secretary.

WmisrstiAr, Aeutt..
YESTERDAY,
BY Order of the Lords of the Treasury, the
Preliminary Drawing of the Lottery took place at
Coopers' Hall, but as no Prize WAS drawn above !Cfl. every
Ticket and Share now on Stle, if .bought before ttut .27th of
This Month, will have the same chance for ILL the lin Ca-
pitals, including 4 Prizes of 30.0f.t01., 2 of &c. as if
the same bad been bought before; and indeed for every
Prize in the Lottery, except the 801. Prizes drawn yester-
daF.

N. B. the nth This Month, the Two First Prizes drawn
Will receive 20,0C1. rxfri each !
.-IZAR7J and Co., Cantravtors,
Rly; 12xc;irigf.' (lite; 26, Curnhill; awl 32,1, Oxford•-street.

BUONAPARTE,'

PRIVATR LETTER PROM ST. HELENA, FEB. 8.

" Supposing you might wish to bear of the 1
great nun in this little Island, asserell as some-,
thing respecting others of less imptirtanee, I shall
give you a small abridgment on both subjects. To
commence With the most interesting one (if same-
ness and repetition have not entirely created an
indifferencepn whet was considered of such mo-
ment), GeniraIBUONAPPaRTE is in good health, and
has been's() for a considerable time past. 1 have..
seen him wren, at a distance, in his garden,. out-
side o; which he never appears. In the morning,
htf sometimes appears in a dressing-gown and red
cap, and at others, ill a jacket and straw hat
wot ks himself, as well as all his attendants and
Generals (a lesson to human vanity). 10 the
evening he is in full dress, with a star on the
breast ; he set's no strangers, and disappears when
any approach. him. His nets house, Which is,
close to his stsitsekat residence, is nearly finished,
and will be fit for his ieception,in about three
or four months, if the furniture, &e. arrive in
due time from England : it is a suftstautial
all on one fluor, and the different suites of
apartments are really handsome and commodious.
He has a carriage and horses at his command,
and he can now ride, without any.restriction or
attendant, within a space of upwards of twelve
miles in circumference, with variety of hill and
dale, but not well wooded : however, all will
not induce him to mount a horse or earriage.-7-
The BURTRANDS drive out very often, and the
other people ride about every day.
" The society here is very limited Sir iltmsoN
Lows entertains frequently, and her Ladyship
makes the parties at Plantation House very plea-.
sant.' We have a pretty little Theatre here, which
is same amusement to us. Our Commanding
Officer, Colonel DODGIN, played Falstaff, a few
Weeks ago, in great style, almost without stuffing,
and your friend attempted Hotspur, which he had
before tried at Colombo.

"Notwithstanding all the disagreeables ascribed
by souse of the Papers to the climate at St. He-
lena, 1 pronounce it to be one of the most healthy
in the world, that is, on the hills about Long-
wood and Deadwood, and, indeed, the whole in-
terior of the• Island ; the 66th have not lost more
than three or four men by sickness during the last
twelve mouths, end the 'Officers have been re-
markably healthy. The IJOttest weather we have
is 76 degrees, and the thermometer is seldom
'above 68 degrees ; two blankets arc necessary dur-
ing nine mouths in :he yefsr.
" The pay is nearly as good, as in India, and
better than in Ceylon ; and though every thing is
dear in the shops, yet our being supplied with
forage and rations, and the liberty of procuring
all kin<ls.4►l arnielsre from the.. Company's. stores,
prevents our feeling the effects of it: so that, upon
the. whole, St. Helena is not a disagreeable pri-
son to a poor man, who cannot live in England
without running in debt. I cannot as yet say
much in praise of the aborigines of the land, but
they ate 'improving by the late intercourse with
the King's regiments, though their improve-
ment has partly been produced by a kind of physic
which has not been always palatable. The roads,
as well as the people, are much better of late, and
a sure-footed horse will travel over the greater past
of them ; but they are yet very rough and steep.
Excepting on the race-course at Deadwood,
there is scarce an even hundred yards to he tnet
with. The whole island wants woods; parts of'
it are grand and terrific, hut scarcely picturesque."