The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-25 00:00:00

DEPARTURES.

Right Hon. C. Arhr.tlinot, on a visit to the Earl and Conn-
test of Warwick, Warwick Castle; the Marquis of Salisbury,
for his seat,.Hat6eld ; the Earl and Countess of Darnley, for
Cobham-Hall; Lord and Lady lid re, for Thorodoti Essex;
the Earl of Westmoreland, for his seat, Applethorpz, North-
amptonshire; Lord Eardley, for his seat, Belvidere, Kent;
the Bishop of Quebee,'for Bucks.

[From 4° The Times,"l

(We give the following Letter as it has been sent to us, with-
out rxiirrssiag any opinion whatever as to its contents.)

St could reply to the note copied from a French Paper.
,and lately inserted in some of the'London Journals, with all
the contempt merited by such a piece of knavery, and by the
hatred of my enemies, who make use of the name of General
'khegru's brother to give authenticity to falsehood, hot I
tiatisfy myself with telling the simple truth
My father was never married : that great 11141 l gave me his
name without adding any fortune, because he had none. Ar-
rested by order of Buonaparle in May, Me, I suffered two
months' imprisonment : the journals have published this
fact, why don't they now contradict it? On the 6tim of No-
',ember of time same year, I caused a small monument to be
erected to the memory of my father, and performed for him
funeral honours : all the Papers mentioned Oils without con-
cealing my name; why have riot the same persons revolted
what they then said ? On the 21st Feb. 1816, I defended-the
Mirturiy of General Pichegru against the Editor of the Pickle
donika Rai, in a Note which I inserted in the Ga:ette de
Fraitce,,signed with my own name.
.19 May last I took a journey into Germany, and on my re-
turn to Franco was arrested at Chatillon-sur-Seine; I was
brought to Paris before the Minister of Police, wbo,:not
luting tdput me in prison, sent me to the Ahlmaye-all Bois,
where I remained till they were pleased to confess the injus-
tice of such conduct. I learned at the same time, that amass
uamed Lc Blanc, who hetraied my father to Rtionapattot
was at Paris, and even in office ; I claimed justice against the
betrayer, which was refused to me; I threatened, and became
the victim., Compelled tnimtit ray country by arbitrary' acts'
I know how to bear my misfortune without cOmplaint, and
too prone to boast, I hold to the motives which induced Me

o go obro ad. , ELISABETH PICHEGIttr.
13, f4adox-street, Dec. 13, 1816.

A General Bill of all the Chris►enings and lin-
rinls from December 12, 1815, to Dcceniber 10,
1.g16

zilirist rued in the 97 parishes witilio the wane, 9M-13urird,
1-I'.4l.stened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 5061—Bu-
rieil, 39(19. _ _ 2 • ' '

Christened in the 23 out-parishes 'in Nlieldlesex and Surrey,
12,510---Iltiried, 10,104.
Christened in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of
Westminster, 4027—Buried, SIM.

Christened.
Males ' '12)1" }ln n1113,58'1
Females 1,449 _

Buried.

-Male* ..10,1051.1na1i20316
Ftszilairi 10411 ,
are died,

• --- Whereof- 1.1
Under two yoars of age, .5400
Bet Wren tWo and fis* ..1960
Five and ten .. .
Ten and twenty .. ... fi7S
Twenty and thirty 1404
Thirty and 191'4
Forty and uil y, 12123,
illy' and sixty 1 OS
. • Increased in the Thu

-Sixty 814 seventy 1710
Seventy:lml
Eighty and ninety.— . 781
Ninety and a hundred.. IGB
A hundred ......
A Imildred anti one
A hundred and three .. 1
'A initnired and four
rials this years 76e.

Subscriptions art now raising in different parts
of the Highlands of 'Scotland fur the purpose of
erecting distilleries for legal distillaturo, agreeable
to the late Act of Parliament, as the best means
fur putting a stop to illegal distillation.

In introducing some extracts front American
Papers last week, we intimated an intention of
confirming to select several amusing articles, un-
connected with the etern►►l ring of politics which
is heard from the Anvils of the Public Journals.
The following seem worthy of notice ; the Poetry
is. one of the best specimens thar leas reached 113
tfrcim thi other side of the Atlantic, and the. Le-

ter as containing some interesting information in
Natural History.

' [Front the XeuP.York Courier.]
CRYSTALINA. •

A FAIRY TALE: ITY AN /04RRICAN.

This interesting and beautiful. Poem, published
and for- sale thiS day at the Book-store of John
ThoMpsan, 126, Peurle-street ; Peter A.,Mesier,
28, Wail-street, and at the office of the New York
Courier, 87, Pearl-street.
This effusion of elegant genius has received the
warm approbation of every reader of taste, to
101Q111 it has been submitted. And to those who
think it at length time to bestow some patronage
upon such efforts of American genius as 9e wilco-
hoed to do our country honour, we do not hesi-
tate toJecommend it, as a performance far elope-
rior.to any thing . yet. produced by our country-.
men.

The following modest and elegant Preface, we
Cannot refrain from laying before our readers.
This Poem 4 founded, chiefly; on the supersti-
tions of the Highlanders of Scotland, end was
finished in 1812, As the Author is a native of the
United. States, he ought to hope that the' Ameri-
can Critic will treat his performance at least with
justice, if not with partiality., The proverbial in-
difference, .and even contempt, with which Ame-
ricans receive the productions of their country-
men induced the Author, for some time, to sup-
press the publication of this ,poem. He has,
however, been prevailed on by a variety -ot con-
siderations, which it is useless to enumerate, to.
trouble the public with his production. He can-
not deny.that he feels considerable solicitiide for
its, fate, but deems it nobecoming an Author,
either to d'epreciate the severity, or solicit the le-
nity of the Critic. However jest the complaims of
American Writer's, in some instances, the Author
of Crystalina still possesses confidence its the ge-
nerosity, liberality, and, justice of his country-

men :
We give the following as a specimen of the Au-
thor's talent at description, taken from the Second
Canto:—
Towards the Palaceoilent and alone
The Here mov'4l--afar the fabric shone
Like gorgeous clouds that throng the setting sun :
But ere he reach'd that ltlace, huge and bright,
A glorious scene detaiii'd the wond'ring Knight—
A piarly river ! whose melodious titii
Lay'd gulden shorei! whose banks were beautified
- With trees wide-waviog, paradisiac Irow'rs
And all the gaudy multitude of thrw'rs
That on prlng's lap the liberal Flora show'rs.
This to dividing, wird its branches twain.,
In circling sweep around a flow'ry
Tilts; vocal groves, then fondly met again.
The Lifet fair; so form% arose between;
With dome-live swell, array'd in richest green;.
So fair it *was, so smooth; so heavenly sweet,
it Weald made only for angelic feet.
On thisgreen Isle the splendid Palace stood,
And rainbow bridges arch'd the pearly flood-.
A fairer bow fair Juno ne'eedispley'd
In vernal skies, tho' nut like Juno's made
OF subtile sun-beams, but of solid gems,
Such as adorn imperial diadems.
Its blue WAS solid sapphire. Its gay green
Was massy emerald. The ruby sheen
Form'd its bright curve of, rich and rosy red;
Its yellow hue the gulden Topaz shed.
Seent'd either end on snowsehite clouds to lie-a
They were.not clouds, but sculptur'd irory! •
And now a bugle brcath'd a silver sound,
Whose notes with soft reverberations round,
Rang sweet and long; now silently unfold,
The diensond gates on hinge of polished gold:
And now rode out a. fiiry cavalcade •
In Indeed 'march, with banners bright display'd,
With diamond lances and,With golden helms,
And-Shields of gold emboss'd with sparkling gems,
Adverted the pagertut proud beneath each Knight
O'er grassy levels pranc'd their steeds milk-white,
Whose ivory hoofs in glitt'ring silver shod,
With nimble grace on Mashing tiow'rets trod:
Prancing they came, and as the trumpets blew,
They neigled ler pride and arch'd their necks of snow;
Toyed their proud heeds indignant of the Tein.
Chantp'd their fuaut'd bits, and paw'd the trembling plain.
Werrior and steed array'd for battle shone,
Whose buritish'd mail and bright caparison
Illum'tl, far round, ti.e tlow'r-enworen field,
And restless-splendors tbssh'il from shield to
Loud in the ran the wreathed bugle spoke., -
Till woods and floods with martial clamors 'shook'.
High in the midst, enring'd by many .1 itnight.
And thron'd'eonsisicuotis on his chariut.bright,
Rode Oberon forth; in rood. imperial state,
And, by his side, his (lateen Titania sate.
In proud precession the refnlgene host
O'er the gay bridge, the pearly river clamed ;
The rain-how areli beneath the ureasued tread
Of prancing steeds, harmonious clangor made:
(Fromilte National Intelligrancerj
EXTRACTS OP A LETTBR FRobt OR. 5.• L. NEITCHELL,
'w °cr. 22, .1816. , •
'" Mr. Maclure. and .M. Le Stienri the former
an eminent geologist, anti the latter time distin-
guished zoologist, passed the last Saturday even-
.
ing. At my house. _Baton L'illseallier, Count
Regnant!, and some other Gentlemen of the like
character, were present. At My request, Rl, Lie
Sueur produced, for the information of the tom-
pany, his drawings of the fishes of the Frctlontall
,
waters. They were executed in a style ecria In
•
Wilson's birds,, and were beautiful when viewed
only as specimens of fine art; but, when con
sidered as delineations of real objects, many of
them unknown to the persons present', "Mid 40,
or more, species new to the 'philosophical !world,
yon can easily conceive VOW a treat we had.—
It, was, indeed, a grand and admirable report on
the Ichthyology of these parts of North America.
• .
Among diem was' t herring of Lyle, and its con-
tinuous floods ; and a cod, inhabiting the same
•
-place affording deeistve. proof of the correct-
ness of my doctrine—that tne "great lakes of
North Ameriea were originally, filled With 'salt'
water, and that they haVe parted' with it; and
been replenished with fresh water, in the course-
of time ; while some of 'the fishesliave gradually
aceinumodated themselves to their netv element
and remain living witnesses to their former state
of things. The descendants of Oceanic animals,;
are, at this day*. inhabitants of the npper Lakes.
I am well 'assured, and by a Very competent wit-
ness, Alexander Macomb, Esq. that a finned or

amongethers, at Detroit.. N. iti.fisteeq4u,
had iinforthed rue some weeks ago, that OD his
excursion to es Geolgc. and( hampl*, and n
to Sdratiigi"-iii their `"neighbouring` si reams, he
hail discovered' about civerity thuts olti,theil He
calculates, that M. Le tineur has itflilvd forty at
leaSt to the" list. of discoveries : and it ants agrecil
that,' in my menioir published iu the Nei% York
Philosophical' Transactions, •1 tad desciihed 80
which the linropeans:had never heard Of; so that
the scientific world Will have a present of 140 "
kinds of fish to add to their present stock, I hale
been -migiiiitLditting itryspitte liOnrs, hi exatnin•
ing the fosAil: geology around New-York. it is
curious beyond any expectation I Awl entertained
when I undertook the task, . om,Solisiled "shuthave before Me,the remains of 14. animals, raised
from the straw-nutter ground,' that are no longer
inbabitants.,44ll4orsirliti their whole races hav-
ing bei:mme
,Why it has pleased the
Creator thiti to destroy the beings which he once
formed, 1 knOw.not ! But the actual 'specimens
now before me prove the exicence, in tot er
days,' around New Yotk, of an amphibious rep-
tile resembling the famous fossil crocodiles of
,Maestriet ; of an elephant peculiar to America ;
of a rhinoceros different from that' of the trans-
atlantic countries ; of the great maatoden; of art
extinct oyster ; cif spiritlus ; of a ruadrepore—be-
lemite—terebratula, &c. not now found
and known Only by their dibititerretl remains : be.
sides the bonet of land animals', relics of fishes,
and Various other memorable objects of this class.
Thus, yon see, we are taking Independent groutfil,
and doing business in earnest."

SUBSTITUTU FOR BREAD.—One' of the most
economical substitutes (Or bread is the following
very simple dish :,—Take two pounds of meat pre-
poet! for a pie, ,mash a quantity of potatoeS, and
mix them up with milk to the consistency of bat.;
ter; pour it oveirthe meat and send it to the'oven
without a crust. The potatoe hatter forms
crust, and thus prepared, the Meat will go much
further than in the usual way, and bread will be
saved.

We nriderstancl, from- a Correspondent, thit
the exportation of deals from, Pett.l4burgh this
year has been very small, the whole quantity be-
ing only 816,000 itandat4, which is about one
million standard less than last year. Out of this
quantity 260,000 have been imported into Hull,
280,000 to 'London, and 57,000 to Liverpool.—
WWI Packet.)

The Russian Government has purchased fi very
(ine flock of Merinos in Spain, to improve the
breed of sheep in Russia.

There has lately appearett:at Antona, 'in Italy,
an Adventurer, who assumed the titieot Pontifical.
AstronoMical Physician, and has given many lee*
tures there on the rain anti the fine weather, the
influence of the season, and an 'manic revolution,
to be announced by earthquakes, fiery meteors,
anti water-Spouts, and which was to terminate in
un universal deluge. This charlatan, not having
appeared Very orthodox in his systems, received an
.order to suspend his lectnres, and to depart from
the Staten of his Holiness the POPE. But he
thought proper to, work upon the public credulity
ittanother manner ; be concealed himself for some
days, and imagining that he bad deceived the
vigilance of the police, he appeared with new
papers, and under a new name. He sncereded in
forming a society of adepts inneeromaney,.whons
he swindled out of considerable sums, under a
written pronase of giving them a sight of Beri;eimb.
This adventurer lived with a tamale. whow he
bad associated in his.schetnes. The police seized
on both.

Mr. PLATT is still confined to his bed; the wen.
ing is abated, the wound discharges, and he is
considerably better.' It is not true that the sur-
geons have given up the intention of extracting
the ball ; they have not given their opinion.
Michael Daniel, alias the Nurse, the only sur-
vivor of the murderers of Mr. BAKER, has been
apprehended for a highway robbery, near Cashel,
and has made a full confession of his being'present
at the murder of Mr. BAKER.

A book stiller, with a kvooderi leg, and who has
a very hittuft,ome wile, threw itimstif into the
Seine. yesterday ; but was taken' ont by the tioat.
men in time to -save his 'Wt.—jealousy ,was tits
04113e.-".(Paris Paper, Dee. 2 t.')
The Theatres being chised yesterday evening,
according to annual,Fhltmti,- on Christmas Eve,
Oive the )tanagersof both [looses an opportunity
of a roll rehearsal of their aew ; •

• 011 the evening oVßomect COATCS-6 non. aewery
of lr i Ode at the liristol Theatte during .the
al► tipple was thrown'on the stage, which 'Mt.s.
tirwoon Caught in her hand. A few ,ntotnettiti
after the following Impromptu' Was handed to bet'
ale Boxes •`
4, Our Moderh PAlltt, it apprarti :
Not leant.* usu of ey,,, or ears;
ilestows the Wire with judgment t too,
And ware the Apple r to le itwai thii!." • ••

•
The-136 infantry, and the ilepht of the, 19th,
stationed in Jersey, are to be tediiced to the Peace
Establishment'. The old men, and all those under
tire feet ten inches, are to:be discharged.

An increase in the number of men employed in
each company of Shipwright's, in Portsmouth
Dock-yard, has been ordered (from 19 to 25), by
which seven quarrermen will be reduced.
FAT SSC r,- T} rec¢ extraordinary fat sheep
have lately been pureliased by Mr, lltra., butcher,
in Wetherby.—thici, weighed 1821 b. ; another
'2oSlbs. and one, equally fat, remains alive.
The' herrings have made their appearance-in
the Frith of Forth ; for some days past they hare
been taken in considerable quantities, and are
now selling in Edinburgh, of an expellent quality
at 3d. per dozen.
A few days since, a healthy young man, named
Thomas Owens, ()Nile parish of Combhay, mat
wlth his death in the following singular manner;.—
He returned to his home late at night, and finding
the, door locked, threw himself down to sleep on
a new made dung heap, the heat of which affected.
him so much that mortification ensued, and lox
died in a tew hours.

Night robberies ore very frequent in bye places
before the setting of the watch. , A Lally named
Thorne was attacked by' three ruffians, lrt. pawing
into 13artholotnew Close on Monday evening,josc-
after dark, one of whom snatched her muff and
ridicule, containing Jl. unit corns silver, with
erhich they gut oil undiseovcietl.