The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN LEGION.

DOVER, Wednesday morning.—At last the War-office
appears determined to set to work in earnest, as far,
at least, as concerns the foreign legion. We stated on
Monday that depots were forming at Shorncliffe and
Heligoland for the embodiment of 5,000 men, and that
General Stutterheim had been appointed commander of
the force, Colonel Kinlock inspector, and Colonel
Wooldridge commander of brigade ; both the last-named
officers having distinguished themselves in Spain, where
they held high command in the British auxiliary legion.
Having for some time past strongly advocated
the expediency of employing some of the distin-
guished officers who served. under General Evans,
we are now glad to have it in our power to state
that already strong evidence has been shown of
what may be done by chiefs having the capacity And
the knowledge requisite for the important duty of rapid
organisation. On Monday, Colonel Wooldridge•ad!loa
upon the mayor, and the proper authorities lierve,.toins:
form them of the momentarily expected
ee _
stepsaimvigi ht
portion of the force, and requesting that such
possible
by the influx of a body of foreigners, an .
d t
mayor promise 0
be taken as would create as little confdaswioen
naseed hardly
add that our able -.lnd respectable
his power in the matter. Steps
afford every assistance in froin tbe contraefors such a
were also taken to obtain
were necessary to render. the
comfortable as possible. Go-
vernment. to Portsmouth
supply ofand:creaue comforts (what ac
t.
troops on their arriv
provisionsllas
have since sent down rd
as we understand,
sugar gratis, for a o erg
of coffee and. . . week, until
for a supply
accustomed to their position, and we doubt
the men get
the energy already displayed, that in
not, froma very
time we shall see at Dover a force of 5 000
short ) men,
officered, well organised, and
well ready to take the
field anywhere. This is as it should be.

THE NEW NOVEL, " THE HEIRESS or IT
—AUGHTON,'
by the author of "Emilia Wyndham" &c.—The au-
thoress of these volumes has frequently exhibited her
peculiar qualifications as a writer of fiction, and in every
instance increased her reputation ; but we were not pre-
pared for the impassioned delineations which abound ip
" The Heiress of Haughton," nor inclined to believe
that she would surpass her " Emilia, Wyndham," the
power of which made her reputation at once. Never-
theless, we can only
do justice to the matter before us
by saying that we consider this tale to be the best which
the authoress has yei; written.—Messengcr.
FAMILY
TIIE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT
AND CABINETS OF GEORGE 111., FROM
ORIGINAL
the work.)---
DOCUMENTS.—(VoIs. 3 and 4, completing the
exhibit the
The present volumes (says the ,11,,
of the series. The
same features as the former portion
Of their value and impny.,
cal purposes is enlightened.
There are abun-
dant general reader is entertained, and the reader for histori-
cal
there cannot be twot p
characters of George IT. pad
of these papers. On the
there are some very valuable
dant revelations of intehrees too arrest attention in many
the Duke of Wellingtod 1
e the affairs of the Duke of
an a -
letters. In Court
/ Ice are brought under notice ; and in York and Mrs.
designate Car as public scandals, the "horrors
abundant illustration in the letters
what we mayyee
of routinely"
Arlcheren expedition and on the POMininlbir
extracts sufficiently show the high interest
• belonging to these volumes.
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