The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

tlonour, on the occasion of the Fete Napoleon.
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_..mong the former we find as Commanders—M.
Bonjean, senator ; M. Chevreau, prefect of the
Loire Inferieure, and M. de Mentque, prefect of
""e Gironde ; and as officers the Count de S etur
l'Aguesseamt M. do Bourgoing„ prefect of the
Seine-et-Marne
•
eitte- et- Alarne • Baron Mercier, member of the
Council-General of the Orne, and M. Verdi, the Woman's Devotion. A Novel.
Hurst and Blackett. 3 1,015.
a. in this
work,.A.l. unusual degree
genuine
fereesoifl
nteaslsenotf ifseem-liiiisipglapyeerv.adecsrteh:
composer of the " Vepres Siciliennes," &c. The spirit of its design. Its heroine is a ;loltalurted Itilagol
tion—one, indeed, that is not often
stioe
the pages of fiction, and, it is to be feared,_,.h of &-
number of Knights nominated amounts to 7,L
The M oniteur says :—" The Emperor, in his so- influence the. est
iicitude for all that concern,: the interests of th© seldom seen to gladden and glorify the nth dull
mestic life, and irradiate by its „rot not
army, has desired to ameliorate the position of the and dreary in the world of home. -0'
perfections `Dotare
is an unnatural character ; her
widows and orphans of those who die in combat-
ing ; and, in consequence, by order of his Majesty,
a bill has been presented to the Council of State transcendentlyma dht elisterce
for doubling the amount of the pensions to widows
and orphans of soldiers of all grades k:tled by the but the softened splendour of hePr°bssriibglive,t_ohrte:liiisee;
eoutassumpaenrhifuemstaend,tonobreapreer her virtues to.
is so pure and holy that a. times one ig
_u_ed by
enemy, or who die in the war. The bill in ques-
tion will be presented to the Legislative Body at the poet as wanting
she approached the semblance of those, inias
its next session, but the Minister of War has been " But the adornment of bright wingt
To look like heaven's inhabitants.
ell
,suthorised to augment provisionally such pensions
with the funds of which he disposes, and which The peculiar circumstances of her position a_ruet/rhes
come from national subscriptions." devised, as those most calculated to draw f forth
bet
The Prefect of the Police has published au or- hidden strength. of mind, and show :0 takes
lonnancei relative to the measures of order to be gentleness of disposition at once. She was gene
m) • serves lon the entry of the Queen of England. from her dearl loved solitude to a whirling the
from three o'clock no carriages will he allowed to of gaiety and bustle. No wonder that a' lines
pass along any of the streets through which the sublimity of her mountain life, the harsh resereel
~:ortege will pass from the Strasburg terminus to of Gomer should seem strange, nor that tebesbooa
St. Cloud ; the different deputations belonging to taunt and bitter sneer of envy and Inalic(o vice
s-me city of Paris who have demanded permission jar painfully on her ears, where "ocean encoull:
re join the cortege will have places assigned them ; of majesty seemed still to sound." l'en,,eietea
iieet deputations from the communes of the ban- ter Lady Jane, after having
ue are to assemble, headed by their banners, in with one so unselfish and kind as Drjis raoSt
been
,a 7., wall
the grand avenue of the Champs Eiysees, where fziend. was a heavy trial. She performeu Ole
places will be reserve 1 for them. The ordonnance difficult task admirably. It is easy for the Id clit'
concludes with the usual interdiction against erect- nature to yield, and it is natural for the
ingscalloldings, climbing on trees or latnp posts, &c. position to be brave. One shrinks frora tnuin the
At the end of the grand banquet given on Toes- genial struggle, while the other gl°lle-sbilie tll
day at the Hotel de Ville, in honour of the Em welcome warfare ; but to unite and eeni and ye"
peror's fete, .when the dessert was placed on the firm and the friendly, to be consistent an
ordesl,
*able, M. Haussmann, the Prefect of the Seine soothing in demeanour, is an effort and 3 teratedi
proposed the health of the Emperor in the follow- the magnitude of which can scarcely be ove •rit 0
log terms:— in tba lel SCE
Had Nest, for the sake of peace,
"Gelntlemen,—ln the name of the Municipal Body of charity, given up her own claim, and, °III: Or
Paris,Eal have... the honour of proposing the health of the of her youth, deferred to the mature JO
peror Napole .n 111. Every year that passes over would,"
eerns to add to the bonds of confidence and' devotedne, rience of her mother-in-law, she
contrsrl e 4
fallen into a snare. On the. ,
an base
4.1
which so closely unite the country t i the Empermme,
she listened to the plea of justice, !,,tildb!„
(Loud marks of assent.) As for us, gentlemen, in pro-
prtion as we advance in the accemplishrnent of the vast on the fulfilment of her rights, she wvet in the
designs conceived by his Majesty, in order to make Paris made enmity and angry feelings perniallemon, lot
A fitting lesson is given further „ los
a capital worthy of France, we are more and more deeply family-
penetrated with gratitude for the august initiative, the ever, of the evil effects of bad passions. liburgrecr
happy effects of which excite at once the pride of our likely that a your), maiden, however gOci 0 al?
ldluw-citizens and the astoni:-hrnent of foreigners. ous her own heart might be, could at °.e .ea 111
(Loud applause.) Vice l'Empereur.
After a - aonrocthhaenrgehetahret.evilll
feet continued :
" Geetlemems—We unite to the Emperor in our senti- that her young daughter could affect or ~,, 1
jtot
agency and a more terrible impression th°llooi
ammulstdeandalvye sibneeinianirtigolit
nients, and we never separate from him in the expression that could. have transformed and ameliorateaecisill
,four wishes, her Majesty the Empress, his august and
vraci,us companion, Vice l' Imperatiice."
This toast, which was delivered in an emphatic by the admirable young Duke of Nmiirn,i the ft)
Jane. She was exhorted by her friends, ebsePios;
manner, was followed by unanimous cries of Vise, man ; she was implored by her son in. :laud filo
!temente:* of youth's most urgent languag an s
l'Empereur ! Vice l'lmperatrice !
"F. r some days Tessa," says the Cottrrier de la Dronie, all the force of a paionate nature, ; ab°,verfittOill
"fr im 1,500 t0r.2,000 soldiers have been daily conveyed was adjured b the tranger entered
o forego the evil from Lyons to Marseilles. These fr rops form part of
herbs irss
the contingent of from 20,000 to 30,000 men who art entreaty, nor exemole, could move
before the end of the ,ninth to etnharli at the Southern wish was to make Nest unhappy, and, tsjilotiri
: f her ways. NelinthWerjje;°l3fdstg'
port; f'er the East-. It is said that these troops are in- Towed to succeed. One event realiseu
rayersos
terWed for the camps of Nia•dak arid of Varn, hut ever. ings of the evil spirit, and answered the petolo
thing of course will be subordinate t, the grand military *he trns-tinot heart. The young and imp of 1,101
action which is every day expected at Sebastopol." Lord Gomer was struck down in the Pr",in str'he
s,‘ The casing-mills of the Dons and Jura, says an and the flower of existence. It was -that 5'4
in
P üblte of Lyons. " ,re at present bu.i'y employed
i prepararg a large quantity of planks fat the arty . f varnin., *0 the wicked woman to see es 31.1
the Ea,t, probably in auticioation of a further supply of had beckoned an intruder on her son's ,P,,es3teo'fil
h •r summons had been ans
wooden huts for the winter. One of the Rhone steamer
carried to Marseilles on Tuesday a full cargo of plank• (lige!, not the messenger ofwepreeadceb,Ybtuhr"tclilispet7"/
.if destruction. He came not with the $" lid 1;
ready arranged to be carried out to the East. Th.
same day, 1,200 barrels of gunpowder were forwardee voice to call forth his hallowed mission,,s,tonet
from Lyons to Marseilles by railway, and as much see Away the early dead unbroken by earths rin .t.
been se• t there two (lays before. As to bombs and other unbent by life's cares. He descended 'olo.llllt
prujectiles the quantities lately despatched from Lyon- storm and the whirlwind to crush and t° es
have been immense." late The spirit of Nest, that had bomneuPstreagtt,
so many hardships, showed its intrinatertiostPs
1 ts
by benditg to the blow. In one of the rootlet
Telexing of human assaults she had been footliv
and unflinching. When trouble came 11 resig,,,s3
corm, she was strong in her humility' air opete,
tion. She acknowledged that she hau.,,,ealY„f.
and attetnstol too much, and far frog' .Lte(lol',,t
mining or wildly cemplaining at the compheeioglif?
ferings that befell her, she persisted in °lest gra
in darkness, aed good in ill. She was at nie Yd,
to see tie end so near, for time unfortun'toothroi
m iomerhad exchan es d one state of miseryfer 0110 0
" The unselfish naltr of It( r character feL, miefr
tholonely and desolate feelings that ctlis'olet°,i
her, and made her think that God, imi Woe, 7,,,
:e4; that immortsl soul, so ripe for he_erialuet
from its shattered frame. She checked evabt t'ef
mur; she te pt herself free from every th°t hol''o
eetven and him.' It was then that N(3B o fern
reward. In the tears which she shed
grave ( f the husband of her youth there o
ksd 7d
-hing bitter or ag mising. Her heart, that 110112 a,
ion( and riven while he was with hers Ov-f
,indergone -with him the martyrdom 2,,,,,e0ttde
seemed to revive as under the awl': io,7d.
shove. She knew and felt that he wai,:d asrii
keeping, at last he could no more be 10 sato
;my his perilous position, or be turned fre. 0 toile
his designing mother. It was her dm-svon if P-0$ ,
that had induced her to bear so Much, ail feel
had failed she felt that her purest progress feeltr.
been lost, nor her earliest, freshest, fairest
,rasted. She had not perverted them ill sasbe a
ings at the couch of sickness and death; hen ;is al/8,. t
they had not been buried with worldly l:leftP ,
purposes, but lifted up and exalted. -.''boipeToe
beloved Frank as an offering on the altar, in '_'o,
In her trial she had been so unspottelsed
.yof
nature, and so zealous of good, that she Tilt PP
turally her mind to the consideration of rsii. 0,4,
lom where the pure in heart shall see tf;upiao' 0
and where perfection is immortal. In tueters ige
ing of the events many distinctive char 01•,3 Du
,) resented. The ardent and straightforto;osel
fth
of Nairn is a good instance of what amn itiolor
,and decided mind may accomplish. The,o enbe
ind unpolished, but genuine Stewart, ti'' to cs
emus to hide his enthusiastic devotlen.id paSer
Duke under the mask of dissatisfaction ,t 0 ett m
tiliousness, are both good delineations 01,171.000P0(
getic and vigorous life. The "poor Hap vototo.rob,
vim hailed. in the young Nest the reg3lloo ca
the fallen fortunes of the Garners, is allied fit,
sketch. Her second Frank, as she 01.; iriteriig
Gomer, was the centre of her cares 0.11-1 of b,
She was watching him all through the 3rlooovo
happiness, but when the trouble came 49. ed bi 00
come, she was crushed at his fall, she al „esioll_ce,
death-bed. Minnie is a warm-hearted,?: tra, to
*sill, whose career is interesting
sable to'
Lady Jane is a remarkable and painful lord Prot
contemplate. The author has set horfer,o, Gded
minently in the light and shade of her mina Ouch
powers of intell ct and depth of feeling t'oo li,to
to mislead her. Her position watt' 4 feemt,oo
for her, and she would not l-ein. -I°, 008 bet
were shown by her after sufferings, wia°l:iirel), imi
late to stem the torrent she had brouSh,vt Aftt.itti
home. The real and the true are sougt,',og orde
this glimpse of life. There are the 0'1,04 tup,
centell."6 0:!, of
4 humanity, love, and ambition
Cher. In suffering and sin the warfare vtio b,e; to,
but the lesson of life was taught at
evoc1,10;
death, where the dreams of one were Pr_veonetlie
vanity, and the daring of the other 10000
spirit. It is a touching spectacle to The look
warning to human pride ani paAol2* r iispPl,o,9l
'`o come are not our own to make or mar asp
At the tomb of their common love trot 00,0
and enthusiast were alike defeated. Id3of the °Pi°
devotion was not over at the thresbel
i_ohea IL to
land ; it could follow no more, but it ittuqt 301_,P"ltal
trust to the place where ambition PI wait f°'
its purest prize, and where love must
harvest-scene.

LITERAT UR E.

BOURSE, AUG. 16 —CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4. per Cents 95 —95 f. —e.
3 per Cents 67 25 67 55
Credit &tobilier l2OO Roman —
Credit Fonder 550 Austrian
Belgian Fives. ..... .. 95 Spanish Threes —
Piethnontese — - Home Debt —
RAILWAYS--FOB CASH.

tr. o. IY. e
Orl - Lyons -
Western B3O -- RoueL
Cette 675 L.- Strasburg -
Mediterranean 1320 -- HOATE, 7Ol 25
Northern - 925 -- Oheiburg ....... 701 25

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„uTgE:d.A:9Iw.EiR:ThCh-10e1T
LANDH:?-
T S.ar, Or 'de
40t on the Farlood Reef on the night of
fur E- ee
~(waoasmrdeias previously
vvatroeveek. '.reported in The Sun), ig itibikeiel i:eol°l4*
the
ishT Baltic, has sent informationanHd Her wfualtlero-tfigwlitatec;:nri,Lo-y-dmsafiei—eitoige.
iigj kinghave
vthe fnebur:eel:
or assistanceanistehde ci to get s
hkeeitrbeot
Ceahlttahiern,enea to the commander of .....,;f
posedri,
heaeelid. Owing to this increase in height, the 'l,ll'ss Om
diwcerne•, six or seven miles farther thall,.o fr 0111,03
possible. The Ca-ket Lights warn bier Tone, -01
are of great use to vessels trading dangerous rocks which beset the Channel -!,..i3cmc10e,04
France. The person who has charge Of theni_bieb ',ll
a family on the small but rugged rock on .^l, is rolof
stand. When the sea is smooth enough, ",_bictbe IP;i1(
the case, he effects a communieation viitu ,the
Alderney. The Caskets are fertile, like the De;so)teer
islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and tbe liglitheisiAr
has won prizes at floricultural AOWS in thole ore )4,0,
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ►SOIITII WrA"oics4 OA fifo
LAND.—The long-sn-psty ed steam COrritn/1 frelfinvd't 0
between ...to re.be
tween the south of Wales and the south 0, is abifrteli
Milford Haven and,the town of Waterford,. die 0
. goo oe
..,
be fep'aced. The great pier at Neyland le
the °St,:
to be constructed in order to accocomdate,_ ore 0' tg 10
to be engaged in the transit, and the veseel'sf psel‘e tbe
ready for active service. When the vise °f WOO
will also again
running in connexion with the South v"...oute, /log
Government will forward the MailS by thig wl egt Of rod',
land a far more expeditious route for the.:._ 000_0.0
th'-' 'ea vf'Yege frmn Milford Ileven beinfe I alre FrO
the distance between Bristol and Coll'', ~To
open to the metropolis and
,ister iii iiiii)
.ociielP.,,,,
points of intercourse. f the ° last Theeft,,
Among the medical gnduites 0- „t elle f
'University who obtained their diploroas_,'„tieos•oos°:
ruination were a Chinese and feu* B'Jrhs the , tor
Chinese graduate, Won Fun, is believed to he orities,
the Celestials who has ever graduated to '
varsity,