The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-30 00:00:00

FRANCE.

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The Constitutionnel publishes the following on the
late General Gourgaud :—" Gaspard Gourgaud was
born at Versailles on Sept. 14, 1783, in the midst of
the brilliant career of his maternal uncle, Henri
Gourgaud, the comedian, at whose house he was
brought up, and who was known in the annals of the
Theatre Frangais by the pseudonyme of Dugazou.
After having been at the Polytechnic School and at
that of Metz, young Gourgaud entered, in 1801, the
6th foot artillery, and in 1803 became the aide-de-camp
of General Fonda, who had discovered his abilities.
The battles of the Empire succeeded with wonderful
rapidity, and at Tabor, Austerlitz, lona, Friedland,
Ealing, and, above all Wagram, Gourgaud gave
proofs of an intelligence and courage which gained
him the honour of being appointed orderly-officer
to the Emperor. In that quality, he accompanied
him to Holland, and returned afterwards to France
to secure from a coup-de-main, on the part of the
English, the islands of Rhe, Aix, and Oleron, which
England had designated as points for holing at.
All the plans of that nation were baffled by the
young tactician, and the coast was put into such a
state of defence as to render any attempt on the
part of the enemy impossible. At Dresden, Os-
trowno, and Smolensko, he behaved with great gal-
lantry, and contributed with the principal general
officers of the French army to the success of that
terrible battle of Moseowa, at which France made its
gigantic opening into Russia. It was in that coun-
try that an episode tcok place which rendered the
young officer dear to his brothers in arms. Napo-
leon was -at the Kremlin. The destinies of the
world were in his hand ; but nature, and not the
enemy, was to snatch from him the fruits of his vic-
tory. Rostopchin, the Russian General, in his de-
spair, had placed under the Kremlin and the neigh-,
of
400,0001b5. weight of
gunpowder, nfior i
blowing up the staff;
the military household, and the guard of the EnlPet:
thegs purposeror. The fire was already set to the match, Tillie"
was slowly burning, when Gourgaud, without mea-
suring the extent of the danger, rushed into the
gulf and succeeded in extinguishing the match, and
so saved the Emperor and the principal generale.
Another time, at Brienne, on January 29, 1814,
Gourgaud was again able to save the Emperor's life.
The Emperor, on that occasion, found himself en-
veloped by a body of Cossacks, who pressed
closely. At that moment one of them, lance in hflaimi
spurred at Nap oleon,and would have certainls4ool9l,xe,
him, had not Gourgaud dashed between, and, ledg'nb
a ball in the soldier's chin, saved the Emperors that
It was to recompense that act of devotedness, l:
Napoleon, throwing himself into his aide-de-eamP•.
arms, gave him that sword so dear to his first l'lt
hiseences gained as having worn it when he fled his first
rs
sword
battle in Italy as General Bonaparte. That 100.
Gourgaud wore in his turn at the battle of Water

TURKEY.
_ L.? the Levant mail we have received Const ..
ontio0121!
Journals to the 14th. They contain nothing resPe'l
Z 1 Frenchmen. They
1 gthe demands made by the English and Yrkeffincen
_sembassies for reparation for outrages to Enghs"— of
tart' 3ecba,
Bey for London, to take the post of first '
announce the dePartare_e_
60,,Y of the Turkish embassy. Mehemet Ali, Pe
" of the late Viceroy of Egypt, had arrived at
Con-
stantinople.
Journal de Constantinople say
days_ past it has been rumoured at Coogan
The j t; For some
disturbances have taken place in the Ile -A 3 t •
itLetters from that island, dated two day' 814-' c.on ain
co such news. howeve, that in
We must say,
consequence of some deplorable seta which
w that the spirit of the constitution (Tenzin:la )
has not penetrated the minds of everybody, great.
distinction of
Imperial Government will prove that it
other t
emotion prevailed at Rettimo, and in par sthot
the.. island. In these circumstances, as always,
...e
constant and vigorous execution of the
5 iteinsnfior
epcsl.etnivdei thati
fares. and tranquillity for all its populations, wi ho_ut
worship or nationality, and that the
ser. letter from
all their interests. Such is the
_ the best means of obtaining that great result. i.ience-
ubetween Bolgra:
forth it is the common law, Tanzimat is
and all,
non-Musul-
will of his
ire.a.ns, as well as Musulmans, mot be protected by
`islt
ains
1,. in
mperial m -....ajesty the Sultan, and punishment will
alwaysA. and everywhere meet nose who oppose, it."
Lonsly ;
-n contemplation to construct a railway
which it will be
tankFlish company which has an idea of this under-
theing. Two engineers hare been charged to survey
m country e l
agnr
da d ec,
anBstthinintisitl:p siesys
I: t
ost desirable to carry it. They
and to visit the spots by
were lately at this
nplace,i and have by this time returned to Constanti-
,Vi.e. They have expressed their astonishment at
finding that the difficulties of the ground are trifling
in comparison to the importance of the undertaking,
thuey would only have from 16 to 18 tunnels, and
e very short, to cut, six of which are under the
_ .Balkans, This same company ,had an idea of conti-
nuing the same railway into Asia, so that when the
e was completed the journey
~from London to
Bombay might be made in 15 days.

.THE LATE STORM...-.During the terrific storm
which passed over the neighbourhood of Witley. on. the
all night, during
evening of I ;,i
:r—aY week, a noble oak tree growing in ‘,l, itley
Park chic struck by the lightning and set on fire. The.
tree, wh was one of the finest in the park, was burning
which time frequent reports were heard to
proceed from it, and small pieces of w3od, some half ;burnt,
were burst off it. The fire was ultimately extinguished by
the use of the fire-engine kept at the court.