The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-31 00:00:00

THE POST OF DANGER.

Charters shortened his reins, gave his grey the spurs,
and departed at once. As he proceeded towards Querque-
ville Point, the French cannoniers redoubled their efforts to
bring him down, He frequently waved his sword as if in
defiance, and escaped as if by a miracle. Then on his do-
scendicg to the beach, where some rocks protected him, the
battery turned its round shot and grape on the advancing
boat.

Suddenly there rose from the sea and pierced the sky,
the mingled yell of many voices. A 24-pound shct had
dashed the boat to pieces, and 12 seamen and a little mid-
shipman were seen struggling and sinking amid the debris
of oars, thwarts and planks, while the French sent dose
after dose of grape to kill the drowning men.
The middy struggled bravely—being light, the waves
bore him towards the rocks, but Charters saw that unless
succoured, the poor lad would certainly perish amid the surf
that boiled over the ridge.

He sheathed his sword, shook his gloved hand fiercely at
the battery, and urging his horse into the sea, even while
the hissing grape sowed it thick with tiny waterspouts
around him, succeeded in grasping the sinking lad by the
collar, and turning the head of his gallant grey toward the
shore, he bravely battled with the surf, the long waves of
which, reddened by the sunshine, seemed to boil in fiery
foam upon the beach, and rolled over his shoulders, so that
at times the nostrils of his charger wore only visible, yet he
succeeded in landing the half-drowned midshipman, and
rode twice afterwards into the sea to succour the seamen,
but succeeded in saving only one.

This was done in the presence of the whole left wing of
the army, which gave him three tremendous cheers, and a
few minutes afterwards the grenadiers of Richmond's corps
with the light troop of the Greys made a dash at the fort,
which immediately surrendered.
With such scenes and incidents the narrative is, as
may be imagined, singularly animated. Of the
love stories we shall only say that the hero has no
less than three lady hives, the gentle little Ruth,
the fascinating Jacqueline, and the amiable Auroral
but which or the three wins the first place in his
affections we shall not reveal. Suffice it to say that
ultimately the heroine like the hero becomes—
" Second to None."

Raised to the Woolsack,. By Langton Lockhart,

3 vols. J. C. Newby.

It is satisfactory to the readers of the history of
Mr. Henry Gilmo:e, barrister-at-law, to know at the
very outset of his career, that he ultimately obtains
the legitimate object of every barrister's ambition—
a seat on the woolsack ! As the baton of a marshal
of France is said to be contained in every French
eoldier's knapsack, so the great seal of England is
supposed to be hidden away in every English barris-
ter's brief bag. This novel idea of revealing on the
title page the ultimate destiny of his hero is the only
noticeable feature of Mr. Langton Lockhart's ro-
mance. As a story it possesses no particular attrac-
tions, and its heroes and heroines are in no way
interesting or remarkable.

Infamous Treatment of Polish Women

by Russia.

The Siecle of yesterday says it has received a
private letter respecting the treatment to which
Polish women are subjected by the Russians, which
contains ouch terrible details that it does not dare
to publish them. The Polish women referred to
are the wives and daughters of those who have taken
part in the insurrection. "They are torn from their
families and transported to Siberia," says the
Steele. "They are given, like the slaves of old, to
pitiless masters, who force them to contract fresh
unions. Their marriage ties are broken. The
ancient barbarism which Christianity destroyed is
revived by this abominable transportation of women,
and the language of indignation has no terms suffi-
ciently strong for such means of repression. The
letter we have before us does not confine itself to
vague allegations ; it cites persons and names.
When will some in power take pity upon a nation
subjected to such ignominies ? The person who
brought us this document wrung his hands in
despair and invoked the justice of God. It is only,
in fact, that justice whicti can punish such crimes.
If Russia continues her system of transporting the
Polish women, let her remember that Roman Em-
pire which, after having *ls° covered the world
with its violence, was in turn overthrown amid vio-
and barbarism."