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London, England, 1852-07-30 00:00:00

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WICK DISTRICT.
CLOSE OE VIE POLL.

Laing
Loch

FRANCE.

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 Francais by the pseudonyme of Dugaz en.
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 Foucb6, ssho had discovered his abilities.
The battles of the Empire succeeded with wonderful
rapidity, and at Tabor, Austerlitz, lena, Friedland,
Essling, and, above all, Vagrain, 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 Rbe, Aix, and Oleron, which
England bad designated as
All the plans of that nation were bsfflA 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, #O5
landing at.
gal-
lantry, and contributed with the principal
trowno, and Smolensko, he bPeohianytesdfwo•rith great .
officers of the French army to the success of tnat
made
its
terrible battle of Moscowa, at which France 133
gigantic opening into Russia. It was in that counhe-
try that an epi,ode tank place which rendered t
omfatthche
match, which
young officer dear to his brothers in arm°. Na
leon was at the Kremlin. The destinies of the
world were in his hand ; but nature, and net the
enemy, was to snatch from him the fruits of his yr:
tory. Roltopclain, the Russian General, in hie.a,'..
gene.ral
spair, had placed under the Kremlin and the nelgu_,
bouring buildings nearly 400,00038.
gunpowder, for the purpose of blowing uP
weightT
th® staff,n..
rt ho er .
T militaryhe fi household,ro
was
already and
was slowly burning, when Gourgaud, without
act
te
to guardthe
and
gulf the extent of the danger, rushed
Ili° and
gulf and succeeded in extingUishing the ii"te erals.
so saved the Emperor and the principal g
eoenlBl4,
Another time, at Brienne, on JanuerY or 's life.
Gourgaud was again able to save the Buaperorif
en.
The Emperor, on that occasion, found bia'seed him
veloped by a body of Cossacks, who Pressin hand,
closely. At that moment one of there, lancetra
transfixed
spurredat Napoleon,an d would have certaioly
d lodging
him, had not Gourgaud dashed between,
Ruin% 'roes life.
a ball in the soldier's chin, saved the 'cieegs, that
It was to recompense that act of devte
node-de'camp's
Napoleon, throwing himself into his firs
t remi-
arms, gave him that sword so dear to his
wined his first
niscences, as having worn it when he ,eehat sword
battle in Italy as General Bonaparte. f Waterloo.
Gourgeud wore in his turn at the battle o

By the Levant mai; we
TURKEY.
have. received
journals to the 14th. They contain nothing respect-
ing the demands made by the English and French
Con-
lon of the late Viceroy
the Turkish embassy embassies for reparation for outrages to Englishmen
Constantinople
and Frenchmen. They announce the departure of
_ The Journal de Constantinople
Essad Bey for London, to take the post of first secre-
or ;—" For some
tart' of MehOet Alit pacha,
etantinople.
Ida i arrived
e v er, at
that i
of Egypt,
costantinople that
days past it has been rumoured at
disturbances have taken place in the Ile of Candia.
Letters from that island, dated two days ago, contain
has not penetrated the minds of
no such news.
everybody, great
We must
consequence of some deplorable seta which
show that the spirit of the constitution (Tanzimat)
emotion prevailed at Rettim°, and in other parts of
the island. In these circumstances, as always, the
Imperial Government will prove that it desires wel-
fare and tranquillity for all its opulations, without
distinction of worship or eationality, and that the
constant and vigorous execution of the Tanzimat is
Hence-
the best means of obtaining that great result.
forth it is the common 15W, and all, non-Musa.
ans,
mans, as well as Dilusulm s must be protected by
it in all themir interests. uch is the will of his
Imperial —ajesty the Sultan, anose who oppose it.,,
nishment will
always and everywhere meet inst., says :—" It is
those
A letter from Belgrade, Sth
seriously in contemplation to construct a railway
between
Belgrade and Constantinople.
under-
English company which
taking. It is an
has en idea of this
Two engineers have been charged to survey
the country and to visit the spots by which it will be
most desirable to carry it- They were lately at this
place, and have by this time returned to Constanti-
unple. They have expressed their astonishment at
finding that the difficulties of the ground are triflin
in comparison to the importance of the undertaking
They would only have from 16 to 18 tunnels, arfd
tt, `)Be very Ebert, to cut, six of which are under the
sans. Bah, This same company had an idea of conti-
i railway into Asia, so that when the
suing the same
line Net, s ccimpleted, the journey from
~
la London to
made in 15 days.
ombay Pig htt:.......
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uring the terrific storm
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Mai, gneighbourhood of Witley on the
which Pt. 15-veariday
the noble oak tree are
in Witley
evening of -tick by lightning and set on fire. The
Park was st. , One of tlae finest in the park, was burning
tree, which wa which time frequent reports were heard to
all night, during •d small pieces of wcod, some half burnt,
proceed from it,. ax The Are was ultimately extiniNished by
were burst off it. .., ,ine kept at the court.
the use of the fire-enL.
"Tllover the