The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-11 00:00:00

NEW PATENT

FLAST IC STOCKINGS,
A KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &O. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
lik ean ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 78. tkl., 305., to 16s.
each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly.

OY A L FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, at King's-cross.

Patron—The QUEEN.
President--The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free
and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for-
mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti-
tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom-
punied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient
magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered
capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of
the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the
funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of
these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover,
it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more,
on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week.
, The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an
EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves.
Contributons re received by te Treasurr, Eward
Marerman,i Esq.,a Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs.e Couttd s and
Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Ilerries and Co. ; Ransom and
Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn
and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison
and Co. ; W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and
Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool
and at the Hospital.
__

STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary.

BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES, at
Kimmerghame-Mains, within three miles of Dunse and
twelve of Berwick, on WedneDsd, April 29th, 1863.
of 100 sovs, added to a Free limi
NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE
I. THE SCOTTISH GRAN
o!:.ccelitance); the winner of any 7,11'n of 1 5 sovs each (in case
.4 value of 50 sovs after the weights cap steeple chase ot
the second to save his stake; five hvosrsthe wards expense., and
are published to carry
_a to start, or the added
7113 extra; the winner to pay 20 so
a. money will not be given without the consent of the Stewards ;
Pout three mil s and a half over a good hunting country
horses stakes of 5
the entrie oe, to go to the fund, which must be remittedwith
ROVB entran .
If F..7t11186t113c Clerk of the
not beD receivedunse, e.n 0 To ob
before
ee
31stand
v_
_s, otherwise they will
STEErLECIH2sAts7EIb.
of flioansdciwcas.p.paedrd,
eMdrt.oßa.
-°'-a150n:y..',..• Top weight, Course,
ovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all
SwiieTt:eatlih:wre
the Earl of regularly hunted in Scotland, and with
tri,leue so sovEnlb
hot, e to savWe heinlejsee,ella Houds in Northumberland ; second
340 olds llst 41b, five yr olds 12st
21b, six and aced tee b • l;opurre
*nners of any steeple
tirctra ; the winner to
errec, miles and a half ;
chase or hurdle raoe-;.
pay 1 soya towards ex
gentlemen riders profenarB ' about
Pay news, train who has ridden for
lll.—The TALLYHO HUlVtrit s, grooms, or any one
aided to a -,weepstakes of 2 50v81.17,1-E CH
for horses that have never won Le """ 1
forfeit of 25 sovs.,
race, nor paid race horse duty prevvio6.„lonle elms u the fund,
horses that have been regularly h -t() 1863 e or hurdle
• ; open to all
the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northam cotland,
horse to save his stake; about three berland • or with
in,,ca
weights and riders same No. 2. oand' a half ;
IV.—The 11-us:Teas' SELLING STEEPLE CHARt,
of ...
each, 1 forfeit to the fund, with 20 sovs added ; the 2 sow;each,
save his stake ; four year olds, list 41b ; five year second to
21b ; six and a(Ted, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for (3%128t
it entered t j be sold for 50 sovs allowed 71b, if for 40 sovsl74,'
if for 30 sovs 211 b, and if for 20 sovs 981 b ; the winner to be
sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the
race fund; three horses to start, or the added money will not
be given : about three miles and a half.
Nos. I and 3 being intended for bona fide hunters only, cer-
tificates from the respective masters of hounds must be pro-
duced before starting, if required, that tney have not only
been regularly hunted, but r;dden to hounds, and must not
have been in a public training stable in I'o3.
Entries for Nos. 2 and 3 to be made to the Clerk of the
Course, T)unse, on or before the 21-t April, and objections t)
qualifi,ation of horses to be made to him in writing no, later
than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of
entily for each race.
Sir G. IL BOSWALL, Bart,
Sir DAVID BAIRD, Bart,
Major INN E S,
Major L'AMY, Stewards.
J. B. KELLIE, Clerk of.the Cowie.

After the first civilities were gone through the Emperor
thanked M. Octave Feuillet for the compliment he had ad-
dressed to the Empress and to himself, all the more, he said,
as it required no little courage to praise him or his in the
Academy, and the compliment was the greater from its
rarity. His Majesty went on to observe that these recep •
tions were becoming more solemn and more important,
"and," he added, " I have been for some time past trying
to make myself worthy of you some day." A thorough cour-
tier would doubtless have replied to this hint by saying that
his honoured colleagues and himself were greatly flattered
at such a hope being held out to them, and that they were
most anxiously waiting for the moment to arrive when the
superlative honour of seeing one of the 40 fauteuils filled by
so great a Sovereign should be theirs. M. Vitel did not,
however, say so ; he merely observed that he, like
every one else, had heard of the historical composition on
which his Majesty had been for some time employed—the
" Life of Julius Caesar." He trusted it was near its com-
pletion, and he had no doubt it would fulfil the expectations
raised by it. The Emperor smiled, bowed, and admitted
that a good deal of the work had been gone through, but
that a good deal remained to be done. He flattered himself
that he had succeeded in elucidating some important points
connected with Caesar's military career, and particularly
his campaigns in Gaul. There were, however, some parts
which still required a good deal of study and research; some
time would probably elapse before he succeeded to his satis-
faction. He had to ransack old battle fields, the scenes of
Caesar's victories, and it required much labour and patience
to do so.

His Majesty chanced to lqok at M. Villomain at the mo-
ment, as if ho directed this part of his observation to him.
" Very true, Sire," said the witty and caustic secretary,
it is no doubt a laborious undertaking ; but, Sire, it is a
more pleasing task to search out old battle fields than
to open new ones," The august interlocutor stroked
his moustache with his thumb and forefinger, and again
smiled, as one fancies the Protector may have smiled when
replying to Dr. Holdenough's lecture at Woodstock.
" Lack-a-day I The good man speaks truth, according to
his knowledge and his lights—ay, bitter truths, and hard
to be digested."
The Emperor assured M. Villemain that he fully agreed
with him ; he felt the force of his observations during his
campaign in Italy, which made an impression on him which
he never could forget.
The conversation then took a desultory turn, and was
soon brz ught to a close. The Emperor was gracious to the
last, and the three Academicians took leave and retired.

From what his Majesty said about his literary studies, it
is clear that he seriously entertains the idea of offering him-
self, either beforo or after the completion of his work on
Caesar, as candidate to the Academy. In this, as in so
many other things, he takes the first Napoleon as his model.
During the period that elapsed after his return from Italy
and the expedition to Egypt, Gen. Bonaparte lived in Paris
in the most retired manner ; seldom appeared in public ; re-
ceived only a few persons, mostly sevens, in his modest
mansion in the Rue Chantereine (now Rue de la Victoire) ;
avoided military society ; claimed and obtained, on the
ground of his scientific acquirements, a seat in the Institute
(of which the Academie Francaise is now one of the five
branches), won the esteem of that body, associated con-
stantly with its leading members, such as Lagrange, La-
piece, Monge, &c., and relieved the severity of his studies
with his favourite, Ossiara.

It will certainly be a curious sight that of the Emperor's
reception, but the most curious of all will be the manner of
his getting over the preliminary steps. It is a settled rule
that the aspirant for academical honours shall pay a vist in
person to all and each of the members of the Academy at
their own residences, state in precise terms the nature of his
claim to be admitted as their colleague, give all the expla-
nations demanded of him, answer all the queries put to him,
and when all are satisfied, solicit respectfully the honour of
their support. This custom is never departed from, no
matter how high the literary standing of the applicant, and
it cannot, if the Academy is to be considered worthy of
having an Emperor for one of its members, be dispensed
with in his case. But fancy for a moment Napoleon 111.
waiting on M. Montalembert, or on the Duke de Broglie,
or on M. Thiers, or on M. Guizot, or on M. Villemain, at
the Institute, and, hat in hand, deferentially praying for
their vote ; or, still stranger, applying by letter to Victor
Hugo for permission to call him "confrere." Then the
Imperial Academician must pronounce a panegyric on his
predecessor, whoever he may be; he must go through the
reception scene, when his literary and political merits are
described by the Director of the day. But the most diffi-
cult is to ascertain to whom he shall be presented after his
reception. It must be to himself as Head of the State;
and he must make a speech to himself, and answer himself.
This part of the ceremonial may, however, take place in the
Salle des Marechaux, where there is, or was, a marble bust
of himself, to which he may be presented. It is a difficult
question, and I cannot suggest any satisfactory answer.
It will, no doubt, occupy the serious attention of the Aca-
demy between this and the period fixed upon for receiving
so formidable an honour. In the meantime it may be well
to offer a prize for the best essay on tho solution of the
problem.