The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

NAPOLEON 111. AND EUGENIE.

The present sovereign of France forms an exception to
the rule whieh peoples Europe with kings of German lineage.
A successful attempt to enter the great family of Teutonic
princes was made by the first Napoleon; and the same was
repeated, with still more effect, by the younger branch of
the Bourbons, who filled the French throne for 18 years';
but the third Napleon as yet has failed to form the much
desired bonds of Royal alliance, although he has spared no
means to effect this object. It is generally understood that
in the spring of 1852 offers of marriage were made by the
Emperor to three German princesses, but were politely de-
clined in every instance. The first of these offers was to
the Princess Mary of Baden, daughter of the then reigning
grand duke, who, being himself the offspring of a morga-
natic marriage, could, as it was thought, make no serious
objection, to the match. His highness, in fact, did give his
consent; but his death occurring on April 24, 1852, his son
and successor threw obstacles in the way, and as the prin-
cess herself showed no great desire to occupy the French
throne, the negotiations were finally broken off. The hand
of a princess of Hohenzollern having been likewise refused
to the Prince-President of the French Republic, a last
offer of marriage was made to Princess Frederica of
Oldenburg, aged 32, the sister of the Queen of Greece.
Princess Frederica, it is said, was excessively anxi-
ous to wear the Imperial diadem, then already within
the grasp of Napoleon 111. But her relatives, particu
larly the Grand Duke Peter, strongly objected, and
consequently this proposal likewise came to nothing.
The pier princess of Oldenburg soon after, in despair of
getting the right husband, or any husband at all, committed
a morganatic alliance, giving her hand to one Baron de
Washington. Not choosing to submit to further indigni-
ties, Napoleon 111., now emperor, determined to seek for a
wife at home, and having met one evening at the house of
a literary acquaintance, M. Prosper Merimge, Mdlle.
Eugenie Maria de Guzman, Countess of Teba, his Majesty
offered at once his hand and heart, was accepted, of course,
and married a few weeks after, on the 29th January, 1853.
The event somewhat took the public by surprise, the official
announcement of it having been made only seven days pre-
vious to the ceremony, on the 22d of January.
The Empress of the French is the second daughter of the
Count of Montijo and of Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick de
Closeburn. On the paternal side her Majesty descends from
the old Italian house of Porto-Carrero, which emigrated in
the fourteenth century from Genoa to Extremadura ; and
on the maternal side she belongs to a Scottish family pro-
fessing the Roman Catholic faith, some members of which
went abroad with the last of the Stuarts. The great-great-
grandmother of the empress was born in the old mansion of
Couston, near Bathgate, part of which is still standing. She
was named Isabel Sandilands, being the elder daughter of
the Hon,William Sandilands, of Couston, third son of John,
fourth Lord Torphichen. This lady was married to Sir
Thos. Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn, whose name still survives
in connection with that of the empress-mother. Eugenie re-
ceived her education partly in France and partly in this
country, and subsequently went travelling with her mother
over the greater part of the Continent, under the name of
Countess of Teba, the second title of the family. In the
course of these travels the Countess of Montijo, the mother
made the acquaintance of M. Prosper Merimee, member of
the French Academy and author of numerous works of art,
whom she followed to Paris. It was, as already mentioned:
in the house of Merrimee that the emperor made the a?'
quaintaince of his future consort, and struck by her be!gill
offered his hand after a very short courtshiP
was made soon after a senator, and the Countess de Montijo
M. Merimee
settled and continues to reside at raris.—Supiement to the
',ectator.

FALMOUTIT, SIINDAY.—T he Challenge, from
Sulina, at Falmouth, reports that on Dec. 20,15 t. 40 61 N,
boug. 15 12 W, saw an American armed cruiser, ship
rigged, apparently in full chase of a very large ship,
bound SSW.

TUE PROPOSED BANQUET TO LORD PALMERSTON
AT EDINBURGH.—The following letter from Lord
Palmerston to Sir William Gibson-Craig, chairman of the
late meeting of the conveners of the Liberal Committee,
was received on Saturday. It will be seen that Lord Pal-
merston is much gratified by the invitation, although he is
unable to come north until the Easter recess :
" Broadlands., Jan. 1, 1863.
"My dear Sir Gibson,—I have received with much
gratification the intimation which you sent mo of a wish o:
the part of the Laval Committee of Edinburgh to give:no,
a mark of their goodwill when I visit Scotland in runi_
qnence of my having been elected Lord Rector ofotubid
feel
ornament, but
versity of Glasgow. I need not say that I 8
public, prevent me
proud and gratified by such a manifestatiolit,glaafeedeul:
ing a city where I sient agreeably and pco!", a
go north when
had been
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able to visit Scotland before the .2:erit4
my various engagements, pritvato
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Parliament adjourns for t y Sir
doing so, I trust, howevg:;
" PALMERSTON'.
Gibson, yours sincei:4lY. ,
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as e believe, written to the Lord
Lord .
in the kindest terms,
Provostaccepting an invitation to be
the Lord provost's guest on his visit to Edinburgh,-
500tenan.

QgASTLY QUKRTERS.-I ate my dinner on Mon-
day
within six paces of a rebel in four pieces. Both
legs
were blown off. His pelvis was the third piece, and
his head and chest was the fourth piece. Those four
pieces occupied a space of 12 feet square. I saw five dead
rebels in a row, with their heads knocked off by a round
shot. Myself and other amateur anatomists, when the re-
giment was resting temporarily on arms, would leave to
examine the internal structure of man. We could examine
brains, heart, stomach, layers of muscles, structure of
bones, &c., for there was every form of mutilation. At
home I used to wince at the sight of a wound or of a corpse,
but in one day I learned to be among the scenes I am de-
scribing without emotion, as perfectly cool as I am now
My friend, Adjutant —, and myself, on the second
night, looking in the dark for a place to lie down, wild,
" Let's lie down here. Here's some fellers sleeping'.
slept in quiet until dawn revealed that we had passed a night,
I. saw one of
amongst sprawling, stiffened, ghastly corpses.
our dead soldiers with his mouth full of cartridges until
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the cheeks were bulged out. Several protruded from his
mouth. This was done by
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