The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

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in a way that caused an English lady to s
they had " ruled a line in the sky." Avir4;o7
I never took a promenade in the Garden ------- .4/Y
Hesperides, but I imagine that they must have beeK s
very like the s-:ene which presented itself on both
sides of Lee Champs Elysees last night. The trees,
we are told, I cannot say with what truth, having
lost my library lately—it consists of a " Gradus ad
Parnassum "—a classical Murray—a " Lempriere,”
and one old volume of " Terence "—bore gold and
silver Lpples. Wei!, for some hundreds of yards you
might have seen the same dazzling crop on every
branch, from the end of the Rue de Rivoli down vs
the graceful fountains which mark the break in
the Champs Ey-k e:'S. You walked beneath a grove
of forbidden fruit, which might have tempted an
anchorite—especially if he was an anchorite of the
school of our youth, and was addicted to the pluck-
ing of lamps. Every tree was illuminated, and
that made a picture, brilliantly life-like and Parisian,
and not easily forgotten. Age reclining (and smok-
ing) in easy chairs; youth swinging and rocking
In those peculiar machines which I am informed
are calie.l, with a hideous mockery of intense sick-
less, "merry-go-round, ;" mothers of families dane-
:o g
their irritable offspring, and irate husbands
proposing
to go home; thesemade the features of
the Picture. As we gaze on it there comes a crash;
then follows a rush, and we find ourselves making
off to get a good place to see the firew, rks—those-
" faux illueionaires"
audience w h che
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on describe
have:
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works. When two adventurous youths tempted
fate in a straw-inflated ballon to-day, what
sym-
s
pathy we had, and what odd remark 4g you i. n-
flate it, you see, and then—ca monte." •'Tien
sri.pb
C
monte I It is then the gas !" Mutat° nomine, and
the story is told of a rocket. "That mounts jollity,
my friend ; let us go home when it extinguishes
itself," says /sire de tamale, and her advice is taken,
not only by her, but by all the other female house-
keepers of the neighbourhood ; and so we all go
home to our houses—and the fete is at an end,
physically though not morally, for we cannot look
back to the great holiday, by far the most general
that Paris has in the year, without some com-
ments. The point of the epigram was ex -
tracted, when the review of the National Guard
was counter-ordered. Well, it was very hot cer-
tainly, yet a " demonstration" would have given a
character to the fete of yesterday, which it certainly
wanted. We had great preparations, a religious
rite, a popular holiday, an illumination, and finally
that fool's paradise, a display of fireworks—and
then the tale is told. But, to speak the truth, the
whole affair fell dead. No energy, no enjoyment,
no feeling expressed—a mere fete—a failure. Such
was, I think, the verdict of Paris. As I write, the
last few lamps which were supposed to be the pri-
vate illumination of Paris are dying out; the last
weary concierge who has enjoyed himself with his
wife and family in a dense crowd, has returned to his
post ; and all that remains of the fete is a sort of
idea that we have all had a very hot holiday; but as
for any conception that they have celebrated the
memory of the very great Napoleon who made an
empire, or of the very clever Napoleon who is now
perpetuating it, you must not look for that among
the natives of Paris. They have had a holiday. I
some chain of events could unravel itself which
could give the Imperial ruler of yesterday's holi-
day-makers such a respite from thought and trouble
perhaps he would not look so fatigued as he did.
then. As I turned from his weary features, and
from the sunny and perhaps too smiling countenance
of his Imperial Consort, I could not help reflecting
on the uneasiness of him " who wears a crown."
Even recent retirement has not been able to do
away with the pressure of present political events.
The Emperor looks weary. The Emperor is a hard
worked man, and a man who deserves so well of
Europe, in spite of great abberations from his ori-
ginal policy, that the wish of every one must be to
see him look himself again.

The Warwickshire Magistracy and the

Queen's late Letter.

A meeting of the magistrates of the county of
Warwick, convened by the Lord Lieutenant, Lord
Leigh, of Stoneleigh Abbey, was held at the Shire
Hall, Warwick, on Saturday last, " to consider the
reply of the Mayor of Birmingham to a letter ad-
dressed to him by command of her Majesty, in re-
ference to a fatal accident which lately occurred
during festivities in Aston-park." The meeting
was presided over by Lord Leigh, and amongst
those present were the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley,
M.P., Sir R. N. C. Hamilton, Bart., Sir Trevor
Wheler, Bart., Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., Mr. C. N.
Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Dickens, chairman of quar-
ter sessions, &c. Letters of apology were also read
from the Earl of Warwick, the Hon. C. L. Butler,
Mr. E. P. Shirley, M.P., Mr. Philip IV. Martin,
M.P., &c.
On the motion of Mr. W. DICKENS, seconded
by Mr. R. SrOONER, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted :—" That the statement of the
Mayor of Birmingham, that Aston-park is not
within the jurisdiction of the authorities of Bir-
mingham, has rendered it necessary that the Lord
Lieutenant and magistrates of the county should
express publicly their serious regret. that a park,
with the opening of which they must ever connect
the most grateful recollections of gracious conde-
scension of her Majesty and the deeply-lamented
Prince Consort, should have been the scene of an
occurrence so greatly painful to her Majesty as to
have called forth expressions from her Majesty
which they have read with cordial respect; and to
whatever extent their jurisdiction may give them
any control, or their influence may have weight,
they would gladly promote such steps being taken
as might secure the restriction of the future use of
the park to its original and true intention—the ra-
tional recreation of the people." A resolution was
passed authorising the Lord Lieutenant to forward.
gese tt ienrg.
a copy of the above to Sir C. P. Phipps for submis-
sion to her Majesty; and the thanksp roofetehedeimn
were presented to theta oble chairman for presiding
over and convening i, when the
m n ate°. •

LIIINCLI OF THE STEAM SIIIP SYRIA.-A fine
new
pajdlewheel steamer named the Syria, built
for the
sular and Oriental Company by
Messrs. Day
and Co.,
Northern Ironworks, Southampton, was
and
ofe niz;
the
launched on SaturaOY morning in the presence of a largo
concourse of spectators, She is built of iron, and is perhaps
one of the strongest vessels ever sent to sea, as upwards of
1,300 tons of iron have been used in her construction. Tho
following are her principal dimensions—Length between
perpendiculars, 312 ft • len 340 ft sin ; breadth,
36ft tin gth ove2'
; depth from base line, 29n;',:, tonnage, builders'
measurement, 9,000. '1 he Syria was ,:esigned by Mr.
"M`Cormack, the naval architect for Isless:11. Day and
Co., and is a very beautiful vessel, possessing more
cabin accommodation than any other of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's fleet, viz.—First-class passenger
berths, 161; second-class ditto, 34; servants, 20; officers
and crew, 130 ; total, 345. She is brig-rigged, with figuro
head, neat elliptical stern, and quarter-galleries, has iron
lower masts, and will be fitted up with every comfort and
convenience, including ample ventilation for the cabins,
large icehouses, gas apparatus for lighting the cabins, &C.
The Syria will be propelled by a pair of oscillating paddle-
engines of 450 horse power nominal, which will be fitted.
with surface condensers, steam jackets, and Lamb and
Stunners' patent boilers and superheating apparatus. Be-,
sides large stowage accommodation for mails, passengers'
baggage and stores, she will have room to stow away 470
tons of coal and 500 tons of cargo. The Syria will be com-
manded by Capt. E. Cooper, the senior officer of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's fleet, and will be placed on
the Marseilles, Malta, and Alexandria station. After the
launch a large party of ladies and gentlemen sat down to a
sumptuous dejeunc-, under the presidency of Captain Day,
R.N., brother of Mr. C. Day, the head of the time, who
was absent through illness. The usual loyal and other
toasts were drunk, and in proposing that of " Succcts to the
Syria and continued prosperity to the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company," the Chairman, in the name of his brother,
expressed his thanks for this additional opportunity which
had been afforded them of showing that Southampton can
build and equip as large and fine steamships as any port in
the kingdom. The toast was responded to by Mr. Plowden,
one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's directors,
who proposed "the health of the Messrs. Day," which
having been warmly received and acknowledged, a few
other complimentary toasts followed, the proceedings being
varied by the performances of a good brass band. On the
adjoining slip to that from which the Syria was launched,
a largo and handsome screw steam yacht for Mr. G. H.
Ackers, named the Brilliant, is approaching completion,
and will be launched in about a month's time. The engines
for both the abovenamed vessels are nearly ready for fitting,
and other large works are in
progress at Messrs. Day and
Co.'s promises.