The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-25 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

The following are the only Bankruptcies of any commer-
cial importance which appear in this evening's Gazette:—
John Jacobs, fish dealer, Billingsgate market
Alfred B. Matthews, grocer, Southampton
Josiah Carter, builder, Northport-street, Hoxton.
Scipio Finch, cattle salesman, Commercial-road, Peckham
George Wall, cattle dealer, Wolverhampton
John Beech, sheet iron roller, -Wolverhampton

Joseph Goaring, farmer, Mosterton, Dorseishire
George Howard, corn miller, Kirkburton, Yorkshire
Foster Thompson, corn and flour dealer, Sheffield
Henry Rideut Downman, promoter of public companies,
Northumberland-street, Strand
Elias Isaacs, coloured paper maker, Spitalfields
Ebenezer Bolton, soda water manutacturer, Portland-
place, Marylebone
George Ellis, coal merchant, Earby
William Francis Johnson, coal merchant, Preston
Noah Leech, iron roller, Tipton
David Morgan, corn dealer, Merthyr Tydfil
John Kiernan, beerseller, Dawley-green, Salop
James Baby, builder, 6, Ockendon-road, Middlesex
John Parsons, licensed victualler, Bewdley, Worcester
John Woodhouse, wheelwright, Bempton, Yorkshire
James Day, miller, Suffolk
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John M'Adam, railway waggon cover and tarpaulin of
cloth manufacturer, Glasgow.
M'Aslan and Muir, block printers, Paisley.
Wm. Gilchrist and Co., shipbrokers, Glasgow.
Bogert Corson, farmer, Dunach, Argyllshire.

VARIETIES.

(From Fun.).

The way of the world is now South Kensington..
THE STATE WHICH SHOULD HEAD THE CONFEDERACY.
—Connect-I-cut.
THE PRESIDENT'S SERVANTS.—We do not know how
the other domestics of Mr. Abraham Lincoln deport them-
selves, but we are quite sure that it is high time he should
discharge Lis Butler.
NOTICE of CORRESPONDENTS.—SeveraI correspondents
have written to us to say that our definition of Mr. Disraeli
—" A delusion, a mockery, and a—sneer !"—is as near the
truth as a definition can well be I

ART GossiP.—lt is whispered that the artist who so sue•.
ceusfully "drew a badger" last year, is this season about to
paint a dog in distemper.
SINGULAR FACT IN NATURAL HISTORY.—ASk a lady
her age, and the information contained in her reply will
probably not be reliable ; but inquire the age of her dearest
friend, and the answer may be implicitly believed.
A REGITLAn UPSET IN A CAB.—Justly IrritatEd Party
—" I insist on knowing your number, you drunken fellow."
Inebriated Cabby—" In-sh-sh-shist on my—his—number.
All right I My number's—hic—nine glasses, and no
heeltaps 1"
Box; —A word with various significations, peculiarly
connected with an Englishman's progress through life. As
a child he is spoken of as a chatterbox, and boxes of toys,
with, of course, a jack-in-the-box, furnish kis amusements.
In boyhood, he attains the summit of juvenile felicity,
when he becomes possessor of a " boxer" peg-top, obtained
perhaps from the facetious uncle who speaks.of his head as
a knowledge box. A musical box delights his ear, and for
bringing it in his school-box, and making it play when he
is at work, he gets a box on both ears. His first start from
home is likely to have been made on a box-seat by the side
of a driver in a box-cart, using a box-handled whip. For
economy he has frequently to box Harry. If he go to sea
he must box the compass. In the army lie- will learn
how much depends on the cartridge-box, and in the medi-
cal profession on the pill box, whiltt his reputation as a
lawyer will depend on his appeals to the witness-box and
the jury box. Success puts him in possession of an opera-
box, bunting-box, or a shooting-box, near Box-hill or Box-
moor, reached by railway through the Box tunnel. His
respectability (authorities Turncock and Postman) will de-
pend on the amount he dispenses in Christmas-boxes, and
the people's greatest holiday is boxing-night. The ballot-
box is believed to be the panacea for all political grievances,
and the band-box is generally the source of domestic ones.
Out of the band-box and the snuff-box man derives his con-
solation ; the happiness or misery of each day depends on
what he finds in his letter-box, and the troubles that per-
plex his life only cease when he is " boxed up."

THE BONAPARTES AND IHE CROWN
OF MEXICO."

-
On the occasion of the death of Joseph Napo.
leon Bonaparte, elder brother of the first Emperors
written
Napoleon, a notice of his life, entitled " Quelque
Mots sur Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte," was
by the present Emperor of the French, which may
be found in vol. ii. of his works, at p. 415. The
following extract acquires especial interest, from
the peculiar attitude which France occupies just
now in relation to the United States and Mexico :
" Joseph saw his brother for the last time at
Rochefort ; be proposed to deliver himself, in his
stead, to the English, who, deceived by the resem-
blance, would :suppose they were conducting the
Emperor to England, whilst he might pass quietly
to the United States. Napoleon refused, and the
two brothers bade each other an eternal adieu
departed for St. Helens, and the other for the
United States and America. Here commences for
Joseph
a new life, which will be variously
esti-
mated, since it cannot escapeentirely
the political
even to
near
this dad.
He
Phila-
delphia, feeling by which France is d
He fixed his residence at Point Breeze,
.
where he soon acquired the influence and
the esteem which are derived from an illustrious
name, an ample fortune, simple
e and prepossessing
manners, and a large generosity.
"-While Joseph was living tranquilly on the
shores of the Delaware, thinking only of the well-
being of those
who surrounded him, he re
ceived a •
proposition as surprising as it was touch-
ing. A deputation of Mexicans came to offer
crown him the cro
_ of Mexico. The former King of
Naples
and Spain replied to the deputation nearly
in these terms :—" I have worn two crowns, and
would not take a step to wear a third. Nothing
can be more flattering to me than to see men, who,
when I was at Madrid, were willing to recognise
my authority, coming to-day to seek me in my
exile to place me at their head ; but I do not believe
that the throne which you wish to elevate anew
can secure your happiness. Every day that I pass
upon the hospitable soil of the United States only
serves to convince me of the excellence of repbl
can institutions, for America. Cherish them, then,
as a precious gift of Providence. Stay your intes-
seek
tine quarrels, imitate the United States, and
man
of WW2-
more
among your own fellow citizens a .
capable than myself to play the great part
iugton."