The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

EMILIA MANIN.

Manin, the only child of the President of the
Venetian Republic, has been taken away from her father,
of whose lonely exile she was at once the affliction and
the solace. It may he remembered that Daniel Manin,
after the heroic capitulation of Venice, chose France
for the land of his exile. He was accompanied by his
wife and only daughter. At Marseilles he lost, almost
suddenly, the devoted companion of all his troubles, and
he came to Paris a widower, with one care and one con-
solation only, his daughter ; and she was almost bed-
ridden with a nervous malady, occasioned by the excite-
ment of the last days of the independence of Venice.
Between the solicitudes of a constant and devoted
watchfulness by the side of the beloved patient, and the
noble necessities of a laborious poverty, the life of the
exile was one of austere and dignified humility, chas-
tened by grief, ennobled by patriotic recollections, and
cheered by the sympathy of inspiring friendships. His
alien home is now more darkly sad, and his loneliness
more profoundly desolate ; but he is rich in the affection
and esteem of all who in days of degradation honour
in
ne highest
art,
were
present in• t t
he
to
courage, patriotism, and virtue.
ednesdaylastma
and
many of t
g
reader
to the career and conduct of names
ti,e re
world, in letters,
citizen of Venice, by offering the last his aespects tode-
parted child. A:monr, these
were many who had admirerspersonallv
known a
andn d friends
pre t
ah
te
er
de
the gentle and beautiful cha.raCter, and the exalted quali-
ties of Emilia Manin. Throughout' the dreary hours of
her exile, doubly embittered by affliction, she had but
one thought, and that was -Venice ! Oaly a few hours
before death, when she was already speechless, she
mutely asked for a pencil,
and with a dying hand just
traced these words—,‘ Pauvre Venise, ne to verrai
plus."

In the crowded "ad distinguished cortege which pressed
around the tomb of the daughter of one of the most
illustrious patriots of Italy, with intense emotion of re-
spectful ccuePasi°n, were M. Montanelli, General Ullos,
s
MM. anuschi-Lugo, Ary-Scheffer, Emile de Girardin,
Bastide, Eugene Pelletan, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Gar-
nie, pages, Goudchaux, Chambolle, Carnot, Charton,
;ales Simon, Henri Martin, Alexandre Ney, Duclerc,
Viardot, Geoffroy Saint•Hilaire, Peauger, Madier de
Montjau.—The Leader.

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—By a Parliamentary return just
issued it appears that the total number of persons of
every description killed and injured on all the passenger
railways open for public traffic in Great Britain and Ire-
land, during the half year ending 30th June, 1853,
amounted to 148 killed and 191 injured, and may be
classed as follows :-10 passengers killed and 114 in-
jured, from causes beyond their own control ; 14 passen-
gers killed and 7 injured, owing to their own miscon-
duct or want of caution ; 39 servants of companies or
of contractors killed and 43 injured, from causes be-
yond their own control ; 44 servants of companies or of
contractors killed and 20 injured, owing to their own
misconduct or want of caution ; 40 trespassers and other
persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company,
killed and 7 injured, by crossing or walking on the rail-
way ; 1 suicide. Total-148 killed and 191 injured
The number of passengers conveyed during the half year
amounted to 45,080,316. The length of railway open
ew3aosth June, 1853, was
7,336 miles. The
1852, was
loenngtthhe
03f1srailwayDecember,
open
7,512 miles. Increase of mileage during the half year,
176.