The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONI)6N/ TUE'SDAYI SEPTEMBER 7, 1841

at the gallop, under circumstances almost amounting to
violence. . The imperial suite, like a whirlwind, swept
through the coluthns, too fast for the men either to fall
into the ranks or present arms ; and before the astonished
crowd could find time-to gaze on their beloved chief, the
cortege was distippearing in the distance. 'Rooth; how-
ever, -was always cleared ; the outriders loudly called out
to make way ; and at the magic words "The Emperor !"
infantry, cavalry, and artillery were pell-mell hurried to
the side, often in frightful confusion, and with fractures
of legs and arms. Loud cheers never failed, to greet his
passage through the diviSinns of the guards, by whom he
was enthrilastically.belth cd, and whose wants were se-
dulously attended to ; but though the young conscripts,
in the beginning of the campaign of 1813 were prodigal
of the same acclamations, yet hardship, disease, and
suffering, sensibly cooled their ardour, and before its
close the imperial suite often traversed long columns
of the army, without .a single cheer announcing its pre-
sence.

Whcn despatches overtook the Emperor, as they often
.d, on the road, Duroc Or Canlaincourt, who rode at

the side of the carriag, received and opened the bag,
and presented the -letters- to the Emperor without stop-
ping. Directly a number` of envelopes were-seen filling
from the Ns ildows of the imperial carriage •; and it was
evident, front the rate at which they were tossed over,
that the letters were devoured with the rapidity of light
The useless despatches and covers were cut to
pieces,: and thrown out in the same way ; often in such
quantities, as to strew the track of the wheels with little
fragthents which, trodden under foot by the horses, or
crushed' • under the wheels of the succeecing carriages,
made-a white line' along the road. Napoleon generally
cut these despatches' to piedes with his own hands, or, if
not so employed, worked incessantly with the window-
sash or carriage-door :..he could not remain a moment at
rest. If there were no despatches or morning states to
read, he had recourse to the Paris journals, or the last
publications of the' day, with which the drawers of the
carriage were always stored ; but they generally shared
the fate of the unimportant despatches, being thrown out
of the windows after a few pages had,been cut up. In
such numbers were these discarded literary novelties
thus tossed overboard, that the officers of the suite gene.
rally contrived to collect no inconsiderable stores of di-
verting trifles, by picking them up on the traces of his
carriage. The Emperor was insatiable for something
new, and opened with avidity every fresh publication ;
but his taste was for solid and well-informed writings,
not amusing trifles ; and he had an incredible tact in
discovering, froth a few pages, whether there was any-
thing worth reading in a book, so that, in his hands,
' the ephemeral literature of the day diSappeared almost
as fast as it was introduced.

TVEDLOCK-3 Vats.
Benthy, London, 1841.
"Wedlock" is not so much a novel, as a series
of personal anecdotes and reminiscences, strung
together in a great degree at random, but all
bearing, directly or indirectly, on the important
question of matrimony. The author commences
her narrative with recollections of the Court of
George the Third, as it was fashioned in her ear-
lier days and dwells with particular animation
on the great alarm created throughout England
by Napoleon's intended invasion, when a military

mania overspread the land ; when even tailors
affected the heroic; and heavy, square-sterned
Aldermen were transformed into Light Horse
Volunteers, and wielded the sword with as much
alacrity as if it had been a carving-knife ! Passing
from these recollections—which, by the bye,
seem a little out of place—the author next pro,
ceeds to give some details respecting Shelley's first
marriage; and then skips back again to old George
the Third,- of whose domestic habits she gives
several interesting particulars. Speaking of the
Princess Amelia's confession of her secret mar-
riage with Colonel -- to the King in her last
moments, the author assures us—and evidently
states it as a fact—that " when his favourite
daughter made her confession, the astounded
Monarch clenched his teeth, and hiding his face
in his hands, he tore himself from the arms of
the dying child, and screaming words too dread-
ful to repeat, left the apartment!" In the second
volume, there is much amusing gossip respecting
George the Fourth's early amours—especially
his liaison with Mrs. Robinson—and anecdotes
respecting his reported marriage with Mrs. Fitz-
herbert, who is described as having been very
cold-hearted ; and his infamous behaviour
towards the unfortunate and imprudent Queen
Caroline. The work is written with ease and
vivacity, and closes with the author's account of
her own wedding.

SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS.
Caddl. London, 1841.
We have received three more Parts of this
series of republications of Sir Walter's Scott's
Prose Works, containing his " Antiquary," in
one volume, and also in the pamphlet form in oae
number; ai d a portion of his well-known " Life
of Napoleon." They are all carefully got up;
and we are glad to learn that they fully answer
the expectations of the enterprising publisher.

ANTI SLAVERY EXHIBITION,
EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia—A paragraph having appeared in Most of the
daily papers, stating that a gratuitons admissiOn to the
exhibition of thydon's Anti-Slavery Picture would be
given to any school whose conductors might apply Co
the managers for an order, I have the pleasure to con-
firm this statement, and to inform your readers 'that I
shall be glad to forward such order for either Sabbath
or day schools, on application being made to me, speci-
fying the name of the school, the day on which the
order is desired, and the number of children, with their
teachers, who will attend.

As the exhibition will shortly close, these applications
should be made as soon as possible. Biard's celebrated
picture of the African Slave-trade forms part of the
exhibition, together with specimens of the whips, chains,
gags, thumbscrews, fetters, palmatorias, &c., used in
slavery and the slave-trade.

Trtisting that you will give insertion to the above in-
formation in your widely circulated Journal, and that
many schools will avail themselves of the privilege now
offered to them. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
27, New-Broad-street, JOSEPH SOUL.
September 4, 1841.

P.S. The Orphan Working, and Borough-road Schools
and several private seminaries, have already visited
the exhibition.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin-I observed in the Times of Sept. 2an article,
and rather wonder it has escaped youcnotice. The sub-
ject was the completion of the first contract and esti-
mates for a second contract for the building of the Royal
Exchange; and after announcing the successful contrac-
tor, Mr. T. Jackson, it goes on to state that the Com-
mittee are pretty sure of securing a rental of 10,000/. per
annum for the parts to be let out to different individuals
or companies.
_ _ _

Mr. -Editor, after the fire you must recollect the citi-
zens coming to the House and getting a Bill passed to
levy 150,0001. by extra tax through their accursed coal
monopoly, to enable them to rebuild their Exchange ;
is it not rich that the poor of London and environs
should be thus plundered of 150,0001. to raise a building
to enable the mean plunderers to receive a rental of
10,000/. per annum ?—Your constant reader,
Sept. 4, 1841. A. P.

THE TORIES AND THE POOR-

LAWS:
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six—Some few years ago, when the Tory press and the
small fry of the Tories were making such a hubbub
about the atrocities of the Whig Poor-law Bill, it was
prophecied that all this show of humanity had reference
to party purposes more than to any real feeling fur the
poor, whom the Tories, when in office, had invariably
oppressed and despised. It was observed that the landed
aristocracy, who have ever a keen eye to' their own inte-
rest, found in the stringency of the Poor-laws a consider-
able saving in the poor-rates levied on the farmers, and
as they were thus enabled to obtain a higher rent for
their land, it was not to be supposed that they were really
anxious for a repeal of laws which worked so well for
them. That the Tories made excellent use of the unpo-
pularity of the Poor-laws, as a lever to oust the Whigs
and install themselves in " the pickings of office" and the
plunder of the country, is a well ascertained fact. Hav-
ing now completed this patriotic object, it would appear
by the altered language of the Tory papers, that the poor
having mateliAlly assisted in pitching the Tory faction
into the Treasury, are now to be thrown overboard. Com-
pare the mild language of the Standard of September 4,
1840, on the subject of the Poor-laws, with the following
ons
tive extract from that journal, under date October 29, 1836:,
" The Globe asks us, Would we have it believed for
ourselves, that in supporting the Conservatives, we sup-
answer—
portyeo ethose
laws wdtlot
o who
continueo wouldstfirmly
r mn
lo?y,t ,
believe
e that
t a eerva
y in power, permit
unhesitatingly
Ad-
ministration would either wholly repeal the new Poor-law
Bill, or at least so modify it as no longer to leave the li-
berty of the humbler classes of Englishmen the enjoy-
ment of their families, or their security from the death of
starvation" (Query, y the landlords' • br&td-tax) "at the
mercy of any Prime Minister." .
Sir Robert Peel, with all his cunning, may perhaps find
it a more difficult task to play " fast and loose" with the
Poor-laws than he seems to suppose. Mr. Feargus O'Con -
nor is reported to have addressed the Chartists at York,
where a man opPosed the Poor-laws in the following
words :—" Now, thank God, we have triumphed over.the
party in advance, and the Tories having triumphed over
the Whigs, and taken up their position • in the front rank,
show me the man who will kee up upon the Tory party
a more continued fire than I will."—Your obedient servant,
• LUBIN LOG.

We are authorised to contradict the announce-
ment of the death of the Rev. Dr. Poord-Bowes, Rector
of Cowlam, Yorkshire, which appeared in The Sun of the
31st ult. The Rev. Gentleman, we are glad to say, is
in the enjoyment of good health, though suffering under
the effect of a late heavy bereavement.
FORCE OF IMAGINATION.--A short time since
a poor woman in the neighbourhood, who was near her
confinement, was frightened by the fighting of two dogs,
one of which was spotted, and such an impression had
the circumstance upon her mind, that two nights pre-
vious to her accouchement she dreamed that she had a
spotted child, and upon her being delivered the child
was considerably spotted, and upon the back of the neck
there is the figure of a does paw, and some marks like
the teeth of a dog when in the act of worrying 'another.
—Cambridge Chronicle.