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

at the gallop, under circumstances almost amounting to
violence. The imperial suite, like a whirlwind, swept
thrcugh the columns, 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 chi,A the
cortege was disappearing in the distance. Room, hOw:
ever, was always cleared ; the outriders loudly called on.
to make way ; and at the magic words "The Emperor !"
infantry, cavalry, and artillery were pell-mell hurried to
the side, ofter, in frightful confusion, and with fractures
of legs and -arms. Loud cheers never failed, to greet his
passage tl'.rough the divisions of the guards, by whom 1.. e
was ent'ausiastically beloved, and whose wants were se-
dition* attended to ' • but though the young conscripts,
in aie beginning of the campaign of 1813 were prodigal
of the same acclamations, yet hardship, disease, and
tmegering, 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.

When despatches overtook the Emperor, as they often
did, on the road, Duroc or Caulaincourt, who rode at
the side of the carriage, received and opened the bag,
1.u.1 preserktea the letters to the Emperor without stop-
p tog. Dire,:tly a number of envelopes were seen falling
fr om the lycindows of the imperial carriage ; and it was
o 'dent, -frc.3m the .rate at which they were tossed over,
th It the leetters Were devoured with the rapidity of light-
nit g. 9le usel. • despatches and covers were cut to
pieties, IT id throe' gut in the same way ; often in such
gum, titre s, as to strew the track of the wheels with little
fragm en ts which, trodden under foot by the horses, or
crushed. under the wheels of the !succee6ing carriages,
ratoltiqa -white line along the road 4 Napoleon generally
(:utrikese despatches to pieces with his own hands, or, if
ltot se, employed, worked incessantly with the window-
sash sr carriage-door : he could pot remain a moment at
rest. If there were no despatches or morning states to
read, lie 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
o. F the w.;ndows after a few pages had,been cut up. In
Ecch nut fibers were these discarded literary novelties
th:ts tosse,l ovethoard, 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 c pened with avidity every fresh publication ;
but his tast, was for solid and well-informed writings,
not amusing' trifles ; and he had an incrediblp tact in
discovering, from a few pages, whether there was any-
thing worth roading in a book, so that, in his hands,
the ephemeral literature of the day disappeared almost
as fast as it wysiatroduced.

WEDLOCK- —3 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1841.

"Wedlock" is not so muck 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
V.olunteers, and wielded the sword with as much
alae:itY as if it had been a carving-knife ! Passing
from these recollections--which, by the bye,
seem a h:tle out of place—the author next pro-
ceeds to givt' some details respecting Shelley's first
marriage ; ana',then skips back again to old George
the Third of wh..'se domestic habits she gives
several interesting 1.-larticulars. Speaking of the
Princess Amelia's et:
nfession of her secret mar-
riage with Colonel
to the King in her last
moments, the author assurt's us—and evidently
states it as a fact—that "when his favourite
daughter made her confession, the astounded
Monarch clenched his teeth, and hiding ibis face
in his hands, he tore himself from the alms of
the dying child, and screaming words too dread-
ful to repeat, left the apartment 1" 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 ati.d
vivacity, and closes with the author's account of
her own wedding.

SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS.
Cctddi. 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 one
number ; and 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.

SIR-A paragraph having appeared in most of the
daily papers, stating that a gratuitons admission to the
exhibition of IlAydon's Anti-Slavery Picture would be
given to any school whose conductors might apply to
the managers fur 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.
Trusting 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.