The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-16 00:00:00

NAPOLEON AT WILHELMSHOHE.

A lady, writing from Cassel on the Bth to a friend in
Leeds, says :
" We were in the town shopping when my letters
arrived; there were yours, one from Woodbottom, and a
Leeds Mercury- Isn't it strange that Napoleon has been
brought to Wilhelmshohe ? We were there yesterday
and actually saw him, but only from a distance. We are
going again to-morrow if it be fine, and intend having a
nearer view of him. It has caused tie greatest excitement
here in Cassel, his arrival ; it is quite laughable, nearly
everybody says that it is far too beautiful a placefor him
to be brought to ; they have an idea that there is nothing
equal to Wilhelmshohe in the world. There is another
castle there besides the old one I told you of in a former
letter ; this is quite modern, and built in the shape of a
half circle. It is in this one that Napoleon at present
lives. It was the summer residence of the Prince of Hesse
Cassel, and it is a most beautiful place. It is surrounded
by magnificent pleasure grounds, and the views from the
windows are lovely. He arrived at the Wilhelmshohe sta-
tion by special train at half-past nine on Monday even-
ing, where he was received, according to the King's
orders, by the heads of the civil and military departments
here in Cashel. When he alighted from the train he
stayed some time on the platform, where he was intro-
duced to the different persons who were waiting to receive
him. He drove to the castle (which is about ten minutes'
drive from the station) in a Belgian court carriage. He
was accompanied by Princes Ney and Murat (his cousin),
and several Generals, besides a long retinue of servants
and eighty-five horses ' • some of the latter are going to be
sold in a day or two. Last night, at eleven o'clock, the
Princess Murat arrived at the hotel at Wilhelmshohe,
which is quite close to the castle. ' It's an ill wind that
blows nobody any good '—at any rate I should fancy that
Sehombard, the hotel proprietor, thinks so. It's a lucky
wind for ,him that has blown Napoleon to Wilhelms-
hiihe. The news of the Emperor being taken prisoner
with the whole of MacMahon's army arrived here early
on Saturday morning, and everybody seemed to go half
mad with joy. All the schools had hodiday, and the
scholars went in procession round the town with banners
singing and hurrahing.

It is reported that the contract for the construc-
tion of a turret ironclad by Messrs. Caird and Co.,
Greenock, for the British Government, which was
announced a few days ago, has not been completed.—
Scotsman.

The Pall Mall Gazette is glad to learn by a telegram
that the news (derived by their Dutch correspondent from
the Leidsch Dagblad) of an outbreak of cattle-plague at
Soeterwonde, has been officially contradicted by the bur-
gomaster of that town.

The imprisonment of General O'Neil and his fellow
soldiers in Vermont, is said to be a farce. It seems they
are under no restraint, that they eat with the keepers,
smoke, drink, and do everything they please, short of
leaving the prison.—New York Times.

A meeting has been held at Boyle for the purpose
of expressing sympathy with the French people. A sub-
scription list was opened for the relief of the wounded
French soldiers. A similar meeting has been held at
Ennis, and at Nenagh £BO has been collected for the
wounded of the French armies.

There is au ancient custom among the Jews that all
parties and sects cling to with particular strictness—viz.,
to celebrate the anniversary of their parents' death by a
kind of mass-reading and lighting a lamp or candle for
twenty-four hours. A German military surgeon of the
Jewish persuasion discovered a poor soldier run-
ning about the battle-field of Woerth evidently
in search of something or someone. On the
doctor asking him the object of his search, his
answer was a Jew." "I am one," replied the doctor.
" Well, then, I have a request to make," said the soldier,
" one of my comrades wishes to celebrate his father's
death-day, and we are but nine of us (there should be ten
for the service) ; will you make the tenth ?" The surgeon
gladly granted this pious request ; and he says he never
attended a religious service with more devotion than this
soul-mass.

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