The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-03 00:00:00

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and 2.

FIVE GUINEAS FOR A _KISS.
At the last races of Teri, the Eughsh sportsmen could
not but admire the grand and historical women of Nor-
mandy. A group of gentlemen riders, a little elevated
by the fumes of the generous tokey, stood admiring, not
only the handsome dresses, but also the pretty faces of
the fair villagers, whose be=auty was still enhanced by
the original and becoming bonnets ala Cauchotye. They
were commenting freely on all they saw, and their
words could be caught by all around, when la
beautiful girl, married the week before, happened
to pass them. She was escorted by a large number of
gay and joyous friends, in their handsomest suits, and
accompanied by the venerated curate on his mule.
" What a charming person!" exclaimed one of the men;
" upon my word, .1 would willingly give two so-
vereigns for one kiss of her sweet lips." " Look,
here, boys," exclaimed a tall fellow; " do you hear
him? There, that fellow with the black moustache
says that he would give two louis to have Louise
kiss him!" " ! Oil" laughed out a dozen
young girls; " two louis! Well, 'tis cheap enough."
" There, then," exclaimed the Englishman. The young
girl to whom the proposal was made turned round
towards the sportsman, and in a smiling tone,
" You would be much delighted, eh ?" she said, in a
bewitching manner. " Enchanted!" exclaimed the
passionate Englishman. " Well, then," she continued,
after a little hesitation, " give five guineas and you
shall have the kiss." The Englishman, thus
defied in his generosity, would not have backed out
had it been twenty times that sum. He pulled out a
wey•filled purse, presented the fair one with five bright
guineas, and, instead of one, received two sweet kisses
iu exchange. This done, " What luck!" she exclaimed,
gaily; " what luck ! Here, Mr. Curate, here are five
guineas for the poor of the parish. Take them and make
them happy." "If that's the case, one guinea more for
the poor, said the young Englishman. This act of ge-
nerosity was received with enthusiastic applause.—
Journal d' Alen fon.

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL.
Among the young noblemen of the present day who
are likely to maintain the credit of their order, I do not
know one who has produced so good an impression
among men of all parties as the Duke of Argyll. He
is about twenty-eight, but looks considerably younger.
He has been several years in the House of Peers, but
it was not till last session that he began to be much
talked about, although great expectations had long been
formed regarding him by his friends. His speech on the
Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, the other week,
was bold and straightforward, evincing a thorough
knowledge of the great question at issue. Within the
last few days, " A Letter from the Duke of Argyll to
the Bishop of Oxford" has made its appearance, in
which he administers a few words of wholesome warn-
ing to the High Church party. Among the crowd of
polemical pamphlets which the press has poured forth so
profusely during the last twelve months, I have seen no
One in which the great Church of England question has
been treated with such clearness and ability. The Duke
appears to be thoroughly orthodox, but it is after the
manner of his Presbyterian ancestors, one of whom has
.
found a place the noble army of Scottish martyrs
under episcopalian persecution. The Duke addresses
the Bishop in a plain, business-like style, pointing out
the inevitable consequences of his denial
of the Queen's
supremacy, and showing how naturally the straining of
High Church doctrines leads to Rome. Talking of the
dangers which threaten the Church of England from
the want of prudence and wisdom on the part of its
rulers, the Duke takes rather an alarming tone. "A.
ship when she is in mid ocean need not be very precise
in the course she steers in any one of her tacks; with
plenty of sea room it matters little. Her bow may point
to breakers—but they are some thousand miles away.
This is not your case at present. You are in a narrow
channel, sad if there are rocks upon your course at all
they must be very close ahead. The water around you
is strewed with wreck." It is pleasant to see one of our
first-class noblemen coming out in this trenchant fashion.
The Duke of Argyll is not merely a man of high rank,
he is also connected by marriage with some of the first
families in the kingdom; so that, if he should take a
leading part in politics during the nest few years, he
will probably be able to carry a large amount of aristo-
cratic influence along with him. Were a man of his
rank, with force of character and singleness of purpose,
to come forward in these days as a bold and decided
Church reformer, he would soon rally a powerful party
around him. London Correspondent of Manchester
Guardian.

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
The empire had made him old before his time. . .
An early chesity overloaded him with flush. His cheeks,
formerly streaked with muscles and hollowed by the
working of genius, were broad, full, and overhanging,
like those of Otho in the Roman medals of the empire.
An excess of bile mingling with the blood gave a yellow
tint to the skin, which at a distance looked like a
varnish of pale gold on his countenance. His lips still
preserved their Grecian outline and steady grace, passing
easily from a smile to a menace. His solid bony chin
formed an appropriate base for his features. His nose
was but a line, thin, and transparent. The paleness of
his cheeks gave greater brilliancy to the blue of his eyes.
His look was searching, unsteady as a wavering flame—
an emblem of inquietude. His forehead seemed to have
widened, from the scantiness of his thin black hair,
which was falling from the moisture of continual
thought. It might be said that his head, naturally
small, had increased in size to give ample scope between
his temples for the machinery and combinations of a
mind every thought of which was an empire. The map
of the ?meld seemed to have been encrusted on the orb
of that reflective heat). But it was beginning to yield;
and he inclined it often on his bletst, while crossing his
arms like Frederick II —an attitude and gesture which
he appeared to affcet. Unable any longer to seduce his
courtiers and his soldiers by the charm of youth, it was
evident he wished to fascinate them by the rcugh, pen-
sive, and disdainful chum er of himself—of his model
in his latter days. He moulded himself, as it were, into
the statue of rt ilection before his troops. who gave him
the nickname of Father Thoughtful. He assumed the
pose of destiny. Something rough, rude, and savage in
his movements revealed his southern and insular origin,
The man of the Meditteranean broke out constantly
through the Frenchman. His nature, too great and too
powerful for the part ho bad to play, overflowed on all
occasions. Ile bore no resemblance to any of the men
around him. Superior and altogether different, he was
an offspring of the sun, of the sea, and of the battle-
field—out
of his element even in his own palace, and
stranger even in his own empire. Such was at this
period the profile, the bust, and the external phy-
siognomy of Nepoleon.—Lamartine's History of the
Restoration in France.

HOPS.—BOBOUGIi, SEPT. 1.--The first lot of four
pockets of Farnham country hops, grown by Mr. D. Turrill,
of West Worldham, arrived here this morning, and were sold
by Mr. IL Snelling, hop-factor, to Messrs. Pike, Leake,
and Co.

BLOTS.---" G. H.," in the Builder, would draw sift
tention to the dilapidated houses in Skinner-street, Snow-
hill, and the vacant piece of ground at the corner of New-
gate.•rtreet. The houses in Skinner-street have been so long
in their present state, that it appears as if no change would
take place, but that they are to be left as emblems or corrup-
tion and decay. There arc other houses in the same condi-
tion in Stamford-street.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE FORTLI AND CLYDE
CANAL.—On Saturday forenoon I ist a distressing accident
occurred on the Forth and Clyde Canal, not far trom Lock
16. A scow, the name of which we have been unable to
learn, was on its way down the canal from Glasgow. It
was laden with potash, and was very heavy on the top.
When a considerable way above Lock 16, a schooner hap-
pened to pass, and by some carelessness on one side or other,
a collision took place. The scow being heavily laden, was
immediately capsized. There were, we believe, on board,
besides the man in charge of the boat, his wife and an infant
child, and one or two men. The woman with the child was
below in the hold when the collision took place, and ere she
had time to come up the boat was capsized. Thum an
of in
charge contrived with the others to get ashore, 'er
diving it was found impossible to rescue his wife and child.
From the fact of the boat capsizing fairly over, the water
was prevented from getting into the hold, and the woman
sat there for about half an hour, during which time ber
screams were distinctly audible. The men then proceeded to
cut a hole in the bottom of the boat, which was uppermost,
for the purpose of releasing the woman. 'lbis was, how-
ever, attended with fatal consequences, for immediately on a
hole being bored, the water rushed in, and we are sorry to
learn that the woman was immediately drowned, along with
her child.—Falkirk Herald.
NEW METHOD OF WARING BUTTER —Mr. E. T.
Guerin has communicated to us that having learnt from Mr.
W. P. Dobree, of Hamburg!), that there had been disco-
vered in Sweden a new method of making butter, he has
made a trial of it with entire success. The method is as
follows :—Put the cream, either sweet or sour, into a bag of
sufficient fineness to prevent its passing through, and then
bury the bag four feet in the earth, carefully covering it
In twenty-four or twenty-five hours, on taking up the bag,
the cream is found to be converted into excellent butter.—
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Guernsey Gazette.
Burs'rot. GREAT HORSE AND CATTLE FAIR, Sprr.
2.—The usual half-yearly Bristol Horse and Cattle Fair
commenced yesterday and finished to-day. There was a
large number of horses brought to the fair, and the quality, u
generally speaking, was very good. ood
cartllor horses t
s, went
nearlyoff
well, and there was a large demand for good
all of which were cleared off at remunerative prices. There
was a short supply of fat beef, and the sale was slow, prices
ranging from 425. to 4Ss.
for tat sheep, at 51/9d. per perlb cwt. There
sTuhpeprl)e• beingwa s a
small.brisk saolef
store sheep there was a goodly
fair sale.TbSeomsieipppleynsnfotl show, and they met with A
,Ceot.):wold rains commanded high
prices.
scanty, and the few onoffer von store beasts was extremely
realised high rates.
A N VAT
—LW AY OF RAISING H 1"
TILE WIND.—SO
sensation was caused at Orleans two days. ago by the state-
ment that a shoemaker in the Rue T boury bad won the
grand prize of 100,000 francs in the Lyons lottery. Imam'
ciately all his friends and acquaintances, together with many
persons whom he scarcely knew, hastened to congratulate
him and speculations were made as to what he would do with
his fortune. He was earnestly solicited not to leave the
town, and was surnptuou,ly entertained at a cafe.
day after he quietly informed his friends .that be had The
gained the prize, but had hoaxed them,bi.n order to receive
during 21 hours the homage paid to wealt
BRUSSELS, SUNDAY.—Tbe Duchess of Orleans
accompanied by her children, the Count de Paris and the
Due de Chartres, with numerous suite, arrived at Ostend
at
this morning at six o ci ock, and proceeded shortly after-
wards en route to Eisenach.
A writer in the North British Mail, who signs
himself a parallax," has recently revived the ancient belief
that the surface of the world ia liat, and sot round, a 3 (4,,
aisio py ;Wan 1941106.