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

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.

The empire had made him old before his time. . .
An early obesity overloaded him with flesh. 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 bis features. His -nose
was but a line, thin, and transparent. The paleness of
his cheeks gave greater brilliancy to the blue of bis 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 world seemed to have been encrusted on the orb
of that reflective head. But it was beginning to yield;
and he inclined it often on his tem', while crossing his
arms like Frederick II —an attitude and gesture which
he appeared to affect. 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 rough, pen-
sive, and disdainful character of himself—of his model
in his latter days. He moulded himself, as it were, into
the statue of reflection 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 he had to play, overflowed on all
occasions. He 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 a
stranger even in his own empire. Such was at this
period the profile, the bust, and the external phy-
siognomy of Napoleon.— Lamartine's History of She
Restoration in France.

Hors.—BOROUGH, SEPT. I.—The first lot of four
pockets of Farnham country bops, grown by Mr. D. Turrill,
of West Worldham, arrived here this morning, and were sold
by Mr. 11. Snelling, hop-factor, to Messrs. Pike, Leake,
and Co.

BLOTS.—" G. II.," in the Builder, would draw at •
tention to the dilapidated houses in Skinner-street, Snow-
hill, and the vacant piece of ground at the corner of New-
gate-street. 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 aro to be left as emblems or corrup-
tion and decay. There are other houses in the same condi-
tion in Stamford-street

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE FORTH AND CLYDE
CANAL.—On Saturday forenoon last a distressing accident
occurred on the Forth and Clyde Canal, not far from Lock
16. A scow, the name of which we have been unable to
learn, was on its way down the canal front 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 bold when the collision took place, and ere she
had time to come up the boat was capsized. The man in
charge contrived with the others to get ashore, but after
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 her
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.. This 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 MAKINII BUTTER.—MY. E. T.
Guerin has communicated to us that having learnt from Mr.
W. P. Dobree,
butter, he
is has
as
of Wimburgh, that there had been disco-
vered in Sweden a new method of making
made a trial of it with entire success. The intteetr
follows :—Put the cream, either sweet or sour, into a bag of
sufficient fineness to prevent its passing through, and then
the bag four feet in the earth, carefully covering it
up the bag,
bury
twenty-four or twenty-five hours, on taking
In twen
the cream is found to be converted into excellent butter.--
Guernsey Gazette.
BRISTOL GREAT HORSE AND CATTLE FAIR, SEPT.
2.—The usual half-yearly Bristol Horse and Cattle Fair
commenced yesterday and finished to-day. There was a
e fair,
large number of horses brought to th air, and the quality,
generally speaking, was very good. Good horses went off
well, and there was a large demand for good cart colts, nearly
all of which were cleared off at remunerative prices. There
was a short supply of fat beef, and the sale was slow, prices
ranging trom 425. to 48s. per cwt. There was a brisk sale
for fat sheep, at 5 Y2d. per lb~
store sheep there was a goodly show, and they met with a
fair sale. Some pens of Cotswold rams' commanded high
prices. The supply of Cevon store beasts was extremely
scanty, and the few on offer realised high rates.
A NEW WAY OF RAISING THE WIND.—Some
sensation was caused at Orleans two dar ago by the state-
ment that a shoemaker in the Rue 'aboury had won the
grand prize of 100,000 francs in the Lyons lottery.. Imrae-
aiately all his friends and acquaintances, together with many
persons whom he scarcely knew, hastened to congratulate
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him and speculations were made as to what he would do
his fortune. He was earnestly solicited not to leave the
e
town, and was sumptuously entertained at a café. The
day after he quietly informed.hisfriends that he had not
gained the prize, buhadenoa.x,e,d_ twheeamt,hi.n order to receive
during 24 hours the hamag Pala Li'
Ts stispAy.—The Duchess of Orleans,
accompanied 'by her children, the Count de Paris and the
Disc de Chartres, with a numerous suite, arrived at Ostend
six o'clock, and proceeded shortly after-
this morning gt
wards en route to Eisenach.
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himself the North British Mail, who
himself "Parallax," has recently revived the ancient belief
that the surface of she wor -fiat, and not round, SS af.
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