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

NAPOLEON BOAAPARTE.

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 akin, which at a distance locked 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 en 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, unstizady 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 bead, naturally
small, had increased in size to give ample scope between
his temples fbr 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 ho inclined it often on his breast, while crossing his
arms like Frederick IL—aa 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—cf his model
in his latter days. Ho moulded himself; as it were, into
the statue of reflection before his troops, who gave him
the nickname oi 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
arcund him. Superior and altogether different, he was
an offspring of the sun, of the sea, and of the battle-
field—out of his clement even in his own palate, and a
stranger even in his own empire. Such was at this
period
the profile, the bust, and the external phy-
siognomy of Napoleon.—Lamarfine's h'istoiv of the
Eestoration in Frame.

Mors.—BououGu, SEPT. I.—The first lot of four
peckets of Farnham country hops, grown by Mr. D. Turrill,
of West Woridham, arrived here this morning, and were sold
by Mr. H. 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 11-GUMS 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 of 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 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.
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 halt 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,
for immediately on a
how-
ever, attended with fatal consequences, -
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 MAKING BIITTER.—Mr. E. T.
Guerin has communicated to us that having learnt from Mr.
W. P. Dobree, of Llamburgh, that there had been dim.
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
covering bury the bag four feet in the earth, carefully
it u
In twenty-four or twenty-five hours, on taking up the bag,
the cream is found to be converted into excellent butters=
Guernsey Gazette.
BRISTOL GREAT HORSE AND CATTLE FAIR,
d
2 and C
The usual half-yearly Bristol Horse SEPT.
Cattle Fair
commenced yesterday and finished to-
large number of horses brought to the fair,aY. There was a
generally speaking, was very good. and the quality',
Good horses went off
well, and there was a large demand for good cart colts, nearly
all of which were cleared off at remunerative
was a short supply of fat beef,prices. There
ranging from 425. to 48s. __ and the sale was slow, prices
for tat sheep, at 51,A,d. parplej. cwt. There was a brisk sate
store sheep there was a I! , the supply being small. Of
oloodly show, and they met with !I
fair sale. Some
prices. The supply
pens
sof Devoe
rams commanded high
scanty, and the few on
offer realised high rates.
A Nnw WAY OP RAISING THE WiND.--SOMe
sensation was caused at Orleans two days ago by the state-
ment that a shoemaker in the Rue Taboury had won the
grand prize of 100,000 francs in the L yens lottery. Imme-
diately 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 sumpt.ucuA y
entertained at a cafe. The
friends that he had not
day after he quietly informed his
gained the prize, but had eh
during 24 hours the haulaged them, in order to receive
aidto vrealth.
Ay pTbe Duchess of Orleans
Baussus,
6u"children, the Count de Paris and the
accompanied by
her
a numerous suite, arrived at Ostend
Dac de Chartres, six o'clock, and proceeded shortly after-
this morning at
a 4ps route to Eisenach.ward
A writer in the North British Mail, who signs
himself,,Parallax," has recently revived the ancient belief
that the surface of then orld if; flat, and Dot round, a 4 af..
firmed 1:7 modern r,ciece.