The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-19 00:00:00

THE DAY OF THE DISSOLUTION.-It is expected that
Parliament will be (Us-solved on Saturday, and that on
that day the new writs will be issued. Elections will
take place to•morrow week it the mctropolis, where no
poll is demanded : where there is, the polling will take
place on the following Saturday.
ROME —Wrapped in the mists of a legendary birth,--
♦eiled in an atmosphere of mythical uncertainty,—alike
the wonder of the unlearned, the undying theme of
scholarship, and the delight of mankind in general, is the
or;gin of that city whose name, once the synonyme for
the world's dominion, by a just retribution now consti-
tutes its moral and its lesson ; that city, whose history
forms the connecting link between times past and pre-
sent ; and which, though so fallen from its once high
estate, still presents in the ruins of its grandeur a shrine
for the world's pilgrimage, to which an endless stream
of votaries resorts to linger fondly on each spot hallowed
by the presence of its statesmen and its warriors—to
rt.store iu thought its palaces and its temples—to trace
its topography from its infancy to its fail, and to
draw poetic inspiration from the scenes of its greatest
desolation. Seen through the dim obscurity of a remote
antiquity, its heroes and their achievements assume gi
gantic and distorted forms, or fade in utter indistinctness
from the view ; and where the light of truth seems to
penetrate the general darkness, and point to bright
spots on which the eye of inquiry may love to dwell,
even there the many-coloured mantle of poetry invests
the objects that it envelopes with tints of such exaggc •
rated brilliancy as to confound the calm conclusions of
sober judgment.—The Builder.

A Bayonne newspaper has the following strange para-
graph A man, still in the flower of his age, and ap-
pearing to suffer from a grave wound, arrived in this
town a few days ago by the steamer from Santander ; be
was accompanied by an old Malay servant of a copper
coloured cornplociore The appearance of the two was
very singular, and the master seemed a prey to extreme
sadness. After a very short stay they both went to a
village in the environs, where the master is to be cured
of a wound which be has received. It appears from a
Spanish journal that this personage, who is a M. R. do
G—, of French descent, but born at Madras, recently
fought a duel in the neighbourhood of Santander with
Sir H. B—, an officer of the fleet of the East India Com•
pany, and killed his adversary en thespot, but wasgravely
wounded himself. It appears also that at the time of the
opium war against China, he, being then also an officer
in the East Indian fleet, was suspectel of having engaged
in the piracy he was ordered to repress, and was conse-
quently ill-regarded by his colleagues. An offensive
epithet having been applied to him, lie challenged the
offender, and him. The brether of the adversary
then called out M. de G—, but the brother also was
1:11)Cd. M. de G— sub erpiently had some strange ad-
ventures, which led to repeated duel 4. Thus, in count-
ing the duel near Santander, M. do G— has killed not
fewer than four men. Having visited Mexico, M. de
Gr—fell in with the late Count Raousset de Boulhon,
and that person strongly pressed him to take part in his
expedition to conquer some of the provinces of Mexico ;
but he refused. In his book, Count de Boulhon gives
a description of the person of M. de c--, which is
quite like that of a hero of romance ; and speaks with
admiration of the bravery he displayed in duels. He
says also that, as that gentleman always avoided talking
of naval subjects, ho had never been able to ascertain
whether or not he had ever really been a pirate. It is
said that the stranger, after beino• cured of his wound,
intends to enter the convent of the Chartreux at GM-
noble.".