The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

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viduals, and denounce their employment as undigni-
fied and unbecoming men ; for the youth of Eng-
land would not hesitite in entering into their
country's service, and performing acts of valour,
whose lustre would bear comparison with any of
the achievements of our ancestors.

THE IMPERIAL MEETING AT
BTUTTGART.

We extract the following from a letter dated
Stuttgart, Sept. 29 :
"In the matter of popularity both with the
Court and the people the Emperor Napoleon
has made infinitely greater progress than the
Emperor Alexander. The latter, who is here
perfectly en pays de connaissance, and among re-
lations, has not given himself the trouble to
please, which a stranger generally will ; and
by those who entertain French sympathies,
and would gladly have seen the Empress Eugenie
here, it is taken very much amiss of him
that he should have given way, as it issaid, to female
weakness, and have allowed the Empress to decline
to come hither until it was a settled thing that the
Empress Eugenie would not come, on which she
pops in at the last moment on the pretence of giving
her husband a surprise. It is assumed the Empress
of Russia and her sisters-in-law were averse to the
Empress Eugenie's appearing here, from apprehen-
sion that her greater youth, beauty, and mental
attainments would throw them into the shade, and
compel them to acknowledge the personal supe-
riority of one on whom they looked down as inferior
to them. Something of the same sort of feeling the
Emperor Alexander evidently entertains towards
the Emperor Napoleon, who exhibits more attrac
tive manner and greater powers of conversation
than himself, seeks more to ingratiate himself with
others, rides better, &,c. The latter had, more-
over, brought his own horses with him, so that
while Louis Napoleon yesterday was mounted on a
splendid high-mottled horse, that carvetted and
sprang about to the delight of the multitude, the
Emperor Alexander had to put up with an animal
whose qualities were simply strength and docility.
The Emperor Napoleon has lost no opportunity of
showing himself in a light acceptable to the people ;
he has walked out in the streets arm-in-arm wit h
a single gentleman, a Wurtemberg officer ; he has
taken or feigned an interest in all that the King is
most fond of promoting, and for which he is so
deservedly popular, and gave himself the trouble
to sit out the whole of Weber's Der b7reischutz last
night, which was played at his especial desire to
hear a genuine German opera, and continued
applauding even after the curtain had fallen."

His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left town
yesterday, to join his family at St. Leonards-on-Sea.
His Excellency the Count Zelarawitch has left the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for the Continent.
The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham
Clinton have left Danrobin Castle, and are now on a
visit with the Duke and Duchess of Athole at Blair
Athole.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Winchester are
expected in town, in a few days, from a tour of visits.
The Countess of Kinnoul leaves town this day for the
Continent.
Lord and Lady Rokeby are still sojourning in Ger-
many, and are not expected home for some weeks.
Lord and Lady Frances Conynghain have arrived in
town, en route for the Continent.
Sir John and Lady Harriet Stuart-Forbes and Miss
Stuart-Forbes, who lately arrived from Vichy, have
since left town for Dickling Hall, the seat of the Mar-
quis of Lothian, in Norfolk.
Mr. Campbell Wyndham has arrived at Edwards's
Private Hotel, from Newmarket.
The National Bank of Munich has raised its rate of
discount from 5 to 5i per cent.
REPRESENTATION OF EAST KENT. —Sir E. C. Derlng
has announced his intention to resign his scat for the
eastern division of Kent, in consequence of continued ill
health.
REPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH.—The result of the
efforts made by the friends and supporters of Mr.
Townsend, M.P., will, it is understood, enable him to
retain his seat in the House of Commons. With four
exceptions, the whole of Mr. Townsend's creditors have

signed a petition for superseding the bankruptcy, and
the sum required to meet pressing claims—viz., 7001.
has been raised by the subscriptions of the constituency.
Handbills announcing these facts have been circulated,
and it is stated that the subscription is still to be kept
open for the purpose of paying off the election expenses.
LATE FAILURE.—The Eastern Counties Herald states
that the liabilities of the bank of Messrs. Harrison,
Watson, and Co., which suspended on the 24th ult.,
amount to about 400,0001., and that the assets are
estimated at 225,0001. The joint sum owing from
Messrs. Taylor and Bright, and Mr. Hassell, chairman
of the Cotton Mills Company, verges on a quarter of a
million. Among the sufferers by the failure are the
various benefit societies at Hull which had opened
deposit-accounts at the bank. I; is believed at
nfficient to pay a dividend of 104 in the pound will tie
reali.ed,
THE MAILS, &o.—SOUTHAMPTON, Oe'-. 2. —The Royal
Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captabe Woclley,
left to-day with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific
mails, 219 passengers, 4,9001. in specie, jewelry value
19,0001., and a full cargo. Among the passengers ars
Commissary-General Bland and sister, Captain Allan,
Captain Selby, Rev. J. S. Wood, for Jamaica; Cap' ain
Ireland, for Demerara, (41,c. The screw steamer Ham-
burgs, Captain Lagier, arrived this afternoon from the
Spanish ports, with about 20 passengers, and a large
cargo of fruit ; she leaves again to-morrow for Hamburg.
The ship Escort, of 765 tons has been chartered by the
Emigration Commissioners to leave Southampton for
Sydney on the 23rd of November. The Peninsular and
Oriental-Company's steamship Grenada, Captain Tre-
gear, is to leave with the Peninsular mails on Wed-
nesday next, the 7th inst.
THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE PLYMOUTH.—Mr. Wm.
Thomson, the United States Conseil at Southampton,
paid an official visit to the above-named frigate, now
lying in the river off that town, yesterday afternoon,
previous to her departure for America. The hon. gentle-
man was accompanied by a few friends, who were hos-
pitably entertained by Captain Dahlgren and his official
staff of officers. Mr. Thomson was welcomed with a con-
sular salute on embarking and leavin; the ship. During
their brief stay on board the arrangement of the vessel,
and particularly the monster Dahlgren gun, invented by
the captain of the frigate, occupied the attention of the
visitors, and excited much interest. It was the inten-
tion of the captain to sail to-morrow- morning, but he
has deferred that event for a few hours, to enable Lim to
accept the proffered invitation of Mr. Alderman
Andrews (who accompanied the cLnsul on his visit) for
himself and officers to partake of a banquet to-morr:w
noon, at his residence at Winchester, The ship will
consequently leave Southampton, on her return, early
on Monday.
TROOPS FOR INDIA BY THE OVERLAND ROUTE --
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, Oct.2.—The first body of troops
that have embarked from this port for the scene of the
Indian mutinies left here to-day in the Sultan steamship,
one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's fleet, Cap-
tain Neil Cook, in which vessel they will proceed as far
as Alxandria, and thence go across the Desert to Suez.
They consisted of the 4th and 11th companies of the
Royal Engineers, which left Chatham this morning, ar-
rived here per South-Western Railway about half-past
11 o'clock, and marched immediately on board the Sal-
tan, which lay alongside the dock wharf. There were
in all 235 non-commissioned officers and men, and 13
officers. The names of the officers who embarked are
as follow :—Captain T. Fen wick, in command of the
whole body ; Captain Cumberland ; Major L. Nichol-
son ; Lieutenants D. C. Walker, Beaumont, J. E. P,
Patterson, Maguey, Scratchley, E. E. Wynne, W,
Keith, and Sweetonham ; Dr. Brown and Dr. Haver: ty.
The men marched with only their sea-kits in their haver-
sacks, all arms, knapsacks, &c., having previously been
packed in cases and stowed away on board. The 4:h
company is destined for Calcutta,-aiadthe 11th for 130m-
bay. Colonel Harness, we understand is to ioin them
at Malta. The embarkation was superintended by
Colonel Gordon, Deputy-Adjutant-General of the En-
gineers, who came from LoLdon for the purpose.; and
there were also present C olonel Wright and Colonel
Dalgetty, from Portsmouth, and other officers. The ar-
rangements had been so well made beforehand by Cap-
tain Engledue (Peninsular and Oriental Company's su-
perintendent) and the dock officials, that within half an
hour from the arrival of the troops they were all safely
housed on board, and the Sultan moved away from her
berth, affording another illustration of the great facilities
provided at this port for such purpose}. A large num-
ber of persons were assembled in the docks to witness
their departure. The diree.toris of the Peninsular and
Oriental Campany have sent out a gentleman from their
establishment here, named Moser, author of "The eau-
Ca 3119 " and who saw a great deal of similar service in
the Crimea during the late Russian war, to accompany
the soldiers to Egypt, and superintend their transit
ocross the Desert, for the purpose of attending to the
comfort of the men.
SUICIDE,—Yesterday an act of suicide was committed
by Mr. E linund Taylor, aged 60 years, at Poole's Lan
don-bridge. Hotel. The deceased gentleman, who was
well known in the city, had for some years past been in
the employment of Messrs Lennox and 03., merchants,
of Broad-street. About half-past 11 o'clock yesterday
morning he went to the above hotel, where he was well
known, and proceeded to the coffee room, there being
no person besides himself there at the time. He sat
down and commenced writing, and was thus left
alone. At about a quarter to 1 o'clock the waiter
went into the room for the purpose of cleaning the
glass in the door, when he saw the deceased appa-
rently resting his head between two tables, and there
was an unusual smell in the room. He went up to
him, and then saw a wound under his left ear, from
which the blood had flowed copiously. A penknife
marked with blood was lying near him, upon a table.
The waiter gave an alarm, and Mr. Croft, surgeon,
was sent for, and promply attended. On his arrival,
he sail that deceased was dead, and had been so for
some time. A letter written by the deceased was
found upon the table, directed to Mr. Middleton,
surgeon, of Bow-lane, referring to the fact that he
intended to commit suicide, and wishing that his body
might be sent to a hospital for dissection, for the
purpose of a•certaining what was the matter with him,
as he had suffered from some internal complaint. Mr.
W. Payne has received notice of the event, and will
hold an inquest on the body.