The Sun. — 1838-06-07 (London, England)

CONGRESS. VEbra • --Chateaubriand's new work, rho Congress of Verona," cm_ ces one of the mcst interesting periods of his public life. It is high ttne that we should hear what he says of the Emperor Alexander, the °f ghat of Waterloo, and the Congrees of Verona. During the sojourn Zjitatcaubriancl at Verona, he had the honour of seeing much of the `-',.,'4l>eror Alexander, and of conversing with him frequently. The sr Zohfirst, cool and reserved to the poet ambassador, but sub. brenny they understood and loved each other. There is a remark. ,antle remcorrespondenc dated from -Verona, between M. de Chateaubriand eide Vilicle nd the letters of the former to Mr. Canning, to efronais, te Guilleminot, to de Rainville, and to Talent, arc speDte'4s hea'aty of style, knowledge of public affliirs, and a just apt,, ei.ation rf the men and interests of the moment. This work tends literar t'•,c character of the poet.politician. It is his adieu to his char career, and is the last will and testament of a muse which. has /11 'fled, if not improved, the world for at least forty years.—lrazer. s ggazine• As for June. far back as 1833 an old man, named Cernet, out shooting with Isis two sons, Nicolas and Francois, in the woods titan t, in the Meuse was killed by a gun shot wound, under circum. th, 'ea which excited 'a strong suspicion that it was given by one of 'sve,T; Both were arrested, and remained in prison for four months, but ta„'" '4 the end discharged for want of sufficient proof. The naturally forlge disposition of Nicolas, I he elder, was not checked by this warning, firedlle afterwards treated his wife with great brutality, and in July last ae•, his gun at a person named Didicr, and only missed hint from the he of stumbling at the moment. On being arrested for this offence t: treated the matter li^htly and boasted that he should only have to fatt,'°..4 in prison for a dig Months, as was the case when he killed his ensts-o'ci On this decl iration the younger brether was again taken into fos ; and they were both brought to trial at the Court of Assizes ‘,02.1e Meuse lately sitting at St. Michel. In addition to the unequl)„,44 declaration of Nicolas Cernet, other testimony was adduced, which f4th° than war, anted the jury in finding him guilty of the murder of his pa~tc e. and he was consequently condemned to the punishment of a the t: .i . vvou'a The younger brother was acquitted. d appear from the following note, taken from Pre•eiboxltings of that beautiful naturalist the late Rev. Mr. White, of ne, that there is a striking similarity between the spring of the s„arci"' Year and that of 1776. The season has been unusually backni,„„.44B dry, and no rain worth mentioning fell during the whole t of April, or until the 21st of May. " No one," says Mr. White, awa'rae has not attended to such matters, and taken down remarks, can be of how much ten days' dripping weather will influence the growth a • or corn after a dry season. This present summer, 1776, yielded ahrna!kable instance, for till the 30th of May the fields were burnt up he t_a_ tli ked, and the barley not half out of the ground ; but now, June there is an agreeable prospect of plenty." •I:om.,,