The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-18 00:00:00

THE ORLEANS FAMILY.

A letter from Hamburg contains an account of the Orlean-
ist movement in that place. When the late Duke of Orleans
lost his life by a fatal accident in the Bois de Bologne,
sort of political last will and testament was found among his
papers. In this he gave minute directions to his children
for their future guidance, and especially with reference to
their conduct towards the elder branch of the Bourbon
dynasty. Among other things, he implored them to stick to
the tricolour, and never to exchange it under any considera-
tion for the white flag and flours de lys. Since then the re•
volution of 1848 altered the position of all parties. The alive-
dates of a " fusion" of the rival branches of the Bourbons
persuaded the Count de Chambord, who is childless, to
adopt the Count de Paris as his sun and heir. It is un.
derstood that the Duke de Nemou,s, and his brother the
Prince de Joinville, agreed to this arrangement; but the
Duchess of Orleans, out of regard to the memory of her late
husband and his fervent wishes, could never be prevailed
on to give her consent to the measure, and thus the affair
was left for a long time. On the 24th of this mouth the
young Comte de Paris, who, during his minority, has been
under the tutelage of his mother, the Duchess of Orleans,
will have completed his eighteenth year, and consequently
attained his majority, and become his own master. I
believe I am in a position to inform you, on excellent
authority, that it has been resolved to issue to the
public a manifesto of the 24th instant (the Prince's
birthday), in. which he will openly repudiate the idea of a
fusion with the Comte de Chambord, and take his ground
on the claims of himself and his fatherto the French throne,
without any pretensions to be looked upon as the adopted
son and successor of the Comte de Chambord. The rough
draft of the proolamation his been already written by M.
Thiers. A letter of later date from the same correspondent
says—'• The family congress will now be held at Claremont,
but. it will not be attended by the Duchess of Orleans, who
is going to the well known bathing place of Pfeffers, in
Switzerland. The exact reason for this change of
plans has not transpired. It is said that the French
envoy in this city, well aware of what was going
on,informed the senate that if the manifesto
were permitted to be published here, the French goverment
could not bUt consider it as an act of hostility, or at least a
demonstration against the Emperor, on the part of Hamburg,
and that it- would be better for all parties if the venue
of the coming proclamation were to be changed to some
other country. A hint to this effect I believe to have been
given the prince by the police, and hence their sudden
departure. It did not fail to cause some remarks, that
when the C )mte de Paris entered the carriage, the second
to enter was M. Thiers, who took his seat beside the prince,
whilst his brother, the Duke de Chartres, and the Count de
Montguyon took their places opposite, and with-their backs
to the horses."'

Letters from Dublin state that Mr. John O'Connell has
been offered by the Lord Lieutenant the office of clerk of the
Hamper, vacant by the death of Christopher Fitzsimon,
Esq., and that the offer has been accepted.
BOARD OP TRADE, WHITEHALL, Auousr 14.—The Right
Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council
for. Trade and Plantations have received through the Sects.:
tary of State for Foreign Affairs a dopy of a despatch from
her Majesty's minister at Lisbon, enclosing a copy and
translation of a law by which vessels entering Portuguese
ports with cargoes of grain are placed upon the same foot-
ing with regard to the payment of tonnage duties when
departing in ballast as vessels leaving with cargoes of
national goods.