The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

FRENTi%.JII PEPUBLIC.

RT

e have received the Paris journals of yesterday
PRINCE PRESIDENT left Lyons for Grenoble
tti;gt't oclock in the morning of the 21st. lie re-
4astu at his departure as at his arrival, and as during
pt,pleaY, striking marks of the affection of the Lyons
uttilv.erY where on his passage, and us far as the limits
ttledepartnaenr, the PRINCE was saluted by accla-
-1141713 of "Vive l'Ernpereur !" Notwithstanding
4'll which fell at the time, an enormous crowd
ici°llected to bid him adieu.
Ith:LPRINcE made his entry into the department
'ttl;`'er at a quarter past nine in the midst of an
l
14thn"8! concourse of the population. The principa
I?ii"tr.tties, the President of the Council-General, the
%les) and the mayor of Vienne, and the old
sir`t's Of the grand army, received him at St. Priest,
~lthpd °f a magnificent triumphal arch, which
we limit of the department. The most ener-
liD„eries of " Vive l'Empereur !" greeted him on
'l\;;Bage• Everywhere, at St. Laurent-de-Mure,
adgtPilliere, La Greve, nd Bourgnin, the PRINCE
Tile,.'eived with the liveliest enthusiasm. _
t 4 doe'sr an article in the Presse on the subject, of
4iiit),,ertee which has appeared in the illonitenr,
te duty on Belgian coal. This journal ex-
;hregret at the difference that has arisen
Itie„7 the two countries, and anticipates immediate
nil the part of the Belgian Government.
l.b041) it says must be the greater sufferer of the
, ,
th 'llO has exported to France annually products
tttCeatt ount of 177 millions of francs, whereas
erPorts to Belgium only to the amount of 134
!pel'''; but on the other hand the exports of French
ktetaa.nri other products for Belgium were annually
"'4l,l°g) and this branch of French commerce will
materially checked.
DAe
nkeattjele appears in the Pays on the death of the
*4tet ,"1 ELLINGTON, remarkable as manifesting a
Ittioeitrit than that which was exhibited in a former
The Pays
Zitsland has lost, in the person of the Duke of Wel-
NI: 4 great captain and a great citizen. It is for her
its hooiage to his memory, and we honour, even
a~pite3°!aggeration, that national sentiment which
)1t g our nei hbcurs that unanimity of re•
er
'4 Praises with which it surrounds the
%it?eti to tomb of this illustrious man. In
14.4, his country the care of pronouncing
eFmislYrie, and to history that of appreciating ,
qualities which distinguished him as a war-
shall only call to mind a merit of that illustrious
,'ttla;g career, which is perhaps less known, and point
,14'tis-B,4lutary influence which the Duke of Wellington
"ft e 4 itt th councils of his country with regard to
I.,,Nter, relations. That veteran of battle-fields ap-
-1401,4 better than any one the advantages ofa c.ouns:
40(1 pacific policy, and we only render him
ejea.
s‘il• 4adYitg that he showed himself on every o _
"ecid dpartisan of everything that could
stain
.es
g d relations between France
'44 '6'atiel. "TheelidaFtreenoceh Embassy was accustomed
Lulltkin him the most courteous behaviour,
N6hevor ceased to use the considerable influence
4;,,ekercised over the decisions of his Govern-
over public opinion, in order to remove anyh
i;:"•011a1 dissent which might arise between t
e
484 :;'°s• Endowed with an eminently just and
t 4 4'.4q 117`lad, the Duke of Wellington judged of the
t 4 .2d December as history itself will judge of
.r,„tt4ted t 10 his unshakeable good sense, ho has never
° admit, and loudly proclaim, in Louis Napo-
t ~etyßaviour of European order, as well as of French
!,1:11e; toil° lately deferred his departure, from London
4:ati n go to the French Embassy, and join in the
011oc3- of ouridte of the 15th August, and he was
u,ltoD„exPress his regret that it had not fallen to him
I",4Corewthe health of the Prince ,
President. The
,t
(1 dims ellington, from a conscientious feeling, has
pi the above his own souvenirs. After having
hi °PPcnent of the Emperor, ho knew how to ad-
OtltW one of those necessary men whose whosets-
rn
nlit°llld be n • e to dispute as it would be
impossible
Shackle
All 4 ttte alluded Galignani) to a statement
Co/o
(says
1);.4p0r, gne Gazette pretending. to be an account.
to 4 presented by a commission to the Germaine
,tklt the means which it would have to resist
(';'Oit!,the event of a war. In the notice that we
qtplt I.nls statement we observed that the Cologne
e
furnished us with no authority for attaching
-;it,. The Presse comments upon it rather
Nit at the same time points out more than
LtlNlinaccuracies and inconsistencies to create
t, of inaccuracies
authenticity of every part of the state-
i;kbe Cologne Gazette, for instance, makes the
cube
state that the French army is
~tuiallrjao
inent 500,000 strong, whereas it has been
1'
5 reLstated by General MAGNAN at 400,000, an
thr, aakea them underrate considerably the force
1441"-errnanic Diet. The commission having, ac-
st° to the Cologne Gazette, recommended
yetogicaentation of the army in Germany, the
1411VPresses a hope that this will not prevent the
the ‘lnvernment from reducing its own army, for,
h°Pinion of the Presse, war is impossible, and
'
5 ..°lloriless fears of one State driving it to a fool-
,'t'isiloditure is no reason why another should f01‘111414
‘111414 eirample. It recommends the French Go-
fkileeft t take a very different course, and expresses
A °
li that the example of reduction would be ge-
follovved. It says, " The nation which should
‘illoptilt,er in this course would, at the same time that
give a proof of its confidence in the future,
1.1,4t,01:° many elements of progress and prosperity
Olts—t. nations, on pain of declining, would imme-
C,Sintfnrula to the new state of things which that
had the glory of proclaiming. We are
11:° th-:..of.this glory for France." Without falling
t'htit !pliable dreams of the Peace Society, one can-
t,el Are uesire that the experiment recommended by
klit:i3e..tilould be tried within safe and rearn-
'
t a There is something alarming, one might
8-Y absurd, and it would be thought absurd if
' tia
hltett Were nanr: enlightened, in devoting all the re-
iip:'htained by peace to preparations for war.
'4,4cmgerent coarse how manyburthens would be
~)`stoodlnad at the same time how much would be
41 by
+m tit Governments from the natural resources
tOtetr,tates, even when these burthens had been
4N,,t"'r internal improvementsfor the encou-
q of industry and the reward of art. For
~lstOt, Is n
ecessary ? A corresponding reduction
14hyq and fleets, still leaving to each State its
liAlaia',°ree, whereas now every countryn
_ad.deseptso
up
klat:tht by increased expenditure, d
th'n Which paralyzes industry and deters men
h-se useful enterprises which can only be
)11t:Lhe fi',,tlr-cler. the guarantee of a lasting peace.
14`• 'f,i,urse was not so animated as during last
ktt. ue Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opgened at
ktltil • and closed at 104 f. 25e. for the end of the
it4:4l.° the Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 80c.; Or-
a 37 Shares 1,477 f. 50e.; Rouen,. 890 f.;
cti g' 'l.; Great Northern, 708 f. 75c., Avignon,
V4l' g 431 e, 327 f. 50c.• Paris and Strasburg, 749!.,.•
NNeistilld Lyons, 815 f. ; Lyons and Avignon,r.f6.-530t 0".
1:11 France, 635 f. ; St. Dizier to Gray, J
t"tO.IZVE47:IDUNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS 2A f THE
1,'1,414,1°1'7, STOCK EXCHANGE,
; 7s/ ...Pesancon, 3—Dutch Rhenish,Srr 8.3 --*Luxem-
,,q Nr-Namur and Liege, Paris
te,nt• Bonds, 14--Paris and
81A—Northern
°7—Paris and Strasbourg, 29—Paris, Caen,
6—Sambre and Meuse, 105/8—West Flan-
Tv esters of France, 11.

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),
h r BELGIUM.
Il:l,lih:vcidkePendance of Brussels states that. M.
It`'lllter has been appointed temporarily as
t,llssei, Finance in Belgium, has not yet come
Nbqs a',ln consequence of ill health, and adds
w 114!?
to hold office permanently was
ge-
Incle •
Yttee Pcentiance of Brussels, after announcing
°L the PRINCE PRESIDENT by which the
ti en al
and iron imported into France is in-
ktlttlNt'
re•
enters will understand that we do not at this
4,11 dill w into any discussion on this fact; but we
y, are able to state that categorical expla.nha-
-11„1111);11 shortly be given to the public, and at
oTee in the most peremptory way that nothing
t° t, QIN
or
the part of Belgium whichd can give
tq.de act or even justify in any degree what_so-
p'k • oi, °' the French Government. We confine
;41'`,7,ift',.trlyRieruoitb.servations this point."
etit co • Congress, consisting of gentlemen
untries who take an interest in pro-
of' towns, and the welfare of thn
'1‘.1(11. —BeB commenced sitting at Brussels on
• attended
200 gentlemen, Belgians and
ttltll,`Licirie "laded ; they met in the Royal Academy
'7, Amongst the English were Viscount
'l3h "A 1 olr. w TN T Mr. CHARLES
fit • `YARD,
ItL,tit _l% tar: HOLLAND, of Manchester; and Mr.
.
(10'nitt!ct of Prince ALBERT'S cottages. M.
4,1:1 :terrl'Jr of Brabant, and President of the
'.ll )04.1 preP"ie ur d'Hygiene, was to have presided,
wty4e'ini. „,
v6nt ed by his duties as Minister of Finance
,!tqrdi e Minister of the Interior, M. ROGIER,
r chosen honorary president ; and the
N• rit of the
was conferred ou M. VLEMINCRX,
followle Academy of Medicine.
,111' were chosen Vice-Presidents :—For
18gt °f th—eL VILLERME, and M. MAGENDIE, mem-
oqx institute ; for England, Viscount
Osi,44l4.ltand Dr. ARNOTT ; for Piedmont, Che-
Otq for /it' and Dr. TROMPEO ; for Sweden, Dr.
t‘ 4.1,110. ,-;•nin ark, Dr. HORNEMAN; for 1 russia,
°tl, Yulz 'ZIEKOWSKI ; for Germany (Frankfort),
I;lt,diENTltopp; for Switzerland, Dr. GossE ;
04,A.', Dr. ScHICR ; for Spain, M. RAMON DE
tl'l\-1. VLEMINCKX delivered a brief speech.
p,,rel,zt,,:iBAtvEna delegate of the Belgian Govern-
in what had been done in the course of
/ V1110•Iro f•
jjng the public health in different
44ti 'k „1011 gl. Lord EBRINTON presented to the
•Ite of reports and other documents
Tnattero ; and thanks were voted to him.
tr t pres lited copies of the publications
t 1;•:*ty for the improvement of the
dwell-
working clam.es at London. Mr. COCHRANE
7 resent the Congress with copies of the
-.4t5 Of Parliament relative to workmen 5

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houses, baths, 9.nd washhouses ; and the prnpositiod
was accepted with thanks. Mr. WARD then describen
the sanitary operations employed in towns and villages
in England. The members of the Congiess ater wards
retired to their respective sections, to examine different
questions, The sections are four in number—one is
charged to occupy itself with workmen's houses, baths,
washhouses, and hospitals; another, with sewers, &c.,
the distribution of water, and ventilation ; the third,
with the organization of public health, the maintaining
of children, interments, and cemeteries ; and the
fourth, with the adulteration of food, the labour of
children in workshops, and prostitution.

HOLLAND.

OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION

OF THE STATES GENERAL.
The legislative session of 1852.53 was opened on
the 20th by the KING in person. At noon the mem-
bers of both Chambers assembled iu the hall of the
Si!cond Chamber, when the Chevalier A. PIIILIPSE
celled upon the secretary of the First Chamber to
read the Royal order which nominates the Chevalier
President of the First Chamber for the legislative
session of 1852.53.
The President of the Assembly, charged to direct

a:4e sitting of the combined Chambers, then ap-
pcinted a commission of 18 members to receive and
re conduct his MAJESTY on his arrival and departure.
At one o'clock the Ministers and Council of State
entered the hail. A few moments after the arrival of
his MAJESTY was announced, the KING entered the
chamber, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince
Emu. On ascending the throne his MAJESTY pro-
nounced the following speech :

" GENTLEMEN,—
" At the opening of the present session of the States
G.encral, I am again, to my great satisfaction, enabled to
inform you of the prosperous state of the country.
"The Netherlands continue to maintain perfect
friendship with all foreign Powers. I receive constant
marks of friendship and esteem from foreign Govern-

mt .nts.
I have been enabled by various treaties to consoli-
da, to and extend the international relations between this
stile and other countries.
" I have much pleasure in being able again to give a
fwvourable report of our naval and military forces.
"Iu the transmarino possessions of our kingdom,
order and tranquillity prevail. At Palembang, in the
is!. and of Sumatra, the disorders have been repressed.
" The favourable prospects relative to the harvest in
th,e colonies have been completely realized.
" The results of the sales made during the present year
ha ye been particularly favourable.
'" On the invitation of a friendly Power, and in fol-
loi vieg out the track which was commenced in 1844, I
ha ve promised my good offices in favour of an attempt
to obtain modifications in the system of exclusion hitherto
m aintained by the empire of Japan.
." The execution of the provincial and communal laws
hens made considerable progress in general. I have
cause to rejoice at an efficacious co-operation of the pro-
vilacial states and the communal administrations.
." Our dykes have been wholly exempt from disasters.
This has enabled us to carry on the works of improve-
ment, particularly those on the principal rivers, with the
me re energy and success. 1 witness with much interest
thc, growing development of the spirit of enterprise
am ong our people in agriculture, trade, and commerce,
as Kell as in the multiplication of the modes of con-
ye yance.
" The measures adopted by my Government tend to
en courage and strengthen their development.
" The works for uniting our kingdom with the neigh-
bouring states by means of railways and electric tele-
greeph communication are prepared, and on the point of
execution.
Navigation and maritime constructions have been
eq sally prosperous this year.
" The financial state of the country affords ample
ground for satisfaction. The revenue of the preceding
year was extremely satisfactory; that of the present
year promises to be equally favourable. I hope that the
general circumstances may permit me to submit to your
consideration this session also an important project re-
lative to the national debt.
" The projects of law, which were addressed to you on
my part in the preceding session, and which have not
received their solution, will be again presented to you
with the others.
" May our united efforts to accomplish the task that
still awaits us be crowned by the blessing of Goci!
" 1 declare the session of the States General to be
opened."
After delivering this speech his MAJESTY returned
to the palace with the same ceremony.
The combined sitting of the two Chambers then
closed, and the assembly separated.
An immense crowd was assembled to witness the
Royal cortege. His MAJESTY was everywhere re-
ceived with the most enthusiastic acclamations.

WEST INDIA and MEXICAN MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Yt
ZEDNESDAY NIGHT.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Parana, Captain Revett,
has arrived off this port with the West India and
Pacific mails, in charge of Lieutenant Bridges, R.N.,
Admiralty agent. The engines of the Parana were
temporarily repaired at St. Thomas's, and
she has
has
used both engines on the voyage home, wh
occupied 19 days. She brings 52 passengers, among
whom is Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton, from Bar-
badoes, and on freight specie value 1,497,000 dolls,
1, 942 serous of cochineal, and a large cargo.
The new steam-ship La Plata, with the outward
mails of the 17th of August, reached St. Thomas's in
a little over 13 days.
Accounts from Jamaica to the 29th ult. state that
the greatest distress prevailed in all parts of the
island. The public attention had been occupied
with some disclosures relative to frauds on the
colonial bank committed by a clerk, who had de-
camped from the island.
Two English brigs had arrived at Jamaica to load
with passengers for Australia. Alarming shocks of
earthquakes bad been felt all over the island. There
had been a few days' heavy rains, but the weather was
oppressively warm ; business was very dull. Supplies
of imported goods were quite ample to meet the re-
stricted demand ; produce was firm at better prices
than last given. No new crop of pimento had been
brought to market.
Holders of sugar evinced more disposition to sell,
and prices had fallen about 2s. per cwt., according to
the most recent accounts.

From British Guiana our dates are to the t24th ult.
The weather was favourable for the planting interest,
and the present will be the largest crop of sugar ever
shipped from the colony. A slight advance in wages
had taken place. Business was dull, shipping scarce,
and freights higher than they have ruled for some time.
Governor Barkly was at Berbice.
In St. Lucia the weather was remarkably fine,
but the island was unhealthy, and fever had broken
out, causing considerable mortality, particularly
among the shipping. The troops in garrison remained
healthy. Opinions varied as to the nature of the
epidemic. The sugar crop was nearly all shipped.
The total crop will exceed that of 1851 by about 400
hogsheads.
There were a few cases of yellow fever at Barbadoes
and Demerara.
The Parana experienced a heavy gale with violent
sea from the 14th to the 17th inst.
Her Majesty's ship Alarm sailed from Antigua on
the 21st ult. for St. John's, New Brunswick. The
Persian was at Belize.
The French war steamer Tartare left Demerara on
the 24th of August for Cayenne.
On the 7th inst. the Parana exchanged colours with
the brig Vivid, from Demerara, bound to England;
on the 18th with the English brig Conway, and on
the 19th with the Washington, of Liverpool.

PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT DUKE.
Among the many portraits which have appeared of
the Departed Hero, and several among them are of
considerable merit, we know of none that can com-
pare with H. T. Ryall's engraving from M. Claudet's
Daguerreotype, for which the illustrious original sat
in 1844. The expression of the countenance in me-
ditative mood has been caught with a felicitous
accuracy that is startling from its life-like reality, and
it is in this peculiar excellence that the grand merit of
the portrait lies, even more than in the perfection
with which the features are delineated, and the high
excellence of the engraving as a work of art. As
Wellington was at the age of seventy-five, somewhat
bowed by years, here we see the very man. Thais
speaking likeness of the warrior-statesman should
be possessed by all who love to contemplate the
venerable aspect of him who, when he lived, was the
noblest and most loyal pillar of the British Throne—
Arthur, the Great Duke of Wellington.

----
LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The screw steam-ship
City of Manchester, Commander Leitch, which sailed from
Philadelphia on the 4th inst., arrived in the Mersey last
night. She brought 157 passengers, and a large cargo. The
United States' mail steam-ship Atlantic, Commander West,
took her departure hence this afternoon with 112 passengers,
a large cargo, and the usual mails. Among the passengers
were the Bishops of Western New York and Maryland, whc
have been spending some time in Liverpool.
RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.—The moment the news of the lamented and
unexpected death of the Duke of Wellington had reached
the city of Salisbury, every tradesman and citizen caused
their shutters to be put up, in token of the grief which
they felt at the loss of the distinguished warrior and states-
' man. On Tuesday, notwithstanding the bustle of a large
market, this ancient city wore all the appearance of deep
gloom, and never since the death of the lamented Princess
Charlotte was the loss of the illustrious dead more keenly or
generally felt.
The Nottingham Mercury terminated its career on
Friday last, in the 27th year of its age.
WRECK OFF WEITSTABLE.—NVEITSTABLE, WED-
NESDAY MORNlNG.—Yesterday (Tuesday) morning, be-
tween seven and eight o'clock, a schooner, the Britannia,
from Caen, bound fur Loudon, struck cn the Red Sand, off
this place. She was discovered by the Whitstable hovillers,
when the Sydney, Captain Nicholls, and the Prosperous,
Captain Bell, with about twenty hands on board, proceeded
to her assistance. They found the vessel deserted by her
the only living thing
crew, who had been takenoff by a London steamer, and
was made to get her off the sand, which was ultimately
water, with a
accomplished, afterlabour, shenearly full of
on board was a dog. Every exertion
great as WO
strong north-westerly wind blowing and a
Whit_
very rough sea. The vessel was then towed into
stable Bay, at where, a
high water, the §O3 Wit 4 Nulling
over her.

COURT CIRCULAR.
4.LNIORAL, SETT. 21.

A heavy fall of snow, followed by rain, which con-
tinued all day, prevented her Majesty from leaving
the Castle yesterday morning.
In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert walked towards Castletown.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her
Serene Highness Princess Hohenlehe Langenbourg,
and her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Hohen-
lobe Langenbourg dined with her Majesty yesterday.

The Earl of Derby arrived at Knowsley-park,
Lancashire, yesterday, from Perth.
The Earl of Shaftesbury had an interview with
Mr. Secretary Walpole yes,terday at the Home-office.

THE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
The question—" Who is to be Commander-in-
Chief ?" has—it is now declared—been settled ; and
at the same time we are made aware of the way in
which the other important vacancies created by the
death of the Duke of Wellington are to be filled.
Here is the list of appointments which became known
last night :
Commander-in. Chief
Master-General of Ordnance (with Lord Fitzroy
a peerage)
Military St eretary
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Earl Derby.
Constable of the Tower
Colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards Prince Albert.
Colonelcy of the Fusilcer Prince George of
Guards Cambridge.
The Dulte of Northumberland and the Marquis of
Londonderry to be Knights of the Garter.
So runs the list of new arrangements, and they
all look reasonable enough. Lord Fitzroy Somerset
being senior in military standing to Lord Hardinge
could not serve under him as military secretary, and
he therefore goes to the Ordnance—but his removal
from the Horse Guards will give rise to many regrets
in military circles. Indeed, there is little doubt but
the non-appointment of Lord Fitzroy Somerset to the
dignified post now conferred on Lord Hardinge will
cause some dissatisfaction amongst those best able in
a professional sense to balance the claims of the two
veterans. But we have, by the present arrangement,
a practical soldier at the head of the army, and that
at least satisfies one of the most important require-
ments of the case. The good sense of Prince Albert
has evidently been allowed proper play, and he wisely
contents himself with the Colonelcy of the Grenadiers
instead of the control of the entire army.
This change in the position of Lord Hardinge sug-
gests one very important question, which is this—
When are we to have the Horse Guards and the
Ordnance united ? In the evidence given before the
Parliamentary Committee, appointed to inquire into
our military system, an overwhelming weight of tes-
timony will be found in favour of assimilating these
two branches of the service. Such a junction would
be a vast improvement upon the present anomalons
state of things, and would also be a great and wise
economy. Since we are to have ex-Master General
as General Commanding-in-Chief there surely could
be no better opportunity for making the required
amalgamation.—Daily News.

THE DUKE OF WELLING-TON.
WALMER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Last night his
Grace the present Duke of Wellington returned to
Walmer Castle from town.
To-day the Duchess of Wellington and Lady Charles
Wellesley and family quitted Walmor for town.
The Duke and his brother, Lord Charles Wellesley,
will not leave this place before to-morrow, in conse-
quence of their desire to see the last preparations for
leaving their illustrious deceased parent at Walmer Cas-
tle. The outer, or state coffin, for the remains of the
Duke, is expected to arrive by the last train to-night
from London, and his sons intend to be present at the
transfer of his remains to this coffin.
The guard of honour, of the Rifle Brigade, which is
to bo stationed at Walmer Castle to watch over the re-
mains of the Duke, will not be mounted till to-morrow,
at ten o'clock. Sentry-boxes have been placed to-day
at the various approaches to the interior of the Castle,
leading to the chamber containing the body of the illus-
trious deceased.