The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-16 00:00:00

_ THE SUN,
FRANCE. i The directors of the railway company had seen the
The President of the Republic left Paris on absolute necessity which existed for establishing
Tuesday, on his tour through the. east and south of 1 and maintaining an efficient system of intercourse,
France. At one o'clock he arrived at the terminus 'by steam-ships of the first class, between the South-
of the Orleans Railway in an open carriage drawn by Eastern Railway and the ports of France and Bel-
four horses, accompanied by Marshal Jerome, his gium, and in November, 1843, the then directore
uncle, General St. Arnaud, Minister of War, and recommended to the proprietors of that company,
General Goyon, his Aide-de-Camp. The Presi• I that they should themselves prepare to supply the
dent's carriage was preceded and followed by bodies 'means of carrying on that system of intercourse in
of offers of Carabiniers, Cuirassiers, Dra- ' the most efficient manner, in default of its being
goons", and Lancers, who had come from provided by private enterprise ; and finding that
Versailles and St. Cloud early in the morning to they could not command steam-ships of a superior
request the favour of being allowed to accompany class, and the performance of an efficient service
hiss to the railway. General Mangan, Commander- by other means, the railway company contracted for
in-Chief of the army of Paris, all the Ministers two steam-ships, which were delivered to them,
(with the exception of M'essrs. Ducos and Magne, and for three others which were in progress of con-
who are absent on leave), the metropolitan authori- struction and partly paid for before this company was
ties, and all the Generals present :n the capital, formed. The law, however, does not permit railway
awaited the arrival of the President to take leave of companies to hold property in steam-ships unless by
him. As he alighted from his carriage he was special Act of Parliament, and no such Act of Par-
received by MM. Persigny, de Maupas, and the liament having then passed, the necessity arose for the
Prefect of Police. The people, who had assem- establishment of this company, and a circular was is-
bled in considerable numbers at the terminus, sued to the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway
saluted him with cries of " ViTe Napoleon !" " Vive inviting them to provide capital for purchasing the
rEmpereur 1" At a quarter-Past one o'clock the steam-boats under the following assurance :--` It is
President took his seat in the state carriage, with proposed so to regulate the fares of the steam-boats in
the three Ministers of War, General Police, and conjunction with the South-Eastern Railway as to in-
Bublio Instruction, and the different dignitaries of sure a net return of 51. per cent. per annum on the
his household, and shortly afterwards, the signal paid-up capital of the South-Eastern and Continental
having been given, the train moved off at full speed. Steam-packet Company.' This company was, therefore,
The official retinues of the foreign commerce of thus constituted on the assurance given by the circular,
France now piahed, show that since the revolu- and also by the chairman and directors of the railway
tion of 1848 the exports have increased consider- company, to its proprietors, that the dividend on the
ably, whilst the imports have diminished from shares would be always five per cent. per annum, with
1,200,000,000 E, in the year 1846, to 1,094,000,000 f. the contingency of any increase that might happen,
last year. This one fact shows that the country is that increase being subject to the_ discretion of the
not yet relieved from the ruinous effects of the governing boards—the directors of the two compa-
catastrophe of 1848. It must be farther recollected nies being the same. Subsequently to the forma-
that France, from her geographical position, serves tion of this company, Parliamentary autho-
as a passage for merchandize to other counties, par- rity has been given to other railway coin-
tioularly to Switzerland. It is not surprising there- panies to become owners of steam-ships, and the di-
fore that the merchandize in transitu through France rectors have felt it to be their duty to call the atten-
last year should have amounted to 700,000,000 f. It tion of the proprietors of the railway, as well as the
twcoom copmanpya,ni
is further to be remarked, that the merchandize proprietors ofthe isnteaN,,m,b-icpbactkbeet
passing through France to Belgium has increased by anomalous positionto
os
nowthe
33 per cent. since the year 1846, whilst the amount stand. The proprietors of the steam-packet company
in traneitu to England has decreased by 28 per cent. have no authority by their deed of settlement to em-
:within the same period. The following are the im- ploy their steam-ships except in carrying traffic
ports and exports of France from and to the principal between the South-Eastern It al 1 way and the conti-
countries in the world during the last year : nental ports, and are thus entirel • y subservient to the
Imports. Exports. great interests of the South-Eastern Railway corn••
le. puny. The law having
now sanctioned the direct
England... ~. ... 69,000,000 1.
193,000,000 ownership of steam-ships by railway companies, it
United States ... _ 110,000,000 145,000,000 is obvious that the time has come when the rela-
Belgium 000 000
••• ... 114,000,000 123, . tions of the two companies should be placed upon a
Sardinia ••• ... 74,000,000 59,000,000 permanents4,ooo,ooo basis. The South-Eastern Railway
Spain '- •" ••• 27,000,000 55,000,000 Company, at their general meeting, held on the
Switzerland ... ... 23,000,000 9th •
44,000,000 instant, authorised the directors to negotiate terms
Germany
•e ••• 38,000,000
90 000 000 with the steam-
packet company for the purchase of
Turkey ... ... ... 34,000,000 -
' '
It appears from those returns that, with the excep. the steam-ships, on the condition that such terms
tion of Sardinia and Turkey,
from which countries should be submitted to a future meeting of that com-
the imports exceed the exports, that French produce Pany for their consideration ; and they associated with
exported to foreign countries exceeds the amount of the directors a committee of five proprietors to con-
produce demanded in return. On further examina. sider and report upon the terms to be proposed. The
tion it appears, that of the 1,094 millions' worth of directors suggest to the proprietors of the South.
merchandize imported into France last year, 687 mil. Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company that
lions are articles of primary necessity. Of the exports it will be expedient on their part to associate a coal
68 hundredths are manufactured goods, sucn as . mittee of five proprietors with the directors for the
cotton and woollen cloths and dressed skins, and 32 purpose of negotiating terms for the consolidation of
hundredths are natural produce, such as corn and wine. the interests of the two companies.
STATE OF TRADE. FRENCH RAIL WAY TRAFFIC.
(From the Manchester Guardian.) The following are the last returns of the gross re-
msaircuzsruit, TUESDAY.—According to the Ca- ceipta of the principal French Railways :
nada's advises cotton remained dull down to the Ist NORTHERN.—From Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passengers,
inst. in all the markets of the United States. W
.. . e 432,002 f.; goods, 275,059 f.; total, 707,061 f.
ROUEN.—From Aug. 29 to Sept. 4: Passengers,
have now, however, accounts of more serious mischief goods, 268 f., 159,344 f.; 99 • total, 258,612 f.
to the crop from rain, caterpillars, and worms, than lIAVRE,.—From Aug. 29 to Sept. 4: Passengers,
those . '
prEviously received; but they principally relate goods, 849 f • total 110 933 f
62,134 f.; 4B, . ~ .
to the Atl •
antic States and Florida. The storm was se- ORLEANS AND BRANCH LINES.—From Aug. 29 to
vere at New Orleans and aears to have been of a de- Sept. 4: Passengers, 335,0821.; goods, 261,225 f.; total,
cti
stru ve character at'o i ele•lppM . In the great cotton die- 596,307 f.
tricts of the south, the promise still is for a large yield. STRASBURG.—From Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passengers,
Last week, with no drawback from the favourable 304,844 f.; goods, 157,253 e; total, 462,097 f.
probabilities as to supply, there was a flagging in the BALE.—From Aug. 23 to Aug. 29 : Passengers,
spirit of speculation at' Liverpool, and a drooping 42,410 f.; goods, 24,078 f.; total, 66,488 f.
te
-ndency in the market up to the close of business on MONTEREAU.—From Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passengers,
`Saturday. Yesterday, however, there was some 17L401Nf.8; goods—From
From
14,4208 f. ;
2t9otatlo, 3sl ,e48t9f.4 :
Passengers,
tdegree of reaction, which appears to have been con- 299,999 E; goods, 152,314 f.; total, 4L 31if
inued to-day ; and the loss up to Friday seems to WESTERN.—From Aug. 30 Sept. ' to 5: Passengers,
have been recovered, as prices are reported 1-16 d. to 109,184 f.; goods, 13,160 f.; total, 122,344 f.
id. higher than they were then. The reports of --
mischief to the cotton crop, vague as they are MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
at present, are received with much more caution NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
here than amongst our more excitable neigh- , . THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1852.
yademic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*258
hours ; and, therefore, their whole effect amounts
to no more than an increase of firmness in the e
Tubercularases of
DUinsceeasrteasin.. Seat
... ... ...
...:
14804
prices of yarns, while in cloth not even this is Diseases of the Brain, Nerves,' and .genses...... .
90
•••
perceptible. In the former, there was a tendency Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels ... ... 40
last week, similar to that which affected the raw Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Material, and which appeared likely to throw an ad- Respiration ... ... ••• ... ... ... 102
Vantage, in the present week, into the hands of buyers. Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
That result has been prevented. The market has, in of Digestion... ... ... ... ... 53
a great degree, recovered its tone ; and spinners hold Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
to their quotations with a firmer hand. Twist and Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 8 1
weft, from 28's upwards, for home manufacture, are Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 7
C
particularly hard ; and for the better qualities of 40's Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ... ... ... 4 I
mule, in the bundle, higher prices are paid. We can Me
rael formati o hs . . . ...............26 '
Atrophy
scarcely say, however, that the general feeling was
q uite so good in the latter as in the earlier part of the Old Age
day. The value of printing cloths continues to be Sudden ...
well sustained. In domestics, T's, and long cloths Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 44 I
there is no change. India goods are still dull. Causes not specified ... ... .. ...
3 1
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The flannel market has i
been rather quieter to-day, and the merchants have DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 936 1
purchased mcre sparingly than on the previous week. Population Deaths in corm- Deaths
Enumerated, spending week in the
Broke wool continues yet very scarce, and high prices 1851. of 1851, Week.
are asked for it, which the manufacturers can ill afford West Districts-. 376,427 .. 147 ... 130
to pay at the prices they are now receiving for their North Districts.. 490,396 .. 217 ... 206
piece a. Central Districts 393,256 ... 152 ... 188
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have little to add East Districts ... 485,521 ••• 206 ... 19.5
to our remarks of last week. The state of trade with '
south Districts.. 616,635 ••• 304 ... 217
onr manufacturers 'continues more satisfactory than
totals.... 2,362,236 ... 1,026 ... 936 1
for some months past, and the weavers are better em- '
P loyed. Thrown Silks—There has been a moderate de- Males ... ... ••• ... ..• 491 1
eland,. both from the trade here and for exportation.' Females ... :::Les ••• 445
(
..I:he mills are all working full time, but as the silks BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
sn ro ••• ••• 749
P 'gress are mostly fine and tedious to work, Males ••• ••• •••
are there
1"o
accumulation of stock. The complaints Females ... ... .e. ......688
this general that hands are scarce in this department ; 1
e also applies to the neighbouring town of Congle- Total ... ~. ... ... ... 1,437
ton- Raw Silks—The market remains in the same *ln this number are included 58 by Scarlatina, 32
uncertain by Typhus Fever, 88 by Diarrheas, and sby Cholera. 1
and inactive state I
as we last reported
it. The trade evidently_--- 1
are indisposed to enter
into any operations furtherthan SEABORNE MAILS.
for immediate use.
Islxeirex, see,(lT signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-one
RDAY.—Very worsted y few goods by tne night—anl Mby the morning—dispatch.) :
have changed hands i
-n our piece-hall to-day, and the , When maae np in , From what
business in the warehouses
is also in a lane id con- ssessecize. ' General Post-officel port dis- when
dition. The yarn trade has -u Leeson: "wile. due.
noticeable change. There is
anot experienced any ___ ________' "_...
______.
good deal doing, prin- I
cipally for the shipping houses but atAnacrica (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 17 .-. .. Liverpool.. Sept. 18 I
not remunerative to the spinner.
Th prices that are America (by U.S. pkt.) NSept. 21 •. /.ILiverpool .. !Arrived 1
any alterati -
is quiet, without ,
ots in the
e wool market ..kmarica (by kt.) MSet 15 .. .• Seet.hazaPt. ,Sept. 22 C
uot t. Australia (via U.S.•So•uth- 11)
• C
Short wools, especially tee lower sorts, aqre
ea ions.
f tching ampton) .. ••M 20
Ditto (via Marseilles) th of each Tr onth,Southampt. Sept. 24 C
N 24th ofeach mont*Dover Sept. 19 C
higher prices. Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N2d & I 4th each mo. ylymouth.. Nov. 30 I
HuDDERSIPIELD, TUESDAY.—The market here has Africa (West coast).• 1/7114th of the month IPlymouth I
been languid to-day. Although there hoe Alexandria* ........ N 119414 & 30th ef mo. Dover .. Sept. Is 1
fair number of buyers 1
'n
town their purch been a Belgium
mei have .. .. •• NlDaily •• •• •• Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. .• .., 51 9th of the month Sonthampt. Oct. 12 1
1
not been large. Shippers have been busy during the Buenos Ayres .. .. 310th of the month Southampt. Oct. 12 r
week for the South American and continental california(viaChagret)hijadit 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 16
. Cape of Good Hope C
N 14th of the month,Plymouth.. Sept. 26 v
markets. A fair quantitygoods have been sti • 'of meg,Cape de Verde .. .. .X2cl of the month ..'Plymouth.. Sept. 26 A
but mostly deliveries to order. Constantinople* .. Nl7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 20 F
Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. Southampt. Sept. 16 C
...-------- Channel Isles .. .. N Mon., Wed., &Frl.lSouthampt. Tn. Th. Sat C
SO UTII-EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL Fn s•
ra ••
••
• M 2d & 17th of math 'Southampt. Sept. 16 c
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. namb
..
..
~
Grw„. .• .. Mt N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily E
N 7thl7th27thofmo Dover .. Sept. 19 E
The following is the report of the dirt °lora to be Rolland 4 .. N Tuesday & FridaylLondon .. Tnes. Sat. E
presented at the half-yearly general meeting to be Hondura.:: .. .. M Wednes. & Satar.iLondon .. Sus. Thins S
Ireland •• • N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 16
held to-day : India (via 90,2 -54 & N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead.. Twicedally g
themiL) 51 20th
The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental inn' au iaa ,(Viaat 1 .a(r)7 iii,..) listat.c:4ttlteefmoonrittlii tuvtharaer pt. Sept. 214,
Steam-packet Company, now submitted to the pro- 3fauritius ~ G:.ll°PtN \ 14th of monitlit. Plymouth:•.lSeftt. 26
prieters, show that the gross receipts of the half- m_everraniz) o_4; I( 14th of month Plymouth.. Sept. 26
year ending on the 31st of July have been 14,281/. s° -It 20th of
Mcditarranean (via 1 the month Southampt. Aeg. 24
48. Bd. ; the working expenses 5,7071. 14s. 3d.; Marseilles) .. i ‘‘..
N 11,,u6G 24th of
the cost of repairs, 3,1411. lOs • and the Mexico ,„ „ 11,2,
of
„aa month Dover •. Sept. 19
• / Madeira •• • • • • TiOtt, or-ti: elonth- Soathampt. Ist ea. mo. ,
port charees, 1,3441. 1 ls. 2d.; making a total charge • 1 7tielnieei,eirth Southampt. Oct. 12
Malta • • f• aaoth
of ,27th
aglinst revenue of 10,193/. 15s. 6d. ; and leaving a .. Nlsthistiant."-th 1 Dover Sept. 19
balance,a of 4,087/. 9s. 3d. of net earnings during the -
seal States* .• .. N sth 15thi5ii,:areirnelD:ver .. Sept. 22 A
half-year at the disposal of the proprietors. The rr eninsuia .• •• -2d 7thl7th27theeriiorver •• Sept. 22 A
M 2d & 17th of ranth,oonthampt. Arrived A
number of miles navigat d b the h• d ' ern-- - ..
e y steam-s ips uring e ,„. , .. N sth 15th 15th I
ormo V,tsCmpt., Sept. 16 A
the half- Tuscan), • • • M 17th of tho m
Dover year was 17,192. A fixed service between
and
West Indies (except ...ampt. \Sept. 16 C
Calais, in conjunction with trains M2d of the month
leaving LoBz Nassau) •• BOUtharapt
London 7.30 a.m. n at 8.10 A.M., and Paris at IleavThe tails to those
countries thus marked 0.) are
-a-r,....t...._ . _l3l,7olnenced nn Si/A 1 cl. •Trilv • Fbch m-,........,...e. eArat Via MarSeilles•

SOUTII-EASTERN AND CONTINENTALi
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
The following is the report of the ditto:Vora to be
presented at the half-yearly general meeting to be
held to-day :
The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental
Steam-packet Company, now submitted to the pro-
prieters, show that the gross receipts of the half-
year ending on the 31st of July have been 14,281/.
48. Bd.; the working expenses 5,7071. 14s. 3d. ;
the cost of repairs, 3,1411. 10s.; and the
port char:; es, 1,3441. lls. 2d. ; making a total charge
against revenue of 10,1931. 15s. 6d. ; and leaving a
I.3aalance of 4,0871. 93. 3d. of net earnings during the
half- year at the disposal of the proprietors. The
the half of
miles navigated by the steam-ships during
-year was 17,192. A fixed service between
Dover and Calais in • +.
leaving
7.30 aat Londonof
at 8.10 A.M., and Paris at
France
on the Ist July; the
Northern of
.Railway having engaged to pay
towards the eostanofee
months
service a subvention of 10/. per
diem for twelve a from that period. The daily
tidal service between
olkestone and Boulogne is
performed, as usual, once
times twice a day eacha day each way, and some-
through between leone,, Way, securing the passage
daily, in twelve hours. It isaasa Paris by that route
tors to be enabled to state theta satisfactory to the direc-
dize is on the increase. The freigellttraffic in merchan-
source for the last half-year was i
,27rived from this
tore recommend that a dividend b • Os. The direc-
tors declared
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, the com at the
the income-tax, which will leave a bb„%iryPaying
1,1871. 14s. 11d. ; and this sum the directors
hand of
mend should be carried to the credit of the resesrvreern-
And this being done, the result will be that the ell".
pang have paid up capital to the amount of lee.3Z-
they possess eight steamships, viz., the Prinee'sl
Mary, the Pfancess Maude, the Queen of the Lei_
gialis the Queen of the French, the Prince Ernest'
the Princess Clementine, the Princess Helena, and the
Lord Warden, which cost, at the original contract
price, 114,5931. 6s. 61. ; there has been laid out on
these ships in repairs and in improvements,
42,417/. 4s. 11d., and they have teen and are
maintained in substantial and perfect order. The
company wiltu have paid in dividends from July,
,y 31, 1852, the sum of 42,2G31. 19s
- e
making an average of 5/. 173, ld. r cent. per an-
num; and, in addition to the eight per
they
steam-ships,
have a surplus property am •
ounting to 229891. 3s. 4d.
In consequence of the death of the '
Othlateerßenjamin trustess, it will
be deshaable for the proprietors to
trustees at the ensuing meeting. It Willappoint additional
re-
Collection of the proprietors that thesbe in the
outh-Eastern
and Continental Steam-Packet Company
*sited by
.the South-Eastern .0
-" jany was origi-
41iviaY Company.

Naples* • • .•
Papal States* .• N
M
reninsula • • .•
Peru •• ••
Tuscany* •• • . N
West Indies • • ..
West Indies (except
Havanna 8z Nassau) M
I The mails to those c,
French packet via MP'

METROPOLITAN MARKETS 1
THE QUESTIO)I7•
Mr. Secretary Walpole fhdewnas
tmheoraclalyttitaunadrkteot
al
allow the Corporation tofi
et
ow
setl
nuisance in Copenhagen-
elagreed to it. Is the Home Secretary
obligations to the public?
Why is he morally bound
down to Corporation abuses
balone, if sheer neglect of
his moral obligations to the pu r having
underiin
fa"
,no moralready
moral error much more easily retractable in reality than
corruption would have nuisance? Is not such a
n led to the moral error
of agreeing to such a public
a transaction involving moral
that
d
to
h
been? In their memorial to the Corporattihoen
ftalicet,Cam-
en-town committee point attention
should the Corporation persist, they will to submit a
the to very stringent by-laws, which must be approved by
the Home Secretary; but is it possible that
Cam-
den-town committee can lean on that brittle reed after_
what has occurred? The public interests have already
been betrayed in the much greater matter of the re. -
establishment
establishment of the nuisance itself, nearly as much in
the midst of the population as it was, and notwithstand-
ing the public battle that was deliberately fought to get
rid of it: the disgusting object, though compelled to
" move on," has plumped down again in the midst of the
streets immediately the policeman's eye was for a mo-
ment off it. By-laws, they may depend on it, will not
operate in terrorem on such a subject, We have more
faith in the force of a full representation of the extent
and intensity of the
Corporation or proposed nuisance made to the
the Markt Co th. We cannot believe that these gentlemenmmittee will persist,emselves in the
face of such a representation, iu re-establishing the
market on the site in question. One very strong objec-
tion to it, even apart from its public demerits, is the
fact that there is not a sufficient supply of water for
such an establisenh_rnent, there being already a very re-
stricted supply, ielly from the ponds at Highgate and
Hampstead. The populous and settled character of the
district, however, constitutes the main objection to a
nuisance which has already been found intolerable in any
ouch district,—.Builder.