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

THE SUN,
FRANCE. 1 The directors of the railway company had seen the ;
The President of the Republic left Paris on ' absolute necessity which existed for establishing j
Tuesday, on his tour through the east and south of 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- i
four horses, accompanisd 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. 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 °awn 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
him is the railway. General Mangan, Commander- by other means, the railway company contracted for s
in-Chief of the army of Paris, all the Ministers two steam-ships, which were delivered to them,
I,
(with the exception of Messrs. Dams 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 1
ties, and itil the Generals present in the capital, formed. The law, however, does not permit railway I
awaited the arrival of the President to take leave of companies to hold property in steam-ships unless by I
Mm. As he alighted from his carriage he was special Act of Parliament, and no such Act of Par-
received
by MM. Persigny, de Maeapas, 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 numbsrs at the terminus, sued to the proprietors of the South-Eastern Railway
saluted him with cries of "Vine Napoleon !" " Vive inviting them to provide capital for purchasing the
l'Empereur!" 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-
Publie 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 Continentaorel
having been given, the train moved off at full speed. Steam-packet Company.' This company was, theref,
The official returns of the foreign commerce of thus constituted on the assurance given by the circular,
France now published, 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 ,
1,200,000,0001', 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 tte country is that increase being subject to the discretion of the
of the
not yet relieved from the ruinous effedts of the governing boards-the two compa- /
catastrophe of 1848. It must be further recollected nies being the same. Subsequently to the forma-
directors
that France, from her geographical position, serves tion of this company, Parliamentaryh autho- c
as a passage for merchandize to other counties, par- rity has been given to ot other railway corn- t
ticularly to Switzerland. It is not surprising there- palsies to become owners of . steam-ships, and the di- ci
fore that the merchandize in transitu through France rectors have felt it
‘ to be their duty
.to call the atten- i
well as the !
last year should have amounted to 700,000,000 f. It tion of the proprietors of the railway, as
is further to be remarked, that the merchandize proprietors of the
in
company, to the i
hpeopsirt.oiopnri'eltnorswohficthhetshteea
two companies now
passing through France to Belgium has increased by anomalousT
33 per cent. since the year 1846, whilst the amounti
have no authority by their deed of settlement to em- i
stand. steam-packet company i
in transitu to England has decreased by 28 per cent.
ploy their
h steam-ships except
.within the same period. The following are the im- in carrying traffic 1,
ports and exports of France from and to the principal between t e outh-Eastern Railwa and the conti- i
nental ports, and are thus entirely subservient to the I
countries in the world during the last year :-
Exports. great interests of the South-Eastern Railway comma
Imports. pang. The law having now sanctioned the direct i
P. F.
England... ...
.. steam-ships by railway companies, it 1
is obvious that the time has come when the rela- 1
United States .., . 69,000,000 293,000,000 ownership of
Belgium 000,000
... 110,000,000 114253:000,000
••• ... 114,000,000 ,
lions of the two companies should be placed upon a i
Sardinia 74,000,000 59,000,000 permanent basis. The South-Eastern Railway I
••• ••• 54,000,000
Spain ..,
...
... 27,000.000 1
55,000,000 Company, at their general meeting, held on the 1
Switzerland ... ... 23,000,000
Germany -•-• 38,000,000 44,000,000 9th instant, authorised the directors to negotiate terms I
Turkey ..4 ... ..4 34,000,000 20,000,000 with the steam-packet company for the purchase of 11
It appears from those returns that, with the eeeep.. the steam-ships, on the condition that such terms
should be submitted to a future meeting of that cora-
tion of Sardinia and Turkey, from which countries i
the imports exceed the exports, that French produce pany for their consideration ; and they associated with 1
exported to foreign countries exceeds the amount of
the directors a committee of five proprietors to con- `
'
produce demanded in return. On further examine- cider and report upon the terms to be proposed. The
1,094 millions worth of
tion it appears, that of the directors suggest to the proprietors of the South-
merchandize imported into France last year, 687 mil-
e exports Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Company that
Of th
lions are articles of primary necessity. it will be expedient on their part to associate a corn-
-68 hundredths are manufactured goods, sacfi as ' mittee pf 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 RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
(From the Manchester Guardian.) The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ALINCEIEsTEre TUESDAY,--According to the Ca- ceipts of the principal French Railways :-
g
nada's advices cotton remained dull down to the Ist NORTHERN.-From Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passeners,
inst. in all the ttirkets of the United States. We 432,002 f.; goods, 275,059 f.; total, 707,061 f.
have now, however, accounts of 159,344 f.; goods, 99,268 f.; total, 258,612 f.
more serious mischief ROUEN. From Aug. 29 to Sept. 4: Passengers,
to the crop from rain, caterpillars, and worms, than
aavaz.-Frona Aug. 29 to Sept. 4: Passengers,
those previously received ; but they principally relate
62,134 f.; goods, 48,849 f.; total 110,933 f.
to the atlantic 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 do- Sept. 4: Passengers, 335,082 f.; goods, 261,2251.; total,
structive character at,Mobilepp. In the great cotton dis- 596,307 f.
tricts STaAsEURG.—From Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passengers,
of the south the promise still is for a large yield.
Last week, with, no drawback from the favourable 304,8441.; goods, 157,253 f.; total, 462,097 f.
BALE.-From Aug. 23 to Aug. 29 : Passengers,
probabilities as to supply, there was a flagging in the
42,410 f.; goods, 24,078 f.; t0ta1,66,488f.
spirit of speculation at Liverpool, and a drooping
MO t.;
Aug. 26 to Sept. 1: Passengers,
tendency in the market up to the close of business on
17,041 f.; goods, 14,448 f.; t0ta1,31,489f.
Saturday. Yesterday, however, there was some LYONS. - From Aug. 29 to Sept. 4 : Passengers,
degree of reaction, which appears to have been con- 299,999 f.; goods, 152,314 f.; total, 452,313 f.
Untied to-day ; and the loss up to Friday seems to WESTERN.-From Aug. 30 to Sept. 5-. Passengers,
have been recovered, as prices are reported 1-16 d. to 109,1841.; goods, 13,160 f.; tetal, 122,3441. -
id. higher than they were then. The reports of --
mischief to the cotton crop, vague as they are MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
et present, are received with mach more caution NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
here than amongst our more excitable neigh- THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 1852.
Pipdemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*2SS
hours ; and, therefore, their whole effect amounts
Diseases
sin
.. Seat
.7. ... ...
..
180
to no more than an increase of firmness in the Tasberaceusloarf
prices o.f 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 Blood-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-. ... ... .... a. ... 53
a great degree, recovered its tone; and spinners hold Diseases cf the Kidneys, &c.
to their quotations with a firmer hand. Twist and Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ... ... 8
weft, from 23's upwards, for home manufacture, are Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 7
particularly hard ; and for the better qualities of 40's Dmiritsrems,otfint4e kin'.a.. c ' :: : :: :
.7. :: : 41
mule, in the bundle, higher prices are paid. We can Premature Birth ••• ••• .•• ••• ••• 26
scarcely say, however, that the general feeling was Atrophy ". ''' ''' "' .... ... 32
q uite so good in the latter as in the earlier part of the Old Age • • 30
cay. Tee value of printinrx cloths continues to be Sudden...
well sustained. In clomes'i,.;s, Ta, and long cloths Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 44
til'FP i; no change. India goods ern still dull. Causes not specified ... ... ,„. ••• ••• 3
RITHDALE, MONDAY.-Th -! flannel market has
been rathar cpieter to-thy, and tie merchants have DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 936
purahased tiler.> sparingly than on the previous week. Populatif,l Deaths in come- Deaths
Enumerm‘d, sponding week in the
Broke woo' continues yet very sc: tree, end high prices lesl. of 1851. Week.
are asked for p., w,lich the maaufloturer3 can ill afford --e;t DbAricts 376,427 . . 147 ... 130
to pay at the prices they are now receiving for their North Districts 490,.96 .. 217
... ... 206
pieetl. Central Dintricts 393,256 ... 152 188
206 ... 195
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.-We have little to add East Districts 485,522 ...
to our remarks of last vs, eek. Tee state of trade with ;,oath Districts 616,635 ... 304 ... 217
our manufacturers 'continues more satisfactory than
for some months pasf• and the weavers are better tell-
', Totals... ..•••2,38..,_36 ... 1,026 ... 936
ployed. Thrown Silks-There has been a moderate de- Males ......
...
... ... 491
wand, both from the trade here and for exportation. Females ...
___:::_____—. '••... 445
The mills are all working full time, but as the silks BIRTHS IN TUE WEEK.
in progress are mostly fine and tedious to work, Males •... ... ••• .- ... 749
ie. - ... 688
there is no accumulation of stock. The complaints Females ... ...
are. general that hands are scarce in this department ;
this also applies'
to the neighbouring town of Congle- Total ... ... ... --- ... 1,437
ton. Raw silks_Th i e -
uncertain and a merest remains in the same *ln this number ar© included 58 by Scarlatina, 32
inactive state as we last reported by Typb.as Fever 88 by Diarrhoea, and sby Cholera.
it. The trade
evidently are indisposed to enter a_
__.
into any any operations
itfpurthr than for immediate use. SEABOB,NB MAILS.
HALIFAX, [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oMe
do few worsted goods 5Y the night-and Mby the morning-.l;spatch.]
have changed hands piece-hall to-day, and the
business i 11 the warehousesour
I When made up in , From what When
is also in
has not experienced any
a languid con- ri.AcEss. ' General Post-officzj port as- clue.
dition. The yarn trade London: I patched.
noticeable change. There is a good
deal doin rig,- ---.---........—i—
tipsily for the shippleg
Thpe prises that are America (by u.s.
hQuses• but at e• g' America (byEmit. Brit. pkt.)NlSept. 17 .. .. Liverpool .• sent. 18
not remunerative to the spinner. pkt.) N Sept. 21 .. - Liverpool .. Arrived
is quiet, without any alteration in the wool
tmarket. America (byU.S.pkt.)M Sept. 15 ..
•.. Socithampt. Sept. 22
amAustralia. . ) (via . .
South-
Short woole, espscielly the lower sorts,
are fetching
. 31120th of each month Southarapt. Sept. 24
higher prices.
-aye been"
Ditto (via Marseilles) N 24th of each month Dover .. Sept. 19
Ditto, via C. of G Hope N 2cl & 14th each mo 'Plymouth.. Nov. 30
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The Market. here h Africa' (west coati' t)— N'l4th of the month Plymouth
been languid to-day. Although there a .elexandria* . N 191. k & 30th of mo. Dover .. Sept. 18
continental C y . . . . " D over . D y
fair number of buyers in town their purchases have till ••• ..
•.•. Zi 9)tahilOf the month (Southampt: Oct.afi 12
not been large. Shippers have been busy during the
?fp
en rrio I /(14, (ovoi
is Cita() gre et ) 51.1 :1,41tt
Buenos AyrCie :: .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. Oct. 12
107ftigef
mmoornitthhilTmthoaumte.. (4ecptt..lL
weals for the Saurh American and con
markets. A fair quantity of goods have been stirring, Cape de Verde ..p .. N2d of the month •. Plymouth..! Sept. 26
Constantinople. • • N i7th 17 th 27th et mo 'Dover .. Sept. 20
but mostly deliveries to order.
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ,Southampt. Sept. 16
---- •
tzunnel 131 e, .. .. N Hon., Wed., & Fri., Southampt. Tn. Thad
FSO UTR-EASTERN ANI) CONTINENTAL Frann,;* ••• .51 2cl & 17th of moth Southampt. Sept. 16
Gr
... .• M't N Twice daily .. - IDover ••Twicedaily
STEAM-PACKET CO2IPANY. aamix..- • - - N 7thl7th 27th of mo Dover • • Sept. 19
The following is the repot.; of the dirt c ors to be Holland rsn
and •
.. •• .. *Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Bat.
presented at the half-yearly general meeting to be yroandTs ..
..: 7
IT 17th oefsiht mSaontl;3Lonntlr. pl.. Sept.u" 1
Gni 3
held to-day : India (via ic."uti-alt& Ni Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • 'Twicedally
The accounts of the South-Eastern and Continental Inn(cillaa,tlJ.Te4)) 1 lao2futhhoefinmoenhttlhilreuvthattter pt. Sept.ept. 2149
Steam-packet Company, now submitted to the pro- Mauritius .. :II °Pe llTl4th of month Plymouth.. ,Sept. 25
• prietors, show that the groats receipts of the half-
e.attteerrarrailetent (141' \l4th of month Plynaouth..'Sept. 26
year ending on the 31st of July have been 14,281/• me:maser's= (t bilsathot the month Sonthanapt. Ang. 24
4s. Ea ; the working ex-y-nses 5,7071. 14s, 3.1• ; marseines)
N malt%
the cost of rairs, 3,141/. 103.; and the Meitico:s \id
of
the
raofmonth Dover .. Sept. 19
Ilifadei.S • • •• •• M 9th of us :nth ' • Sonthampt. Ist ea. mo.
port cbarges, 1,3441 lls. 21. ; making a total charge ,it 4, i tesesskasZtpth soutaaeset. Oct. 12
a •. ••
agairatt revenue of 10,193/. 15s. 61. ;band leaving a AL— t ftacntk a month Dover , Sept. 19
balance of 4 Or/ ,i . 9s. 3d. of net earnings during the Naples* ..
papal states*
half
- "3'ear at the
number of ... M2d & 17th of mutt, s —araPt. Arrived
the half miles navigated by the steam-ships during Peru .. ..
.. N sth 15th25thnf outhampt. Sept. 6
rascanY* • • ' • ath of th 'no Dover
Dover -
Leger was 17,192. A fixed service between west Indies -" m 0 month seethamp-t.
.ere. 22
seethampt, zeta. Is
leaving LoaCdalais, in conjunction with trains West Indies 4easscet
a) et 2d of the month .. son
7.30 A.. 31 oei at 8.10 A.M., and Paris at
ilavanna &tis Cosa
those countries thus Marked (*) arPt.
conveyed bY
Itorthercyno cic:rarnenced on the Ist July; the FreneZnameka,t Via Maraeillail.
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SOUTH-EASTERN AND CONTINENTAL
STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.
The following is the repot, of the din o ors 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-
prietors, show that the gro:1; receipts of the half-
year ending on the 31st of July have been 14,281/.
49. Bi.; the working ex2nnses 5,707/. 141. 33. ;
the cost of repairs, 3,1411. 103.; and the
port. charges, 1;3441. lls. 2d. ; making a total charge
!s! revenue of 10,193/. 15s. 6,1. ; and leaving a
_balance of 4,087/. 9s. 3d. of net earnings during the
i
'n-Year at the disposal of the proprietors. The
number of ..
the miles navigated by the steam-ships during
half-year was 17,192. A fixed service between
Dover
and Calais in .
leaving 1:0,,, conjunction with trains '
7.30 „It , Iklon at 8.10 A.M., and Paris at
commenced on the Ist July; the
Istorthern.-&
~.. Praia, 7, •
cost
of this
..tailway having engaged to pay
towards the
thtis service a subvention of 101. per
diem for twelve months from that period. The daily
tidal service between
one a day each way, Folkestone and Boulogne is
performed, as usual
times twice a day eae and some-
° way, securing the passage
through beiween London
daily, m twelve hours. It is Paris by that route
satisfactory to the direc-
to be enabled to state that the traffic in merchan-
last the .
~; is on the increase. The freight2vidrived from this
source for the last half-year was
The direc-
the
comeelared at the
direc-
ts recommend that a dividend. be .d6s*
rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
band of
the income-tax, which will leave a baut„1:11-7 Paying
1,1871. 143. 11d. ; and this sum the dire:to-
mend should be carried to the credit of the re.,reryrefenna-
And this being dose, the result will be that thee fund.
pany have paid up capital to the amount of 109,3987'
they possess eight steam-ships, viz., the Princes;
Mary, the Princess Maurie, the Queen of the I.1;1%_
glans, the Queen of the French, the Prince Ernest,
the Princess Clementine, The Princess Helena, and the
Lord Warden, ,Thieh cost, at the original contract
price, 114,5931. 63. 6d. ;
these ships there has been laid out on
42t417/. 58. pairs in re • sad in improvements,
lid.,they have been and are
mautuined in entstaanatidal and perfect order. The
company will havedividends from
152 paid in - 0 July,
1845, to July
of
Si.the sum of 42,-63/. 125.,
making an average
the 17s. ld. per cent. per an-
num ; and, in addition to eight steam-ships, they
have a surplus property amountingof to 22,989/. 3s. 4d.
J,n consequence of the death of the lie Mr. Benjamin
Th irdiug, and the retirement
be desirable for the proprietors ore trustess, it will
to appoint additional
trustees at the ensuing meeting. It will be is the re-
collection of the proprietors thatthe
sad Continental Steam-Packet Company South-Eastern
origi-
nated by the South Eastern opany was Railway Company.

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THE METROPOLITAN MARKETs
QUESTION.
Mr. Secretary Walpole felt he was morally bound to
allow the Corporation to sot down the cattle-market
uinndfearct,noalmreoral
already
naguriseaendcetoinitorrinfotledsgechraevtiaurgy,
obligations to the public? Why is he morally bound
down to Corporation abuses alone, if sheer neglect of
his moral obligations to the public led to the moral error
of agreeing to such a public nuisance? Is not such a
moral error much more easily retractable in reality than
a transaction involving moral corruption would have
been? In their memorial to the Corporation the Cam-
den-town committee point attention to the fact, that
should the Corporation persist, they will have to submit
to very stringent by-laws, which must be approved by
the Home Secretary; but is it possible that the Cam-
den-town committee can lean ou that brittle reed after
what has occurred? The public interests have already
been betrayed in tho much greater matter of the re-
establi meat of the nuisance itself, nearly as much in
the midstsil of the population as it was, and notwithstand-
plumped
tng the public battle that was deliberately fought to get
rid of it: the disgusting object, though compelled to
move on "has down again in the midst of the
streets immediately
ment off it. _ the policeman's eye was for a mo-
ore By-laws, tkly may depend on it, will not
operate in terrni on such a subject, Wo have more
faith in the force of a full representation of the extent
end intensityCorporationor theof
the proposed nuisance made to the
Market Committee themselves. We
cannot believe that
on these gentlemen will persist, in the
face of such a e resentation, in re-establishing the
market
tion to it the site
even a u question. One very strong objec-
tion from its public demerits, is the
is ne
fact that there
asulficient supply of water for
such an establishment, r
theta being already a very re-
stricted supply, chiefly from the ponds at Highgate and
Hampstead. The po
Pu', oous and settled character of the
district, however, constitutes
nuisance which has aireild beenea the main objection to a
' such district,—Builder.y found intolerable in any