The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-23 00:00:00

-- T II I
departure of
the Ministers MON E Y MA RK E T SITAR E MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
4.-
I rejected the AND
BRITISH RAILWAYS.
itre, de Plan- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
lair of the fo- _______„*„._. Closing Prices Badness done
he decision of CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Shr. raid RAILWAYS. this day. this day.
rich gives the The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, - -
ize and open • Were estimated at 4,000 bales, all to the trade. The St. 100 Aberdeen ....... ...... 20 - 204
he Post-office. 20 81 Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
market closed heavily without alteration in prices, & Baste. June...-. ili - 5 541 5
duty on coals
and comprised about 3,500 American; 200 Egyptian, 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - •••
to 30c. 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. &
3ed from 20c. . at sid. to 9d. ; and 250 Surat, at 21{1. to 3i-d. per - Stour Va11ey......... 9- 10
) 5c., for the lb. Railway Shares were very firm, at an advance 31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
of Ito 11 per cent. Cheshire Junct l2 -10 d
of the Queen 271 all Do. Chesh. di Birk.,
The Royal Alice has arrived from Sydney. Her
£5O & £25 Cons._ 17 - 19
'ter of Brasil 4 Do., £2O • • 51 -41 d
dates are old. 22 1
ig the invita- 25 30 Blyth & Tyneoriginal
The official announcement of the reduction in the ired for Fon- £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• - ~.•••
„.,
as not present duty upon iron is stated to have been made by the St. 100 Bristol & Exeter..... 96 - 98 os
-esterday. It French Government, and is from 20 to 18 centimes St. 100 :Caledonian........ .... : 564 -57 574 64 4 1
50 all :Chester it Holyhead 16a - 171
d among the on wrought iron, and from 7to 5 centimes on cast 50 all 'Cork and Bandon.... 13 -15
iron for the first year, and to 4 centimes the second. 20 all !Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - •••
report from20 10 Cornwall ••• - •••
which enters teresting hints or guesses as to the future tariff and 25
In letters from Washington, there are some in-
-50 45 iDublin&BelfastJunc. 45 - 46
cial situation
all Dundee Perth &Aber-
ious items of political policy of the Government, and the follow- dean Junction -_ 84
25 all Do. New .............. ••• •••
presents the ing would be very important, "if true :"- 25 all East Anglian (X 25 L.
of 739,561 f. " The President will recommend a general system of &E.& L. & D.) 5l - 5i 51 ii 1
;tablishing All reciprocal trade with the British Provinces, of all arti- 18 all
F,l3oaos.t,e(rfilCBoEun.
Counties 134 1434 - 41341,
1331 i
its for 1854 des the growth and product of each country, and the 20 all , .
44 - 46
St 100 lEasternUmon,A.stk.
the expend' admission of fish, duty free, upon our fishermen being St: 100 IDo , do. B 3l -33 33
permitted to fish unrestrictedly on the coasts of Nova 25 84 Do..NewA(lateThirds) ••• - • •
says :-" We Scotia and New Bruuswick. The proposition of the St. 100 East Lancashire ...... 65 -e 67 66
source, some English government to permit Colonial vessels to obtain St. 100 lEdiebureh&Glasgow 61 -' 63
e French '
American registers will not be opposed, but the sug- 10 36lEdinb. and Peebles._ ... - •••
GO
ry two-thirds gestion to throw open the coasting trade of California St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&DundeL 22 - 24
will be rejected as unconstitutional. 10 1 Forth and Clyde June. •• • ... ,
;11 iron. Tile "A complete revision of the tariff will, it is confi- St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western ••• If ii
864 6 4 6
Aries, except,
dently stated, be suggested ; and with this view the Se- St. 100 Great Northern Stk..
5869
61
of Belgium* oretary of the Treasury is busily engaged in preparing St. 100 Do., A. Stock
St. 100 Do., B. Stock . 120 - 131
- 103 102 3
iris, has been voluminous data, to show the consumption of the save- .•.•• •
St. 100 Gt.Sth.SiWest.(lre.)lo2 -
t been able it ral articles of trade, and will suggest important modifi- St. 100 Great Western B3 - 834 834 i 3
o Belgium. cations in all such articles as come under the head of 12 11 Irish South-Easters. ••• - -
this
copying necessaries. It is yet doubtful whether any material 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle BB - 90 896 90
:-
is We modifications will be made in the duty on iron ; but, 161 14 Do., Thuds 11.4 --120 pm
says ,
de of this iii' notwithstanding the most urgent remonstrances of the St. 100 Lancase. &Yorkshire 661 - 67 674 7164 I
64 -64 d
manufacturers of railroad iron in the United States, it 194 174 Do., Fifths
)posed reduesi- d
se differenti is believed a repeal of the duty on that particular article 14 114 Do., Wet. Riding Un. ••• •••
will be recommended.
50 all Leeds Northern .. 134 - 144 14
-
it is not 10°. •• The Secretary of the Navy will recommend an en- 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutb.pt. ... -
s.:
81
116 all London & Blackwell 84 - es ~
as any inteu; tire revision of the personnel and materiel of the navy,
LO ' 86 Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. 1 - lap 10
in favour °' being fully impressed with the worthlessness of the ex- 3 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 97 - 98
mating system. A retired list and an increase of pay to 3t. 100 London &N. Western 1021 - 1034 1031 324 3
inted the ful. the sailors, will form a prominent feature in his report. 20 12 Do. Fifths - p 124 1
ient a list 01 " Perhaps the most important feature of the message 10 1 D0.,16/.5h.,M&8,..0 4 - p
iecretarh .1 will be its allusion to the position of the Sandwich 121 24 Do. Eighths
7 i 8
. -
P i 8 7
&
, MM. Blot; Islands, and the bold avowal of the importance of their St. 100 London S.Western i
being annexed to the United States. Depend upon it
Chales, anti 4050
31246
Do.,
£2lOO .. .. .. .. .... :I:: 12 - 11 d
11 -10 d
the President will take this ground, and it will, proba-ual resider2s all LndndmediColeraine ... - ...
bly be the immediate cause of parties resolving them-
-25 all Lndniirry. & Ennisk. ... - ...
ith but little selves back to their original elements. The secession-
St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 211 - 224 224 1 2
lets and the abolitionists flying off again as they did in 81 41 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. - --d
;hares. The
rose to 70
1850." St. 100 Midland ..... ..... - 634 631 4 t i i 3
,:t
73f. 900. vs. The rates for bills of exchange upon some of the St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 35 - 37 35
50 47 Midland G. West. (Ir.) ... - ...
id-a-Half Per principal 'Continental cities were yesterday after-
. •••
25 1711 Do. 1 Shares ....... -- ...
ilway Share" noon rather higher. Paris, 90 days, was negociated 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle ... - ...
90f. ; Great
at 25 20 to 25, Amsterdam at 11 15/ to 16, Ham- St. 100 Newmarket. .......
;burg, 815fi• ; burg at 13 4f to 54, Frankfort at 1184 to 119, and 61 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4d - par
25 171 Newpt.Abergdaltfd. 41 -41 d
to the Mew- Trieste at 11 38 to 42. 50 71 Newry & Enniskillen ... - ...
690 f. ; nor' 20 all Newry Warrenpoint
1,512 f. 50c'' Various circumstances induce the belief that & Rostrevor ... - ...
the Bank n gold as well as silver will continue in active St. 100 Norfolk 52 •-
54 53
demand for exportation. Here as well as at 50 31 Northn.C-unties Un _ 4 - 3 d
30
St. 100 North British •....
1 30 -31 i3O 1 304
Paris, the drain has set in with considerable 16 16 North Devon, No 8 - 10
force during the last few days, and Messrs. 16
11,111§ Do.,pe. Nei
Deferred
fi =
24
from Turi,e_; Baring Brothers are sending away about 500,0001.
The office to Russia. Other firms have operated to a smaller 8 8
,Do.: B Guaranteed 64 - 7i
50 all North London .....
ng the leg's extent in the same direction, so that the amount
10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hemp-
stead, and City Jn ... - ...
Chamber of of Imperial Eagles in the Bank of England vaults 20 171 North Staffordshire 5l 54d 12
will quickly be absorbed. The precise method by 20 all North Western 8 - 86
Ired that the 10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June par - 2 p
by the lasS which the Government of the Emperor Nicholas 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,
k Bill. obtains this money has been the cause of a diffe- and Leicester ... - •..
if DecerOber't rence of opinion, but it appears probable that St. 100 Oxford Worcester di
__ _
39
lverhampton 3B
the 19th of British or Russian Securities have lately been 20 2.2 Portsmouth . - •••
sold in the market. It should, however, st. 100 Scottish Central
of this it: St. 100 Scottish Midland 55 .- 57
be likewise taken into account that we are
the 18th, t' St. 100 Shrewsbury &13irmg. 60 - 62
ernment bill considerably indebted to the Russian merchants St. 100 Do., L. &N. Westn.
.„
it to the Ng, for supplies of grain. The same cause is drawing Guaranteed Stock 55, - 60
&10 10 Shrewsby.Herefd 2 -16 dis
the absoillw . away bullion to other continental countries, and 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester
it and 28 filf will ere long turn the balance against us with the (Nor. W. Min.) l5 - 17
all Do. Halves, do 76 - 84
Daborraidet United States. With respect to the probable con-
tin save rili tinuance of silver shipments to India and China, 201-04 all
64
Shropshire Ovishwest:7
ire Uriion 34 -- 3d
ith SwitZer.
We ought to get information by the next mail, the -• ~. Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
.. ...
sphic lines
of paid up at pet-cent. . -
cantons
telegraph in advance of which is hourly expected. 50 all South Devon ......
.3 St.. 100 South Eastern 616 - 626 62.4.4 14 2
inter The following particulars of the tallow trade are
r the 50 all South Wales.... .....
ncerning
the given by Messrs. Smith and Charles :- --20 15 S. Yorksh. RivsrDun 4 2
;-
the accession " The advices from Petersburg are to the 31-12 Nov. 20 5 D 0............... - 4
,o the tread Ex. 39 5-16 to 4. Very little was doing in tallow ; 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok ... -
tl's' ...
small parcels on the spot had been taken at 140 rs. ; for 25 all Stockton & Darling 27 - 30
iia and iit August next 136. 10. was paid ; and for June 1, ••• 11. i, Stockton & Hartlepl ... - ...
,t the Duke 3s. 10d. asked. St. jlOO Taff Vale
10 BDo £lO shades - ...
. •-• •••
Shipped off-1853 102,141
st, and re' St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ... •-• ...
1852 82,383 25 20 Thames Haven Dock
1851 103,305 and Railway.... ..... 24
1850 - 20 17 Vale of Neath......;.. 151 - 154 3
" Since we formerly made an estimate of the probable 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ...
K 1 up to Os stock on the Ist January, 1854, various changes have 50 all WaterforddiLimerick ... - ...
taken places in the prospects, which render it necessary 20 14 West C0rnwa11........ 8 - 9
icting a pro' for us to make a new estimate. The quantity shipped ••• 1 West End of London
also deniee off at Petersburg is larger than had been anticipated, and Crystal Palace.. ... - ...
destined lot and there was an error in the shipments from Peters- 20 all West Lon don - ...
10 51s. Wmbledon &CroydeD ... - _
is to be S burg, on account of the universal belief that the frozen St. 100 York Newctl.&Berw 656 - 664 66
is de Vilurea in tallow of last year was included in the printed lists of 25 20Do. Extensions. B4 - 861
Li candidate shipments this year ;it seems, however, that this was 25 116IDo. G.N.E. Purchase 4 -34 d
of Deputiee not the case. Our estimate, therefore, requires correc- St. 100 !York &N. Midland 49 - 50 496 4
x the tion, and will now stand thus :- •
acted
the Chain Stock, 21st Nov 34,000 FOREIGN.
ire satisf ' In ships on the way 13,000 ,
ao
10 6 A,stwep &Rotterdam, 2 - 1 d
iished. ' 5 3 Belgian East. Janet. 14 - 14 11 1
Forward 47,000."
!O. !i CBeenzitemrsltoofGlratailyssessac 24 -14 d
elan charge
als to the The English Stocks opened firmly, Consols being
.....•• ••• - •••
94 I, but they speedily declined again, sellers 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 15
20174 al.llo Dijon and on 1--
iip
coming forward, not, as was understood, upon
2220500
aal2lBll
GDEDtau.sottlc. :1 p RhenishExtensionenil s
u. I
a- 2 -
124;
any political information of importance, but upon
3 -41rn
the the renewed exportation of specie to the Continent. x new
a, that
The prices have been since 95i to i. The Bear
etween tli!
hop of FP' account is supposed to be now pretty nearly closed. 20 10 Gd. Janet. of France 1 -24 p
... 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada
The New 34 per Cents. have been quoted 951 to 961, Sbrs. and Bonds 2 -1d xin 86 1X in
and the 3 per Cents. 944 to 4. Bank Stock is firm at 20 8 Gt. Central of France 4 - 4 p
204 204 GstimWreesstn. of Canada
218. Exchequer Bills have realised 6s. to 95., and East
-Yesterds,/, - lad
India Bonds is. to 4s. premium. South Sea New •..„ ... Do. bonds(' i55.)1857 ... - .
habitants 7.•
... ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 ... - ...
d by an ea Annuities have been dealt in at 1001.
201 101 Hamilton & Toronto ...
['liven Ar; Foreign Securities have been quite neglected. 110 all Do. 6 per cent - •••
iomas'Bre" Mexican have been done at 251 to i ex. div., and 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... - ...
It appeeil
• ra‘ 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5
Peruvian at 724. Buenos Ayres Stock is marked -
ir Spailtio per cent. pref.
gate oi , 65k. Sardinian Bonds leave realised 91i to 92. 20 15 Luexembourg ...... .. 104 -11 11 1 104 4
)lently, ail Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 95±. Spanish Bonds 10 13 Do. (Railway) 6l • 7 7.64 4
aslam, we°, 5 2Do 1 - 21
are nominal.
k was OW, 5 3 Do. (Canal) 1 -2/
m suddesi The Railway Share Market presents a decidedly 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. prof. 4 - p 44 5
rig, ".013_,, downward tendency. Caledonian have receded 20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ...
mmechatiel about 15s Great Northern 10s., Lancashire and
~ 20 104 Madras
336 29 Maria Antonia
• • - •••
of inurue *Yorkshire fully 1/., and North-Western 10s. 10 'lO Do. New see ".'. ..•
Sullivan re' Eastern Counties, and York, Newcastle, and Ber- 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ... •-
... 11
of the st.°:
Thaw Wick bare firm, and London and Blackwall, and 20 all Namur & Liege (with
9. -t,, intereet B4 - 84 84
)f the hag
..r, South-Western are rather better. There is a good 20 all Do. (ex interest) . - •••
lope of u'' business doing in the Belgian lines, but at lower 16 all Northern of France 34 - 341 344
Prices in most instances. Northern of France 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds
iroaxBEoll have risen about ss. [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] ... - ••• 134
en aceide° Gold Mine Shares are very dull, and prices are 10 all NorwegianTrnk Pref 76 - 84xd 84 x d
ratter haP; generally without alteration. The Great Nugget 20 10 Paris and Lyons 154 -161 p 26
40 40 Do. bonds
:ashire as; Vein, however, are i better. . -- ...
20 •all Paris and Orleans ... - ...
train fro There is scarcely any dealing in Joint Stock 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l -43
ree passelr
Bank Shares. The Chartered of Australia are a 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 324 324xdxn xd xn
Knottior
Woe' shade lower. , 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 2 - 4 p
roper ,to 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 2d - par
Australian Agricultural Company's shares are
Maco'
.0 20 all Rouen sad Havre l9 - 20
rather heavy, and the Peel River 4 worse.
ceeding
,noll
20 9 Royal Danish par - 1 p
junco 0 There is a large business doing again in Crystal 5 2 Royal Swedish 1- 1 a
le r„
Palace shares, at a further improvement. 20 all Sambre and Meuse._ 94 - U/ 91 41 1
Yards fib
10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref. ... - ..,
eh arrive!
20 2 S.E. of France id - - par
nt, dash', e BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. 20 6 Sou:,hern of France 2 - 4 p
about t'f. (From the Official List.) 20 6 &Andrews &Quebec ... - ...
I•clasa nateßusiness done 20 2s. Upper India Scrip ~ ... - ..,
rho vehie,
Bank Stock ...................
........218 84 all West Flanders 44 - 54 4i 5
soresolloi
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 944 i 20 10 Do. 54 per c. Prof . 4d -perm xin
under er• 3,Per Cent. Consols Annuities 954 6 4 20 10 Western of France... 7i -84 p
The accel. 'New 34 per Cent. Annuities 961 4, 54 1G 4 West. of Switzerland 16 - ld
' On-
assis re Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
whowe Dittx, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct: 1859.... 5 1-16 20 12 Zealan4
w 31 -34 d
'3ollSterli.!; -Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan~
re eerienof India Bonds, £lOOO ....... 4 1 p LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
neptieD.4 Ditto, under £lOOO 1 4 p
thbaftw South Sea New Annuities
e 01.-- Consols for Account - this day.
Iv oaf Exchequer Bills, Id. - -
rce .., 0
nig £IOOO
50 , all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. .............. ......................•
)Ca 0
•I p frO
%Si J do £5OO 69 p Bletchley....
St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 -- 103 1014
~,e goo Small 6 9 p
•". eel es 50 all Clydesdale Je. Caledon ... 51 - 53
lain. the PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
st. 100 E.Lincoln. gr.
6p. cent..... Gt.liorthn 142 - 145
re in nt• nuenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 654 4
) Preveh-scl Sian Bonds, 6 per Cent
tbeY -
51e- The "'oilcan 3 er Cent.
Pen, • P 251 66 x d Neils. Direct. • '
••• - ...
sittlet pe_
.nall Bonds, 44 per Cent. 72 25 all Do. New Do
;pas
.ice ''''l'slnuan Bonds, 5 per Cent.
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. et.Westn• 30 - 32
•eseee'%, Dividends on the above payable in London. 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New.
been a "'eh Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil - Railway di Berw.. ... -
...
nitto 4 per Cent. Certitleates ..... - 110
ba 'erre° 54 - 55
THREE O'CLOCK.
OP fine'
rs 25 all Do. 6 Shares. Do
126 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 266 - 274
00 Yea Consols 954 4 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern. 136 - 144
03 cage; Ditto December Account 954 4 20 all Do. Preference Do 25 -26
ion, aro/
St. 100 Lowestoft gr.
,a taring % t
elj.t_O LY B 0 0 D PALACE.-It is said that, in a few days, 4 per cent... Norfolk - ...
iok a. 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do - - -
di
er°. _pore_willbe taken by the Commissioners of Woods and
ejprea.;•:aieeltt:onto refloor the Picture Gallery in Holyrood 5,1, all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W.
with all and Matlock & Midld. 24 - 3
eo,':',•?e, it being at present in so rotten and unsafe a 50 all Middlesbro' 4 Stckton &
an edition Egos
3 j that the greatest caution requires to be and
Redcs.r . Darlingt. ... - -
ivny
tlf, ele.!.: on occasion of any eat assemblae, such as the 100 all Midld•Bradfd. Midland 99 - 101
)stae $
boy los Two of a representative peer.-Caledonian Mercury. 50 all Northern and
1104.
'Miss
THE VEIL.-We have been informed that the Easternsp.c. E. Count 6O - 62
~.. Coq veil kiss Camoys, daughter of Lord Cams, took the 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do
.• - •••
Tee_ at the Benedictine Priory, at Princethorpe, on
2e jsrg"so all Do•Fixedsp.c Do ...
... -
...
~.,-g four Itevu.daY last. The ceremony was presided over by the 25 all Presi. & Wyre L. &Is . W
..., .__
Pei- 31)r. Ullathorne,.who was assisted by a number of 124 12 Do. 1 Shares. Ddlorin&Yk - - --
into the
the . vats.
••• ---- -
root -. ' It St. 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Nortb.n 142 - 145
ea t° ti Bue
cas eel bat G RAILWAY.-Advices from Brussels men.
itraecei . the /0 the Luxemburg Railway will be extended to St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ...... 142 - 145
25 18/1 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& -
door ° . b...._
.frontier, and will be joined there by the
..
lla h
' ket, rench D C Yorksh
. The
5' " s'
lite r 4441 ed-th. t_t"inteth eorfe
thweillParis and Strasburg Railway It fie 12
a traffic arrangement between 12 91 S. Stalogrd.sBl... MrMClean: '',i -__ - idad
50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
oens__,
6 per cent ... Darling. - -
Itallga f., kmal
1;14441„°t4 es, • but that the Paris and Strasbur 95 all Do Do
`-' pany neither buy, leaps, nor guarantee the st. 100 Wilts4Sonirst Gt.Weetn 1 Eli --
100314
-- - - g llize,
_ ,

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2S, 1853.

THE HOUSE OF BOURBON.

(From the Tinges.)
It is announced by a telegraphich despatch from
Vienna that the long expected reconciliation of the
elder and younger branches of the house of Bourbon has
been celebrated at Frohsdorf by a formal exchange of
visits between the Duke de Nemours and the Duke de
Bordeaux, and we presume that the oldest surviving son
of Louis Philippe must be held to have acted on this oc-
casion as the representative of the whole branch of the
Royal family to which he belongs. Whatever may be
the merits of this scheme of fusion, to which more im-
portance has been attached than it really deserves, it is
gratifying that princes so nearly united by blood and so
closely identified by their misfortunes shouid have agreed
to bury in oblivion differences connected altogether with
the history of the past, and to put an end to that divi-
sion of the Royal Family of France which contributed,
with other causes, to the total subversion of the monarchy.
They quarrelled,. unhappily for themselves, as long as they
had anything to quarrel about, and nothing but exile and
a common fate has now brought them together. But this
even, terminates that scandalous spectacle of rival parties
in the same family bidding against one another for the
national favour, and allowing the divisions of their re•
spective adherents to weaken still further the cause of
the Crown. Personally, we have no doubt that the
reconciliation is hailed with great satisfaction by both
branches of the family, and, whatever may be the future
destiny of their house, it is seemly that they should meet
it or endure it together. The Orleans branch was raised
to the throne by one revolution and deposed by another.
The interval was a period of unexampled freedom and
theren reigndered of Louis
that
Sovereign
to his country, created no rights and left few traces
in prosperity
spite
of tt o
he F
greatra c e.
services But
behind it. The Orleans princes had nothing to renounce,
and in losing the throne they were restored to their
natural position towards the head of their family. This
reconciliation is, therefore, no more than the recognition
of a state of things which already existed, and the
honourable extinction of those feelings of resentment
which mutual injuries in former times had left behind
them. It changes in reality nothing, and it can hardly
France.
be said to alter the position of any important parties in

Indeed, if we regard this occurrence with satisfaction,
it is not from any exaggerated conception of its political
importance, but because at this moment it can scarcely
be considered to have any serious political meaning or
effect. The Duke de Bordeaux and the sons of King
Louis Philippe have adhered inflexibly to one rule of
conduct. They have not conspired, they have not kept
up any system of agitation hostile to the Government of
France, they have not courted the support of foreign
Powers, and, whenever they have expressed an opinion
on passing events, it has been publicly, and without
disguise. We know not if the pretenders of Frohsdorf
and of Claremont are regarded with apprehension at
St. Cloud, but certainly never were fewer efforts made
to defend a political cause ; and the resignation of these
Princes to a fate which, as far as they are concerned,
is certainly a hard and undeserved one, is only exceeded
by their confidence in that mysterious course of events
which can alone heal the breach between them and
the French people. The day may come, they appear
to think, when France will not disown the liber-
ties for which she once so ardently contended, and
when the stability of her Government will once more
depend, not on the energy of despotic power, but on the
strength of legal rights. Had they chosen to stake
their cause on the hazards of civil war, or on some dar-
ing political adventure, opportunities were not wanting
in the troubled months which followed the Revolution
of 1848, when the people eagerly rallied round the first
name which promised them a refuge from the storm.
But they stood aloof from that temptation, and their
only course is patiently to await the results of the ex-
periment the French nation has since thought proper to
try. It would be the height of absurdity to connect the
fusion which has just taken place in the house of
Bourbon with any scheme for the overthrow of the pre-
sent Government, or any designs against the tranquil-
lity of France.
There are, indeed, in Paris a set of retired statesmen
and disappointed politicians, who cannot obliterate from
their minds and from their habits impressions derived
from the Parliamentary era that constitutes the best
portion of their lives. To them the formation of what
has been termed " the party of the fusion" has been a sort
of pastime and pursuit, reminding them of the combizia-
tions in which they once excelled ; but, now thatthe fusion
is accomplished, we question it the most zealous pro-
moters of it could inform us to what practical political
object it can be turned. They are perfectly aware that
to the bulk of the French people the Bourbons of
Frohsdorf and the Bourbons of Claremont are subjects
of as much indifference as Louis XVIII. while he lived
at Mittau or Hartwell. That people worships but one
idol at a time, though it must be confessed that it
changes its faith pretty frequently. But, as long as the
state of things lasts which has consigned France to Louis
Napoleon and absolute power, the regrets of statesmen
who have ceased to play a part in the world, the disaf-
fection of polite society, and even the fixed aversion of
all that is highest, noblest, and best in the land, will not
materially accelerate the fall of the Imperial dominion.
Like all fancy Governments, sprung out of the emer-
gencies of a revolution, the empire commands for a time
the absolute subjection of the country in a higher de-
gree than any form of Government which the nation
has not just called into being ; but with its novelty
the essence of its power declines, and it is the fate
of such Governments to be all-powerful with one
generation, but powerless over the next. Legal
rights, and especially the legal rights of hereditary
monarchy, are less universal and exclusive in their
sway than the caprices of elective Governments ;
but the experience of all mankind favours the belief
that this law of descent is, upon the whole, one of the
best safeguards of a nation. The French people, how-
ever, have shown in the last sixty years that they have
little or no respect for this principle, and in the free
exercise of their national power they have repeatedly set
it aside. They are the sole judges of what concerns
them, and it is perhaps of little importance to the rest
of Europe whether they discard it for every or whether
they revert to it. Certainly no other power 'but their
own free choice will ever again affect to restore it ; and
that choice can only be so directed by great calamities
arising out of the opposite cause, which we sincerely
hope not to witness. But those Princes who by their
birth and station are the natural representatives of this
legal right have a clear duty to perform. They owe it
to the name they bear, and to the services they may one
day be called upon to render, to maintain the dignity of
their position and the union of their family. Whatever
be the power of Louis Napoleon, it is still a power with-
out a future, and a reign without a successor ; and
ancient monarchy of France, it would be rash to affirm
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that among the unknown changes of futurity some tide
may not again float the vessel now thrown so high upon
the shore.

( From the Morning Herald.)

An event which was announced in the morning papers
of yesterday, as mentioned in a telegraphic despatch
from Vienna, is one likely to be observed without muchattention, and to pass rapidly from our recollection, pre-
occupied as we are with the aggression of the Czar on the
Turkish Empire. And yet the union of the two branches
of the house of Bourbon may be intimately connected
with the Eastern question, and may be destined to have
a very important effect on its result. It is not to be
supposed that so astute and active-minded a politician
as the Emperor Nicholas, should have been standing
idly by during all the time that has elapsed since the
failure of Prince Menschikoffs mission, quietly waiting
for the next event which should be cast uppermost on
the wheel of fortune. In so long delaying his answers
to the propositions made to him, he cannot only have
meant to show indifference as to the result or contempt
for the persons from whom they emanated. It is pretty
certain that his apparent moderation was pre-determined,
and the seeming dilitoriness and inaction of his generals
the result of design. We have often suspected that he
would not be sorry if some circumstance should arise
to make the understanding between England and
France less cordial, or to occupy one of these countries
so seriously as to force it to withdraw its attention
altogether from the Levant. May he not have been
attempting to produce such a condition of affairs ; and
if so, none could be better suited to his purpose than
one which concentrated in a single individual the rival
pretensions of two families to the throne of his most
energetic opponent. We have often been told that this
union had been accomplished, or was about to be so
immediately ; and yet it has hitherto always failed.
It was not a little extraordinary that it should have
failed, for its advantage, its necessity, indeed, for the
success of the Bourbons in France, was so obvious.
This is, however, probably owing to the fact, that, for
the last few years, the chief object with all the courts of
Europe has been to put as end to revolution and every-
thing which might lead to insurrection ; and it was easy,
by means of court intrigues, to prevent an arrangement
the first consequence of which would have been the
outbreak of a civil war in France, which is ever the sig-
nal for insurrection in all Europe. But their objects
are no longer the same ; and these powers are now ab-
sorbed in the state of affairs in the East ; while all those 1
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not only indifferent to the fate of Turkey (for the Sul-
tan is unfortunately cousin to none of them), but are
most ready to do whatever is agreeable to their " big
brother" Nicholas ; and still more are they anxious
that he should receive no check, nor suffer the slightest
loss of influence or reputation. So that now, instead of
throwing obstacles in the way, they have encouraged
the reconciliation of the Dukes de Bordeaux and de Ne-
mours ; for then Legitimists and Orleanists may unite
against Louis Napoleon, who has proved himself so well
worthy to be Emperor of France. One result would
certainly be thereby gained, for the attempts of the par-
tisans of those two houses would give so much and such
serious occupation to the French Emperor, that it would
be impossible for him to afford succour to the Turks ;
and their success could not but give the greatest satis-
faction to the numerous courts with which they are
related.
But such an event will be by no means so satisfactory
to Englishmen. We shall not be over anxious to wel-
come to the throne of France the representatives of a
family who have always been our bitter enemies, not-
withstanding the many benefits they have received from
us and our country, though with a certain class of
minds, indeed, the burden of an obligation is sufficient
to cause enmity to the benefactor. Our only wish for
our gallant neighbours is that they should be peaceful
and prosperous ; but they
will not have much reason
to expect either benefit while ruled over by a family
whose women, indeed, may be heroes, but all
whose men have more than once proved them-
selves women. Can princes bring prosperity to a nation
if they Are 4.;) cowardly as W abandon their WiTes and

sisters to the tender mercies of a Paris mob. Can they
who dared not strike one blow to retain a throne be
worthy to fill it, or capable of winning it ? There is
some comfort in the thought that they are not likely to
succeed, but that very circumstance would increase their
guilt if they made the attempt. Our history shows the
many evils entailed by the efforts of an exhausted, effete
race, such as were the Stuarts, and as are the Bourbons,
to regain the throne they have forfeited by misgovern-
ment, and we sincerely hope they may be spared to our
neighbours. Those days are past for us, we trust never
to return ; may we not witness the like in France !
That country has undoubtedly been secured several years
of tranquillity and progress by the masculine and saga-
cious rule of the present Emperor. We may, perchance,
regret that his power was founded on violence, though
it may be that those acts were necessary to the cure of
the ills from which the country had long been suffering.
But now there is no such excuse or necessity ; and he
who throws the nation into trouble for his own selfish
ends will, whoever he may be, and whatever his descent,
deserve the punishment certain to fall on numbers o; his
victims ar.d accomplices, though he, the chief and author
of all, may escape.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN.

A public meeting was held on Monday at Cardigan to
promote the formation of a line of railway on the broad
gauge, from Carmarthen to this town, and the construc-
tion of a harbour of refuge in Cardigan bay.
The MAYOR (Mr. Davis) took the chair, and adverted
to the disadvantages which the port had long laboured
under from the want of railway communication. At
present they might be said to be cut off from the other
parts of the kingdom. The position of the harbour and
bay presented many facilities for developing a large
amount of traffic, which could not fail to be productive
of much) good to the principality. It was, therefore,
with some considerable satisfaction that he had seen the
scheme taken up in the spirited manner it had been.
The harbour of refuge would be of paramount import-
ance, not only in a commercial but in a national point
of view.

Mr. FITZWILLIAM then went into a lengthened detail
of the character and route of the propoied railway, and
extent and position of the harbour of refuge. Having
explained the great source of traffic to be found in the
mineral district through which the line would run, he
alluded to the harbour, and the strong probability of a
line of packets being put on between the principal Irish
ports and that of Cardigan, which was several hours
nearer to London than by the way of Holyhead. He
had no doubt of the success of the undertaking, and he
trusted for the prosperity of the neighbourhood that it
would be carried out. _ _

Mr. LLOYD then moved the first resolution, to the
effect " That in the opinion of this meeting, the Cardi-
gan and Carmarthen Railway and Cardigan Harbour
Improvement Company merits the support of the town
and corporation of Cardigan, as also of the farmers,
landowners, and others interested in the prosperity of
the principality ; and this meeting pledges itself to
promote the objects of the company by supporting the
undertaking to the utmost of their power.' He bore
strong testimony to the advantages which would result
from the proposed extension of the railway from Car-
marthen.
Mr. JONES seconded the resolution, which was
adopted, as were other resolutions in favour of the
scheme.

It was stated that 250,000/. had been subscribed in
the principality towards carrying out the scheme, and
that meetings were held last week at Carmarthen and
Newcastle, at which resolutions were adopted fully ap-
proving the undertaking.