The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-12 00:00:00

COAL MARKE'

Irolywell Main ..... 16s Od
Ord's Redheugh
ranficld Moor lutes l4s Od
Wyltun
Wall's End, &c. _ _ _

Eden Main
Braddyll's Iletton 2ls 6d
193 6,
Hetton

ARREST OF THE CONDE DE MONTEMOLIN ON THE
FRONTIER OF CATALONIA.—On the night of the 4th
instant the Cowie de Monemolin was arrested at the
distance of about half A mita from the frontier of Cata-
lonia by a party of F---ach douaniers, who treated him
with the utmost consideration, and conducted him to
Arles, whence he was accompanied to Perpignan by the
gendarmerie. There he was met by a Frenchman who
had studied at Bourges, and had become acquainted
with the person of the Conde. This individual
communicated the information to the Prefect of
Pelice in Perpignan, who thus ascertained the
identity, and took measures fur securing the person
of the Prince, by conducting him to the citadel.
The Condo was there lo.iged in the Governor's apart-
ments, and the tbr•-e officers who attended him were
located in the officers' quarters. On the sth a telegra-
phic dispatch was transmitted to the Government at
Paris, and a courier was sent off to Barcelona with the
important news of the capture of the Prince, who,
hef
ac-
cording to all the accounts received, displayed extraor-
dinary' resolution ami intrepidity in his attempt to reach
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the opposition and demands of the
passport for whatever pi-ice he may desire to proceed to,
notwithstanding
Spanish Ambassador at :Jar's, who, following up the
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meetings
sy stem of his Governme:s.,;„ was desirous that the Condo
should be subjected ;:o ever 7 p_ossible annoyance.—Post.
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of the iron trade of this district was held at Walsall,
but as usual on such occasions there was comparatively
little business done. Today a numerous meeting of
masters took ,lace at the Swan Hotel in this town, and
the reports relative to the state of trade were, on the
whole, favourable, considering the general depression
of trade. Although considerable .doubts are entertained
as to the policy of the last nominal advance of 205., but
uctu I rise of only 10s. per ton, it is still held that the
disnand ; such as to warrant a continuation of present
a considerable numberof
'us There were buyers
pi.' •
from London and other
places present, but many re-
served their purchases for the meeting to-morrow, at
Birmingham.

ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—After reading the splendid and noble speech
of Sir Robert Peel, on the rate in aid question, it
appeared to me that the Right lion. Baronet had
taken up a position of which every lover of his coun
try wouid feel proud, and around which all parties
would eventually rally.
You have s'iown, Sir, by your comments on that
speech, how clearly you perceive the brilliant light
about at length to dispel the gloomy- mist that has
for too long a time been hanging over the destiny of
this powerful empire.
A mighty change is evidently about to take place
in the mode of conducting the affairs of this great
nation, and we shall presently act as boldly in peace
as we did in war.
The carrying into effect Sir Robert Peel's gigantic
schemes, with his plans for healthy emigration,will
naturally entail the construction of immensecolonial
self-sustaining works, for these alone can afford the
means so generally required, of giving immediate
employment to the emigrant.
It was, therefore, with much satisfaction I noticed
your observations, consequent on the publication of
the Memorandum so lately favourably received by the
Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
In his hands I feel confident that document will
not be allowed to remain idle, but the subject will
soon, if it has not been so already, be brought under
the notice of the Colonial Minister, and thus our
princely merchants may, perhaps, learn from high
authority, that England has now, in her own quiet
possession most valuable territory, through which can
be constrncted (and under Providence, in an in-
credible short space of time) as good, as practicable,
and as short a line of communication between the At-
lantic and the Pacific oceans as any that has ever yet
been proposed, not only for England, her colonies, and
the north of Europe, but also for many parts of the
United States.

It is well worthy of remark, and ought not to be
forgotten, that when Sir George Simpson left Eng-
land on his journey round the world he was accom-
panied by "a gentleman in the service of the Russian-
American Company," on his route front Petersburgh to
Sdha, which his superiors were preferring for him,
as shorterby thirty degrees of longitude, the breadth of
all the rest of the world, to that of his native empire—
evidence, I think, conclusive of the shortness of the
route to the Pacific (and, as a matter of course, to the
Sandwich Islands, the metropolis of that ocean) for
any traveller from the ports of the Baltic.
If I am wrong as regards my remark about the
United States, some one may perhaps be kind enough
to point out any route that would be shorter or better
fur a native of Portland; in New Hampshire, to travel
to reach the Pacific, than by Montreal, the Red River
settlement, and over the Rocky Mountains to Fraser's

River.
No, Sir, depend upon it that not only for the
British empire, but for many other par-
ties, the route for which we are now
using our best endeavours, will prove to be the most
practicable, the most available, and the shortest. To
Great Britain invaluable, as giving immediate and
remunerative employment to her people, and afford-
ing the required outlet to " our superabundance of
capital—our plethora of talent." But your kind in-
dulgence must not make me forget the value of your
time and of your columns. I shall therefore conclude
with assuring you of the esteem and gratitude of
Your most obedient servant,
ROBERT CARMICHAEL SMYTH.
Junior United Service Club, April 9, 1849.