The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-25 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 2& 1849

the most unreserved publicity, in regard to the effeirs of
the company, is desirable fur its interests.
" A proposal has been made by the Direct Portsmouth
Rpally, to enter into a
traffic
portion of their line,
eryt tofor thisi%orkci company, a Railway Company
of nearly four miles in length, from Epsom to Leather-
head, and an agreement for this purpose entered into
by the two boards, subject to the sanction of their re-
spective proprietors. This agreement has been con-
firmed by a general meeting of the Portsmouth Com-
pany, and it is now submitted to the proprietors
for their approval. Contracts having been entered into
by the Direct Portsmouth Company for the purchase
of the whole of the land, and construction of the works,
the practical result in figures of this arrangement is
ascertained within a very alight margin, and may be
stated as follows:—The London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company will pay 3,0001. a year (with an
option of commuting for 50,0001.) for the line in question,
forming an extension of nearly four miles of their present
Epsom line.
" As this can be worked at a comparatively slight ad-
ditional expense (certainly not exceeding 1,000/. a year)
by the same engines, carriages, &e., as now work to
Epsom, the question of profit or loss in the arrangement
to this company resolves itself into this—whether the
traffic from beyond Epsom carried ovt r these four miles,
and over the eighteen miles of existing railway from
Epsom to London, will produce a gross amount of
4,000/. ; or if Parliament should sanction the proposed
commutation into a principal sum of 3,2a0/. a year?
" The directors are satisfied that the traffic thus
brought to the line, to and from the districts of Leather-
head, Mickleham, I3ox-hill, and Dorking, or saved from
being diverted
from it by the Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railway, will exceed this amount; and that the
exti nsion in question will be profitable in itself ; while,
in other respects, it will confer important advantages on
the company.
" They have, therefore, although very averse to any-
thing involving even an appearance of enlarging the
engagements or liabilities of the company, not thought
themselves jusified in letting an opportunity escape of
concluding an arrangement so manifestly advantageous; •
and they strongly recommend the proprietors to give it
their sanction.
" Circumstances have rendered impossible the continu-
ance of the provisional arraegemeat, under which the
chairman has devoted a great portion of his time to the
affairs of the company in the capacity of managing
director, in consideration of which the board appro-
priated to him one-half of their allowance up to this
time, the alcernativ has arisen of losing the benefit of
his services altogether, or retaining them on a perma-
nent footing by affording some adequate remuneration
for the tune and labour bestowed. The chairman has
left the matte: in the hands of the direeters,:with the
exrressien of a wish that they would look at it simply
as a matter of businsss, and adopt e hatever course they
thought most conducive for the interest of the company.
Having done so, they have arrived unanimously at the
conclusion that it is greatly for the company's advantage
to make such an arrangement as will enable them to
retain the cervices of the chairman us managing direc-
tor. Having now had practical experience for the last
twelve months, of the benefice resulting from the con-
stant and judicious superintendence of the company's
affairs by a man of talent and integrity, they are more
than ever satisfied that this is the only sound footing on
which a concern of such magnitude can ho satisfactorily
managed. They necordiagly recommend the proprietors
to increase the sum voted for diicction by 700/. a-year,
eapropriating, 1,5001. as a remuneration to the chairman
• and managing director, and 800!. for the other members
of the board The total expense of management and
direction will still be less than it has been, while the
advantages resulting from the arrangement are so obvious
that they di not think it necessary to enlarge upon them.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, observed that
at the last reeetieg, he held out a hope to the pro-
picture that, aWI proper management, the traffic
of the line might be so increased es to greatly augment
the profits. That increase, he was happy to say, had
taken place, acid although they had to divide this half-
year upon an enlarged capital, be was glad to tell the
shareholders that the dividend would be at least 2s. 61.
per share more than was paid last half-year. The
steam-boats had not been so productive, but still the
traffic derived from them was anything but insignificant.
The shareholders would perceive from the report that
some progress was being made towards closing the
capital account.—(Hear, hear.) He was in a position to
inform the shareholders now that that " consummation
so devoutly to be wished" would ere long be brought
about.—(E-lear, hear.) At all events, however, the limit
of 7,200,000/. fixed ter future expenditure would not be
exceeded, and the proprietors might rest assured that
none of their money would be spent but what was abso-
lutely necessary for the purposes of the line.—(Hear.)
After a short discussion, the report was adopted, and
its recommendation agreed to.
A dividend of 14s. 6d. per share was then declared,
and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the
meeting terminated.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this:day.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We have had an inanimate
market, both in yarns and goods, and the aggregate
business of the day has ben very limited ii extent; yet
prices are firmly maintained in current articles generally,
while in some few, especially in some of the lower counts
of yarns, a hardening tendency is still apparent. In
goods suitable for the East, prices are sustained by the
largeness of existing contracts. It is evident,however, that
there is not now the same disposition among the merchants
to give out orders that there was a short time ago. This
change, which we have before noticed, has been increas-
ingly pereerti hie during the last few days, and more espe-
cially so to day. The heavy shipments now on the way
out, and the purchases yet to be completed by manufac-
turers, together with the want of margin betwixt the
prices demanded here, and those attainable at Calcutta
and Bombay, are quite sufficient to cause parties
to wait for commercial advices by the overland
mail before engaging in further operations. Printing
cloths continue in good request at full rates. Long
cloths, T's, as well as stout domestics and fustains, are
still exceedingly depressed; while domestics and fustians
of light fabric, suitable for exportation, remain compa-
ratively in a much better state. In yarns the operations
on continental account have been restricted within nar-
row limits; so far as they have gone, however, the prices
paid have reached the extreme limits of last week. For
India there has been no demand. Spinners for home
manuracture have again found ready sale for their
produce, realising at least the full prices of Friday.
The great addition which has for some time back been
making to the weaving power of the district is manifestly
producing an effect (as we stated on Satnrday) upon the
relation between the demand for, and the supply of, such
yarns as are suitable for the lighter descriptions of goods,
in the making of which the new looms are employed.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.--WO have had a very fair busi-
ness doing today in flannels at something like former
prices. The wool dealers complain of the limited demand
there is for • the raw material, but this may be partly ac-
counted for from the higher prices asked, which the
manufacturers appear unwilling to give, except they
are compelled to buy. One of the oldest flannel buyers
in the Rochdale market, Mr. George Pilkington, of
Haslingden, was interred on Friday last. His sudden
death has be n the topic of general conversation in the
market to-day. Ile had been a constant and regular
attender as a flannel buyer at the Rochdale market for
more than forty-one years. He and the late Mr. Adam
Livesey, of Manchester, were two of the most extensive
buyers in the Blackwater market. Mr. Pilkington also
carried on an extensive business as a bill broker.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Since the termination of
the public silk sale, which commenced on the 11th inst.,
and up to the present time, very_ little activity has bet n
evinced by the silk trade generally, though the present
is the time when the manufacturers should bo fast pre-
paring their stock of goods suitable for the autumn
trade. This may be mainly attributed to the indecision
of the Lyndon buyers as to what colours and styles of
goods are likely to prevail this season. Italian raw and
toreign thrown silk generally have materially advanced
in price within the present and during the past
month, caused wholly by failure in the silk crop of
those parts. At the present, the throwsters are
rather slack of work; but there is every reason to
anticipate a revival shortly, as there are lair grounds
to hope that not only will the French manufacturers be
enabled to consume the whole of their home produc-
tion of thrown silk, but also that they may become
purchasers to a large extent in the English thrown silk
market; for one fact is very certain, that, whether an
average quantity of goods for the season be made here or
not, the general markets perceive no lack in supply
equal to any demand which may spring up. In the
manufacturing department there is not any improve-
ment. The weavers of Messrs. Wardle and Corns turned
out about prices yesterday, as well as those of several
other small manufacturers. _ _

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HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.-A fair amount of busi-
ness has been done to-day and during the week. The
principal demand is for dark goods adapted for the
forthcoming season. Not much has been done in vest-
ings. The price of wool has improved equal to the ad-
vance at the London sales. _

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The quantity of goods which
have changed hands in the Piece Hall to-day has not
been so great as on the last three or four Saturdays. on
account of the extreme lowness of the stocks of some
descriptions, more particularly lastings, the demand for
which exceeds the supply, the manufacturers being un-
able to execute large orders, as the spinners are too busy
on yarns for the continent to furnish them with lasting
warps. Much is now made to order, and prices are
e
looking upward. Yarns continue to be in good de-
mand for export, and will be the more so, in conse-
quence of the termination of the Danish blockade.
The quotations are improving. A fair amount of 'nisi-
inaetsisTeisaddovianngee. in woTohl,eatstaaptlre;fiirsngare generally legitimate,
eral y
not specu-
holding
heavy stocks.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have to report the same active
demand which has prevailed fur some time Fast. The
producers are asking higher prices, and many of them
have considerable orders on band. The stock at the
Halls to-day was Again small, and the better qualities of
cloth sold with facility.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is now gene-
rally understood in official quarters that her Majesty's
Ministers
will visit the Que a at Osborne House, on
Monduy
next, and that, on the following day, Tuesday,
the 31st instant, Parliament will be prorogued by com-
mission,

Genius is like the flame of a taper, for while it
gives forth light to the world around, it consumes the
body that sustains it.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
THE SIGNING OF TREASURY INSTRUMENTS.—A
Bill, brought in by Mr. llayter and the Ci,tzi.c,l:or of the
Exchequer, enacts that instruments issued by the Lords
of the Treatury may be kigned by two of their body only.
Lady Howard de Walden end family returned to
Brussels on Sunday last by the Antwerp Cumpany's
steamer Antwerpen, Captain Jackson.

NARRATIVE OF THE ESCAPE OF
THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS FROM PARIS.
The Debuts of Tuesday publishes the following letter,
dated the 21sr, from M. de Mornay. correcting several
pelts of the account given by M. de Lawartine in his
" Ilistoire de 1-i 14iolution de 1848" of the conduct of
the Duchess d'Orleans:—
" Severed persons have already given statements of
the events accomplish( d in the days of February, 1848.
The name of M. de Lamartine is distinguished among
them, and the power of his talent giving to the history
all the attraction of a romance, as to a romance all the
appearance of history, I consider it my duty now to hreek
the silence which I have hitherto imposed on myself.
An actor in this great drama (never having quitted the
Duchess of °deist's from the moment when her life was
threatened in the Chamber of Deputies to the day
when I took leave of her at Ems), I am better able than
any other to state the real facts as far as they are con-
nected with her. I shall say little of what took place in
the Chamber, as hunderds can bear testimony to the
calm, dignified, and courageous attitude of the Duchess
of Orleans in the midst of those terrible scenes, The
Princess was obliged to renounce the idea of speaking
solely from the impossibility of making herself heard
amidst the general tumult. Had she been able to have
done so, she would have been inspired at such a moment
by all the elevated sentiments of her soul, and not by
notes which might have been handed to her. On their
leaving, the young Princes were not trampled under-
foot; there were, fortunately, men of courage still
there to protect them from such an ignominy. Both
of them, it is true, were violently seperatel from their
mother, and incurred some danger, hut the Count de
Paris was soon restored to her, and left with het for
the Invalides. As to the Duke de Chartres, who
was first taken care of by M. Lepthann, an usher of
the Chamber, he was not given into my charg
because I did not quit the Princess. At eight
o'clock in the evening Messrs. d'Huudetot, d'Elehingen,
Courgeon, his tutor, and M. Reguier, brought him
disguised as a little girl, to Madame de Mornay. The
latter, to protect the young Prince from the seaech
which might have teen made after him, concealed
bins in a house in the neighbourhood, with n per-
son on whom she could rely, and where ho was ate
tended on by my daughter, who watched over him
day and night. Oa the morning of the 26th, Ma-
dame Anatole de Muatesquiou restored :him to his
mother at Bliguy. The poor child, during all this time,
was very unwell. Escaping from tne Chamber- at the
peril of her life, in passing by the hotel of the Presi.
dent, the Duchess of 'Or ;cans immediately went to the
lovalides in a hackney coach, accompanied by two
officers end a sergeant of the National Guard, M.
Lesiteur, M. Martinet, M. Jules de Lasteyrie, and
my self. Far from hastening to quit that asylum
where the noble character of Marshal Molitor pro
tested her, she did net consent to leave it but at
the reiterated recommendation of her advisers. I did
not more than herself unite in their desperate opinion ;
the Princess too well felt that to abandon Paris was to
abandon France. The Duke de Nemours, whose de-
voted welt dental has never been justly appreciated, re-
j.,ined his sister-in•law at the Invalides. In presence of
the danger, he could not decide on separating himself
from her. In the interest of his nephews that sacrifice
was pointel out to him as a duty, and his generous
feelings could not resist such a consideration—he
yielded. It was then that the Princess condescended
to give herself up to my absolute guidance. I conduc!cd
her alone, end 0:1 foot, to Madame Anatole de M-Aa-
testpaiou, whilst the Count de Paris followed et a short
distance, surrounded by some faithful friends, It tors
now now nearly five o'clock in the evening. The Princess
soon after left in the carriage of NI. de Montesquicea with
the Count de Paiis, M. Reguier, tutor to the Prince, and
mys If. Mu kets were levellsd at the carriage at the
barrier, and it was necessary to pens through the crowd,
and over the stones of the barricades, at the risk of
whatever might take place. We arrived at two o'clock
in the morning at near Arpejon, a chateau
b lunging to M. Leon de Monte•quieu. Tee Princess
remained there until the 26 h. I never quitted her ex-
cept for a few hours when I cam e to Paris to take cut a
passport in my own name, which might serve to pro
tea her on her journey. The Duchess of Orleans never
assumed any disguise. She wore no other dress than
that which she had on at the Chamber; no other money
than what her friends hastily collected amongst them,
and during her journey the Duchess of Orleans never
assumed the title of Cotntesse de Dreux. The Princess
left Bligny on the 26th, at ten o'clock at night, in the
small caleche of Madame do Montesquiou. To reach
the Northern Railroad, and at the same time avoid
Paris, it was necessary to pass by Orsey, Versailles, and
St. Germain. I had hoped to find the line uninjured at
Puntoise, but already the bridge of Asnieres had been
burnt, the rails removed, the stations burnt down as far
as Beaumont, and the road intercepted as far as Amiens.
It was, therefore, necessary to travel by post to
that city, in the midst of incessantly increasing
d;fficulties. It was there only that the Prin-
cess could give her children some few hours'
repose. The most humble inn, chosen intentionally,
sheltered this family, which had been reared
in palaces ; she was there recognized, but not denounced.
By a fortunate chance, the railroad receminenced at six
o'clock in the morning of the following day. The Prin-
cess took the first train, in which M. Anthony Thouret,
Commissary of the Government, was also a passenger
going to Lille, where a Republican ovation awaited him.
On arriving at Lille, the Princess was obliged to wait several
hours for the train to Belgium. But she did not pass the
night in that city, she remained at th-ii terminus without
leaving her carriage, and saw no one; no proceeding or in-
dication on her part could, therefore, authorise the remark
that she had an idea of makingan appeal to the syuspathies
of the garrison and its officers, and of claiming the throne
for her son. During the martyrdom of such a journey,
the Duchess of Orleans displayed the most admirable
resignation ; her strength of mind was always equal to
the sacrifice she had imposed on herself. She kept
her grief and her regret confined to her bosom,
and did not allow the slightest complaint to escape
her ; she did not fcr a moment While of attempt-
ing la civil war, in order to bring back on a country
which she adored the blow which had fallen on her.
Whilst waiting for the starting of the train, I was ac-
costed by an individual whose piercing looks cilused me
disquietude. 'Be not afraid,' said lam a friend.'
Though little reassured by these words, I endeavoureu
to appear calm, and he added, Ido not ask you for your
secret; be on your guard; you are watched.' The
young princes were very hungry, and the same person
pointed out to me a commissionaire who could procure
of. The sf food. At
frolnetntegrth
was the clock struck,
passed.struck,andAwt
this
e set
off
monent, and for the first time, tears flowed from the
eyes of the Duchess, and I confess that some fell from
my own. The Princess held out her hand to me, and
said, " Our emotions are very different, you weep for
joy at having saved us; I weep for grief at leaving
France. " Once in Belgium, the journey became easy.
The Princess, from delicacy, wished to avoid Brussels;
on the Ist of March we were at Cologne. The
Duchess at first thought of retiring to Dasssldert,
but learning that Prussia was moving troops, whose
destination was unknown, she abandoned this idea,
and was led to fix her residence in a country of more cer-
tam neutrality. She chose Ems, where she arrived in
the evening cf the 21 of March, cud established hersel,
with her two children and 31. Regnier and Maleinoisell-
Sucrew, the only persons who accompanied her witt
me from Bligny. The sad mission to which I was
so providentially and unexpectedly called was ter-
minated. Thus was realized the fatal presentiment
of the Duke d'Orleans, who, on the morning of his de-
pal tore for Plot:tibia:es, where, in 1842, he conducted the
Duchess d'Orleans, said to me as he pressed me by th,
hand, Mornay, you will be the friend of misfortune,
will you not?" It is known that that unfortunate Prince
had frequently melancholy presentiments. On that
occasion I saw him for the last time. And now I was
about to separate from the princess, leaving her in exile!
It is impossible not to recall the touching words
which she addressed to me at the moment I took
my leave. How happy you are,' raid she, 'to
go back to France, the France which rejects me, which
I love, and on which I call down all the blessings of
God. Whatever may be the lot to which she condemns
me—the place in which I may die, let her know that the
last beat of my heart will be for her. Convey to her
my wishes!' Such, Sir, is the true exposé of the facts as
the)' occurred. You know that lam not less devoted to
truth than to misfortune."

AFFRAY BETWEEN TILE MILITARY AND POLICE AT
EDINBURGH.—On Sunday night, about half-past eight
o'clock, the Cowgate became the merle of a disgraceful
disturbance, in which the military and the police were
involved in a serious conflict. The origin of the affray
was a scuffle between two Irish navvies at the bead of
the Cowgate, one of whom, upon the interference of
the police, quietly retired, but the other, a tall athletic
' fellow, uttered an exclamation of defiance., and refused
to move off. The police took the man into custody, and,
notwithstanding his resistance, conveyed him down the
Cowgate towards the Police• office, followed by an as-
semblage of navvies and boys. The first attempt
made for the rescue of the prisoner was by another
Irish navvy, who was, however, seized by two policemen,
and safely lodged in the police-office ; but, when near
the arch of George the Fourth Bridge, a body of seven
or eight soldiers, belonging to the 21st regiment, at pre-
sent in the Castle, made an attack upon the police, who,
in self-defence, used their batons with considerable effect.
The navvies having joined the soldiers, the police were
overpowered, knocked down, and abused in a cruel man-
ner, whilst their prisoner trade his escape, and has not
since been apprehended. The batons of some of the
police were wrested from their bands, and employed
against themselves; and the result was, that one of them
named Hunter, sustained several injuries on the body and
legs; a second, of the name of Mullins, being cut and
bruised; while a third, a young man, named Gibson,
received severe deep wounds on the head and
face. Only one of the military, who was identi-
fied after the affray, was apprehended, and, after
a most obstinate resistance, conveyed to the police-cflice.
The police, having in some degree cleared the Cowgate.
were then withdrawn; but one soldier, having afterwards
met a policeman in Bow-street, struck him on the face
with a large stone which he had concealed teneath his
coat. This brutal attack was witnessed by several siec-
tators, and the man has been identified; but it is fearal
that the unfortunate constable has sustained a fracture of
the jawbone. Two strong plquets of the 21st Regiment,
under the command of an officer, reached the Grass-
i-Lank: t about nine o'clock, and was greeted with loud
cheers by the mob and after their return to the castle,
the streets resumed their former quiet appearance. It is
anticipated that several of the soldiers engaged in the
affray will be identified end brought to trial. —E dinburgh
Evening Courant.
It v.iil hardly be said that Essex is not favourable
to longevity when we seate that tee av<raee age of
thirteen witnesses in three causes tried at the As z:=l cast
week was 75. Three of them were over 80, and one
was 88.—. Essex Herald.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSBIOITTI3, JULY 24.—The Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir Biaden Cepa, K.C.13., attended by Flag-
LiGuteuant Cochran, procecded to Weymouth to-day to
make the necessary preparations for the grand ceremo •
nial of laying the foundation-stone of the Breakwater at
Portland bv Prince Albert to-morrow.
The Adelaide schooner, fitted with steam machinery,
&c., to perform the office of a tug for the Colonial Go-
vernment, arrived at her destination, Port Adelaide, on
the 7th of March, from England. The officers (Mr. C.
Forbes, Acting-Master Commanding ; Dr. Sloss,
Assistant-Surgeon; and Me. C. Chatfield, Acting Second
Mast, r), and men who navigated her, were sent passen-
gers to Sydney, where they arrived on the 26th of
March in the merchant brig Emma, to join the Havan-
na), 26, Captain Erskine. There is some merit due to
the officers who safely navigated so fragile a vessel so
perilous and lengthy a voyage.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Aurelius
Beauclerk, passed through Spithead to the westward this
afternoon, supposed for Weymouth.

THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA SQUADRON.
The Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, was at Singapore
on the 3d of June. On the previous day the Fury steam-
sloop, Commander Wilcox, arrived with Rear-Admiral
Sir F. Collier, the Commander-in-Chief, who immedi-
ately rejoined the Hastings, and a few hours afterwards
the Inflexible steam sloop, Commander Hoseason, sailed
for England, via Bombay. The Meander, 44, Captain
the Hon. 11. Keppl, does not return here for the present,
but on being relieved at llong-Kong by the Amazon, 26,
Captain Troubridge, proceeds to Manilla end Labuan to
assist in the projcted expedition of Sir James Brooke
against the pirates of Borneo. His force will consist of
her Majesty's ship Meander, 44, Albatross, 14, and
Royalist, 6, and the Hon. East India Company's steamers
Nemesis and Semiramis. The Albatross sailed from
Manilla for Singapore on the 11th of May, but had not
arrived on the 3d of June; she is to remain at Singa-
pore for a few days, end then proceed to Labuan. The
Mariner, 12, Commander Farquhar, was at Shanghai on
the 17th of May. The Hastio, with the Admiral, and
the Fury will sail for Trincomalee immediately after the
arrival of the overland mail from England, expected here
(Singapore) about the 6th of June.