The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-26 00:00:00

LOUIS PHILIPPE

(THIS DAY.)

The melancholy duty devolves upon us of an •
nouncing the death of Louis Philippe, the ex-King
of the French. His Majesty breathed his last at
half•past eight o'clock this morning, at his residence
at Claremont, thus terminating, in exile and compa-
rative seclusion, a life as eventful and as full of vicis-
situde, perhaps, as any on public record.
Intelligence of this melancholy event reached our
office this morning by a private messenger, and in
order to satisfy ourselves of its truthfulness we im-
mediately caused inquiries to be made at 23,- North-
u:nberland-stree", Strand, the town•residerce of his
Majesty, where we received from a domestic a full
confirmation of the report, a special messenger having
this morning arrived in town, shortly after 10 o'clock,
bearing a dispatch announcing his Majesty's lamented
demise.

We are not yet in possession of the circumstances
attending this event. It is well known that his
'Majesty has been ailing for a considerable time past,
but there do not seem to have been any apprehen-
sions that his malady would have terminated so sud-
denly fatal as it has done. We learn that his Majesty
was so well on Saturday as to take an airing in a
hand-carriage in the grounds attached to his residence
at Claremont, and afterwards dined with the members
of his family residing there. How he spent yesterday
(Sunday) we have not been able to ascertain, further
than that about three o'clock in the afternoon a change
for the worse was perceptible in him, which has re-
sulted in the sad event to which we give publicity.
Human life abounds with contrasts and coin-
cidences. Whilst we chronicle the demise of one of
the far-famed potentates of the earth, the booming of
cannon, the jocund chiming of bells, and banners
waving in the breeze from the towers and spires of
this metropolis, celebrate the anniversary of the natal
day of another—that of the Prince Consort of these
realms.

AMERICAN NEWS.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 6 A.M.
The steam-ship Canada, Captain Harrison, which
left New York on the 14th instant, and Halifax on
the 17th, bringing telegraphic accounts, via Halifax,
to the 16th instant, arrived at half- past five this
morning. She brings 102 passengers and 300,000
dollars in specie. The steam-ship Pacific arrived at
New York on the 11th instant, after a passage of
eleven days four hours.
The steam-ship Cambria, arrived at Boston on the
morning of the Bth instant.
Sir George Simpson had returned to Lachine, after
having made a tour through the interior of the Hud-
son's Bay territory, but without hearing anything of
the Franklin expedition.
From details of the intelligence from California we
learn that the aspect of affzira was satisfactory.
Sin Francisco was rapidly recovering from the late
fire ; the buildings erecting were fireproof deal. The
yield of gold was not abundant, the water being very
high in many places.

The prorogation of the Canadian Parliament took
place on the 10;,h. The President is reported to have
received information of the formation of another ex-
pedition to Cuba from Porto Rico.

(TELEGRAPH T. HALIFAX.)
NEW YORK, AUGUST 16.
The California State Admission Bill having
passed the St-nate, the 1111 establishing the territorial
Government of New Mexico was yesterday sanc-
tioned. The House of Representatives has not acted
upon either the civil or diplomatic appropriation ; a
Bill, setting apart upwards of 10,000,000 dolls. for
this branch of ‘the public service, occupying its whole
attention.

1856 soldCto°-IdiaMy
1 Government Stocks firm and in request; Sixes of ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
at 1071; Sixes of 1858 at 115. Neither
Wednesday's telegraphic announcement nor to-day's
delivery of Niagara mail affected the cotton. Moderate
business only, with prices unchanged. Flour is very
dull. Westtrn Canal superfine, 41 to 5. Number Two,
3 dolls. 50c. to *4
dolls. Canadi%n in bond, 4/ dolls. to
i. Indisn corn, 61 to 63; for mix< d yePow, 64 to 65.
Genessce white wheat at 1 doll. 28:. to 1 dull. 32c. Ca-
nadian in bond, 1 dull. sc. to 1 doll. 10e. There is a
moderate demand for Iron; 300 or 400 tons Scctch pig
have been sold within a day or two at 20 dolls. 25c.; six
months:
Linseed oil is held more firmly, and no English could
be had at the close below 79c.
Ashes continue steady, with sales of 200 barrels, at 6
dolls. for pearls, and -6, d ills. 12ic. for pots.
In freights, the market is very firm. The rate is
2s. for flour, one farthing for cotton, 12s. 6d. to 151.
fur dead weight. To London, 3,000 bales were taken
at Is. 6d.

NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 10.
Cotton is almost nominal; sales for past two days
1,200 bales. Middling at 12i cents. per lb.

PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTH' DAY.—This being his
Royal Ilighness Prince Albert's birth- day, the bells of the
principal metropolitan churches rurg merry peals from an
early hour, and the Tower and Park guns fired a royal salute
at one o'clock.. The Illustrious Prince attains the age of
thirty-one to-day.
SUNDAY DELIVERY OF LETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS
Ur Tim CIIUNTRY.—On Saturday it was stated at the Gene-
ral Poet-office that arrangements have been made for a
morning delivers, of letters and newspapers throughout the
United Kingdom on the Sunday,
as it was previous to the
recent Act
P ng, which delivery will be done before nine,
or at the latest ten o'clock A.M., Sc) as to allow the assiletter-
carriers to have the remainder of the day to attend public
worship if they think proper. This new arrangement will
come into operation on Sunday
next, the Ist September, a, d
the men are to be alloy "
ed an extra pay for the performance
of the duty.
The Liverpol Dock Committee have appointed
Captain Heat ichson, whose wife and children were murdered
by "no, Wilson, to a mastership of one of the docks.