The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-21 00:00:00

THE SUN,

when suddenly the Prince, leaving a group, stood
opposite her. Mr. Walsh drew back, saying, ' Mon-
seigneur, we form a b.rricade." We must not make
barricades,' replied the Prince, we must unmake
then? ;' and then turning towards Mme. de B‘hague,
I have just, madame, made use of an expression
which reminds you of a sad event ; I solicit your
pardon ; I know that your brother was killed
in 1834 when raising a barricade ; no one could
have regretted that misfortune more than I did.
Have the kindness to tell Madame Baillot, your
mother, how sincerely I shared in her grief.' Madame
de Behague could only reply by her tears. Several
visitors are beginning to leave, to give place to others.
The representatives will carry with them from Wies-
baden a deeper conviction than ever, that the Legi-
timist party possesses not only in its principle, but in
the Prince, who represents it, a power of reformation
which no other party can equal. Let us add that
their union will remain strongly cemented, and in
that they will yield at once to their inspiration, to the
wish of the Prince, and to the general interest of
France."

INUNDATIONS IN BELGIUM.
In consequence of excessive heavy reins on Thurs-
day, Friday, and Saturday in different parts of Bel-
gium, extensive inundations were caused, and vast
damage was done. The railway communications
between Brussels and the French frontier were in-
terrupted. The Brussels and local journals contain
long details of the inundations, and from them we
compile the following :
FRIDAY.—The waters had risen so high in the
direction of Hai and the environs of Anderlecht,
that most of the cellars and lower parts cf the
houses were inundated. At the Northern Railway
station at Brussels, horses had water as high as their
breasts. From Hal to Brussels, the overflowing of the
Senne caused the fields to resemble a vast, lake. In
the valley of Etterbeck, of Saint Josse ten Noode, and
Schaerbeck, the waters came in floods from the adja-
cent heights, carrying with them masses of sand and
earth. In the environs of Isque and Wavre, the
earth in several places was undermined, and large
masses fell in. The great highway was covered
with earth. Communications were entirely in-
terrupted and the crops were destroyed. Lightning
struck a wall at Opwyck, and entirely destroyed it—
: seme of the bricks were thrown a distance of 600 feet.
At Meysse, the buildings of a farm and all the crops
they contained were destroyed by lightning, and at
Weinel the roof of a house was set on fire, but the
flames were extinguished by the rain., At Antwerp, at
about half-past four in the afternoon, there was a tre-
mendous storm, and a deluge of rain fell. Maey of the
streets presented the appearance of lakos, and in the
lower parts of the town the water in the houses was '
several feet deep. At about seven there was a whirl-
wind which did immense damage in the country dis-
tricts near the city. In the nearest villages, many
large trees were uprooted—at Deurne a clump of 28
was blown down. The lightning
,struck several
buildings in Ant werp. Fires were occasioned by
lightning at Oorderen, Clampthout, Wilmarsdonck,
and other localities. In some places the crops
were injured by the lightning. At Ghent, the
rain fell, according to the locaL journal?, in
"cataracts," and there was a large rising of the
waters. in the quarter Saint Sauveur, a large
1 sugar manufactory was destroyed by lightning.
At Grammont_ the river overflowed, and the light-
ning struck seine buildings. At Denterghera se-
veral persons sought refuge in a mill ; the lightning
struck it, and three were killed, five or six were
seriously injured. At Thick some barns and crops
were destroyed by the lightning. At Mercketb,
Es,en, Wournen, and Wereken, there were vast inun-
dations, which did incalculable damage. At Courtrai,
the rain tell in torrents for two days, and the light-
-1 ning destroyed some buildings; it also very nearly
' struck a railway train. At Liege the river ruse con-
shlerabir. At Namur the Meuse rose a foot and a
half in tile course of an hour. At Roves, near En-
ghien, the lightning struck a woman who was nursing
her children.
SATURDAY.—The Southern Railway was greatly
injured by the waters. Near Mons not only were the
rails carried away, but the water dug deep into the
embankments. The train from Paris had to stop on
reaching Mons. All the neighbourhood of the city
was under water, and presented a fearful spectacle.
I A boat was procured to convey the letters to a part of
the railway which was uninjured, and where a locomo-
tive was waiting. The violence °of the waters was
such that it took several hours, and required extraor-
dinary efforts on the part of the boatmen to reach
the locomotive. The letters were then conveyed to
Hal. There the line was inundated, and a man had
to carry them on his head to a rising ground, where
a cart was procured to convey them to Brussels. At
Brussels during the night alarm guns were fired.
At daybreak the Claaus4 d'Anderlecht was in-
undated for a length -of about 500 yards.—At ten
o'clock, at the place called the Tete de Monton,
the water was a yard deep. The Veterinary school
at Curegbein was entirely submerged. All the ma-
i nufactories, &c., on the banks of the river were inun-
i dated. Boats were out in all directions to assist the per-
i sons in danger of drowning. The communes of Molen-
beck-Saint-Jean and Lacken were inundated, as
were also the Faubourg of Flanders and the quarter
between the Porte de Ninove and the Rue de Gnu.
The waters of the Senne were higher than in 1839.
At twelve o'clock the inundation reached the lower
parts Li' the town, and made great progress in the
quarter of the Rue d'Anderlecht, in the Rue de la
Fiancée, the Place des Martyrs, the Chzussee de
Flandre. Between Brussels and Hal the railway i
was destroyed on a length of between three and
four kilometres. Vilvorde, Hal, and all the vil-
lages surrounding Brussels were under water. At
Hal the waters rose with such violence that they
threw down a house. At five o'clock the inundation
was more considerable than in 1820. Not only were
all the faubourgs near the river inundated, but
waters continued to rise in the lower parts of the
town. The authorities were on foot, and the inha-
bitants were in dismay. A lock on the Charleroi
gave way, and the waters rushed into the Senne.
A veritable torrent was formed in the Rues de
Flandre, du Rempart des Moines, the Marche
aux Cochons, the Rues d'Ophem, Locquenghien,
&c. The waters fell in cascades near the
Pont des Barques. The Corn Market and several
other streets were inundated. Men waded through the
water to convey provisions to the inundated families.
The rain again began to fall heavily. At seven
o'clock the cannon of alarm continued to thunder.
The inundation became more and more menacing, it
invaded all the streets of the centre of the town and
the vicinity of the Southern Railway station. The
Place S:. Gary became impassable, and the Grande
Place and the Place de la Monnaie were in danger of
being inundated. The bourgmestre traversed the
inundated streets on horseback, and ordered beds to
be provided at the hospital for the relief of al"
accidents.

SUNDAY.-At Brussels, at midnight, the rising
of the waters had not ceased, and the inundation ex-
tended from the Faubourg d'Anderlecht to the Place
St. Gery, and covered all the streets on both sides.
The waters of the Senne extended from the Quai de
la Fiancee to the Place de la Monnaie by the Rue
Fosse-aux-Loups, and to the Place des Martyrs
by the Rue Chant.d'Useau, thereby intercepting
all communication with the Northern Railway.
All the cellars of the neighbouring houses
were inundated. In the lower parts of the Theatre
de la Monnaie there were six feet of water, and
some of the machinery was inundated; no perform-
ance was possible. In the Rue de la Fiancee a vast
quantity of objects was swept away by the violence
of the waters. Near-the bassin Sainte Catherine
some sacks of salt were carried away, and a work-
man, in trying to rescue them, 'was so severely in-
jured that his life was considered in danger. Very
many of the gas lamps could not be lighted in
consequence of the water having got into the
pipes. The horse 'of a gendarme, on duty on the
Boulevarde du Midi, took fright at the flood andthrew
the man into the fosse, in, which there was 30 feet of
water; he was drowned, but the horse was saved.
On the Boulevard de l'EntrepOt, near the Canal de
Charleroi, a crowd assembled to see the falling of a
mass of water ; a protecting bar having given way,
four men were precipitated into the torrent, and three
of them were drowned. Near the church of Bon-
Secours, and in some itreets near the quarter of the
Vieux Marche the water was five feet deep. The
church des Richeis Claim was surrounded on all
parts. In the Faubourg de Flandre, however,
and in the interior of the town the wators sensibly
diminished, and at eleven o'clock had fallen 11 feet.
Warehouses containing oil, beer, spirits, and other de-
/ scriptions of merchandise were completely destroyed.
A great number of cattle perished, and about fifty
houses or buildingi were so injured, that they fell.
All night the authorities were on foot, and active
measures were taken in different parts to prevent the
waters from extending. In the quarter Leopold the
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waters dug large ravines. At Etterbeck considerable
greatlyrom
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damage was done. The town of Hal
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and several persons were drowned.taken at the Royal Observatory at Brussels, it appears
that on the 15th and Nth the quantity of water which
fell was 78 millimetres: with one exception, in 1839,
it is the largest quantity since 1833. The local pa-
papers are filled with aneounts of the' inundations in
different parts of the kingediSin. Without going into
details, it may be mentioned that incalculable damage
appears to have been caused 'at TournakAudenarde,
Synghem, Asper, and—tteli‘ by the: vaillowing of
the Eseaut ; at Ninivealy the overflowing of
the Dendre ; at Marcy-les. Engbien ; Levens
Saint Anne, • &c. Zee., the destruction was
chiefly of growing crops, and agricultural produce.
At several places fainewebetildings wereAlestroyed.
by lightning, and at Lavatifa young 4fitirrwas killed.
Part- of,,tAstAl6;l_,4; cif, r.kuraat,ms, inLisidtatl, and in
some of the houses the water rose as high as the sa-
loons. At Ghent the river overflowed, but it does

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LONDON,

not appear that much namage was caused. The lower
parts of the city of Liege were inundated, and navi-
gation on the river was interrupted. Near Charleroi all
the fields were submerged, and the injury done to crops
was immense. The lower part of the town was sub-
mergrd to a depth of between two and three yards,
and:the Sambre rose with such rapiditp that it was
almost expected to cover the bridge. The church
on the Place Verte, was completely surrounded with
water. The workmen of the railway station, em-
ployed fascines, sods and dung to keep out the water,
but without effect. Boats were swamped on the
Marchienne, and it was found that several persons had
perished. In consequence of the inundation the price
of flour rose six francs the sack. The service on
most of the railways was interrupted."
At Valenciennes there hare been extensive inunda-
tions, caused by the overflowing of the Scheldt.
The neighbouring country bas also been under water.
At Orchies, near Lille, some damage has been done,
and several fields inundated by the overflowing of
the Marque. At Maubege, also, there have been
inundations which have done considerable injury.

STATE OF TRADE.
(Frrm the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Some of the holders of
cotton appear to have been rendered so uneasy by
that course of wary and limited purchasing so perti-
naciously followed by the consumers as to have at
length made an effort to realise, the suddenness and
vigour of which have caused a decline of 3-16 d. per
ib. since Friday in sliest qualities of Americans. This
has affected our market in a very sensible manner
to-day, adding materially to that backwardness to
operate on the part cf buyer:, and to that so-
licitude about selling; among some classes of
producers, which became apparent towards the latter
end of last week. In none of the recent ebbs of busi-
ness has there been so much of this state of feeling, on
either side, as on this occasion. Under these circum-
stances, not only the transactions, but the mere at-
tempts to purchase, have been so few as to afford no-
thing like a test of prices. In all but the finer yarns,
however, there is certainly a bias in the wrong direc-
tion, and a positive giving way in some kinds. Pin-cope,
cop twist, ;and warps, of the medium counts, have
yielded in the greatest degree some id. per lb., others
rather snore than that, as might be expected from
their relative dearness. As regards goods, little more
can be said than that there is but too obvious a weak-
ness in the prices of many descriptions. The advices
from Constantinople are again more favourable as to
gray and white calicoes, and also yarns; but, of
course, the merchants infected with the prevailing
feeling of the day, have stood aloof like others.
From Mexico and Havannah the commercial
accounts are of a complexion decidedly to re-
strain further shipments. The letters from
China are still unsatisfactory. At Calcutta, a large
business had been done in Manchester goods, but not
on paying terms; at the same time the supplies were
heavy; the prospects in the interior, however, and
the season of the year, were in favour of the market.
In yarns the tendency was to improve. Against the
exporters to this market is to be noticed a further de-
cline in the rate of exchange. Atogether, the India
merchants have had no inducement to operate to-day,
especially in the present aspect of matters here.
ROCHDALE, MoSDAT.—The merchants attended
pretty early in the market this morning, as it was the
wakes; and, in the latter part of the day, the streets
were generclly crowded and impassible. The pieces
in the market were soon cleared off, at advanced
prices ; and twice that number would have been sold,
if the manufacturers had had them to offer. There
is no change in the wool market.
MaccLurtELD, TUESDAY.—We have no new
feature to note in the staple trade of this town,
the manufacturers becoming snore generally en-
gaged for the autumn trade. The buyers having
heretofore taken advantage of the necessities of manu-
facturers, when large quantities of goods of various
styles have been prepared for the autumn trade, has
caused the latter, in most cases, to prepare only to
order this season. This principle having been gene-
rally acceded to by the buyers, the trade may now be
said to have fairly commenced, as a proof of which the
dyers are well employed. In thrown silk there is
certainly more doing, but prices are far from remune-
rating, when the present high price of raw silk is
taken into account, and we are sorry to report the
market for the latter in a buoyant and advancing state.
• HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—A good trade has been
doing to-day, though perhaps altogether not so many
.goods have changed bands this week as did last, partly
owing to the unsettled state of the weather and the
present shooting season. The fancy manufacturers
complain of the slackness of their branch of business.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The amount of business
transacted in our Piece Hall to-day has been about
an average for the season, cud prices have not under-
gone any alteration. Yarns are still brisk, and the
quotations are as high as they have ever been. There
is a little more doing in wool, at late rates.
LEM?, TUESDAY.—The woollen trade is without
alteration since our last report, and still continues in
a satisfactory state.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS.
The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the office, Guildhall-chambers, the Earl
of Lonsdale in the chair. The report stated that the
near approach of the works to completion had enabled
the directors to estimate with accuracy the outlay
stilLto be incurred. The arrears of calls and the
amount still to be taken up on debentures would be
sufficient to meet the requirements of the company.
The portion of the line between Ravenglass and Bootle,
four miles and a half, was opened for traffic on the
Bth of July, making 21 miles open, and leaving 14
miles in the course of construction—namely, from
Bootle to the Furness Railway. It is expected that
the whole of the line from Whitehaven to the Fur-
ness Railway will be opened in the' course of the
next month. In the latter end of June the southern
portion of the viaduct over the Esk was burned,
and in the course of a week afterwards was re-
built at a cost of 6001. The cause of the fire has not
been discovered, but precautions have been taken to
guard against a similar casualty. A plan for effect-
ing a junction at Whitehaven with the Whitehaven
and Maryport Railway was in the month of May last
submitted by the two companies to the trustees of the
town of Whitehaven. The plan consisted of a direct
line of tramway between the stations of the two com-
panies, with a very convenient and ample connexion
from both railways to the harbour ; and at the same
time the estimated outlay was very limited compared
with the cost of any other mode which had been de-
vised of effecting the object. A committee of the
trustees reported against the adoption of the plan,
notwithstanding that in other large towns no incone
venience whatever has been found in practice to re;
suit trom precisely similar arrangements. The ne-
cessity of this connexion is felt to be so important for
the due developement of the traffic of the line that
the directors will not relax in their endea-
vours to carry it out in the cheapest and
most efficient practicable mode. The total earnings
of the 16i miles between Whitehaven and Raven-
glass, from their opening in July, 1849, to the 30th
of Juno last, have been 4 515/., and the total number
of passengers carried 71,618, of which 7,742 were
first-class, 30,427 second-class, and 33,449 third-
class passengers. No part of the large traffic in.
minerals which has always been expected to arise
between Whitehaven and Furness, on the completion
of the railway throughout, has yet come upon the
portion opened, nor can it until the line is completed
to the junction with the Furness Railway. The full
development of this traffic will still depend upon a
connexion through Whitehaven with the railways to
the north. The. report of Mr. Dees, the engineer,
stated that the line was on the point of completion,
and the permanent way laid on eight miles out of the
fourteen unopened ; so that with favourable weather
the whole line would be ready for opening in a
month. The' whole of the works have been executed
by the contractors in a very substantial manner, and
when the embankments become consolidated the rail-
way will be kept in a very efficient working order at
a trifling cost per mile. The capitai account to the
30th of June showed that 264,3881. had been re-
ceived, and 297,892/. expended, leaving a balance
against the company of 33,5041. The revenue ac-
count for the half-year stated that 2,466/. had been
received, and 1,650/. expended, leaving a balance
of 816/.
The CHAIRMAN, on moving the adoption of the
report, stated that the line would have been open at
the present time were it not for the sinking of an em-
bankment and the burning of a portion of the
bridge over the Esk. He had no doubt that the
line would be • ready for opening at the
time specified. The works on their line had
proceeded more slowly, on account of finan-
cial difficulties, than the works on any other
line in the kingdom of the same length ; they had
one consolation, however, that their line of 35 miles
in length, when completed, would not exceed the
cost of 10,0001. per mile. The Maryport and Car-
lisle and the Furness Railways had cost 15,0001. Per
mile, and they were enabled to divide 2 per cent. per
annum ; but this was not so bad when it was
considered that some of the best railways did not
overage more than per cent., as shown
by Mr. Yeat's table. Their line had good gra-
dients, and would be worked cheaply. With regard
to the intended junction line between the two rail-
ways at IVhitehaven, the company were autho-
rised by act of Parliament either to carry it through
the town on a viaduct, or under it by means of a
tunnel. The length of the junction line is about 800
Ards. it was not intended to construct it in either
of the ways mentioned, but he had no doubt they
would be able to construct it as a tramroad at a very
moderate cost.
• In .answer to- questions it was slated that sine& the
accounts had been made up above 5,000/. of the bills
given for arrears on calls were paid. Since the open-