The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

DEPARTURE

OF THE
KING OF THE FRENCH

FROM

EU FOR ENGLAND

(From the Times.)

EU (NORMANDY), OCT. 7, 1844.
The embarkation of the King is fixed for this even-
ing, at half-past six. There being a somewhat ad-
verse wind, the flotilla will not, it is believed, reach
Portsmouth in less than ten hours. Even so you
will receive an account of his Majesty landing in
England very soon after the announcement of his
departure from France.
Considerable surprise and some uneasiness were

occasioned here this morning by the non-arrival of

M. Guizot. At five o'clock yesterday afternoon, a
French Cabinet courier arrived here from Lon-
don, with dispatches for M. Guizot from Count

St. Aulaire, having performed the journey in little
more than twenty hours. This morning a courier
from Paris reached the Chateau, also, with dispatches
for him ; the latter fact proving that the Minister had
left that city for Eu. It was not, however, until a
quarter to ten o'clock this morning that M. Guizot
arrived. On inquiry it appeared that about three
leagues and a half this side of Rouen, one of the
wheels of his carriage got out of order, ceasing to
turn on the axle ; all attempts to move it were vain.
Messengers were accordingly sent in search of work-
men to set it right, or to find another vehicle ; but it
was not until the Minister had been delayed more
than five hours that a carriage could be procured.
He appears, not withstanding this vexatious occur-
rence, in excellent health.

All is ready for the voyage. The presents for her
Majesty and the Royal Family, including several
packages of lace, and a superb carabine, or musket
(by Caron), for his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, are all shipped. The French Post-office
steamer, La Poste, one of those which carry the
mails from Calais to Dover, is in the basin at Tre-
port, to convey the King and suite from thence to
the Gomer steam-frigate, which has been at anchor
in the offing for some days. The Pluton and another
steamer, the name of which I shall mention later,
are to escort or accompany the Gomer; but, as in
the case of her Majesty Queen Victoria's arrival at
Ostend, last year, it is expected that the royal
steamer will, from its superior power, reach Ports-
mouth first and alone.

I stated in my letter of last night, that yesterday
the King entered upon his 72d year. There was
nothing observable, however, at the Chateau, to mark
the occasion, for the reasons I mentioned. Their
Majesties took an airing in the forest before dinner,
and had their usual soiree at the Palace, in the
evening, at which the principal persons of the coun-
try were present. Some bustle is certainly noticed
here and at Treport to-day; but compared with the
excitement that prevailed during the visit of Queen
Victoria last year, and particularly on the day of
her Majesty's embarkation, all is quietude.

SIX O'CLOCK P.M.
At ten minutes after six precisely the King, Queen,
Madame Adelaide, and the Due de Montpensier en-
terred their carriage to proceed to Treport amid the
tears of the persons in attendance. The Queen was
of course deeply affected, this being her first separa-
tion from the King since her marriage. In another
carriage followed the grand personages who are to
accompany his Majesty, and in two others the per-
sons of the suite of his Majesty.
At half-past six o'olock his Majesty embarked.