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No. 16,269. LONDON, TUESDAY, Y ';'; ENING SIT Ny OCTOBER 8, 1844.

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ONDON and YORK RAILWAY.
A Several advertisements having of late appeared, headed

"DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY," and having attached
thereto the names of Sir John Rennie, Mr. Gravatt, Major Amine,
and others, in which it is asserted—that by the Direct Northern
Line the distance from London to York will be twenty miles less
than by the line proposed by this Company—that the scheme to
connect London with York originated with, and was first projected
by, Sir John Rennie and Company—and that upwards of seventy
miles of their scheme has been appropriated by the London and
York Company—the Committee of Direction feel called upon, in
justice to themselves and the shareholders, to give these assertions
the most direct and unqualified contradiction.

To the first they reply--that the difference iu distance between the
projected lines from London to York, instead of being twenty miles,
is nut more than tA% o miles and a half. Sir John Rennie's, by hie
own account being ISO miles in length—that of the London and
York being in reality upon the line, as finally laid down, 1851
miles.

Whether this difference of five and a half miles can be realised
by Sir John Rennie's line is yet to be proved, and, if realised, whe-
ther such a difference would be compensated for by the London
and Yolk line having its course through the towns of Hitchin,
Huntingdon, Peterborough, Grantham, Newark, Tuxford, Retford,
Bantry, and Doncaster, not one of which is approached by Sir John
Rennie's line, the public will be able to determine. _

To the second and third allegations the Committee of Direction
of the London and York Company reply, that while Sir John Ren-
nie and Co. state that their surveys were commenced in October,
1843, and their prospectus published in April last, the project for
a new railway between London and York was formed by Mr. Gibbs
in 1831, and in that year carried into Parliament. That in 1840 Mr.
Gibbs again brought his scheme before the Parliamentary Comrnis-
sioncrs, and it is detailed by them in their report of 1841. That
such scheme was never abandoned by him, but in February of the
present year the details of the London and York Railway, as now,
with modifications adopted, were explained by him to Mr. Beckett
Denison, M.P , who suggested several alterations, and Mr. Francis
Mowatt, the Vice-Chairman, and arrangements were made for per-
fecting the plan by levels and surveys, which were completed in the
month of March following, and on the 113th of April the project
was announced by advertisement in the Times, under the name of
the" Great Northern Railway," before any advertisement of Sit
John Rennie had appeared : and the Committee of Direction dis.
tinctly affirm that the course over the first seventy miles from
London was adopted on actual surveys made by Mr. Gibbs, and not
suggested to them by any other parties; and they beg further to
observe, it is only now within these few days, that after the Lon-
don and York Company has been before the public for a period of
five months, after its whole capital of five millions has been sub.
scribed, and its shares has attained a high premium in the market,
that Sir John Rennie and Company have come forward with what
is intended to be a counter.project, and with the misstatements
here disposed of.
All comment upon this course would, In the opinion of the Com-
mittee, be idle.
Subjoined, for the information of the Shareholders and the public,
is an accurate table of the actual distances, and also a list of the
Provisional Committee of the London and York Company, pub-
lished in May last, including names that will be taken by the pub.
lic as a guarantee against any such conduct as is implied by the as-
sertions of Sir John Rennie and Co.

C 0 R NWAL L RAILWAY,
FROM PLYMOUTH TO FALMOUTH.
Capital, 900,000/., in 18,000 Shares of 401. each. Deposit, 3/.

per Share.

By order of the Committee of Direction,
J. It. MO WATT, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Lothbury, London, October 3,1844.

TABLE OF DISTANCES.

No Shareholder to be responsible for more than the amount of
his Share. Interest to bc allowed to the Shareholders, at the rate
of four per cent, per annum, on all paid up-calls from the date of
payment until the Railway is completed.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
J. T. TREFFRY, Esq., Place, Chairman.
The Right Hon. the Earl of FALMOUTH, Tregothnan.
The Right Hon. Lord ELIOT, M.P., Port Eliot.
Sir CHARLES LEMON, Bart., M.P., Carclew.
E. W. W. PENDARVES, Esq., M.P., Pendarres.
W. TYRING HA M PRAED, Esq., M.P., Trevethow.
EDMUND TURNER, Esq., M.P., Truro.
JOHN ALLEN, Esq., Liskeard.
JOHN BATTEN, Esq., Penzance.
R. It. BROAD, Esq., Falmouth.
CLEMENT CA RLYON, M.D., Truro.
WILLIAM CARNE, Esq., Roshraundy.
G. C. FOX, Esq., Grove Hill.
R. B. FOX, Esq., Perranarwortbal.
JOHN GWATKIN, Esq., Parc Behan.
JOHN NELSON, Esq., Doctor': Commons.
T. J. A. ROB A RTES, Esq., Lanhydrock.
GEORGE SMITH, EN., Camborne.
WILLIAM TWEEDY, Esq., Truro Yeats.
W. M. TWEEDY, Esq., Alverton.
JOHN VIVIAN, Esq., Pencalenick.
With power to add to their number.
The Directors of the GREAT WESTERN', BRISTOL and ExEratt,
BRISTOL and GLOUCESTER, and SOL/T/I DEVON RAILWAY Coat.
Pastel, who will be nominated hereafter.

SALES BY AUCTION.

TO BE PEREXITORILY SOLD, pursuant to
an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made i
rt Cause of LA PRIER ♦. BUCK, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN
Wicsos, one of the Masters of the Court, et the Royal Hotel, Nor-
wich, on SITUIIDAT, the 12th day of October, 1314, between the
hours of Three and Four in the Afternoon, in Two Lots. . _ _

The ntritorituni RECTORY of GREAT ELLINGRAM, la
the county of Norfolk, consisting of the Tithes of Corn and Grain of
about 1,773 k. la. 10r. of land, which hare been commuted, under
the Tithe Commutation Acts, at a rent-charge of 4301. a year.

Present I Distance by
Distance ; London and
by existing Yorkltailway
Railways. by Doncaster)

London to York .. • • • • • •
London to Hull .. • • .• • • • • • • • • • •
London to Leeds Byoakenshaw.
[ Ily Wakefield

ENGINEER.
Captain W. S. Moorsom, C. E.

3111 es,
219 1851
242 203
• 205 183
205 187
199 174
212 187
215 190
210 ' 185

!Distance
I saved.

London to Waked •• • • •• • • • • • •
London to Brad'ord • • • ..
London to Halifax •• •• • • • • • • • • ••
London to Hudderstleld• . • • • • • • • •

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E►:([BRS.
Messrs. Tweedy, Williams, and Co., Truro and Falmouth.
Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
Messrs. Praed, Fane, and Co., London.

SOLICITORS.
kiefsrs. Smith and Roberts, Truro.
SIICRETART (pro tent).
P. P. S:nith, Esq., Truro.

The object of this undertaking is to connect the port of Fal.
mouth with the Naval Station at Plymouth, and by the South
Devon and Bristol and Exeter Railways, with Bristol, where the
great lines of railway communication with the Metropolis, and the
North of England now meet, and thus to bring Falmouth, the most
Westernly Port in the Channel, within eleven hours of London,
and fourteen hours of Liverpool and Manchester.
The works of the South Devon Railway from Exeter to Ply
mouth, being now in rapid progress, with a view to completion in
two years, the time has arrived when it becomes essential to bring
forward the plan for a western extension in conjunction with the
Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, Bristol and Gloucester, and
South Devon Railway Companies.
The Provisional Committee having laid the plans and estimates
of construction, and the traffic case in detail, bent*. the Directors
of these Companies, they have agreed to unite in contributing
250,000/. to the capital of this Railway.

The Associated Companies having thus identified themselves
with this undertaking, the Cornwall Railway Company will have
the advantage, in its operations, of the advice an,: assistance of
Members of their Boards, and the works will be carried on with
the approbation, and under the supervision, of the experienced and
taler.ted officers of these Companies.

A large proportion of the leading landed Proprietors In the
County, have given assurances of support in Land and Money—a
considerable local connexion has been formed, and a large number
of Shares have been taken up, and no opposition or difficulty is
anticipated in obtaining the Act.
The necessary steps have therefore been taken to bring a Bill
before Parliament in the next Session for constructing the Corn.
wall Railway.
From the surveys that have been made by Captain Moorsom,
C.E., it appears that the line would pass through Torpeint, within
three quarters of a mile of St. Germans, touching Liskeard, near
to Bodmin and Lostwithiel, through Par, and St. Austell, by St.
Stephens and Tresillian to Truro. From Truro the course of the

line would be towards Bissoe and Pollean Cross, to connect with
the great Mining and Western districts of the County, and from
thence by Ponsnooth and Penryn to Falmouth.
The proposed line will pass through the richest and most
densely peopled Mining, Commercial, and Agricultural districts of
Cornwall. In the principal parts of these districts, the habits of
the people are peculiarly locomotive. A large and constant
passenger traffic already exists of a description which would be
immensely increased by the facilities of Railway communication.

The line will be connected on the north with the Wadebridge
and Bodmin Railway, the Newquay Railway, and the Caradon
Railway, and on the south the Par and Pentewan Railways, and
the Loos and Liskeard Canal, from each of which a considerable
amount of valuable traffic will be brought upon the Cornwall Rail.
way, and the communication w itb the ports on the north and south
coast greatly facilitated.
The Eastern mining districts of Cornwall and Devon, around
Callington, Tavistock, and Liskeard, are much connected with the
central and western Mines of St. Austell, Tywardreath, Gwen_
nap, Reclruth, Camborne, and Penzance, and between these popu.
lous and important districts a constant and increasing Intercourse
exists.

The completion of the Railway from Penzance, which passing
through the great western mining districts, will join the proposed
line of the Cornwall Railway between Truro and Falmouth, and for
which a Bill is to be brought before Parliament next Session, will
bring a great accession of traffic from those districts.
The Cornwall Railway will not only be in itself important and
of great local advantage, but will in fact be the terminus of a
metropolitan trunk line, and else the terminus of a line from the
great manufacturing districts of the North, so that the carriage
which leaves London in the Evening, will be at Falmouth in the
Morning, after eleven hours' journey, and the Passengers from
Manchester or Liverpool, may arrive at Falmouth in fourteen hours.

It will also be the westernly link of the great chain of coast lines
now formed, or in progress, from Dover on the east, to Penzance
in the west, and will thus eventually receive the traffic of these
sources, flowing to and from our western possessions.
The well-known advantages and capabilities of the Port of Fal.
mouth and the opinions unequivocally expressed by the Commis-
sioners appointed by Government in 1840, to inquire into the com-
parative merits of the Ports then suggested by the Mail Packet
Station, " That if a Railroad existed to the South-West Land's.
end, and a harbour were constructed in that neighbourhood, where
the mails might with facility be put on board and landed, they
would unhesitatingly recommend that harbour to the adoption of
Government," make it evident that the construction of the pro.
posed Railway would render Falmouth the best Port in the kingdom
for the embarkation and landing of the Mails for the West Indies,
the Peninsula, the Mediterranean, and all our transatlantic pos.
sessions.—That this Port will be largely used by passengers pro.
ceeding by these Packets, and also by passengers arriving from and
departing for our Foreign Possessions in sailing vessels, is evident
from the anxiety always felt by those who have endured a long sea
voyage to reach the shore, and from the desire which most persons
feel to avoid the delays and danger of the Channel navigation.
The reasons which now induce eutward.bound Indiamen to call at
Cowes or Portsmouth to embark their passengers, will apply with
greater force to a more Western Port, when a Railroad shall bring
that Port within eleven hours of the Metropolis.
The largely increasing number of vessels, which even under the
present mode of travelling, call, whether for passengers or orders,
at Falmouth, shows that expectations of traffic to a large extent,
may be well founded on these grounds; but in the calculations
now submitted, the Committee have confined themselves to the
usual increase upon the existing trade, which is alone sufficient
to show that this undertaking will prove a highly advantageous

♦lso a Barn, and Is. Oa. 39P. mf Preitare-land (tithe-the) In Great
Effingham, occupied by Robert Large.
The land-tax on the premises has been redeemed.

investment.
The estimated expense of the line, including the cost •f land,
preliminary and Parliamentary expenses, stations, and working
stock, does not exceed the sum of 900,0001. which is to be
raised by 18,000 shares of 501. each.
The accompanying estimate of Traffic, deduced from very care-
ful observation made at twenty three diffe'rent stations on the
roads, shows the following result, via :
From Passengers by coaches and other public
conveyances £56,578
Post.ehaises, private carriages,
cars, gigs, dee.
Parcels, goods, &c.
Coal, Sand, Corn, Cattle, Fish, and Vege-
tables

By conveyance of the Mails

£93,964
Estimated annual cost of working, 40 per cont. 37,584

Nett revenue £56,380

Particulars and conditions of sale may be bad (gratis) at the said
Master's Chambers, In Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane,
London ; of Messrs. Trehern and White, 13, Barge-yard Chambers,
Bucklersbury, solicitors ; Messrs. Bridger and Blake, No. 68,
London-wall, solicitors; of Mr. Gilman and Mr. Press, Hingham,
Norfolk, solicitors ; of Messrs. Mitcham and Clarke, Wymondham,
solicitors; and Messrs. 13allachey and Webb, Holt, Norfolk, solicitors ;
and at tho place of sale.

VALUABLE CHURCH PREFERMENT.—ADVOWSON of
ST. NEOT'S, in SUFFOLK, producing 8601. A YEAR.
The INCUMBENT 75.
3, lA_IA_ R. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL
IV by AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, the 17th of
October, at Twelve,
Exceedingly eligible CHURCH PREFERMENT, consisting of
THE ADVOINSON AND NEXT PRESENTATION
TO THE LIYING OF It ATTLESDEN, ST. NEOT'S, IN
SUFFOLK.
Situate in a very agreeable part of the county, about eight miles
from Bury St. Edmund's, and four from Stow market; it is a
quiet retired spot.
THE VALUE IS ABOVE 9001. A YEAR.
The income derived from the commutation, and the value of the
Glebe, is estimated at

IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS.-THE CEDRYN SLATE
QUARRY, OF CONSIDERABLE EXTENT, IN HIGH
REPUTE, AND CARRYING ON AT THIS MOMENT

This calculation, which shows a return of upwards of six per
cent. on the capital, is made upon principles allowed in proof
before Parliamentary Committees, but does not include the
**Triage of any of the mineral produce of the County, or of
mining materials, or of manures other than sand; nor is any
credit taken for the large revenue which may be anticipated from
the probable return of the Packet Establishment, and from the
certain increase of passengers who will embark and disembark
at Falmouth when they can avail themselves of the benefit of
Railway communication.
Cornwall possesses within itself great facilities for the con.
struction and maintenance of Railways.
Its numerous Foundries from which Engines and other Ma.
chinery are forwarded to all parts of the World, the able Engi
veers who are brought up within it, and the skill and enterprise
of its labouring population, will all conduce to the cheap and good
construction of the line and workS.

The Committee cannot but express their fullest confidence, that
the dense popula'ion of this County, and its locomotive habits, its
rich and important mineral produce, the tibuth-We.tern position,
unrivalled safety and capabilities •f its harbours, not exceeded by
any Ports in the Kingdom, its genial climate, possessing mildness
and uniformity not surpassed by the South of France, which has
long rendered it the resort of invalids, the early productions of
Its soil, and the anticipated restoration to Falmouth of the Packet
Establishment, will all contribute to produce a satisfactory return
on the capital invested, and secure to Cornwall that pre.emi.
nence it has always till now enjoyed as the high road to the
Indian, Peninsular, and transatlantic portions of the World.
The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at
the rate of four per cent. per annum on the deposit, and on subse-
quent calls, from the time of payment into the Bankers' hands,
until the Railroad may be opened for traffic ; and no Subscriber
will be answerable for more than the amount of hie deposit of 31.
per Shat• until the Act be obtained, and then not beyond the
amount of his subsci iption.
A deposit of 3/. per Share will be payable at the Bankers on the
allotment of the Shares, and the Subscribers' agreement and Par-
liamentary contract, must be signed on or before the 3lst day of
December next.

AN IMMENSE TRAFFIC.
-MR. GEORGE ROBINS begs to notiry.to the
Public he is directed by those interested in this value_
able Property, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, London, on
TMUItSDAV, the 17th October, at Twelve, in One Lot, and perm-
torily, a VERY PROMISING INVESTMENT,
THE CEDRYN SLATE QUARRY, OF GREA T EXTENT,
situate in Carnarvenshire, North /Vales. If it be inquired why a
concern that is so highly eulogised should be in the market, it is
rejoined (te use a very ancient and very homely adage), " too
many cooks frequently spoil the broth." One competent person,
possessing a brain farm, will speedily accomplish all that this
announcement has in perspective, and even more under a talented
direction,
The Slate is of Excellent quality, of a rich grey-blue colour, and
can be had in abundance under a very thin cover.
The work is already about 40 yards wide, and is capable of
being extended to upwards of
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY YARDS,
where a large number of men may be employed most advanta.
geously, and without the slightest risk. This is an investment af.
fording a rare opportunity to any party with moderate capital to

Applications for Shares in this Company addressed to the Soli-
citors, or to Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old 13road.street,
London, from either of whom Prospectuses may be obtained, will
be received and registered until the 25th day or October next,
when the Committee will proceed to allot them to unexceptionable
parties in the order in which the applications may have been made;
it being understood that in all eases references will be required.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Cornwall Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of 50/.
each in the Cornwall Railway, on the terms and conditions of the
Prospectus ; and I undertake to pay the deposit, and sign the
Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract.
Dated the day of , 1844.
Name.

Reef

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IRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY from
LONDON to YORK by LINCOLN.
_ _

Capital 4,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 501. each.
I)eposit 2/. I Os. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. William Ashley
J. M. Brackcnbury, Esq.
John Brightman. Esq.
Michael Bruce, Esq.
Samuel James Capper, Eeq.
Robert Walter Carden, Esq,
Edward Turst Carver, Esq.
The Chisholm
Lieut. Col. James Nisbet Col.
quhoun, R. A.
James Farquhar, Esq.
With power to ad'
vial

Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. I
BANKEERS—The Uni

William Gambier, Dq.
Col. William Gravatt, R.E.
Major Thomas George Harriott,

H.P., R.S.C.
William Morley, Esc
Wm. Mountford Nurse, Esq.
John Pickersgill, Esq.
Thomas Raikes, Esq.
Edward Sherman, Esq.
Edward Winslow, Esq.

to their number&
iBERI.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.A.S.
ion Bank of London.

Residence.
•Trade oS PrefeB4oll (if any),

Souctroas—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, Moorgate.

street, London.
PLRLIAMENTAnti Acmil's—Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster, Old
Palace-yard, Westminster.
SMCRETAILY— Major William Amsinck.

The Committee will meet on Wednesday, the 9th inst. to allot
:he Shares, and no applications can be received after this date.
By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM A MSINCK, Secretary.
Direct Northern Railway Office, 64, Moorgate.street, City.
Oct. 51,1844.

COMMERCIAL and GENERAL LIFE
J ASSURANCE ANNUITY, FAMILY ENDOWMENT and
LOAN ASSOCIATION.

OFFICES, 112 and 113, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.
11. G. WARD Esq.. 31. P., Chairman.
LIVES ASSURED on every known system.
LOANS GRANTED repayable by instalments.
ANNUITIES immediate and deferred.
ENDOWMENTS for children payable at 14 or 21.

*,* The rema ning Shares will cont nue on sale until the 25th
December next.

Inner s: allowed on the ptid•up capital, 5 per cent. per annum,
parable h if-yearly.
Applicat ors for Shares and Frospeenzes to be made to
FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Resident Secretary.
Offices, 112 and 113, Cheapside.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady games, and increasing prosperity of the Soc!ety kas
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts !nye ed on each
Policy erected ou the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

9 p 5
'4 Bonus Bonus in g
Premium! E added. cash. ..,g-t;
• • ;
s. d. ! s. d. s. d. s. d. s. ds
1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3
60 100011 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4
1839 116 16 0 51 511 7 11 9 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This institution offers many important and snbotantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all cecasions, the power to bort- >w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.

FAIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY
SOCIETY.
AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY.
Capital 200,0001., In 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. Charles E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, ESQ.
Tho following are specimens of the premiums charged by this Com-
pany for the assurance of 1001.

20 I 30 I 40 I 50 I 60

An. Prem. I £1 10 3 i X 2 0 7 1 X 2 15 3 1 X 4 1 8 IXS 3 9

This Company offers the advantages of the guarantee of an ample
subscribed capital—of permission to retain one-third of the premium
in their own hands (the portion so retained, with interest upon it,
being deducted from the policy when it become a claim),—of ascend-
ing, de.,cending, and other scales of premiums,—amd of participation
in the profits at the end of every five years.
TO EMIGRANTS, TO TILE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES,
assured for tho whole of life, this Company offer the permission to
proceed to, and reside In, any of those colonies without extra pre-
mium, and to pay their premiums there. For residence is New
Zealand, a moderate extra premium Is charged.
In Sydney, a Board of Directors, and Agents in all tko principal
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_ se
The Duke de Chartres, by his heroic conduct %Tow"'
these occasions, fixed the attention of his commander,
and entitled himself to an honourable mention in the
official bulletin. lie left the winter quarters of the army
in Belgium to visit his sister, the Princess Eugene
Louise Adelaide, who had just been included, along with
Madame de Genlis, in the proscriptive law against emi-
gration. Whilst he was at Tourney, whither ho had
conducted his sister, a decree appeared, declaring that
every member or the Bourbon-Capet family should quit
the territory of the republic, as well as that occupied by
its armies. The young Duke urged his father, Egalee,
to take advantage of this decree, and retire from the
Convention to the United States ; but he, with a firmness
worthy of a better cause, made it a point of honour to
remain, and an exception was made by the Convention
in favour of the Orleans princes. The Duke de Chem( a
returned to the army to acquire fresh reputation at the
siege of Maestricht, under General Miranda. At the
battle of Nerwinde, in March, 1793, where the
young Duke, who commanded the centre, performed
- many acts of valour, Dumouriez was defeated by the
421. Austrians, who were only prevented from destroying
Few sovereigns of any age, and none in modern times, the French army by the Duke de Chartres and General
have passed through greater vicissitudes of fortune than Leveneur, who, at the head of a battalion of veterans,
the present King of the French. Adveieity is said to checked their advance. The Duke had a horse killed
be in most cases a good teacher, though its lessons have under him during the action. This defeat was the ruin
frequently been thrown away upon pupils of regal birth, of the Duke's hopes in the Republican service. Only 13
In the instance before us, however, it is hardly to be days after this event (March 31, 1793) Dumouriez was
doubted that, if the success with which Louis Philippe supping with the Duke, when a courier arrived with
has wielded the sceptre may in great part be attributed orders that both should proceed to Paris, to explain
to his own prudence and sagacity, it may also, in some their conduct at the battle of Nerwinde before the Com-
maasure, have resulted from the "sweet uses" of that rnittee of Public Safety. Both perceived that their lives
severe school of human discipline in which his early years were demanded, and that not a moment was to be lost ;
were passed.
they set off to the frontier, and thus closed the connexion
The volume of the "Life and Times of Louis Philippe, of Louis Philippe with republican France.
King of the French," which the Rev. G. N. Wright. The Duke repaired in the first instance to Mons, the
published a few years back, and to which he has recently Austrian head quarters, to obtain passports. There
made an addition, including an account of the visit of Prince Charles invited him to enter the service of the
Queen Victoria to his Majesty, will furnish us with ma- empire ; but he refused to carry arms against France,
tennis for a brief sketch of most of the remarkable pas- and, assuming the name and appearance of an English
sages in the history of this monarch.
traveller, journeyed with some risk and slender resources
Louis Philippe, it is well known, was the son of the through Germany and Switzerland. He was almost a
notorious Duke of Orleans, or Citizen Egalite. asso- pennyless fugitive in the Grisons, when the Duke received
ciated with our worst recollections of the Reign of a letter from M. Montesquiou, offering him the situation
Terror in the worst part of the French Revolution. Louis of professor at the College of Reichenate which—such
Philippe, Duke de Valois, was born in 1773. His father was the state of his resources—he gladly accepted, and
was then Duke de Chartres (the Duke of Orleans being lie was admitted in October 1793, in his 22d year, under
alive), and his mother was " the amiable, popular, and the name of M. Chabaud ; having undergone a rigid
wealthy " heiress of the Duke of Penthielvre. This examination without being recognised by any one, save
lady separated from her husband not only on account of M. Jost, the President of the College, who had been
his political proceedings, but owing to the influence made acquainted with his real character. Here he
'which he had suffered the celebrated Madame de Genlis continued to teach geography, history, the French and
to exercise over his own mind and that of his children, English languages, and mathematics, for eight months,
and which he avowed was in order to supersede the na- during which time he inspired the inhabitants of Riche-
tural rights of the mother. His address to the Cunven- nau with so high an esteem for his virtues and abilities,
Lion, in 1792, states ono of his reasons for sending his that they appointed him their deputy to the Assembly
daughter to England with Madame de Genlis to be a of Coire.
deSire "to withdraw her from the influence of a woman," The intelligence of his father's fate overwhelmed him
as he terms the Duchess, " who is undoubtedly very es- with affliction, and he was compelled to seek change of
timable, but whose opinions upon the present affairs ar: cane. 'He
wife more 'bditlme a wander&, •bisaseirele
not in accordance with my own." The Duke de Valois property being a staff and a knapsack. Ile proceeded
(Louis Philippe) was the eldest of three sons. In his to llamburgh, thence to Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
eighth year his father consulted Madame de Genlis upon Lapland, and the North Cape, pushing his travels to
the choice of a fit tutor for him, and that lady has re- within 18 degrees of the Arctic Pole. Returning to
lated the conversation which passed between them upon Sweden, he revisited Denmark, and reached Hamburgh
this important subject. again in 1796. These countries be had not merely seen,
" One evening that the Duke of Chartres came, as he but minutely examined, his finances not permitting him
generally did, to Bell Chasse, between eight and nine to travel in any other manner than that which alone
o'clock, finding me alone, he told me that there was no brings a visitor into intimate communication with the
time to lose in procuring a tutor for his sons, for that people of the country.
otherwise his children would have the manners of shop- At Hamburgh the French Directory commenced a
men. He consulted me on the selection of one. I pro- negotiation with the illustrious exile, in consequence of
posed Schomberg, whom he refused to accept, alleging which the Duke (then of Orleans) consented to proceed
that he would render the children pedantic. I then to the United States, and in September, 1796, he em-
named the Chevalier de Durfort, who he said would barked on board an American trader, and arrived at
give them a tone of bombast. I then spoke of Thiars, Philadelphia in October. He was soon after joined by
but he objected to him as being too careless ; and his two brothers, the Duke de Montpensier and the
said that he would pay no attention at all to the Count Beaujolais.
children. I then began to laugh, and said, ' Well, what
do you think of me ?" Why not ?' replied he, seriously. Philadelphia was then the seat of the Federal Govern-
ment, of which Washington was the head. The Duke
I protested that what I had said was in jest, and that in contracted an acquaintance with the illustrious chief
all our previous conversations nothing had occurred that citizen of the United States, of whom he subsequently
could have led me to expect so singular a determination. drew a most accurate character. Whilst a resident in
But the air andlmanner of the Duke impressed me deeply America, the Duke moved about the country, acquaint-
with the thought of doing something at once glorious to ing himself critically with its character, and that of the
myself, and unprecedented in the history of education, people. As he spoke fluently the German and English
and I earnestly hoped that the plan might be accom- languages, there was no_impediment to his intercourse
plished. I told the Duke frankly my thoughts on the with all classes.
subject ;he appeared delighted, and said, "rhe thing is Once, in his travels, he acted as surgeon to an Indian
decided—you must be their tutor.'" chief, whom he bled in his wigwam with such success,
The Chevalier de Bonnard (who had been recommen- that the tribe bestowed a high, though not very coreta-
ded to the Duke by M. de Bufron) and the Atka ble honour, upon the white stranger.
Guyot were to be sub-tutors, but Madame de Genlis "It was customary in this tribe, that the whole
was to be absolute directress of the education of the family, however illustrious, should sleep upon one spa-
princes, for which she demanded no remuneration, being cious 'eat, the relations being all ranged according to
content with the honour of having educated them gra- proximity, rank, age, and other discriminating circum-
tilitously. Bonnard, however, thought the post humi- stances. In acknowledgment of the services rendered
liatine, and resigned it to M. Le Brun. The Court ri- by the Duke to the grandfather of the chief's family, he
diculed this system of education, and declared that it was permitted to pass the night upon the family mat be-
was a reflection upon the noblesse, but the " event," tween the grandmother and grand aunt, the highest ho-
Mr. Wright remarks, " has fully justified the choice of nour ever conferred by that tribe upon an individual of
the Duke, and the throne of France is now a beautiful any age or colour."
monument to the memory of Madame de Geniis." 'he incidents of the residence and travels of the illus-
Young Louis Philippe, it is said, with a robust frame trious exiles in America would alone fill a little volume.
and lively disposition, was fonder of amusement than From the United States the Royal exiles were con-
study, and yawned over history even when read to veyed in a British frigate to the Ilavannah, where they
him by a Madame de Genlis. Judicious severity were well received; but the Court of Madrid ordered
cured these anti-studious habits, and his indefatigable the Captain-General of Cuba to send them away.
instructress succeeded in bringing out and developing Exasperated at the persecution of the Court of Spain,-
" the noble mental qualities which revealed themselves
in the boy Valois." The princes were taught not merely they turned their eyes to England, where they deter
mined to seek an asylum. Proceeding to the Bahamas,
the higher branches of literature and science, but various they passed over to Halifax, where the Duke of Kent
domestic arts and manufactures, such as turning, (the father of Queen Victoria) received them in the
basket-making, weaving, &c. The Duke de Valois is kindest manner. His Royal Highness, however, did not
said to have excelled his brothers in cabinet-making, an feel authorised to grant the Princes a free passage in au
art, which, it is jocosely said, he has since turned to good English vessel of war; and they proceeded to England
account. by the ordinary conveyance.
Under such a tutor as Madame do Genlis, and at such They arrived at Falmouth in February, 1800, and
an era, it is not to be wondered at that the young Prince having received permission from the King, George 111.,
should have manifested an ardent love of liberty, and a they proceeded immediately to London, and took up
thirst for military glory. His wealth, whilst he pus- their residence at Twickenham. By placing himself in
sessed any, was devoted to benevolent objects ; and Ma- the centre of a large aristocratical society, the Duke vo-
, dame de Geniis has preserved a letter from the Duke, luntarily exposed his manner of life and his associates to
when about 15, declaring his intention to save a fund observation, which removed all suspicion as to his mo-
out of his pocket-money for charitable purposes. His tires and designs, and his character daily augmented the
goue'ernante has entered the following character of her number of his friends. Very soon after, a reconciliation
pupil at this time : took place between the Orleans Princes and Louis
" The Duke of Chartres has greatly improved in dis- XVIII. They were now admitted to the British Court,
position during the last year ; he was born with good and the three Princes of Orleans became the lions
inclinations : he is now become intelligent and virtuous, of the fashionable society of the metropolis, till
He has none of the frivolity of his age ; he sincerely the Duke proceeded, with the permission of our
disdains the puerilities which occupy tile pursuits of so Government, to Minorca, with the view of visiting
many young men—such as fashions, dress, trinkets, the Court of Spain ; ,but such was the jealousy of the
trifles of all kinds, the rage for following novelties. He Spanise Government towards this family, that he was
has no passion fur, money; he is disinterested ; despises obliged to return to Twickenham, where he lived as a
glare, and is, consequently, truly noble : lastly, ;he has private gentleman, not in seclusion or even retirement—
an excellent heart, which is common to his brothers and for he mixed in society—but without any appearance of
sister, and which, joined to reflection, is capable of pro- the eclat of a public character. His pursuits were of a lite-
clueing all other good qualities." rare and scientific kind ; he studied political economy,
Unhappily as the Duke grew up to manhood, he was and the history, laws, and constitution of England.
initiated into the mysteries of the worst political schools
The death of his two brothers took place a few years
of the Revolution. In 1790 he was introduced by his
after their arrival in England, and on the last of the two
father into the Jacobin Club—Madame de Genlis says,
events grief drove Louis Philippe abroad for a change
in direct opposition to her wishes, when that club was
of scene. He proceeded to Sicily, and here he engaged
at the zenith of its power and infamy:—
the affections of the Princess Amelia, the second daughter
"It does not appear," Mr. Wright says, " that the
young Duke exhibited any sympathy with his brother of the Kein, and it would appear that the Queen of
Jacobins, although he very warmly and decidedly ad-
Naples ma'e her consent to the marriage of her
mired and applauded the liberal sentiments of many ddaughter to the Duke conditional upon the latter taking
eloquent members of the National Assembly: he fro-
Part in the wild expedition which was to make her second
quently attended the sittings of the latter, but it is not sun, Leopold, Regent of Spain. The Duke of Orleans
plain that he entitled himself to the least share of Ja-
entered upon this project, and conducted himself in it
robin reputation, whatever value posterity may attach with as much prudence and discretion as could be ex-
pected in such an enterprise. As lie had Lord Coiling-
Nevertheless he was inoculated with much of the re-
to it." wood for a coadjutor, this "strange adventure," as Mr.
volutionary spirit, for when, in 1791, ho appeared in
Wright terms it, though it failed, bad a more wise and
the uniform of the National Guard to have his name
honourable termination than the Sicilian politicians
entered upon the register, perceiving that all his titles would have given to it, had its management been left to
cha-
had been written, he erased them with his own hand, them alone. It did, indeed, no service to the
ton
and wrote after his name, " Citizen of Faris." A
colonel of a regiment of dragoons, he joined the armys meter of the Duke of Orleans in the estimation
of the French people ; but the presence of the
at Vendome, and when the decree fur the suppression of Duke on the coast of Spain seems to have sng-
all emblems of nobility was received there, he declared Bested to some of the patriotic party in that coon-
to his regiment that " he was too much the friend of try that it would be beneficial to the cause if the
P rinse should place himself at their head, he
equality, not to have received it with transport." At
Vendome he rescued, at the hazard of his life, two non-
being the only member of the Bourbon family who
enjoyed a military reputation. The Duke of Orleans
juring priests, who had insulted a constitutional clergy-
~.as appointed by the Central Junta to the command of
man. This incident is the subject of a painting in the a
corps in Catalonia ; but all the proceedings of the
Palais Royal. Upon another occasion he saved an engi-
patriot leaders were so wild and extravagant, that this
near from drowning, by jumping into a deep and dan- project came to nothing.
gerous river. The disappointment of the Queen of Naples in her
The first campaign of the young "citizen" was under
Spanish project provoked her to throw impediments in
Dumouriez, in the war between Prance and Austria, in
the way of the marriage between her daughter and the
1792. He had been appointed Commandant at Stras-
Duke of Orleans, who, however, proceeded to Palermo
burg, but he said, " I am too young to be shut up in a
in order to face his calumniators, and this bold steE.
citadel, and I request permission to remain on active gatherhie
service." lie was present at the " Cannonade of dissipated the fresh cloud which seemed about to
over his fortunes. On the 25th of November, 109,
Vainly," as it is called ; and General Kellerman, in
Royal Highness was united to the Princess, in theoperxe:
his official dispatch, particularly notices, amongst those
sense of his venerated mother, who came to P lecromnt
who had shown distinguished courage, "M. Chartres
pressly on the occasion. "If ever a marriage
ran
act
and his aide-de-camp, M. Montpensier "—the Duke de
was formed, between individuals of such exalted r
Montpensier, the younger brother of Louis Philippe.
without the least admixture of ambition or interest," ob-
ese was soon after transferred to Durnouriez's army on
serves Mr. Wright, " it was that of the Princess Amelia
the frontier, where the Duke de Chartres, then only
with the wandering Duke of Orleans."
nineteen, gathered his first military laurels at the battle
In the following May the Duke, leaving his bride,
of Gemappes. The Austrian army consisted of 22,000
landed in Spain, upon the invitation of the Regency, with
veteran troops under Marshal Clairfait ; that of Du-
the view of aiding the patriot catise ; but the condition
mouriez, consisting mostly of raw levies, was about
of the Government was such, that, not only were his
27,000. The Duke was entrusted with the command of
services declined, but the Cortes ordered him to quit the
the right wing, the army being equally divided into two
Spanish territory within twenty-four hours. The Cortes
wings. On the 6th of November, 1792, the French
refused to withdraw their decree even after a personal
army attacked the formidable position of the Aus-
address from the Duke at their bar, where, with his al.
-
trians. The right wing, becoming the centre, was se- racteristic spirit and decision, he demanded to be hoard.
parated by the Duko into columns of battalions, and
He accordingly returned to Palermo, where ho remainedniwn
,
moved on the wood of Flenu, covering the Austrian
till the fall sit' isTapeleon in 1314. This event was known
centre. Placing six battalions in reserve, with the
at Palermo on the 2:3d of April, and on the lath of May
eighteen others he drove in the enemy's light infantry,seen for more
traversed the wood, and arrived on the level ground the Duke was in Paris, which ho had not
than twenty years :
above it ; but the Austrian infantry, supported by the return to Faris, was
" The Duke's first tare, on
artillery, made such havoc amongst the beads of the
the Imperial livery.
columns, that they could not debouche, and re-entered
porters, who still continued to
to pay a stolen vi to the home of
wearermit a stranger; and
the wood in disorder. Mr. Wright, in describing the his fathers. The
were with difficulty induced toe
tp,.,
to
penetrate the in-
battle, says : clad also in the costume
the
Si i 1
" The Duke de Chartres saved the army from a great
disaster, by forming a chain in ed his
of mounted chasseurs.
with
which he pursued Iris .
survey left them little leisure
- • it im-
front of the wood, to arrest the fugitives. Finding
I.him as e) his object. As
he approached the
nerrnost apartments of palace ; butte earnestness
to question
the recollections of his boyhood, the
possible to re-establish order in many of the battaloonnse,
asen'cient race, the agonies of mind he had
which were all now mixed together, he formed
the
lustre of
his ancient
be last beheld that spot, and gratitude to
great column of the whole, which he mimedo
f colours endured sin
ran d staircase,
_naiad/on de Mona, placed the five stands
r s
to
sound Providence
completely overwhelmed him, and falling
that Iro ideence which had spared him atnidst such
in the midst of it, caused the trumte‘,
hose flight
i li universalprostrate on the tesselated pavement, he imprinted a
a charge, and with the same soldiers,
about Ind kisses on the cold white marble, while tears
a few moments before could not be chcked, attacket. ,
n-ushing from his eves indicated, while they relieved, the
ks with the bayonet, and
the Austrian infantry that occupiedn the intervals between
e'motio'ns with which lie contended. 'rile attendants of
the redoubts, penetrated their ra
.11
ry
which the Austrian ,
l• to I— ion on this scone of fervent feeling with
b el- to Mons. the ace ooe • .
got possession of the enemy's aro e . ,
• surer:se, some- imagining that it was the workings of
cavalry in vain endeavoured to carry a '
.
freer.) a ,
From this moment victory was no longer doubtful; pia- ) ,
in the French ranks. •• or of cull • but On being informed that it was
the long-exiled and sole surviving son of Egalite —the
dieies of valour were multiplied
The enthusiasm of the French on this occasion has never
the ' 'Ulysses of modern !lees—whom they beheld enterine the
palate; of his tthnets after his wanderings over Europe
been exceeded, even by themselves, elsewhere ; and s .
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martial spirit which displayed itself here in such bril-
bore down all obstacles. As they followed the and America, pity was superseded by admiration.
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bravo young soldier to the successive attacks on the re- "On the following day Louis Philippe was presented
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doubts, they rent the air with shouts, which uniformly to the King at the Palace of the Tuileries in his Sicilian
I:_sed into a grand chanting of the 4 Marceillaise Costume, not choosing to wait for a French court suit,
ts ,nn.' " lest his Majesty might imagine that he had not been suf-
The Duke signalised himself again ut Anderlaeht on ficiently diligent in appearing amongst the Royal
the 1 ith November ; on the 19th at Tirleraont ; and at, Fathile. As the Duke approached Louis XVIII. ds
the 27th at Varroux. Dunicuriez advanced to Brussels scende-d, and advauenig towards him, said, ' Your High-
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the eighth day after the victory at Gemappcs. I peas was a Taieutenant-Gcaeral io the service of your'