The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-10 00:00:00

Tfih S T. LONDON, MOND tit Y EVENING, FEI3RITARY 10, 1845:

LATER FROM THE UNITED
STATES.

BRIGHTO►N_SATURDAY.

LITERATURE.

This morning, at nine o'clock precisely, her MajeL
and Prince Albert walked out of the Csstle-square en
trance of the palace to the chain-pier entirely unattended,
and reached the pier without being recognised. Her
Majesty and the Prirce promenaded for about three
quarters of an hour on the pier, which was kept entirely
tree from visitors during the time they were there, and
then walked back to the palace.
Her Majesty's visit to the pier was entirely unob-
served till she was about to return. Her Majesty looked
remarkably healthy; she was dressed in a tartan-plaid
pelisse of French merino, trimmed with dark fur, a straw
bonnet, trimmed with red and black velvet, and a black
'doe veil. Prince Albert u ore a kind of velvet
shooting-jacket As the royal pair were leaving
the pier about 200 persons, who had congregated on the
Marine Parade_, ran forward so as to head them on
their passing through the toll-gate. From this spot to
the palace is somewhat more than 100 yards, and while
this space was being traversed, some curious and imper-
tinent visitors (we have never recognised among the
parties who have thus acted any of the inhabitants of
Brighton) pressed round her Majesty and her Royal
Consort, some of them even peeping beneath the roj al
bonnet. Her Majesty and the Prince at length escaped
from the increasing crowd by entering the private en-
trance of the palace. Later in the moaning, Major Allen
(one of the Sussex magistrates acting for the Brigh-
ton division of Petty Sesvions), enter td the police court
just as the business was closing this morning, and with
considerable warmth addressing Mr. Chase (the chief
officer of police), said he had to state, with great re-
gret, that her Majesty had this morning been subjected
to great annoyance while walking in the public streets.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert had left the palace un-
attended, and had for some time enjoyed a promenade
on the chain pier ; on returning from which she had
been surrounded by ,a crowd, some of whom imperti-
nently placed themselves before her Majesty, and looked
up under her bonnet. Now, if her Majesty was sub-
jected to a repetition of such annoyance, the conse-
quence would probably be, that Brighton would be de-
prived cf the honour of her Majesty's occasional visits.
Her Majesty was very desirous of privacy, and parti-
cularly objected to being surrounded by policemen, but
he hoped some means might be devised which would
ensure a proper degree of privacy to her Majesty in her
walks.

LIVERPOOL SUNDAY MORNING.
The fine packet ship Yorkshire, commanded by
Captain Bailey, arrived here last night, after an excel-
lent passage from New York, whence she sailed on
the 16th ultiino, bringing papers from that city two
days later than those previously received. They con-
tain no news of striking interest. The annexation of
Texas was still the all-absorbing topic. France, it
would appear from the tone of the New York Sun, is
now viewed as an enemy of the great Republic, and
is said to have designs upon Mexico ; to the intrigues

of French emissaries and the influence of Gallic gold
is attributable the downfall of Santa Anna; and the

marriage of Prince de Joinville with a Brazilian
Princess is spoken of as the first pa: tof a gigantic
scheme for establishing French supremacy in South
America.
A Bill, authorising the preliminary steps to bring
about the annexation of Texas, was presented to
Congress on the 13th of January, by Mr. Foster, of
Tennessee, and was received, and various petitions for
and against that measure were presented. In the
House of Representatives there had also been
debating on the same question, without any practical

result.
The resolutions were read and referred to a Com.
mittee of the whole House.

The illadisonian coolly remarks that Colonel
Benson will not deem it necessary, in the present po-
sition of Mexico, to require the consent of that coun-
try to the annexation of Texas. A meeting of the
Abolitionists of New England to oppose the annexa-

ion was to be held at Boson on the 29th ult.

A report made by the Secretary of the Treasury
of the State of Pennsylvania goes far in support of
the promises made a short time since, that the future
interest of the public debt will be punctually paid.
Some unpleasant occurrences have taken place
between the Government of New Grenada and the
American Consul, Mr. Sancha, that gentleman having
been forcibly ejected from his office, and anotherperson
appointed in his place. Full particulars of the affair
are not given, but the American citizens appear to
have been in favour of Mr. Saneha.

Mr. Chase said he would in future station policemen
at the pier-gates, while her Majesty was on the pier.
Major Allen said that would defeat the object, fur it
would soon act as a signal that her Majesty was there,
and would cause a crowd to assemble to witness her
exit.

Mr. Chase said he would :end the men out in plain
cluthes.

NEW YORK COMMERCIAL MARKETS,

Major Allen said this annoyance to her Majesty was
a disgrace to the town. The rersons who surrounded
the Queen were chiefly tradesmen's boys, some of them
with baskets on their arms ; and the tradesmen ought to
know that such conduct on the part of their servants
would be likely to drive her Majesty from the town, and
deprive them of the advantage of her occasional residence
at the Pavilion.

JAN. 16.

Favourable accounts from England have rendered
the Cotton Market more buoyant and firm. There is
little doing in exchanges. We quote bills on London,
110 to 1101 ; on Paris 5.2 k to 5.214.
Mr. Polk, the President elect, is expected to arrive
in Washington, on the 15th instant.
The New York Herald announces that the return
of Mr. Webster to the Senate of the United States,
for the State of Mas;achusets, is certain.
Colonel W. Polk, brother of the President elect,
has been appointed, by President Tyler, to the post
of Charge d'Affaires of the United States at the
Court of Naples.

-Some further conversation took place amongst the
magistrates, after which Major Allen expressed a hope
that Mr. Chase would take means t) represent the case to
all the tradesmen, as far as he could, in order that they
might prevent their boys from continuing such annoyance.
This morning her Majesty was obliged to run into the
palace from the entrance in Castle-square.
An elderly gentleman who was sitting at the table,
said he witnessed the behaviour alluded to. It was
most disgraceful ; and, could he have got near to some
of the boys, they would have become acquainted with
the strength of his walking stick.
Major Allen said he was authorised by Colonel
Buckley, equerry in waiting to ht-r Majesty, to speak
thus publicly of the annoyance to which the Queen had
been subjected, and he trusted that there would be no
necessity to recur to the subject.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD (
RAILWAY.
Operations on this line will be commenced almost imme-
diately. On Wednesday the contracts are to be let, when
there will be thirty miles put in hand, taking a direct line
from Chester to haghilt, and the Pemnaen Bach Tunnel,
which is 440 yards in length, and is to be made at the instance
of the Admiralty. In another month the entire distance, 84
miles, with the exception of the Bangor portion of the line,
approaching the Menai Straits, and the passage over them,
which stands in abeyance at the request of Government, will
also be under contract. It was originally contemplated by Mr.
Stephenson, the engineer to carry the railway over the pre-
sent Menai bridge, but this was objected to by the Woods and
Forests, and by Mr. Walker, the Government engineer. He
now recommends the Directors to construct a permanent
bridge over the Britannia Rock, to be used exclusively for the
transit of the trains, and application for the necessary powers
will be made in the ensuing session. The works at this point
will be the weightiest on the line, and the proposed bridge over
the straits ofstupendous construction. There will be two arches
of 350 feet span, the segments of the arch to be formed of iron.
They are proposed to be built without centerings, and of such
a nature as to prevent any obstruction to the navigation ;
fear of which was the principal reason for not granting this
portion of the line last session. Within the last few days
engineers have been taking plans and soundings at the
Britannia Rock, with the view of giving evidence before the
House on the subject. The line was originally laid out by
Mr. George Stephenson in 1838. In 1839 Commissioners
were appointed by Government to select the best lines, and
the best harbours to be adopted, so as to furnish a better and
more direct communication between England and Ireland.
The harbours to which the attention of the Commissioners
was direeted were those of Holyhead and Portdinnlaen.
The lines were four, viz., from. Holyhead to Bangor and
Chester ; from Portdinnlaen, via Carnarvon, to Bangor and
Chester ; from Portdinnlaen, by Bala and Shrewsbury ;
and the fourth from Ormshead to Chester. The latter lines,
from Portdinnlaen mid Ormshead, were rejected by the
Commissioners, who conceived that, being open road-
steads, they could not be well adapted for mail-packet
stations. 'The Chester and Holyhead starts from the Birken-
head line, runs parallel for five miles with the Dee,
and sweeps on to Mostyn, Flint, Abergele, Baghilt, and
Llandowlais, skirting the seashore until it arrives at the pro-
montories of Penmaen Bach and Pamaen Mawr, where the
chief engineering difficulties occur. Owing to their extreme
steepness two plans were proposed by Mr. Stephenson, either
to carry a ledge along them, or to perforate them by a tunnel.
The former, he thought, would be the cheapest, but he had
been induced to adopt the latter, as it will prevent the trains
from exposure 'to the sea, which beats powerfully at those
points. The line sweeps by a viaduct over Bangor, and
through Anglesea on to Holyhead. From Chester it will
run for thirty-five miles on a level, which, in an engineering
point of view, is almost unprecedented. A deviation, with the
concurrence of the landowners, is proposed to be made in tne
route at Bangor, in consequence of opposition from the bishop,
whose palace it originally proposed to pass on a viaduct. The
proposed modification will entail an increased expense of
50,000/. We understand that arrangements have been made
with Colonel Pennant, one of the principal landed proprietors,
that the works between the Ogwm river, near Bangor, and the
Menai Straits, may be proceeded with immediately. The line,
when constructed, s ill be employed in the conveyance of the
Government mails, troops, and ordnance stores. It will cost
2,100,000/., and bring the metropolis within 270 miles of Holy-
head, by a journey of ten hours. Ten thousand tons of rails
have already been contracted for.