The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-10 00:00:00

TRANSLATION.

SlR,—Atlow me to call your attention to the accom-
panying Report on the line to be adopted in France for
the international railway uniting London and Paris.
The evident interest which the two nations have that
the communication between the capitals should be by
the shortiest, easiest, and most regular route, assures me,
that on reading our Report, you will recognise the ad-
vantages that the port of Boulogne possesses. The ad-
mirable works which have given it such a depth of
water, found in no neighbouring port, and rendering the
passage in and out so easy, have made it selected by
three-fourths of the travellers between France and
England ; and this in spite of the great advantage accru-
ing to Calais from the packet-boats—compelled to go
there. Without this privilege (attaching to Calais), we
may safely assert that Boulogne would always be the
chosen port for passing from and to France and England, it
bcing even now the point chosen for the embarkation of
the Indian mail, and all commercial couriers.

These facts being but little known, as they date their
origin only five or six years back, at most, I feel it my
duty to make them known, in order that public opinion
mty from accurate information decide on that line
from London and Paris, which appears the best adapted
for the interest of the two nations.

It will not escape your notice that our plan, when
fully executed, will possess the additional advantage of
opening to all the English ports a communication with
the different branches of the Great Northern Railway by
all the French ports from Dunkirk to Havre.

Our desire being to inform the public, by bringing
facts and proofs before the principal organs of public
opinion, I have thought, Mr. Editor, that you would be
good enough to insert, in your publication, an extract
from our work, and so associate yourself with all the
measures calculated to strengthen the union between two
great nations.
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I have the honour to be,. Mr. Editor, your obedient
servant, THE MAYOR OF BOULOGNE..
[AL. ADAM.]
libuiogte,- 29th Jativaryi:lB42.

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CORN GROWN IN AMERICA.

The American Almanac for the present. year contains
the, agricultural statistics of the United States for 1840,
as taken by the marshals appointed for that purpose. as
follows •,
Corn and wheat . • 371,110,902 bushels.
Rye 16,445,373 „
Oats
• Bnclt'Wheat 7,392,018 „
Potatoes
Barley
Rice
Sugar
Hogs 20,563,898 number of
Sheep
Neat cattle
Poultry (value of)
10,742,591 dollars.
Dairy (value of products) 33,959,681
Orchards (value of)
The returns from North Carolina, Kentucky, Michi-
gan, Florida, and the Wisconsin territory, not having
been received in time for publication in the Almanac,
are not included in the above statement ; so that, in cal-
culating the average amount of grain to each individual,
we must deduct the population of these States. It ap-
pears, then, that the harvest of the year 1840 gave to
the remaining 15,500,000 inhabitants of the United States
500,000,000 bushels of grain, in addition to a plentiful
supply of all other articles of food. This gives a frac-
tion more than thirty-two bushels of grain to every rit-
habitant, which is just about seventeen bushels more
than the average supply of the people of Great Britain
and Ireland, taking the population at 27,000,000, and the
annual supply of grain of all kinds at 50.000,000 quar-
ters, or 400,000,000 bushels. We find that Mr. Mac-
queen, a favourite authority among the landowners,
estimates the value of all the landed property in this
kingdom at 3,000,000,000. On a hat data he has made
this calculation, we have not been able to ascertain ; but
if it be founded on a fair estimate of what the agricul •
tural produce of England would sell for in the open
market of the world, it is evident, measured by the same
scale, the landed property of that portion of the United
States already under cultivation would be worth at least
1,000,000,000 morethan that of Great Britain.

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LADIES' MEmonIAL.--The Anti-Corn-low
memorial of the ladies of Wigan will shortly be despatched to
London for presentation. We understand it contains the sig-
natures of 8,000 females.—Liverpool Chronicle.