The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-30 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. laiit Night but Four of the Present Beason, which will conclude on Friday next, Sept. 3. THIS EVENING will be presented Bkakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE : Bhylock, by Mr. 0. Bean ; Portia, by Mr. C. Sean. Preceded by the Farce of LIVLNG WO FAST. aroprietor lending himself to unfair conduct, or be coming a party to a conspiracy to deprive an inno cent man of his liberty and property. America will have to celebrate a sth of August as well as a 4th of July—a day of Reunion with Eng land as well as a day of the Declaration of Indepen dence. A few days ago we gave considerable ex tracts from American papers, containing accounts of the universal joy and enthusiasm with which the tidings had been received that the transatlantic cable was safely laid, and that England could now con verse with her eldest daughter. Subsequent ac counts confirm what we then published. Delibe rately arranged fetes are to follow up the great tumultuous rejoicings. When the news was first received, as the telegraph flashed it from town to town, all the loud, boisterous, ardent means of cele bration common to our race were put in requisition. Salvoes of cannon resounded in town after town, in others all the bells were rung, impromptu public meetings and brilliant speeches, and every hearty mode of Anglo-Saxon expression of joy and gladness were at once put in requisition. A college announce ment and dinner, at which a thousand persons were assembled, and which happened to be on the very day, inaugurated the event by a spontaneous reli gious speech and appropriate prayer; and the fol lowing Sunday it was the topic of preaching and of special thanksgivings in the churchesl of all denominations. Not satisfied with this, however, the municipalities are making arrangements to comme morate the great event in some more formal and solemn, but not less hearty manner. We must certainly yield to our cousins the palm in regard to passionate rejoicings, and deep-felt plea sure too, at the late telegraphic success. They are, no doubt, a more impressible and impulsive people than we are. There is all the difference between youth and age in the two countries ; between a na tion that measures its life by centuries, and one which ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer. THIS EVENING and during the week, the highly successful Comedy of EXTREMES ; or Men of the Day, supported by Messrs. Emery, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett, Mrs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon. To conclude with the DANCING BARBER. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office open daily from ii to 5. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster - road .— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo- Oeksts are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, m a dame ~ Viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey , Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, d ; Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence , and Mrs. M a damA Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, enor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, And E.}W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Hr. Courtney; Director, Herr F. Jonglamans. Commence at seven 'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THE WEATHER —SUN ()Flinn, AUGUST 29. 'THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and daring the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.80. WIND, Westerly; light and dull. A.IIGOST 30. THERMOMETER IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—t19is day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72. WIND, Westerly; light and fine. THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1858. measures it by decades of years ; between a nation On Saturday, in alluding to the various abuses which has gravely to consider what it can do with prevailing in some private lunatic asylums, we asked its crowded and annually increasing population, and for the adoption of such precautions and safeguards one which has a boundless far west, and, with juve as should effectually prevent the seizure of sane men, nile hopes, only wants to add to its years that it may fill up the vast space it pants to occupy. We rejoiced, or the continued confinement of those who have corn indeed, and heartily enough, but it was natural pletely recovered their faculties. But for the privacy America should surpass us in its exultation. Eng with which the capture can be effected, and the diffi- land's merchants and politicians, and all her people, culty of tracing out the place in which the victim is were glad to be united to America, but it was surely much more for America to be united to us , and confined, coupled with the power of the keeper s of through us to Europe. Long as Europeans have refusing an interview to his nearest friend s, le g al been settled in America, and Englishmen in advisers, and medical attendants, who are not in her Northern half, yet all this time it collusion with those interested in branding him as a is America that has most felt the dis lopeless lunatic, the illegal seizure could not be lance between the old world and the new. Europe effected, or at least would be productive of no evil has not yet become relatively to America what Asia consequences beyond a mere temporary inconve nience. How, then, could this danger be averted was to Greece and Rome, and what Greece and without so far lifting the veil and exposing the Rome are to modern Europe — the effete p ar e n t o f a family of the unfortunate man to the annoyance of superior civilisation. That day may come. The having it generally known that the fearful taint of emigration of all the more energetic, the more deter mined among us, to better their fortunes , ma y , l o n g insanity was in their blood, and thus having an in - after we are all dead and buried , re nder the States delible brand affixed thereto ? This, of course, should be avoided so far as practicable. At the same time, the most powerful, wealthy, and influential part of it would be by far a less evil than having even a the human race, leaving to Europe merely its supe small number of persons unfairly kidnapped and un- riority in an ancient literature and learning, and its justly subjected to perpetual imprisonment. cultivated taste. But at present A m e rica still lean s But matters may be easily arranged so as to more on Europe than Europe on her. Sh e h as been ensure every necessary and prudent precaution, the outlying nation, the expatriated one of civilisa t without resorting to undue publicity. The first tion. True, she might be very we l l content with step, as we have already explained, is that every the ample supply her own territory furnishes to all alleged lunatic should, in the first instance , and before she wants, but she cannot be. She carried with her, being brought into any private establishment , be a; a part of her inheritance, the literature and laws taken to a public hospital, and there exa min e d b y a of the old world ; they are the basis of her civilisation, and she still needs the intellectual food which the public officer and a magistrate, in the absence of the p promoters of the inquiry. This would ensure that parent country alone can furnish. Of commerce it , is needless to speak ; but for her very fashions the there was at least a prima facie case of insanity. The public officer and the magistrate may be presumed j States are entirely dependent on Europe. Natural to be impartial, and their certificates, in addition to : was it, therefore, for Americans to rejoice the most. those by the two "skilful persons," might authorise They felt themselves at once placed in instant and the reception of the party into a private asylum. permanent connexion with the great family of civi- But these should be indispensable ; for if foul play be; ii.ed nations. On the fifth of August, 1858, they contemplated, a few days of exposure to the uncenee' were joined for ever in happy matrimony with \ trolled brutalities and acts of the conspirators may the old aristocracy of the human race. make any man at least a temporary lunatic. , But, better still, there was, we believe, in all this It may be said that bringing the party to the hos- rejoicing a feeling which we here in England can pital and obtaining the certificate would be a matter 1 most cordially reciprocate. Was not the feeling more of needless expense. It may be s o in some instances ; akin to that of a re-awakened fraternal, and almost but it would be a protection and sa f eg uard in all , filial, feeling, than to that of marriage rejoicings for cheaply purchased at a much higher outlay. It is i a union between the nation in her teens and the , nation in her maturity of age ? Is not the heart of not required on behalf of pauper lunatics. The law guarantees their liberties far more jealously than America, after all, more towards England, the land the liberties of their wealthier brethren ; and of her birth, and the land, despite herself, of her that, although there can be comparatively little temp- pride and her real esteem, than towards any other tation to place them in the ward for the insane, or nation ? France she has used politically, and to defer or prevent their cure, if practicable. There she is pleased with Russian flatteries ; but she cares are no " four" or "five" hundreds per annum flowing more for the approbation of England than for that of into the pockets of the proprietor of the asylum in all the world besides. She is proud to be the return for an expenditure of less than quarter the daughter of Britain, and would not exchange the amount. Their cure will not deprive the party on parentage, if she could, to call any other nation on whom it mainly depends of £3OO or £4OO per annum earth her mother country. And we, too—what net profit ! Their discharge not only removes nation beside in the world would we prefer to call troublesome and unprofitable patients, but is a great our daughter ? When she has got rid of one dark, feather in the cap of the superintendent, who can " damned spot," which we ourselves have not washed proudly point to the large proportion of cures out for a very long time—we shall be in all respects effected under his direction and management. They proud of our offspring, and feel—as, indeed, we now have, therefore, every fair chance afforded to feel—no jealousy of her most rapid progress. We them. We should, however , like , in the mass of believe the Americans themselves hardly knew how statistics on this point, to ascertain the proportion of much they loved the old country. The tele those discharged as cured from private establishments, graph was just the incident to show them, and for whose keep £4O O per annum , o r u p wards, was us too, that there was a stronger family paid ! Not that it would be at al l conclusive, inns- feeling than we had ever thought of. The much as we believe that there are man y honourable landing of the cable was, in fact, an almost unex pected meeting of two families—families, whose an men, of unblemished integrity , wh om no p ecuniary temptation could induce to act unfair l y towards the cestors, some fourscore years ago, had, through the stupidity of an obstinate King and his s ignorant Minis unfortunate beings placed under their charge. It is ters, and the young blood of the juvenile s , con t r i ve d sufficient for the purposes of our argume nt if even a t few can be purchased to do the dirty work o f their to quarrel bitterly. Now, all that generation de a d employers ; and a trifling addition to the cost of and gone, the descendants, of the offenders at least, consigning a patient to a private lunatic asylum, all renounce the quarrel; they do more, they adopt which could be well afforded by his friends able to the very principles of Colonial Government which had they been in vogue at the time of the quarrel, pay handsomely for his support, would be a matter •f comparatively trivial importance. w ould have rendered it impossible. Every English- There should:also be a registration of ever y lunatic, man now avows that, with his present views, had he detained in any private asylum, lodged in the office of been a colonist then, he would have rebelled. Thus, the Clerk of the Peace of the county and of the a state of feeling has grown up which has thoroughly County Court, with a statement of the time when changed the feelings of the two peoples, while con he was originally captured, and the various asylums currently with all this a commerce has sprung up in which he had been detained. This should be open to between the two, probably the largest that ever inspectio n; b u t i n order to prevent impertinent curio- existed between may two nations. sity a tolerably high fee may be charged. The will of It seems, therefore, but natural that Americans, any deceased person may be read for a shilling, and notwithstanding all the petty squabbles of late years, yet few but those really interested are found willing should have growingly felt that they are more than to pay the price. Half-a-crown or a crown would ever one with the old country. One in race and not be easily parted with, unless there was some origin, one in language and literature, one in laws really important object in view. and religion, one, essentially in civil institutions and The next step to be taken would be to ensure in their irrepressible love of liberty and hatred access to friends and professional advisers, whether of despotism—the two peoples have found, after a legal or n tedical. In Mr. Ruca's case we find a pro- long separation, that they are suddenly one in hibition to the visits of his nearest relatives and his proximity—that a half-inch cable and a thin taoliciter. This should not be. They should be wire has made them conterminous ! and the result is, ermitted. to see an d conve rse with the alleged that the you nger na ti on exu lt s with exuberant de lunatic at, all reasonable times, to receive his instruc - light, and th e o ld er one i s pro f oun dly g l a d, and both *lions, and .to demand a new exam i na ti o n by impartial feel instinctively th at t h e te l egrap h i s an i n f orma l `medical nten, on depositing th e cos t th ereo f. To this bond of federal uni on — t h at i t h as ren d ere d war an there could be no possible obj ect i on, an d th e Lord impossibility—that it is no w E ng l an d an d A m erica against all the world—that f ree d om i s sa f e , an d th a t Chancellcir, the ex t7lficio guardia n o f every person o f despotism must at least keep within its own limits, unsou nd mind, miglet nominate a cert a i n num b er o f medical gentlemen in e very district, having noconnec- and soon begin to contract them — that even mistakes tion with private estaialiahmeats, whose opinions oetween the two countries are henceforth to be of but should be taken in such cases. short duration—that commerce is to act on prompt But beyond all, there s hould be a constant inspe e . information and safe knowledge—that New York lion, an unceasing surveillance. It should not be and Liverpool are to transact business almost as flyin g visits once a quarter, of which due notice had easily and se curely a s London and Liver p ool ; and been given, or otherwise obtaitw that, for d. Nor should there all but local purposes, the two countries begun to acknowledge the c l a i ms of the Anglo qaublael az o d r d r e a s p s e a c n t fu A l ea t r b e a a s t _- ' r e secrets might remain undetected. No, the visits Saxon Rep u bli c on the The ment ; they had s en t an should be frequent, sudden, and unexpected . d and b sailor, a inspection should he such as to discover the ordinary saavowedly given up all dispute about the old quarrel as to the • routine, and, for this purpose, there should be had hardly right of search. This latter course . assistant commissioners in lunacy appointed in every Transatlantic Telegraph made and ratified a treaty district. The• expense would not be very great, and of perpetual alliance sealed as statesmen could never it might be provided, either by a small percentage ma k e —or, rather, a brotherhood between the on the payments made by each patient, or by an in crease in the stamp duty on licences for keeping peoples which will make their treaties superfluous. __----. such establishments. The latter would have one good effect, as it would eliminate the list of such proprietors, and by removing those most subject to corrupt ipfluences, reclucc the chancQs of any licensed A strange rumour is afloat which may prevent the marriage in the high quarter, which occupies all Paris at this moment. No less an impediment than a prior claim S said to exist.—Court Journal. , , • itar. - 400 , 40,f, L k r- q ~• 4, :'4 .4,1111104)\ Vfx,„,,,,—# ,••• • 4.. .• , • - ;: THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1858. THE QUEEN IN GERMANY. FROM THE COURT NEWSMAN. COLOGNE, SATURDAY, AUG. 28. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort arrived here at a quarter to 10 o'clock p.m., from Babelsberg, all well. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA AND CHINA. PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic despatch from Baron Gros. He says : " TIEN-SIN, JUNE 19. " The wishes of the Emperor are satisfied in China. " The whole of the vast empire is thrown open to Christianity, and nearly the whole of it to the trade and industry of the west. " Our diplomatic agents may reside temporarily at Pekin. " Our missionaries are to be admitted everywhere. " A Chinese Ambassador will be sent to Paris. " The murderer of the missionary Chappe de Laine will be punished. The Gazette of Pekin will an nounce it. " The laws against Christianity are to be abolished. " The engagements hare all been concluded, and partly signed under the seal of the Imperial Com missaries. " France and England obtain the most ample con cessions." The following telegram was received at the East India House yesterday, at 3 p.m.:— " To J. D. Dickinson, Esq., India House, London. " The fugitive rebels from Gwalior, after making a demonstration against Boondee on the 19th of July, attempted to cross the Bundaes, but failed. On the 13th they were menacing both Bechore and Bughore. " The Neemuch force had prepared to move out on the Ist of August for the purpose of co-operation with Holmes's column, which was last heard of at Boondee. The rebels are in considerable force, their numbers being estimated at 4,090 or 5,000 fighting men, with five guns. Their leaders are Tantia Topee, Yeydial, and others. " A small force from Ahmedabad, under Major Brimes, has been pushed forward to Timaoune ( ? ), with instructions to advance on Kheirwarra, if necessary. " The Sawunt Desaees have offered to submit to the Portuguese Government. " The amnesty purporting to have been issued by the Governor-General, and published in the Bombay overland papers of the 19th of July, has been offi cially declared to be an entire fabrication. " 11. L. ANDERSON, Secretary to Government. " Bombay Castle, Aug. 4. " V. MONTANARO. " Malta, Aug. 29, 9.15 a.m." THE CALCUTTA MAIL. MALTA, AUG. 29. The Calcutta homeward mail left here yesterday. THE RUSSIAN DESPATCH FROM CHINA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of the 10th (22d) inst. publishes the following : " By a typographical error in the article relative to the conclusion of peace with China, in our impres sion of yesterday, the dates of the two treaties were omitted. The first treaty mentioned was concluded on the Ist (13th) June, and the second, concluded previously, bears the date of 16th (28th) May." AUSTRALIA. ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 25. The Emeu reached Suez last night with the Aus tralian mails and gold at valued £53,084. TURKEY. FURTHER MINISTERIAL CHANGES. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 28. The High Admiral, Mehemmed Ali Pacha, the Minister of Commerce, Ali Ghalib Pacha, and the three other sons-in-law of the Sultan have been placed on the retired list. Mehemmed Kibrizli Pacha has been appoixted High Admiral, and replaced in the Presidency of the Council of the Tanzimat by Mehemmed Ruchdi The new Minister of Commerce has not yet been named. FRANCE. PARIS, SATURDAY. It is not true that the French Government has ad dressed a note to the Cabinet of St. James's, com plaining of the bombardment of Jeddah. It may be the Government of the Emperor, nevertheless, re gret such an event took place, after the assurances given by the Porte that the assassins should be punished, and every satisfaction given to England and France for the outrages committed. It is now evidently a period at the Bourse when capitalists are no longer content to wait for lower prices. During the last three weeks a very large amount of bona fide purchases have been made in all securities. Rente, that is to say the 3 per Cents., which lingered so long between 69 and 70, have now fairly left even the latter figure behind, and no one expects a retrograde movement if the usual course of political and commercial events be not disturbed. This day (Saturday) the Threes reached 70.40, and found buyers to a considerable extent. Com mercial men in France look forward to a pe riod of increased prosperity. The late crisis has kept large amounts of money unemployed, as may be seen by the low demands made for discount. The Bank of France again contemplated this week a reduction of its discount charges. The metallic re serve of that establishment has not been greater for many months, and the Banque de France shares have fallen Mfr. this week accordingly. This stagnation, it is argued, must ere long be replaced by increased activity. The exportation trade to the United States is gradually showing symptoms of improvement ; the opening of China will afford a new market for a certain class of French produce, and Algeria is daily inviting increased commerce. The political aspect of Europe is considered satisfactory. Those who sought to create a ball feeling between England and France are now thoroughly defeated. The Danube will ere long be open to the flags of all nations on terms highly favourable to commerce. The Russian Go vernment seems to devote all its attention towards developing the Wealth of that great empire ; in fact, there seems to be a disposition throughout Europe to cultivate the arts of peace. Such is the material with which men calculate in Paris for a general im provement in prices and an approaching•manufac turing activity. The following table shows the variations in quoted property as compared with last week FRIDAY. DIFFERENCE. Name of Quotations. ____-- ---- Aug. 20. Aug. 27. Plus. Minus. P. C. F. C. F. C. F. C. Rente 3 per Cent 69 45 70 50 0 60 • • Rente 41 per Cent 97 35 97 25 0 0 010 Consolides Banque de France 3175 0 3125 0 0 0 50 0 Comptoir d'Escompte Credit Foncier Credit Mobilier 720 0 751 25 31 25 .. Orleans Nord Do. Actions Nouvelles Est Lyon et Mediterradec B2O 0 817 50 0 0 250 Midi Guest Grand-Central Geneve • • 610 0 610 0 0 0 .. Dauphine Beziers Ardennes 450 0 450 0 0 9 .. Chemins Autrichieus Victor-Emmanuel 422 50 447 50 25 0 .. 100 vessels, laden with above a million bushels of wheat, entered the port of Marseilles from the Black Sea in the course of Tuesday and Wednesday last. PARIS BOURSE.—This day (Saturday) the business transacted chiefly consisted in the selling and buying of Rente. Little was done with railway shares. Threes, after having been done at 70fr., improved to 70fr. 35c.; Mobilier, from 755 fr. to 760 fr. ; Aus trian, 640 fr. to 642 fr. 50c.; Orleans, 1,337 fr. 50c. to 1,345 fr.; Lyons, 815 fr. to 822 fr.; Northern, 945 fr. to 950 fr.; Eastern, Southern, 545 fr. to 547 fr. the last quotations : Fr. Ct. 41- per Cents... . 97 Do. end of month 3 per Cent. 7O 25 Do. end of month 70 40 Bank Shares .... 3,175 Credit Mobilier.. 760 Do. account..... 770 700 fr. to 702 fr. 50c. ; and 500, The following were Fr. Ct. Credit Foncier 625 Belgian 41 — Piedmontese 5, 9O 50 Roman. Austrian — Spanish Threes Home Debt — RAIL` Cash. 'AY 8. L—Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. Orleans . 1,335 .. 1,346 25 Northern New ditto BO7 50 .. 810 Lyons &Mediterranean... New ditto .. — Geneva — Midi —. Sardinian G W E r a e a s s t t n e e d r r n c n 445 Austrian entral 761252 —5O 610 - 550 -- 620 - 715 - 447 50 645 - PARIS, SUNDAY, 6 P.M. I may assure you there is no truth in the reports periodically circulated about England and France being about to resume diplomatic relations with Naples. There are persons both in Paris and Lon don interested in re-establishing embassies at the Court of the Two Sicilies, because it would assure them a pleasant diplomatic appointment. There are also persons in Naples who think to persuade King Ferdinand of the necessity of making some changes in his Cabinet, and according a limited political am nesty. The information which reaches me from Naples represents the King as rather pleased than otherwise to dispense with the presence of French and English plenipotentiaries. Nevertheless, as cer tain officious approaches are from time to time made with a view of reconciliation, we must expect perio dically to find exaggerated reports of the same in the continental journals. These reports generally are first printed in an Austrian or Belgian paper. They thus get into some London newspaper, and finally become reprinted from the English text in one or two French journals. The Siecle of to-day, for example, publishes from one of your contempo raries an " important rumour," by which we learn how the King of Naples has accepted conditions for a reconciliation with England and France. The fact is, England and France arc perfectly agreed on what terms they will resume relations with Naples, and those terms are, no doubt, such as the honour of the two countries demands, and the real interests of Naples suggests—therefore not likely to be accepted by King Ferdinand. The French Government has not yet received any confirmation of the treaty with China from its own agent, nor can any such confirmation arrive, it is calculated, for ten days. Despatches, however, have reached Paris which anticipate the possibility of China accepting all the demands of the Allies but one, but the objectionable " one" is not named. May it not be the establishment of Ambassadors at Pekin ? A letter from Berlin, of the 26th, contains the im portant announcement of the elevation of the Prince of Prussia to the functions of Regent of the king dom, intelligence for which your readers are pre pared : "The question relative to the Government is at length decided. Two days ago there was received at Babelsberg a resolution of the King on the subject, , but which will not, however, be published before the expiration of the present delegation. The Prince of , Prussia will, on the 23d October, take in hands the reins of government, with the complete exercise of sovereignty and in quality of Regent. This affair is settled in all its political bearings—it only remains to make the necessary financial arrangements. This in formation may be considered as authentic." A letter from Berlin, of the 24th, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The Prussian Cabinet has, within the last few days, sent a fresh despatch to the Aus trian Government to again explain the attitude of Prussia in the question of Radstadt." In this document the Prussian Government per sists in maintaining that it has, as well as Austria, a right to place a garrison in that federal fortress. A letter from Vienna, of the 24th, in speaking of the Prussian Note, says :—" Much sensation has been caused here by a decisive note which the Prussian Government has just addressed to Count Buol, rela tive to the resolution of the Diet on the subject of the pretensions of Prussia to keep a garrison at Rad stadt, conjointly with Austria and the Grand Duchy of Baden. As it was thought here that this affair was settled, at least for some time, the sudden arrival of this note has produced considerable sensation in the higher political regions of our. capital." I have received communications from Athens, dated Aug. 20. The Queen continues to direct the political affairs of Greece, which are chiefly confined to the question of the succession to the throne. Her Majesty now intrigues against the pre tensions, or rather rights, of the Bavarian Court. This is so obvious that the Minister of Bavaria no longer visits the Kynosargis (Royal Palace). The Queen desires to see her brother suc ceed to the Crown, and openly declares that the Prince Alymadas would embrace the Greek faith if he were elected heir to the throne. I need scarcely add her Majesty is strongly supported in this proposition by Count Ozaroff, the Russian Minister at Athens. The King himself is said to support this arrangement, and will try to settle the question before he returns to Athens. The public works of which we heard so much are still confined to paper ; the French en gineer, M. Daniel, is unable to get the Government to permit him to do anything at all. He has nothing to think of, though well paid, but his pipe, and the i,,at'7ocov ,uAt (the famed honey) of that delicious land. The Anglo-French Financial Commission is equally employed in doing nothing. Unhappy Greece ! The Opinione of Turin reminds the Morning Post that it is in error to suppose Mazzini uses that jour nal to promulgate his revolutionary circulars. "If we have produced the document," say the Opinione, "it is because by so doing we avail ourselves of the best means to show its impotence and absurdity." Italy, in future, need fear nothing from Mazzini ; the people are perfectly well aware who are their friends and who their enemies. A letter from Mauberge states that on Sunday last, the 22d, ten Protestants were expelled from a room in which they were assembled, and four of them, one the minister, who had been sent from the Consistory of Lille, carried to prison. Tf this be true, the authorities have acted quite contrary to the policy observed by The French Government in religious affairs. Toleration ofall religious sects—the equal protection of all—the participation of all in public benefits, are the rules to be observed throughout France. It is only when a religious doubt has been employed to screen political designs that the State interfered. The central authorities will assuredly punish the fanatical passions of those who convert religion into the intrigues of ignorance, and substitute persecution for that Chris tian toleration of all Christian sects which belongs to the principles of the great Revolution—on which the present dynasty and Government of France are founded. The Lien, a journal of the Reformed Churches, publishes the following extract of a circular lately addressed by the Prefect of the Sarthe to the Sub- Prefects and other authorities in that department, relative to the hawking of books and other printed publications :—" I must add, according to instruc tions from the Minister of the Interior, that in all the departments like ours, where only a small pro portion of the population profess the reformed reli gion, Protestant Bibles must be assimilated to other writings contrary to the religion of the majority, and consequently of a nature to excite a certain degree of irritation. It is, therefore, proper to exclude those works from being hawked even when they have the usual stamp." I very much question if the Minis ter of the Interior ever issued instructions preventing the distribution of any Bibles. Is it to be believed that France, in 1858, is not to possess the faithful text of the Bible ? The subject deserves the atten tion of Government, in order that such a reported scandalmay be removed. Rome does not dictate in Paris ! If so, such does not belong to the great Re volution ! AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. This forenoon the royal mail steamship Persia. Capt. C. H. E. Judkins, arrived in the Mersey, from New York, with advices from thence to the 18th inst. The Persia brings 188 passengers, and $695,462 in specie. On Sunday, the 22d, the Persia reached St. John's, Newfoundland, and, after receiving on board the mails and passengers of the Europa, proceeded on her homeward course the same day, arriving off this port at 4 a.m., where she waited the flowing of the tide, to enable her to cross the bar and enter the river. The screw steamship Saxonia, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at New York on the evening of the 17th, and the screw steamer City of Washing ton, from hence, was off the port on the 18th. The excitement incident in the United States upon the completion of the laying of the Atlantic tele graph cable had received an impetus by the receipt of the Queen's message to the President. On the 17th an intense excitement prevailed amongst all classes of the citizens of New York, in consequence of the despatches from the Queen and President, which were published in the morning newspapers. Many were incredulous, believing the news too good to be true ; but the confirmatory despatches pub lished during the day, and the publicity given to the Queen's message in full, dissipated all doubts, and the rejoicing was universal• On 'Change, in the street, on ferry boats, in all the marts of trade, and in every family circle, the one topic of conversation was the cable and the Queen's message. Without any par ticular request on the part of the authorities, the citizens readily resolved to celebrate this great event becomingly. Business was in good part sus pended, and an unusual number of people thronged the streets, expecting some sort of turn out. All the public buildings and hotels had the national flags flying throughout the day. The city arms and the stars and stripes waved over the City Hall. One of the features of these flag decorations was the inter national character they assumed. The colours, not of our own, but of every nation were represented, to typify the union of diverse nationalities as a conse quence of the success of the cable. The shipping in the harbour were also similarly decorated, and the coup d' ceil on entering the port presented by the numberless streamers was magnificent. The demand for newspapers early in the day was very great, and it is probable that not so many were sold in one day since the loss of the Arctic. In the evening the dis play was exceedingly brilliant. The exhibition of fireworks, the salutes of artillery, and the illumina tions, altogether made up a demonstration never before equalled. _ _ _ In other portions of the United States and in Bri tish America the demonstrations were also most hearty. Telegraphic news from Boston to New York thus characterises the demonstration there The telegraphic celebration in this city to-night is only equalled by our Fourth of July demonstrations. Thousands of citizens crowd the streets. Among the most conspicuous buildings illuminated are the City Hall, the Public Library, the Journal and Transcr:pt newspaper offices, and the Parker House. The Common presents a magnificent ap pearance, being illuminated by thousands of coloured lan terns attached to the forest of trees. The 2d Regiment of Infantry is being reviewed on the Common, while several bands of music engaged for the occasion enliven the scene with the national airs of America and England. The statue of Franklin, in front of the City Hall, is wreathed with flowers and his name made conspicuous in letters of gaslight from the façade of the building. Rockets are flying in all directions. Though hastily got up the demonstration is grand—worthy of the occasion. In Charlestown, Chelsea, Cambridge, Roxbury, and other cities and towns adjoining, the event was also appropriately celebrated to-night. There has been a general jubilee all around." ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. After the fall of the curtain, at the conclusion of the enter tainment on Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. German Reed again appeared before the audience, in obedience to a most enthusiastic call. The curtain descended a second time, and the delighted audience began to leave, when Mr. Reed ran abruptly on to the platform, and, in a comic tone, ad dressed the audience in the fallowing quaint speech : " Don't run away, ladies and gentlemen, I have to make a speech ; now I detest long speeches as much as anybody can, and am somewhat astonished at my audacity in thus detain ing you, for you must be tired of hearing and seeing me. Why, would you believe it, I can scarcely credit it myself, that for upwards of one thousand and forty nights I've been trying to compose an opera for your amusement, and as often failed, because you laughed so immoderately when Mrs. Reed persecuted and interrupted me. By the way, I should have brought my wife before you now, but when once a lady begins to talk there's no stopping her; now I don't mean to detain you a moment, but every public office has its auditors of accounts, and I want you to pass ours. There is a heavy debtor and creditor account between us. Do let me just thank you, heartily and unaffectedly thank you, in the name of my wife and myself, for the capital you have sunk for our advantage. We've been drawing on you now for four years, and during the whole of that time you've never once dishonoured our bills or notes, musical and otherwise. We have very large bill transactions in this establishment; our six months' issue (in the London season) is considerably in excess of a million (sheets of paper ! !) ; and such is the confidence which you (our liberal patrons), have in those bills (yellow and blue), that I cannot allow this, our last night, to pass over without saying Ladies and —" Here Mrs. Reed suddenly made her appearance, con stantly interrupting Mr. Reed in his address ; persisting in having the last word of every sentence. They then stated that their town house would ba closed after to-morrow (Saturday morning being their last appearance in London), and gave a general invitation to their friends to pop in on them any time in the country, for " Its wather the wight thing to do to dwop in to the Weeds." Then followed a very comical adieu. Mrs. Reed, after the curtain had dropped, still insisting on having the last word, put ber head through the curtains to have the last " Good bye !" amidst the farewell cheers of a crowded audience. THE GREAT GLOBE. The system of illustrating picturesque or historical scenes in other lands, which has now reached so high a degree of perfection in many of the metropolitan exhibitions, has been nowhere carried out on a scale of greater magnitude or with more ability and success than at the Great Globe, in Leicester-square. The principle on which the system is founded is a sound one, to bring vividly before the eye things of which, from their nature, mere verbal description, however graphic, can give but vague, faint, or erroneous ideas, which it requires the aid of the pictorial art to inform and to correct. To this class of things belong scenery, costume, and arcbi tec!ure. Few will come away from am inspection of the treasures of oriental illustration at the Great Globe without feeling that a new light has been thrown upon their pre vious reading, and that they have been inspired with a strong desire to know more of those far off lands, of which they have just got so many lively and delightful impressions. There could scarcely be a place better adapted for giving clear and vivid notions on several points connected with hose countries in the Last which for years have been kept almost constantly before the public view than the exhibition which forms the subject of the present notice. Turkey, India, and China have been in all men's mouths, and it is to these three great nations, to the illustration of their s,cenery, architecture, dress, manners, social and domestic life, that the Great Giobe has for a long time past, by dio ramic exnosition and by lecture, in a special manner devoted itself. Nor is the interest attaching to those couutties, at least to two of them, likely to be soon exhausted. An irnaginaty cruise under the conduct of the lecturer along the eastern coast of China, touching at various points here and there, according as the beauty of the scenery or historical and political associa'ions may invite, will be found a treat worth enjoying. The views are presented under a variety of aspects: at sun rise, at sunset, in the moonlight, with the twinkling stars above, in the midst of storm, on occasions of some great calamity or some national celebration, but nearly always with some superadded grace, or the at'raction of some associated interest. Equal in beauty is the • Voyage around the southern shores of India. You set out fermi Bombay, sail al'entg the Malabar coast, meeting the pip:cing, shrieking sirnoorn on your way touch at Cape Co:norin at sunrise, then round by Ceylon, touch at Point Galle, at Madras, and finally land on the banks of the Roughly. Having visited the principal paces in the " City of Palaces, " yen are then transported to scenes made memo rable by the recent mutiny to Lucknow with its Residency, to Cawnpore, to the rock fsrtre,s of Gwalior, to Agra, to Delhi under siege, when the Cashmere gate is being blown open, and in various other aspects; and lastly, to the burn ing bungalows of Meerut. A few magnificent views of fortresses,and scenery amongst the mountains of Cashmere bring the grand diorama of" sites and scenes" in connection with the great sepoy rebellion to a close. Independent of their value as a means of instruc ion and delight, the views possess no ordinary merit considered purely as works of art. They are all from drawings, sketches, or photographs taken on the spot, by native artists or by men of eminence whose names are a sufficient guarantee fin. the fidelity of the repre sentation. The time between the dioramic exhibitions is filled up by interesting and instructive lectures on various subjects, such as the Atlantic telegraph, British Columbia, and the British Colonies, physical geography, the history, customs, manners, &c., of the Turks, Chinese, and Indians. On the whole, the exhibition is an admirable one, and de serves to take rank amongst the permanent institutions of the metropolis. THE TURKISH LOAN. The expected Turkish loan has been announced. It is for an ultimate sum of £5,000,000, but the first issue will be limited to £3,000,000. The interest is to be 6 per cent., and the subscribing price 85. The regular payment of the divi dends and the ultimate redemption of the principal at par are specially secured by an assignment of the Customs' duties and octroi at Constantinople, which produced last year £600,000, or double the amount of the interest now to be provided for; and these revenues are to be administered by a commission of five members, consisting of the Fiaance Minister, two other Government functionaries, and Messrs. Hanson and Falcoonet on behalf of the contractors. The proceeds of the loan are to be applied faithfully to restore the currency system of the country by the withdraw al of the incon sertible Government paper,&c., according to a definite plan, to be promulgated for the purpose. To the subscribers for the first issue of £3.000,000 the option is given of taking the re maining £2,000,000 at the same price on the Bth Oct. next. Otherwise this £2,000,000 is not to be issued for a year at any price below 90. The instalments are payable monthly, terminating January 10, 1859. The sinking fund is to be 1 per cent., and will be augmented, in proportion as these bonds are cancelled, by the appropriation of the sums which will thus be saved by the cessation of interest. Messrs. Dent, Palmer, and Co., are the contractors, and all applica tions are to be made to them or Messrs. Mullens and Co., or Laurence and Co. on or before Thursday afternoon. This loan may constitute the turning point in the fate of Turkey. Until the finances of the country are put upon a sound footing every effort for its advancement must he liable to be frustrated, while its political indepen dence is likewise jeopardized, since a Government harassed by pecuniary difficulties becomes not only reck less, but loses all sense of independence and self-respect. The proposed L 5,000,000 will, it is understood, amply suf fice to redeem the whole of the depreciated currency now floating, and it in future all the obligations of the Govern ment are met in specie, or its equivalent, the credit of the State will be such as to enable it to command from the capi talists of Constantinople every aid that may henceforth be needed, since, looking at its commerce and resources and the insignificance of its debt, scarcely any country possesses in a greater degree the elements of financial prosperity. According to the statements now made, there can be no doubt that the funds to be raised will be devoted solely to the object named. The duties of the commission are to be defined for that purpose by an Imperial firman, and any de viation would at once becom e k nown . F rom the manner of its appointment, moreover, with the Finance Minister at its head, an occurrence of the kind would constitute a deliberate breach of political faith beyond what any European Govern ment—always excepting that of Spain—could now commit. On the whole, therefore, the proposed terms seem such as may be regarded with favour. To the commerce of England, France, and other countries the result of its success would be incalculable. In nu quarter is trade or enterprise more inviting, yet no prudent merchant will now venture any thing in that region beyond the most limited and ordinary transactions, from the total impossibility of making any calculations under the pernicious state of its exchanges. It is probably no exaggeration to conjecture that during each year of the continuance of the existing confusion Turkey loses far more than the entire five millions she proposes to raise for her extrication. Should her Government in any nothing i abuse m more e e can b e advantages requiredt a t t a o r are sealno now e k e f l a y a t o thatbe accorded, the E m Em pire case, h however,as p assed t h possibilitye may b e assumed ofre g t e h n a. e t re hertio n . present E ve Even andin c)thatr.. at e having ur purposes, s b , e ne been raisedtne r l ofaonrs the would ul d mostb be national entirely future Government or Governments that might be founded pean Powers would be likely to be p a s n a d fe' le s g in it c i e rn r ' C't in the country under the auspices of aernmyiottredalltoofintahuegEuurraote their new arrangements by confiscation.— Imes y Article. His Excellency the Greek Minister and Madame and Mademoiselk Tricoupi have returned from Paris, and are staying at Dover for a few weeks. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch have left Montagu House, Whitehall, for Drumlanrig Castle, Dum fries. --- The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley left town on Saturday, for Knowsley Hall, Lanca shire. The Earl and Countess of Verulam arrived at Gorhambury, Herts, en Friday last, from Aix-la-Chapelle. The noble earl is in much better health from his visit to the Continent. The Countess (Dowager) of Verulam remains on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at The Grove, ❑ear Watford, Herts. The Lord Chancellor, after passing a few days in town, left on Saturday to join Lady Chelmsford and family at Malvern. Lady Naas and her infant daughter, we are happy to learn, are progressing favourably. A report is current in Paris that the Emperor's life is insured, to an immense amount, in the City of London. Court Journal. A despatch of the 17th from Halifax says : " As soon as it was intimated yesterday afternoon that the Queen's message to the President had passed through Nova Scotia, royal salutes were fired from the citadel and flag ships. Flags were displayed in all parts of the city. To-day the greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and every available piece of bunting is flying in all the provincial towns. The an nouncement of the Queen's message and President's reply were received with bursts of intense joy. Public meetings have been held, and preparations are making to celebrate the event." The Governor-General of Canada transmitted the following letter to the Queen : " The Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, London, England. " The Governor-General of British North America pre sents his humble duty to the Queen, and respectfully con gratulates her Majesty on the completion of the telegraphic communication between Great Britain and these colonies. " EDMUND HEAD." Shortly ater midnight of the New York celebra tion the cupola of the City Hall was discovered to be on fire, and the flames spread so rapidly that it was soon all in a blaze. The firemen were promptly on the spot, but no efforts on their part could stop the fury of the conflagration. The cupola and upper part of the building were completely destroyed, and the pictures in the governor's room, as well as other property in the hall, no doubt are much injured, if not totally destroyed. The fire Si ginated from the pyrotechnic display, and its progress is doubtless due to carelessness on the part of the person who had the building in charge. The political news by this arrival is comprised in the following letter from Washington, dated the 16th : " The President appeared at the W i hite House before nine o'clock this morning, and proceeded to look into the accu mulated business requiring his attention and that of the Cabinet. He seems as fresh and vigorous as a man of 40 years, and expresses himself as much pleased with the com plexion of political affairs, as indicated by the results of the late elections in Missouri, and North Carolina. He regards them in the light of a general approval of his course by the people of those States, and the effect is unquestionably to strengthen his Administration. There will be a Cabinet meeting to-morrow. Gen. Cass was at the State depart ment to-day, attending to his official duties. He had the Cass-Herran treaty, as modified, under consideration, and it is expected that it will be discussed before the Cabinet to-morrow. The general intends leaving the city for a short sojourn at Stonington, Conn., as soon as this matter is definitely settled. It is becoming more evident daily that a vigorous and energetic policy must be pursued by our Government toward all the Central and South American republics. The instability of those Governments, and the revolutionary character of the people, render it nearly useless to treat with them, unless we can have some better guarantee for the performance of their portion of the com pacts than their short-lived Governments afford. We have had treaty after treaty with Mexico, Central America, and Granada, which are of little or no use, because after the parties with whom they negotiated have been overthrown they have been repudiated by their successors, who, in their turn, would offer negotiations upon a new basis. Hence we are always treating, but never know exactly what we may depend upon. In this view of the case it has been suggested that our Government may find it necessary to invite negotiations with all the South and Central American countries upon commercial and postal matters. The object will be to eucourage a reciprocal trade which shall be trammelled with as few restrictions as possible, and in order to give protection a nd facility to such trade and to foster the best feelings and most intimate rela tions between the people, the treat i e s will provide for the regular transmission of the mails in armed steamers, which will be at the same time fit for the transportation of pas sengers, mails and freight, and for the protection of com merce or the enforcement of treaties. We shall thus establish a commercial protectorate over ear sister republics on this con tinent. Gen. Jerez informally called at the State Department this morning. but did not communicate the object of his mission. He is undoutedly charged with a special mission, perhaps connected with the transit route in some way. It is hardly probable that our Government will meddle with these opposing interests for the benefit of a few stockjobbers in Wall-street. Our trade with all Central America is lees than half a million of dollars, and the route is not absolutely necessary to the transaction of business; and yet a handful of people and two or ° three competing transportation lines which had same stock to be gambled in, have succeeded in distracting the attenti on of two or three Adminis trations, and nearly precipit a t e d us i nto a war, wh i le far more important interests have suffered from want of the fost er i ng care of Government. There is Brazil, a powerful nation, with whom we have a commerce of twenty-seven millions, and no steam facilities. We trade nine millions with Mexico, sixty with Cuba, seven and a half with P orto Rico, five with Hayti, four and a half with New G rana d a, f i ve with Venezuela, one and a quarter with Uruguay, four with the Argentine republic, six and a half with Chili, and fifteen more with the West Indies, and yet with all these countries our facilities are very imperfect. Every guano island that is found is immediately repre sented here, demanding, through two or tbree different claimants, the protection of Government. Anything which offers a basis on which to form a stock company is at once incorporated, and Congress besieged for i,sistanee. Now, while the administration is fully deter to protect all the interests of our citizens both at twine and abroad, which are honest and legitimate, it is also quite too well aware of its functions to allow itself to be made the tool of shrewd speculators in fancy stocks or bogus-paper mail routes. It will waste no more time. in such matters. There is some talk of the erection of a new military department on the Pacific, to be composed of the territories of Oregon and Washington, leaving the State of California in a department by itself. We have plenty of officers for the purpose, and it is thought such a distribution of them will render their services much more efficient. We have now in the Walla- Walla country about one thousand men, including garrisons, against whom there are about three thousan e warriors. An agent has been despatched from Walla-Walla northward to Colville, to treat with the hostile tribes and friendly ones, and report to the superintendent the true state of affairs. By the time Gen. Harney arrives there full information of the disposition of all the tribes may be expected to have been obtained. A vigorous campaign will then be com menced and carried on against the hostile tribes till they yield or are driven from the country." Another Washington despatch of the 17th says:— " The Indian Bureau has received a communication from Brigham Young, in which he says he will give way to Dr. Forney, and close his office as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah. He asks for an allowance of 51,300, to reimburse him for food and presents to the Indians, in order to conciliate and keep them in check until the peaceful re sults following the advance of the troops could be explained to them. It is suspected by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that Brigham conciliated the Indians for his own purposes, but finding he could not use them, wants the Government to pay the expenses." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 17. _ _ _ Exchange on Europe has been dull throughout the day, and change in prices can be fairly quoted. At the second board the business done was very light, and no particular change in prices was noticed. Reading was the most active stock. It seems that the management has contrived to attract so much opposition from leading patrons of the road that instead of extricating itself from its present desperate financial condition, the prospect is that it must plunge deeper and deeper into embarrassment. The following are Groesbeck and Hoyt's closing prices :—Central, 761 ; Erie, 164; Hudson, 271; Michigan Central, 57; Panama, 1138; Reading, 47 ; Galena, 821 ; Toledo, 331 ; Rock Island, 73. The market closed dull and heavy. Mr. Cisco received from Washington this morning the first batch (half a million) of the government stock. As fast as the bonds are made ready the department will despatch them to the branch office here. The following was the specie export for the week : Steamer Northern Light, Southampton, gold bars and for. gold (not reported last week) $52,100 00 Steamer Jura, Liverpool, Cal. mint bars 150,706 77 ,f Yl Am. gold 400 00 Bark Restless, Santa Martha, 51. pieces 1,600 00 Brig Billow, Ponce, doubloons 16,275 00 1,7) silver 3,000 00 Brig Abby Thaxter, Ponce, Spanish gold 5,000 00 Steamer Vigo, Liverpool, U. S. mint bars 67,433 16 » Eog. sovereigns 9,801 00 Steamer Vanderbilt, Havre, Amer. gold 134,412 77 Total for the week Previously reported Total 1858 Against this we received from California $1,082,000 in gold dust. A sum of $7,051,255 has been paid in gold into the Sub-Treasury on account of the New York share of the new ten million loan ; so that, altogether, the movement of the week has been against the Bank reserve to an extent of something like $6,400,000. It may be supposed that they now hold £28,700,000, as the Sub-Treasury holds £12,886,816, though owing to the system of averages adopted at the Clearing-house, the statement on Monday IR ay show very different apparent results from this. The bank averages loath up on Monday compare as follows with those which were made up last week:— Week ending Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. Aug. 9 $120,892,859 35,145,844 7,784,515 107,454,715 Aug. 16 123,374,459 31,150,472 7,588,939 105,034,70 Decrease. 3,995,372 195,576 2,419,946 Increase ..$2,481,600 The loss of specie shown here will strike every one as sin gularly small, in view of the payment of over seven millions into the Sub-Treasury. But it must be remembered that these payments were made in daily parcels, and that the whole of them only counted one day in the averages. It is doubtful whether the banks commence business this week with ever 28 millions in specie in their vaults. The loan column shows an increase of two and a half millions. This arises, of course, from advances made on those new Govern ment securities to holders who could not or did not choose to carry them. As they pay five per cent. interest, and the banks will lend at four, a small profit can be made by buy ing and borrowing on them. Altogether, the statement, though unexpected In some particulars, presents no features for particular comment. Next week we shall probably see, a different state of things. The following are the footings of the Boston Bank state ment for the week prior to the 17th :—Capitta s t oc k, $32,341,100 ; loans and discounts, $55,971,N0 ; specie, 58,706,000; amount due from other banks, $5,675,400; amount due to other bank 5,58,132,400 ; deposits, 20,804,900; circulation, $6,026,800. COTTON.—The market on the strength of the Arabia's. news was about lc. better, with sales of about 1,500 bales. Messrs. F. L. and D. W. Talcott's circular for the Persia, to sail to-morrow from this port, contains the following interesting general statements regarding the growing crop, Sze. :—The plant is everywhere represented as very luxu riant. Its present promise favours a full crop, less the loss by overflows, which will not be under 340,000 bales. The probable extent of the crop, therefore, whether a fair ave rage or a moderate yield, is a weather question, which will be decided within the ensuing 90 days. The 15th of August to Ist October is a very critical period for the cotton plant. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool about 160 bales of cotton were engaged at ls. Bd.; 500 bbls. rosin at ls. 5d., and 150 tons fustic at 10s. To London about 400 tons oilcake, 100 ditto bone black, and 40 hhds. tobacco, all at p. t. There WAS nothing new to Glasgow or to the Continent. CANADA. A New York paper says : The people of Toronto have been getting up a Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the products of industry of the Canadian provinces. The palace is expected to be opened by the 3st of October. A movement has been got up in connection with it to invite Queen Victoria either to pre side in person over the opening of the palace or to send the Prinee of Wales or some other member of the royal family to do so. A petition to that effect has been signed by all the leading men of the country, and we understand that an induential citizen, Mr. John G. Norris, sails in the Persia to present it to her Majesty. The following is a copy of the petition TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. The humble petition of the undersigned citizens of To ronto and inhabitants of Canada generally, most respectfully showeth That your petitioners desire to approach your Majesty with an expression of their devoted loyalty and attachment to your royal person and family. That your petitioners beg leave respectfully to inform your Majesty that a Crystal Palace, similar in design to, but of smaller dimensions, than those of London and Paris, for the exhibition of the products of Canadian industry and skill, is in course of erection In Toronto, and will be completed about the Ist day of October next. That, as your Majesty has been graciously pleased to honour the inauguration of similar undertakings in England and elsewhere with your royal presence, your: petitioners most humbly pray that your most gracious Ma-. jesty will confer a mark of favour and distinction on your loyal subjects in Canada, of which they will always entertain the most grateful remembrance, by conferring your autho rity on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, or some other member of your Majesty's royal family, to proceed to, Canada, and to represent your Maje s ty i n open i ng t h e Crystal Palace, in this the most important dependency of your Majesty's empire. And your petitioners, as in Outl bound, will ever pray, &c. Signed by A. T. Belleau, Speaker of the Legislativo Coun cil, and all the members; by Henry Smith, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and all the members; by the Chancel lor Blake, and all the judges; by the Protestant and Catholic Bishops of Toronto; by Sir A. Mac Nab, the Mayor and Corporation of Toronto, the Mayor and Corporation of Hamilton, the Mayor of Quebec, and all the leading men of the country. The Canadian Parliament was prorogued on the 16th instant. The Governor made the following speech : Honourable Gentlemen,—l congratulate you on having closed the session, and am happy to find that the subjects which have been recommended to your consideration have received attention at your hands. The act of abolishing imprisonment for debt and prefe rent i a l assignments, in Upper Canada, will tend to th e ass i milating of the laws of the tw o sections of the p rov i nce, and must be of bene fit in its operation. Our steam communication with Europe has continued to work successfully, and I have little doubt that y ou h ave done well inproviding for the regular mail service by steam during the season to Gaspe and the lower provinces. The appropriation for a postal line to Red River will open a continuous mail route, under the control of the Canadian Government, from that settlement to Nova Scotia. lam glad to find that the customs tariff has undergone your revision, and regret that I cannot speak of the commercial crisis which has passed over the country as something that has entirely passed away: I earnestly pray that the complete restoration of our prospe rity may not lung be delayed. I propose, in the course of the recess, to communicate with her Majesty's Government, and with the governments of the siste r colo ni es in another [paver of very great importance. lam desirous of inviting them to discuss with us the principles on which a bond of a federal character uniting the provinces of British North America may, perhaps, hereafter be practicable. I now re lease you by proroguing the present Parliament. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—A very melancholy occur rence, resulting in the instantaneous death of . one man ar i d the serious injury of another, t oo k pl ace at Cbaldernetta, in the parish of Tingwall, Shetland, on the afternoon of Satur day. A quarryman, residing in Lerwick, bad left hie home in the morning, to blow up, by means of a ehargeof powder, some stones at a place where a new croft is hi course of formation. In the afternoon, the train of one of the blasts. having only burnt half-way, another attempt to get it to gus off was equally unsuccessful, when it was resolved not fit) blow it again. The bole had been bored pretty nearly to the powder, when a spark produced by the iron employed, in boring reached it, and instantly drove the iron right into the forehead of the unfortunate quarryman, killing him on the spot. Another man standing close by was struck by the stones blown up by the explosion, and was much injured. The body of the other man was taken to Lerwick in the evening is a cart. He has left a widow and a large Northern Ensign. - 2