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

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. Last Night but Four of the Present Season, which will conclude on Friday next, Sept. 3. THIS EVENING will be - presented Skakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE : Sbylock, by Mr. C. Kean ; Portia, by Mrs. C. Roan. Preceded by the Farce of LIVING TOO PAST. 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 11 to 5. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of Vo calists are engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &C., viz.:—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, enor Antonio, E. L. Rime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Pell, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde, and E. W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Hr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at seven 'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. L THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 29. ITGRRAIOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 66—highest since noon yesterday. 54—lowest this morning and daring the night. 63—this day at noon. BAROAIETER, 29.80. WIND, Westerly; light and dull. AUGUST 30. THERMOMETER IN THE SHADE. 67—highest since noon yesterday. 57—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72. WIND, Westerly; light and fine. THE SUN. MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1858. On Saturday, in alluding to the various abuses prevailing in some private lunatic asylums, we asked for the adoption of such precautions and safeguards as should effectually prevent the seizure of sane men, or the continued confinement of those who have com pletely recovered their faculties. But for the privacy with which the capture can be effected, and the diffi culty of tracing out the place in which the victim is confined, coupled with the power of the keepers of refusing an interview to his nearest friends, legal advisers, and medical attendants, who are not in collusion with those interested in branding him as a hopeless lunatic, the illegal seizure could not be effected, or at least would be productive of no evil consequences beyond a mere temporary inconve nience. How, then, could this danger be averted without so far lifting the veil and exposing the family of the unfortunate man to the annoyance of having it generally known that the fearful taint of insanity was in their blood, and thus having an in delible brand affixed thereto ? This, of course, should be avoided so far as practicable. At the same time, it would be by far a less evil than having even a small number of persons unfairly kidnapped and un justly subjected to perpetual imprisonment. But matters may be easily arranged so as to ensure every necessary and prudent precaution, without resorting to undue publicity. The first step, as we have already explained, is that every alleged lunatic should, in the first instance, and before being brought into any private establishment, be taken to a public hospital, and there examined by a public officer and a magistrate, in the absence of the promoters of the inquiry. This would ensure that there was at least a primii facie case of insanity. The public officer and the magistrate may be presumed to be impartial, and their certificates, in addition to those by the two "skilful persons," might authorise the reception of the party into a private asylum. But these should be indispensable ; for if foul play be contemplated, a few days of exposure to the uncon trolled brutalities and acts of the conspirators may make any man at least a temporary lunatic. It may be said that bringing the party to the hos pital and obtaining the certificate would be a matter of needless expense. It may be so in some instances ; but it would be a protection and safeguard in all oheaply purchased at a much higher outlay. It is not required on behalf of pauper lunatics. The law guarantees their liberties far more jealously than the liberties of their wealthier brethren ; and that, although there can be comparatively little temp tation to place them in the ward for the insane, or to defer or prevent their cure, if practicable. There are no "four" or "five" hundreds per . annum flowing into the pockets of the proprietor of the asylum in return for an expenditure of less than quarter the amount. Their cure will not deprive the party on whom it mainly depends of .£3OO or £4OO per annum net profit ! Their discharge not only removes troublesome and unprofitable patients, but is a great feather in the cap of the superintendent, who can proudly point to the large proportion of cures effected under his direction and management. They have, therefore, every fair chance afforded to them. We should, however, like, in the mass of statistics on this point, to ascertain the proportion of those discharged as cured from private establishments, for whose keep £4OO per annum, or upwards, was paid ! Not that it would be at all conclusive, inas much as we believe that there are many honourable men, of unblemished integrity, whom no pecuniary temptation could induce to act unfairly towards the unfortunate beings placed under their charge. It is sufficient for the purposes of our argument if even a few can be purchased to do the dirty work of their employers; and a trifling addition to the cost of consigning a patient to a private lunatic asylum, which could be well afforde4 by his friends able to pay handsomely for his support, would be a matter •f comparatively trivial importance. There should'also be a registration of every lunatic, detained in any private asylum, lodged in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the county and of the County Court, with a statement of the time when he was originally captured, and the various asylums in which he had been detained. This should be open to inspection; but in order to prevent impertinent curio sity a tolerably high fee may be charged. The will of any deceased person may be read for a shilling, and yet few but those really interested are found willing to pay the price. Half-a-crown or a crown would not be easily parted with, unless there was some really important object in view. The next step to be taken would be to ensure access to friends and professional advisers, whether legal or medical. In Mr. RucK's case we find a pro hibition to the visits of his nearest relatives and his solicitor. This should not be. They should be permitted to see and converse with the alleged lunatic at all reasonable times, to receive his instruc tions, and to demand a new examination by impartial medical men, en depositing the cost thereof. To this there could be no possible objection, and the Lord Chancellor, the ex officio guardian of every person of unsound mind, might nominate a certain number of medical gentlemen in every district, having no connec tion with private establishments, whose opinions should be taken in such cases. But beyond all, there should be a constant inspe e . tion, an unceasing surveillance. It should not be flying visits once a quarter, of which due notice had been given, or otherwise obtained. Nor should there be any delay for luncheon or other refreshment while the prison house was being set in order, so that its secrets might remain undetected. No, the visits should be frequent, sudden, and unexpected. The inspection should be such as to discover the ordinary routine, and, for this purpose, there should be assistant commissioners in lunacy appointed in every district. The expense would not be very great, and it might be provided, either by a small percentage on the payments made by each patient, or by an in crease in the stamp duty on licences for keeping such establishments. The latter would have one good effect, as it would eliminate the list of such V • 1....."/•• proprietors, and by removing those most subject to corrupt W 1494 94 6; rycluo thlchaucto of coy licquccd , ‘ , Zl,, t ';',.7,7' ft.. • , • .u...,-,. „,, •••....ivep ,1 ...... _ . 4,..A. -,, a 2...11: • '''' •Ilt Mgr. ahqd, ''''' ‘f i er l dalik • , ,/. . 44414 ' , lialfo rte. 4... t.l ingsso pv 4 .....,. z 0,11411 , - 14 Orr .‘'S "ri, 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. 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 following 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 Liegins 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 lust word of every sentence: They then stated that their town house would be 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 droop 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 her 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 archi tecture. Few will come away from an 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 notins on several points connected with those 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 scenery, architecture, dress, manners, soc'al and domestic life, that the Great Globe has for a long time past, by dio ramie exposition and by lecture, in especial manner devoted itself. Nor is the interest attaching to those countries, at least to two of them, likely to be soon exhausted. An imaginary 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 associations 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 attraction of some associated interest, Equal in beauty is the voyage around the southern shores of India. You set out from Bombay, sail alsug the Malabar coast, meeting the piercing, shrieking simoom on your way; touch at Cape Comorin at sunrise, then round by Ceylon, touch at Point de Galle, at Madras, and finally land on the banks of the Hooghiy. Having visited the principal places in the " City of Palaces," ycu are then transported to scenes made memo rable by the recent mutiny : to Lucknow with its Residency, to Cawnpore, to the rock fortre.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 instruction 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 for the fidelity of the repre sentation. The time between the aioramic 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 priccipal 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 Finance Minister, two other Government functionaries, and Messr,. Hanson and Falconnet 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 withdrawal °fate incon vertible 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 tious are to be made to them or Mesrs. 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 be 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 £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 re 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 become known. From the meaner of its appointment, moreover with the Finance Minister at its head, an occurrence of th e 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 no 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 andn that raise for her extrication. Should her Government in any way abuse the advantages that are now likely to be accorded, nothing more can be required to seal the fact that the Em epairsee,hlawswpaeslsverd, it the m p a o y ss b i e bi a li s t s y um of e r d eg t e h n a e t r h a her present pies E en v t eni for mer loans would be entirely safe, since, having all been raised for the most national and legitimate purposes, ne future Government or Governments that might be founded in the country under the auspices of any or all of the Euro pean Powers would be likely to be permitted to inaugurate their new arrangements by confiscation. —Times' City Article. His Excellency the Greek Minister and Madame and Mademoiselle 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 Gorhainbury, Herts, on 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, near Watford, Herts. tow T . h , e le L ft o o r n d s C at h u a r n da c y el t l o or j , oin Ladyaftr at Malvern. Lady N aas and her infant daughter, we are happy C p a ssinghe ima f a o rd few and days family l 1 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 Loudon. —Court Journal, est Mb Ur. J OssborneiCenatcateher, 2 yrs, Oat 41b 3 Signor cii la cantata written ny olguu. *Mgt tl.ll. uglini. This tribute, it is riiht to add, originated proprietor 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 A nglo-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 churchesi 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 is 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 measures it by decades of years ; between a nation which has gravely to consider what it can do with its crowded and annually increasing population, and one which has a boundless far west, and, with juve nile hopes, only wants to add to its years that it may fill up the vast space it pants to occupy. We rejoiced, indeed, and heartily enough, but it was natural. America should surpass us in its exultation. Eng land's merchants and politicians, and all her people, were glad to be united to America, but it was surely much more for America to be united to us, and through us to Europe. Long as Europeans have been settled in America, and Englishmen in her Northern half, yet all this time it is America that has most ' felt the dis tance between the old world and the new. Europe has not yet become relatively to America what Asia was to Greece and Rome, and what Greece and Rome are to modern Europe—the e f fete parent of a superior civilisation. That day may come. The emigration of all the more energetic, the more deter mined among us, to better their fortunes, may, long after we are all dead and buried, render the States the most powerful, wealthy, and. influential part of the human race, leaving to Europe merely its supe riority in an ancient literature and learning, and its cultivated taste. But at present America still leans more on Europe than Europe on her. She has been the outlying nation, the expatriated one of civilisa tion. True, she might be very well content with the ample supply her own territory furnishes to all she wants, but she cannot be. She carried with her, as a part of her inheritance, the literature and laws of the old world ; they are the basis of her civilisation, and she still needs the intellectual food which the parent country alone can furnish. Of commerce it is needless to speak; but for her very fashions the IStates are entirely dependent on Europe. Natural was it, therefore, for Americans to rejoice the most. They felt themselves at once placed in instant and permanent connexion with the great family of civi lised nations. On the fifth of August, 1858, they were joined for ever in happy matrimony with the old aristocracy of the human race. But, better still, there was, we believe, in all this rejoicing a feeling which we here in England can most cordially reciprocate. Was not the feeling more akin to that of a re-awakened fraternal, and almost filial, feeling, than to that of marriage rejoicings for a union between the ration in her teens and the nation in her maturity of age ? Is not the heart of America, after all, more towards England, the land iof her birth, and the land, despite herself, of her pride and her r ea l es t eem , t h an towar d s any other nation ? France she h as use d po li t i ca ll y, and she is pleased with Russian flatteries ; but she cares more for the approbation of England than for that of all the world besides. She is proud to be the daughter of Britain, and would not exchange the parentage, if she could, to call any other nation on earth her mother country. And we, too—what nation beside in the world would we prefer to call our daughter ? When she has got rid of one dark, " damned spot," which we ourselves have not washed out for a very long time—we shall be in all respects proud of our offspring, and feel —as, indeed, we now feel—no jealousy of her most rapid progress. We believe the Americans themselves hardly knew how much they loved the old country. The tele graph was just the incident to show them, and us too, that there was a stronger family feeling than we had ever thought of. The landing of the cable was, in fact, an almost unex pected meeting of two families—families, whose an cestors, some fourscore years ago, had, through the stupidity of an ob3tinate King and his.iguorant Minis ters, and the young blood of the juveniles, contrived to quarrel bitterly. Now, all that generation dead and gone, the descendants, of the offenders at least, all renounce the quarrel ; they do more, they adopt the very principles of Colonial Government which had they been in vogue at the time of the quarrel, would have rendered it impossibl e . E very English man now avows that, with his pr esen t views, had he been a colonist then, he would have rebelled. Thus, a state of feeling has grown up which has thoroughly changed the feelings of the two peoples, while con. currently with all this a commerce has sprung up between the two, probably the largest that ever e xisted between any two nations. It seems, therefore, but natural that Americans, notwithstanding all the petty squabbles of late years, should have growingly felt that they are more than ever one with the old country. One in raee and origin, one in language and literature, one in laws and religion, one, essentially i❑ civil institutions and in their irrepressible love of liberty and hatred of despotism—the two peoples have found, after a long separation, that they are suddenly one in proximity—that a half-inch cable and a thin wire has made them conterminous ! and the result is, that the younger nation exults with exuberant de light, and the older one is profoundly glad, and both feel instinctively that the telegraph is an informal bond of federal union—that it has rendered war an impossibility —that it is now England and America against all the world—that freedom is safe, and that despotism must at least keep within its own limits, and soon begin to contract them—that even mistakes between the two countries are henceforth to be of but short duration—that commerce is to act on prompt information and safe knowledge—that New York and Liverpool are to transact business almost as easily and securely as London and Liverpool ; and that, for all but local purposes, the two countries have become one. Already our aristocracy had begun to acknowledge the claims of the Anglo- Saxon Republic on their equal and respectful treat ment ; they had sent an able ford as an Alphas sador, and had avowedly given up all dispute about the old quarrel as to the right of search. This latter course had hardly been adopted before the Transatlantic Telegraph made and ratified a treaty of perpetual alliance such as statesmen could never make—or, rather, sealed a brotherhood between the peoples whic h will make their treati es superfluous. 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 is said to exist,—Court Journal. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. INDIA. AND CHINA " 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 have 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 receiTed at the Ease India House yesterday, at 3 p.m.:— " To J. D. Dickinson, Esq., India House, London , 0 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 wove 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 4,000 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. " H. 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 Aug ,ralian mails and gold at yalued £53,084. TURKEY. FURTHER MINISTERIAL CHANGES. CONSTANTINOPLE, Ara. 28, The High Adthiral, 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 Kibriali Pacha has been appointed High Admiral, and replaced in the Presidency of the Council of the Tanzimat by Mehemmed Ruchdi Pacha. 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 punkhed, 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 bonii . 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 50fr. 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 bad 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 las week : DI/TERENCE. FRIDAY. Name of Quotations. A p96 u .79 g. a4 2 C,5 0 57 . Aug. F97o 2257C9. C. P F00 1: 18 6C ; . i 3 1.0 1 . 1 n ic u: Rente 3 per Cent 5O Rente 41 per Cent Consolides Banque de France '3175 0 3125 U 0 0 50 0 Comptoir d'Escompte .... 675 0 675 0 0 0 . Credit Fonder Credit Mobilier 720 0 751 25 31 25 .. Orleans Nord Do. Actions Nouvelles Est Lyon et Mediterrane e .... 820 0 817 50 0 0 250 Midi 545 0 545 0 0 0 Ouest Grand-Central Geneve 6lO 0 610 0 0 0 .. Dauphine 522 50 520 0 0 0 250 Beziers Ardennes 450 0 450 0 0 0 .. Chemins Autrichiens ... • Victor-Emmanuel 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, 816 fr, to 822 fr.; Northern, PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic despatch from &iron 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. 9451 r. to 950 fr.; Eastern, Southern, 54ifr. to 547 fr. the last quotations : 700 fr. to 7021 r. 50c.; and 50c. The following were Fr. Ct. 4 per Cents... 97 Do. end of month 3 per Cent 7O '25 Do. end of month 70 40 Bank Shares Credit Mobilier 760 Do. account 770 Fr. Ci • Credit Fonder 62.5 • Belgian 41 • Piedmontese 3 Roman..... • Austrian • Spanish Threes Home Debt.— WAYS. PO 50 91 - 44 50 RAIL Cash —Fr. Ct. Account—Fr. Ct. Orleans Northern New ditto BO7 50 .. 810 Lyons & Mediterranean 822 59 .. 822 50 New ditto .. - .. - Geneva - • • 610 .. Midi Western . . 622 50 .. Eastern Grand Central — Sardinian Austrian ..... 042 50 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 boatq, 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' cell 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, bung 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." 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 smith bursts of intense joy. resulie 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 after 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 originated 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 White 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 ef f ect 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 bad 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 ease 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 encourage a reciprocal trade which shall be trammelled with as few restrictions as possible, and in order to give protection and facility to such trade and to foster the best feelings and most intimate rela tions between the people, the treaties will provide for the regular transmission of the mails in armed steamers, whi c h 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 overoarsister 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 nudoutedly 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 stockjebbers in Wall-street. Our trade with all Central America is less 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 attention of two or three Adminis trations, and nearly precipitated us into a war, while far more important interests have suffered from want of the fostering 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 Porto Rico, five with Hayti, four and a half with New Granada, five 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 Au time contrite %it fpcilitiee are very imperfect, 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 StBele of to-clay, 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. Thy fact is, England and France are 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 bas, 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 Bad 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 Oziroff, 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. Ile has nothing to think of, though well paid, but his 'pipe, and the iTITOCO V iIEXI (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 Poet 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. If this be true, the authorities have acted quite contrary to the policy observed by :he 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 wbo 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 scandal may be removed. Rome does not dictate in Paris ! If so, such does not belong to the great Re- YOUtiO4 1 Every guano island that is found is immediately repre sented here, demanding, through two or three different claimants, the protection of Government. Anything which offirs a basis on which to form a stock company is at once incorporated, and Congress besieged for assistance. Now, while the administration is fully deter mined to protect all the interests of our citizens both at home 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. In 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. Steamer Northern Light, Southampton, gold bars and for. gold (not reported last week) Steamer Jura, Liverpool, Cal. mint bars... - . ,f Am. gold Bark Restless, Santa Martha, 51. pieced Brig Billow, Ponce, doubloons If „ silver Brig Abby Thaxter, Ponce, Spanish gold Steamer Vigo, Liverpool, U. S. mint bars . . . I, )3 Eng. sovereigns.. Steamer Vanderbilt, Havre, Amer. g01d.... --- Total for the week ... 5440,728 70 Previously reported Total 1858 Against this we received from California 51,082,000 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 ❑ew ten million loan ; so that, altogether, the movement of the week has been against the Bank reserve to an extent of something like 56,400,000. It may be supposed that they new 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 may show very different apparent results from this. The bank averages made up on Monday compare as follows with those whick were made up last week : Week ending Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. Aug. 9 5120,892,859 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 iu daily parcels, and that the whole of them only counted one day in the averages. It is aoubtful 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 Dank state— ment fur the week prior to the 17th :—Capital stock, $32,341,100 ; loans and discounts, $55,971,000 ; specie, $8,796,000; amount due from other banks, $5,675,400; amount due to other banks,sB,l324oo ; deposits, 20,804,900; circulation, $6,0:26,800. COTTON.—The ma,ket 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, &c.:—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. FnEtonTs.—To Liverpool about 160 bales of cotton were engaged at ls. Bd.; 500 lib's. 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 lst 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 Prince 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 influential 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 awl 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 o f sma ll er di mens i ons , t h an those f 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 Maje s ty' s royal family, to proceed to Canada, and to represent your Majesty in opening the Crystal Palace, in this the most important dependency of your Majesty's empire. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. Signed by A. T. Belleau, Speaker of the Legislative 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 mien 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 preferential assignments, in Upper Canada, will tend to the assimilating of the laws of the two sections of the province, 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 you have done well in providing 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 tarifilas 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 long be delayed. I propose, in the course of the recess, to communicate with her Majesty's Government, and with the governments of the sister colonies in another matter of very great importance. lam desirous of inviting them to discuss wiih us the principles on which a bond of a fethral 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 and the serious injury of another, took place at Chalderness, in the parish of Tingwall, Shetland, on the aft ernoon of Satur day. A quarryman, residing in Lerwick, had left his home in the morning, to blow up, by means of a charge of powder, some stones at a place where a new croft is in course of formation. In the afternoon, the train of one of the blasts having only burnt half-way, another attempt to get it to go off was equally unsuccessful, when it was resolved not to blow it again. The hole 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 in a cart. He has left a widow And a large family.-- Northern ,Ensign. NEW YORK, Aun. 17. Exchange on Europe has been dull throughout the day, and no 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, 768- ; Erie, l 6; Hudson, 271; Michigan Central, 57; Panama, 1131 ; Reading, 47 ; Galena, 821 ; Toledo, 33 ; 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 : 552,100 00 150,706 77 400 00 1,600 00 16,275 00 3,000 00 5,000 00 67,433 16 9,801 00 134,412 77 : to 41, , If. • t he Wi t Poi