The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-29 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Emancipation of Brusiels says :—" It is stated
that the negotiations which have just been opened at
Vienna on the custom's question will in principle be
only confidential. The Austrian cabinet, before
making any proposition, wishes to be sure of the ac•
ceptance of all the plenipotentiaries. A first prepa-
ratory meeting took place on the 22d, at the ministry
of foreign affairs."
The primary elections for the second chamber are
terminated in Prussia. At Berlin they are such as
was anticipated. The democratic party abstained,
and the other electors showed but little eagerness to
vote. We do not yet know the result of the elections
in the provinces, but it is more than probable that
they are like those of the capital.
A journal announces the death of Baron Jean de
Gagern, who played an important part at the Con-
gress of Vienna, and made himself remarkable for his
determination in claiming Alsace for Germany.
Count Appony, who was a long time Austrian
ambassador at Paris, has just died in Hungary.
The T'oss Gazette says, under date of Vienna :
It is positively stated that not only Austria, but also
Bavaria, has made propositions for arrangement to the
Cabinet of Berlin."
The Pressc of Vienna of the 22d says •
.—" Nego-
tiations for a concordat with the Pope have been
opened, by desire of the Emperor of Austria, and it
is hoped that they will have a satisfactory result.

How CANADA OBTAINED ITS NAME.—The origin of
the word Canada is curious
teonough. The Spaniards
visited
particular that
searchescountry
oprr egvoilodu the French, and made
silver, and finding none
they often said among themassnedlvesw,
h" Aca nada," (there
nagr.orivwatched closely,
After the depar-
turets nothing here). The Indians,
!earned the sentence and its meaning.
they. and supposed
of the Spaniards, the French
ontheir labutrre was lost
; and the In-
,Tians, who wanted none of their company,
wereo i a Spaniardsorm
them cometha
tsame errand,
theyTlTr alanxiousso
by tarrying in that country, and incessantly
Them the Spanish sentence, " Aca nadcz." The
opeEated to
who knew as little of Spanish as the Indians, su rench,
:his incessantly recurring sound was the natnePoPf"th"el
country, and gave it the name of Canada, which it has
b)rhe ever since.
THE MADIAI FADHLY.—The following letter was re-
ceived in Edinburgh on Friday:—" Foreign-office, Oct.
20, 1852. Sir—l am directed by the Earl of Malmes-
bury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 16th
inst., forwarding a memorial adopted at a public meeting
of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, and praying that her
Majesty would interpose in the behalf of the Madiai fa-
mily, now suffering imprisonment in Tuscany on account
of their i eligious opinions; and I am to state to you in
reply, that the parties in question not being British sub-
j:ets, her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Tuscany
cannot interfere officially in their behalf. Sir Henry
Bulwer has, however,•
been instructed to give every as-
sistance that he can unofficially afford to the deputation
which has proceeded to Florence with the view of inter-
ceding
ft, madiai f .
Eiq. 9 amily.—l am, &e., Stanley. James Niehol,
e? ,North Bank-street, Edinburgh."