The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 257-1865.

REAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of
XJI MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone. Dull Care,"
every evening at 8. A Day Performance. Saturday, at 3.
" The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide
the Press. Admission, is.

PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.—
Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and
the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre-
deric (the great) Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic,
and character actor.

VREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Miniie.
&c., in his original entertainment, " Begone, Dull Care."
"Miss Mary May," „Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s. :
reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at Mr. Austin's office, St.
James's -hall, V, Piccadilly.
A, NIM MO, Acting Manager.

QTODARE.-140Tll REPRESENTATION.
THEA CRE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARVELS in MAGIC and VE NT RILOQUISM. by Col.
STODARE. The REAL INDIAN BASK I!: r TRICK, and
ISSCANTANEOUS GROWTH of FLOWER TREES, as
introduced for the first time in this country on Easter Mon-
day, April 17, 1865, by Colonel Stodare, and only performed
by him and the Indian Magicians.
Every evening at 8 (Saturdays included), also on Wednes•
day and Saturday Afternoons at 3. Stalls at Mitchell's, 33
Old Bond-street, and Box-office. Egyptian Hall. Admission,
Is., 25., and 3s.
" Almost miraculous.".

'—Vide Times, April 18,1865.

WE STBOURN
BE y HAtLL.?v. Westbourne-grove,

THE GREATEST WONDER OF THE DAY.
MORNING PERFORMANCES (by Special Request) on
SATURDAY, th. 26th, and WEDNESDAY, the 30th of
August, and SATURDAY, the 2d of September.
The BABY ACTRESS, age, Two Years and Ten Days, will
Recite and Act a whole scene from Shalmere's Play of
KING JOHN. give tome amusing COMIC SKETCHES,
and in the course of the evening a SEA SONG and DANCE
(in character). This Little Woaeer is as pretty as talented.
and excels by far any juvenile prodigy that has yet appeared
in public.

From the Era, July 22, 1865.—" A genuine and remarkable
novelty is now beta,' exhibited. She is literally a baby, not
having reached the age of two years ; and is gifted with in-
telligence and powers of memory to a marvellous extent.
She recit.s whole scenes from King John,' 'A Midsummer
Nidit's Dream,' with appropriate action and astonishing
earnestness. A more wonderful instance of' precoc oua in-
telligence cannot well be imagined. She maybe truly classed
among the wonders of the present day."

Likenesses, Is. each. Programmes and words of the per.
formance may be had in the hall during the entertainment.

In addition to the above performances, Mr. ALFRED
HOWARD'S DRAMATIC RECITALS and COMIC
SKETCHES, interspersed with
Doors open at 2.30. Commence at 3. Admission, Is.; first
seats, 2s. • reserved seats, 3s. Tickets may be had from Mr.
Whirley, Westbourne Hall, or of any book or music seller.

H E 0 X F OR D.
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmealey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St.
Albyn, Husk, and Green, with full Band and Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Ballet, Comedy, Burlesque, tic., by the celebrated D'Au-
bans, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY
and SARA GUNNISS.
NO PILE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated,
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock.
The Classical Ballet, entitled THR BRIDAL of BEAUTY,
in which Miss TESSY GUNNISS will make her re appear-
ance THIS EVENING.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL,
KO KO RI KO.

This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the egtab ishment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Durlah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur
Lloyd.
Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.
All visitors to London at this season should pay a visit to
the above establishment.

IfADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
A Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.

NNW ADDITIONS.—In accordance a ith the season, the
Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of' the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London.
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
Life-size ➢Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CON STANCE KENT are now added.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixprnce.

THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER-
CENTAGES to SERVANTS.—Write for your TEA
direct to the EAST INuIA TEA COSI I'ANY. China,
Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is. 10d. per
lb.,,upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City,

GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and
CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS.
Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire.

T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW
t, • ROOMS.
16 and 17. COMJIERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC (LAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment,
147, HOUNDSDITCH.

CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs,
for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for
Gas or Candle.
T REFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17,
• CO3I,MERCIAL-STREET.

PETROLEII3I LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS
(for India).

JDEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17,
• COMMERCIAL-STREET.

TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS.
Newest Patterns, Correct Measure.
JT DEFRIES and SONS,
. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES,
For 12 Persons, Z 1 18s. 6d.
T • DEFRIES and SONS,
16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-aTREET.

KINAIIA.N'S LLn WHISKY v. COGNAC
Tuffs cele.rated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FIUNCH BRANDY,

It h Pure, Mild, Mellow, De!talons, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

8, (TREAT WENDMILL-STRE'FIT, LONDON', W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
"Kinahan's LL Whisky."

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical prole •aion for Thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of Ma. nesla as the best remedy for Gout
and stomach disorders of every kir d • and as a mild aperient
it is ear ecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared
solely by

DlNlN727xoewliD33oanndd oe.
And sold through-_ut the world by all respectable chemists,
sctret,CLhoenmdiosnts;Ac"
CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

season.

The British American Provinces•

(Front the Times' Correspondent.)

QUEBEC, Aug. 10.
Whatever may be the case in Upper Canada and
the region of the Great Lakes—that portion of
British Canadian territory most easily accessible
from the United States, and least defensible in a war
against that Power—it is clear that in Lower
Canada, or in all that portion between Montreal and
Quebec, there is uncommonly little agitation or ex-
citement on the question of Confederation. To
judge from the correspondence of the New York
papers, it would appear that the people of both the
Canadas, Upper and Lower, spoke, wrote, and
thought of nothing else but the great crisis in their
destiny, which was to end, sooner or later, in their
incorporation with the United States. To judge,
on the contrary, from the Canadian press, it would
appear that annexation, present or prospective, was
the last thing in the Canadian mind, and that all
men's thoughts were engrossed with the idea of how
best to unite the inland and maritime provinces of
British America in one great nationality, strong
enough, with slight British aid, to maintain them-
selves against the United States, or any other Power
in the world, and only needing a little fostering care
and encouragement to be able in a few years hence
to take their place among the great Powers of the
earth, and separate from the mother country by
mutual consent for mutual interest, and with the
best wishes of the British Government and people
for their happiness and prosperity. But all this is
on the surface of politics, and affords themes of
discussion to newspapers and official men, withoui
entering very deeply into the public mind in Lower
Canada. Perhaps the scheme of Confederation is
as yet but too little understood in all its bearings to
stir the public pulse. Perhaps, also, the small
interest now felt in it may assume larger propor-
tions as time wears on, and as all the, facts of the
case shall be elicited by discussion in the Two
Houses of Parliament. Certain it is that, for the
present, the question is not ripe enough among the
Lower Canadians to divert attention in any sensible
degree from the more urgent affairs of private life,
or to create more than a very slight ripple in the
stream of politics.
Even the opening of an extra Session of Parlia-
ment, especially convened to consider the subject,
failed the day before yesterday to draw together a
larger audience than usually attends the delivery of
a speech by the Governor-General, and the formal
commencement of legislative business. At about a
quarter to 3 in the afternoon the little Chamber
temporarily but handsomely fitted up in the old
Post Office for the accommodation of the Legislative
Council, was filled with an audience of about 300
people, at least two-thirds of whom were ladies, and
precisely at 3 his Excellency Lord Monck, the Go-
vernor-General, entered in full official costume, and
approached the throne, preceded or attended by his
private secretary and aide-de-camp, and by the
Mace-bearer, the Usher of the Black Rod, and other
officials. The whole assembly rose to receive him.
Messrs. Mac Donald and Cartier, the two leading
members of the Administration— one representing
Upper and the other Lower Canadian politics—took
their stand, one on each side of the vice-regal chair,
and his lordship having raised his hat to the ladies
and the Senators, put it on again and sat down,
while the cannon on the esplanade announced to the
outer world that the Session had commenced. The
Usher of the Black Rod—one of the most perfect
specimens of his class, a man whose suppleness of
back, agility, and grace in walking backwards could
not be exceeded—was directed, after the manner of
St. Stephen's, to summon the members of the Lower
House to hear the Speech from the Throne. The
Legislative Councillors or Senators were all in full
dress, as became their aristocratic character ; but
the members of the Legislative Assembly manifested
their democratic origin by appearing in the ordinary
walking costume befitting a very hot day in the
month of August. Silence having been proclaimed,
Lord Monek, still sitting, and with his hat on Lto
the great displeasure of a demonestrative Yankee,
who had been admitted as a distinguished stranger to
witness the ceremony, and who proclaimed in a
loud whisper that the " Governor" ought to have
stood up in the presence of the ladies and taken his
hat off], proceeded to read his speech. It was a
short, concise document, the delivery of which occu-

pied just seven minutes. Having finished it in
English, his Excellency, in pursuance of ancient
custom, and in deference to the ignorance of the
English language, real or presumable, of the French
Canadian members of the two Houses, went over it

_ .
again in French. At 20 minutes past 3 o'clock the
ceremony had concluded. The guns announced the

fact to heedless and quite uninterested Quebec ; and
his Lordship, followed by his Staff, took his depar-
tuie, and hastened to Spencer-wood, behind the

,
Heights of Abraham, to exchange his heavy uniform
for the loose private costume more suitable to the

It was not expected that the speech would depart
in tone or tenour from the ordinary formality of
such documents when the Sovereign of Great Britain
speaks either by herself or by deputy to the repre-
sentatives of the people. The one great object for
which the extra Session was convened found, how-
ever, emphatic mention in the concluding paragraph,
in which both Houses were informed of his Excel-
lency's trust that mature examination of the project
would before long induce the Legislatures of the
other provinces to concur with that of Canada in
giving their sanction to a measure which bad been
adopted as a great feature of Imperial policy, and
had been twice noticed with approbation in her
Majesty's Speeches from the Throne. Whatever
may be the real wishes and opinions of the Cana-
dian people, English and French, and, as far as
known, they all point to Confederation, provided it
is to cost nothing—it is certain that the present
Administration is anxious to meet the wishes of the
Imperial Government, and to do all in its power to
carry the project to successful completion. There
was no slight danger three days ago that the Go-
vernor-General might not be enabled to meet Par-
liament with any but a provisional Administration,
in consequence of the unexpecteddeath of the Prime
Minister, Sir Etienne Tache, and the difficulty of
finding a successor who would be equally accept-
able to Upper and Lower Canada, and under whom
the three most prominent, but somewhat irre-
concilable and divergent members of the Adminis-
tration, Messrs. Brown, MacDonald, and Carder,
would consent to serve. By right of seniority and
succession the Premiership devolved upon Mr. J. A.
MacDonald, Attorney-General for Upper Canada.
Mr. Brown, however, the leader of the Upper
Canadian Liberals, though he would serve with
would not serve under Mr. Macdonald. In these
circumstances, Mr. Macdonald waived his claims in
favour of Mr. Cartier, Attorney-General for Lower
Canada, very popular among his French fellow-sub-
jects, both as a gentleman and a politician, but not
at all popular as a politician among the English-
speaking Canadians. Towards Mr. Cartier Mr.
Brown had the same objections as towards Mr. Mac-
donald ; and, as he neither desired the office for
himself, nor had the slightest chance of obtaining
it, if so inclined, it became necessary, unless the
Ministry were to fall to pieces and be replaced by a
new combination not perhaps so favourable to Con-
federation, that a successor of the stamp of Sir
Etienne 'fiche should be found—a man of private
and public character such as to command confidence,
yet not so prominent and busy as a politician as at
any time of his career to have given such unpar-
donable offence to his colleagues, especially the
three first-named, as to render it inconsistent with
their self-respect to acknowledge his leadership.
Such a man was found in the person of Sir Narcisse
Fortunat Belleau, late Speaker of the Upper House,
a gentleman highly agreeable to the French, and
not in any way distasteful to the English Canadians.
The Coalition Ministry—composed of very hetero-