The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

EDINBURGH.

The Queen, Prince Consort, and Royal family
reached St. Margaret's station at 7.24.
The Royal party proceeded in open carriages
through the park, where a large multitude was
assembled ; they reached Holyrood at 7.40.
The Duke of Buccleugh and Viscount Melville
awaited the Queen at the station, and the Duke of
Richmond at Holyrood.

THE KILLARNEY BANQUET TO SLR CHARLES
BRIGHT.

KILLARNEY, TUESDAY EVENING.
This evening a grand entertainment was given
by the gentry of the county of Kerry in honour of
the successful laying of the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable, to which, amongst other distinguished
guests, his' Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant was
invited. The dinner was given in the principal
apartment of. the magnificent Railway Hotel,
erected at Killarney, and the company, which num-
bered over one hundred, was, for the most part, of
an extremely select and. influential character—a
result which was in some measure attributable to
the unusually high price of the dinner tickets.
The apartment and line of tables were handsomely
decorated with flowers, and behind the principal
seat a stand was formed of the English and Ameri-
can flags united.
The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. H.
A. Herbert, M.P. Upon his right was seated his
Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant ; on his left being
Mr. Gurney, the chairman of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company-. The other guests at the principal
table were the "Duke of Manchester, the Knight of
Kerry, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Colonel F. Burne,
Professor Thompson, G. Roe, W. C. Kane, Mr. V.
B. O'Connor, &c.
At a quarter to 10 o'clock the CHAIRMAN, in
proposing the toast of " The Queen," said, upon an
occasion like the present, when they were enabled
to do honour to the scientific triumph which had
been achieved, he might be permitted to allude to
the fact that her gracious Majesty, identifying
herself as she had always done with everything
that contributed to the convenience or the wants
and wishes of her people, had been the first to em-
body the national feeling, and to make use of the
wonderful instrument that had been just success-
fully completed, by sending messages of peace and
good-will to our cousins on the other side of the
Atlantic.
The toast of the Prince Consort, Prince of Wales,
and the rest of the Royal family having been like-
wise drunk,
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast which he had
the honour to propose was the health of the noble-
men who had that night honoured their festivities
with their presence, with the sentiment of " Pro-
sperity to Ireland." (Cheers.) He (the Chairman)
had the honour of serving under the predecessor
of his Excellency the previous Lord- Lieute-
nant, who won the hearts of all connected with
him by his nobleness and disinterestedness. He
glanced for some moments at that remembrince,
and he could assure his Excellency that it did not
in the slightest degree deteriorate from the sin-
cerity with which that day he had bid him welcome
to his house by the lake with which he in the name
of the gentlemen of Kerry bade him welcome to their
ancient kingdom. There was once a time when it
would have seemed a mockery to drink the pro-
sperity of Ireland. Happily that time was now at
an end, although he did not mean to say there was
not much to be done towards developing the com-
mercial resources of the country, in improving its
agriculture, and promoting habits of prudence and
cleanliness amongst their people ; those results,
however, could not be the work of any government.
(Cheers.) It should be accomplished bv the mer-
chants and gentry, and by the energy and industry
of the people themselves ; but he did believe
that so far as it was possible for a government to
encourage the agriculture of Ireland, it would be
done by the noble lord who now filled the' office of
Lord-Lieutenant. Differing as he did with the
noble lord on many political points, having been
connected with the government of which he was
the chivalrous opponent, still he (the chairman) be-
red that wa never had a Lord-Lieutenant more
sincerely anxious for the prosperity of Ireland than
the one they had now the honour of entertaining.
(Cheers.) The chairman then proposed the health
of Lord Eglinton and the prosperity of Ireland.
The toast was drank amid loud applause.

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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE NEW COMEDY.
THIS EVENING, EXTREMES ; or, Men of the Day.
Supported by Messrs. Emery, Falconer, Rogers, Barrett,
Mesdames Charles Young, Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon.
To conclude with the New Farce, 'KICKS AND HALF-
PENCE. Messrs. Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office
open from 11 to 5 daily.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed THE WAY TO
KEEP HIM. Messrs. Buckstone, Howe, and Farrell. ; Mrs.
C. Sinclair.
After wkich, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL-
QUIVER. Perea Nena.
Followed by A WICKED WIFE. Miss Reynolds.
To concludewith A KISS IN THE DAIIK.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS, in
which Miss Swanborough, Miss Ternan, Mrs. Selby, Messrs.
C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke will make their appearance.
Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Miss M. Oliver and
Mrs. Leigh Murray.
To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Miss E. :Wilton.
Commence at :7 o'clock,

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OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company
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from all the popular O ERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
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Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
• Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans,
Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio,
E. L. Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Fordo and E.
W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
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THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, SEPT. 6.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29'93.
Wirtz?, W.N.W. ; fresh, with fine weather; rain in the
night and morning.

THE SUN.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858.

A Royal progress in the 19th century differs in
many respects from those of the olden time. Then
the great Barons, who were not merely the sup-
porters, but in some respects the rivals of the Sove-
reign, were the parties chiefly concerned in bestow-
ing a fitting welcome on the Monarch. It was
their local and personal influence which collected
the crowds assembled to do honour to their imme-
diate chiefs, rather than to the rulers of the nation,
and regulated the amount of enthusiasm displayed
on the occasion. Sometimes loyal addresses were
presented from corporations or guilds ; but seldom,
if ever, did the chief magistrate accept the hospi-
tality of any beyond the pale of nobility. There
had been in Scotland, before the crowns of the
sister kingdoms were united on a single head,
one who was popularly known as " the King of-
the Commons." But even good King JAMIE would
scarcely have ventured to present himself publicly
without a strong following in even one of his most
faithful and devoted burghs.
The visit of Queen VICTORIA to Leeds, however,
displayed a striking contrast to any similar exhibi-
tion in any former reign. It was not to any lead-
ing or powerful nobleman or "to any strong body-
guard that she entrusted her safety. She went
fearlessly amongst her people, placing implicit re-
liance on their devoted affection and unblemished
loyalty. She became the guest of an inde-
pendent and high-minded citizen—one who had,
by indefatigable industry and well-known
letegrity, achieved a high position, and who was
thereby enabled to afford a suitable, aye, and right
regal welcome, to his QUEEN. The simple but
*xquisitely beautiful tribute of JonN PIIILPOT
CURRAN to the British constitution, that " it had
enabled the son of a peasant to become the guest of
his Prince," might be surpassed by Mr., now Sir
PETER, FAIRBAIRN, for it had also enabled one
of the middle classes of the industrial population'
who are the bone and sinew of the country, to
entertain the SOVEREIGN on whose dominions the
sun never sets. The exhibition was alike honour-
able to all parties concerned. To the QUEEN, who
had so well merited the rapturous reception ; and
to the people, who so thoroughly appreciated the
blessing they enjoyed under her mild and constitu-
tional rule.

The weather was not as favourable as might have
been anticipated, considering Her MAJESTY'S pro-
verbial good fortune in that respect. From 4
o'clock on Monday there was a drizzling rain, with
loud gusts of wind, by no means suited to alfresco
enjoyments. It, however, did not damp the en-
thusiasm of the metropolis of the woollen manu-
factures, once the staple products of our isle, or
send a single person of the mighty assemblage in
search of shelter. Wind and rain were alike set
at defiance. They could not induce the multitude
to abstain from welcoming their QUEEN, or dis-
playing their affection. She arrived at the
moment previously announced, and the knowledge
that she was indeed amongst them, the sight of the
(carriage in which she was contained, at once re-
xmoved every annoyance that had been sustained
'during the preceding two. There was a monster
(cheer from a quarter of a million of honest throats'
sustained and protracted to an almost incredible
extent—no trained chorus ever gave forth such heart-
felt notes as those which proceeded from the unPur-
(chased and unpurchaseable multitude. Her MAJESTY,
fatigued with the journey from Osborne, at once
proceeded to Woodsley House, the seat of the
MAvoR, where, as we have already stated, she
received a right regal reception in every way
-worthy of the occasion.
There was one striking incident, which, per-
haps, more strongly illustrated the feeling of the
people than any —that could have been pre-
viously devised. At the entrance to Woodsley
Rouse an immense concourse had assembled. There
Were massive barricades of timber, which it was
supposed would have prevented the crushing that
had been anticipated. But, long before the arrival
of the Royal party, these powerful barriers had
crumbled away before the inevitable pressure.
There was then nothing to restrain the spectators,
save and except their own sense of proprf4y.
'But that was all-sufficient.

From the moment that the material impediments
were removed, the moral came into operation ; and
the imaginary line was not transgressed in a single
instance. Shoulder to shoulder, the front rank
withstood the terrible pressure, and proved the
stuff of which the men of Leeds were made.

On the following morning there were
;---" heavy
eloudo and drizzling rain," -which vexations
were sustained with equal good humour to those Of
the preceding evening. Fortunately, however, the.
un made his appearance almost at the same time
'with her MAJESTY, and rendered the inspiring
scene still more striking. Seldom if ever was
Sovereign attended by such a body-guard. Nearly
twenty-five thousand men:hers of friendly societies,
-who, with provident care, laid aside .a portion of
their earnings as a provision for the dark hours of
Sickness and distress, were in attendance, testifying
l
y their good conduct to the excellence of these
institutions. Every single member had entered
into the most satisfactory recognisances for his good
conduct. He had given ample security, and well
he redeemed his pledges.
But still more fat ;.*factory was the sacred bat-

talon consisting of the teachers: and scholars—five
thousand three hundred persons who had volun-
tarily and gratuitously bestowed their services in
the sacred cause of education, and thirty thousand
of the rising generation, who were profiting by
their exertions. Trained soldiers—the veteran
survivors of a sanguinary campaign—could not have
excited half the enthusiasm that these little ones,
the future hope of the country, occasioned.
We congratulate the country—we congratulate
the people of Leeds—and earnestly and sincerely
we congratulate Sir PETER FAIRBAIRN, on the
splendid results as to her MAJESTY. We shall only
say that never did conqueror receive so brilliant an
ovation—never did conqueror so well merit one—
and fervently we hope that she may live long to
receive similar triumphs, although few can equal
lone can surpass, that bestowed by the good people
of Leeds and their worthy Mayor.

" What is a pound P" was the favourite question
of Sir ROBERT PEEL, when desirous of forcing his
monetary fallacies on the House of Commons. The
Right Hon. Baronet had many specimens in his
possession, and was accustomed to produce one, a
sovereign fresh from the mint, and to state that the
coin, consisting of 123.274 grains, was the only
true pound, and that all others were but mere pro-
mises to pay in that particular medium. His ob-
ject, in fact, was to introduce a purely metallic
circulation, for although paper might be retained
for convenience sake, and in order to make large
payments, he hoped eventually to be enabled to
prevent a single note from being issued, save against
the deposit of a quantity of bullion equivalent to
its nominal value. This could not, however, imme-
diately be effected. The quantity of specie in the
country was not sufficient for its actual wants. A
general collapse must have taken place. The divi-
dends on an enormous debt contracted in a paper
currency could not possibly be liquidated in gold
and silver, and sooner than hazard the payments,
in which he was very deeply interested,. he was com-
pelled to violate his principles by permitting issues
not based on bullion to the extent of £32,000,000,
of which only £14,000,000 were on securities,
which could not, however, be available for the
redemption of the notes, in the event of an universal
run for gold. That amount has since been reduced to
£31,623,995, by the stoppage of sundry provisional
banks of issue, partially counterbalanced by an in-
crease of £475,000 in the authorised circulation of
the Bank of England, There is now, therefore,
issued, of unsecured notes by the Bank of England,
£14,475,000 ; by English provincial bankers,
£7,707,292 ; by the Irish banks, £6,354,494 ; and
by the Scotch banks, £3,087,209.
The consistent free-traders, who desire not only
unrestricted competition in commodities, but also in
money and in currency, protest against the flied
price of gold and the undue restrictions imposed on
the circulating medium. They say that the
" pound" should be kept as nearly as possible at
an equable rate, avoiding those constant fluctua-
tions which have inflicted so much injury on the
trade and commerce of the country, and so greatly
affected the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of
the industrial population ; that the true pound is
anything which possesses a purchasing power—or,
in other words, gives such a command over the
necessaries, comforts, and luxuries of life as has
been possessed by the pound sterling on the ave-
rage of seasons ; and that anything which mate-
rially alters that purchasing power must operate
unfairly either to debtors or to creditors, and re-
duce the ordinary operations of commerce to mere
gambling speculations ; and that it is, therefore,
greatly calculated to depreciate commercial mora-
lity, of which we have seen many fearful instances
of late years. No man, in receiving payments,
considers the weight or fineness of the coin in
which his demand is liquidated. Ile only
wishes to be assured, that when he wants
to pay it away, it will be received from
him at the same rate which he allowed for it, and
once satisfied in that respect he makes no further

inquiry.
The above arguments are so patent and unanswer-
able that the advocates of the Act have always en-
deavoured to show that " the price of gold is not
fixed," and that notwithstanding the interrogatory of
Si ROBERT PEEL, alluded to in the commencement
of this article. The Committee on the Bank Acts
in their report take up this fallacy. In the 59th
clause they say, " Another misconception has often
perplexed those who have reasoned about the cur-
rency—that of supposing that by Act of Parlia•
mentthe price of gold is fixed." They then attempt
to show that if the sovereign, in place of being
" nearly equal to a quarter of an ounce troy of gold
of standard fineness, had been exactly equal to that
weight, it would have been obvious to all that the
word sovereign simply meant a quarter of an ounce
of standard gold, with the QUEEN'S head stamped
upon it by the Mint, and the price of gold, as it is
called(!) being thus exactly £4 an ounce, "anybody
would have comprehended that the one was equiva-
lent to the other!" Of course they would, just as
they at present comprehend that the 123.274 grains
of standard gold are equivalent to a pound, for the
conditions of the problem are not in the slightest
degree changed by altering the amount to a quarter
of an ounce or 120 grains. But where the " mis-
conception ?" Surely that is fixing the price of
gold by Act of Parliament. On that point we shall
give an extract from a communication from a re-
spected correspondent, Mr. JAMES HARVEY, of
Liverpool, who has long been a consistent and in-
defatigable monetary reformer. Mr. HARVEY

writes—
"ls the'price of gold fixed P Most certainly it
is when coined. The bullionists on the Bank Act
Committee, in their report, deny that the price is
fixed, but they forget not only that the five dwts.
and three grains of gold, which is coined into a
sovereign, is not only weighed and assayed, but it
is endowed with a money denomination, it becomes
by an act of coining, 205., and the law declares it
legal tender for 20s. of debt or 20s. of taxes. To
put a parallel case :—Suppose a sack of corn was
declared by law to be always worth 205., and was,
moreover, declared by law to be a legal tender for
debts and taxes, would not the price be fixed, and
would it not regulate the price of all corn accord-
ingly" ? He then pertinently asks :—" Is it by
mairdaining such transparent fallacies that they
hope to ,maintain their rotten, ruinous system."
It is the giving " a moneyed denomination" to
the gold that the price is fixed 'as it would be in
corn if it moneyed denomination were given thereto.
The mere division of a quarter of wheat into eight
bushels does not fix its price, but let it be enacted
that two or three bushels of a certain quality shall
be taken as a pound in liquidation of debts or pay-
ment of taxes, and that a large quantity of corn
must always be retained in a public storehouse,
from which an equal quantity must be delivered to
every person bringing a pound, so that, in fact, a
receiverebu
bushels of
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of corn,
person borirnagivnegrsaonpoburin
bringing must
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receive a pound, then the price
will be fixed
to all intents and purposes.
Under the present law the price of corn varies
from day to day, according to the laws of supply
and demand. A good harvest, either in England,
n Russia, will materially
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