The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-12 00:00:00

Mr. Cyrus W. Field.

PARIS, Feb. 28, 1867.
To Cyrus W. Field, Esq.,
London, _ .

Dear Sir,—The undersigned American citizens at
present in Europe, hearing of your arrival in Eng-
land, and desiring to express their warm apprecia-
tion of your untiring labours and final success
in laying the Atlantic Telegraph, desire to
give you a public reception in this city on an early
day, or at your own convenience. Hoping soon to
hear from you,
We remain, Sir,
Your sincere friends,
JOHN MUNROE.
Samuel F. B. Morse. Geo. li..l{.ichards.

J. APKaye. James Phal en.
Chas. S. P. Bowles. N. M. Beckwith.
Henry B. Rogers, jun. Bowles Colgate.
L. S. Worthington. Geo. B. Butler, jun.
M. C. Smith. Edward A Strong.
Alex. Holland. J. F. Loubat.
L. H. Willard. G. S. Hazard.
Joseph Holland. Sydney Shepard.
James Laws, M.D. Edgar Mills.
Emory M'Clintoch. Alfred A. Cohen.
Prentiss Ingraham. William Slade.
Samuel Renington. Azariah Eldridge.
Samuel Norris. J. N. Proeschel.
Charles Hunter. L. Drevet.
and others.

Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate,
London, March 1, 1867.

Gentlemen,—l have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your esteemed communication, invit-
ing me to a public reception in Paris, at such time
as might suit my convenience.
I thank you most sincerely, and regret that my
limited stay in Europe, and the constant pressure of
telegraphic business, compel me to decline your
kind invitation, the acceptance of which would have
afforded me an opportunity of meeting so many of
my countrymen.

I can assure you that I shall ever entertain a deep
sense of your generous appreciation of the services
which it has been my privilege to render in connec-
tion with the Atlantic Telegraph which is, I believe,
destined to prove of inestimable value to the cause
of peace and civilisation throughout the world.
I earnestly hope that the electric cord which now
unites Europe with America, and the cordial friend-
ship which has ever existed between France and the
United States, may never be broken.
I remain, Gentlemen,
With great respect,
Very truly your friend,
(Signed) CYRUS W. FIELD.
Professor S.F. B. Morse, LL.D.,
and American citizens in Paris.

Mr. Cyrus Field has completed his business and
signed a contract on behalf of the New York, New-
foundland, and London Telegragh Company for a
submarine cable between Placentia, Newfoundland,
and Nova Scotia. The line will be laid in the
early part of the summer.

The Peruvian Government has given notice of the
cessation of the treaty of commerce between Italy
and Peru in September of the present year. The
Peruvian Government have taken this step on
account of the principle recently adopted by the
South American Republics of not forming ulterior
engagements with European Powers without a pre-
liminary commercial and financial understanding
between themselves. The Peruvian Foreign Mi-
nister assured the Italian Representative that the
cessation of the treaty in no way affected the cor-
dial understanding existing between the two States.
The Italian Minister has been instructed to express
the same assurances on behalf of his Government
to Peru.
This year a celestial phenomenon will occur, which
has been only twice recorded in history. On the
21st of August next the planet Jupiter will be seen
completely unaccompanied by satellites for nearly
two hours. Three of them will be invisible on ac-
count of their passing simultaneously over Jupiter's
disk, and the fourth will be immersed in the shadow
of the planet.
The Figaro states that a concession for baths and
a gaming-house in tho Val d'Audorre has been granted to a
French compaaY a lease of 99 years.