The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-20
Latest From Europe.

Quebec.
The British parliament was prorouged
on the 5th, and the dissolution follows
Immediately after The new elections
would probably take place ON the 18th
and 18th.
The screw steamer, Beatrice, formerly
the rebel cruiser Tallahassee, left Calais
on the End July, for Liverpool.
The emigration returns for Liverpool,
for the quarter ending June 80, shows a
total of Al ,547--which is a decrease of
over $4,000 from the number of depar-
tnres in the same quarter of last year.
The trial of DIR. Pritchard, q Scotch
surgeon, on the charge of having pois-
oned his wife, was progressing at Glas-
gov; and, from the notoriety the case
has obtained, great interest was evinced
in the proceedings.
A startling balloon accident had oc-
Cured in Ireland. Mr.. Coswell's balloon
after having assembled from Belfast, with
ten people in the car, effected a perilous
descent, owing to the valve at the top
| not acting properly. Eight of the aero
nautssucceeded in getting out, (some of
them severely injured,) when the bal
still in the Car, and nothing had since
been heard of it.
1t is rumored in Paris that Marshal
ODonnell, by way of giving apractical
proof of his liberalism, intends to
| abolish slavery in The Spanish colonies.
Brazil would then be the only Christian
| nation owning slaves, and even there,
| the number is very small.
The celebration of the 4th, in Eng
land, was more and more enthusiastic
and attracted more attention than on
any previous occasion. 1t shows that
America has increased in the respect of
the great world abroad.
| We make the following extracts from
the Times, describing events and Incl
dents of the day: rf-~
| GREAT MEETING IN LONDON.
The eighty-ninth anniversary of the
| Declaration of American Independence
was celebrated by dinner at Willis
Rooms. There were upwards of two
hundred ladies and gentlemen present
on the occasion. Around the hallswas
hung drapery containing the names of
the various States of the American
Union, and from the roof hung the ma
tional flags of America and England
The chair was occupied by the Hon.
Freeman II. Morse, United States Con-
sui at London.
| Mr.. Cyrus Field read the following
letters of apology from Mr.. Bright and
Mr.C.F Adams, the American minister
| JUNE q, 1865.
| DEAR SIR am leaving town this
week, and my engagements will not al
low me to return for the Fourth of July,
or should have gladly accepted yourin-
vitation to the great anniversary dinner.
You call it the eighty-ninth anniver-
sary, and so it is in reference to political
| independence and freedom from the rule
of the. English monarchy; but it is, or
will be, the first Fourth of uly on which
much worse bondage than any which
England has inflicted upon any of her
colonies and dependencies.
Your continent is free from slavery,
and from the evil working of that inst-
tuition upon your whole political system.
[ congratulate you upon this new and
greater freedom with all my heart.
Tell your committee that am grateful
to them for their kind remembrance of
me, and that 1 much regret that l can
not be with them on the coming Fourth.
Yours, very truly, JOHN BRIGHT.
C. r. SCHALLER, Esq, % Manchester
square. ,.o % ,0s,
DEAR SIR had hoped to have the
pleasure of receiving such OF the Amerl-
cans as might happen to be in London
on the evening of the Fourth OF July at
nv house. But this has been cut OFT by
the loss of a near relative of the family,
which has just taken place at Paris.
The same cause must OF course prevent
NV taking part in your proposed festivi-
ty. shall, however, be with you in
shirt when you indulge in the eXulta-
ton so natural and proper on the resto-
ration of the whole country to the full
recognition of its old and glorious ma
tional emblem on its great anniversary.
| I am. your obedient servant,
' c. F.. ADAMS.
There was, in addition to the custom
arv memorial toast to Washington, !"
| another ofthe same character to "Abra-
ham Lincoln, patriot, statesman, mar
tvr.u These were drunk in solemn 81
lence. In the course of the proceedings
Mr.. Moran read an address, in which he
stated that the people of the United
| States felt no desire to inf1ict vengeance
on the South, although perhaps they
| might feel that the leaders of the rebel
lion did deserve punishment as warn
mo to future conspiratOrs. He believed
| that the latent Union feeling in the
south was being developed, and he had
no doubt that the people of those States
were content to accept the present con-
dition of things and to apply them
| selves to remedy the evils that had been
| caused by the war.
| AN AMERICAN FETE AT CREMORNE GAR
| DENS.
| rFrom the London Daily News, July s..
What the Queens birthday is to En-
plishmen, and the fete of Napoleon to
Frenchmen, is independence day to Am
orleans. The glorious Fourth of July
was celebrated here last night with fit
ting ecldt to the amusement OF consid-
cradle number of persons. The termi-
nation of discord in the United States
has afforded Mr.. E. T. Smith the oppor-
tunitv of bringing out all the resources
of his beautiful gardens. The genius
which transported the enlivening sling,
the cooling julep, and the sparkling
cocktail from the banks of the Potomac
TO the thirsty shores of Albion was not
fated to overlook so grand an OCCASION
Seas of bunting, skies of stars, and nu-
merous dozens of stripes, startled the
hnbitues of Cremorne. Nor were the Or
binary attractions wanting. The coun-
try visitors, anxious for sensation, could
not fail to be satisfied to the uttermost.
THE DAY IN PARIS.
The fete chdmpetre given by Mr.. Bige.
low, the American Minister, to his cOun-
trymen on this anniversary of our Inde-
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