Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-11-18
SUEZ.
The Grand Opening-AIl the ssreat
Powers TO be Represented.


Powers TO be Represented
PANS. Nov. l6.-As the Sultan has fin
ally decided not to be present at the open
ing of II. DeLesseps' great work, the Snez
canal, the Yiceroy will be able to exercise
his Inequalities in his own way, and will
receive the credit of the undertaking.
France will be represented by the Empress,
who, in her steam yacht, the Aigle, VIII
lead the way at the grand opening process
sion. Austria will be represented by her
Emperor, Prussia by the Prince OF Prussia,
Italy by Prince Amodeus and host OF
smaller mobiles and tribes will have repre-
sentatives to swell the pageant.
AGaF ard Festive Programme.
The first great gathering viii take place
at Port Said on the 10th inst, and on the
18th there will be grand bali at Ismalia );
on The 18th there will be a great gathering
of tribes at Ismalia, and grand enter
tainment will be given-one feature Of
which will be the evolutions on horseback
by the Arabs-and on the 10Th the grand
procession will start for Suez, when the
canal viii be formally opened.
A Monument 10 Genius.
On the goth the leading feature of the
days proceedings will be the erection OF
a monument to Maj. Chin, who first pro-
posed the idea of establishing route to
India, via the Isthmus of Suez This CRATE
full acknowledgment of the services of an
Englishman willshow that no ill-willis borne
to England, although she did not render
any assistance TO Lesseps.
ReIIgiOus--A Thanksgiving Sermons
PoRT SAID, Nov. 17.-To-day was de-
voted to religious ceremonies in connection
with the opening of the canal. The sol
emn blessing of the canal was given by
Pere Bauer, the Almoner of the Empress
Eugene. He preached sermon in which
he congratulated the world on the success
Of this grand enterprise, and thanked the
Khedige who, he said, had immortalized
his name and reign by his cooperation in
one of the greatest undertakings of
modern times. He, dyelt in terms
of lively qualification on the liberty of wor-
ship which had been granted to Christians;
thanked the Empress for the sympathy
she had shown and NJ. De Lesseps for the
exertions he had made to bring the work to
completion. He also returned thanks to
all other illustrious personages who had
honored the occasion with their presence.
The Emperor of Austria, Empress Eugene,
the Yiceroy of Egypt, the Princess of Prus-
STA and Holland, and many foreign ENJOYS
assisted at the ceremonies. The multitude
of spectators was immense and the greatest
enthusiasm was manifested
An English view OF the Canal.
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Times considers
the effect the Suez canal will have ON
commercial interests. 1t says: "We are
aware that in arts and Florence, and even
in st. Petersburg. there is great exultation
at the notion that by opening the canal
trade may be turned in new channels and
a heavy blow dealt to the nation which
made the best of the old ones. II is well
not to allow ourselves to be discomposed
by these illiterate representations. 1t was
not the English, who first sailed
around Africa or made settlements in
India No better favor is needed at Port
Said than the free competition which
availed us so well at the cape of Good
Hone