The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-14 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— Signor GIUGLINI has the honour to in form the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends that his BENE FIT will take placeTO-MORROW (THURSDAY), when will presented (for .he first time this season) LUCIA DI LAM MEh,'SIOOR. Lucia, Madlle. Piceolomini ; Enrico, Signor Belletti ; Bidebent, Signor Vialetti; and Edgardo, Signor Giuglini, Atter which the wl - ole of the Ballet Divertissement from La Sonnambula, in which Madame Rosati and Madlle. Poe chini will make their last appearance. To be followed by Pa:Ale:his Comic Operetta LA SERVA PA DRONA. - To conclude with a scene from Rossini's Opera ITA LI ANA-I ALGIERI, it eluding th 3 celebrated trio, " Pap' pataci " by Signori. Giuglini, Vialetti, and Rossi. SATURDAY; July 17 (last night of the Subscription). IL TROVATORE, And a Divertissement in which Wine. Bor chetti will appear. Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre. • ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.— . - - Reduced Prices. The following performances will be given, comprising the talents of Titiens, Alboni, and Rceolemini; Belletti. Bene ventano, Bclart,lo•ti, Rossi; Ahlighieri, and Giuglini. Ballet, Madame. - 13oschetti. Ttusday, July 29, LE4 HUGUENOTS.. Thursday. July 22, DON GIOVANNI, and Ballet. Friday, July 23, LA TRANI ATA, and Ballet. Saturday, July 24, LUCREZIA BORGIA, and Ballet. ' ' To conime;:ce at 8 o'clock. Prices Pit stalls, I2s 6d. Boxes, grand t'er, 3/. 35.; oue pair, 2/. 12s. hi. ; pit iier, 2/ 25.; two pair, I/. 55.; three pair, 155.; gallery, 10s.; pit, 3s. 6d. ; gallery stalls, 38, ed. ; gallery 2s. May be had at the Box-office after Thursday, the 15th. In the meantime plans may be secured on application to Mr. Fish, stage door. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. Second Night of IL TROVATOR E. To commence at half-past 8. • TO-MORROW (THURSDAY). July 15, will be performed, for the secondlime this season, Verdi's Opera IL TROVATOIIE. Leonora, Madame Grisi ; Azucena, Madlle. Didiee ; Inoz, Madame Tagliafico • II Conte, di Luna, Signor Graziani; Fernando, Si;. Tadiafico ; Ruiz, Sig. Soldi ; and Manrico, Big. Mario. Conductor—Mr. Costa. Pit, 10s. 64.; amphitheatre stalls, 10s. 64., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre, 2s, 64. ; second tier boxes, 21. 12s. Gd. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the new farce, en titled DYING FOR LOVE. After which, Shakspero's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S-WELLS. Thelrish Boy and Real Yankee Gal, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS 'EVENING will be performed the drama of THE FAIRY CIRCLE. O'Carolan, Mr. B. Williams ; Moleshae, Mri. B. Nil lams. After which OL R GAL ; with the sou; of " Our Mary Ann." To conclude with IRE:AND AS IT WAS. With the celebrated Irish jig by Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams—their last appearance. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Directres3, Miss Swanborough.—This Evoulm.r will Ua performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. Followed by THE BRIDE 0/' ABYDOS. Messrs, Chas. Young, Turner, die.; Miss Swanborough, After which VENUS IN ARMS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow ig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of S Ileetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, D UETS, die., viz. :—Miss Russell, Sirs. Badzey, Kiss Bruuell, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miis Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Joaghmans ' Mr. Henshaw, S. loner, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Him, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bei' lard Messrs. John G. Fordo, and E. Maekuey. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jongbmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. S .peers, &v., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHANI will appear every Evening in a Selection from "Li DAME MANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmond Ryan, Esq. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JULY :4. ' IHERBIONETER, IN TU SHADS. '73 . -Lldgbest since noon yesterday. 60—lowest this morning and daring the night. 76—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.98. WIND, S.W. ; light, with fine warm weather. HIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TB/5 DAT —Morn., 15 min. aft. 4 —Even., 37 rain aft. 4 To. toszow—Morn., 59 min. aft. 4—Even., 22 min. aft. 5 44 =~- ~='=- ~~~~~e g LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1858. Happily we have now heard the last of Mr. OTTO MIINDUER, the tr:velling a,:.;cut, for the National Gallery. Henceforth 300 1 . a-year will not be fooled away, under the very extraordinary pretext of sending forth, upon a vague mission of search after artistic treasures, a gentleman (we doubt this, at least, not for one instant) remark able for his very rare accomplishments. Mr. 11117NDLER, Herr MIINDLER, Monsieur MUNDLER --however he may be designated—is, of course, a person of very refined taste, a capital judge of pictures, one " up" in all the schools, and so forth. We have not a syllable to say against him individually. We never had. But we have always protested as strongly and urgently as pos- sible against the fully of squandering 3001. a-year upon a wild-goose chase, as absurd, in its way, as that of the celebrated Dr. SyxrAx: in search of the.picturcsque. For several years we have in sisted upon the absurdity of keeping up the farce of•this Travelling Agency. • 'Without the smallest pezional feeling one way or the other, in regard to the particular individual selected to be the red •pient of this snug little salary fur Heaven knows what, we have set our face against the thing, as in its.way a 'natter altogether frivolous, fruit less of anything at all beneficial one way or the elber—in short, as Mr. SNAGSBY might say— " not to put too fine a point upon it," really and truly quite nonsensical. The majority of those who voted last night upon the subject thought upon it at last as we have long thought upon it (and written about it) ourselves. The amendment moved by Lord ELcuo in a House of .238, was carried, we are delighted to observe, by a majority of eighteen-128 voting for and 110 against, this same most rational amendment. The Travelling Agent is, therefore, no longer num bered amongst the salaried employees of the Na tional Gallery Establishment. We dare say the avt treasures of the nation will increase and mul .iiply somehovr.or other, as the lawyers phrase it, • nevertheless, notwithstanding. At any rate, we shall not present to astonished Europa from tbis time forth the extraordinary spectacle of a Ger man gentleman maundering hither and thither all over' the Continent, with the wealth of England mysteriotisly trailing after Lim as he travelled— & Quixetio agent of art, vaguely roving here, there, and everywhere, in a wild search after Something (he couldn't say exactly what), in search of Something, Anything in the ehape of a Picture. The returns supplied, at the instance of Lord ELLENBOROUGII, afford very valuable information respecting the East Indian Army, or, as it was termed, the troops of the Honourable East India Company's Service. The recant state of affairs, 00 ,j ug i n a from the mutiny of men who were re ceiving handsome pay and allowances, the valuable lives that have been sacrificed, and the amount of money expended in quelling the insurrection, render everything relating thereto deeply icterest to- the people both of England and of India. Besides, if we are desirous of profiting by our - dearly-bought experience, wa should institute a stringent and searching investigation into every : thing that could, by auy possibility, cast addi tional light on the subj3ct. The.total military force of India, including all the greSidencies, was in round terms 280,000 it - had been 287;782-in 1852, but bad been re-. „w e ed, by some 10,000 men between- that and 1357, the time of the c - rtbrr:als:, cf which some thing more than 100,000 constituted tho "Bengal Army," amongst whom the mutinous epidemic chiefly prevailed. Of these there were 83,000 regular native infantry, 14,000 regular native cavalry, and 27,000 irregulars. There were also some Company's Europfaw, nire battalions, about 8,100 in all ; of which only three battalions, or 2,700, were in Bengal ; and nearly 15,000 QUEEN'S troops, about three-fifths of the entire Briti:h forces in India. Such was the state of affairs at the time of the outbreak. The Native Regiments were officered by Europeans; but a large proportion of the best and most efficient men were appointed to civil situations, which being very lucrative were anxiously sought after. There were nearly 500 officers (493) thus habitually absent from their regimental duties last year, and some 160 more on leave of .absence; so that 650 officers were away from their regiments at the time of the mutiny. In many instances there were not more than five or s;x officers to a regiment, who, being juniors, cou'd scarcely be expected to discharge all the pressing dutics of their ardu ous positions. Much responsibility consequently devolved on the Subadars and Jemadars—as the native non-commissioned officers were termed — and these were appointed, not from superior quali fications, but from mere seniority, and were im bued with all the prejudices of the private Sepoys, with whom they had been long and intimately connected. These favoured individuals were, generally speaking, the ringleaders of the rebellion. They found an immense amount of power in their hands, but they had no hope or expectation of further promotion, and therefore they were the first to increase the irritation which it was their duty to alleviate and repress. Many think that the native army, in place of being a help and protection to the Angle-Indian Government, was a standing cause of difficulty and danger. Much may be said on both sidts of this vexed question, but it certainly appears that the authorities did not maintain a proportion of Europeans sufficient to check any manifestation of insubordination in an armed, drilled, and dis ciplined body more than eight times their num ber. We must still maintain native troops in India, hut certainly it would be most unwise and dangerous ever to allow so great a predominance of the native element as there has hitherto been in the army of India at any of its Presidencies. ' Some discussion was raised last night in refer_ ence to a sum of 8,8361. expended in the exami: nation of the plan propounded by the Board of Works for the main drainage of the metropolis. It certainly appeared a large amount of outlay for a mere inquiry and report. And such as it was, it was certainly attributable to the late Govern ment, by whom the expenditure bad been sanc tioned and authorised. But we must consider the magnitude of the interests, and the large amount of money concerned. No public officer would be justified in giving his assent to such a scheme without ascertaining, on the best possible evidence, its practicability and expediency. It was therefore the duty of Sir BENJAMM HALL, then Chief Commissioner of Public Works, to obtain the best assistance. Even 8,000/. or 9,0001., large as it may seem, was but a small per tentage on eight or nine millions of money that might have been improvidently expended. It would be well that there should be a per• manent head of the Board of Works. There is really nothing of a political character about it. As it is, " the new broom," in seeking to sweep clean, too frequently sets aside that which had been carefully and elaborately prepared. The management of Public Works should be put into, proper hands, and they can never be properly controlled until the heads of the department hold their offices during good behaviour, and without being liable to eviction at every change of Ministry. M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS, Marquis de PAILLE TERIE, has found his match after all ! Not in the person of Mr. G. P. R. JAMES, with his modest contribution of from 100 to 200 Bvo. volumes e —ranged (quite as a small library in. themselves) among the treasures of imaginative, literature. Not, for that matter, indeed, in the instance of any novelist whomsoever. ALEX- . ANDRE Dtmtas Pere has found his rival at last,' his superior, his undoubted vanquisher, in the person of a popular English Drathatist. Tv e must never have any more vaunting in reference to those colosial and portentous stage effects pro• duced by the great feuilletonist through histrionic productions extending through fifteen acts, and requiring a series of nights for the purpose of completing their consecutive performance. Mr. BUONSTONE has, by ore extraordinary feat, effectu ally extinguished the glery by eclipsing all the many past, and some of them prodigious, suc cesses of the Marquis do PA.ILLETEP.IE. What does M; DUMAS the Elder think of Oue Dramatic Triumph requiring for its completion, not a single week, but Five Years consecutively ? Tnis un paralleled histrionic performance, in Five Great Acts, has, ,in simplest truth, been but just now 1 brougheto a close triumphantly. The precise date 1 of its completion, indeed, was the night of Saturday last, the 10th of July, 1858—the exact locality in which this peaceful victory was achieved being the stage of the Little Theatre of the lEfay market. The incident we do honestly conceive to be one in every way so entirely without pre cedent, that we are solicitous to direct to it here, through our leading columns, the particular at tention of the public at large, if only in grateful tribute to one who has catered so well for the gene ral amusement, and of unaffected admiration for the skill with which he accomplished a success in every way so remarkable. Mr. &OILSTONE'S management certainly marks an epoch in the Haymarket.- Already it hes ac complished far more than this—it has effeated: a triumph in every way so entirely without a parallel that it serves of itself to repudiate effectually the old calumnious notion about the Decline of the Drama. Upon this subject, in truth, Mr. BUCXSTONE was himself sufficiently outspoken in the facetious and sparkling harangue with which he brought his five years' season to a close on Saturday evening last so very pleasantly. Nothing, indeed, could well have been more genial, More neighbourly, or, in every respect, more magnani- 1 mous, than his complimentary allusion to the other i leading theatres of London, each under its exist ing o management : among others, to the Ad e l p hi Manager (Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER), SO far from bankruptcy that he is actually engaged in rebuild ing his theatre from the foundations—to the Priucess's Manager (Alr. CHARLES KEAN), with the hitherto undreamt-of splendour of his various Shaksperian representations. And now, side by side with these facts, disproving so very signally the old balsble about the decline of the drama, ;be :, r StVelbsion of this enormous season of five year;,' higr4tipn at the Lit'lo Theatre in the Haymarket. Such, according to literal Matter of fact, wi the wonderful performance, in Five Grand Acts, brought to a triumphant conclusion on Saturday evening, and _then virtually announced, or we are much mistaken, "for repetition' by the.....Auttit r of it . : un A , ithor who—more aneurately than Captain , ILsou'rE-- : .1 really; in point of fact, as Mrs. MALAPROP would wonderingly remark, " like Cerberus, three gentlemen at once"—Actor, Manager, Dramatist. To him, in all three capa cities, say we, right cordially, a renewal of his past successes in each— as a Comedian irresistibly humorous—as a playwright to whom we are in debted for dramatic productions like "Green Bushes" and "Victorine"—as a Manager, in fine, whose last extraordinary season has literally shed a lustre upon the National Drama ! ITALIAN OPERA, DRURY-LANE. Last evening, Madlle. Vanneri made her first appearance on the stage as Lucrezia Borgia, and we have no hesitation in describing the success she achieved as the most extraordinary that has occurred for many years. Knowing nothing of this lad3's antecedents, we were as much surprised as delighted by her fine and striking performance. She is evidently conversant with the Italian stage, and is a tragedian of no ordinary power, as well as a most acconit)lished. • singer. She is young and handsome ; possessed of a tall and graceful figure, expressive features, and a true soprano voice, of great compass, and combining strength and sweetness in a very uncommon degree. Her vocal powers have been highly cultivated ; her style is pure, her execution is clear and finished ; and her fancy, as exhibited in her fiorittiri and em bellishments, is rich and at the same chastened by good taste and knowledge of her art. In the prin cipal scenes her impassioned actin made a deep impression ; and, in particular, her last burst of frantic despair over the dead body of Gennaro was worthy of Grisi herself. In short, we have : no hesi tati9n in saying that Mdlle. Vanneri would be an important acquisition to any theatre in Eurore. Mr. Smith may again congratulate himself on haviug introduced tothe London opera boards a lady in every way deserving public support and appro bation. Madame Poma won a rapturous encore in the Brindisi. The other characters were ably The house was crowded, and the fair debutante overwhelmed with applause. IHe MILITIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlFT,—Another session of Parliament is coming to a close, without any step being taken—perhaps not even thought of—by noble lords or gallant colonels, of our now-cal'ed constitutional force— the militia ; that militia to which we have chiefly to look (in the absence of our main army)` for our defence in case of a foreign invasion, or any other unforeseen calamity. Bat, sir, can anything, be more anti-national than our system is for the getting up ,and the maintaining 6f that system The root of the evil rests, in my humble opinion, in the facility given by the present state of the law regarding desertion, which has the mild term given to it of absenteeism, from training. This, in reality, comprises three distinct crimes--namely, those of desertion,. perjury, and receiving money on false pretnces.' Surely each of these crimes - (chiefly the two latter) is more deserving of punishment, than the great numbers that come under the cognisance of our various courts of law. But to be brief : we lose one-fourth, at lease, of our best militia soldiers by the wretched state c f the law. Yours obediently, • A MILITIA COMMANDANT. From the Hill, 13:n July, 1858. CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-July 13. [FROM our. OWN CORRESPONbENT.] At the general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, on Saturday, July 10, at theft new club-house (Cowes, Castle), the following members vitro present :—Commoddie the EArl of Wilton (in the Chair) ; Vice-Commodore, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P. ; the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Bath, Henry Thorold, Esq., Lord Godolphin, Sir A. 'Bannerman, Bart., Spencer de Horsey Esq., Capt. It. H. Smith Barry, G. It: Duff, E.g., Etiri of Dalkeittt, Lord Otho Fitz gerald, Duke of LeedEt, E. N. Harvey, E , q.:, W. B. Ponsonby, Esq., Lord Colville, Lord Va.i-, C. Lce, E-q., Marebant .Thornas 'Albert Ham brough, Esq., Chas. Leslie, Esq., M.P., H. 8.. Baring, Esq., M. P., George Bentinck, Esq. Thjfolle‘i iug members wet e elected :—W. Hal liday Cosway, E-q., Sir Gilbert East, Bart., Henry J. Adeace, Eq., M.P., Philip L. P ow y B , Philip Peiciwl, Esq. Horace Hamond, Esq., H.B.M. amsul, 'Cher bourg, was eltc'ed an h.norary member. Die following alt2rations were wado in the R. X. S. Rega:t.i, consequent on lier Maj:,sry's in tended ii.parture for Cherbourg :—Monday, Aug. 2d, H. R. H. the Prince Consort's Cup to be sailed for ; Tuesday, Aug. 3d, the R.Y.S. Dinner ; Wed nesday, Aug 4th, her Majesty's Cup io be sailed for—the R.Y:S. Ball in the evening .; Friday, Aug. H.I. the Emperor NapOieon's Cup to Le sailed for. All the yachts of the Squadron are to assemble and sail from Goaves for Cherbourg on Thursday with her Majet-ty. Arrival?, July 11th—Zoe, the Earl of Yarho rotigh, from Gibraltar ; July - 10—Anrann, Sir J. B. Wal3h, B'trt., from the Western ports ; July 13—Chesapeake, Joseph Gee, Esq., Guernsey. The Marquis Conyugham arrived here on Mon day, and Ins lordship's yacht came into the road stead to-day (Tuesday). THE QUEEN'S SQUADRON FOE CHER- ByCliG. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 13. Orders hare been promul,gited. this day by the • Lords of the Admiralty, on the cornmand of the ' 1 Queen, for the aggern Wing. of a squadron forthwith 'at this port to attend her - Majesty to Cherbourg-on her forthcoming visit to the Emperor and Empress of the French at that great naval rendezvous: This squadron avid consist of six sail of the line, six, frigates, and a'flotilla of.the Queen's. and the Ad..: miralty's steam yachts, comprising the following, the whole wider the command of Admiral Lord: Lyons, with Rear Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle as; second in •:command Royal Albert, 121, Capt. the Hon.. Francis Eger ton, flag of Vice-Admiral of •the Whi•e the Right Hou. Edmund. Lord Lyons,' Commander-in-Chief ; Hannibal, 91; .C:ipt. H. Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral of the Red. Sir Charles Howe Fremantle ; Brunt wick, 81, Capt Ommanney; Orion, 91; Capt D'Eyn. court ' • Renown, 91, Capt. Forbes Cigar, 91, Capt. - Frederck ; the Enryalua,: 51, Capt. Tarle ton, C. B. ; the Arrogant; 47, Capt. Heath, C. B. ; the Diadem, 32, Capt. Moorsom, C. B. ; the Cora pa, 31, Capt. T. M. Mason; the Racoon, 22, Capt. Paylittr ; the Terrilde, 21, Capt. Glasse, C.B. ; the Valorow, 16, Capt. Aldham ; the Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon.. J. Denman • the Fairy Royal tender, Mr. D. N. Welch, master, P.N. ; the Ellin Royal tender, Mr. •A. 13alliston, master, R.N. ; the Osborne Admiralty yacht, Mr. G. H. K. Bower, master, R.N. ; the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Mr. J. E. Paley, roaster, R.N. ; the Fire Qiinen Adimiralty:yacht, Mr. W. F. Paul, toaster, R.N. ; I the :Sicirightly' sieara tender, Mr. George Allen, acting master, R.N: It Is by her Alrijesty's'express wish and command that _Aitinifal tiord . Lyons commands in chief this squadron of honour, for which duty tha Royal A i bert, .Carrying his lordship's flag, arrived at Spit. head this afternoon. LADY BULIVER LYTTON.—We are informed on the best authority, that all matters in reference to this lady, about whom paragraphs have appeared in some of the public journal?, are in process of amicable settlement, by family arrangements, to the sati! , fsction of all partiee. concerned. In the matter of Messrs. CalVert and Co., the judg. meat delivered by Mr. Commissioner Evans in the Court of Bankruptcy, refusing a certificate upon the ground that the evidence was not eatislactory as to the deed having been - signed by F ix-sevenths of the unsecured creditors, was affirmed by the Lords Justices yesterday. It waA intimated, however, taut the petitioners can pre sent themselves before the commiesioner again with fresh evident 3. THE PRICE or.-GOLD.—The quntation of gal r.t is about 2 per tuille,discount, and the short eXnhange on London is 25.021 per 1/. sterling. Oa c - mparii:g - these rates with the English Mint prxe of. 3/. 17e. 1031. per ounce for efandard gold, it ap, ears that gold is wady hg thii price of gold is 424 p er m a - k , nor cent. dearer m P ar is than in Lon(lon. Bi ad vicei bona : L eatur and_ the effort (xeliange on Lond,on is 13 .5!; 1e; 1/. sterling. &aEilard gold at the English Mint pr ca is, therefore, a'itout 3-10 ha per cent. dearer in Londoo thin in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New Yrk on London for bills at 60 days' eight is 1091 to 1091 per cea*., which, when compared with the Miut proportions between the two caun•ries, shows that the exchange is about at par; and af,er making allowance for charges of transport arid difference cf interest, the present rate pr.iit Oa tiLJ imputOiqii . of Bold from the United States, • L TEST NEWS. THE JEDDAH MASSACRE. The following additional despatch from Alexan dria has just reached us via Malta : " It appears that . the first intelligence of the massacre was given on board the Cyclops by several Greeks, who swam to the vessel during the night. She sent two boats next morning (16th June) to the town, but they were obliged to the on the na tives, who strove to cut off their retreat. The French Consul, his wife, and several of his house hold were beaten to death with clubs. The daughter of the Consul, M. Eraeral the chan cellor, and two servants escaped by miracle, and safely arrived: at the French Consulate-general here (Alexandria) on the 6th. The English Consul and his household were literally hacked to pieces. The murderers were about 5,000 in number." TRIESTE, rj TH. Accounts fro'n Alexpndria of the 6J2 state that a considerable agitation against Europeans pre vailed at Suez, and that it had been found neces sary to send troops there in order to prevent a movement. 1,000 English and 900 French troops had recently arrived at Hong Kong. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. BOURSE, July 13.—The following were the latest quotations : _ 4,i per Cents " 95 50 Credit Foncier ... ...... 600 Do. end month 95 50 Belgian 43 ...... ...... 993 3 per Cent. ..... Do. end month 6B 45 Roman 9l Bank Shares . . ..... 3100 Austrian Credit Mobilier ... • 635 Spanish Threes Do. Account... 635 nom° Debt — RAILWAYS.-FOR CASH. Orleans Northern - : 912 31 Western 5:32:. New Ditto 765 I Eastern Lyon and Mediteran.. 770 Grand Central .... New Ditt0......' — Sardinian Geneva SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 9th have arrived. The Occidente exhorts the Cabinet to be firm in exacting reparation for the so-called insulting lan guage toSpain used in the English Parliament, and also in obtaining redress from Mexico. The Ministers had again met in Council, and the subject of their deliberations was believed to be the orga nisation °lithe Council of State—which is regarded With great interest in Spain. The postal treaty between Spain and England, which has been some time i❑ preparation, had been signed. A letter says : " The attitude of the new Spanish Ministry be gins to, reveal itself, and the revision of the elec toral lists may be considered as a first step in the path of a more just and more constitutional policy. The composition ,of the electoral body, say the Ministers, has been constantly changed .by parties, and the day has now come wt.:en that abuse ought to disappear. Every one shares in this Opinion, but the question is to know whether the Ministry will succeed in triumphing over the interests which have always falsified the lists and in esta blishing on solid bases the Liberal party which it wishes to ,constitute, and into which it hopes to introduce all the-men who desire neither reaction noe political convulsions. In presence of the actual state of things, doubts, may be entertained of the success of the Ministry." Accounts from Giurgevo of the 3cl announce the arrival there, by a Danube steamer, of Prince Adal bert of Prussia, who travels under the name of Coent de Ravenberg. Zu spite of his incognito, he was received by . the authorities in a brilliant manner. The ministerial crisis in Denmark appears to have terminated by the single retirement of M. Andre, Minister - of Fitiauc , J, the in,)st ardent de fender of the system of resistand and the principal author of the common constitution. No new mem ber has entered the cabinet • . The King of Holland received at the Hague, on the 10th, the Count..de Chambord, who was con veyed to and fi OM the court in a royal carriage. The count afterwards proceeded to the Queen's residence to pay his respects to her Majesty. 011 his return to the Hotel • Bellevue, where he had alighted, the count received a visit from the King. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Th S e Or i T il i u l n A b y e l: e oZ zr \ , V c E a D l N: . sp s A te Y w N a l r o d it ; N. li f t: N e G ar rived with mailsfrum Gihra!tar to the sth ; Cadiz, 6th ; Lisbon, 9th ; and Vigo, 11th. She brings 46 pagengers, 3,3561. in specie, and cargo of lemons, wine, &c. • The English steamer 'Dutchman wai.at Vigo, in a very leaky Aate, baring struck on a sunken rock off Cape Toriaw.t. The Alhambra spoke the steamer Tagus on the 10th, the Tamar on the 11th, - and the Sultan on the 12th..' The debate idtho Lisbon House of Deputies on the reply to the Thrlte had not concluded. The division was expected to be • favourable to the • , The oidiumirt the Vineyards was unfavourable to the corning vintlge• L'sbnn Exchanges—On Linden, $3 to 53!; other quotations nominal ; Three per Cents. Registered, 461 to 461 ; Ciupow, ."45 1 to 46; Deferred, 281 to 29 ; Bank Stock •unaltered.• Gibr.►ltar EX9bange—On I.4?ndon, 57 ; Paris, 528 ; Mar4eilleia, 530 ; Genoa, 530. :AMERICA. ARRIVAL OP THE VANDERBILT. S(JUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The steam-ship - Vanderbilt, from New York to Havre, arrived off COWOi th;s morning, with 364 passengers, $260,060 in specie for France, and ad vices of the 3d inst. The: e is no news of importance. . The stelm-shipluftiatiEtnpirei from Galway to New York, put in at HalifAx on the Ist. The f. 3 1- lowing is repotted of her : _ _ _ 2. Halifax, July " The Ateam-ship Empire, from Galway on the evening (f the 19th June, called off Halifax harbour at 11 o'clock last nieht, and landed Mr. Miles, of London (who proce:ds to New York via Windsor and St. John), and the mails for British North America. She proceeded at four o'clock this morning for New York. • "Soon al er leaving Galway the Indian Empire broke her pert piStou ; but, after eight hours' de lay, continued her course with one engine. Had light westerly winds until the 24th, when she en countered a severe gale, which lasted 24 hours. The remainder f thepassage was pleasant. " The Indian Empire reports having seen nothing of the telegraph fleet. Met 12 large icebergs east of Cape Race." • Later intelligence is to band respecting the Mor mons. It is,- however, unsatisfac:ory and inde finite. The New York stork market was exceedingly dull. The transactions in the foreign bill Market were light. Exohanelen London 109 to 1091. Freights were irregular. The cotton market steady, with a moderate demand. In coffee but little doing. The flour and. meal markets without change. ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA. The steam-ship Saxonia, from New York to Hamburg,• arrive] off Cowes this afterncon. The advices (July 1) are anticipated. - TESTIMONIAL TO MAJOa•GESER iL HALL. —A magni ficent piece of plate was yesterday presented to Major- General Hall, 'of the Ist Life Guar ds, as a mark of the ceteem and regard of the bilkers who served with him in th a t reg i men t. Th e ceikraonY took place at th e D u k o of B,aufurt's res . dence, Si , : ja(1108'd-quaro. Toe Duke' preseaateci • the testirnonial-ia appr4riate terms, and Major G enera l H a ll expre2sed his acknowledgment,. The D u k e th en i nvi t e d the officrt present to a sump tuousth te,ltnitnacohredoancitsseerlviefd,,wriiltiihngvrl splendid additi on . Th e intrinsic va l ue o f theat prof treion and e l egance, piece of pla'e is about 900/. It is from the well-known establishment of Mr. C. F. flancuck, Bruton-street, Boad.street. It was designed and model led by Mr. Armstead, and re2resents the three epochs of the regimeat—its embodiment ,in IGI3I, anoth e r cba uge of co s t ume i n 1742, an d • t h e u pif,trut aynich wa s worn i n 1855.! N o thi ng can b e mo re lifelike and char ac t er i s ti c tLan rider the d p r r e e s ti s en o t f e t d h e u x se sc r i ;o a 3 o pthereiy were andods. Both h orse an d are at the present day. All the details are beautifully and artisti cally rendered. The execution ctf the colours of the re giment is particularly worthy of notice ; they are as Pliant as if of satin. The figutie of Fame forms the sum mit of the t7ldcau. Altogether this testimonial is worthy of the occasion, and will form a fitting memorial of the distinguished regiment. It will remain at Mr.... Ha ncock's establishment for a few dayr, and wi'l, no doubt, 4 (4cite the admiration of all who go to NO Ito—Timm. ____ THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH going at once, while now and then, as the ship pitched up near the wind, her great sails flapped and slatted like peals of thunder, pitching the vessel with an uneasy vibration, as if the masts were coming out of her. Still, among the little con gregation no one moved more thin was in cess . ary to keep his seat as the ship lurched over, and the service proceeded as little disturbed by the war of elements outside as if all were assembled within the walls of a cathedral. Towards the end, however, Capt. Preedy looked up wistfully through the hatch. way once or twice, scrutinising the masts and sails with a keen glance, for the storm was getting worse, and the air darker and thicker , every minute, and the hoarse roar threugh the rigging was drowniug every other sound. Service over, and it was " Hands reef topsails ;" then again, after a little lapse, the same cry ; and yet again, till at four in the afternoon the Agamemnon was rushing through the loam under close -reefed topsails and foresail. At half-past four we caught the last glimpse of the Gorgon, as, making a long stretch to wind ward, she was lost in the misty darkness that marked the horizon to windward. At five the Valorous began to drop astern, and by six she also had disappeared, but still the Niagara and Aga memnon held on together, the former tinder sail and steam; the hitter, like all the English vessels, under sail alone. Of the two vessels specially ap pointed to convoy and . assist, If necessary, the Agamemnon and Niagara., we saw no more till all dange r was past and the squadron had reassembled at the rendezvous some 12 days afterwards. .On Sunday night the gale seemed at its worst. The ocean resembled one vast snowdrift, the whitish glare from whiCh, reflected on the dark cloud s that almost rested on the sea, had a tremendous and.;unnatural effect, as if the ordinary laws of nature had been reversed by the sts rm. The Niagara, which had hitherto kept close, began to give a very wide berth, and, as darkness in creased, she too went out of sight, and it was every one for themselves. There must be many of your readers who know what a line-of-battle-ship is in a gale of wind, though such experience would givetilem but a faint notion of how the Agamem non went at it all that eight. She strained and 'laboured under her heavy burden as if she was breaking up; and the. massive beams under her upper . deck coil cracked and snapped with a noise resembling that of small artillery, almost drowning the hideous roar of the wind as it moaned and howled through the rigging, jerking and straining the little storm sails as though it meant to tear them from the yards. Those in the improvised cabins on the main deck had little sleep that night, for the upper deck planks above them were working themselves free, as sailors say, and, beyond a doubt, they were infinitely more free than easy, for they groaned under the pressure of the coil with a dreadful uproar, and availed themselves of the opportunity to let in a little light, with a good deal of water, at every roll. The sea, too, kept striking with dull heavy violence against the vessel's bows, forcing its way through hawse-holes e and ill-closed ports with a heavy slush, and thence, hissing and winding aft, it roused the occupants of the cabins aforesaid to a knowledge that their floors were under water and that the flotsam and jetsam noises. they heard beneath was only their outfit for the voyage taking a cruise of its own in some five or six.inches of dirty bilge. Such was the Sunday night, and such was a fair average of all the nights throughout the week, varying only from bad to worse. Daybreak on Monday ushered in as fierce a gale as has ever swept over the Atlantic. The barometer was lower, and, as a matter of coulee the wind and sea were infinitely higher than the day before. It was singular, but at 12 o'clock the sun pierced through the pall of clouds and shone brilliantly for half an hour, and during that brief time it ble IV as it has not often blown before. So fierce was this gust that its roar drowned every other sound, and it was almost impossible to give the watch the necessary orders for taking in the close-reefed foresail, which when f ur l e d almost left the Agamemnon under bare poles, though still surging through the water at speed. This gust past, and the usual gale set in—now blowing steadily from the south-west, and taking us more and more out of our course each minute. Every hour the storm got worse, till towards 5 in the afternoon, when it seemed at its height, and raged With such violence of wind and sea that matters really looked serious even from such a strong and large ship as the Agamemnon. The upper deck ceil.had strained her decksthrougLout excessively,. and though this, mass in theory was, supposed to prevent her rolling so quickly and heavily as she EXPEDITION. CRUISE Of THE AGAMEMNON. (From the limes Correspondent, 2d Edition.) QUEENSTOWN, JULY 12. At half-past 12 on Monday morning the Aga memnon anchored off Queenstown, after' having, as our readersare now aware, failed in the attempts to submerge the Atlantic cable. The arrival of the Niagara must have made known the bare fact that the cable had parted, and the tremendous gales and unfavourable weather which all the squadron had to contend against, more or less, though only those on board the Agamemnon can be said to know the real nature of the peril which was encountered, and the long series of, difficulties, mishaps, and mis fortunes which marked almost the entire cruise from first to last. Not often have so many adverse and disheartening circumstances been crammed into a voyage of 33 days ; and never has the enterprise, skill, and courage of all connected with the under taking been more conspicuously. displayed than in overcoming each obstacle as it arose almost with every day. The next thing to success is to deserve it ; and certainly if any scheme was ever entitled to prosper from the perseverance and devotion of those engaged in carrying it out, that success was unques tionably due to the efforts of all on board'the Aga memnon in favour of the undertaking. For once, however, fortune did not favour the bold. The attempt to lay the cable failed three times, and once in the most mysterious manner; and those on board have only the satisfaction of knowing that everything that care and foresight could suggest was done. Beyond this consciousness, that all has been achieved tbat was possible with such materials, no comfort is to be gleaned. fi oin the late attempts, except, perhaps, in the fact., that as much or more wire still remains than the expedition was com menced with last year, and that both vessels will start again for, another and a last attempt the instant they have filled up with coal—that is, by Saturday next, at latest. What the result of the next attempt will be your readers will be better able to judge when, in the course of another day or two, they will have laid before them the causes . which have led to the present failures, and the means, if any, which will be taken to guard against them for the future. In the meantime, they can judge for them selves of what has been done, and the difficulties which have been encountered on board the Agamem non. Our readers are already aware that both the "wire" ships quitted England in the most unfavourable trim possible for bad weather. Ac cording to appearances at starting, however, bad weather seemed of all others the risk least likely to be encountered, so everything had been foreseen, prognosticated, and provided for but a gale . : that, of course, was out of the question. That tradi tional veteran, Brown, of the Transatlantic Line, who had Weathered so many storms in the Atlan tic, showed how, in June, one never had occurred; While Jones proved how it wouldn't, and Robinson made all serene by demonstrating clearly how it couldn't happen. We might meet light winds, and encounter some delay from calms and sultry wea ther, but a gale—a regular Atlantic storm—the very idea was food for laughter. So the wire squadron went to sea, with the two chief vessels laden almost to the water's edge, and in ail other respects so little fitted for rough weather that, had a little of the tremendous weather they experienced bean foreseen at home, not a ship would have moved from Plymouth Sound. The Agamemnon had 2,840 tons dead weight in her, a monstrous load for any ship of her tonnage, but made still tn9re dangerous and overwhelming by the manner iu which it was stowed. In her hold was the main coil, a com pact mass of I,lod miles in length, and there tore 1,100 tons in weight. On her orlop deck, right forward, between the eyes, as sailors say, was another coil of 100 tons, while on her upper deck, and also right forward, was a coil of 236 tons. The latter was of sufficient size to would have - done without it, yet still she heeled - interfere seriously with the proper wot-king of hhe over to such an alarming extent th a t fear of the coil itself shifting again occupied every thened with additional vessel from the deck, and the united weightsmind, and it was accordingly sriene of all of course .brought the Agamemnon down- shores bolted clown to the deck. t ' by the head to . an almost unsafe extent. The by the coil below hal deprived tThnee A space eccupied two small coils, it was said, counteracted the several of her coal bunkers, end, is o g i a dr i to n n in tsk o e f up for this deficiency, as well as to endeavour - to weight of the ponderous mass in the bottoin of the ship, and, certainly, if they did not tend to check counterbalance the immense mass which weighed the vessel's rolling, at least they made it easier and her down by the-head, a large •quatitity of coals had been stowed on the,deek ale Oa each s id e o f h er less dangerous to the masts. When the s hip did main deck were 35 tons secured —secured in a mass, roll, however, there was • a constant struggle be w hil e, on t h e l ower d ec k 90 tons were stowed away tween the weights at the bottom and the w e i g ht s i n th e same manner .. The precautious t a k en to. se- at the; top, and the ship's sides, as- the levers cure these great masses also !quires,' .7 attention as the along which the force of both was exerted and re- great ship surged from side to side. But these coals sisted, suffered in proportion. This, howev er , was seemedsecure, and were so, in fa c t, un l ess t h e vessel should almost capsize —an upleasant at erna ti ve not the evil of the upper deck coil, nor the reason which no one certainly anticipated then. which after the bad weather had set in made it an Everything, therefore, was made " snug," co mfort tetto.Th w e h n ic i l g i object of constant anxiety and almost of dread to as sailors called it, though their efforts by no p e s e Il e t l t e edd from i n the the all on board. It was bad euoughto cruise with amight However, dead weight forward of some 250 tone, a weight . , , begin n means resulted night, passed over without • under which hot deck planks gaped an, inch apart, smashing of all things ' any mischance beyond the incautiously left loose and and her beams threatened- daily to give way ; capable of rolling, and one or two ateempts which but when to these evils et as added - the fear the Agameicanoa made in the middle watch apps in bad weather that, in. some of her heavy rently to turn bottom upwards. In all other mat rolls the whole mass wouldslip, tern .it was the eliP, and take the • mere ditto of Sunday night, except, vessel's side out, it will be seen that in the whole Perhaps , a little , wor se , an d cer t a i n l y muc h more wet below. Tuesday the gale continued with al the precious coil was justly esteemed the 'bete noire most unabated - ated force, though the barometer had of the entire affair—the mill-stone about the necks ri sen to 29.30, • and there was suffic;ent sun to take of all: • HOwever, 'as we have said, nobody thought ' a clear observation, which showed our distance from .of these- things when in the mornine , of the 10th of the rendezvous to be 563 miles. Darin b . g t is after- June the squadron quitted Plymouth. ,It was then noon the Niagara rejoined company, and, the .. to be a yachting cruise — a mer e su mmer trip— an d ' wind going more! ahead, the A gametnnou- took to any talk of waterproofs and sou'-westers would not the pitching, plunging steadily into the tr..ugh 1% - of L sea as if she meant to break her back and 3 have been. more out of place in a draiing-room Than the Astatine r aele ea a heap. -The change iu her „, on the deck of the. Ag,ametnuon. The day favoured - motion was not good, and it strained and' taxed this illusion. The barometer stood at 30.61, th e every inch of timber near the coast') the very ut weather was hot and sultry, and after all* sail had most. It was curious 'to see how they worked and' beeu set and reset , and every naval at'fi bent as the Agamemnon went at everything s h e • d r i ce a opted met head first. One time she pitched so heavily as to catch the breeze that would not come, C • Captain to break one of the main beams of the lower deck. Preedy reluctantly (for -we had little more than which had to be shored with screwjacks forthwith: coals for the voyage home) 'gay e orders to get up It is dull work, however,- :writing a journal of such steam. The Niagara . having plenty of coale, mishaps, and duller stilt t o rea l it. *S uf fi ce, then, h a d the advantage of bein g a l ways un d er steeps', to say that there Was the same sea and less wind on an d the Valorous and Gorgdidon mostly as gusts and ... i sepia ls, and heavy rain on Friday. Ba the Agamemnon. • Friday was the ' ditto of turday the 19th June, things looked 1 ne,a ittle better. the previous day. The same coquettish came fluttering through to go, down, and f or th e fi rst t i me that morning and it was " hands up 0 e the rigging now and then , p screw" and make sail, and since the gale began 'scene six days previous, the down screw and shorten sail all day, till y, even Cap decks could be walk e d w ith tolerable comfort and security. But, ala., appearances are as deceitful twin Preedy wearied in his efforts in the Atlsntie as elsewhere, and, during a comps so we steamed again. This was dull work. Every native calm that afternoon the glass fell tower,while one wished for a breeze, and there were some who, a thin line of black haze to windward seemed to never having been at Bea before, mustered rash grow up into the sky, until it covered the heavens hopes that they might rattier meet an Atlantic gale ' . a with a somlekesclarknese, .gaff warned us thud - , after and their wi s h es were gratified all, the wor ss was to come. There was muc h h eavy as it turned out • ; rain that evening, and then the wind began —not far meta, than the people who expressed them. violently, nor in gusts, but with a steadily increas- Saturday the weather was cold. wed dull, but the ing force, as if the gale was determined to do its breeze was so fresh that. the screw ' was finall y work slowly, but to do it well. The sere was ready boated and fires raked out, while the Agamernnon, built to handeee sailors say, so that at first the storm did little mgr© than urge on the ponderous under royals and studding • I wen t t hrough sai ft, gher water at a rar e p ace ,' sendi n the foam from air . witho the loam and spray it tore from their rue bows, and leasing a broad trail of still gel crests. By and bye, however, it grew more water upon the angry: sea behind. What dangerous, and Capt. Preedy himself remained on d could be better ? B u t it b ecame l ess en j oya bl e deck throughout the middle watch, for th e w i n d towards noon, when the wind . and sea got up as was hourly getting worse, and the A gamemnon, the glass wen t d ow n, a nd t h e wa t er g rew d ar k er, rolling 30 deg. each way, was labouri ng h eav il y, and the cl ou d s in th e 'horizon wore merged into a and straining ,to aedangerous ext en t. dirty haz e -thickening towards, the sea,- and boding At 4a. m. sail was shortened t o c l ose - n - e f e d f ore very ill, inde e d, t o a summer 'cruise. Before even- and main topsails and reefed for esa il-- a l ong an d ing came th e sa il on th e s hi p was re du ce d t o half, tedious job, for the wind so roa re d an d h owled, and. for the wind W as ` up, w ith squa lly gust s o f heavy the hiss of the boiling sea w as so d eafen i ng, that words of command were useless, and the men aloft, .rain, and the barometer had gone below 29, and was still falling rapidly. Such was the night, but holding on with all their might to the yards as the ship tolled . over and over almost to the water, were Sunday told its- own tale, for' even ' those least quite incapable of struggling with the masses of versed in the boisterous premonitory symptoms c f I er a - n et , canvass that flapped and plunged as if men an atlantic gale could see at a glance that we wero yars, and everything were going away togs-, in for it. * The sky seemed-a wretched mist—half a rain, half vapour—through which the other vessels thor._ The . ship was almost as wer, inside as out — and so things wore on till S or 9 o'clock, et the squadron loomed faintly like their shadows, than; getting adrift and being mashed, and every every watery and Unsubstantial as the Flying Dutchman. The seahad Changed its brighi crisp blue for a turgid onholding' board jamming th e mselves up in co rn ers or foamy .aspeet e a:d the great waves of the Atlantic on to beams to prevent their going a d r ift likewise. At 10 o' c lock the Ag a m emnon w a s to ff - water rolling in its tremendoessuccessien like hills of water with their tops all jagged and broken by mg and l a b our i ng f ear f u lly, w i t h t h e s k y getting. fierce wind, and thoir_white crests otfoain blown out into darker, and boils wind and sea in creas i ng every aStream of feathery spray that almost,laid the huge minute. At about half-past 10 o'clock 'three or dark gulls betwaen them. The: Agamemnon, how- four gigantic waves were seen approachhaa the ever, et-ll kept on . hei wa r y, rolling and' straining ship, coming heavily and slowly on threu g % the heavily, anchgiv:ng all a' lair foretaste 'of what they mist nearer and nearer, rolling on like hills of might expect whf.n the gale set in worse, f or th e green water, with a crown of foam that seemed to wind was fast going round to the south-west, and double their height. The Agamemnon roes heavily it was evident we were only at the beginning. to the firs', and then went down quickly into the There was Divine service that day on the main deep trough of the sea, falling over as she did so, deck, and, as officers and men sat in respectful BO as almost to earsizi completely on the port side. silence, every chan g e in the fast - increasing violc nc 1 t There was a f ear f u l cras hi ng as s h e lay over this of the gale could be distinctly noted through t h e way, for everything broke adrift, whether secured open hatchways.. Heavy rain was falling, and a or not, and the uproar and contus'on were terrific grayish looking scud was flying across the sky wins for a minute; then back she came again on the inconceivable rapidity—every rope 'and shroud, starboard beam in the same manner, only quick r, tautened to the utmost, was hunamieg with a loud and still deeper than before. Again. theds was the clear noise, as if ten thousand accordions were same noise and crashing, and the cd.c . exo in the ward-room, who knew the danger of the ship, struggled to their feet and opened the door leading to the main deck. Here, for an instant, the scene " almost defies description. Amid loud shouts and, efforts to save themselves, a confused mass of • sailors, boys, and marines, with deck-hatchets, ropes, ladders, and everything that could get loose, ',l and which had fellers back again to the port side, :; Were • being hurled again in a mass across the ship to starboar.l. Dimly,'and only for an instant, could this be seen, with groups of men clinging t . to the beams with all their might, with a mass of water which had forced its way in through ports and decks, surging about ; and then, with a tremendous crash, as the ship fell still deeper over, the coal stowed on the main deck broke loose, : and, smashing everything before them, went over among the rest to leeward. The coaldust hid every thing on the main deck in an instant, but the crashing could still be heard going on in all direc tious, as the lumps and sacks of coal, with stun ()biome ladders, and mess tins went leaping about ! the decks, pouring down the hatchways, and crash ing through the glass skylights into the engine room below.• Still it was not done, and, surging again over another tremendous wave, the Agamem- • non dropped down still more to port, and the coals on the starboard side of the lower deck gave way ale , , and carried everything before them.. Maters now became most serious, for it was evident that ; two or three more such lurches and the masts would. go like reeds, while half the crew might be maimed or killed below. Captain Preedy was already on ~,. the poop, with Lieut. Gibson, and it was "Hands, weac ship," at once, while Mr. Brown, the ,inde fatigable chief engineer, was ordered to get up steam immediately. The crew gained the deck with diffi culty, and not till after a lapse of some minutes, for all the ladders had been broken away and the men were grimed . ivith coaldust, and many bore • still more serious marks upon their • face of how they had been knocked about below. There was some confusion at first, for the storm was fearful ; • the officers were quite inaudible, and a wild dan- • gerous sea, running mountains high, heeled the great ship backwards and forwards, so that the crew were unable to keep their feet for an instant, and in some cases were thrown across the decks in a dreadful manner ; two marines went with a rush head-foremost into the paying-out machine, as if they meant to butt it over the side ; yet, strange to say, neither the men nor the machine suffered. What made matters worse, the ship's barge, though lashed down to the deck, had partly broken loose, and, dropping from side to tide as the vessel lurched, it threatened to crush any who ventured to pass it. e The regular discipline of the ship, however, soon pre vsiled, and the crew set to work to wear the ship on the starboard tack, while Lieuts. Robinson and Murray went below to see after those who had been s f hurt, and about the number of whom eitravagant rumours prevailed among the men. One of the assistant engineers (Mr. Harvey) was also buried , r among the co a l s on th e l ower d ec k , an d sustained ), some severe internal injuries. The lurch of the ship was calculated at 45 degrees each way for five times in rapid succession. The galley coppers were only half . filled with soup, yet, nevertheless, it nearly all poured out, and scalded some of the poor fellows who were.extended on the decks hold ing on to alything in reach. One fellow: went head first from the main deck into the hold without being hurt, and one in the orlop deck was " chevied," about for some 10 minutes by the large casks of , oil which had got adrift, and ono of which would : • have flatteue4 him like a pancake had they over . taken him. As soon as the Agamemnon had gone round on , f ' the other tack the Niagara wore also, and bore e down as if to render assistance. She had witnessed our danger, and, as we afterwards learnt, imagined that the upper deck coil had broken loose and that,. we were almost in a sinking condition. Things, however, were not so bad as toa,t, though they were bad enough; Heaven knows, for everythin g s e eme d to go wrong that day. The upper deck coil- had strained the ship to the very utmost, but still held, on fa)t ; but not so the coil in the main hold,. which' had begun to get adrift, and the top kept working and shirting over from side to side as the ship lurched, till some '4O or 50 miles were in a hopeless state of tangle, resembling . nothing so much as a cargo of live eels and there was every prospect of the tangle spreading deeper and deeper as the bad ), weather continued. Going round upon the starboard tack had eased the ship to,. a certain 'extent, but with such a wind and- :ALI . a .sea, :both of which were rather getting worse than better, it was im possible to effect much for the Agamemnon's re- , lief, and so by 12 o'clock she was rolling almost as bad as ever. The crew, who had been at work . ; since nearly 4 in the morning, were set to clear up the decks from the masses of coal that covered them, and while this was going forward a heaver~ ,sea , struck the stern, and smashed the large iron guatd frame, which had been fixed' there to pre- • 5' vent the cable fouling the screw in paying out. This guard, which, from its peculiar hooped shape suspended round the stern by chains, the sailors had nicknamed " the crinoline," was about the • most cumbersome and ill-contrived piece of me- a •chanisua which could possibly hive been adopted. From the first hohr every one hid known that., it was perfectly u s el ess f or th e purpose it was ( intended to' effect, and, 'Whet was worse than use-. 1. ss, that it was a source of positive clang& also. Now that one side had broken, it wage expected every moment that other parts would go, and the pieces hanging -down either smash the screw or foul the rudder post. It is not over estimating the danger to say that had the latter accident_ occurred in such a sea, and with a vessel so over-laden, the chances would have been sadly against the Agamemnon eeer appearing at the rendezvous. Fortunately it was found possible to s,:eure the broken fratne temporarily with hawsers, so as to prevent its dropping further, though no- tiling could hinder the fractuted end from striking agai est the vessel's side with such force as to lead to sei jells apprehensions, that it would establish dangerous leak under water. It was near three in the afternoon ere this was quite secure 1, the gale still continuing, and the sea running even worse. The condition of the masts too at this time was a course of mach anxieiy, both to Capt. Preedy and Mr. Moriarty, the master. The heavy rolling had strained and slackened the wire shrouds to such an eat-nt, that they had become perfectly useless ae supports. The' ower masts bent visibly at every roll, and once or twice it seemed as if they must go by the board. Unfortunately nothitig whatever c )uld he done to relieve this strain by sending down any of the upper spars, since it was only her mash which prevented her rolling still more and mash quicker, and so every one knew that if mace the were oar; ried away it might soon' be all over with the ship, as then tekedeek coil could not help going after their. So there was not ing for it but to watch 10 . aaxious sicence the way they went and strained, and trust in Providence for the result. About si% in the evening it was 'thought better to wear ship again and stand for the rendezvOtls under easy steam, and her bead accordingly was put about, and once more faced the storm. As she went round she of course fell into the trough of the sea again, and rolled so awfully as to break her waste steam pipe, filling her engine room with Weals and depriving her of the services of one, boiler whoa it was sarely needed. The sun set npOnles wild and wicked a night as ever taxed the courage and coolness of a sailor. There were, of course, nun on board who were familiar with gales and storms in all parts of the World; and there were some who, with the writer of this article, had witnes ed the tremendous hurricane whiCh swept the Black Sea on the memorable 14th of November, when scores of vessels were lost and seamy n pet ished by thousands. But of all on board none had ever seen a fiercer or more dangerous sea than raged throughout that night and the followit)g' morning, tossing the Agamemnon from side to side like a mere plaything among the waters. Morning brought no change,. save-that the-storm was still as fierce as ever, and though the sea could not be higher or. wilder, yet the additional amount of broken water made it still more dahgerous to the ship. Very dimly, and only now and thewthrough the thick scud, the Niagara could be seen—one moment on a monstrous hill of water and the next quite lost to view, as the Agamemnon went down between the waves. But now these glitnpes showed us that ourtransatlau tic consortwasplunging heavily shipping seas, and evidently having a bad time of it, though she got through it better than the Agametre. non, as, of course s h e could, having only th e same load though 2,000 tons larger. Suddenly it came on darker and thicker, and we lost sight of her iti the thick spray, and had only ourselves to look after, which was quite enough, Heaven knows,. 'for every minute made matters worse, and the aspect of of lire began to excite most serious misgivings in the minds of those in charge. The Agatnerateee is one of the finest line-of-battle ships in the whole navy, but in such a storm, and so heavily over - e t eee, what could she do but make bad weather worse, and strain and labour and fall iu the trough ' 1 of the sea, as if she was g Aug down head foremost. Three or lour hours more and the vessel had borne all which she could bear with safety ; the masts were rapidly getting worse, the deck coil worked more and more with each tremendous plunge, and, even if both these held, it was evident that the ship itself wou ld soon strain to pieces if the weather continued so., The sea, forcing its way through ports and bawse-holes, had accumulated on' the lower deck to such an extent •that it flooded the stoke-hole, so that the men could scarcely remain at their posts. Everything went smashing en', rolling about. One plunge put all the electrieet instruments ieete do combqt at a blow, and staves some barrels of strong sclutioa of sulphate of cop PET, touche gan to tors ne a tree those In wat4 that th change dition mishaps is the we it proTes cau &fee been acc cies to al . can nevi of the p( known a terecl. • No ti making over jai • chip' s ti] c: notbii2; ca-1 t h a at.r.s. the e.A1,1 the htrri the vert Peed w five, at to 15 . tious: neither rd ev Toward the ebip the ca t hour, w 1.3001 b. on the to a eon act pa, ~~ r. - THE StTN, LONnOY, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1858.