The Sun. — London, England, 1858-06-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Captain E. W. Blackett, of the Rifle Brigade, has been appointed aide -decamp to Lieut.-General Knollys, commanding the Aldershot Division. Captain G. J. Peacocke, of the 16th Foot, has ceased to be aide-de-camp to Lord Seaton; and Brevet-Major Hume 53d Foot, has resigned the appointment of a ide-de-camp to the Lord-Lieut. Captain G. A. Morgan, 55th Foot, has succeeded to the vacant office of Major of Brigade to the 2d Infantry Brigade at Dublin. Brevet Lieut.-Col. G. H. S. Willis, unattached, has been appointed Assistant Quartermaster-Gene yal at Gibraltar, vice the Hon. F. Colborne. Lieut. Disbrowe, 17th Regt., is appointed aide cio.cierop to 'Lieut.-Gen. Sir Wm. Eyre, K.C.8., comuiseding a division in North America, vice Robertson, promoted. Major _Rowland, half-pay unattached, is to be Brigade-Major to Major-General Lawrence, C. 8., commanding the ad Infantry Brigade at Aldershot- Capt. Straubenzee, 9th Regiment, is appointed aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. Van Straubenzee, com manding thetroops in chief, vice Bellew, promoted. Lieuts. Lockhart, 26th Foot, and Massey, 30th Foot, have replaced Lients. T. P. Campbell, 30th Foot, and Manners, 97th Foot, as recruiting offi cers in the York district. Capt. J. L. Thursby, 22d Foot, has succeeded Capt. E. G. Gordon, Scots Fusilier Guards, as aide de camp to Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scar lett, K.C.8., commanding the south-west district. Orders have been issued to the officers in com mand of the several cavalry and infantry depots of those regiments serving in India, directing them to hold in readiness reinfor cements to the number of about 10,000 men of all ranks, to embark for India imnaediately. The following reinforcements are or dered to be held in readiness to embark on the dates mentioned, viz.:-2,930 non-commissioned officers and men, for Calcutta, June 26 ; 1,130 men of all ranks, for Bombay, Juno 29 ; 820 men for Madras, June 30 ; and 790 non - commissioned officers and men, for Kurrachee, June 24. Tonnage has also been taken up for the conveyance of 1,100 of the :East India Company's troops to Calcutta during the month of July. The following is the correct list of the vessels taken up by the East India Com pany, up. to Saturday, for the conveyance of the numerous reinforcements to India :—For Calcutta —Holmsdale, Victor Emanuel, Blenheim, Mer chantman, Tyburnia, Brunelle, Alnwick Castle, John Duncan, Sir Robert Sale, Harvest Home, and Violet. For Bombay—Earl Balcarras, Maldon, and Clifton Belle. For Madras—Clarence, Mersey, and Buceplalus. For Kurrachee—Confiance and Pomona. When the whole of the reinforcements Mow about leaving England have arrived in India the number of Queen's troops in that country will be nearly 100,000 men. The whole of the disposal troops in Woolwich garrison were on Saturday mustered on parade in front of the Royal Barracks, consisting of the Horse and Foot Artillery, the Royal Sappers and Miners, the East Kent and Oxford Militia Regi ments, the Milioary Train, Arc. to attend the fune ral of the late Mr. Francis Pellatt, principal mili tary storekeeper of Woolwich. They were marched down to the official residence of the deceased at 3 o'clock and took up their position in the following order. The funeral party of 300 men of the Royal Artillery, with arms reversed, formed the advance party,- four abrenst, and two lines of infantry, wearing their side arms only, were posted upwards of a mile along the Plumstead-road. Col. Bloom field, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen and senior officer in command, accompanied by the garrison staff, -was in attendance, and a large body of officers not on actual duty were also present. A body of 150 polies-constables was stationed throughout to pie serve order. An immense number of artisans and labourers of the Arsenal, together with a large con course of other persons, four abreast, assembled in the rear. The immediate friends and c illeagues of the deceased ranged themselves in and about the house and courtyard. At 4 o'clock three rolls of the muffled drums announced that the corpse was being brought forth. Accordingly the coffin, borne on the shoulders of six gunners of the Royal Artillery, was placed on a gun carriage, drawn by six horses, on which were laid the cocked hat and sword of the deceased. The mourners and pall bearers having taken up their position, thesolemn train commenced its march, the band of the Royal Artillery perform ing slowly the Dead March in " Saul." The various departments of the establishment of which the de ceased was one of the principal members were repre sented by the respective superintending officers, viz., Col. Pickering, R.A., secretary of the select committee ; Col. Tullob, Royal Carriage Depart ment ; Col. Wilmott, Royal Gun Factories; Capt. Boxer, Royal Laboratory ; Dr. Parrett and Mr. Coleman, Royal Medical Department ; Capt. Inglis, R.E , and Mr. Whitaker, Inspector and Surveyor of Works ; Mr. Anderson, Inspector of Machinery ; Mr. sommanding the police district ; Mr. Morris and Mr. Parkyn, deputy and assistant storekeepers ; and the entire body of officers at tached to the establishment. A committee composed of Mr. Macarinoy and other members of the House of Commons recently assembled to inquire into various proceedings con nected with the casing depart:neat of Woolwich Arsenal, it having come t-) their knowledge that a large amount of labour had not been satisfactorily accounted for. A return of the past year's ex penses and pi o ; uce has been consequently demanded in order to bring the matter before the house. Time has been asked for to prepare the accounts, which will not be ready before next session. It is said that among the articles in question, and which were cast in the Royal gun foundry, is a quantity of small fine castings, such as basis of the Royal family of Great Britain, France, Turk-y, and Sardinia, all cast in gun metal, as well as various tobacco jar; watchstands, vases, and many other ornaments. The obelisk which was intended to commemorate the officers of the Royal Artillery who fell in the Crimea, and which was 1 id aside in the metal s-tore, the c ummittee have been informed, cannot now be found. The dimensions of the obelisk, it has been ascertained, are a base or tablet 5 feet square, from which the upper part forms a pyramid, 25 feet above the base. The latter con tains on its four sides the names, in raised brass characters, of the Artillery officers who fell in the late Russian war. It was intended to place a brass gun trophy at each corner, bearing two sprays of laurel leaves protruding from the muzzle. The proposition, however, laid before the department after the work was completed, failed in being ap proved by the Minister of War, and the obelisk was laid by for the time. An illuminated clock pur chased for the neff tower, created upwards of two years ago in the Royal gun factory department at an enormous cost (it is said 9001.), is also lying in One of the Royal Arsenal stores for the same reason —that the expenditure was considered unnecessary, and did not meet the approval of the Government th n in officr. A CamadiAli paper stater, that Colonel De Rotten -burg l.ai been appointtd Colonel of the 100th It-giment. Tne 15th Hussars, now stationer! at Norwich and ai e daily expeAing orders to proc;el to Hounslow. A large number of men have been declared fit for foreign si.rvice at the Colchester Camp, and a draught of 1,263 privat , -s, with coMinisslowcl and nou-cominimi ned officer <, will leave on the Ist of July for Julia. Tho 13t)1 Light D. a...goons hive arrived in Dublin lien) Dundalk. Ono trc:op remains in the north. It 44 rumour-id that the regiment will, before long, --- p - ,6ciee 1 t) India. Two draughts of the depots of the 62d and 63d attached t ) the depot battalion in Birr took their departure on Friday morning to join the service co op . tnie3 of their respective regiments, lyith of • wh'cri are at pros nt s•at . oned at Halifax, Nov) &et:id. Col. Ci ritch'ey, the commandant of the garrison, and a ittr4e n umber of officers accompinied the p'irty to the sta ion, and in their proArass they Were loudly cheer,-d. Both officers and men expect that their regiments will shortly be ordered to India, and many of them expressed their desire for active service there. The draughts consisted of, from the 62d-1 e tptain, 2 subalterns, 2 sergeants, and 40 rank and file ; from the 63d-1 capt tin and 3 subalterns, and 114 rank and file. The following are the officers who have left, viz. :-62d, Captain Hughes, Lieut. Elliott, Ensivns Reade and Car berry; 63d, Captain Hunt, Ensigns Knapp and Bicknell. The Corms', 14. C.,mmand,r R. Dawkins, has been stripped at Chatham, and returned the whole Of her stores into the dockyard. She will be paid off at that port this day. The Goliath, 80, line-of-battle screw steamer, being fitted at Oat ham for the first division of the steam reserve, is ordercd to br, comple•ed for ser "vie by the end of the pr, - ?sent month. Its Sardinian Majesty's frigate Der Genoys, Cap-: Jai ele t-r re from Genoa, bound for S•ockholni, put Fahnouth on Thursday, io procure a pilot for the Baltic; Sea rhFrap:tl3l„enweto, st ; ea . m.frigtte Terrible at Sheer ness'a IL th„,, , c. dar e , oned by Capt tin Frederick The Admiralty iia; k ; Monarich, 84 vuu me ap j a ' i Z.l6 l l3d paying off the Sheerness, until the 12,h inFt q:orge E. Patey, at The Marlborough, 131 , Caro a i n Lori F. H. Ken., received a large dran2ht of boys 'from t di h s e Portsmouth on Saturday for training - ship at posal by the Admiral among the Mediterranean eet. A professional paper hiss allotted th e Comm an d of the Mann& fleet to Rear-Admiral Keppel, and given him a 11 igship (Orion). Neither of these guesses will is e found con epf. Web lieve Admiral Martin will have the chief and Admiral Elliot the second flag. -At the quarterly examination of young gentle men, candidates for entry into the navy, held at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, on Wednes day, Thursday, and Friday last, the following passed and received certificates on Saturday. They passed in the order in which thenames are printed. For Naval Cadets—Messrs. A. Mallock, F. R. Keyser, H. Rose, H. A. Mandeville, R. H. Lloyd, Hon. A. R. Hewitt, R. H. Eyre, R. W. Hope, C. H. Taylor, A. F. Gardner, W. Duthy, H. D. Ma caulay, H. S. Hutchings, W. H. Lewin, A. Kins man, J. C. Wilkinson, W. T. Down, F. C. Bus field, R. H. Paul, H. N. Alleyne, W. WC. F. Castle, D. M. Smith, C. A. W. M. Johnson, E. P. Harper, R. C. Pole, R. C. Townshend, W. A. Ewbank, F. G. Denison, C. H. Woodroofe, C. P. S. Hicks, R. W. Wodehouse, C. H. Fitz Maurice, O. P. Foote, M. M‘Neile, R. H. Byron, H. H. Frowde, H. F. Grant, Lord Douglas, 0. H. Tucker, A. G. Fullerton, H. H. Percy, C. D. Stuart, C. D. Eden, G. C. C. Carter, M. G. Tho rold, St. V. Nepean, T. B. Lacy, W. R. Clutter buck. For Masters' Assistants—F. A. Medwin, C. H. C. Langdon, B. X. C. L. Pratt, R. Towers, E. H. S. Bray, T. F. Martin, H. F. Woods, D. M. Browne. For Royal Marine Cadets—H. H. Kelly, W. H. Triscott, St. H. St. John, F. W. Gray, R. L. Agassiz. The Dasher steamvessel, Commander Hore, came up to Portsmouth on Saturday evening from the Channel Islands. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Eyres, C. 8., now being fitted ont in Portsmouth harbour, will be ready to receive her officers and crew about Friday next. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty Commander Thomas Brandreth to the Orion ; Robert Coen, master, to the Argus i • Frank Inglis, master (additional), to the Hannibal ; J. J. P. Hitchfield, master, to the Hydra ; A. R. Burnis ton, master, to the Racer ; C. H. Fuller and J. Barclay, surgeons, to the Oron ; J. Bernard (h), surgeon, to the Argus ; and G. Duncan, surgeon, lo the Racer. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. PLYMOUTH SOUND, RiNE 4. The experimental squadron, if we may so term it, of this great undertaking anchored again in the Sound on Thursday night, after a short but most successful cruise of five days. Our readers are already aware of the preparations which had been made for this trial trip. They were completed on the afternoon of Friday the 28th, when the Aga memnon drew out of Hamoaze and dropped anchor inside the breakwater. At dawn on Saturday she swung and adjusted compasses, when the deviation ceused by the presence of the enormous coil was ascertained to be no less than 17 deg. The Niagara, Valorous, and Gorgon joinedcompany on Saturday, during the morning ; the weather continued light and fair, and the squadron prepared for sea. There was the usual amount of leavetaking, crowding, paying in advance, and the fresh meat and vegetable confusion which always marks the commencement of a man-of-war cruise, be it ever so brief. This once over, and shore-boats adrift, the rest was soon accomplished, and at 3 o'clock the anchor came up and the Agamemnon went out. Beth the English and Ameritan ships were excessively deep, the for mer with a slight list to starboard, the latter with a heavy one to port. Mr. Bright and Mr. Canning were in charge of th• whole operation, Professor Thompson was electrician, Mr. Clifford superin tended the general details, and Mr. Amos, the maker of the paying-out machinery, went in charge of the mechanical portions. On board the Niagara Mr. Field was chief manager, Mr. Woodhouse wac electrician, and Mr. Everett and Mr. Appold, the chief inventors of the whole apparatus, were in charge of the machinery for lowering and winding in. This was the regular staff of the company, but we need scarcely say that in both ships the officers were zealous in all that could contribute to the success of the undertaking, and on board the Aga memnon Captain Preedy and Lieutenant Gibson gave the molt able assistance and co-operation in whatever had to be done. The Valorous steamed in front of the Agamem non, the Gorgon led the Niagara, and by sundown on Saturday the land was out of sight, and the squadron fairly running down the Channel, S.W., et the rate of 10 knots an hour. During Sunday the breeze was fresh, and there was a swell on, the effect of which, to say the least, was visible in the heavy roll of both the Agamemnon and Niagara; and even the Valorous, too, seemed particularly , clever that way, and to heave as if she was com missioned for the purpose. On Monday, there was not a breath of wind, the weather was intolerably sultry, and the sea as smooth as a sheet of glass, always excepting that long, rolling, heavy swell that beta in from the Atlantic, to every wave of which, as we have said, the squadron paid a deep obeisance, and showed their dingy copper in the sun. The distance run had Leen considerable for the time ; the water since the morning had changed, and instead of the sharp, crisp, bright green with which a landsman gene rally associates the sea, became of rich intense blue, so dark and protound-looking that a glance told the vessels were out of soundings and on their ex perimental cruising ground. The squadron ac cerdingly hove to, and Valorous signalled Gorgon to sound, while observations were taken which showed their position as being about the centre of the Bay of Biscay, some 200 miles from Ushant, and the same distance from Cape Finisterre. The Gorgon's boats we re soon afloat, but the sounding process, even when superintended with all the skill and experience of Commander Dayman, was a long and difficult affair. None but those who have watched a deep-sea sounding would be -1 eve the labour which attends the process. In this instance the Gorgon cut away her line directly the bottom was touched, but nevertheless more than two hours had elapsed ere the task was accom plished, and a depth of three miles or 2,530 fathoms signalled. Immediately this was ascertained the experiments commenced by forming the splice be tween the coils. The splice, which is an operation of the very utmost difficulty, and requiring the greatest care, is made in a kind of wooden half moon, some 15 feet long, and rather broad and nick towards the centre. In this deep grooves are cue in which the cable is laid, each end passing in at the arms round two eyes in the centre of the crescent, and out at the sides, where the actual joining is made. By this ingenious method Ole strain of the splice is confined entirely to the ends inside the half-moon, while on the actual junction of the cable outside no tension of any kind can c yne. In order to keep the cable ends in their piece around the blocks and within the grooves, a !strip of boiler-pla - e of the same size as the wooden Ire ne is bolted on to it, while to prevent the two portions of the cable uutwistiog and to sink it rapidly a heavy weight is attached to the centr In making a splice of this kind so many contingen cies have to be provided against, and such appa rently opposite conditions reconeiled and overcame, t .a.t the operation is always a difficult and rarely a successful one. As it was, however, the skill and p actie,al experience of Messrs. Bright and Canning even elm° th s, as they did many other contretemps ich sebsequeetly arose, an 1 the splice was made and s afely lowered over the Agamemnon's si to by sin the evening. As it disappeared in the bine waters the cables from both vessels began paying , eut simultaneously,_ gliding quickly and noise le tele! into the deep beneath. The paying -out machines worked with the most • perfect ease and iegulerity. There was no surging or over-riding, ea it is termed, and the brakes were ad- Ited with such ca -e that while, when once re gulated, the strain could not increa a, they still re ineined so completely wider cont:ol that a move in e.t of the engineer in cherge set them fr,e, and showed the coil to seek the bottom at whatever Agerne speed it chose. With both machine', on board the which, ninon and by a very Niagara, is a dynamometer, simple arrangement ' weights attached to a p o i n t er, shows on alar of w ge scale-board s the precise amount of strain upon the cable run ning out. The engineer in char , e of the brakes stands weifgahcit as ng he area this ' off graduat e d scale and throws iit es the vessel lurch ' and the strain p u pon the cable rising in p r oportion, while on the contrary, as the dynamometer indicates the tension at a low standard, and the cable running away too q~r a w tu i t t e h iat the ; c kly, the brake are suffered t o c l ose again with ease. The machines ere a e l f s o f p t o e er m i e s ti . and to utical miles paye I out, but we must always be understood as referring to the latter measure in the length of ea' le e xpeeded on thn occ ision. I n or 3 er ‘ le .t no undue strain should come upon the coil in rt , ,ji ,g u aura p h a n ss ee ed e a f tunning,out the Aeemns e non and N a ineeEer whic'i secured always a c, ecene hundred fathoms or so between the stern of each, and in this manner, then, theeebaut leaiv al al oely submerged to the depth of 0. , .e n mile, and elec ric al communicat;rn. between the two vessels in the r pen sea established for th e f ist time. A mile having been payed cut a red flag was hoisted, when bo h ships diseontinuel sub tle rgtng, and prepared for batting in again. This operation was believ. d to be practicable under very fivoiirable circumstances at the depth of a mile,: but so difficult as to b almost if not quite impossible at the immense depth to which the cable would have to sink in mid ocean. Very little hope con sequently was entertained that the portion of the experiments intended to silve this question would yield any very satisfactory results. Aries one who will take the trouble to calculate the fricthn in the water of a mile of cable with a large ,and heavy splice attached to it, and, above all, the Sudden jerk and heave caused by the pitch of a vessel like the Agamemnon, will perceive at once that the chances against any important length of the coil being re covered from the tenacious depths of the Atlantic amount almost to a physical impossibility. The en gineers connectedwith the expedition therefore were not a little surprised when at nine in the evening the payince-out machine having been reversed, and connected with a small steam-engine for hauling in, the operation was commenced, and the coil came slowly but easily back. A few fathoms wound up were quite enough to show the practicability of the plan, and at half past 9 o'clock both vessels again continued paying out at a slow rate till the splice had sunk between them to a depth of two nautical miles. The strain indicated by the dynamometer during this time was merely nominal, but when the cable ceased running, though its down ward tendency still continued for some half-hour or so, the index pointed to from 2,4001 b. to 2,7001 b., which gradu ally lessened as the impetus of the wire decreased till the strain remained at between 1,7001 b. and 2,001 b., varying with the roll of the ship. There it was suffered to remain for an hour, during which messages were sent backwards and forwards between the vessels constantly, and the insulation of the wire and its electrical condition shown to be per fect. • The night was hot, and a dead calm had settled down upon the water, without a breath or ripple to disturb the glassy surface of what is usually the wildest and most stormy sea in the world. The Valorous and Gorgon lay close to, quiet and wrapped in darkness ; but on board the Agamem non and Niagara it was different, for lights were glancing from the poop and quarter deck of each, and busy faces were eagerly watching the passage of the strand gliding out quickly, and only marking by one small phosphorescent spot, glittering like a star upon the water, where the coil was passing noiselessly into the tremendous depths below. At half-past 11 o'clock the hauling-in machine was again set to work, to see if it was possible to re cover the splice from the great depths to which it had now descended. The machine was of 12- horse power, yet so great was the strain that for some minutes it was strong enough to do the work, for the few fathoms it gained one minute it lost by the slightest movement of the Agamemnon in the next. Some hands were called aft and set to work on the fly wheel, and their exertions at last turned the scale in favour of steam, and fathom after fathom, the cable came up very slowly, the index on the dynamometer showing a strain of no less than 2 tons 5 cwt. How this part of the re jected and already overworked cable stood the strain it is impossible to say, especially as the coil had got under the hawser, and was bending it at a severe angle. This latter obstacle, however, was soon disposed of, the cable cutting it in half in a few minutes. As it did so, of course both ships fell off, and thus bringing an undue strain on the Niagara's portion of the wire, it parted at 12.50, and the Agamemnon had the labour of hauling up not only her own share, but nearly three-quarters of a mile of the American's, which was still attached to the splice. The work was nevertheless continued cheerily, and by a little after 2 a.m, the unremitting care and diligence of Captain Preedy and Messrs. Bright and Can ning were rewardel by bringing the splice itself t ,- ) the surface, and getting it safely on board again. The wood, of curse, even at the-very thickest parts, was penetrated to its innermost fibres with the salt water, but what was surprising was, that at one of its arms it was split, and the ulid wire bent, as if subjected to a powerful strain sideways. The part of the cable which had broken from the Niagara was twisted and coded into such massive folds that nothing whatever could be done with it, so it WAS cut away, and let go by the run in a mass. The recovered portion of the Agamemnon's wire also showed a considerable amount of twisting, but there was no ten I ency to untwist, and from the facility with which the messages were received and sent it was evident that this did not affect the elec trical condition of the wire in any degree. At 4 in the morning of the Ist of June, or in little more than an hour or so after this labour of getting in the splice, the engineers and electricians w, re again acting with Captain Preedy and Lieut. Gibson. The Agamemnon and Niagara were again c)nnected by hawser, the end of the cable passed from the latter ship, and splice made, tested, and lowered overboard from the Agamemnon by 9 o'clock. Soon after the splice had sunk the hawser was let go, and both vessels steered in different directions, att.nded by their consorts, and paying out regularly as they went. Each steamed and lowered her coil at the same rate, so that the results on board the Agamemnon will suffice for both ships. At 9.40 one mile had - been payed out, the dynamometer showing a straiu of 16 cwt., the cable going straight at an angle of 16 degrees with the ncrizon, the ships moving 2-i knots, and the cable running three per hour. The next nal!e was sunk in 16 minutes, but the index showed an increased. strain, ranging from 2,0001 b. to 2,40016., and. the angle was reduced to 15 degrees. At 10 the workmen changed from the coil stowed forward to the main coil in the hold, where the rest of the waste cable was stowel away, and this diffi cult operation was accomplished without risk or cin ck to the wire sinking. The next mie was run cut in 14 minutes, the index rising, but un .ertain sometimes, as the ship rolled, registering as high as. 2,8001 b., and seldom going lower than 2,4001 b. The elec'rical continuity was good, and messages were freely sent till 10 20, when Professor Thompson rep:lied that continuity ceased, and it was of erwards found that at this time the Niagara id broken her wire. Nevertheless, the Agamem non held on and continued paying out till four miles had been sunk at the same strain and much the same rate, when the dangerous experiment of buoying it was rehearsed. For this the ship was gradually brought to, and an immense buoy, some 3D feet long arid 6 in diameter, to the end of which was 50 or 60 fathoms of stout hawser, got ready for casting off. The end of the hawser was wade fast to the coil aft of the stern wheel, arid the buoy in stantly let go. For a minute or so it lay over on its side, but as the great weight of the coil submerged came full upon it, it rose out of the water like the steeple of some submarine church, a conspicuous be icon far and wide. If ever it should be necessary to use this buoy it is made to carry a flagstaff, and mirrors at its peak, so as to render its being picked up again almost a matter of certainty. The buoy floated easily, and the coil, which had not been broken, only hung on to it, so to speak, was still payed out, but the strain was of course much dimi nished, and the dynamometer rarely showed above I,Boolb. At 11 o'clock five miles had been got over, and the strain again rose to 2,4001 b., and 2,6001 b. The angle of the wire was 20 with the horizon, the ship running 5 knots and the cable 5i per hour. Tuus matters continued for another 10 minutes, when some six miles having been payed out, there was a loud bang, like the snap of an iron bar—the ca` le parted, down came the dynatuome•er, the wire ran af., and wi:li a great leap, as if rejoicing at its liberation, went over the stern wheel, and was s nno more. Everyone looked blank enough for a moment, though the accident was no more than was expected from the poor and injured nature of the cable used. There was no fault to find with the machinery, as Mr. Amos was himself superintending its working, and Mr. Gifford was carefully watching the dynamometer. The latter regis'erel exactly 2,6001 b. when it parted, or just one- third of the weight the cab!es was guaran' eed to bear when uninjur2d. 1 The Ag►memnon'a head was put about at once, and all speed used to rceurn to the buoy, which was still rearing its head above the - Watefs, a notable object for miks. HoWever, before the vessel could be got entirely round, it was seen to fall over on i - s tide, and on coming up with it, some half-an hour or so afterwards, it was fiuni that the jerk of the cable which had broken from the Agamemnon, t !gather with the weight of the four mile length previously attached to it, had proved too much for the fastenings, and the whole mass, breakin g l oose , was effectually laid at rest at the b Atom of the ocean. This experiment, however, was as satis factory as that of hauling in the splice, since it was only wished to show that when the necessity did wise the cable could be buoyed so as to preserve it without damage to its electrical continuity. In case of buoying, of course the cable would then all be cut away from, th©r ship, and no more added to the weight of the fastenings on the buoy. In the present instance, however, a mile and a half al d.ti, nil was run out, and this loop dragging on the bu y already moored with four mdes of wire proved too much, first ft r the cable it ;elf, and next for the fastenings which held all up. During the same afternoon the hawser W:18 again male f eat from the Ni igara to the, stern of the Agamemnon, for the pure ose of leivering a p.;rtion of the sound coil for e'eatri ca l exper i men t s . The splice was male as usual and sunk, though in this caee with difficulty, 1 as a molstronBAurn 'y iron network, reminding one of nothing So much as a , lady's crinoline frame, which W 3.4 bung out round the Agamemnon's stern in order to 1 tijoeeb'wepterribly in the way. At la , t, how tae screw from fouling the wire, boh t ‘ h • found e w v a ce s r,t i e se Atl ' ant s ic hld unk tin d a m leand. a half payed wit from cachv ee a 2,' , ' however,- sillking straight up and down. e a s t , the l electricians were By the - time, working throu.. 4 h it turned d broad eile to the swell of th n e n . e pal motion that strained ~an were rising and falling [with - an the cable to the utmost. The dynamometer kept -iarying up to ahai.st the c%hiei, breaking strai n 'from 2,0 001 ' - . to ne a r'y 6,0001 b. in a s i ng l e seci ' n d , Wtiat made this striin worse w as th at the br e aks were tight down'so tha! , , after the mile and a half, whatever went over was wrenched from the 'ma chine, and it was merely a question which should give —the cable or the paying that apparatus. At last a weak part of the wire came up and broke instantly, under a strain of 2,4001 b. An examina tion of the fracture showed that of the 18 outer strands of wire which coat the gutta percha no less than six had been badly joined in the space of six inches, and there were other marks which left little room for doubt that at least two more had broken from the same cause. The Niagara for the rest of the evening and night was occupied in haul ing back her half with the length which had broken from the Agamemnon. The wire was covered, but it was impossible to heave up the splice. After a long pull it broke off from the wire and remained at the tremendous depths to which it had sunk. On Wednesday, the 2d, the experiments were repeated with a piece of cable which had become partly un twisted and was weak and faulty iu several places. At 7.30, therefore, a splice was made of this and lowered to a mile and a half. At this depth it was kept suspended for a considerable time, and bore the strain much better than was anticipated. At last the Agamemnon gave a heavy lurch, and parted it soon after 9 o'clock. The list and most interest ing experiment of all, to ascertain how far it was possible, in case of a fault going overboard, to hold on by the wire, bring it in over the ship's bows and so underrun it, was next tried. The cable end was lowered over from the Agamemnon, made fast to a heavy weight, and in the course of an hour 54 miles were payed out to the bottom of the ocean, or, at least, as near the bottom as the weight could sink in that time, which was probably about 2i miles. By this time the breeze had freshened and there was rather a sea on ; et, nevertheless, the Agamemnon was brought to, and remained pitch ing and surging, hanging on almost by a wire cord, the circumference of which is actually no more than that of a threepenny-piece. The skill with which Captain Preedy managed the vessel, keeping her in exactly one spot for 69 minutes, was really won derful, and but for his aid the cable would have parted instantly. The exertions of the First Lieu tenant Gibson, in the fore part of the vessel were again of signal service. While the ship lay to a wire rope was made fast to the cable, and the Agamemnon brought round so as to remain at a perfect right angle with the coil she payed out. The wire rope was then brought in over the bows and passed aft through the hauling in machinery, and during this most delic ;to part of the operation the huge ship lay to in the face of a smart breeze, scarcely straining either rope. Once made fast in the machinery the after rope was cut at a blow, and the Agamemnon swinging by the wire rope at tached to the cable, brought her head round and began hauling in the six miles over the bows. This was really the tug of war, and for some minutes— as in the case of the first hauling up—the steam en gine was unequal to the task - till some hands fell to work aft to force the fly wheel round; then only at a very slow rate, and as if fighting with the tena cious el pths of the ocean, inch by inch the winding in began, "first of the wire rope and then of the cable itself. As the latter came up a strong hemp stepper was made fast to it, which proved of real service, for hardly bad the splice between the wire rope and the cable approached the machinery be fore the latter parted with a loud crack. In an in stant the cable flow forward, but was caught by the stopper, and 'brought up with a heavy jerk that strained every inch of it to the vary utmost. Ano ther spice was immediately made, the cable, again hauled aft, when again in a few minutes the splice parted. This time, however, the stopper strained before gave way entirely, and in a second the rope was lost under the waves for ever. The Niagara then, following the example of the Agenaemnon, peyedout some miles of cable, at tache.' her buoy to it safely, veered out still more of her coil, hauld it all in ag tin, recovered her buoy and fathom of the wire suspended from it. By the time these last experiments were concluded the squadron was widely scattered hull down on the horizon. The Agamemnon therefore ran down to signal, and getting permission of the senior officer, Captain Aldham. on board the Valorous, stood back for Plymouth, under sail and steam, the others following her wake with all speed. On the run home the squadron encountered m uc h ra i n and dense fogs, bat no wind. The f ogs o f course affected the speed of all, but, nevertheless, the dis tance back was accomplished by 6 o'clock on Thurs day evening, when the Agamemnon and Niagara were the first to cast anchor in the Sound. Dur . ng to-day a council has been held among the engineers and electricians on board both vessels for the purpose of comparing the results of the experi ments. The conclusions at which they arrive will be made the subject , of auother comrnuniewion before the Expedition starts; but we.may mention hero that, in the opinion of those intrusted with carrying out this grand undertaking, the whole of the experiments have been satisfactory. After filling up with coal, and taking on board an addi tional lengLh of cable, the expedition starts again on its great mission on Tuesday or Wednesday morning next>. THE L 9NDON AND EASTERN BANKING COMPANY. EDINBURGH, FRIDAY. MR. J. E. STEPHENS' TRUSTEE V. HIS AGENT. The: First Division of the Court of Session gave judgment to-day in the appeal of Mr. Wilkie, the agent in Mr. Stephens' bankruptcy, against a decision of Mr. Sheriff Substitute Hallard, repelling the objections made by him by answering certain questions in his examination relative to the furniture of Gothic Lodge, Twickenham. In July last Mr. Stephens first engaged the legal ad vice of Mr Wilkie, a solicitor before the Supreme Courts in Scotland, and the latter atthat time dis suaded the insolvent frorntaking out the sequestra tion. In August Mr. Wilkie advanced to Mr. Stephens 1,0001., and had the furniture of Gothic lodge assigned to him in security. On Oct. 19 Mr. Stephens at length took out sequestration in the Sheriff's Court at Edinburgh, and in Dec. last, while under judicial examivation before the She riff Substitute there, he absconded. The furniture of gothic-lodge was advertised to be sold on Feb. 9, and was, we believe sold, and Mr. Binny, Writer to the Signet, and trustee on the sequestered estate, found . on tracing the matter that this proceeding was at the instance of the bankrupt's agent. Mr. Binuy immediately made application to the sheriff for the examination of Mt. Wilkie, the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act of 1856 authorising the sheriff, on application by the trustee, to order examination of "the bankrupt's wife and family, clerks, servants, factors, law agents, and others who can give infor mation relative to his estate ; and further provides that "the bankrupt and such other persons shall answer all lawful questions relating to the affairs of the bankrupt." The record of Mr. Wilkie's examination is, as fol lows I am the law agent of the bankrupt in this sequestration. I first became acquainted with the bankrupt in the end of June or beginning of July, - 1857, and I then became his law agent. This was after he came to reside in Elinburgh. I was net aware till August last that the bankrupt was owner of certain furniture in Gothic-lodge, Twick enham. I had in August a transaction with him in reference to that furniture fur my own behoof. Being interrogated, What was that transaction 1' thereupon the counsel for th 3 deponent objected to this interrogatory, in respect that the deponent holds a right to the furniture mentioned in the in terrogatory ; and if the question and Ens of exa mination to follow relate to said furniture and the deponen 's right thereto the same are incompetent and inadmissible, unless it be now announced on the part oftte trustee that he has no intention of chal lenging the depansnt'seaid r ght, or of founding on his deposition for that purpose." The poiets thereby raised were discussed before the Lords of the First Division, previous to the tieing of the Court for the spring vacation, and minutes of debate were o:dere lon both sides. In the minute £,r the trustee it is stated thst informa tion is required as to " whether the sum of 1,0001. was really paid by" the the appellant, and, if so, how it was paid—whether by credit, by bill, by cash , or in what other form—whether the alleged advance was to any extent made out of the bankrupt 'e o w n moans, or wh e th er t o anyex t en t or e ffect the appel lant is truly only a trustee for the bankrupt; and, ffnally, he desires to know from the appellant how the alleged advan c e was _applied or disposed o f by the bankrupt ?" The objection to give inform ation rests upoa th e asser ti on o f a genera l a party can no t b e r qu i re d t o aus wer questions pre judicial to hi s own r i g ht s . principle that In giving judgment, The Lord President said it appeared to him that, locking t ) the questiou the trustee proposed to put, and to the position in wh;ch Mr. Wilkie stood with reference t> the matter of inquiry, the investiga tion the trie.tee prep° .01 to ge into was a compe tsnt inves ieation. FIo Tooke I at the matter in thie [islet t f view e —Nlr. Wilkie was confessedly in the Pssiiion of law agent and adviser to the, bankrupt Before he pett e d with that property; and when he was contemplating secenestraton, and was a person who was in a situation to give useful information re!a.tive :o a bankrupt's affairs. gad Vie furniture been mede ov-r to any oth r person as security, then Mr. Wilkie was the . person who of all others would have been examined o give information t) the trus tee. In that position of matters, Mrr Wilkie having chosen to take along with his cintraner of law agent another chataeter per sonel to himself, could not pre clude the trustee from having that information. It would be unfortunate to the ends of justice if a lee agent could, exclude the right of the trustee to obtain information from him by en•ering into a transaction with the beekrtiet. That would be to frustrate Ilse effect of the s acute. He hsld, looking to she relation of the patties, and without giving my opinion -as to the case of a-separate individual ac, , quiring right to property of the bankrupt, that the investigation was not to- stop -by- reason -of -Mr.- Wilkie having taken the character of an interested party when he stood in the position of having to give information relative to the bankrupt estate. Lord Ivory concurred. He recapitulated the few facts, how the bankrupt came there for the express purpose of obtaining sequestration ; haw his exa mination was begun and continued for days ; how one morning he was missed from the "accustomed hill"--(a laugh)—and how his law agent was exa mined as to the es' ate. He went entirely upon the ground laid down by the Lord President. Mr. Wilkie could not put himself in a better position than be would have been in had he been the me dium through which this transaction had been made with a third party. Lord Curriehill concurred, as also did Lord Deas, who slid that the recent nature of the transaction was, in his opinion, very materiel. Mr. Stephens was insolvent at the time, - and Mr. Wilkie knew it. It was after he had proposed to apply for sequestration and been dissuaded. His insolvency seems to have been hopeless. To put it off was only delaping the evil day, or father the good day for him. So that here the law-agent was a conjunct and confident person in the knowledge that Mr. Stephens could not meet his liabilities, and that sequestration was to be applied for. He could not get advantage of the equitable interposi tion of the Court, which prevents the trustee from asking questions of the creditor to defeat his claim, when it can be answered. " That bargain was an old affrir ; the bankrupt was quite solvent when it was gone into." It was very necessary for the trustee to know whether that furniture ba the pro perty of the bankrupt--it seems he has nothing if he has not that ; whether he got all the 1,0001., and where it came from, and whether he may not be concealing part of it. Surely, in the sense of the statute, these are " lawful questions ?" Judgment accordingly. FUNERAL OF A FRENCB REFUGEE. Yesterday the remains of Dr. Queval—one of the French refugees of the 2d of December—were ac companied to their final resting place, Paddington Cemetery, by a large and respectable body of his fellow-exiles. The funeral cortege,proceeded from 11], Wardour-street, at half-past ten o'clock, with banners inscribed with the republican devices— " Liberte, egalite, et fraternite ;" " The union of the working classes of all countries ;" " Kosciusko and 1791"---aud arrived at the burial ground, at 12 o'clock. After the coffin had been lowered into the grave, - - Mr. E. COUTURAT said—Citizens, we are met once more to pay our last respects to the remains of another victim of the author of the 2d of Dec., who instill sufficiently powerful, through the army, the clergy, the magistracy, and his spies, to be able to continue his oppression of a great nation. The citizen whom we have lost—Chas. Antoine Qneval —was born in the department of the Seinme. Left an orphan, in poor circumstances, and at an early age, he was educated by one of his brothers, who was a clergyman, and by his labour and assiduity he acquired his diploma of doctor at the age of 28. He commenced at the same time, in 1846, the practice of his profession and the profession of that republican faith which caused him to be imprisoned twice, and at last drove him into exile, where he died. Laborious, energetic, and temperate, his first study on arriving in England was to acquire a knowledge of the language and to work for an honourable maintenance. To the poorer companions of his exile he was a devoted medical adviser. To his skill and care I attribute it that I have not preceded him to the grave, where he now lies. One of his most frequent observations to me was tnis, " If the democracy does not yet suffi ciently represent that power which is to transform so dety, it is because it has not attained that eleva tion from which it may despise the calumny of in terested parties, and the great source of its weak ness lies in its disunion ; " and over his grave I repeat after him that no revolution is pesdble, no social renovation is possible, without a loyal and sincere union of the great republican party. Let this union be the epitaph on his grave, and let us . cry with one heart and voice, " Vive la republique democratique, sociale et universelle." (Bravos and cries of " Viva la republique.") M. TAFFERY also addressed those present in the same sense. M. Lours &axe then pronounced a discourse which was listened to with profound attention, and of which we can here produce only an outline. He said—Citizens, once more are we assembled at the grave of a brother exile, whom I did not know per sonally. But that he died a martyr to his republi can opinions is sufficient to account for my being present here to pay the last public act of respect to his remains. You have heard from those who pre ceded me enough of the life and labours of Dr. Queval to show that in him the republic Sae lost a true and worthy son. When last 1 addressed you it was on an occasion similar to the present, but the circumstances of France now are very different from what they were on that occasion. At that time, France not only lay p ros t ra t e un d er t h e f eet of Louis Bonaparte, but, except in the hearts of sin cere republicans, there ware scarcely any signs of opposition to the despotism of the empire. That is not the case any longer. At the last election which took place in Paris, the opposition candidate was returned against all the influence of the Go vernment ; and in Alsace, where that influence had been brought to b:- ar in an especial manner, and the name ofthe Emperorfreely used to determine the decision, the nominee of the Government was defeated. But these ara net the only signs of the awakening of France. There is, perhaps, a still more significant sign in the presence of the son of M. Baroche at the obsequies of the Duchess of Or leans, which may be regarded as a preparation for a place in the Government which is supposed to be coming. I sincerely believe that the Imperial Go vernment, which, from a vice inherent in its nature, was destined to lapse into the despotism of the Caesars, has now its only support in the army and the clergy, and in a phalanx of spies. It is aban doned by all that is thoughtful, honourable, and generous in the country. Even of the bourgeoisie, who felt so much alarmed at the revolution, who sacrificed their convictiousto what they mistakingly considered to be their interests, I would —even putting the question as one of the stomach—ask, what have you gained Is business better ? Are you getting weal , hier 1 Is it, in fact, possible for affairs generally to improve under a despotism which must draw the means of its vast expenditure —and it can only exist by a vast expenditure — from the labour and industry of the people ? Speaking not of the people, but of all classes, I ask if it be true that they have gained materially by the existence of the empire ? Ido not thick they will answer in the affirmative. The prospect-of the republican party, then, has been altered since I last addressed you, and it now becomes misrepresented toconsider what our duties are. You know th a t our i deas and tat intentions we e have e e beenheen maligned,syslniw licaly calumniated, an d slandered, and held up as the advocates of pillage, anarchy, and bloodshed. You know that, in con sequence of this system of tactics—which was prac tised against us even during the republic—there exists amongst large classes in France a vague terror of the lendemain (rune revolution. Lot it be our duty in the interest of the republic to dissipate this feeling as far as possible by the moderation of our language and of our conduct. Let us show that to far from affairs suffering from the advent of the republic, the advent of the republic can alone - give development- and security tin affairs. Ido not counsel the least compromise of our ideas. I like strong and firm convictions, because all true ideas must be firm, strong, and uncompromising—(bravos)—but they are not in compatible with moderation and respect for the opinion of others. Revolutions are not the work of a day. The ideas which give them birth have b oo e n e e n ep so ti w on n oflotnhgemag),,,a,,dbuhty tihteiivsdioffnulysioboyamaocolgeaert accaqnu ibsietioances°lllofPliiinstd prehension and diffu - the people, that tph re eis v rm o fu l a u lei ti ec o nn n mt s a n n iy l . bec wr om it e ho t o h t e sion the republic itself must be but an empty name, as you well know. You know that in the days of June republicans fought against the re pu' lie, and that under the misk of a republican Louis Napoleon Bonaparte made his way to the empire. These things could fret happen if the people knew what the republic was, and how from mu that' ch their mat er i a l i nterests—looking at it even point of view—were concerned iu ifs existence. Differences of opinion there may be and must be, but all republicans can and ought to unite on the common ground of the republic. I invite yon, ther.fore, to postpeue all sectional divis ons and ter onal pr.dilections, that you may be able to take a ivanta;e of !hat change Void), for my part, I below) to be inevita'do, leaving it to the National Assembly tod-cide as to the future of the repnb'ie. These aro the views which seem to me app•opriate to the time and to the occa siou on which - we are hers assembled. (Bravos, and cries of "Veva la Popublfq e.") LIGHTS IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH.—We understand that ' llO C nnrui , sioners of Nei then) L;ghthouses having sub mitted a propo3al f. .r the erection of a lighthouse on S - . ebb's Head, the same has been sanctioned by the authlri:ies in London. We trust that no obstacle wi 1 .ow arise t) the speedy execution of this ihrnp , rtant work, t) the furtherance • f :04, - ;la we are glad h - Ave lent our humble aid.—SeotBinan. lylieve that Mr. James Robertson, W.S., has been appointed Crown A.o , ent for Scotland in room o f Mr . H. 'Maxwell Inglis, now one of the Principal Clerks of S3BE3 io n —Sceinnan. LIST OF sconnsa COMPANIES' PRICES. ) Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • - - A s. d. A s. d. I ' Bank of Scotland .... 71, per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 189110 1 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 21710 s Caledonian Bank ...•. 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 16s ' City of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 8i 5s Clydesdale Bank .... 53y/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13/ Os Commercial Bank .• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 224/05 Eastern Bank.. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 101 7s ' Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3%1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 851 Os National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 185 Os , Nortnof Scotland Bank 5/.percent 20 0 0 210 OSi lOs Royal Bank of S cots. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 142/ s Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 - 0 0 50 0 0 90/10s Western. Bank•• -•• .. 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -1 0 Alliance Firs and Lice.. 8% Lpr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 16110 s British Guarantee ... 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11 85 Caledonian Fire Incur. 10.. par cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 6/, per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 031 10s Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 OSi Os Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 07/ Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0. 0 3 5 0 4! Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.por cent. 40 0 0 3 0 011 Os Nations; Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 i/ 19 s North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 381 5s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 15s Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 0 21 12s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7 1 %/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 14s Standard Life •• •... •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 30! Os MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. s Annum. Share. ....__- - A s. d. A s. d. __ Acadian Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. •• 20 0 0 10 0 0 Assam .ca .......... 6 1 . per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Aucti,n Mart •• •• .. •• ti cent 50 0 0 - hlper - Australian Azriculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 30 Australian Trust •• •• 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 10 0 0 a ll - Australian Royal Mall A ng l o -M ex i c an Mint.. 11. 10 s. 1 0 0 0 all 1...""- British Am,wi c au Land 51. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• •• •• .. 61. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 - •• Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - D,V,.0, 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - , Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 41. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6 p c..bds 1876 67. per cent. Stock ,100 0 0 - Crystal Palace - Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - ] Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - St - ock 'OO 0 0 104% .... _ City lloc i N i. i t' e . siTgoalteigorna Telegraph 61. :1 6 1 . / p . e p r e r e e c n e f t l . t Eng.& Aug. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable ttaversionry 5/per cent, .00 0 0 110 0 0 - Date New .......• _ 50 0 0 22 10 0 - (}ea. itev2rs. & Invest. 11. p c and 14 00 0 0 00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lila.) - 25 0 0 all - Gen., ,, tearnNavig•ation 10/. per c t. &15 0 0 14 0 0 - - London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all 2 Hudson's 8ay."... •• 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - I , riungerford ...... •• ,I Lou. Vie. &No. Mauso - - 10 0 1 0 all - London ROversio nary 5 4 per cent. i5O ~ all - Mex. & S. Muerte/it: - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp.. - 25 0 0 5 0 0 414 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. 13ri. Australasian North of Europe, Stn. all - I 'l per cent . 20 1 0 0 0 17 10 0 - 1 Price's Patent Cand. Co • - 2:1 0 0 all 18% Peel River.Land&Min. - 50 0 all 2 3,/ Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent /50 0 0 all - •• _ Ditto New 0 10 0 0 rs ••.... Itev•-•l , ionary int. So c . 1 1 / 2 /. pr cet.t i 0 0 00 0 all Ditto New ••-• • • • Ile/. pr cent. 130 0 ' -0 0 0 Royal Mail Steam.... it. p. share 100 0 0 IC 0 0 -u, Scottish Aus. Invest. 151. per cent. 10 0 all 1 3 / 8 South Australian Land 7/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 36% Trust and Loan Comp. ,%•• pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Van Diemen's Land.• 10s. 100 01)28 10 0 - 0 per cent. Bonds .... 6 per cent - - - PRICES OF SHARES. Prom the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. 7, Dividend per ue Annum. Price.! Names of Companies. Dividend per annum Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.... Derby GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Leicstr &Nth Loughhorogb Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... 93 71. p. ct. 40 41: 100 111. 100 6/. 15s. 100 2/. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 Is. 6d 40 63. 100 251. 100 5/. 83 1/.55. 143 701 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin .. East London Do. 4 per Cent Pref. Do. 5 per Cent Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ...... Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex ...... Do. Do, .. •• • . Name of Company. frungerford.... •• .... Southwark ...... •• .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of 8!. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .. ........ Name of Company Commercial ..... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• •• • ••• •• • • St. Katharine •• •• •• •• Southampton Victoria •• •••••• .• .. Ditto New • • •• •... GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Provincial .... Brighton .•.• •• •• •• City of London ...... Equitable . •• ... European .... .•• •• Great Central ........ Imperial •• ........ Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental Ist Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent ........• [...mdorz Peri. Preferen. Phoenix . •• .• • • •• •• .. Rateliff •• • • • .. •••• • • Surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New • . Western A .. . Ditto B . • • Namo of Company. Albion .... • • .... • • .. Allianza Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... Athenmuut • • • • • • • • • • Atlas .. Argus Life ......... • . British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London Gen. Life County .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life.......... Family Endowment .. leneral•••• •••••••• •• Globe •• •• •• •• •• Gresham Life . Do. Do.. Guardian.• .• .• .• •• • Imperial Fire... • • Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire Law Lite... Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva Monarch •• •• •• New Equitable Pelican •• •• .• •• . .. •• Phenix Profess:olla Life .• • • .. Provident Life........ Rock Life ............ Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life IPeak For est.l Regeu t's • • • • Rochdale.... Stilrd &Won Stoarbridge.. Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick & Binning. j Warwick & Napton.. IWorcstr & Binning. Wilts & Brkt 5/. Os. 17s. 281. 121. 108. 11. 165. 10s. 7s. Od. X s. d. 100 all 105 3 WATER-WORKS. Dividend . per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price 5/. per cnt. 61. per 4/. per cent. 5/. per cent. 44 per cnt. Z. per cat. F;4l. per cent. B RIDO: Dividend per Annum. lOs per cent. •• • • 1 11. 12s. Od. 11. Is. Od. 289. DOCKS, Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr " cent. 41. per cent. 51. p;Cent. I) l. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. [T AND CO: Dividend per An - num. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. Cl. per cent. 101. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. 67. per cent. 5 per cnt. 5/. 8/. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 • 0 40 0 0 70 10 8 Amount of Share. dE s. d. Stock. Stock. I Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. 3tock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMP. Amornt of Share. a. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 21 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Z s. d. all 150 0 0 12 11 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 e 0 all 4 0 0 TRANCE COMPANIES. Dividend per Aainurn. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. .1. p.c. & bs. 15s. 04. & bs 1 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 11. per share a. 18s. ss. 5 1 4 per cent. 1/. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 5;. per cent. 51. per cent 121. per cent . _ 14s. 5/. p. ct. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 211. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 434 per cent st. per cent. 51. per cent. 6 LA per cent 5/ p. ct. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. 12% per c. 7s. p c &bs p c & bs 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. Amount of Share. e. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 a too 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 WO 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 iOO 0 0 100 0 0 (00 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 .00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 , 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. 4 8. d. Australasia........... 101. per cent. 40 0 0 all 80% Bank io Egypt ...... 25 0 0 18 15 0 21% Bank of London ...... 51. per cent. 103 0 0 50 0 0 46 British North American 9 per cent 50 0 0 all Ch Bk. Ind. Aust &Ch 41. per cent. 20 0 0 6 0 0 ............Si. per cent. 1100 0 0 50 0 0 58 Colonial .............. 99 1100 0 0 25 0 0 Commercial of London. 7/. p. c. & bs. 100 0 0 20 0 0 Eng . Scot. & Aust. Ch. 4t. per cent.! 20 0 0 all 18 Lond. Cnar. Bk. of Ans. 51. per cent. '2O 0 0 99 19% Do. New....,,, 99 I . j 20 0 0 London and County M. per cent.l 50 0 0 20 0 0 Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 London Joint• Stock • 28 per cent. 150 0 0 10 0 0 29% Londe and Westminstr 181. per cent 100 0 0 20 0 0 45 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 pc.& bs 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New 2O 0 0 10 0 0 .... Ditto ditto 99 .... 9 t 2O 0 0 5 0 0 N%tional Bank • ...• 8 i.per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 New :• oath Wales .. 20'. per cent. 20 0 0 all Oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 „ 36% Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 3l.p. ctBtbs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New...., .• lonian.... South Australia .. 10,1. per cant 25' 0 0 all Union of A.ustralia.— ill. per cent 25 0 0 all Ditto Union of Hamburg — 15 0 0 3 0 0 Union of London.— 151. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 23% Crni'y Mutual .... - 100 0 0 50 0 0 Western Bank or Londn. 100 0 0 50 0 0 -, 6 504. Paid. Z 8. d. Paid. I Price. X 8. d. Stock. H 100 0 o too o 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 S s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 al 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 Country Markets, YORK—JUNE 5. At our corn-market today the supply of wheat was an average one for the season, and prices were is to 2s per quarter lower than l as t week, samples of fine white selling at 48s, and red at 44s per quarter. In spring corn no alte ration, oats realising is 2d per stone, and beans 42s to 48s per quarter. NOTTINGHAAI—JuNE 5. To-day the supply of wheat was small and the atteniance of farmers numerous. Unsound samples was is to 2s per quart( r lower. In south country wheat very little change; samples of fine white made 50s, and red 465, per 36 stone- There was no alterasion in the price of barley ; good sam ples made 31s per 36 stone. Oats in moderate supply, and hardly as dear as last week, prices ranging from 30s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans were rather scarce, and last week's rates were fully supported, the best qualities selling at 4 65 per 33 stone. Super flour, 36s to 425. LEICESTER —JENE 5. At our corn market to-day there was a moderate supPlY of wheat, which sold at a decline of is per quarter on the quotations of last week, fine white samples making 49es and red 46s per quarter. There was nothing doing in fir. ley. Oats maint a i ne d th e ra t es o f l as t week, name l y , 348 to 37s per quarter. Beans in small supply, and fully 0 ° dear as last week, the best samples making 46s per qt"' ter• Fine flour, 33s to 34s ; seconds, 31s to 32s ; thirds/ 29s to 30s per sack. OXFORD—JUNE 5. There was a good show of wheat to-day, but trade WI very inactive, and generally where sa l es cou ld b e e ff e cts they were rather in favour of the buyer, but not sufficien t to alter last week's rates. In other kinds of grain littl e business was doing. PER QUARTER.' PER VAR TIIII Old) 39s to 45s1Barley, grinding ... --s t 03 50 Ditto (new) -s to —s'Beans Ditto, white ---s to ---&Peas . -0 Ditto (old) o-- 5 Barley, malting ... 32s to 35E,Flour, per sack Wheat, red ROCHESTER— JUNE 5. There was a fair supply of wh ea t t o -d a y, for which holders endeavoured to obtain a slight advance over the rates of last week ; but buyers were indisposed to do bug' ness on those terms, and a reduction of is to 2 2 per qr..br, to be conceded, and only former prices could be obtaineu for several home-grown samples. The supply of WU,/ was short, and grinding in fair request. All other sor ts/ dull, but the turn easier. AVIRAGE PRICES. Wheat, wLite ------ - -- 445 to 98s red. Barley, grinding 28s to 325 Beans Oats 23s to 275 Peas 42s to 40 DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—JUNE 3. Qrs. Best. Current. Infeilo , 212 Wheat 48s 01 3Bs O 180 Oats 29s Od . 26s 100 P. 2 4, 9,i 145 Barley 30s 6d 2Bs 10 4 d 275 u' 10 Peas & beans 45s Od 43s 01 HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—JUNE 4 . WHEAT. I !BASIST I OATS. 1 S"',1:1 First 47e Od I 31s Od 1 31s 6d , 45 0 Bt i v Second Third 33s 0,1 1 29s 6d I 27s Od 1 423 v' i Total quantity of wheat in market, 229 qrs.-, 204 sold Of barley „ 81 qrs., 64 80 , oats ,; 66 qrs., 61 stt; beans . E 5 qrs., 55 6°" P P AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 210 11-12ths 1 Barley, l/. 10 0 Oats, ... 1/. B_ll 8-12ths 1 Beaus, 2i. 3 8 5-12 0 6-120° DUBLIN—JUNE 4. White wheat, 27s Od to 29s Od ; red ditto, 24s Od to 261 6d; ditto new, s 01; barley, malting, u4s t o 182 Od; grind . ing, —s to —s ; oa.s, old, 153 to 16s 6d; ditto, new, to —s Od; oatmeal, 143 6d to 16s 3d; here, new, —s to Od ; rapes& d, —s 0d to sOd per brl ; bakers' flour, Od to 183 6d per cwt; Indian corn, 35s 0.1 to 37s 6d P" 430 14. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK• Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. IK6B. BRITISH. 2634 118 198% 9.04 _63i Aberdeen .. • • • • .... East Lancashire ......... 1831( '283 20334 465 25 100 386 I6} G 53 5% 219 31 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. .• ....... North British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • North Staffordshire .. .• . North-Western •• .. ••• • .. Ulster. ........ Belfast and Ballymena ••• • • • •• •• •• Belfast and County Down.• . • • • • • Birkenhesd, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • . Bristol and Exeter • • Caledonian.... .... • • •• . ...• ........ Chester and Holyhead.• • .. • • ........ Cork. Blackrock, and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon ................ .. Dublin and Belfast Junction .....: Dublin and Drogheda.. .... ......... Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath .... .......... Dundee, Forth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian.... • • ••••••.• • • • • •• Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • ... 1 Ea5ternUni0n................ ... Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • • • Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee...... Exeter and Creditors.. •• ....•• •• •• • • Furness Railway •• • •• •••••••• • • •• Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern •.. Great Southern and Western (Ireland Great Western .. •• •• •• •• •• Irish South Eastern . • •• •• • • .... .• .. Lancaster and Carlisle• • •••• • . •••••• Lancashire and Yorkshire..•• .. •• .. Leeds Northern .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western .... London and Blackw all. • • • • • • • • • .... London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern......... Londonderry and Enniskillen Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Shefliold,snd Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle •• • • • • • • • • • • .. Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands .......... • • • • • • •• .• .... Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .. •• •• •• • • • • •• • • •• South Devon . • • • • • • .. • • South Eastern • .......... south Wales .. • ... South York., Doncaster, and Goole . • Waterford And Limerick West Cornwall ...... .... ••••• •• Whitehaven Junction York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. Receipt9' 185 S. _ 1,100 3,143 6,380 13,289 5,284 307 1,154 1,972 , 1,974 6119 1,041 970 8,005 26,216 5,616 3,120 7,039 23,782 .6,426 30,029 6,512 30,113 1,167 3,04 61,046 1,773 15,872 17,569 714 13,309 1,802 1,064 34,001 3,741 0, 406 1, 448 220! 18,71414' 1 3 x' 1• 02 L 461° 5,093 6,53 85$ L 983 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troyes •• .• .• .• • • • • •• Namur and Liege •• • • Northern of France .. •• •• •• •• •• Orleans and Central .. Parti and Lyons .... •. • • •••• Paris and Rouen... .. •• •a ir• •• ...• .. 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Ol Cbll An t MOTLEY—POLLARD r --On the 4th inst , at St. Peter's Pimlico, Mr, Samuel Notley, formeny of Catuden-tto. to E izaboth, daughter of Mrs. Pollard, of Bull and street, St; Martin's-le-Grand. DEATHS. NEP AGAR—On the 3d inst. at Southtown, Groat Yarmouth, ••-- Mose Agar, aged /. • BRAYNR- s —On the 3d inst., at Torianno-terrace, Kentish-torn' William Noulton Brayne, Esq., ag d 6 f. BENwELL—On the sth inst., at 22, Cadogan-terrace , Benwell, formerly of Bathwiek-hill, Bath, aged be. a CRESSWELL—On the 3d inst., at Harehope, Northusaberin_n: Anne S. Conway, widow of Os win A. B. Cresswell, of and daughter :if Sir William Gordon Cumming, 13°34 ' 4 Altyre. • to MALTON—Ou the 2d inst at Jersey, Anne, wife of Ve Colonel Malton. Moons—On the 3d in t., at 3q, Penton-place, Penton eno,l 0 Mr. Isaac Webb Muir, form erl y of the firm of Kitch, Mocre, High•street, St. Giles's, UONDON Printed and Published by 131171{,D0 Y° g o , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Ottleal...if 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 1 : 0 "" of Aiddlesex, Monday, June 7, 1858. Price. Price, 3 1 : aradou Will tat June 21 Tickets Square, Mons J every ev Admissi at the Cramer, tVI at 3 0 , ,1 DAy 1 BALL. stfws IThreser nail's, Here. CR] equalled from ten nAlst P traordim dour. 7 on the 1: The to -the pax o ccasions the evens Oal, Oz RT. at Th ree be:script! Jitveniles • .._______ CHI TAINSH Circus. admission Introduce numerous comruenc Back, 13. ICO R 3, '3 LZe TIM quarter DR• KAE ADI s , band ; for ducted by Valentino neatest CrIAB,LEB Tzaviata,' and Is to b at the IC blarket. Or EC of Dent seaso I G. H. sz Droved an With Econ TO T HE and D. NI For GE: 22, Cornhl light fabric those for t Inanufactu diate use ; Plain fi gur In the YOUTHS' Mantles Messrs. LEG Xotiee 11 be el( Inclusive) on Thursd tween the • I t tl Place, Lon •lean on ai N.B. Pc Assured w b eing deck A" NOTICI Accidenta the TRAY all the Pc Purchase urine Ir conditions Tot Cla Insuran dents, and Apply a Company, 7, Bank INTI SO( llshedlB3l has been s policies of • curring , annual pr tho death of grace. TH empower VI Wm. E Samuel John E Messrs. The ne kaY, 181 Policy taken out inj The fo National The S Two-t A ,e yea Its - stti Its In' 0 one h Its an The n About Since Of three For pi Inin, 14 142, S ..........,_ TILE Si Just,pl S EI --, 0, and on from t° Man riage in remark ttlYsteri Urinary °Onlplv.l THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1858. Paid. Paid. Price, Price. 100 U 4 19% 150 173% 94 29 667 301% 171 109% 12% 622 1838 1841 1845 1848 1851 The CAlcul Circ a ] 0104