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

hasS the Tll ho E n A ou T r THEATRE.— llin form I Signor G A I tr j G E L S I N T T Y' the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends that his BENE FIT will take place TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), when will presented (for 'he first time this season) LUCIA DI LAM BIERNIOOR. Lucia, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Enrico, Signor Belletti ; Ilidebent, Signor Vialetti; and Edgardo, Signor Giuglini. After which the whole of the Ballet Divertissement from La S on n a mbula, in which Madame Rosati and MacUle. Foe chini will make their last appearance. To he followed by Pactiellu's Comic Operetta LA SERVA. PADRONA. To conclude with a scene from R ossini's Opera ITALI ANA IN ALGIERI, ii_cludin,g the celebrated trio, " Pap pataci " by Signori Giuglini, Vialetti, and Rossi. SATURDAY, July 17 (last night of the Subscription), IL TROVATOP.E. And a Divertissement iv which Mane. Bor chetti will appear. Applications to be made at the Box-offlca of the Theatre. • ER. MAJESTY'S TH EATRE.— HReduced Prices. The,following performances will be given, comprising the talents of Titiens, Alboni, and P:ceolomini; Belletti, Bene ventano, Belart, Vialetti, Rossi, Aldighieri, and Ginglini, Ballet, Madame tioschetti. Tuesday, July 20, LES HUGUENOTS. Thursday, July 22, DON GIOVANNI, and Ballet. Friday, July 23, LA TRAVIATA, and Ballet. Saturday, July 24, LUCREZIA BORGIA, and Ballet. To commence at 8 o'clock. Prices— Pit stalls, 12s. 6d. Boxes, grand ter, 3/. 35.; one pair, 2/. 12s. ; pit tier, 2/. 25.; two pair, it. 55.; three pair. 155.; gallery, 10s.; pit, 35. 6d.; gallery stalls, 3s. fid ; gallery 2s. May be had at the Box-office after Thursday, the 15th. In the meantime places may be secured on application to Mr. Fish, stage door. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, NEW THEATRE. Second Night of IL TROVATORE. To commence at half-past 8. TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), July 15, will be performed, for the second time this season, Verdi's Opera IL TROVATORE. Leonora, Madame Grisi ; Azucena. M adlle. Didiee ; Inez, Madame Tagliafieo • II Conte di Luna, Signor Graziani; Fernando, Sig. Tagliafico ; Ruiz, Sig. Soldi ; and Maurico, gi g . Mario. Conductor—Mr: Coita. Pit, 10s. 6d.; amphitheatre stalls, Ws. 6d., 75., and ss. amphitheatre, 2s. fxl. ; seccmd tier OYA T, T 1 T N 1 4 ' 1 ,g S'S THEATRE. b. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be presented the nest farce, en titled DYING FOR LOVE. After which, Shaksperc's Play of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Shylock, Mr. C. Kean— Portia, Mrs. C. Kean. THEATRE ROYAL, SADLER'S7WELLS. L Thelrish Boy and Real Yankee Gal, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams. THIS EVENING will be performed the drama of TILE FAIRY CIRCLE. O'Carolan, Mr. B. Williams ; Moleshae, Mrs. B. Williams. After which OUR GAL ; with the song of " Our Mary Ann." To conclude with IRELAND AS IT WAS. With the celebrated Irish jig by Mr. and Mrs. lilarney Williams—their last appearance. STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee and Direetresq, Miss Swanborough.—This Evening will be performed. ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. Followed by THE BRIDE OP ABYDOS. Messrs. Chas. Young, Turner ' &c.: Miss Swanborough, &c. After which VENUS IN ARMS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow i lg company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, 1) UETS, dre., viz. : —Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, Mr. Badzey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Bernard ; Messrs. John G. Fordo, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Mr. Courtnay ; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock precisely. 8 Ippers, dre., until twelve o'clock. Mr. AUGUSTUS BRAHAM will appear every Evening in a Selection from "LA. DAME BLANCHE" (THE WHITE LADY), first produced at the Canterbury Hall. English words by Desmondßyan, Esq. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JULY :4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 73 —highest since noon yesterday. FM—lowest this morning and during the night, 76—this day at noon. __ __ _ BAROMETER, 29.98. WIND, S.W. ; light, with fine warm weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'CRIB DAY —Morn., 15 min. aft. 4 —Even. , 37 min aft. 4 To-Mositow—Morn., 59 min. aft. 4—Even., V. min. aft. 5 . "; )111 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1858. Happily we have now heard the last of Mr. OTTO MUNDLER, the travelling agent for the National Gallery. Henceforth 3001. 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. MUNDLEB, Herr MUNDLER, Monsieur MUNDLER —however he may be designated—is, of eouise, 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 folly of squandering 300/. a-year upon a wild-goose chase, as absurd, in its way, as that of the celebrated Dr. SYNTAX in search of the picturesque. For several years we have in sisted upon the absurdity of keeping up the farce of this Travelling Agency. Without the smallest personal feeling one way or the other, in regard to the particular individual selected to be the reci pient of this snug little salary for Heaven knows what, we have set our face against the thing, as in its way a matter altogether frivolous, fruit less of anything at all beneficial one way or the other—in short, as Mr. SNAGSBY might say— " not to put too fine a point upon it," really and truly quits 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 ELCHO 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 employ;.;es of the Na tional Gallery Establishment. We dare say the art treasures of the nation will increase and mul tiply somehow or other, as the I.:.wyers phrase it, nevertheless, notwithstanding. At any rate, we shall not present to astonished Europe from this time forth the extraordinary spectacle of a Ger man gentleman maundering hither and thither all over the Continent, with the wealth of England mysteriously trailing after him as he travelled — a Quixotic agent of act, 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 shape of a Picture. The returns supplied, at the instance of Lord ELLENBOROIIOII, afford very valuable information respec ting the East Indian Army, or, as it was termed, the troops of the Honourable East India Company's Service. The recent state of affairs, springing from the mutiny of men who were re ceiving handsome pa,y and allowances, the valuable lives that have been sacrificed, and the amount of money expended in quelling the insurrection, render everything relating thereto deeply interest to the people both of England and of India. Besides, if we are desirous of profiting by our dearly-bonght expf.rience, svp slinii'd institute stringent and searching investigation iuto every thing that could, by any possibility, cast addi tional light on the subject. The total military force of India, including all the Presidencies, was in round terms 280,000. It had been 287,782 in 3852, but had been re duced by some 10,000 men between that and 1857, the time of the outbreak, of which some thing more than 160,000 constituted 'the Tilt SU' l ' I ONOCIINI- L - ....-...-----&-...--------........--.----- "Bengal Army," amongst whom the mutinous Mrs. MALAPROP N 11.(3 ‘:'!..cl wonderingly remark, " like epidemic chiefly prevailed. Of these there ? i Cerberus, three gentlemen at once "—Actor, :\ T o hi in all three capa were 8'3,00 0 regular native infantry, 14,000 Manager, Dramatisr,m, a renewal of his regular native cavalry , and 21,000 irregulars. cities, say we, in eai ; oh Cordi asaally' Comedian irresistibly , There were also some Company's Europcana, niLe Past successes Wr ight to whom we are in battalions, about B,l_oo in all ;of which only humorous—as a 1 day three battalions, or '2,700, were in Bengal ; and debted for drama victorcluctions like " Green n early 15,000 QUEEN'S troops, about three-fifths Bushes" n as a Manager, in of the entire Iliitifh f o rces in India. fine, whose last ex' ;raord inar y season has literally Such was the state of affairs at the time of the shed a lustre upon the National Drama 11 o utbreak. The Native R eg iments 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 six officers to a regiment, who, being juniors, could scarcely be expected to discharge all the pressing duties of their ardu ous positions. Much responsibility consequently devolved on the Subadars and Jesaadars—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 immerse 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 z..l:eviao and repress. Many think that the native army, in place of being a help and protection to the Anglo-Indian Government, was a standing cause of difficulty and danger. Much may be said on both sides 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. ITALIAN Oi?ERA, DRURY-LANE. Last evening, Ma dile. Vanneri made her first appearance on the a tage as Lucrezia Borgia, and we have no hesitatio. a in describing the success she achieved as the n lost extraordinary that has occurred for many yeart Knowing nothing of this lady's antecedents, we were as much surprised as delighted by her fine .1), id striking performance. She is evidently cenvers tut with the Italian stage, and is a tragedian of no ordinary power, as well as a most accomplished sing tr. She is young and handsome ; possessed of a stall and graceful figure, expressive features, and a true soprano voice, of great compass, and con] f,bining strength and sweetness in a very uncommon degree. Her vocal powers have been highly imitivated ; her style is pure, her execution is clear and finished ; and her fancy, as exhibited in her fiorituri and em bellishments, is rich and at the same chastened by good taste and knowledge of hoer art. In the prin cipal scenes her impassioned acting 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 lio hesi tation in saying that Mdlle. Vanneri would be an important acquisition to any theatre in Europe. Mr. Smith may again congratulate himself on having introduced tothe London opera boards a lady e ;Liy v,:ay public support and appro bation. Madame Poma won a rapturous encore in the Brindisi. The other characters were ably filled. The house was crowded, and the fair debutante overwhelmed with applause. THE MILITIA. 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 had 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 BENJAMIN HALL, then Chief Commissioner of Public Works, to obtain the best assistance. Even 8,0001. 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. mai:lent 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. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Another session of Parliament is coming to a close, without any step being takeu—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. But, sir, can anything be more anti-national than our system is for the getting up and the maintaining of 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 traintny. This, in reality, comprises 'three distinct crimes—namely, those of desertion, perjury, and receiving money on false pretences. 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 Le brief : we lose one-fourth, at least, of our best militia soldiers by the wretched state of the law. Yours obediently, A MILITIA COMMANDANT. From the Hills, 13th July, 1858. CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT.-July 13. [FRO* OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] At the general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron, on Saturday, July 10, at their new club-house (Cowes Castle), the following members were present :—Commodore the Eafl of Wilton (in the chair) ; Vice-Commodore, C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., M.P. • the Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Bath, ; llenry Thorold, Esq., Lord Godolphin, Sir A. Bannerman, Bart., Spencer do Horsey Esq., Capt. IL U. Smith Barry, G. R. Duff, Esq., Earl of Dalkeith, Lord Otho Fitz gerald, Duke of Leeds, E. N. Elaryey, Eq., W. B. Ponsonby, Esq., Lord Colville, Lord Valle, C. Lee, Esq., Le Marchant Thomas Albert Ham brough, Esq., Chas. Leslie, Esq., M.P., H. B. Baring, Esq., M.P., George Bentinck, Esq. The following members wei e elected :—W. Hal- Cosway, Esq., Sir Gilbert East, Bart., Henry J. Adeane, Esq., M.P., Philip L. Powys, Esq., ' Philip Percival, Esq. Horace Hamond, Esq., H.B.M. CJusul, Cher bourg, was elected an honorary member. The following alterations were made in the jl R. Y. S. Regatta, consequen t on her Majesty's in tended departure 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 to be sailed for—the R.Y.S. Ball in the evening ; Friday, Aug. sth, H.I.M. the Emperor Napoleon's Cup to be sailed for. All the yachts of the squadron are to assemble and sail from Cowes for Cherbourg on Thursday with her Majesty. Arrivals, July 11th—Zoe, the Earl of Yarbo rough, from Gibraltar ; July 10—Amazon, Sir J. B. Walsh, Bart., from the Western ports ; July 13—Chesapeake, Joseph Gee, Esq., Guernsey. The Marquis Conyng,ham arrived here on Mon [ day, and his lordship's yacht came into the road- I stead to-day (Tuesday). 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—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. -AL&X ANDRE DuarAs Pere has found his rival at last, his superior, his undoubted vanquisher, in the person of a popular English Dramatist. We must never have any more vaunting in reference to those colossal 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. BUCKSTONE has, by one extraordinary feat, effectu ally extinguished the glory by eclipsing all the many past, and some of them prodigious, suc cesses of the Marquis de PAILLETERIE. What ' does M. DUMAS the Elder think of One Dramatic Triumph requiring for its completion, not a single week, but Five Years consecutively ? This un paralleled histrionic performance, in Five Great Acts, has, !,in simplest truth, been but just now brought:to a close triumphantly. The precise date 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 Hay 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 c olumns, 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. BUCKSTONE'S management certainly marks are, epoch in the Haymarket. Already it has ac complisbed far more than this—it has effected 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. BUCKSTONE 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, LADY BULWER LITTON. —We are informed on the best authority, that A ll matters in reference to this lady, indeed, could well have been more genial, more i about whom paragr a p hs have appeared in some of the neighbourly, or, in every respect, more magnani- public journalP, are iu process of amicable settlement, mous, than his complimentary allusion to the other by family arrangem en ts, to the s atisfaction of all parties . concerned. leading theatres of London, eac h under its exist- In the matter of Messrs. Calvert and Cot.t,ohtethh duedd Manager (Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER) , so far from e ger j o ud en g• ing managem ent • amo ng others, to the Adelphi toeut delivered by Mr. Com Missioner Evans in the Court of Bankruptcy, refusing a certificate upaoist that the evi,:ence was not eatis.ac.orY bankruptcy that he is actually engaged in rebuild elrte‘dviateir:n, 1' 7 17 t (tin affirmed e having been signed by fix.seirenths of the yesterday ing his theatre from the foundations —to the Princess's Manager (Mr. CIIARLES KEAN), with sent themselves before the c , ointuissioner again with fresh the hitherto undreamt-of splendour of his various ev ' L l d 'u el' e e Perce o biryerthtehaitjotrhdespjeutsittiCineers can pr:- GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris Shaksperian representations. And now, side by is about 2 per mile discount, and the short exclianF,:e on side with these facts, disproving so very signally London is ..5.02!, per 1/. sterling. On 08mPari"F these rates with the Die , lish Mint price of ;.i/. 17,'. 10; 2 1. per ‘44 babble about the decline of the drama, the ounce for standard gold, it apdears that gold is wady 1-10. r r . I),rig thin in Lon3on.uall,: conc lusion of this enormous :wawa of Live yeat6' .4adndvictei4lefrosbmort a m e x t, c u h r e g n v t h e e on pr e L e o u n f d g o o n l le i 1 4 3 1 - p s'7er 1/: duration at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket. 1 Such, according to literal matter of fact, wt s ster lin g . Standard gold at the English Mint pr 0 8 is, therefore, a',out 3-10.1 as per cent. dearer in London than the wonderful performance, in Five Grand Acts, in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New Y, rk on brought to a triumphant conclusion on Saturday London far bills at 60 days' eight h is 1091 to 1091. per t evening, and then virtuall y announced, or we are cbent shows ewn h t i h cle . , tw w o he c n eu c n om ir r e a s redwit h that Mttbi t exchangerr lo is s much mistaken, "for repetition" by the Auth( r about at par ; and after making allowance for charges of it : an Author w ho —more accuratel than of transport and difference of interest, the prevent r ate y l eaves n o profit on the importation of gold from the Captain ABSOLUTE-..-is really, in point of fact, as United States. THE QUEEN'S SQUADRON FOR CHER BOURG'. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 13. Orders have been promulgated this day by the Lords of the Admiralty, on the command of the Queen, for the assembling 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 will 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 under 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 White the Right Hon. Edmund Lord Lyons, Commander-in-Chief ; Hannibal, 91, Capt. H. Chads, flag of Rear-Admiral, of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fremantle ; Bruns wick, 81, Capt Ommanney; Orion, 91, Capt D'Eyn court ; Renown, 91, Capt. Forbes ; Cresar, 91, Capt. Frederick ; the . Euryalus, 51, Capt. Tarle ton, C.B. ; the Arrogant, 47, Capt. Heath, C.B. ; the Diadem, 32, Capt. Moorsom, C. B. ; the Cura cog, 31, Capt. T. M. Mason ; the Racoon, 22, Capt. Paynter ; the Terrible, 21, Capt. Glasse, C.B. ; the Valorous, 16, Capt. Aldham ; the Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman ' • the Fairy Royal tender, Mr. D. N. Welch, master, R.N. ; the Elfin Royal tender, Mr. A. Balliston, m a ster, R.N. ; the Osborne miralty yacht, Mr. G. H. K. Bower, master, R.N. ; the Black Eagle Admiralty yacht, Mr. J. E. Petley, master, R.N. ; the Fire Queen Admiralty yacht, Mr. W. F. Paul, master, R.N..; the Sprightly steam tender, Mr. George Allen, a cting master, R.N. It is by her Majesty's express wish and command that Admiral Lord Lyons commands in chief this squadron of honour, for which duty the R o yal Albert, carrying his lordship's flag, arrived at Spit ' head this afternoon. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, T fr NEWS a THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION. CRUISE Of THE AGAMEMNON'. (From the Times Correspondent, 2d Edition.) QUEENSTOWN, JULY 12. At half-past 12 on Monday morning the Aga memnon anchored off Queenstown, after having, as our readers are 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 ont, 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 that was possible with such materials, no comfort is to be gleaned from the late attempts, except, perhaps, in the fact, that as much cr 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 !mese 'Wist the i welt of the u t 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 ally, 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 all other respects so little fitted for rough weather that, had a little of the tremendous weather they experienced been 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 more dangerous and overwhelming .by the manner in which it was stowed. In her hold was the main coil, a com pact mass of 1,100 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 interfere seriously with the proper working of the vessel from the deck, and the united weights of all of course brought the Agamemnon down by the ,head to an almost unsafe extent. The two 'lsmail coils, it was said, counteracted the weight of the ponderous mass in the bottom of the ship, and, certainly, if they did not tend to check the vessel's rolling, at least they made it easier and less dangerous to the masts. When the ship did roll, however, there was a constant struggle be tween the weights at the bottom and the weights at the 3 top, and the ship's sides, as the leyers along which the force of both was, exerted and re sisted, suffered in proportion; This, however, was not the evil of the upper deck coil, nor the reason which after the bad weather bad set in made it an object of constant anxiety and almost of dread to all on board. It was bad enough to cruise with a dead weight forward of some 250 tons, a weight under which her deck planks gaped an inch apart, and her beams threatened daily to give way ; but when to these evils was added the fear in bad weather that in some of her heavy rolls the whole mass would slip, and t a ke the vessel's side out, it will be seen that in the whole the precious coil was justly esteemed the bete noire of the entire affair—the mill-st o ne about the necks of all. However, as we have s aid, nobody thought of these things when in the morning of the lOth of June the squadron quitted Plymouth. It was then to be a yachting cruise—a mere summer trip—and any talk of waterproofs and sou'-westers would not have been more out of place in adrawing-room than on the de.* of the Agamemnon. The day favoured this illusion. The barometer stood at 30.64, the weather was hot and sultry, and after all sail had been' set and reset, and every naval artifice adopted to catch the breeze that would not come, Captain Preedy reluctantly (for we had little more than coals for the voyage borne) gave orders to get up steam. The Niagara having plenty of coals, had the aavantage of being always under steam, an d the Valorous and Gorgon did mostly as the Agamemnon. Friday was the diitd of The seine coquettish breeze t h e previous day. cam e fluttering through the rigging now and then, an d it was " hands up screw" and make nil, and down screw and shorten sail all day, till even Cap tain Preedy wearied in his efforts to save fuel, and so we steamed again. This was dull work. Every one wished for a breeze, and there were some who, never having been at sea before, muttered rash hopes that they might rather meet an Atlantic gale, and their wishes were gratified as it turned out, _far_ more than the people who.expreased. them. Saturday the weather was cold and dull, but the breeze was so fresh that the screw was finally hoisted and fires raked out, while the Agamemnon, under royals and studding sails, went through the water at a rare pace, sending the foam from her bows, and leaving a broad trail of still water upon the angry sea behind. What could be better ? But it became less enjoyable towards noon, when the wind and sea got up, as the glass went down, and the water grew darker, and the clouds in the horizon were merged_ into a dirty haze thickening towards the sea, and boding very ill, indeed, to a summer cruise. Before even ing came the sail on the ship was reduced to half, for the wind was up, with squally gusts of heavy rain, and the barometer had gone below 29, and was still falling rapidly. Such was the night, but Sunday told its own tale, for even those least versed in the boisterous premonitory symptoms of an Atlantic g de could see at a glance that we were in for it. The sky seemed a wretched mist—half rain, half vapour—through which the other vessels of the squadron loomed fainlly like their shadows, watery and unsubstantial as the Flying Dutchman. The sea lied changed its bright crisp blue for a turgid feamy aspect, and the greet waves of tl4e Atlantic' came rolling in iu tremendous succesiion like hills of water withtheir tops all jagged and broheu by fierce wind, and their white crests of foam b'own out into a stream of feathery spray that almost hid the huge dark gulfs between them. The Agamemnon, how ever, still kept on her way, rolling and streiming heavily, atal giving all a fair forstaste of what they Imight expect when the gale set in worse, for the wino) was fast going round to the south-west, and IL W. C: ' 5.,0 V: • 1 . ; • \ I n t I1)^ I,,frinnina. There was Divine service that dsy tuC eeen deck, and, as officers and men set in respectful silence, every change in the fast-increasing viol( no of the gale could be distinctly noted through the open hatchways. Heavy rain was falling, and .a grayish looking scud was flying across th 4 sky with e and shroud, inconceivable rapidity—every rop tautened to the utmost, was humming with a loud clear noise, as if ten . thousand accordions were 8 8. going at once, while now and then, as the ship pitched up near the wind, her great sails flapped ;,nd 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 than was necessary "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 through the rigging was drowning every other sound. Service over, and it was " Hands reef topsails ;" then again, after a little lapse, the smite cry ; and yet agan4, fill at four in the afternoon the Agamemnon was rushing through the foam 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 under sail and steam, the latter, like - all the English vessels; under sail alone. Of thcrtwo vessels specially ap pointed to convoy and assist, if necessary, tho Agamemnon and Niagara,. we saw no more till all dank( r was past and the squadron had reassembled 'at the rendezvous some 1 7 2 days afterwards. On Sunday night the gale seemed at its worst. The ocean resembled one vast snowdrift, the whiti.h glare from which, reflected on the dark clouds that almost rested on the sea, had a tremendous and ;unnatural effect, as if the ordinary laws of nature had been reversed by the stArm. 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 give them but a faint notion of how the Agamem non went at it all that night. 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 ileaL i tareueh the ; jerking and seraining the little storm sails as though it meant to teat 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 pt 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 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 'course the wind and sea were infinitely higheethau 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 blew 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 furled 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 coil had strained her decks throughout excessively, and though this mass in theory was supposed to prevent her rolling so quickly and heavily as she would have done without it, yet still she heeled over to such an alarming- extent that fear of the coil itself shifting again occupied every mind, and it was accordingly strengthened with additional shores bolted down to the deck. The space occupied by the coil below hal deprived the Agamemnon of several of her coal bunkers, and, in order to make up for this deficiency, as well as to endeavour to counterbalance the immense mass which weighed her doivn by the head, a large quantity of coals had been stowed on the deck aft. On each side of her main deck were 35 tons secured—secured' in a mass, while, on the lower deck 90 tons were stowed away in the same manner. The precautions tale s n to se cure these great masses also required attention as the great ship surged from side to side. But these coals seemedsecure, and were so, in fact, unless the vessel should almost capsize—an upleasant aternative which no one certainly anticipated then. Everything, therefore, was made " snug," as sailors called it, though their efforts by no means resulted in the comfort which might have been expected from the tern]. The night, however, passed over without any mischance beyond the smashing of all things incautiously left loose and capable of rolling, and one or two attempts which u night, hott,her except, th e Agamemnon made in the middle watch appa • mat tersre 1t 13 i ; ! N o v atsu the m bottom ered t upwards.toofsn Sunday perhaps, a little worse, and certainly much more wet below. Tuesday the gale - t" con tnued with al most unabated force, though the barometer had risen to 29.30, and there was sufficient sun to take a clear observation, which showed our distance from the rendezvous to be 563 miles. During this after noon the Niagara rejoined company and, the wind going more ahead, the Agamemnon took to violent pitching, plunging steadily into the trough of the sea as if she meant to break her back and lay the Atlantic cahle in a heap. The change in her motion was not good, and it strained and taxed every inch of timber near the coils to the very ut most. It was curious to see how they worked and bent as the Agamemnon went at everything she met head first. One time she pitched so heavily t ' as to break one of the main beams of the lower deck, which had to be shored with scrowjacks forthwith. It is dull work, however, writing a journal of such mishaps, and duller still to read it. Suffice, then, to say that there was the same sea and less wind on Wednesday, heavy sea and rain on Thursday, with gusts and squads, and heavy rain on Friday. Sa turday the 19th June, things looked a little better. The barometer seeme I inclined to go up and the sea to go down, and for the first time that morning since the gale began some six days previous, the decks could be walked with tolerable comfort and security. But, alas, appearances are as deceitful in the Athivic as elsewhere, and, during a compa rative calm that afternoon the glass fell lower,while a thin line of black haze to windward seemed to grow up into the sky, until it covered theheavens with a sombre clarknesseand warned us that, after all, the worst; was to come. There was much heavy rain that evening, and then the wind began—not violently, nor in gusts, but with a steadily increas ing force, as if the gale was determined to do its work slowly, but to do it well. The sea was ready built to hand, as sailors say, so that at first the storm did little more than urge on the ponderous masses of water with redoubled force, and fill the air with the foam and spray it tore from their rag ged crests. By and bye, however, it grew more dangetous, and Capt. Preedy himself remained on deck throughout the middle watch, for the wind was hourly getting worse, and the Agamemnon, rolling 30 deg. each way, was labouring heavily, arid straining, to a dangerous extent. At 4 a. m. sail was shortened to close -ra efed fore and main topsails and reefed foresail—a long a and tedious job, for the w i n d so roared and bowled, nd the hiss of the boiling sea wss so deafening, that words of command were useless, and the men aloft, holding on with all their might to the yards as the ship rolled over and over almost to the water, were quite incapable of str u gg lin g with the massed of wet canvass that flapped and plunged as if men . and yards and everything were going away toge ther. The ship was almost as wet inside as out— and so things wore on till 8 or 9 o'clock, every thing getting adrift and being smashed, and every one on board jamming themselves up in corners or bolding on to beams to prevent their going adrift e. At 10 o'clock the Agamemnon was roll ing and labouring fearfully, with the sky getting darker, and both, wind and sea increasing every minute. At about half-past 10 o'clock three or four gigantic waves were seen approaching tho ship, coaling heavily and slowly On through the mist nearer and nearer, rolling on like hills of green water, with a crown of foam that .seemed to double their height. The Agamemnon rose heavily to the first, and then went down quickly into the 'v-:'t ' t i of this yet,, faun.. over as she did. so, BO its itlllloSt to eapsizs cour e eet. ie en tee a . rt There was a fearful crashing as she lay over this . way, for'everything broke adrift, whether secured or net, and the uproar and coniti&on were terlifie for a minute ; thee back she came again on the starboard beam in thb same w anner, only quick r, and still deeper'than before. Again there was the same noise and crashing,. and the officers in tLe IHE 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 ware obliged to fire 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. Emend 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, 13n r. Accounts from Alexandria of the Gth 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 Bong Kong. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY. BOURSE, July 13.—The following were the latest quotations :- 4i per Cents 95 50 i Credit Fonder Do. end month 95 50 I, Belgian 4. 3 per Cent. ..... ... 68 30 Pied.montese (5) . 921 Do. end month 6B 4 5 j Roman 9l Bank Shires ......... 3100 ' Austrian Credit Mobilier ... 633 'Spanish Threes Do. Account 635 Limn() Debt — • RAILWAYS.— FOR Ceful. Orleans - .... ,-/ :, :; . i i Northern New Ditto 763 Eastern - Lyon and Mediteran— 770 \ Grand Central — New Ditto — Sardinian G eneva 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 to Spain used in the English Parliament, and also in obtaining redress from Mexico. The Alinisters had again met in Council, and the subject of their deliberations was believed to be the orga nisation of the Council of State—which is regarded With great interest in Spain. The postal treaty between Spain and England, which has been some time in 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 constitutiocal The composition of the electoral body, say the Ministers, has been constantly changed by parties, and the day has now come when 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 tho 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 nor 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 3d announce the arrival there, by a Danube steamer, of Prince Adal bert of Prussia, who travels under the name of Count de Ravenberg. In spite of his incognito, he was received by the authorities in a brilliant manner. The ministerial crisis in Danmark appears to have terminated by the single retirement of M. Andre, Minister of Finance, the most 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 from the court in a royal carriage. The count afterwards proceeded to the Queen's residence to pay his respects to her Majesty. On his return to the Hotel Believde, where he had alighted, the count received a visit from the King. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING The Alliambia steamer, Capt. Steward, has ar rived with mails from Gihrattar to the sth ; Cadiz, 6th ; Lisbon, 9th ; and Vigo, 11th. She brings 46 passengers, 3,3561. in specie, and al small cargo of lemons, wine, kc. The English steamer Dutchman was at Vigo, in a very leaky state, having struck on a sunken rock off Cape Toriano. The Alhambra spoke the steamer Tagus on the 10th, the Tamar on the 11th, and the Sultan on the 12th. The debate in the Lisbon House of Deputies on the reply to the Throne had, not concluded. The division was expected to be favourable to the Ministers. The oidium in the vineyards was unfavourable to the coining vintage. Lisbon Exchanges—On London, 53 to 53k; other 1 quotations nominal ; Three per Cents. Registered, 4GI- to 461 ; Coupons, 45 to 46; Deferred, 281 to 29 ; Bank Stock unaltered. Gibraltar Exchanges—On London, 50 ; Paris, 528 ; Marseilles, 530 ; Genoa, 530. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE VANDERBILT. SOIJTHAAIPTON, TUESDAY. The steam-ship Vanderbilt, from New York to Havre, arrived off Cowes this r*orning, with 364 passengers, $260,000 in specie for France, and ad vices of the 3d inst. There is no news of importance. The steam-ship Indian Empire, from Galway to New York, put in at Halifax oa the Ist. The fu' lowing is reported of hec :-- "Halifax, July 2. " The steam-ship In Tian Empire, from Galway on the evening of the 19tlaJune, called off Halifax harbour at 11 o'clock last nigLt, and landed Mr. Miles, of London (who proceeds to New York via Windsor and St. John), and tae mails for British North America. She proceeded at four o'clock this rhorDing for New York. " Soon after leaving Galway the Indian Empire broke her port piston ; but, after eight hours' de lay, continued her course with one engine. lied light westerly winds until the 24th, when she en countered a severe gale, which lasted 24 hours. The remainder, f the passage was pleasant. - " The Indian Empire reports Laving seen nothing of the telegraph fleet. Met 12 large icebergs east of Cape Race." Later intelligence is to hand respecting the Mor mone. It is, however, unsatisftcLory and hide- finite. The New York stock market was exceedingly dull. The transactions in the foreign bill market were light. Exchange on Lond(u 109 to 1091. Freights were irregular. Th.) cotton market s'eady, with a moderate demanl. In coffee but little doing. The flour and - mealmarkets without change. ARRIVAL 01 THE SA.XONIA.. • The st,cam-ship Saxonia, from New York to Hamburg, arrivel off Cowes thiiafterucon. Tue advices (July 1) arc antiuipa,tecl. GE , r N d E a R IL presentedna La m L. a r t o ilk c f t h e A nagn i- fic T m E t ST p l i lt ec O e N o l t LplTaOtelYwhOaJsyae -4 y Major- General Hall, of the Ist Lib Guard, esteem and regard of the officers wbo served with him in that regiment. The ceremony took place at the Duke of Baaufort's res . denee, St. James's-Anare. Toe Duke TweNented the t , s'.imonial in appropriate terms, and Mij•:r Gem.rAl Hall expressed his acknowledgments. Th Duke then invited the officer.; present to a sump tuou; luncheon, served with great prolusion and elegance, the testimonial itself funning a splendid addition. The. intrinsic value of the pi e c., of led by plate isabout 000 /. It is w from the ell-known establishment ot Hr. C. F. Hanocel, Bruton-street, 'Boud-street. It was designed and model- Mr. _kr/rime:ld, en-I redrcsentQ tae Gine epochs of the regime it-'—its embodiment in 1311, another change of costume in 1742, and the uniform w:.lch was worn in S.7r , N• ,,1,7 r•q f-tn 1,- , ~,,,,:t lifelike and characteristic than the dress of tnut,e' 1.,:leo p,,ii,,L , .D.,La Lui ,:t ;i:ii! rider are presented exactly as they were and are at the present day. All ths details are beatitifully and artisti cally rendered. The execution of tha colours d the re giment is particularly worthy of notice; they are as pliant as if of satin. The figure of Fame forms the sum mit of the tableau. Altogether this testimonial is worthy of the occasion, and will form a fittiag memorial of the distinguished regiment. It will remain at Mr. Han cock's establishment fur a few days, and will, no doubt, excite the at niration of all who go to see it.—Times. 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 instait, the scene almost defies description. Amid loud shouts and efforts to save .. .themselves, a =Awed mass of sailors, boys, and marines, with deck-hatchets, ropes, ladders, and everything that could get loose, and which bad Mien back again to the port side, were being hutled again in a mass across the ship to staroar3. Dimly, and only for an instant, could this be seen, with groups of men clinging 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 en instant, but the crashing could still be heard going on iu all direc tions, as the lumps and sacks of coal, with stan chions, 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 lolver deck gave way als', and carried everything before them. Matter§ 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, weal: ship," at once, while Air: 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 with coald'ust, 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 back Wards 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 t- , /lie fleck, ha-t rartly broken lolse ' and, dropping from side to sid e as th e vesse l l urc h e d, it threatened to crush any who ventured to pass it. The regular discipline of the ship, however, soon pre veiled, 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 hurt, and about the number of whom extravagant rumours prevailed among the men. One of the assistant-engineers (Mr. Harvey) was also buried among the coals on the lower deck, and sustained some severe internal injuries. The lurch of the ship was calculated at 45 degrees each way for flee 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 aeything 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 one of which would have flattened him like a pancake had they over taken him. As soon as the Agamemnon had gone round on the other tack the Niagara wore also, and bore 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 that, though they were bad enough, Heaven knows, for everything seemed to go wrong that day. The upper deck coil had strained the ship to the very utmost, but still held on fast ; but not so the coil in the main hold, which had begun to get adrift, and the top kept working and shifting over from side to side as the ship lurched, tilt some 40 or 50 m il es were i n a h ope l ess state of tangle, resembling nothing so much as a cargo of live eels, and there was ever y prospec t o f 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 sand suah a sea, both of which were rather getting worse than better, it was line 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 white this was going forward a heavy sea struck the stern, and smashed the large iron guard frame, which had been fixed there to pre 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 chanism which could possibly have been adopted. From the first hour every one had known that it was perfectly useless for the purpose it was intended to effect, and, what was worse than use lEss, that it was a source of positive danger al-o. Now that one side had broken, it was 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 ever appearing at the rendezvous. Fortunately it was found possible to secure the broken frame temporarily with hawsers, so as to prevent its dropping further, though no thing could hinder the fractured end from striking a g ainst the vessel's side with such for ce as to lead to serious apprehensions, that it would establish a dangerous leak under water. It was near three in the afternoon ere this was quite secured, the gale still continuing, and the sea running even worse. The condition of the masts too at this time was a course of much anxieiy, both to Capt. Preedy and Mr. Moriarty, the master. The heavy rolling had strained and slackened the wire shrouds to such an extent, that they had become perfectly useless as supports. The lower masts bent visibly at every roll, and once or twice it seemed as if they must go by the board. Unfortunately nothing whatever c rulcl be done to relieve this strain by sending down any o f t h e u pper spars, s i nce i t was on l y h er masts which prevented her rolling still more and quicker, and so every one knew that if once the were car ried away it might soon be all over with the ship, as then the deck coil could not help going after them. So there was noting for it but to watch in anxious sicence the way they went 'and strained, and trust in Providence for the result. About six in the evening it was thought better to wear ship again and stand for the rendezvous under easy steam, and her head 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 breakjier waste steam pipe, filling her engine room with steam, and depriving her of the 'services of one boiler when it was sorely needed. The sun set upon as wild and wicked a night as ever taxed the courage and coolness of a sailor. ' There were, of course, men 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 ehe Black Sea on the memorable 14th of November, when scores of vessels were lost and seams n l.e. jibed by thousands. But of all on board none had ever seen a fiercer or more dangerous sea than regal throughout that night and the following 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 then through the thick scud, the Niagara Could be seen—one moment on a monstrous hill of water and the next qaite lost to view, as the Agamemnon went down baween the waves. But now these glimpes showed us that our transatlantic consortwaspiunging heavily shipping seas, and evidently having a bad time of it, though she got through it better than the Agamem non, as, of course she could, having only the same load though 2,000 tons larger. Suddenly it came e n o look for on darker and thi c k er , a nd we lost sight of her in the'thick spray, and had only ourselves s knows, to after, which was quite enough, Heaven every minute made matters woise, and the aspect of affairs began lo excite most serious misgivings in the winds of those in oharge. The Agamemnon ie one of the finest hoc-of-battle ships in the whole s uch a , stop m, and so heavily over laden,a c ould she do bat make bad weather strain and labour and fall in the trough navy, t' c f o t r l s te but s Nav e -'l a i , d as if she was going down head foremost. Three or roar Lours more and the vessel had borne all which stie 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 would soon strain to pieces if the weather c wtirnied so'. The sea, forcing its way through ports and naas4-I.ules, had a,..cuarulatod un the lower deck to such an extent that it flooded the stoke-ho:e, so Unit the men could scarcely remain at their posts. Everything went smashing and rolling about. One plunge put all the electrical inArutnents hors de combat at a blow, and staved 8-hae }Arras of strong solution of sulphate of cop- per, which wen touched to a ligl 1 gait to ship seas tors near the fu: a tremendous al those on deCk, a: in water, and tin that things were change took plat dition of the shit chance. A hal( 21st, the aspect Captain Preedy ing the ship mu/ enough to make to execute them Ship's head went :' , scle onto the sea . f nothing could ad ever given o trifles as compare ound on the std blatant that the the change. Ano Isvieeping clean cs. eArrying away ti had been placed ;under running. :finite suffirient t reluctantly, Cal I,tormhe could ne R sill 'steam was ore - top -sail to I Were the storn 'lige waves at a Thronzhout tb on ran before tl hat at 4 a.m. on bout, and for - seating up for tl urther from m 'eight on Sunda gainst the win , fter leaving P iiiie s away from • hied to get up As we approa Valorous hove ii the Niagara can t ) 3,0, v r • li e u: r u nt, i esv n ie3wa g s se ac h sri e let a_ syu G enet o ilc ih nost for th e I kork w as to tom On the e-rcuioi loch a still ness leaned remarkal t la ntic, and of laid how, during ilerorion made oi part of the main thaPeiess tangled possibl e to deal it neither Mr. Brig Clifford were to li fliculty hOWeVe tent seemed at f ;eilgle - did not e: assistance, /rift s rig it out of th were train e : l hale d ionoie: a nrt i alytiel . de r a 4, r 4 a c ile tk e aae, r oa . l doga : Tel was )ati n i e aah h ia c e e ood . h n t s k se l , vi . i.t . seow b a a h i) olrF . rn ° r or : e el O e u .r i w h Fe_ i r r a i c :: : iver, it began to illf 08ulgtulicortd:apycioetmtielms. vere !!9neinF.., te •.Y,rw hllagara's cable v e splice Was rn; oek, and at 2.i rch t i noeoe h or 1 1 the weather vial tild dismal. sort n ,g or rnanifestat voole ceremony heerfel and eoll v er) it was just 's every on e woe °l lea the same c tla king a long i : 11r e, that when 11 be ' ard the Ni et ting off the p lit about and ri °r'-"I.Ig to ar ran int from each al jde,' at fi rst rs at four. aacbine workin al n ute--tne Sc ' 4 * at 5 and , res The g rea wag the 'a v e 2,50 0 lbs flu tes 'ad2 ,loolb s . Ill lee had been wi I'demblth the y. •At INlling could I frc'rking of ever Sunday, pthre i i cable, in fa( the time, fro as iustantly ' Dlachinery, ight be sever( a le Pro eras " 8 at about klure had ta' ere was a str ~t 4, er a heavy, ss uie, and ere t irely the mE 'heating below 'leating a sti , st and a gun fl What bad ha Isku, ' -- gletnnon is 4-4 , 3 3 ilent, and !taiole had been 1 The great le "°'lred a largea~ the arra ug that the , mi l re-com m ttilli ,e5-(4-wire, A ' l l' Hurtseff al --eeordil ion 4 1 , gY7 4 . o, the ships, ic'lllth time tl: livac!rit of beatil c'ti4g rendez 7‘ . 6 1 8 seekin g , It was hard ":' bard , ina 1 ,, , ee ' no riday, the sli d, while all )''..planation o l i t iqed every Row did tsoon as th O il q(1 with t (1 with an Painful and n tiitue each ti(l. taken ph e,.1,?,1 mile! loge-"itPdge ta m ell inth ,h`lll and as i;j'ere'lY leaka l lt a total fr -I i;sihieL .sr to rest thi s ' Th; Inost dis I, ll Ps eon] l ' 3 ~""e worst it v t vres th a 0, 4 effe4 tr rl -e accoinp slime al l Lever bE ° f the peril know 1 tend as tb v s ~'- ' 4 , 0 time --al 'iog the er'ier into 2, " i ,..,1 3 's tim e i Ole cable hothing co l ' acl Y t h an tl iattla•onz o At the c a b le t he h ' l4 the Vertical j l eed was i ''.. ve, at a a t i t ? 1 5. At neith er throe 'lceither Mr 1.4,1.4.1 ever 44:,("kards tl su e h L ip ~,, the cable ° or) whit liaomb . ; 41 the s up 4a wish' 1%4 PABBiI 1