The Sun. — London, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

TRIAL WITH "0 1? TB' S GUN. On Saturday morning some interesting experi ments were tried off the Nore, in the presence of the Lords of the Admiralty, with a view of testing the 'penetrating powers of Mr. Whitworth's 80- pounder gun against the resistance offered by the thick :iron sides of the floating battery Trusty. Several such experiments have been lately tried against this vessel both with the Armstrong gun and the ordinary smooth-bore 68-pounder, the re sults of which have all shown in a greater or less degree that the floating batteries are, as a general rule, :impervious to the heaviest shot even at a point-blank range of 200 yards. With the smooth bored 68, when used close, the dent made by the shot in the armour-plate has varied from 1 to 11 and 2 inches in depth, and where three or more shots struck the :same place the plate has been shattered to pieces, and the huge oak timber fram ing of the vessel behind the armour considerably started and shaken. No shot, however, has been forced into the body of the ship. With Armstrong guns the conical shot has very nearly passed through the four-inch iron slabs ; but in no one instance, we believe, has it completely done so, and all the experiments with these latter rifled guns have en tirely failed to send a projectile through into the body of the vessel. By some this want of success has i been attributed to Sir William using the pointed conical shot, instead of a flat-fronted projectile, acting like a punch, with equal force over its whole surface. Last year Mr. Whitworth reluctantly consented to rifle one of the ordinary cast-iron guns on his hexagonal principle, and with this, using a fiat-headed shot of 701 b., he managed to force the missile completely through the four•inches of metal, though he failed to pierce the woodwork, without which no effect could be produced by any shot. In the course of these latter trials Mr. Whitworth's cast-iron 80-pounder gun burst to fragments, and, as the trial was not considered by Mr. Whitworth to be as satisfactory as he could wish, heappliedio the Admiralty to be permitted to make a fresh trial against the Trusty with the 80-pounder of his own manufacture with which such astonishing results of range and accuracy were obtained during the experiments at Southport in February last. Per mission for this trial was at once accorded, and those plates of the Trusty which had been much injured and broken by some recent experiments with Armstrong's cannon were removed, and re placed by fresh slabs of the finest wrought iron, 41 inches thick, and in every other respect equal in manufacture to the armour-plates which are being int* for the Warrior at the yard of the Thames Shipbuilding Company. The Trusty, thus pro tected, and with a white target in the centre of each plate as a mark to fire at, was moored almost abreast of Sheerness, on the opposite side of the river, so that any shots which might miss the object would only traverse, 'without danger, the range of the Shoeburyness practice-ground. Pre cautions were also taken to enable her to slip her moorings instantly, so that in case of her being struck below the water line she might be towed on shore by steamers waiting for that purpose. This was a very unnecessary precaution, however, inas much as the shots were only allowed to be fired very high, so as to hit midway between the main and upper decks. As far, therefore, as any practical result is concerned as to the possibility of the plates under water being pierced, or so injured as to en danger the ship, the whole experiments could have been conducted on land, against a built-up target of the same construction as the ship's side ; and this, too, in one-half the time and at less than one quar ter of the expense which was incurred on Saturday. Mr. Whitworth's gun was fixed on a naval tra versing platform carriage on board the Carnation gunboat, in the usual way. The carriage itself, though well finished, and of course immensely strong, like those for all the heavy gams in the navy, is but a clumsy affair after all, and shows how wide is the field for improvement open to those who shall undertake to reform and remodel these most important aids to good gunnery. We have im proved our ships, our powder, our guns, and our shot ; but the gun-carriag itself, on the efficiency of which all else so much depends, remains pretty much as it was on board the " Great Harry" 300 years ago. - After having tried the effect of a flat-headed shot on the water, along which it of course made a tre mendous furrow, the Carnation steamed from South end, and took up her position abreast of the floating battery at about 200 yards' distance. Captains Hew lett and Schomberg were on board to witness the trials, and Mr. Bidder, the President of the Institu tion of Civil Engineers, was also present, with the Hon. Captain Wrottesley, R.E. The Lords of the Admiralty arrived in the Vivid about 1 o'clock, the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, which was to have brought their lordships, having broken down. The day was as unfavourable as could possibly be con ceived for such experiments, as squalls of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, occurred at short in tervals all the time, and the water was rough enough to make the little gunboat '° lively" in the extreme. The first shot was fired with a 121 b. charge of powder by Capt. Hewlett, after some careful watch ing and adjustment of the gun, in order to counte ract the rolling of the vessel. It struck the Trusty with a terrific " bang," which all heard on board the gunboat, though, as on these occasions a mass of wrought-iron splinters generally comes back like a shower of grape humming through the air, all have to keep under cover till the danger from such tnitraille has passed. The smoke having cleared off, showed a clean hole apparently right through the Trusty's side. A boat was at once despatched to the vessel, and the result of an examination showed that the shot had struck on the edge of two plates, passing clear through the 41 inches of wrought iron, and starting both plates 11 inches in an outward direction. After passing about 11 inches in to the oak, the head of the projectile glanced against a massive bolt, which turned it up at a right angle to its former course, where it remained buried in the framing be tween the plates and the inside of the ship. Had it been a shell, and burst in this position, it would have ripped the plate off or blown the main deck timbers in. The next shot was fired with a 141 b. charge by the gunner on board the Carnation, who took a most accurate aim, and hit the small white target full in the centre of an armour-plate. This went completely through the side into the main deck of the Trusty. The hole it made in the plate was a clean hexagon, precisely the size of the shot. It passed not only through the wooden side, but through one of the ribs of the ship, tearing off and smashing the iron knee, and covering the main deck with splinters of wood and iron. The shot, when found, was so hot that no one could touch it. It scarcely showed any sign of damage beyond being compressed to about an inch shorter, and conse quently increased in its diameter at the head by about half an inch. At this period of the experiments the Lords of the Admiralty arrived, and unfortunately, owing to a mistake with regard to the elevation of the dis- Lance-sight, and perhaps some anxiety to avoid hit ting too low, the shot passed clear over the vessel, The fourth was also hit very high ; nevertheless, though the gun was trained att and the shot there fore struck obliquely, it passed through the iron and sides, and struck the end of a deck beam, in which it buried itself. The fifth shot, again, pierced through the centre of a plate and into the main deck of the ship, driving before it a mass of splinters and an immense iron bolt, which, from the position in which it was found —among the fragments of wood on the main deck—had evi dently been dashed through and whirled about with a force only inferior to that of the projectile it se lf. It was noticed that at the instant of con cussion between this shot and the vessel's side a broad sheet of intensely bright flame was emitted, almost as if a gun had been fired from the Trusty in reply. The Duke of Somerset then, ac companied by Admiral Pelham, Admiral Maitland, and Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, went on board the floating battery, and minutely insp ec t e d the results of the trials as shown by the perforations in the iron and timbers. One thing which was shown very conclusively by this examination was that the oak behind the iron plates could hare offered very little resistance to the passage of the shot, inasmuch as it was so utterly rotten that in .~. ~. pinching the splinters they crumbled to an impal pable yellow powder between the fingers. Yet this vessel, than which no gunboat could by any possi bility be more rotten, was, we are informed, built at one of her Majesty's dockyards. Timber, if so it may be called when in this condition, can never be regarded as affording a fair test of the resistance of fered by such iron-sided ships as the Warrior, now being built at Blackwall, which, in addition to the 4 : 1 inches of wrought iron, is further strengthened inside by 22 inches of the soundest teak beams laid transversely, and with half an inch of wrought iron inside these again. The Duke of Somerset expressed himself com pletely satisfied with the result of the experiments, which certainly were conclusive as far as the Trusty was concerned. No day has been named for the resumption of the experiments, which are, now that the power of the gun has been shown, comparatively need less, unless it is wished to prove the greatest range at which its immense force can be exerted with success. If the experiments are resumed, it would be well if they were better orgamized and arranged than on Saturday, when none seemed to know what was to be done. Better arrangements for insuring discipline and regularity in the prac tice might also easily be made, THE NA Vl'. The Ariadne, 26, screw, Capt. E. Vansittart, got under way from Spithead on Saturday morning for a cruise in the Channel, but brought up afterwards in St. Helen's-roads, it blowing fresh at the time from the S.W., with thick rain and squalls. She proceeded to sea early yesterday morning. The Bacchante, 51, screw, Capt. D. M. Macken zie, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Maitland, has nearly filled up her complement of bluejackets. Shipwrights, joiners, &c., are engaged upon her fit ting the poop for the admiral's accommodation. The 'Virago, 6, paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn, arrived at Spithead from the Channel on Saturday. The Blenheim, 60, screw coastguard ship, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., arrived at Spithead from Portland Roads on Saturday. It is expected her officers and crew will be turned over to the Colossus, 80, screw, now in the first steam reserve at Portsmouth. The Perseverance screw troopship, Commander E. R. Power, will be again placed in No. 8 dock at Portsmouth, on its being vacated by the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, now undergoing her annual re-embellishment for summer service. The Perse verance has to receive her screw shaft in the dock, and afterwards take in new boilers under the sheers in the steam basin, before she can be ready for fur ther service. The Dee paddle storeship, Master-Coal. Pullen, is discharging gear for the Prince of Wales, 131 screw, in the steam basin at Portsmouth. On clear ing out she will sail for the eastward to fetch round new boilers for the Perseverance. The screw steamship Orion, 91, Capt. Frere, in Keyham steamyard, lias had her bends caulked, and the artisans are now coppering them. The crew were paid wages on Saturday, in presence of Rear- Admiral Sir T. Pasley, and they are now on leave. The screw steamship Hero, 91, Capt. G. H. Sey mour, in Leyham dock, has shipped her shafting, and will shortly be un docked. The crew of the steam storeship Himalaya, Capt. Seccombe, at Devonport, will be paid wages on the Ist of June. The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, having got up steam, started from Woolwich on Saturday morning at 5 a.m., under orders for Gravesend, to embark the Duke of Somerset and the Lords of the Admi ralty, to witness the effect of the experiments with the Whitworth 80-pounder gun fired against the broadside of the iron-clamped floating battery Trusty, off Shoeburyness. The Black Eagle having passed the turn of the river called the Bight, im mediately below the Royal Arsenal, was found un able to proceed further, owing to a fracture of one of the bars of the starboard paddle Wheel. She made her way back to the Hebe with one wheel at half past 7, and reported the accident to the Commodore Superintendent of the dockyard, who ordered the Vivid to be got ready with all speed. The provi sions and other stores having been transshipped on board the Vivid, in which the Commodore also took passage, she sailed at half-past 9. In the meantime Commander Hawker WSIR ;Tactruotod to La tcrk..vin their Lordships at the railway station proceeding down to Gravesend, and inform them of what had occurred, and the reason for which the Vivid had been substituted for the Black Eagle, After the experiments the Vivid again returned to Woolwich. The following appointments were made on Sa turday at the Admiralty :—George Taylor Gibbs, second class assistant-engineer, to the Bacchante ; James Hird, promoted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer in the Flying Fish ; David Millar, promoted to the rank of second class assist ant-engineer in the Highflyer ; William Roberts, promoted to the rank of second class assistan engineer in the Blenheim ; Michael B. Kelly, pro moted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer in the Wasp ; Thomas Edgar, promoted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer to the Wellington, as supernumerary ; Edwin Hawkes, promoted to the rank of second class assistant-engineer in the Eagle, for service in the Violet ; Robert Hardy Dobney, promoted to the rank of acting second class assistant-engineer in the Tribune. THE ARMY. The annexed circular memorandum, addressed to regiments and battalions of infantry at home and abroad, except those inlndia and China and the 65th Regiment, has been promulgated. " Horse Guards, S.W., May 22, " The distribution of regiments and battalions of infantry of the line at home and abroad, except of those in India and China and the 65th Regiment, which remains as at present, is to be as follows, viz.:- z i-. l,t g Y:F.;43/ 46 2t 40 10 Service Com- panics 2 Depot Com panies 3 E ll 11 1 9 6 21 1 .. 14 10 56 1 10 I 4 10 25 50 " The second battalions which are now serving at home are not to be divided as above without special orders, though they should, of course, be formed into 12 companies. " The Pipe Major and the five pipers of the High land Regiments, which are in addition to their establishments, belong to the service companies. " gy command, JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-Gen, The officers of the 3d (or Scots Fusileer) Regi ment of Guards intend to celebrate the 200th anni• versary of the formation of that gallant and distin guished corps by a grand banquet. Those noble men and gentlemen who have at any time served in the regiment will be invited to attend. The commemorative entertainment will take place in the large and elegantly decorated room at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. His Royal High ness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., as colonel of the regiment, will preside at the banquet, His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, formerly colo nel-in-chief of the regiment, has been pleased to ex press his intention to be present on the occasion. The dinner is appointed to take place on the 19th pros. . - The following is the number of the reinforce ments ordered to proceed to India from the depot battalions at Chatham, Colchester, Canterbury, Buttevant, and Winchester, to augment the service companies of the infantry regiments serving in the Bengal, Bombay, and Madras Presidencies, viz.:- 80 men of the Ist battalion of the Ist Royals; 210 men of the Ist battalion sth Fusileers ; 46 men of the Ist battalion 6th Regiment; 76 men of the Ist battalion 18th Royal Irish; 60 men of the Ist bat talion 19th Regiment ; 70 men of the Ist battalion 20th Regiment ; 70 men of the Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers ; (30 men of the Ist battalion 24th Regiment ; 123 men of the 27th Inniskillens ; 75 men of the 34th Regiment; 98 men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment ; 186 men of the 43d Light Infantry ; 30 men of the 51st (the King's Own) Light Infantry; 50 men of the 52d Light Infantry ; 93 men of the 54th Regiment; 149 men of the 56th Regiment ; 60 men of the 64th Regiment ; 104 men of the 70th Regiment; 260 men of the 73d Regiment ; 96 men of the 75th Regiment ; 115 men of the 77th Regiment ; 200 men of the 80th Regi ment ; 35 men of the 81st Regiment ; 27 men of the 82d Regiment ; 100 men of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers ; 167 men of the 88th Connaught Ran gers ; 272 men of the 91st Regiment ; 60 men of the 94th Regiment ; 80 men of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regiment; and 50 men of the 3d battalion Rifle Brigade. A full parade of the officers and men of the bat talion of Royal Marine Light Infantry took place at Chatham on Friday morning on the occasion of the public presentation of a silver medal, together with an annuity of £lO for life, which had been awarded by the Lords of the Admiralty to Serg.- Major George William Lane, senior non-commis sioned officer of the Royal Marines, for long and meritorious service, Serg.-Major Lane has been 33 years in the Royal Marines, 20 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer and 9 serg.-major. He bears a most estimable character. It is stated that the contemplated arrangements for new barracks at Colchester include accommoda tibn for a regiment of cavalry, two batteries of artillery, and a regiment of infantry. Private Burns, of the 56th Regiment, stationed in Colchester Camp, on Wednesday, received 50 lashes, in accordance with the sentence of agarrison Court-martial, for having for the third time deserted from his regiment. Four officers and 192 men of the 2d battalion 60th Rifles are under orders to proceed to join the service companies in China as soon as tonnage can be provided for them. No women or children will accompany this detachment as it proceeds to the seat of war ; but they will receive the usual allow ance until sent out, consisting of 6d. per day for each woman and 2d. per day for each child. The undermentioned draughts will embark about the Ist July next to join the service companies in India :—For Calcutta-2d battalion, Rifle' Brigade, 146 men ; 3d ditto, 29 men. For Kurrechen-51st Foot, 31 men. For Bombay-Ist battalion 4th Foot, 60 men ; 83d Foot, 70 men. A general parade of the Portsmouth division of Royal Marine Light Infantry was formed at the head-quarters barracks at Forton on Saturday for the purpose of presenting Sergeant-Major G. White with a silver medal (which carries with it an annuity of £10), for meritorious services in the field. Sergeant-Major White served as sergeant major of the 2d battalion of Royal Marines in the Crimea. Colonel Crofton, of the 11th Regiment of Foot, inspected the Ist Devon Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Davie, M.P., in a field at St. Thomas, near Exeter, on Thursday. After going through a variety of evolutions with great precision, the gallant colonel addressed the regiment, congratulat ing the men on the proficiency they had attained, and observing that it would be his duty and plea sure to make a most favourable report of them to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. A few days ago the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners' Artillery Militia Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir Colman Rashleigh, was inspected at Truro by Col Pester, commanding the Royal Artillery of the Western District, who warmly praised the men for the military skill which they displayed. The conduct of the men since their embodiment has been excellent. The West Norfolk Militia were disembodied at Norwich on Saturday. The Essex Rifles Militia were reviewed on Fri day by Col. Wood, commandant of the camp at Colchester. The regiment was disembodied on Sa turday, as was also the West Essex Militia. The West Suffolk Militia were disembodied on Saturday at Bury St. Edmunds. The Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia was inspected on Monday last, on Hamp stead-heath, by Col. Haygarth, who expressed him self much pleased with the general appearance of the men, and the creditable manner in which they went through the various evolutions under the command of Col. Alcoa. THE TRANSATLANIC CABLE PIA ICELAND AND _LABRADOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Will you allow me through your columns , to bear testimony to the practical features involved in the new route for a Transatlantic cable, pre mising that I do so upon purely public grounds, and have neither shire nor interest in either one concern or the other ? Ever since it was contem plated to connect America and Britain with a sub merged cable across the Atlantic, I have looked to the importance of carrying that cable across by shorter stages than the route first proposed—viz., direct from Ireland to Newfoundland. Two routes struck me as practicable—the one " North-about," now advocated by Colonel Shaffner ; the other, " South about," via Cape de Verde Islands, St. Paul's Rock, and Cape St. Roque, in South America. Of the two, the North-about route was the preferable ; for, although a little longer in the whole course than a direct line would be, it had the great merit of being divided into four short stages, the longest of which was only 650 miles ; whereas on the direct route there is one long stretch of 2,000 miles of cable between Valentia Harbour and Trinity Bay. I therefore rejoice to see that the energy of Colonel Shaffner is directed to the establishment of this North-about Transatlantic communication, believ ing, as I do, without being learned in oceanic tele graphy, that, even if the direct line were open and in working condition to-day, it could never do all the work which the public of the Americans on the one side, and that of Europe upon the other, would call for. In a nautical and physical point of view I know of no reasons why a cable should not connect the Canadas or Labrador with England. lam fully aware that the ice streams down the coast of Green land and Iceland ; but I do not see in what way that will affect a small cable lying upon the bot tom of the sea. Icefields do not prevent the Baltic being crossed with electric cables; ice does not cut off communication across the American lakes or Russian rivers ; nor did it prevent a cable being carried round the head of the Black Sea, where in the winter there is no lack of ice. Indeed, why should it. Floe, or field ice, is the frozen surface of the sea; so long as it is attached to the shore it is far less dangerous than surf or breakers would be. When it moves about it is afloat, and when afloat there is always water enough beneath it to allow a cable of half an inch or more diameter, to lie un disturbed on the bottom of the sea. The delicate shells, weeds, crustacea, and other animate and inanimate productions which cover the bottom of the Arctic Sea in latitudes far north of where it is proposed this cable shall be placed, afford the best proof that the bottom of the Northern Sea is a far safer and pleasanter place of sojourn than that surface over which we Arctic seamen have lately so often sailed and laboured. People therefore, when reading our adventures and hair-breadth escapes in wooden vessels upon that Arctic Sea, should take care not to confound the top with the bottom of those ice-encumbered regions. That there may be some difficulties in the route I do not deny, but I see none that a better knowledge of oceanic telegraphy will not every year render more easily surmountable, or none that engineering and nautical skill will not meet and master. The heavy ice-drift along the coast of Labrador indicates, in my opinion, a generally deep water coast. Ice bergs would otherwise ground far out to sea, which is not the case ; but beyond that fact we know nothing of the soundings, or of that seacoast of the Canadas. I consider the main difficulty of the North-about route to lie between the point at which about 150 fathoms water will be found on that Labrador shore, and so in to the coast. But if anywhere upon the bottom of that sub merged shorn of Labrador a line of deep sea sound ings can be found, with a shallower bank to the north of it, so as to form a sort of trough running in an east and west direction, there can be little doubt, as Colonel Shaffner says, that the cable will lie there as safe as it would do across the Straits of Dover. North or south of such a trench the icebergs would naturally ground, and form what Arctic na- vigators term " reefs." Such reefs are common throughout the western coasts of Davis' Straits and Baffin's Bay ; they mark the shoals, and guided by them, our whaling vessels find generally deeper water free of icebergs, these deeper channels usually running into inlets or bays similar to those so com mon in Labrador. A floating iceberg can never hurt a s - nbmerged cable, and even one grating or pressing along the bottom may, nine cases out of ten, fail to pick up a piece of rope imbedded in the mud or sand, indeed, the probabilities are the cable would be only thrust still deeper into the bottom. Icebergs have not got claws or creepers, and I believe the cables across the narrow seas between England and Europe run 50 times more risk from the thousand of an chors- creepers, and trawling nets passing over them than any cable would do under the Atlantic between Hamilton Inlet and Greenland. Arctic storms are terrible ; the clash and destruction of icebergs may be awful in a winter's day off the shores of Labrador ; but I do not see that they will harm a cable lying at the bottom of the sea any more than an aurora-borealis or any other Arctic bogie would do. People who only consider subjects to discover difficulties object that it may be impossible in the winter time to lift or repair a cable between Ice land and Greenland, or Greenland and Labrador. This objection, I maintain, holds good in all Trans atlantic cables ; for I have not yet heard of the sea man or engineer who will undertake to lift the 2,000 miles of cable between Iceland and New foundland at any season, much less during the winter time. Lastly, let me say, that Shaffner's project in volves no Arctic expedition, no voyage of discovery to the Pole or the Arctic Zone. That zone lies hundreds of miles beyond his northernmost point, and all he asks of England is to tell him accu rately the depths of the ocean upon a route over which hundreds of English vessels annually sail, in order that he may place a cable there which shall connect us with our important colonies of the Canadas, and our important customers and good cousins of the United States. Any vessels of her Majesty's navy with deep sea sounding gear on board, might be employed in the service, and I have no doubt the Canadian Government, if they saw us in earnest about the matter, would do their share in surveying the neighbourhood of Hamil ton's Inlet. The letter which appeared in your impression of the 24th inst. leads me to fear that the influence of the Atlantic Telegraph Company (direct) is being brought to bear against the North about Transatlantic route. It will be a matter of regret to the public in general should this be so; for there assuredly is ample room for both these projects to be carried out, and I doubt not but that capital will be available for both, if they each endeavour faithfully to carry out their professed object—telegraphic communication between Ame rica and Europe. SHERARD OSBORN, Capt. London, May 26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, in a letter published in your columns on Thursday last, attributes to the promoters of the Northern, or Danish route, whom he designates as " hostile individuals," certain "statements which have recently appeared, wherein it has been erroneously set forth that the Atlantic Telegraph is an entire failure owing to its great length ; that the cable submerged between Ireland and New foundland is 3,000 miles in length, and that the researches of scientific electricians have recently tended to show the impossibility of establishing a direct line from Valentia to Trinity Bay, and of working so great a length at a profit if established." Now, sir, on behalf of the gentlemen promoting the Northern route, I am requested to deny that any statements have appeared with their sanction which can justify Mr. Saward's imputations. As one of those who waited on Lord Palmerston on the occasion referred to, I most unhesitatingly de clare that not a single observation fell from any member of the deputation in my hearing which could have been deemed " hostile" to the Atlantic Company even by the chairman himself, and I have been unable to put my hand upon any report of their proceedings on that occasion which would warrant such a conclusion ; on the contrary, a most willing tribute of gratitude was accorded by more than one speaker to those who so nobly devoted themselves to that great undertaking. With these sentiments the promoters of the Northern route en. tirely concur; they feel the deepest sympathy with those who have so liberally expended their time, their money, and their influence in attempting to unite the Old World with the New. The names of William Brown, Samuel Gurney, George Peabody, and other distinguished gentlemen who sustained that enterprise, through good report and evil re port, will ever be remembered in the history of telegraphy. Nor do those interested in the Nor thern route view the present efforts of the Atlantic Company with indifference, for, while they believe that there will be ample remuneration without call ing in the aid of Government for every line that can be successfully submerged, they at the same time feel that the permanent and efficient working of the Atlantic Company's cable of 2,050 miles would be the best possible guarantee for the trium phant success of their own. It is not my intention to enter into a discussion as to the relative advantages of the two routes, and I shall not make any further remark on the com parative distances set forth in Mr. Saward's letter be yond observing that the only fair way to put the question would be by comparing the distances be tween London and New York or between the re spective termini of the lines in Great Britain and America, in either of which cases I think it will be shown that little or no advantage is possessed by either on this score. Nor shall I attempt to follow Mr. Saward in his description of the "adverse influences" and other " disturbing causes" which he infers may interfere with the northern line; these and other scientific questions I leave to be dealt with by those whose lengthened stay in northern latitudes must constitute them the best judges of such matters. My object has been mainly to endeavour to remove the impres sion that any statements " depreciatory" or " inac curate" have emanated from those whom I repre sent, and, while I may be allowed to differ from Mr. Saward as to " theperfeet practicability of deep and long sea telegraphs" in the present state of telegra phic science, I can cordially unite with him in the liberal desire he has expressed that if her Majesty's Government does consent to incur the expense of making the survey of the northern route, " great care should be taken that it be made in a perfectly independent and complete manner, and that the re sults (as should have been the case with regard to previous surveys) should be accessible for the bene fit of the whole world."—l am, Sir, yours respect fully, WILLIAM B EVAN. 6, Old Jewry, May 26. ROME. Tne following letter has been received from Rome dated the 14th inst. :—" The corvette the Immacu late Conception has quitted Ancona for Venice, whence she will bring eight pieces of cannon and 30 horses for the Papal army, a gift from the Duchess of Parma. Other cannon, sent as presents by German princes, are expected, and it is asserted that the King of Prussia is about to send the Pope 3,000 Minie rifles. The Viscount de Villele has arrived in Rome, with his two sons, who have enlisted in the Papal army. The Viscount has had an audience of the Holy Father, who has appointed him a Chevalier of the Order of St> Gregory. The Papal Government had ordered the arrest of M. Tittoni, a brother of Louis Tittoni, who was banished from Rome on the 19th of March ; but M. Tittoni had taken refuge in the French Academy The Director of Police then wrote a letter to the French Ambassador, in which he told him that M. Tittoni had sought shelter at the French Academy, an inviolable sanctuary, and he requested the Ambassador to indicate some mode of arresting M. Tittoni without violating the asylum he had chosen. The French Ambassador replied that he had not been aware that M. Tittoni had sought shelter in the French Academy, but that he would compel him to quit it. M. Tittoni, who was conscious of not having committed any crime, then surrendered him self to the governor of the prison of St. Michael. The Roman journal has announced that among the priests at Bologna, seven only assisted at the ' 7e Deunz chanted for the reception of King Victor Emmanuel. The Municipal Junta of Bologna has voted a gold medal to one of them, the Canon Bonta, for having rendered to Cm3ar what was due to Cesar, and to God what is due to God. The advo cate Guemarelli has published a book entitled " I lutti dello A 5 tato Romano—l'avenire della come di Roma." It appears from this book that from the 23d May, 1849, to the 23d May, 1857, 186 indi viduals were sentenced to death by Austrian court martial in the Legations, and that all were shot at Bologna. It appears, moreover, that 90 other in dividuals were likewise sentenced to death by the same tribunals, and executed in other towns not in the Legations. M. Guemarelli gives the Christian and surnames of these individuals, the offences of which they were accused, and date of their execution. This indeed is a very sad souvenir of the Austrian occupation of the Romagnas—an occupation which has opened an abyss between the population and the Papal Government. What a difference between that and the French occupation of Rome. The present which the Palatine Guard is about to make to the Pope is a tiara of the value of 20,000 f. For a corps composed of only 500 men it is not a contemptible offering. One officer gave 1,500 f. for his contribution. The public were im patiently waiting the publication of a political pamphlet by the Abbe Passaglia, an ex-Jesuit. It was at press, but the censors suppressed it after having perused it. 300,000 crowns were paid into the Treasury yesterday, which were collected in England and America as St. Peter's pence." ST. PETERSBURG. The following letter has been received from St. Petersburg, dated the 17th of May :—" Since the communication made by Prince Gortschakoff to the Ambassadors of the Four Powers, the English and Austrian Ministers have taken great pains to acquire a proof of and to ascertain the bear ing of a pretended convention concluded between Russia and France. I believe I can assure you that there are no fixed stipulations agreed on between France and Russia. There is a general convention, very vague in its terms, and not containing any stipulation respecting any other Power. The Cabinet of St. Petersburg entertains views on certain questions which are far from being agreeable to the Cabinet of the Tuileries, but on the contrary differ from the ideas of the Em peror Napoleon. lam assured that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg counts upon the adhesion of Prussia to its plans. The French Government ex pects to protect the interests of the Christians in the East by a common intervention of the Powers which signed the Treaty of Paris, without the exclusion of any; but nobody believes that Russia sincerely de sires to pursue that course. Notwithstanding this difference of opinion, and the surprising vivacity ex hibited by Prince Gortschakoff on reviving this question, I can assure you there is no reason to apprehend an arbitrary encroachment on the part of Russia. It is believed here that neither Austria nor Prussia will refuse their co-operation to improve the miserable condition of the Christians. The Austrian Cabinet was apprised by M. Balabine of the intentions of the Russian Government to watch carefully that the promises made by the Su blime Porte at the Congress of Paris to improve the condition of the Christians shall be accomplished. But if unexpected circumstances should hasten the intervention of the European Powers in the slave provinces of Turkey, the issue of such an initiative might become doubtful, and for that reason it is to be desired that the moment for regu lating so serious a question should not be delayed The Russian Gevernment has just established a new port, called Temrink, in the Sea of Azoff. It has granted many privileges to those who shall establish themselves there. The ports of Anapa and Novorossisk, which were half ruined by the Cri mean war, have been suppressed. The inhabitants of these towns wili receive assistance from the Go vernment to enable them to establish themselves at the new port of Temrink. The number of moun taineers who have emigrated into Turkey from the Caucasus by Kertch and Trebizonde is estimated at more than 70,000 men. The emigra tion continues, but the emigrants do not belong to the warlike tribes of the Caucasus but to the Tartar population of the western Caucasus. who are Tinto rious for their lazy, idle, habits, and for their in. clination to a roving, thieving life. These vaga bonds will increase the number of highway robbers who invest the roads throughout Asia Minor. CRYSTAL PALAaE.. A flower show of great interest, the first of the season, was held in the Crystal Palace on Saturday, and although the weather was wet and ungenial, upwards of 10,000 persons were present on the oc casion. So unpropitious a day would have com pletely marred a similar fete at Chiswick, or the Royal Botanical Gardens ' • but there is thi s advan tage at Sydenham th a t, besides being peculiarly adapted, beyond all comparison perhaps, by space, light, and many other accessories, for giving effect to a floral exhibition, the sense of public enjoyment there, on such an occasion, is wholly unaffected by atmospheric considerations; and when once a lady and gentleman bound for the Palace sets foot within the railway station at Pimlico or London-bridge, they may bid defiance to our fickle climate for the remainder of the day. Of the visitors on Saturday, 2,997 were season ticket holders, and 7,212 were admitted on payment. The receipts on entrance must have amounted to about £2,700, exclusive of half-crowns charged for admission to persons who hold one guinea as distinguished from two guinea season tickets. The exhibition itself, so far as such a thing is susceptible of written description, may be said to have been the largest that has been held in the Palace, with the exception, perhaps, of that of 1857. It comprised, among many others, five different classes of stove and greenhouse plants in flower, be sides one of plants of fine foliage; three of orchids of exotic species, in blossom ; and three of green house azaleas. Then there were specimens of Cape heaths in endless profusion ; several varieties of the tall cacti ; and pelargoniums without number. Of roses there was a charming collection ; the " Sou venir de Malmaison," a magnificent large white flower, redolent of perfume, sent by Mr. Paul, and the " General Jacquemina " of a rich deep c r i mson and fine f orm , a specimen lurnished by Mr. Francis, especially attracting notice. The cut flowers were chiefly tulips, verbenas, and pansies. The plants were arranged with fine effect' stretching along the entire length of the nave on both sides, under a light awning, and winding round the centre tran sept; the exquisite beauty of each variety chal lenging the admiration of the gay throng of visitors at every step of their progress. Of fruit there was a small but rare exhibition, arranged along one side of the transept, consisting principally of pine apples, grapes, peaches, melons, nectarires, straw berries, and cherries, awl at once fascinating and tantalising the spectator. Upwards of £5OO was distributed in prizes ; and subjoined is a list of the first prize men in the prin cipal classes : Class I.—Twenty stove and greenhouse plants, in flower : Thomas Whitebread, gardener to Mr. H. Colyer, Dartford, £25. Class 2.—Twelve stove and greenhouse plants, in flower : J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, £l5. Class 3.—Eight stove and greenhouse plants, in flower : W. Chilman, gardener to the Rev. W. C. Wenshire, Ashstead, £lO. Class 4.—Twelve stove and greenhouse plants, in flower : J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, £7. Class 5. twelve stove and greenhouse variegated plants : G. Young, gardener to Mr. W. H. Stone, Dulwich hill, £7. Class G.—Sixteen orchids, of exotic species, in flower : W. Gedney, gardener to the Rev. W. Ellis, Hoddesdon, Harts, £2O. Class 7.—Ten orchids, of exotic species,in flower: S. M. Carson, gardener to Mr. W. F. G. Farmer, Cheam, £l5. Class ix orchids, of exotic species, in flower Mr. R. Warner, Broomfield, Essex, £7. Class 9.—Ten greenhouse azaleas : S. M. Carson, gardener to Mr. W. F. G. Farmer, £l2. Class 10.—Six greenhouse azaleas :S. M. Carson, £7. Class 11.—Eight greenhouse azaleas, new kinds : Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £5. Class 12.—Eight Cape heaths: B. Peed, gardener to Mr. T. Tredweli, Lower Norwood, £lO. Class 13.—Six tall cacti, large plants : J. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, Cheam, £5. Class 14.—Ten roses in pots, distinct kinds : Messrs. A. Paul and Son, Nurseries, Cheshunt, Herts, £lO. Class 16.—Ten pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in pots not exceeding Bin, diameter : Mr. C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £lO. Class 17.—Eight fancy pelargoniums, distinct varieties, in pots not exceeding Bin. diameter : Mr. Charles Turner, Slough, Class 18.—Newly introduced or extremely rare plants, hardy or exotic : Messrs. Lowe, Clapton Nursery, Clapton, £5. The fine band of the Coldstream Guards, as well as that of the Palace, played at intervals during the day, and the fete was in all respects a pleasing one. 2 FIR NEAPOLITAN NAVY. The Moniteur dc la Flotte git'es some information about the Neapolitan navy, which just now is im portant : " The naval establishment of the kingdom is con centrated at Castellamare, which communicates with the capital by means of a railway which passes through Portici. None of the improvements adopted by the navies of other countries have been neglected, and the docks and workshops of Castel lamare are worthy to figure by their organisation and their resources by the side of those of France and England.". [One fact has probaby escaped the recollec tion of the Noniteur de la Flotte. Some two months ago, just before the insurrection in Sicily broke out, three Neapolitan steam frigates were sent up to Toulon for repairs, " with the gracious permis sion of the Emperor of the French." It must be confessed that this does not look as if the dockyard at Castellamare was all that the Ilioniteur de la P lotte represents it to be.] The same authority tells us that 30 vessels have been added to the Neapolitan navy since 1856, but it omits to state that they are merely gun-boats. The official print then enumerates the naval forces of King Bomba, which is manned by about 10,000 officers, seamen, and marines. SAILING VESSELS. 1 ship of the line 1 do. 6 frigates 3 corvettes 5O „ 10 brigs 3 schooners STEAMERS. 5 frigates, 450 horse-power, 10 guns eac h 15 do., 300 horse-power, 6 guns each 9O „ 5 corvettes, 240 horse-power, 6 guns each 5 despach boats, 200 horse-power, 4 guns each 20 „ 1 despatch boat, 120 horse-power 5 7) 10 do., 50 to 80 horse-power 3 transports. 15 mortar boats 15 gun-boats 30 do., mounting Paixhan howitzers ... 40 „ 180 . vessels, 10,000 horse-power 9OO „ UNFOUNDED CHARGE OF SHOPLIFTING. The jury retired, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, £Bo—after having been locked up two hours. • FURTHER DISOOVERIES OF CHILD J[URDER. On Friday Mr. Brent, deputy coroner for West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Pied Bull, Upper-street, Islington, on the body of a newly. born female child, which was found in the Regent's Canal, near the City-road basin, under the follow ing appalling circumstances : It appeared that about five o'clock on Thursday evening,.the lockman on duty at the City-road lock saw a parcel floating on the water, and having ob tained possession of it, he found it to be of brown paper, tied up with string. Having cut the string, and released the outer covering, he came upon a large flint stone on the top of a bladder, the latter being tightly tied at the end in a knot. He released that also, when he found that a child had been jammed into it head foremost. The medical testimony proved that the child was a newly-born female, fully developed, and had breathed, but had had no medical attendance. It had been thrust into a large buLock's bladder, pre- Tiously wetted, and secured at the end, and suffoca tion was the result. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some person nr persons unknown. Mr. Brent held a second inquest in the Board room of Clerkenwell workhouse on the body of a newly-born female child, which was found in Al ford-square, Pentonville. In this case a boy, at half-past eight in the morning, picked up a parcel having an outer covering of oilcloth, tightly bound and knotted with string. He stood by the palings where he picked up the prize, and being anxious to see its contents, he after much trouble, succeeded in un doing the knots, and after removing the oilcloth, a black apron, and a sack, he found the dead body of a child. A woman wh o was watch i ng him from an oppositeivindow desired him to leave the body, the boy complying, and running off to tell his father. On their return to the spot a constable and several persons had assembled and the body was conveyed to the workhouse. Mr. 11. J. Brown made a post mortem examination, and found it to be a fine, healthy female child, of full growth, it had breathed, but had been unattended to. The feet were tightly bound up towards its head as though in a bundle, and its nose and face on the left side were flattened, and its tongue protruding, as if the head had been pressed violently against a hard substance. The left parietal bone was also separated from the occi pital bone, and the brain was disorganised to a fluid state. Decomposition, however, had so far advanced that he could not state whether death was really caused by violence or not. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a ver dict of " De'ath from culpable and wilf u l neg l ect, " not feeling themselves justified, from th e ev id ence, in giving their opinion as one of wilful murder. In some parts of Turkey, whenever a shopkeeper is convicted of telling a falsehood, hi s h ouse i s at once painted black, to remain so for one month. If there was such a law in force in this country, what a sable and gloomy appearance some people's houses would present, An action was brought on Thursday at the Bail Court, before Mr. Justice Hill, by a lady named Lecomte, a governess, to recover compensation from Hope, a partner in the firm of Swan and Edgar, the drapers, for having given her into custody on a charge of shoplifting. The plea of the defendant was, that a French lady, of the name of Blackman, with whom the plaintiff at the time was in com pany, had taken from the counter a black lace lappet, which was afterwards found in her bag, and that the defendant had reasonable ground for be lieving that the plaintiff was an accomplice. It ap peared that the two ladies had been given into cus tody at the time, but that they had been liberated at the Marlborough-street Police-office. An indictment had been afterwards preferred against Mrs. Black man, but it had been thrown out by the grand jury. Mrs. Blackman had, it seemed, turned out the con tents of her bag to look for a memorandum, and had put in the lappet afterwards by accident. For the defendants it was urged that they had reasonable ground for suspicion, and were justified in the course they adopted. On Friday morning witnesses were called for the defence. Peter Calder, the shopman who served them, said that the ladies sat opposite each other before the counter. Whilst showing the lappets he saw Madame Blackman pull one down, and he dis tinctly saw it lying on her lap, with the yellow ticket very conspicuous. He afterwards saw Mme. Blackman wink to the plaintiff; at the same time she rose from her seat and shook her clothes, put her hand in her pocket and turned it inside out. The pocket was empty, and she appeared to be looking for something on the floor. She opened her bag, put her handkerchief into it, " rummaged" it and then re-seated herself. When he had served them with what they required he communicated what he had seen to the defendant, who came to thorn and politely asked them to walk into his pri vate rporn. They did so, and defendant then ex pressed his suspicions to them. Madame Blackman appeared excited, shook her dress, and opened her bag, drew out her handkerchief, and afterwards the lappet with the yellow ticket. Plaintiff said it was all a mistake, and it must have got in there by chance. The ladies were much excited, and said it was no use for the defendant to send for a police man. The plaintiff gave her address as a governess, residing in Wales. Madame Blackman's address was not asked for. A policeman was sent for, and they were taken to Vine-street police station, where they were charged. In eross•examination the witness said that was the first time he had said he saw Madame Black man pull down the lappets. Madame Blackman gave the plaintiff qshrewd wink w ith h er r i g h t eye before sh e turned out her pocket. Madame Blackman did not say that the lappets might have fallen off the counter. The defendant was called. He gave similar evidence to the last witness with reference to the part he took in the transaction. He thought their answers vague with reference to their addresses. He had had, unfortunately, many such cases, and believing it was clear against the parties he gave them into custody. He thought he should make no distinction between persons so offending. The learned counsel having addressed the jury on behalf of their respective clients, Mr. Justice Hill summed up. There were two questions upon the plea. Did Blackman commit a felony ; If she did not, then the plea failed, and verdict must be for the plaintiff; but if the jury should be of opinion that she did commit the felony, then there was a further inquiry —were the circumstances such as to be true in fact, and to afford a reasonable ground of suspicion in the mind of Hope that the plaintiff was an accomplice in the commission of the felony ? If the parties acted as stated by Calder, then the defendant was justified in what he did. C. UN TRY MA RIC ET A 5 • . YORK—MAY 26. Au average show to-day, and the trade ruled heavy unaltered quotations. Wheat, red .52s to 54s 0at5...... 27g White do .56s to 60s Beans . ..46s Barley .34s to 44s Peas Malt, 6Ss to 70s per qr. ; rye, 31s per qr. ; flour, 10s per sack. to 308 to 488 to —s 39s to CAMBRIDGE-MAY 26. There was a fair supply of wheat, and, with a rather firm demand in the trade, white moved nff at 50s to 545, red, 46s to 50s per 36 stone. There was a small show of barley to-day ; malting, 34s to 378 ; grinding, 34s to 36s per 30 stone. Oats at 24s to •Os for new; old oats, 288 to 345. limns in limited supply, and a steady sale —new, 40s to 488 ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone ; peas, 408 to —a per 36 stone. White eloveromed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to 50s per quarter. STKINIFORD--i TAY 26. We had a moderate show of wheat yesterday, business steady, and prices ruled 1 higher. Wheat 52s to 56s I Oats., 2ss to 30s White do .. 558 to 598 I Beans 46s to 485 Barley NORWICH—May 26. A moderate supply, and the wheat trade rather slow ; prices rather higher, White wheat 53s to 54s 1 Red wheat 50s t0152s Malting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 34s to 40s Distilling do.. ....258 io 27s 1 Oats.. 24s to 28s Flour, 35s to 35s 6d per sack from the miller. LEICESTER-411.8.Y 26. There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, in fair condition, and trade steady. White wheat, 48s to 52s —red, 45s to 49s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for fine barley, grinding, 30s to 335; malting, 38s to 44s per qr. ; oats, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans—old, 52s to '—s, new 42s to 46s per 38 stone. Fine flour, 335 - 1 Seconds, 31s 1 Thirds, 29s per 20 stone. NORTHAMPTON-MAY 26. At this corn-market wheat was in better supply, with a pretty fair sale, and at about the rates of this day se'n night, prices ranging from 53s to 56s for white, and 52s to 54s for red. There was a fair business passing in barley, malting 3Ss to 445, grinding 358 to 37s per qr. Oats is fair sale, the turn in seller's favour, quoted at 32s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 48s to 50s ; peas, 40s to 465. Rye, 36s to 40s ; malt, 68s to 728; flour, 33s to 37s per sack. DUBLIN-MAY 25. With a dull trade to-day, the business done was at no minal prices, except for Indian corn, which was 6d to Is cheaper. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white.. 33 0 to 3 0 Do., red .. 31 0 to 33 0 Do., new .... 0 to 0 1 Barley Oats Do., black l5 0 to 15 6 s. d. 8. d. Do., new 0 to -- B ere Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 0 Oatmeal l5 0 to 17 0 Bakers' flour Indian corn THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) June 4. Bahamas and Havana (via New York).. .. June 7. Canada, &c. (via Cork) .. .• May 28. Cape of Good Hope, &c. June 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. Gibraltar (via Southampton) M ay 25 . India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) June 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. May 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. June 4. Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. June 5. Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto •• •• •• June 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May '27. Do. (via Marseilles) .. May 27. United States, California, &c.•(%ia Cork) .. May 30. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe . • May West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. May 29. RAIL Al' INTELLIGENCE: TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE REEK. tit. Miles Opened Receipts. Railways. be 1860. 1859._ . 1860. 1859. - ' - - --- aer • X X 'it Ballymena and Portrusli... 35 35 - - red Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 - - „.d Belfast and Ballym ena 65 65 1,347 1 , 196 ."- Belfast and Couuty Down 2O 20 629 665 to Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,701 2,709 r i_ Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,788 1,710 Bristol and Exeter 125 ' 119 6,656 6,486 X- Caledonian - an Ches.&Holyhead(witliMold) 94 9 - Cockermouth & Workington 8 249 229 I , er Cork and Bandon 2O 20 350 349 Be Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 6 4 - - r as Deeside l7 17 290 270 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,480 1,327 by Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,834 1,611 40 2 0 1,589 1,654: } 1,966 17 ... i . t DundalkD ub . & V andickl ow(t n Enniskillen. Ki n gs t . . ? 124204 12 ''- Dundee and Arbroath 174 l7} 637 628 ss, Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 996 1,068 1 ~, East A ng li an , 67 5 67 . 1,06 5 980 3 E. co unties,Dirfk.,&E TJnion 159 tee 20,073 24, 55 6 au East Kent 194 - -- re E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 - - Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 78 78 3,519 3,460 as Forth & Clyde Junction k- Furness Glasgow & South-Western 1834 1834 8,259 7,641 111 Great Northern 283 283 25,617 23,858 ht Great North of Scotland ~ 5; t.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 280 226 8,031 8,122 " Great Western 466 466 33,377 30,502 ye Hull and Holderness - - knverness & Aberdeen June 55 55 899 768 Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25} 227 287 ix Killarney Junction - • - se Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermer e ) 1 100 - - it Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 395 ' 395 36,357 31,340 s. Limerick and Foynes 2 26 136 235 a Llanelly 46 4 643 566 d London & North-Western 'e London and Blackwell 54 54 1,640 1,520 . e London & South-West ern Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2234 2024 15,061 13,442 L'derry and Enniskillen ..' 60 60 - - y Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 424 45 1,183 1,224 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 173} 1734 11,677 11,200 Mauch. S.Jun.& Altrincha m 9} 9 - - 0 Maryport and Carlisle Lt Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 177 177 4,204 4,215 IA Monkland 52 52 1,498 1,402 y Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,339 2,384 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 3,937 3,749 e Newport,Aberg.,& 11 erefor 5O 50 1,461 1,386 e North British (in. Dalkeith), 1 5 4 144 6,198 5,863 D North Devon 35 35 450 383 , North - Eastern 764 764 38,234 34 , 700 1 North London ' 9 9 2,502 2,471 D North Staffordshire 233 233 8,532 8,045 North-Western 464 465 - - N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 105 - - - 1 Oxford, Wore~ & Wolver Peebles lB4 184 232 230 St. llelen 's Canal & Railway 30 30 2,125 2,228 Scottish Central I Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,625 3,580 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 29} 294 1,792 1,889 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 295 291 1,060 1,055 South Devon South-Eastern 306 302 19,132 17,666 South Wales ... ~. ....... S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 108 2,974 3,074 Stockton and Darlington, Taff Vale ' Ulster Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 2s} 25} 1,690 1,831 Warrington and Stockp or t lO - - - Waterford and Kilkenny... 31 31 246 369 Waterford and Limerick ... 77 77 1,071 1,523 West Cornwall 274 274 750 733 W.llartle poolHarbr.&Rail 39 39 4,341 3,519 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 683 593 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 6.54 636 W'haven,CleatorokEgrmnt 7 7 482 416 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 897 788 Austrian B2B 673 32,894 38,103 Belgian Eastern Juncti on 26} 264 238 90 Buffalo and Lake Huron . - 2 161 161 943 854 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish 1084 1084 3,203 2,881 Grand Trunk of Canada 970 880 12,396 9,642 Great Indian Peninsula „ Great Luxemb ourg 128 122 2,662 2,292 Great Western of Canada 345 345 8,460 7,326 L ombardo - Venetian 285 285 -.- Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,926 6,454 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 310 284 15,516 8,879 Maria Antonia 2l 21 - - Northern of France 574 574 42,825 42,524 Norwegian Trunk 44 44 592 691 I'aris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 879 840 76,961 92,518 Paris and 0r1ean5.......... 922 922 60,017 54,999 Paris and Strasburg ...... 1,032 1,016 . - - Royal Danish 69 69 555 563 Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,304 1224 Southern of France 7 77 77 3 19,839 19,,801 West Flanders W. and N.W. o f France 742 721 41,283 40,428 B I li, T H TIALLET.—On the 25th inst., at GI, Ecoleston-square, the wife of James A. Hallett, Esq., of a son. fiAwKlNs.—On the 26th inst., at 1, Kensington -park- Villas, Ladbroke-square, M rs. J ohn Robson Hawkins, of a daughter. WILKINSON. — On the 26th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Mid dleton-road, Kingsland, the wife of Jos.ph Wilkinson, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES. BAREFOOT—Moss. --On the 24th inst., at St. Giles's, Cam berwell, Mr. John Barefoot, of Redhill, • urrey, to Emma hurst-road Elizabeth, , ePeckham. ldest daughter of Alfred Moss, Esq., Lyitd- Yarr—WARREN.—On the 22d inst., William Yapp, Esq., 70, Wellteck-street, Cav endish-square, to Mary, second daughter of the late Robert Warren, Esq., 87, Glouces ter-place, Portman-square. DEATHS. ANSELL.—On the 23d inst., at Burford, Willi am A nse ll Esq., aged 92 . Brimm.L.—On the 25th inst., at Playford, Suffolk, Mr. A. Biddell, aged 78. BOULTBEE.—On the 24th inst.. at Warwick, Joseph Moore Boultbee, Esq., of Springfield, aged 72. SMITH. —On the 23d inst., at North-end Lodge, Fulham, Albert Smith, Esq., aged 44. UNETT.—On the 19th inst., at The Oaks, Leamington, Elizabeth, w id ow of the late W. J. Unett Esq., of the Woodlands, Staffordshire, aged 90- LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Lu the eoutlty g kliddlegus i Monday, May 28, 1860. - "V*"