The Sun. — London, England, 1852-08-07 00:00:00

THERAILWAY ACCIDENT AT STANDON 13R11)(_;i. STANDON, FRIDAY. -- c± o!; ! y rT-ath aris.ic,h from the CA ls roph,' i, 01 , 4', OS Th..f.:2.1, e tn gine driver of the express train. The following are the chief parties who have suffered by the collision : At the Crewe Arms Juriction Hots-I—Die Right Hon. Judge Moore (of the Irish bench), slight con cussion of brain ; Miss 1. - IJ+.7er; of Rack Ferry, near Liverpool, slight concuisioa of brain ; John Hamlet, fireman of the pilot engine, dislocation of thtl shoulder; Mr. Joyce, of Dublin, wound on forehead. Judge Moore was accompanied by his son and daughter-in-law, who remain with him nt the Crewe Arms. Mr. Joyce has returned to Dublin ; Miss Bower is progressing very favourably; and John Hamlet is convalescent. At the Red Lion, Cranbery —John Grace, driver of the plot engine, slight concussion of the brain ; Thomas Price, fireman of the express engine, frix tared leg and arm, and dislocated shoulder. TEIE CORON ER'S INQUEST. _ This day, at noon, a jury of fourteen respectable inhabitants of the bawler of Cranberv, in the parish of Eccleshsll, were empannelled by Mr. W. Webb Ward, her Majesty's coroner for the midland district of S7affordshire, fur the purpose of investigating the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Rey nolds, the engine -driver, eked 35, who was killed by the collision. The jury met at the 11. , _d Lion, a small inn in the village, but as the house did not contain a room suffi ciently large to contain a dozen porsons, at the bug gestion of the Rev. E. T. Codd, minister of the cha pelry of Coles Heath, who officiated as foreman of the jury, the proceedings were adjourned to the school- room. The first witness examined was a brakesman in the employ of the company, and having stated the cir cumstances immediately preceding the accident, as already detailed, he continued as follows : When Reynolds first perceived the Velocipede on the up-line, he gave two shrill whistles as a signal of danger. I looked out and saw the engine, as it appeared to me, standing still close to the point:. I could not tell what was the cause of the engine being there. I thought the tender might be off the rails, or something of that kind. I saw a collision was inevitable, and I cried out "We shall all be smashed to pieces." The Velocipede appeared to me to be just within the points, in the act of coming across the line. The guard, Palmer, who was in the brake van with me, put on his brake in my presence. I know the steam Was shut off and the engine reversed, because I heard the peculiar chuckle which always follows the re versal of the machinery. Seeing that the collision was inevitable, I threw myself down in the van. A crash took place almost instantaneously. I was not stunned. I was driven up in the corner of the van With four large money boxes and some luggage over me. The van was thrown over on to the near side of the up rail. After waiting a few moments I crept out on my hands and knees. The first thin! I saw was the engine of our train thrown on her side, and turned round with her head towards Crewe. The steam and water were rushing out through the valves, and came against me so fiercely that I retreated, and got under the carriages. I then saw the other en gine turned over on her side across the down line, with the end of her funnel imbedded in the perma nent way. [The witness here described to the jury the position or the carriages of the express train after the collision.] Mr. Samuel Bowers, farmer, of Hatton, examined -- Yesterday morning I was in a field near the rail- Way when my attention was drawn to the up express train by the whistle being sounded very sharply. On hearing the whistle I looked round and saw the " bank engine" moving very slowly about 50 yards la advance of the express train, which was going at a tremendous speed. The crash followed imme diately. I ran down immediately, but could see nothing for a short time, owing to the steam. Afterwards I opened the carriage doors and let the People out. Just before the collision I saw two men running away from the pilot engine. I saw one of t hem sump off the engine. He ran into a bean field by the side of the railway. After the steam had cleared away I discovered the body of the deceased l y in g under the carriages and between the metal. He was quite dead, Joseph Rose, an experienced engine - driver, was then examined at some length respecting the rules to be ob served by drivers of I , assistant" engines, on :' . unhooki ng ," " shunting, " &c. The su b stance o f 13415 opinion was th at t h e d r i ver o f the pilot engine 1 6il h an . t e , d" at a proper place, and that the accident tr 9 t have been a vo id e d if th e dri v er of the expreas ain had advanced cautiously. An' to to Wednesday week then took place to Watt the recovery of those injured by the accident. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC ' RETUNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. • Milos Opened, 1852. NA.DIE OF RAILWAY. BRITISH. Aberdeen .... .. ••'' • • • • • Bel f ast and Ballymena • • • • •• • • •• " • • Belfast and County Down• • • • • • • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York . • • • Bristol and Exeter ••••••••• • • • • • • • Caledonian. .• ••••• • • • • ""••• • '• •• Chester and Holyhead. • • .. • • .. • • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• .• Cork and Bandon .. • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Belfast Junction Dublin and Dr0gheda............... Dublin and Kingstown . • • Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen• • .. • • • • • • • • East Ang1ian........ ................ East Lancashire • . • • • Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... Eastern Union-- Edinburgh and Glasgow ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • Exeter and Crediton.. • . Furness Railway ... .......... .• Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern and E. Great Southern and Western:(lrelitnd) Great Western ...... .......... Irish South Eastern ...• ............ Lancaster and Carlisle.... • • ........ Lancashire and Yorkshire Leeds Northern .........• • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North We5tern........, London and 81ackwa11...... • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South We5tern....,.... Londonderry and Enniskillen •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Marron and Carlisle Midland Great Western (Irish) • • Monklands • • • • • • • • • • •• •• ••• Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. North British • • .. • • • • • • North Staffordshire •• • • • • North-Western • . • • • Scottish Central • • • • • • • • • ••-• Scottish Midland .. •. • . •• Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • South Devon ••• • • • .••••••• • • • • • • • South Eastern .... South Wales ......... ...... ....... South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Tall' Vale • • •• • Ulster ... ........ •••• • • • • ..... Waterford and Limerick West Coniwall : •••• Whitehaven Junction ... • • ..... York and Newcastle, and Berwick York and North Midland . • • • • .• • • .. 29% ' 85%, 189% 94% 6)i 20 171% 28534 188 277 260 70 18} 539% 173 1 4 244 M 24% 1L 167 N 9yy 28 4983 i 126 28s % lON 77 16U 12 304% 279 £1,878 263 1,613 Bt6 6,197 8,278 4,330 757 1,188 1,650 523 785 liB 4,538 16,749 2,495 4,U28 2,763 462 4,665 18,680 4,1;W 29,270 1321 5,405 I,L 3 547 66,551 1,638 19,1 , 2.7 19,130 173 7,577 54U 22,752 1,442 ti I U 2,223 4,008 4,t•85 763 £1,840 641 290 1,702 ti 79 1,836 848 5,078 8,842 4,1112 253 1,128 1,208 1,584 650 790 713 4,980 16,666 2,336 4,179 2,826 127 442% 49334 240 566 2,236 2,79 1,375 1,•113 2,171 921 280 654 4,248 12,508 5,769 19.7d3 157 4,913 0,'97 1,293 564 51,502 1,725 17,766 15,487 203 16,371 8,439 320 161 8,321 657 23,697 2,430 8)1 2,699 4,213 5,140 Dutch Rhenlsh r°D.El". aria Antonia Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege Northern of France ......... Orleans and Central Paris and Lyons Paris and Rouen. ••......... Paris and Strasburgh ......... Rouen and Havre ............. Western of France 909 2,187 671 1,884 639 2,233 19,014 2,293 1,210 2,707 968 431 208 14,974 9,421 1,748 2,359 334 23,899 16,369 11,444 8,169 7,219 3.4',5 884 1,056 22,690 18,648 12,858 13,674 .2,810 THR GRAND TEETOTAL DEMONSTRATION.—In tinainuation of the series of demonstrations the anniversary ofations which have been held d ur i ng t h e present wee k t o celebrate the London Temperance League, the annual meeting and conference of its members were held at ten o'clock yesterday znorning, in the Lower Room of Exeter Hall. Tile proceed jugs oceupied the greater portion of the day, and the meeting b.. Was exceeding' well attended. Mr. James Silk Bucking 4n, president, the chair, and after briefly opening the meeting by stating the obiects for which they had been tai led together, called upon Mr. Prebble, honorary secretary, re ad the report, which stated that during the year the rittee had issued 30,000 tracts and appeals, the expense Which h a d b een 104. per month. The report further Ilstated that t h e comm i ttee tad in contemplation the erecting ofa Tem perance Palace iu the Strand, which would cost lt bo ut 15 0,0001., and that, in their opinion, it would produce itat,g°od dividend. The financial position of the league showed tit;lthe receipts for the year ending August a had been * 68 ., which included a EMU of 4701. 16s. tid. in hand at te - ,"rhuiencement (Atha year, and the expenditure amounted e 1,1 66/. Bs,, leaving 2991. 3s. due to the treasurer, which il l i n; it is anticipated, will be defrayed by the profits of red, two days' fetes at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The it 't was then unanimously agreed to, officers appointed ' • h ai t hA 3'eur ensuing, and a vote of thanks was passed to the t rin4n. , li rr iiß ItorA L C OLLEGE OF SURGEO,S.—The ext,,l):ive ti 4r4e ntent of the Royal College of Surgeons, in Li ncoln ' s tt -:.fields, by the addition of the site where formerly stood Co l - ,,,: i 4 5t Porcelain warehouse and show-room of Alderman Atr' e e - i ar Yl, M.P., and the adjacent building.: in Portugal vroe_, Is rapidly progressing. The foundation and ground are dae..r.iro already completed, and a gre ! tt number t of men hei, h 4 , ll 3' at work in running up the building . i its proper ster' e "‘ , which will be tioisihd with all expedition, and then th e cu e(' ever in imitation ol stone, so as to correspond with leiether part of the colic In the new building there in,,, 1, b: an extensive theatre 6 of anatomy for holding nieet ?lntund the other compartments will be made available . the col'eg 1411 ato n3 " In s 0 Ivonderale". e, so that the fine collection of subjects., and the relics or specimens of nature's kld iu spe W ct il io t be 68played to the most advantage for study T E ..„ i 1.,.. -.O4ONIAL TO MR. Hog s A A subscription ti:".! ° s e en set on foot by the non-el ec Al tora N ;TCockermouth and -' Lei ghbourhoo.i, for the Alit • I ,_ e, to be presented to MrPTI.P"e of piece of , the an d r e e s ra p purchasing A , P a f that 4ough, i n testimony of • °ratan, the late a 1.... .or r., i enalrer of Parliament v4riller, are held by the public in th Church e in ct en i t nw e tbviich Vicinityll a i a s talents I c e nt s a s At I' /IT - 1 1, '? WOW WICH, GARNISON. WOGLWTCLI, AUG. 6. Ili- 12,yarlitiete , a the baite o GPI:OtICL4e 't ,, ! hi- S'Teut. , Fllghnrs*.Ptiltte Charles of I10: - .011 ,110 arg A.M , nod pr ,ceedocl.to the C.Anrnon, whcre:the. troops of,tne Artiiler;'_were drawn up, milder I the c :mtnand of Major Dupuis, and the lieht field batte ries, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Ander son. The trw.ps and ha!terie.s marched past at a walk and trot, and the Royal Horse Artillery ste)se, quently at full gallop. The batteries then proceeded to the high ground of the Common, - where they encamped, hstvirg put up their paaryiees and tents and foraged their horses in the short period of fifteen minutes. His Royal ilighne.is the thiko of Caiiibrid ;e- ab his Serene .H•glress Prince Charles of Hohenlobe relumel to the flag•stoff, - and witneFsed the R)yal .: Horee Artillery g.) through the ..evolutions of a field day. The batteries having remounted, after putting up their tents, ads , incei at the or:elusion of the e.cercises of the Royal Horse Artillery, and went through the battery marce•avres of a field day, and subsrquently went and struck their ansrquees and tents, which they did with great quickness, the whole of the tents, being' down on the ground in precisely three minutes, gief all packed up and pl,ced on the limbersin two minutes ad ditional, and within seven minutes of the time they dia e mounted the whole of the tents were lashed to the lim bers, and the men mounted ready for marching,. Tbe Duke of Cambridge and Prince Hohenlohe then proe ceeded to the permanent camp on' 'Woolwich-common, and were received at the entrance by Lieutenant Colonel Wilford, commanding officer of all the companies. in camp. The men had just sat down to dinner when' he . Royvl visitors arrived, and they entered the tents, and afterwards inspectei the camp fireplaces and cooking operations, end on leaving shook hands with Lieutenant- Colonel Wilford, and express 4 themselves much pleased with till they had witm••ssed. _ _ When hi's Royal Highness witnessed the pontooning operations with Colonel Blanchard's pontoons on the day the recent sir go operations at Chatham, herzaerely wit nessed the pontoons moved from the banks of Sts'idary's Creak into the water, and ratted by the Sappers, and it was understood hie principal object in visiting Woolwich 'o -day was to witness the facilities or difficulties of moving pontoons when required to accompany an army during a campaign. With the view of satisfying his Royal Highness on that point five of the inlantry pon toons, with the la quisite stages and every necssary ap pendage, were placed on a waggon drawn by four horses, and two of the large pontoons, with the necessary stages for supporting large guns, were placed on another wag gon drawn by six horses, and taken from the pond itialie Repository grounds to the north side of the camp on Woolwich-common. When his Royal Highness in spected the pontoons on the waggons ho was accom panied by Colonel Blanchard, the inventor of them, and by the desire of his Royal Highness both waggons were drawn across the common at a trot, and on their re turn he ascertained that the waggon with s ssix hprse,s , could be backed by the two shaft horses vsryaasily when necessary. The waggons were subsequently taken back from the Common to the Repository grounds, and on arriving there they were taken down the steep declivity to the banks of the pond, and up again, to show that they could follow or accompany an army under disadvantageouscir eumstances. Twenty Sappers were then called forward to show how soon the infantry pontoons could be taken from the wag g on, and the stage lashed on them ready for service, and that was effected so quickly, undsr the direction of Quartermaster Jones and Sergeant-Major Bradford, of tho Roy al Sappers and Miners, that within seven minutes the twenty Sappers had -completed the bridge, and two men taking hold of the end of each pontoon run with it entire for some distance. The pon toons were separated and carried by the men down the declivity to the pond, and within eight minutes of the time they commenced lashing them together again, they. were launched in the water of the pond, and twenty two men standing on them, and the bridge or stage was con siderably clear of the water. His Royal Highness ap peared much gratified with the pontooning operations: , On returning to the entrance of th© Repository grounds, a 24-pounder garrison gun was worked by nen-commis sioned officers of the Royal Artillery, at present under a course of instruction, and the drawings of these intel ligent and remarkably clever non-commissioned officers and others, which were afterwards shown by Lieutenant- Colonel Hardinge, director of the Repository, and Cap tain Anderson, instructor, were examined with great in terest by their Royal and Serene Highnesses. After partaking of a dijegner at the mess room, the royal visi tors left for town at a quarter past two o'clOck F.M. SCOTTISH NATIONAL FETE. Yesterday the JIM in Holland-park terminated, and notwithstanding the unpropitious state of the weather, the attendance was as good, if not better, than on the previous day. From the heavy showers which fell du ring the morning, and up till two o'clock, it was late before the games commenced, but the evening turned out fine, the stands filled with visitors, and the whole affair was brought to a spirited and satisfactory close. These flies, which have now taken place for four successive years, have preserved their national character more strongly in the weather which eat, nds them than in any other respect. If the rain has not been in constant at tendance, it has always managed to arrange matters so that hundreds have been kept away from what they had made up their minds to see. Covered stands are pro vided, but even the prospect of a Scotch mist, and much more its actual presence, aro quite enough to swamp any open air amusement. The sports of yesterday were to a large extent a repetition of those exhibited on the previous day, and having been already fully noticed, it would be idle again to describe them. It may be mentioned, however, that Mr. Barr. in a second display of his falcons, showed them to much better advantage, and satisfied every one of the high training in which be has them. He has recoplred the truant hawk of Thursday. Among the novelties produced yesterday may be mentioned some very aniuc,- ing races—ore called the " roly-poly. race, contested by pairs of tumblers tumbling over each other, like clown end Pantaloon; another, th© well-known wheel barrow race, which excited much laughttr; and, finally, a race round the park by competitors chiefly kilted. Fr the last-mentioned instance nothing at all remarkable in the way of speed was cficcud, but some interest was created by the closeness of the run. " Tossing the caber" was introduced, and excited much attention from its characteristic peculiarities as a sport. 01 all the High. land games it is by far the must striking, but the tall powerfully-built men who four years ago came from the hills to show it in its full perfection are now missed, and the caber loses in const quence much of its import ance. In addition to the wrestling of the previous day, which was repeated with even increased effect, there was a very curious di,play of the pastime called "hip pos" by the ancient Greeks, which consists in two men mounting on the shoulders of two others, and each pair struggling to throw the other. The only new feature in the dancing was the performance of "Sir Roger de Coverley," by Mr. Flexmore's troupe, in the olden style. In the cavalry combat, sword against lance, one of the steeds ran away with his rifer, and charged into the throng who were in front of the "green-room" marquee. Sundry pairs of heels were seen suddenly pointing sky wards, the panic causing a very general salutation of mother earth, but happily without the slightest personal injury. Flexmore, who had just been administering medicine to his monkeys within, was standing among the rest when the adversary drew nigh, but sagaciously descrying to the t r h n e al sop peril, he made a furioUs bound exte op of the tent, which he bestrode for a few moments, an d then sprang ' from on high to his former place, to the astonishment of the beholden It is but justic e t o t hi s clever maestro to say that the entire arrangevents of his department imparted great iamma - lion to the fete. Th e b race of three-legged giant, Flexmore inverted for th e occasion from a remote which. islarfCl, afforded eminent amusement ; and his morris-dancers, jinglers, stilt-walkers, and w heelbarrow-racers, attired in brilliant colours, deported themselves in a manner highly creditable to their celebrated chef. It was seven o'clock before the programme was ex hausted, and the fête terminated. Though in some re spects inferior to those of previous years in others it has proved superior to them. There were more evidences of good management in the dispatch with which the games succeeded each other, and the inclosed spate was much better kept than hitherto. These improvements are, no doubt, due to the exertions of Mr. Boucher,. the treasurer. • The extraordinary feat of La Perche, described in yesterday's notice, was erroneously attributed to she brothcra Siegrist. ' The correct name is the brothers " Binslay." couva CIRCULAR. His Imperial Highness Prince arrived yesterd a y on a visit to the Queen. oi Oldenburg er The Earl of Malmesbury arrived also from; London visit.onHaerltoyal Highness the D uc h ess o f K en t, an d their Serene Hi g h ness and s the Princes s o f Hohenliihi, and Princess Ad e l a id e , of H H yde, and visited h er Royal highness d rov e over t o the Duchess-of lis Gloucester. Serene Highness Prince Charles of lichen lobe,left yesterday for . attended by M. Klumpp, Earl of Malmesbury bad an audience of , the London. The included his Queen this morning, end Sir Ralph arcaromby, Who was presented on his departure for th e The royal canner party yesterday Im perial Highness Prince Peter of Oldenburg, h er l i tn , v Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess h fii a. henlohe, Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe and" 13- , the Earl of Malmesbury. lohe left town yesterday His Serene Highness Pr f in )r ce ox C i h or a d rl . es 17fis Isloehreenne Highness visited the Royal - Italian Opera on Thurs . day evening. had -' The Duk e of Rutland, the E d ar i l n o te f r S vi t e r? s h ye.s rok t e e i rd an ay d the Marquis of Salisbury with Mr. Secretary Walpole at the Horne office. on had a The Cambridge Univrraity Coin meting yest,rofficial p m s First Lo r d o f the Treasury in Downing street. Prest4at—The Bish Demo of Ely, op of Chester, the .. , .: . -i i l d — ence of the Prof essor Sedgwick, and the Rev. W. H. B,iteAa (secretary), yesptelsrpdaaytches wen sent off from the Colonial-office Provinc es , and to the Governor of Gibraltar. Pis to the G overnors of the North• Ame r i c an patches were received from the Governors of I‘'-!alta and Gibraltar, and from the Governor of Victoria. 0- Monday next, more, the celebrated pantomimist, with -Bledlle: Auriowlll appear for the firsttime at thi s theatre, in a grand romantic drama, oupported by P 9 werfill ballet. Receipts. ldbl. 1852. SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. In accordance with the terms of the Order in Council of .tiat , 25 h i.f June, 1851, the following prern9ti , ms have lukcti pmco to half yes) , lint:— Commander 'Times Creagh (1827) to be captain. Commander Samuel Rana'. y (1828) to be captain. Curertlf.lnder E. W. PilkingrinT(lB3b) to be eaptehi. C - nnmandor John T,Wer;kn (1833) to be elp:ain. Commander Itotert Loney (Pin) to be captain. Commander W. N. Fowoll (1839) to be captain. Lit-ut. Edward Robinson (1813) to be commander. Lieut. Charles Henry Kempthorne (1813) to be corn mender. Lieut. Henry Cox (1815) to be commander. Lieut. William Vieary (1815) to be commander. • Lieut. H. S. Burniston (1825) to be commander. ▪ Captain the Hon. A. Duncombe, M.P., is staying al Pocktirigton, Yorkshire. Captain Milne is at Inverelc Masselburgh. Sir William Symon.is's experimental brig Flying Fish, 12, having been surveye d, and found so defective that she would not be worth repairing, has been condemned, and ordered by the Admiralty to be broken up. She is wily eight yeare old. The Admiralty order for countermanding the sale of the-Mohawk iron steamer, of 130 tons and 50.horso p,iiteer e on Lake Huron, Canada, arrived too late; the ship was sold for about 4501. Lieutenant Herbert, her late - commander, has come home, and reported himself at the Admiralty. The screw steam :quadrat), Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson; Highll; er, 21, secew-frieate, Captain Mat son; Danntless, 33, Captain Halsted; and Encounter, 14, Captitin Gordon, was to quit Admiral Dundas's squadron about this time and return to Spithead. The Admiralty have ordered the 90-gun ship Algiers, building _at Devonport, to be adapted for screw ma chinery, and to receive engines of 400-horse power. The screw steam-sloop Niger, Commander Heath, arrived at Queenstown on Wednesday, from the coast of Africa. Toe Wasp is also ordered home, and both ships are to come to Spithead. Rear Admiral Corry's squadron is expected to return to Torbay, after a cruise iu the Channel, about the 12th inst. One of the frigates, the Leander, 50, Captain Xing, remains in Torbay, PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Dasher steamer, Com mander Le Fevre, came into harbour from the Chan4l Islands to be paid six months' wages. The Daphne, 18, Captain Fanshawe, arrived at Spit head at half-past five o'clock this morning, with a freight of - about half a million dollars on merchants' account. She left Valparaiso on the Bth of May, at which time the Dasialus. 20, Captain Wellesley, was the 'only - man-of-war there. Toe Thetis, 36, Captain Kuper, was - about Vancouver's Island, going to Queen Char lotte's Island. The Swift, 6, Commander Aidham, was collecting freight on the coast of Ntsxico, and will be the next ship home from the Pacific station. The Am phitrite, 25, Captain Frederick, had sailed. The Daphne touched at Port William, Falkland Islands, on the 2d of June, and sailed o n th e 3d. Th e i s l an ds were im proving. cultivation was progressing. She arrived at Rio on the 19th of June, and sailed a few hours after. The yellow fever still raged, but was abating. The Centaur steam-frigate, Rear Admiral Henderson, C. 8., and the Crescent receiving-ship, were the only men-of-war at Rio, except an American corvette and French frigate, the latter bearing an admiral and lying at the entrance to the harbour. On Thursday, about half-past one, the Daphne signalled Rear-Admiral Curry's squadron off the Start. During her commission, now nearly four years, the Daphne has gone over about 70,000 miles of water; and has visited the Navigator's, Fegee, Toega, Loans a s leftth e Pitcairn's, and Vancouver's Islands. At M azatlan, in October last, she encountered an a wful h urricane, in which she was dismasted.Mr of the ( M Gorgon),ter e Centaur), Mr. Rundle (Engineer behind when-that vessel left for England; and Mr. berforce (midshipman of the Daedalus), have come home passengers in the Daphne, which is ordered to be paid off at Chatham, after being in s p ected he re by the Com mander-in-Chief to-morrow. The arrived , . Ni at Queenstown ger 6, steam-sloop on (screw), Commander Heath, Wednesday afternoon, from the West Coast of Africa. She left Ascension on the 26th of June, and Sierra Leone on the 3d of July. The Penelope was at Ascension; the Firefly, Harle quin,Prometheus, Dolphin, and Spy were on the South Coast; the Volcano, Cygnet, Alecto, Waterwitch, and Myrmidon were in the Bights; and the remainder of the squadron was ion the North Coast. The squadron generally was healthy, but now that the excitement of chasing and capturing slavers is almost at an end, the monotony of the station is much complained of, and would bit more so but for the kindness of the Commo dore in sending each ship once during the commission to :Tend a week at St. Helena. The Niger left England in August, 1850. She was engaged in the first attack upon Lagos, for which, although there was some hard fighting, no rewards or promotions were bestowed upo n her officers or crew, and she , like her colleagues, the eo ndoccasio n Harlequin, Volcano,jus toolate fo and r Waterwitch, arrived o n th e sparticipation in the good things so liberally showered down upon those who were present. The Niger has been remarkably healthy, and has proved a most useful and economical cruiser; she has sailed over 37,600 miles, and steamed exactly 6,000 besides; she has expended 996 tons of coal—about halt the usual expenditure of paddle-steamers on the same service. Messrs. W. F. Richards and 11. L. Holder, midship men, passed examinations qualifying for the rank of Lieutenant on board the Victory on Wednesday. The St. George merchant-ship passed this port in the night from Sydney, and sent in passengers and mails by a pilot. boat. She brought no news, but had on board a freight, in gold and wool, reported to us as valued at upwards of 250,0001. sterling. The Vimiera emigrant ship arrived at Spithead last evening, to embark passengers for Australia. Tho Duke of Northumberland, First Lord of the Ad miralty, arrived at this port this evening, at a quarter to six o'clook, and embarked in the Black Eagle steam _ yacht, which was waiting off the town sallyport to convey him to Cowes, to be in readiness te ace impany the Queen on her Majesty's projected excursion to the Channel Islands, Antwerp, &c. To-day b-ing - the anniversary of the birthday of his Ro) al. Highness Prince Alfred, and the Court b e i ng within the precincts of the port, the ships in harbour and at, Spithead fired a Royal salute at noon to cele brate the event. The new paddle frigate Furious, 16, has been swung iii harbour to-day for the adjustment of her compa sses. The Vivid steam - packet, Master - Commander Luke Smithett, arrived this morni n g from the y e a a c a h teia i d eo to n j s o is i t n . the Royal squadron for Antw er p . r g T h of e the armedst steam-frigates g to a t t e h s e Ro ya s t eam yachts Retribution, —consist- 28, Capt a i n the Hon. J. D. Drummond; Magicienne, 16, Captain Ram say; Odin, 16, Captain Henderson, C. 13.; Sampson, under weigh from Spithead thi s a f ter - Captain Jones; a nd Barracouta, 6, Captain t he lion. S. T n 0 . on Carnegie—got, and Os borne each dressed shi p and fired a ro yal salute. Her Majesty will embark t o-morrow about noon pro ceeded down to Cowes. Oa Pas s i ng o s _ noon, weather per mitting, The Sprightly steana.terder, Mr. G eorge Allen, A this M c ommanding, t rans h ipped the morning, and brought i t i nto har bourting Daphne's mfar:itgerh,t h for transmission by the consignees to London. APPOINTMENTS. WooLWICH, AUG. 6 —Master Vincent Williams (1841), to the Horatio, 24, screw steam-guardship, at Sheerness. Acting Master H. W. C. W ise, now a s upernumerary ti her re Majesty'siteory s fi liip g-sbiPat Portsmouth, is app o i nted Victory, for service in the Fire Queen. The Sanus steam-vessel, Commander Powell, was paid off to-day at this port. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, AUGUST I.—The Medina arrived last ni g h t from Alexandria, which port she left on the 27th of July, but no news of the Adjah had been received. The - Austrian steamer, which had waited for the India mail, would start on the morning of the 29th. I anueunced in my last the arrival at Slues of • the steartier Victoria, from Aden. The Medusa packet left us on the morning of Wed- She had 32.ievalids, I believe, and would take nesday last for the fleet, when .she would proceed to r n apc6oi Tripoli. The he. appearance T ships hep a an steam-frigatedh ohifbardtaGhlmetearrnr. tf i o o e i m e h e Te li n F r o ai Engl: A O. Gamer arrivedmanifested as oeemtl,ea and da n r h tea t rt ,_ some mock bravado, had delivered up the Frenchmen h e had held, in confinement. The . Vengeance has proved the best sailer, havine beaten all the large ships; she is 1111MOtit equal t o th e Phaeton ill speed. Captain Lushington i s a e sufferer from gout, and is obliged to be conveyed —eat to the deck in his chair. Cured,and Britannia is a happy ship. On the 13th inst. a the atrical representation took place on board u n d er the ~tronage of the' admiral, at which were invited all i t l : - eantains of the squadron. The entertainment was roe :, _istblYisiiiiiiiiined.- - The first piece was a Comic drama, en. titled The Mock Doctor; or, The Dumb Lady .livent, oft amidst roars of laughter. Several songs -in-the - best 'Style, followed. s sang Growler steam-frigate was. at Marseilles on the 21st iner.having Jett the fleet two days before. She was under orders to await the arrival of A. btafford, E sti., who ,would first visit the admiral before paying e is visit to 11.0.1te; - During the time the Medusa has been on station, tilieutJour years, she has done her du t y well, and bath her commander and the officers under his command hav e made :many ' , friends by th.ir universal urbanity and kir.dtoss. Lieutenant Bathurst is a lieutenant of 1838; hie father fell' at Navarino in command of the Genoa, 74, and if arduous service by father and son hold o at any 11 . 4eoutible promise for promotion, we trust ere long to see the gallant aficer who has just quitted us pro. inoted' i . to the rank of commander. —Herald. ..., . , . Tn ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND N ORTH. NVESTEIIN LINE, NEAR COVENTRY. --An examination of the state of.'; the railway at the point where the accident occurred to ok Place yesterday by Mr. McConnell, on the part of th e comparis7. One of the sufferers—Mr. Brookes bas so f ar recovered that it is hoped he will be in s uch a p r ogressive state 1 h'at h e may be speedily removed to his residence, near Ihrmingbarn. A lady named Salt, who sat opposite one of the deeersed at the time the concussion took place, is still in a sad state of _noTous excitement, besides suffering i n various parts of the body. Mr Moir, of the Birmingham Journalv in the carriage which suffered most materially from IVe the accident, fprtunately g escaped without injury. Mr. at thstletltichaid/., the celebratede time, a 0 Ibrtunat e l was amongst those who escaped uninjured. Y STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AFRICA.—IU order to afford 'a pestal "communication every fourteen elm's to Ma deira and Taitiffe, the Lords of the Admiralty have fixed the depakure - Of "the African, .mail st e amers ter the 24th instead of the IA of each month. The new regu l at i on w ill come into force on the 24th of S eptember nex t, when th e - first vessel of this line will take her departure. SPORTING NOTES• No- cny,xxvm. THE WOLVERHAMPTuN MEETING, EBOH IL &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S principal stakes, in every Sin,— observatioes on the various stakes at the late Brie:llton selecting were verified, with respect to the having pulled my judgment through triumphanhteylikoer the Brighton Stakos, Timid Fawn having dune Biennial t for the Pavilion Plato, Catherine Hayes for the Stakes, Rataplan for the 100 Soya. Sweepstakes,i andhiast. Sharuvogue fur the BrightOn Cup; uP°llwb-c la ~ s ee nothing to deprive Pan and Sharavog named race I remarked in my last note that I coil instance, Hesse Homburg lf first and Sh second places." They finished first and second, a the vogue winning easily. I was uncommonly near ' mark in the Trial Stakes, my choice being the Knight of the Thistle, who ran a dead heat with the winner, the Little Savaee, before he was beaten. In the race f r or K, Marino Plato, also, my juc , anent ran closely fc Timid Fawn, and flumphery, whom menu; ue of the par c!;:oice' was only just beaten by I placed second, fiaisbed thi r d . The inte ting went tiff altogether with great éclat. The running does not immediately affect any stakes that are c l osed at the presen t time, conse quently co mment is useless. Three days o f next week, Monday, TuesdnY, and Wednesd a y, are devoted to the Wolverhampton M ee ting. About half o f the stakes have yet to close; of t he re mainder o ne and at! show a great falling oir in the t number of entri es and acceptances. The Produ ce S takes of 10 soya. each, with 20 a dded, for three ye ars o ld , colts Bst 61b, and fillies Bst 3 1 b, once round, about a mile andrs furlong, looks like the pro perty of Mr. Flintoff with hi s daughter of Heron, bars. The Foal St a k es of 10 sous. each, with 20 added, fo r three years old, co l ts Sat 61b, fillies Bst 31b, the same course as for th e preceding stake, out of its six nomina tions may pos s ibl y have at the outside three runners i n the Old elan, the Director, and Bermuda. The last named is a very doubtful starter, but if he runs ho wins —in his absenc e THE OLD MAN Will do the deed. The Wolveroampton Stakes over the usual course — three yards above two and a half miles in length—will in all probability attract but ts very small field to the post, including Liadrick, Lady Amyott, and perhaps Goldfinder. Alonzo at Bst 71b is completely out of his element, distance and weight being both against him. Lidy Evelyn at 7st 101 b has but little chance. The next three in the meale—all belonging to one stable—look very raischievoei, Goldfinder probably b e i ng the starter. Little George we saw enough of the other day to settle our opinion against him. The same remark will apply to Waterfall. Musician is a doubtful starter for a most potent reason; if he was to figure in the fray he would be likely to finish No. 1. True Blue is a hopeless spec. Weathorgage with his penalty will, I fancy, stop at home. LADY AMYOTT and LINDRICK, as the case stands, look the most like business; and in one or other I expect to find the winner. The Patshull Handicap (mile and a half) out of its dozen acceptances —one of whom, Champion, is already placed hors do combat —will probably helm five or six runners, among whom YOUNG ENGLAND Will be found, who, I fancy will be about the mark. The Holyoake Stakes, I presume, will be appropriated by Dawson, should Sanders' starter miss the mark. More about this race on Monday. As we are rapidly approaching the York meeting, it will not be out of place to give a few hints on the Great Ebor Handicap. Voltir,eur, at Bst 131 b, will have many friends, but, to my thinking, a moderate chance. Nancy, at Bst, by the public is much fancied; but, if I am not most egregiously out in my calculations, in her we shall not see the winner. Marlboro' Buck, Truth, Hippolytus, Little Barry, Bird-on-the-Wing, Grey Tommy, Frantic, Lucio, Gladiole, Gal vanism, Koh-i-Noor, Parser, the V arm i nt, and Poetess, are no go. My Goodwood Stakes fancy, Montague, I consider to bo as well in, or in fact better, than any other in the race, being weighted at 7st. Haricot, at Est 131 b, is sure to be in the rear of Montague, if running is to be relied on. Sir Rowland Trenchard is not in badly at Est 101 b, and, to all intents and purposes, satisfactorily settles Storyteller, Paquette, the Proctor, and Sledmere. The High Sheriff's chance is much better than the Red Lion's, Lindrick'i, or Weathergage's. There has been some talk about Bilberry; but notwithstanding the feather weight of 4st which is allotted to her, I cannot have her as a winner. In short, I consider that Mon tague may improve upon his Goodwood running at York, and manage this time to finish A I.—l am, Sir, &c., Aug. 6. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. UN. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACE CLUB. --FRIDAY. The Claret Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 5 . 0 added; the winner to give three dozen of claret to the Club. T.Y.C. Mr. Osbaldiston ns Sanita, 11 st 21b (Mr. Osbaldiston) 1 Captain Rolls, na Carrier, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr."Bevill) 2 Lord Waterford's R o ll er , li s t 1I lb ...... (Capt. Pettat) 3 Mr. Bryer's Young England, llst 91b...(Cspt. Little) 0 Mr. Etwell 9 :s Kt of the Thistle, llst 71b (Mr. Scobell) 0 Mr. La Terrier na Shropshire Witch, 1 lat...(Elwes) 0 Capt. Rowley na Flytrap, lOst 131 b (Mr. C. L. Fox) 0 Lord C!ifden's Billy Bar, lOst 21b (Mr. P. Williams) 0 Count Batthyany's Shepherdess, 9st 101t(Mr. Henry) 0 Betting -5 to 2 agst Sh ro p s hi re Wi tch, sto 1 agst Young ugland, and 5 to 1 agst Carrier. Won easily by two lengths. A length between second and third, Shropshire Witch and Knight of the Thistle close up. Run in 1 min. 22 sec. Plate of 75 soya., for two yrs old, 7st 41b; three, 9st; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., and allowances if to be sold for less. Half a mile. Lord W. Po ..lett's Guava, 7st llb (200 l) (T. Smith) 1 Mr. Magenis's Janina, 3 yrs, Bst 61b(1001.)(Flatman) 2 Duke of Richmond's Stella, 7sl llb (1001.) (J.M ann) 3 Sir J. V. Shelley na Promise, 6st 101 b (1000 (Hiet) 0 Mr. Thclitison's Lady G ertrude, 6 st 101 b (1001.) 0 Mr. Reeves's Deerho un d , 6+t 1314100/.)(T.Sherwood) 0, Betting-5 to 4 ugst S tella, 3to 1 tigs"nincl' and j to 1 agat Guava. A flu.: rae., from the di stance between t he first two, was won by a head, S ella a bad third. Bun in 50 sec. The Brighton Club S ta k es of 10 soya. each, h ft (handl cap), with 50 added; the winner to give three dozen Captain Archdall na Bullfi nch, 103 t 711) of Champagne to th e C lub. New Course. ) 1 (gr. Elvre.,- ) 2 Captain Little na Clothwerkeraged,l2st Captain Roils na Hesse Hornburglostl2ln(Mr.Bevi 3 Capt. Rowley's Bcebee Bunnoo, 10st (Capt. Rowley) 0 Count l3atthyany's Shepherdess, 9st 41b (gr. Henry) ~ Betting-7 to 4 and 2tol on Hesse Homburg, and won by a 4 to 1 each aget Bullfinch and Clothworker. head, Clothworker a bad third. Shepherdess did not pass the post. Ran in 3 min. 29 arc. Match 50, h ft. 'Lye. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ( P e t tit) 2 Mr. Rogers's Leybourne, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ...... (Rogers) th. by a leng Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux. Won easy Run in 1 min. 20 ace. (Capt. Little) 4 A Plate of 75 so y a. f or maiden h rses; three P old,l 7st 71b; four, B s t 7 1 b ; five and mares and geldi ngs a l lowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 soya. B r i stol mile. o n wards, Bst 1°1! Duke cf Bedford's Carrier 3yrs ... (G. Mann) 0 1 Lord Chesterfield' s Infidelity f,Y Y ...(R. Sherwood) ; ............ (Char lton) _ Mr. Elwes s Miss Talb ot, 4 rs y Mr. Elwes ' ne Flora Mq Yvor, 4 6 4 Captain Rowley's Y e ll ow Boy, 3 yrs ...... ( J . Mann) t Betting—Even o n C arr i er, and 9 to 4 sgst 'O der 1 Y d filly. Won by half a length, a ljeg fourth' 13" th betwee n sec" in and third, and a ne c k between third and , f o r 205 1 min. 49 so,,c. The wi nner was sold by &I"tin guineas. ............... (Rogers) 5 Plate of 100 sovs. added to a sweepstakes Ca u p p ta w i a n rd L s a , n l e 2 ,s st A ; each; three yrs old, 10it 71b ; four list 9lb; five and Lord Waterford'sgml:lsairs:ssHaanyd winner to be sold fer 300 sovs - nd allowances if to be sold for less. The second horse "a to receive 20 sous. out out of the stakes. New course.of 5 Bove. ed Copt. Rowley na Domino, lOst 71b (slr. C. 1 - 4 . Sir J. V Sit 11 1.11 B t e : t i t n ing 3 —: in to 32 l s e ec a . ch . (Owner) 1 , g , 1 Ist (3001.) ..... ... , tuP 2 V. • e eY 13 Pan, lOst (200 j ) ..(Cap 11l ) ( c a pt Pettat) 3 Mr. E l . , es, llst 41b _ wes s Sleeping Partner, list 21b ....(Owner) 4 Won by Fox) 5 tj u u lengths; half a length between second and third. sold for 370 guineas. The Welter Plate of 50 rove, added added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft; four ' yrs old, 13st 41b; five yrs old, 13st 10Ib; six and aged, 14st; t he winner to be sold for 100 sovs.; gentlemen riderS; non-members to carry 51b extra. New course. Captain Cowley's Garforth, 5 yrs, 13st 1011) (Owner) 1 .......... ..(Owner) 2 Mr.. Elwe's Vesta, aged, 14st Mr. Bethuneina Abd ...... lb (Mr. &obeli) 3 B r • Oleo, 13st 10 v os te, and 3 to 1 agst Betting- _ 7 to 4 and 2tol on Abdallab. Won by two lengths. Ran in 3 min 48 sec. !tt objection against Garforth for having lost some of his weight after passing the post was overruled. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EDOR HANDICAP .- 8 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t.) GREAT YORXSHIRE STARES.--150 CO NO DO Stock well (t.) ST. LEGER.-350 to 100 agst Songstress (o—offers to take 4 to 1 about Stockwell . Our returns that the three days pro duced must have shown ,_ an amount of sport far superior to ethane ahin hitherto seen at Brighton. Good as it proved no doubt that the committee, having considerably en riched their exch:quer by the sale of the winners of the Their determination to,ahead is unmistakable. It go ~ is due to the nuna etnent to Oat that the judging, starting, and we' g were • proachable, and that use the • hin Chad police,under Su p erintenden t , , p and Sergeant Lan-- le -.be alert, from first to 5 Y, were so thoroughly on t last, that not a single case came before the magistrates. --- T9gll6egtewAldinginnisgersan2:l,l33°lcll. 31b. 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Intelligence would have been transmitted swiftly over continents and arrested by narrow chancels. Toe instruments of perfecting important disCoveries some times appear along with the invention. The electro current can be conveyed beneath water by the aid of gutta percha, and this singular material came into the western markets at the precise time when it was re quired to accomplish this work. The • wires of the electro telegraph, when stretched on poles by the side of railways, according to the common practice in this country, are independent of gutta prcha ; but when they are carried through tunnels its aid is necessary. The aerial telegraph, although common in Britain, is not universally used. The subterranean system is chiefly practised in Germany. We suspend the wires on poles, and the Pru , sians cover them up in a trench. The idea of messages overtaking railway trains, pass ing them with inconceivable rapidity, and preparing for travellers an unwelcome receptio n at the end of their journey, has become a frequent subject of sen timental writi ng . I t i s not quite so startling as those underground messages transmitted with equal rapidity. As the train hurries over the line, the tra veller has leave to imagine that his eye detects a slight tremulousness in neighbouring wires, although that is entirely imaginative; but in the case of the subterranean telegraph information of an evil deed seems to spring out of the earth. But the telegraph has other, more common, and more important pur poses to serve than that of a police assistant. It is not always charged with messages of evil. It carries All the more important missives of the age, and if it ever brings a tale of danger or of war, it will as often convey the glad tidings of safety and of peace. Its operations and tendencies are all on the side of inter national friendships and amity, for it utterly anni hilates distance in one respect, and will maintain yet hourly c ommunications between the most distant re gions of the earth. But deep wide oceans intervene between them, and neither the English nor the German s ystems of telegraphi ng are pract i cable on them. Science had not material w h ere b y to t h ro w a bridge with p o l es an d w i res over the while the subterranea n sys t em seemed Atlantic , improbable. The latter, at least equally_ afforded suggestions for a subaqueous tele graph, orraoh The insulation and protection of the tele graph e s were requisite in the subterranean sys eereenfully afforded by gutta percha. The g te r m ar , -- and ir w covered by tbat strange gum, wires bad bad b from eastern tree, and while this covering tracted did not interfere with the transmission of messages, it etn ily shielded the swift messenger on the Jour- diesperhaps we should describe it with more pro priety or ils of the fragile highway on which . t p h r a ie t t L a s s ae t e e ge . r travels. Even scientific men don ot pe rceive the more obvious facts connected with always the matter on which they operate; and, in the first s ubag . u . eous telegraphs were proposed of instance, gutta alone. That material w i re , coated wit h gr eat powers of erch& resistance ••' but yet, placed possesses o cean, sunk a hundred fathoms, or any b enea th the other num ber of fathoms deep, and c h a f e d aga i ns t the wrecks of vessels, or m a n y o th er su bstances, rocks, even the would fail. The wire coa t e d w ith watts perc ha was even, we believe, thrown over the channel, ut it did not maintain the commu- English more han twenty-four hours. It n i ca tion for was no w clear that the gutta percha would protect the wires of t he subaqueous telegraph, if it cou ld be itself secu red against therough handling which a ll invading su b s tances experience at times from the ocean. The latter object has been affected by galva nised wires tw i s ted in a spiral form round the gutty ' a which a copper wire is enclosed. The percha case, 1 telegraph across the channel to the French c oas t was put down in t he month of September last. It has now been in operation for ten or twelve m on th s , an d the insulation o f the wire is so compl e t e th at t h e communication h as been steadily maint a i ne d. I n line was thrown over the Irish June last a telegraph The distance channel from Holyhead_ t s H_ x o t wth. • Tile,. and the coast be tween these points is full r i ou y . The agitation in on both sides "rocky rough .' favour of an Irish Atlan tic steam-pack e t por t cause d considerable excite ment on telegraphic matt e r s . suspended fr om D u bli n to be Wires could easily Galway along t he line of railway ; and, th e difficul once overcome, intelligence re ties of the channel ceived on the west coast of Ireland might be trans mitted to London with great rapidity. The absolute transmission, if the line were not broken by inter vening scarcely stations, can be measured by time. The messenger would not require a second on the way over the wide Irish bogs, which are to be converted into gold, and over the wider fertile lands of that country, which require no such conversion; for they are already more valuable than gold itself—down be• neath that deep and often stormy channel—past the busy towns of the north-west of England, and over all the breadth of the land from Holyhead to Loth bury or Charing-cross. The Irish telegraph would be formed—that fact was unquestionable after the completion of the French line. Rival companies were therefore anxious for the work, and those who carried over the first intelligence were likely to be successful in preserving the business. The channel between Holyhead and Howth is over sixty miles in breadth, and Howth itself is at a con siderable distance from Dublin. The cost of pre pared wires must be very heavy ; and where a choice can be readily obtained, the narrow crossing of any channel will probably be adopted. The crossing be tween Portpatrick on the Scottish coast, and Do naghadee in the neighbourhood of Belfast, is not much over twenty miles. The channel is narrowed to little more than ten miles between the western corner of Argyleshire and the eastern extremity of Antrim ; but the telegraphic wire would have to be carried by land for many miles from Glasgow to the point nearest to Ireland on the Argyleshire coast, and again on the Irish coast towards Belfast for a shorter distance, but still one more considerable than from Do naghadee. A company was therefore formed to con nect the British and Irish coast from Portpatrick. They have adopted the subterraneous system from Dumfries onwards through a great breadth of coun try, forming the south-western shoulder of Scotland onwards to the coast. Upon the Irish shore the Belfast and County Down Railway does not come within ten miles of Donaghadee, and for that distance the railway will render no aid to the telegraph. These operations necessarily occupied considerable time, and although now completed, yet other parties, by a decided step, telegraphed the wider channel be tween Holyhead and Howtb, while the northern company were digging trenches. One day a gentle man called at the Gutta Percha Company's works in London and inquired if they could supply him with one wire, double covered with gutta percha, and eighty miles long, within two weeks. The question was somewhat startling, for the order, taken in con nexion with the time for its performance, was out of the common line of business. It was, however, ac cepted, and it was accomplished. Of course the company cover telegraphic wires with gutta percha as part of their business, while their customer probably wished to keep his own secret, and so their depart ment was completed and the work delivered for some time, and re-covered at works in Newcastle-on-Tyne with galvanised wires, before they were made ac quainted with its destination. This was the first telegraphic wire which crossed the Irish Channel, and it wrought well for some time. We have learned, however, that it has been broken, and is irreparable. The report has caused some anxiety among commercial men in reference to sub marine telegraphs ; but the circumstances show nothing against them. Even if wires of the descrip tion employed should be altogether unsuccessful, the communications will still be formed and maintained. The first engraving shows accurately the form and size of the wire from Holyhead to Howth. The telegraph wire is insulated within a double covering of gutta percha, and the latter is protected by twelve very small galvanised wires twisted around it in a spiral form. The rope is only of the thickness represented in the engraving, and has a fragile or rather weak appearance for the rough kind of work between Holyhead and Howtb. The villagers of Donaghadee and Portpatrick bad long been interested in the intercourse between the two islands. Neither of these places had a natural harbour. The shelter afforded by them for shipping had been almost entirely cut out of rocks. The cur rent in their great ferry resembled " a mill race." The water seemed ever to be in haste to get in, or else to get out and away again, between the narrow points of land where Scotland and Ireland struggle to meet. Immense sums of money, which we should not like to count over, have been expended on this passage for the benefit of Donaghadee and Portpatrick in particular, and the world at large, in a more gene ral way. When railways and steam navigation changed this "ferry" a few years ago, the villagers on both d sides considered themselves very badly used indeed, by by science. They offer a practical exam ple o r t oy t e. propriety of people trusting to the "march of improve ment," to ment," and waiting on. Another stage pr oD of the restore and secure the more interesting Pao - to old communications between the countries t o to together — channel. The two villages were to veestern di not only two islands—but the eastern 3 r and en e wal of their visions of the earth. Then, with thtib' mpetition to co hopes came the Holy well and BC reported destruc destroy them. Now, however, t w ire has given new tion of the rival communicatdin grortpatrick, and the confidence to Donaghadee and two quiet villages say wiser class of persons in the rofitablY to cross the that people cannot expect ?Plans being g decidedly in plans of nature—one of these their favour. A more important s ection of the community ex press fears that the su bmarine lines of communica tion will always be liable to stoppages, find, from the destruction of wires, will become wireasouably ex- 1852. pensive. Neitber party have any ground for the opinions of the one, or tears of the other, in any event which has yet occurred. The second engravirv, when contrasted with the first, will convey a better idea of what the Holyhead wire should have beer, what the Dover one is, and the Donaghadee one, as we believe, will be, than any statement of th e ditnr ences between them which we could make. The telegraph in this instance consists of four wires. Each wire is separately insulated in a double covering of gutta percha. The double coating ha; been adopted to prevent the probability cf imperfec tions in the material. The scheme Completely ob• viates that risk; for it is highly improbable that the deficiency would occur in 13)tie cover i n gs at the same point. The four wires, distinguished by the letter Ain the engraving, being insulated by the gutta percha B, are not brought into contact with the pro teetieg wires ; but are wrapped with spun yarn, sa turated with tar, which protects them from the gal car:Lied wires D. Ten of these wires of con siderable strength and thickness are twisted round the tarred yarn, which covers the gutta percha in which the four conducting copper wires have been insulated. The adoption of the spun yarn as a co vering or shield to the gutta percha prevents the pos sibility of accident, from the latter being chafed by the wires. The probability of that accident is not gceat, but still it exists. We have seen part of a te legraphic wire absolutely twisted into the form of a knot, while still the gutta perch, faithful to its im portant trust, maintained perfect the insulation of the copper wire. The galvanised wires in the rope which has maintained the communication with the French coast for the past ten months are very strong ; and while the weight of the first specimen was only one tonper mile, the weight of the specimen on that sta tion in actual use is fully seven tons per mile. The differences between the two telegraphs are thus apparent. The successful telegraph contains four wires, each doubly covered with gutta percha, wrapped in yarn carefully tarred and twisted round, with ten thick galvanized wires forming a rope of inch of diameter, and weighing over seven tons per mile. The unsuccessful telegraph contains only one wire, also doubly covered with gutta percha, but not wrapped in y arn , an d w i th i ts cover i ng o f twe l ve dtibianmegtaeirv, and onewires,anizedtob p n e o r t mile more of than i weight an inch in The galvanized wires are unnecessary as a protec tion of gutta percha against the influence of ocean water; for have s yearseenve in ry thin gotta w immersede for five brine, ha percha t stillas net ting firm and tou g h P S on the day of its manufact ure . It i s doubtful whether the material be not improved by the proce ss . We have h ear d that someextensive coils o f tele graphic wir e i n th e f orm of the the successful wire —have been in I p v r e e p i a n r r a e t r i , o n therefore,at the of more ere and are now more sub-marine telegraphs. When ten or twenty ea ro have come and gone, a net-work of telegraphingSearsw.ll be laid under many seas, and carried over many ind ' s. Intelligence will pass from nation to nation, " quick as the lightnings flash." This apparently feeble shallr e bsoearsceondd illustration__ agency will help to break the barriers which separate mankind. And while it is evolving great benefits to commerce, the instrument which has rendered " suba queous telegraphing" practicable, should not be for gotten. The " savages," we are told, who gather this gum in the forests of oriental isles and make it up in blocks for the market, put stones and other useless substances in these masses of professed gum, to increase their weight. The civilised are astonished that the " savages" should have learned to cheat. And yet the vice is natural. Kelp burners sometimes try the same means of money making. A kelp owner told us that be was greatly distressed on the subject of Irish kelp, because it contained stones. Cheating is even practised among civilised persons. But if the " savages" are guilty of dishonesty in their gum gathering as their help, in making sub-marine tele graphs indispensable, an effort should be made to bring them out of their savage state. Their gutta percha has been a useful discovery to Europeans, who should try to make its discovery still more useful to " the savages. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. A gratifying spectacle it was, the erection of the first pillar of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham; and an ex cellent address the chairman of the company delivered at the defamer which ensued, containing many sound truths, pithily expressed, and pleasingly illustrated. Hypercritics might object that there was something of an anti-climax in his announcement of the Palace as the best and biggest advertising van ever known, towards the close of his oration. But we are in no hypercritical mood, and are ready to admit that the company and its chairman, in keeping an eye on the main chance, while professing to be mainly animated by a desire to instruct and elevate the people, only follow the example of grave and oven sacred professions. Besides, there was much truth in what Mr. Laing said about advertisements. They are a necessity of com mercial life. In our crowded population, for a man to put his light under a bushel is to consent to its being extinguished, and perhaps himself along with it. Choose what pursuit in life you will, you find dczens of competitors around you, and the public, who know no more of the one than the other. naturally employ the first that attracts their notice. It will never do now-a days to stand aloof in silent dignity till custom comes to your door; you must pat yourselt in the way of cus tom—push, and bawl, and snatch at it; and as only Members of Parliament and quack doctors are tolerated to puff themselves off from platforms and hustings, why, advertisements are your only resource. The art of advertising has made great strides of late. In the days of our youth there were newspaper and pamphlet advertisements , posting' bills and hand-hills. In addition to these we have now peripatetics carrying posting-bills surmounting long poles like f ba a n h n e e r r a s id o ,s r _sv vacs ; a of encased between two, a fter the. fashion a b r i r l i l a s ge s s t . uc a k t up in omnibusses and second-class rail . y tabard, single or in files; advertising curious and secluded railway stations, and in still more places of universal resort. have ma ny rivals now as All is quite fair. We channels for advertisement s, and they are daily on the increase. The new Crystal Palace as to be in some . of a dvertisements, whom sort a temple to the goddess odde s F e we take to be no other than the g s ame, eo g magnificently described by Vir b il. We have even d©- tected, ere now, an advertiseme n t packed up in a slyly speech in Parliament. Of this we complain not, but let the us all start fair. Why are we and our brethren of broad-sheet compelled to pay is.6d. duty upon every advertisement we publish, while all other publishers of advertisements escape. sco t-free. Take , for ex ample, the second•class carriages on the North- Western Railway. Each compartment has an average of thirty advertising bills stack upon it. The averaae of these compartments in each train cannot be less than twenty. Here we have 600 advertisements, t ee average enough to make any newspaper proprietor's mouth water. The privilege of sticking up these bills is, we believe, farmed by one enterp risi eg gentleman ; the company and he divide the profits of the advertise ments. But is it consistent wick fair play, or free trade, that while they are allowed to pocket all their earnings in this line without deduction, Government shall con tinue to appropriate one shilling and sixpence out of the remuneration we receive for every advertisement w e , publish? The amount of the extortion is not to be estimated by this sum of ls. 6 d. clone; the cu rta il ui of our advertising business on account of th e inc rezee el' t d charges we are obliged to make, the higher price at which we are obliged to sell our paper in order to make ends meet must also be taken into account. From every quarter we are accustomed to hear pro fessions of respect and esteem for th(l called "the best public instructor;" i 3 t i newspaper. It is s toasted at every political and many other dinners ; speakers, you would imagine their r!; to hear our public dear to them as any thin.' they newspaper was as these are not altogether empty words. own upon earth. And table of most people in coenetpt? , b w i ords. The breakfast id be a dull affair without its m °rta ' e circumstances would would feel a sad want if deprivedorni paper. The artisan wouldof his weekly jo ~, ou the last or first day of the week. The newspaper r sought after as an intelligentand i eoroPa" wn ' n railway carriage, steamboat , or stage coach -- such a thing now exist. But we could dispenseag with lau ch fo o r t the empty praise that is lavished uon us in return on. a little more -solid • ' pudding. We could sac°s© be n . adoration i delivery of many flattering speeches, on c a °li t'cea Re that we received a little more substantial j r e s ~ ,o adver . lieve us from a tax to which no other deale , tisements are subjected. h that is true—upon We could say much—and mac public from doing us the gain that would accrue to tp-ride in our vocation, this justice. We have an bon.eave no reluctance to ex and, in fitting time and place, But w e are contented to patiate upon its iaiportanctTe e biopic ground of justice put our case at presenton o f industrial enterprise. When to an honest branchs._hie d to place all competitors in every nerve is belo n g Ire a footing of equality, by relieving other pursuits up n o io _ .. them who may be subjected to any individual! Ashy others A others from such unequal burdens, not al- i imposts n n ewspa pers alone of all dealers in why should to be taxed while their competitors are advertise ments eontinu© exempted d oes n ot The questionseem a very abstruse on e , an d 34) parliameet after Parliament has been muddlin g a t ' 1831 apparent l y ' it eve r since , without being ono whit ne arer a practical solution of it than at first. Until just i ce is done us in this matter we must continue to re gad all fair sp( eches about g newspapers—whether ema nating from Whig, Tory, or Radical—as no better than the worship that some rude tribes pay to the devil —an .1 —an expression of concealed tear, not of cordial love. Mr. Disraeli has secluded himself from public ge.ze ever since the nomination for Backe, and is undersoolt to be busy concocting his first crigital bud,get. But from Mr. Disraeli we look for no relief. He i. him ('f a literary wan; and when literary men in Er ..; un d v :. at tain to office their first effort is to seek to oblite‘ato from the minds of their colleagues all remembrance of their former vocation. Mr. Disraeli knows that he could do good service to many worthy literary men by abolishing or reducing the tax upon advertisements, but he knows ho would immediately be twitted with ' having onee les longed to the " press-gang" himself, and he has not moral courage to endure the silly taunt .—Da ily News H ER , MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—OnIy two farewell nights will be given—viz., on Thursday and Saturday nest. The general public will have the opportunity of visiting this magnificent theatre, the scale of admission being reducel to what is texiAo plikyttyttse prices. IRELAND. ZIARVEST PROSPECTS. .FRIDAY.—The following agricultural report is condenicci from the Belfast Mercury of y osterday " Since our last monthly notice the weather has been peculiarly fav oura bl e fur thl growth and ripening of every species of c ro p. O n all s i des and i n a l l localities we find glorious signs of an abundant harvest. Indeed, ;he most melancholy of those seers who delight in turn ing up the dark sid e o f h uman affa i rs must now admit that, in point of rich luxuriance, the present appear ance of the country has never been exceeded. Lands which sev era l years ego were bare and barren now ex hibit a moderate degree of fertility; and thin soils, on which in former days crops came forward in all the sickliness of poverty, show evidences of scientific skill and enterprise, remarkable even in this age of improvement. Our Ulster farmers find out that they must exercise :he head as wall at the hands, and that in the field of agriculture itano is am pl e space for the action of that grasp of thought which tolls so favourably on the world of commerce. Flax certainly ex hibits a wonderful change in husbandry; the straw is long, and, where due care is taken in preparing and cleaning the soil, the yield is likely to prove very remunerative. We would hope, now that home -saved seed has been found to answer all the purposes of im cgrsoewin u ported qualities, that every grower of fl ax w i ll take some pains to preserve that valuable portion of t h e crop, in f past three years at on l y 4 1 . an acre, former e r l a m r d e e o a adls:.:riutgh eit Taking t o th b e efl value urg of t away, lie seed a sw o a f flax was the a the proceed• if all had bean carefully saved, w ou ld have stood ihus— Acres of flax. Value of seed. 1849 ... 60,014 ... £240,056 1850 85.935 ... 353,740 1151 ••• 138,895 ... 555,580 No official statement of the number of acres under flax in Ulster this season has yet appeared, but it must be large, and there is every reason to expect that the qua lity, as well as the bulk, of this crop will fully carry out the progressive improvement shown in flax culture for some years past. Taken as a whole, the cereal crops are by many degrees the finest seen in the north of Ire land since the days of famine. Great complaints are heard about the potato, and, indeed, we have witnessed the disease in sev era l localities; still there seems more excitement abroad on this subject than the present state of the crop would justify. Soils which have been long in culture, and to which a great deal of manure has been applied, are not favourable to the growth of potatoes; and in that description of land there is one-fourth of the crop infected. Other fields exhibit a smaller proportion, say one-third ; but as a sort of set off against this loss, we may state that the produce is unusally abundant. In some of the lands which were broken up this season the potatoe s are, as yet, quite healthy, and not the least sign of blight appears. But, even where symptoms of that old malady present them selves, exertion should be made,if possible, to prevent the disease extending itself. We saw, the other even ing, a gentleman directing his men to pull up all the withered stalks in his potato field; and as that was done, the soil on the top of the drills was pressed down with their feet, so as to exclude any action of the at mosphere affecting the tubers. This plan, in other sea sons, has certainly c h ec k e d th e spread of the disease. difficult o in f the tbe present whole On making an exam i nat i on o f t h e s t a te of the crop in several parts of thi s fi e ld , i t was f oun d that about one eighthlwasea partially aon fd twb s g h o na n ov e we . pt taken periodical i o ca u a l I d g o o b d stage,accurate e e that anticipated dis ease to say w h at m i ght be the ultimate amount of loss; but from a ll we can thing s yo deal of p a i ns to collect brought even to e n t wouldiei pe information, tedremb ya t r h ek e e,m t t o eh t eaa that our contemporaries. O ne l will not reach one-half o f the quality of th e new potatoes table the mos t palmy a t s pre sent is equal t o th e fi nest evr seen palmy days of Ireland's favourite " The Roman Catholi c Primacy, escudlient. contempt with which the Holy ee t reatedsmayed by the for mer selection of the priests of the dioce se their of Armagh, have again gone through the form of nominating one of their body to fill the office of Prim ate a n d Archbishop, vacated by the translation of Dr. Cullen to the metropolitan chair, with the brevet ran k of Apostolic Delegate in Ireland to tne Court of Rome. There were three candidates for the appointm en t, two of whom (Drs. Dixon and Kieran) had been chosen on the former occasion as dignissimus and dignier, the third being Dr. M'Nally, " Bishop" of Clogher, a prelate who until lately had belonged to the now for gotten class of " moderates," almost the last of whom was personified by the lamented Archbishop Murray. Dr. Cullen presided in his capacity of administrator at the meeting of the clergy, and having celebrated the solemn High Mass of the Holy Ghost, " his Grace" delivered a sermon, after which the election of his successor to the Primacy of all Ireland was proceeded with in the cathedral. The ceremonial having been concluded, a scrutiny of the votes was entered into, which gave the following results : Dignissimus—The Very Rev. Dr. Dixon 21 Dignior—The Very Rev. Dr. Kieran l9 Eignus—The Very Rev. Dr. M'Nally, Bishop of Clogher Dr. Dixon holds one of the Professorships in the Royal College of Maynooth. SALE OF LANDED PROPERTY. The adjourned sale of the estate of Mr. Powell Foxall, situate in the county of Armagh, took place yesterday at the court in Henrietta-street. The rental of the property was estimated at something over 6001. per annum, to be sold subject to a con tingent jointure of 2001. a year for the life of Mr s . Foxall, now aged 45, in the event of her surviving her husband, the inheritor, now about 54 years of age. The purchase-money amounted to 9,3501. When this estate was first set up for sale the county of Armagh was governed by the Riband code, and the sum then offered (8,0001.) being considerably under the value, the Commissioners consented to an adjournment. Order being now restored, the credi ditors and other parties interested have been gainers to the extent of 1,350/. COLONIAL WOOL SALES. The series of colonial wool sales, which commenced on ;he 9th July, terminated yesterday. They comprised— Bales. Australian ... 16,572 Port Philip and Portland Bay ... 24,069 South Australian ... 5,612_ Van Diereen's Land ... ... 6,042 Swan Riv er ... ••• ... 949 Cape ••• ..• 2,096 Total colonial ... ••• East Indian... ••• German ... Sundry low foreign ... 55,340 ... 1,826 ... 859 ... 1,714 The following tb::Asellaasopaprehhaevnis9,739 having subsided account of their progress is from the circular of Messrs. Southey and Son:— woolcolonial. prevailing that the judicious measures taken to encourage emigra tion a sh , e e r e t d supply e e opinion of will avert that evil for seasons to come, our buyers te were regulated in th e ir operations at these s ales by k which h hich pr! , :v - Ilt state and prospects of thei r own ins! of did not allow them to support the specu lative pr ic es laA s'llch. f these sales is satisfao tory" Nevertheless the result o cazed very close upon to importers; priceslbromborica, 1 a slight re iiic last sales, the finer 1 ,1 qualities attendance aceuyers feLl eff, Lion; after some .aYs. - 11 became appnt; but when and a further depressioerth, many fresh buyers cam* up, tais was known in the n_ firmer tone, which continuoid to and prices assume d a the end. foreign account allowed many sail 39 to " Paretassero on co ,but towards the conclusion bought without °Pero 1 ~ p ass m iddle au l 'a better qualities of combing vs 001, freely of the m e h i n supporting prices. We estimate they an d assisted m o n o bales. __ too k about 6,0 ...........L..........._,......., —lt appears from the report of 1301' the Analy t ical Sanitary Commission, published in the 13Fu t i h T a s t the public cannot be too caution* in tiasc wee_, . Lana hoe of their bottled eruits,:preserves, &c., inasmuch the If n e turers in order to please one taste only, thM tof as olfac in the habit ot using a reparation of cop ei g h ; t n' or der to improve (?) the colour o f the articles they per.- ,ell, a nd thus sacri fi ce flavour, quality, and ev en safety. It a ppears that bottled fruits, &c., purchased at the house of some of our first west-end tradesmen, c on t a i ned a co: esi derable quantity of copper, which could be readily detec:ted by placing a smooth, well-polished rod of iron in a vessel containing about three ounces of the fluid in which the fruit or vegetable is preserved; the acidity in which should be previously increased by the addition of about three drops of strong nitric acid. On removing the iron rod from the test tube, it will be found coated from top to bottom with a continuous and bright coating of copper ; if the amount of copper in the suspected article was less, the rod would be found only partially covered. Other and finer tests are used where the quantity is inconsiderable. The report then pub lishes the names of the vendors of the adulterated articles, and the name of only one firm whose fruits and vegetables were ascertained to be free from copper, with the exception of greengages, which contained a trace only of the poiscla• The report concludes by an expression of regret that the commissioners were unable t o h ave t h e i r paper r eady b efo re, _. __ as it might prob a bl y h ave deterred persons from rusuegu_ freely such a poiso nous i ngre di ent as copper i n the pese tion of fruits, &c. .—po HER M AJESTY'S MARINE EXCURSIO r i wrs .,.. MOUTH, Ave,. 6.—The Vivid steam mender Smithett, arrived this morning he M ajesty on her the armed steam escort to accompany leave Osborne House at D alls over t.er , to u 7n cruize. Her Majesty is expected to le a a and Albert, proceed noon to-morrow, on board the Victon and Jersey, and from -packinet, ing in the first instance to Guerns ey thence direct to Sheerness, where osten a d to visit the King of the short stay will be made, after which she will go on to o u p steam at Spithead Belgians. The steam e readiness to attend upon her windy weather that has pre ii v e her Majesty to postpone her t i‘ h i i a s j e a s f t t y e . r no T o h n , e i v n er o 3 rd , reorts‘bae cami ri vailed all day may Por m - 0. The above are, however, the departure for a day 0 ROBBeEY. — As Lora Ward was 1 Lei imPun t ''' - - of the Woicestershire Archery &- a m eeting arrangements up to this returning from .i n a car, a barefaced and daring robbery afternoon. cloy the other day in him. Ile had in the car, and project: was committe d P. window' a waterpr ecase of bows and h the . "'Do in the irg throug h as the car was going along, some person. 1 ft• The arrows' snatche d and ' as the case from the car and ran off with h reetimmediately his Lordsh • , le was stopped, and entered an Lordship pursued " hie for some distance, when the latter the th ief orchard and escaped. —We regret RESIGNATION OF EA RL B ROW NLOIg. 1 d lieutenant. to a nnounce the resignati on o f our excellent or - Hi s Lordship's health, we are g l a d to state it has been for some mo n th s past, but, in is consequence not of the consequence than e erolment of the militi a , th e a dditionalla bour thought it more lordship has becom e so onerou s, that h e . has u in halal imposed on his consistent with his d u ty t o place his resgnatio t he Qt the QAMll,7iSiamford iliercivit•