The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-08-31 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday.
The Royal mail steamship Persia, Captain Judkins,
arrived this morning with the New York mails of the
18th, and advices by telegraph yid St. John's to the
21st. She has also brought the Europa's mails sni
$695,462 in specie. She made the run from St. John's
to the Bell Buoy (river Mersey) in 5 days 13 hours—an
extraordinary and unparalleled passage across the
Atlantic.
Great indeed was the disappointment, and many the
severe remarks passed, when the New York papers of
the 16th published the following, purporting to be Her
Majesty's message :

TO THE HON. THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEFIED STATES.

Her Majesty desires to congratulate the President
upon the successful completion of this great iniereationsl
work, in which the Queen has taken tie deepest
interest."

Doubts being expressed of its authenticity a telegram
was sent to Trinity Bay asking for further information.
The following was the reply received :

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Trinity Bay, Monday, Aug. 16, 7 p.m.
Tie message to the President, purporting to be from
the Queen, actually came over the Atlantic Cable from.
Valentia, Ireland, and is unquestionably authentic. The
President's reply will be sent as soon as received.
A. MACKAY, Superintendent.
In the course of the following day the blander was
rectified by the whole of Her Majesty's message being
transmitted along with the following. explanation

_
Trinity Bay, Aug. 17.
The Queens's message was completed at 5 dclock
this morning. It was commenced yesterday and daring
its reception, Valentia desisted sending it in order to.
make souse slight repairs in the cable. Through a mis-
take the part received was sent south, as if it con-
stituted the whole message.

DE SANTE.

E. M. Archibald, New York.
The celebration of the successful result of the Atlantic
telegraph undertaking took place with immense enthusi-
asm on the 17th.

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Among the transparencies at private houses were the
following:—

Married, August, 11458, by Cyrus W. Field, Old Ire-
land and Miss Young America; may their honeymoon
last for ever.

Lightning caught and tamed by Franklin. Taught to
rend and write and go on errands by Morse. Started in
the foreign trade by Field, Cooper, & Co„ with Johnny
Bull and Brother Jonathan as special partners.
The Atlantic telegraph! Symbol and pledge of per-
petual international friendship. Honour to its 11110C6118-
ful promoters. Blessed are the peacemakers.

World ! what a wonder is this !
Grandly and shnply sublime—
All the Atlantic abyss
Leapt in • nothing of time.

THE RUSSIAN DESPATCH FROM CHINA.
The St. Petersburg Gazette of the 9th (21st) of August.
publishes the following :
" On the 7th (19th) August arrived at St. Petersburg,
whence he proceeded immediately to Peterhoff, Lieut.-
Colonel Martynow, sent as courier by Count Putiatin,
and who completed his journey in BO days from Tien-
sin, across the northern portion of China, Mongolia, and
the whole of Siberia. He is the bearer of the news of
the cessation of the military operations of the allied
Anglo-French armies, and of the conclusion of treaties
of peace with China. Russia signed a treaty with that
Power on the June, and it was followed by • similar
step on the part of the United States of America.
France and England signed their treaties some days
later. The Chinese Empire is thus open to Europe, to
her commerce, to civilization, and to the free exercise
of the Christian religion, 14c.
The previous treaty concluded by Aide-de-Camp
General Mouravieff, and signed the May at Aihun
had already fixed our frontiers with China, leaving the
left bank of the Amour in the possession of Russia.