The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-09 00:00:00

4 TIE EXPiESk, kifa'9l, 46'6:

VIE ATLANTIC CABLE.

great ship, the crowded little pleasure steamers and
fishing smacks which darted out from the watering
places we passed, had all been seen for the last time ;
and scouring the horizon with telescope and field-
glass for the William Corry became the occupation
of the hour. This vessel plays the part allotted to
the clumsy but useful old Caroline last year, and is
now on her way to Berehaven, and from thence to
Foilhummerum Bay with the shore-end of the
cable. Whether she is preceding or lagging
behind the Great Eastern is so far a matter of un-
certainty, and whenever the smoke of a steamship
appears on the horizon, those on deck look eagerly
for a second funnel, in the hope of announcing it
to be the ship herself. But in spite of the escort
named,and the hailingandcongrstulations fromthe
shore, the expedition of this year has started more
quietly than that of last. The boataful of pleasure-
seeking gazerswerefewer,the salutes less numerous,
and the excitement more restrained. It might
astonish those who regard the attempt of last year
as an utter failure to hear the calm confidence
with which the future working of the 1865
cable is spoken of here. Professor Thomson main-
tains the views he expressed before the Royal So-
ciety of Edinburgh last December, and basing his
estimates of the forces concerned on dynamical
principles, is confident that the cable now lying in
the Atlantic will be recovered, and completed into
a second electrically perfect line. Mr. Cyrus
Field's calculations as to the vast benefits about to
be conferred upon England aird America are all
based on the supposition that the two cables will
be speedily in working order ; and similar confi-
dence is :felt—perhaps modified in some cases
by temperament—in the absolute success of
both experiments ; and as the commercial
conditions upon which this year's cable is laid
seem imperfectly understood by the public,
it may be useful to state briefly the proportion of
interest held by the Atlantic Telegraph and the
Anglo-American Company owning the new cable.
Tile shares in the latter are practically from 20 to
113 per cent. preference ones, Its paid-up capital
is 500,0001., of which 100,0001. is held by the Tele-
graph Construction Company, 100,0001. by ten
gentlemen who put down 10,0001. each, while
300,0001. has been taken in 101. shares by the gene-
ral public. With the exception of from 3,0001. to
4,0001. every penny of this has been paid up. This
500,0001. is expended on the new cable and the ex-
pedition of this year, the Construction Company
receiving an extra 100,0001. if the cable be success-
fully laid. For this 600,0001. the Anglo-American
Company will be paid the first 125,0001. per annum
out of the receipts for messages between England
and America. This done, the W. preference shares
of the Atlantic Telegraph Company now in the
market will have their dividend of 8 per cent., and
when this is paid the holders of the old 1,0001.
shares of 1858 will receive 4 per cent. Any profitre-
maining after these three dividends, amounting
together to some 35 per cent., are received, is to
be divided equally between thetwo classes of share-
holders ; but, assuming the highly improbable con-
tingency that they do not exceed 125,0001. a year,
the Anglo-American Company would receive them
all. The Telegraph Construction Company is
merely the manufacturer ; and, though its directors
have large personal stakes in the two companies,
having a direct interest in the cable when laid, the
company's own holding is limited to the 100,0001.
already quoted, against which must be put the
sum charged for, and the profits on, the manufac-
ture of the cable.

to be going well ; and that even the two heavy waves
which caught the ship at 1.30 and at 4 had done
no damage. There had been first a heavy rum-
bling crash, then a perceptible quiver through the
vast bulk of wood and iron-work, not unlike the
tremble preceding the butchered ox's fall. But
by the time two or three passengers had rushed up
on deck this had subsided, and all there was to see
was the water left by the wave, and the heavy
stately up-and-down movement of stem and prow.
The deck, though considerably clearer than when we
left the Nore, is still hampered up with as many
wooden houses, sheds, and workshops as would
hold some hundred souls. The effect of
this mass of buildings, as they tossed up
against the sky, was as if some genii had
taken up a small village bodily, and were now
dandling it in his hand. For the Great Eastern
does not roll when carrying her present heavy
weight. Her movement is a slow and steady pitch,
which sends her up and down much after the
fashion of a swing-boat at a country fair. The
gigantic waves which came tumbling in during
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning would
have made "bad weather" for any other vessel in
the world. Captain Anderson said that for summer
it was a strong Atlantic gale ; and there is no doubt
that the Great Eastern behaved splendidly under
decidedly adverse circumstances. The fact of her
being more heavily laden forward than aft ex-
plained her pitching; and even when the waves were
largest there was no difficulty in walking to and fro,
Standing on the sponson platform, near the
paddle-wheel, these waves looked literally like
mountains at play, as they plunged and tossed
angrily onwards, now licking the vast sides of the
Great Eastern almost to her bulwarks, now rushing
many feet below her water-line, as if longing to
show her keel. These waves so increased in mag-
nitude, and the head wind gathered strength so
steadily, that the stewards made the usual prepara-
tions for severe weather. The long tables in the
grand saloon were spread with wooden frames for
fixing the plates and glasses ; both ladies and gen-
tlemen betrayed a morbid eagerness to vaunt their
perfect health ; a snug little luncheon party was
made up on deck, who ate after the Roman fashion,
lying at full length on their sides—not, it was care-
fully asserted, because those engaged in it were
feeling unwell, but for the reason that the sea air was
found more bracing than usual; and the great vessel
went on plunging with the same suggestiveness of
a monstrous swing boat. For hours there was not
a sail in sight. Sea and sky, both angry and lower-
, ing, made up the only prospect, and when dinner
was announced most people looked forward to ano-
ther stormy night. But another hour changed the
aspect of affairs. The wind went down, and the sea
became comparatively still, as if to favour the
amusements originally fixed for the evening, but
which it had been intended to postpone out of con-
sideration for the lamentable physical condition of
those engaged in them. On the preceding night a
highly successful mesmeric seance had been held in
the grand saloon. Mr. Oliver Smith, the brother
of Mr. Willoughby Smith, the electrician-in-chief,
picked half-a-dozen sailors atrandomout of the crew,
and having subjected three of their number to men_
meric influences, made them lose memory, imagine
their noses were several feet long, forget their own
names, laugh immoderately and continuously, fol-
' low him about the cabin on hands and knees like
dogs, and generally comport themselves as patients
are wont to do when this class of experiment is
successful. But Wednesday night being the anni-
versary of American independence, it had been de-
termined to give an amateur theatrical perform-
ance. An extravagant bit of nonsense was accord-
ingly written for the occasion by Mr. W. A. Woods
and Mr. J. C. Parkinson, and as one or two
practised amateur actors were on board there was
no difficulty in selecting and arranging an admir-
I able cast. The writers of the trifle in question de_
signedly confined themselves to the Atlantic cable
and those principally concerned in it, and despite
the unavoidable difficulties attending a dramaticper-
formance at sea, it was produced before a numerous
and even fashionable audience with entire success.
After the speeches made at the festivities prolonged
in honour of the day, and at which Mr. Cyrus Field,
as the representative of America, was duly honoured,
as the ladies declared themselves well enough
to listen and the gentlemen to act, it was decided
to proceed with the performance. Omitting some
atrocious puns, in which liberties were taken with
the names of the leading people on board, the
following was the bill of the evening, tastefully
printed in coloured ink on tinted paper by the
lithographer on board, and admirably illustrated by
Mr. Robert Dudley, whose graceful sketches have
thrown so much light upon last year's attempt at
cable-laying, and who is to accompany the expedi-
dition as its special artist now:

fine. Cable of 1866, tested at noon to-day, is
perfect as when laid.

beans, and peas unchanged. Wheat, 40s. tom} ligw,
heel.,
3210‘,1J4°401:7; 77
-II =0258. boated:etas.; ;1461111asege44:itit
limited ; but the demand was very dull, .4r-
le. to le. lower per load to force sales. Vey till!140
is barley, and only grinding and distilling 661
quilled. One and beans nominal bum the gromegl4
red, per t load, 325. o 35a. ; fine, 37a.; elute 36
fine 38.. Barley. grinding per qr NM ta lge, "i
18e.' to 24a. ; ditto, fine, old, F.M.
' lease, CI9,
to 31s. Plehentsh
Litcsaven, JULY 7.-The 'ripply of when
tolerable. Buyers operated sloirly, at a deolineiGet
4s. per q
White node 565. to ,IMs. • red, 5M se gi. '
36 stone. There was a scanty suppljof barley, led „,P
were unchanged ; grinding, 39s to 345. nes *l7
malting, niL The show of eats wee coy ' aii7
plea were diegiond of at the seta this 1,2
new, 275. to 35e. per 24 stone. Of beans the _.
short, and prices ruled firm ; old, 50s. to bla ; see 2
unnwizor
to 50s. par qr. Tun deur, 465. ; needs, 48s. Ogi,"`
20 stone. M
Nuircierts-on.Trre Juvr 7.-At our moist gfi
morning we had a moderate show of wheat Nit ,L.
growers, and such deseriptions havinicarbernoemituf
much in advance of !hip samples, a c
be effected by nhmitkn
ere to a reduction of 31. toy
qr., but there were no . from the stands nadirs j;
dine of 2s. pee qr. • business, however, epos the ehh
was very h•Ming. 'Flour sold slowly, at the deny. +`
week. Barley scarce, and inquired for. Extra Mileil,
2s. dearer. Tittle stirring in beans or peas. Oats mkt
easier, with less demand. The snivels this week um
When, coastwise, 2,687 ; foreign, 5,878 ; rye,
100 ; malt, martyrise, 150 ; cats, coastwise, 3,436; hesi
2,348 ; piss, foreign, 100 qrs.; dour, seestwins, ' .
seeks ; Indian corn flour, 1,165 sacks.
NORWICH, JOLT 7.-The wheat market to-day eel.,
.mush influenced by the peaceful character of the *7, .
from the continent ; and to effect sales •reductioa stki 4
6s. per qr. had to be submitted to, but these terms mei,
Innenly neepted, and only a few transenion tinge
Little domg in ether articles. Much rain her the
thunderstorms have been prevalent duriegli
ge
izi
land the he hereon has bees much impeded hi ooi
White wheat (weighting 641b5.), Ma. to Ms.; eye
ditto (weighing 651ba.), 51s. to 535. ; new dinN g.
to 525. per qr. Flour, 325. 6d. per ink. Arrow
-Wheat, 1,361 qrs., 55e. 3d. ; Imeney, 16 qm., 31e.
biorriessuo JOLT 7.-Thep was a middling En
wheat, for which the demand was fiat, at 3s. per
less money. Old white, 58e. to 66a. • old red, Ms
new white, 565. to 655. • new red, 50;. to 58s. per Bin
There was very little hiring down, and prem. woe 6
same as heretofore ; grinding, 3 to 34e. per 39 en
Of oats the en ply was again short, and recent ratan,
well es ' • old, 32e. to 36e. ' • new, Ms. to 331. p
24 stone. Beans were scares, and eonnsanded high rase
old, 52a. to 54a. • new, 465. to 50e. per 38 stone. Ms
dour, 45a. ; fine, 395. to 41e. per sack.
OrroaD, JOLT 7.-There was but • small attention
this Corn Eschew, farmers Wang the advantage of 6
floe morning to make their hay, which bad, in coonewe
of the late showery weather, bees very mug ogles,
Wheat buyers wanted an abatement, but as holders p
fused to lower the price, the business tranactices eel
very limited. Boiroely anything doing in the barley nal
Oat* a limited supply, and in firm demand at late gos
tins. Beam, very few samples offering, and sold d tst
prices. Flour (seconds), 40.. to 445. per Ink.

(nom ors snout. oossseroxnsss.►
ON BOARD THE GREAT EASTERN,
BEREHAVEN, TIEVISDAT Aril:11200N, JULY 6.

VALENTIA, JULY 8.

The Novel, Blackbird, Pedlar, Skylark, and Wlli-
b= Cory returned to Berehaven at 3.30 a. m. All vei-
nal' will complete coaling at Berehaven tomorrow
night, and will proceed to sea to splice main cable
to shore end on Wednesday morning, weather per-
mitting. All going well.

The Great Eastern arrived here this morning at
6.45 sow, after a rough passage of four days. Her
speed has averaged six to seven knots in spite of
her heavy cargo, and the strong head wind, and the
boisterous seas, against which she has had to contend.
The voyage has been favourable throughout, and
ban increased the oonfidenee in the great ship's
strength, speed, and docility. She has consumed
about 183 tons of coals per day, her screw has
worked at the rate of 25 per hour, while the revo-
lutions of her peddle wheels have been from 6} to
7 per minute. Lord Hastings, Mr. D. Gooch,
M.P. ; Mr. S. Gurney, M.P. ; Mr. Cyrus Field ;
Mr. Glass, managing director, and Mrs. Glass ;
Mr. Elliot, Mr. R. and Mrs. R. Elliot ; tho Miss
Elliots ; Mr. Barber ; Mr. and Mrs. Smith ; Mr.
M. F. Barclay ; Captain Hamilton ; Mr. Dudley ;
. Captain Bolton ; Dr. Ward ; Mr. G. Dudley
Ward ; and Mr. J. C. Parkinson were among those
on board.

OIUSOG

KM MAJESTY'S THEA.TILE.

Semicamide was performed on Saturday night at
this theatre for the /rut time this sewn. It thew a crowded
haute, and made a strong impreedon on the audienoe—sa

impression caused not only by the power and grandeur of
the work itself, brit by the splendid meaner in which the
two principal characters were sustained.

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At 10'30 cm. on Sunday, the capstan was
manned, and in another hour and a quarter the
huge Trotman's anchor was heaved in. The wind
had changed in the night, and the morning was
dull and wet. Land was barely visible through
the thick rain, while sky and sea vied with each
other in heavy leaden hue. The few people who
ventured on deck, besides those whose duties kept
them there, appeared in every variety of protective
disguise. Waterproof helmets, cloaks, and coats,
weird wraps and cloths enveloped the capitalists,
savants, and idlers who clustered listlessly under
the bridge, and looked wearily for the traditional
" Dutchman's breeches " in the angry clouds.
Again did the Great Eastern's steady regular mo-
tion deceive those watching for the start. Steam-
ing slowly on, and only using her screw, until
safely through the Alexandra Channel, those on
deck received "she moves!" with more incredulity
than the inquisitors of old. This difficulty in con-
vincing people that the vessel they are on is really
in motion is one of the characteristics of the great
ship which was never entirely lost during the first
two days. Even when fairly in the blue water; and
when the yachts and steamers near were rocking
merrily on the waves, we had but to pass into the
saloon to be transferred to land again, and to be
seated in the drawing-room of some vast house.
During one of the many drenching showers an ad-
venturous spirit, who had been ostentatiously
airing his mackintosh armour wherever the water
fell heaviest, announced the much coveted " bit of
blue sky " as in sight. This was a few minutes
before prayers, and at their conclusion the sun Was
shining brightly and every one went on deck. Life
on the Great Eastern is anything but monotonous.
Seamen and officers, stokers and engineers, cable-
layers and electricians, directors and their friends,
lady visitors and theirs, make up about 500 souls,
all directly or indirectly interested in the great
cable, all as sanguine as if failure were un-
known, and all bent on associating pleasant

Alt

Pwrineonowia, JULY 7.—There was • fair quantity
wheat offering here to-day, and prices nust be writtni
to 2s. per quarter lower lima last week, but the pen
are unwilling sabers, awl many would not submit tot
decline.

READING, JULY 7.—Our market to-day was chill, hole
Erb:ly being inclined to accept a reduction on late nis
;er. were very slow in purchaaing. Thesepplyt,
wheat was good ;re. barley the trade done was purely d
nominal character, with no quotable change is 'as
Oats, been, and peas as last week.
ROCHILWriIi, JULY 7.—There has been rather Met
position on the part of millers and others to operettas
our last report, consequent on holders showing more rat
ness to meet the wishes of buyers in accepting lower tea
With a fair quantity of wheat and other line of gin.
the stands, farmers were willing to accept a reduction a
is ppeer qr. on best sorts, and about 2s. per qr. ea ode
The terms for best parcels of white are 56.bies
secondary, 50s. to Ste. ; and inferior, 47e. to 50e 9.,
best red wheat, 50a. to Ms. ; secondary, 46a. 1.
damp, and other sorts, 40s. to 465. par qr. The len
market was less firm, and with the better prageob
continental affairs being shortly more settled, rues ea
hardly so high as before. Flour was rather heavier, ni
excepting for extra superior Norte, the prioes are skald
per seek cheaper. There was only • moderate eh.
barley, and with • retail consumptive inquiry lots In
are well supported, • few extra fine iota being theta
dearer; for best malting parcels prime are 38.. to 4lt
secondary and inferior, 33.. to 38a. per qr. ; beet pia*
barley, 325. to 345. ; and others 30s. to 325. per qr. ,On
are in fairs request, and good old kinds are the tin dear
for best feeds the figures are as high as 265. to 29a ; a
others 22a. to 265. per qr. Beans and peas both isbouta
same as before.

reminiscences with the expedition vof 1866,
While a snug party of capitalists may be seen in
conclave at one table, some of the leading scientific
men of the day are comparing elaborate calculations
at another ; foot races are being run, jumps tried,
and leap-frog played on deck by the younger men ;
amateur vocal and instrumental concerts are fash-
ionably attended; prospectuses of companies are
critically compared by leading shareholders ; a re-
presentative from each party in the Home of Coin_
mons confer on politics ; the lithographer and his
staff are rapidly reproducing some spirited sketches
made on board ; a perfect regiment of sailors are
standing shoulder to shoulder, as if on parade, each
man answering to his name on the roll call and re-
ceiving his allowance of grog ; ladies are paying
and receiving visits ; the massive machinery for
picking up is being fixed and tested by the en-
gineers ; a large staff of clerks are at work on
account-books and pay-sheets, and signals
and cheers are interchanged with the various craft,
which alter their course to sail near and wish god-
speed to the Great Eastern. The varieties of life
in the big ship seem as endless as her resources ;
most phases are represented concurrently, and none
clash with the other. The paramount object of
interest is the cable, but the never-failing topic of
conversation is the ship. The time of her arrival
at Berehaven, the increase in her power since last
year, her marvellous steadiness and abundant com-
fort, were themes upon which scientific and simple
agreed, and which apparently derived perennial
freshness from discussion. The huge black rabbit-
hutch disfiguring the deck and covering the main
tank may often be visited without either difficulty
or a guide. The " eyes " are all fixed now, the
telescopic wooden " shoring" is level with the top_
most coil, and the visitor has but to cross the deck,
enter the open doorway, and look down to see the
great rope upon which so much depends. A watchman
is supposed to guard it, but on more than one occa-
sion within the last few days the tank has been open
to all comers. Nor must it be supposed that this has
involved the slightest risk to the cable. It perhaps
indicates the old theory of malicious injury to have
been abandoned, and shows the confidence of those
interested to rest on something more secure than
mere mechanical precautions against cable assassins,
imaginary or otherwise. Night and day in the
testing-room, a little further down the deck. the in-
dicator is at work, and the faintest injury to any
portion of the coil would be made known within a
few seconds of its occurrence. It is the rising
superior to "faults" and unforeseen contingencies,
their instantaneous discovery and speedy remedy,
upon which the electrician and engineers plume
themselves this year ; and which it is far more
assuring to hear dwelt upon than the absolute per-
feetion of any human effort. On Monday
afternoon some gentlemen on board were
allowed to send messages through the entire
cable, 2,300 miles. Artificial faults were also
created at various distances, some within half a
mile of the end, some at a few hundred miles from
it, and others at its extreme end. The indicator
upon which these are shown, and by which messages
are read off by the operator, is a scale not unlike
those used for measuring distances. On this a ray
of light descends, which flickers and flies off the
instant the insulation is affected.

The wind became higher and higher as night
wore on, and by midnight on Sunday, by which
time the Great Eastern was off Dungeness, it blew
what sailors call a gale. The movement was
imperceptible below, and those most sensitive to
sea 'sickness laughed at it as an impossibility.
At 9.30 next morning she was off Beechy Head,
and by 10.30 abreast to Owers light-vessel. Mon-
day was a lovely day. The sea was a bright green,
and the crested waves tossed and tumbled merrily
as the stately monster ploughed her way amongst
them. Many ships, both steam and sailing, altered
their course to run alongside ; distant ones signalled
" success to you ;" and whenever we were near
enough to the houses on shore, their population
could be seen turned out to do us honour. In
the afternoon of Monday the Great Eastern passed
Ventnor, Bonchurch, and the Needles. The trees
round Mr. Seely's house, at Brooke, where Gari-
baldi stayed ; the break in the cliffs near Fresh-
water, beyond where the poet-laureate lives ;
" the ridge of the noble down" named in the
latter's " Letter to the Rev. F. D. Maurice,"
were all distinctly seen from deck. Nothing
could look more exqusitely beautifully than
Bonchurch and the Undercliff, their white houses
glistening in the sunlight against the foliage round
and seen across the foreground of crisp and curly
waves. The wreck of a large three masted vessel'
was lying broken backed, helpless and deserted off
Pembridge Point, and looked strangely incon-
gruous amid so much calm and peaceful
beauty, and spoke significantly of the changeful-
ness of the power which tumbled to and
fm so smilingly to-day. The wind freshened in
the night, and Tuesday morning was rough and
squally. The Great Eastern passed the Eddystone
Lighthouse just after breakfast, soon after which
the thick and blinding rain so increased that the
number of look-out men were doubled, and the
dismal screech of the fog whistle was heard
every few minutes. This lasted until
afternoon, when there was a gleam of sun-
, shine, and men spoke cheerily ofl the weather
clearing up. The great vessel had begun to show
symptoms of increasing " liveliness," and the pos-
sibility of her pitching if the sea was rougher be-
gan to be reluctantly admitted. We had passed the
Lizard Point at noon, and had now to face the
mighty waves which came tumbling in from the
Atlantic. The sun soon went in again, as if 'satis-
fied with a hasty peep at the great vessel, and the
weather became worse and worse. The fresh
breezes had welded themselves into a stiff gale by
midnight, with passing squalls and showers, while
the heavy head sea dashed furiously against the
sponsons, and covered the fore-part of the ship
with spray. There were but few who slept
through the discordant noises of Tuesday night.
The great ship behaved gallantly, but her viva-
city was undoubted, and she made night hideous
with her strains and groans. These were of
the most varied and extraordinary charac-
ter. Sometimes continued double knocks
seemed to be given on the ironwork outside, at
others myriads of sea demons were apparently
punching, tapping, and hooting in the remote
caverns of her hold ; while paviors, hard at work
with their hammers,coal-heavers emptying sacks,
omnibuses, Pickford's vans, and runaway locomo-
tives first rumbling to and fro, and then having a
series of collisions ; claps of thunder ; the crashing
of falling timbers, and an awkward squad of un-
disciplined volunteers at rifle practice ; ghosts
compelled to wander forth and clank their chains ;
were seemingly at work above, below, and on all
sides of the hapless people who tried to sleep. It
all meant nothing. When the foiled 'lumberers
met on deck in the dead of the night they found all

YORK, JOLT 7.—We had a seasonable show of 46s
at oar market to-day. The demand was ray liaool
several shillings per qr. reduction. White, She. lea
red, 535. to 665., per 36 stone. Of grinding barley tie
was hardly any on offer, and no alteration mama i
prices, 325. to 34.. per 30 atone. For oats thanes
moderate demand, and prices were similar to thaw at k
week new, 23e. to 30s. per 24 stone. There was a 111
able demand for beans, which made fully late cwrall
48e. to 50a. per 38 stone. Malt, 86s. to Me. ; rye, 10a p
qr. ; Hour, 40s, to 425. per sack, of VOlbe.

WOICIRTRII, JOLT 7.—At this da market then
a short supply of wheat, which sold at a decline of 9
to 3s. per 9uarter. Barley firm, and quite ea dear. Ie
little inquiry for oats. Beans firm. Peas neglected.
Wsvanroan, JULY 7.—Our foreign *extras kw di
day se'nnight consist entirely of maize. Early in the wa
fair amount of businesswas transacted in all &noir
full prices, but the unexpected peaceful news from.tl
Continent has caused a flatness in trade here, as well
most other markets, and sellers are now willing to nib
some concession to meet parchaaers. Foreign wheat aka
about 6d. per barrel cheaper, without much inquiry dti
decline. Black oats have also given way a couple al per
per barrel. Indian corn in good request, but bayns•
supply their wants at 6d. to 9d. under the quotation,
Saturday last. Imports this week :—Maise, 4,079 In
Exports this week :—Oats, 1,374 brim. ; flour, 313 ;
dian meal, 3 sacks.

CALCUTTA, CELINA AND AUSTRALIAN MGM.-
Sou, JULY & —The Golconda, with the above Lade, who
at neon this day.
COLLISION IN Tax CHANNEL.—Yesterday, I
4 p.m., the schooner Ann and Margaret, of Camino, ea
laden, from Shields to Gibraltar, wail run dove a
Dungeness by the barque Auguste, of Kiel, board
Buenos Ayres. The schooner instantly sun/. Thaw i
the men clambered on board the barque, the resin
part of the crew got Into the boat which floated a
deck u the vessel was going down. The captain end es
were landed at Dover, and were conveyed to the gaits
Home in a totallT destitute condition. The Una
damage from
and now lies in Dover Harbour, having resin
from the collision. The Channel was yitaboi
very much crowded with outward-bound vessels al
coasters.

STRAY SHIP GREAT EASTERN, JULY, I 88&
A FIELD GLASS,
Being a Cableistio and Eastern Extrarapnam
By W. A. Woods and J. C. Parkinson.
By permission of Amphitrite And 'er Son James.
Can Inglishmen do more?

Glass (a young man from the country) by .. Mr. Dudley.
Neptune (an old man of the sea) ... Colonel de Bathe.
Gooch (not Daniel Lambert, but a Great
Eastern)
Field (of the Cloth of Gold) Captain Bolton.
Clifford (" Master" of the Hunchback") Lord Hastings.
A Sea Monster (A. B. Sea one) Mr. H. F. Barclay.
let Mermaid (poor but virtuous) Mr. Poore.
2nd Mermaid (a Taunting female) Mr. Vaughan.
Several Tritons (right 'uns and tight 'una though
trite Suns) Unavoidably absent.

HOSPITAL FOR DISZABLS OF TEE CHIST, VicvoHi
PAST.—The number of patients relieved at this Willa
tion during last week was 1,387, el which 301 wen to
COMM_

iddvartisement.2.72loLLOWAY'S PILIAL—Let th
take Wed.—She lt is the commiseariat of the fM
Meal system. It furnishes the material sustenance ol
organ. If disordered the whole body languishes, but howl
severely It may be affected its tone and vigour may siva°
restored by a course of these inestimable Pills. Moors
indigestion, liver complaiets, and other disorders of the Mimi
can easily be cured by the as. of Holloway's Ffl.. Theesei
attest this assertion, and no sufferer that has ever tided thew,'
deny their supreme efficacy. In every cue of stomach dime
from the mildest case of dyspepsia to the disorder of both PI
and stomach, from the nausea of the free liter to the vosetit
accompanying ulcerated stomach, the Pills immediately nibs
sod, by perseverance, effectually cure.

Manager, Captain Bolton.
Leader of the Orchestra, Dr. Ward.

Surmounting the field glass which headed this
bill were caricature heads of Mr. Gooch, M.P., Mr.
Glass, and Mr. Cyrus Field, while the two practical
heads of the expedition, Captain Anderson and
Mr. Samuel Canning, the engineer-in-chief, sup-
ported a mainmast encircled by the Atlantic cable on
either side. The gentlemen acting the mermaids
were elaborately made up with long ringlets of tow
prepared by the sailon, and with dresses lent by
the ladies on board. The other costumes and stage
properties were equally elaborate and astounding
considering the little piece was put upon the stage
at three days' notice, and was written in as many
hours. Captain Anderson sent a staff of workmen
to fit up a temporary theatre in the grand saloon,
which was handsomely decorated with the English
and American flags, and the entire scene was so
exceptional and interesting that a sketch of it will
probably appear in the Illustrated London News.
The sea became calmer every hour, and the last
evening spent in the Great Eastern by the party
bound in her for Ireland will long be remembered
by them for its prolonged merriment and hearty
mirth. She anchored here about a mile and a half
from each shore at a quarter before seven this
morning, and immediately prepared to take in coal
from the two steamers waiting for her.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS.

BIRTHS.
CRICH'FON-FITART.—JuIy 6 at Wliton-cresceot, the fie'
Lisat,CoL Crisiaton-Muart, M.P., of • daughter.
CRONll6.—July 6, at Talbot-terrace, Munster, the wife St
A. C. Cronin, of a daughter.
nurrialx.—July 6, at Muth-street, Finsbury-square. Ow
of Kr. A. O. Franklin, of a son.
HUTCHINSON.—JuIy 0, at Stanley-gardens, W., the wife d 6
Hutchinson, Req., of a eon.
ROLL—July 6, at flint's-grove, Brampton, the wife of R Ral
Isq., of • daughter.
VIRUS --J uly 6, at Bassell-aquare, Mn. S. Vireo, of a ma

3LUIRIAGEB.
DANIEL—MORRISON.—JuIy 6, at 8. Woolf,. Cherch,WwWo4_
Morimoutheithe, by the Row. Canon Hawkins was b W.„
Rev. A. Daniel, father of the Midegrooas, George Alfred Dow
el Mae, Somentetatdre, to Jane Imbelia. ereemt
of Martin Morrison, EN , of Neort. No cards.
GAGS—HODGSON. —July 6, at Christ Church, ilonthmie,
Rev. J. Baird, Franklin Howard Troeartka, son 01 J
Req., of Othley-equare, N.W., to A es, daughter of Jr
1161V/1/:—115MayT.711.1177., Low: Norwood
the Rev. I. Imam, Mr. C. Pertwee, to Men, daughter ofl
Perry, Req. of Chelmsfrd.
BLIIIBOR—RING.—Jety 06, at St. Jae*, Paddington
Rev. H. gleam, R. A. filemor, Rag , captain Royal A,
to Florence Mary, daughter of J. G. Lim Esq of
House, Sidmouth, Devon.
DEATHS.
BUCHLRY.—JuIy 6. at Hampton Wick, Sophia, wife of Fr
J. A. Buckley, aged 40. tlfo
MORRIS.—JuIy 6, at Oxon, Shropshire, J. Morris, Req., 0-
Eaton Manor, litaffordshke.
MASTRIlB.—.lttly 6, Jemima, daughter of the late Mr. J. Mmiin
of Aldemante-elreet.
HOBART& —July 6, at Chipping Barnet, Sarah, daughter
lath N. Roberta,
TOBlA3.—July 6, arketthourne, Mr. I. M. Toblealigeg

The remaining part of Sunday continued fine,
the waves increasing in size, and the head wind
being strong. At 2.44 p.m. the Great Eastern passed
the light ship in Prince's Channel, and two hours
later was abreast the North Foreland. AboutBp.m.
Mr. Brockman, R.N., whose services as pilot were
mentioned in a previous letter, left in a steam-tug,
which also took the ship's letter-bag. Hearty
cheers were interchanged, and the great weasel,
having now parted one by one with the little fleet
of convoys which accompanied her from the Nore,
pursued her way alone. Mr. Edwardes's and Mr.
Pender's steam yachts, Mr. Barclay's pretty little
sailing cutter the Ada, the steam-tugs Victoria and
Napoleon, the graceful rowing-boat which looked
fitter for the Thames than the Nore, but in which
a party of Oxford rowing men pulled round the

The following telegrams have been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from Mr.
IL A. Glass, rig director of the Telegraph
Construction an~dnMiintenaooe Company :

VALENTIA, JULY &

Shore end of the Atlantic cable aUcoessfully
landed at 3 p.m. Testa perfect. The William
Cory proceeding to sea paying out slowly. Weather

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