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HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO FRANCE. •

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 5.
Her Majesty will not leave Osborne- " direct" for
Boulogne, as reported, but we have good atthority for
believing- that her Majesty's present intention is to em-
bark at Dover, for which port she will leave-on thelBth.
A squadron of honour is appointed to assemble at Bou-
logne during her Majesty's stay in France, and will con-
sist of the following ships and vessebi

The Neptune, 120 guns, Captain Frederik Hutton,
hearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane,
K.C.8., as Commander-in-Chief of the squadron.
The St. George, 120, Captain Harry Eyres, C. B.
The Sanspareil, 70, screw, Captain W. J. Williams.
The Malacca, 17, screw, Captain Arthur .Farquhar.
The Inflexible, 6, paddle sloop, Commander G. Pop-
pleweil.
The Rosamond, 6, paddle sloop, Commander Crofton
(both these are hourly expected at Spithead from the
East).
The Sealark, 8 gun brig, Lieutenant Lowther.
The Rolla, 6-gun brig, Lieutenant Fenwick.
Besides, of course, the Royal yachts Victoria and
Albert and Fairy, under the .command of Captain the
Hon. Joseph Denman.
The ships ordered to form the Royal squadron have
received their orders, and are preparing for this special'

A fete, on an unusual scale of novelty andegsendoort
and'intencled to aid the building-ful.,
College, yis in preparation at Crembrne
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the institution, designed as a permanents
late Duke, the sum of 109,0001., has al,
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scribed, ,but 9.6,000/. is wanting to carry, le . Jignsti
of the committee. The Qa.en and Prince Albert have
subscribed liberally. A fete at Cremorne Gardens was
suggested. The proposal was readily and liberally met
by Mr. Sirup son,,tho proprietor, and prep:mations wire
immediately ,commenced. to render the fcte worthy of
the occasion. , It has been appropriately resolved- that
the fete shall be military in its character. With this in.
tention the grounds of Ashburnbam .House, adjoining
Cremorne Gardens, are to be thrown open, 'in whieh
there is fast approaching completion a-pictorial repre-
sentation of Sebtistopel as :seen, from _,the rifiel4teend
Mamelon, and a +very well executed-and- delusive Paint•
ing it is. In front of the Quarries and Mainalon, whit*
are erected on the 'ground before the- pieture; are` Teal
trenches, real faseines and gabions, and real batteriee.
These will .be manned by-about SQO. actual; apd; np-
doubted soldiers, and a representation of the Storming
of Quarries is to be made, which' is to coMpriee•every
feature of the actual contest except the shot and. the.
wounds. During the day and evening every possible,
resource of the establishment will
,be put into reqtdei.,
tion to 'render the amusements continuous and varied.:
There will be in Cremorne Gardens and the grounds of
Ashburnham House no less than six military band*, viz.,
those of the First Life:Guards, the Horse Gnat**
(Blue), the Grenadier, Coldstream, and :Fusilier Guarefe,
and the Royal Artillery. The fete will take platie on
Monday, the 13th inst., and will be under the direct
patronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and of the,
colonels and officers of the above-named regiments.

service.
The above squadron will leave Spithbad on Monday
week the 13th inst., so as to be at Boulogne by the time
of the anticipated arrival of the royal yacht with the
Queen from Dover.
The Queen and Prince Albert will leave Osborne-house
on Thursday the 16th inst., for the purpose of visiting
the Emperor and Empress of the French. They will be
accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Prince al
Wales. They are expected to arrive at Paris on Saturday
the 18th inst. Their absence from England will extend
to about ten days. Her Majesty will be attended by her
fill Court, including the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord
Chamberlain), the Duke of ‘Wellington. (Master of the
Horse), the Earl Spencer (Master Of-the Hdusehold), and
by the usual number of Lords and Ladies in Waiting,
Maids of Honour, &c.. The Ministers in attendance on
the Queen will be the Earl of Clarendon, K.G. (Secre•
tart' of State for Foreign Affairs), and the Earl Granville
(Lord President of the Council).

THE SUNDAY BEER BILL.

DEPUTATION TO THE EARL OF HARROWBY.

THE BIRMINGHAM GAOL CRVELTIES.

At Warwick assizes on Friday the case of Regina v.
Austin and Blount was tried before Mr. Justice Cole-
relge. It was a prosecution instituted by the Attorney-
General on the part of the crown against Lieutenant
Austin, R N., late Governor of the Borough Gaol, at
Birmingham, for certain cruelties alleged to have been
practised towards the prisoners under his care. In all,
there were eight indictments ; five against the present
defendant individually ; and two against him and
Blount jointly ; the latter being at the time surgeon
at the gaol, and one against Blount individually
for omitting to keep proper books, in compliance
with the act of parliament. The whole of the indict
merits went before the grand jury at the last assizes.
At the instance of the prosecution the trial was traversed
by the defendants to these assizes, and moved to the
Nmsi Prius Court. The circumstances under which this
prosecution arose will be in the recollection of our
readers. In the month of April, 1853, a boy tamed
Andrews committed suicide in the Birmingham Gaol,
and partly in consequence of the evidence elicited at the
inquest, it transpired that many acts of cruelty had been
committed towards the inmates of the gaol ; the result
was that a commission of inquiry was instituted byLord
Palmerston, then Home Secretary. The commissioners
sat for 13 days ; a great number of witnesses were ex-
amined, and some discicsures of a very remarkable cha
racter were made, which were reported in the Sun.
at the time. After various witnesses had been examined,
Mr. Justice Coleridge summed up. First, he said, the
defendant was charged with the use of illegal modes of
punishment, such as the use of the strait jacket and
collar and the use of cold water ; and, secondly, with
the excessive use of punishrnc►nts which were undoubt-
edly lawful if kept within the bounds prescribed by the
law. It was no defence that the illegal modes of punish.
ment were in use, neither would even positive orders
from any superior authority justify the defendant id the
exercise of any illegal act. In case of a verdict of
guilty this might have some effect hereafter in meting
out the punishment, but it could in no way whatever
affect the verdict to be pronounced. Havine
laid down the law with great clearness, his lordship
went through the evidence most carefully, and the jury,
after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty.
On Saturday the crown prosecutions were resumed.
The first case take❑ was a joint indictment against the
gaoler and the surgeon, Sir Frederick Thesiger being
specially retained for the latter. The second count in
the indictment charged that the two defendants did, on
the 7th of July, 1852, make an assault upon Samuel
Hunt, a prisoner in the Birmingham Borough prison,
in binding him with straps in a strait jacket, and forcing
in his mouth quantities Of salt ;- the third -eount Charged
with beating and ill-treating,and the fourth with a com-
mon assault. The jury found the prisoners not guilty.

On Saturday a deputation, consisting of Mr.'Foster,
president ; Mr. Harris, treasurer ; Mr. Simes, secretary
of the Licensed Victuallers' Mutual Defence Associa-
tion ; Mr. W. Spirett, on behalf of the licensed vic-
tuallers. of Leeds and operatives of Yorkshire ; and Mni
George Candelet, representing amalgamated societies of
Lancashire, waited on the Earl of Harrowby, a member
of the Cabinet, to ask his lordship's support to Mr.
Brrkeley'-g Bill- to Amend the-Sunday Beer Act of last
cession. Mr. ;Vhitehurst, solicitor of the association,
accompanied the deputation, and stated its views.
Gentlemen representing the Leneon Licensed Via.
tuallers' Protection Society were also present, and stated
to his lordship that they could add nothing to the lea-
sot s urged by the Defence Association, to which. they-
gave their entire support.
The Earl of Ilar.rnwby expressed a general concur-
rence with the objects of the Defence Association, and
in reference to the bona-fide-traveller question said he
thought a traveller was one who was so far from his
home as not ti render it convenient for him to return
there for refreshment. He said he had received a letter
advising that the word "traveller " should be struck out
of the act altogether.
Several members of the deputation thought that such
a course would only lead, to fresh difficulties.
His lordship added that, without pledging the Govern-
ment, he might say that every disposition existed to ac-
cede to the views of the licensed victuallers, as expressed
by the deputation.

-The deputation then withdrew, highly satisfied with
he interview.

MEDITERRAYEAN ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPIi CO3IP4IVY.

The Mediterranean Electric Telegraph Company is on
the point of despatching their cable, which is shortly to
complete telegraphic communication between London
and Algiers. It will be remembered that last year 110
miles of cable were sent out from England, and laid
down between Spezzia and the most northern point of
Corsica. For this section of the line 90 miles of cable,
weighing eight tons to the mile, and containing six in-
sulated wires, were required ; the remainder was taken
to the straits between Corsica and Sardinia, and twelve
miles were laid down there, the communication having
in the mean time been completed along the island of
Corsica by land. The remainder, which had been sent
out to ensure a sufficient quantity, was then brought
home (in length about eight miles), and spliced to the
eagle just about to be sent out. The communication
being now complete from London to Cagliari, in the
Aouth of Sardinia, and the line from Algiers to Cape
Bonan, on the African coast, having been opened last
January, nothing is now wanted to complete the work,
and come under the guarantee mentioned above, than a
submarine cable from Cape Spartivento, adjoining Cag-
liari, to Bonan. This is the cable now lyieig coiled in
the hold of the ship Result, 1,700 tons register, belong-
ing to Mr. Green, of Blackwell, and commanded by Mr.
Kell, the same gentleman who conducted the previous
operation so successfully. This cable is the largest
and heaviest, beside i being the longest, ever laid
down. It is 150 miles long, each mile weighing
eight tons, and the whole cable weighing 1,200 tons.'
This is exclusive of twelve miles of lighter cable sent
with it to avoid all chance of deficiency. This cable is •
the manufacture of Messrs. W. Keeper and Co., of
Leadenhall-street. Its stowage demands the greatest care,
owing to the enormous weight, and to the circumstance
that it is all in one piece. Seventy-one miles of it have
been] put in the lower hold, forty-two miles on the orlop
deck, thirty, miles in 'tween decks, seven miles in the
after hold, and the twelve spare miles of what is called
small cable, although it weighs five tons to the mile, is
also on 'tween decks, and every one of these portions
has to be slurred at very short intervals, to prevent the
movement of the cable. Altogether, the weight which
will he sent in this vessel will be 1,960 tons—a weight
which Captain Kell informed us with pride only made
her draw 22 feet 5 inches of water. In laying down the
last portion of the cable, that between Spezzia and Cor.
sica, it took five days, including the stoppage that had to
take place in cutting the cable, and going round to lay
the short lengths between Corsica and Sardinia. It is
expected that the present cable will be laid down in four
days. The Mediterranean Telegraph Company antici-
pate that in two years and a half they will have a direct
communication with Bombay, and from thence, by tele-
graphs already at work in the presidencies, to Calcutta ;
and they consider this line they are just about to coin.
plete as only the preliminary steps to this result. Their
proposed line, joining the one at present open to Cagliari
at Cape Spartivento, will first be taken to Malta, and
thence direct under the Mediterranean to Alexandria.
This will be an immense distance-984 miles of sub-
marine cable, without a station ; from Alexandria te
Suez, by land, 248 miles ; another submarine cable
under the Red Sea to Aden, with two stations, Coairi
and Liddab, 1,552 miles, and from Aden to Bombay.
with stations at the Konria Moorta Islands and Res-al-
- 1,907 miles. When this undertaking is complete
. .

the communication with Calcutta, which now takes on an
average 36 days, will be reduced to a few minutes. Pro-
fessor Faraday, about two years ago, called the attention

of telegraph companies to the fact that there was great
difficulty in sending any communication through a greeter
length of wire than 300 miles ; but since that time Mr.
Brett has been experimenting, with a view to overcome
this difficulty, and has perfectly succeeded in doing so.
By connecting each individual wire in this coil of six,
and also those belonging to another cable intended for
an American c"rnpany, be was enabled to experiment on
a length of 1,250 miles with perfect success, and he has
prepared a new instrument for use with wires of great
length.