The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-09 00:00:00

THURSDAY E VENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1852.

LONDON,

Mr. Haysham's Domino, ist 51b ...(Lowe) fen.
The first heat was one by a head, the second by a
neck, the third was a dead beat between Theodino and
The Kremlin filly, and the fourth was walked over by
The dine.
The Visitors' and Tradesmen's Plate of 501., added a
handicap of 5 sous. each. One mile and a half. (8
Subs.)
Mr. Dre 7st 91b (Sabin) 1
v:e's Odibam, 4 yrs,
Mr. Douglas's Irene, 4 yrs, 7st (Palmer) 2
Mr. Collier na Cressa, 5 yrs, 64 101 b .......(Price) 3
Mr. Land's Greek, 3 yrs, 6st 61b
Mr. Stevenson na Ino, 4 yrs, 6st 121b...(Hammond) 0
Mr. Barling's Harriett, aged, 6st 101 b... ..... (S,ffert) 0
Won by a neck, after a fine race with three. Cressy
a good third.
The Speculation Plate of 301. added to a sweepstakes of
3 sove. each; the second to save his stake. Once
round. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche, 3 yrs, 7st (Hat:mond) 1
Mr. James's Ingratitude, 4 yrs, 8$ 31b ... (Hornsby) 2
Eton. J. Villiers's St. Antonio, 4 yrs. Bst 31b...(51y) 3
Capt. Rowley's Beebe() Bunnoo, Bst 7113 (Sherwood) 4
Mr. G. Drewe'a bf by Cowl (h b). 3 yrs, 7$ (Sabin) 5
Won by two lengths. The winner, entered for 601.,
was sold for 801.
The Medway Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 25 added. i
Once round and a distance. (6 Subs.)

Mr. Sherrard's Friendless Boy, sst 131 b (Sherrard) 1
Mr. S. Scott's Gaiety f, 4 yrs, 7st 3lb (ll4mmond) 2
Mr. 11. Drew's My Mary, aged. Bst (Sherwood) 3
Mr. Kerley's Mahneebury, aged. Bst (Hornsby) 4
Hon. F. Villiers na The Cha.c, 3 yrs. Est 7lb (Sabin) 5
Won by a head, the same between the second and
third, and a neck between the third and fourth.
The Rockingham Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added.
Heats, one mile and a half, (5 Suba.)

Wotton's The Marchioness, Bat 9lb (Collins) 1 1
Mr. James's Ingratitude, 7st 131 b...... (Hornsby) 3 2
Mr. Bishop's Batwing, 5 yrs, Bst lib (Yates) 0 3
lion. F. Villiers na The Chase, 6st 51b (Ro.)11) 2 4
Mr. Reeves's Abellllah, 5 yrs, Bst 10th (Reeves) 0 0
Both heats won cleverly. The winner was claimed
for 1501.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SE PT. 7.
Her MajeAy and the Prince of \Vales Wl?nt with
his Royal Highness Prince Albert yesterilgiy morn-
ing to the furest, when his Royal Highness, -went out
deer, stalking.
. _

tier Majesty and the Prince of Wa!es
soon re-
turned home.

In the afternoon her Majesty, accounpariE d by the
Princess Royal, the Princess A!ice, and the Princess
Helena, drove to Abergeldie,
ness the Duchess of Kent. to visit her itoyal High-

The dinner party Yesterday included her Royal
Highnessthe Ducte:,s of Kent, her Serene
the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenbourg, and Lady
Augusta Bruce. Highness

Dr. C. G. Grahs (physician of Stockli plin in the
public service of Sweden and Norway)i
view on Tuesday with the General Board of ;Health, at
their offices, Whitehall, on a mission of sm aitaryin-
quiry from his Government.
Sir J. Y. Buller, Sir C. W. Codringtor, Al's. Carey
the Bailiff of Guernsey), end Mr. W. GI eig, had
interviews yesterday with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at
the Home-office. lwdl an nter-

Dispatches were sent from the Colonial-office to
the Governors of Hong-Kong and Ceylon yesterday.

HER MAJEST 'LS SOJOURN IN
THE NORTH.
Since her Majesty's arrival at Balmoral Castle she
has been visiting the different improvements that have
been made since last year upon
the Balmer al and
Birkhall estates, while Prince Albert has been busily
engaged in the forest deer stalking. His Royal High-
ness killed a fine stag on Saturday last.
On Sunday her Majesty and Prince Albert at-
tended Divine service at the churth of Crathie, as did
also the rest of her suite, consisting of the Countess of
Lion.
he Rev. Archibald Waiting;aannLddorti‘dhieAr.Llinesbury, Colonel
Doeosrdaro tn, Seymour
ph,ippLs,adcioelsonieni
An-
derson, the parish minister, officiated, and preached
an excellent sermon from Matthew, chap. v., verso 3.
The church was crowded, a number of strangers
being present.
Her Majesty during the afternoon of Sunday
drove out in an open phaeton as far as Birkhall, and
called on Sir James and Lady Clark. The Royal
party returned to Balmoral Castle in the evening.
The Royal Family have been enjoying thei accus-
tomed walks and drives in the vicinity of the Castle
r
as in former years.

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICULTURAL
SOCIETY.

The fifth and last show of this society for the pre-
sent season was held yesterday at the Surrey Zoolo-
gical Gardens. Notwithstanding the very unfavour-
able weather which has prevailed for the last month,
liarlytr proving that
and seriously retarded, as well as disappointed, the
hopes and wishes of the horticulturists, an extremely
fair show'was raised, the fresh and blooming appear-
ance
was
skill and
tliinegfleonwnietrys
canex tn
exhibited clearly
yiumph over the
mostthe
show, adverse o
f circumstances.oonrcourse,
at
t hi s
pTehr
iendofthe season
principal attraction
of
centered in the display of dahlias and hollyhocks,which
of
fn tihnei,wnelliloalneewonesrefiroenwiearrskasbolmy
efinev.eArrelye fine verbenas,
degree Amongst the show
fuchsias, ericas, and clerodendrons were exhibited.
eiAne
afpttetiroh thene tdo thunder-stormatyhepruo
svue
adl
fi
state
to;t
e o
i n
analthf e
itearlynheweather at all the
s e part of the
anmorn
e x :
flower shows,:horticultural files, and other out-door re-
Although the
ecially under-
nultwuhraicl hphuarssubietes. p been
generally most
geurrneopsurt
noi odpnis ts iwoo unpropitious
rsteht to floricultural
xsflenoaersei
season,
the tents in which the flowerse were exhibited,
s
the company towardsithgelylatdtaemp,
r part of the afternoon
became numerous.

We subjoin a list of the prizes awarded
CLASS THE FIRST.

Private Flowers for Sale.
stove and greenhouse plants,
Crighton.am
P; for the second
Forthe
best Growers
coile e nottion of cultivatings
bsmesatlldgitotlod,
gVoilcdtoArilabemrtemdaeld,
For tbo best twelve dahlias, large silver Linnean
medal, Mr. Holmes; for the second best ditto, large sil-
lushrroetrhatl
lbe
stditto, small silver medal,Linn Ur. Proctor, jua.; for the third best
silver Victoria medal, Mr. Efatchman; for
the
man medal, Mr.
Battle; for the fifth best ditto, small silver Albert medal,
ver
ditto. A 0 f
Mr. Wakeman; for the sixth best ditto, bronzy medal,
Mr. Windson.

For the best twenty-four dahlias, gold Albert medal,
Mr. Proctor; for the second best ditto, large silver Vic-
toria medal, Mr. Robinson; for the third beat ditto, small
silver Victoria medal, Mr. Weedon; for the fourth best
ditto, small silver Albert medal, Mr. Edwards.
For the best six fancy dahlia, small silver Linnman
medal, Mr. Black; for the second best ditto, small silver
Albert medal, Mr. Edwards; for the third best ditto,
bronze modal, Mr. Dyson.

For th? bast collection of cut flowers, small silver Vic-
toria medal, Mr. Jarvis; for the second best ditto, small
silver Lineman medal, Mr. IT
--amp; for the third best
ditto, small silver Albert medal, Mr, Merry.
For the best six hollyhocks, small silver Victoria
medal, Mr. Black; for the second best ditto, small silver
Lineman medal, Mr. Dyson; for the third best ditto,
For the best collection of verbenas small silver L in-
nman medal, Mr. Lochner; for the' second best ditto,
small silver Albert medal, Mr. Clark.
small silver Albert medal, Mr. Young.
For the best collection of
small silver Lineman medal, Mr. Wortley; for the se-
cond best ditto, small silver Albert medal, Mr. Jarvis.
For the best basket of grapes small silver Albert
medal, Mr. Wortley; for the second best ditto, bronze
medal, Mr. Hamp. six baskets of ripe fruit,

CLASS THE SECOND.
Nurserymen, sw.
For the best collection of stove and greenhouse plants,
gold Albert medal. Messrs. Rollison ; for the second best
ditto, large silver Victoria medal, Mr. Frazer.
For the best collection of roses, large silver Linnwan
medal, Mr. Francis; for the second best ditto, large silver
Albert medal, Messrs. Paul.
For the best twenty-tour dahlias, large silver Victoria
medal. Mr. Drummond: for the second best ditto, large
silver Linnwan medal, Mr. Hunt; for the third best
ditto, large silver Albert medal, Mr. Gaines; for the
fourth best ditto, small silver Victoria medal, Mr' Kim-
berley.
For the best twelve fancy dahlias, small silver Victoria
medal, Mr Legg; for the second best ditto. small silver
Linnsean medal, Mr. Hunt best ditto,
; for the third
small silver Albert medal, Mr. Drummond.
For the best twelve hollyhocks, small siver Victoria
medal, Mr. Paul; for the second best ditto, small silver
Linntein medal, Mr. Chater. Equal.
small
For the best twenty-four verbenas,
silver Lin•
nse4n medal, Mr. Smith; for the second best ditto, small
silver Albert medal, Mr. Stewart.
For the best collection of cut flowers, small silver
Linnsean medal, Messrs. Rollinson; for the second best
ditto, small silver Albert medal, Mr. Clark.
For the best basket of grapes
lug 6lbs.), small silver Albert medal, Mr. Spaq; for the
second best ditto, bronze medal, Mr. Corney.
PEN TO MTH CLASSES.
For the best single specimen plant, small silver Albert
medal, Mr. Fraser; for the second best ditto, bronze
medal, Messrs. Rollison; for the third best ditto, bronze
medal, Mr. Hemp.
medal,
For the best pine arple, small silver Albert
Mr. Aunt, jun. (3 bunches, not exceed-

NAVAL 1N TELLIGEN CE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commander Thomas Wilson (1843) has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Geyser, steam-sloop,
at Devonport, fur the West Indies, vice Hand, pro-
moted.
Lieutenants— Alexander Philips (1850) to the
Daring, 12, Chatham , C. H. Simpson (1848), to the
Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Portsmouth.
Master—James Bowler (1842), to the Hercules,
emigrant-ship, at Chaihem.
Second Master—Mark Netten (1850), to the
Hercules.
Assistant Surgeons—Edward Loney, confirmed to
the Itnauro, Jamaica; Bray Stephens, con-
firmed to the Vengeance, 84, Mediterranean.
Clerk—Andrew S. Little (1851), to the Hercules.
Master's Assistant —Percy J. James to the
Hercules.

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to
pensiontt hien liieernorcafousephl
Henderson,
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steamed
,e''te,o the Hercules•e
Greenwich
IB lo
Carpenter-John
t Boatswain-. John wa vacant
lieutenant's.Tobn
RJ ee
imd
Hospital has been given to Lieutenant Johnl a
Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, left Portsmouth on
3elird
(1806).
Tußesieduahyeeimve,l6)ion,gscfroerwW.soboiplw,
arrived in Queenstown on Saturday morning. Having.
pastsaluted
uteheee flagtew
Do f, luteera rb asluddmpi
playing
ilu'gu ravpi sp,
resd,
to her moorings opposite Haulbowline.
Commander Archibald Black died on the 4th inst ,
at Hawthorn Park, Rothesan, in the 82,1 year of his
age. This officer entered the navy Dec. 30, 1794, as
midshipman on board the Canada, 74, Captain Charles
Powell Hamilton, whom he shortly afterwards ac-
companied into the Prince, 98, both ships attached to
the fleet in the channel. lie next joined the Queen,
98, bearing the flag of Sir Hyde Parker on the Ja-
maica station, where, from 1797 to 1800, he served
as acting master in the Drake, 16, Captain John
Parkins, Renomme, 44, Captain Robert Rolles, and
Maidstone, 32, Captain Ross Donnelly. On his re-
turn to the West Indies in 1801, after having been
employed for a few months on board the Cambridge,
bearing
the became
fl,
g efLord
Hught passedmaster's
rue
of the
sr
guard-ship at Plymouth, during which period he.
Seymour. He subsequently obtained com-
mand, as acting-lieutenant, of the prison ship at
Port Royal, and at the peace returned home in a
80,
similar capacity on board the Brunswick, 74, Captain
ahta examination,usare u,r . Black
Srevenson, but could not procure his commission, in
!t fr
as
recent
setacting regulationsmast we.
. In which
hil
tBroas-
iMr. Black resumed his professional duties as master's
mate, in the Hercule, 74, flag-ship, at Jamaica, of
Vice-Admiral James Richard nacres, from which he
was promoted, February 26, 1806, to a sub-lieu-
tenancy in the Reindeer, 18, Captain John Fife.
cionend quuies nce
servitude o
Being at length made full lieutenant, May 27, 1807,
in the Pelican, 19, Captains Wm. Ward, Isaac Haw-
kins Morrison, and Edward Henry A'Court, he co-
operated in the ensuing bombardment of Copeelnigen;
and, in 1810, commanded the boats of that sloop in a
night attack on an armed felucca, carry fifty men, in
campeaahy Bay, which vessel, together with all the
other craft in the harbour, he succeeded in bringing
out, although opposed by the heavy fire of several
forts and the small arms of the various crews. He
had previously taken part in many expeditions of a
similar nature, and on ono occasion had been very
severely wounded. He was placed on half-pay in
1812 ; and, unable to procure further employment,
accepted the rank of commander February 10, 1843.
Commander Black married, August 13, 1813, Miss
Jane Currie, and has issue a son and three daughters.
Commander James Cooper Bennett died at
Rotheray August 29. He entered the navy Jan. 3,
teex,pheedia assisted
upe
ire 1813, as second-class volunteer on board the Adamant,
50, Captain Matthew Buckle, bearing the flag at
Leith of Rear-Admiral William Albany Otway. Re-
moving in March following to the Endymion, of 48
guns
ns
brilliant action of two hours and a halt; in which the
British lost 11 men killed and 14 wounded, and the
enemy 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the American
dlo3crade o men,
en;
New Captain Henry lleop
London, h
the Penobscot, and the capture Jan. 15, 1815, after a
frigate President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Sub-
sequently to the surrendr of Bonaparte we find
him proceeding to the West Indies, where, until the
close of 1819, he served on board the Iphigenia, 36,
Captain Andrew King, and Conway, 26, Captain
Edward Barnard, and contributed, in the boats of
the latter ship and of the Eden, to the destruction, in
the early part of that year, of some Arab pirates
at Bahhreen, in the Persian Gulf. While next
serving in the Sybille, 44, flag-ship, in the West
Indies, of Sir Charles Rowley, he was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant, by commission dated Aug. 22,1821;
hut, prier to his return to England, in 1823, he had
the misfortune to lose an arm, in consequence of
which accident he was eventually awarded, Jan. 24,
1824, the usual pension of 911. ss. In the course of
the later year Mr. Bennett, who bad been employed
for short periods in the Arachne, 18, and Ramillies,
74, again sailed for the West Indies in the Rattle-
snake, 28, Captain Hugh Patton, and there joined the
Isis, .50, flag-ship of Sir Lawrence Win. Halstead, by
whom, after holding command of the Union, Rene-
gade, Speedwell, schooners, he was, in 1826, placed in
charge of the Magnificent, hospital and store-ship, at
Port Royal. He wasofficiallypromoted
sent rank on Oct. 26, in the same year, and then, en-
feebled in health from the effects of long servitude in
small vessels under a tropical sun, returned home.
Since that period, unable to procure employment
afloat, he has twice accepted the appointment of ins
slanting commander in the Coast Guard. On the first
occasion he filled the post from June 15, 1832, until
1835. His resumption of the office took place Feb.
25, 1843. Commander Bennett married, July 28,
1831, Jane, third daughter of the late James Law,
Esq., of Elvington, county II N B and
a ington, ..,
by that lady, who died in 1836, has three surviving
children.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—AdmiraI Sir Thom
Briggs, G.C.111.G., Commander-in-Chief, accom-
panied by Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent,
went out to Spithead this morning and officially in-
spected the Alwander, 44, Commodore Talbot, prior
to her sailing tor the Cape of Good Hope to relieve
the Castor.
The Queen's yacht Victoria and Albert was laid up
at her winter moorings to-day, and her ship's com-
pany transferred to the Royal George yacht hulk.
The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, and the En-
counter, 14, Captain Gordon (screw frigates) came
into harbour yesterday, it is reported, to be paid off
all standing. Captain Freemantle, who had the Pique,
is named as the immediate successor of Captain
Robinson.

The ship's company of the Niger screw sloop, Com-
mander Heath, have been this day paid wages to six
months, and granted a fortnight's leave.
The Simoom screw steam troop frigate, Captain
Kingcome, went out of harbour this afternoon, and
took in her powder while under way at Spithead, and
sailed for Pembroke with the masts, &c,, for jury-
rigging the Windsor Castle, 140, for navigation to
this port.

Tile Electra, 14, Commander Morris, has hauled
off from the dockyard to her hulk, where she is com-
pleting her fit out for sea.
The Fearless surveying steam-vessel, Captain
Bullock, left port this morning for the Channel.
PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The mail steam-packets
Cleopatra, Captain Cumming, sailed last evening for
the Cape of Good Hope and the Australian colonies.

She left Deal at 10 2.6 on Sunday, and, being under
steam all the way, excepting one hour, reached the
Sound at 10 45 on Monday morning. The Cleopatra
had 185 passengers, including a large proportion of
German Jews, several Frenchmen, Scotch agricul-
turists, &c. She has a full cargo of fine British ma-
nufactured goods and 155,0001. in specie ; of this
80,0001. is freighted for Adelaide or Port Philip, at
the option of the charterers. One of the owners, Mr.
Lamont, assisted Mr. M. Wilcocks, the agent, in the
dispatch of the ship, whioh received at Plymouth two
cows, 100 sheep and pigs, 750 fowls, and a large
quantity of fresh provisions and vegetables. Another
of the owners, Mr. M'Keen, proceeds in the Cleopa.
tra, which will take the first suitable freight home to
Great Britain.

IMPROVED PUBLIC OMNIBUS.--Yesterday much
interest was excited in Great Scotland-yard by the appear.
ance of a very light and tastefully constructed vehicle for
public conveyance, which had been brought to the spot for
the inspection of Commissioner Sir R. Mayne and other gen-
tlemen previous to its proceeding in an experimental trip
with the inventor, M. Franklinski and friends. The exa-
mination showed the great conveniences and comfort in its
construction, there being a separate compartment for each
passenger about 30 inches in width (14 inches wider than in
the ordinary omnibus), thus affording also an effectual bar
against the pickpocket or other annoyances, but at the same
time giving the power of communication between each com-
partment when desirable. Each is lined with crimson cloth,
fitted with looking-glasses and effective ventilating
as also the means of communicating with the conductoreba
bell. This portion is arranged for 12 passengers, and thsepa.
apparatus!
ap-
proach is by an outside gallery on either side, with is by
rate door to each compartment. The ascent to the roof.
a flight of steps of easy gradation, with a band
roof are
side, placed at the back of the carriage.
Upon to cover the
11 very easy seats with backs, as also apronso of "Frank-
-trhaellon each
legs of each passenger. It bears the inscrtiptmio
"i improvement on
linski'a Patent Conveyance," but is a
that exhibited in the Crystal Palace,
inches higher and nearly
to lightness, for although about six
nimbus, it is 2 cwt.
gprearticularly in respect
four inches wider than the ordinary 0
lighter.
It is stated that some London merchants have sent
down six eminent engineers to survey the
near the mouth of the river, with Bristol Channel,
i a view to ascertaining the
capabilities of Portshead for the erection of decks, with a
connecting railway with Bristol, a work which it has been
v
roughly
computed will cost about 300,000/., and which the
London houses concerned would themselves be able and
ready to raise. If this be true, we hope the city of Bristol
will have no h-sitation in contributing a :.um 01 .3,0001. for
the improvement of the river.—Clittoa Chronicle.
THE LATE BoILEB EXPLOSION AT BURNLEY.—We
are happy to state that most of the sufferers from this explo-
sion are rapidly recoyering,—Preston Guardian.

S ÜBM A RINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY
-BETWEEN FRANCE A.ND ENGLAAD.

The report by the managers of this company, pre-
sented at the meeting of shareholders held at the seat
of the society, 10, Place de la Bourse, Paris, on
Moodey last, states that—
" The revenue account, after payment of all ex-
penses properly chargeable under that head, gives a
net disposable balance of 2,0311. 115.9 d., admitting of
the declaration of a dividend, for the six months end-
ing the 30th of June last, of a sum equal to 51. per
cent. per annum on the capital of the society, and
leaving a surplus of upwards of 2001. The managers
think that a dividend, at the rate of Si. per cent. per
annum, payable out of the first six months' earnings
of a public undertaking cannot but be considered as
satisfactory; but when due weight is given to the
disadvantages which have necessarily impeded the
introduction of an enterprise of so novel a character,
the expenses which have unavoidably attended its
opening, and the hitherto incomplete state of all the
traffic arrangements, the returns must be consi-
dered as highly encouraging. But even this result,
however, does not give a correct view of the value of
the undertaking, as the earnings of the line have been
unduly taxed by the payments for the transmission of
ti:e society's messages between Dover and London.
Had such payments, during the past six months, been
made upon the scale contained in the agreement lately
entered into, the disposable balance would have been
increased by 1,1331. 155.; and the dividend to the 30th
of June would have been, with precisely the same
amount of traffic, at the rate of 8/. per cent. per
annum, in lieu of Si. The amount paid to the South
Eastern Railway Company, was 2,3691. 12s. 3d.; the
amount that would have been paid under the provi-
smarts of the proposed land agreement was 1,2351.
17s. 3d. ; giving a balance of 1,133/. 15s. The wet
[lagers, next advert to the proposed agreement between
the society and the
' Submarine Telegraph Company
between Great Britain
and tiro Continent of Europe,"
lately established in London under a royal charter of
incorporation granted by
her Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, a subject which has
n
consideration for many months
sgaged their anxious
past. This charter
c
has been granted to enable the
a telegraphic submarine cowun atiompany to establish
Englaed and Belgium, and subject
ticton betv;een
ment with the society for the o
purpose f all arrange-
tually carrying out the exclusive Privileges granted
by the respective Governments of France
and .Belgium,
and of fully developing the system of international
submarine telegraphs. To secure these result.
visional agreement has be[ n entered into p
by trir
tnanagere with the chartered company for anequal
division of the traffic receipts, and for a joint manage_
went of the two undertakings; such agreement to
take eflect from the opening of the public traustnisaion
of messages of the Belgium line, and to continue in
force during the existence of the two concessions, or
of either of them, or until a more complete atualg tuna-
tion of the companies can be effected. Independently
of the general policy of identifying the interests of
the two companies, the managers have had their atten-
tion particularly directed to the very favourable posi-
tion which the promoters of the Belgian line occupy,
in regard to a renewal at the expiration of the term
of the present concession, the Belgian Government
having expressly stipulated to give the preference to
the original concessionaires. In the traffic agree.
went to be submitted to the shareholders, the
managers have inserted a provision, under which
the society will derive an Equal benefit with the char-
tered company in any such renewal. With regard
to the agreement for the transmission of messages
between London and Dover, the terms which the
managers have ultimately obtained are so favourable
to the interests of the society, that there is little oc-
casion for any further statement on the subject,
beyond a repetition that, had the provisions of the
agreement been in force during the last six months,
the society would, upon the same amount of traffic,
have paid a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per
annum more than they are now enabled to do. The
managers look to the result of the proposed arrange-
ments with great confidence. With the traffic to be
received on the opening of the Belgian line, added to
the great increase of telegraphic intercourse between
London and Paris, which may reasonably be expected
to follow on the opening of the uninterrupted land
line, and the consequent almost instantaneous com-
munication between the two capitals, the managers
confidently anticipate that a dividend of from 81. to
10/. per cent. will be immediately realized on the
capital of the two companies, irrespective of that
gradual, but certain, increase which will arise as
additional foreign lines are opened, and the in,

tercourse by telegraphic agency becomes more
and more a matter of social necessity. The managers
have stipulated that the society should be represented
on the board of the chartered company, as well as on
that of the land line. The managers have the satis-
faction to report that the cable between Dover and
Calais is in every respect as perfect as the day on
which it was laid down. It is not intended to issue
the 25,000 shares in reserve, as the proposed arrange-
ment with the chartered company will preclude, at least
for some time, the necessity of laying down a second
cable between Dover and Calais; and under the
terms of the proposed traffic agreement, in the event
of any additional capital being required, the chartered
company is to provide it. Shareholders in the society
have the option of exchanging their shares for those
of a like amount in the chartered company. In con-
clusion, the managers congratulate the proprietors on
the very favourable aspect of their affairs; and whilst
they are engaged in one of the most interesting ad-
ventures of modern science, it is satisfactory to find
that their enterprise, in a commercial point of view,
is second to few.
"The capital account shows a receipt of 100,0001.,
on so many shares of 1/. each, and an expenditure as
follows :—By amount paid to the concessionaires and
entrepreneurs, under the terms of article 9 of the Acte
de SociLe, cost of experimental wire, cost of existing
cable, and amount paid on account of the wires in
connexion with the submarine cable at Dover,
70,2331. 7s. 3d.; caution money in the hands of the
French Government, 2,0001. ; amount paid for office
furniture, 2161. 12s. 9d.—total, 72,4501. The balance
of 27,5501. is composed of 2,550/. value of shares held
and 25,000!. shares un-
in the hands of the company,

allotted.
" The revenue account shows that 3,5461. Ss. sd.
has been received for messages transmitted from
November 30, 1851, to June 30, 1852. The expenscb
at the London, Dover, Calais, and Paris stations, in-
cluding printing, stationery, postage, and other inci-
dental charges, were 238/ 123. 9J. ; salsries and wages,
8051. 17s. id. ; rent and taxes (London, Paris, and
Dover), 170/, 6s. 10d. ; directors' allowance (half a
Sear under article 10 of the Act of Society), 3001.
total, 1,514/. 16s. Bd., giving a net profit of 2 031/
lls. 93.

" Since November 15, 1851, the company has trans-
mitted 9,045 messages from London to Calais, for
which it has received 6,889/. 13s. 91. Two thousand
seven hundred and ninety-tour of these pounds have
been paid to the South-Eastern Railway."

The submarine telegraph is assuming proportions
which fast outstrip the most venturesome predictions
of its originators, and promises before long to em-
brace the globe. It is scarcely three years since the
proposition was first made to connect London
Paris by an electric wire, which shouldcrOzsls and
channel, and the conception was encountered witbge-
neral incredulity. Some denied the possibility
of
transmitting the subtle fluid through the immense
body of water ; others affirmed that the wire could
the numberless perils of the
not be made secure in the bed
its permanence. In spite of sea 4 would the
ocean,pre andfat a thatl
t.waso
organized to carry out the i. ;t , were
is aticosmt company
not happy, and the enter .13.re0a.-lecttth.
Initseeting- with the
support of persons with capital,nowas about to be sur-
rendered. A new company, more strongly
tuted than the first, took up ytle scheme, and presently
the problem was solved in the sight of two
In the first six months of its existence the i_
idneseppite of
fair dividend of five per cent. per
litanbejthe South-
the rigorous conditions imposed
°new society, in pro-
Eastern Railway Company Abennding some of the
cess of organization and comp g
au _ nations. a
~. d foreign diplo-
corniamic p --
first names in English
the Pryet le of submarine tele-
macy, has taken up more complete de-
graphs, to gpivhet, it Berussela united to Paris
velopment.
submarine thread, extending from
with London by
This line will be connected with
by a terrestrial electric wire is about to be connected
Dover to (Mend,
Prussia, the States of the Germanic
Austria, and all the countries of
Confederation,
France and Belgium have se-
Europe.
Northern
those
com any the exclusive right of sub-
cured to the .pi . b .
-t on , ut as hitherto it has been
has
of finnan
marine conimunica
necessary to send messages received, whether at Paris
or London, on the lines of railway companies to the
coast, the expenses have been considerable and the
delay in transmission great. The new company
come to an agreement with another society which sup-
Plies it with a line exclusively devoted to its dispatches,
thus saving at once time and money. At present a
short message from London to Paris takes an hour
and a half or two hours to reach its destination. Pie.
sently it will be possible to send it in fifteen or twenty
minutes, and at a great reduction in price. While
this project is in course of realisation, its Promoters
are further proposing to connect Copenhagen with
nsi '
been
the Danish possessions on the Continent, New Bruns-
wick with Nova Scotia, Toulon with Algiers, Lyons
and
the last with
EveitgyhpTt.urinA,ftSericiwlyhawt
hitahs
alreadylu'
achieved it is
easy to perceive that the day must shortly come when
Bombay. Calcutta, and Madras will be united to
London by the electric wire.

The inventor of the Patent Tubular Life Raft,
de.,cribed in our impression of the 6th inst., is Mr. George
Frederick Parrott, of her Majesty's Treasury, and not Mr.
Perrott, of Liverpool, as then stated.

----
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR TRE
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

EVENING MEETING.
SALT MINES AT CARRICKFERGUS.
BELFAST, TGESDAY.—List evening Colonel Port-
lock delivered a lecture in May-street Church to a
large audience, on the subject of the lately discovered
salt mines in the neighbourhood of Carrickfergus ;
Sir R. Murchison in the chair. The Gallant Colonel
set out by a lucid description of the several strata of
soil forming the inner part of the earth, and of the
nature of the substances contained in different dis-
tricts, bringing in as parallel cases with theYpresent,
the salt mines of Spain and Cheshire, and showing
that the soil in both these places was of a nature simi-
lar to that of the mines near Carrickfergus. He then
went into the conjectures which had been thrown out
as to the depositions of salt, and expressed himself
dissatisfied with the reasons which had been given for
these depositions. He then explained the artificial
manner in which salt is produced, described the several
beds of soil met with in the mines of Carrickfergus, and
traced the strong similarity existing between them
and the mines of Cheshire. An immense soil of strata
would have to be gone through before coal, to a great
extent, would be available; but everything was due
to the exertions of the high-spirited nobleman (the
Marquis of Dawnshire), who had so praiseworthily
taken the matter in hand, and whose exertions could
not fail to benefit the country.—(Cheers.) Some of
the produce of the mines hap been examined by that
very talented chemist, Dr. Hodges, who found them
fully capable of rewarding the labours of the noble
proprietor. After entering largely into the different
beads of this part of the subject, he referred to the
progress which the study of geology was making
among all classes, eloquently alluding to the time
when even the pulpit was made the means of cp-
posing the spread of that science, and to the present,
when all parties are freely acknowledging the import-
ance of a proper study of geology. He concluded
his lecture, in beautiful terms, by saying that by the
study of this science we were opening to our minds
the great bank of nature, and permitting ourselves to
see the great power rind wisdom of the Supreme
Being.
Sir R. MURCHISON, in handsome terms, alluded to
the exertions of Colonel Portloek in the stud of the
c and conveyed to the 'Gallant
Colonel' erieo
thefgeology,
thanks of the meeting for his very able
and instructive lecture. He also announekd that the
concluding general meeting of the British Association
would be held in that place on Wednesday evening,
and the meeting then separated.

inisil BOG BUTTER.

Mr. J. A. BRAZIER read,a paper on this subject yes-
terday in Section B. He said, the substance bearing
this name is found accidentally in the various boggy
usually p
districts of Ireland, sometimes also in Scotland, and is
had most
thing
reserved in small keg, in which the matter
-,
probably been originally deposited. No-
aPPears to be known as to what this substance
formerly was',
sour thel .time of its deposit. The keg--
thements—was foundP supplying
specimen
by my friend Dr. Andrew's.the material for my experi-
nthis district, and was given me
nation. In Berxelius's"i,
otthhee rn
es for the subject of exami-
pizsmo.ret; foofr
thisl
an
by examination
Linuactiko,nuoefdaenr
ofbogic acid, who de-
scribes it as a whitish substanceeßlsubstance
by
He
filow specific gra-
vity,(l24Bdegs. P.) Ile
poiilt and of
the
ef
purified
rpeculiarified b body
odour.dy at
51 c .
the fusing
acid,
yellowish w°11.4.
mentions also that its reaction to litrnusapaapieTt
owing to the
and gives the formula of the acid as C
The specimen at my disposal was of a
colour ; the slight tinge of yellow being
presence ofa very small quantity of a yellow oil pervadee-
ing the whole mass, somewhat friable on the external
surface ; but portions of the interior of the mass might
have been selected, having an unctuous feel and of a
most peculiar odour. It is nearly insoluble in cold
water, somewhat soluble in hot, but very soluble in
alcohol and ether, especially in boiling, from either of
which fluids it is deposited in white granular crystals ;
the alcohol or ether separated from the crystalline de-
posit, which was usually done by expression, was of
a deep yellow colour, and containing apparently a
small quantity of the oleaginous matter above-men-
tioned in solution, and imbibing more powerfully the
peculiar odour of the interior of the mass. A clear
portion of the substance taken directly from the keg
gave a fusing point of 45 deg. C. (113 deg. F.), after
repeated crystallisation from alcohol, tint! the super-
natant fluid no longer possessed the slightest yellow
tinge when cold ; and finally, once from ether, the
fusing point of the :substance was raised to be-
tween 52 and 53 C. (125. 6 deg. F.), (127. 5 deg.
F.) This method of purification was repeated several
times, the fusing point of the body remaining con-
stantly the same, the substance itself resembling,
after fusion, ordinary stearic acid. Before sub-
jecting the substance to analysis, I thought it more
advantageous to submit the body to a more rigorous
method of purification, and adopted that of saporifica-
tion. With potass this body forms a beautifully clear
transparent soap, entirely soluble in water, with the
exception of the small quantity of yellow oil which is
seen floating on the surface of the solution, and is

easily separated, together with other accidental
impu-
rities, by means of a separating funnel or filtration.

The solution of the soap, on being decomposed by the
addition of a small quantity of hydrochloric acid, the
fatty acid separates. This has to be well washed with
large quantities of water, and subjected several times
to considerable pressure. In this state the fusing
point was found to be 53 deg. C. (127.4 F.), and the
same portion of acid having undergone the same rou-
tine of purification a second time, the fusing point
was not altered. An analysis of the body thus puri-
fied furnished numbers corresponding to the formula,
C. 32, 11. 230-4, and for which I propose the name of
Butyric-limncdic acid. The aoid was subsequently
recrystallised from alcohol from which it was dept,_
sited, usual,h Iv e vienr,
.gafirutcaisnidisou,
fusing
crystals;aorlpwnoi
nt this
isw deposited
satsaf rtfeoionmu
tnehtrdlaeletsaotceatilbdlos ee
or%
was
carefully beautifully whnlitniteesamsaetliyn,y
sa3ppdeeags.aen,c.e;
re-
semblingl`)77lll.46;:atand
upon analysis, yielded numbers corresponding..
nr.otLhuacvke
entirely
same
a s b dried,eb
before,
I ar ze
efuthsiaotnhtehacnoulAal
before-mentioned formula.
Having obtained a higher
less amount of carbon for this acid, anddta
in the analysis,. lam
dl
the o
point
n cl uodf
:mall quantity of oily matter, which he himself men-
tions is most tenaciously''
retained by the acid; and
Viis being probably of the nature of a hydro-carbon,
would tend naturall •y to increase the amount of car-
rem removedthe
bob
• The products of this acid by oxidizing agents,
e extremely interesting;
I think, will b ' -a few
from .
preliminar • Y experiments upon it, I think it is.likely
to yield one or more of the fatty acids, lower in the
scale of this series, viz. ca capsoic, onaathylic, or butyrich
acid, but
of this I can 'only vouchsafe for the truth by
the smell, caproic and onanthylic acids being well
known to me, having formed the subjects of previous
investigations.

C.
H. 0. FusingE,_::s,ls..
Et
Muscles
:du
.PNleeogGsi .n.
Boisbty
32 22 4
Palmatic acid
32 32 4 55 deg.
Cely tic acid
Butyric Limnodic acid 32 32 4 53 deg.
The kegs in which the butter was found give an
example of the most primitive form of construction,
and are about one foot in height and ten inches in
diameter.
At the conclusion of the paper on butter,
gentleman inquired of Mr. Brazier if he could
A . any account of its history, or how it came to
give
occupy its position in the bog ?
made
Aat
cause
arshus
spismeo
asked
soeokfnne 1
dtt
shhi
hef tt
originshtuhe brajet ehtc
aht
d,e
was fbfraeaoneemynt
wpeuaysti
df partiesevidence
that with
forward.
ttadhso.
Mr. BRAZIER stated that several statements had
I
not
only as to
showyetvvbehneonn: whom
thati thre: al
Ihli
t had been submerged in the sea ?anne:e
evi.
Mr. BRAZIER said that he had discovered
produced TUESDAY
onby 3:
or
cn.
aence of its being submerged in the
quantity of soda in it, but whether that
its having been once salted, he couldsenao, a small
SECTION A.—MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSI AL SCIENCE.
RaPyampoehrsdw,
,i•coe
hreaadneinwteliffisecsFet
concerning
Itolialds
„ Thg the Kew Obervatory ;" by
section
tAhnenEulaelcßtriecpoCrutrcroennet
Reduction of Anemomet e.
Sir W. S. Harris,
~
()mai Observations ;" by Cap-
tain, " The Ninth
Provisional Report on the
Johnson, R.N ,
the Formula for
R.
the
in Iron Ships ;" by. Captain Strachey, R.E., .On
n the plaCing of Compasses
nions ;"
by Sir W.
by Professor G. Stokes, ter-
Wet Bulb Thermometer ;"
Hamilton, "On Biqua
Optical
Quinine:, Properties of a recently discovered Salt of
.Professor Stokes also exhibited specimen of
sensitive media. "On the
Papers were also read by Professor
flt.
C. P. Smyth,edia.
instrument for `u`sOen atn impr„ovbed
itfo7.. of
T orwnsehceinnff
"On an instrumentaforseaex. examining the Colours of
Liquids by Transmitted Light;" by Sir David
Brewster, " Examination of Dove's Theory
of Lustre ;" also by Sir David Brewster,
" Notice o a Tree struck by Lightning at
Clandeboy ;" by F. J. Royle, " Results of hourly
observations of Barometer and Thermometer at Sa-
harunpore, in the north-west of India, lat. 30 deg. ;"
by Dr. Tyndall, " On a new Thermometer of Con- •
tact, and certain results obtained by it ;" by the Rev.
Dr. Bryce, ~On Chinese Arithmetical Notation ;"
by William Gartland, "On Criteria for real an
imaginary Roots of Biquadratic Equations ;" by A.
Claudet, 'On the Stereoscopometer;" by Admiral
Sir John Ross, "On the Aurora ;" by W. H.
Hooper, . •
R N '. On the A = ii
0 Aurora ; ' by J. K. Watts,
" On the Aurora."
SECTION 13. x-CHEMICAL SCIENCE.
R. Hunt, Esq., read a report on the Influence of
the Solar Radiations ' • and Dr. Ronalds, a " Notice
of the Oil of the Sunfish taken off the bay of
GrAlway." Papersread by J. B. L
were
and Dr. J. H. Gilbert, "On the Composition of
1 Food in :elation to Respiration and the Feeding of

Animals ;" by Dr. Hodges, " On the Phosphadic
Nodules of the Green Sand of the North of Ireland ;"
by Dr. Penny, " On the Estimation of lodine ;" by
Professor Tennant, " On the Koh-i-noor Diamond."
Saeinze. BITESON, Esq., read a very interesting
memoir on Glynn and Appel s patent paper for the
prevention of piracy and forgery by the anastatic pro-
cess. Mr. Bateson entered at length into a descrip-
tion of the process of transferring printed engravings,
drawings, extracts, ac., by the process usually named
the anastatic, which was introduced by Rudolph
Appel of Silesia, about eight years ago. The facility
with which copies of bank notes can be made by this
process, and the difficulty of detecting the forgery,
was an objection to the general use of it, which every
honest man could not but consider as almost insur-
mountable. Thel remedy suggested by Mr. Bateson
is one very likely to answer the purpose intended,
and, from its simplicity and apparent effectiveness,
must direct more attention to this novel and important
subject than it has hitherto met with at the hands of
men of science. He recommended the use of a pecu-
liar paper, on which the acids essential to the anastatic
process take such an effect that bank notes or any-
thing similar cannot be copied with any degree of
accuracy or perfection. At the conclusion of the
discussion to which this paper gave rise, Professor
Graham, who presided during the day, announced
that the present meeting of the chemical section was
concluded.

THE SUN,

concluded his remarks with a viva voce description of
the Irish dialect in these two countries, and showed,
by various quotations, its local characteristics and also
its usefulness. From the fusion of many peculiari-
ties, and the mingling of provincialisms from various
parts of the United Kingdom, it is particularly useful
in the illustration of old Engl►sh literature.
RICHARD CULL, Esq., then read a paper on the
misapplication of the terms " development" and
" evolution," to the formation of the inflections of a
language ; also notes on Blumenbach's classification
of the human race.
Mr. RINX., of Denmark, read a paper on the ice
mas-es of Greenland, and on the icebergs in the
Arctic Sea ; communicated by the Royal Geogra-
phical Society.
The above were the principal papers in this section,
which finally closed at three o'clock.

SECTION F.—STATISTICS.
Dr. MACORMAC read a paper on the moral duty of
guarding against disease arising from atmospheric
impurity. In the course of his observations ho stated
that every individual, no matter what his station,
should, for the promotion of health, take a morning
bath, pedestrian exercise, and breathe night and day
a pure air. After showing how illness was produced
and aggravated by atmospheric causes and want of
cleanliness, and alluding to the want of sanitary
arrangements in Belfast, he stated that the respira-
tion of impure air was the sole cause of consump-
tion, and that were a person to live night and day
in the open air he could not become consump-
tive. To confine the consumptive person also is
heated apartments was but to increase and hasten
the disease. They ought to be kept as much as pos-
sible in the open and pure air, an ounce of cxygan
being worth a ton of fish oil. Owing to perfumes and
heavy hangings, the atmosphere of the houses of the
rich was as impure as that of those of the poor, and the
result showed that the rich were no more exempt from
consumption than the poor. The lecturer then enforced
the necessity of all houses being ventilated with large
bodies of air, and of good sewerage and cleanliness, for
the promotion of health.
Dr. Iviaacowd then read some practical sugges-
tions founded upon the sanitary statistics of Belfast.
A short conversation ensued upon the subject, and,
at the suggestion of the Chairman, a resolution was
passed, recommending the publication of the above
papor2
Mr.
li .bße renewed,nei
subscriptionten de d
'N to Ireland.
lv°D
expired M.P.next v
es `al. art, e da
ntdh t
ihte wHo
ueladl thha
toe
t o
:night f
Towns
if the Membersv took the matter up, it
ofrA
the two papers,
then opened for the publication
pspers. It was headed by the contribu-
tion of 21. from Mr. Hey wood, and, before the close of
the meeting,
it amounted to ten guineas.
Dr. STRONG then read a paper on the progress and
extent of steam-boat building on the Clyde, from which
it appeared that it was 40 years since-the first steam-
boat ever sailed from it. In 1831 the number of
steamers sailing from the Clyde was thirty-five, with
a tonnage of 4,095 ; and in 1852 the number had
risen to ninety-three, and the tonnage to 11,902.
There were, a!3e, on the Clyde, five dreding boats,
by which the averazo depth of water had been in-
creased from 10 to 17 feet. The number of persons
employed in the construction and repair of steamers
was 10,820, who received, on an average of men and
'boys, 161. per week wages. There were also em-
ployed a large number of iron-founders, decorators,
&c., in connexion with the trade, rendering it one of
the most important iu S•::otland.
The SOLICITD2.• GENERAL, called the attention of
the section to a recent proposal for the establishment
of steamers of a larger class, by which the passage
between Holyhead and Kingston would be accom-
plished in two hours, and between Galway and
Halitam in 4s days, and to the United States in six
days.