The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

Floating Telegraph Stations,

Can a vessel be constructed of sufficient strength, and
held by chains and anchors strong enough to withstand
the elements. On this would seem to depend tha success
or failure of the Floating Telegraph Station and Lightship
Company's scheme. This company proposes to connect the
Scilly Isles with the Land's-end by a submarine telegraphic
cable, and then extend this electro wire out to sea to the
S,W. When the heavy wire hag been laid to a salient
length, a light end is to be brought up to a floating buoy,
secured by a chain to the anchor of a vessel which is to be
stationed to receive it. Where the heavy wire ends the
submarine cable is to be moored by anchor end buoy, so that
it may be lifted whenever required. The ship Is to rid!: with
the light end over the bow carried to the buoy over the
ship's skeleton anchor, it then drops to the bottom and goes
to the shore. The ship thus swing with the submarine
wire, and no strain can eff3et it, because the ship's chain
cable is shorter than the electro cable. The wire cannot

feu% and the ship can be canted back by sail or steam
power so as never to allow of a complete turn. There never
was such an occurrence as the loss of a lightship. They
ride out all weathers around the coasts of the United
Kingdom, off the shores of America, in the Not th Sea, the
Baltic and Indian Ocean. They break the hurricane, the
typhoon, snow storms, and gales. A Parliamentary blue-
book states that there is no instance recorded of the wreck
of a lightship. If the link of a chain gives way from wear
and tear the vessel's iron anchors are let go. It was said i 0
years ago that a lightship could not live at an anchorage off
Scilly. Despite the warnings of croakers, ono was placed
there, and she rides more securely than those stationed in
shallower water, because she rises and falls easier, and is not
exposed to ground-swells or short chipling seas, which tries
the metal of the chain cables. The Floating Telegraph
Station and Lightship Company's next point will be west-
ward of Cape Race, about 20 miles off the shore. This will
be in the fair way of navigation for vessels bound to and
from British and Federal America. The President of the
Board of Trade stated, in reply to a question put to him in
the House of Commons, that Mr. Inman would willingly
contribute to the placing of fog signals. At Cape Race
these warning signals are much needed, for if a vessel, after
steaming across the Atlantic is slightly out of her course,
she may be brought up against the rock-bound coast
of Newfoundland. If a commander shapes his course by a
vessel out at sea, and this vessel is provided with efficient
flag signals, there must of necessity be greater security for
life and property. The estimated earnings of the telegraph
ships in reporting passing vessels, receiving press, commer-
cial, Government, and private messages, is so high that the
directors, it is said, dare not quote them. One bons cal-
culates upon saving XlOO on every ship they charter in one
particular trade by calling off the Scilly Light Ship for
orders, and thus saving towage, port charges, and other
expenses. A ship can report and heave-to at sea for in-
structions as to where she is to discharge. Even samples,
if necessary, can be landed at Scilly and sent to Penzance,
there to be despatched by rail. Once establish these vessels
and it will be found that they will become indispensable to
merchants and the public generally. The Emperor of
Russia may communicate with the captains of his
vessels at the entrance of the Channel, and all
other sovereigns may countermand orders, or give
the latest instructions to commanders in like man-
ner. It will be pleasant for the Australian who is
homeward bound, to receive a letter at Scilly apprising him
of the health of those dear to him. This intercepting vessels
at sea, by a floating house-of call, supplements the land
system of telegraphy, and supplies a vacuum. They will
reduce premiums on shipping in many cases ; for instance,
a premium of 40 guineas was paid a lew days back on a
vessel that was detained at the entrance of the Channel
near three weeks, by an easterly wind. We should think
the owners would have only been too glad to have heard of
her safety, and to have engaged the services of a tug,
Even passengers by a sailing vessel, kicking about so near
home, we suspect would have been disposed to have clubbed
together to employ a steamer. Then, again, these vessels
are to floating ships, chandlers' shops. The Admiralty
have occasionally to send steamers down past Sicilly to
supply water and provisions to the crews of vessels retarded
in their voyage by contrary winds. Seamen will soon find
out where a bag of biscuit is to be got, and there is no reason
why a trade should not be conducted in this line. It is said
that if these vessels were supplied with wines, beer, and
spirits the consumption would be surprising, especially off
Newfoundland. Anchored beyond the jurisdiction of the
revenue officers, t hey could get supplies of wines and brandy
duty free. However, the directors are gentlemen of posi-
tion, and to their charge the care of keeping up the charac-
ter of the ships must be entrusted. Altogether there is
certainty something novel in this Telegraph, Store, Mail,
and 'fug-boat Company. There is a life-boat to succour
crews, which may unhappily be needed; for, among other
casualties, the Amazon, West India mail packet, was burnt
off Scilly. Spare cabins are to be provided for shipwrecked
clews or passengers ; lights to guide the mariner, a tug to
tow vessels into port, and a steam whistle to give warning
in fogs or hazy weather. Such a combination of money-
making, allied to philanthropic projects, ought to prosper
efficiently conducted.

The Maze of the Franchise,

(From the Owl.)

Mr. Gladstone has forwarded us the following
correspondence. His letter to us, explaining the
apparent inconsistency of his two answers, is, we
regret, too long and involved for publication:—

" 94, Piccadilly, May 13, 1864.

"My dear Gladstone,—l have just read your
speech on Mr. Baines's Borough Franchise Bill.
What does it all mean ? Several persons have been
to see me this morning, and they tell. me the town
is aghast and troubled at the extreme views which
you have enunciated. It is certainly unfortunate.
We are very happy, prosperous, and free in Eng-
land. Why not leave well alone ? Did you reculer
pour mieux sauter—or sauter pour ?nieux reculer
Your speech is susceptible of either explanation ; or
will you tell me that the fatal sentence about moral
right, in which the Houst, of Commons and the
Press seem to see lurking an advocacy of universal
suffrage, was a philosophical axiom to be corrected
by the limits which you define ? If so, ell I can
say is, you have been too long a member of Parlia-
ment to think of talking philosophy to the House
of Commons.—Yours sincerely,

"PALMERSTON."

" 11, Carltonthouse-terrace, May 13, 18G4.

" My dear Lord Palmerston,—l have received
your note, and will be as frank with you as you are
with me, I was, as you know, determined to be
most careful about every word I said, and not to
commit myself or the Government to any measure
at all. I must flatter myself I succeeded admirably.
I confined myself to generalities, and, as I think
you will allow, if you examine them closely, to
generalities of the most Conservative character, I
said that if there was personal disqualification or
political danger the 'moral right' which each man
has to give his vote must be set aside. Nothing is
safer than this, because political danger may be de-
tected in any franchise by those who have wit and
power enough to give effect to their fears. I added
that I should be the last person to desire that the
working classes should acquire an overwhelming
preponderance in our political system, and I wound
up by saying that the select few wou d be admitted
as guardians and preservers of the British Consti-
tution.—Believe me, dear Lord Palmerston, yours
very truly, " W. E. GLADSTONE."

" House of Commons, May 12, 1864, 7 p.m.

"M dear M. Gladstone,—l was delighted at your
speech this morning, but still, after to-night you
will not, even below the gangway, find a congenial
sphere. We are very few of us is favour of so near
an approach to universal suffrage ; indeed, as far as
I am myself concerned, I have been held so cheap
by the great mass of working men that I should be
very sorry to see any great number of ' upper
towers' coming in to swamp the lower middles,'
as you call them. You are going too far for•me.—
Believe me yours faithfully,

" JOHN BRIGHT."

" 11, Carlton-house-terrace, May 13, 1864..

"My dear Mr. Bright,—l have received yotr
note, and will speak frankly to you. I was, as
you may guess, determined to be most studied
in every I said, and not to commit myself or
the Government except with my eyes open.
I must flatter myself I succeeded admirably ;
and though I confined myself to generalities, I think
if you examine them you will allow that they are
generalities of the most Democratic character. I

said that, barring certain disqualifications, every
every man has a moral right to give a vote. Nothing
is more advanced than this, because it lays on the
opponents of an extension of the franchiee the
burden of proof that the claimants are disqualified.
I added, as you may remember, that I should be the
last person to desire that the working-classes should
acquire an overwhelming preponderance, and this
should please you as champion of the lower
middles.'

" I hope and believe, my dear Mr Bright, that
you will lay aside your dislike of the real workin;.
man, and that, under my auspices, you will soon b.
:d!led upon to tinker and reform the British Con
stitutious—l remain, yours faithfully,
W. E, GLADSTONE."

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of the Hon. and Very Rev. Fi‘zroy
Henry Richard Stanhope, M.A., Dean and Rector
of St. Buryan, Cornwall, formerly residing at
Trevor-square, and late of Hans-place, Chelsea, was
proved in London, on the sth inst., by his relict,
the Hon. Caro ine Stanhope (laughter of the Hon.
C, Wyndham), to whom he has left the whole of his
estate, real and personal, absolutely. The testator
executed his will in 1838, and died in April last,
aged 77, and was the fourth son of the third Earl
of Herringtoe.
The will of George 'Wheelhouse, many years dis
tiller, of D ptfordsbriege, Kent, wes proved in
London, on the '20:11 inst. Tee personalty was
valued under £100,001). The testator died on the
28'b ult., at the age of 92, and does not appeer to
have left; any re.listiei A. He has disposed of a large
portion of his property, including his real estate,
amongst his five executors and trustees, with the
exception of £13,450 to charities and £2,880 to
personal friends. The will, and a codicil, were
executed on Aug. 12, 1863, and are drawn up in
the handwriting of Mr. Bristow, the executor And
solicitor, and attested by the testator's servan's.
Fanny Ellis and Charles Starkie. The testator's
signature is remarkably good. The will commences
with the following charitable bequests —Tee
British and Foreign Bible Society, £1,000; the
Westminster Hospital, Middlesex Hospita),Charinga
cross Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North London
Hospital, St. Mary's Hospita!, Metropolitan Free
Hospital, Seamen's Hospital Society, Royal Hos-
pital for Incurables, Royal Infirmary for Children
and Women, Association for Promoting the General
Welfare of the Blind, Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, London City Mission, Church
Missionary Society for Africa and the East, £5OO
each. The Great Northern Hospital, Association
for the Relief of Destitution in the Metropolis,
Baptist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist.
Missionary Society, and the Benevolent or Strangers'
Friend Society, £3OO each; Royal National Life-
boat Institution £250, fora lifeboat for Bridlington ;
to the Scarborough Dispensary, £2OO ; the poor of
Deptford, £500; .C 2,500 for the erection of 43
d wellings for the poor of Scarborough, each occupier
to receive 30s. every Christmas. The residue of his
property the testator leaves in trust to his executors,
to hold for such uses and purposes as by codicil or
deed he might direct, and in default to be appro-
priated, within three years after his decease, in such
way as the majority of them may in their judgment
agree upon. The executors and trustees appointed
are Alfred Rhodes Bristow (solicitor of the Admi-
ralty), John Flesher, of Eisingwood, Yorkshire,
minister; William Hodgson, of Grimstone, York-
shire, gentleman ; William Rowntree (of the Society
of Friends) ; and Edward Welch, of Lewisham,
gentleman. By the codicil the testator bequeaths
to the three first-named executors £5,000 each, to
wee!eb £2,000, and Rowntree 11,000, as token of
esteem, free of legacy duty, and gives such five
legacies irreepective of any interese they may ulti-
mately take in the residue. To Mr Gay Shute, sur-
geon, £5OO ; and to Mrs George Verney, Mrs
Samuel Noble, Mr Simpson, of New Cross, Mr
Thomson, of Deptford, each £200; Mr J. H. Hart-
well, £500; Alfred Isaac Bristow, son of his execu-
tor, £500; to Christ's Hospital, £600; the Rev.
Moray, of Deptford, £100; Mrs Edward Welch,
£2OO. The testator has devised his freehold at or
near Deptford Bridge (i❑ part of which he resided),
to his executor, Mr Bristow.
The will of Francis Morgan, Esq., of Bedford-
square, was proved under £160,000; that of Ben-
jamin Samps'in, Esq., of Great Wood, in Myloe,
Cornwall, £35,000; and that of Benjamin Golden
Kent, Esq., of Levant Lodge, IVorcester, £45,000.

TnE DERBY.—The anxiety manifested at the
telegraph-office and at the Globe Hotel, Mallon,
broke into unbounded enthusiasm on the announce-
ment of Mr. l'Acson's victory with Blair Athol.
In Blink Bonny's famous year the joy was not more
profuse. Mainers were run up on all fl tg•staffs,
and Mr. I'Anson's colours (green and gold) were
seen everywhere. Nearly all the Mutton sporting
people are considerable winners.
The new paddle-wheel steamer the Washington,
announced to take her departure from Havre for
New York on June 15, is to serve as a pioneer
for the French Transatlantic Company, which will
henceforth have a regular line between Havre and
New York, and, in a few months, between St.
Nazaire and Mexico, served by steamers more
powerful than those now used.
The Mayor of Rouen has published a notice fix-
ing the opening of an exhibition of the Beaux Arts
in that city for the Ist 'Jctober next, and the close
for November 15. Works of all nations will he ad-
mitted, subject to the approbation of a committee.
The game and poultry market, held on the Quai
des Grands-Augustins, is about to be removed to
the eighth pavilion of the Central Hailers.
The churches of the Refcraied religion are prepar-
ing to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the death
of Calvin, which occurred at Geneva on the 27th
May, 1564, The Presbyterial Council at Paris
has decided that, in order to do honour to the
memory of the great Reformer, two public histo-
rical lectures snail take place in the church of
the Ocatoire, 157, Rue St. Honoie, on Friday and
Saturday next, at eight in the evening. They will
be delivered by M. G. de Felice, author of the
Histoire des Protestvnts Francais, *lid professor
at the Faculty of "lheology at Montauban.
WILLIAM IV. OR HENRY IX P—The King had
expressed a strong prefer once for his second name of Henry,
which he liked much betttr than that of William. The
day after the death of George IV. Miss Helen Lloyd met
She King at the house of Lady Sophia Sydney ; she asked
him familiarly whether he was to be proclaimed as King
William or as King Henry. "Helen Lloyd," he replied,
" that question has been discussed in the Privy Council,
and it has been decided in favr.,ur of King William." He
added, " that the decision had been mainly influenced by
the idea of an old prophecy, of which he had never heard
before, nor had he any evidence that it had ever been made.
The drift of the prophecy was, that as Henry V 111. had
pulled down monks and cells, Henry IX.. would pull down
bishops and bells."—Diary of a Lady of Qualify.
SALE OF THE STORES OF THE GEORGIA.—The
ship's stores of the celebrated Confederate screw steamer
Georgia were on Wednesday sold by Mr. Green, at an auc-
_

tion hold in Warehouse B 2 of the Birkenhead docks. The
stores comprised great quantities of clothing, preserved
meats, Casks of ruin, sugar, molasses, tobacco, tea, coffee,
spices, tierces of t,eef and pork, bread, flour, raisins, peas,
rice, oatmeal, &c. Tho Georgia, from the very nature of
the warfare in which she was engaged, was provided with
digs of almost every nation under the sun, and those being
hung up as part and parcel of the stores for sale gave a gay
appearance to the otherwise very dingy building. There
was a brisk competition, and the prices realised were good.
A fire broke out a few days ago among the
brushwood on the Panouse hills, near Marseilles, and
burnt until the evening of the following day. More than
fifty firemen were on the spot the whole time, endeavouring
to extinguish the flames. On the second evening of the
fire a body of several hundred soldiers were about to be
sent off from Mar:eilles to assist, when information arrived
that the disaster was at an end, and that their aid was no
longer required.
The Belgian .Aioniteur no longer publishes any
bulletin relative to the Duchess of Brabant, from which
fact it may be concluded that her Royal Highness and the
young Princess Stephanie are in perfect health.
The Gazette of .Yorthern Germany publishes the
speech of M. Arnim to the King of Prussia, and the textth
of his Majesty's reply. The King's language was faith-
fully fully summed up in the telegraphic despatch, and ct,t,unua
nothing that can throw any light on the real intenreserve:
Prussia. Nevertheless, in spite of this calculated
repr_.
the moderate fraction of the Conservative party,__
nt;B
seated by Count de Bismarck. looks upon the
which has answer as a categorical refusal of the eveunittiusna,dtandnernee:at:
of the Duchies to Prussia. The other fraction,
been charmed with the reception
athe i
discussion
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no nitetjaeraary given
awithcb;;tYdsoeuebitn,
According to the Gze dpeosai nflitEr willmtar t,isc:longm3tmrase:ndctresh.o:
the upplicaticn for a com-
Emperor has received favourablyeseyntd in favour of D. Couty
Fest is said to have been touched
(oirouitsdpi oonniomf
era punishmentis. iiisls,
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thej prisoner's father, and by tho
by the solicitations
sootfat theca t prisoner'sat A e wife.ye r l eel' in his will
urgent
A ri supplicationser
lßerlin
ettei
has indicated all the arrangements which are to be observed
for the execution of the " Africaine," which is to be posi•
rively represented at the Grand-Opera, but under the title
,)f "Vasco di Game.
The experiments at Valentia, in Spain, for get-
ting a crop of silk in the open air, have been attended with
4.00 d results. This year the words bred in that manner
present an excellent appearance.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, May 26.—The National Gazette pub-
lishes a letter from Vienna stating that a decided
change has come over the Austrian Cabinet, and
that Count de Rechberg openly adopts the views of
the Diet in the sense of Baron de Piordten's expo-
sition of the question of right.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day.

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EPSO' RACES.—Tats DAY.
(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE OAKS.
FILLF, DE L'AIR
BREEZE
TOMAW .

1

Eighteen ran.
EWELL PLATE.

Nucleus
Belle of the Vale
3
........ .........
Moulsey
Eight ran,

LATEST BETTING,
THE OAKS
9 to 4 agst Fille de I'Air (taken)
11 to 2 agst Teneriffe (taken)
7to 1 agst Tomato (taken)
10 to 1 agst Finesse (taken)
11 to 1 agst Brun (taken)
100 to 8 agst Sarapissa (taken)
100 to 8 agst Molly Carew Oaken)

RACING PIXY

Wye .. 1
Maidstone 3
Ascot ..
Hampton l5
Newton
Oliham
Bibury

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract
Abingdon
Cambridge
Liverpool July
Stamford l4

rIiES FOR 1864.

Beverley 22
Stockbridge
Chelmsford 2B
New Forest Hunt 2B
Ne xcestle-on- ryne 28
Worcest-r (Suunner) 30
Ipswich. ..
SLY.

Nottingham
Winchester l9
Southampton .. 2O
Chesterfield
King's Lynn 2l
Goodwood

Ar
Brighton 2
Brighton Club
Lewes
Huntingdon .. 9
Wolverhampton .. 9
Reading
Egham
Oxford

Dover
York August
Yarmouth
Plymouth
Lichfield
Stocktcn
Devon and Exeter . 30
Derby

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

THE FIRST OFFENCE,—EIiZ3 liempson, a rather good-
looking but fashionably-dressed young female, was charged
before Mr. Knox, with stealing 63 yards of delaine, the
property of Mr Thomas Bradley, 6, Cranbourn-street,
draper.

Mr Bradley said that from information he received from
a neighbour between 8 and 9 o'clock last night he followed
the prisoner, and as soon as he came up to her she dropped
at her feet a piece of delaine measuring 68 yards, of the
value of LI He took the prisoner back to his shop, and
sent for a constable and gave her into custody, when she
denied taking the property.
Police-oonstable 214 C, proved taking the prisoner into
custody, and said she gave the address 3, Crown-street.
Prisoner said it was 6, Great Earl-street.
Mr Knox asked her whether she would plead before him
or go for trial,
At first the prisoner said she was not guilty, but after-
wards that she was, and that it was her first offence.

Mr Bradley said that believing it was the prisoner's first
offence he wished her to be dealt leniently with,
Mr Knox said as he did not think the prisoner had been
in prison before he would commit her for a month, but if
she came before him again she would go to the sessions.
THE CHARGE AGAINST A BETTING MAN 01 PICKING
POCKETS,—Tnomas Ashdown, who described himself as a
betting man, charged by Robbins, 91 C, with attempting
to pick the pocket of a gentleman, was again brought before
Mr Knox. On the lest occasion the prisoner said be was
acquainted with the gentleman, and Mr Knox remanded
the prisoner that the gentleman might attend.

Mr Turnbull, of Biomley, Kant, the gentleman alluded
to, attended, and said he knew nothing of the pri,oner.
Sergeant G 9 C, said he knew the prisoner to be
nightly about the Haymarket in the corzipan of prostitutes
and thieves.

Prisoner said he was not the associate of thieves, though
he was well known about the Haymar..et.
?1r Knox committed him for three months, with hard
labour, under the Vagrant Act.