The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-05 00:00:00

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THE MILITIA.

e n theee d Militiatd ayßai Bill
a inmtt
ing county 0'
GLOUCESTER, TUENDAY.—The first practical steps to-
Gir-ialorucicsesetearrrwYeir'regcoomumt of the
deputy-liewerants, convened by Elrl Fitahardinge, the
Lard-Lieutenant of the county'. The meeting took place
at the King's Head Hotel, in this city, ostensibly to
consider certain suggestions of the Secretary of State as
to the best means of raiting recruits for the militia by
voluntary enlistment. A large number of deputy-lieute-
nants were present, including the Earl of Ellelihort.ugh
and Lord Moreton, M.P. The Lord-Lieutenant stated
the number of men to be enrolled during the present year
for the county was 1,240, and next year 753. The pa.
clod of service was to be for five years, and all young
men were eligible as volunteers who were not less than
5 feet 3 inches in height, and not younger than 18 nor
older than 35. The bounty was to be 61.. 1/. to be given
on enlisting, and the remainder paid in monthly
instalments. His Lordship urged upon the de-
puty-lieutenants the necessity there was for them
to do all in their power in their respective
localities to induce the required number of men
to come forward and offer their services, n ord t
er hat
the ballot might be anticipated, and its nconvenienc
ctuallyes
prevented. That this might be done more eft ,
his Lordship recommend ed the deputy-lieut-nants to
communicate with the churchwardens and overseers of
their parishes respectively, and that thus every facility
should be afforded for carrying out the object in view.
Several suggestions, involving practical details, were
made, some of which, however, could not be entertained
in o )ntirquenee of their not being in prom promised to prove
advantageous, the Lord Lieutenant said he would ley
before the Secretary of State. After explanations bad
been given as to the prog
restive steps to be taken in the
enrollment of the men, their examination by surgeons,
&c., the meeting broke up. The following are the dis-
tricts into which the county is divide d:—Bristol, Glo
the-Wold, Duraley, Stroud, and. Sudbury. Stuff-ser-
cester, Cirencester, Tewkesbury, Nvvnham, Stow- on-
geants of the old militia will be immediately sent into
the various districts for the purpose of enrolling the
volunteers.

ANOTHER' OF THE ELEC.
TI?IC CABLE.
CUTTING
Numerous statements respecting
the operations of the
t Ireland, their at-
tempts to lay a cable across n
Electric Telegraph Company o land, i
the Irish Channel, between
- •
Portpatriek and I).,mighadee, have been of late going
the rounds of the English and Irish metropolitan and
local newspapers. Those accounts, hovvev,r, were of
such a nature that we paid little attention to them; but
what we now relate we beg they will credit in earnest,
and let them hereafter publish their accounts of this
undertaking on reliable authority. On last Friday night
a schooner belonging to Larne, end bound to that port,
anchored to the south of the Copelands to wait the tide,
which here sets in with a very strong current. On Sa-
turday morning, while hauling in his kedge anchor, the
cote mankier found he had caught something heavy, which,
on being brought on deck, appeared to him to be a fl•urt-
inch hempen hawser. His crew hauled both ways,
puller
not coming to an end, they cut the rope, sod peards
away seaward until they had on beard about 4°° yards
of what they considered a fine new rope cable; board;
then cut it a second titne, keping the bighY2eoty..two
and setting to work afresh, they hauled teeo"f'tbe rope.
yards more, still withent arriving at the end
..(1. with bib
The captain cut through a third tiany,.;,'
' wheirceated
supposed hempen pr:z- bore away fcl.,,,ie conieina
en ;
but,
arrived in the course of Saturedda)beis 2u.....1
b # fhp°rluutter as-
',eve
to the owner what he considerthe
prisee,PVaptain had
on that gentleman examining , that.
"" ""f igeinhero pen cable
tonishment and 'egret I
be de portion a' Irish Telegraph
possessed himself of a 11_,.. 0 b
W" that :3i:skipper had thus
which encased the elfc!_rtbiolc tee-_otoos a way, the la-
Company. Mortified
nisoo
aeeretn and BO elaborately
brought to a stand, .
undertaken,
I e- lien and Irish press, the
• uo Y
bours so industry) b the English and Belfast ,
Beiv to communicate
abroad throe taped into .
spread hroo
el bee erg of the company. Great
of the Ye" be managers
owner
oe to t what he had to relate; and so
where j
to bear
' horror that the gossips of the town were
was their . history . .
was 131 P than believing in giving credence to the
straege dojos t
more lucre
uoe a piece of deep sea fishieg. The 472
history °f :„egely abstracted from the cable were re.
oo° s'" and brought to Belfast. We suppose
yard dat Larne, -,
shiPPs.,,d splicirg will speedily take place, and another
a renee- made to pass the cable across the Channel.
ttempt be
a trust this endeavour will prove more successful than
vve
the -preceding ones.—.Northon Whig.

CITY IMPROVFMENTS.—A use of assPssment cif
compensation came on before the Recorder and a special
jury, in the Mayor's Court, on Saturday last. It was to de-
cide the amount to be paid to Mr. John Grossmith, lessee
and occupier of premises, No. 39, Friday-street, perfumer, I
the said premises being required for the City irunrovements 1
in the new line cf streets leading to St. Paul's. The amount
claimed was 3,361/. and fixtures. The case laAed the whole
day. The counsel engaged were—Mr. Sergeant Channel for
the plaintiff, and the Solicitor-General for the City. The
jury took a view of the premises, and after hearing counsel
in support of and against the claim, and examining a-consi-
derable number.of witnesses, returned a verdict of lOW. for
the plaintiff's interest in the premises, and 901'1. in respect of
the remainder of the claim ; the fixtures to be takenrst a
valuation- The committee had previously offered the claimant
9t61, and ilia value of Lis ftz.tures.
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