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

ING, SEPTEMBER 9,

NAVAL 1N TELLIGEriCE-
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander Thomas Wilson (1543) has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Geyser, steam-sloop,
at Devonport, for 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 Chatham,
Second Master—Mark Netten (1850), to the
Hercules.

Assistant Surgeons—Edward Loney, confirmed to
the Imaum, Jamaica ; William 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.

Boatswain-John James, to the Hercules.
Carpenter-John Reid, to the Hercules.
The vacant lieutenant's out pension of Greenwich
Hospital has been given to Lieutenant John Pollard
(1806).
Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, left Portsmouth on
Tuesday evening for Woolwich.
Blenheim, 60, screw-ship, Captain Henderson, C. 8.,
Having
airs,
steamed
arrived in Queenstown on Saturday morning.
saluted the flag of Rear Admiral Purvis,
she
past Queenstown, her band playingappropriate
to her moorings opposite Haulbowline.
Commander Archibald Black died on the 4th inst.,
at Hawthorn Park, Rothesay, in the 82d 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. He 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, Reuomme, 44, Captain Robert Bolles, 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,
guard-ship at Plymouth, during which period he
passed his examination, Mr. Black became master's
mate of the Sanspareil, 80, bearing the flag of Lord
Hugh Seymour. He subsequently obtained com-
mand, as acting-lieutenant, of the prison ship at
Port Royal, and at the peace returned home in a
similar capacity on board the Brunswick, 74, Captain
Stevenson, but could not procure his commission, in
consequence of recent regulations which neutra-
lised his servitude as acting master. In 1805
Mr. Black resumed his professional duties as master's
mate, in the Hercule, 74, flag-ship, at Jamaica, of
Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres, from which he
was promoted, February 26, 1806, to a sub-lieu-
tenancy ie the Reindeer, 18, Captain John Fife.
Being at length made full lieutenant, May 27, 1807,
in the Pelican, 19, Captains Win. Ward, Isaac Haw-
kins Morrison, and Edward Henry A'Court, he co-
operated in the ensuing bombardment of Copenhagen;
and, in 1810, commanded the boats of that sloop in a
night attack on an armed felucca, carry fifty men, in
Campeachy.Bay, which vessel, together with all the
other craft inh the harbour, he succeeded in bringing
opposed b the heavy fire of severalout, out, althoug y
forts and the small arms of the various crews. He
had previously taken part in many expeditions of a
similar nature, and on one 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. s,
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 and 319 men, Captain Henry Hope, he assisted
in the blockade of New London, the expedition up
the Penobscot, and the capture Jan. 15, 1815, after a
brilliant action of two hours and a half, in which the
British lost 11 men killed and 14 wounded, and the
enemy 35 killed and 70 wounded, of the American
frigate President, of 56 guns and 465 men. Sub-
sequently to the surrender 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 contribute& 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, prior 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 latter year Mr. Bennett, who bad been employed
for short periods in the Aracbne, 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 Wm. 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 was officially promoted to his pre-
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 in-
specting 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 Hll dinigton, N. 8., and
by that lady, who died in- 1836, has three surviving
children.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.-Admiral Sir Thomas
Briggs, G.C.M.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 Mmander, 44, Commodore Talbot, prior
to her sailing for 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 Sirnoom screw steam troop-frigate, Captain
Kingcome, went out of harbour this afternoon, and
took in her powder while under way at Spitbead, and
sailed for Pembroke with the masts, &c., for jury-
rigging the Windsor Castle, 140, for navigation to
this port.
The 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-packet
Cleopatra, Captain Cumming, sailed last evening for
the Cape of Good Hope and the Australian colonies.
She left Deal at 10 20 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, which 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.

INIPROVED PUBLIC 011INIBUS.—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 11. 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 apparatus,
as also the means of communicating with the conductor by a
bell. This portion is arranged for 12 passengers, and the ap-
proach is by an outside gallery on either side, with a sepa-
rate door to each compartment. The ascent to the roof is by
a flight of steps of easy gradation, with a band-rail on u
racre
side, placed at the back of the carriage. Upon the
roor the
11 very easy seats with backs, as also aprons to ‘Lovera
_k_.
legs of each passenger. It bears the inscription of
_mientnon
linski's Patent Conveyance," but is a great iniPr,°7n respect
that exhibited in the Crystal l'alace, p nearly
to lightness, for although about six inches hill:,
ti it is 2 cwt.
four inches wider than the ordinary awn
articulharriyarid
lighter. have sent
It is stated that some London merchants
-e to ascertaining the
13ristol Channel,
down six eminent engineers to surv,ivtlic
near the mouth of the river, with a
lection of docks, with a
capabilities of Portshead for the
connecting railway with Bristol, and which the
:ar vtork which it has been
themselves be able and
roughly computed will cost should 300,000/,
London houses concerned e hope the city of Bristol
ready to raise. If this be true, entributing a sum of 5,000/. for
..,,/,‘ on Chronicle, will have no hesitation ilver..._ iv. ,-,
the improvement of the r
THE LATE BOILED EIPLOSION AT BURNLEY.—We
f estop
ufferers from thin explo-
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l'setosn thiCirdiCiri.

185'2.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY
BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

The report by the managers of this company, pre-
sented at the meeting of shareholders held at the sn t
of the society, 10, Place de la Bourse, Paris, on
Monday last, states that—
" The revenue account, after payment of all ex •
penses properly chargeable under that head, gives
net disposable balance of 2,0311. 1 ls. 9d., 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 51. per cent. per
annum, payable out of the first six months' earning]
of a public undertaking cannot but be considered at 3
satisfactory; but when due weight is given to tli;
disadvantages which have necessarily impeded the
introduction of an enterprise of so novel a character,

the expenses which have unavoidably attended it-
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
the society's messages between Dover and London.
I lad 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
ef June would have been, with precisely the earn,
amount of traffic, at the rate of Si. per cent. per
annum, in lieu of 51. The amount paid to the South
Eastern Railway Company, was 2,369/. 124. 3d.; the
amount that would have been paid under the provi-
sions of the proposed land agreement was 1,2351.
178. 3d. ; giving a balance of 1,1331. 15s. The ma-
nagers next advert to the proposed agreement between
the society and the " Submarine Telegraph Company
a
between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe,"
lately established in London under a royal charter o
incorporation granted by
Vic-
toria a subject which has
heerngMagajeedst
Majesty Queen
anxious
consideration for man gueeann
enable
months past. This charter
has been granted to
the company to establish
a telegraphic submarine
communication between
s
England and Belgium, and
purpose
to an arrange-
ment with the society for the
effec-
tually carrying out the exclusive
a
n of more
andprivilegesn granted
Belgium,
of e
by the respective Governments of F
and of fully developing the systeminternationalta p
r n
submarine telegraphs. To secure these results,i
visional agreement has been entered n
managers with the chartered company for° an equal by the
division of the traffic receipts, and for a joint
ment of the two undertakings; such agreementanage-
. to
take effect from the opening of the public transmission
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 amalgama-
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-
ment 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 ndve 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 8/. to
101. 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 doa n. 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 11. each, and an expenditure as
follows :—By amount paid to the concessionaires and
entrepreneurs, under the terms of article 9 of the Acte
de Societe, 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, 0,000/. ; amount paid for office
furniture, 2161. 12s. 9d.—total, 72,4501. The balance
of 27,5501. is composed of 2,5501. value of shares held
in the hands of the company, and 25,000/. shares un-
allotted.
" The revenue account shows that 3,546/. Bs. 5d.1
has been received for messages transmitted from
November 30, 1851, to June 30, 1852. The expenses
at the London, Dover, Calais, and Paris stations, in-
cluding printing, stationery, postage, and other inci-
dental charges, were 238/.125. 9d.; salaries and wages,
8051. 17s. ld. ; rent and taxes (London, Paris, and
Dover), 1702. 6s. 103. ; directors' allowance (half a
year under article 10 of the Act of Society), 3001.
total, 1,514/. 16s. Bd., giving a net profit of 2031/.
lls. 9d.
" Since November 15, 1851, the company has trans-
mitted 9,045 messages from London to Calais, for
which it has received 6,8891. 13s. 93. Two thousand
seven hundred and ninety-four 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 and
Paris by an electric wire, which should cross the
channel, and the conception was encountered with ge-
neral incredulity. Some denied the possibility of
transmitting the subtle fluid through
body of water ; others affirmed that thtehmeirinie
not be made secure in the bed of the ocean, anmdcoetnuhlsai
all thist a peroomvpeanfaytalwatos
the numberless perils of the sea would
its permanence. In spite of
not happy, and the enterprise j e .
organized to carry out the project. Its first steps were
support of pAersonneswwciothm capital, was about to be sur-
not meeting with the
consti-
tuted than the first, took up sur-
rendered.
the problem was solved in the more
o f stronglytw o t
io.
Lit a
up the scheme, and pres.e.rty.
In the first six months_ of its existence the line en,
fair dividend of five per cent per annum, desPl
the rigorous conditions imposed on it by, the ,
Eastern R I pro
ai way com-a
p ny. A new socie _
of the
cess of organization and comprehending oln. '
first names in English commerce
tele-
macy, has taken up the principle o
graphs, to give it a
velopment. Thus
by a terrestrial electric wire
el
with London by a submave
Dover to Ostend. Thi!s, yet woonreited di lo-
gad forme p
f submarine iSnouth
complete de-
to Paris
Brussels
about to be connected
thread, extending from
will be connected with
the States of the Germanic
and all the countries of
those of Holland, r !Zs:,
Confederation, France and Belgium have se-
the exclusive right of sub-
curedtieur°PAe :8 uy but as hitherto it has been
isl or th e Jon
marine comet
u es received, whether at Paris
the Ines o rai way companies to the
London, 00
or expenses have been considerable and the
coast, the
• transmission great. The new company has
delay in
necessary to sec nnrc mat
lei
.°ssnag f
.1
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. Pre-
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, promotersits_.t withis
are further proposing to connect Copenhagen with
the Danish possessions on the Continent, New Bruns-
wick with Nova Scotia, Toulon with Algiers, Lyons
EwgityhpTturinA,ftSericiwlyhawt
hasith aTlurenaids, y and the last been
achieved i
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,
described in our impression of the 6th inst.,
and not Dir.
, is Mr. George
Frederick ratt
Perrott, of Liverpool, as then stated.
i Par, of her Majesty's Treasury