The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, ISM

tors, et hoc genus onme, should, when placed in
responsible positions, act impartially to all. They
should, without favour or affection, do justice to
their employers, instead, as is too often the case,
lending their influence to aid some project in which
they have either a pecuniary interest or which
they may have adopted as a hobby. These remarks
do not apply to electricians, engineers, or any
others in particular. We are sorry to say that
are
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to abrelamemaniya in every
every professionrespect ; b tw w
o
that there is again a prospect of the com-
munication between the old and new worlds
n now
being opened, it behoves all to endeavour to promote
so great an undertaking to the best of their power.
We have before us a little pamphlet, by Mr.
PIGGOTT, the electrician, in which he complains
that his project to simplify and economise
the working of marine telegraphs has met with
a determined opposition from electricians and
others, Notwithstanding his inventions have
proved successful un :er many tests, he has been
so opposed that he sees no other way of ventilating
it than by giving it publicity, as a last resource,
through the press. We do not care to enter noon
the controversy, either to vindicate his claim or to
question it—that matter rests with those who
islayninog
doubtdown
have undertaken the management and direc-
Btiount of
fhetrheea rbi nu et
a cables.part
thoaft if
of his theory be correct, which experiments
have substantiated as far as they have been tested,
a great change must take place in our oceanic
telegraphs before long. So long as contending
powers are brought into play, the one as it were
to work against the other, although the object
sought may for a time be obtained, sooner or later
the cable is destroyed, and it stands to reason that
the longer the cable the greater the resistance,
therefore the greater the power required, and con•

sequently the quicker the destruction of the cable.
Mr. PIGGOTT states that he obviates these difficul-
ties by a cable as simple as it is efficient. It is
constructed with a core of galvanised iron consist-

icg of several strands twiste.l and covered, along
which arc laid two copper covered wires attached
to each side of the recording instrument. The

copper wire is again covered, to form it into a
rope, and the whole is overlaid with a preserva-
tive composition. The cable thus becomes a Leyden

ar within itself, generating its own charge of elec

trinity without the aid of any battery power. The
iron wire being electrically minus and the copper
plus, the water penetrating the cable is the means
of developing those conditions. It is obviously
impossible that in a system like this there should
be any retardation or induction, because there is no
local battery nor other conditions to produce them.
His cable being always charged, and consequently
always in a statie electric condition from end to
end,;the slightest disturbance at one end, on making
contact with the opposite metal, is instantaneously
felt at the other; for the elements which, until the
very moment of contact, was in all parts passive,
becomes by such contact in all parts active.
We lay these facts before the public not in any
way to promote the interests of Mr. PIGGOTT. We
hope that his project may be successful, for if so, it
will greatly promote international intercourse, and
as he relies upon natural causes rather than on
chemical assistance, the economy of such a process
must be obvious. Our object is to draw the atten-
tion of those who have embarked their money in
speculations, the practical working of which is as
yet uncertain, to the necessity of taking advantage
of every improvement which may from time to time
be suggested. We are never too old to learn.
What were impossibilities to our ancestors are
axioms to the present generation. We admire the
genius and talent of the:ancient Greeks and Nor-
mans, yet while contemplating their greatness we
are apt to overlook that their scient'fic knowledge
was not high enough to enable them to discover
that water will rise to its own level by the laws of
nature, and that many of their costly aqteducts
were unnecessary, and that the tedious and expen-
sive processes then adopted to supply their cities
with water would be hushed at by modern engi-
neers. May not a future generation think the same
of our submarine telegraph ?

A HISTORY of Great Britain, written in modern
Greek by G. Latnpese, has been recently published.
MR. W. CROOK ES, F.R.S., has reprinted for
private distribution his recent communication to the Philo-
sophical lilagazine. The statements and evidence given
are said to be decisive in proving him the discoverer of the
metal thallium I
MEETING OF THE EMPERORS.—It is said, though
the authori!y is somewhat doubtful, that the Emperor of
Austria is to have an interview with the Emperor Napoleon.
The rumour, whether true or otherwise, is certainly gain-
ing ground.
A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE MR. MULREADY !
The members of the Royal Academy are about to raise a
statue to the veteran painter in the National Gallery.
WHERE is M. TRIERS DRIVING ?—M. Thiers's
coachman has committed suicide by hanging himself. This
is the second that has chosen this method for quitting his
service.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER REJLANDER has all the
genius for seizing on thorough artistic incidents ;
he groups his figures and poises them with admirable skill,
raises somehow in his subjects the very look, action, and
point required, and catches the happy moment with the
quickness of the lightning flash. Who can look at his
" Participle-catching" and his " Participle-caught," and
not enjoy it as much as one of Hunt's quaint water-colours ?
You see the boy's hand stealing gradually towards the fly,
then you can almost hear the insect buzzing in it.
THE NOTORIOUS CONSPIRATOR, Mazzini, is
reported to be now lying dangerously ill at Lucerne.
THE CHOLERA AND THE SEVENTY-SEVENTH.--
We regret to hear that some fatal cases of cholera have oc-
curred in the 77th Regiment, stationed at Allahabad.
SIGNIFICANT BEARDS,—Dr. Heinrich Hoffman,
known as the Frankfurt " Struwelpeter," has, in a
little book of his, given the following passage descriptive of
the party-significance of beards in the parliamentary days :
1. No beard : Philister, spicier, Bourgeots. If the man
is very elegantly dressed, and goes so far as to wear glacd
gloves, he belongs to the diplomatic reactionary party; but
he may be r•oughly handled. 2. Small moustache, carefully
duecaution,li
eve', and smooth chin : an aristocratic reactionnairc, Given
occasionally to pistol-shooting, and must, therefore, be
treated with caution. 3. Moustache, with small imperial :
may belong t o
unless, the policy, c
indeed,e,
a one
n dhas
must
likewise
many
good
d treated
friends
one's side. 4. Strang, heavy moustache, without whiskers :
belongs to the centre left. is of no decided •
political hue.
A little shaNing will make him reactionary. Must be won
over if possible, but not too implicitly trusted. 5. Not
shaved at all—beard from ear to ear : A. Systematically
trimmed with scissors, the hair stiff and brush-like : a de-
cided friend of the people, but more useful in practice than
in theory. B. Natural growth, an untrimmed forest of
hair, which no sharp instrument ever approached, flowing
down, and generally of mixed colours noble friend of the
people, communistic dreamer, radical reformer, without
any historical basis, but sometimes with practical self-
determination.
A WOMAN SHOT BY A VOLUNTEER OFFICER.—
A very painful affair took place at ;Newcastle-on-
Tyne on Saturday evening, a female named Isabella Welsh
having Leen shot by a volunteer in the Newcastle
named Ensign James ITCree. The injured woman is the
wife of the sexton of St. Andrew's Church. Mr. INl‘Cree
is a partner in the extensive firm of M'Cree and Thompson,
timber merchants in that town. At a late hour on Satur-
night, some persons were standing near his timber-yard in
Gallowgate, and were ordered away by him. They did
not go, and he left the spot, but shortly afterwards re-
turned with a gun, and again asked them if they would
leave. On seeing the gun they at once moved off, but had
.
not gone far, when ho discharged the gun, the contents of
which entered the leg below the knee of Mrs. Welsh, who
was passing. She was carried to her own home, and was
attended by Dr. Scott, who expressed his opinion that the
gun had been loaded with ball. The poor woman was taken
to the infirmary. Mr. M'Cree was at once sought after by
the police, but could not be found until the next morning,
when.he was apprehended. The unfortunate event has
caused a very painful sensation, owing to the respectable
poeitio4 of the prisoner,

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE POLISR QUESTION,

THORN, SEPT. 1.
it is reported that the Grand Duke Constantine
will not return to Warsaw. The Grand Duchess
is said to be already preparing for departure.
General Mieroslawski is stated to have been
persuaded to enter the service of the National
Government as organiser of volunteer bands with-
out the Polish frontier.

BERLIN, SEPT. 1.
Letters from Si-. Petersburg, to the 30th ult.,
announce that en imperial ukase has been issued,
ordering the incorporation of 48 regiments of the
reserve with the active army.

The Grand Duke Constantine has attended a
Council of Ministers held at Tzorakoe-Zelo, under
the presidency of the Emperor, at which the ques-
tion of replying to the notes of the three Powers
was discussed.

The Grand Duke has been received in the most
friendly manner by the Emperor since his return
from Warsaw.

VIENNA, AUG, 31 (Evening

Rumours are current that a number of Hungarian
notables will shortly assemble at Pestb, under the
presidency of the Emperor, to discuss measures
tending to bring about a solution of the Hungarian
question.

........... ••••••

SPAIN,
MADRID, AUG. 31 (Evening

A letter from Marshal Espartero has been pub-
lished, recommending th© electors to abstain from

voting.

General Prim had a long conference with the
Queen yesterday at La Granja, after which he re-
turned to Madrid, and had an interview with Senor
Olezaga. The leading members of the progressista
party will meet this week in Madrid. Should they
decide upon abstaining from voting, they will pub-
lish their motives for this course. The Ministry
persist in excluding non-electors from the prepara-
tory electoral meetings.

a Diet sitting at Warsaw and an autonomous in-
ternal existence, and moreover, it would send De-
puties to the Chamber of Representatives. The same
plan would be adopted as regards Finland and the
other great provinces of the empire. This project
is opposed by the Court party, which, should it
be adopted, would see its importance diminished,
and, moreover, it meets with competition from
the city of Moscow, which is desirous of becoming
the seat of the Constitutional Russian Empire, leav-
ing the Court to reside at St. Petersburg. These
difficulties are not insurmountable, and it is pro-
bable that the Emperor will carry out the liberal
intentions by which he is animated."

Dramatic, Equestrian, and Musical Sick

Fund,

Yesterday the eighth annual meeting of the elec
tion of officers and passing of accounts of this
society Was held in the saloon of the Theatre Royal
Drury-lane, Mr. B. Webster in the chair. Among
those present were Mrs. Reddich, Mrs. Ruddell,
Miss Julia Weston, Miss Thorne, Miss Lund, Miss
Clide, Mrs. Manders, Miss J. Sims, Miss J. Smith,
Miss Ettersall, Miss Pitt, Miss Pattison, Miss Maria
Conway, Miss Maria Mills, Mrs. and Miss Turtle;
Messrs. B. Webster, Anson, Reddich, Nelson Lee,
F. Stuart, Conway, Plumpton, Deere Baldie, R.
Phillips, W. H. Eburne, J. Plumpton, Lewis Ball,
S. May, C. Sloman, S. May, san., Norman Mon-
tague, Aldridge, J. H. Churchill, Captain Dimpier,
Mr. Dawson, Mr. Paul Herring, Mr. Middlemist,
Messrs. J. Johnson, Regan, J. R. .Tullian, W.
Junin, Wolton, Reynolds, Dalton Russell, Morri-
son, Moon, C. Ryce, E. Ryley, Malcom Dunbar,
Rayner, J. V. Johnstone, and Thomas.
The following is the annual report :
"Your committee with confidence announce to you the
firm yet steady progress of this most useful institution.
During the past year no amount of labour has been spared
to carry out the good work so well begun. Situations for
116 members have been obtained, 50 families have teen
assisted to enable them to get to their engagements, 41 cases
of distress have been relieved, and 576 days of sickness have
been administered to. The families of five members have
received the allowance for interment, and many cash ad-
vances have been made to distressed but respectable breth-
ren. The summary of the eight years may be announced
as follows :--4,054 days of sickness relieved ; 360 loans for
journeys granted; 133 cases of distress relieved, many of
these having no claim.
" Your committee, in compliment to their numerous sub-
scribers and donors, Leg to call attent;on to the fact that
but two only of the numerous benefits before recited are
paid for by members, and those at a rate far below the
scale of any other benevolent society. It is by the profits of
the annual dinner and donations that they are enabled to
produce so good a result.
" Your committee beg to express deep regret at the de-
mise of five members during the past year, and also to name
that this association has been deprived of two of its most
firm supporters by death--namely, H. V. Swarborough,
Esq., and John Gray, Esq., two gentlemen by whose advo-
cacy and liberality this and many other institutions of our
piofession have greatly benefitted.
" In conclusion, your committee, thanking you for past
favours, respectfully entreat your support and sympathy
for the future ; and to the ladies of the profession generally
they offer their heartfelt thanks for the strenuous efforts
they have made to assist in alleviating sorrow, sickness, and
distress."

Mr. WEBSTER said, as their president, he was
proud to see the members of this association present
year after year, and always under favourable cir-
cumstances. It was always very delightful to find
that an institution of this kind, with regard to their
profession, was most liberally patronised by the
public, and it only wanted the members of the pro-
fession to join hand in hand, and heart in heart, to
carry this institution forward through its career till

it arrived at the highest summit of its prosperity.
This institution had its peculiarities; it was more
broad in its objects than any other institution they
had, seeing that it made provision for the sick, and
advanced money to take persons to their engage-
ments, thus enabling them to carry out honestly
the practice of the profession which they adopted.
He then called on Mr. Phillips to read the financial
statement.

Mr. R. G. PHILLIPS then read the statement of
accounts, which showed an expenditure of £3Bl
Os 10d for the year; and receipts by profit of
dinner, £124 18s 5d ; sick-fund payments, £lB2
18s 11d; contingency-fund payments, £24 2s id;

interest on capital, £3O 12s 4d ; agency department,
£lB3 8s 9d ; making a total of 1546 Os 6d ; leaving
a profit of £16419s Bd. The cash in the bank at last
audit was £1,245 is 7d. Profit of the year (less
arrears), £77 2s Bd. Actual cash in bank, £1,322 4s
3d. The summary for the year showed the following
rtsults :—Days of sickness administered tc, 576 ;
funeral allowances, 5 ; cases of distress relieved, 41;
loans on journeys, 50. He (Mr. Phillips) then
stated that these acc3unts showed that the institu-
tion was actually doing a large amount of good, and
invited those members of the profession still un-
connected with the society to join it.
The CHAIRMAN then moved the adoption of the
accounts, and the motion was unanimously agreed to.
Captain DAMPIER moved the re-election of the
present officers, and that the name of Mr. H. G.
Nevill be added to the committee.

Mr. MAY seconded the motion, and it was pu
and carried.

Mr. LEWIS BALL moved that a vote of thanks be
returned to Benjamin Webster, Esq., the honorary
consulting counsel; T. J. Jerwood, Esq., honorary
solicitor; Peter Berrell, Esq., and R. P. Middle-
mist, Esq., honorary surgeons ; T. Roberts, hono-
rary dentist, and the other honorary officers of the
society.

The motion having been seconded by Mr. NEL,
SON LEE, was unanimously agreed to.

Dr. MIDDLEMIST briefly acknowledged the corn

pliment.

Mr. REDDICII moved a cordial vote of thanks to
he President, Mr. Webster.

Mr. CHURCHILL seconded the motion.
Mr. WEBSTER, briefly acknowledging the com-
pliment that had been paid to him, expressed the
great satisfaction he felt at the progress the insti-
tution had made, and moved a vote of thanks to
Mr. Anson, who, he said, was not only the secre-
tary, but the founder of the institution.
The motion was carried by acclamation.
Mr. ANSON, in replying, thanked those present
for the cordial manner in which they had carried
this motion, and asked them, if he had ever appeared
over-zealous, that they would attribute it to his
anxiety fur the institution. The society had un-
doubtedly done much good ; it had relieved the
theatres from begging petitions, which tended more
than anything to degrade the profession. He was
sure there would be no coolness in supporting the
institution if they all knew the undercurrent of
poverty running through the profession. Only a
few days ago four most distressing cases were pre-

seated to him for relief, and others were frequently
. .

arising. He concluded by moving a vote of thanks
to the subscribers, which was carried by acclama-

on the motion of Mr. MAY, seconded by Mr.
JuLLIAN, a vote of thanks was returned to the
committee of management and the auditors.

Mr. PHILLIPS, having on behalf of the committee
of management returned thanks, Messrs. Conway
and Johnson were elected auditors for the ensuing
year.

Mr. ROCHEZ said this institution was for eques-
trians as well as for others, and he regretted that
he saw so few equestrians present. For twenty-
seven years he had practised that profession with-
out any accident and without coming on the funds
of any society, but on the 27th of June twelve
months he went to bed well and awoke to find him.
self paralysed. He had a wife and daughter who
could jump 28 balloons, and she did it the other
night, and she only got 10s. a week, so that he was
very thankful for the assistance he got from the
society; without it he would have wanted food.
None of them knew how suddenly they might be
taken ill, and he recommended them to keep up
their subscriptions, although he hoped ho might
long see those around him as well as they at that
moment appeared to be.
Mr. FLUMPTON moved, and Mr. CHURCHILL
seconded, a vote of thanks to the press, and it was
carried.

Mr. F. STUART then moved, and Mr. NELSON
LEE seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Edmund
Falconer for the use of the saloon in which the
meeting was held, and a vote of thanks was awarded
to the trustees.

Mr. NELSON LEE responded, assuring those pre-
sent that the undercurrent of distress which had
been spoken of did really exist in the profession,
and cited cases which bad come under his own ob•
servation, proving that such was the case. Re
concluded by an earnest appeal to the profession to
join this institution, which fittingly concluded the
business of the meeting•

THE GHOSTS of David Garrick and Edmund
Kean are especially called upon to note the following an-
nouncement :—" Another French Shakspearean actor is
expected in London ere long—a M. 'faillade; he has won
great favour by his representation of Macbeth in French,
and will essay the same character iu 14)gliAa."