The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-27 00:00:00

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THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The following telegram has just been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited) from A.
K. Glass, Esq., managing director of the Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Company :

" VALENTIA, JULY 26 (6.35 P.M.)

" Two hundred miles of cable were paid out from
the Great Eastern at 3 p.m. to-day. All well.
The Hawk has returned here. The Great Eastern
picked up 11 miles to the fault in the cable, which
was caused by a piece of wire being driven quite
.accidentally into the core by the paying-out ma-
chinery. Gapt. Gilpin reports that the picking up
gave great satisfaction to all on board the Great
Eastern. The fault was localised most accurately
by Mr. Saunders, electrician. Captain Gilpin also
reports that the paying out was perfection."

VALENTIA, TRUP.SDAY MORNING.

The Great Eastern telegraphs that 300 miles were
paid out at 5.50 a.m. to-day; and that 300 miles
were run at 9.50 a.m. All is going well. The sig-
nals are perfect.

SERIOUS ELECTION RIOT IN LEICESTERSHIRE.--
On Tuesday a serious riot broke out at the fashion-
able little town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire,
where was one of the polling places for the northern divi-
sion of the county. In the district is a large number of
colliers, and on Tuesday they made holiday for the purpose
of having their share in the license of election time. Some
of these men were decorated with blue ribands, and in the
"Frewen interest" began to throw stones at the voters and
overturn the carriages of their opponents. A general mg/ie
took place, and the small force of police present vainly on
deavoured to stop the disturbance. About 60 police-officers
were obtained from Leicester and Derby, but the riot haLl
assumed in the meantime such proportions that the gates of
the market-hall where the polling was going on had to be
closed, and the polling adjourned until the next day. Some
of the police officers received most severe injuries in trying
to quell the riot and many of the rioters had their heads
broken. On Tuesday morning a reinforcement of 100
officers was brought in from the country and the poll re-
opened; but four votes, however, were recorded as it was
found that Mr. Frewen's chance was lost, and it was agreed
on each side not to provoke further violence by bringing
up voters. Nearly one-third of the electors, it is said, re-
main unpolled. There was no further disturbance. The
declaration of the poll will take place to-day (Thursday)
at Loughborough, but as many of Mr. Frewen's most ener-
getic supporters are expected to be present, Lord John
Manners and Mr. Hartopp, it is said, will decline to put in

an appearance.
BIRDS VERSUS CATERPILLARS.—The Memorial
d'Aix publishes a curious piece of statistics to show
what serious mischief may be dome to agriculture by the
destruction of birds' nests. In former times, it says, and
before people had begun their war against blackbirds,
nightingales, linnets, chaffinches, wrens, &c., there were
found on an average about 10,000 nests on every square
league of ground. A nest generally contains four eggs,
and the parent birds give every day to each of the little
ones 15 caterpillars, making 60 ; and consume GO more
themselves, making 120 for the daily supply of each nest.
Multiply, then, 120 by 10,000, and you will have a total of
1,200,000 caterpillars destroyed every day, or 36,000,000 in
a singlo month. Just imagine such a number of cater-
pillars consuming fruits and vegetables.