The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONIYIT mONDAY gvENiNG, OCTOBER 27, 1862.

depend on its continued success. In any case their
cash subscription would be lost if the line does not
succeed, as their profits being in shares these would
would not reimburse them even in that shape un-
less the line were worked at a profit.
Messrs. GLASS and Co. accompany their letter
with a table of thirty submarine lines laid by their
company, with particulars of the length of the lines,
the depths to which they are sunk, and other cha-
racteristics. The longest laid, these between 1.
Sweden and Denmark, 2. Italy and Corsica,
3. Corsica and Sardinia, have been in suc-
cessful working eight years. The longest
one between France and Algeria, 550 miles,
has been at work two years. Two more of 360
miles and 300 have been at work six and five years
respectively. Altogether GLASS, ELLIOTT, and Co.
have laid 3,929 miles of cable, containing 6,749
miles of isolated wire, all in successful operation.
One fact mentioned by them shows that even a
fault in laying, or a breakage, does nut render the
case hopeless. Part of the line between France and
Algiers was taken up from the depth of 1,250
fathoms, from a rocky bottom, sixteen miles
of line recovered, a fault cut out, and the cable re-
laid with perfect success. Another line, of which
the end was lost in 450 fathoms water,was grappled
for, recovered, and the line completed. It is evi•
dent, therefore, that very great improvement has
been made in ocean telegraphy since the failure of the
Atlantic cable. Let us not forget one fact. A
transatlantic cable when the affair of the Trent
occurred, would have saved the national exchequer
£7 00 ,000 .

RETURN OF HER MAJES7Y.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 26.

A succession of telegrams referring to the Queen's
arrival were daily received at Woolwich during the
past week, and on Saturday a special message an-
nounced that her Majesty would cross over from
Antwerp during the night, and would land at the
dockyard about midday on Sunday. A number of ship-
wrights were accordingly set towork yesterday morn-
ing at an early hour, and by ten o'clock the landing-
stage was carpeted with scarlet cloth and sheltered
with a thick canvass awning, and an additional brow
was added, raising and extending the stage so as to
enable her Majesty to walk from the gangway of her
vessel to her carriage without inconvenience. The
strictest secrecy was ordered to be observed in all
the proceedings, and the public were to be rigidly
excluded. About 11 o'clock the Royal carriages
arrived from Backingham Palace, nine in number,
in charge of Colonel Maude and Mr. Norton, and
entered at the main gate. This caused an assem-
blage of about 200 persons, who waited anxiously,
in spite of a heavy storm of rain, to obtain a glimpse
of the Queen on her pass'ng from the dockyard.
A message from Admiral Jonnstone, at Sheefness,
announced the Royal squadron to have passed the
Nore at a quarter before 9 o'clock, and shortly
afterwards a telegram was received from Green-
hithe, stating that the Royal family were about to
disembark and proceed in the Vivid and Irene to
Woolwich. At half-past 11 the two vessels made
their appearance off the dockyard, and, the tide
flowing up at the time, they were enabled to ap-
proach the stage and land their passengers in safety,
and without risk of danger, in the course of less than
half an hour.

Her Majesty was received on landing, by Viscount
Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, in plain clothes, and Sir
Frederick Nicolson, Commodore-Superintendent.
Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Prince Leopold and the Princesses Helena and
Louisa, and suite, then entered three of the Royal
carriages, and immediately left the dockyard, pass-
ing out by the Factory gate, to the great disap-
pointment and chagrin of those who bad waited in
expectation of their leaving by the main thorough-
fare. Her Majesty was accompanied to Woolwich
by Captain Seymour, C. 8., commanding the Royal
yacht, and appeared to have borne the voyage with-
out inconvenience. The Queen's state barge, be-
longing to the Royal yacht, was towed up to Wool-
wich to be in readiness in case the ships should not
be able to approach the landing-place, but from the
excellent arrangements carried out the barge 'was
not brought into requisition. The Black Eagle,
having embarked his Royal Highness Prince Arthur
at Ostend, brought up in the Downs on Saturday
night, having sustained some damage, and arrived
at the Arsenal pier, Woolwich, at 2.15, about two
hours after the Queen and the other members of the
Royal family had taken their departure. The
Prince was received by Commodore Sir F. Nicolson,
and proceeded without delay to London by rail, en
route for Osborne. The carriages brought by the
Black Eagle will be landed to-day. The Victoria
and Albert returned to the Nore, and will go into
Sheerness harbour this morning to coal, and will
proceed to Portsmouth.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Friday, the 31st
instant.

Their Imperial Highnesses Prince Napoleon and
Prineess Clotilde, attended by the Countess de Clermont
Tonnerre and Colonel Ferri-Pisani, have arrived at the
Clarendon Hotel, from Lisbon,

The Earl and Countess Stanhope have arrived at
the:Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone.
Frances Countess of Albemarle and Colonel the
Hon. Peregrine Cust have arrived at the Pavilion Hotel,
Folkestone, from the Continent.

Lord and Lady Headley and family have arrived
in Brighton for the winter.
Colonel de Novossiltzvew has arrived at the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from St. Petersburg, with
despatches for the Russian Embassy.
We understand that a telegram was received in
town on Saturday morning, inviting Professor Partridge
to take part in a medical consultation to be held on Wed-
nesday, the 29th inst,, on the state of Garibaldi's wound,
and the treatment to be adopted. It is well known that
rumours of an alarming kind have lately been prevalent,
and we are therefore glad to hear that arrangements have
been made between the Garibaldi Committee and Mr.
Partridge, who started yesterday morning on his way to
Spezzia.
GARIBALDI'S REPLY TO A GERMAN ADDRESS.—
in a letter, still dated from the Varignano, Garibaldi trans-
mits to Karl Blind the " expression of his heartfelt thanks
for the warm words of friendship" contained in an address
the latter had sent to him in the name of German compa-
triots. The reply is conveyed through the medium of one
of the oldest personal friends and companions in arms of
the General. The writer adds some very bitter remarks on
the Ministers, the King, and "that magnanimous ally
whom all the world knows."

GARIBALDI AND HIS OPPONENTS.—In conse-
quence of rumours that a Garibaldian demonstration was to
take place at Blackheath, at the entrance of Greenwich
Park, yesterday afternoon, and that large numbers of Irish-
men would attend to oppose the movement, by direction of
the police commissioners a large body of the R division was
kept in reserve in a building near the park, from 2 p.m. un-
til dark, ready to quell any disturbance that might occur.
Immense numbers visited Blackheath and the Park during
the afternoon, but no breach of the peace occurred, the mul-
titude'separating into various parties, some of whom cheered
for Garibaldi and others for the Pope.
NEW LIFEBOATS FOR PORTUGAL.—On Satur-
day two additional splendid lifeboats, on the plan of the
National Lifeboat Institution, built for the Portuguese
Government, had their harbour trial in the Regent's Canal
dock, Limehouse. They underwent most satisfactorily the
usual testing of their qualities of self-righting, self-ejecting
of water, and of stability. They leave on bard a steamer
in a day or two for the Peninsula. Six lifeboats, including
the two in question, have been built within the last few
months by Messrs. Forrestt, under the direction of Admiral
Sir George Sartorius, fir the Portuguese Government. A
lifeboat of the National Institution, intended for Drogheda,
on the Irish coast, was also tried on Saturday with an
equally satisfactory result. She left London yesterday on
board Mr. Malcolmson's steamer for Dublin. During the
past stormy week some of the lifeboats of the National Life-
boat Institution have, in addition to assisting several vessels
into port, saved 22 shipwrecked sailors from different
wrecks, who must otherwise in all human probability have
perished. Within the last two years and a half the life-
boats of the institution have saved nearly 800 sailors on
various parts of our coast. With its large fleet of 123 life.
boats,
its expenses are necessarily very large and conti-
nuous. The institution, therefore, earnestly appeals to the
public to aid it to meet its very heavy charges at the pre-
sent stormy period of the year.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY. —On
Saturday the admissions on payment were 4,462; do. by
season tickets, 1,712; total, 6,174.