The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-03 00:00:00

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that in the neighbourhood of the break, some 30
miles to the southward and eastward of Bengal
the cable is in such a weak and precarious state, for
an extent of several miles, that other breaks cannot
but be looked for ; and a new and stronger eabl.e,
better adapted to the rocks and coral bottom wig
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have to be laid when fine weather sets in.
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The Fanny Lambert having refilled and filled
fuel, took a fresh departure from Malta on the 24t.11,
proceeding, in the first place, to Tripoli to exanulle
and repair a small piece of the cable in that mane;
diate vicinity found to be defective, an'
will afterwards proceed to the locality of th;
break. She has on board an increased staff °
electricians and telegraphists, besides °Pt
ratives, among whom are Mr. Gibson,
f
llni
government inspector, Mr. Temple ; on behalf .°
the contractors, Messrs. Bacon, Bruce, Crera
Farmer, Joys, Fryer, Horne, Hoskins, Hough, °
nrd
telli, Saunders, Smith, Stevens, Walkins,

Wimble.
The Royal Oak, Resistance, and EnterPldsci
ironclads, attended by the steam gunboat
put to sea on the morning of the 23d, and return,air
in the evening after a few days' exercise of t''
heavy armaments, all which, we understand, Aver
highly satisfactory. The Cossack, steam corvette,
is being fitted out at Malta dockyard with Orde

screw raising apparatus.
At a court-martial held at Malta, on the 21!b
February, on board the Hibernia, under the preset
dency of Captain Coate, of her Majesty's tr
Gibraltar, Thomas Steed, assistant engineer of
Majesty's ship Victoria, was tried for drunkenuessi;
and having pleaded guilty was condemned to
t
loss of all seniority, and severely reprimanded'
of
The only naval movement during the weed
ter
foreign ships of war, is the arrival from Corfu'
AustrO'in
experiencing very heavy weather, of the
steam corvette Graf Dandolo, Captain Nanta'
eight days from Corfu. The Mosquito and Rev'.
Prussian gun brigs, bound for Cadiz, continue 111
port wind bound. ore -or
ni
Since the 6th inst. the weather has been
less boisterous and rainy, with a succession
a° f
t_
strong winds from the N.W. and W., but barn-
tended with any great oscillations of bavh,
meter since the gale of the 6th and
again
On the night of the 21st the island was %ills,
visited by a gale from the N.W., with hear/ sgati; all
accompanied by hail and sleet, and which las"
1,/,
yesterday, when then there was a slight fall of sue
Tbe
an almost unprecedented occurrence here' the
atmosphere was very cold, the thermome Searing
open air standing as low as 40 deg. Fahr. ei, a
men declare that they have seldom witnessed Stings
continuation of bad weather. Each daY btrirecl
some tidings of disasters at sea, and it iB,„'earent
that more will yet be known as news from awe" A
points of the Mediterranean gradually airivtne-
number of vessels have bore up with damage '-dria.
ward bound from Baltic sea-ports and Alel

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Mare:
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The Queen, accompanied by her Royal 114-/
Princess Helena, went out walking this 111°r
attended by the Duchess of Roxburghe. ittia
Mr. J. A. Vinter had the honour of subr°
'Or
to her Majesty his portraits of their Royal ugh,
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales;,„-
Winterhalter, lithographed for Messrs'
Scott, and Co.

The Prince and Princess of wales.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Clo°
C es,
Keppel, visited the South London Working la
Industrial Exhibition yesterday. at-
LThe Princess of Wales took a carriage drive'
tended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce.
The Prince and Princess of Wales went olltora
the evening to a party given by the Earl r,
Countess of Fife at their residence in Grow
place.
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Their Royal Highness; the Prince and Friu'ith
of Wales honoured the Earl and Countess a rif°,.:l to
their presence last night at a small dance, prelri°l2sor
which the noble earl and countess entertained at
St
his Excellency the French Ambassador, the Dill° oTlfion-
Albans, the Duchess of St. Albans and Lady D 1 COO
clerk, Viscount Falkland, the Marchioness of Els', • sysoya
Adare, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Russell, linn'ALustas
Ashley, Captain Fox, Miss Moncrieffe, I.lr-
Lumley, &c. a
-Roy I gig!'
THEATRE ROYAL,rADELPHI.—Hebrd-s7
e°6
yrjoeritoviltT
the aj:
ness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended
y ki iiu
Somerset, Col. Home Purves, and Capt.
performance at the Adelphi Theatre last eVi
her presence. p 9At
The Earl de Grey entertained a large
,—„arts
dinner last evening at his house in Carlton-gae",:eo
The Countess of Derby will give a rest'
evening parties after the Easter recess at ati
the fara"
dence in St. James's-square. d
The Earl and Countess of Minto have ar
IrVe
On
Fa
The rranc
Eare's Hl
andotel frCountess Percy have om Paris. 0,0
left tovio
a visit to the Duke of Northumberland and Ladi
in, a
Percy at Torquay, Devon, for a few days.
The Earl and Countess Russell entert3- :1301);
Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Conntettcl rho
stoff, his Excellency the Hanse Towns Minister, -1)°"13,
Lady Bloomfield, Lord and Lady William coi3lPtGe°4°
the
Hon. James Stuart Wortley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs' At
Howard, and a select party at dinner last evening'. TD"{
family residence in Chesham-place, Belgravt-All°'el•°:cle °-
Countess Russell afterwards, received a o'9'll -11
e-
friends, including most of the diplomatic corps. rtain
Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley en ha
a large dinner party on Wednesday evening, n't
residence in Dover-street, Piccadilly.