The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-09 00:00:00

------ k' SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH TELEGRAPH C031.114N1-
Iresterda
Y, the half- mee‘i of this
Street ; yearly ordinary an
Lor took place at the London Tavern Billopsgate-
read whic de Manley in the chair. i,A
(port was
h stated that the directors congralated the
tdproprietors on the very successful manner in rwhich the
iinarine telegraph cable had been laid dorkill between
zngland and Belgium. Since the 6th of May when the
cable was fiafely secured at Middlekirke, on 'tie Belgian
coast, the works between that port and Ostend have.
d into
then completed, and the submarine wires 4rrie _
tectelegraPhie office of the Belgian Governaldnt at vs-
ci, and there unitel with the main telegragb. at Brus-
sel'.
joined
be e South Foreland the submarine ivires have
;I„ento the line between Dover and tiOndon, so
ii4..t at the present moment an uninterrupt4tl and in-
r tnnesus communication exists between London and
transmitted ussels, and experimental messages have seen daily
a since the first of the present month. The
to vantages of this direct transmission of dispatches
stations
from Brussels, avoiding the iniermediate
4...‘ions
,l'reof Dover and Ostend, cannot be too highly
eiated, and from the liberality and enlightened
,_ ws oft he Belgian Government, the company expect
41Z(cibta!n still more important privileges, by which Berlin
to -Vienna may equally be brought into iMmediate
rT2reepondenee with London. The directors need hardly
Zoout the very large amount of messages that will
:s. ver this line of telegraph, as it opens up a dziren. vtinniunication to Belgium, Prussia, Hanover, the o
tioPaein' and, in fact, the whole of the north-eastern por-
of of Europe, which, together with the rapid increase
trit,t:legraPhic' dispatches generally between Great
a very
and the Continent, warrants their anticipating
it crY large revenue
e
in working of the first five
IPha in 1852 of the Submarine Telegraph between
sag°elr a.nd
.Calais, shows the transmission of 4,899 mes-
4e, sages d
a revenue of 2,2171. 11s. Id. In the
rues fire months of the present year, the number. of
th:Bages transmitted has amounted to 12,151, producing
utieBuern °f 6,582/. 4s. 10d being an increase of reve-
tei2' nearly 200 per cent:within twelve months. The
p4hliiaen,Submarine Telegraph will be opened for the
present ‘ransinission of messages on the 20th of the
graph ninnth, from which date this line and the tele-
pebetween Dover and Calais will be worked in
th`e'c,ct unison the capital of the companies being equal,
shares beking the same value, and participating
equally i rae„,, n expenditure and receipts ;
right
and when it is re
of uTered that the companies possess the exclusivecon.
tillehteaPliie communication to all parts of the
thou,hll4 Prance and Belgium, the directors cannot
to their over sanguine in anticipating a brilliant
not be
11 undertaking.
having e report was adopted, and the retiring directors
been re-elected, the business terminated.
M 1",
M.". rANDE.RBILT'S STEAM-YACHT.

ue •
ateani. Public were admitted on board the gigantic
Lilt, Yacht). the North Star belonging to Mr. Vander-
klibt,4 American gentleman, now lying in the South-
dregs bock, et d for the first time, and hun-
the B.°l the noLsiteranaydgentry availed themselves of
tittlilege during the dagy. The American consulate
to 'Bhtnent has been besieged for days past for tickets
ereaLew the North Star, and persons have come from a
perto‘lidistance to see her. Every ticket admits ten
Previ 8' The public will be admitted for three days
viz visas to the owner's departure for St. Petersburg,
The `Vednesday (yesterday), to-day, and to-morrow..
Eeelltsloons
and furniture eared yesterday magntii-
kat, •la the extreme. Everything on board the Nor
(4. 4•lnerican, and it is very evident that in many
our useful and ornamental arts the Americans are
Lee:lll4la in point of taste and skill. Surprisehasd
04 bo"Pressed at the small quantity of fuel consumes
toezidard the North Star when her
.great speed i
gyros ere&
She made one of the quickest passages__
tons
nao‘he Atlantic on record, and consumed only
e'tenals ada while the consumption ordinarily
tile" steamersy'is from 70 to 100 tons daily,
!peed as been at enabled to traverse the ocean with suchhas
is eau so little expense, by her being driven by wh.ah
ed a beam engine, an American invention, whtic
4t, 'lever before been used in a steamer to cross he
• 'antic
iii . • The fortune of Mr. Vanderbilt is estimatedl
two taerlua at nine millions of dollars, or very neakrsy
.
heiltellinns sterling. He has risen from the rwa
;114 t,?l:ifi°Blit rmed that the people of SouthamPtononaueldd
his yacht, he immediately consented,
l'lstielt!Pillated with his agents, who were empowered
asto
tic, with
of admission, that poor people as well
iiho
Nrie • uld see the North Star, and they felt every
of a, 0,%1tY to do so. The crew of the North Star consists
tin -;Ptain) two mates, four quartermasters, and f
and
!igtihe-ee'llnien, twenty-four engineers and firemen,
tici ?i stewards and assistants. The captain's name
8114) bridge. He was for many years commandor of a
A deputation
trot, tte.tween Liverpool and America.
hstoodr," chief inhabitants of Southampton have gone to
Tow
_a to invite Mr. Vanderbilt to a banquet at the
the "'43-11 in that town, and a universal feeling prevails
visit froma mer-
ehatentthat the friendly and magnificent
with bPrinue of the New Worldhould be welcomed
seeq t:ceraing splendour and cordiality.s All who have
411 l'lnrth Star belie that w? may learn as much
tlet.tia h-er in the buildingve and engineering of passenger
ti t:47 steamers as we learnt from the celebrated Ame-
&Nl riBailing yacht two or three years ago in the building
aging of sailing ships.