The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-08 00:00:00

POSTAL INTERCOMMUNICATION.

The sailings of the mail-packets from Holyhead
and Kingstown respectively are proposed to be as
follows, under the new contract, which requires
the mails to be conveyed within 11 hours between
Euston-square and,Westland-row :—lrish time.--r
Leaves Euston-square at 7 10 r .m.—due at Kings-
town at 5 55 p.m. ; leaves Euston-square at 8 5
p.m.—due at Kingstown at 6 50 a.m. ; leaved'
Westland-row at 7 a.m., and 7 p.m. A

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THE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND.
AMERICA. ;•,
It now really seems probable that the scheme for uniting '
America and Europe by means of the electric telegraph
may very shortly be realised. We read in the New York,
Times of the Bth of July, that a small steamer, the Arctic; •,.
has left that port under the command of Lieutenant Berm:-
man, for the purpose of taking soundings preparatory .to •;-,,!f
laying the submarine cable from Newfoundland to Valen-
cia Bay on the western coast of Ireland. It is not, per-
haps, generally known that between these two points the
bed of the ocean rises in along level plateau running east'
and west, and of considerable width. This plateau is
composed of sand and shells, and presents a remarkably
level surface. It appears to be undisturbed either by
currents or iceburgs, for shells are found across its whole
width that have evidently lain there for many years. Its
seems as if marked out by nature for the purpose for
which it is now going to be made available. If the sur-
vey furnishes results as satisfactory as are anticipated,
the work of laying the cable will be commenced immedi-
ately on its conclusion. For this purpose two steamers
will be employed ; both will proceed to the middle pant:
between the two coasts, each having half the cable oft:
board, and from that point will sail either way for the op-
posite shores, paying out the cable as they run. Ten to
15 days, it is supposed, will be sufficient, under favourable
circumstances, for laying the cable in this way. Such an
attempt, at first sight; seems to be preposterous and
impossible; but during the last 20 or 30 years' so many
things which once appeared equally so have become es-
tablished and familiar facts, that we are forbidden to
pronounce any enterprise impossible, or any story of scien-:
tiag triumph ineredihde. We sincerely wish success to.
this telegraphic project, and shall regard that success,
if attained, rather with the Wonder with which we look
upon anything truly magnificent and marvellous than
the surprise with which we receive the announcement of
a fact totally unexpected. In this case we shall wel-
come the news at least gladly. Whatever can bind
the two continents ,together more closely than •at
present in bonds of mutual sympathy and interest—and
nothing can do this more than rapid, easy, and fregnent
intercourse—must be the surest guarantee for future peace,
harmony, and goodwill. If England and America under-
stand their own interests, and are resolved to pursue these
interests in the spirit of honourable rivalry which is alone
worthy of either, it is to this object that the energies of.
both countries will be directed. By hostile rivalry we can
gain nothing, and must necessarily lose much. The natural
field of exertion and activity that lies before both countries
is the same ; it is large enough for both ; and we may there
by mutual ai,d gather peaceful triumphs far more magnifiw
cent and enduring than any of those miserable successeS,
which are stained by human blood, and in which what is
lost by one is by no means gained by the other. We would
have triumphs in which both should be the victors—ia
which both should wear the laurels and share the spoil.
We would have triumphs in which we might enjoy our owi;
success without the painful consciousness that it brings,
sorrow to any other, or that our smile is founded upon an 47
ther's tear. We would make our own cause the cause of hu-
manity, freedom, and civilisation, instead of building it up
algid the ruin and misery, the tears and curses, of our fel-
low-men. We would remember in all our national inter.
course that great rule of individual Christianity— " Do as
you would be done by." We would go on hand-in-liand
while each pursues its own magnificent career; and, by
making ourselves a credit to the religion wr profess and the,
freedom we enjoy, we would gradually persuade other nal!
tions no longer to fear our power or envy our greatness
but to follow our example and to emulate our triumphs'. -
—Manchester Guardian.

The London, Manchester, and Foreign Warehouse
Company, the first enterprise started under the Limited
Liability Act, have issued their half-yearly report pre-
paratory to a meeting on the 26th. It states that, not-
withstanding numerous difficulties which had to bd en
countered at the commencement, sufficient profits have
been realised to pay a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent.
per annum, and to leave 2,0051. to be carried forward.
The nominal capital of the company is 50,0001., of
which 37,4841. has been paid up. Arrangements are
in progress to register under the New Joint-Stock Com.,
panies Act, after which an increase of capital will be
proposed. _ _ _

- METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS
OF HEALTH.—The medical officers of health recently,
elected in the 'Metropolis under the Local Manage Merit
Act of Sir Benjamin Hall have formed themselves into an
association for the purposes of mutual assistance and the
advancement of sanitary science. Mr. Simon, of the
General Board of Health, has been elected the president
for the present year ; Dr. Thomson and Mr. Liddle,
vice-presidents ; Dr. Aldis, treasurer ; and Dr. Hillier,
secretary. Provisional committees have been appointed
to inquire into various subjects affecting the publicscs•
health, such as the sale of unwholesome meat, the con-
dition of the vaults under the Metropolitan churches,
&c. Standing committees have been also appointed to
report severallyon trades nuisances, adulteration -of leo&
and drugs, the causes of disease, and the relation of
meteorological phenomena to the state of the public
health. At their last meeting a 'valuable report; was
read from the committee on the sale of •unwholesome
meat, pointing- gut-the:methods by which it inarbelli4
cognised; and recommending a course by which itia pale
, may be considerably checked. The report was ordiied
to be printed and 'distribdted for the information of
sanitary itApectors and others. There are i the metre-
polls at present 47.medical'officers'of. health. Nearly
the wholerof this number have joined the association.
THE BODIES OF FOUR MURDERED INFANTS FOINV.--1.
Great excitement was' cauSea in the neighbourhood of
Hay by a rumour that the skeletons of four infants 44
been discoVered in a walled-up water closet at ,Liatn.
bacho-wye in the pariah of Llambedr Paincastle,so46
county of Radner. Upon inquiry the rumour Waafatin4
to be correct, and an inquest was held.at the, hems- of
Mr. James Smith, where the bodies were found. Mr.
Smith has' lived at Llainbacho-wye for. the last Ahree
years, and the farm was tenanted by a man named Jones
for a great r umber of years previously. The bodies ap-
peared to be those of full-grown children, and to have
been placed there loon:after their birth. 'The place was
very dry, and contained lime, which perhaps had bees
thrown over each body at the time it was placed there,
to prevent the smell arising from decomposition. It
also had another effect, that of preventing the rating of
the clothes ; and although at the inquest there were, 00
marks found-upon the linen in which they were wram,
ped, yet upon placing some of it between the eyes of the
searcher and the light, in the middle of a home-made
linen sheet, the initials "A. j., No. 2," in the, eyeleS,
holes, in one, and on another sheet, "A. J." were die
covered. It is customary when a sheet is much worn to
turn the middle to the side, and that will account for thi
name being in the middle instead of as usual at the side.
There was also found a coarse made man's shirt, with
tho it
in red cotton at the, back of the
eiw'as produced that the places was net
collar. Evidence
''J. P.'
known to-have been opened for the last sixteen or-eigh-
teen years, and the only access fliiieto was out of the
bed,.roem. The place, although originally intended for
a water-oloset, was never finished, and was covered bY
a paving stone that fitted the top. Mrs. Smith, finding
the stone loose, was led by curiosity to put a curtain.reu
dowry; and feeling what she thought a bundle of clothee+
got along pike and raised a portionnf them, which eel"
rained the skeleton of an infant. This led to the taking
cloven of the wall outside, and the discovery of
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more skeletons. The jury returned ,a verdict of "
ful murder against SOIRU person or moons unknown."--
berby Reporter.