The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY.

A circular has been addressed by Mr. Noel to the Con•
servative members of the House of Commons, headed
" most important," particularly and urgently requesting
the attendance of members after the holidays. "The House
will meet (the circular states) on Thursday, the 27th of
May. The Customs and Inland Revenue (Committee)
will be the first Order of the Day ; upon this a most
important discussion will take place, which may lead to 0.
division. Your attendance is particularly requested.
On Friday, the 28th, Supply will be the first Order,
after which the Metropolitan Poor Act will be taken•
On Monday, the 31st, the Irish Church Bill (third
reading) will come on. Its rejection will be moved hi
Mr. Holt. It is understood that the debate will not 1044
more than one night. Your attendance, therefore, in the
House of Commons, without fail, is urgently requested.
On Thursday, the 3rd of June, the Bankruptcy Bill will
be the first order of the day."

A HUSBAND IN SEARCH. OF HIS TVIFS.

Mr. James Permewan, lately residing in London.ll3l
been committed for trial by the St. Columb (Cornwall)
magistrates for a fncgt extraordinary outrage. Ma
Permewan recently left her husband, it seems, because
he had used threats towards her, and went to
reside with her brother-in-law near St. Columb Major-
Her husband, armed with a life-preserver and other
weapons, and accompanied by fifteen ruffians wheal
he had hired for the occasion, went to her brother•in'
law's house and demanded his wife. The men sir'
rounded the house, but their approach having been
noticed the doors were locked. One of Mr. Rowes's
(the brother-in-law) servants asked Mr. Permewan
business, and was immediately knocked down by a lif°'
preserver. Mr. Rowse armed himself with a double•
barrelled gun, and refused the defendant admission, but
he forced an entrance by breaking open the door with
sledge-hammer. In the meantime the police had been
sent for, but before their arrival Mr. Permewan and
his men had succeeded in carrying off one of Air'
Permewan's sons. The police tben got a warrant,
and just as he was starting for St. Austell he wag
arrested.

YOTHER ATLANTIC CABLE.

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The Daily Yews contains a long description of the French
Atlantic Cable. This—the third cable—between Europe
and America will, if all goes well, be open to the publie•
about the middle of July. The Anglo-French Company
stands just now in a position similar to that occupied by
the new Atlantic Company in 1565, and the Anglo'
American Company in 1866. It has ordered the best OP
sible cable from the best makers ; but it will not take por
session of it until after it has been laid, and when the
electricians certify the communication between the tiv°
continents to be perfect. The French cable 1135
been made, and will be laid from English ships, 11
Englishmen, the Telegraph Construction and Mainte•
nance Company having undertaken the contract, Sit
Samuel Canning being the engineer-in-chief of the expo'
3ition, and the Great Eastern having been chartered for
:he work. The present cable is some twelve hundred miles
_onger than either of its predecessOrs ; it is divided into
several sections, and has been manufactured at the rate of
150 miles a week ever since the contract was accepted.
is within 100 miles of completion, and has nearly all been
shipped on board the vessels appointed to carry it out. TO(
the Great Eastern carries 2,752 miles, or about 400 more than
when it left with the Anglo-American Cable, its vast
receptacles being made still vaster, and its main tanig
considerably enlarged. With this cargo the great ship
will leave her present rest:ng-place in the Medway about
the 10th of June, and will proceed to Portland. Here a
few days will be spent in taking in coal, after which she
will go to an appointed spot some five and a half mile/
from Brest. One of the vessels of the expedition (the
Chiltern) will in the meantime have laid the heavy share
end, and this will be buoyed out at sea at the distance
named. The Great Eastern will, somewhere about the
20th June, pick it up, and after splicing and testing
will set about her regular work of cable-laying,
under Sir Samuel Canning and his staff. She will 12°
accompanied by the Scanderia, a fine vessel of 1,800 ton,
and 370 feet long, now lying alongside her in theMedwal'
and by the Chiltern, both ships being fitted up with
grappling irons, buoys, and picking-up machinery. Solve
eighteen days will be occupied by the Great Eastern in the
voyage from Brest to St. Pierre ; and the line being lain
between these two places, the other cable-laying_ vessels
will carry on the remainder. The Scanderia, the
Chiltern, and the William Cory will each heat •
portions of the cable across the Atlantic. The latter
proceeds to St. Pierre early in June, and having
laid a shore-end there, will buoy the course and wait 0°
arrival of the Great Eastern. This over, Sir Samuel
Canning will leave the latter ship, which will return t°
England, and will take his place on board the William
Cory. Another shore-end, of course in direct c.omtnaui'
cation with the line to Brest, and onehundred and seventy'
four miles of cable will be laid. Then Sir Samuel Canning
changes ships again, and splicing this portion with that oe
board the Scanderia proceeds on board the latter vessel to
lay 450 miles more on the way to Boston. The Chiltern and
her cargo are called into requisition next, and another splice
made, The 152 miles added now carry the cable direct
into Boston, and the line will be thus made caw
plete between the latter place and the French P°ltj
All who know anything of the last cable-laying exPeu?
tions will rejoice to learn that the then chief officer of the
Great Eastern has been appointed her captain since the
resignation of Sir James Anderson. Captain Halp/01°
known and honoured among our mercantile marine
ir
brave officer and an accomplished seaman. Si:,
Daniel Gooch, Bart., M.P., will go out in tu,."
Great Eastern as chairman of the company wilt
makes and lays the cable ; and several of 1.""
French directors, and a selection of English electrician°,
including Sir William Thompson, will be also on board'
There will be no ladies, however, and, so far as is
no one without a distinct task to perform. Mr. IYlli
loughby Smith will, as formerly, act as the electrician a
the company. It should be mentioned that the electri.
tests of the cable have been and are continuous, and 00
not a single fault has been discovered in it from the cony
mencement of its manufacture until now. In addition t°
the task before her, the Great Eastern leaves for Bombay
with the British Indian cable, together with Sir Samuel
Canning and his staff, early in November next.

The statement that her Royal Highness til!
Princess Christian has been suffering from milk fever3l:
contradicted. Her Royal highness has not, it is
had any kind of fever, but only a nervous attack, whic
has not given rise to serious apprehensions.
THE NEW PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY I°ll
inELAND.—It is understood that Mr. Burke, private
i.o
secretary to Mr. C. Fortescue, has been appointed
succeed Sir E. Wetherall in the office of Under-Secrets&
The appointment is regarded with general satisfaction.
THE LATE BRECKNOCK ELECTION. —A petition
against the return of Lord Hyde has been presented lit
the Common Pleas Rule Office. Lord Hyde was elects('
after the unseating of Mr. Gwyn by Mr. Baron Martin °I/
the 9th ult.
The oldest living ex-member of the Souse
Commons is Mr. James Duprde, of Wilton Park,
inghamshire. He was born in 1778, and, according to ths;
"County Families," he entered Parliament in 1802
member for Gatton, a " rotten " borough in the patronar

of his relatives, the Alexanders.
THE DISPUTED PEER MIE.—Mr. Charles °'
'Howard, of the 9th Lancers, in spite of the letterf
addressed to the papers by " Ellen Howard" on behalf °e
her baby boy, has assumed his uncle's title, and his n°ig
appears as " th 4 Earl of Wicklow " in the lists of coniP°l
present at various aristocratic parties at the West-e°
during the last week. • tli
Harviestoun, the seat of the Taits, and Iv'
which the name of the father of the present Archbisnr
of Canterbury was so long and so honourably conneetev
together with the adjoining property of Castle Canioe;
has lately become by purchase the property of Sir .
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Orr, of Glaigow, and the only plot of ground
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Clackmannanshire at present owned by the Tait far°
is their burial-place, a small semi-circular enclosure'
which is washed by the Devon, and is known as

Tombs."
A STRANGE OCCIIRRENCE.—ScarceIy a month 115
elapsed since the younger daughter of the late
'r.:
Littlebales, banker, of Winchester, was found dead in he
bedroom,l\ruei she having committed suicide by strangulatioo•
sympathy was felt at the time for the fainibre!
the deceased. Great consternation was again caused 0.-
Wednesday afternoon on it becoming known that a oiBtf
(Ann Littlehales) had also committed suicide. She vilji
found, in her bedroom between twelve and one 0'91°6;.'
with her head nearly severed from her body bi
som
sharp instrument.
A REM RIDABLE TALE. —A remarkable .tale
related as having taken place in Preston. A 9Piuner
became-possessed of bank notes more than two Year °
s 9g
to the amount of .ClOO. It appears that a little time :
a gypsy and his child solicited charity at the sPinneery
is
house, and amongst other things received a pair of h
pressibles. He presently returned with a £2O note, vv".'e
he said he had found in the linings of the unmentionab ti.lef
l .:
un
The honesty of the man was much commended
was found that he had kept back four other notes, and 0°
being able to pass them had returned one to see if they
were genuine. He naturally went on the spree, but 11_13
joy was of snort duration, for he was taken into di tustoc79.,
antant9n pleading gulguiltyente
i'As sica6 ieven r