The Sun.
London, England, 1869-07-02 00:00:00

THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.

No further news is expected from the Great Eastern for
a few days. It has been remarked that since the discovery
of the fault on the 25th June, the telegrams have never
resumed a perfectly confident tone. For the first three
days "Electric condition perfect," was the regular
formula ; then came the " fault ;" then, on the 26th, a
stoppage of three hours while another fault was cut
out close to the ship ; and "satisfactory " and "good"
have been respectively given as the cable's condi-
tion for the last two days. Another slight defect was
reported at the commencement of the laying, and thus,
singular to say, a cable which throughout the entire pro.
cess of manufacture, and during its transfer from the
works at Greenwich to the Medway, and its shipment on
board the Great Eastern, was electrically faultless, has
had three faults discovered in it in four times as many
days. Yet the tests of the electricians have been con-
stant ever since the making of the cable commenced ;
and as Lord 'William Hay, when speaking as a
director of the Anglo• French Company, publicly de-
clared, the cable was perfect in every way when received
on board the Great Eastern. The cause of the present
delay is therefore one of two things. Either the fault
which developed itself on the 26th has seemed of sufficient
importance for the Great Eastern to put back for the
purposes of picking up, cutting out, and re splicing ; or
some further hitch has occurred on board. An accident
to the machinery, or a. foul flake in the cable, which may
have come to light during paying out, would either of

them be sutflcient to account for the buoying ; and those
to whom the last telegram has appeared vague may
be reminded that this is an old characteristic of
the messages received from the people engaged in
cable-laying. The work in hand is too absorbing for
there to be much thought as to what may be understood

from the telegrams sent ; and the resemblance between the
conditions of the cable expedition of 1865 and that of 1869
is strengthened by the uncertainty as to the precise causes
preceding the interruption of communication. It is clear,
if the Great Eastern determined on the 30th of June to
return to the fault in a part of the cable which
was laid on the 25th, and to pick up and repair,
that several days must elapse before she can again
communicate with England ; while if she has simply
buoyed over the 1,600 fathom shoal while she repairs
something wrong on board, that news may be received in
the course of forty-eight hours. Meanwhile so little
anxiety is felt, that a well-known underwriter, who was
largely interested in insuring the cables of 1865 and 1866,
as well as this of 1860, has offered to increase his interest
in the enterprise, and to guarantee on the same terms as
when the ship started that the French Atlantic Cable
will be successfully laid.

THE ABERDEEN VOLUNTEER WAPINSCHAW.—
The chief and coveted prize of the Aberdeen Wapinschaw,
a valuable cup presented by her Majesty the Queen, has
gone up Deeside. It was on Thursday won by Ensign
Niven, of Torphin's Rifle Company. The cup rems ins
the absolute property of the winner, who is the miller of
his parish. A member of the same company, Private
Morrice, in the contest for the Counties Brooch, the con-
ditions being seven shots at 500 yards, Hythe position,
with the Enfield rifle, carried the prize with the extra-
ordinary score of 28 points, every shot being a bull's-eye.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—A day or two
since Jane Warburton, a servant at Mill-hill, received per-
mission to go to town for a holyday. She went, travelling
by the Midland Railway, and was expected to return in the
evening. She did not do so, but was found lying in an in-
sensible condition on the rails near Cricklewood. A letter
in her possession enabled the company's officers to learn
who she was. She was taken to St. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington, but has not recovered sufficiently to give any
account of herself. The notion entertained is that she
bad been annoyed in the train, and bad either been
pushed out or jumped out. The door of a second-class
carriage in a train was found open when the train arrived
at Hendon.

MARRIAGE OF COMMODORE NUTT AND MINNIE
WARREN.—The New Haven Palladium publishes some
particulars of the marriage of these dwarfs :—" On Wed•
nesday Mr. Lewis Dinger (Commodore Nutt) and Miss
Ella F. Anthony (Minnie Warren) were united as man
and wife in the Episcopal Church in Birmingham, the
Rev. Dr. Fuller officiating. The fair bride was attired in
a tasty grey-coloured dress, with hat, gloves, and bootees
to match. Among those present at the church, in full
dress, were General Thomas Thumb and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Royal N. Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Gray, of
New York, and Misses Bassett and Smith, of this city.
After the impressive services at the church, the party
returned to the residence of Mr. R. N. Bassett, where a
very elegant spread of refreshments was served by Mrs.
Bassett."

SINGULAR PURCHASE OF A HORSE.—A curious
case has just been tried at St. Petersburg, which proves
that it is sometimes well to look the purchased, if not the
gift, horse in the mouth. A Russian colonel recently sold
one of his horses to a merchant at a very high price, inti-
mating at the same time that he was very loathe to past
with it, the animal being so capable and intelligent as
" only to want a tongue in order to be perfect." The
merchant's delight at his bargain, however, was somewhat
dashed by the news brought him next day by his groom
that the horse was incapable of drinking properly, having
only half a tongue. At this fatal revelation of the
colonel's real meaning, his victim at once laid the case
before a magistrate ; but the defendant maintained, amid
the uproarious laughter of the entire court (including
even the presiding judge himself) that ho had given his
customer fair warning of the defect, his words being that
the horse " only wanted a tongue to make him perfect,"
and he appealed to the plaintiff himself for a confirmation
of this statement, which the latter, with extreme reluc-
tance and numerous unprintable comments, eventually
gave, The magigtrato pronounced that nothing could
tae done, and fOO9llll litlta Omit the al ir mhould be cow
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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 1.

The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High..
nesses Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, ani
Prince Leopold, left the Castle this morning at
ten minutes past ten o'clock for Aldershot Camp.

LATEST INTELL LGENCE

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, July 1.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1361 ; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 1374 ; the lowest, 1361.
Sterling Exchange on London lO9l.
5•?0 U. S. Bonds, 1882 l9li.
1885 ll7l.
44 " 1867 ll5l.
10-40 44
Illinois 1431.
Erie 3Ol.
Cotton—Mid. upland 34lc.
Petroleum—Standard White 3l4c.
Flour, extra state, $5.95e. to $6.55c. Corn, old
mixed, 100 c. _ _

WASHINGTON, July 1.

The Secretary of the Treasury has made his usual
monthly statement of the public debt of the United
States, which shows its total on the Ist inst. to have
been $2,615,250,000, being a decrease during the
past month of $16,500,000.
The cash in the Treasury is $117,000,000, viz.,
$80,000,000 in coin and $37,000,000 in currency,
against $124,000,000 last month, being a decrease of
$7,000,000.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 2.

The Royal Mail Companf's steamer Oneida,
with the Brazil and River, Plate mails, has arrived
here.

In Monte Video the Government measure intro-
ducing specie payments was causing great distress.
General Carabello had demanded the dismissal of
the Ministry. On the President's refusal General
Carabello had taken up arms, and the President
was marching against him.
Terror and confusion existed in the city.
At Rio de Janeiro the Government Budget was
being discussed in the Chamber of Deputies, and
progressing without any effective opposition.

THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE.
Captain Sherard Osborn, telegraphs as follows :
BREST, Friday Morning.
Greenwich time, 10 35 a.m. Signals from ship.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, July 1 (Evening).

The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into
the affairs of the Tobacco Convention commenced
their public sittings in the Chamber of Deputies
to-day.

Deputies CrispiliLobbia, Fambir, and Brenna
were examined.

SPAIN.

MADRID, July 1 (Evening).

The Official Gazette will publish to-morrow the
Budget of Receipts, together with the law autho-
rising the provisional exercise of the budget of ex-
penditure.
A band of 40 Carlists has made its appearance at
Alrnuina.

HOAIEWARD INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.
SUEZ, July 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Surat, from Calcutta 6th June, and the Salsette,
from Bombay, 15th idem, reached Suez, at one and
six yesterday afternoon respectively.
GIBRALTAR, July 1.

The Ripon, from Southampton 26th June, ar-
rived at seven, and leaves for Alex Andria at ten
this morning. All well.

MARSEILLES, July 2.
The Syria arrived at 4.30, and the mails leave for
London at 10.45 a.m. this morning.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, July I.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

Bank Shares 2840
Ital4an Fives 56 10
End of month —
Ottoman Loan
Do. Debt 45 25
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 27
Deferred —
s. Cash.
Orleans ... 925
Northern ... 1097k
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Western
Eastern • •
Sardinian

41 per Cont.
End of month —
3 per Cent
End of month 7O 42i
Credit Mather 240
End of month —
Credit Foneier l6OO
End of month —
RAULWA'

Austrian
Lombard sl2f
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 52

BANK OF• FRANCE.

PARIS, July 1.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figur3s of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
July 1.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,358,753,300 1,320,080,500
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 36,388,643 51 38,521,097 64
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 174,353,862 15 174,485,345 40
Current accounts, Paris 344,889,004 50 353,372,673 99
Do. branch banks 46,063,514 44,885,389
Dividends payable 685,524 59 €05,527
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

June 24.

182,500,000 -

9,186,346 38

991,660 38 933,790 85

7,228,106 30 7,698,039 39

Total
CREDITOR.
July 1.
fr.

June 24.
fr.