The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-27 00:00:00

OFFER TO RESTORE THE ATLANTIC

TELEGRAPH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The insertion of the enclosed in your
columns would greatly oblige yours, &c.,
G. 0. WILDMAN WHITEHOUSE.
Valentia, Oct. 23.

Valentia, Oct. 23, 1858.
To the Directors of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company.
Gentlemen,—lntense interest in the success of a
work with which from the first I have been so
largely identified—an interest which neither the
sense of a recent injury can extinguish, nor unde-
served contumely destroy, leads me, in the present
critical, and almost desperate, state of the Atlantic
cable, to come forward and offer my services again
to the undertaking.
All the opinions which the board have published,
as well as their acts founded upon those opinions,
concur in leading irresistibly. to the inference that
the present condition of the cable is considered to
be almost, if not absolutely, hopeless.
As one of the projectors, upon the faith of whose
representations a large portion of the original capi-
tal was subscribed, as a late officer, whose position
afforded him the very best opportunities of gaining
experience, which may now be of value to the in-
terests of the company, and as one whose opinion
may thus have some weight, even though dia- '
metrically opposite to that adopted and published
by the board, I feel that I am entitled, nay called
upon, to offer my services at the present juncture.
I have not tested nor in any way examined the
state of the cable since my return to Valentia, nor
shall I of course do so after all that has passed,
until I receive definite permission from the direc-
tors for such examination to be made by me.
It is therefore from previous observations and
from a careful review of all that has occurred since
my departure from Valentia, that I now state my
strong conviction that our cable is recoverable—
readily recoverable—and if such opinion be correct,
the re-opening of communication with America
must at once follow the adoption of the proper
measures.
A few days' testing, guided by the experience
gained during the manufacture and subsequent use
of the cable will in all probability enable me to
ascertain this beyond doubt.
If the result of this examination be such as to
satisfy my own judgment, I shall then be prepared
to make to the company the following offer :
I will undertake at my.own cost, and at my own
risk, to re-open communication with Newfound-
land, and, further, to maintain it for a given num-
ber of years, at a moderate percentage upon the
gross receipts of the company, this being payable
so long only as the line shall be kept by me in
good working order.
I now, therefore, request the directors' permission
for such examination of the cable as shall bo neces-
sary to enable me to make an offer in the terms
above stated.—l am, &c.,

G. 0. WILDNIAN WHITEHOUSE,
Late Electrician to the Atlantic Telegraph Company,

THE COURT.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY, OCT. 26.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson) and the Prince and Princess of
Leiningen dined with her Majesty yesterday. Lieutenant
Colonel Wynyard (the commanding officer of the Ist Bat-
talion Grenadier Guards) and Major Cowell, R.E., had the
honour of being invited.
The band of the Grenadier Guards played during
dinner :

Overture—" Guillaume Tell."
Waltz—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Selection—Sicilian Vespers.
Quadrille—Musketeers.

Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and
performed in the Drawing-room the following selee-

tions :

Overture—" Zampa" Herold.
Motetto (No. 1)
Geschvvind Marsch Sulze.
Romance—" La Part du Diable" . • Auber.
Bolero—" Vepres Siciliennes" Verdi.
Finale—" La Domino Nair"

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Prince
Alfred, walked in the Home Park this morning, and visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore.
The Queen Marie Amelia, the Duke de Nemours, the
Prince and Princess de Joinville, the Duke de Chartres,
the Comte do Paris, and Prince Philip of Wmtemberg
visited her Majesty in the forenoon.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will
leave St. James's Palace to-day on a visit to her Majesty
and the Prince Consort, at Windsor Castle.

His Excellency Count Orloff, accompanied by
Count and Countess Pouchkin and family, have left
Claridge's Hotel for Paris.

His Excellency the French Ambassador and the
Duchess of Malakoff are expected to leave Albert-gate
House to-day for Windsor Castle, having received an invi-
tation from her Majesty to join the royal circle.

His Excellency M. Isturitz, the newly appointed
Minister from Spain, who arrived a few days since from
Madrid, to enter on his diplomatic duties, goes to Windsor
Castle, either to-day or to-morrow, to present his creden-
tials to her Majesty.

The Duchess of Wellington leaves town to-day to
join the Duke at Claremont, Norfolk.

The 'Marquis of Lansdowne has left Bowood for
Broadlands, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Pal-

merston,

The Marchioness of Ely and family have arrived
at their residence, Prince's-gate, from Scotland.
The Marchioness de Conceica and family have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, from Italy.

Lord and Lady Aveland have been entertaining
a succession of visitors during the past fortnight at Nor
manton Park. The party have had capital sport in his
lordship's well-stocked preserves.
Lord and Lady Foley will return to town from
Worksop on the Bth of next month. The noble lord and
her ladyship will leave on the 20th proximo for the Conti-
nent.

The Dowager Lady Raglan and the Hon. Miss
Somerset are expected in town in a few days from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Westmoreland at Apthorpe House,
Northamptonshire. _ _ .

Lord and Lady Calthorpe have arrived at their
resideiice in Grosvenor-square from Perry Hall, near Bir-

mingham.
Lord and Lady Alfred Churchill are passing the
season at Perry Hall, near Birmingham.

The Count and Countess de Lalaing have left
Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia.

We are glad to be able to contradict a report
that has appeared in a contemporary, and to state that the
gallant admiral of the fleet, Sir John West, continues in
good health at his residence in Eaton-square.
Lady Williams has returned to town from visiting
Lord and Lady Foley, at Worksop Manor.
The Rev. H. Dawkins and Mrs. Dawkins and
Mr. Dawkins, and the Rev. G. Boyce and Mrs. Boyce,
have arrived at Edwards's Hotel, the former from St.
Neot's, and the latter from Kent.
Monsieur and Madame de Bernoff have arrived
at the Clarendon, from St. Petersburg.
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of Essex, the bride's father, is the possessor of large estates
in Roscommon, where his lordship has been recently a visi-
tor. The Viceregal nuptials are to take place on Tuesday,
and the ceremony is to be strictly private.
ESCAPE OF A POLITICAL PRISONER.—The fol-
lowing curious escape from the Hopital St. Louis of a poli-
tical prisoner and alleged lunatic is recounted by the Inde-
pendance Beige :—" M. Fargin Fayolle, an ex-member of
the National Assembly, who took part in the affair at the
Conservatoire des Arts-et-Metiers with Ledru Rollin, was
condemned for that offence to imprisonment for life. After
undergoing his punishment for six years, he was seized with
illness, and it was decided to remove him to a maison de
sante. Three years ago he was accordingly taken to the
Hopital St. Louis, where he resided in the Pavillon Ga-
brielle, which is reserved forpatientswhohave the meansof
paying for better accommodation. Two days ago, on one of
the attendants entering the apartment, the prisoner had dis-
appeared and all his effects had been removed. The evening
before, about five o'clock, after he had dinner, M. Fayolle
went into the garden appropriated to the use of convalescent
patients ; he spoke to several as usual, and walked up and
down as he was in the habit of doing.. At half-past seven
he returned to his room, but, before doing so, he, contrary
to ordinary habits, shook several of the patients heartily by
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