The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-18 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.,..."Mar. 23.
. Afar. ill
Ditto, via Marseilles . ..... .1 7.
Brazil and Capa Verde, by British packet....... • • • Apr'
Ditto, by French packet ......... Mar• 23
r F
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena...'
~
China. Penang*, and Singapore, via Sou' hampton—Alar. 2'O •
Ditto, via Marseilles
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton 6
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via South. ..... ...........
31.13:11aaLirrrr.: 11;560
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Afar. 15
Ditto, via Ilarseilles Mar. 10
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Afar. 15.
Ditto, via Marseilles Mar '6 .
Afar. 2'.
llauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via MarselLe J... Mar. "6
Newfoundland -
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon
United btatee and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet. .. . . Mar. 3.
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Mar 15
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and
Honduras) ...... Mar. 16. .
Bahamf...s. via New York. April 4
Cuba a'id Mexico April I .
Bermuda, via Halifax .• Mar. 13.
{Seat Coat.t of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ... April 3
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via Cork . .. .......

THE NEW SUB-ATLANTIC CABLE.—Specimens
of cable manufactured on the process adopted by the Britis"
and American Telegraph Company have, according to 0, re-
port just forwarded to their offices by the' electrician to the
Telegraph committee of the Board of Trade, been under
Government test for some years past. The report is higbil d
favourable as to the tensile power of this form of cable, an
the increasing perfection of its insulation according to the
number of years in which it has been immersed. Its sup?:
riority in lightness of weight and in diniiinished bulk will
render the task of submersion infinitely less costly ti. na
hazardous than in the case of the two cables already linking
the two hemispheres. But in addition it possesses a quali-
fication which surprised the Government electrician, Niril°
says " he could not kink it , though he tried by every meand
°
which suggested itself to men of experience acquainte
with submarine telegraphy who a,ssisted in coiling it more
for
less rapidly." Now, this fortunate freedom from a cont.gency which involves a terrible chance of fracture during
the process of paying out the cable, is another and wond.er-
ful guarantee for the success of the operation in addition
to those already mad© public in the company's prospectus.
With the benefit of the experience of past efforts in sub-
merging Atlantic cables, and with improvements in con-
struction and facility of handling, there seems to be a cer-
tainty that the first effort of laying down the new cabl°
will be a complete success.
FOOT BRIDGES OVER CROWDED THOROUGHFARES'
—For years past the construction of bridges for foot pas-
sengers at such dangerous crossings as those at the
St'
Paul's end of Cheapside, and where the six ways meet opPc'
site the Bank, Mansion House, and Royal Exchange, 1i9"5
been from time to time advocated, and we have frcquentli
ure the thorough practicability of the suc,gestion, and the
smalld cost at which it could be carried out. While the
English have been talking the Americans have been acting;
one of the most handsome and substantial structures that
could be desired having already been erected over 13roady*
N£47voYo.oTrkh,ebbyril‘dlgeeshsrass.bnßeiech and Griffiths, at a cost of Oil
0 proved capable f sustaining I°l
tons, and 100 men tramping over it at the same time Pre.;
ducedv no perceptible vibration. The bridge is situate
re
Fulton-stroet crossos Broadway and tho four coruer6 are coilue
veniently connected. There is'l7ft Bin. or more under t
34 steps!
bridge, which is approached by four flights of
each having three landings. Surely the corporationen!
London, although they could not be induced to set_
~_Deu
example, will not longer delay the consideration ef tfe,
matter, now that they have the Broadway bridge aS
cedent.—Alining Journal.

BAKER—On
f 25, fond ot hwei clethe rirliasct.: park, a a daughter.
Pollock, of a
MrolnnoicsK.ol-0-On the 16th inirstiiht.ete,gbawetSni.3?,B-Dofonjt7gyese-plakceer, :Isacip:
ham-road, the wife of William 11. Morrison, Esq., of ii
daughter.
'WARNER- On the 14th inst., at Bath, the wife of Captain
thdeaulg6hthteiru.st., at Putney-hill, Mrs. Chas. E.
Warner, Madras Staff Corps, of a son.
Marriage 0. .
HUDSON—SMITH—On the sth inst., at the Church of S.t.
Paul, Valletta, Malta, Captain James Hudson, 84th Itea:
ment, to Agnes Campbell, second daughter of Sir J. yv
T Yilttil'rh ill
Smith, K.C.B. Not-
,OHswenArLyniuOrnnetrlr
Esq., of
oifnstth.,ea:stialit: john's, _
E.-ensiogton!
er of The*
to Jean Waddell, youngest surviving daught
Oswald, Esq., of Fulham.

Deaths.
CLAPHAM—On the 14th inst., at St. Ann's-hill,
Leeds, Samuel Clapham, Esq., aged 67. -00)-
FERGUSON—On the 15th inst., at 37 Charles-street, D.
ley-squaro, Admiral Ferguson, of' Pitfour. S.
GOLDSIIEDE —On the 15th inst., t.t 61, Marylebone-road,
Goldehedo, Esq., aged 69. , Mir!,
Knox- On the 14th inst., at 7, Earlsfort-terrace, 1-,11-4.
Col. Chas. Knox, of Ballinrobe, county Mayo, ageu " Ir.
West°
LIGHT—On the 14th inst., at Groystone Lodge,
super-Mare, Thomas Light, Esq., aged 79. ill od
WOOD—On the 9th inst., in London, Col. John M•
v' °- 1
Burloy, Dear
of The Lyde, Bucks.
WDITEHURST—On the 15th inst., at Woodford, Essex, C'
M. Whitehurst, Esq., aged 59.
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