The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-11 00:00:00

ton professed to appeal to the constituencies when
his policy towards China was condemned ; most as-
suredly the present Government will do so upon
any point in which they are unjustly assailed.. In
that case Lord Palmerston and his friends will has-
ten a dissolution, in which their influence must be
altogether destroyed; The last general election
played havoc with the Whigs ; in the next they
will be altogether swept away. The current of
public opinion sets strongly against these ponti-
eians, who, without holding definite or advanced
opinions, have for some time managed to engross
the direction of pnhlic affairs. Looking at one
moment to the Rhdicals for aid, and at the next
hailing on the Cbliservatives, they have thrust
themselves into prominence to which they were not
en itled. The film has, however, been removed
from the eyes of the public, and a just chastisement
has fallen upon these errant politicians. If they
sherism of the eggiisnlaittus
character,e
choose to precipitate their doom instead of letting
things take their own course, the penalty will be
upon their own heads. We believe that the spirit
and the independence of a majority of the mew-
if and brook
e,aarreesoclenatlioii
in
o
that they fail in this extremity Lord Derby may
with
safety appeal to the pe,ple. Toe heart of the
nation is sound ; there will be no degradation in its
decree. Men of all clas, es will hail with enthusiasm
an opportnuity of proving their confidence in a
Legislature
will
no
Government which iu a short space of time has ac-
complished such mighty results,

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

The motion for a censure on the Ministers, of
which notice was given by Mr. Cardwell last night,
of course was the ruling subject of discussion and
gossip at the Clubs during the evening. The
House of Commons was deserted, for " the new,"
o,i the abs'irbing topic was to be gathered else-
where. The general impres-iiin is, that the Go-
vernment will triumph in the division, inasmuch
as the feeling of the country b ing with them, the
pressure from without will become stronger the
time fort gorfe atthe discussionWhigs yl[orrookischo
Anelvr.ereardythtehemovement
ia-
tast_eful in the City's eye," and au o is
being oruanised to the Cambridge-house Plot,
which will he very damaging to those who took
part in it.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAX MORNING.
LIMERICK ELECTION.

Three candidates are already in the field for the
sett prematurely vacated by the unseating of
Major Gavin. They are Mr. John Ball (for the
second time), Mr. James Spaight, Justice of the
Peace, and Mr. Synon, brother of the Rev. James
Synon. an influential parish priest. According to
current reports Major Gavin might have enjoyed
the seat until the dissolution of Parliament but for
the unfair course adopted by his agents at the late
contest, and to which Mr. Ball attributes his de-
feat—namely, the attempts (in a great degree suc-
cessful) to class him as one of the creature F, and fol-
lowers of the late John Satilei,-. As to the gallant
Major's future hopes of being returned for Lime-
rick, his vote on Mi. Monsell's motion is said to
have settled that point.

THE LANDED ESTATES COURT BILL.

The trade reports of the Freeman's Journal,
while speaking favourably of Mr. Whiteside's Bill,
beli-ves that the pr.posal to levy 8,0001. per an-
num on the Bank of Ireland for the use of floating
balances, which are put down at 800,0001., will nut
be as saccesßful as the Atrorney-G-eneral imagines.
It is not likely that the Bank will for a moment
listen to suchU principle, and, although the alter-
native of removing the account to a private bank is
hold out, it is not probable that such a proceeding
would b., attempted. Besides, in the case of ua-
e❑cumbered property, the money will pass very
rapidly through the court, and there is no likeli-
hood of a similarly large accumulation for the
future. The sales for the present month are un-
usually large, reaching 27,400 acres, of the value of
18,8741. per annum. Among the most noteworthy
is the mansion and demesne of Rostellan-caitle,
tht seat of the Thomond family. .

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday upwards of 200 non-commissioned
officers and men were selected from the depots of
the Bth, 10th, 20th, 233 (Royal Welsh Fusileers),
21th, 29th, 32d, 45th, 43 I (Light Inf. +ntry), 61st,
70th, 81st, and 94th Regiments, at Chatham, for
the purpose of being placed under the instruotors
of musketry at that garrison, in order to acquire a
knowledge of the use of the Enfield rifle previously
to embarking f>r India. The troops of she Royal
Engineers are instructed daily in the uFe of the
rifle by Captain G. R. Lempriere, and the non-
commissioned officers and men of the Roy al Marines
by Major G. B. Rodney.
Upwards of 100 recruits have arrived at Chat-
ham Garrison during the last two days, chiefly
from the London district, for the purpose of joining
the various East India depots.
The Austrian Imperial paddlewheel steam yacht
Fantasie Captain Michieli, which belongs to the
Grand Duke Maximilian, from London, arrived in
Plymouth on Sunday afternoon bou.id for Trieste.
Her Majesty 'a paddle-wheel steam-ship Valorous,
16, Captain W. C. Aldham, arrived at Plymouth
on Friday, having in tow the Turkish line-of-battle
ship Fethie, Cap aiu Ahaie B-y, which is to be
sulplied with machinery and a screw irop:ller in
the Davonport dockyard.
The screw steam-frigate Topiz', 51, is to be
launched from Davouport dockyard to-morrow
afternoon. Her dimensions are—length, 267 feet ;
breath, 50 feet ; depth in hold, 18 feet 4 inches ;
burden, 2,651. tons.
Mr. William Collier, vita-consul for Portugal at
Plymouth, has received instructions from Mr.
Vanzellar of thQ expected arriv.l of the young
Queen of Portugal at that port on Tuesday or
Wednesday to embark for L'sbon. The train
from Paddington is appointed to arrive at Ply-
month at 5 30 p.m., and it is supposed that her
Majesty will go ou board the same evening. The
Portuguese steam corvette Bartholomew Dias,
Captain Franco, arrived in the Sound on Friday,
and the paddle-wheel steam-vessel Vayvaz Miu-
dello' Captain Domingos Fortuna. Valle, on Satur-
day, both from Ostend.

Artisans from Devonport dockyard were actively
employed on Sunday and Monday fitting cabins on
board the screw steam-ship Diadem, 32, Captain
Moorsom, which is appointed to convey the
Marquis of Bath and suite to Lisbon, in company
with the Portuguese corvette Bartholomew Dias.
All the wire of the Atlantic telegraph is out of
the tanks at Keyham. After the Niagara has re-
ceived 142 miles from the steam vessel Adonis,
which arrived from the Thames ou Saturday, and
40 miles now in the course of completion at the
manufactory, her portion will be on board. The
paying-out machinery is expected at Plymouth iu a
few days. It is intended to move the Niagara from
the floating to the outer basin to-day, and into
Hatnoaze on Thursday. From the position of her
engines, just abaft the mainmast, and of her boilers
which extend forward, her accommodation for the
wire is not so capacious in any one place as that on
board the Agamemnon, where the great bulk is in
the mainhold. The Agamemnon has been removed
to the southern part of the tidal basin t t receive
from the the Adonis her paying-out apparatus and
167 miles of wire, which, with 50 at the manufac-
tory, completes her portion, 1,501 miles, the fri-
gate' being I,sll—total 3,012, for a calculated
distance, from Ireland to Newfoundland, of 1,634 i
nautical, or 1,895 statute miles, showing a surplus
of more than 50 per cent. The shore end at Va-
lentia is all eady down; the shore end at Newfound-
land will be laid by a small steamer. The Niagara
takes the western portion of the line, and as she
will probably have head winds, and may encounter
fogs near Newfoundland, the place of junction will
be 50 miles to the westward of a point on the
route equidistant from both continents. From
Newfoundland there is telegraphic commuhlo:
tion with New Orleans, distant 3,710 miles fcgio
ing the course of the wire, and when the Atlantic
cable is laid direct communication
with Conetantinople, thus uniting the
leaving
the
nents. It is calculated that a
wes°l,nday of
Turkish capital at 2 o'clock,
sayto6no'clock the same
or-
noon, will reach New Orleans at
Com-taut
evening. The first message from
2, at 11 45,
inople
direct left on Saturday
eveant 8 b 7 in the evening of
and arrived in o
departure of the ships on the
three
.hours. Thecruise will probably take place on the
experimental Whitehouse, the compat,y's 25th inst. Mr.
elec-
trician, proposes to use on board each ship a battery
which shall be so arranged as to throw a current
constantly into the wire, and thus keep it hat is
the same day, L9Lnddnodenpotnime beating the sun nearly
can
obtainede J e t i_
termed " permanently charged" by " current
equilibrium." By this means either vessel will, it
is expected, be able to ascertain at any time if the
wire is receiving a current from the other without
waiting for a definite signal, When the wire is