The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-26 00:00:00

THE DUBLIN POLICE BILL.

On this subject the Dublin Evening Post says :—"Tlie
member of the Irish government, with the approval of
Lord Eglinton, have applied for and obtained the sanction
of the Government to prepare for the reproduction of the
Dublin Police Bill of last session, and to obtain all returns
and statistics that may be considered necessary by the pro-
moters of the bill for the destruction of the police force, on
the pretence that it contains too large a proportion of
Catholics. The bill is to be brought forward again at the
opening of the next session ; and the whole strength aid
power of the Government will be put in requisition to carry
it through."

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.)

ST. LEGER.
3 to 1 agst Toxophilite
9 to 2 agst Fitzßoland
6 to 1 agst Hadji (take 7 to 1)
12 to 1 agst Sunbeam (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Knigh of Kars (taken)
20 to I agst Longrange
25 to 1 agst Governess (taken)
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Marionette (taken)
Mere was very little betting.

STOCKTON RACES-(THIS _DAY.)

(By Electric Telegraph.)
CLEVELAND STAKES.

Archduchess . I
Haresfoot .. --, 2

Ten ran
STOCKTON HANDICAP.

Broadlands.
Honey tree

Underhand is struck out of the Great Yorkshire Ilan di-
cap; Relapse out of the Stafford Stakes at Lichfield; sad
Balnamoon out of all his engagements this year.

HISTORY of the ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

(From the Liverpool Albion.)
At the present time, when messages are beginning t•
pass between Ireland and Newfoundland, it may be int•:-
resting to advert to the origin and development of this
grand undertaking, which has so recently taken the world
by surprise, in consequence of the scarcely to be expected

success of Mr. Bright and those who assisted him in
energetic prosecution of this wonderful project. The first
conception of the possibility of a telegraph acr3ss the Allan..
tic can scarcely be attributed to any individual, for it nstrz.

rally would—and did—follow upon the first insulatiJoa
off au underground wire, which was the original fora
assumed by telegraphic conductors. ITnless viewed 3a
this light, the merit of the introduction of steam }s

an agent might with equal justice be ascribed to tl •
vague speculations of the Marquis of Worcester, or the mo

shapely designs of Papin, instead of to Watt, who broug'ot
into its present practical shape the steam-engine. The idhei

of an Atlantic telegraph had been suggested for many year,
though scarcely believed in by the propounders themselve•
until those connected with the present liue provided the
necessary basis. For several years the feasibility of such I a
extension had been asserted in our town (whose commert e

is chielay interested in the success that has been achieved A,

by Mr. Bright, who demonstrated the practicability of
direct line between America and the south-west coast_ c,f
Ireland, where he had extended the wires of the Magrietin

Telegraph Company, of which he waa the engineer;

and with this view he carried out numerous mechanic:ll

and electrical experiments.

In 1855, Mr. Cyrus Fick',

vice-president of the Telegraph Company between

New York and Newfoundland, came to Englane',

and became acquainted with Mr. Bright, as on,

of the most prominent engineers in the advancement
telegraphic science, finding that he was at work on thi

subject. The Newfoundland Company, which Mr. Fiel-1
represented, had in view an extension of their telegraph.;
from Newfoundland to Europe, but were not prepared.

with the practical knowledge to furnish proof, or wit
the capital necessary for carrying it out. Mr. Field asso-

ciated himself with Mr. Bright, as well as with Mr. Brett,
who was well known in this country as a promoter of
other submarine lines, and with Mr. Whitehouse, who,
although not previously connected with telegraphs, had
recently devoted himself to some important electrical en—
quiries. In the middle of 1856 a series of experiments re—
sulted in the elimination of apparatus capable of exciting ata
electrical sensation through 2,000 miles of the subterranean
and submarine wires of the Magnetic Cetnpany, sad m
full statement of this telegraphic feat was communicated to
the world by Professor Morse, who was a spectator of then
final experiments and proof. Some valuable privileges

baying been sccured by arrangement with the Newfound—

and, Nova Scotian, and other American Telegraph Corn—

panio, and a promise of the aid of ships, together with al
subsidy of £•8,000 a year, from the British and United

States Governments, the Atlantic Telegraph Company was
formed in this country under the Joint-stock Act conferrinic
limited liability. A form of cable having been provide('
that was calculated for submersion in the depths of the

Atlantic (which had been previously sounded throughout:
the route proposed for the cable), the project was intro—
duced here, and warmly taken up by those of our towns—
men under whose consideration it was brought, and by
this means the requisite capital was in a great men—

sure raised, only a very small proportion appearing
to have been taken in the United States. Mr. W.
Brown, M.P., on account of his extensive business rela—
tions with the United States,was the first chairman appointed,
although we believe the connection of that gentleman whit
the company was of a very recent character; indeed, it is
understood that he did not take any part in bringing it before
the public, but rather drew back at first from joining the
undertaking. By the middle of the following year 1857,
the cable manufacturers, Messrs. Glass and Elliott, and
Messrs. Newell and Co., had completed their task, by
spinning 2,500 miles of cable, and Mr. Bright, the com—
pany's engineer, had designed and constructed a variety

of apparatus, with the view of regulating the speed of
delivery, and giving safety to the operation of paying out
the cable from the ships. In fulfilment of their promise,
the British Government placed the Agamemnon, Leopard,
and Cyclops at the disposal of the company, and the
United States Government sent over their steam-frigates
Niagara and Susquehanna. The necessary arrangements
being completed for coiling away the cable, and the immense
mass having been placed on board the Agamemnon and
Niagara, the squadron, after meeting at Queenstown to
Excte h
lieeyt
he oofr thedLieutenant
landing
in-
terchange signals throughout the entire length, proceeded
to Valencia,
cable end was inau-
gurated by
his in person,
on the sth August. With the issue of that expedition
where
Excellency
all our readers are acquainted. After success bad attended
the Niagara in paying out nearly 400 miles between Fri-
day and the Tuesday following an error in judgment on the
part of the breaksman fractured the cable. In this
attempt it may be noted that a considerably greater length
was submerged successfully prior to the mishap than any
cable laid up to that period. In June of the present year,
after a series of experiments in the Bay of Biscay, the
squadron—consisting of the Agamemnon, Valorous, Gorgon,
Porcupine, and the United States frigate Niagara, Capt.
Hudson, proceeded to mid-ocean, where they met at the
rendezvous, after encountering a fearful gale on the way out,
in which the ships and their crews, especially lheAgamewnoa,
snared severely. Two more attempts were then made, after
which (apparently by some misunderstanding) the Niagara
proceeded to Queenstown, instead of returning to the ren-
dezvous in the middle of the Atlantic, where Capt. Preedy
and Mr. Bright waited nearly a week in the Agamemnon,
expecting the Niagara to rejoin. On the Agamemnon getting
back to Queenstown another effort was determined upon,
which has led to the glorious result of telegraphic commu-
nication between the two continents--both the Niagara and
Agamemnon arriving at their opposite destinations at the
same time, Mr. Bright landing the end of the cable at
Valcutia (by a curious coincidence) on the same day this
year (August 5) that the Lord Lieutenant last year assisted
to draw it on shore prior to their departure. The details of
the last two expeditions will be fresh in the minds of our
readers. Since the sth instant ample opportunity has been
afforded of negativing, in the most practical and undeniable
manner, the seany statements made beforehand as to the
impracticability of working through the cable when laid ;
and the results, as regards even the speed cf the first Sig -
g, front shore to shore of the two continents, must
prove very reassuring to the shareholders. The rate first
attained, of about one hundred words per hour, should pro-
duce receipts yielding 25 per cent. per annum to the pro-
prietors; and, as we learn that at present upwards of ferty
curtents can be passed with ease per minute,_ there
is no doubt that, by mere improvements in_ tile form
of alphabet, or by the use of codes, a far greater
at. We
speed of communication will shortly be arrived_
believe Professor Thomson, who accompanied he expe-
ditiott, is now, with other scientific„ entlemen, engaged ore
this sub.), ct. It was surmised by many that the signals
might be affected by currents of terrestrial magnetism pasriiier
between the two continents, such as ate experiei.ced in
lcon-
nection with the laud lines of telegraph in this country and
in Amertcq, but none such appear to exist in the cable, the
uniformly low temperature of the c enact depths net only pre-
cluding, all probability, any disturbance of this kind,
-
hut, at the same time, actually improving the insulating
et] fitfletei
• of the gotta percha coatings which which the
ducting wire is enveloped. Great pert of the cable has now
been down nearly a month, and, as nothing can well be con-
ceived to interfere with it, except, perhaps, in the shallows,
ne.ar the shore, where it can (1:s experience has proved mittt
other cables) be easily repaired, there appears so reweate
why the original predictions of the protnotet s should not be.
verified by the cable continuing to be a must useful agent to
the human race for ages to come.
AN ELECTRIC QUINTET.--A Hungarian, M. Leon
Hutnar, has, according to the. Emancipation of Brussels,
made a new and curious application of electricity. In a
public cst'cert at the National Theatre lie played, by means
of electric wha', en fivetiF rent planets at the same time.
he electric battery whic4 Ised the wires was iU an a(lja-
nt