The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-16 00:00:00

GWEEDORE DESTITUTION.

The Donegal farce has
.just arrived at a fitting climax.
The ghostly dispensers of the money subscribed to relieve
" the destitute " have restored to Mr. Bagwell, M.P., a
Ei note which he gave before the Parliamentary inquiry.
Of course, after the decision of the committee, in which be
concurred, their reverences were too conszientious to keep
his money. At first it might be thought, says an Irish
journal, that the committee, in sending back the subscrip-
tion, were desirous of acknowledging themselves duped, and
were willing to make full reparation. It is not so, however,
the restored note was designed merely to testify the con-
mittee's disapprobation of the part taken by Mr. Bagwell
in pressing for a Parliamentary inquiry into the allegations
of distress, and of his having united in returning a true ver-
dict according to the evidence adduced before the tribunal.

TIIE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The following interesting despatch appears in this even-
ing's papers :
VALENT/A, Saturday Evening.
" Communications from the staff in Newfoundland rela-
tive to the adjustment and working of the instruments con-
tinue to be hourly received at this station, and with that
accuracy which is nothing less than marvellous.
"No commercial regular messages have as yet, we under-
stand, passed along the line, the privilege of the opening
message having been reserved for her Majesty, the know-
ledge of whose warm interest in the success of the undertak-
ing has prompted this graceful homage to our Queen on the
part of the directors of the company.
" It is, we are told, hourly expected that this royal open-
ing of the line will take place, and that it will speedily be
followed by a response from America in the shape of a teply
.rom the President to the Queen's message, shortly after
which, we bear, it is probable that the line will be opened
to the public."
VICEREGAL MOVEMENTS.

His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant left the Viceregal
Lodge yesterday afternoon, by the Drogheda. Dundalk, and
Enniskillen Railway, for Crom Castle, the Earl of Erne's,
en route to Londonderry, to be present at the Agricultural
Society's meeting for 1858. His excellency will be the
guest of the Lord Bishop of Derry and Rapboe during kis
stay at Derry. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant will
arrive in Derry on Tuesday evening at six o'clock, by spe-
cial train from Enniskillen. The corporation will receive
his excellency in the Council Chamber, when the address
agreed to by the corporation will be read and presented. The
members of the corporation will appear in their robes of office,
headed by the Mayor and civic functionaries. The Lord Lieu-
tenant, owing to previous arrangements, cannot accept the
invitation of the corporation to dine on Friday next ; but he
will sail down the Foyle on Wednesday at 11 o'clock a.m.,
ticcoinpanied by a select party, in the William 111`Cortnick
steamer, which has Leen kindly placed at the disposal of the
Port and Harbour Commissioners by the Londonderry
Steamboat Company. Immediately after the banquet on
Wednesday evening the Lord Bishop of Derry will hold
a reception at the Palace, and on Friday his Excellency
will leave for Garron Tower to visit the Marchioness of
Londonderry.

THE STGCIS.
Hibernian Bank, 32 ; Dublin and BelfaqJunction,424 ;
Great Southern and Western, 4 per cent. pref., OS.

ANTWERP BOURSE.—The destruction of the Ex-
change at Antwerp by lire has been less commented on than
it deserves, for the building was of interest for its archi-
tecture and associations. Although it columns, each of
varied pattern, were not irnita'ed, yet its cloislered :quart
gave an example to Gresham's Royal Exchange and it:
successors, and to many a Bourse and Boise in Europe and
America. It was one of the many shrines of pilgrimage in
that city of art, and many is the architect arid tourist who
will regret its loss. It was more fortunate than its London
offspring, for it had withstood many a peril by siege and
fire. It will now become a question whether a thorough
restoration is to take place, or a new building is toll COA-
Etructvd of more pretensionew,Builaing Arm .