The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-01 00:00:00

holders of the Grand Challenge Cup and othei trod hies
of victory at Henley, was decided last evening at ru may,
in the presence of a large assemblage of rowing gentle-
men. his needless to say that the style of polling was
excellent.

First Heat.
Messrs. Herbert Playford and Potter l,
Messrs. Catty and E,,csrnbe -
This was a good beat, They went away well toget
and remained so for about 100 yards, when tite win)
got a length in advance, and held it all the way do
the losers rowing well.

Second Heat.
Messrs. Leeds Paine and Venue... . • I'l
Messrs. &Allot, 1 and Lowe - . 0'
—•••••—•
Messrs. C. Stahlschmidt and Henty 0
It was a very good race down to, the Ties), w
Vertue and partner crept. ahead. A beautiful .na,
then took place between the two other heats for
second place, which was note acquired- by.Scbintel
Lowe until Off-Craven Cottage. Wen by fmi or
lengths, the same distance between secand.and,thir
Final Heat,
Messrs. Playford and Potter
Mesers. Paine and Vertue
They.went away level, at a clippingtpacs; which
kept up nearly all the way. Nb a.clvantage..cOnlc
seen between the boats for upwards .of a .quarter
mile, when Playford and Potter-were. iihead,:bnt :fo
Paine and Vertue stanch -opponente. .Tlie race, h
ever, was ;:itua'ly won ty two, or three..lqcgthi.
:The prins were silver (sups, presented 1.4 ntr:Fra
Playferd, late ,champion of 'the' Thantio 1 an:rthe
Lance in all the heats was from qampierpini,tio.-brildgi
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Putnerbridge.
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EUROPEAN AND AIIiNZT(L4N
TELEGRAPH.-

= A.preiiminary meeting, at ends and
moters- of this. undert.king attend:• held on
day; at the Ggild4all Caffee-housn,
Chan." 'Wail taken by Mr. .tames Ctryldt . •., in
absence of Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P.. who exprel
his regret at not being able to attend, in consequent
his engagement to take the duties of the justice-roon
the Mansion-houFe.

Mr. JAMES WYLD, M.P., in opening the business of
the meeting, explained that the proposed European and
American .Telegraph was of an exceedingly compre-•
.hensive okaracttr. The promoters proposed to lay a
telegraph in the first instance to L )colon, whence it
would be prolonged to Gibraltar and to Malta; where it
would form a junction with the important line of com-
munication to the East. The teleglaphe which would be
made to India, whether by way of the Euphrates Valley
or the lied Sea( would become valuable feeders to the
proposed line, and on the completion of the system
Great Britain would be perfectly independent of the
existing telegraphic cemmanicetion on the Con-
tinent. This ,considared to be a most important
matter, and any phinlilitch would accomplish so dealt.-
able an object: would, he felt eciafidenir meat•witti the '
support of the British Government. (Hear, Ifear.) The
late President of the Board of Trade, Lord Stanley. of_
AlOerley, bad pointed out the great risk which thi,
country ran in
,having, in the event of war, its important
intelligence transmitted by 'continental pthvers to the
enemy. - The establishment of an independent line, such
as that now proposed, has been submitted to the o•e-
-sent Government, and Earl,Gray had stated in the House
of Lords that "he hoped the line from Plymouth to
Alexandia, by way of Gibraltar and Malta, would 'be
laid down, because it was of the utmost importance that
her Mej 'qty's Government should have the power iof
communicating with our military garrison in the Medi-
terranean by means of a telegraphic line formed by a
British compaey.",To supply this important link was not,
however, the role object of the promoters of this com-
pany. They proposed, and had obtained all the necessary
concessions for enabling them to carry their projeot into
effect, to lay a telegraphic cable from Lisbon to Flores,
one of the group of the Az meet Islands, and thence to
some point on the coast of the Unit.-d States which might
be hereafter de.rmined. This wonid give to Great. Bt itain
and the United States an alternative line in the event
of the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph. To
the United States and the British C: lenies in America
it would, however, give -much more than this, as
it would enable the merchants and Government of
those countries to communicate direct with the Medi-
terranean and the East Indies, with which a very
large amount of business was transacted.. With
regard to the physical difficulties of laying the proposed
telegraph, although an opinion upon this point would
came with greater weight from his friend Mr. Edwin
Clarke, who had great t xpciienca in his profession as en-
gineer in laying submarine telegraphs', still he could not
avoid saying that difficulties fully as great as those
which may be anticipated between the Azores and
Thston, or Charlestown, had been successfully overcome
in the Mediterranean lines, where the cable had bean laid
over chasms in the bed of the sea, as deep as any that
would in all probability be encountered in the Atlantic.
(Hear, bear.) So far as the line between Plymouth and
Lisbon, and thence to Malta was concerned, which
was the part he was anxious to see first undertaken,
there was not the Ellgireesirroona for,donbt respecting the
laying of the cable. is‘tlio soensairrai IoL 4rv.sry inch of the
ground were already accurately known. So far as the
profitable character of the undertaking was concerned,
there could not be two opinions upon that point. The
Times had sta'al " the messages to and from Now
Orleans Alone wuuld employ and riotly pay one cable."
The enormous eiteut to which telegraphic communica-
tion was carried on appeared, upon the same great au-
thority, to,be such, that thirty wires were barely suffi-
cient I r the transaction of the business between Lon-
don, Liverpool, and Dublin. (Hear.) He had no doubt
whatever that a project of this sort well brought out by
men of energy awl intelligence would be fully supported-
by the public. (Hear.) With respect to the particu ar
form of the cable, and the best mode of laying it, these
were matters with which the directors would be called
upon hereafter to deal, aided as they would be by
the valuable advice of Mr. E twin Clarke; but of this
there could be no doubt that the experience obtained
by the attempt now about to be made by the
Atlantic Telegraph Company would be of immense value
in guiding the future operations of the company. (Heat.)
The completion of the line to Lisbon, and thence to Malta,
WAS in his opinion the point to which the attention of
the company should in the first instance be directed, In
conclusion, he called upon Mr. E. Clarke to state to the
meeting his opinion on the merits of the proposed line,
and to mention any objections which be believed, in an
engineering point of view, offered themselves to the coin-,
pletion cf the undertaking. (Hear
Mr. EDWIN CLARE, C E., said, that although his
connection with the proposed line was a very recent
one, and might, indeed, be considered as still in pro-
gress, yet that the object of a similar telegraphic com-
munication had long been a matter of deep considera-
tion with himself and friends. Taking up the pro-
posed line at Ps commencement—from Plymouth to
Lisbon, and thence to Gibraltar and Malta, there was
no question that the independence in this part of the
line, of all Continental influence, rendered it ode of the
highest importance to the public interest, so much
so, as to Command for it a Government support. (Hear.)
Like all men, whose business sought its advantage from
the progress of civilisation, he was desirous of peace, and
hoped for peace; but it was impossible for those who
understood human nature, and its enlargement in what
be might call national nature, not to comprehend that
wars were possible, however improbable. Against such
probabilities even civil engineers, as well as statesmen,
-were compelled to provide. A line, therefore, which gave
independent-access to Gibraltar, thence to Malta, and
so Conneated them, entirely and independently, with the
East, see of the utmost importance, and would undoubt-
edly bring profitable commercial results. He, therefore,
strongly recommended the immeditoe commencement of
that portion of the proposed line. As regarded that part
from Lisbon, by the Azores to Boston, he could answer
for the space from Lisbon to Flom that there was no
engineeringdifficulty in submerging the cable—that came
within his own knowledge. (Hear, hear.) From Flores
to Boston, across the Atlantic, he could only judge by
analogy and comparison. There might not be a plateau,
or there might ; but that was of no consequence, and
very little advantage. There might be chasms ; but
these had been found in the Mediterranean, and the lines
had been successfully laid over them. Depths there
were ; but these were not obstacles, nor difficulties—
' they were only special circumstances, requiring special
treatment on the part of the engineer. •Where he had
found difficulties in laying down cables—and he bad sub-
merged four across one sea between Holland and Eng-
land—he had found no difficulty from‘depths, but rather
from the want of depths. (Hear, hear.) The shallows,
not the depths, were troublesome. In conclusion, he
would say thus much, that he was favourable to the
plan, that he considered it practicable, that he thought
it would be profitable, and that he was about to ask his
friends to join him in suppbrting it. (Cheers.)
After an animated discussion on various points con-
nected with the proposal, the direction of the line, the
probable returns, the mode of manufacturing cable?, and
the best plan for their submergence,
Mr. Moarmorr, the Secretary, explained the state
of the negotiations between the Company
a
Go-
vernments of England, France,
tin
Spain, nd the
Portugal, the
United States, and Canada,
which they would be disposed to
the assistance
render to the under-
taking, and the following resolution was unanimously
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adopted :
" That this meeting is of opinion that the proposed
h is d
European and American Sdubemoanrifidn
nce g
ee, irnaapsmuchesert? as it
ing of public support an
provides a most important link in asysiem of British and
independent Submarine Telegraphic C.immonication be-
tween this country, ita:tuditary stations at Gibraltar and
Malta, and our possessions in India, and will afford also
a valuable alternative line between Great Britain and
the North.Atnerican Continent, giving also to the com-
mercial interests of America dirt et communication with
the,Mediterrancan and the East, and that the steps
which haves been taken by the promoters of the proposed
European and American Submarine Telegraph, to obtain
the assistance and co-operation of the Governments of
Great Britain, the United States, France, Spain, and
Portugal, and the favourable opinions which I ave been
expeessed cf the merits of the lines, fully justify the
opinion than the respective Governments interested in
their_completion will affkird the required assistance for