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

TUE LAND ZD ESTATES COURT BILL.

The trade reports of the Freeman's Journal,
wh:le speaking favourably of Mr. WhitekiVs B 11,
bai,ives that the proposal to levy 8,0001. per an-
num on the Bulk of I, eland for th. use of flosting
balances, which are put down at 800,0001., will not
btt as succ(-s-fu.l ai the At orn,.y-G-neral imagines.
It is not lik-ly that the Bank will for a moment
listen ti such a principle, and, although the alter-
native of removing the account to a private bank is
held out, it is not probible that such a proceeding
would b. 4 attempted. Besides, in the case of un-
encumbered property, the money will pass very
rapidly through the court, and there is no likeli-
hood of a sundarly large accumulation for the
fa, ure. The sales for the present month are un-
usually loge, reaching 27,400 acres, of the value of
18,874/. per annum. Among themnst notewot thy
is the mtrsion and demesni of Rostellau-caatle,
the seat of the Thomond family.

NAVAL AND IVIILITARY INTELLIGENCE'.

Yesterday upwards of 200 non-commissioned
officers and men were selected-froth the depots of
the Bth, 10th, 20th, 23d (Royal Wash Fusileers),
210, 29th, 32d, 45th, 43 i (Light Inf. intry), 61st,
700, 81st, and 94th Regiments, at Chatham, for
the purpose of being placed under the instructors
of musketry at that garrison, in order to acquire a
knowledge of the use of the Enfield rifle previously
to embarking for India. The troops of the Royal
Engineers are instructed daily in the use of the
rifle by Captain G. R. Lempriere, and the non-
commissioned officers and men, of the Royal 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
dha
tifpo
pr
lValorous, Trieste.ym o Plymouth
Hneh
16, t
Fantasie Captain Michieli, which belongs to the
Grand Duke Maximilian, from London, arrived in
Pl7ir(.lclaAdy paddle-wheel ln snrtreiba: neudi
ou Friday, having in tow the Turkish line-of-battle
3,
eaor
pu
i‘ itt
nes on
t y
W.
, S
s u n
cpa .
ship Fethie, Captain Altaie Bey, which is to be
su: plied with machinery and a screw propeller in
the Devonport dockyard.
The screw steam-trigate Topaz-, 51, is to be
launched from Devonport dockyard ta-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, vice-consul for Portugal at
Plymouth, has received instructions from Mr.
Vanzellar of the expected arrivel of the young
Queen of Portugal at that port on Tuesday or
Wednesday to embark for Lisbon. The train
from Paddington is appointed to arrive at Ply-
month at 5 30 p:m., and it is supposed that her
Msjesty will go on board the same evening. The
Portuguese steam corvette Bartholomew Dias,
Captain Franco, arrived in the Sound on Friday,
and the peddle-wheel steam-vessel Vayvaz Min-
den°' Captain D 'mows Fortuna Valle, on Satur-
day, both from Os end.
Artisans from Divonport dockyard were actively
employed on Sunday and Monday fitting cabins on
board the screw steam-ship Diadem, 32, Captain
W. Moorsom, width 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 Keyh sm. 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 clays. It is inteinted 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 to 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's being ],sll—total 3,012, for a calculated
distance, from Leland to Newfoundland, of 1,634
nautical, or 1,895 statute miles, showing a surplus
of more than 50 per cent The shore end at Va-
leutia is already down; the shore end atNewfound-
laud 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 coruneuriol:
inile
tion with New Gleans, distant 3,710 8
Atlanticf
the course of the wire, and when the
obtained
cable is laid direct coinninnica.ion can
be
with Cote tantinople, thus uniting
the
leaving the
nents. It i calculated that'a inerts_
m nday of er-
Turkish capitsl at 2 o'clock,
say
ytoo o'clock the same
noon, will reach New Orleans
rom
taut
inople
evening. The first ID eSSvaR.!..../g, May
2, at 11 45,
direct left on Saturday
ne ow"
d at 8.57 in the evening of
and arrived in aeotot
d beating the sun iie.Arly
the same day, London
departure of tile ships on the
• three hours. The
experimental c
1 1
cruise will Fro',ab y take p ace on the
25th inst. Mr. b." h the cowrie: y's elec-
trician, proposes to use on board each chip a battery
which shall be so arranged as to VI) ow a cur, tnt
constantly into the wire, and thus keep it v,hit
termed " permanently charted" by " cut rent
equilibrium." By this means either vessel will, it
is expected, be able to ascertain at any. time if the
wire is roc:A% iLg a uumii.t frt.an tLe other
voitlng for a definite eignal. When the wile is