The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-13 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGBAPR.

QUEENSTOWN, MONDAY, JULY 12.
The Agamemnon arrived here this morning at
12.30, having left the rendezvous in the centre of
the Atlantic on the 6th inst.

On the voyage out with the other vessels of the
squadron a succession of tremendous south-westerly
gales was encountered, which scattered all the ships
for some days.

During this time the very heavy and unequal
load on board the Agamemnon made her condition
one of danger.
At one time, indeed, the storm was so violent
that the chances were strongly in favour of her
going to the bottom with all on board.

The worst storm was during the 20th and 21st
of June, when the Agamemnon rolled so heavily
and dangerously as in her then trim to lead to
serious fears that the masts would go overboard,
or that she would capsize completely and founder.
In these heavy lurches the coals which were
stowed in the main and lower decks broke away,
and seriously injured several of the crew.
The electric instruments were all injured. The
_main coal in the bottom of the hold shifted. The
deck boats got adrift. The iron screw guard was
wrenched in. two, and the waste steam pipe between
the boilers broken, all by the heavy rolling.
Twice, after every effort had been made to ease
the ship, which was much hampered by the upper
deck coil of 236 tons forward, it was found neces-
sary to run before the wind, so that it was oily on
the 25th of June that the rendezvous was made,
and the other vessels of the squadron sighted.
The first splice was made on the 26th, and was
broken an hour afterwards on board the Niagara,
after three miles bad been paid out from each
vessel. The second splice was also made on the
26th, and broke at 4 a.m. on the morning of
Thursday, the 27th, parting apparently at the
bottom of the sea, after some miles had been made
The third and last splice parted at 10.30 p.m. on
the night of the 29th, about six fathoms below the
stern of the Agamemnon, after 146 miles had been
paid out of that vessel.
The cause of the last fracture is not known, as
the strain of the wire was only 2,2001 b.
After this the Agamemnon returned to the ren-
dezvous, and cruized for five days, during which she
met with sufficient bad weather to prove that the
removal of the upper deck coil had almost re-
stored her to her trim, and certainly rendered her
buoyant on a sea.

Unfortunately, the Niagara did not return to
the rendezvous, so that the only fine weather which
the expedition had was totally lost, and the Aga-
memnon had to proceed to Queenstown.
There are still 2,500 miles of w re on board the
two ships. It is intended to fill up with coal and
fresh provisions and start for a final attempt on Sa-
turday next.

SALE OF POISONS BILL-MEETING OF
THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY.

yesterday a public meeting of the members of
this society was held in the board-room of the
institution, Bloomsbury-square, to consider what
steps should be taken in reference to the Sale of
Poisons Bill, which has passed through the House
of Lords. There was a very large assemblage of
members, many from various parts of the kingdom.
Mr. JACOB BELL was unanimously called to the
chair, and having opened the proceedings, and
stated the objections to the bill.
Mr. COTTON moved the following resolution :
" That this meeting having fully considered the
provisions of the Sale of Poisons Bill, is decidedly
of opinion that in its present form it is not calcu-
lated to afford the desired security to the public ;
while it would be in its operation injurious and
oppieesive pharmaceutical chemists, and chemists
and druggists generally, and would occasion great
inconvenience to all classes of the community.".

Mr. WATTS, of Brompton, seconded the resolu-
tion.

Mr. RAMSF.T, of Ashford, suggested that it was
their duty to support the council who had done so
much to advance the interests of the members, and
recommended that concise particulars of what was
required, and their objections to the bill, should
be furnished to each member of Parliament who
might be requested to take up their cause.
Mr. F. GouLn, of Kingston, supported this view
of the case.

Mr. COLLINGS was of opinion that there was
some lurking hopes that the bill might be rendered
more palatable, but thought that it should be
opposed in toto. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HOOPER thought some of the medical pro-
fession were at the back of the bill, and objected to
the display of any spirit of compromise, as exhibited
by_ the council of Edinburgh.
Mr. M'FARLANE, of Edinburgh, in a humorous
address, defended the council, but accorded with
the opinion that there should be no compromise,
and said that the education of the profession was
the only true safeguard for the public.
After some remarks from Mr. Pedler, Mr. Dick-
enson, Mr. Stanton, of Cambridge, and others, the
resolution was put and carried unanimously.
Mr. Dickenson moved, and Mr. Collings se-
conded, a resolution, "That the bill should, by
every possible constitutional means, be opposed in
the House of Commons, with a view of preventing
its becornin law."

After some further discussion this was also agreed
to, and the following, upon the motion of Mr.
Ramsey, was also carried :—" That the petition
now read be adopted by this meeting, and that
the Right HOD. Sir Benjamin Hall be respectfully
requested to present it to the house, and to support
its prayer."
The petition in accordance with the foregoing
was then signe 1, and other resolutions adopted,
concluding with thanks to the chairman and coun-
cil, when the proceedings closed.

MR EDOUART AND THE EXETER HALL SERVICES.—
The Rev. R. Burgess, B D., prebeedary of St. Paul's
Cathedral, and rector. of Upper Chelsea ; the Rev. Capel
Molyneux, M.A., minister of Lock Chapel; the Rev.
B. Mackenzie, M.A., incumbent of St. James's Church,
Upper-Holloway and the other gentlemen who were to
conduct the Exeter Hall services, have been served with
a formal protest signed by the Rev. A. G. Edouart,
M.A., incumbent of St. Michael's Church, Burleigh
street warning them against proceeding with the ter
vices in Exeter-ball, which is within the ecclesiastical
district over which he bas supervision, pointing out
to them that the services so c inducted are illegal
without his sanction, and threatening legal steps against
them if they continue to act in violation of the law. Oo
a firmer occasion the committee for conducting the ser-
vices abandoned them when Mr. Edouart protested and
threatened them with the terrors of the ecclesiastical
law, notwithstanding the assent of the Bishop of Lan-
don, which had been previously obtained. On the present
occasion it has been determined to proceed with them,
so that in the event of Mr. Eiouart persisting in his
legal opposition, the question may be decided by the
proper authorities whether such services are really op-
posed to the law of the Church. Mr..Molyneux will
preach next Sunday evening.
The CoNFEssrovar, IN BELGRAVIA.—An open-air
demonstration of the Protestant inhabitants of Belgravia
was held last evening in the grounds of the Pavilion,
..,
Sloane-street. The Hon. C. S. Vereker, m p took the
chair. The Rev. C. Nevin opened the proceedings by
offering prayer, chiefly for the support of the Church of
England as established by law. The meeting was then
addressed by the chairman, who gave a history of the
struggles made iu the locality against the Roman Catholic
practices which had been attempted to be introduced
into the Church of England. He begged the meet-
iug to remember the starting and frightful disclosures of
the confessional which had been made at the great
meeting in Sr. James's Hall. He then read some of the
correspondence between the Bishop of London and the
Rev. Alfred Poole to prove that the latter gentleman
acknowledged that ho practised the confessional in some
form or other. The chairman next said that they had
come to this crisis in the Church of England—they
must take some decisive step to put an end to the pro-
ceedings of the Tractarians. Mr. Edward Harper,
in a speech of great length, in which he inveighed
strongly against the doctrines and conduct of
the Puseyites, proposed that a memorial be pre-
sented to the Queen to interpose her royal authority
for the suppression of the practice of auricular coniessioo,
penance, and priestly absolution. The resolution was
seconded by Mr. Paul Fosket, and supported by Mr.
C. Westerton. The latter gentleman said that he firmly
believed the immense numbers of persons assembled
were there for the purpose of beginning a new Reformao
tioe, for Et 3 the Peseyite party contended that the con-
fessional was part and parcel of the Church of England,
they (the people) must make a stand against it,
or it would become Ho They must remember that
the Prayer-book which allowed tho confessional was
published 300 years ago, and was framed to suit the
exigencies and circumstances of a people just emerged
from Popery. Now they were far too enlightened to
be led back into the serfdom of priesthood. These re-
marks were received with loud applause by the multi-
tude, who cheered loudly and waved their hats and
handkerchiefs in passing the resolution. The same
unanimity and enthusiasm were displayed in the passing
of the second resolution (moved by Mr. James Beal and
seconded by Mr. I'. D. Berry), for presenting a petition
to both Houses of Parliament against the practice of
the confessional. A formal vote of thanks to the chair

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man terminated the proceedings.
A MUSICAL CAT.—A few mornings ago the wife of a
trade:;man in Bridge•street arose at NiX o'clock, and was
rather surprised to hear the notes of a pianoforte. She
proceeded to the sitting-room, but found DO pianist there.
The housewife had scarcely left the room ere the playing
again commenced, and was even louder than before. She
most c3-utiqusly retraced her steps, and, peeping through
the half-opened door, to her great astonishment beheld
the cat (apparently much pleased) gracefully striking the
notes of the piano with his foreaws, his hind legs rest-
ing on a chair in front of the iusptrument.--Notanyltam
Journal.