The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

A FAMILY PARTY IN A-BETER SHOP—Mrs. Brandy,
the wife of James Brandy, a beershop keeper in Bromley,
appeared before Mr. Yardley, to answer an information
which charged her husband with having his house ope❑
for the sale of ale and beer at one u'clock on Wednesday
morning, contrary to the statute.
Police sergeant, 6 K, said be went into the defen-
dant's house at one o'clock in the morning, and saw rix
men and three women regaling themselves and making a
good deal of noise. Some cf the party were drunk, and
the landlord, Brandy, who, looked as if he had been
drinking brandy, was the worst of all. Indeed all ti e
party were more or less intoxicated.

Brandy, to the poli,cema❑—How can you say sr_ ?
Mr. Yardley—Wtll, Mrs: Brandy, what have you to
say to this ? _ _

Mrs. Brandy--It was a family party, sir, and I t):d
the policeman so.
The police sergeant—No ; ynu did not.
Mrs. Brandy—l'll take ,ny dying oath of it. My
father waA there, and the others were my cousins.
Hero MN. Brandy introduced a little old man, I],r
father, a buxom widow, and five others, and said with
the cxception cf her father they were all cousins.
Mr. Yardley—Ho:7 many cousins have you?
Mrs. Brandy—l don't know how many, sir.

Tre widowLl was there, sir.l am a c iusin, sir.
The police sergeant—l did not ace you.
Teo widow—Yes, you did, and asked mo if I had
sold my mangle.
Mr. Yardley—Do you keep a mangle ?
The widow—No, sir.
JasEph Pittman, the little old man, said
Your worship, we were a ❑ice little ain;ing•party. My

nephew came from sea and I invited him to come over
to the Brown Horse and see Mrs. Brandy, his cousin,
who is my daughter, and other cousins arrived and we
kept it up most

Mr. Yardley—So it appears the police-sergeant was
quite right in putting this case in a chain for inquiry,
but I see no earthly reason why a man who keeps a
beer-shop should not have a family party. The sum-
mons is dismissed.

NAVAL AiVD MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Major-Gen. Wesley, Deputy-Adjutant General
of the Royal Marine Forces, made his annual offi-
cial inspection of the Light Infantry Division at
Fodor', under the command of Colonel Command-
ant Hurdle, C. 8., yesterday. The troops were
drawn up on parade about 10 o'clock, and the in-
spection commenced as usual with the men's ap-
pearance and their kits. At this inspection the ser-
geants preferred a request to the Deputy-Adjutant..
General for the additional 2d. per diem enjoyed by
the sergeants of the army. He replied that simul-
taneously with the appearance of the Horse Guards'
circular last February he applied to the 'Admiralty
for a favourable ear to the application. As soon,
therefore, as the necessary arrangements have been
made at the Treasury, the sergeants of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry will receive the increase of
pay so well deserved. After inspecting the barrack-
rooms, stores, offices, &c., the battalion was dis-
missed for dinner; after which they were marched to
Haslar, to be inspected in field exercises, which
will be repeated to-day, when the inspection will
terminate.

A most impudent fraud has just been detected in
the manner of serving out the meat to the troops
in Portsmouth Garrison. It appears that on the
morning of the 6th inst., the Inspector of Weights
and Measures under the corporation (Mr. Moncrief)
went to Cambridge Barracks to inspect the scales
and weights at the meat store, and found on exami-
nationthat the beam of the scale had been tampered
with by being put into a fire and lengthened,
causing a difference of 6oz. in the balance of the
scales, by which it appeared that if the scales had
not been balanced previously teethe men receiving
their meat he would have furnished to each mess
6 cz. less than their proper quantity. By experi-
ments made subsequently it has been satisfactorily
ascertained that notwithstanding the scales bad
been balanced a fraud had been perpetrated on the
regiment (the 47th), to the extent of 6 oz. in every
141 b., making daily about 331 b. Mr. Moncrief
summoned the contractor, Mr. Cheeseman, before
the Portsmouth magistrates on Wednesday, when
the evidence fully convicted him of the fraud on
the troops; he was severely lectured for so infa-
mously robbing the men who fought for their
bread, by Major Travers, the senior magistrate, and
fined in the full penalty of 5/.
The Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht, Master
Commander J. E. Petley, returned to Portsmouth
before daylight yesterday with Prince Alfred from
Queenstown, where his Irish tour terminated with
a visit to the naval establishment at Haulbowline,
over which ho was conducted by Dr. R. T. C.
Scott, Surgeon of the Royal Hospital in that
island. The Prince proceeded to Osborne in the
course of the day.

The 47th Fjot, comprising 4 field officers, 11
captains, 18 subalterns, 6 staff, and 864 men, leave
Portsmouth Garrison this morning at nine o'clock
for Aldershot, and the 15th Foot, comprising 26
cfficers and 700 men, leave Aldershot at the same
hour for Portsmouth.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamship Argo, Commander A. B. Benson, arrived
in the Thames from Calcutta on Thursday evening
with invalid troops from India who were lauded
at Gravesend the same eying andforwarded directly
to Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham.
The Dragon, 6, paddlewheel steamer, having
been fitted at Chatham reserve, was towed from
that port to Sheerness yesterday by the Adder and
African seamers ; she is expected to heist the pen-
nant immediately.

The Scorpion, 6, at Chatham, is ordered to be
removed to the Thames to be appropriated as a
floating station for the police.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH,

QUEENSTOWN, JULY 5.
On the 10th June the Atlantic telegraph squad-
ron, consisting of the Niagara and Gorgon, and
Agamemnon and Valorous, left Plymouth. On
the 13th June, in consequence of the thickness of
the weather, combined with a strong wind, the four •
ships parted company. After encountering a suc-
cession of gales they reached the appointed rendez-...
vous (lat. 52.2 N., long. 33.10 W.) in the follow..
ing order :—Valorous on the 20th, Gorgon in the
forenoon of the 23d, Niagara in the afternoon of
the 23d, and Agamemnon in the afternoon of the
25th. Duriag the gales the last-named ship re-
ceiv, d some slight damage, and the main cable coil
on board her shifted her position. On the 26th,
under the most favourable circumstances so far as
weather was concerned, the cable was spliced, but
before five miles had been accomplished it parted on
board the Niagara ; another splice was immediately
effected, and at 5.30 p.m. the Niagara, led by the
Gorgon, started for Newfoundland, and the Aga-
memnon, led by the Valorous, for Ireland. All went
smoothly till 5 a.m. of the 27th, when the Niagara,
ceasing to receive the proper signals from the
Agamemnon, cat the cable, and, in company with
the Gorgon, returned to the rendezvous. On meet-
ing the Agamemnon it was found the cable had also
been cut on board of her in consequence of the non-
arrival of the necessary telegram from the Niagara.
On the 18th, at 7.50 p.m., the cable having been
once more joined, the vessels separated with every
prospect of success, and the cable continued to pay
out without any unusual strain. Doubts were fast
disappearing from the minds of the few incredulous '
ones, when, alas !at 9 p.m. of the 29th June the
Niagara ceased to receive communications from the
Agamemnon, and the electricians, by seine method
known to themselves, discovered that the cable had
parted either on board or close to the Agamemnon.
How far this may be correct we must wait for the
arrival of the Agamemnon to de We. At this time
234 miles of cable had been laid down in an average
depth of I,7oofathoms, or nearly two miles. It may
set ve to give some idea of the strangth of the cable
when it is known that the Niagara remained an-
chored by it for some hours, and that it ultimately
broke at a strain of seven tons. The Gorgon and
Niagara returned at once to this p.ort, for orders,
and have just arrived. The non-arrival of the Aga-
memnon and Valorous can be accounted for in this
way : When the vessels parted company on the
28th the arrangement was, in the event of the cable
pasting
before a specified quantity had been laid
down, that the ships were to return to therendezvous,
and the first arrival to wait a certain number of
days for the other ships. On the other hand, if the
cable parted after the quantity specified was laid
down, the ships were all to retain to Cork for orders.
Now the assumption that 284 miles had been Laid
down was based upon the fact of the Niagara hav-
ing accomplished 142 miles, and the suppos'ition
that the Agamemnon had succeeded with a like
quantity. It is, however, pretty evident that the
Agamemnon had not completed the specified quan-
tity before referred to when the cable parted, wad
that she and the Valorous have returned to the
rendezvous, where they will, of course, wait the
number of days agreed upon for the Gorgon an
Niagara (four days, I think) ; we need not, there-
fore, look for the Agamemnon or Valorous beft ire
the 9th or 10th inst.

The result of three attempts to lay down the
Atlantic telegraph cable during the month of jtane,
1858, may be thus summed up :
First attempt failed consequent upon an acci dent
in paying out.

Second attempt failed consequent upoa con-
tinuity ceasing.
The third, and last, cannot be properly accot tnted
for until the arrival of the Agamemnon, and it
would be unfair to the Atlantic Telegraph Con tpany
to express an opinion that would be founded, liter-
ally upon nothing,