The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-29 00:00:00

THE RED SEA TELEGRAPH.

ADEN, APRIL 10.
The Imperador, with part of the Red Sea tele-
graph cable, arrived here on the 6th, and left for
Suez the day following. The cable is reported to
have been in first•rate order, and the gutta percha
as firm as the day it left England. The Imperatrix
is hourly expected, as is also the Cyclops from
Bombay, to pilot the vessels in paying out the
cable. Mr. Newall is here making arrangements
for a station, and will probably leave in the
Cyclops. The other stations selected are Suez, Cos-
seir, Perim, and Suaken, and huts have been
despatched from Suez for the temporary accommo-
dation of the working telegraphists. Thus far the
prospects of success are highly favourable ; and,
should no unforeseen accident arise, it may fairly
be presumed that two months hence we shall have
direct communication with Egypt, and perhaps
with London, through the electric wires. The
Imperador made the voyage to Aden in 68 days.
The French frigate Duchayls took nearly double
that time from Marseilles.

TOTAL LOSS OF THE EMPRESS OF
INDIA STEAMER.

The loss of another iron screw steamer, the Em-
press of India, entirely a new vessel, and on her
maiden voyage, was made known yesterday. She
is entered in Lloyd's .Register of Skipping as having
been built at Newcastle this year, under special sur-
vey, with four watertight compartments, and is de-
scribed as 600 tons measurement, with engines of
100 horse power. On the 26th of February last she
left Peterhead for Greenland, on a whaling expedi-
tion, her crew mustering 85 bands, and Capt. Mar-
tin acting as master. Her voyage, as far as Lerwick,
Shetland, was favourable, but two days after leav-
ing, on the 12th of March, the vessel being under
close-reefed topsails, a heavy sea struck the ship
forward, carrying away bowsprit, bulwarks, and.
sweeping the decks. All hands were immediately
called to clear the wreck, which took upwards
of three hours, and, in: the meanwhile, the bowsprit
was dashing alongside, and striking the ship, and
must have stove her forward, but which was not
discovered till the morning of the 18th. The
weather slightly moderating, enabled the crew to
pump out the water she had made, and the course
of the vessel to northward was kept, as there ap-
peared at the time nothing serious. On the morn-
ing of the 19th the chief officer found an increase
in the leak, which gained rapidly on the pumps,
notwithstanding they were kept constantly going.
Three hours afterwards three of the compartments
amidship were discovered full of water, and
the crew's bedclothes were washed out of the
beds, the water being as high as 'twixt decks.
The ship was put about, and a course steered to
the southward in order to procure assistance from
some of the whaling ships. At half-past three
p.m. saw two vessels and made them out to be the
Narnhale, belonging to Dundee, and the Ranger, of
Tonsberg. In the meantime all the pumps had been
kept hard at work, and the boats were got out in
case of emergency. It became evident, however,
that the ship could not be saved, and at midnight
she was abandoned, the crew saving themselves by
the boats and getting on board the vessels above
named. Within a very short time afterwards the
steamer went down. Captain Martin states that
he considers the loss of the ship attributable.to the
boisterous state of the weather, the intense frost hav-
ing contracted the rivets of the iron plates, and he
supposes that she must have been struck by some
pieces of ice, and thus produced the leak. The
steamer was insured at Lloyd's for £lB,OOO.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

BIRMINGHAM-APRIL 28.

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There was a moderate supply of wheat to-day, which
sold readily at an advance of 85 per qr on late rates. Oats,
barley, and peas 6d to is dearer. Beans fully is higher.
The millers advanced the retail price of flour a further 6s 8d
per sack, making 105 in the week.