The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-27 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC CABLE.

The following telegrams have been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), from Mr. R.
A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Con-
struction and Maintenance Company (Limited)

VALENTIA, July 26.

" The following telegram has been received from
the Great Eastern this day :—Canning to Glass.
Noon, ship's time, July 26. Lat. 48.45 N., long.
51.16 W. Cable payed out, 1,744 miles. Dis-
tance run, 1,558 miles. Slack 11.93 per cent.
All going well. Weather foggy. Sea calm."

" VALENTIA, July 26.
" The following has been received from the Great
Eastern at 6 p.m. :
" Frigate and Albany in sight. Weather
clear.' "

" VALENTIA, July 27.

" Great Eastern steaming up Trinity Bay at 4.25
this morning ; expected to land shore end at noon,
local time."

"And Ye shall Walk in Silk Attire."

(SUSANNA BLA3IIRE'S not ROBERT BURNS'S.)

A correspondent writes to remind us that it was an
English Lady who was authoress of the Song re-
ferred to in yesterday's Sun in our notice of Burns's
Poems, the new and popular edition recently pub-
lished by Routledge. "Miss Susanna Blamire (1747-
1794), a Cumberland lady "—says Chambers's
Cyclopedia of English Literature (V 01.11., p. 275)
" was distinguished for the excellence of her Scottish
poetry, which has all the idiomatic ease and grace
of a native minstrel. Miss Blamire was born of a
respectable family in Cumberland, at Cardew
near Carlisle, where she resided till her twentieth
year, beloved by a circle of friends and acquaint-
ances, with whom she associated in what were
called merry neets, or merry evening parties, in her
native district. Her sister becoming the wife of
Colonel Graham of Duchray, Perthshire, Susanna
accompanied the pair to Scotland, where she re-
remained some years, and imbibed that taste for
which prompted her
Sbecaoutttiisfhulmlyelroicdsy, and music
Nab ob , ' 'The Siller Croun,'
&c. She also wrote some pieces in the Cumbrian
dialect, and a descriptive poem of some length,
entitled Stocklewath, or the Cumbrian Village.'
Miss Blamire died unmarried at Carlisle, in her
47th year, and her name had almost faded from
remembrance, when, in 1842, her poetical works
were collected and published in one volume, with a
preface, memoir, and notes by Patrick Maxwell."
The poem in which the familiar lines mentioned
occur, and which, in fact, they commence, runs as
follows—being entitled—

THE SILLER cnomsr:
And ye shall walk in silk attire,
And Biller ha'e to spare,
Gin ye'll consent to be his bride,
Nor think o' Donald main
Oh, wha wad buy a silken goun,
Wi' a puir broken heart ?
Or what's to me a Biller croun,
Gin free my love I part ?
The mind whase every wish is puro,
Far dearer is to me ;
And ero I'm forced to break my faith,
18:7 me down and dee ;
For I ha'e pledged my virgin troth,
Brave Donald's fate to share,
And he has gi'en to me his heart,
Wi' a' it's virtues rare.

His gentle manners wan my heart,
He gratefn' took the gift ;
Could I but think to see it back,
It wad be waur than theft.
For langest life can neor repay
The love ho bears to me ;
And era I'm forced to break my troth,
I'll lay me down and dee.
Set to the air known as " The Siller Croun," these
stanzas we find were first published as a single
sheet song by Napier, and were afterwards inserted
in the third volume of " Johnson's Museum." It
may be remarked, by the way, that the last line of
the third stanza and the fourth line of the second,
arc identical with the closing line of each of the
three verses of a yet more popular Scottish song
than even Miss Blarnire's " Siller Croun"—meaning
that lovely ditty of" Annie Laurie" beginning—
" 3laxwelton braes are bonnie,"
and ending—

" I'll lay mo down and deo."

The which world-famous love song, it may be
interesting to add, was written by Mr. Douglas,
of Finland, on Anne, one of the daughters
of Sir Robert Laurie, first baronet of
Maxwelton. Readers of the " Old Curiosity
Shop" are here reminded by us,
in conclusion, of
Dick Swiveller's echoing of those words, which
have now been, we can't say exactly " fathered,"
but let us say " mothered " upon Miss Blamire—
when just precisely in the same strain in which
he describes Sophy Wackles to Fred Trent,
by saying, " She's all my fancy painted her,
Sir, she's lovely, she's divine she is"—he exclaims
later on, in reference to the Marchioness, " And she
shall walk in silk attire, and siller ha'e to spare !"

GIFT FRO3I HER MAJESTY.—The Rev. 11. 8111-
mer, of Deptford, near Sunderland, has received from her
Majesty the Queen the sum of .£3, as a donation to the wife
of a shipwright, named Henderson, living at Deptford, who
last week bore three children at one birth, all of whom are
doing wa—Newcastle Journal

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, July 27.

A deputation composed of Baron von Rothschild
and three Senators has arrived here from Frankfort,
and was received yesterday by the Minister Baron
von der Heydt and Count Eulenburg. The mem-
bers of the deputation also had a long conference
with Baron Werther and Herr von Savigny.

SPAIN,

AIADRID, July 27.

A Royal decree has been published ordering the
adoption of energetic measures against officers
giving their commissions to creditors as security
for debt.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA.
(Via Crookhaven.)
NEW YORK, July 17, Evening.

President Johnson has vetoed the Freedmen's
Bureau Bill upon the same grounds on which he
vetoed a similar bill in February last. Both Houses
of Congress passed yesterday the bill over the Pre-
sident's veto.

A Republican Caucus has resolved that it is ex-
pedient that Congress should adjourn on the 23d
inst.

Attorney-General Speed has resigned office,
Nothing definite has transpired concerning the an-
ticipatedresignation of Messrs.Stauton and Harland,

Secretary Seward has written a letter approving
the Philadelphia National Convention, which he
regards as a patriotic effort to induce Congress to
adMit the Southern representatives, which admis-
sion can alone complete the restoration of the
Union.

President Johnson has signed the Internal
Revenue Bill, which takes effect in September next.
The tax on cotton is fixed at three cents per lb.
Head Centre Stephens has been committed to
Boston gaol for a debt of $4,000. He has since
been released on bail.

Intelligence from Matamoras, dated the 2d July,
states that General Carvagal has demanded of Fe-
deral General Getty the surrender of the French
financial agent. The latter had crossed the Rio
Grande at the time of the capture of Matamoras,
with the customs archives in his possession. The
matter has been referred to Washington.

The America, Nova Scotian, and Periere have
arrived out.

NEW YORK, July 19, Evening.
The political animosity between the Radicals and
the President's supporters is daily increasing.
The house has passed the joint motion to adjourn
on the 25th inst.

The New York Times says :—" The bill for the
annexation of the British provinces was introduced
by General Banks on his own responsibility, and
was not acted upon or reported by the committee
for foreign affairs. No importance attaches to it."
The Edinburgh has arrived at New York and the
Africa at Halifax.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, July 19, Evening.—Money abun-
dant--Gold, 1501. Exchange on London, 1653- ;
on Paris, 3.40. Stocks firm and active—New York
Centrals, 1044 ; Illinois, 124 ; Erie, 65i ; Five-
twenty United States Bonds, 107. Cotton steady
—Midland Upland, 36c. Flour declining. Wheat
dull. Corn steady. Provisions dull. Coffee
slightly firmer. Molasses and sugar steady. Pe-
troleum slightly firmer—crude, 23c. ; refined, 39c.
NEW ORLEANS, July 16.—Cotton, low to mid-
dling, 32 34.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, July 19.

Intelligence from Vera Cruz on the 9th says that
it is rumoured that the Liberals have captured
Tampico.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, July 26.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

July 26. July 19.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank

and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation .. 974,592,075 981,973,725
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 31,710,775 55 30,131,376 31
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 611,866,158 99 310,013,776 79
Do. branch banks 38,588,954 41,505,069
Dividends payable 3,461,624 75 4,6E4,693 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

six months
.
Surplus of receipts not
distributed - -
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
July 26. July 19.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. , fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

--connteci, not yet due 332,224,302 94 349,887,832 63
Do. branch banks 360,990,623 365,871,628
A.dvances on deposit of

_ .
bullion 12,089,000 10,615,800
Do. branch banks 11,882,100 11,956,000
Do. on French Public

Securities 14,713,200 15,032,300
Do. by branch banks 8,392,200 8,672,900
Do. on railway shares

- and debentures
D. branch banks 23,160,700 23,537,900
Do. on Credit Foncier

Bonds
Do. branches -
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 —' 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisdes

(Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches ... 8,289,480 8 288 605
expenses of manage- , ,

went 494,300 60 477,606 78
Sundries

T0ta1............ 1,724,656,252 93 1,729,539,681 35
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) itouLAND.

The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis-
count from 4 to 3f per cent.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The Market opens quiet at a farthing decline.
Sales probably 8,000 bales.

THE NEW HOTEL AT GALLE.—The ,building
erected by the Oriental Hotel Company at Galle is
quite palatial in its dimensions and accommodation. It is
a fine three-storeyed edifice erected on an elevated site,
and the upper rooms command the most beautiful views of
the harbour, the sea, the undulating hills around, and the
mountains beyond Galle. When we visited the place the
appliances from England were being utpacked, and we
almost envied those who were to use the nice marble-
topped tables and wasbhandstands, the neat iron bedsteads,
the baths, and other comforts and conveniences. Colombo
Observer.

A GALLANT SENTrNEL.—A story is told of a
Prussian sentinel stationed on the steeple at Trap-
,pau, and left behind there when his company retreated.
The citizens attempted to take him prisoner, but the Prus-
sian easily defended with his bayonet the narrow %I finding
stair by which alone access could be gained to the steeple.
They then decided on reducing him by famine, but the
Prussian, having with him a good supply of cartridges,
announced that unless he was regularly and well fed, he
would shoot every one who passed in the streets around
the church.- The good soldier thus contrived to maintain
his position for two days, when Troppau was reoccu-
pied by the Prussian; and he was reliev,ed, and, we
trust, rewarded,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

GAMBLING IN HYDE PAUL—Henry Sadler, labourer,
Wm. Hall, compositor, and Alfred Beagin, general dealer,
were charged before Mr. Knox with gambling in Hyde
Park, contrary .to the regulations of the Ranger.
Thos. Leader, 155 C, said he was on duty in Park-lane
the previous afternoon, about four o'clock. He sawn crowd
of persons inside the park, and on going across the park
ho saw the prisoner with a stand playing with dice, and
betting with halfpence. Sadler threw the dice, and the
others were playing. The stand was covered with an oil-
cloth, and with painted devices on it similar to those on
the dice (Prince of Wales' feathers, hearts, stars, and dia-
monds). As soon as he went up the prisoner Beagin said,
" Cheese it (run away), here's the beadles cooling," and
the prisoners then went and sat under a tree. He took
them into custody and took possession of the stand, and
another with some iron rods and rings which were used for
gambling purposes, the rings being thrown on to the
rods in playing the game. On the way to the station
Sadler threw a dice box from him, and on searching
Beagin he found a dice box on him.

Hall said he was a stranger to the others, and worked
for his living as a compositor in the St.-Pancras-road. He
was only playing.

Mr. Knox said he would have inquiries made respecting
Hall. The question was whether he was ono of the dupes
or one of the rogues.

Sadler said the articles produced did not belong to him,
but to a man who asked him to carry them as, he had
another job to do.

The constable said that Sadler was throwing the dice,
when Beagin said " cheese it."

Beagin said he was a general dealer, and had lots of
things like the dice boxes in his possession in the way of
business.

Mr. Knox asked Beagin if he could produce any one to
speak to his character ?
Beagin said he could.
Mr. Knox said that as to Sadler there could be no doubt
about him. He was liable to be sent to prison for three
months, but as he was not known he would only send him
for a month. As to the others, inquiries would be made
respecting them.