The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-08 00:00:00

Suspicious Vessels at the Faroe Is'ands.

Statements have been made in several journals
respecting a " Fenian privateer" seen off the Faroe
Islands, and some alarming inferences have been
drawn from the discovery. On this subject the

Scotsman of yesterday says :—"The Tornado, lately
at the Faroe Islands in company with certain other

vessels, is now in Leith Roads, where she has been
for some time ; and the accounts received of her,
furnished by her crew, are important, if reliable.
This vessel, and the other ships along with her at
the Faroe Islands, are no doubt the ships referred to
by the London Observer, when reporting a ' Fenian
privateer off the Faroe Islands.' The Tornado, itis
reported, has no connection with the Fenian move-
ment; and if she be engaged in any secret enter-
prise, it is more likely to be in aid of the Chilians
against Spain. The Government of Spain have be-
come alarmed, and they have been endeavouring to
ascertain the object of the Tornado and her confe-
derates. The Spanish Consul-General has been in
Leith, and aided by the local consul and others, is
inquiring into their doings, but with what result has
not been allowed to transpire. Several of the crew
of the Tornado are ashore, after claiming their dis-
charge, and from them it has been learned that on
the 10th July last they were engaged at Hamburg,
where the vessel was then lying, to serve on board
of her on a voyage to London or any other port in
the United Kingdom. She left Hamburg five days
afterwards, but in place of directing her course to
Great Britain she proceeded to the Faroe Islands,
where she met two Eteamers in a narrow creek, on
each side of which rose high snow-covered moun-
tains. By this time the crew, learning that they
had been deceived, were in a state of mutiny, and
refused to work. The cargoes of the steamers that
met the Tornado consisted of Armstrong guns,
[ powder, shot, shell, swords, and small firearms, and
[ an attempt was made to transfer these to the Tor-
, nado, but the crew refused to engage in the work,
and therefore the transhipment could not be pro-

ceeded with promptly. Meanwhile, the coast-guard

of the place communicated with their superiors, and
the vessels were ordered to put to sea. Upon the
master of the Tornado promising to take his ship to
an English port and giving the men two months'
pay, iu addition to what he hakl agreed to give at
Hamburg, they consented to go with him. The
other two steamers having left the Faroe Islands
first, the Tornado departed on the 22d or 23d
July, steamed direct to • Leith, and cast her
anchor in the Roads. On her arrival she reported
that there were four of the crew affected with diar-
rhoea or cholera, and the owner, who was on board,
had a broken leg. The Custom-house officers
reported the circumstance to the local authorities,
and Dr. Williamson and the inspector of nuisances
went out to the ship. The men affected with
diarrhoea soon recovered, and the owner, whose
right leg was fractured by a fall at the Faroe Islands,
was removed ashore. The crew claimed their dis-
charge, and several of theni left the ship satisfied ;
but others of them considering that they had not
received all the pay bargained for, came on shore
and put their case in the hands of a solicitor. There
is nothing on board of the Tornado, and nothing
has transpired to warrant the authorities to inter-
fere with her, so that she lies at anchor unmolested.
She hails from Glasgow, and is reported to have
been built on the Clyde as a blockade gunner ; but
the American war coming to an end either before or
soon after her completion, she was of no use in that
service. She is a screw steamer of 495 tons,
but looks larger ; has engines of 350-horse power,
and is reported to be a fast sailer under steam or
canvas. She has no cargo on board beyond a few
bales of hammocks. She has 16 gun ports, which
are boarded over in the meantime. Her boats have
been taken ashore. The destination of the other
vessels, whose names are known, is uncertain. They
both left Loudon, one clearing out for Gibraltar,
and the other for Hamburg ; but when at sea they
changed their course, and ran for the Faroe
Islands."

A FRENCH SAVANT ON THE ATEANTIC CABLE.—
At a recent meeting of the Academy of:Sciences at Paris a
conversation took place on the subject of the Transatlan-
tic cable. M. Babinot came forward and said—The Trans-
atlantic cable has just been laid, as every one knows. I
call attention to the fact, because while it is in a working
condition we ought this time at least to make it available
for a useful purpose. We should profit, and that at once,
by the electric cable which unites the New World and Va-
lentia, to determine the exact longitude of the American
station, for there is very little chance indeenhat messages
can be sent for any long period. It will be recollected
that in 1858 the cable transmitted the electricity for a few
days only, and that it took thirty hours to send fifty-ono
words. Having explained the construction of the
former cable, the French savant said it was true
the present cable was modified in its construction,
but th:.t it would not resist the corrosive action of
the sea water. M. Babinet exhibited a thick cable which
had been five years under the Channel. The • external
metallic coating peeled off in shreds. The salts of the
water corroded the metal and got to the central wires.
The water eats away a millimetre of metal per year, and
what wire could withstand such waste ? :Yet the Channel
cable was thick and the Atlantic ono is thin. I have good
reason for believing that the success of the cable this time
is only ephemeral. The communications will not be of
long duration. We should, therefore, turn it to good
account, and as in the first attempt £720,000 were
uselessly spent, and £760,000 have been laid out on the
new cable, wo should at least ascertain the exact longitude
of the American station. General Morin—A longitude
which would cost £760,000 is dear. The shareholders of
the company will certainly be of my opinion. (Laughter.)
M. Babinet—lt will be a small dividend indeed, but it is
bettor than nothing% (Renewed laughter.)
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