The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-22 00:00:00

Completion of the St. Lawrence Cable.

From Cyrus W. Field, Auxee Bay, to the Direc-
tors of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company,
London, Sept. 20 :
" The cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence was
completed this evening. I send you this message
through the same.

"We have now two cables in good working order
between Newfoundland and Cape Breton.

" The Medway and Terrible leave early to-morrow
morning to lay an additional cable across the Straits
of Northumberland."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with
heavy rain.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Glenaros,
from London for Adelaide; Maori, from London for Auck-
land, N.Z.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Wind N.W.—Arrived:--Mar-
garetta, from Bahia. _ _

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PLYMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sien-tien,
from London for Mauritius.

BRISTOL, Sept. 21.—Wind W. to N.W.—Arrived—
Maddelena, from New York; Douglas Castle, from New
York

CARDIFF, Sept. 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Condor, for
Shanghai ; Healman, for Buenos Ayros ; Ludvig, for Rio
Janeiro.

CARDIFF, Sept. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sensitive,
from. Camillas.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

,GRAVESEND, Saturday. Morning.

Arrived,_ Sept. 21—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, from Dun-
kirk ; Taurus, steamer, from Tanning ; Wabash, from
Gaudaloupe ; Immanuel. from Ibrail.
Arrived, Sept. 22—Triton, steamer, from Boulogne ;
Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp.

Returned—Balgowan, from Sunderland, for Palermo ;
Eliza Laing, from Sunderland, for Point de Guile. '
DaM, Saturday Morning.
Passed, Sept. 21—Alexandra; screw steamer, from Lon-
don, for Genoa; Citizen, from London, for Bordeaux.

Arrived—Lily, from London, for Cienfugas ; Forest
Rights, from London, for Port Phillip.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The. great fountains will be
played at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The band of the Cold-
stream Guards will play on the terrace during the display.
One Shilling day, Friday, Sept. 21.—Admissions on pay-
ment, 2,524; ditto by season tickets, 1,237—t0tal visitors,
3,761.
THE PRINCELY GIFT TO MR. STURGEON.--A
weekly contemporary says it is reported that the lady who
has promised the noble sum of £20,000 to Mr. Spurgeon,
for the purpose of founding an orphanage in connection
with his chapel, is the Duchess of Sutherland.

The directors of the Sciude Railway Company
have issued a report for the six months ending 30th
June last, including reports of their other under-
takings, the Punjaub Railway, the Delhi Railway,
and the Indus Steam Flotilla. The gross receipts on
the Scinde Railway amounted to £53,166, and the
expenses were £43,083, leaving a balance of £10,083.
The earnings of the Steam Flotilla cannot be ex-
actly stated, but the net receipts are estimated at
£11,500. On the Punjaub Railway the receipts
have reached, in the aggregate, the sum of £52,664,
or about £15,053 more than in the previous six
months. The report of the Delhi Railway states
that the works progress in a satisfactory manner,
and an early opening of a portion of the line at each
extremity, it is anticipated, will soon be realised.
The Secretary of State for India has sanctioned an
addition of £2,500,000 to the capital of the under-
taking under the guarantee of five per teat,