The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the sth have reached us.
The government had ordered a prosecution of the
Discusion for the publication of a seditious article,
and the Cronica had been seized for a similar
offence. Count de Punon-Rostro had been pro-
meted to the rank of major-general. A telegraphic
communication had been opened between Madrid
and Barcelona via La Junguiere, Figueras, and
Girona. Reinforcements were continuing to be
sent off to Cuba ; within a few days 400 had sailed
from Barcelona, and 800 from Cadiz and Malaga.

Among the military passengers who lately passed
through Malta, by the Valetta, for India, were
Major-General Windham and Major-General Sir
S. 13. Rose.

A telegraphic despatch from Lisbon announces
that the European and American Company's steam-
ship Calcutta, Captain Blackmore, arrived at that
port on the Bth from the Brazils, and sailed on the
9th for Southampton. She may be expected here
on Sunday.

FUND FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE
REBELLION IN INDIA.

Yesterday the committee appointed at the meet-
ing held at the Mansion-house on the 25th ult. for
the purpose of collecting funds for the relief of the
suffererers by the rebellion in India, again as-
sembled in the Egyptian-hall, under the presi-
dency of the Lord Mayor. There were present—
Mr. Greoson, M.P., Admiral Sir S. Lushin,.4ton
C. 8., Col. Iredell, Col. Goodwyn, Lieut.-Colonel
Henderson, Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Alderman
Salomons, Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. Alderman
Rose, Mr. Dent, Mr. J. Cundy, Mr. Gordon, Mr.
Skipper, Mr. Hadow, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Casenove.
Mr. FJRREST, the acting secretary, read a great
number of letters from magistrates and gentlemen
of influence in various parts of the kingdom, the
writers of which expressed their hearty approval of
the proceedings of the committee, and enclosed
subscriptions.
The following letter, addressed by the Secretary
of the East India Company to Colonel Henderson,
was also read ;

"India-louse, Sept. 2, 1857.

" My dear Sir,—The East India Company have given
instructions to the Government of India to adopt mea-
sures for the immediate relief of sufferers, whether con-
nected with the public service or not. This of course is
only a temporary arrangement, andi ought not to inter-
fere in the slightest degree with the voluntary collection
of funds that may have a most important effect in per-
manently mitigating the losses and privations so exten-
sively caused by this mutinous outbreak.
"I need not assure you how strongly the sympathies
of all persons here are excited by the heartrending ac•
counts which have been received, nor how cordially we
wish success to the subscription for an object which
should be regarded as national.
" Very faithfully yours,
"JAMES C. MELVILL.

" Colonel Henderson."
The secretary next read the copy of a letter, dated'
the Bth inst., from the Lord Mayor, as president
of the committee, to the Governor-General of In-
dia, enclosing a further order for 80,000 rupees,
which has been placed at his Excellency's disposal
in the Bank of Agra for the relict' of tho sufferers.
Sir S. LUSIIINGTON said he had received a com-
munication to the effect that a number of persons
from the scene of the mutiny, principally widows
and children, ha i just arrived at Southampton in a
perfectly destitute condition. He, therefore, pro-
posed that an agent should be appointed at South-
ampton with furl pawers to relieve these persons,
and suggested that Captain W. Ramsay, R.N.,
should be requested to undertake the office.
After a short discussion, in the course of which
it was urged that, as the second original resolution
stood, and until it had been amended at a public
meeting, the committee were not justified in ap-
propriating any portion of the funds collected to
cases of distress in this country (the resolution de-
creeing, that the amounts as collected were to be
forwarded to the Governor-General), the proposi-
tion of Sir S. Lushiugton was referred to the sub-
committee.

Alderman SA.LOMONS said that something ought
to be done with a view to modifying the terms of the
second resolution, as it was perfectly clear that a
portion of the funds collected must be appropriated
to any cases of distress arising from the mutiny
which might be brought under the notice of the
committee. _

It was then agreed that a public meeting should
be called without delay for the purpose of amend-
ing the resolution in question.
The LORD MAYOR announce 1 that the subscrip-
tions in hand amounted to 16,7161.

A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor brought the
proceedings to an end.

MEETING AT GUILDFORD.

Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held
at the Town-hall, Guildford, at which the Mayor
(Mr. Samuel Haydon) presided, "to take into
consideration the best means of assisting our fel-
low-countrymen in India in their present state
of distress."

The Rev. T. LUDLAM moved the following re-
solution :—" That this meeting, sympathising
with the many helpless sufferers by the existing
mutinies in India, feels itself called upon to re-
cord its detestation of the horrible atrocities of
the rebel army, and of their cruel abettors, on
their unarmed and helpless fellow-subjects ; at the
same time, offering their sincere condolence to
the families of the sufferers, and trust that the
efforts of the Government and East India Com-
pany in repressing the rebellion. will, under the
Divine blessing, be crowned with success."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. W. BOTILL,
M.P., and carried unanimously.
Other resolutions, expressing determination to
contribute towards the relief of the sufferers, wore
also passed, and a liberal subscription was made.
A leter from Mr. Mangles, the chairman of the
East India Company, was road, expressing his
regret at not being able to attend the meeting.

CANTERBURY HALL.

ENGAGEMENT OF PICCO.

The enterprising spirit of Mr. Morton, the proprietor
of one of the most agreeable and well-conducted places of
evening entertainment in the metropolis, has unceasingly
been exerted to supply his patrons with musical talent
of the best description. The admirable vocal selection
which is performed nightly at the Canterbury Hall, to
the delight of its crowded audiences, was last evening
diversified by the rare execution of the blind Sardinian
mins!rel on his unpretentious reed. From this tiny in-
strument Piece evokes the sweetest tones, and, in the
proper passages, displays a marvellous facility and pwca
of execution. The hall was greatly crowded, and the
occupants of the seats expressed, by frequent and fervent
applause, their appreciation of what is really a delightful
and interesting treat. Such of our readers as have not
yet had an opportunity of listening to the strains cf
Piece, may now enjoy his melody in this spacious
saloon, eo admirably adapted for sound, well ventilated,
brilliantly lighted, and replete with all the appliances
that redound to the satisfactory enjoyment of the visitor
as regards both his, or her, auscultatory and gustatoi y
organe. The popularity which attended the perfor-
mances of the celebrated Hungarian band will evidently
attend, and that perhaps in a still larger degree, this new
accession to the powerful corps of the transpoutine tem-
ple of Apollo. The proprietor has made a "hit" in his
engagement of Picco, for few who go to hear the
Italian aulist will rest content with a single visit to the
Canterbury.

The amount paid into the Treasury for
ofe:sbli.ll; onm Madras
from the 2Gth August to the 9th inst. was 13,137/ , the
ren ective totals being Bengal, 10,
2,742/ ; and Bombay, 3001.

TILE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH]

Mr. Cyrus Field has addressed the following
letter to the editor of the Times:—
" Sir,—Having been connected with the Atlantic
Telegraph Company from its commencement, and being
in every way deeply interested in its success, I ask the
privilege of reply to the statement in your money article
of the 4th inst., wherein it states as follows :
" It is reported that the Atlantic cable is not likely
to prove available for either of the projected Indian lines
of telegraph. It appears that in its present coiled state
it generates or absorbs a great amount of heat, and a
fear is entertained of its being ruined by the temperature
to which it would be subjected in twice crossing the
tropics. It has been found that extreme heat in the
parts under pressure forces the copper wire to the sides
of the gutta percha, and destroys insulation.'
"On the evening of the day on which your article ap•
peared I proceeded to Plymouth, and, having called to
my aid the electrical and other officers of the company,
there was made a most minute examination of the cable.
" This examination enables me to state that the re-
ports to which you allude respecting the generation of
heat in the cable are simply a mistake, and experiments
instituted there and since my return to London enable
me also to state that no heat exists in the hold either of
the Agamemnon or Niagara beyond what is natural ;
and that the cable tests as perfectly through its whole
I length as it did the day it was put on board ship, and
there is nothing in its own natute, or the mode in which
it is coiled, that leads to the slightest apprehension for
its safety, or for any injury from the pressure to which
it is subjected. The cable is laid in regular strata,
mathematically true—coil upon coil—and-the maximum
pressure upon the very lowest coil or flake is less than
281 b. to the square inch.

t, Severe experiments made and vouched for since:your
article was written show that the cable remained abso-
lutely perfect and uninjured at a temperature of 135
deg. Fahrenheit, under a pressure for several hours.of
considerably more than six times that to which it is sub-
jected in the lowest coil of the Agamemnon.
" As regards the sale of the cable, I would inform you
that the suggestion did not come from the Atlantic Com-
pany, and when the proposition for its purchase was
made them, first by the Red Sea Company and then by
Sir W. O'Shaughnessy for the Persian Gulf, they only
consented to entertain it on the condition that they
could contract for a similar one to be made and
ready for them in time to secure its being laid at the
earliest practicable moment in the spring. On these con-
ditions, and at the price stated, they were willing their
cable should be appropriated to the Indian service, which
was represented to them as most pressing.
" Before I conclude I would make one remark, no: in
reply, but simply in reference to the mass of inaccuracies
which your correspondent "B." circulated in your paper
of the 28th Aug. last. The company have nothing to
conceal. All their acts are open to public scrutiny ; but
it is obvious that they cannot be expected to answer all
communications that appear in the public prints.