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On Monday night Captain Hudson and the
officers of t'le United Stites' frigate Niagara were
entertained at dinner to the ldelphi Ho'el, Liver-
' paol, by the shareholders of the At'astic Telegraph
Company resident in and near that town.- The ar-
, rival of Vie companion ship, the Susquehanna, in
, the Mersey afforded onportunity for the extension
of the hospitali,y to the commander and.officers of
that yeas -1, and among the 82 gent!eman who were
at dinner nearly one-half appeared in the American
naval uniform.
The cha'r was occupied by Mr. Cluistopher
Bushell. The toasts given were "Her Majesty
the Queen," " The health of the President of the
United States," " The Governments of the United
S arcs and Gre •t Brita,:n," " The Bishop of the
Drocese, and the Clergt of all Denominations,"
" The Briti-h and Arne, lean F.,,rog by Laud and
Sea," acknowledged by Captain Sands, of the Sus-
quehanna, for the United Stale ,' navy, Col. Bell
for the British army, and Captain Bevis, RN., for
the English navy. The next .toast was "Captain
Hadsoa and the Officers of the United States' fri-
gate Niagara."
Captain HUDSON', in responding, said every effort
should be used by'himself and his officers to lay the
cahle successfully, and. In „hoped that it would
never grow shorter until they 'reached the stations
at each side the Atlantic. (Cheers ) I believe (lie
co ,tinuad) we shall have no failurc—l believe we
shal carry the cable out Easfo,.,lya,,au4e, I have belief
in that overruling Providence. It is watching over
us ; and I have to doubt when trie cable is carried
across :lie Atlantic, and when the electric wires
carry the news from one country to another, it will
be the means of moralizing the merchants of both
nations. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Thot is in
respect of their wdd specula ion. (On I) The ad-
vantage of talking tocach other in the way of trade
will make all the difference. (Hear, beer.) Yes,
the truth ought to be spoken. Nn men will be
ruined by great hazording, by the _ wild specula-
tions
of putting fortunes in th-ir pockets in an hour.
They will be content to plod about the world's
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liminess, as I and my brother officers have done
here for a period of many yelr3, and I am s Try to
soy that we era no richer than when we began.
(Rear, heir.) In oonclu4on, C.sphin Hudson
propozei " The health of the Chlirsnau, Christo-
pher Bushell."

The toast Sues nrst warmly received.
The CfteiRMAN returned thank; in eloquent
terms, assuring the azsemblage that the honour of
having been appointed to preside on such an occa-
si n would l e one of his proudest remembrances in
after life. In a suitable in'roductioa he then pro-
posed "The Members of Parliament for the Bo-
rough of Liverpod. and the County of Lancaiter."
He paid a personal compliment to the members
severally, and attributed their absence to the pres-
sure of Parl:am.en tary husine,s.
The to sr, was duly honoured.

The CHAIRMAN next, in au appropriate introduc-
tion, propostcl " The Mayor of Liverpool," which
way alsa inot cordially received.
Tne next toast was "The Captain and Officers of
the ships Agam Innon, Susquehanna. and 1.a0p31.]."
p31.]."

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Cant yin SANDES, of the Susquehanna, brieflyr2-
spondei, and delegsted his duty in thst respect to
Mr. Riddenhouse,-the purser of the veszei:
The CHAIRMA.N next proposed " Th.) Chairman
and Diroct )is of the Tele4r tph Comp Any," coupling
with it the nime of Mr. Msxwell.

The toast having been drunk with all the honours,
Mr. MAXWELL responded. He said than he, n 4
a director, had never allowed bimte'f to doubt of
the success of the undertaking ; and if ever a doubt
could by possibility arise it woll,l have bi.,e'n ban-
ished by the fact that two of t!)e m ist powe•ful and
enlightenPd Governm,n's of the word had given
their sanction and their aid to if.

editor of th© Times :

The CHAIIMAN proposed " The Elt-ctricians,
Engines: s, and other offi..:ers of the Attintic Tele-
graph Company."
Mr. BRIGHT returned thanks, and in the course of
his specti said, he had every reason to belitNe that
within three weeks of the present t'ine they would.
he able t,.) send a message from her Majesty to the
President of the United Stites. The announce-
ent was loudly cheered.
The CHAIRNIA.II next proposed. "The Manufac-
turers the Atlantic °aide.'

Mr. NEWALL, of the firmofelliNall and C 1:, re-
turned thanks. He gave a history of Ole tin der •ak-
iug of the contract by his firm and its fulfilment
within the given time, and spoke in the most san-
guine terms of the success of the enterprise.

The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Merclnnt
Service of England and America," which was re-
sponded to in happy terms by Captlin Julkins, of
the Persia, and Captain Lowber of the Ericsson.
The next toa,t "The matinfacturinc, and Com-
mercial lutere-ts of Great BritAin and the United
StAtei ; may the existing ties of commerv, lan-
rela'ionship he further strengthened by
the prompt application of the dis3overies of science
an i art," was responded to by Mr. L. Heyworth
and Mr. J. H. Macrae.

" The Vicc-Presidents and Honorary Secretary"
was responled to by Mr. P. H. Chambars, Mr.
Macrae, and Mr. J. Finch.
" The Ladies" was the last toast, but was, never-
theless, duly honoured.

,
The company separated shortly before 12 o'clock..
Joltiffe's hand was present during the evening,
and its masterly performance of the various rrecea
of music introduced was warmly admired.

TELEGRAPHIC CO WMCNICATION WITH
INDIA.

The following l&t,r has been sent at his request
to Lord Palmerston, as embodying the views of a
deputation which wa'ted upon him some days since:
" My Lord,—l have the honour, by your lord-
ship's desire, to submit in writing the representa-
tion which we wore permitted to make at a per-
sonal conference this morning relative to the esta-
b!ishment of an electric telegraphic communication
between England, India, and China, to be even-
tually extend-A to Australia.
"The ass tciatioa represented by the deputation
was the first to propound the line of telegraph to
India by the Iltal Sea ; but, although the proposal
was favouraldy entettiin,.d at the India-house, it
did not receive such encouragement from the Trea-
sury as to induce them to carry it out, and they
therefore ualtented. themselves with deputing an
agent to Constan!inople to obtain the necessary fir-
mans.

" While the agent was prosecuting the negotia-
tion, another project was started by another party
for the establishment of a telegraphic line to India,
down the Valley of the Euphrates, and met with
favour at the Treasury. A conditional promise
was made of a subvention of 12,0001. a-year, and
the Hon. the Court of Directors likewise aided the
scheme by engaging to continue the line at their
own expense, by laying a submarine cable from the
bead of the Pei sian. Gulf to Kurrachee.

" The agent returned at the beginning of the
present year from Constantinople with all the con-
cessions necessary for the construction of the line
from Alexandria to India, but the association found
an insuperable obstacle in their path in the inter-
mediate subvention of the Euphrates line. If within
the last 12 months since this subvention was con-
ceded any substantive progress has been made in
that line, or if the difficulties of construction had
been proved of less amount, the necessity of the pre-
sent application might in reason have been ques-
tioned ; but no such progress appears to have been
made, and no opposing obstacle removed, while the
nets-sity of immediate telegraphic communication
has been rendered painfully apparent by thei late
disastrous tidings from our Eastern empire.
" The Euphrates Valley line must necessarily
pass through nearly 1,000 miles of e
biten by bari,arous tribes, always at
feudountr inha-
with each
of their nominal ru-
ioetrhse. r,lna nadebnernynoinudn
itnhaecontrol n
ti
nrctly published in the
Times it is stated that the Council of Tanzimat at
Constantinople has refused to sanction a telegraph
o
through that valley, on the ground that the Turkish
Government was unable to protect it. At the same
time the establishment of ti police by foreigners for
its maintenance would not be permitted by the
Sublime Porte. It has been suggested that some
of the influential tribes might be induced to protect
it, in consideration of a yearly payment, but acorn-
munication with our dependencies and colonies in
the East is a matter of too great importance to be
left dependent on the caprice or cupidity of savages.
There, appears, therefore, little, if any, hope that a
telegraphic line can be established through Meso-
potamia with any chance of permanent security un.•
til the projected railway has been completed.
" Under these circumstances the Red Sea Asso-
ciation deem it important to the national interests
again to submit their plans to her Majesty's Go-
vernment.

" They have obtained the necessary concessions
of the Turkish and Egyptian authorities for the
establishment of a telegraph through Egypt and
down the Red Sea. They propose now to lay a
submarine cable—which will be under their own

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control, and comparatively flee
—from Suez ta Ader, with jute,
Coss,:ir, Judelab, and Carew-an ;
Kurrach 'e, with three intermedi.,
Shurmab, the oria Mooria Islandi,
posse ski), and Ras it Hid, in the territory of our
nucieut ally, the Imaum of Mircaf. The line frcat
the Dardanelles t Alexandria, for which a 0°404.
• sion has been obtained from the Porte, will be con-
structed without thlay, either by this association
singly or in conjunction with as Austrian company.
"The members of this association are prepared
to complete the telegraph from Alexandria to India
in a period of from eight to 15 months from the
time when the-assistance of Government is secured
and the preliminary arrangements are made. As
the distance froni Suez to Men is less than half
the distance from Snez to. India, the line to Aden
might be completed with'n a very short period, and
that port is only a wecks'.sail from Bombay ; the
cost of the line is estimated at 800,0001 ,—that is,
at the rate of 1601.1 er mile upon 5,000 miles. This
is coneidered as the maximum expense, but, as the
most heavy it-rn of expenditure consists in the sub-
nalrine ca,l,le, it is not improbable that the experi-
meats now in progress with two different descrip-
ti ns of cable—the one from England to America,
the other from England to Denmark—may issue in
reducing the cist below the present eetimate.
" The sul,s'antial assistance of Government is
essential to ;he commencement of operations, as it
would be impossible without a guarantee to raise
the nece;sary capital. The association would there-
fore venture to ask her Majesty's Government and
the East India Company for a guarantee of 6 per
I cent., or 48,0001. a-year, to commence from the
cetepletion of the line and the transmission of the
fir,t through message, with the understanding that
all Government despatches shall have preference as
to time, and be conveyed at the same rate as pri-
vate messages, and that all receipts, from whatert r
soul ce, shall he appropriated to satisfy the guaran-
tee, which will cease and determine as soon as the
-atermmt has been entirely liquidated.
"The present proposal is male in no spirit of
hostil:ty to the Euphrates Valley line, but simply
from a conviction that,circutristances will not justify
the postponement of a telegraphic communication
with India till the railway down the Euphrates Val-
ley has been completed, and that the Red Sea line
oer-rs the permanent advantage; of immediate
construction and permanent freedom from inter-
ruption ; but the establishment of a telegraph
by which daily communication can be held
with India in a few hours appears to be a mat-
ter of such vital importance that even the con-
joint encouragement of both lines—that of the
Euphrates and that of the Red Sea—may not ap-
appear altogether unworthy the consideration of
berM:justy's Government.

"I b?g permi.sion to enclose a map, which ex-
hibits the coarse laid down by t'ao ass9ciation.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
"Your Lordship's faithful and obedient servant,
"J. C. MARSEINIA.N, Chairman.
"7, Kensington Palace-gardens, July 15."

V. SAIL.

The following letter has been addressed to the

Sir,—No reriod-' of our Indian history can have.
bean more critical than the present. Its influence
over our national destinies cannot be too highly
estimated. Th.s empire is in a state of perilous
revolt, while the event of the awful drama se -ms
to depend on the wisdom and energy of the men
now at the hea iof puhlic afFa;rs. More than one
meinb r of the Cabinet has ventured to alsett in tit*
11:011ie of Commons that sailing vesssls would make
as quick a voyage to India as steamers, and this
inonstrats nssert'on remains uncontradicted. The
First Lard appears to have b en unaware that
screw men-of-war us'd even as sailing vessels a-e
fast3r than transports.
Every schoolboy knows that th re is a region
about the Equator of const *tally ienrring caunl,
in which ye sis are sometimes detained for week.

The writer once fell in with au Amer:can clipper
scho3uer that had bean a'most motonless for 2'7
days. She was not 49 mi'es from the limits of the
vat iable winds, and but for the supply of water
ft on, his s'dp her crew might have perished in the
calm. It is true our scr. w vessels do not usually
carry more than six or seven days' fuel for full
steaming. Less than two days' ha'f steaming
would take a ship through the region of calms.
The rest of the fuel could be used when calms oc-
curred in other quarters, and, asthese are generally
met with in narrow belts only (except at the Equa-
tor), a short ran takes a vessel into the steady
breeze again. A sailing vessel bound to India
is obliged to make a long stretch to the west-
ward to get into a position to take ad-
vantage of the " Trades," while the steamer
boldly takes the direct course, so that, allowing
for diffl-ultifs under every possible circumstanc-,
the latter must mike her pas age in much less time
than the former. Who does not know the impor-
tance of minutes in war? Upon minutes may de-
pend the mfghtiest interests of n ‘tions. Here are
weeks to b 3 thrown away, troops disorganized, and
subjected to contagion and disease from long con-
finement in sailing vessels by the suggestions of
common sense and experience being disregarded
which a-e fol!owed in every privata enterprise
but where an empire of some hundred and eighty
millions, and even our own position as a first-rate
Power,- depend on the plans adopted, and the
promptitude with which those plans are carried out;
we are, by a short-sighted and erroneous system,
doomed perhaps to witness a recurrence of a series
of mistakes and catastrophes worse than those
which characterized the late war. If the events
°courting in India are such as to require the im-
portant military measures in progress, they demand
equally extraordinary exertion on the part of the
navy to take out troops as expeditiously as possible,
and in the most effective condition. If sufficient
bounties are given good sailors, enough to man
20 sail of the line could be entered in a week:
Take the main and lower deck guns out of the
ships, man them with able .seamen (half the war
complement ; the soldiers will temporarily serve:
as marines, as they have often done before). Each
of the larger screw ling of-bitt'e ships could easily
convey 1,500 troops, and with a few of the larger
steamers in the se:vicP, or even hired steamers if
necessary, a fresh and effe.iive army could be
landed in India in ten weeks from the time of
departure.
There is another and more rapid mode of con-
veying troops, which might soon be made available
under urgent circumstances, which at once presents
it-elf to the mind.

As this is a question of civil war in our own tn-
ritories, there would be no difficulty in obtaining
permission for our troops to cross the Isthmus of
Suez, the territory of a friendly Power. Electricity
and steam would give notice for the necessary pre-
parafons being made to move and feed the troops
to the shores of the Red Sea. The rapid postal
means of communication would convey order to the
Government at Bombay t 3 forward every disposable
vessel, for the re-embarkation of the troops, and in
six or eight weeks our men are in India.
All the necessary gear for fitting out the ships
from England is ready in our d.,ckyards. With the
men frcni the ships in commission at home, those
from the various dockyard., and, if necessary, extra
men hired from the class of riggers in our great
seaports, the ships might be rigged in a week ; the
carpenters in the mean time would be setting up the
troop-fitting. other hands stowing the bold with
provisions, &C., and, if very hard pushed, a squa-
dron with the troops on board may be under weigh
in one week from the moment of commencing pre-
apraeraiteioengise. z
for
Hundredsoment ofy smart,,abundance of men sailor-like officers
are to be had, steamships of all classes are to be
found in the royal naval yards as well as in the
merchant servic,N Beyond dispute the crisis is mo-
mentous. The welfare of our country for ages to
come may be influenced by decisions which must be
reaasrtriv
uilmeed estimable
la w
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vcaiiletunhecin ,y few days.
tthreatensredta petEiosvmer,en hoursnwdietrh uitsaserleiesnossf in
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rable
boundless means and to risk the loss of our Indian
empire. Under present circumstances we are strong
or weak in reference to India as we employ time.
Ten thousand troops added to our actual reliable
force there, arriving within ten weeks from sailing,
would be ten times the value of 15,000 in 14 or 15
weeks hence. Ten thousand men embarked in screw
or steam vessels capable of containing 15,000, the
spare space being appropriated to coals, the power
of speed thus gained would be of more value-than
the extra 5,000, who could follow in any manner most
convenient to arrive in time to clinch the nail which
the 10,000 would have so materially assisted in
driving home.
If so many " Barnacles" have accumulated
our war steamers as to prevent their efficiency
time of emergency, why tax the people to maintain
such expensive machinery for the
unind

" Royal game of goose,
More for ornament than Ilse'
Let us rather return to the time previous to our
seventh Harry, and hire all our ships of war when
required.—Your obedient servant,
AN ADMIRAL WHO BELIEVES IN STEAM,
London, July 18.

DWELLINGS OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.—At Ken-
sington, on Tuesday, an influential meeting of the inha-
bitants of the locality was held at the new Vestry-balls
for the purpose of making more extensively known the
objects of the Kensington association for providin.t im-
proved dwellings for the labouring classes. The Duke
of Argyll presided, and was supported by the Yen.
Archdeacon Sinclair and Dr, Waddilove.