The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-11 00:00:00

7.11 E ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.
To-day, in pursuance of a requisition to the
-mayor, a meeting of the inhabitants was held in the
Sessions House %I:hear the chairman of the Atlantic
New Telegrae :company give an exposition of the
present position of the company. The meeting was
well attended by the commercial and banking inte-
rests of the town, and resolutions in support
of the undertaking were passed. Mr. ' William
Brown, late M.P. for South Lancashire, occupied
the chair ; and Mr. Stuart Wortley, chairman
of the company, explained its present position.
As must be well known from previously published
statements, the company has been invited by her
Majesty's Government to unite with them in a series
of important experiments to determine, by actual
test, the various questions upon which there is any
difference of opinion relative to the insulation and
composition of cables for deep water. The investi-
gation of these matters will immediately commence
under the superintendence of Captain Galton, R.E.,
of the Board of Trade, advised by Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson, M.P., and Professor Wheatstone, and as-
ejsted by the staff of the Atlantic Telegraph Com-
Reny. The cable can be constructed and laid on
t4e following terms, which in June, 1857, could not
have been obtained at any cost :—Contractors of
high respectability are ready to make and lay '
down and work the cable at theirown risk. Separate
books of accounts to be kept to ascertain accurately
the cost of making and laying. These books to be
audited by the company, and the contractor's profit
en such making and laying to consist of a commis-
sion or per tentage on the total cost. When the
cable has been laid, and when messages have been
sent and received through it in a satisfactory man-
lier for 30 days, this profit is to be paid; but if
the cable should fail in any respect the whole profit
is to become forfeited, and not only is the whole
profit to become forfeited, but a further forfeiture
•of large amount will be submitted to as a penalty
in actual cash, which latter sum would previously
be held as security out of the cost until the accom-
plishment of the work. The contractors would also
consent to take a portion of the absolute cost of the
cable in preferential shares. A policy of insurance
to be taken out to cover the sea risk of submerging
the cable.

The following distinguished visitors are at pre-
sent staying at the Crescent Hotel, Filey :—Sir Montagne
Cholmeley, Bart., Lady Georgiana Cholmeley, Mrs. Har-
rison Cholmeley, Lord Frederic Beauclerk ; Lady Fre-
deric Beauclerc, and family, of Easton Hall, Grantham ;
the Dowager Countess Nelson, Lady Susan Nelson, Hon.
Capt. Nelson, R.N., Hon. and Rev. Edward Foley Nelson,
of Trafalgar-park, Wiltshire ; Lady Beaumont and party,
of Cole Orton, Leicestershire ; Hon. Caroline Cavendish
and Miss Heyrcott, of Burlington-gardens, London; Hon.
Mrs. Machell, and Rev. R. B. Machell, of Barrow-on-
Humber, Lincolnshire ; Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, Wortley
Hall, Sheffield ; Captain Steuart and the Hon, Mrs.
Bteuart, of Sunning Dale; Sir Walter B. Riddell and Lady
Riddell, of London.

THE" GREAT EASTERN."--The interesting meet-
ing held on board this ship on Monday last was
fitly followed by a gathering on board of the private
friends of the builder, Mr. Scott Russell, who, to the num-
ber of nearly 1,000 persons, assembled on that gentleman's
invitation, first, to congratulate him upon the successful
completion of all his contracts in connection with this
vessel ; secondly to partake his liberal hospitality afloat ;
and thirdly, to enjoy the relaxation of a "dance on deck,"
which the presence of some 400 or 600 ladies rendered
peculiarly appropriate and agreeable. All the arrangements
-were upon a scale of the most profuse liberality, and the
affair passed off delightfully. Everybody seemed happy,
and the host the happiest of them all, as well he might be
upon such an occasion. Messrs. Yates-pere et fils—were
most active in their endeavours to secure the comfort of all
Mr. Russell's friends, and the presence of several of the
directors gave the stamp of their approval to the meeting,
-which was brought to a close about eight o'clock, after
having afforded many hours' enjoyment to the whole
party,

Miss Florence Nightingale, who read a paper on
the " Management of Hospitals" at the last meeting of the
Social Science Association in Liverpool, has presented the
MSS. of the paper to the corporation of that town. At the
meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yesterday (Wed-
nesday) the Mayor was requested to acknowledge Miss
Nightingale's gift, and to inform her that it would be care-
fully preserved amongst the corporate archives.
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION.—On Tuesday night
last, at eight o'clock, the inhabitants of Faversham were
much alarmed by a loud report arising from an explosion
which took place at Messrs. Hall's gunpowder mills, situ-
ated about two miles from that town. Much excitement
prevailed, and numbers proceeded in haste to the mills, but
fortunately the whole of tbe hands had left work at the
time of the explosion, and the damage was consequently
confined to the building.
THE FLOATING ISLAND.—The floating island on
Derwentwater has again made its appearance, being at least
a month earlier than on former years. It was first seen
this year on the 26th of July, by one of the boatmen. Its
usual time of rising from the bottom of the lake is about
the end of August or beginning of September ; its extent
at present is about 12 yards in length, and about 8 yards in
width.
BOROUGH NEW HOPS.—The first pocket of new
hops reached the market yesterday morning, which is the
earliest arrival on record since 1818. The hops are good in
quality, fine in colour, and peculiarly well managed. They
were grown by Mr. Thomas Manwaring, of Marl-place,
Brenchley, Kent, and were consigned to Messrs. Latter,
Austen, and Sons, hop factors, Borough, and sold by them
B°. Per cwt.