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London, England, 1857-06-11 00:00:00

rescript from the Sbah as that enclosed herewith in copy
was communicated, directly or indirectly, to any of the
foreign missions at Tehran.
A copy of this letter shall be communicated offioKy,
by the Sadr Azim to each of the foreign missions at
Tehran, and the substance of it shall be made public in
that capital.
The original letter shill bs conveyed to Mr. Murray,
at Bagdad, by the hands of some high Persian office r,
and shall be accompanied by an invitation to Mr. Mur-
ray, in the Shah's name, to return with the mission •
Tehran, on his Majesty's assurance that he will be re-
ceived with all the honours and consideration due to the
representative of the British Government ; another per-
son of suitable rank being sent to conduct him, as Mch-
mends-, on his journey through Persia.
Mr. Murray, on approaohing the capital, shall be re-
ceived by persons of high rank deputed to escort him 0
his residence in the town. Immediately on his arri‘a
there, the Sadr Azim shall go in state to the Brits, k
Mission, and renew friendly relations with Mr. Mur-
ray, leaving the S cretary of State for Foreign AffAire
to accompany him to the Royal Palace, the Sadr Aziea
receiving Mr. Murray, and conducting him to the pre-
fiance of the Shah.

The Sadr Azim shall visit the mission at noon on th•
following day, which visit Mr. Murray will return, s•i
latest, on the following day, before noon.
Done at Paris, this 4:h day of the month of March,
1857.

(Signed) COWLEY.
FZROKII (in Persian).

ANNEX TO THE PRECEDING NOTE-THE SHAH TO THI

SADR AZIM.

(Translation.) December, 1855.

Last night we read the paper written by the Englisi
Minister Plenipotentiary, and were mush surprised
the rude, unmeaning, disgusting, and insolent tone and
purport. The 1i tter he before wrote was also in .
pertinent. We have also heard that, in his own house, h
is constantly speaking disrespectfully of us and of you
but we never believed ; now, however, he has introdace

it in an official letter. We are, therefore, convinced Oa,
this man, Mr. Murray, is stupid, ignorant, and insane
who has the audacity, and impudence to insult ev, n
Kings ! From the time of Shah Sultan Hossein (wilt n
Persia was in its most disorganised state, and thltilig
the last fourteen years of his life, when by serious illness
he was izotpacitated far business) up to the preert,t
time, no disrespect towards the Sovereign has been tole.
rated, either from the Government or its agent. What
has happened now, that this foolish Minister Plenipoter-
Cary acts with such temerity ? It appears that our
friendly missions are not acquainted with the wordii g
of that document ; give it now to Meerza Abbas an t
Meerza Malcum, that they may take and duly explain it
to the French Minister and Hyder Effendi, that they
may see how improperly he has written. Since la't night
till now our time has been passed in vexation. IVe now
command ydu, in order that you may yourself know, awl
also acquaint the missions, that until the Queen of Eng-
land herself makes us a suitable apology for the insolence
of her Euvoy, we will never receive back this her foolish
Minister, who is a simpleton, nor accept from her Go-
vernment any other Minister.

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE.

The completion of 1,250 miles (one-half) of the
cable for the Submarine Atlantic Telegraph by
Messrs. Newell and Co. was celebrated at their
works, Birkenhead, yesterday, by a dinner given
to about GOO of their workmen, with their wives and
families. Messrs. Newall's contract has been exe-
cuted with great speed and punctuality. On the
19th Nov. last they tendered either for half or the
whole of the cable, to be finished by the 30th June.
The tender for the half was accepted in the Decem-
ber following, and Messrs. Newell, who had taken
one of the transit sheds attached to the Birkenh'a
Docks, at once set to work to provide the a ecessary
machinery, all of which had to be created for the
occasion. The wire was supplied to Messrs. Newall
by their own wire-drawers, Messrs. R. Johnson
and Co., of Manchester, who completed their task
by the Ist of June. Messrs. Newall commenced
spinning the cable on the 18th Feb., and proceeded
without interruption until Monday last, the Bth
June, when 1,250 miles (one•half of the whole
cable) were completed. The cable consists of a
strand of copper wire covered three times with gutta-
percha. The gutta-percha is sewed from end to end
with spun yarn, and covered with 18 strands of
seven wires each. There are thus 25,000 miles of
strand, composed of seven times that quantity of
wire, being a total of 175,000 miles of wire.
The process of spinning occupied 80 days,
2,500 miles of wire being used per day, and 350
hands being employed. The spun yarn was also
made by Messrs. Newall upon the same premises,
100 machines for this purpose being ranged
in one of the upper floors of the works. The
cable is now lying in four huge coils (each 28 feet
in diameter and 8 feet higb), all ready for Leing
shipped. It will be transferred, probably to-day,
into small vessels, and thence on board the Niagara,
which is expected to arrive at the mouth of the
river early next week. The weight of the cable
averages one ton per mile ; and it is to be laid by
the process patented by Mr. Newall, and adopted
in the Black Sea (passing the wire through a hol-
low cone) which prevents twisting. The festivities
yesterlay were presided over by Mr. Gordon, the
manager of the works, and ware witnessed by a
large number of gentlemen, including Messrs.
Newall, Pickering, C. Liddell, Whitehouse, R.
Griffith, R. S. Maxwell, &c. Among the toasts
were " the President and People of the United
States," " the Atlantic Telegraph Company,"
"R. S. Newall and C 0.," "Messrs. Whitehouse,
Bright, and Reid," " the Managers and Foremen,"
" Messes. Johnson and C 0.," " the Gutta Percha
Company," and " the Mayor and Corporation of
Liverpool." Messrs. Newall have contracted to lay
down 1,000 miles of wire (part of the Indian Tele-
graph line) between Cagliari and Malta and Corfu.
The tedious process of shipping the 1,000 miles
of coil which have been manufactured at East
Greenwich was to have commenced yesterday ; but
owing to the amount of work to be done before the
lofty hold of the Agamemnon is fitted to receive it,
the shipment is not likely to begin before Monday
next. Every exertion is being used to get matters in
as forward a train as possible ; but, nevertheless,
the day we have mentioned will be the earliest on
which the cable layers can commence operations.
The Agamemnon has been alongside Glasse and
Elliot's wharf for some days. She looks taut awl
trim enough, though widely different from her
Black Sea days, when her huge spars overlopped
the fleet as she led the port line at 12 miles an hour,
or threaded her way among a mass of transport;
like a yacht. At present she has a mild half-pay
look, which even the sentry at her gangways can-
not wholly banish. Her ports are open, but only
for the purpose of ventilation, as not a gun is on
board. At present she is very much down by th )
stern ; but the cable being stowed forward will
bring her on an even keel. It will make a differ-
ence of 4 feet in her present trim. A small engine
is being fitted to wind the coil on board ; and
the whole operation of shipping will occupy, it is
calculated, at least six weeks. The two in-shore
ends are nearly finished, and the centrepiece of steel
wire cable is progressing rapidly. Though both sq
Greenwich and at Birkenhead the manufacture will
continue at one end while the other is being shipped,
it is not expected that more than about 2,400 milt
will be completed in all. This will allow between
600 and 700 miles for " slack" in paying -out.

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

There will be no despatch of Australian mails this‘
month via Southampton or via Marseilles, as the
next mails for Australia will. not be forwarded IT
way of Egypt, but by the steamer Emeu, which
vessel will sail from Liverpool direct for Australia
after the arrival of the London night mail of the
16th inst.
This arrangement only applies to the mails of the
present mouth ; the route of Egypt will be reverted
to in July, and the subsequent mails will be fol.-
warded in accordance with the regulations already
laid down.
Tbose postmasters whose instructions direct them
to forward letters by cross post to Liverpool, will,
of course, forward in the same manner on this occ t-
alon any correspondence posted at their offices for
Australia.

The postage upon letters, newel:). apers, and books
forwarded by the Emeu, must be paid in advancel
at the-same rates as if they were to be sent via
Southampton.

LETTERS FOR MOLDAVIA AND VirAL-
LACHIA.
Information has been received from the Prussiln
post-office that letters posted in the United King-
dom addressed to Botuschany, Galatz, or Jassy, in
Moldavia, and Bucharest or Ibraila in Wallachia,
forwarded by way of Belgrade, will in future be
liable to the following combined British and foreign
iates of postage, viz.: Os,
Os 9d.
To Botus:bany .
To Bucharest and Jassy Os. ild.
To Galatz and Ibraila
This postage may either be paid in advance, or
I be left to be paid on the delivery of the letters, at
the option of the senders.
Letters for Galatz and Ibraila, when sent via
Trieste, will be chargeable at the rate of ls, id. per
half-ounce, as at present.
upon letters for any other place in Moldavia or
Wallachia, wri ers should specify to which of the
towns mentioned above they desire that their
letters should be forwarded, and the rate as far as
that town must then be paid in advance.

ELECTION PETITIONS.—The General Committee o
Elections have fixed Monday, the 29th of June, for the
trial of the Maidstone and Sunderland petitions, and
Tuesday, the 30th of June .for the trial of the Ozferda,
Tewkesbury, and Bury petitions.