The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-19 00:00:00

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

We understand it is the intention of Government, in
conjunction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway
Company, to have the electric telegraph established on
that important line, reaching from London to Holyhead,
a distance of between 200 and 300 miles, and embracing
in its route the commercial capitals of Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Birmingham. The adoption of this inven-
tion on a scale of magnitude bids fair to effect a change
in the entire correspondence of the country, by bringing,
as it were, momentarily into close consolidation
and communion the exchanges of London, Liver-
pool, Manchester, and Birmingham, conveying with
lightning-like velocity every fluctuation of affairs, and
telegraphing from mart to mart, with marvellous exacti-
tude. and over areas of hundreds of miles, intelligence
that may be received and reciprocated almost simulta-
neously by every mercantile community in the king-
dom. Great advantages have already been developed
to the Admiralty and the commercial world, by its
adoption between London and Gosport. The old sema-
phore system is now nearly superseded, and important
Government orders and intelligence, that formerly oc-
cupied hours in transmitting by the ordinary sema-
phores between London and Portsmouth, are now for-
warded and fulfilled in a few seconds, the communicating
wires, which will shortly be carried from Ning Elms
to the Admiralty, at Whitehall, terminating in the
very barracks of the garrison at Gosport. The
establishment of telegraphic communication between
Liverpool and Holyhead, Lloyd's and London, will give
every facility for shipping purposes ; and in this respect
the invention has worked most efficiently between Lon-
don and Southampton, where, as at Gosport, there is a
telegraph station, telegraphic notices being daily dis-
patched, on the arrival of important snails and merchant.
men. The advantages, moreover, that may accrue from a
line of wires to Holyhead, in establishing a closer con-
nexion between the metropolis and the sister isle, is of a
nature not to be overlooked, either in a political or social
point of view. Lines of telegraph, we understand, have
been or are about being adopted on the following, amongst
other, lines:—On the South-Western, as a Government
telegraph for the Admiralty to Portsmouth, 90 miles; on
the same line, as a commercial telegraph, from Nine Elms
to Southampton, 77 miles, with branch to Gosport, 21
miles ; on the South Devon atmospheric like, now in
progress, 52 miles ; on the Great Western, from Pad-
dington to Slough, 18 miles ; on the Yarmouth and
Norwich, 20 miles ; on the Dover line, from Tonbridpe
to Maidstone, 15 miles ; on the Croydon atmospheric,
on the Blackwell, on part of the Manchester and Leeds,
and its branch to Oldham ; on part of the Edinburgh
and Glasgow ; upon the Dalkey atmospheric branch of
Dublin and Kingstown, applicable alike to the convey-
ance of commercial intelligence and to the safe conduct
and working of the line. The above embraces an extent
of nearly 250 miles, over which the telegraphic prin-
ciple is already in operation ; and 'fits adoption between
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Holy-
head will add about 300 miles -,nore.

ROYAL THAWAS YACHT CLUB.
The first club match of the season was sailed yester-
day, from Greenwich to Coal-house Point, below Graves-
end, and back to Gre,mwich. The yachts entered were
Mr. Tatham's Prima Donna, 25 tons ; Viscount Sea-
ham's Mystery, 25 tons ; Lord A. Paget's Belvidere, 25
tons ; Messrs. Highington's Vixen, 25 tons, and Mr.
Gunston's Antagonist, 25 tons, all of the first class ; Mr.
Williams's Cygnet, 10 tons ; the Messrs. Smith's Charm,
12 tons ; Mr. Howard's Wave, 10 tons, and Mr. Man-
hill's Dolphin, 10 tons. The several boats in the first
class :are all new except the Mystery, and hare been
built on the most approved principles. Great
interest was created respecting this match, and
a vast number of persons were present to see
the sport. The construction of the Vixen is
very peculiar, and her owners have had great expecta-
tions respecting her. She is composed of three skins ;
the inside skin is of deal, the next is laid diagonally one
plank over another, and the outer one is of polished
mahogany. Tho wind was light, and from the north.
The hour of starting was twelve o'clock. The yachts
rounded the flag-boat in the following order :—The
Antagonist at 55 minutes past two, the Mystery imme-
diately after her, the Belvidere three quarters of a
minute after, and the Prima Donna at 58 minutes past
two, the Vixen one minute past three, the Dolphinitive
minutes, the Charm seven minutes, and the Wave eight
minutes past three o'clock. About half a mile after
rounding -the flag boat, the Mystery, in trying to
pass the Antagonist to windward, ran ashore, and in
doing so at the same time forced the Antagonist also upon
shore, and thus were those two splendid yachts in a
moment placed hors de combo* a sad spectacle for their
admirers. From this period the Belvidere had it all her
own way, and arrived at Greenwich by 44 minutes past
six. The Vixen and Prima Donna were 14 minutes in
the rear, and both of them so close together that the
Vixen won the second prize only by half the length of
her bowsprit. The Dolphin came in at Ilf minutes
past seven, thereby winning the third prize for the
second class boats against the Charm, which was five
minutes in her rear. The snatch was accompanied by
the Red Rover steamer, the Waterman No. 13, and the
Gravesend Comet ; all three were well freighted, and
every person seemed to take the deepest interest in the
match.

STRIKE OF FARM LABOURERS.--Last week the
labourers at Nether and Over Compton were informed by
their employers that their wages would henceforth be reduced
from 7s. to 6s per week. The reduced wages were offered to
the Nether Compton men on Saturday night, but refused, and
on Monday morning, as early as six o clock, the men, who had
arranged their plans during the Sunday, started off in a body
to the residence of the landed proprietor, taking with them
the Over Compton men, who (their wages not having been
curtailed) had gone to work as usual. The men, to the
number of thirty or more, passed through Yeovil, and we
believe had an interview. The result was, that they re-
turned to their work. It appears that, an audit or two ago,
the landlord took off 10 per cent. from his tenants' rents, but
that, at the last audit, he put on 5 per cent. on that amount.
The farmers declared that they were unable to pay an ad-
vanced rent in these times, and to continue paying the same
wages as formerly. The conseouer.ce was the reduction of
the labourers' wages, as above stated. We hear that the
tenants are willing to pay their labourers at the usual rate
if the increase of 5 per cent, is taken off, and negotiationl
have taken place to effect this desii able arrangement. The
matter, however, at present, is unsettled. The tenants, we
believe, are determined not to give the customary wages,
unless they obtain a concession from their landlord.—Sher-
borne Journal.

COCKBURNSPAT/1.--The railway operations in this
quarter, in which is the most extensive and difficult sec-
tion of the whole line, from there being so many deep
cuts and glens to go through in the different deans upon
the estatt! of Sir John Hall, Bart., Dunglass, are not-
withstanding advancing rapidly. Some of the cuts are
forty and fifty feet in depth. The minor bridges are all
nearly finished, and the great bridge over Dunglass
Dean was key-stoned on Wednesday evening. This will
be the highest and most splendid bridge in Scotland.
IMPERIAL MIA ZILIAN MINING COMPANY.
, On Friday, the annual general meeting of the proprietors of
this Company was hell at the London Tavern—Mr. Thomas
Gibson in the chair. The report stated that the six months
ending with the year 1845 had been, as regarded produce,
the least successful since the working of the Gouge Soco
mine was commenced by the asaociation, the quantity of gold
obtained being only 1-69Ibs. This small produce had, in
some degree, been occasioned by the extreme drought, which
had prevailed considerably longer than usual, and had caused
a serious deficiency of water for the use of the stamping
machines and other mining purposes. The Catta Prete mine
had been successfully worked. The statement of receipts
and expenditure give a balance in favour of the Society.
The report was adopted. Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Mr.
Thomas Gibson, and Mr. Ray, having retired by rotation
from the Court of Directors, were unanimously re-elected.

Name of the Sim t.S .0o
SNames of the Partners
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1. Abraham Bauer and Co., 71,
King William-street ..
2. William and John Bigger-
staff, 8, West Smithfield .• • 2 1 2 Biggerstaffs.
3. James Bult, Son, and Co.,
85 and 80, Cheap:tide ••• • • • 3 1 All Bulls.
4. Messrs. Child and Co., 1,
Fleet-street • ....... 5 5 Child, Smith, Wood,
Wormaid, Copp.
5. Roger Cunliffe, Lombard-
-1 Cunliffe.
6. Cunliffe, Breoks, and Co.,
Lombard-street ••••• • • • • • 3 2 2 Brooks, 1 Cunlilb.
7. Robert Davies and Co , 187,
High-street, Shoreditch . 2 1 2 DavieseS.
8. Dixon, Brooks, and Dixon,
25, Chancery-lane •••• • • • • 3 2 2 Dixons, 1 Brooks.
9. Drewett and Fowler, 4,
Princes-street •••••• • • • • • • 2 2 Drewett, Fowler.
10. John Feltham and Co., 42,
Lombard-street
11. Gosling and Sharpe, 19,
Fleet-street ••••••• • • • • • • • 4 1 All Goslings.
12. C. Hill & Sons, West Smith-
-1 All Hills.
13. Charles Hoare and Co., 37,
Fleet-street •.•.•.• . • • • • • • 5 1 All Hoare&
14. 11. and J. Johnson and Co.,
Great Bush-lane .•••• • • • • 3 2 2 Butlers, 1 Prior.
15. Jones and Son, 41, West
Smithfield .••••••• • • • • • • • I 1 Alfred Jones.
16. Pocklington and Lacy, 60,
West Smithfield ••••• • • • • • 2 2 Pocklington, Lacy.
17. Praeds and Co., 189, Fleet-
street .••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • 4 3 2 Praeds, 1 Fane, 1
18. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., Johnson.
12, St. Paul's Churchyard.. 4 3 2 Bainbridges, 1 New-
ton, 1 La Touche.
19. Smithfipld Agency Banking
Company, 59, West Smith-
field .. .•••.•••• • • • • • • • • 2 2 Jones, Weedon.
20. William Henry Stallard, 76,
West Smithfield •• • •• • • • 1 1 Stallard.
21. Thomas G. Tisdall, 15, West
Smithfield .
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