New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-09-07
Particulars Of Foreign News
PER STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC. !

4 Particulars Of Foreign News
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! A PER STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC
The steamship Atlantic left Liverpool on the 10th
ult. and arrived at New York on the 30th, bringing
four days later intelligence Wei matters Of some
4 interest in her mails. stF
The Submarine Cable.
An article in the Daily Times thus explains the
breaking Of the cable
4 On Monday evening august 10th,) heavy
swell set in and powerful under.current expe-
rienced. This increased through the night of Mon
day and the early morning Of Tuesday. AT about
half past three on Tuesday morning it found that
though the vessel was only making some three or
four knots an hour the cable was playing out ve six
and sometimes even seven knots At this rate it was
obvious that the quantity Of wire on board would be
exhausted before the Newfoundland shore was
reached. 1t became necessary to tighten the strain
on the CABLE and this was accordingly done till the
pressure reached three thousand pounds. This at
1 a quarter to on Tuesday morning. There was a
heavy swell running at the moment that the full in.
creased power was thus put on the break the stern
of the Niagara was low down in the trough of the
As she rose on the back of the waves Che extra
strain thus occasioned than the strength Of
the cable could bear 1t gave way under the pressure
and parting at some distance from the ships stern
sank down like lead through the mighty waters on
that portion Of the telegraphc plateau between Ire
land and Newfoundland, where the Atlantic reaches
a maximum depth Of 2 900 fathoms. At the time of
the severance the Niagara had made from 260 to $50
luiles in direct course from Vaenta harbor and the
length of cable that had been let go was about $50
miles,
| THE NEXT STEr.-The Directors of the Company
were to hold special meeting in London on the day
the Atlantic sailed to consider whether the attempt
shall be renewed in October, deferred until next
summer.
RECOVERY OF THE Lost CABLE-The London Star
says it is estimated that the outside loss the Company
/
Eos 600. 1t is fully expected that at least onehaf
Of the sunken cable will be recovered. All that is
within 400 athoms win be got up, but that portion in
deep sea will in all probability not be recovered.
/ The cable will, it is understood, be Immediately
| hauled up.
Great Britain.
| Parliamentary proceedings on Monday were unim-
| portant.
In the House of Commons Mr.. DIsraeli called for
| and Mr.. Vernon Smith promised, the production Of
the act passed by the Supreme Council in Calcutta
with other documents relating to the restrictions
lately established upon the press in India The latter
gentleman explained that the restrictive act was
| passed only for single year.
| On Tuesday, nothing of importance transpired in
the Lords and in the Commons the daily perseyering
opposition TO the Divorce Bill was continued.
Lord Palmerston in reply to an inquiry stated that
there was to be mutual conference OF the different
powers of Europe for the purpose of placing the
commerce of Turkey in more favorable position.
The recent storms and floods had done considerable
damage to the crops, &c in various parts of England,
but dry weather had prevailed during the three days
preceding the Atlantc;s departure and it was hoped
that the effects of the rains would be much aevated
| The London Times says:-"A merchant, recently
deceased at Liverpool is said to have liabilities reach
ing f300,000, of which 100000 are through forged
acceptances to bills OF Exchange" The Liverpool
Post pronounces the story hoax.
| The mail steamer for India, to sail on the 10Th
| August, would take out about million pounds ster-
| ling in silver. General Windham, the hero of the
Redan,' was amongsther passengers. He goes but
| to assume an important command in the army
France.
A Paris letter in the Daily News says at is gene.
rally asserted and believed in well informed quarters
here that in case the government succeed in procur
ing the conviction, during his Absence for conumacy
of Ledru Rollin, demand will at once be made to
the British Cabinet under the eXtradition treaty for
the apprehension and surrender of that individual
No one doubts that conviction will be readily OBJ
tained the Intervention of jury ip such cases not
being necessary. 1t is further stated that already
communications on this subject of private sort have
passed between Count Walewsky and Lord Cowley
and the latter has, it is believed, admitted that such
conviction would bring Ledru Rolin within the pro
visions of the extradtion treaty.
1t is added that Leru Rollin either has already left
or intends to leave England for the United States
The Daily News Indignantly protests against such
sacrifice of political exile in the following language:
We cannot imagine that an English Cabinet can be
so far lost to sense of what is due to English honor
as basely to sacrifice an exile who has done nothing
inspired fears Of a despotic government. Even
though the title Of the Emperor of the French his
crown were as clear and legitimate that of our
Queen to hers-even though, like her, he were
throned in the breast of his subjects-it would be
cowardly and degrading to seek to concate him by
the sacrifice Of man who has as good right to feel
himself safe in Britain as any man who breathes the
air within its confines.'
The Paris correspondent of the Daily News men
tons the departure from Paris for Marseilles, of Gen
DOrgoni and predicts that be will be found at the
head of the insurgents of Delhi before November.
1t was he who stirred up the last Burmese war
list of decorations in the Honiteu,, on the occa.
sion of the Emperors fete, contains Unexpectedly
large number OF literary men, among whom is Alex.
ander Dumas, the younger.
The Emperor and Empress had gone to Baritz
The Paris correspondent of the London Times says
the French Government contemplates sending naval
and military expedition to Cochin China, to support
demand for satisfaction for insult offered to the
French representative by the Emperor of AMMAN.
He also says that it is proposed to found maritime
and commercial settlement in the Bay of Tourain in
Cochin China.
Prussia. ....
Berlin dispatch says that great anxiety was felt
at the continuous fires that were taking place through
out Prussia believed to be the result Of an incendary
spirit although it thought they might have been
caused by the heat Of the suns rays In the town of
Bojanuod, in the Province OF Posen $50 out of 400
houses were burnt down, rendering 1000 persons
entirely houseless.
The Paris correspondent Of the Times gives
rumor that Lord Stratford de Radcliffe will not re-
turn to Constantnople that he is to be promoted to
the rank of earl and be succeeded in the Turkish
mission by Lord Howden, at present minister in
Spain.
From the Times City Arcle.l
The --latest = The Alleged Forgeries ut
Liverpool.
LONDON, Wednesday Morning, Aug. 10, ls5e-A
rumor has been circulated that merchant at Liver.
pool, lately deceased, has left liabilities estimated at
100000, of which 100000 upon forged accept
ances The precise facts have not TRANSFERRED but the
statement is believed to be true.
The death of the deaulter is stated to have been
by suicide, and his losses supposed to have been
increased by heavy speculatons both in cotton and
shares.
The English funds steadily supported at their
late advance. In the Stock Exchange there was little
inquiry but the supply adequate, and there were
few applications at the Bank. @.g
Although the Bank of France has renewed its arti.
fetal purchases OF bullion ascale which shows tbas
the reduction in the rate of discount in June last was
altogether premature, there seems reason to ap-
prehend that on this side the supply for the present
will SO far fall short to Withdrawals from the
Bank of England.
The funds little latter, but toward the close
buyers came forward, and the final quotations were
the same as those of yesterday In the discount market
the demand for money was more active owing to the
extensive operations which now going forward in
bullion.
The Brazil Trade.
BY report addressed to the Board of Trade from
the British Consul at Bahia respecting the cause of
the preference given to foreign vessels over British it
appears that masters OF the former are more careful
than those of the latter and deliver their cargoes in