Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-27
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From THE ASSOCIATED Pr ESS.
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival of the America.

morning. She LETT Liverpool AT three O'Clock on
Saturday afternoon, the 18th instant.
The America makes the following report
Passed, August 18th, the ships Carrier Dove and
scotland, bound in. August 10Th, passed, of In
s a British barque Miller, steering west;
August sd, lat As Ion. 40 g. at p. m, exchanged
signals with steamship Persia. August 18th, lat.
"a; Ion %, passed a large steamer steering east.
| me steamship North American arrived out on
The afternoon of the 18th instant
The steamer General williams had not sailed
LOT Newfoundland, but was expected to leave on
| the evening Of the 18th instant
The Atlantic Telegraph is broken and onera-
tons Tor the present suspended The british
steamer Cyclops had returned TO Valpntia with
Mr. Field on board. That gentleman immedi-
ately repaired 70 London 10 confer with the Di-
| rectorS as TO future movements. lie telegraphed
| the following to Mr. Richard Stuart agent OF the
Associated Press at Liverpool
| LONDON, Saturday mornny-IIer Maiesty,s
steamer Leopard arrived ut Portsmouth on Fri
day evening, the 4th inst, and reports that the
Atlantic cable was lost at a quarter before four
O'Clock on Tuesday morning the 18th inst after
having paid out successfully :sS5 nautical miles
OF the cable, and lost 100 miles of il in water over
Two miles in depth, and the greater part of this
al the rate OF rather more than five knots hour
AT the time the accident occurred, there was
heavy swell On. The Niagara was going at the
rate or four knots per hour, and as the en- ineer
fDund that the cable was running in too great
proportion to the speed of the shin, he consid-
cred II necessary to direct the breaks be applrd
| more hfmly, when, unfortunately, the cable
parted at some distance from the stern of the shin
| the AgameInnon, Niagara and Susquehanna
are to remain shoIt time where the cable parted
TO try some experiments i'm the deep water of that
part or the Atlantic, 1.-TWO thousand fathoms
whlGn it Is considered will he of great value to
! nI IeieSraPh Company and then all 80 TO
Plymouth, nIland
The Cyclops was sent back with disratcbes 10
Nalentia, and then to join the Leopard at Ports
mouth. Although the unfortunate accident will
postpone the completion of the undertakin.r far
| short time. the result of the experiment has
been To convince all that took part in il of the en-
| IRE rTactic blity OF the enterprise; for with
| some slight alterations in paying out machinery
there appears to be no great d iliculty in laying
down the cable, and it has been clearly Droved
tat you can telegraph successfully through twen-
ty-tive hundred miles of cable. and know that its
sdbmerslon at great depth had no err en- lille
lnhuence in tie electric cur IT. There is no OBJ
sacle to laying down at the rate of FIVE miles per
hour In the greatest depth of water on the plateau
| between Ireland and Newfoundland
| The experience now obtained must he of great
value to the Company; and il is understood that
| the directors will decide whether it is best TO
have more cable made, and try again Immediately
after the equinoctial gales over, or wait until
another summer. In Liverpool, an impression
prevails that another trial will take place in Oc
| tobeT. \ Liverpool paper reports the arrival of
| the Niagara, Susquehanna and Agamemnon al
| take
| In the House of Commons. ON FRIDAY tba
chancellor OF the Exchequer obtained leave to
bring in bill for continuing, for two wears from
April next the present duties on tea and sugar
| On Thursday, la the House of Lords, the Mar
| quls OF Clanricarde asked the government
| whether they would lay on the table certain ma
pers TO show the steps taken in pursuance of the
promises of the Great European Powers recorded
1 the protocol tof the conference of Paris rela-
tive to the Danubian Provinces and calculated 10
explain the course adopted by the Government in
| these matters
| Lord Clarendon after entering into a history of
the recent occurrences at CoRstantinopIe stated
that the papers asked for had been confdentially
communicated TO each of the Powers who wert.
parties TO the treaty of Paris; ard the Govern
| lnent did not consider that they would be justi-
| lied Ia procuring them.
The Commons were engaged in protracted
debates on the divorce bills. its opponents FIGHT
| Ing against 1t step by step. The Government was
equally determined in pressing 1t forward.
On Friday the affairs of India were debated in
the House of Lords without any important deyeI-
| opmentS being made.
In the House of Commons. the subject of rail-
ways 10 INDIA attracted attention; but the Gov
ernnent refused TO mix itself up in these projects
MI Giadstone censured Lord Palmerston for his
political opposition to the Suez canal but the
latter reiterated his objections to the scheme
The suspension Of Messrs. Thomas AShmore S
sons had been announced. Their liabilitie,
however, were not very large
A report of the affairs of MesSrs Carr Brothers
* Co, OF Newcastle, who lately suspended
shows liabilities amounting to sou 0Eb ana assets
promising 2tS. in the pound.
Charles Raivard Keith Knight has been ap-
pointed British Consul at PhiladeIphia and
Dennis DoGohoe Consul at Buffalo
LedrU ROll!n has written another violent LETTER
Ia the London papers about the charge of conSpir-
acy against him. He is very severe upon Napo-
leon.
Rumor says that it was decided at the recent
imperial visit To Osborne that in the event of
Id. 81 Fig and Baron eros not alta lining the OBJ
Jrct OF their mission 10 China, more decided
action in common, should he adopted
sir Colin Campbell arrived at Alden on the 18th
OF July.
The first batch of the China corps had arrived
III Calcutta.
The British force before Delhi is stated to be
Eom ,WO 10 200 Europeans. and 5. 600 natives
ihe native portion OF the force is proved trust
woHhT.
The rebels bad been dispersed at AlIahabad,
and the port saved.
The barTac ks nj CarOnpore Were closely heSiag
ed 10y the Insurgents, but held out bravely; aud
achievements Were marchHg to their relief
The whole OF Dude had risen, hat Sir Henry
Lawrence with his small force kept the enemy in
check.
There are floating rumors, as there were on the
receipt OF the last mall of the capture Of Delhi
Dut they are wholly unreliable.
The Bengal Bukara says: :. We have received
letters Ia say that the Government had got A trIr
graphic message from NangpOre that Delhi had
fallen on the 9th of June. describing the hattie
ana saying that upwards of 1000 rebels were.
killed
Calcutta was more tranquil and the native
bankers were gaining confidence. The papers
say that we have seen the worst Of it. for there
~" no more regiments 10 mutiny, except those of
Bombay and Madras, the fidelity of which there
Is no reason L. suspect.
and money was difficult to be had on any terms
The import market was very uict. Fret ghts had
advanced little. The Calcutta markets were
dull. The Bank OF Bengal had raised its rate of
interest and exchange to2s nd The Madras inn
port market continued buoyant The demand for
export was small
THE LATEST.
The India mails nachcd London on the I4lb
Instant, but the correspondence adds nothing of
importance Ia the telegraphic accounts
The correspondent OF the Times gives the de-
tails of the new outbreaks, which appear 10 have
been less serious in their consequences than the
eaily ones. He thinks the food of the insurtec-
tion has been passed
CHINA.-Hon@ Kong dates are 10 June 81 but
the Chinese news Is unimportant Trade contin-
ued uninterrupted at the northern ports
Exchange at Hong Kong SIS, and at Shanghai,
June ID, 7s2 I'd.
There was report that the Emperor of China |
had aodlcated, but ii was not believed.
AT Shanghai imports Were dGll Freights and |
tonnage were abundant 10 London, at four pounds |
Tor sugar and six pounds for Hemp |
FRANCE.-An interview between the Emperors
or France and Russia is again stated as certain TO
take place.
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