Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-09-05
HALIFAX, August 2.


The Royal Mail steamship America arr
we'd at halfpast one o'clock TINS morning, VIII
Liverpool dates to SATURDAY .he io'n III
slant. being three days later than previous
advces. ,,
The Atlantic Telegraph is broken and ope
Nrations for the present suspended. The Brl
fish steamer Cyclops returned to Valentit
With MIR Field on board. That gentleman
Immediately repaired to London TO confer
with the directors as to future movements
,,e ,rlcrraphed the following to Mr.. Stuart
,Lo ogent of the Associated Press at Liver
pool: =,
LONDON. Saturday, Aug Is. a. nj.
"Uer Maiesty's steamer Leopard arrived at
portsmouth on Friday evening, the l4th
inst and reports that the Atlantic cable was
iis, us 81 ouarter before four o'clock on Tues
Ia, morniny. the llth inst, after having paid
out successfully 335 nautical miles, and the
1,s, 1oO miles of il in water over two miles IN
deptb. and the greater part OF this atthe rate
of more than four knots an hour.
At the time the accident occurred there
wos heavy swell on. The Niagara was 60
inc at the rate of four knots per nour' anu as
the engineer found that the caole was run
ming ont in too great proportioh 10 lhe
sneed Of the ship, he considered 1t neces 'ary
~ 5irsc, the brakes to be applied more firm
Iv when unfortunately the cable parted at
soma distance from the stern Of the ship.
The Agamemnon, Niagara and Susquehan-
ma ara IN remain short time where the CO.
All, narted. to try some experiments In the
,lnen water of that part Of the Atlantic 1.-TWO
thousand rathoms), which it is considered will
ho of Great value to the Telegraph Company,
and then all go to Plym h England.
Tbe Cyrlops Was sent back with despatch
es ,o V,Ien,ia, aud then to juiu the Leopard
ut Portsmouth. III
Auhouph the unfortunate accident will
nosinone the completion of this great under
inEinp for short time, the result OF the eN-
experiment has been to convince oil that took
Durt ia it, Of the entire practlcablllty ol the
enterprise for with some slight alterations IN
the paying out machinery. there appears TO
be no great difficulty in laying down the ca
be, and it has been clearly proved tnat you
can TELEGRAPH successfully through twenty
five hundred miles Of the cable, ana know that
it's submersion at at great depth had no
,nr.en,i,,e influence in the great electric cur
rent. :.
There is no obstacle to laying it down at
the rate of FIVE miles per hour, in the great
est depth Of water on the plateau between
Ireland and New-foundland."
The experience now obtained must be oil
great yalne to the Company. and 1t is under
Stood that the directors will decide whether
il is best to have more cable made, and try
again Immediately after the equinoctlai gales
ar. over or wait until another sumH'er. In
Iiverpool an im preston prevails that anoth-
er trial will take place in October.
a Liverpool paper reports the arfiVai OF
Niagara, SuaSuehauna, aud Agamemnoh' az
Plymouth oa Friday, bat doubtless mis-
tuLe.
INDIA.
Delhi had not fallen up to the 2Ith oil June
The rebels had made several desperate sor-
lies. but each time were repulsed with great
slaughter. The city was reported full OF SICK
and wounded, and the cholera prevailed
Reinforcements continued reaching the Brit
.sh camp.
There are floating rumors, as there were 10
the receipt of the last mail, oil the capture o'
Delhi, but they are wholly unreliable. ,
Further victories in several districts had
been reported.
The British force before Delhi is stated TO
he from seven to eight thousand Europeans
and five thousand natives. The native por-
,on of the troops had proved entirely trust
worthy.
The whole of the kingdom Of Dude had RI,
sen, but Sir Henry Lawrence, with his small
force, kept the enemy in check.