New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-25
Particulars Of Foreign News.
PER STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA.

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The steamship Columbia left Liverpool on the 5th
inst and arrived at New York on the 18th, bringing
four days later intelligence We extract the follow.
ing from her mails
|s Great Britain
In tbe Honse If LORDS IN Mnnaav Lord ponn,rr.
introduced 4 bli empowering government to emhodv
and ca ont the militia at any time before the 9th a
March neyt Il without having IN coll parI;anan+
focsther acain He said that i state If thinas
sv;steJ IN india which cansed as graat dra;n s,,
tina Oueen,s forces a. II The conrv was n
fnreicn war and II meet This dr,;n tan nsy hattai'
3ons 3vara ~ ho raised ard ,agiy,a,ts ,o, - ~
;sc,,,assd on, an I" INN and a. ~ W
servino in India from INN To ON Nj ths copd h
dane without conr beyond existinp acts and th b
charge would mainly fall on the East India Companv :
ht ~ time would he necessarv 70 nrou;de th;s Il
csase II tbe army ma IN Country would III IL the
;nser;m Ia drained ~ troons tba amhodwmant If the
militia might become necessary !. hence the mime
sition. II ~ 'AN f-pr'
fter aome remarks from tbe onnos;t;or thot .bo
measure oupht 10 have been brought forward earlier
the bill was read for a first time. -
h On Tneedav the n,oeeedinps in both Honsas u,era
devoid Of Interest. = = = VIZ
The Paris Paus saws the English Government have
decided That the Identification o Corf sbai, he ;n,,ad
afeIv strenothened and fIO nm have heen aIiottad
for thai nnTnoae : - =, L - S>
w. II. A. Delane. for many Years MANAGER Of tho
London Times, is dead.
underTvn an the 3Ist Iulv and about 6ory ~ ~
,o;na,,s ware Killed N M - y
q $50 go. 7, ss.;s,s,, j., r, !,
iou W alsi.io ~ 9ne i1onuoh iines upon the
trans Atlantic Telegraph we extract the following
So soon az the Agamemnon had passed the track
of the Submarine Conpanys cable between Dover
and Calais, in order to avoid the possibility Of its
being injured by the laying or hauling up of another
line at right angles to t. the experiments commenced
A Is inch shell was attached to the end Of spare
coil Of the Atlantic cable for the purpose of sinking
it rapidly with strain upon 1t to the bottom. and
was then cast into the sea- drawing after it sufficient
quantity Of slack to enable it to take hold of the
ground, and SO get the machinery ia motion. =
The paying out then commenced at the rate of two
three and four knots an hour respectively The ship
was then stopped and the cable was hauled IN from
the bottom OF the sea with great facility by connect
ing the small engine to the driving pinon geare to
the sheaves. When the end was brought up to the
surface it was found TINT the shell had broken away
from the loop by which it had been fastened for the
purpose Of lowering it.
The cable. when recovered. was found to have been
cleaned as bright as the specimens which have been
30 freely distributed among the friends Of tile enter
PRISE and which are so generally known The ex-
terror coating Of tar had been completely rubbed off
by being drawn through the sandy hotto Of the sea
and attached to the iron coating IF the Cable ware
some weeds and several small crabs which came mn
with it to the surface. ~''' y
On the following day length of cable was RIM
out and hauled in with perfect success opposte the
Isle OF Wight, attached to an anchor The speed was
increased in this case to five knots.
During the afternoon OF the same day a length
was run out, having fastened to the end of it log
OF TIMBER, ana after having been towed with mile
and half OF cable was coied IN again with success
I'm wednesday about malt way between the Lands
End and the coast o. Ireland another length was run
out at the rate OF SIX and half knots per hour and
subsequently hauled IN. The Agamemnon then