Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-09-04
Jorrign Minus.
LATER FROM E1Rnpr

HALIFAX, Aug. 26.-Ihe steamer A.
ca from Liverpool, p. NJ. ON S atn,J'''
! 9th inst, arrived here at l.3O A. NJ. n'J'N
The ATLANTIC CABLE.-Tho AtIantic r!
egraph Cable is broken and oporation.
the present suspended. The British stoa WI
Cyclops had returned to Valentia win MY
Field on board, and that gentleman ir,,.
diatcly repaired to London. to confer ,,'g
the Directors on future movements Uo ,I
cgraphs to the agent of the Associated p,,'.
as follows
"LoNDoN, Saturday morning. Aug l.,
Her Maicstys steamer Leopard arrived ~,
Portsmouth on Friday morning. 1itb oaS
reports that the Atlantic cable was lost ~.
quarter before four clock, on TUESDAY mo-
ing, / lth inst, after having paid out succo..
fully $50 nautical miles of cable and tho l,..
100 miles Of IL in water over two niles L.
depth, and the greater part of this at rata
of rather more than five knots an hour
At the time Of the accident there was hoay,
swell on, the Niagara going at the rate of
four knots per hour, and as the engineer found
that the cable was running ont in too great ,
proportion TO the speed of the ship. he com.
sidercd IL necessary 90 direct the brakes to h,
applied more firmly, whcn unfortunately. tb,
cable parted at some distance from the storm
Of the ship. Tho Agamomnon, Niagara and
Susquehanna are TO remain a short time
where the cable parted, to try some expert.
ments in the deep water Of that part of tbs
Atlantic about 1000 athoms) which It /.
considered will be Of great value to the Tolo.
graph Company, and then all 20 TO Plymouth.
England.
The Cyolops was sent with dcspatchos 10
Nalcntia, and then is TO Join tho Leopard Mt
Portsmouth. Although this unfortunate ac.
cident will postpone the completion of this
great undertaking for a short time. the rosult
of the experiment has been to convince an
who took part in il Of the entire prachcab1-
ity of the enterprise for with some sli1bt nd.
tcrations in the paying out machinery. tbcre
appears 90 be no great difficulty in lawn,
down the cable and it has been clearlr rrr
ed that YOU can successfully telegraph rs.,t
twenty-five hundred miles of cable. and k-..-
that its snbmersion at great DEPTH Lad 20
perceptble influence on the electric current
There is no obstacle in laying down tbc "a.
BILE at the rate Of 1--WE miles an hour In fbe
greatest depth Of water on the plateau be-
tween Ireland and Newfoundland The ex-
pericnce now obtained must be Of great vale
ne TO the Company. and it is understood the
Directors will decide wheihor it is best Co
have more cable made and Try again imme-
diatcly after the equinoctial gales are over. or
wait until another summer.
In Liverpool an impression prevails chat
another trial VIII take place I'm October
GUAR bWrtIN.-In the House of Com
mons, on thc 2th. the Chancellor of the lie
chcqucr obtained leave 20 bring 10 bin mr
continuing For two years from April next the
present duties ON Tea and sugar.
ma. q. 81
hated IN the Lords, without amy important
developments. In the Commons the subject
of railway 20 India attracted attention. boz.
the government refused TO mix itself up 10
these projects Mr. Gladstone ocusurod pal.
merston' political opposition TO the Suel Csc
nal but the latter reiterated his objections to
the scheme.
INDIA. - The Overland Mail arrived at
Trieste ON the 9th lelegraphic dispatches
from thence state that the Bombay dates ale
of July 4th, and Calcutta on the 9Th
Delhi had not fallen up to the 27th Of
June The rebels had made several desper-
ate sortios. but each time were rcpulscd wiih
great slaughter. The city was reported uH
of sick and wounded, and the cholera vas
prevalent
Bciniorcemonts had commenced reach-c
the British camp
Further mutinios are reported to have take
en- place in several other districts
The Bombay and Madras armies r.-iar-t
loyal. Tho Puuiaub continues quiet At
SRA, Gen. Nancortlandt had attacked l-l
completely defeated the insurgents. ius-,r-
heavy loss.
Gen Woodburns column had coupl.tsr
crushed the rebellion at Aurungabad
lutrliiupucp had boon r.cet...l q, g., -.t.t.--
Of troops at Mozandabad, Iyrabad. Soto
pore, Sanger, Nowgong. Bandaw. Futtv-l lr.
lnhow and lndore. Pishawar is distmbel
and three regiments have been dislrr.l
there.
Sir Colin Campbell arrived at Alden J-y
2Sth The first batch of the China corps I'D
arrived at Calcutta.
The British force before Delhi is stated Co
be from seven to eight Thousand Europoars
and 5000 natives. The native portion q DE
force Is proved trustworthy. The rbs
have been dispersed at Alahabad and The fort
saved The barracks at Cawupore we've close
~ besieged by the insurgents, but held o1i
hrayely' and reintorcements were marchirs 90
ITS relief The whole of Dude had rises. b-.
sir Henry Lawrence with small force ke-i
the enemy in check.
There are, the same as by the last mail.
floating rumors Of the capture of Delhi. br.
they are wholly unreliable
The Bengal Hukara says, I'VE have re-
ceiyed letters stating that Government Bad
got telegraph message from Nagporc, an
nouncing that Delhi had fallen the 27th OF
June, describing the battle, and stating tha.
upwards ofsevcn thousand rebels were killed
Calcutta was more tranquil, and the native
Bankers arc gaining confidence. The papers
say, 1--WE have seen the worst of it, foE thsre
are no more regiments to mutny except those
Of Bombay and Madras, the fidelity OF vhicA
there Is no reason 10 suspect
The latest India mails reached Londoa cn
the 18th inst, but the correspondence adds
nothing Of Importance to the telegraphie a,-
counts. The correspondent of the Ties de-
alls the new outbreaks, which appear /"
have been less serious in their consequences
than the early ones lie thinks the food Of
The instruction has been passed.
CHINA.-liong Kong dates are of June
a. The Chinese news is unimportont--
Trade continued uninterrupted at the north
nm ports.
Tho Chinese report that the Emperor has
Ibdicated, but il is not believed.