Wilmington journal., 1858-08-13
The Persfa's Mails.


The steamer Persia, at New York, reports that the
City Of Baltimore arrived out at Liverpool the 3d.
and the Ariel at southampton the 23d ut The Per-
sla brings lS6 passengers. Our foreign files contain
few additional items of interest, which we suboin
GREAT BR1TAN.-The correspondent of the London
Times, writing on board the Agamemnon before the de-
parture of the Atlantic telegraph feet on their final at
tempt to submerge the cable complains bitterly of nu
rious statements spread abroad from the Niagara in re-
gard to the conduct of the of the Agamemnon du
ring the fearful storm which she encountered He de-
nounces all such utterly false, and eulogises
the bravery which evnced during the trying period
In the same letter the writer wire covered
cable wholly unfit for submarine telegraph across the
Atlantic and suggests that thin copper wire covered
with guta percha and creased yarn and weighing only
aeut oneourh of the present cable the kind Of thing
to hope for success with The second break during the
late trial. the writer says, took place beyond all doubt
at the bottom of the ocean, and he contends occurred
in consequence Of defect in the cable ITSELF and for
these reasons
"The whole cable was originally made in two mile
lengths and afterwards spliced together so that in the
5000 miles there exist no less than 800 Joints Are
all these ontings of the conductor to be relied on and
if not is it not the old story that the strength of rope
is only the strength of its weakest part? Again. how
many alr-bubbles con be found IN the gutta percha
which encoses the copper wire? When the first splice
was made at the rendezvous found i'll the very
piece where the joint was to be made, and immediately
cut out While the cable is paying out the tension is
so great that the outside spiral wires compress the tar
out OF It, as water would be wrung from wet CLOTH
Out of how many bubbles is the air compressed in this
manner and the cable descends into the tremendous
pressure of the Atlantic depths does not the water grad
uay force its way in through the aperture thus e till
the copper conductor is reached and its insulation total
! ly destroyed?
On the voyage out to the rendezvous the indefati-
gable eecrtians on board the Niagara detected while
testing through the cable total break of continuity in
the current about $50 miles below the surface of main
deck coil. The exact spot discovered, the cable
that the copper conductor had forced its way through
the gutta percha and yarn covering in such
to touch the outside wires and of totally destroy
ed its electrical continuity Such defect at
remedled but the question naturally arises how many
places has the copper wire almost forced its way through
and yet remains close to the yarn and outside wires
that though its electrical condition is perfect while the
cable is in state of rest its insulation destroyed the
moment the strain of paying out comes upon it."
The report that Sir Ftzroy Kelly, Attorney General
OF England, had secretly married his dairymad, is
true
The show of the Royal Agricultural Society of En-
gland, at Chester, had passed off with great eclat
Mr.. George BARLEY, celebrated actor, who retired
from the stage some years ago. is dead
A grand banquet had been given in Galway to the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in celebration of the estab
ishment of transatlantic line of steamers from the port
of Galway.
FRANcE.-The Paris correspondent of the London
Times says the statement that the French troops to
be withdrawn from Rome is positively contradctcl in
official quarters
1t was thought that Prince Napoleon would soon be
named Minister of Marine; and even Minister of War
sooner or later.
letter from ST. Etene reports the seizure Of three
grenades, similar to OrSns and the consequent arrest
of twenty persons
Dispatches from the commanCant OF the French naval
station Oft Newfoundland announce hat after several
interviews with the legislative body Of the colony he had
succeeded in establishing the basis of treaty rea
tive to the fisheries of sauch nature to give salts
faction to all the interests concerned.
Il NoRwAY-A Norwegian loan of lO8OOOOO
marks banco has been favoraby received at Hamburg
and considerable transaction took place in it at 98
TURKEY.-A serious revolutionary movement has
broken out among the Christian population of Syria
1t is said that Trpo and Latakia are in state of in
surrecton In Gambia the Christians had either barri
caded their dwelling or taken flight
81 CHINA.-According to telegraphic from China
the quotations of tea and silk especially the latter have
experienced further decline 1t is also stated that at
Hong Kong there has been further movement in the
rate OF exchange of about per cent in favor of Eng
land.
The Times says the capture of the forts at the mouth
of the Peho occupied two hours and the loss was "A
wounded and II killed. mostly French The allied for
ces were advancing.
London, Friday evening, July 23-Funds retain their
upward tendency. A fresh rise of 3-l6 to a was es-
tabshed and the market closed at the hest point yet
touched
In the discount market there was good demand for
money Choice bills Pa per cent. Bullion operations
scarcely deserve notice.
The Daily News says the tenders accepted and reject
ed for the 100000 reserved for the public out of the
New Zealand loan, bearing imperial guarantee of
per cent. represented an aggregate of less than
9l225,70O, thus furnishing fresh evidence that there is
an almost unlimited supply of money ready for invest
ment IN really solid securities at even high prices
The mails by the Vanderbilt at New York with
Liverpool dates to the 2ls ult arrived in this city yes
terday morning. The news is not important. W make
up the following compilation, however of the advices re-
ceived:
In the House of Commons, July 20 Lord Stanley
asked whether under existing circums il luda
would not be desirable to offer complete ann ,sry,
with certain exceptions, to all who had laid down
arms.
Mr.. Roebuck moved the following resolutions:
ResolUed, That the privilege of Hudson's Bay Com
pany, about to expire ought not to he renewed that
the legal validity OF the exclusive rights by the HudSos
Bay Company under their charter ought at once to be
determined by process of law and that much Of the
territory hitherto held by the Hudsons Bay Company
may be made needed for the purpose of coonzaton
ought, without delay to be resumed by the Government
of this country
The motion was seconded by Lord Bury.
Mr.. Laboucher said, upon the whole he cOncurred
with Mr.. Gladstone that it would be better to leave
. this matter to the Government.
After great deal of discussion, which many men,
: bers took part, Mr.. Roebuck withdrew his motion
The Trenton (Tenn Southern Standard is in costa
ces in anticipation OF the completion of the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad to that place 1t will be seen from the
paragraph below that loose rein to very fertile fancy,
and revels, in anticipation in delights which but
man of genius, with soul alive to the good things OF
e this life, could feed himself upon
J. GOOD NEws-We are pleased to learn that the track
of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad yesterday thrown
the Obon river. So the iron horse WILL in few