Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-12-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

kUh6X0N M6 We.
The royal mail steamship Africa. Captain
Shannon. which sailed from Liverpool on the
18th inst, arrived at New York yesterday |
morning.
The Indian Empire, three weeks out
from New York to Galway, had not been
heard of at Liverpool when our despatch was
closed.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Mr.. Whitehouse, the electrician, again
writes to the Atlantic Telegraph Company,
on the subject of his conviction that the ca
ble may yet be rendered available. He as
serts that recent experiments have clearly de-
monstrated to him the system of testing here
tofore reso ted to Is to the last degree falla-
cious and iuconclusve, and that with such
source of error underlying all the electrical
opinions which have been relied upon, the
unequivocal demonstrations which he has OBJ
tanned induce him, in justice to the enter
prise, at once to impeach the validity OF the
| accepted decision upon the state of the ca
| ble He reiterates his belief tha. the fault
in the cable is at no great distance from the
shor e, and concludes his letter follows
| q turn now with pleasure, to recount to
the directors an incident which l have CLEAN
ed since my arrival at Falentla, and which
[ doubt not. they will learn with equal graft
| 6cation. Shortly after the repairs had been
affected to which allusion has already been
made, and when the cable was IN Its most
perfect working order the Superintendent at
| Newfoundland, when all the official MESA
ges Of the day had been worked off, gave per-
mission, iu order to keep the clerks employed
for the exchanges Of conversational inter-
course between Newfoundland and Valcntia
for time. Freed thus from the fear of any
responsibility attaching to errors from care
lessness or haste, the clerks on duty manipu-
lated at higher speed than had ever before
been obtained, Newfoundland u,uing my in
strument and induction on coils for transmits
sion, while FaleDtia received the signals on
ThomSons galvanometer, and recorded by
fuger key upon paper; the station clock mar
ked the time upon the paper in hours, half
hours, as well as minutes, SO that there can
be no error in the computation Of speed.
Il have cal efully examined the records
: then made the signals are perfect, and the
rate at which, for length of time that con-
, versatIon was kept up in words at full length
was such OF that speel alone could be man
tanned, and am confident it can even be in
creased) as would enable the directors, after
the payment of all working expenses, to de-
, clare iyiiend at the rate Of ten per cent,
per anum upon the present. capital; while lag
= 100000. This computation is made for the
t six working days only, allowing margin o
four hours per diem for unavoidable delay:
{ and interruptions.
e These facts and these figures, together
$ with the calculations upon which they ar
/ founded, [ am prepared at any time to sub
= nit aud to substantate before the director
D and shareholders; and this is the condition L
e which still believe the cable admits of be
ing again safely and easily restored at an ea
t ly day.
= The submarine telegraph cable betwec'
t Dover and Calais had been repaired, an
d was again in working order.
y 4 deputation of official gentlemen from
:, British North American provinces, including
10 members of the government of Canada. Ne'
Q Brunswick and Noyia GOTTA, had an oficis
II interview with Sir L. Bnlwer Hytton, th
J. Colonial Secretary.
is Meetings in aid Of the new reform move
mcnt continue to be held in various parts
Is England.
in The cotton factory of Mss.rs Georg
D. Grant and Sons, Glasgow, had been PARTIAL
at destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at SO
i 600
ig The London Gazette contains an order en-
d powerng the Prince of Wales to exercise a
Ill the privileges of knight Companion of tt
~ Garter In as tull u manncr as III DC nao . &c
formally Installed.
e. The London correspondent of lie NOrd sa
st that English Government has resolved to a
er tEorzc the engagement of laborers for Il
ly French Colonies among the coolies in India
ss The steamer IeUiot. with Australian ma
re (already telegraphed) and ElI0 $40 in gol
at arriv ed at Southampton on the 18th.
st FRANCE
% The Paris correspondent of the Hude pc
dence Berge says the question of reducti
of the French army to the extent of o
hundred thousand mel, is under serious co
re- sideration.
ho 1t is announced that eommiss ion col
1T, posed of three persons appointed by the hi
les lister of Blgeria and his Colonies, is about
raj set out for the coast of Africa to examine
cir the spot the question of immigration.
of The last dispatches received from Chi
be announce that Admiral Rigault, after havi
of taken possession of the establishments
irs Turane. had Immediately marched I
he city of Hue, the capital of Cochin Chi
ion and of the entire empire of AMMAN. Deta
ce of the taking of Turane show that the gI
md boats destroyed five forts in half f-an-ho'
if Turane had been declared French territo
ro Paris dispatches state that Montalembel
ui trial had been fixed for the 17th. The p,
err lie were not to be admitted, and no rep
e would be allowed to be published. Only
con judgments will be published In the Frer
of papers.
nor The Emperor Napoleon had returned
ds. compliment recently paid to him by Gu
net Victoria, having forwarded twelve POI
a howitzer invented by himself, accompan
Ma by the complete harness for six horses.
by piece bears the name of the Alliance.
the The Paris correspondent of the Lon'
vet Globe says that Galway is about to be adoI
,ors ! hv France as the outlet of her postal G,