... ?? TELEGRAPHRS, ,om ,almoutlI to Gibraltar the distance is less ,hsf l000 iles; from Gibraltar to Malta tho distanco pi- -iles from Malta to Alexandria it,.is 815 from ?uez to Aden, 1310 miles ; from Aden a S ?? 1664 miles ; from Bombay to Poinb do eI tolle, :h miles ; from Point deo Galle to Madras, m e mles ro adras to Calcutta, 780 miles ; from k, cutt, to0 oel , 1213 miles; from d enai g ...

... GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. . ~ ?? I A few 'nightli ago, Miss Johnstone, an elderly lady, residing at Craig's-road, near Dumfries, was in bed when the bedclothest caught fire, and she was so seriously burnt that she has since died. TEBRnpIc COLLIERY EXPLOSION.-Six LiVES LOST. -Another terrible colliery explosion occurred oni Wed- nesday the 11th. inst., at Mr Thomas Walters' Cyfing or Crimea Pit, ...

... LATEST NEWSO (By lilecrie and Ia4teauion Ts~eeraZifph,) OFFI1E, TnEFLE BUILDINGS, NEW STREET. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPHb The second edition of the Timtes contains the following letter from the secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Com- parry :- I have the pleasure to inform you that the line from Valeritia to Neweoundlaild is now working satisfac- torily both ways. The following message was ...

... ?? foof. 9 THURSDAY, ATJGUST 5, 1858. N7EWS OF THE DAY. AT noon, yesterday, her LwAJESTy, accompanied by the PRINCE CONSORT, embarked on board the royal yacht, and proceeded on the excursion to Cherbourg. The members of the Government are, of coarse, in atten- dance; and the faithful Commons, to the number of something less than ninety, follow in the wake of the Royal progress. The list of ...

... -- - ?? ?? WRTlA V~ HALF-YEARLY MEETING Y L'tUA . (Fron our own Reporter.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of this company was field in the Board Room at the Railway Station, Derby, yes- terday; the Chairman (S. Beale, Esq., M.P.) presiding. There was a large attendance of shareholders. The usual preliminaries having been observed, the report, an abstract of which lies already appeared in our ...

... da.&repaltencte. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Aftflleres intended fbo publication must be accompanied by the names and addresses of the writers, not necessarily for publfiafcon, but for the informn-ation, of the Edilor. Correspondents who set apy special value upon their com- muacatious mast keep copies of thesn, aes we cannot under- take to return ussused contributions. J. W., Ssiffnal. We ...

... TWELVE LIVES LOST. [The following appeared in a second edition yesterday.] The most serious catastrophe that has ever occurred on a railwayin ?? district took place last night (Monday) on the Oxford, Worcester, ?? line, between Round Oak and Brettel Lane Stations, a few miles beyond Dudley. By it eleven persons were instantaneously killed, another died a few hours afterwards, several more were ...

... ziye __Sltts. The prospects of the shooting season are represented by the Scotch papers as being exceedingly favourablo. Asiatic cholera has appeared, at York. One man, who was ill for some time, and refused medical aid, has died from it, * A highly respectable osrrner, residing in Glamorgans- shire, named Rees Jones, ?? been tohimitted for trial for stealing one of his neighbour's lambs. ...

... SIR COIUN CAMPBELL'S i-TACTICS INJ NDIA. -I- se The Times has published two long papers, being ,Idl the criticisms of A Disabled Officer, on the tactics .id pursued by Sir Colin Campbell in his Indian cam- I of paign. In criticising the criticisms the' leading I i1- journal Fays- t The first part, commencing with the, ominous i reflectiioh that Sir Colin, had put everything in e0- t ardy ...

... FEARFUL RAILWAY COLLISION' IFIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED. We have to report a fearful and fatal collision Ti f on the . Oxford, Woroester, and Wolverbampton Irv Railway. It appears that on Monday there was 1 a to e very cheap Sunday-sohool excursion to Worcester. Do A special train was announced from Wolverhampton nc 8 to Worcester at 10 15, calling at all stations, for lii 0 the purpose of ...

... LATEST TEL. GRAp.I.C NEWS. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. do- .d. A meeting of the Great Northern Railway Coin- air- pany was held in London Yesterday, Mr. E. Douisou bter in the chair. e and im The Chairman said no one regretted competition more than lie did, and he would put an end to it as soon as he could consistently with his duty to the shareholders ; but lhe could not consent to see their ...

... COURT, &o, nagiai- (Fe'os the Court Journal.) w ,ne~ of It is possible that ?? visit to Potsdam an, troduce may be somewhat shorter than at first proposed. iv md not' Prince Alfred's establishment at Alverbank will be to broken up in about a fortnight or three -weeks, and h jew lthi his royal highniess will take his departure for Bonn. ad, ith the P-rofessional niatters connebted with the ...