The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-21 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

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OX BOARD XXI Gana: FARM.
Ord BXXEUMBIL, SUNDAY.
The reasons given for not forthwith renewing the
attempts to pick up the aside are unanswerable.
It ia sot a question of money. One gentleman has
already avowed his willingness to equip the Great
Eastern and send her out, on the understanding
tbakloo,ooo/. shall be paid in the event of success-
fully recovering the part lost and laying the whole,
and nothing in case of failure. It is no longer
any secret that the great vessel was chartered on
sirdlar terms, that 60,0001. would have been
handed over to her owners had the cable been laid,
and that, according to agreement, nothing is due,
as the expedition failed. The speculative offer
first-named fairly illustrates the tone of feeling
among the people who have been out. The diffi-
culties besetting an immediate resumption of the
enterprise have no foundation in doubts or fears,
but their fonts is perhaps strengthened by the
deeply-rooted conviction that a delay of a few
months will not seriously affect the chances of
picking up. That the buoy may be limbed to
pimps by the wild Atlantic waves, and that the
vast ma may oink irmeoverably into the oozy
bottom of its ocean bed, am hypotheses not deemed
worthy of serious thought. The buoy was put out
less to mark the place of the broken end than to
guide those on board the Great Eastern as to the
direction in which she drifted during the search ;
and until waves are found to destroy the sun, there
will be no difficulty, by aid of sextant and chrono-
meter, in pitching upon the spot wanted with
mathematical accuracy. The specific gravity of
the cable is not very greatly In excess of that of
the core, and, though it may fall slightly, it is
strongly maintained that it will not do more than
"settle itself," and that this fact need not dis-i
turb a single calculation, or occasion uneasiness.
There is no evidence of current where the cable now
lies. It is well out of the way of that meetingll
between Gulf St. Lawrence, the stream from the
Greenland seas, and the Gulf Stream, to which is
due the deposit causing the large banks on the New-
foundland coast ; and the probabilities are strongly
against its sinking below its own depth. Specimens
of the ooze are to be seen on board. They have
formed into a white substance, like chalk in appear-
ance, but which crumbles at the touch, and leava
minute traces on the finger, like so much down
from a butterfly's wing. Some of it will be foe-
warded to Sir Roderick Murchison and other
authorities, that sound ecieutific opinions may be
had as to its probable effect on the cable. The
intention, then,of starting theGreatEastern in a few
weeks is impracticable, only because she cannot be
ready early enough to make it expedient to send a
telegraph expedition across the Atlantic. Two new
boilers for the ship, new boilers for picking up
machines, new funnels, new and stronger wheels
and mechaniem for hauling in, over and above a
supply of fresh ropes and grapnels, are all impera-
tively necessary. No energy or exertion could pos-
sibly make her fit for her task before some tuontus
from this date.
My voyage out to meet the Great Eastern on
Saturday was, owing to the unexpected difficulty of
finding her, in itself exciting. At 8.15 a.m. the
@mart and swift steam tug Warrior left Dover har-
bour, Mr. W. C. Moore, the pilot, and the present
writer, being the only people on board besides the
crew. Mr. Moore has been employed as pilot in
many cable-laying expeditions during the last nine
years, had charge of the Great Eastern when she
left Sheerness, five weeks ago, and wee despatched
on Saturday by the Telegraph Construction Com-
pany to pilot bar up the Channel home. It was
calculated from the time the big ship had been
sighted at Penzance that we should meet her off
Hastings about 2 p.m.,' and this opinion was
strengthened by the intelligence we received from
the steamer Cormorant, from Cork. Hailing
this vessel at 1 p.m., we learnt that she
had sighted the Great Eastern at 9 a.m. off
Brighton. It was then settled to lay to, steam
was turned off, and the pretty little Warrior
drifted gently with the tide. Time rolled on,
however, and as nothing could be seen of the ship
we were in search of, after some couple of hours
of fruitless 'souring the horizon with telescopes,
orders were given to posh on at 4 p.m. Half an
hour later we signalled H.M. steam yacht Vivid,
and learnt from her captain, who courteously
pulled to, that he had just coma from Portsmouth
and had seen nothing of the Great Eastern. For
the moment we were puzzled, when just as Mr.
Moore had settled to land at Hastings to Oak for
news, and perhaps telegraph to London, to bear
of the great ship's latest whereabouts, a small °loud
was seen on the horizon, which eventually resolved
itself, first into a large volume of smoke, and
finally into the masts, spars, and hull of the great
vessel. It was now 4.45 p.m., and changing oar',
course from Hastings, we stood out to sea with all
possible speed, and in another hour were on board,
lexchanging salutations and reciprocating news.
Many familiar faces were missing however, for Cap-
tain Anderson had hove to near Brighton that more-
ing, and had been in communication with the shore.
Dr. Russell and Mr. London, one of the
telegraphTelgraph
Construction Company's staff, had left
Eastern at Orookhaven, and Mr. Canning, Mr.
Clifford, Mr. Daniel Gooch, M.P., Mr. Cyrus
Field, Mr. Cromwell Parley, Professor Thomas,
Mr. Willoughby Smith, Mr. O'Neil, A.R.1.,e0d
M. Deep:ober all went on shore at Brighton. The
great ship lay to within a couple of miles of the
lchain pier about 9 a.m. A fleet of crowded
boats came off directly the morning bans
cleared away, and astonished Brighton beheld hew
gigantic visitor. At first Captain Anderson, good-
naturedly allowed the boats' loads to come os
board, but the number became so enormous that
he was compelled to remind this indulgence, and
hundreds had to be content with rowing meld,
and gazing up at the monster ship. After as hoar
or two's delay the Great Eastern put up her de m,
and proceeded to where we met her. The ass ;vas
calm, and the big ship motionless, so far as pitch-
ing or rolling was concerned. During the night
she was, under the direction of Mr. Moore, just
kept moving off the Foreland, and this morning,
after acknowledging the dipped pennants of all the
ships she passed—notably that of the fiagsehip
Formidable, the band of which, with quick, sailor-
like sympathy, lustily struck up, " Cheer , boys,
cheer !" to console those on board the Great
Eastern for their temporary defest--she dropped
anchor sear her old spot off the Kaiser at L 45
p.m. to-day, here to wait the turn cilessesee, mid
the decision of the financial antlicelliae,loo bold
counsel tomorrow, and Wore wind 1164.4ihteming
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Groat Eastern, August 16,1!/6.
My dear fra,—l have so doubt that you wen read with
some Woes* the opinions of a sailer whom yea know,
reepsearig Inlegsaph cables agrees the Attesiklaend evee
Wall/ as to the muse of oar present Whirr I was for-
merly • doubter, then as I bona. intimate Irak** ens
sod means to he empioyed to overesste all the diffiesillem I
bad thought of I booms hopeful ; but sow AO I under-
Fiend peroosally the difficulties in the way et proolY
hying • sable to ea mean ct greet depth.
I have beecusel
NMOIIOI.
The; edible has failed far the present principally from tics
same of its own wires positrutiog the grate penes ems,
sad that mum has hem so far fate' oily bemuse it was un-
anticipated. I man by that, if we could have foreseen
this probability sod sufficiently understood the &aim of '
this ship, appraises rood have beam arranged that would
bayermorered the knits without Me elaborate promos that
pest experlessos by tauglat to be efficient.
71may can immediately when a huh 001111111$
very UM* only • few miles, is escemary to ba healed ta.
For this purpose the cable has to be passed from the Mors
to the bow of the ship—at the beet of timer a imeardous
them Wrap, end la this eery lest ship • difficult operation.
As *Poe applied to Wm PiYiliro!i) pie so se to reverse
and bast is at owe before the swiss irk rembeit the Mir'
toot, and while the fault was beieg touted, would have
redoes/ ow three Unite to a very seal !PIA that OM
this cable, which is all other respects seems perfect, could
be efficiently laid whim we have obtained the spOianoss
our sew experleoes hoe taught to be •uscamary. It never.
was satimipsted that weshould bare to attempt the memory
of • loot MIAs from the depth of two miles and a half, 'ad
for the same memo we failed—our grappling lest wee

Three times out of fear attempts we booked the cable said
rained it from the gamed seviwal buodred fathoms. Ups
two sesions the swivels of the unpaid rope broke, sad
apes **third oeossms our rope, which was mad* up of
ship's stores, added oil to the proper wine rope ; end when we
bad ogee more began to be hopeful, if not gangues, • geed.
looking 6inett rope Sae like a thread. This such, how-
ever, we have establithed ; we can hook the cable wbs we
choose, lad we fairly believe that, with proper appliance'
we can lift it sod rosoplete tie
No one ean be bassed for net astaipating this starts.
nate result. livery kind of experinsein has been tried, and
the wire had user before peeetrated thous; this and some
other aspeole seems to have load the idea la mom of the
Media. tends that the faults have boss the result of ma-
ins I Schee to the opines that they were the resat of
amidst, as I know by spariesse that asides will pro-
duce sore curious resales this de**, this they are as
easily explained sae way as the other ; hat this follows, that
appliances should be used that would prevent suck fatal
results, whether prodttead by es ease at the other.
This es be done hereafter by sachisety we now know
how to 000struct, and the additional security au be bad by
making those wires of a somber of moaner Gees, so that so
wee be salkaiestly strong to peeetrate the eon; or,
sus
if o•fmawm7. cover the core with teams or wire gauze, to
make it Mall more secure.
This dose, there as nay be no difilealty with this ship
fa laying the sabiserine cable round the world. It would
be a loag and useless @twin tell pa bow ear hopes altar'
sad betwixt hope sad Modems', duties the tea daps
that we grappled. sad Looked, as& lad the *bar old thread.
Our beaks are very meek up, and all of us long to sower
the sable and restore oar prestige. I have biome pod-
artily east, and hope eireurnotaares will admit of my Saieb-
itigw hat t Ihos begs. My criers now isthat the oomputies
interested in the MONS at this table are really apes the
mist of morose liters a fear they may be disheartened—sat
no seder; bat atiother attempt *snare fail, limmelf Wok*
deg. W• know the cable is perfect in its Slants or capacity
far tressasittieg seessagss. We know it has the right spe-
cific gravity sad the right strength, and we know it esly
fails in see pant. thatof wounding itself; and even if that
mast completely be overcome, with our new espriesas
we know bow 00 MOO it, recover, ad versa it. 1 deresay
the hops will be thought Siloam by many, yet la your
own interests I hope all cosstned will at owe •
new able to be made and completed by !Ivy. Tbe Ong
Easters scald tier mil, lay it with ostaisay, and le the
same saes Oak up and complete the cis for the present
abaadosed.
This would be beyond all quads the beet way wow he
soessies the affairs of all the conipaais embaeked in this
esterrarise, aad my regret is that • •number of aerialists
were sot here to imbibe the madders that expeoisce has
givenacfseardvdtait.
At all see* the attempt should be made to pick spills
cable, and there is as fair a prospect of sass as there ate
be about anything not yet seseroplithed. We ate misrules
to &pad with the hope that ospitalime will see it as weds.
Yr. Field is Deviant sad hopeful based es all ; he would
at once go the plea/ up, and I would like to indulge hie
wish, bat we emboli possibly got the secineary appliaess
the way of machiesry, wire, rope, and complete the sow
say repairs to the well-used bWeire of this ship witbia two
mouths ; it would probably be more, COUid 000 be less, and
there is every probability that the vicar gales would drive
us from our work. sad without the sun we could sahib*
our 'shim groaad.
As these tensions are in substance what all engaged apse
this oaterpnee really fsel, there is ao rests why yea
should sot reed there to soy whom you may think they
would istreark
With kindest regards to you and yours, I roman, my
dear sir, very truly yours.
(Signed) JAMS AADIMBON.

Maschseter, Angina 18,1866.
Geo. Sward, Eq.—Dear Sir,—After an anxious week
as to the fate of the big ship, I have to congratulate yea,
as the official organ of the crompaoy, on the safe return of
the expoditioo. I deeplegret the loss the company has
sustained the loss of the cable, bat notwithstaselog this
misfortune, it is satisfactory to know that, sang with many
others. I still ratan unbounded eoitidszioe is the ultimate
sweeps of this cable, barring accidents soak se time which
have usfortnostely occurred.
As retards the *Ole itself, the tnasbissry fee paying ask
he., see sertostned. 'bete is so ewe for eiseni,andprovid'
e,
loar* and attention is observed is the =mute:dor%
I have nasal to believe that the hopes of the ocespany sad
the public will be folly realised. The strength, issalatise,l
end Mira properties of the oside, are perfectly satideelsep.,
and lam Riad to tied my previous expernatents prustue.
°memo& in the improved condition of the isralation en
weal drawn up from the depths of the Atlantic.
All these were estisiderstioas of aspartame, sad stem*
moans' Ike previouslyaetertaised opinion that this vest!
sod important enterprime will end in a 6nel sod complete
mosses.
As rereads the 'Greet Eastern ship, die Ilse proved heti
self evarythisg that could be demised *a weasel exclusively
adapted for the eutenergenas of the sulevarise eagrA
deep water, and I firmly believe, after being duly _
ifF
far thelercise, that her futare densities are breelted
the la telegrephio cables in every keel's sue weir
suitable sea as the fen of the globs. She appear* oda&
rally soiled foe that object from her smooth easy
at ens, and the facilities for stearin which bee screw
paddle engines afford. All these are in favour of
out and batiks, Is should se:idiots occur such as
which overtook she ship in the middle of the Atlases. . •
Assuming these views to he correct, I will venter* le
suggest to the owoers of the Great Festers, due time
Atlantic cage is safely hid sod in workto.4 ceder, that tille
Teasel shoold be converted bite • mates 'subwersger," 11111
the satire and exclusive repose of laybs sables eselthe
charter her to your owe sod other empanels °speed in
these undertaking.. In affecting this °hien it would be
smeary to direct attention to winds potato of eseettwo•
ties which in my opinioe would require to be strengthened.
sod whisk I believe are knows to the company's
These are additional stringer plates on the upper =
probably a short way down the sides, to increaos her powers
TeIIiSMOCII to Arun with a heavy any os board, such so
she bad from the Noce to Valenta. This beim dose, you
may lately tryst the Great ;asters ow say sea or ,in any
weather is which she may be exposed. I ass ours yon any
peados me for times, which are at the service of the direc-
tors, and is hope of the ultimate completion of‘ the
stn, dear sir, yaws faithfully,
faido•d) Wm. rauans.

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