The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-15 00:00:00

PROSPECTS OP THE ATLANTIC CABLE
EXPEDITION.

Some interesting statements were made yester-
day, before • sumeroos sad indoential meeting is the
Common-hell, Liverpool, by Mr. Cyrus W. Field, Mr. Clea-
ning (engineer), Mr. Varley (elsolekeisa to the Athletic
Telegeaph Commay), and OaMets All4lllloll (of the Great
Easter.). firs* explained that it bad boss pis+
lively neemeary to forst the new eompasy (the Aeglo.
American), as the knorasy-General of Itegiend bed de-
cided against the legality of the leas by the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company of •12 emit. whams stook. The
new company would supply ll the money for the cape&
don of lay log the sew cable tics summer, sod Mies wpm
plated it would be delivered to the Atimitio Company, the
agreement being that the Angie-Americas should receive a
certain amount per annum at future earninp, and bead over
the balsam to the orighml essipany. This was • fair sad
just arreagement, and the Anemia shareholders would
have certain preferential netts is the purchase of Anglo-
' kmerisan stock. Mr. Oessiageaid that abealdsay "faults"
occur in the laying operation, they would, by improved ma-
chinery, be able to repair them at • maim Cap-
tain Anderson (who was heartily °keeled) expressed his
fullest malldence as to the same= d the future operatioos.
Mr. Varley was equally maidest. The ezpiristeets of
Professor Thmpeon, of Glasgow, showed that during the
operation of laying, the cable was nearly three hours in
falliog to the bottom of the sea, sad that after allowing for
the greater aloweeis attending the operatic. of picking up
the amount of strain to which the cable would be exposed
would be isereared wily by 2 owt. above its owe weight.
The new cable which it was proposed to adopt (a sample
was shown) would lift above 8 tons, sad would bear a
great deal more twisting and beedling than the old
cable. It was inteeded to have the picking-up ma-
chinery in future at the stern, sad not at the bow.
(Hear. bear.) Mr. Willoughby Smith had invented
a most delicate and perfect instrument for testing
the isaulatiou during the whole process of laying, splicing,
he. Mr. Varley did not think that arevenue of 1,000,00 W.
sterling per annum would be at all an unreasonable antici-
pation, particularly se the Persian Gulf cable, with all its
imperfections of management sod its delays, yielded
96,0001. LI. ar. The iestriameets to be mad In cosmetics
with the Atlantic cable would work eight times as rapidly
as those employed on the Persian Gulf cable. Mr. Yield
further explained that the Anglo• American oompaoy bad
of necessity been la rapidly formed that at present the di-
rectors were London moo, but that it wee intended to
unite the interests of Liverpool, Manoberter, Glasgow, and
other large cities on the board. The scheme was mina-
politan, mid the company would receive messages from all
other telegraph ocantasies and transmit them is
the order of reeeptioo. With regard to capital,
ha stated that of the 600,0001. required, 400,001 K
was subicribed before be left Loudon, and that it'
woe intended to dose the lists for Landes es
Keeley, and for the country as Tuesday. Eight gentle-
men connected with the Telegraph Construction and Maio-
imams Company bad, at our sitting, subscribed 10,0001.
each. Mr. Vsrley illustrated. by experiment, the
" process and rubsequeet insulation by gotta
perch.. Be also stated (is reply to questions) that the
electric condition of the submerged cable was perfect, sad
that the iosalatioe, owing to the Zepth and the cold, was
much greater than near the surfers. Mr. Cennieg sad
Captain Anderson expressed a tionfidest belief that the old
table would be recovered. If the Great Pesters could pick
up the " bight* it would be spliced, arid the °wane° of
laying both cables would go on simultaneously. It soh me
of the smaller vessels would be detached to pick up. Mr.
Rashes called attention, to the feet, that three or four
miles of the lost cable had actually been recovered.
Votes of thanks to the gentlemea who had made the ex-
, planation' were adopted.
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FATAL AOCIDINT ON TIM LONDON, CHATHAM AND
Doves RAILWAY. —Lest semis, Mr. Hedlund speed aa
Inquiry. at Bt. Doorge'e Hospital, relative to the death of
Henry Walla, aged 34, who was found seriously Missed is
the permanent way of the lietropolitse motion of the
Landes, Obathani, end Dove( Railway, near the etewarer
leas station, shortly after midnight on Saturday last. The
demand. who was a mill-bead maker, is the employment
of Messrs. Bedworth, of Lambeth, sad lived at fitoeltwell.
on the 'tight is question expressed his intensioa of
going home by way of thie Vista& station to the Wands-
worth-rod Matins, he bevies a embus ticket. Nothing
more is knows of him until be wan head at the spot
above described, by ens of the railway officials, who
was attracted to lalm by his moans. He was 'sly able to
say be " could cot help it.' He was hikes to the above-
mentiosed hospital, whoa it wee toned that he had the
bones of his left leg smashed, and hod mosived ather wirer*
injuries both tunnel sad externel, and he died Is two
boors. Thera was soiling to show boss he muse en the
spot la gumbos, butt a return RAM was fined is his
Pocks'. Th. injuries might haws been iodine& bY bit
haviog been struck by a Maio. The tawdry ens d-
jemmied is, tether' irdt the waresor remark* that
the ouwo was a selmewhert nipshisiews GM.
Ten Dineen .assfsmane acv.—A supplement
to the London Gazette was published loot evesiag, oretain-
lag as order is council mairlag prevision for the return at
sheep Women, to perasen wow asap, bads within the
north-wasters 41. of Bootle/ad, sad wlaslaellesp are
preseatly minim* within* that Mandan