The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC CABLE OF 1865.

The following is the continuation and conclusion
'of the diary published in the Express of Sep-
tember 10 :
Friday, Sept. 7, Noon.—The progress of the ship
and the paying out of the cable since Tuesday last
have been in every way satisfactory. Last night
a congratulatory telegram mine to Mr. Cyrus Field
from Mr. Low, president of the New York Chamber of
Commerce, requesting him to send a message to be read
Ist a meeting of that body held to-day. It was thought
right to send a reply in the names of the directors on board
woo have accompanied the expedition. It was in the fol-
lowing words ' The undersigned directors on board the
Great Eastern send their greetings to the New York Cham-
ber of Commerce, and take advantage of the success which
bee crowned the efforts of the Telegraph Construction
and Maintenance Company to recover the cable tempo-
rarily lost last year, to convey to them through it and the
throlaid in July last, the hope generally entertained
ughut the United Kingdom that the telegraphic
conueuuication now established between that country and
the United States will tend to promote peace and harmony
between them. (Signedt—Deal. Gooch, chairman of Great
Ship Company, and director of the Telegraph Construction
and Maintenance Company and of Aoglo-American Com-
pany ; Aug. T. Hamilton, Cyrus W. Field, directors of
the Atlantic Telegraph Company and Anglo-American
Telegraph Campany." The . Medway has just been de-
, vistaed to look for the Terrible whom we expect is a
few hours, as she left St. John's leas night. The weather
is very fine, and the quite smooth. We hope to be well up
the bay by 12 o'clock to-morrow.
Saturday, Sept. &—lt was not until 5 p.m. yesterday
that the magnolia= made out the smoke of the Terrible
on the horizon; and on aiming on deck after dinner we
sew her plain enough, and close near her the Mantaretta
Stevenson. At 8 o'clock it boat was sent from the latter
mutt with Mr. Kerr, R.N., who was to pilot„ up the
My, sad the Terrible sent a boat with ear lenses which
had salved by the last mail By 10 p.m. we sew tame
beer of Catalina awl Beenvista, on the siorthma Awes
of the =teases to Trinity Bay, and Batalien en isa

southern side. It (widened calm all night. Thin morning
• glorious sunrise welcomed us into Trinity Bay whose
broad waters were as still and placid ua lake ; and as the
morning light became more distinct, the whole cable
squadron were well together. Her Majesty's shfp Terrible,
her Majesty's ship Lily, with his Excellency the Governor
.of Newfoundland and suite on board, the Medway, and
the Matgaretta Stevenson, and the Hawk formerly her
Majesty's ship Plover, from St. John's, with a large party
on board, joined the Beet, and we proceeded on until
6 o'clock uninterruptedly. At that hour the wheels ofd the
suddenly Great Eastern were stopped, the alarm •
" fault " in the cable having been made from the eleoni-
cian's room. While • messax4r=elralentia was being
received, the spot of light from the scale of
the galvanometer, indicating • dead earth." Instruc-
tions were speedily given, and the cable was
cut immediately forward of the paying-out machinery, and
tested through a wire leading to the testing room ; the
result of which was, a declaration on Mr. Smith's part
that the fault was not far of. He next tested the sea end,
and very much to his own gritifieation, as well as to the
joy of ever/ one on board the ship, It was reported to be
perfect. Valentin, upon being calleailiets.ve an immediate
reply. Communication was now stn in order to make
a splice with another length of ein the after-tank,
and in about half an hour it was completed, and the ship
on her way up Trinity Bay, Heart's Content being
distant 13 miles. The discovery of this halt was
instantaneous, and showed the great practical utility
of Mr. Willoughby Smith's new testing arrange-
ment, which has already been described. We went
on paying out until 2.20 Greenwich time, or 10.45
ships time, and shortly afterwards the Terrible's pad-
dle-box beats, under the command of Lieutenant Garth,
First-Lieutenant, andLientenant ArundeU, were under the
stern of the Great Eastern. The cable was then cut and
banded into his charge to pass to the Medway, on board of
which wee coiled the then end. The big ship, having now
completed her work, steamed slowly into the harbour of
Heart's Content, followed by the Terrlble, Lily, and Mar-
-1 garotte Stevenson. The splice took about two hours
Ito make on board the Medway, and at 3 p.m. (ship's
ties) she had arrived in the harbour, and anchored
opposite the Telegraph-house. The shore end was
DOW passed to the boats of the Terrible, under the
immediate superintendence of Mr. Canning, chief
engineer, Mr. Clifford, and Messrs. Temple and Lou-
dons. hortly after four o'clock it was landed amidst the
enthusiastic cheers of those who were gathered about the
beach, a royal salute being fired from the Terrible, Lily,
and Great Eastern. Passed up from the shore in the
trench leading to the Telegraph house, the end was speedily
handed into the instrument room and the connexions
made. The table crew were loud in their congratulations
to their chief , Mr. Canning, and be and his able assistan ,t
Mr. Clifford, had to submit to the processof being chaired
around the large space adjoining the Telegraph-house,
where the end was coiled. r. Field received a similar
honour. The Governor, the Lord Bishop of Newfound-
land, Mr. Gooch, Captain Hamilton, Mr. Field, and Mr.
Deane were in the operator's room, and the first
message having been sent, and en answer received from
Yalentis, a loud cheer was given by those assembled there,
his Excellency and the Bishop saying • few words appro-
priate to the occasion. An address of congratulation from
the Commercial Society of St. John's was presented to
Captain Anderson, Mr. Canning, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Field,
and the principal executive officers engaged in the cable
expedition, to which a suitable reply was given, and a larp
party of ladies and gentlemen were entertained on board
the ship. AU night Mr. Laws, of Mr. Latimer Clark's
electrical staff, was engaged in testing the cable, Mr. Lati-
mer Clark himself being similarly occupied at the Irish end.
Mr. Gooch sent the following message to Lord Stanley:—
" Mr. Gooch has the pleasure to Worm Lord &mild that
the cable of 190 was recovered from the bottom of the
Atlantic on the second of this month, and has been safely
landed to-day in Heart's Content, the recovered cable
being in the most perfect condition. U. also takes this
opportunity of saying bow much all men engaged on the
undertaking were gratified on receiving a newspaper to-
day to see the kind reference made to their efforts in her
Majesty's speech on the closing of parliament."
Sunday, Sept. 9.—Shortly after breakfast this morning,
Mr. Gooch and Captain Hamilton went name to the
Telegraph-house, and the test messages required by the
contract between the Anglo-American Telegraph Compaq
and the Atlantic Telegraph Company were sent. This
official act being completed, the line was formally handed
over to the Anglo-American Telegraph Coded. The
" Blue Peter" was now seat up to the fore of the Great
Eastern and everything being in readiness, Mr. Halpin
was again seen on the bow superintending the weighing of
the anchor. But this time he was doomed to a disappoint-
ment of a very peculiar kind. When the anchor stook
came up to the surface of the water, it was found to be
minus the anchor itself. So the big ship had lain quietly
all night in the harbour, where it blew half • gale of wind,
and upon looking at her position, she did not appear to
have shifted a yard. The anchor was one of Tretman's.
lAt three p.m. we were under weigh amidst the cheers of
the Terrible and Medway repeated over and over again.
Mr. Cyrus Field, on leaving the ship for the latter vessel,
in which he goes to lay the sable from Cape Ray to Cape
North, was heartily cheered by the whole crew. There is
every probability of the weather being tine. All on board
are looking forward with happiness and pleasure to meet
their friends in England, and feel proud in having been
identified with an enterprise which will be ever memorable
in the history of the world.