The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-11 00:00:00

(Stamped Id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

least expectation of the cable holding on till morning,
and many remained awake listening for the sound
that all most dreaded to hear, viz., the gun which
should announce the failure of all our hope; but
still the cable—which in comparison with the ship
from which it was payed out, and the gigantic waves
among which it was delivered, was but a mere
thread—continued to hold on, only leaving a silvery
phosphoric line upon the stupendous seal as they
rolled on towards the ship. With Sunday morning
came no improvement in the weather. Still the sky
remained black and stormy to windward, and the
constant violent /quells of wind and rain which
prevailed daring the whole day *sewed to keep up,
if not to augment, the height of the waves. But
.the cable had gone through se much during the
night that our confidence in its continuing to
hold wasmuch restored. At noon, observations showed
as to be in lat. 62.26 N. and lon. 23.16 W., having
made good 130 miles from noon of the previous day
and about 350 from our starting point in mid ocean.
We had parsed by the deepest sounding of 2,400
fathoms, and over more than half of the deep water
generally, while the amount of cable still remaining
in the ship was more than sufficient to carry us to
the Irish coast, even supposing the continuance of
the bad weather should oblige us to pay out the
same amount of slack cable we had been hitherto
wasting. Thus far things looked very promising
far our ultimate 1111000111.- But former experience.
showed us only too plainly that we could
never be sure that some accident might
not arise until the two ends had been safely
landed on the opposite shores. Daring Sunday night
and Monday morning the weather continued u bois-
terous as ever, and it was only by the most indefati-
gable exertions of the engineer upon duty that the
wheels could be prevented from stopping altogether,
as the vessel rose and fell with the sea, and once or
twice they did come completely to a standstill, in to
of all that could be done to keep them moving. For-
tunately they were again set in motion before the
stern of the ship was thrown up by the suc-
ceeding wave. The dynamometer occaaionally
registered 1,700 lb. as the ship lifted, though it was
oftener below 1,000 lb., and was frequently nothing
at all, the cable ma oat as hat as its
own weight and the speed of the ship would
draw it. But even with all these forces acting un-
reststedly upon it, the cable never payed itself out at
a greater speed than eight knots an hour, and at the
time the ship was going at the rate of six to six and
• half knots. Subsequently, however, when the
speed of the ship was increased to six and • half knots,
the cable never ran out so quick. The average speed
maintained by the ship up to this time, and indeed
On. the whole voyage, was about five and a halt
knots, the cable, with occasional exceptions, running
about 30 per cent. faster. At noon on Monday,
August 2, observation showed us to be in lat. 52 deg.
35 min. N., lon. 19 deg. 48 min. W., having made a
good 127 i miles since noon of the previous day, and
which was more than half way to our ultimate
destination. Daring the afternoon an American
three-masted barque, which afterwards proved to
be the Chieftain, was seen standing from the eastward
towards us. No notice was taken of her at first, but
when she was within about half a mile of the Aga-
memnon she altered her course, and bore right down
across our bows. A collision which might prove fatal
to the cable now seemed inevitable, or could only be
avoided by the equally hazardous expedient of al-
tering the Agamemnon's course. The Valorous
steamed ahead, and fired a gun for her to heave-to,
Which, as she did not appear to take much notice of,
was quickly followed by another from the bows of
the Agamemnon, and a second and third from the
Valorous, bat still the vessel held on her course, and,
es the only resource left to avoid a colli-
sion, the coarse of the Agamemnon was altered jut
in time to per within a few yards of her. It
was evident that our proceedings were a source of
the greatest possible astonishment to them, for all
her mew crowded upon the deck and rigging. At
length they evidently discovered who we were and
what we were doing ;. the crew manned the rigging,
and dipping the ensign several times they gave us
three hearty cheers. Though the Agamemnon was
obliged to acknowledge these congratulationt in due
form, the feelings of annoyance with which we re-
garded the vessel which, either by the stupidity or
welcomed* of those on board, was so near adding a
fatal and unexpected mishap to the long chapter of
asidents which we had already encountered, may
easily be imagined. To those below, who of fours
did not see the ship approaching, the sound of the
Ben ems lA. a thunderbolt, for all took it as the
ad the breaking of the cable. The dinner
sore deserted in a moment, and a general
rush made up the hatches to the deck, but before
tiitchhig it their fears were quickly banished, at the
Ilya* of the succeeding guns, which all knew well
Mit Mly be cubed by a ship in our way, or a man
lwarard. Throughout the ter p
el
=morning the electrical signals frioN,
had bees getting gradually wealteuza
they ceased altogether for nearly three q
sit i our uneasiness, however, was fa siolib
womb -m by the fact that the stoppage
Ulm • want of continuity, and not any =irfill
Jeselatiaa, and there was consequently wary reason
to suppose that it might arise from faulty connexion
onboard theNiegars. Accordingly, Prof. Thomson sent
a assay to the effect that the signals were too weak
ebbe sod; and, as if they had been awaiting such a
increase their battery power, the deflexions
imedistely returned ens stronger then they had
rem before. Towards the evening, however,
..cleclined in force for a short time. With
of these little stoppages, the electrical
alleasi the inthenerged wire seemed to be much
It wee divided that the low temperature
stttiawater at the 1111101W/11 depth Scrawl coa-
tis Insulating properties of the gotta
while the enermona pressure to which it
a have been subjected probably tended to con-
Sedate its texttut, and to till up any air bubbles
It slight faults in macafacture which may hew ta-
bled. The vreatha. daring Monday night MOM-
gated a little, bat still there was a very heavy sea
es, which endangered the wire every second waste.
About 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning all on board
'Orste startled from their beds by the loud booming
IC a gun every ens, without waiting for fits per-
thenisase of the castpertissiarloile4 .eashed
leek to ascertain the. 1111•11 et Me Con-
trary to all expectation the aide was safe, bat jut
in the grey light could be assails Valorous, rounded
to in the most warlike Oita., thing gun after
sin quick succession towed a large American
se, who, being quits 11161101111111•11 Of our pro
age, was standing rigid . mess our stern.
Bah load end repeated remonstrances from a large
steam-frigate were not to be despised, end evident&
without knowing the wh
sails a y) k
and nwherefore, she
mained bo►a
tijk'irerhethr erllkkolio Cu board her oensidesed thst
teat were engaged in souse llibnatering expedition,
ia=isse proseeding• as a maim of Belt*
with the American flag, it Is isepoodbie
••Limy, bat certain it is that, apparently in great
• Wakes, die annalned hove-to nee we had liat
• t of bee in the distenee. Tuesday was a muollsi
Seer day than any we had esperisseed he noteips
sad,mot still there ws a issuideuble ete. rimpag,
sad oar dangers were far from pail. It
the hope of our ultimate success ran high.
We had accomplished nearly the whole of
the deep sea portion of the sate lit stety,
tad that, tee, undo: the most antewooralia shwa i
stamen panitile, therefore that was=„tenteste
adieu tlatnuless cuss anianseen
wear, we 'build accoraplish the
serrations at noon pieced us in lat. 62 deg.
N„ long. 16 deg. 7 min. Wad Ir.,lsiabig rut
miles since the previous iltyc Altai *UV** In
the cumin the mdiamilier trattsda
divides the *them Ids the Irish
scoot was mated, and the add* 'hallowing
of the water had a very marked effect upon the oat*
causing the strain es and the omd of it to inns
every minute. A great deal of West was ?wed oat

to allow for any greater inequalities which mightexist
though not discovered by the sounding line. About ten
o'clock the shoal water of 260 fathoms was reached.
The only remaining anxiety now was the changing
from the lower main coil to that upon the upper
deck, and this most difficult and dangerous opera-
tion wu suocessfull performed between 3 and 4
o'clock on Wednesday morning. Wednesday was a
beautifully calm day; indeed it was the first on
which any one would have thought of making a
splice since the day we started from the rendezvous.
We therefore congratulated ourselves on having
saved a week by commencing operation' on the
Thursday previous. At noon we were in latitude
62 deg. 11 min., lon. 12 deg. 40 min. 2 sec. W., 89
miles distant from the telegraph station at Valentia.
The water was shallow, so that there was no diffi-
culty in paying out. We were almost with-
out any' lose by slack, and all looked upon
the undertaking as virtually accomplished. At about
1 o'clock in the morning the second change from the
upper deck soil to that upon the orlop deck was
safely effected, and shortly after the vessels ex-
changed signals that they were in 201/fathoms water.
As the night advanced the speed of the ship was
reduced, as it was known that we were only • short
distance from the land, and there would be no
advantage in making it before daylight in the morn-
ing; about 12 o'clock, however, the Bkelleys light
was seen in the &donee, and the Valorous steamed
on ahead to lead no into the coast, firiag rockets at
intervals to direct us, which were answered from
the Agamemnon ; though, according to the directions
of Mr Moriarty the muter, the ship, disregarding the
Valorous, kept her own course, which proved to be
the right one in the end. By daylight in the morning
of Thursday, the bold and rooky mountains which
entirely surround the wild and picturesque neigh-
bourhood of Wends, rose right before us at a few •
miles' distance. Never, probably, ,was the sight of land
more welcome to us, u it brought to a successful
termination one of the greatest, bat, at the same
time, one of the most difficult, enterprises which was
ever undertaken. Had it been the dullest and most
prosaic landscape on the face of the earth that
lay before us, we should have found it a pleasant pro-
spect But as the sun rose from the estuary of Dingle
Bay, tinging with a deep soft purple the lofty sum-
mit of the steep mountains which surround its:shore,
and illuminating the muses of morning vapour
which hung upon them, it was a scene which might
vie in beauty with anything that could be produced
by the most florid imagination of an artist.
No one on shore was apparently conscious of
our approach, so the Valorous steamed ahead
to the mouth of the harbour, and both ships
made straight for nowise Bay, and about six
o'clock came to an anchor at the side of Beginnes
Island, opposite to Valentia. As soon as the inha-
bitants became aware of our approach, there was a
general sensation in the place, and hundreds of boats
crowded round us, their pamengee in the greatest
state of excitement to hear all about our voyage.
The Knight of Kerry was absent in Dingle, but
a messenger was immediately deapatohed for him,
and he soon arrived in her Majesty's gunboat Sham-
rock. Soon after our arrival a signal was received
from the Niagara that they were preparing to land,
having payed oat 1,030 nautical miles of cable, while
the Agamemnon had occomplished her portion of the
distance with an expenditure of 1,020 miles, making
the total length of the wire submerged 2,060 gewra-
phial mike. Immediately the ships cut anchor,
the paddle-box boats of the Valorous were got ready,
and two miles of cable coiled away within for the
purpose of landing the end, bat it was late in the
afternoon before the procession of boats left the ship
under a salute of three rounds of small arms from
the department of marines on board the Agamem-
non, under the command of Lieutenant Norris.
The progress of the end to the shore was very slow,
in consequence of the very stiff wind which blew at
the time, but at about three o'clock, the end was
safely brought on shore at Knightstown, Valentia,
by Mr. Bright and Mr. Canning, the chief
and second engineers, to whose exertions the success
of the undertaking is attributable, and the
Knight of Kerry. The end was immediately laid in
the trench which had been made to reoeive it; while
a royal salute, making the neighbouring rocks and
mountains reverberate, announced that the commu-
nication between the Old and New World had been
completed. The end was immediately taken into
the electrical room by Mr. Whitehouse, and attached
to a galvanometer. The first message was received
through the entire length. Too much prelim cannot
be bestowed upon both the officers and crew of the
Agamemnon, for the hearty way in which they
have achieved the arduous and difficult service
they have been engaged In, and the admirable
manner in which the ship was navigated by Mr.
Moriarty and Mr. Libbe,', the first and second
muter, amid the difficulties of the compnay's open,-
does. It will in all probability be nearly a feet.
eight before the instruments are connected up at the
two termini for the transmission of regular eignaki,
It is unnecessary here to expatiate upon the mar
nitude of the undertaking which has been just cora-
plated, and upon the great political and social results
which are likely to arias from it ; but there cannot
be but one feeling of universal admiration for the
courage and perseverancewhich has been displayed
by Mr. Bright and those who acted tinder his orders,
in eneountering the manifold difficulties which beset
their path at every step.

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