The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-10 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

QUERNSTOWN, JILT 6.:
On the 10th Jima the Atlantic telegraph equines,
consisting of the Niagara and Gorgon, and
Agamemnon and Valenti; left Plymouth. On
the 13th of June, in consequence of the
thickness of the weather combined with a
strong wind the four ships parted company. After
enonatering a eucceasioa of gales they reached the
appointed rendezvous (tat. 52.2 N., long. 33.10 W.)
in the following order :—Valorous on the 20th,
Gorgon in the forenoon of the 23rd, Niagara in the
afternoon of the 23rd, and Agamemnon in the after-
noon of the 25th. During the gales the last-named
ship received some alight damage, and the main
cable coil on board her shifted its position. On the
28th, under the most favourable circumstances so fir
as weather was concerned, the cable was spliced, but
before five miles had been accomplished it parted on
board the Niagara ; another splice was immediately
effected, and at 6.30 p.m. the Niagara, led by the
'Gorgon, started for Newfoundland, and the Agamem-
non, led by the Valorous, for Ireland. All went
smoothly till 6 a.m. of the 27th, when the Niagare,
ceasing to receive the proper signals from the
Agamemnon, cat the cable, and, in company with
the Gorgon, returned to the rendezvous. On meet-
ing the Agamemnon it was found the cable had
also been out on board of her in consequence of the
non-arrival of the necessary telegram from Niagara.
On the 28th, at 7.50 p.m., the cable having -been
once more joined, the vessels separated with every'
prospect of name, and the cable continued to pay
' out without any unusual strain. Doubts were fark
disappearing from the minds of the few inereduloaz
ones, when, alas at 9 p.m. of the 29th June, the
Niagara mimed to receive communications from the
Agamemnon, and the electricians, by some method
known to thiamine, dhoovered that the cable had
parted either on board or does to the Agamemnon.
orar this may be Olivet we must wait for the
arrival of the Agamemnon to decide. At this time
284 miles of cable had been laid down luau average
depth of 1,700 fathoms, or nearly two miles. It may
serve to give some idea of the strength of the table
when it is known that the Niagara remained
authored by it for some hoar; and that it ulti-
mately broke at a strain of seven tons. The Gorgon
and Niagara returned at once to this port, far orders,
and have jut arrived. The non-arrival of the
Agamemnon and Valorous can be accounted for iu
this way:—When the vessels parted company on the
28th the arrangement was, in the event of the cable
parting before a specified quantity had been laid
down, that the ships were to return to the rendezvous,
and the first arrival to wait a certain number of
days for the other ships. On the other hand, if the
cable traded after the quantity specified wu laid down,
the dupe were all to return to Cork fir orders. Now
the assumption that 284 miles had been laid down was
based upon the fact of the Niagara having accom-
plished 142 miles, and the supposition that the
Agamemnon had succeeded with a like quantity.
It is, however, pretty evident that the Agamemnon
had not completed the specified quantity before
referred to when the cable parted, end that she and
the Valorous have returned to the rendezvous, where
they will, of coarse, wait the number of days agreed
upon for the Gorgon and Niagara (four days I think);
we need not, therefore, look for the Agameniaan or
Valorous before the 9th or 10th instant

The molt of three attempts to lay down the
Atlantic telegraph cable during the month of Jane,
1838, may be thus summed up :
First attempt failed consequent upon an accident
in paying out.
Second attempt failed consequent upon continuity
ceasing.
The third, and last, cannot be properly accounted
for until the arrival of the Agamemnon, and it
would be unfair to the Atlantic Telegraph dompany
to express an opinion that would be founded literally
upon nothing.

A letter from St. Petersburg states, that in sot
fewer than 38 govermosats of Rosa, in which then ars
9,713,000 serfs, eolorsittses of smssoipstke hays boom
farmed.

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