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London, England, 1858-09-04 00:00:00

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LONDON, ILITUNDAT, SEPT. 4.

A SPECIAL EDITION el the " EXPRESS,'
eentaining the reunite of the day's Races, is ph-
limited every evening during the Sporting Season, at
sin e'elesk.

Tug very vivid description, by the Correspondent
of the Now Pork Herald, which we published yes-
terday, of the laying down of one-half the Adriatic
Cable hem the Niagara, enables us, by its combina-
tion with Hr. Baiour's report, and the able narra-
tive of the Correspondent of the London Press on
board the Agamemnoe, to lay !vetoes our readers a
summary of the greatest feat hitherto accomplished
by human ingenuity.
Oa Thursday, July 29, the sea being smooth, and
the barometer standing at 3016, the Agamemnon and
Niagara were connected together by a hawser stern
to stem The end of the cable was brought from
the Niagara to the Agamemnon by the boats of
the Valorous. The splice was made by 10 o'clock,
local time, the position of the ships being then in
let. 62 8 N., sad lon. 32-21 W., 938 statute or 816
nautical miles from the White Strand Bay at Valentia,
The Niagara had 600 and the Agamemnon only
300 tone of coal for the venturous work ; both were
prepared, however, to burn every spar and bulk-
head if neeemary. The length of cable on board
both ships was the same,l,loonantical miles. Having
veered oat a andicient length of the cable to bring
the splice into the centre between the two ships,
the hawser was released, and both proceeded slowly
on their wares. At first the motion of the two
ships was so slow as to be hardly perceptible, while
the cable was payed oat mach faster, as the splice
had two miles to descend through the depths of the
0001.2 before it touched the bottom. The annoonoe-
went woe made that the electrical communication is

perfect between the two ships; both therefore pa-
dually increased their speed. Alter about three
hours the rate of both wee four knots per hour,
which was increased by 7 p.m. to live knots. All
went well till sear 8 o'clock, when a huge whale,
rolling and tossing the sea into foam, permed the stern
of the Agamemnon, just grazing the cable where it
entered the water. Nothing particular occurred from
that time till near eight o'clock, when a portion of
the cable which would speedily have been payed out
from the Agamemnon was observed to be defective.
The injury was within a mile or two of the portion
of the cable then running out of the ship. It
had been produced by the extent to which the
coil had been disturbed in the gala previously
encountered by the Apiesuuson. While the
defective portion was being examined, Pro-
thro? THOMSON reported that the electrical oon-
tinaity had ceased. On the cessation of signals, Mr.
BRIGHT requested Captain PRREDY to stop the ship.
Mr. CLIFFORD was stationed at the paying-out ap-
paratus to cheek the progress of the cable as much
as could be done with safety. Mr. HOAR took
charge of the dynamometer, while 31r. Caine°
superintended the repair of the cable. The injured
portion was speedily cut oat; the men, working ore
if kr lih and death, spliced dressed parts together
jest es the dynamometer reached a strain, at which lit
It seemed lb* rope mart part. When the splice was
deleted the cable was allowed again to peas
freely out of the ship. Still the electric =dimity
was not restored. Preparations were made to pay
out as little rope as possible. The magnetic needles
were watched narrowly for the returning signals
they indicated "deed earth." This was interpreted
on board the Agamemnon to mean that the cable
had broken horn the Niagara, or the insulation had
been somewhere completely destroyed. In three
minutes' time, however, the mysterious elec-
trical stoppage disappeared, and signals were
again reported at regular intervals from the
Niagara. This occurred about a quarter past nine
at night. The Agamemnon had then payed out
about 48 miles of cable, and the depth of tie water
where the stoppage was made was 1.030 fathoms,
according to the nearest sounding. Up te this all
bad goes en melt cheeringly with the Niagara, bat
at the same time that the lam of continuity wee
reported on board the Agusemnoo, the electrician
in shame on board the former venal reported to Mr.
Paso dainties eintinaity—ee &heti,. that it was
bapemlible to set a signal through the sable. Strange
to say, wised earth" was not indicated on board the
Niger* t so all hope was not test. The propeller was
stepped, and they anxiously awaited the return to
whet continuity of the electric cornet or its Anal
ispartare. About half•past alma they were freed
hum their anxiety by the gratifying intelli-
gent. that all was right. The propeller was set in
motion again, the Niagara was pleughiag through
the water at the rate of six miles an hoar, and
the electrical signals were passing between the
two ships as if no hiterrupties had taken place. Oa
board the Niigata the 'scandal pan was ramie that
the interruption of continuity had tom caused by a
severance el the sable en bad Ihe Agnmenneso,
which had been secured and spiked before it passed
out of the ship. During the paying out, signals
were sent perpetually hem use ship to the other, the
currents being sent for tea mimes, hem one ship,
and then the next ten minutes from the other. No
talking apparates was on board either, but siguals
had been devised by means of which either ship
could inform the other of the distance she had made,
and the length of cable eh* had payed out. This
fearful cheek on the evening of the first day's pro-
gress was the crisis of the expedition. Towards the
next morning another damaged portion of the cable
was discovered in the hold of the Agamemnon,
which was repaired without in any way atoning
the operations, beyond slightly reducing the speed
of the ship. On Friday the Niagara safely made the
change of the coil of erble from the forward spar