Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

THE AITLA:NTIG TELEGRAPH.

The foilea leg report has been, published
"TO TRN DIRNGTONS or Ths. kTLANTIC TELEntkra RoMPANT:
"London, Aug. 18.
" Gentlemen,-1 fbrwarded you by the Leopard a brief statement
of the circumstances attending the fracthre of the cable on the morn-
ing-of the llt'n instant, andj have now to lay before yon the full
particulars connected with the Expedition. After leaving Valenti*
on tteevening of the 7th inst., the paying out of the cable from the
Nuagara progressed most satisfactorily until immediately before the
mishap. At thejunctiorilhetween the s'.-aote and' the smalier cable
about eight miles from the starting point, it was neoes.,ary to stop to
renew the spticei. this wasiouccessfilly effected and the end of the
heavier cable-lowered byahawser until it reached the bolt buoys.
being att chod at-a short. distance apart to mark the plaoe of union.
By noon of the-Bth we had pcia'otit 40r miles of cable, inclhling the
heavy shore etti,l.ouT.43,caCt position'at that time being in lat.-51 59 36
N ,ion. 11 19.15.. W., and the depth of water, according to the sound-
ings taken by the Cyclops, whose' course' we nearly followed, 90
fathoms. Up to 4 pan. on that day the egress. of the cabl2 had bear
sufficiently ret rded by the power wcesary ro keep the machinery-
in motion at a rate a little- faster than'ths spaed-crf t e ship ; but, •as
the water deepened,. it was necessary to • plate Berne farther restraint'

upon it by aPplying presnire to the frictiim drurni-in.coanection with.
the paying out sheave., and this V 7.19 grain dly and esut:oasly in-

ercaied from time to tints Ys the seed of tin cible;; Omparad with
that of the ve,sel, and be depths of thovinadings, allowed to be

requisite. Byroicinight S 5 •nile3 hal b3sa safaly the depth of
water tieing then a little more th a 210 fattatni. Atli in the morn ng

of the 9th we had finished ths deck coil in the after pvt of the bhip
having paid out WO miles. The change to the coil between decks

forw• rd was safely made. By noon we had LIU '135 miles of cable.
the Niagara haviag reached let. 52 11 4) IC ion. 13 10 90 W.,
and the depth of water having increased to 410 fathoms.
In the evening the speed of• tl3e vessel wee rased to five
k:ots per hour. nod previously kept down the rite of

from thrze to four knots for Ih3 small cable and two fir the heavy

end neat the shore, wishing to gat .the men and machinery well at
work prior to•at:ainine the speed which I had 'anticipa'e 1 making.
By midnight 180 iniles had been laid. At four o'clock is the morning

of the 10th,-the water be;an to increase rapiity from- 550 fatho
1,750 in a dis•ance of eight miles. Up to to s time 7 cwt. stra n suf-
ficed to keep the rate r f the it',le nearenongh.to that of the ship
but as the water deepened the proportouate speed of the-cable ad-
vano.d, and-it was necessary -to augment• the prelsttrit by degrees
until in the dbpth of 1,700 fathoms the indicatv shwa,' a strain of

15 cwt., while the cable and ship were running 5i and 5 knots-respec-
tively. At noon•oa the tOth we had paid out 255 mites of cable, the
vessel having made 21 I miles from shore, bising then in 1at..5:2 27
lon.
.16 00,15 W. At tais time we experienced an 'increasing
swell, followed later in the. day by a strong bre?.ze. From this period
having reae.ed, 2,1)00 fichoms water, it was necessary to increase the