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London, England, 1864-04-30 00:00:00

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Yes:erday, on the invitatiorisaktibe
the Telegraph Construction and Mirfitentetee &in.
pany, a select assemblage of gentlemen met at the
compaey's Gritta Percha Works, Wharf-road, City-
road, to view the process of the manufacture of the
Atlantic telegraph cable now in progress there. A
large circle of invitations had been issued, and
amongst the gentlemen present were the Marquis of
Tvveddale, the Hon. Mr. Evans, Mr. Bright, M.P.,
Professor Wheatstone, Mr. C. Ed wards, Mr. Ed ward
Cropper, Mr. Cyrus Field, Mr. J. Ponder, M.P.,
chairman of the company, Mr. Sinter, the secre-
tary, and a number of other gentlemen.
The visitors were introduced to the large room
in which the Atlantic cable is being manufactured,
and witnessed the various processes through which,
it passes ; end a contrast between the capabi-
Itties of the old Atlantic cable of 1853 and
:
' the new one of 1864 may not be without interest.
In the old cable the conductor was a copper strand,
consisting of seven wires, six laid round one
weighing 1071 b per nautical mile; in the
ta:lw cable
the conductor is a copper strand, caneie,ting• c,f•envea
3o
wires, six laid round one, and weighiug
ic)nedr.
nautical mile, embedded fur solidity in Chattcrten's
compound. Insulator in the old cable, gutta pereha
laid on in three coverings, and weighing 2611 b per
knot ; in the new, gutta percha four layers of which
are laid on alternately with four thin layers of
Chatterton's compound. The weight of the entire
insulation 4001 b per nautical mile. Externalprotece
tion in the old cable-18 strands of charcoal iron
wire, each composed of seven wires (six laid round
one), laid spirally round the core, which latter was
previously padded with a sewing of hemp saturated
with a tar mixture. The separate wires were each
221 guage, the strand complete was No. 14
guage. In the new—ten solid wires of
the guage 685 (No. 13 guage) drawn from
Webster and Horsfall's homogenous iron, each wire
surrounded separately with five strands of Manilla
yarn, saturated with a preservative compound, and
the whole laid spirally around the core, which lat-
ter is padded with ordinary hemp, saturated with a
preservative mixture. The weight in air of the old
cable was 20 cwt. per nautical mile; and of the new
351 cwt. per nautical mile. Weight in water
of the old cable 13.4 cwt. per nautical mile,
er equal to 4.85 times its weight in water per knot,
that is to say it would bear its own weight in a
little less than five mile depth of water; of the new
14 cwt. per nautical mile, or equal to eleven times
it weight in water per knot ; that is to say it will
bear its own weight in eleven miles depth of water.
Breaking strain in the old cable, 3 tons, 5 cwt. ;
in the new, 7 tons 15 cwt. The deepest water in
both cases to be encountered is 2,400 fathoms.
The contract strain of the old cable was equal
to 4.85 times its weight per nautical mile
in water; the contract strain of the new
is equal to eleven times its weight per nautical.
mile in water. It will be thus seen that great im-
provements have been made in the new cable. The
various processes of manufacture were watched with
much interest by the gentlemen assembled, from the
tearing up of the raw material, its progress through
the boiling house, the masticators, and so on, until
it comes to be applied to the wirer, and after going
through a series of coatings, is passed on to be exa.
mined and tested. The test is 5001 b. to the square
inch, and the cable is manufactured in lengths of
2,500 yards, which are joined together when corn.
pleted by a splice similar to that used in joining
fishing rods. The splice having been effected,
there are two coatings of wire overlapped which
are coated with gutta percha to the size of the cable.
After passing through all these various processes
the cable is then sent down to Greenwich, where at
the works of the company (late Glass and Elliott's),
the outer covering is completed, and the cable
rendered ready for use. The manipulations to which.
the wires were subjected, in preparation for the
covering, also attracted marked attention, and, after
carefully inspecting the whole process of manufac-
ture in connection with the cable, the visitors were
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own over the extensive works of the company,
where gutty peroha was being manufactured into
almost every conceivable article of use and art. 'rho
visitors were highly delighted, and expressed their
appreciation of all they had seen, and their thanks
to Mr. Chatterton, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Shuter, the
secretary, for the intelligence, courtesy, and kind-
ness which had marked their conduct to the numer.
ous party present.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London Notes.)

The will of the Rev. Joseph Arkwright, 8.A.,
of /Stark Hall, near Harlow, Essex, and Norman.
ton Tuoille, near Hinchley, Leicestershire, was
proved in the London Court of Probate, on the 7th
inst., by his son, Loftus Wigram Arkwright, Esq.,
the sole executor. The personalty was sworn under
£400,000. The testator was formerly Vicar of
Latton, Essex, and Rector of Thurlaston, Lei-
cester, which livings were in his patronage. He
married, in 1819, Anne, daughter of Sir R.Wigram,
Bart., and leaves a largo family. He attained the
age of seventy-three, having executed his will June,
1863, and died last February. Liberal legacies
are bequeathed to his eons and daughters. To his
eldest eon, Robert, in addition to his inheritance,
there is bequeathed an annuity of £3,000 to be
paid out of the personal estate. To his son Julius
£l,OOO a year, charged on the real estate in
Essex. To each of his daughters an annuity of
£3OO. The residue of his personal estate he has
bequeathed to his son, Loftus igram Arkwright,
Esq.

The will of George Garry Lempriere, Esq., of
Pelham-place, Alton, Southampton, was proved in
London, on the 4th inst., by the relict, the surviving
executrix. The personalty in this country was
sworn under 130,000, The will bears date 1850,
and a codicil 1855. The testator has devised his
estates in Hampshire to his on Algernon.
His personal and funded property in Eng-
land, France, Russia, and America he
leaves to his wife and children. To his
wife a life interest in a certain portion of the
funded property, which, upon her decease, is
bequeathed to his daughters, leaving the residue to
his son Algernon.

The will of Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander
Kennedy Clarke-Kennedy, K.C.8., K.H., of
Knookgrey, near Carsphairn, N. 8.; Lansdowne-
terrace, Cheltenham; and Oxford-terrace, Hyde-
park, was proved in London, by his eon, Colonel
John Clark-Lennedy, C. 8., the surviving executor.
The gallant General attained to the age of 82; was
Aide-de-Camp to the Qaeen, 1841-54 ; served.
in the Peninsula, at Waterloo, and the Cape
of Good Hope. He assumed the additional
name of Kennedy in 1839, on acquiring
the property left to him by his aunt, Mary Ken.
nedy, which he has now bequeathed to his eon,
the colonel. To his daughter, Charlotte Kennedy,
he leaves a moiety of the residue of his personal
property, and divides the other moiety between his
son Alexander and daughter Mary Jane
Purvis.
The will is doted 1841, to which are appended four
codicils.

RE-DIRECTED LETTERS,
k—c.—Ort the sth of
May, and thenveforward, all lettere, book packets,
and packets of pattorns, ro-directed from one place to
another in the United Kingdom, excepting such as are re-
directed by an officer o. t the Post-offics to an address whieh
is within the same free delivery as the original address, are
to be charged with 1.e.& rected postage. Under this rule,
not only letters, &c, re-u•irected from one postal district to
another, but also letters,
5c,,.., re-directed from one place
to another in the same post al district, provided these places
be not in the same free
deli very, will be chargeable with
bid-, wf ich includes all 'Pia
circle, will, for the purposes '
the re-directed rate, The
cos within the twelve mile
~,, hole of the London postal die-
if this regulation, be consi•
dered to be in one and the sat, ne free delivery. This rule
will not, of course, interfere wi,'h the soldier's and sailor's
privilege —By
Ge-
neral Port-office, 30th April, 1865 t.
command of the Postmaster-General.
GARIBALDI AS A LINGUIB'.r.—It is said GCB( VII
Garibaldi speaks about 14 differs nt languages. Being
asked the other day to write some thing for a little boy's
scrap book, he instantly composed some verses in Greek.
The writer of this letter Ltas seen h,Ta within the last few
days compose verses in ancient and mtelere Greek, Spanish,
Portuguese, French, and I talian, always at the request of
different friends. English. is the laot language he has
acquired, having learned it i'el America in 1850 and 1851,