The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-10 00:00:00

PROROGATION

PARLIAMENT.

THIS DAY.

The Atlantic Cable.

In a short time after this communication is laid
before the public the few miles of submarine line
which is necessary to connect the westernmost point.

of Newfoundland with the main land will be com-

pleted, when London, and indeed all Europe, will
have an instantaneous means of correspondence with
the most distant parts of North America. The non-
completion of this most insignificant bit of 70 miles
and the consequent delay caused by sending the
messages to and fro by steamer for this distance
seem to have given rise to an impression either that
the cable has not been perfectly laid, or, at least,
that it is working less quickly and satisfactorily than

was expected. That such an opinion has obtained to

a certain extent in London is sufficiently evidenced
by the letters and messages which those connected
with the undertaking used to be in the daily habit of
receiving. At first, in fact, the questions put
through messages expressed, more or less directly, a
certain amount of incredulity at the great enter-
prise having been completed at all, while even those
who were officially aware of its success explained

that until the little link from Newfoundland to the
shore was made the general public would be certain
to continue doubtful. Now, for all these implied or
expressed misgivings there is not now nor ever has
been the slightest vestige of foundation, as a very
few words will suffice to show. The telegraph
attempted to be laid in 1857, and submerged with
success in 1858, was, as our readers will remember,
from Valentia to Bull's Arm Bay, one of the most
easterly points of Newfoundland. Thence it was
carried along the shore on ordinary land wires
precisely similar to those along our lines of rail-
way for a distance of some 300 miles to Cape
Ray, the most westerly point of the island abut-
ting on the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Here the
channel which divides it from .what may be called
the main land—that is, Cape Breton and Nova
Scotia—is of much the same width and much the
same character as that between Kingstown and

Holyhead. Across this in 1857 a submarine wire
was laid, so that when the cable was finished there
was at once an unbroken connection between its end
at Newfoundland and all the cities of Canada and
the United States. This short length continued to
work with the most undeviating accuracy and rapi-
dity from the middle of 1857 till near the close
of last year. None of our readers will require
to be reminded of the services it performed when the

latest special despatches of our correspondents were
always telegraphed throughthis cable to the steamer
calling at Cape Race. Towards the end of last year,
however, it was seriously injured, as is believed, by
a vessel's anchor fouling it where it lay in shallow
water. Upon the news of this reaching the Anglo-
American Company in London it was at once deter-
mined to make a perfect job of it by laying a new
cable under this branch of the sea, and a new cable
of such immense strength as would defy all risk of
accident from causes similar to the last. This cable
was made about six months ago, and went out with
the rest of the expedition in the Great Eastern. It
was intended that when all was well with the great
main line either the Albany or Medway shouldsteam
off round the coast and lay this short but important
connecting link. At Newfoundland, however, itwas
deemed advisable by the engineering, electrical, and
nautical authorities in charge of the expedition not
to part with any of the squadron which had parts
assigned them in the work of raising the cable of
last year. A steamer (the Bloodhound) had accord-
ingly to be chartered at St. John's, and in this the
rope was coiled. The last messages from the Great
Eastern spoke of this vessel as having started on her
work, which she will complete in a couple of days
after arriving at her point of departure.
As to the cable between Ireland and Newfound-
land, it is in the finest possible condition. While it
was being laid the signals were wonderfully clear,
though slow, so that not more than from two and a
half to three words per minute were sent through it.
Before it was half across the equal temperature of
the great Atlantic depths had so improved its elec-
trical condition that the rapidity of signalling rose
nearly to six, and by the time it was completely laid
to Heart's Content had increased to ten. Within
the last week its " conductivity" and insulation
have improved to an extentthat was never expected,
and messages have been sent through at the rate of
l4f words per minute, without a single case of a
signal having to be repeated. Every day now the
through messages direct may be expected within
half an hour from New York. The general public,
however, will only learn this by the transmission of
political intelligence, as the directors have, not un-
wisely, decided to send no commercial news except
in the form of paid messages. It would be unrea-
sonable to expect that when the enterprise has been
carried out at such great cost it can work gratui-
tously for the sake of merely gratifying the public
appetite for news. Many of the most eminent men.
chants both in London and New York have used it
daily since it has been opened. These, however, as
being commercial telegrams, have of course been
strictly private, but the number sent backwards and
forwards,through all hours of the day and night, if
made public, would be perfectly astonishing On
the day before yesterday the line was incessantly
occupied with commercial news, and for one mes-
sage alone over £BOO was paid. It may seem
scarcely credible, but it is actually a calculated fact,
that, according to the present rate of the cable's
working, if kept fully
occupied, it can earn upwards
of £1,500,000 per year,
and this estimate is based
only upon its being able to send three words a
minute. When land telegraphs were first invented,
it was maintained that the first line put up to
Liverpool would never pay its expenses. There
are now,we believe, some 20 or 24 working between
London and that city, and these are often
blocked" with messages during the day. It
seems very improbable, therefore, that one, or even
half a dozen cables will do the mercantile and
political business between the New World and the
Old. Already, in consequence of the pressure of
business, there is some talk of charging the mes-
sages according to a graduated scale—in fact, first,
second, and third class. If this arrangement be
finally decided upon, the first-class messages, which
of course will be charged in proportion, will have
immediate priority, second and third class being
guaranteed to be delivered within certain times, to
be specified. As yet, however, no decision has been
arrived at on this point, but the mere fact of its
having been considered shows that the line is being
freely used both ways. The telegram which was
published on Thursday, dated from Newfound-
land the same morning (Thursday), stated that
Governor Musgrave and his party had arrived at
Heart's Content in her Majesty's ship Lily, and
that the Great Eastern was to sail early yesterday
morning to grapple for and raise the end of the
cable, broken last year. This, as we have already
often explained, lies far to the north of the present
working cable, so that the apprehensions sometimes
expressed that in searching for the one she may
injure the other, are without the least foundation.
Before the expedition loft England Captain Ander-
son and all the engineering and electrical officers
connected with it expressed their confidence of being
able, not only to find last year's cable, but also to
raise it and join it to the remainder, which is still
on board. If these expectations should be realised,
we may hope in a month or so to heat from Heart's
Content of the second cable being safely brought
ashore also.

The following telegram has been received by
Reuter's Telegram Company (limited), at 1.40 a.m.
August 10, from Mr. R. A. Glass :

" VALENTIA, Aug. 10.
" c NEWFOUNDLAND, Aug. 10, A. I.

" ' Yesterday the Great Eastern sailed at 4 p.m. ;
all well. Her Majesty's ship Lily, with Governor
Musgrave ou board, accompanied her up the bay.
The Medway sailed two hours previously.,

The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Grea
Western Railway for the third week in July
amounted to $139,608 against,sll6,339 in the corre-
sponding period last year, showing the large increase
of $23,269.
The numbers have been announced of ten of the
Atlantic and Great Western Railway New York
York section Ist Mortgage Bonds of $l,OOO each,
which have been purchased and cancelled under the
operation of the sinking fund.

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HER MAJIi,STY.

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OSBORNE, Aug. 9.
•
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with
Princess Louise, and walked in the grounds this
morning with her Royal Highness.
The Duke of Edinburgh returned from London
yesterday afternoon, attended by the lion. Eliot
,

• Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice went out
this morning,
The Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy arrived yester-
day, and had the honour of dining with the Queen
and the Royal Family.
The Queen held a Council to-day at one o'clock,
at which were present the Earl of Derby, the Duke
of Buckingham, and the Right Hon. Gathorne
Hardy.
Henry James Baillie, Esq., M.P., was sworn in
as a member of the Privy Council.
The Earl of Derby and the Duke of Buckingham
had audiences of the Queen.
Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.
Mr. H. J. Vinter has had the honour of submit-
ting to her Majesty his lithograph of his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort in the Highland dress,
after MacLeay.

Departure of the Prince and Princess of

Wales for York.

Yesterday afternoon their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by their
suite, left Marlborough House en route for the
Archbishop of York's seat, at Bishopsthorpe, near
York.

Their Royal Highnesses drove to the King's-cross
station of the Great Northern Railway, where,
under the superintendence of Mr. Viser, the station
master, a special train had been prepared for their
conveyance to the north. Due preparations had
been made at the station for the Royal reception ;
the platform, an open space upon which was kept
by the company's police, being carpeted. A large
number of spectators congregated at the terminus
to witness the Royal departure. The special train,
accompanied by Mr. F. Cockshott, the superinten-
dent of the line, leaving King's-cross at one o'clock,
was timed to arrive at the following stations as
under : Peterborough, 76i miles, 2.35 p.m. ;
Grantham, 105 i, 3.19 p.m. ; Doncaster, 156 miles,
4.33 p.m. ; Milford Junction, 176 miles, 5.1 p.m. ;
and York, 191 miles, at 5.30 p.m. Great care was
taken to preserve the safety of the illustrious pas-
sengers, the line being kept clear for the special,
while its course was duly telegraphed from point to
point. After their Yorkshire trip the Prince and
Princess will go to Abergeldie for the deer-stalking
season.

Lord and Lady Cowley are at present staying at
Deauville ; Baron James de Rothschild has also ar-
rived at that fashionable watering-place.

The Chevalier dM.rtom, First Secretary of the
Italian Legation, has arrived at Paris from Florence:

The young Prince Antony de Hohenzollern, who
was severely wounded at the battle of Koniggratz, died of
his wounds on the sth. He was mentioned with great
honour by the King. General Mutius, whose death has
been already mentioned, died of apoplexy.

Kelly's Post-office Directory for Somerset-
shire and Devonshire, with Bristol.

The wonderful list of the Messrs. Kelly and Com-
pany's POst-office Directories is rapidly embracing
within it the various great towns and important
counties of England. Beginning with the mam-
moth Directory of all—the one by the comprehen-
sive and accurate compilation of which the Messrs.
Kelly and Co. first acquired their now unrivalled
name and fame as compilers of Directories—begin-
ning with their gigantic Post-office Directory for
LONDON, and following up that opus magnum of
their's with a companion guide-book through a dis-
trict extending twelve miles round the metropolis and
entitled by them simply " The Suburban Directory"
—the Messrs. Kelly have already by this time con-
trived within the last ten years to compile and pub-
lish, in a series of substantial volumes, reliable—or
rather we should say, authoritative--Post-office
rectories to six great towns :
Liverpool Birmingham Hull
Manchester Sheffield Bristol
And, together with those Post-office Directories to
the following widely distributed counties of Eng-
land :
Bedfordshire Durham Norfolkshire
Berkshire Essex Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire Huntingtonshire Rutlandshire
Cambridgeshire Lancashire Somersetshire
Cheshire Leicestershire Staffordshire
Cornwall Lincolnshire Suffolk
Cumberland Middlesex Surrey
Derbyshire Northamptonshire Warwickshire
Dorsetshire Nottinghamshire Worcestershire
And the two Ridings (East and West) of Yorkshire.
Altogether, twenty-nine, or, counting the last-men-
tioned, that is, the East and West Ridings (as we
almost might), as two, just thirty counties—besides
(what we began by naming) the huge Post-office
London Directory, and its companion the Suburban
Directory. Directories to " Herts" and to "Kent"
are among others in active preparation, and the rest
will of coursefollow in due succession, until the whole
of England is embraced within the scheme of the
Messrs. Kelly and Co.'s Post-office Directories. As
the latest exemplar of the skill shewn in tli§ way
by the Messrs. Kelly, we have now lying before
us what has only within the last few days been
issued from their establishment a volume of 1,348
pages, most of them pages of double-columned,
many of them pages of treble-columned
letter-press, giving us at once a comprehensive
and a minutely detailed Directory to BRISTOL,
which is at one and the same time a City
and a County—to DEVONSHIRE —and to SOMERSET"
SHIRE. The whole has been carefully edited 11
E. R. Kelly, M.A. The work is illustrated (like its
predecessors) with maps engraved expressly for it.
The whole of this ponderous tome in effect—and
in this also it exactly resembles its several prede-
cessors produced by the Messrs. Kelly and Compaq
—presenting to view, not, it is true, a lusus nature,
but, at any rate, a lusus arils, in regard to which it
might be said that, here, for once, we might really
affect to have found not so much a needle in a
bundle of hay, as a clue to the discovery of any
imaginable number of needles in whole rick-yardS
of hay !

AN INSPIRITING SONG AND AN EXHILARATING'
POLKA-MAZURKA, with three charming pianoforte
pieces, one of them modestly assuming to be a were
bagatelle de salon, but each of the three with a dis-
tinctive excellence of its own—make up the last roll
of music issued from the establishment of the
Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., of New Burlington-
•
street. The song, the words of which are by
Carpenter and the music of which is by Franz 14-1°"
is entitled " The Pilot's Daughter." The Polka"
Mazurka which is adorned with the prettiest titile;
page (illustrating its own fanciful name as ``lll
Flower of the Season") is by George Lamothe't
the three pianoforte pieces being by G. F. ti e 3
who (especially through the one the theme of b'e,s
he derives from the " Waft her Angels" of Handle
oratorio of Jephtha) has again evidenced in an
mistakeable manner his apprehension of the caPa"
d
bilities of the instrument for which he writes, an
his own rare qualifications as a musician.
has
SCHULHOFF, THE CELEBRATED PIANIST,
less
afforded an instance of the power of music nt
rie
apocryphal, if not less amusing, than the fables of anc.,li!er
mythology. In this case the powers overcome were l"!,0
the walls of Thebes, nor wild beasts nor trees, but
affronted political feelings of those terrible officers one. C 7.
tinental frontiers who have to do with passports: Sia.,
hoff, who had visited Carlsbad on family matters, v."
s,vry.
rested on account of some informality in this neces
co`ar.
document, and incontinently taken for a spy. The cool'
poser, despairing of his ability to convince these ter
officers of tke truth, opened a piano iu the room the
hotel where the dispute was taking place, and, to prov rois.
identity, played a merveille his now Impromptu ilogi.'.00
The Prussian officers, metamorphosed sudderilY
trite;
Prussians into reasonable beings, showed theinselvesnqos
alive to the ability of the performance, and the col paii;
was allowed to continue his journey with genqal app
—Musical Standard.