The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1866.

THE WELLINGTON,
ST. JAMES'S-STREET
(Entrance 160, Piccadilly).
Set Dinners as usual. The carte varied, choice, and mode-
rate. Turtle, thick and clear, always ready.
The Billiard Rooms now conducted by J. Roberts, the
champion.
Supp-rs until One a.m. •
Elegant Saloon Dining Rooms for Ladies.

-1/11. 11r. S. WOODIN'S BADEN-BADEY
and UP IN THE AIR, an entirely New Entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING, at Eight (except Saturday ;
Saturday Mornings at Three: POLYGRAPHIC HALL,
King William-street, Charing-cross
Luxurious sofa Walls, 55.; balcony stalls, 3s, ; area, 25.;
amphitheatre, ls.—A plan of stalls may be seen and seats
secured at the Hall from Eleven to Five.

WE ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL,
HOLBORN.

Open at Half-past Seven, under New Management.
Proprietors—Messrs. Sweasey and Holland.

Locke's music to MAC BETH is a triumph more than a
mere success—Fifty vocalists, assisted ty a band of thirty
performers—Brilliant success of GEORGE lIODSON (Ire-
land's Gem)—The Great Comic ARTHUR LLOYD—
HARRY BIACARTHY, the Arkansas Comedian—MOßA-
TOß IO and LE BRONG, the Eclipse of all Acrobats—LA.
PETITE TAGLIONI, only 28 inches high, the Smallest
Dancer in the World—M. PIE RRVT, the one leg*, the
Wonder of the World, to be seen at this Hall onIy—KATE
CHATTERS, Serio-Comic and Skip ln.-rope Dancer, her
first appearance at this Hall—with a host of other first c'ass
talented artistes too numerous to mention.

*** WEST, the Stump Orator, and Mrs. EMMA WEST
are engaged, and will appear August 4th.
Prices as usual. Box-office open from 11 to 4.
P. CORRI, Musical Director.

3/pDANIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.

NEW ADDITIONS.--Several life-size Portrait Models
of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including
those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS-
TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last
Holidays ; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies,
taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the
notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra
Rooms, Gd.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
Open every evening with the celebrated ARGYLL BAND.
The Programme this week will include Selections and Ar-
rangements from the works of the following masters :
Mozart, Rossini, Meyerbeer.
Musical Director, Signor LUIGI CURTI.
Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock.
Admission, Is.

PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE
BEST AND CHEAPEST.
STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, is. 6d., 25., 2s. 6d., 35.,
3s. 4d.
Most Delicious Black Tea is now only 3s. 6d. per pound.
Pure, lath, Rare, Choice Coffee, is. 4d., is. 6d., is. Bd.
riumars and CO., TEA MERCRANTS,
R, King William-street, City, London, E.C.
A price current free. Sugars at market prices.
PH irides and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within
eight miles of No. 8, King William-street, 40s. worth Car-
riage Free to any Railway Station or Market Town in Eng-
land. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any oonneotion
with any house in Worcester or Swansea.

rj.l E E T T E E T 11.
JIL Meisrs. ES [JELL and SONS, old established Dentists.
Sole inventors and Patentees-of SELF-ADHESIVE Peru-
vian Enamel ARTIFICIAL TEET 11, fixed without the
slightest pain or inconvenience (for which her Msjesty has
granted Royal Letters Patent). Loose teeth are fastened by
their aid. Can be worn on the most tender roots or gums
for years without removal. Mastication and articulation
perfect. Charges strictly moderate, and within the reach of
the most economical. Ali operations painless. Consultation
free.
Messrs. ESKELL and SONS

attend daily at their only Establishment, 13, Tichborne-
street, top of the Haymarket. (Note the Address).

Dis DEM, PHOTOGRAPHIS'r.—INITEN-
TOR of the CARTE de VISITE, Patent the 27th of
November, 1854, 70, i 1, 72, Brlok-street, I lanover•square, and
for Equestrian Portraits at ll,Jeford Lodge, 43tou ester-
road, Old Brompton-road, and 8, Boulevard des Italiens,
Paris.

Mr. DI-DERI has on SALE 65,000 CARTES de VISITE
of ,It the CEL ii:BRI.TIES of the Day. and PANO;t AMR)
VIEWS. Establishments in LONDOS, PA Rl', MADRID,
and ToUL'iN, for enllrgements up to life size.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST to
H.I. Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111, and the Im-
P.erial Family ; to H.I. Majesty the Emperor of All the
uussiaA also to 11.1. Majesty the Queen of Spain and the
Royal Family; to If. Majesty the Kim; of Italy; to /t. Ma-
jesty the King of Rollang ; to H. Niajesly the King of Por-
tugal ; to the Imperial Academy of Music ; Photographer of
the Palace of the Universal Exhibition of 1855, &c.

DISDERI, PHOTO PAINTING.—In oil on
canvas.

DISDERI, PHOTO GRAPHIE on SILK.—His
own new process.

DISDERI, PHOTOGRAPHIE EMAIL, New
process.

DISDERI, NATURAL PHOTOGRAPHY,
without retouching. Reproductions and Enlarge-
ments or every kind.

DISDERI.---The Excellent Situation of Mr.
DISDERI'S Studios enables him t 3 OPERATE RE-
GARDL &SS of the WEATHER.

J)ISDERI.—NOTICE.---By a new process of
Mr. DISDERI'S the "PORTRAITS CART S DE
VISIT K. are ENLARGED on CANVAS to any size. The
PUBLIC can thus obtain a PIIOTOGIL &PHIC DRAWING,
by means of which skilful artists attached to the house can,
•on simple indications, such as the colour of the complexion,
the eyes aid the hair, obtain a splendid and truthful OIL
PAINTING.
Mr. DISDERI'S new process is valuable in this respect,
that it avoids the tediousn( ss of long sittings, and also adds
to the charms of oil painting the great advantages of the
truthfulness and accuracy of Photography.
SALOONS and STUDIO;, 70, 71, 72, Brook-street, Han-
over-square; and for Equestrian Portraits at liereford
Lodge, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton-road.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
SHIP. l arlAnreesitliirseolicited for fitting up the TRAINING
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
TRiBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are row in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£C,OOO, being £l5 a year fo.• each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL
TO
GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK.
PRESIDENT.
JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., M.A.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Sir W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart.
TREASURER.
Louis Huth, Esq,
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C.

"Before the century was actually in its teens we believe
that George Cruikshank was amusing the public. Is there
no way in which the country could acknowledge the long
services and brave career of such a friend and benefactor ?"
TIIACKERAY.

The public in general is invited.to co-operate in this move-
ment. Subscriptions receivable as above, or by the under-
signed as honorary secretary,
CHARLES A. HOWELL.
3, York-villas, Brixton, S.

PROVIDENCE ROW R
NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly, 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers, of young women, children, and orphans
tre, for want accommodation' refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, ,22,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
ianccowrptlishWwihil: has t b
you,
ine
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
been
nour begun chalty, Will you help to give
help to carry on and
starving ? The smallest donation will be n*st welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT D.D., No %22
Finsbury-circus,' B.C.

11 J. AND D. NICOLL,
• TAILORS to the QUEEN, ROYAL FAMILY,
and the COURTS of EUROPE.

FOR GENTLEMEN, Nicoll's Fashionable Dress
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FOR BOYS,—Nicoll's fashionable Knickerbocker Suits
at 215., 255., als. 6d., &c., &c. ; also, Jacket, Vest, and
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FOR LADIES,—NicoIPs New Jackets " The Patrol,
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Travelling and Sea-side dresses.
In each department Garments aro kept ready for imme-
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11. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street, W. ; 22, Cornhill, E.C.; 10, Mosley-street, Man-
chester ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOO fit PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrant* to
the breath. Price Is. 6d,—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK.
CHANCERY-LANE BRA.NCII, 124, CHANCERY-LANE.
The Directors HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that THIS
BRANCH is NOW OPEN for BUSINESS.
May I, 1866. F. K. HEWLTT, Manager.

UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MOST
GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
THE ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, EAST
INDIA, AND GENERAL, LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Established in the year 1837.
LIVES ASSURED in all parts of the world under most
favourable conditions.
ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary.
17, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, London, S.W.
Additional Agents and Medical Referees wanted in pro-
vincial towns.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. It. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES.
GLENFIELDPATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1882.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &a. &o.

CHO C OLATE.-MENIER'S FRENCH.

CHOCOLAT-MENIER, for Breakfast.

CIiOCOLAT-31ENIER is pure, wholesome, and
delicious.

31ENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE.
Warehouse, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.
Sold everywhere.

LADIES MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN
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Marlborough-street, W. 2s. Aso the Post Office Turkish
Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, ls. Cd. Saturdays and
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of the blood and be tutifier of the skin.

TONES' PATENT VOLUNTEER PRESS,
suitable for Pubic Companies, Architects, Surveyors,
&c. This press will stamp card, drawing, parchment, or the
thinest paper, by means et a regulating wheel, which no
other press will do.
DIE SINKER, EMBOSSER, AND ENVELOPE IiTARER.
WILLIAM JONES, 246, High Holborn.
1,000 Blue-laid Business Envelopes, Is•. 10d.

SECOND-HAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and
IRON DOORS.
Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World, by
Leadbeater, Mordan, Thos. Perry and Son, and
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This Powder is quite harmless to animal life, but is u- -
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Beetles, Gnats, Mosqllitos, Moths in furs, and every other
species of Insect. Sportsmen will find this an invaluablti
remedy for destroying Pleas in their Dogs, as elso Ladies
for their Pet Dogs. Being the Original Importer of this
now invaluable article, wtdch has found so great a sale that
it ham tempted others to vend a so-called article, the Public
are therefore cautioned to observe that the Packets of the
Genuine Powder boar the autograph of Toomas Keating.—
Sold in l'a ke s, Is., 2s. 6J.,
and 4s. 6d. each ; or is Packets,
free by post, fcr 12 Postage Stamps, and 2s. 6d. on receipt of
36 Also in Bottles with Bellows ls. 6d. and 3,1. eaAt. by
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NEWSPAPERS PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print-
ing and Machining of 'Newspapers, &c., done on exceed-
ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing
Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of
particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-
row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE,
WITH Illustrative Sketches of CABINET
FURNITURE and DECORATIVE UPHOL-
STERY, sant free per post or given on application. The
Stock, corresponding. to the List, is marked in plain figures.
An efficient representative will wait upon
the Nobility,
Clergy, and Gentry in any part of the kingdom.
ATKINSON & CO.,
CABINET MAKERS,
UPHOLSTERERS, LINEN DRAPERS, AND
HOUSE AGENTS
198, 200, 202, 204 206 208,, and 210,
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

THE CURTAINS OF A HOUSE
give the tone and character to its appearance. They
should bo changed with the changing seasons.
ATKINSON and CO. are prepared with their Sum-
mer kStock of Curtains—the new Pekinette Stripes for
Drawing and Dining Rooms, Pekin and Persian Cloths,
Muslin, Lace and Leno, with all the new Designs in this
year's Chintzes.

198, 200ATKrNSON & CO.,
WESTMINSTER, 202, 20 206, 208, and 210,
S BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

TER SUMMER STOCK OF CARPETS,
REPLENISHED with the Newest Designs from
tho best makers, comprises FELTS, KIDDER,
BRUSSELS, VELVET PILE, AXMINSTER, and
TURKEY.
Every kind of material for covering hall or passage,
Floor-Cloth, Cork Carpet, Linoleum, and Kamptuhcon.
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WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON.

A GREAT LUXURY FOR THE SUMMER.
;ATKINSON and CO.'S PATENT SPRING
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comfortable, and economical.
ATKINSON and CO.,
198, 200, 202, 201, 206, 208, and 210, Westminster-bridge-
road, London.

WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISBAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
MI London about an hour
and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
accessible, and distant ti
ing an extensive and pleasing
prospects are gardea, na ow, plantation, and recreation
For terms andforms of admission address the
grounds.
proprietor.
eaassialnydy soil, and commal

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INN
DISTRICTS.
Mr. POPULOUS
aßnd
Mr. JAMES MORTIMER invites attention to his patented
Plans for Improved Separate Dwellings for all classes which
STBVTJERLBLA
, embrace an increase of street Paving for each storey:public
staircases, promenades, glTdens, schools, reading, lecture,
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_ &C. ; also workshops, with or
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realise upwards a 12 p 7 cen ,—Further information ot Mr.
J. Mortimer, SQ, Queen s-road, Dalston, N. 8.; or of Mr. J.
Dunbar, 4, Westrainster-Chambers, Victoria-street, West-
minster, &R'.

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pain and dread of ope•ation inherent to all
deter very
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to whom ARTIFICIAL TEETH are of
E
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over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled
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patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all
stumps, however decayed, the supporting instead of extrac-
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Consultation free. Teeth from 58, bets from 5 to 25 ge.,
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" Lancet."
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30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
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Daily attendance at 13, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield; 4, East-parade. Leeds; 14, St. Nleholas-
street, Soarbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York.
Established 1830. IsTo connection with any one of the same
Mlle. •

ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH EXPEDITION.

(From the Times Special Correspondent)

FOILUOM3IERTIUM BAY, Sunday Night,
July 22.

By the time this letter is laid before the public,
if no accident intervene, the Atlantic Cable will be
out of all danger, and the long-deferred hope of
telegraphic communication between the Old World
and the New on the point of being accomplished.
Only those on the spot here can realise the intense
exultation and pride with which those connected
with the undertaking now look forward with con-
fidence to its final completion. Everything from
first to last has yet gone well. Every appointment
of ships-has been kept to the hour ; every time fixed
for the different starts accurately observed. Not a
single delay or hindrance has arisen. Two hours
since I received a private message from the Great
Eastern, and the signals through the whole length
of wire, more than 1,200 miles of which are now at
the bottom of the Atlantic, came with even greater
rapidity and distinctness than when first sent
through the shore end, only 30 miles from land.
Every hour that passes the pressure of the water
and the equable temperature of the ocean depths in-
creases the electrical condition of the cable, and
even the high estimate formed of the speed at
which words may be telegraphed is likely to be ex-
ceeded by the use of Professor Thomson's and
Varley's instruments, and the employment of Capt.
Bolton's numeral code. It is needless to lay before
your-readers the mere-detail of daily distance run_
and cable sunk, as that is registered in London
every evening. Still: there is much news coming
from the great ship which, as connected with the
progress of the work, may not be uninteresting.
One of the most gratifying messages, and one which
took a load of anxiety off all minds, was received
here late on Thursday night, or rather early on
Friday morning, to the effect that the coil had
been safely passed from the after tank to that
right forward. No one but those practically ac-
quainted with the long process of submerging a
cable can easily understand the risk which always
more or less attends this operation, and which in this
particular instance was increased in a tenfold degree
by the immense length of the Great Eastern. The
neglect or momentary inattention of one single man
among the many employed to carry it out would at
once have parted the wire. No full details of this
operation have been received here, but what took
place is pretty well known from what has had to be
done on similar occasions over and over again. As the
bottom of the aftermost tank was reached the ship
was slowed down to the lowest rate of speed which
would keep steerage-way upon her, the cable at the
same time being allowed to run free out from its
own weight, but with no additional impetus deriv-
able from the speed of the ship. When all was
ready the bight of the last coil was safely passed up
from the tank, and the length placed on the pulleys
which guide it down the leading troughs from stern
to stern. In another minute after this the whole
began to run easily • out from the length of the ship
fore and aft, and the Great Eastern then resumed
her course, the insulation and " conductivity" tests
being as perfect as before. Soon after this, however,
some inconvenience was occasioned by the altered
trim of the ship. The after tank had contained 810
knots of cable, whichovith the water in it, represented
a weight of nearly 2,000 tons, and the want of this
counterbalance, of course, brought the vessel very
much down by the head. There was a head swell
on, too, at the time, into which the ship pitched
heavily--the very worst motion which a cable ship
has to dread. This was soon relieved, though it is
not stated how, as of course it is obvious that it
could be done by pumping water into the cellular
water-tight compartments aft. Two or three hun-
dred tons of this would amply suffice as a counter-
balance, for with every mile of progress the forward
tank would be rapidly lightening—lightening, in-
deed, at the rate of some 250 tons per 21 hours.
To-night's telegram reports her as having paid out
about 1,250 knots of cable, the distance run being
about 1,025, the slack being at the usual rate of 11
per cent. From this it will be seen that 400 knots
out of the 070 in the forward tank have already
been submerged, so that the undue weight forward
has been relieved now, and the ship is on a level keel.
The telegram of this evening sufficiently states this
when it says the vessel is as steady as a rock. The
whole of the contents of this forward tank will be
used to reach Newfoundland, and then only the mid-
ship tank, containing Bd4 knots to complete the
wire broken last year, will remain on board ; 400
miles, however, have gone in the Albany, and this
will be stowed in the forward tank, and the after
part of the Great Eastern filled up with coals. Thus
she will again start on a level keel on her great effort
to grapple for and splice the endlaid last year. All
telegrams from the ship speak of her consorts as
rolling and labouring heavily to the Atlantic seas,
while she herself was comparatively immovable.
The message giving latitude and longitude of the
Great Eastern to-day showed her to be just entering
upon the last and most difficult portion of her task,
where for a stretch of nearly 150 miles the water is
deeper by some three-quarters of a mile than in any
other part of the North Atlantic that we know of.
When this is passed, as it will be by to-morrow
night or early on Tuesday morning, all will be safe.
From that time the ocean begins slowly, but very
steadily, to shallow. From 2,400 fathoms its bed
gradually rises to 2,000, then to 1,500, 1,200, 900,
700, and so on, till in Heart's Content Bay, one of
the most easterly spurs of rocky headland on the
south of Newfoundland, it will be landed in a depth
of some 50 fathoms. The place chosen for its land-
ing is a deep, rocky inlet, very much of the same
kind, though of course on a much larger scale, than
this at Foilhommerhum. It is more sheltered than
Bull's Bay, where the cable of 1858 was successfully
landed, just as this little rocky cove is better suited
than Valentia harbour, from which it was then laid.
The published maps which. give the track of the
Atlantic cable are scarcely correct guides as to the
position of the Great Eastern now. These charts
merely represent the route taken by the Agamem-
non in 1858 over the line of soundings previously
obtained by Captain Dayman and others. This is an
arc of a great circle between Ireland and Newfound-
land, rising at its highest point to the latitude of
the extreme north of Ireland, and descending at its
extremity to about the latitude of Paris. Last year,
for various reasons, it was determined to follow the
course of this arc, but at about 25 miles south of it.
This time the same relative route has been taken,
but about 30 or 35 miles further south of the cable
broken last year. Consequently, between the cable
now being laid and that of 1858 there is a distance
of some 60 nautical miles, while between that of last
year and this year there is a separation of at least
30. Whatever is known of the bed of the Atlantic
shows that to the south of the telegraph line, if we
may so call it, the water is less deep than along the
route of soundings, and thus it is hoped that at the
present moment the Great Eastern is in shallower
water by some 400 or 500 fathon-s than the present
charts give it. Certainly its shallowing here appears
more uniform than over any other part of the course.
The reason for laying this year's cable widely
apart from that which broke last year is, of course,
obvious. Last year's rope has to be grappled for
and raised, and there would be a risk of catching up
the new and good cable while searching for the old.
The position of the old cable has been ascertained
beyond all doubt, so that with a distance of 30 knots
between it and the present cable there seems little
danger of mistake even in an Atlantic
fog.
be worth mentioning again that this cable oI ft maylast
year continues absolutely perfect up to the point of
fracture. Cables when once safely submerged last
a long time without change. Thus of the cable of
1858 a considerable portion ofitfwadsiffreerceonvterleedn,gatrisl
is now to this day in sections o
doing efficient duty for the Dutch, French, and
i us parts of the world.
English Governments in vano