The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-02 00:00:00

THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAP.H CABLBI

We larn that ber Majesty's ship Agamemnon,;,:4
f-
left Sherness at 5 20 a.m. on Friday, for Liver-`..:a
pool, and may theref< re be expected here hourly.
She has been specially fitted for carrying and lay-
ing the Atlantic Telegraph cable, and is as Well
suited for the purpose as if she had been expressly
built with that object. Her engines being situate!'
nearer to the stern than is usual enables the Cable
to-be stowed almost amid-ships, so as to preserve
the trim of the vessel. A large hold, capable of re-
ceiving the cable in one coil, of the form which has ;'-`•
been found by experience to be the best, has been
cleared out, and a fluorin('t' laid over the kelson.
The size of the division of the hold fitted for the
cable is about 50 ft. square, and the coil of 1,250
miles of cable will be about 11 ft. high. At present
she draws only 19 ft. of water, her armament Ana • .
superfluous stores having been removed ; when
the cable is on board this will be increased to •

25 feet. A guard, or cage, of wrought-iroo .• •
has been placed over the propeller, so as .to ..
avoid any chance of the cable getting foul of it.
The machinery for paying out the cable, which is
being made at Manchester, is of the most complete
character, providing for every possible emergency ; - ,
the precise strain borne by the cable, the exact
am,,unt delivered, the rate at which it is payed off ~
and other important particulars, being indicated
during the whole process. The peculiar arrange-
ment of the apparatus is such as to provide for
every contingency which experience has pointed:
out as possible to occur in the paying out of either - .
light or heavy cables. Frigates' masts have been
fitted to the Agamemnon, in place of the heavier, • c.,
gear usually carried by her, to. render her more,
suitable for the operation. Her engines, which are
iby Penn, are considered to be equal, if not superior •
to anything afloat. They are nominally of 800,- •,.
horse power, but have been worked up to 2,250.
This power will not be needed in this case, for it is, .o
now to be expected that the cable will be laid at more,
than four to five knots per hour. 1,100 miles of
the cable have now been completed by Messrs.
Newall and Co., at Birkenhead, out of the 1,250. 1
miles to be made there. This inlaid in four coils, of
about 25 feet diameter, and will be shipped in siltit, , ,T
able vessels and coiled into the Agamemnon; in UM, .
Sloyne. Much as it is to be regretted that LiVeic' -I'
pool has not been favoured with the anticipated „
visit of the United States' steamer Nfagara, origi
nally intended to take on board the cable at Bir-ILen-r-"."
head, it will be seen from the, foregoing that the 'i
sudden derangement of the plans previously .01,
signed is not likely to cause delay in carrying 010 f:2
this great enterprise, through the• measures ' which
are being so promptly taken by the Government to
provide an additional ship to compensate for the„',
.
very great disappointment which has been so gene'. ,'
rally felt at the peculiar construction of the ,
Niagara unfitting her for this particulsr
service, although so splendid a specimen of nave
architecture in other ways. Mr. Chas. Bright, the ,:
engineer of this great undertaking, has been io '
Liverpool during the last week making the necessary
arrangements for coiling the cable on board of the ~
Agamemnon. She will lie in the Sloyne, in cons&
quence of her breadth not allowing her to enter the r,
Birkenhead Dock, and the cable will be carried to
her in other vessels. Mr. Bright expects that ho -
plans will allow of the Agamemnon leaving here <
on the 15th July, to meet the other ships at Coll; .
on the 18th, so that we may expect the cable to be
laid in the first week in August, which is the period.
of the year most free, on the average, frOm wind
and fog, and therefore best calculated for the com-
pletion of the undertaking.—Liverpool Albion.

Country Markets.

CHELMSFORD-MAT 29.

Wheat to•day experienced a rather flat sale, but the
best samples must be quoted is dearer, while inferior WV'
firm at last week's prices. Spring corn firm at last wee4.o
quotations.
Wheat, white, old, per s.
qr.3l
new 34
red, old 29
new 29

S. lg. iv
71 Oats, 4131. qr•.... ...... 24 30
70 Peas,Partridge "41 . 4
61 White 39 4,1
61 Boiling 39 •'
46 Dun 37 „i
9
54 Beans, Tisk *
46 Harrow ticks 39 n;
77 Mazagan 34 :3,1 .
79 Ditto, new 34 oq

Barley 35
Chevalier 4O
Grinding 35
Malt 73

Ch9valißr 75