The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-03

with as he had supposed He under the impression
doubtless, that the cable which had been
Bkenbead opposite Lverp pool of the thickne,s
that made At Greenwich; but has ,ince appeared
from practical experience, from the laying OF the coil,
that s diA greater from eighth quarter
of an inch Is this difference In the size of the por
of the cable has rendered the making OF 9th
col absolutely necessary. This coil win be commenced
to morrow, and will take about hundred and fifty
miles OF the deep cabe but another will have to be
formed after our arrival Cork OF the shore CABLE which
liz nearly completed at the Greenwich factory and 81
will be taken on board the Agauemnon TO the pace OF
rendezvous where we viii take our portion Of It, This
will be nfteen miles long, and will weigh altogether,
seventy five tons, or five tons TO the mile.
ate sizes of the different coils according to the first cacua
ton, you will from the folio wing cacua
ton has been coniiderably modified
Miles
Coil in the fore hold 354
Coil the fore orlop deck. lao
Coil on the fore main deck. 2l0
Total. 704
There 7o4 miles coed in the fore part Of the vessel
CIRCLE gives total 0O that haveloeen taken board
ship TO the present time The circle the fore
main deck in which, stated In the table above there
2o miles, will contain much as $50 when finished,
leaving about 100 TO be coed the circle, which is
ready and in which the Drstske Of the Gable will be
laid tomorrow. There remain $50 miles more to be
cood and as this be accomplished in six days at the
utmost, ought to be ready to leave Liverpool by the
etth inst, which allows a margin Of two days The
machinery, however, is not all up and may be thai
departure will be della. ed till the Is. Of next month,
Judging from the allow progress which has been made
The Agamemntn has 100 miles board, although
she CONNIE need coirg about two weeks before ship
Is Thoughts We Viii be ready for sea and start FOR Cork
about the sAme time Her portion Of the cable ~ you
have been already informed, Is coiled In the CIRCLE
which will hros the who e weight strain place,
while 10 equally distributed.
There q Getting few days ago in London OF the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, VIII oh the point wbere
ed Some were favor Of the plan originally pro posed OF
uniting the two ends In mo-ocean the Niagara running
towards the terminus IN Trinity Bay, aad the Aga
towards that at vaenta Bay, the two termini
being 6b4 miles apart instead OF 1884, stated In
Of the papers this side the Others-and under
entirely point Of separation. they proposed
that the whole fleet should start from valeutla Bay,
on the south western coast OF Ireland, and running
Agamennon should pay out the whole Of her portion OF the
cable TO the Niagara joining the ends and completing the
take twice the length or time 70 lay in this way hat
would be con,uned by both vessels If engaged smult.
but is believed that the original plan will DO adhered
~ the least liable to the chances Of the elements.
Prince Napoleon ,hc Of Jerome, King Of West phala
and another Of the nephews OF his uncle He aenj
ed By hi. suite consisting Of the folio sns gentlemen
defat major Fer,i Disani, aide dc camp du Prince,
chef d'escadron de cavalere Cerc, ecuysr du Prince
N. Regnaut membre de rInstitut N. de Chaucourais,
ing nieur des mines; NJ Arsgo, Of the
Inspecteur General dos Beaux Ars 10 captaiue de
fresate Silva conmandant 10 yacht Refine Hortense;
Hainein, lieutenant de vaueau and Met, ense gus dc
vaisseau II understood that the prince 70 witt
the ship in cg-,ha is, everybody, from the captain
wasst least such is the meaning Of the word q. estab
shed by royal usage and custom. The yourg Enslieh
Prince 10 TO make his tour OF Eirope. know, In the
style and when oil the other members OF the royal
family eei out their travels II Is to DO presumed they
will adopt q similar course.
The Prince and bis suite came Alongside In s,ea boat
and his Imperial Highness was The first to come on
board The captain invite the whole company into the
cabin where no explained the different features Of Interest
In the enterprise them The Prince, you aware Is
| rsd to be a remarkable likeness o. his grea,
uncle br, he is much taller, being about five
feet eleven He has certainly the Nap,eonIa
face, and might easily be picked out In crowd
as member OF the family but thai grand impo.
rial expression which you In all the portraits OF the
First Napoleon and which seemed 10 mark him for
Emperor, Ia wanting In the nephew He Is about thirty
i've yesrs CT aud mbes hs uncle, noI only In the
face bu. the peculiar stoop or the shoulders by which
the Little Corporal was distinguished. The Prince Is
leogo Of Epgrsh appears to be somewhat limited, he
manages TO carry tolsrably animated conversation
with The partial all OF an interpreter. Captain Hudson
posted him up In all the particulars about The able. tho
10 made, the way 10 10 DO laid and, last OF all the
way the shps 10 take when they engaged In paying
out He tncn took the Prince and suit around the
eel and showed them all that worth sesng ami When
be taking bis departure manned the rigging and gave
him three cheers The Prince WAS very much graded
with bis rcceo,u and invited the captain 1, dine With him
the afternoon. should stae that he carried OF.
memeno Of his visit map OF the telegraph route viii ,h
presented 10 him by Lieutenant Wells who made hi,
acquaintance come months since Of ball given by the
Emperor Of the Tuleries.
rhe Niagara Is as great an object Of Curiosity aud won.
der here she TO the peopIeof Grsvesend when che
Wing In the Thames and her fame has extended far
and wide throughout 70 su the scsSy .apA aad,ou 70,
opportunity OF doing has permitted one OF the ferry
companies to bring passengers alongside but has issued
der that they shall not be lowed 10 below the
spar deck In any part Of the ship where they might In
any way interrupt or interfere with the wofkmen who
are employed 10 coips the cable aui fixing up the
chncry Az large number Of persona have taken ad
vautase OF this privilege, the ferry company respng
quite harvest, and OF course taking every mesnt 20
keep the public interest In the ship They have issued
large posters which stare at you from the walls the
wharvs and the vheethouses OF the steamboats,
through the means Of these that "the Isva,hsn United
States friRsie Niagara IL 70 he from nine O'Clock A.
NJ 70 eight p and further, know wing that no visiiers
permitted 70 come aboard Sunday they cndeavor
10 attract passengers by announcing tina, such and
such boats pass the Leviathan American ship
90 round her for The purpose cr letting them have
full view OF This monster OF the deep. For the privilege
De ns 'np .ne sy COMPANY Spsss n He s sp ysn
money the price Of admission 10 Of the negro opera,c
entertainments In New York. With some OF the people,
shilling quite large amount CT money, and Is eften
much many receive FOR half davis abor his easy
70 imagine from this what event they consider the sp
pearance OF vesyel OF this descpo In their ADD
that visit to her something TO look forward 10 ~
treat which they might enjoy only once In halt century
In ms state OF mind they come on board and are ssonsn
cabin and officers ward room botn OF which are as pr
vae any sen,lemans house would be, and which is
really privilege 10 be permitted 10 enter. Some OF them
don't understand this, but supposng that the shilling
entities them 10 toe right OF going wherever they please,
arc considerably disappointed when they End tina, they
are confined 70 the spar deck and the parts Of
the shut slnst them. One OF these vent up
the officer Of the deck few days since and with look OF
extreme disgust and dissatisfaction In bis face said he
desired 10 90 below.
al should certainly allow you to do with pleasure"
said the officer "but there order against permitting
persons 60 below this deck they might interfere with
the operatives"
aBat | want TO see u, you know ;" said the vser; uI
paid my shilling TO look every part OF the ship was
promised that should zee the bershs below and oil tho
ship underneath, when gave my money"
This said with a and In a tone OF voice
which would lead person 10 suppose that he had been
swinded out OF bis shilling, and that the lcer himself
was rarty 10 the transaction.
This ended the conversation and the vser lef the ship
In high dudgeon, leaving undecided impression the
mind OF the ohcr whether he intended 10 sue him for
obtaining money under false pretences that his indig
nation bad so far got the better OF him 10 utterly deprve
him Of the power Of replying in manner tina, would do
| justice to bis feelings.
SURVEY OF TIE TELEaRArBIc PLATEAU BIT THE
CycLOPs.
The following letter, lated from n. b Msestys soop
cycl,p. ST. Johns, Nenfcpndland July J. gives s0ue IN