The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-07-12

supper thing that gree,s our awakug n.e,
show their friendly feelings towards they keep IRE In
mory the great covnry the oher side of tho
wsifr spd me friends have all left there Awaiting
return When the cable shall have been Ia d. II the
ocai mus,cs viii III government grated snp
eavug cont dc justice to that "Yaukee Doodle
they had better remain forever silent, and consign both
Bfe ana drum the great deep should have stated that
the officers OF the Niagara who present Lieut.
North DR. Palmer, Mr. Eldridge, Mr. Everett. the Chief
Eogpeer. Lieut. Kennon, Dr. Warrington, and Mr. Moore
Assistant Engineer.
The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable.
From the liverpool Post lone IA
The completion of this interesting and gigantic
work, so far as the portion manufactured by Messrs.
r Newall Il Co., of Birkenbead is concerned,
was celebrated yesterday by banquet, given in
Of tee transit sheds Of the Bukenhsad Dock Estate
Station which bad been converted for the occasion
into spleD6id banqueting ssloJn. The hall was
beautifully decorated with flags and banners inter
speIsed With ivy and other everg een wfeaEh FEES.
toons of baoneretts stretched across ia four
ranges, and decorated With oak, sycamore and laa-
rel TeD chandeliers orpamented in similar man
DeI, gave abundance of light, aud conduced, in q
high degree, to the general beauty OF the scene.
Covers sere laid TOT 700 twelve TO Of trans
ye'se tables; the chsrman's table, elevated about a
foot above he general level occupied the whole OF
the east SIDE Of the shed, 100 feet in lengtn the
breadth Of the shed being rs feet.
Mr.. NxwAL responded. He said Gentlemen, for
myself and partners l thank you most heartily. 1
am delighted TO you all here-the vorkmen who
assisted u 80 materially during the last three or
four months (Eear, hear) hope, as Mr. Picker
ing suggested. we shall, in the course Of few
months have another cable to make or tie All .ntic;
In sbor, time shall have q larger one for the
MedIts rraDeaD, that may hope the work. a. Br-
kenbead gill be continued. We certainly shall ,on
TINA them ~ long as we get work to keep
them going. II shall not be our fault II we
have to drop them in short time,
once anticipated. A great deal depends upon
those Who assist Us: and feel bond 70 state ihs
the men have worked to our entire appreciation
Hitherto we have pressed heavily upon thei
time; nut one reason Why we did was that tn
wok sbond he done within q certain t'me People
said II never could be done. On Christmas day tn
place row Med -ith machinery, was hlled TO th
roof with bones since then, the whole machinery
with trifllDg ex ,eption, has been made; aud look
ing at The results to-day, you will gree ~itn
that our success has been unprece iented. We have
kept our undertaking. almost to the DAY. -Four
months sgo We fixed upon The 9Th Of Ju g for the
completion We took one day more certainly no
bed calculation in a work OF such magnitude
(Cheers) ] an glad TO hear from one OF the
the drctors. hope this will induce them to con-
fde all their future cabesto Brkenhead, (Cheers.)
Mr.. NrwALL again rose and said-In carving on
lsst lev months we have been engaged, we
have been ably assisted by Mr.. Reid, one Of the
olctst electricians in the country. Nearly all VINO
are here are aware OF the great assistance we have
he rendered TO us ~ superintendent He has been
diligept and careful In his repeated experiments. TO
ascertain that al was CORE Z IN our proceedings.
IL las BEEN a matter Of regrtt that we have not
present with VA Mr.. Bright the engineer, and Mr..
Whiiehouse, the electrician to the company In
clus'on, let propose the heaths OF Messrs. White
house, Bngh. and Reid
Mr.. RAN, on rising, received with loud
cheers. On their cessation, be proceeded TO say
have great peasuIe In responding tn the toast of
the heath Of Messrs. Whtehouse and Bright. our
engineer ard our electrician; 10 coming ~ speak Of
u yself. approach the subject With diden e.
IL ~ true that have 40 considerable experience
in the carr ing out of such works those connected
with the electric telegraph. Next summer will com
plete the twentieth year OF my tion with tsle
graphs. Submarine telegrsphs have beer establish
cd. and are making great progress. had the honor
about Eve years ago, 10 lay down The cable between
Calais Dover, and successful In passing the
fret message from the one end Of the wire W the
other; but while satisfying myself on this subject,
I was bv no means able 70 satisfy others the
leading scientific men Of the day sloE of belief
and W en- the announcement was made 10 the Insti-
tute Of Civil Engineers they sent down TO me 10 zee
IL my signature attached TO that document was
genuine. (Great lsughter) If there was a douot
Ia the matter OF q submarine telegraph OF "a miles
long, must expect more serious questioning a. to
the working Of one $500 miles in length short
time since any one would have been considered q
mailman who should have proposed 10 lay down q
submarine cable connecting this country with ne.
RIGA; but this morning took the trouble OF verify
ing, by avery uencaf Jest, tne prncucabii OF sucn
a communication by means of the cable which his |
just been made here. Ttcok for that purpose rery
smou indeed, 10 mosf persons IN tbs MEETING |
u may seem IN invisibie battery, and may ,cen |
de termed Reids injinitessirnai baff,ry
two very tiny pieces Of metal Fixed 70 the
ends OF two small .wres.) 7Ne one Of these pieces
Of metal 10 copper the other piafind; each Of them v
not a quarter of an inch across, and they are |
square. Tfred one of these rirts 10 one end OF the
cable and The other TO the other end Of u, and puf
TIE fUo pieces Of metal into my mouth. The result
,ras nal Iinsfonfy passsd pevcspfibi, current Of
electricity from one end Of the ESQ miles Of cdbts
10 the oihsr. tremendous cheers.) Such a test
was sufficiently convincing 10 me, and can have no
hesitation in saying that when laid down, which Il
will he in a short Tine IL gill be found TO answer
the utmost expectations Of the manuf acturers aud OF
the public. have only 10 say, further that in car
ryinr on the work we have received the very
utmost assistance anh attention from the con.
tractors, Messrs. Newan 4 Co.; aud I hope
II will not be long before they are, from the sue
attending this, called on TO lay down an ,ther
The Rev. Mr.. PowLRy said he hal been called on |
30 give Whist 10 him appeared 10 be the toast of the
day. IL was The health and prosperity Of the
managers, foremen and workmen employed by |
MeNp- Newsll a Company" (Cheers) In my |
opinion, he said no man Of good heart and feeling |
could have been present &C such meeting without
experiencing unmingled satisfaction. This "
meeting bed In celebration Of the comp etion Of 20
much OF the greatest work the world ever saw, "a
has been entrusted n Messrs. Newsll n Company |
10 perform. IL s work in which the ne vi workers.
ard nd-so'kers have been happily combined. and /
n does equal credit TO both. II Is, repeat equally