The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-22


the American mails the American government. shares
In carrying these mails the postage will be
duced. The English postal revenue 10 about million
sterling the expenditure, while the American postal
expenditure near million sterling over the revenue.
me Britain government Is therefore IN favorable posi-
ton for reducing the postage, whie the government Of
Amerisa canDst Afford TO do 30.
The Great Ocean Telegraph.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE NEW YoRK
HERALD.
PLYMOUTH, England, May 8, 1853
koemens in the Electrical Departmental the Enterprse-
7he Experiments Of DR.. WAiteAouse electrician Of the
Atlantic Telegraph C5mpawy, Professor Thompson, Of
Glas0osc, and Professor Hughes, the AmSricdn Iapen-
tmEx5aordi~ary Progress Of the Lat Ter dusrg Three
Disqualification from the Niagara to Mr.. Hughes
Heodquarters-Sendino Dispatches By Ms Instrwm<xs-
What aey nisk here Of h6 fnvenion-hs Successful
Application 10 TOentysir Hundred kies Of TIE Subma-
rins Caole-WAat voc Expect To D,oompared wih VIA.
I,as Been Dcne-PrcreG DR. WhieAouss during Siren
kouths Experience sciA ne Cdsls--Opinions Of Esgi
neTs IN Regard 10 Ae Adaptabi1iy Of Mr. W. II.
Esooas Paying Out kachinery-ze Coslin0 ON as
NiaSara 10 be TynisAed sctt~ Week, dc.
Now that tho difficulties and obstacles which presented
themselves IN the engineering department have bee
overcome by the construction Of machine every wRy
adapted 10 The paying out process, the attention Of al
who Interested In the Of the enterprise Ia d.
reced closely 70 the movements In the electricians
department me highest expectations were formed OF
tho progress which reported had been male by Dr.
whehouse, the chief electrician Of the company, Who,
IN his official statement Of January last sad he hsi
attained speed Of four words . minute with . pros
pcc Of still more satisfactory results. In this however,
appears he somewhat premature, "a actual trial
has since shown that no cannot even send word \
minute and In some instances that he cannot msks
required letter. This, mus. be confessed, w,uld be
rather dscouragpg; aud NOT for circumstance
that have occurred since tho arrival Of country
man, Mr. Hughes, the Atlantic telegraph might DO
sidered ~ In very precArous condition at the present
time To understand this part Of the subject will DO
oessary hosever 20 bask 70 last year 70 the time whom
the telegraph squadron lying 10 the Cove OF Cork
While The Agamemnon and Niagara were 1t anchor here
the two ends Of the cable from each ship joined
70 present continuous line Of twenty are hundred
mlss-;he longest submarine telegraph which The world
had ever seen. Up 70 mis- moment no opportunity
was ever Afforded Of ssndns current through 50 long
fca 70 The result You may imagine, therefore, how
anxious We all fet whom his experiment vs. about 70 be
performed for. after all, vas but an experiment the
success Of which considered exceedingly problems
cal Well, - have sad, the ends Of the cable were
united and The bst4rss and he other necessary spp
brought 70 bear with the gratifying
cess. They not only succeeded 10 getting . current
through, bat they DID with such rapdity that before
minute elapsed between niresy and hundred and twenty
were transmitted from one end 10 the other with
the rcsscst fsaiy. The announcement q this
received that the electrical part Of
The enterprise was all right, whssever differences II or
nion ,sere might be shout The merits Of the mscbnery
n vas under these circumstances that The telegraph
squadron len The Cove OF Cork on The Cd Of
August, 1857. rhe result Of TIA. expedition b fa.
A.
,rrsss which must b. related here The cable ships. Aga
msmnon and Niagara, returned 70 Egiand and sccc-t
ING 70 agreement went into Plymouth, where The cable
vS AL landed and carefully coled In water tgh, tank
Ihsui twenty hundred miles az were placed here
near The besnpins Of November, anordine magnificent
opportunity 70 the electricians 70 make their experiments
during the whole winter, ana IN fact The ships should
return The following (ths) year. Every facility, under
stand was given them, and the company In is iberaly
have, ~ am informed, expended nearly twenty housand
pounds fcr the operations n his department alone Mr.
whehcuse has hsd large stat Of electricians and c,a
sdersoie force OF mechanics 10 make his nssumcnts
besides number of other operatives There certainly
appear 70 have been no limits 70 the means win
which he has been supplied Now, let US look 1t
What hes been done. He SUGGESTED In getting about
ninety currents through he wire In one minute
lac, rear, and calculating The number Of currents
necessary 70 make . letter II Ave, and the average
number OF letters 70 word st The samc, the ninety
currents vii make somewhat less than four words per
minute n nigh, naturally be supposed that the speed
would be considerably increased since them but what
viii you cay when you are told that the reverse the
csse and that the rate Of ansmsson bas been reduced
from e less than four words 10 three letters and
af,bs' In the hrst letter which you received from this
side in regard 10 the progress Of The enterprise you we're
informed tina, they were telesrspbpe 81 the rate Of one
word a minute-a figure in which feared there WAS
come ms'aEe, and which hestssed Publishing until fuy
assured that u VI. correct What has since occurred,
however has satkhed me that, change be not maize
In te electrical department, and very radical CHANGE
ho, hey viii never be able 70 use Ne cable after shall