New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-23

Tie Atlantic Telegraph is q great fact in itself,
but its full significance is only realized when it is
regarded as part Of system. Though there are
wider stretches Of salt water than that which seps
rates Ireland from Newfoundland, yet no other up-
broken lire Of submerged wire Of equal length with
the trsnt Atlantic cable is required to connect with
London the British possessions in every quarter of
the globe. Even Australia requires no single cable
Of equal length with this. India, China aud the
Cape of Good Hope can all be connected with the
"fsst anchored isle by lines mainly trayersing
water of considerably less depth than that which
covers the Atlantic plateau, and touching the land
every three or four hundred miles if desired. We
caDnot doubt that every considerable colony OF
Great Britain will be connected with the mother
country ere FIVE years more shall have elapsed, so
that the Minister for the Colonies, sitting in his
Office in Downing g-street, m.y talk with the Cover
nors Of all the principal Colonies, successfully
ard interchargeably, in the course of the same
evening. Thus rebellion or savage irruption at
the Cape Of Good Hope may be known to the
British Cabinet within few hours after its
occurrence, ard orders dispatched instantly to
Gibraltar Calcutta, Bombay and Sydney to
send regiment from each to the scene Of trouble,
and the Minister may announce TO Parliament next
evening that the troops required have al actually
embarked ard are on their way. There can be no
rationN doubt that the British Army and Navy
may both hersupon be reduced one.third in force
ard cost while maintaining their present efficiency,
and that the power OF Great Britain, both pesitve
ard relative, is materially enhanced BY the Ocean
Telegraph. That her commerce. thrift and wsslth
will also be incrsaied, is inevitable; but whether to
the prejudice Of other nations, events must deter.
mine. Let every ocean be tIayersed and every
islard reached By the electric wires, and London
viii stin be the center of the commercial world, and
every Ene bring TO her merchants daily orders, not
for Britsh products alone, but for those Of every
quarter of the globe. As all the Railroads on this
Continent bling trade 10 New-York, 90 all the cleo
tic wires On earth, when connected With the gene
raj telegraphic system, will tend TO increase the
commercial monopoly and the manufacturing pre-.
dominance Of Great Britain.
Merely 8. . specimen Of the facility Of Tele-
srsphic intercourse, We give the following conver-
satou carried on between the chief operators in the
London and Constantinope ofices respectively Of
The Electric and International Telegraph Com
"pMy," soon after the opening of the lre to the
Moslem metropolis last SPrirg. This converse
tior, il will be noted, was prosecuted aero" the
cOItIent of Europe, over Lines Of telegraph which
erom the Briti.h Channel and portion Of the Med
iterrN can, and can hardly be k" than two thou
sand miles lorg, though q direct line between the
two capitals is rather less than fifteen hundred.
Here is the talb:
SUNDAY. May "a ls5s-s5s .. N NontOul
CossIAsIkoPLI-Hsre ConstaIhropse!
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