The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-25

Of being present at that splendid banquet in the pre-
sence Of his exccilency the OCCASION.
Professor THOMPSON also responded, and said that he
looked upon great honor to have been all connected
with an undertaking Of such Importance He proud to
say thathe had been director of tho Atlantic Telegraph
al the great success which had peen achieved Arduous
abors and great skill had been bestowed the carrying
out Of the works OF the by those in whose hands
the execution Of the tasks had been put. The day
before the work was completed II was said to be a
chmera Electricians doubted the possibility Of sending
the current through wire OF 1000 miles long and sub
merged in the sea to depth Of more than miles, but
the genius of great man anticipated shat difficulty and
to Mr. Whehouse they must look the man who had re-
moved the barrier between Great Britain and America
(Cheers) Professor Thompson then alluded to subject
which he confessed was painful one-namy the prpba
IN contributing Tie communication lie oas unable 10 giue
any decided dnser to the queaion, bat greater difficulties
had s Ssc os;s, Day s, day s during @
the continuity restored. There could Be doubt
that most serious defect eristed in the cable,
and the only question icheter thai defect ,oouid be re-
medied at the deciue point, 10 hare necessary
totarnssh neo piece cable; but great as the discourage
ment was the TACT Of having accomplished teegrapnlc
mained all difficulties sank into nsgncance before that
fact in conclusion he expressed confident hope that
what had thus been accomplished would in the end be at
tended with complete and lasting success. (Appause)
His Exccency the LORD IIEUTESASr then rose aud said
afforded him much pleasure TO propose "The health Of
The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks and proposed
"Thc health OF Sir Charles Bright Mr. whtehousc and the
cable"
The toast was duly honored amidst loud applause
series of complimentary toass closed the proceedings
| CESSATION OF THE SIGNALS AT vALESTiA.
From the London Times Sept
Up yesterday evening Of any kind,
eegraphic otherwise had been received al the office of
tho Atlantic Telegraph Company as to the operations sup
posed 10 be going at Vacna to ascertain the point Of
interruption Of the electric signals, since the message
from that place on Saturday and which appeared
impression Of Monday. The directors, accompanied by
Mr. Saward and several practical electricians still at
Valentia but ut present the officials of the company left
IN london without any information to what has
been done there to discover the place Of stopage tho
result The permanent shore end Of the cable intended
for the Valcnta end, and which much stronger and
thicker than the rest and calculated resist the greater
amount Of risk TO which It is exposed approaches the
landing place, being embarked AT Plymouth, anu
viii be conveyed TO its destination without delay The
impression still obtains among the company's servan :
that the point OF interruption is at great distance from
the shore at the valentia termination, and this derives
confirmation from tho letter Of Mr. Whtehouse, which
peared in this journal yesterday.
from the Liverpool journal, Sept IL.
Grief sat upon every brow Wednesday last when the
complete failure Of the Atlantic telegraph announced
for was damping disaster when sunshine and merry
making expected The talk that the work has
to be begun again. that there has been mistake in the
construction OF the cable; that the electricians aud engi
put too in basket that had the cable
been left TO Messrs Newa Co il had been differently
made that the cables they have made and making
for the Mederan ecgraphs ncose not one wire but
four; that each wire is quarter Of an inch apart that,
although all four might be broken, there reasonable
chance that in the majority Of accidents all would not
break; that is said the Messrs. Newa Co offered 80
lay down tho cable for GOO oo0 but that the company
declined the offer.
PREPARATIONS FOR SHIPPING THE SHORE END OF THE
ATLANTIC CABLE-UNExPECTED CouSTERMASD
plymouth Sept. 81 correspondence Of London Times
The steamship Bilboa 3l2 register, is IN
Hamoaze alongside the wall of the Kcyham steam
yard for purpose of receiving the vaenta the
Atlantic telegraph cable. She is commanded by Captain
Joseph kavanaugh a gentleman who has had some ex-
perence In the submersion Of telegraph wires This por
Gxon tpaha
about fourteen fifteen miles long, and weighs eight tons
to the mile The Atlantic wire weighs ton to the
mile. In consequence OF the necessity Of retaining the
tidal basin for the of the maaya and other govern
ment steamships rettng the Blboa could not near
the store in the old powder magazine and the shore end
has in the absence Of bobbns 10 be carried by hand the
who'll distance, quarter of n mile, to the wharf AL
though hundred men employed, the operation is
slow The stowage in the ships hold Will probably oc-
Mr. Clifford, who went out in the Niagara last year
and in the Agamemnon this year has charge Of the ar
rangcments.
Had there bcen failure in the working Of the Allan
tic wire is understood that the Blboa would have pro-
cceded yalenta direct and have under the cable
until the point Of connection reached, when very
short interruption in the transmission of would
proceed 10 the point Of junction, ten miles from
the beach, and grapple for the wire. The sea
there Is about one hundred fa,hcms deep, aad
he time which may be occupied In securing the cable
VIII vary from two three days 10 many week. In
October last three weeks necessarily consumed
recovering the shore end laid by the Niagara; in fine
weather il might have been effected in three days. The
graphing apparatus will be used now then In
paying out the shore end from the Bilboa strong
chine plain drum and breaSwhcel are all that will
be used As the depth Of water Mt Newfoundland in
suddenly after leaving the beach, the shore end
there is only miles long Being heavy its
cry from great depth would be operation Of some
dculty besides which, ships anchors not likely 10
inure the wire in very deep water.
Some remarks having been made in relation 10 the
delay in attaching the shore end, Is stated that the
executive did find themselves justified in chartering
n ship mourning other expenses contingent the
successful laying Of the Atlantic cable until that
realized. The thin wire ashore at yalenta
intended only for temporary use aud Immediately Il
laid Mr. Bright and his colleagues adopted the most
energetic and promp, measures for the substitution 81 tho
permanent shore end The shore end laid August 1851
and recovered the following October and which has been
at Keyham, tested Tuesday last by the
electric machine, and found perfect
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Sept Q.
Instructions have Unexpectedly arrived here from Ire
land snspendng the embarkaion the vacnta shore
end Of the Atlantic cable on board the steamship Bboa.
and she Is removed from Kcyham wharf " the stream
Hamoaxe.