Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1858-09-24
NEWS FROM EUROPE BY THH NORTHERN LIGHT AVN
nORTH BRITON

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NEWS FROM EUROPE By THE NORTHERN LIGHT AMI
n0RTH BRIT0N.
Tue steamship Northern Light which sailed from South
smp'on, on me Sth tnst arrived New York on Tuee
u evening. she experienced westerly Winds With pleas
ant weather during the greater Of the passage She
| brings AGA passengers aud q full freight
The steamship North Brilon. which Left Liverpool a,
about nall past teo toSck the forenoon Of the sth
met, arrived at Quebec tuesday morning.
The news BY these arrivals s Of an interesting oh.r.c
| ter. ''-S
Queen Vc'oda visited Leeds on the eth and perform
tue seremo'y OF opening the town hall In tina.
cW Ine Vaeen had an enthusiastic reception and the
decorations and determinations were on .plendid scale
fne queen and suite bad eIt Leeds f,r Bamoral The
Mayor Of Leeds received the honor Of Ks,shhood on
The Dublin Ffeenan's Journal chronicles nj great
length the movements Of Cardinal wiseman since he
rival At Dund,k HE reception In that to.o appears 10
nave oeen perfect triumph. The houses and street.
vere decorated With dosers arches and a. the other pa
"phernaia TO be seen on day OF general jabilee.
THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Tue ionowng nonce, sgoed by tho Secretary OF the
Atlantic Telegraph Company, dated y.lent. Sept 4th,
ll:}o A, ~, ts published In the Loudon Tune.
SRI an Instructed the directors TO state that
10 some cause at present not asceraned but bebey
ed to arise from fault existing in the cable at point
malls from Newfoundland since one o'cloek on pd,v m
log the Sd iustsnt The directors are no. At Y.l,n,
aud aided by scientific aud practical eectc ans ara in
e'nsaune the cause OF the soppsgs. With view rene
no time at present be named for opepipg tbe w n,
the public. Yours, truly,
GEORGE sAwARO. sect'y
The LonJsn Tas' sAys that similar diascuI,, ,ss
ders,ood TO have occurred temporarily abort lin. h,I
aud the hope that the accident merely one of tho.
70 when the cable must be liable until the necessary
utes nave oeeo Tor the cable
the shore Some di.agrsemsnts between the
and the Baad OF Directors have atter, eIsd aud th.
may be presumed, tend TO embaass the general pro.
ceedugs P
NJ wlo
and one Of ,he four original projectors OF the Atlantic
graph writes to the L,udon Times that be believes IN.
injury to the cable 10 be 10 the home end which he had
Oreseen and had 90 ooe occasion repaired. He appre-
hends that there is little for snI,ty and thinks
there s nothing 10 the distractions calculated 10 damn I'M.
most sanguine hopes Of ultimate and complete
Mr. Whit house complains Of the summary manner In
which be has been dismissed from the service Of the
pany.
Charles T. Bright, Engineer of the Atlantic telegram
Company, has received the honor OF Knighihood ban
quet took place 81 Killarney on the 7h inst a honor Of
The cable The Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland sthd.d He
emphatcay denied thar he absenied himself from the
Dublin banquet from secaran bgoy or personal hos,it,
% the great enterprise. Official necessity vas the cole
cause OF his nonatendAnce. The toasts included the Pr
dent OF the United States Mr. Cyu. w. Field and Can't
Hudson, the officers Of the Niagar. &c
Fro~s Me London Star, SepL7
we are without any further nevs from Vaents, res
peetng the Atlantic cable, and this NAV be taken 10
mean that the drskprs, with hSir scientific assistants
have az yss nee9 anI TO estorsntshgibh sssals
nj nah
shed yesterday. ON the toek Richsnee The n oa
shares Of the company fell o. two hundreds OF poond
10 value IL Ia not supposed Iron our pre,eut inlorm.
uon that the cable has actually broken but only that
somethng has occurred the natural progess o
the electric current Even the cable should break the
result OF the recent attempt will net have been made In
vain Tor ). clearly establishes two iacs-6rs that ca
BILE scuay be laid across such large bulk Of v.,e,
and second, that when laid eleg aphc communication
can certainly be CT cted betsren the old ana psv
hemspheres the worst should come Of the present at
tempt these facts viii form the basis Of improved and
resoute undertaking, for the future But In the mean
~h" let hope that the present stoppsge OF commun
cation through the cable IL but temporary nature
From he London Tnaes, (City Artieie) Sept 8
Nothing fresh has TRANSFERRED with regard 70 the Atlantic
telegraph. There il still communication through the
shoc length OF the cable, but DOLLY Of the faintest and
mnst uncertain kind prevalent opinion seem. 20 h,
that the defect not in the instruments that the line
has received some irjwy hon Abrasioo on the coast
which will admit Of speedy repsir. The rominaI quota
tion Of shares to-day vas $50 to $50.
From the london Neles Sent 81
The Atlantic telegraph is at fault Whether the stop
caused by Has 10 The cabo uitLn such limits that Il
can be detected and iemeded-is yet to be
There 10 no great for desponJency IN the
interruption IL rather Iorth the cessiy Of moie
rabies. Nov We find that can lay cable two miles
deep In the sea, aud that cable sd can be made To
transmit electric signas IL folly 10 depend upo
MI the chances aud accidents which may happen 10 sin
gle HE.
During the short time this singl, cable has been laid
between Ireland and Newfoundland tho rguaIa 10 New
ioundand have once beiore ceased Mr. Whiiebouse da
covered the cause OF the interruption There was faulty
portion OF the cable Valenua fortuna tely ea.
ly accessible As soon a. i t,ken up and repaired
the electrical communication r-erabshed This in
terrupOo happened while the Presdsnts reply TO the
Queens message was waiting at Newfoundland 10 be
transmitted IL must appear very cufious " ineIpl
cable, 20 those Of readers who not familiar With
the mode 10 which electrical tsegraphy 10 carried out
that While sgDals could be sent hon ireland 10 New
Na...1 l.n1 NHa III -. T.
ioundand. To electricians like Mr. Whltehouse the cause
OF this obvious But the pheoomena Of electrical te
graphJ novel people, that We shsll be sI
cused We endeavor 10 make resdes appreciate the
obvioasness Of the cause.
The bond Of electrical union between Ireland and New
loundand consists Of copper strand, containing seves
twisted wires Of pure copper. Bach ure Il not much
ticker than thread Of seWpg slk and section Of The
rope formed by the twisting OF all seveo not much larger
than the bead Of ordinary sized pin Such the thick
Of the electrical rosd America Under The dephs
OF the ocean The gutta psoAa oOvsDEs Of his copper
rope a. veil % its bempen and iron wire sbeatbinR sre
only tor the insulation and support the precious core
OF 81 the mHvels Of modem electricity perhaps The
most as,oundnE i. that either earth will serve
a. return wire for the telegraph When the electric tsIe
graph fret Introduced IL supposed 70 be
10 lay down. erect insulated wires between tbe
stations IRON snd which Signals were 10 DO received snd
de'paeh'd soppohng, Tor instance We Wished
mun'cate between London ard EdBburg; the electrical
current could only be cent Iron London 70 RdinborK 90
a. % record ss upon the condition that there shoud be
some means by which u should travel back again 70 the
place Ton whence II started.
Tho electrical could only be created in Iondon
ard detected Ednbug BY the existence Of tao electrical
roadsone N carry The current and the other return Il
asto establish What called completes or closed cir
cult THIS required two Wresons 10 carry the mssssss
shock, Vavs OF current from London 10 Eiinbure the
other 70 return IL. IL discovered hrst that
wherever there existed unbroken body Of salel
he substituted for The return wire md secondly that
earth tell or al known distances Of electrical stations
nigh, BE- similarly used.
How that earth or vAlef acts a. means Of en-
closing completing the eecgcA circuit not yet vel
understood. Il IL Of many marves Of science vel
determined, Jet hs'd 70 grasp intellectually Electrical
caves o. currents, call them Ehs, you vi have been
transmitted from Ireisnd N Newfoundland through 900
miles Of copper rope not thicker than e bOdkin tbeso
currents have ound their back through the earth
under the depths Of the Atlantic ocean, scouray the
spot from uhenco they started Hou have thoy found
Their say back sgab Has the subtle hghtsiog forced
path through The shortest malbemstcai line from The
spot shere he copper wire dipped Toto earth New
lOundaud u that where The other epd Of the sie
buried 10 Ireltndi Are Ne 10 conceive marvellous
hud flowing some equally marvellous vibration Of par.
tees Of malser aosmittsd, By We shorest route be-
tween The tso eath ends Of the cable Il Il dRusod
through The surface Of the earth iof uukoosn die.
tuce on each side Of this pathf Are ve, In
stead Of these peocesees hard 10 conceive suppose
the earth great reservoir Of naturalization Tor moecaar
disturbance that particles Of The siFo being ds,aroed
BY electrical Vibraon' the earth both ends Of the virs
may neuslxs these vibrations vhsB both the ends are
10 contact With f These some Of the scientific spec
serves ~ return wire ior any lengths Of electrical cable
provided that cable be kept throughout IL whole length
ous Of eleetsicsl communication With The earth.