The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-07

Mayor of London This despatch is dated New
York, August q, and was received in London
on the evening of Sunday, the I'D. 1t had to
go first to the Lord Mayor, of course; and hence
its not appearing in print on Monday may be
easily accounted for.
5,-The Times of the same date, and in imme-
diate juxtaposition with this message of Mayor
Tiemann, prints the reply Of the Lord Mayor,
dated London, August %. This reply was trans
mtted over the ocean cable on the day of its
date, was received in this city by Mayor Tie
mann on the oath at noon, read by him on the
same evening to the Municipal Joint Committee
Oh the Cable Celebration. and published in all
our papers on the next morning.
6.-In the Times of Saturday, August 20, is
despatch from Newfoundland dated the 9th,
announcing the arrival of Sir William Williams
of Kars at Halifax on the oath, in the steamer
Gorgon. Also the sailing, from the same port, at
one O'Clock on the morning of the 9th, of the
Cunard steamer Niagara, for Liverpool; of the
Hermann, from New York for Fraser river; of
the Prince Albert from New York for Galway;
OF the Europa (having repaired, from St. Johns,
same evening (27th); and likewise the arrivals,
respectively, OF the steamers Arabia and Ariel at
New York, the Anglo-Saxon at Quebec and the
Canada at Halifax.
The principal part of the steamship intelli-
gence contained in this despatch was embodied
in message from the agent of the Associated
Press, which was despatched from New York to
Trinity Bay on the evening of the 26th August.
By referring to the papers of that period our
readers will find that the Arabia arrived at New
York on the goth, the Anglo-Saxon the 22d, the
Canada at Halifax ON the oath, the Gorgon at
.the same port on the 25th, and the Ariel at New
York on the 26th. The fact that the news of all
these arrivals was published in London on the
2Sth is sufficient to establish the authenticity of
the despatch in the London Times, and ought to
relieve us of the necessity of further research for
the purpose of verifying the remaining items.
Those who are disposed still to doubt would
hardly be any better satisfied should we furnish
them fifty additional Notifications.
In collating this statement we have scrupu-
lousy adhered to facts and dates as they appear
| respectively in the newspapers on both sides of
the Atlantic. If any of our readers, after digest
ing these facts can still doubt that the Atlantic
cable has ever transmitted any messages over its
wires, and disposed to give credit to the idle
tales of those discontinued and envious individ-
uals who sheer at the offered proofs, and hint at
collision and deception, we would just ask them
to account to us, if they can, for the manifest
facts we have set before them, on any other n.y.
pothesis than the agency of the Atlantic cable
Setting aside the Queens message, and the Presi-
dents also-with regard to which deception
might have been practised if the parties were so
disposed-and also, for the same reason, the mes
sages of the two Mayors-we would ask of the
doubters to account to us for the fact that the
China news was known in this city in three days
after its reception in London; to tell us how it
happened that the steamer collision was known
in London in three days, also, after the news
reached this city; by what manner of continuance
it was that the arrival of the Ariel in New York.
on the 26th of August was known in London on
the 9th, and published there on the 2Sth?
When they have answered these questions in q
way to satisfy candid minds that there is really
some other method by which these feats could
have been performed, we shall ourselves.
perhaps, begin to lose our faith in the Atlantic
cable.