, 1865-07-06
EEE ATLANTIC CABLE.
PFecEuttobs A:alt&t Accident The
commercial tForpecks Of tho UAdcr-
taking.

At letgth all the preparations connected
with the final departure Of THIS great te1e-
graphic expedition are completed. On Wed
with the last length Of 245 mites Ut cable un
bua1d, md On Saturday ,ht operation Of coll
In. this ia WAS bt gun. This wofS wi11 pro-
bauiy last I'LL the I.2nd lnet. BeiJre the to1-
LIVING spring tides set in. a''out the 6th or
9Th o1 july. the Great Eastern will start FIR
Talelt1a. There Ehe If expected to arrive
about tie 9Th or 10Th. and tuero .hc w4l be
met by the tTo ships u WILT appointed to
Grnvoy Le1-the Terrible and the 6phinx.
Both tutee vessels arc being fitted with the
best apparatus for deep tea q undings. with
huoys and means for bnoytng the Gnu Of the
cable, II cyer it should beaemt n.cessarJ, aud
with Boltcn's night light naval guals, vita
which the Crest Eastern Is iiStwlsr to 10 sup
piled. TO avoid all chance Vi a.c:dent, toe
big chip viii not apptoach the Irish coast
nratrr Than twenty Or twenty i've miles, and
her stay of Talentia will br limited to the
lime occupied IN making splice witt the
massive STORE end, which tor 1a1yth of
twenty five milcb 1lom thr c1ast viii VI laid
previous u her arrival.
With 1ega.d 10 the process Of laying, it Is
hoped the Great Eastern u,ay be kept lnrpugh-
out the whole voyage a. uniform speed Of
six knob pr hour, faster 1han *hich 1t would
not he safe, as rule, to run ont the cable. At
less speed :h4n this, however, The biz ship
Tould fal of et-esage way, and with b am
wind would certainly 20 t. leewaEd without
conc counteracti1g influence. This influence
will be efforded ii necessary hy the paddle
cngi1cs. which are to 1t Disconnected, and
the efforts Of one Wheel at either side you'd
be quite sufficient 10 ove!oalauce the effects
Of anything but ysrr yiol:nt storm. TIE
latter rlsk Is nov literal1y oil thst has 10 be
f.arcd. On this only dou5 trul poin., tAers-
lore, 1t is gratifying to know that Captain
Anderson ia eanculne Of all going we'll
Yet, in this estimate ol events, l! must not
be forgotten that, in the Inst memorable e1-
xedit'ou in tue 1 eamennon, msdsumm.r r vas
liked on US the time when storm In TIC
Atla3uc WAS almost impossible: and the
1rco.da OF the METEOROLOGICAL Departments
both here and In America certainly just Ted
such an expectation. as they showed that for
fifty years 10 storm had taken place at that
TINE. Yet it WAS precisely on the list OF
June that the hurricane with which the
AEumenuon and Niagnza had been batting
1o1 some days, was at ITS height, and thos
On board the nl-stowed Agumcmnon, at
1cast knew not from hour 10 hour which Was
10 he their last. Most earnestly Is 1t TO be
wished that on this great occasion the cAlcu-
la'ion Q! 4veraees' II not more j9st. may
yards The ceble itsclf. there is absolutely
nothing to be desired.
AZ rerAIde The comnercIa1 prospects OF the
undertaking. it may be s'Ated thai the At
luntic COMPANY have begun Their VOTE under
the renewed agreement with :he GoEernms snt
for subsidy OF >s0,0O a year, and. IN nddi'
capiial or 2G00, 900. All systems Of govern.
n,cnt c1arantee Of this ktnd are In Them
selves radically bad, and opposed to erers
rule Of free trade and commercial enterptse,
In this case, however, the Eua:autee Is not
only ut variance with the r: :inciples Of pollt
cal economy, but possesses its own 6pscl1
.at,,yc. sThre in rf1ufn IN,
their guarantee, whleh Is onlS to continue il
force while The line is In working order, TIT
Government demand that the maximum
charge for messages shall not exceed 2s6t
per word. With euch tariff. the line wonlt
be absolutely choked with rne8saEes. and tn
Company, in return for soVGEosk ana !l gsn
eial Standardization OF busmesS, woutt
only receive revenue Of ESQ 0oo yca.. a
tariff Of II per word, on the contrary, th
Company, while guaranteeing q messase 70
part Of the United States within twcn
7y-iour hours,. could With ease ear
a.a11y ftsea1d s~iee q the % cost Of The s prsesen
cable. lr tact, 1he Government guarante
Is only conditional on the line being in work
3ng order, and while 1t is 80 working th
company can, for the REASONS we hare :atcd
do ten tunes t'etler without it. II the shs1t
holders arc wise, the sooner they shake o.
4hib clog upon their enterfuife the better
At present it Is estimated that the opsratlo
of telcgraphing can be saltly conducted da
SID night ut the rate Of from six to eisp
wo,6s minute. Both Professor Thompso
and Mr. Vurley, however, are confident tha
with tie new machines they have inycntc
.his rate may BE- increased to nearly twely
words minnie. On thts expectation, hos
ever, We decline to venture en- opinion. II
dcspatel Of message Of one hundred Wort
through the line to America, and the Gle
receipt of similar number in reply. vi
after the cable has been laid, be accepted
the company as proof that the wire Is
perfect working order, and without furih
3ormalny 1t will at once be opened 10 I
public. Most earnestly do we hope that !!
greatest scientific undertaking mar be +
lowed bp the commercial and political 50
crss which the completion Of telegraph
communlca lion With the unit1d States MI
achieve,