, 1865-07-31
TIE ATLANFIC TELEGRAPH,
Further Delay in Starting.
STRANGE APPEARANCE OF TNe GREAT
EASTERN.


She Has Not Yet Left the More.
Ruasell's Correspondence Of tho Lon
dvu Tlmea.
lFrnm the New York Tines,1
Mr. " Il. Russell's Account Of the coudl
tion ct The Great Eastern, with her fal
freight and supply Of Goals on board. Is moi
aattering, The entire load is FIJI twenty.
live thousand tons, and With TINT sho Il
alArning1y deep in the water, besides pre.
senting the appearance Of ssgg1ng amidahlps.
We do not know that these symptoms arc
mitleated by the repeated delays Id starting.
BY the Scotia, whose news comes down to
up to that date, the Great Eastatn had
even left the More. Before she could rench
VAlentla Bay, and get the cable epllced,
We fear the end Of tie month will be found
rapidly approaching. And In spite of the
opinion Of those who do the special toutsng
for the enterprise, NC Incline TO the opinion
that August La not the best month for q
be general absence Of anything approach
ing 10 storm. With her present enormous
lead, the Great Eastern will probably be
found "a hard to manage as she has been on
other occa7iong. These facts may a. well DO
borne In mind BY those who ARD saugutne oi
the immediate Buccees OF the work.
Especial Correspondence OF the London TINES. J
GRKA7 EAtrHRN. Ft!dsy, July II, 1855.
By tho time that this notice reaches the
nnI1tc- the Great Eastern will probably have
pepun Ler eyeutful voyage. AtdaybEeak to-
morrow the single Trotman's anchor, which
has hold her safely against wind and tide
during tto late seyere weather, will be ra!ecd,
In- r$n H., -
with her pondetonB freight, will be carefully
nsvigated through Bul1ock's Channel, to the
open water, and thence make sha best Of her
wny to VaIcntia. II seems Ike meee itera-
ton to explain again all the almost oudlesa
precautions which have on this occasion been
taken to iu:ura success. Hull, engines,
stsw!ugs, and fittings Of every kind hare
All that the experience OF previous attempts
could suggest, al thas the most earnest and
painstaElng foresight could anticipate, has
been done. Eyesythfng now rests with the
weather. In tho four great divisions on
which the succeas of the Undertaking may BIZ
said 10 tutn-nsmely, the cab1e itself, Its
etowsee, the ship and its engines, nothing
tie cable, it still remains In Its same perfect
state al when 1t was tested 1t the works, aud
In fact Its whole electrical condition la surh
IS the largest shareholder in tho undertaking
would desire for It, Its various lengths arc
Eow, and hare been fot s1me days past.
Joined up, and twice every day, morning and
evening, messages hze sent tht0uxh.
The time which these occupy IN transmits.
sion shown Its condition to be as nearly inva-
riabJe 90 possible. Last week experiments
were tried win q variety Of instruments to
ascertain tho highest rate Of working speed
With low battery power. The best OF these
Instruments was. it ls stated. one invented
by Mr. Varley, With which it WAS found easy
to work through the whole 1tngth Of :, 500
miles at an average rate Of about four words
minute. At this speed the signals were re-
uaIkably clear and distinct, and II IL still
claimed that 1t ls possible to devise in5tru.
mtntg which can raile this Iate from four
words minute to ~ high ~ eight or cvea
ten. This, however, remaius to be proved.
there can be no doubt that the grad Ea!ly tul-
proving skill Of the signaling clerks, ~ theJ
become more accustomed to work through
tha wire will, with the betterad electrical
condition Of the cable when at the bottom
Of the Atlantic, soon make four words .
pliahed By this telegraph. Tho insulating
properties Of the gutta percha are always in
creased by external compression. When
sunk In The Tremendous depths beneath
which ths cable Is to be subncEged, II II cal
eulated that the weight Of wntcr above It
and th.ee-quartsr tons TO the circular
Inch. Under this enormous weight the
bulk of the insnlatlng core will probably b.
reduced one.third, and in fact, 50 compressed
on all sides as to most materially improve
both ''cnnducuvity and Insulation. Such
aids to signaling excellence, when coupled
with the benefit which the eAb1e Is certain to
the bottom Of the ocean, arc likely to DO
more toward inc1easing the rata al which
messages can be sent than any instrument
which has get been brought forward. During
the time Of paying out, Signals will be sent TO
;Valentla for every f1fty miles Of cable suak.
runs. Thu5it viii be perfectly easy Tor The
public to follow her conrse on any map, and
know precisely by the difference between the
distance trayerEed and the length Of cable
sunk the amount Of slack that d being psid
out. This slack, as 1t is called, Will afford
! the best index to tho state OF the weathar
j, and the wny in..which,thsN Great Eastern Il do
the entire length OF the cable has been al.
lowed for tlack, Or waste, as We may better
cali 1t. II all goes well, not more than 10
per cent, OF this xill be used ; but, on the
other hand, with bad weather Or irregular
going Of the Great Eastern every coil will 60
oYer The stern TO the very last mile. SO far
ae regards the cable.
Captain Anderson and his officers have taken
every possible precaution IS to her stowsge
and general equipment. From the outside
ehe Eee1ns at the first glance to be almost
aIatmipgly deep in the water; It Is, how
ever, ltss her actual dapth which creates this
unpleaeant impression than the appearance
which she presents OF "sagging i" amidsh!ps.
appea ance ID merely au optical deluslon, no
doubt created By her deep trim astern. There
Is ditIernecc Of nearly fITe feet between her
trim fore and att. Astern she draws s. feet
of water, while under the bows 1t Is only 80,
Levels hsve been carefully taken to ascc1-
tain II any detection was psrceptible under
the pondcrnus weight she bears. No elgu OF
fore ang Of the cable Was coiled Oh board,
1,400 tons Of water were pumped Into the
aitermoet<. compartments Of the ship, and
1,100 tans into the compartments most for
ward. Under these weights at her extremt-
ties the Great Eastern detected nearly
nn inch and half recoyer1ns
herself directly the water WIS pumped out.
satisfactory. 1t Wonld hare been more 60,
however, If the test strains employed bore
closer relation to the enormous weiRhta
which she has now on board. All told, the
Great Eastern will leave the Thames with
rather more than q, 600 tons in her, q burden
Nelson fought the BATHS Of Trafalgar could
haye carried. All the weights are slowed as
high rs possible to counteract to the utmost,
the Great Eastern's most unpleasant tend
ency to roll. All the compasses now on board.
we're at first considerably affected by the
magnetic influence Of the cable. Some devil.
ated ss much as 50 points, while Others,
uatcd with regard to the tanks Of wire.
varied as little as Q. Every one Of them
has now been carefully adjusted. and every
one will again need rcAd]ustment when the
cable is out Of the Great Eastern at New
foundland. All the ruuning-gear has been
removed from the Rigging, 20 as 70 obSiate
the possibility Of anything falling from aloft
into the paylng-out machinery; some 5. OF m, ne
has sails. The village of huts and workshops
has dieappta-ed from her decks, bnt thett
places have been mora than occupied by
shanty coverings Of various kinds, lending
tKonehs, buoy rope wheels, gigantic buoys
for floating the cable at various depths from
Goo to 5000 fathoms, and above al, the whole
quart tesdeck Is occupied by. the paying out
Apparatus. The praise which Was ut first BE-
stoHed upon the simple efficiency Of this
machinery has been amply vindicated BY It's
eyervdav working. As far a. can be known
from mere preliminary trials 1t i absolutely
All The Etaff who are answerable to the
TeleRrnph CONSTRUCTION and Maintenance
COMPANY aud to The Atlantic Company for
he snccs ssful laying Of The wire are now on
board. Messrs. Canning, CliGordtand Tenn
plc haye absolute charge Of the engineering
details Of the undertaking and Mr.. De sauty
Of The electrical. Mr.. varley representa- the
interests ol tne Atlantic Company, and Prot:
Thompson acts ss scientific referee in ;case Of
difference Of opinion: arising between Mr..
with lin seaied message from the directors
Of The Atlantic Company, which Is to, be de-
lf5ered to III. Canning on the successful ar
rival Of the Great Eastern at Newfoundland.
and by him ct once transmitted back to Lon:
don, Another message In reply will be re.
turned BY tho directors, on the receipt Of
which at Newfoundland, and another EnpIy
thereto, the line will be considered as laid N