The New York herald., 1866-07-24
The Previous Work.

lnnsn'sso"n' saienta July III corespondencs Of the
Since che shore end Of the cable laid ON Saturday
there has boon little report; during Sunday lis
continued 70 improve steadily, as is aiwsys q
Do expected a. soon rs line is fully i'm
the value OF the insulation represented Al 6rst bv
hundred Or, 70 speak IN technical language, the
occupied In passing from full charge TO half = .sMe
pcu seyen minutes thirty eight seconds NJ sYee is
Smith st4scs that during the time OF ps- = wsoughby
By the cable-the index .sayi.-r - Utmost accuracy
wards in ma'1ner exactly COZ s.ckwards and for
board the William Cory. ssIionAing 70 that ON
the in irnnent is slid i, = sent 'rsay wa little;
men. zoe end Of cable was Ict as fror ae ,;n mo.
" sy the mobSn ceased ''oAA sn0 Within
.,is: Tho Abby sailed yeserdy a, .sou. eleven
captain, with the ass Stance Of q pilot from he
D.coon. Here at such time rs the present the
the country Is much FELT The distance from this place
10 Berehavcn Is but twenty-five miles in q direct lne
yet YET the only mode of communication with the Great
Eastern Is BY sending special messenger by route
Of seventy miles through the country, unless an
arrangement has been previously made 70 cross the
by about thirty miles Captain Bolton, who is here
90 nusinoss connected with his code OF signals,
70 eSab,s Iss e. na unlikely the company VIII adopt offered
olegraphic by taking advantage Of the
existing watch towers plan which he proposed 70 carry
forward by him FOR armies In the Held and which has
been found effective lately on tho continent Of Eu-
ropa
Tho only matters 70 delay tho expedition were the
completion Of the machinery At the Of the Great
Eastern and the getting In the coal bnt TO the latter
part OF the work II had been determined not delay
the ship ON that account calculated that she
would rely have sufficient quantity board 70 last
res ares quantity Of coal for her use be taken
board In Newfoundland.
tsrday ha. ali win be IN 70 start on Tsusdsy
morning to morrowl and her Maesty's corvette Racoon
sails this morning At eight taking Professor Thomson
indebted to the courtesy Of Captain Armytage for q
passage on board her. he having invited the press TO
accompany him the tup. Il is ntepded 70 steam
6ut thirty miles 70 the buoy and thence to Berehaven
whence the Racoon will accompany the Great Eastern
s ss Dy nes sn the splice made
somewhat curious mistake printed In the Lon
don papers concerning tho laying Of the shore end,
owing TO the telegraph clerks giving wrong day at the
head Of their message. Where the error occurred
not say but all tho papers give Friday the day OF
Saturday. On Friday the william Cory arrived in Bere-
haven, and sailed that night for valenta where she
rived on Saturday morning.
found that on tho beach the end OF the cable had been
completely covered up The closing Of the trench down
working at covering the level above
II the Groat Eastern should take mp the shore end
paying out the cable precisely eleven DAYS earlier
than that on which the operation was commenced last
year Last year the expedition started during the
cttcment OF general election. Now II sails during
political crisis, and Mt period Of unwonted excite.
mcnt abroad Who calculate upon the nature Of the
Ameria on the successful completion Of the cable
A matter more immediately important Al pre-
gagged in tho undertaking, is tho present state Of
the weather, which has been, since our arrival in
the island, foggy, but calm. Negrcta and zambra's
rising and yesterday we had Tor short time
shine, though the mists still hung about the hills Finer
weather could be for such an expedition than that
which have. aud hayO far 0vorv a
hope for Its continuance.
messenger has just arrived from Berehaven bearing
news that the William Cory had been prevented by fog
from getting In I'LL ten O'Clock Tuesday morning.
Tho Great Eastern will proceed TO tomorrow 70 mako
the splice.
News frsu NewfSundIand-weafb Favor
able-PreparntIons for the Advent.
ST. Jons's, N. r., July 20, lseA
The weather hero IL all that could be desired by the
friends Of the Atlantic cable entsrprisevery clear with
light winda
Her Msicstys ships Niger and Lille left FOR Hearts
Content this morning They appointed await the
Great Eastern on Trinity Bay.
The steamer Stevenson also left this morning TO put
down four buoys on Hearts Content
The people here apathetlc about the cable and
very few are going TO Hearts Content this year.
telegraph Office opened there to-day.
Tho Newfoundland Telegraph Line and sbo
Atlantic Cable.
The cable which connected Nova Scotia and Newfound
isnd, between Aspy Bay and Cape Ray, having been
broken there s present communication across the
Bay OF st. Lawrence (about eighty mIlesj ex-
cept by q sailing yacht Communication Is thus
kept up with St. Johns N T., by telegraph from Now
York to Aspy Bay g., thence by sailing yacht 10 Cape
Ray, N. FL and thence-eome four hundred mes--by
telegraph TO st. Johns, At which point there s direct
communication by telegraph hearts Content pro-
posed land station ot the Atlantic Telegraph cable
IN. I le Eaao al a.
cable on the 18th inst she will bc due Heart Con.
tent r., on or about Friday next and the Associated
Prcss VIII receive by telegraph a. above early and
very m report of the operations connected with Che law
Ing Of the cable.
York and Newfoundland Telegraph Company 10 lay
down new and superior telegraph cable between New
undand and Nova Scotia irrespective Of the
hnre Of the Atlantic cable, and the company hope 10
have direct communication between New York and 81
johns within the ensuing four wceks-snd until thea
Atlantic cable, run or more despatch steamers
da'y between Cape Ray and Aspy Bay.
Grcat Britain.
Nothing q moment had transpircd In English potcs
WIS stated that Mr. Gladstone would take tho sense or
the House Of Commons upon the bill aboishng conpu-
sorry church rates. Notwithstanding II IL no longer
Godvin Smith had resigned The Profeascrshp OF His.
Tho sbject Of arming tho British troops with breeeh
leaders had been debated In the House OF Lords, and 10
was stated that the movement TO that end In pro-
The London Arpy aad Nory Cdsc1 says the snIder
Enfield rib can be bred fifteen times minute while
the extreme rate Of the Prusan needle gun rs not
than ak 10 Sqht shots
Three new pcersges gazcted Sir Bulver Lytton a.
baron LytoA Sir W. Jollihe a. Baron Hyion, and Lord
Hcnneker, Of the Irish pcesage, Baron Hartsmcrc
Various hnlsierial and Court appointments Fazecd
and the nomsstons which made the Council AZ
Osb0rne on Tuesday.
Tho Russian Grand Duke Alexis who arrived al Ply.
mouth July H. from Falmouth, with Adnrais Poesicss
and Butakof 70 Wait the governments establishment at
this port, returned this evening 70 Falmouth
Mr.. Disraei having been reelected 10 Parliament, he
made speech 10 the elcctor, which was mainly
redex Of Lord Dsby's statement the House Of Lords
He asserted that highlands foreign relations never
more friendly and rejoccd af the good feeling which
existed between England and Amerira
FPmnce.
The weekly returns OF the Bank oi Franz. show
decrease la tho cash hand OF eleven million francs
The PARIS Bcurse Ia nrm; rentes 6sf. co. l4th
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