, 1869-06-05
THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE
Row 1t will lie Lntd.

The following additional particulars Of the
French cable e,l;ezpr1se ase gwen b the Loodoo
fhc French ca.ie as 1t is familiarity called, h1s
bcen lnade, anl Vii st laid Erou Eus4lsh ships By
Eullsimcn, The Te1ce:TAnh CouNracslen aad
1aei, Sir s4mrc1 CataluS tetns he Eaos,aee1.ia-
Ccicf ol tic e1rclI'l"a. Ind the Great Eastern
Etr'tr tAuu Chartered ioF tie "urk- 1nleeI, SUBJ
St.tCttpE GrcS. 10. Slietitta, AMI ST. Pierre
FOR 1leaI7k Content, TIE entifr process recalls
the laslng OF the linrs Eo1 worked b the Anglo
An, Tc.u c"inI"ny- Tltc pnsens ca:!e y soalc
tTehc .Mdretl miles l"nre: th21 ctther OF It's pre-
deccssuEy: It Is ,.;vt1tl iu!, sevr: sect.oEa and
has bten manufactured i. the rate Of 1S3 Tn!iei
~etA ever ktEcc the coutrlct waa acc,ptet Ep
to :estcrt45 It WIS within . auudrcd tuiics Ct
culuI. I.ttlea an,l WAS il.ary all shipped on noasu
The 1c-*els tppolate TO carry |. ont, Thus the
Mcre than when 1t left With the .anSIo-Aner!can
eIt!e, lie :uss places being made tt! sskser,
ac1 III t'nin tank eS:,sidcr1 y ct4lat';ed
swirl thi@ cargo tho Stt.11 ship Tt1 leave her
present resting ptsce III the Mc-tEay tooui the
iuth Of Iupe, and will l.r,eced t. Portland. Here
few days witt Ire <JsEt Il. liking III coal, after
4nt:-a as5! titles trotl l.r.st One Of tae vessels
OF The expedition The Chlltc-n, will In thr nean-
be buosci ou: to sea n tic distance uacue,l The
Greas Easttrn w!i1, snncShcre ABOUT tho e9sA
Jpns. !ses y Up. AID :.:1e1 sEScsag aod testing.
under s!r samael Canning and Ills EtA:E. She MI!
he accompanied ~ the Scaa.1Crta, 4 Inc yeSsl Of
1-ss stons and a. fc't f,a; r'w '!:aS alorgsi9e
ships tE1dE utlcd-np Ei.l csa1pl:uS Irons, bJoyA
ptcknE-ap ulachners. which arc Identical In every
Tpepecs with those OIL board the Great Eastern her
sell "
"1t will t'c !, nem1ercA that IN Nj. D.anc's mr.
fAtiye Of tic expedition Of 1855 the PATS play ed
ssaca e1t tor III eanx III Wt The ios ca5e ,se t.,
preceding ,ca1, wrsr ot the greatest Importance.
II is Intended that the scaade,ta and Chil.c,n
1nousn i: Is te.veEty hoped thai no . pscsins N -ap
viii sr nlceaSary. cEcFy prrcAnslna Is taken to
secure that tic operation shall he successfully per
he mentioned thAs the Hawk, u suast steamer We
longing tn The Telegraph Construction Company,
Is ii TIL. Time On IT. way 70 rcsoano'tEc the French
coast, With view 10 asceyta!ninK the most favor
able spot for landing the shore end.
"Sstnr eighteen days Will be occupied by the
F1ssre: and smmediatest % d The lne being laid bs
IN Rcen these tK6 places the other caae'ayt ring Ecs
ktls will car7J on the remainder Of the work; for
~ an escort aud giving her assistance shonld 81,
require It the tc1ndesta- thu Chllern anc .1othe,
ship, the old William, Cory, Will each hear port1oni
cFeds to St. Et!Ir early in June, and, haytnE la.t
AshnGe-end there, will buoy the course and vi;
The a1.,Eai q the Great Ea.tern Tnis oyer, s.
Ehlca Fill return u England forthwith, AM
VII tnfc his place o1 beasd The Ntliau
Co1v. another shor>end. Of cuurse In Ilfeet eeIn
xnunication Win the line IL krrst, and one hun
dIei ind seventy -four miles of eanlc will be laid
Then bT aanuel Canning chauxes ehtps again
AMI LEES {pIl39u NA1 1u1L on H3&ffl III
St1ultrt1. proceeds On bosrl the latter vessel u
lay four hundred and fifty miles more on the VA
20 IoS1on.
'.The Chiltcru aai her Cargo are called Int
reQuiAluuu next and another splice made Tn
IL miles Rtfded now carry ihe cable direct int
Bceton, Ana the Inc viii be thus rnaue cotnpieS
between The l2ttcr place au1 lhe French pogt
TEe frequent sptIc1nEs, The change OF ships au
tie varieties uf cable, u which. though the etca
l.nSih Is IDENTICAL with the AnS1o-Ame1can, hcr
AT SIX eections-A, R, c, d, md F-on III
Whole Inc Iu4y ereIh to CnMp1lc2to thu pre-
y1a1rae: TIT Il sht1:d he understood tlat attc
= i9etse The real work Is over. The rest is sha1
&oT Waie:. TIC hhule VI which ha4 been sounded
sta tte greatest slepth Q. which Is asceTtaine1 u
= Ap 1a!ntmA between Nrcss and st. Pierre tn
Iepth u TIC line in Which tho cable Is to Law .
les aSecEatetE knu1n, anu {hcre arc vayjattuu
IELHeet4 lAs sounding taken ut various tipncs
1ntsc t:@c. hoNercr. bt...:. vrr5ae1 AID co1ec,et
Al lhts tlEae on f~h-lf IT the Te!era7 N Ionstr1c
ton ConIant, and full inform atkon viii be eecnrrx
before the expedition s,a.tA 40 ~ % ~ -
We nave rid that the Grrat Eastes. has rnnr,
gable On troatd ~ tu,ne hundreds Of miles tha1
Sue fas ever heid htfote. II Is curious tn Not
t!r difference in he. a.'rearsncc now aat wSr
ste left SheeEneas last Thts, however, IA mt ~
.rEee!ztls DE 70 The Iuas.ave coll a,se ht3cK *
middle o. tEatn tank has been beloved oat tN i
+ tcvcEty-nre fett in lia:netcr aud in this alon
U.cre tnan clcEen hurtEesl miles OF cah.e 4:
stoUed. The After tank and the fore tank hol
Zine hEn..fed md Twelve miles And scyen huultt
sind tvcE:s-eIEht Miles respectively, bat ali b
low dcek, ard none hare the slightest cGect upe
the appearance Of the vessel - eeen FROM Il
Fasie. bo1cs OF deck, or rpou thc spacious sa!oo.
and tcytLS below