24 JUNE 1865, Page 2

The Atlantic telegraph cable has been coiled on board the

Great Eastern, which starts for Valentia about the 7th July. It is calculated that the actual laying will occupy about a fortnight, and the first message may therefore be looked for on or about the 21st of that month. The cable is described as incomparably the best ever yet turned out, messages have been transmitted through it by very weak instruments, and engineers know far more about the bed of the sea than they did in the last experiments. The great fear now is of a storm, but that is a danger which human foresight can only limit. The price of messages is to be 21. a word, and people who bet might find a curious subject of speculation in the character of the first telegram which will reach Reuter's office.