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The Atlantic Telegraph. On the 19th, the somewhat tedious process was commenced of shipping a portion of submarine cable, which has been made for this great undertaking from the works at Greenwich, on board the hulk Iris, for transference to the Medway, and final stowage in the tanks of the Great Eastern. The shipment was begun early in the morning, and will continue without intermission now until nearly the end of May, by which time it is hoped all will be coiled away snugly on board the great steamship. The total quantity of rope required to connect Valentia with Bull's bay, Newfoundland, allowing for the "slack," which must run out to prevent too great a strain on the cable, is about two thousand three hundred nautical, or nearly two thousand seven hundred statute miles. With this length a liberal margin is given of nearly six hundred statute miles of rope for slack caused by currents, possible rough weather, and the avoidance of anything like unusual strain on the cable i