As to Field, I have as little faith in him as I have in F.O.J.

Smith.

If you could get Cooper to take a stand in favor of the faithful observance of the contract for connection with the N.E.Union Line at Boston, he can put an end to all trouble, if, at the same time, he will refuse to concur in a further extension of their lines South." In spite of this warning, or, perhaps, because Peter Cooper succeeded in overcoming Mr.Kendall's objections, Morse did go out on the next cable-laying expedition, and yet he found in the end that Mr.Kendall's suspicions were by no means unjustified.

But of this in its proper place.
The United States Government had placed the steam frigate Niagara at the disposal of the cable company, and on her Morse, as the electrician of the American Company, sailed from New York on April 21, 1857.

Arriving in London, he was again honored by many attentions and entertainments, including a dinner at the Lord Mayor's.