The expedition returned to Queenstown, County Cork, Ireland. Some directors were in favour of abandoning the project and selling off the cable, but Field persuaded them to keep going. The ships set out again on July 17 and the middle splice was finished on July 29, 1858. The cable ran easily this time. "Niagara" arrived in Trinity Bay, Newfoundland on August 4 and the next morning the shore end was landed. "Agamemnon" made an equally successful run. On August 5, she arrived at Valentia Island, and the shore end was landed at Knightstown and then laid to the nearby cable house.