The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1859.

THE GREAT EARTBRE.

(FROM •

Is the Great Eastern & failure or not? Her
snomsea strength vss tested by the expladon off Hastings.
The ease with which she as be manned was proved during
her voyage from the Themes to ?Maned, and from thence to
Holyhead; end bar capacity for carrying 10,000 troops, or
en immense number of peseseasre, together with vast quon-
dam of cargo and fuel, is undoubted. BM what of her
spied ? Can eke be driven twenti miles en hoar? It has
Men proved that a long ereemertei the um weight, tonnage,
and brarryawar, ma p Moir then a short one; that
length, `feat, ghee med. If, batrame, the weight and
teenage of a ship be materlehy harmed, the engine
power mail Is greater. Bat maths storm ma-
chinery to balky la prepitlem to Its power ;
and an the latter Mom eras, the hall of a ship
most be strengthened to neat the more violist
action of that power. The longer, wider, and stranger
steam ship is built the pieta engine power an be put Into
her, and the faster denims she ma be driven. Now the
Great Eastern is nearly tyke as long an say steamer afloat,
sad her capacity and strength to hold sad resist the sodas
of machinery ore in proportion. Our fastest corm Mammas
sewage It miles an bear. What should prevent, then, the
Onat Ship from being nearly half as het aide m those
steamer

The Groat Eutan Mi two propelling powers, the peddle

sway her sem lasebleery; alai bow dateident to any one
pontos of the sischiamy ; and likewise fur the more easy
megemeat of the ship. The need sate of the sore
and paddle in propelling et ship is net popularly understood.
If a bons drew a very light vehicle et the rate of ten miles an
hen, sad another hone of *Au depth sad deem
men, the speed of the viable would sot be twenty, but
era mike en hoar. If the awe of th Gnat Enters could
propel the ship keen all., en hour, and the paddle sold
do the MOM, the speed el the ship. when driven by the sore
and peddle combined, wield be not twenty-eight, nor four-
Mee, lee about twenty odes en hoar. The reason is this.
The weight el the ends le soodasl, and ten melee an
Ism b tbs anima aped of eh bee. The screw and
paddle, ken; should seek dein n eel weight through
the me Qtr le min en ben; bet bums tie eight nt
We Owe Brim will he 110,1110 ion when deeply lades,
her sped wend be Weed by We weight to gent 14 miles
im bar. Now, swipe that the anew was alum poplins
the ship, the velocity would be the same es if the weight
were nducwd, so that the peddle, in maiming the sae
heed less weight he aboseintee, wend des it et a highs;
'poi The nee why a gest dIS miles en haw would
We be eindead le, that the maw would not redeye the
weight, se it von, of the alp aehall, and that the run-
times el water leaner by • multiplied ratio as the speed of
the ship hese&

But will the mew and paddle of the Oast Eastern each
drive bar beaten Wise ea ban, sr la meek proportions as
the /guns, whoa Wad together, will =aka timely-eight t
Oa the trial trip the screw drove the ship deer mad the
paddle aloe miles se Mar, bob figesea, 'rhea Wel legathar,
Welded Meath while the mew awl paddle sashed drove
Ur Ague wiles am hoer. Mit wawa ballet le that the
spud et ihe peat ship hue sot bate frility leek& log ant
bra aeglew hem ate yet boa writhed up le Wilk teti power.
Most peubsblp this will aot to doe mil the ship is la the
AUsetis, awl *my pot of hie le who undivided tusk&
It hie ben NY that it weets have bete Meer to
have gees se Weft alga gradesily bargee sod
larger, the sews se bee boa lien la years pest, during
whisb the Sirius, Greet Weems, Arabia, sad Persia have
seessedol each other. Bet why weld wilful task* a sea
metal stride from the latter dip le the Omit Haan t We
knew ley what the weight, lamp, led drseght et
weer at the latter would be, and we weld meanie the
memo it redeem*, of bar leeressel liemaseidoe sad what her
wow veketty wool be, madam aright to have been so
dilleally Y adealagag Ihsegdree ham power for a given
speed. U the Goat Eastern prove • " slow coach " ohs
will be lead epee u s tailor*, although her detect in each
• can would hot b. irrsoradiabla.

We live at • time when such ship as the Great Eastern
art becoming sooswities, la coniequenee of apprehended
national dangers, the growing magnitude of our commerce,
sad the dktance of our net territories. What has caused
China sad Japan to make treaties with the nations of Europe
bat steamships? If we could only reach the Chinese and
Japanese seas in sailing verde, after a voyage of six or ulna
mastle, China and Japan would still be isolated from the
mallow of the West, end be able to defy " barbering " the
same es they Weeder ter cepgsss yea Larger mansers than
them at premed in oielsaee will be required for
Inerteeree end bailie with north-eastera Asia.
Have sot all ear ellewght also to establish a mall
packet ccasualeatien with Awarelaais failed because
our ordinary real eleenmers are not half large enough to
arose with the maid% sped and regularity the Great South-
Names and Peelle oceans? Such stamen as the Great
lestarn, ruanlag at the rate of twenty miles an hour, would
carry the mails to the Antipodes sa quickly se they're now
taken to Bombay. The progress of European unions in
etreogth and daring necessitates also a more rapid intereoares
' with oar distant colonies and dependencies. Oar troops must
to moved from one end of the globe to the other with
the greatest celerity. It may be dangerous again
to be • couple of years crushing a mutiny of
black soldiers in India. If two ships like the
Great Eastern could have started from England with
20,000 troops in Juns, 1867, when we first heard of the
, outbreak at Metre, and could have reached Calcutta in little
' mom than • month, what thousands of lives might have
been owed and millions of money saved. A few each mew
math ships also voyaging round our island would greatly
sent in securing us from invasion panics. Shiploads of
boodle Weeps would hesitate to approach en: shores if, in ad-
dicks to the chance of fighting their way across the Channel,
sad of being opposed on landing by such soldiers as fought
at Waterloo, they ran the risk of being run down by huge
maereers, seek one-sizth of a mile in knob, sod driven at a
spied of 20 miles an hoer.
England, with its met wealth and enterprise; the de-
mands of its ocean mail ervice, and outlying dominions ; its
enormous transom of iron and coal; its mechanical inge-
nuity, and the skill and courage of its seamen, ought sun
to have • fleet of steamers like the Great Eastern. With
plenty of such ships we amid be able to maintain our mari-
time superiority over ether nation. as we have always done,
and be able to do as we ban done for centuries past—defy
the world is erns.

THE PUNIZAL OP THE LATE Z.B. R.
STEPHENSON.

Yesterday afternoon workmen began their preps-
redoes for the grave of the lamented and talented engineer,
Mr. Hobert Stephenaon, in Westminster Abbey.
The spot selected for the grave is very sear the centre of
the nave, between the bodies of two men of embolus. On
the left lies the celebrated engineer, Mr. George Telford, the
constructor of the surpeneks-bridge soros the Menai Straits,
whose plan fir crossing the SOWS at Bangor wee at the
tims looked upon as the production of a master mind,
but which, mane then, has been altogether eclipsed by the
stupendous erection in clue, proximity to It, known as the
Britannia Bridge, 000neeting Wake with the Isle of Angle-
sey. Oa the right hand side is deposited the body of Dr.
Bell, the founds of the Madras system of teaching, and
which is up to the mesa day the adopted system of instruc-
tion la the national school, of the church of England. The
pore is only four feet from the level of the pavement, and
the latter has not born dielrbed kr a considerable distance
glom the interment of Mr. George Talked, which took place
in February, 1834.
It is expected that all the most enthral engineers of the
day, members of pullout's* aid private friend., will attend
W funeral, which will take place to-morrow.

Tbe funeral le to be hesoured in NervosaUs la a manner
worthy of the town to which 100 was ma ,team int and
a benefactor. The vicar haa ansmaded to hold Divine
MIMS' in Bt. Nicholas' Chard' rat crass ea 'Ailey (to-
e/snow), at which the workout In Nesse% Stophmson
end Co. • fietory, and It is to be hoped a groat soapy towns-
man, will annul. The Osaka are to close at 12 o'clock. The
=of the Literary and Philosophical Society is to be
during the day; the mayor, with the unanimous con-
ems d ths town council, will bone to tit* various tradesmen
an InAtatice to close their place of business, it not for the
oaths iatist hall of the day, at least darn" the Interpose ;
and a &wades from the council, copiloting of the mayor
sod slunk and probably some other useraters, are to diem •
part ei the proomeks which will follow the dlosnions dead
lie het reethipptace. Is order to facilitate the attoadanos
of sestkesee from Newcastle and the mighbisrhoed at the
fourid.tbe Nerds Erases Railway bars camentad to Ise
meant dei
lieck sts available for four dap at Mooed farel.—Zisiv-
mak Clo.

WAKBIPINLD ELECTION COMMISSION.

WAZILFIILD, WZDNVIDAT.
Albs oar parcel was despatched yesterday the M-
inting rikass wps Wm. .

Joseph Best, ths agent mourd by the comervatives at
tho liar election in distributing ibis, cauttnued his revels-
Sum He mid—l gere mss to a men named Beaumont,
who Ii at the prhion; I believe 151. Pim Beaumont. voted
on oar eke, end I wish there had been more. I gam nothing
to David Turner. The " unknown man " had to do the
Amish!. with him.
Mr. Illesion Pitteig—Well now, Mr. Briar, will you teal
me how much money you had through your hand. alto-
gether.
Witmer—l cannot !WI wady, but I amid think it
would he Moot 1,3001. I got it In beg. from Mr. Jam For •
a.., end I did not carat the coetenta
Test
Mr. Bokomerat Pigott—Did he let you have all that you
a

Wiliess—Kitowing mace of election I told Bandies=
that eater something was done we should lose the
as they wore baying votan in all direction on the other aide.
dauderein did not my anything to discourage ma, but re.
And on. to Jose feraszvies. The day afterwards I went to
Fee M. I sonnet des the time. Above all things I never
keep dines about electron matters. (Laughter.) The money
was ready tbr me.
Mr. derbant Pigott—Who sent the stranger to you
Witness—l was ." (Laughter.) I knew • thing or
two—so I blew his bWwr, and asked no quadri. I bad
interviews with him three tames, bat I didn't want to have
slob conversation with him.

14. Ilasiseak 1111—Cea you describe ibis mylairielu
111171 i,
jut the man for the
sisessina°6lllriasobase =re hie whiakars, and bed
a beard esamianalk—(Viglanr)—ebali isi bad ens of
. .

tan graight-ind Wade. (Laghter.)-' air was
whitey mew—(greet bagarr)—he was net partioderly
eider, M eetehy, geed-kolas maw. Ob, dr, what
es eon
was ha wee (Gnat lasghter.) I dealtage
Ina Oa
was Wee er walla hi wore a while
Imie. bat hie shost 40 to 42. I will undertake le
weer then dal boom what hie same It, and that I have
so else to it. I thiset haw who lateedsosd him lase the
lan, sad I sever saw kin bare la my la. I did sot keep
a list of van who were "bribeha" I ciao. ray whet
messy the bags I get oestalsed. I wee determiaed not Is
meat the costa* hat from what I wet I think I get
scesethieg to as toss of 1,31 a oat est
gold. I looked at_ ta agar very hatZ
taught " wry lot 4 oases" that they pI
ea they Were guilt& After I had paid the
RAIN am wee a little mosey lift, which I did sot bait,
as I thagld it was as, lima ear as net. .) I
Iwo It at home now, having never touched It, but tare is
ealmomrsign or two—jot enough to pay for hell a dotes
ingrk .Z Pigott—We want to see the beg. Yes
ant brag It to-ntarrew.
Witsse—Very well ; but I won't bring the mossy.
Meagher
biy.) Mr. andereon never warned me ageism
Thar. Alder, jos., deposed to having man the stranger
to Breer's home. He met him near the Bail Inn, and took
him et la own request to Braes, Had war sea his
ism, we heard his name.
The mort thus ajonnted
Os thegeseptpiton of the inquiry this morning,
Mr. Joseph Haw, spirit merchant, as of Hr. Charier
arth's active supporters, was examined—lle sand that
doomthe election he salved gran Hr. Joie Fernandes a
ea
el 401. to *mad is purports of Wary Gave a tees
amid Wilmot 301., bat toes tetennead Basal. Aim
gave WM& IJsk a Wawa 71. or 111. Lars dear were to
ge to atom peak, Musa ad hang* the rempay is
Mr. Cherkeworth's Interest. Whams obtained the away
from L. 'Fernandez in a little most as the grand Goer of
the andlerd Arms. Newer sew pass desseibed as the
itnagw." He bard three woe " a Ma is the Moos"
*dna he or three aye of to ratios, but add mot eay
Teem whom he hoard it. He made it as beams to as
little at these matters a.
the Koss" paha
Mr. Sede d asidt? Pigell--.A yes bow 'bat as Ma la

Witasse-Tt 'is generally supposed that "a Mat In the
Moen" le brought down for the propose of bribbut VOWS.
It wee understood generally by the party that Joe Brag wee
engaged in bribing. I also knew trim sigerfthal Crowther
wee ebinikely engaged. I ban yaw beard that the Men
la the Moon was the relalloa of one of this ploodneat mem-
toreAyelmerirrty.
Crowther we thenext whams. He said—Breer
did eat give ..2001. to deal oat Owe* the vetoes. I arty
got lad I don't am Semi knew hem mach them
was. I received it dl in gold in • bag three or four days
before the election. He owns in a great burry, saying, " I
think there's. 2001. here, bat I'm not sees. Do the beet
you can with it. The other party le bribing on
all aides." Of the 1001. I gore 401. to &MOOD
Speak, shopkeeper, and 401. to John Wainwright,
Weber. The reaudning 201. I (spaded in *occidental az-
peneea," In treating Indiscriminately both voters and non-
voters. I will swear that I never received more than that
sum from Brier, end that I never bribed any persons besides
those I have named. I offered mossy to other persons.
Among others, 30/. or 401. to 'Thos. Wilma ; 601. to Mr..
Barnhill, for her haeband's vote; Samuel Fieldhouse, 601.
Fieldhooae voted for Leathans, and after be had voted be
came to use and wanted SOL to go away. (Laughter.) He
didn't get It, however. I offered Pitchforth 601., ; bat he had
already bargained with the other side, and declined to break
his word. I oleo offered Samuel Croft 601. or 701. I did not
call upon Junius Wilson, the ginger-beer manufacturer, and
after making the Agana 100 on my hand tell him that I
could make his hair eland on mad.

By Mr. S47t.leanti'Mot;:i never told Briar that the sum
he left with me was only 1001. I have heard Brear mention
"The Man in the Moon," but don't know who the person so
designated was.
Sir. Henry Brown—l am private solicitor to Mr. Charker
worth, and to most of the members of his family. I soled In
that capacity to Mr. Jos. Chasteswards, the madmen who
found toe 300/. or 400& required Mum the election of 1857. I
have no idea how that money was spent, =ha it wee spent
in festivities. I canvassed at the lam election, but made no
offer of money. I was anxious that Mr. Cherlesworth should
mitt= fee the seat, but Mace I have beard the revelations
which have been mode In this eourt I am induced to believe
that Mr. Charlesworth exercised a who disc:atlas fa not pod-

Thore.Reneard, landlord of the White Hart, said he
voted foe Leathern, and received WI. from Kenwortby foe his
vote. An satire stranger called upon him for three days to
solicit his vote for Charleeworth. The stranger first
ff oered 301., and then 401., bat whams datsmined to keep
his word with Kenworthy. The stranger was dressed in
black, had light hair, and had a comely appearance. After he
had had an intoriew with the stranger lie our sent for to
the George Inn, but declined to go. He thought the stranger,
from his accent, was a Yorkehireman. He talked of
racing—
witness
being a sporting man—and promised to sendiSiF
or two for the Chester Cup, but didn't keep his prom se.
Sarah Mora stated that Too:dined* called upon ter in re-
ference to her husband's vote, and said be would make it
worth his while to go out of town.
Joseph Bear was re-called. He said—Since I was here
y I have discovered that there is another ore fa
which I gave " the needilL" I gave 261.10 Geom. Mare,
in eddidou to the 361. I mentioned yesterday. 1 find
also that I said I gave Archie Crowther 3001. From what
he has stated to me since I believe that it was only 1001. I
gave hint. I believed ft wee 2001.. and I have never heard
tree him until this morning that I was mistaken.
Mr. Ssejeent Pigott—Then I presume that sob-n we era-
entre that little bag of yours we shall find something more
than sufficient to pay for half • dozen of champagne ?
Wirer—Nay• but you won't.
Mr. &dear Pigott—Have you brought the bag?
Witness—Yes, but them was only two half-movereigne and
• sovereign in it, and that I've taken out, for fear you might
stick to ft yourselves. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Breen headed up the beg, reaseklag that it was • wry
decent sort of one, and be thought be had fairly earned it.
He said he took it from • table in the Strafford Arms Hotel.
Examination continued—l gave William Wright 301. I
went through the list lest eight, but omitted the name. It
appears that I became wrong directly I came to Wright.
(Laughter.) I dare say I was a little drowsy when I went
through the list, for it was half-past 10 o'clock last night.
Mr. flerjeaat Pigott—l wish you would go through it
berme breakfast. (ILaurhter.)
Witness—Perhaps I had better. I gave nothing to Titus
Thompson nor to Joseph Smith.
Mr. lierjeant Pigott—Who suggested to you that you
should take this office?
Witume—No one suggested to me. lam sorry to ry
that I was too forward in the matter on my own account. I
knew nothing of the Man in the Moon until I saw the
stranger, and don't remember telling Arctibald Crowther
that such en individual was about to appear upon the sere.
Mr. Serjeant Pigott—Do you imagine that your fellow-
tradesmen in Wakefield will believe that you gave this man
6001. without knowing anything about him? Is that the
usual style of business in Wakefield ?
Wirer—But you forget that this won't badness. This
was a little bit of "trap-hand" work. (Laughter.)
Mr. Secjeant Plgott—What pared between you and the
Traffic.? that made you place such confidence In him
Witness—l could me that he was up to a thing or two,
and, after a little ocaverestitm, I found that he was "The
Man in the Moos" who had come down to do the scalable."
(Loud laughter.) I don't know where the Man in the Moon"
pr up. I gave Ids the 2801. behind the Corn Itechange.
We wronged to meet More every day at aerials hour, and I
should my that we met there three or four times.
Mr. Illado—Wso the stranger a Yarksbfromen ?
Witsees—l Beall cannot tell. It's hard to say nowa-
days who's aTe au. If u seed oat up to London
Is a Imhof& he cams down 'blipped and keeled" a [s-
pier Clookry. (Greet laughter.)
l Mr. Wipes—Did any one give you directions as to what
yen abaft do?