The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-20 00:00:00

THE LEVIATHAN.

Thepsigits are doomed to anodise disappointment
wts roped In the launch of the wonderful slip which for
se long • period Ire arrested the gem of the traveling up
and down the Aver, ead boa the subject of gossip, *Ailey,
east diseuries, me almost the whole of the civilised world.
The sod acciand whke eaveled the itist attempt bad rather
whetted theadmqed the moral curiosity respecting bee, so
that when et the beginning of the week a roam got abroad
—Ant dimenineted, it le shrewdly saapeolni, by cob end
boot propelehee—tbst • Limb wee vela to be seessupied.

as iris mehepellgen weal Inined—enti end en Yeaday
sod Twiny hill the cheek asiglithembeed of 310.4 wri
MAIM with sow lib by the sadden Int:pace of * welb.
dressed vision' immigndise. The crazy furniture of the
abaft.. Ina fa a mensal ell tamed out into the anon.
or at hest into ..b carmes as afforded • glimpse of
the river, sad meek NNW revenue was acquired
by the Ides of them rheum & chain end tables to
poem wham lively Wean la Os camas of SAMOS over
their here he their persona Way. 8o streag was the
keposion Ong lie Imo* teed& the pleas en Monday,
ISM k the Alp yenta cm the oppeale oble at the rim •
puss& hake was gives, or tilten, wed the wale his was
Used dl deg ebb sturdy ihipwrighte sad their lemilies,
petimely wising to see the lest ad greatest triumph of their
dependent est. The cams diary holds good of Tuesday, far
which day the hook was positively flint hymns, mow,
hat still the LA MM' meld pica dly on bee cradles, sad the
eldpyard beyond presseted only its reelinery appeareare of
iadvatry sad 'cavity. In vain the makes meshes of posy
rime steerners drew tap right in her pike@ lichens/miss hie
to come out end overwhelm them ; ls vain the internam
meted on their oarn while the victims of treble fares shivered
in than boats and levelled futile open gleam at the immove-
able some ; in vain people with the best possible
information put their loners to their Doses, end hinted
that " they knew • move would be made." Tuesday passed
away ea Monday had done, and people weeded homewenis
at the close of each cold, dull day, matted"( catkin= any-
thing but complimentary oa ehipbg6dry earimere, and
big slaps in pastel.
The fact wee that the sad accident sad comequoat ffillons
of the Ant attempt had inspired the =awn ol the hued
with es extmordinary amount of retake. Upwlente had
reads them ovum that • crowd of Asian in the yea, who
intruded everryvbese, was a serioas Ansel" is tits way of •
greet end ample: operation. They knew that bat fee a
peak that seised every on. when the who* Welke
soddenly turned roiled, the mesa would by this time have
been What, and they dettemind dint ell taw* attempts
SWIM he Wined at nay illeindis lemons', and that the
ipmed palely Amnia law d Yon Arta only whirr
iamb mem via Mee/ Y ihma. This course will
war Is bow ken Ilk arstjailemble when we remember
IbM the staishat of the but ay mese tom the most trivial
arm, BM might with wisely /,sons of mind have bees
end" midst Whet letschakellyeelled • " kink" in thereat
teals wee end/say pulled out, the immease drum mode use
Imbibe, Ind, daft la compalluilva with a straw

wheel, weds theletrar ;wive with &wean velocity. This
would have, however, hen &Waded with so mime incon-
venience, bat that the =form ate EOM who wwe suttee-
gamey Wand Upper& to be dui. Idly on the handle. of
the dna, awl way of wane all tossed into the sir. Every
Idolises we la a sexed deserted through fright, sad to
way ewe ewe, whisk damns to be resided, ti a proper
wimps wed pies of esdd shows amnia the htutdreds
of mai imegoi. At the witted reossat whoa the pest
olds we "login" off the Enna with frightful rapidity, a
stalwart Coartsh sae threw himself au the busk, sad
stopped it at saes, sad thus hod the Wooer of brlaglag the
loselethis to a ebiadstill by the axes of his single ans.
Charedurigkedly enough, this brave fellow quietly steak of
kw the saw el hie furies exploit, and has sever winos
tttnd up le dam say reward for • fast not less hazardous
them the Axing of the powder begs to the gates
ef DAL Siam them, sa important alteration ha* been
wade la the tractile onsageresta. The chains which bed

her it,. mad blocks pl;oed ea barges in the middle of the
river, the errs of whirl fled when the accident occurred,
were now mode fast to the City mooring-chains on the oppo-
site IS. of the river, end was worked by crab in the build-
ing-yard placed at • hag dr re rind the reel, .o that
In say car them wadi he so kat d ime sesu dowthig their
Moder. Thiess hie lbw mu* I was determined
11•11 swam rem. &NM lo Ede yesterday, not am-
*Yr to bow& lhe med. bet to MIS bar down to the
ern' slip is be may he tee next spiv Ude. Of this
piewebou the phis, pataolip, had to thee, sad, come-
wry, heels am cairn dity dr whole aulghlteuelund es-
makel Y the meet useesselemo tntagalllay. The amble
denim sew timphrul woe beweeltheable. no tti as presp-
elmsiterrdentlleOne MIA ell la frost the
ltowledwa !wolf speed set her hose breduide Ile a
certain, and, therefore, from the rimy not the
slightest trace of preparation wee visible. So little was
• move expected ea the water, that there was not a single
reser et row•ticst laths In the way, while eat uncon-
scious wake that had core up in the night actually dropped
bar antler it the 6x4 of the slip at the top of which the
Lurks wee pared, reedy fur her intended descent. As
the Ws nee, Iter. er, the cirri collier purl up the
river rd the surgerats are speedily completed for
an slier attempt at moving. Mr. Drusel, who on Me former
Mad= wee stationed in a little pry projecting from the
belwarks of the ship, this tire took up seersekposition in the
pod, for which his eye conmered both ands of the rut,
eirbeyere in rare@ with missal flags to seder or arrest
the meseeneate of the rr. One pag re erred at the
byres& pees, etre at the dram, and a still more
AMANeeei ray at the crabs by which the chain from the
mean site of the river was to be worked. Down the side
et the veer neat the water hang a order rope ladder, and
en Ile lii nag a man might be discerned suspended, his
duty being to rust to those within, should any impediment
err. To the unpractieed eye the situation of We man ap-
pealed more perilous than that of the samphiro gatherer, but
le Idea self it pre very little trouble, se he swung beclouds
row& with the utmost renting indifference. It was
imprible to avoid at tbia,which was expected to be the last,
✓ent, when the whole mighty proportion. of the noble
vessel could be taken In at one glance, attempting ea careful
a survey as possible of her huge dimensions. The lofty bow,
deep es a rear, and indented on each side with the sow
world ihr see "wave-line;' towered majestically into the
sir, the keg haw curved majestically to the stun In short
faros@ length and perfect gracrulner of sweep, while ea
each ads the horror paddle-wheels dung like a light sad
fanciful rills work to hoc enormous hull. So beautiful was
the general proportion that the sensation of sir wee entirely
teal, rept to one or two of the spectators who, male
errs then the rest, enjoyed the rather nie
loam of puling from aide to side underneath the costae
dile vend, and thus were enabled to aeoerteta that Ws
siewhily arrow-shaped hull had a needy dal Wier at
winds ditty hot Derr. Whatever else may be said of
the Lerner se of her launching, the.. can be but one mi-
nks as le Ine ray of her model and the perfection ef hr
worriment% end fratidions indeed lewd be the whits who
Woe ben the pair of being the greatest thoge Ada di
or any odor eateats, lie over ma el ma memilimelere
All haw Wog windy, the bileekti d n mill lei we Ills
atonal ko punal opollenthw albs meths power. The
!wirer peer rpm te prep, the mer erre Wei set so
Mir, end the lensieseelis "mar " fore and eft ereeneed
tisk irellerr livery one re on the tip-toe of raper
ten ry sedieraly, a sullen pier was beard in the water,
the Wks% "but" erne dropped down, boats
Mr with rear, and engineers, and eecretaries,
end leapectors, pushed off to the barge, and it was
soon aseartared that the memorable City worms
which had securely held successive generatire ef
Inillamen and war-ships had given way, sad that
throe of • hurl was over fir the day. Fortunately, tree
wee so impatient public present to vent their disappointment
en the coetradors, or Ilm Corporation, or the new The...
Coneerveacy Board, and the managers had only to repair
damage and prey for better luck Wit time. On mere
reprise ft we. ifiecovered that one of the chains from the
eased bed gone siting with the City rooftop, eat that, in