Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

AN ADMIRALTY TEST OF THE GREAT
EASTERN.:-

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The Admiralty give us two formulae by which they;
test the relative merits of steamships—the former in—
volving the speed, midship section, and indicated power ;,
the latter involving the weight instead of the midship
section. To apply these tests to the Great Eastern we
require, of course, to have her indicated power, midship
section, and weight, and these we are able to supply wilt,
.a sufficiently near approximation. to . the truth. for our
present purpose. Before leaving, the ship we ascertained
that the total indicated power, developed when.the engines
did their best, was about 7,200, horse power. W'e
have further found, by approximate calculations. that
with the draught of water with which the ship left
Portland (25_ feet aft, 21 feet forward,nean 21, feet)
her midship section must have been about 1,600 square.
Further, her weight must have been at least between
17,000 and 18,000 tons—say 17,500 tons.. We know
that this must be near the weight, and, at any rate,
cannot be in excess of it, because the mere iron in the
hull weighs 8,000 tons, the engines and boilers about
2,000' tons (reckoning the weight. three-fourths of
_
a ton per nominal horse power), and. there were 6,000
tons of coals on board —in all 16,000. tons. 'Thf'
this we add 1,500 tons only for the weight
woe iwork, masts, spars, and rigging, paddle wheels an
screw, water i.i boilers, and everything else on board,
which certainly cannot weigh less than that amount.
Taking, then, these quantites—the speed fifteen nk
e
the midship section 1,600 square feet, the disPlac
ment 17,500 tons —and substituting, them in the
two Admiralty formulai successively, we get for til,e
Great Eastern's characteristic numbers. 750 and 31°
respectively. Now, none of the Admiralty vessels reach
suck numbers as these. We have the Agamemnon
giving 664, the Miranda 680, the Tribune-686, the
perate 627, the St. Jean d'Acre 731, the Princess Rol'
nearly 725, and the Cruiser nearly 728, by the first for-
mula ; and we have the St. Jean d'Acre giving 201, th
Tribune 202, the Princess Royal 203, the Cruiser 220'"
the Desperate 224, the Simoom 240, and the Miranda u°,
less than 247 by the second formula • but the very bes
of these fall, as will be seen, considerably short of ~."
Great Eastern's numbers in both cases.—lfechanics
allagazing.

♦
HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—lmpurity and impoverishment of the
blood. No one can hope to preserve a clear complexion, 'o'9'.
blood is weak and impure. There is no medicine ever yet e./
vented which acts so directly and beneficially on thxt
fluid, as Holloway's famous Pills. they purify the blq°,,,
supply a gentle and wholesome stimulus to the cirelll3W're
and give tae to the whole system. Being composed of rao,
balsams, without the admixture of any noxious material, th,A
are equally benign and powerful, and may be taken with per"ii
safety, under any conditions, by both sexes, and at all as fle that
FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.—in 1850 it was computed te„00
the friendly societies of this country included 3,052 P f•
z
members, were in receipt of an annual revenue °f
£5,000,000, and possessed an ac
_umulative capital °
Lll,36o,ooo.—BuiNer.
PLAY AT HOMBURG.—A melancholy circumstance 1136
happened at Homburg.. A. Frenchman, who had bee,
playing for some time with the usual luck of all otranl
sters, put down his last napoleon, and lost it like tb°
rest. He drew a pistol out of his pocket, and blew w
brains out while sitting at the fatal trente et qua°
table. The people- that are generally. in attendanS
threw a cloth over his face, and carried the wretett,
man out, life being quite extinct, and the game proceew"-
as if nothing had occurred.—Court Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF SHAKES.—At linttroi
ton-on-the-Water, a few days since, in the absence 0.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell and family; of Cold Aston, 11,4
had left home to enjoy the sea breeze, the loboula
engaged on the farm, while removing a heap of manei:
were astonished to find a large quantity of snakes lit 0.
They succeeded in killing no less than seventy. ~I%t
supposed that the mildness of the season, and the iLe-0
of the manure, caused so many to generate in so shn,rthi
time, the heap not being of more than a six einr''
collection. The
A letter from Rome, in the Post, says : ifo
Pope continues to recruit his health at Castel Ganan'e
making excursions on foot, and driving about ,h
lovely environs of the lake of Albano. On Sullw`,i
whilst all Rome was agitated with the departure,o°,
the Sardinian minister, his Holiness indulged hi
~ea
self in the pleasures of hospitality,. and admitl.,;.
to his table t ardinals Patrizi, Cagiano, Barberif
Asquini, Villecourt, and Antonelli ; the Duke de Gic:s
moat, the. Marquis Lorenzana, several. Roman pri.aoa
and prelates, and the usual dignitaries of the pony.
o_.
icourt.n
t h e
ePvieon:Nngonsohogawvecd audience,him s
himself
aat f ttehre dinner,b aiconyt oo t..lllsitb
noble ladies occupying,villas in the neighboarlw bit
palace,pz a
below, and
deli
ght
of
the preparedeount i y
f(145.0
SERviA.—The Lloyd of Pesth publishes a later fr°lll.
Kragujewatz, of the 6th, which says :—" The sittietr!,
of the Skuptschina were brought to a close yesteraak
About eleven o'clock Prince Milosch entered the lit
attended by the hereditary Prince and all the rainiste;
and delivered an address, in which he said that he ,ia
perfectly satisfied with the labours of the assembly, 3.,./0-
that the deputies had responded to all his wishes.
recommended them to promote union and frater.an'n
sentiments among the Servians, all of whom he loer;
on as his children. He announced that he would first
out Maidjan Peek to a French company, and oe
Servia would find six French vessels on the Do id
quite enough. He then left the hall with his son s'"
the most enthusiastic cheers."
SPANISH CHIVALRY.—A Madrid letter, in the "14
sels Independance, says :—" Fifty or sixty persons,
,;er
for the purpose, and placed in little groups in the 'ler,
galleries, have renewed, in a more scandalous motes•
during a second representation of Norma, the 7no
which occurred in the first representation. It lys'ool
longer murmers and whisperings, but groan; the
noises of all kinds, which completely drowned 00,
voices of Madame Grisi and Mario. The uproar, is
at its height at the commencement of the duet the
the second act. Potatoes were thrown frenloe
upper
galleries,, falling at the feet of g3„blie
Grist and rebounding into the pit. The P:dis-
in the boxes and other parts of the house rose 11,1107
nantly to protest against such an outrage, but 319,,Tari0
Grisi withdrew, her face bathed in tears.
attempted for some seconds to brave the storm, butr tba
obliged to leave the stage. One of the employes °1 tics
theatre came forward to announce that the perforri?
would not be continued, Madame Grisi having Wv,l
ore
away, overcome with emotion. The authorities
quite impassive."
0. tho
The following very pretty story is now geilN Iget
round of Parisian eltronique :--"At a place calteor
a man named Day, who formerly lived as 'l'o4
h
with the Countess de Monvaugies, lately, gat rt
doe-
a grape curiously marked with the following iihige
characters—‘ Oleo 111. a, V, a, r, s, 20.' The 1'4,11 to
schoolmaster unhesitatingly certified the inscriP"ot 24
mean—'Napoleo 111. ante V anno regnum subver
(diebus) the literal translation of which is, ‘l4oP"miti
111., before' five years, will destroy a kingdom in tvivotil
days.' " Of course, perfidious Albion is the 64414
thus supernaturally designated ; but it will be a &To so
to many minds to think that she has so long a resP"
five years.

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Parish of Liyerpool, and Published by them at
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OCTOBER 18, 1859.

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