The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-13 00:00:00

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dinir.;-4sali i:..,- th,.-: Rev. Thou:a.L Castle Southey,
one of the passeLigrs; passed a BiiLish brig and
an Aineries.n schooner bound east; latitude or noon •
41 deg, 1 min. north, lon,gitude 48 deg. 50 min.,
distance run 299 miles. 'Joe force of the current . •
is set down in charts at two knots an hour in this
part of the Gulf. Stream ; the ship must, therefore, •
have lost considerably in the distance run during
the last. 24 hours. The distance run by the ship
makes New York 3,250 miles from Southampton.
According to Lieut. Maury the distance by the tine
courseis only 2,980 miles; consequently we have
hkit in this Wfil. 270 miles. Add to this the loss in
tlw Gulf Strom, arid we have the voyage lengthened
at least one day from these causes. The eng.iIWLYS
report showed that for tie day, from noon to noon,
the paddles had averaged 11.1 revolutions and the
screw 36 5 per minute, and that the consumption of
coal had been 283 tons

MONDAY, JUNE 25.,
Light breezes and fine warm. weather. Passed
patches of Cult' weed and saw flying fish. At noon
the latitude was 40 deg. 58 min. N., longitude 56
deg. 10 min. ; distance run 325 miles. Passed
several shies bound for the eastward. Calm, clear
weathur ail day; towards night a breeze sprang up
from the southward and eastward. Fore arid aft
canvas set at 9 p.m., the revolution of the paddles
reached 11.75 and. of her screw 35.5, with a con-
sumption of coal of 269 tons ; average pressure of
steam 20Ib. ; ship made 13,-1- and 14 knots by the
log during the whole day.

- TUESDAY, JUNE 26.
Commenced with light breezes from the south-
ward, veering towards the west • foggy at times,
forming banks to leeward, very closely resembling
the land. At 10 a.m. wind hauled again to the
westward; in all sail ; cleared the Gulf Stream ;
latitude at noon 40 deg. 58 min. north, longitude
63 deg. 31 min. west ; distance 333 miles ; Sandy
Hook bore sluth, 86 deg. 15 min. west, distant 477
miles ; paddles averaged 121 revolutions, the screw
361 ; average pressure of steam, 211 b.; consump-
tion of coal, 298 tons ; at half-past 3 p.m. a heavy,
dense fog came on, which obliged us to keep the
whistles going ; engines eased, ship going half-
speed speed'-ull night; stopped to sound; no bottom at
100 fathoms.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27.
Commenced with less fog, engines going
easy till daylight; towards noon fog lifted ;
pilot boat No. 1 hove in sight ; ran down nearly
alongside, fired a gun to windward, and
dipped her ensign ; ship's colours hoisted and
dipped in acknowledgment; at noon, the latitude
was 40 deg. 13 min. north ; longitude 68 deg. 56
min. west ' • distance run 254 miles ; Sandy Hook
bore south 79 deg. 30 min. west ; distant 234 miles.

THURSDAY, JUNE, XS.
Ran under easy steam all night, and at 2Nlimi-
nutes past seven o'clock (ship's time) this mottling
reached the lightship at Sandy Hook, thus making
the run, in spite of the long route taken, the loss
of time by encountering the Gulf Stream, and the
delay from fogs, in 11 days two hours, including
the difference of time. The distance run by the
ship was 3,242 miles ; deducting the loss of time
from fog, this gives a speed of about 13 knots,
proving that with a clear bottom and a full pres-
sure of steam, she would overrun Brunel's estimate
of fourteen and a half knots an hour for a long run.
Though the passage was, all things considered, de-
cidedly fine, it was still sufficiently checkered to
settle the important point of the Great Eastern
being the most comfortable passenger ship in the
world. Her movements in a seaway are so long,
slight, and easy that no inconvenience is produced.
Sea sickness may be considered as annihilated, and
all the attendant discomforts of a sea passage re-
duced to a minimum.

The power► of the vessel have been but very im-
perfectly developed as yet. She may be considered
as inaugurating a new era in steam navigation,
fraught with the most beneficial consequences to
civilisation and commercial progress.

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