The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

TILE GREAT EASTERN.

„ 'writer in a contemporary says :—The speed of
c Great Eastern can hardly be said to have
rLa
most
the public expectation—in fact, under the
tt favourable circumstances, with all the appli-
ane” and press of steam brought to bear on screw
ho Paddles they were only able to get 16 knots an
r out of her. If this is the highest amount of
1113,cd attainable in trim—what would be the pro-
-3-4°le speed with cargo—say, from 10 to 12 knots
11 hour. This would not exceed the maximum of
4ourtoibest sea-going steamers, which average from 12
'4 knots an hour, and some few have attained a
treater speed—for instance, the Vivid, Hull steamer,
las ran from London with heavy cargo to the
:Iglu Light, a distance of 225 miles, in 15 hours
a half—beino. at the rate of more than 16 miles
41111011 r,
t„4sain, the same vessel, deep-loaded, has run from
b:nuon to Hull, a distance of 276 miles, in 21 hours,
lg nearly 15 miles an hour.
introln this it does not appear that the advantages
anrullilding immense ships are likely to be commen-
la,te with. their enormous cost.
efri,",i,B an axiom in science that all power to be
I),e"ve should be concentrated, that is to say,
'within a given distance, in order that the
But
ver may not be diminished by the distance.
c, _
us the Great Eastern is 700 feet long, which is
serio
„ obstruction to her speed, with only one
telt' (11 paddles and a screw. What might have
C.ll effected with two pair of paddles and a screw
Os not for me to say, though in all probability she
4,1(1, have crossed the Atlantic in three or four
JS leSs time.
T-

:rIE IVltteli OF TIIE ALMA, INDIA MAIL
TILAMP'R.—OFFICIAL REPORT OF TILE BOARD OF
con-
Joint Board of Trade, having rece'sed the con-
\\-,--,?oport of Mr. Traill, the police magistrate, and Capt.
Ivra'erz, HEICS, nautical assessor, relative to the
etek of the. Alma'.steamr in the Red Sea on the 12th June
ol.yr,haTe addressed the following letter to Mr, Traill
"aru of Trade, Whitehall, Oct. 14. Sir,—l am directed
411°Y Lords Commissioners of the Board of Trade to
611(lowledge the receipt of the report of the investigation
olentbY You, assisted by Captain Walker, of this depart-
ing as nautical assessor, into the circumstances attend-
last.-10 loss of the Alma in tho Red Sea on the 12th Juno
1‘ In thanking you for the trouble :and great earl with
to'"oll this report has been drawn up, my lords desire me
,e B,llte that they have felt it their duty to uspend the
toonthz•.—l
l'uficate of competency of William Henry Darres, for 12
have the honour to be, sir, yours, &e., J.
mitl_ll. Mr. Jas. Traill."
rd 'Brougham left Halifax on Sunday afternoon
an,, reston, and thence to Brougham Hall, the Lancashire
pia' 'Yorkshire Railway Company having gratuitously
dayeen,Cl Special train at -his lordship's disposal. On Satin-
k"" noble lord visited the extensive carpet works of the
kiotissrs. Crossley, in company with the Earl of Shaftesbury,
41.,.°4 Sunday morning their lerdships attended divin.e
in4.,;10 at Square (Independent) church. During their
C
llalifax the two noblemen were the guests of Mr.
M.l.
of 13 • —mai DEATH OF MR. ALDERMAN BEAUMONT,
of% itAJDFOItD.—Mr. Thomas Beaumont, surgeon, and or e
e aldermen of Bradford, died suddenly on Sunday even-
wa,l,4 ?,f, disease of the heart. The deceased gentleman, who-
' koil'l3'ears of age, was brother to the late Rev. Dr. Beau-
mont,
Whose death in 1855, in the pulpit, at Hullovas equally
yea'en. Mr. Beaumont had resided in Bradford nearly 40
Littiand
of the had be
ownen actively associated with the public in-
ons .