The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1859.

agst Middlesex colt, 8 to 1 agst Stolzenfels, 9 to 1 agst
I Zenobia.
Won by a neck; four length's between the second and
third ; a neck between the third and fourth.
The Stewards' Plate (Handicap) of 3 soya each, with 25
added. The _winner to be sold for £BO, &e. Winners
extra. Straight half mile. 20 Anbs.
Mr. Cliff's Lausquenet, 3 yrs, 6st Gib (Gardiner) 1
Captain Bayly's Miss Eleanor, 3 yr, 7st 111 b (inc. 71b ext.)
(Edwards) 2
Captain Christie's Miss Julia, 5 yrs, 85t.... (W. White) 3
The following also ran :—Timon, Mountain Dew, The
Deer, Statesman, and Onset.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Miss Eleanor, 3to 1 agst Miss Julia,
4 to 1 agst Timon, 9 to 2 agst Lansquenet.
Won by two lengths ; bad third.
Patshull Handicap, of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; winners
extra. One mile. 12 subs.
Captain Christie's Kestrel, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b.... (Fordham) 1
Mr. Dennis's Twilight, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (Edwards) 2
Mr. Halford's Emblem, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Grimshaw) 3
Rover and Greenwich Fair also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Twilight, 2to ant Kestrel, 4to 1
agst any other.
Won by a nock ; two lengths between second and third;
bad fourth.

perfectly water-tight, any one or any number can
be filled at pleasure.
Steam was got up in the paddle engines at half-
one. At that time all the visitors were on board,
and the engine room and, hatches, in spite of the
heat, were crowded with eager lookers-on. Among
these were—the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl
of Shrewsbury, Lord Churston, the Earl of Elles-
mere, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Redesdale, the
Marquis of Stafford, M.P., Viscount Canterbury,
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest., M.P., Sir John
BoWring, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Right
Hon. W. Napier, M.P., Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Mr.
Bright, M.P.,. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Cecil Fores-
ter,,M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Hon. H, F. Berkeley,
M.P., Right Hon. H. S. Walpole, M.P., Mr. Jack-
son, M.P., Sir Charles Napier, M.P., Col. Sykes,
M.P., Right lion. W. Cooper, M.P., Mr. Herbert
Ingram, M.P., Mr. J. Brady, M.P., Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Rose, Sir James
Duke, M.P., Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Sir De Lacy
Evans, M.P., Sir John Rennie, Sir Richard
Bethel!, M.P., Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. J. F. Maguire,
M.P., Mr. Hennessey, M.P., Mr. Penn, Mr. Whit-
worth, Mr. J. Locke, Mr. Yates (secretary to the
old company), Mr. Brereton, Sir S. M. Peto, M.P.,
Mr. L. S. Magnus, Mr. Rose (Solicitor-General for
Canada), Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., Messrs.
Boulton and Watt, Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, &c.
Mr. Brunel, to the regret of all, was prevented by
prevented by indisposition from being present and
sharing the festivity which marked the successful
completion of his grand idea. He was, however,
represented by Mr. Jacomb, who has for him
watched and superintended the building and com-
pleti.on of the ship from first to last.
Mr. Campbell received Lord Stanley on his ar-
rival, and conducted his lordship over the vessel.
His lordship expressed himself highly pleased with
all the arrangements, and consented to give the
toast of " The Great Ship," which he subsequently
did in his usual efficient manner.

The first movement of the gigantic cranks and
cylinders of the paddle engines was made precisely
at half-past one, when the great masses slowly rose
and fell as noiselessly as the engines of a Green-
wich boat, but exerting in heir great revolutions
what seemed to be an almost irresistible power.
There was no noise, no vibration, nor the slightest
siga of heating, and the tremendous frame of iron-
work sprang at once into life and motion with as
much ease as ifevery rod and crank had been worked
for the last ten years. The steam in the boilers
was about 211 b., but, as a matter of course, the
engines were turned but slowly, never exceed-
ing six revolutions per minute. Even with this slow
motion and the slight immersion of the paddle-
floats the effect of the enormous power was at once
visible upon the snip. The great mooring chains
astern were tightened to the utmost, and it seemed
as if even Trotman's anchors themselves would
yield under the strain. Fortunately, however, these
held fast, and then the screw engines were got into
motion, working the ship astern, so as to counteract
the effect of the paddles. These latter engines
worked with the same marvellous ease rind free-
dom ; there was no noise, no sign of hot bearings,
and the result was considered by all the engineers
on board to be satisfactory in the very highest
degree, and far beyond what could have been
expected. _

After the successful result of the experiment
which they had been invited to witness, the com-
pany were conducted to the principal saloon, where
an elegant repast awaited them. Mr. Quarter-
mine, of the Ship Tavern, on the adjoining shore,
was the caterer—a fact sufficient to show that the
entertainment was perfect. It commenced with
turtle, and included all the delicacies of a most
recherche dejeuner.

Mr. ROY CAMPBELL, chairman of the company,
presided at the principal table, supported by Mr.
Wm. Jackson, Sir C. Napier, Mr. Cowper, the
Lord Mayor, &c. ; and opposite him sat Lord Stan-
ley, upon whom devolved the duty of giving the
toast of the day.
After the company had enjoyed the good things
set before them to the fullest extent,
The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of " Her
Majesty the Queen," which was responded to with
all the honours.

The next toast was that of the " Army and
Navy," which was responded to by Gen. BUCKLEY
and Admiral [sir C. NAPlElt—the gallant admiral
observing, when responding for the navy, that no
eoubt the Great Eastern would easily run down
any smaller ship that chose to wait for her, but
that if the 1 Ater had any way in her, she would
have very little difficulty in getting out of the way
of her colossal enemy.
Lord STANLEY rose to propose the toast of the
evening. He said—l am afraid, gentlemen, that
to a very large number of those whom I attempt
to address I shall of necessity be altogether inau-
dible ; but I now rise to take upon myself a task
which, imposed as it has been upon me by those who
have a right to claim my humble services, I do not
feel myself at liberty to decline, and which I under-
take upon the present occasion with more than
common pleasure. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I think
we who meet here to-day must all agree that we
ought not to part without expressing that which
I know we all of us think and feel with regard to
the magnificent vessel which we have been permit-
ted this day to inspect, and the great undertaking
which that Vessel has been constructed to carry
out; and of the energy and perseverance of those
by whom that undertaking has been carried to its
present point of success. (Cheers.) You have all
heard or read of what the Great Eastern has been
built to do, and what are the peculiar qualifications
which she possesses for doing that work. You are
aware that she is calculated, according to the reck-
oning of her projectors, to make the passage from
England to Calcutta in 33 days. We know that
she is intended to carry her coals both for the out-
ward and the homeward voyage, so as to save that
enormous expense which at present arises from
the necessity for establishing coal depots- in distant
parts of the world. You know that she is calcu-
lated to carry a population of not much less than
10,000, including her crew, a population so large
that almost wonder the company have not ap-
plied to the House of Commons to have the Great
Eastern included in the new Reform Bill, in the
list of Parliamentary boroughs. (Laughter.) You
are aware of the circumstances under which this
great enterprise has been undertaken. You know
that if that enterprise shall succeed—and we all
know that nothing has been left undone to insure
its success that can he effected by inventive genius,
by mechanical skill, and by steady perseverance
through unexampled difficulties—you know, I say,
that if this experiment succeeds—and far be it from
me, speaking in this room, to anticipate any other
result—(cheers)—it will constitute one of the most
remarkable experiments of the time in which .we
live. (Loud cheers.) It will achieve great re-
sults for commerce and for civilization. It will
have reduced by one-half the distance in point
of time which now divides continents and na-
tions, which nature has separated by intervening
oceans, but which science and trade are, as
it were, tending in despite of nature to unite.
(Cheers.) You know that if this grand experiment
succeeds, it will be a greater step, a greater pro-
gress in the art of ship-building than has ever been
accomplished in one generation, from the day when
man first began to traverse the sea. (Cheers.) You
know that if the experiment succeeds it will render
the passage over the stormy ocean to remote coun-
tries as easy and as free from discomfort to the lands-
man and even to the landswoman—(a laugh)—as the
ordinary railway train is at present. (Cheers.) You
know also that the experiment, if it succeeds, will
stimulate and develop trade to an almost incalculable
extent; that it will enable this country, if unhappily
the occasion shoull again arise, to pour into our great
empire of the East reinforcements and aid with
a rapidity equal to that of_ the overland line, and
by a route which England has always claimed as
her own peculiar highway, and over which no
foreign potentate can exercise control. (Cheers.) I
would say, also, that the success of this under-
taking will—l do not say tend to solve that great
political problem of our time which is known as
the Eastern question, but at least that it will ren-
der the solution of that problem a question of far
less practical importance to England than it is at
present. (Cheers.) Because it is well recognised
and understood by every English statesman that
the principal interest—l do not say the sole inte-
rest, but by far the principal interest—which Eng,
land has in Egypt, and the countries immediately,
adjoining Egypt, arises from the necessity of pos-
sessing, at all times, and under all circumstances,
an uninterrupted and rapid communication with
the British possessions in India. That communica-
tion it is now proposed to supply with greater in-
dependence and with equal rapidity by a new line;
and, so far, it is hardly too much to say that you
will have for all practical purposes superseded the
overland route. (Cheers,) I need say no more
with respect to this undertaking, but I may be
permitted, before I sit down, and before I give
you the toast which I intend to propose, which
c‘ Prosperity to the Great Eastern,"—(eheers)
—I may be, I say, permitted tbr an instant to
advert to the name of a gentleman who
is at the head of this undertaking. We