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

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

NOTICE.
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The Chair will be taken at Three o'Clock precisely.
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JNO. WYNNE, Honorary Secretary.

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY (Incorporated by Act of Parliament).

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TAFF VALE WAGGON COMPANY. -
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HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com-
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Cardiff, August Ist, 1859.

SPORTING NOTES.

READING LESSONS.

; The sport. at Lewes, yesterday, was mainly remarkabla
for the unaccountable hostility which, at the last moment,
was arrayed against Wild Rose. No one could explain
atisfa,ctorily her sudden retrogression in the betting, and
he only way to account for it was in the supposition that
ertain partiek had taken liberties with her, and were com-
pelled to resort-to a ruse to enable them to het out of their
dilemma. The racing was very interesting at Wolverhainp-
iton. I was surprised that Lupellus should have been
'brought out for the Biennial Stakes, This horse should be
thrown up for the season, or next year he will be useless.
&rely he must have had enough knocking about for this
year.
The rain has produced a most beneficial effect upon the
running ground at Reading, andexpectations of an excellent
meeting are not likely to be disappointed. Indeed the
gathering will be so large that the Grand Stand snd enclo-
sure are not likely to hold with comfort all the visitors who
will seek admission to them. The one mile and a quarter
spin for the East Hampstead Stakes will bring Dut eight or
nine starters, and of those the most prominent at the finish
are likely to be Broadlands and Eltham Beauty.

Lifeboat possesses such superior calibre that, despite his
heavy weight, he is entitled to the favour which is be-
stowed upon him for the Berkshire Stakes. As Mr. Ten
Broeck's lucky star is in the ascendant, I shall couple
Olympias with him to do battle for me.
Should the Drone be sent all the way from Malton for the
Abbey Stakes, he will carry the " spoils" home.
It would almost puzzle a conjuror to select the winner
from the long list of nominations to the Bulmershe Plate.
Actaeon and Plumper are most to my fancy.
Should Madame Eglantine show for the Reading Stakes,

I shall place implicit faith in her chances.. Failing her, I
shall expect either Hartley Wintney or Thormanby to pull

;hrough.

Sedbury is quite good enough to trust for the Whitley
Handicap.

A FRESH MAN.

LEWES RACES.-MONDAY.

The Trial Stakes, of 5 sous each, for two-yr-olds and up-
ward's ; the winner to be sold for £5OO, &c. ; certain
allowances. Half-a-mile. 9 subs.

Mr. J. Smith's Blackthorn, by Buckthorn, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
(French) walked over
The Lewes Grand Free Handicap, of 15 soya each, 5 ft,
with 200 added ; winners extra ; the second to save his
stake. Two miles. 13 subs.
Mr. J. Lowe's Wild Rose, by Surplice, 3 yrs, 6st 61b
(F. Adams) 1
Colonel Teris's Yorkshire Grey, aged, 7st 41b (Custance) 2
Mr. Merrifield's colt by the Flying Dutchman—Gala
4 yrs, sst 81b (Drew) 3
' The following also ran :—Tournament, Pactolus, Blue
Jacket, Clara Webster.
The betting opened at evens and 6 to 4 agst Wild Rose,
and closed at 2 to 1 agst Blue Jacket, 6to 2 agst Wild Rose,
and 7 to 2 agst Yorkshire Grey.
Tournament made most of the running to the last turn,
when he gave way, and Wild Rose took the lead, and
coming in at her ease won by twelve lengths, Yorkshire
Grey beating the Gala colt by two lengths for second place ;
bad fourth; Clara Webster did not pass the post; Blue
Jacket never showed prominently in the race.
The Two-yr nld Stakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50
added ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; allowances and
penalties. T.Y.C. (about 5 furlongs). 14 subs.
Mr. J. Rigby's filly by Storm—Colleen Bawn, Bst 41b

(Bray) 1
Mr. Wyatt's Pale Face, Bst 41b (French) 2
Duke of Beaufort's Blue Ruin, Bst 131 b (inc 61b ext.)
(A. Day) 3
The following also ran :—Fernleaf, Rosalind, Teacher.
Betting-7 to 4 (at first evens) agst Blue Ruin, 6to 2
agst Fernleaf, 6 to 1 each agst Pale Face and the Colleen
Bawn filly.
Won by two lengths; half a length between the second
and third; bad fourth.
The Castle Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; for two
and three-yr-olds. Optional selling weights, &c. T,Y.C.
5 subs.
Mr. J. Dowling's Skittles, by De Ruyter, 2 yrs (£3O),
sst 41b (car. sst 51b) (W. Bottom) 1
Mr. Porter's Aristocrat, 2 yrs (£5O), 6st (J. Daley) 2
Captain Delme's Lord Palmerston, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b
(Mitchell) 3
Reeves weighed for Ladybird, 2,yrs (£3O) sst 41b, but in
taking her preliminary canter the filly bolted, threw Reeves,
who was somewhat shaken, and did not start.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Lord Palmerston, 7to 4 agst
Skittles.

Won by a length and a half; same distance between the
second and third. The winner was bought in for 36 guineas.
The Aristocratic Plate (Handicap) of 30 sovs, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. Gentlemen riders. Pro-
fessionals 51b extra. One mile and a half.
Mr. Brown's Pactolus, by Midas, 4 yrs, list
(Mr. W. Bevill) 1
Mr. Barnard's Nutfield, 3 yrs, lOst 21b.. (Mr. Edwards) 2
Captain Hunt's Knockburn, 4' yrs, list (Owner) 3
Whitewall and Clear the-Way also ran.
Betting-5 to 4 agst Knockburn, 3to 1 agst Nutfield, 4
to 1 agst Pactolus.
Won by three-quarters of a length ; bad third.
County Plate (Handicap) of £4O. Winners extra. Half
a mile.

Mr. J. Splab's Blackthorn, 4 yra, 9st lib (Inc 51b ext:

French 1
Mr. Wilson's Volatore, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b.... • . (Co(nstance)s 2
Mr. J. Rigby's The Antler, 2 yrs, sst 41b (car sst 51b)
(W. Bottom) 3
The following also ran :—The Poacher, Hibernian,
Queen Anne, and Lady Bird.
Mr. Drewitt declared to win with Hibernian.
Betting-6 to son Blackthorn, 7to 2 agst Volatore, 6to
1 agst Hibernian.
Won cleverly by half a length ; bad third.
THE NURSERY HANDICAP (THIS DAY).—The filly by
Storm, out of Colleen Bawn, was struck out yesterday
(Monday), at 5 p.m.

WOLVERHAMPTON RACES.-MONDAY.

The Ladies' Purse of 50 sous, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.

About a mile and a-quarter.
Mr. J. Osborne's Polly Taft, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Challoner) 1
Mr. Wilson's Orleans, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. T. Taylor's Gentle Kitty c, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Fordham) 3
The following also ran :—Statesman, Fearful, Green
Jacket, Old Bob, and Miss Harriett.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Polly Taft, 13 to 4 agst Orleans, 4
to 1 agst the Gentle Kitty colt, 5 to 1 agst any other.
Won by two lengths, a neck between the second and
third, bad fourth, the others, beaten off, did not pass the
post.
Wrottesly Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-
olds ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Optional selling

weights, &c. Straight half-mile. 9 subs.
Lord Wrottesley ns. Gwellyon (L3O), sst 131 b (Edwards) 1
Mr. Saxon's Little Poll (M), sst 131 b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Cliff's Creeper (L3O), sst 131 b
The following also ran :—Daniel O'Rourke colt and
Philomela.

Betting-6 to 4 agst Little Poll— sto 2 agst Gwellyon-
-4 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke colt.
Won by four lengths ; a head between the second and
third ; bad fourth. The winner was knocked down to Mr.
Higgins for 82 guineas.

The Wolverhampton Stakes (Handicap) of 20 soya each,
10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added. Win-
ners extxa. Two miles. 29 subs, 16 of whom declared.
Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard by Daniel O'Rourke, 3 yrs, Est
121 b (Challoner) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Nosegay,-3 yrs, Est 31b....... (Gardiner) 2
Mr. Hunt's Moorcock, 3 yrs, Est ... (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Newcastle, Cast Off, Ancient
Briton, Ferndale, Contention, and Queen Bess.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Newcastle-7 to 2 agst Gaspard-
9to 2 agst Cast Off-5 to 1 agst Moorcock-6 to 1 agst
Mr. Saxon's two.

Won in a canter by six lengths; three lengths between
the second and third ; bad fourth.

The Stamford Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with
50 added, for two-yr-olds; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and
geldings, Bst 41b. Certain allowances. T.Y.C. Half a
mile. 46 subs.
Mr. Drummond's Stolzenfels, by Sir Isaac, Bst 71b
(Cresswell) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Lupullus, Bst 71b ... (Fordham) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Zenobia, Bst lib (L. Snowden) 3
The following also ran :—Emily, Brother to Sunbeam,
Bentinck, and Middlesex colt.

Betting-6 to 4on Lupullns ,6to 1 agst Emily, Bto 1

agst Middlesex colt, 8 to 1 agst Stoizenfels, 9 to 1 agst
Zenobia. _ _

Won I.y a neck; four lengths between the second and
third ; a neck between the third and fourth. _ _

The Stewards' Plate (Handicap) of 3 sous each, with 25
added. The winner to be sold for £BO, &e. Winners
extra. Straight half mile. 20 subs, •
Mr. Cliff's Lansquenet, 3 yrs, 6st 6lb (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, 3 to 1 agst Miss Julia,
4 to 1 agst Timon, 9 to 2 agst Lansquenet.
Won.by two lengths ; bad third.
Patshull Handicap, of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; winners

exira, One mile. 'Ol2 subs.
Captain Christie's Kestrel, 6 yrs, 7it 131 b (Fordham) 1
Mr. Dennis's Twilight, 3 yrs, 6st 13Ib (Edwards) 2
Mr. Halford's Emblem, 3 yrs, sst 9lb (Grimshaw) -3
Rover and Greenwich Fair also ran.

Betting-5 to 4 agst Twilight, 2to agst Kestrel, 4to 1
agst any other.
Won by a neck ; 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 Chnrston, 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 Hon. 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 1)e Lacy
Evans, M.P., Sir John Rennie, Sir Richard
Bethell, M.P., Mr. Locke, M.P., M r. J. F. Maguire,
M.P., Mr. Hennessey, 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-
pletion of the ship from first to last.
Mr. Campbell received Lord Stanley on his ar-
-rivaLliald• 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
sig.' 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 ship. 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 and 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-
maine, of the Ship l'avern, 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. NA PlER—the :gallant admiral
observing, when responding for the navy, that no
c'.oubt the Great Eastern would easily run down
any smaller ship -that-chose to wait for her, but
that if the I.ltter 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 occagon 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 I almost wonder the company have not ap-
plied to the House of Commons to have the Great
Eastern included in the new Refarm 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 shipbuilding 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 ',twill render
the passage over the stormy ocean to remote coun-
tries as easy and as free from discomfort to the lands-
man and even tb 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 should 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---I 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 fax 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
mama 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
is, f, prgsnerity to the Great Eastern,"—(cheers)
—I may Le, I say, permitted for an instant to
advert to the name of a gentleman who
is at the head of this undertaking. We

are well aware that the enterprise which has
now so nearly reached its completion, has not
been attended throughout with unbroken prospe-
rity and success. There was a time of difficulty, a
time of despondency—a time when success seemed
doubtful and failure more than prooable, and at
that time Mr. Campbell and his colleagues came
forward. They brought their commercial know-
ledge to bear, their knowledge of the requirements
of Indian and English commerce, and they undertock
to ensure the commercial success of the work, pfo-
vided mechanical success was assured. (Cheers.)
And they induced the capitalists of the country to
place faith in their exertions, and the result is that
which you now see around you to-day: (Loud.
cheers.) I beg to propose, and I think we should
give it with all honours, " Prosperity to the Great
Eastern," and with that toast I shall couple the
name of Mr. Campbell and his co-directors.
The toast having been duly honoured,
Mr. CAMPBELL acknowledged the toast, and
pointed out that if the great ship had been com-
pleted two years ago, hundreds of lives and lite-
rally millions of treasure would have been spared
in the late mutinyiin India. He said, speaking of
the Great Eastern acting as a kind of railway be-
tween this country and India, that it appeared to
be a kind of law that great discoveries were made
just at the critical moment when the machinery of
the world could not run smoothly without them.
When they considered that the trade of the East
represented the wants of nearly half the human
race, and was even then of the annual value of
£50,000,000 sterling, it was not an exaggeration
to say that, with the expansion which must take
place through railways, colonisation, and the entire
break up of all kinds of checks to commerce, the
great ship had been discovered just when she
became a necessity. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Wm. JACKSON also expressed his hope in
the success of the great ship, and declared that he
supported it as a national enterprise, and not as a
source of individual profit. He could assure the
company that the interest felt in the success of the
Great Eastern was a national sentiment, spreading
wide and sinking deep amongst the poorest people
9f the land, a fact of which they would be assured
when he told them that out of the £300,000 sup-
plementary capital, £50,000 consisted of subscrip-
tions e from one to five pounds sent in by domestic
servants, greengrocers, and costermongers, who
gave their money avowedly without expectation of
return, but solely in order that they might have
the pleasure of seeing the " big ship fairly at sea."
(Loud cheers.)
The Lealths of Mr. Brune 1 and Mr. Scott
Russell were then proposed.
This toast was received with a burst of applause,
followed by several rounds of cheering, which
having subsided,
Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL rose and said—There was
one part of the toast which it was not at all a mat-
ter of embarrassment for him to acknowledge. He
was unhappily the only representative of the toast
present, and regretted extremely that ill-health
prevented Mr. Brunel from receiving that hom-
age to his extraordinary genius which, not un-.
worthily, they had that day paid to him. He was
sure that it would be a source of gi eat happiness
to him, upon his sick bed, to have conveyed to
him by his friends who were present the testimony
which had been borne to the grandeur of his con-
ception and to the extent of his genius. (Cheers.)
It was part of an original understanding between
Mr. Brunel and himself that they should never inter-
fere with each other in the duty to which they might
be specially called. It was part of his understand-
ing with Mr. Brunel that the original conception
of a large steam-ship to carry her own coal upon
the longest voyage, so as to avoid all the waste of
time and expense which was then standing in the
way of the prosperity of steam navigation for long
distances, was absolutely and entirely Mr. Brunel's,
and not his (Mr. Russell's) in the smallest degree.
(Cheers.) It was true that very soon after the
thought struck Mr. Brunel, he came to him, and
said, "Now, I am not a ship-builder, and I am not
an engine-builder, and I come to you to see if you
will devote your mind and attention to the carry-
ing- out of this problem to a successful issue. You
and I will go together through the whole undertak-
ing, paripassu, you shall design the ship according
to your own lines, make the engines upon your own
plan, and construct the ship according to the best
of your experience and knowledge, but we shall
alWays agree in this—that I am the father of the
undertaking, and that I had the origin:a coneeee
tion." (Cheers.) To this he (Mr, Russell) agreed,
and to this he was happy now to bear testimony,
for nothing had tended more to his unhappiness
than upon many occasions to have received com-
pliments for the invention, or original idea, when
he could assure the compafiy he was totally inno-
cent of it. His responsibility was the construction,
as a naval architect, of the lines of the ship. If the
ship was slow, if she had bad qualities, the responsi-
bility was his alone ; if in regard to her structure
she was ill-made, illTplanned—if her materials were
ill-disposed or ill put together—that was his fault ;
and if her engines did not—her paddle-wheel en-
gine especially—work welb=if her boilers were not
equal to their work—then he was almost entirely
the only man to blame. Messrs. Bolton and Watt
were there to. speak for themselves, and would take
the responsibility of their own engines. With re-
spect to the manner in which he had endeavoured to
carry out his work, he had made a resolution, which
he. was happy to say he had maintained, that he
would not permit, so far as he was concerned, any
new scheme, invention, or crotchet of his own to
enter into the construction of the ship ; and also, if
possible, that no new, clever, or ingenious, but un-
tried invention of his friends should have anything
whatever to do with it. He therefore confessed at
once that there was no novelty in the construction
of the ship. (Cheers.) In building her he had
thought it the best and safest course to make the
lines the exact shape of those of his previous vessels
which had proved most successful—to make the
mechanical structure an exact copy, so far as cir-
cumstances would allow, of those vessels which he
had constructed, and which had been successful ;
and also to make the engines exact copies of those
engines which he had built for similar purposes,
but not on the same scale. There was not, therefore,
so far as he was concerned, a single untried expe-
iriment in the whole of the structure which the
company saw before them. (Cheers.) In regard to
the success of the great ship he must say, that while
Mr. Brunel was entitled to the original idea,
and while he was himself entitled to the exer-
cise of any professional experience which he might
have devoted to its construction, it was to his old
friends, Captain Ford and Mr. Yates, that they were
mainly indebted for having obtained the means for
carrying out the undertaking. It was those gen-
tlemen, in conjunction with Mr. Brunel and him-
self, who, at the suggestion of Mr. Brain and Mr.
Campbell, first brought the whole matter of the
reorganisation of the company under the notice of
the original board. (Cheers.) If this ship was
successful, she would not be the last of her kind.
There had been a great difficulty with respect to
the launching of this vessel. Upon this point he
wished to say that the mode of launching had
nothing whatever to do with the principles on
which the ship was constructed. That was entirely
an after thought. The plan tried was one which, he
considered, ought never to have been edopted. It
would never, he hoped, be resorted to again for
or
the launching of any ship. (Cheers.) The
Great Eastern might have been launched
with with a great quantity of grease
I upon smooth oak planking—a.
succeeded every day in practice, and with
respect to which there was no mode which
difficulty whatever.
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likes .)
this In f
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be
at
all necessary to invent any method of launch-
ing, nhgi
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_t o thed good old plan of
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grease. (A laugh.) e
the river
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September, that it should be understoodyevoagesr
and though
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never was intended for short
she would be tested on a short voyage, she was not
to be finally tried by such a trip. What the great
ship must be tried by was that for which she was
originally intended, viz., a voyage to Australia or
India in thirty-three or thirty-six days. (Cheers.)
it was most important to bear this in mind, because
if our distant colonies could find themselves
brought by the ship within thirty-three or thirty-
six days of the mother country, they would not re-
main long satisfied without having
etbhe
acir °fleet of
esuiLharsrhainpgse,
maenndtswaitshwouotuldmaking .
g
established to make regular voyages. (Clambemeeiernsr.).
Thanking the company for the attention with
which they had listened to his statement of the cir-
cumstances under which that large infant had with
so much cost been brought into the world, Mr.
Russell concluded by expressing his gratitude for
the honour which had been doe to him by pro-
posing his health in connection with that of Mr.
Brunel.

Several other toasts followed, and the company,
did not separate until the evening had far ad-
vanced.

•
Confeelioner
Oliver

Seven ran.

1 t

THE BUILDERS' .STRIKE.

liestefday afternoon, a ttbur o'clock-, a deputation,
emisisting, amongst others, of Mix Tite, M.P.,
Alderman Cubitt, M.P., and the following master
builders—Messrs. H. D. Austin, Harding, G. Bird,
W. Carr, H. Cook, Downs, Dunnage, Ennor, W.
Higgs, Kelk, Alderman Lawrence, Myers, Morris,
Mansfield, Piper, U. Smith, Spicer, Smith and J.
Williams-Hwaited, by appointment, on Sir G. C.
Lewis, her Majesty's principal Secretary for the
Home Department, at his official residence in
uc
featuresiiig
by deputation,
hich
wthe
Downing-street, to place before him the circum-
stances attending the strike, and to ask his opinion
upon the course that ought to be pursued in the
peculiar position in which the masters were placed.
1 ‘ . TITS,
narrated in
principal briefly
strike was surrounded. He then referred to the
unjust demands which he conceived. Were being
made upon the masters, dwelt upon the great
inconveniences the. strike would Imo luce, di-
rected attention sto public and other works
introducing
which wonld be delayed in consequence, and
concluded by stating that the number of
artisans out of employment amounted to between
90,000 and 100,000.
Mr. T. PIPER (we understood) addressed the
right hon. gentleman in a speech of some length,
in which he merely recapitulated the employers'
case, as placed by the masters before the public.
Other gentl?then having addressed the right
honourable gentleman,
Sir G. C. LEWIS inquired what course the depu-
tation thought he ought to pursue; to which ques-
tion the deputation replied that they did not wish
him to take any steps. They had merely attended
before him to put-him in possession of all the facts
of the case.

Sir G. C. LEWIS then thanked the deputation
for the information they had afforded him, at the
same time remarking that while he deeply, regretted
that the strike should have taken place, he really did.
not see how the Govern menlreould interfere with the
arrangements between mrsters and men, or men
and masters. Strikes were at all times unadvisable
and undesirable; but while the law- was main-
tained the Government, of course,-could not inter-
fere.

The deputation then thanked the right honour-
able gentleman and withdrew.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(2721S DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STIIEET.
THE BUILDERS' STRlKE.—Patrick Weormack, a brick-
layer's labourer, said to be out uf employ in consequence of
the late strike, was chargea under the following circum-
stances :

Mr. Victor Aubert, hotel and coffee-house keeper, 89, St.
Martin's-court, said that, on the previous evening, about
six, at the time his place was full of gentlemen, the pri-
soner, who was very drunk at the time, rushed in like a
" mad Vali," threatened to strike him and every one of the
gentlemen, and to break all the things in the place, and he
(ctmplainant) was obliged to seize a long stick to keep him
at bay. He stopped full twenty minutes, and after he was
ejected he returned and tried to force his way in again, and
caused a large crowd to assemble, his customers to leave,
and a scene of riot and disturbance about his house.
M'Cormack said it was the first time he had been in a
court.

Mr. Beadon said he was sorry that a great many of his
class were coming before him for bursting into hotels and
public- houses instead of attending to their work. It would
do them no good. He had much better return to his work
than get into troubles and difficulties, as he was doing fast,
and not listen to persons who were giving bad advice.
Fined 10s., or seven days in default.

CREATING- A DISTURBANCE IN ROTTEN-Row.—Michael
Welsh, in the garb of a groom, was fined 10s., or seven
days, for running, while in a drunken state, after persons
riding on horseback, hallooing at the top of his voice to
the equestrians, striking a constable, and creating a great
disturbance ; his conduct in such a place as Rotten•row
being likely to be attended with danger.