The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-01 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN.

During the first three days of this vessel's recent
voyage to New York she encountered very heavy
weather, the wind blowing from the south-west
with almost the violence of a hurricane and a tre-
mendous beam sea on. To this the Great Eastern
rolled very heavily, so much so as to capsize and
knock about all unsecured tables and chairs below
and break the stays of some of the fore and aft try-
sail booms, which dropped over so much from side
to side with each lurch of the ship that it became
necessary to lower them. This was a work of great
risk and difficulty, and while accomplishing it one
of them fell, smashing the skylights of a saloon and
fractured the boatswain's leg. The gale lasted three
days, and at last rose to such violence that the
course was obliged to be altered and the vessel kept
head to wind, at half-speed, for 4-1-. hours. While
thus, though the sea was exceedingly heavy, there
was scarcely any motion in the vessel. The rest of
the passage across was through calms and dense
fogs, the whole journey, in spite of the unfavour-
able and thick weather, being accomplished in nine
days 131 hours, one of the shortest ever made.
During the whole run both screw and paddle
engines worked easily and well, the latter averag-
ing a little under 10 and the former about 37 revo-
lution; per minute. The consumption of coals on
the whole voyage was only 1,444 tons, or about 116
tons a-day. The number of knots run during each
day during the 91 days was respectively 208, 332, 342,
335, 340, 215, 325, 350, 300, 270. The greatest run
therefore was 4 urin g Thursday,the 9th,when the ship
averaged for 24 hours a speed of little more than
141 knots, or very nearly 17 miles an hour. The
lowest run was 215 knots, or just 9 knots an hour.
During the greatest day's run 119 tons of coals
were consumed, and during the slowest 103 tons.
The average pressure of steam in the engines
s
throughout was 21,11 b. The density of the water
in the boilers was 11 ; the vacuum in
en-
gines, 251 ; in the screw, 28. Allth
paddle
worked well, and there was no perceptible
the screw shaft bearing. The
total number of re-
volutions made by the paddle engines from first to
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last was 133,000, and of the screw 525,276. The
effective diameter of the
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New York on the 10th, and the Great Eastern on
the morning of the 11th, thus beating the Africa
by 211-, days, both vessels having met, of course, with
very similar weather. At the weekly meeting of
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, held or,
Thursday, leave was given to lay down moorings
for the purpose of securing the Great Eastern in
the Mersey, where she is expected to arrive at an
early period of next week. The moorings are to
be at New Ferry, and to be arranged to the satis-
faction of the engineer' and also to be removable at
the pleasure of the Board.

Letters from Paris assert that Baron seebach,
the Saxon Minister to the French Court, has proceeded to
St. Petersburg, charged by the Credit Mobilier to negotiate
terms on their behalf for the completion of the Russian
railway system. Some persons, however, on the as sumption
that it would be anomalous for a diplomatic person age I o be
thus employed, fancy that the journey must be for other
purposes.

Baron Adolphe Rothschild, the hevid of the
Naples house of Messrs. Rothschild, arrived in LendLondonyesterday, and it is inferred that this visit is in connection
with the projected financial operations of the litsdiau yom
vent/ilea,

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENiNC:-. the neriormances will commence with
THE SUN AND THE WIND.
And the original Comedy, entitled BLACK SHEEP.
Mr. tincicstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Ott. ; Mrs. Wilkins
Mrs. Charles Young, Miss Lovell, &c.
After which, will be revived, with entirely new scenery
d effects, and all the original music by the late Sir Henry
Ishop, the and
of THE MILLER AND HIS MEN.
Cemmence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCE S S'S THEATRE,-
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, TRUTH AND FICTION. Supported by
Messrs. F. Matthews, Wlddicombe, Shore, Cathcart, Garden;
Miss C. Leciereq, Miss R. Leclercq, and Miss M. Harris.

Followed by DON CJESAR DE BAZAN. Mr. Fechter.
To conclude with NURSEY CHICKWEED.

JEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPFIL-
. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Reproduction of "The Colleen Bawn. " The Adeiphi

"Census " every Evening.

THIS EVENING, the successful new Farce, entitled A
TURKISH BATH. Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. P. Bedford.
After which (195th time), THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr.
D. Boucicault, D. r isher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson,
C. J. Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; Mrs. Boucicault, Miss
Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley.
To be followed by a new apropos Sketch, THE CENSUS.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, Eburne, Romer, C. J. Smith ; Miss
Kate Kelly, Miss E. Mune, and Mrs. Chatterley.
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