The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-11 00:00:00

THE GREAT EASTERN.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The great ship has now been open for the recep-
tion of visitors for four days, but during the whole
of that time not more than 1,200 persons have been
on board. This may probably be accounted for
from the fact that as the ship is to winter here,
there is plenty of time for her inspection. Many
of the gentry of the neighbourhood have been on
board. O❑ Tuesday a deputation from the South-
ampton Club went on board and tendered the privi-
leges of the club to Capt. Harrison and his officers.
On Monday upwards of 200 men were paid off and
discharged from the ship, leaving about 100 now on
board. A regular watch is maintained day and
night. There are but three or four men at work on
the fittings in the after saloon. The handsome
glass chandeliers are now all uncovered, and are
generally admired. They are manufactured of
brass and electro-silvered. The cost of each chan-
delier was forty guineas. To-morrow there will
be a board meeting of the directors of the com-
pany to arrange respecting the refitting of the ship,
after which tenders will be advertised for ; but it
is understood that Mr. Scott Russell will have no-
thing more to do with the ship. The arrange-
ments for visitors are of the best description. The
cntrance to the ship is through one of the cargo
port holes, close to the stern on the starboard side
—an old craft belonging to the South Western
Company forming the landing stage. Capt. Har-
rison is a general favourite with the visitors. The
elegant suite of rooms which form his cabin and
sleeping berth are much admired by those who
have had the privilege of passing through them.
The banquet which the mayor and corporation
intend giving to the directors of the company in
connection with that of the Chamber of Commerce
will shortly take place. Mr. Magnus, one of the
directors of the Great Ship Company, was at the
banquet given by the new mayor on Wednesday.
The mayor proposed Mr. Magnus's health, and the
latter in returning thanks stated that, although he
and his co-directors had not yet decided on a per-
manent port for their ship, Holyhead would never
more be thought of by them. He recommended the
Southampton people to build a graving dock for
t ho Great Eastern, to ensure her sailing to and from
that port in future. It appears that an enlarge-
ment of the Southampton Dock Company's great
graving dock sufficiently to take the big ship would
cost about £BO,OOO. This there are some grounds
to believe the dock company would do on condition
that Southamption was made the permanent port
of call for the Great Eastern. The enlarged
graving dock would have two entrances, one in the
wet dock and the other from Southampton Water,
close to the western side of the mouth of the Itchen
river. Locks could be placed in the dock, by which
the Great Eastern could be docked at any time,
without interfering with the docking of other
ships. The present steam-pumping machinery
connected with the Southampton graving docks
would be sufficient to pump the water from the
extended dock. The present large graving dock in
Southampton is already the most extensive dock in
the world, and was made for the Himalaya, now no
longer looked upon as a big ship, equalled in length
as she is by many big ships, surpassed by the Tas-
mania and others, and completely dwarfed by the
Great Eastern.

SAM SLICK.—It is now positively known that
the writer of those humorous papers now publishing in the
"Dublin University Magazine," entitled "The Season
Ticket," is the renowned Judge Haliburton, the author of
the " Clockmaker." These articles possess all the pecu -
liarities of his amusing style, and mingle a large amount of
information with anecdotes which are provokingly witty.—
Dublin Evening Packet.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d' Aumale have left their residence at Twickenham fur a few
(lays' sojourn at Claremont.

The Duke of Newcastle will leave town in a few
days for Brightbn. Lord Robert and Lady Susan Pelham
:.'.linton have already arrived at that watering-place.
'Tito Earl of Shelburnt! orrival. in town yesterday
from Bowood. Her ladyship is expected in a few days.
Frances Countess Waldegrave left Strawberry
Hill yesterday, on a visit to Quoen Mario Arnelie, at Clare-
mont.