The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

TOURIST ARRANGEMEN rs.

In our last number, we gave fell details of the route
to be followed•by those persons who will visit Canada
and the United States.next year, provided with " Great
Eastern Tourist Tickets."

We now publish a map, upon which the whole of the
railways comprised in the route are indicated. They
will be at once recognised by being marked with broad
black lines.
We have now to announce that tours in the reverse
direction are in course of organisation, by which tourist
tickets (in addition to the ordinary busine=43 tickets,
both single and return, to be issued at New York,
Boston, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, and Montreal,
for Liverpool. Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol,
London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dablin, Cirk,
Belfast, Paris, Brussels, &c.) will be available irom any
of these American cities, by rail, to Ford tod; thence by
the Great Eastern to her British port (Holyhead), and
from thence to the Lakes of Kil'arney and the Giant's
Causeway. Quitting Ireland by the line of steamers fr.an
Belfast to Glasgow, the tourist ticket holder will be taken
through the picturesque scenery of the Fligh'ands
of Scotland, thence to Edinburgh. Oa his departure
from the Land o' Cakes, he will reach London, and from
there his route will be, via Folkston! and Boulogne, to
Paris ; thence to Geneva. From that city he will be
conveyed along the great arterial highways of Switzer-
land—by railway and steamboat when these are
available, and when they are not by the admir-
able system 'of Post carriages which ramify through
every part of the country. He will thus be
brought to all the points nearest to the grandest
scenery, whence he can make pedestrian excursions and
revertagain, at his option, to the route of his ticket.
Arrived at Basle, he will next proceed to Strasburg, and
thence to Mayence and Frankfort. The Rhine atcamers
will convey him along the beautiful scenery of that river
to Emnerich, on the borders of Holland. While in that
country he will visit Am3terdare, the
Rot-
terdam. The Rotterdam and Antwerp Radway conoscan
these two cities together ; and from/ the 'falter,
the
hour's ride on the. Belgian, Seats ,Railway, brings.,
vover
Hague, and Rott;
tourist to Brussels. e islhen—via Calais andht
hours
—within twelve hours of London, whence eight
insp
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more (exclusive of a stop at Bangor for h
twioilni obfrintahe
York and back,
be accomplished, say fromincillading ritaTianhilaslßoorirdgceasa)
the -t*o pa`;-
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time,
w e eiacross
T hbteeh c oallof a tilerstucaldaesrs T9oouoroistelTiliecks,etwfoort thee
about 531. sterling, or say 280 dollars
locomotive expense, except the removal of
cover every
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This charge will
the holder
places,
between tb
and t
railwayn b
stations, obnest,eitah. e dwi
and embarking Itill
also include a first-rate table (but not wines and spirits)
on both the passages across the Atlantic.
Arrangements are also in progress for a more extended
tour, which, in addition to the foregoing, and at an in-
crease 1 cost of about 100 dollarg, will probably comprise
Naples, Rome, Florence, Genoa, Turin, and Milan, toge-
ther with the passage across the Alps by the Simplon.
A " Great Eastern Tourist Handbook,"' descriptive
of the entire route, is in preparation, and its completion
may be looked forward to at an early date, It will be
accompanied by a map of Europe, on which all tiloie
.
railways and other modes of communicationasl
eluded in the tourist ticket will be ac'nsPceic trace
marked, so that the holder can at
each step of his route from Holyhead troi
to Scotland, England, France,
Switzerland,
ttzo'hiasuritar Ong point,
Holland, Belgium, and back again
ore extended tour
Irelandc'tbn e ;thence
thine,
The came, also, as regards
pthioronu.gh the several states of Italy,
plop. across the Sim-

The Great Brithin is now in the Sandon Graving
link, being coated with Messrs. Peacock and Buchan's
composition, which has at length established itself the
f tvourite composition for preserving and keeping clean
the bottoms of iron ships, having been tried againbt alt
the other compositions of the day with great success,
Besides keeping the bottoms clean for a voyage round
the world, and preserving the iron plates, it is found to
add speed to the ships using it, by becoming' shortly
after immersion, slimy, like the back of a fish. The
Persia, Atrato, Simla, Nubia, Himalaya, and other fast
steamers, have always used this composition from the
commencement of their career, and still continue it,:vath
unimpaired apeod.—Liverpool Daily Post.