The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

TETEATRE-ROYAL, HAYM ARKET
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performanses will commence with
THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY
LIVH.
With THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
Followed by HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
iAnd HALLOWE'EN.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
Swanborongh, Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The
whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced
for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts
being_in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN-
TERBURY HALL CONCERTS.
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,
eonsisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
NIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios evcr
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
land Belgium.
They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi-
tion to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 7.
THERMOKETER, IN THR SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
55 lowest this morning and during the night.
65—this day at noon.
Banc=TEß-29.92.
WIND, Westerly ; rather fresh, with cloudy weather,
threatening rain.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuts DAT.—Morning, 10h. Im.—Afternoon, 10h. 45m.
To-Mon.now-Morning, llh. 28m.—Afternoon, —h. —m.

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1859.

THE GREAT EASTERN IS OFF.

Before very much longer the Leviathan will be
upon the waters of the great deep—away, first of
all, upon her brief experimental trip, from our own
Portland round to Holyhead—and then away
across the broad Atlantic to the harbour of Port-
land, U.S. It was not until half-past seven o'clock
this morning that the Great Eastern at length ac-
tually left her moorings, for the first time, to work
her way down the few devious windings of the
river, the difficulties of which had to be threadei
before the monster steam ship could at length find
herself fairly afloat upon the billows of the Channel.
Assisted in her progress down the Thames, this fore-
noon, by her four powerful steam-tugs—two ahead
and two astern—the noble ship ploughed her way
steadily on by the alternate action (sometimes by
the simultaneous action) of her gigantic paddle-
wheels and her enormous screw propeller. Off
Greenwich—off Woolwich—the good ship " shoul-
dered on" as irresistibly as any nautical Stryver of
the pre-Adamite creation ! Among the whales no
less than among the minnows of naval archi-
tecture encountered upon her course—the very
iciithyosaurus or pterodactyl ! Latterly, we
observe among the arrangements announced in *re-
gard to the intended movements of The Great
Eastern, no further mention whatever of any pro-
jected exclusion across the British Channel to the
great French seaport, harbours and arsenals of
Cherbourg. Abundant time yet remains, however,
for the realisation of that, among other rumoured
episodes in the earlier career of this modern Behe-
moth. First of all, after getting safely round to
the Nore, the Great Eastern is to hold a series of
her monster levees at Portland, our own little so-
called " island" (but in reality miniature peninsula)
of Portland "on or about the 9th to the 15th,"
according to the lax, but, of course, as yet neces-
sarily lax, wording of the advertisement. It is
therein and thereafter announced that she will
then leave Weymouth on her trial trip, " which,"
rays the same programme, " it is proposed shall not
sccupy more than three days"--the Great Eastern
closing that small initial sea-voyage by returning
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to Holyhead. Supposing her to start punctually
upon this trial trip from Portland, near
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, "on the 17th
instant," according to another and more explicit
advertised announcement—and supposing her to
occupy no more than the three days intended to be
occupied in this said trial trip terminating at
Holyhead—we should have the Great Eastern put-
, ting into the last-mentioned port not later than
the twentieth of this present month of September.
Nine days would then elapse previous to her quit-
ting those shores of old England at Holyhead upon
her first voyage across the Atlantic—the voyage
having Portland, in the United 'States, as the des-
tination. Throughout one entire week, namely,
from the 20th to the 26th, visitors will
be received on board at Holyhead for
the purposes of that general inspection which
already, we rejoice to know, has proveed so emi-
nently remunerative. Then the last exhibition day
being over—" Passengers, parcels, and letters will
be received on board, at Holyhead, on Tuesday the
27th, and Wednesday the 28th instant." And then
• —and then—why Gov speed the great ship across
the deep waters upon that first momentous voyage
of hers, beginning on Thursday, the 29th of Sep-
tember !
.But before that interesting date can arrive there
will be ample time, as we have seen, for a " look
in "at Cherbourg ! Not to do so, not to make that
episodical trip, would be a lost opportunity. The
Gr eat Eastern should pay our gallant allies that
groat compliment. She should give the French
a polite taste of her quality. It would be a coup
de grace at the present moment not wholely inop-
portune. The Russians have had a peep at the
beautiful monster, through the keenly observant
eyes of their representative, the General-Admiral
H. the Archduke CONSTANTINE. Might not
the. Great Eastern afford the opportunity for a simi-
lar in' spection—[by going to Cherbourg]—to another
General Admiral, H. I. H. the old Prince JEROME
the only surviving brother of the Great NAPOLEON ?
Our QUEEN witnessed the inauguration of the
stupendous maritime workS of the French at Cher-
bourg. It were appropriate that there, too, a
p, once of the house of BON
APARTE might be en-
abTied to examine in the Great Eastern a matchless
spocimen of English enterprise—
an unequalled
ex ample of our genius in maritime engineering—
and, whether considered in regard to daring or in
regard to skill, a wholly unparalleled achievement
in the history of naval architecture.

Everything goes on swimmingly in Italy for the
_present. The only doubt is how far the people will
13e allowed free scope. If Austria be listened to,
tiid her tendencies respected, then all is up, and
rex to the knife must solve the question of freedom
r slavery. We hope for the sake of humanity
t hat such a grievous destiny may be averted.
At Bologna the National Assembly have l'unani-
n i only asserted their independence of the Papal
a u thority, deciding at the same time that the
a bi vies of the Pontificial rule should not be debated
Qpc RI. In this, we think, they have acted with a
it le moderation. Let the past be forgiven, though

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