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IaREAT NORTHERN COPPER MINING
tal Ie.93IPANY of SOUTH AUSRALIA (Limited). Capi-
kid ou",°00 in S°o,ooo shares of £2 each, 10s. thereototo beer A
:tit,VPlication for shares, and a further sum of 1 D
kent. ine exp'ration of one month from the date aof sil-ot-
Chart Bonney, DIRECTORS.
" --nneY, Esq., late Commissioner of Crown Lands for
ktlilele' e°"
F 9 South
South Australia.
Directors of the North Rhine
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,311):}4n:Baggid:on, Esq. Copper Mining Company of
South Australia. _
'Mired 'svirilleY, Eq • Deputy Lieutenant for Middlesex.
Director of the Bank of London.
Inittee of Management nominated to act in South
Australia.
James Chambers, Esq.
4 The lion, John Morphett, M.L.C.
LOco 0 John Rentham Neales, M.P.
Solicitors ' Superintendent—Wm. Finke, Esq. (pro. tent)
~,,
,_ Lea,—Lonclon : Messrs. W. and H. P. Shar.E, 1 ''''
zatite`g4hlol-street, City. Adelaide : Charles Fenn, Esq.
e.
str,o."--;;T,onclon : The Bank of London, Thref!.dneedl _
pan '', ~.ity. Adelaide ; South Australian Banking Com
trok4*
VeZesrs. Cope and Scott, 7, Lothbury, City ; Thomas
''scb. 3, Royal Exchange-buildings, City.
. A „....xmlillager—T. Hancock, Esq.
ke% Ittilt oltloeS--.1, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house,

anr
, This e PROSPECTUS.
4emes
ro-
-1/4117 IS formed for the purpose of purchasiny; the
tryst es of trrkitg the valuable and extensive mineral pm-
,r. c Great'Northern Copper Mines, known a Cha
ta the lop. situate about 140 miles north of Port Augusta,
The ~c°l°HY of South Australia.
-Ing n,:"lnes are 11 in number as shown by the accomp,any: y..erencP,,and are comprised in leases from the Colonia. Greos
xhe le", of 11 sections, 80 acres each—in all 880
(arc
an.
ern: !see are for 14 years, at rental of 108. per act:esP ,
8 7 • and
%e x'Aos. 1 and 2 being for 14ayears, from July 23,.1 . , June
7 I.BNo°B' 4 5 0/, 9, 11, 12, and 13 for 14 years, from
kellt-o?"ll'n'E.,;ll't o t
kr
~,a flee to be fixed by the Crown.
Ikti' Iv ril• Fluke, the discoverer of the Great Northern
sisted
by 61,,, has recently examined the various lodes, and_, lever-iiiitn, he sunk ;hafts of from 4 to 12 fathoms deeas'llpOllln
VlPitie °' thern in order to test their extent and richness.
(04s4Perations 130 tons of ore have been raised.; abot 69
40t1 th which were sold at Swansea within the last six months,o
bure ce assays on an average show a yield of., 27 per,cent.t
/thee g°Per• The celebrated "Malachite Nugget, ' whwiahs
talc_ trot raised to surface weighed upwards of one ton,
lire °to one of these mines (No. 3).
kiee,,Woliderful extent and richness of the Great Northern
nth "en b,name known through the public press. The
!Ike toil -A.ustralian tterri„ ster, of a recent date, speaks of them
11, et_s_.;—" We call once more the attention of our friends
Luis 6sci,"`l, and of capitalists generally, to the importance_ of
eves, `oilY as a field for mining enterprise. It is proveb
tilistVleat, short of actually bringing the ore to the surface
l
4,4 oresenrthern portions of the Colony are rich to rep la
fewi
^orittn,..—„C`Pper. what is wanted is the formation of
ittv; thiPanies their bare the treasures of the eart lid
4t it, ~,,Ie nein and' results throughout the community depa'"".eult to conceive a finer opening than exists in this
IthreZient of industry for remunerative returns to judicious
IP
_llaidepeata.” The working of' these mines is, moreover, -*Ail* -''' a nutter of so much public importance in Souttl
kepi, h...t .11.... I-see.l Cleorerarnent is prepared to
.affOrC_L
411,Z8,f0r their development. The Governor, Sir Richard
Nrifit°Atacionnell, alluding to them in his speech to the
LI extgeo, t, at its last Session, said:--" The recent discovery_
•rOrt A7sive and valuable mineral deposits to the north of
of Nv ill,ZUSia Will, I trust, at no distant date, add new sources
esd Ip.t__l? to those already developed within this province ,r's have bw li be seen by the subjoined official letter, that orde
tion Ae" Oven by the Colonial Government to the Emigraoi Ouch (:)..etit in this country to arrang,re for the free passage
nr_
aldesed 'he Company's mining servants as it may
mrof
the
__ advisable to send from England. Stet,.
the n lavinive
einee";_alation of a railway in the direction of mines
I,,yeen taken in the House of Assembly.
thvlZ consideration to be paid for the whole of the existing
'With;lnd interests in these extensive mineral propieertfloeis2
lowin,b.anY restrictive dues or royalties, will be on tl
prillreirltyLe,zsd,
snsomoely, 225,000 in case, on assignment of the
alibiliii,:tza-,dttirtcer share is to considered paid,
paid-up shares, and 16,500 shares on w_ haricehs
and
nsferable till six months after the date of issue ,sued
none of these sh.
``ll. the °nal 8,750 paid-up shares, which are not to be is
the ore has alue of £17,50 eeon raised and shipped by the Company to
,iy
titien,Z. nominal capital of the Company Is X 160,000; but the
and
..11) capital will be sufficient to pay the pur9hase-m
of theTl'ie ample funds for the prompt and efficient working
totiiiieneha;se.B for promotion, advertisements, brokers:
besides
pl,eif 'pre certificates, and seals of the Company,
ink' illenl‘narY, lezal, and other exenses, up to and in;luavdp-
hee„
~,esosts and fees of registration of the Company, h
041)41 fined and agreed for at 2 per cent. upon the nominal
A the ComPany
troOlietions for sha.res may be made to the Bankers or
10 sharrs 01 the annexed form • but no application for less
depositha of io,. es, or a multiple of 10:will be considere.d. A p the Bankers share applied for must be previously paid to
_ of the c
London N_ -mmpany.
overnber, 1859.

To th . Form of Application for Shares.
e Directors of the Great Northern Copper Mining Com-
Gentle lisrlY of South Australia (Limited).
Of r,n_, ulneu,-11-avinz paid .E— to your Bankersa,rtehseißnatnhke
Great
',? ,ti request that you will allot me -- h
tra„..6
(Limited.l:lor hn Copper Mining Company of --shares
Aus-
tkii.l ), and I hereby agree to accept such.the
,s_4• i.ess number that may be allotted to me, subject io
Fr vns of the Joint-Stock Companies' Acts. shares,. or
Name
Address
Date
talhkeerasbove form, when filled up, is to be left with the
Pro " Payment of the deposit.
Obt . sPectuses, with forms of a and reports, m
rs. ay be
sailed on application at the office orlication from the broke

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SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 4.
The third trial trip of the Great Eastern on her
run back from Holyhead to Southampton was
brought to a conclusion yesterday morning, when
the huge vessel steamed up to her moorings off
Netley Hospital, and was secured in her berth for
the winter. Throughout the greater part of the
voyage so much care was taken to work the engines
easily that, except during one short interval of two
hours or so, no real attempt was made to test the
vessel's rate of speed. On the other hand, how-
ever, there was a much better trial given to her sea-
going qualities than could well have been expected
in a Channel run, and therefore, as far as this is
concerned, the capacities of the engines to propel
the ship at speed were more roughly tested than
on any previous occasion. These and other cir-
cumstances taken into consideration, the whole
run may fairly be looked on as affording toler-
able insight into the real shortcomings of the
steam machinery and of what cannot be ex-
pected from the future performances of the
ship until these are all fully rectified. It was
not intended originally that the Great Eastern
should have left Holyhead before Thursday or
Wednesday last at the earliest; but the tempestuous
weather which has lately prevailed made it impera-
tive that safe winter quarters for the ship should
be found without delay—a berth, in fact, where
she might not only ride in safety, but one where
the fittings so urgently needed to Knish the vessel
could be carried on at the same time. In both
these respects no port in England promised such
facilities as Southampton, and from the time that
it had once been determined to winter there the
work of laying down the gigantic moorings—big
enough, apparently, to anchor the Isle of Wight—
has been going forward steadily. These were all
ready for the reception of the vessel on Tuesd. y
morning, and on Tuesday accordingly Capt. Har-
rison intended to start round ; but towards Monday
evening the weather at Holyhead again became
very bad. The aneroid barometer fell with alarm-
ing rapidity until, in the course of a few hours, it
had gone down no less than from 29.80 to 2844, a
greater fall than has been known at Holyhead for
the last five years, and nearly twice as much as
took place daring the late hurricane. As the night
advanced the wind chopped round to the south-
west, until at length it blew a stiff gale, though
not what sailors call the heart of the hurricane,
which was evidently. from the state of the glass,
raging on some other part of the coast. Through-
out Monday night and greater part of Tuesday it
blew so heavily that starting was out of the ques-
tion, and it was not till Wednesday morning, when
the glass again went. up, that Captain Harrison
could set about the very difficult task of getting in
his anchors. Though the weather was then fair,
yet both wind and sea were higher than was ac-
tually agreeable, so that even with the assistance
of turning ahead with the screw the labour of
weighing could only be accomplished after long
hours of trouble. The steam gear for aiding in
turning the capstan broke down entirely. Failing
even to get in the slack chain it was discontinued
as utterly useless and labour lost. One anchor,
after considerable resistance, was at length hove
up by the efforts of the hole crew, but the
starboard anchor had bitten so firmly that all
efforts to get it to the bows proved fruitless. All
the subtle nautical expedients usual on such occa-
sions were of course resorted to by Capt. Harrison,
but still the anchor was as immovable as the centre
of gravity itself, though the crew worked at the
capstans till the chain was as rigid as an iron Co. •
lumn, and it was evident that something or other
must give way. A few minutes more of obstinate
adherence to its hold, and the anchor settled the
question by twisting and breaking in half about a
foot or so below the stock. From the marks upon
the anchor and chains, both of which were deeply
scratched, it was supposed that the anchor had sunk
through the mud till it nipped in the rocky ground
and then held on of course till the strain at last
broke it. While upon the subject of the anchors,
we may mention that that which was broken by
the Great Eastern during the late severe tempest
weighed with its iron stock 97 cwt., instead of 70
cwt., as we were at first informed by mistake.
Once the second anchor was broken, of course
very little difficulty existed in getting the piece of
the twisted stock that remained to the bow of the
vessel, which swung round gradually with wind
and tide till her head was well pointing out to sea.
As might have been expected in the harbour of a
village so primitive as that of Holyhead there
were no manifestations of enthusiasm or curio-
sity displayed by the inhabitants at the depar-
ture of a vessel which had caused such an influx
of visitors to that part of tho coast. Hardly a
boat was out to see her get under way, except
the Liverpool tug with apparently some of the
railway officials on board, who had managed so
well all the details of passenger traffic to the
big ship since her stay at Holyhead. A parting
cheer from these gentlemen and " dipping a flag
as the Great Eastern steamed under the gloomy
tower of rocks on which stand the South Stack
lighthouse were the only farewell ceremonies as
the ship left the harbour of refuge—a harbour
which, but for the egregious blunder of building
the breakwater in its present form, might have been
made the largest and safest in the kingdom. Steam
had been got up in all the paddle boilers and in
four of those for the screw engines, but it was neces-
sary for some time to continue to work with the
screw only. The difficulty which has often been
experienced before of getting the paddle engines to
take their vacuum at first continued for some time,
and will always continue at starting till the size of
the condenser is altered and enlarged. This defect
threw the work upon the screw engines for an hour
or so, during which interval the care of Mr. M'Len-
nan, the chief engineer, at last got the paddle en-
gines into slow working order, making their revo-
lutions at between five and six per minute—not
enough certainly to propel the ship much, though
more than enough to save the screw the labour of
turning both the wheels and machinery of the
paddles, which was the object then principally
aimed at. This difficulty, though of course much
affecting the speed of the ship, was then but of
little moment, as Captain Harrison had given orders
to work both engines easily throughout the night.
Thus the screw rose gradually in its revolutions
from 26 to 28, 30, and 32, at which last it continued,
with slight occasional increase, until the morning
of the following day. For both engines to work
equally, the paddles should make one complete re-
volution for every 31 of the screw, so that for 34 of
the screw the paddles ought at least to have gone
nine ; but on Wednesday night, for various reasons
connected with the machinery of the latter, it was
not thought advisable to do much more than keep
them turning easily and well at between six and
seven per minute. The Great Eastern, therefore,
only quitted Holyhead at the rate of about 10 miles,
or rather more, an hour.
The breeze from the south-west was then very
great and promised to become occasionally much
greater, and the tail of the late gale, in the shape
of an angry sea, came tumbling in " head on" against
the vessel's course. Steaming against a head-wind
and sea is
breeze held ahead she moved over the angry swell,
the great ship's forte, and while the
as sailors say, steady as a church. The South Stack
was rounded at seven minutes after one o'clock on
Wednesday. Two large screw steamers left the
harbour on the same morning—one at about 10
O'clock and one at 11, and both were hull down and

only distinguishable on the horizon by the dim hazy
clouds of smoke which marked their where-
abouts when the Great Eastern left her berth.
Before four o'clock the same afternoon each vessel
, had been overtaken and passed in turn, for though
both fine boats, and both, perhaps, better propor-
tioned in horse-power to tonnage than the Great
Eastern herself, yet the immense length and bulk
of the latter prevailed over the angry waves, and
she moved unhindered over a swell which was send-
ing " green seas" into her smaller sisters. From
this time nothing of note occurred, the paddles,
though only going very slowly, were at least going
well, with the screw driving the ship at the rate
now of a little over 11* miles an hour. Just at
dusk, as the light off Bardscy Island was sighted,
the screw engines were stopped in order to key up
parts of the discs a little tighter, and this opera-
tion, with the delays, always unavoidable for such
work, deprived the vessel of her screw power for
stout an hour and a half. During this time, how-
ever, the paddles continued a-head at half speed,
and made way with idle screw in tow at between
three and four knots, until the irregularity of the
latter was set to rights and the propeller moved on
again as before. As the night came on the glass
again fell slightly, and the sky, though tolerably
clear, became overcast at times, with little squalls
and showers of heavy rain. Such aids were scarcely
needed to urge on the rolling swell already running
up channel, to each succeeding wave of which the
Great Eastern began to slip aside with a movement
which, if not quite a roll, was at least a good step
towards one, and in the art of making which the
big ship appeared to progress with uncomfortable
facility. Before midnight the light on the Smalls
roctis was sighted, shining through the dark. To
this light and the dangers it betokened—the low
black reef of rocks, lying half hid among the snowy
foam around, like sea monsters waiting for their
prey,—a wide berth was given, and the vessel stood
fairlf clown for the Land's End. Here, in this
track, the regular Channel swell ran quick and
high, and as the Great Eastern stretched out
further and further into the frothy waves some
persons of an imaginative or hypocritical turn
thought they detected the great ship in the act of
really rolling, and, for such a rigid mountain,
rolling pretty heavily too. Suspicion and curiosity
were at once awakened by a suggestion which was
felt almost generally to be derogatory to the great
ship's character, but the result of the next few
minutes placed the matter beyond a doubt. The
movement, which was not so mush at first a move-
ment with the ship itself as a kind of vague un-
certainty about the level of the cabin floors, con-
tinued to increase. Doors banged to without
apparent cause, chairs seemed suddenly endowed
with the desire of getting rid of their occupants,
coats and cloaks swung slowly about as if they
themselves were walking, and glasses slid towards
one another with a gentle tinkle. Walking all at
once became matter of strateu and careful fore-
thought, and the power of locomotion seemed
suddenly transferred from the passenger to the flat
candlestick in his cabin, the erratic movements of
which he was at all times unable to control or over-
take. All this, of course, was most unusual in a
vessel of such known steadiness as the Great
Eastern, and the novelty was accounted for in a
variety of ways. Some thought it was three waves
of unuusal magnitude which had taken the Great
Eastern awkwardly, some that it was due to the
light trim of the ship, to which a very- great deal,
no doubt, was really owing, while others asserted
stoutly that the vessel had never rolled at all. The
latter proposition was, however, soon found to be
quite untenable as the vessel continued her course,
steadily swaying from side to side with an easy
jovial swagger, as much like other ships under the
same circumstances as was consistent with her
size. At two o'clock in the morning the motion
was unmistakeable,P,and seats, buckets, and such
small ware occasionally began to fetch away,
rumbling across the deck with a hollow sound, amid
which now and then a sharp little crash from the
mess-room below showed where stray decanters and
cups and saucers were making short cruises of their
own and coming to grief accordingly. From two
to four in the morning the weather " freshened"
considerably, though the freshening influence was
by no means extended to the visitors on board. The
squalls were sharper, and the moaning roar through
the rigging hoarser and more sustained, while as
the Channel opened out the long heavy swell
began to set in from the Atlantic in deep irregular
heaves which seemed to astonish the big ship, as
under their influence she rolled considerably. Be-
tween 4 and 5 o'clock the waves began to strike
now and then against the vessel's bows with a heavy
thump, surging up into the hawse holes in a cloud
of spray and water, but always thrown back or
turned aside by the lofty black hull which strode
over them. At last came one bigger than the rest,
hissing ominously out of the thick darkness. It
struck the Great Eastern with a loud boom, and
sent its green water in a heavy lump clear over the
forward bulwarks, capsizing one man and drench-
ing another who happened to be near where it
dashed inboard. Such a mark of insubordination
on the part of those waves over which the Great
Eastern was to dominate with triumphant success
was of course variously accounted for. Some
thought, absurdly enough it was contended, that
the vessel had fallen off, and so taken the sea
awkwardly, while others with more truth conjec-
tured that the crest of the wave, driven up high,
had been carried bodily over the bulwarks by the
force of the wind. But be this as it may, the fact
remains that green water crossed her bows for the
first time, and the Great Eastern received her sea
christening on the very day two years that she was
christened ashore and her launch commenced under
the superintendence of poor Mr. Brunel.
The weather, though rough, was, as we have said,
very clear, and Captain Harrison, instead of going
outside the Scilly Islands, passed between them and
the mainland. The Land's End, dim and misty like
a coming storm, was sighted soon after daylight, and
towards this. rocky headland the Great Eastern
stood. During this run, and until the vessel was
well on her way towards the Lizard Light, a rough
and heavy swell set in from the Atlantic with a
thundering roll, which promised to test the sea-going
qualities of the ship with rude impartiality. Over
these great watery bank which seemed to dog
the vessel's course, the Get,lPLEastern continued to
dip and roll ; slowly and w ith"ease, but neverthe•
less with a sufficient deviation from the perpendi-
cular to make it slippery walking on the
deck. It was a most peculiar motion, and
quite unlike the lurch of ordinary vessels
in a seaway, which seem to drop in jerks
further and further still, and then, all in a minute,
come back with a spring, as if the cabin door made
a rush at the head of the unwary passenger. The
Great Eastern seemed to swing herself with a side-
long gentle motion over every wave, dropping
deeply and easily beyond them with a regular slow
roll, though often quite deep enough to leave one
paddlewheel out of water, turning high and dry in
nir. This motion on the vessel, though surprising
to passengers, was not so to Captain Harrison, who
attributed it entirely to her very light immersion
in the water, and to the fact of her having no upper
weights to counterbalance the coals, which were of
course all stowed below. A great deal of her liveli-
ness was beyond a doubt due to this ; but it is
equally beyond a doubt that in proportion to her
size the Great Eastern in a seaway will conduct
herself very much like her smaller and weaker sis-
ters, moving as much to a very heavy sea as they
must do to a slight one. The whole roll of the ves-
sel was calculated at only 8 degrees each way, or 16
degrees in all—an every day amount to smaller
vessels, though something s 4 Jr one which was sup-
posed to be almost immov'ab'le by wind or sea. With
a beam sea in the Atlantic the Great Eastern, like
all the very long vessels, must and will roll—aye,
and deeply too—though her paddle-wheels and im-
mense size will make the motion a slow and easy
one. During Wednesday night and Thursday morn
ing Mr. M'Lennan had got both sets of engines
thoroughly in hand. The screw was making 38 re-
volutions with easy firing, while the paddles had
been so carefully attended to that they were going
10 with ease, and Mr. M'Lennan offered and pre-
pared to try them at 12 revolutions in the course of
the day. The highest which has yet been attained
with these engines was almost short of 11 per
minute, though expected to do 14, but the chief en-
gineer of the Great Eastern expressed himself so
confident they were elp€;ble of greater results than
had yet been gained when Mr. Scott Russell was in
egliivaergteh,ethshaitpiat was determined .
By nine o'clock the Long Ships Light was well in
fairru to try them, and
view, with the sea breaking over the rocks like a
drifting cloud of snow. The swell set in very
heavily here, and a steamer which was toiling and
rolling through the billows gave those on board the
great ship a good idea of the seafaring vicissitudes
they would have had to encounter had their lot
been cast in as small a vessel. Though a fine and
powerful sea boat, this paddle steamer was making
but bad weather of it amid the swell. Even the
sight of the Great Eastern appeared unable to in-
duce the passengers, to venture on deck over which
every now and then the seas came fore and aft.
Compared to such a state of things as this the

Great Eastern was almost quiet, though even she
• was lively enough, and her elephantine gambols
made serious gaps among the ranks of the visitors
to breakfast that morning. Before daylight three
fore and aft trysails had been spread to steady her,
but there was only wind enough to keep the swell
going, and certainly not enough to fill the sails or
check the roll of a ship of such size and weight as
the Great Eastern. At 10.5 a.m. on Thursday the
vessel was abreast of the Longships rocks and light-
house, over which the t was pouring in a succes-
sion of tremendous breakers. The distance on the
chart from this point to Holyhead is 212 miles,
which the vessel had accomplished under easy steam
at the rate of 10 knots an hour, including the hour
and a half's delav while some of the bearings of
the screw were tightened up. At this point, there-
fore, it was determined to make a trial of the vessel
under full speed from Longships to the Lizard,
from the Lizard to the Eddystone, and from the
Eddystone to the Star lights. But when this de-
cision was arrived at the vessel was passing Long-
ships under easy steam, to change which into full
steaming power it was stated would take up nearly
one hour of the five which the trial was likely to
occupy. Nevertheless, the order was given to
get up full steaming as soon as possible, and
five out of the six fore and aft trysails were
set in a wind which, though fair, was just then
most unfortunately falling light. Still, the sails
were set and filled pretty well, though the breeze
was a mere whisper to the wind which would
be required to affect the Great Eastern under
canvas. After a while, three of the square-saili,
the main topsail, and fore and feretopgallant
sails were also spread abroad. For these latter,
however, the wind was far too much a-head, and if
they did not hinder they most certainly did not aid
the ship. Every two or three minutes they flapped
idly in the wind, and at last after a trial of some
hour or a half the breeze drew still more a-head
and they were furled again. If they had been only
set to show the grand and stately appearance of
the noble vessel under all her canvas, the sight
would have well repaid a week of trouble. While
this was done the stokers below had been busy, and
the great ship was fast getting full steam on her.
The revolutions of the paddles were reaching 11
fast, while the screw was going well at 38. The
Lizard Light was passed at 12.8, as the vessel began
to get fair way on her course, running over the
water at speed, and leaving a track like a roadway
behind her. The coaling up was evidently telling
on her progress, and the run from Longships to the
Lizard, a distanco of 27 miles, had been accom-
plished in two hours. The Eddystone Light, a
distance of 371 miles from the last-named beacon,
was passed at 22.52, showing a rate of 14 knots, or
about 161 miles an hour, while the run from the
Eddystone to the Start, a stretch of 25 knots, was
made at 151 knots, or 18 miles an hour. At two
o'clock in tho afternoon the patent log was lowered
down by Captain Harrison, and kept astern till
four. When raised its register showed a distance
run of rather more than 31 knots in the two hours.
During this trial the paddle had been gradually
worked up to 121 revolutions a minute, the steam
in the boilers being at about 221 b., and in the en-
gines at about 201 b. At this rate of working they
moved with the most perfect ease and good order,
effecting, indeed, under the care of Mr. M'Lennan,
an amount of work which would never have been
anticipated from their previous performances. The
screw was not worked to beyond more than
40 per minute, though with their engines, with a
better and more organised system of firing, much
higher results are also looked forward to in the next
trip. Even under the best circumstances, how-
ever, it is more than doubtful if the screw boilers,
as at present, are capable of generating sufficient
steam to obtain the number of revolutions neces-
sary to very high speed for long voyages. This
fact, as we have said, has not yet been obtained
from actual calculation, but yet sufficient is known
to make it almost certain that one more boiler at
least is likely to be required to get that power with
the screw which alone can give speed to the vessel.
One if not two more boilers will also be necessary
to Fet the paddles round at 14 revolutions, with
their proper depth of immersion in the water. As
we have already often stated, the paddle floats have
been reefed considerably, mid, if they are intended
to remain in this condition, then either a most
important error has been made in the diameter of
the wheels themselves, or the main shaft has been
put so low in the body of the ship as to necessitate
the reefing of the- floats. - Either one or other of
these two faults have been committed, which of
course is most unlikely, or else the steam power and
machinery of the paddles is not equal to working
them at full immersion, and more steam must evi-
dently be given here. The steam diagrams had
not been worked out when we quitted the ship, so
that the engineering results yielded by the voyage
are of course as yet but most imperfectly known.
With regard to the consumption of fuel, not
the least doubt now exists that the Great
Eastern's full steaming power will require at least
300 tons a-day, an for easy steaming under sail
about 230. The last is, on the whole, rather too
low an estimate, and the daily supply required is
more likely rather to exceed than fall short of the
fit st-named quantity.
- After the trial of speed had been made and the
Start Light left astern the way on the vessal was
reduced as the day was thickening, with squalls
and rain. Had it been summer weather the Great
Eastern might easily have gone up to her moorings
in the Southampton water the same evening, but
as it was that was out of the question, and as no
object was to be gained in holding on and off the
coast throughout the night speed was at once re-
duced to less than half. Just before darkness fell
the Himalaya, crowded with troops, stood close down
under the stern of the big ship and greeted her
arrival with a burst of hearty cheers from all the
soldiers who thronged the decks, and even rigging
and made their cheerful voices heard loud above the
wind. There was time—and only time—for this
brief though hearty welcome, as both vessels were
going at speed ; and in a few minutes the long slim
outline of the celebrated troopship was growing
dim in the mist, and neither the forms or voices
of its gallant freight could be distinguished. As
the to us small craft sped away down Channel it
seemed difficult to realise the fact that only four
years ago the Himalaya was the largest vessel in
the world, and a good sum of money was taken by
allowing the public on board to see her at South-
ampton. The Great Eastern has now succeeded to
this pre-eminence, and she, too, has gone to South-
ampton to be shown. What must be the size of the
next steamer to attract visitors at Southampton
after her? The Perseverance also passed down
Channel in the track of the Himalaya, but she kept
a wide distance from the Great Ship, and could
only be known by her number. When these little
incident were over nothing more occurred to break
the monotony of a dull, very wet, and rather windy
night in the Channel. It was cold, miserable,
sloppy weather, thick and squally, with a jumbling
sea on, which hit the big ship here and there as if
puzzled to know what to do with her. The vessel
was abreast of St. Catherine's Light at soon after
11 o'clock, and from this tittle till daylight kept
standing slowly on and off the shore. Captain Har-
rison, as usual, was on the bridge all night, and it
was not till about 8 o'clock—when the weather,
though still very thick and bad, was at least better
than it had been—that he approached the coast, and
took the Great Eastern round the Isle of Wight,
through Spithead, past Rydo and Osborne. At this
part of the Solent Mr. James Bowyer, one of the
ablest of the Southampton pilots, took charge of her,
and though it was low tide brought her up to her
moorings off Netley as easily and as quietly as if she
had only been a steamer of 1,000 tons. Nothing
could better have exemplified the perfect control
which the Great Eastern is under—the ease, quiet-
ration of steaming her up to her moorings, where
in the course of half-an-hour she was made fast, and
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awaiting the arrival of the big ship, were the chair-
man of the Great Eastern Company, Mr. Stebbings,
the president of the Southampton Chamber of Com-
merce, and Capt. Hedger, the superintendent of the
docks. In a few days more we shall be able to in-
form our readers how far the fittings necessary to
complete the ship are likely to be proceeded with,
and how soon she will really be ready for sea. A
great deal has yet to be done, and it is to be hoped
it will be done in a manner worthy of the vessel
and the great objects which she has been built to
accomplish.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY,

The Great *Eastern NS as safely moored in this
Water before noon to-day. This event, of so much
importance to the port of Southampton, has been
accomplished under the most auspicious circum-
stances, and has given great satisfaction to the
directors of the company, the captain and officers

of the ship, and those gentlemen of the port who
have been zealously engaged in the undertaking.
The great ship left Holyhead at 12.30 On-Wed4
nesday, and came down channel under easy steam,
keeping in sight of the Welsh coast. There was a
hard wind blowing S.S.W., with a boisterous sea
and a heavy ground swell, in consequence of which,
during the whole of the sight, and up to noon the
next day, the ;hip rolled heavily, it is supposed
with an angle of about seven degrees on either side.
The squaresails were shaken out, with the intention
of steadying her, but they were of no avail, and
were therefore again reefed. The fore and aft can-
vas was set from the time the ship left Holyhead
till her arrival at the back of the Isle of Wight.
This was an excellent trial for the ship, and she be-
haved admirably throughout the passage, not a sin gle
rope having given way. She did not put out her
power until reaching the Lizard, about noon yes-
terday, when both her engines were at work, and she
was under fore and aft canvas. From the Lizard
to Portland Bill she averaged a speed of 131 knots
per hour ; whilst in a two hours' run between Eddy-
stone and the Start the speed attained was nearly
16 knots per hour, as tested by several logs. She
arrived off St. Katherine's at 11 o'clock last night,
but the weather, which had previously been very
clear, then set in thick and hazy, so that it was con-
sidered advisable to keep her off the land. She
accordingly steamed slowly out to the westward,
and kept off and on during the night, and at seven
o'clock this morning St. Katherine's was again
sighted. She was then hove-to for a short time,
and as the weather, was still thick it was deemed
advisable to go round the island to the eastward,
instead of passing through the Needles passage.
This was accordingly done, and at half-past nine
the vessel was duly reported here from Portsmouth,
as being in sight. This was the first intimation of
her whereabouts that had reached Southampton
since last evening, when it was stated that she
passed Plymouth at 4.30.
All was now bustle and excitement. The wind
was blowing strong, from the south-south-east, the
rain poured down in torrents, and objects could
scarcely be discerned at the distance of four or five
miles. Yachts and steam-boats with visitors on
board hurried down to the spot where the moorings
were placed ; on land, flags were hoisted on the
principal buildings; the church bells were rung,
and a salute was fired from the Platform Battery.
The steam-tug Phenix was specially engaged for
the conveyance of Mr. Campbell (chairman of the
directors), 'Mr. J. R. Stebbings (president of the
Chamber of Commerce), and Mr. Hedger (dock
master), whose duty it was to superintend the moor-
ing of the ship. Just before the tug reached the
spot where the moorings were placed the Great
Eastern hove in sight, coming round to the west-
ward of the Brambles. Owing to the hazy state of
the weather the ship when first observed presented
a very remarkable appearance, and loomed very
large ; and as she presented her broadside to view
over a point of land she had the appearance of a
whole fleet of ships cruising in company.
Onward she came at a good speed, her screw
engines only working, until she was off Calshott
Castle, when all eyes were turned towards her, to
see how she would act whilst rounding the Spit, it
being a very sharp turn. Her paddle engines were
then reversed and her helm put hard down ; with a
beautiful sweep, answering her helm as quickly as
a boat of 100 tons, she came round, and was in an
instant "stem on" in a line with her moorings.
Her paddle engines were again stopped, and her
screw was worked at a diminished rate of speed
until within about 200 yards distant from the
moorings, when, finding she had too much way on
her, the paddles were against reversed, and in a
short time the ship's bow was stationary over the
swivel to which she was to ride.
Everything was in readiness to moor the great
ship, but some anxiety was felt in case an accident
might occur, owing to the great weight of the ma-
terials
used. A dockyard lighter or " lump" was on
the spot, and the bridle chains, which had been pre-
viously picked up, hung over its bows. There were
about 20 men in the lighter, who were under the
control of Mr. Hedger, whose activity and promp-
titude during the whole of the proceedings were
most remarkable. A hawser was first taken from
the great ship and made fast to the lighter. Whilst
in this position she immediately swung round to
the side, and before the moorings could be com-
pleted she lay right across the stream. The princi-
pal work now to be done was to haul the ship's
mooring chain through the hawse holes and shackle
them on to the bridle chains. The ship's mooring
chains were not passed through the port and star-
board hawse holes, but directly through the stern
of the ship—one hole being about a yard and a half
below the other. Several steamers were now around
the ship, as well as her Majesty's gunboat which
is in attendance upon the frigate Dauntless, and
as soon as the lower mooring chain was shackled,
which process occupied nearly half an hour, three
hearty cheers were given by the visitors, which
were immediately returned by the crew. The same
process was repeated with the secondmooring chain,
and thus, without the assistance of a single hand
from the ship, the ardaous task was completed, and
the great ship rode lightly to her moorings, dwarf-
ing every object by her immense size, and calling
forth the admiration of all by the symmetry of her
proportions.
Mr. Campbell, accompanied by Mr. J. R. Steb-
bings and Mr. Hedger, then went on board the ship,
and congratulated the captain and the directors,
receiving a similar compliment from them in return.
Soon after the ship was moored, the steamer
Avon, with the homeward Brazil and River Plate
mails, hove in sight, the ship at the time swinging
across the stream ; and although :t was quite low
water, and there was a distance of upwards of 1,200
feet from the vessel's bow to the five fathom-line,
the Avon was steered about 150 yards from the ship,
at her stern, although drawing upwards of 20 feet
water, thus proving that the position of the great
ship dees not in any way impede the navigation of
the river. The steamer Indus, with the outward
East India mails, also passed the ship whilst she
was across the tide.
The number of men now on board the Great
Eastern is 373, her full complement being 450, but
whilst the vessel remains at Southampton the num-
ber of hands on board will be reduced to 100.

(ritom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
COWES, Nov. 4.

A sharp lookout was kept this morning for the
great ship, it being telegraphed last night that she
would come into the Needles at 7 o'clock this morn-
ing. Up to near 10 a.m. nothing could either be
seen or heard of her, but soon after 10 she made
her appearance from the eastward, and very soon
ran into Cowes Roadstead, steaming close into the
entrance of Cowes harbour. When close off the
R.Y.S. Castle she blew off her steam and dipped
her flag. After remaining there a short time, with
her head to the westward, she went a-head, and
must have been as easily handled as if she had been
only half the size she is. She was turned with her
head to the north-east, and steamed away to the
entrance of Southampton River, and was soon at
her moorings, which are just inside of Calshot
Castle. She can be very distinctly seen from
Cowes. She will not be open to the public until
Monday.

LOSS OF ANOTHER LIVERPOOL STEAMER.—a.
telligenee reached Literpool yesterday of the total loss m
the screw steamer Italian, Capt. Harrison, in the China
Seas. She was wrecked on the 22d September on the
Purger Rocks, in the Straits of Mame°.
A HANDSOME GIFT.—On Wednesday a new
church at Haley-hill, near Halifax, was consecrated by the
Bishop of Ripon. It has been built entirely at the expense
of Mr. E. Akroyd, an extensive worsted manufacturer, and
formerly the member of Parliament for Huddersfield. Mr.
Akroyd has also endowed the church. The sacred edifice
affords accommodation for about 800 persons, and it has
been built in a styleof greatmagnificenee, under the super-
intendence of Mr. George Gilbert Scott, architect, of Lon-
don, and at a cost of upwards of £30,000. The architecture
is of the early Gothic period. The walls are decorated
with texts of Scripture ; the capitals of the columns are
encircled with the most elaborate specimens of the sculp-
tor's art ; while the heads of fathers and confessors of tho
Church are carved in medallions on the walls of the nave.
The reredos, behind the altar, is composed of every variety
of alabaster and marble, and is surmounted by canopied
niches, which contain the three Marys, Nicodemus, St.
John, and Joseph of Arimathea; while in the centre one
is a large cross of marble mosaic The pulpit, which is of
the same material and character as the reredos, is octagonal
in form, and is placed against the pier of the chancel arch
the lectern is of polished brass in the form of a spread
eagle. All the seats in the church are of English oak ;
they are open, and are free to all. Every window is filled
with stained glass ; and the cost of the windows—the whole
of which have been presented by members of Mr.
Akroyd's family and others—must have been some thou-
sands of pounds, in addition to the sum already men-
tioned as having been expended on the building itself.
The sermon at the consecration service was preached by the
Bishop of Durham, and there are to be other special services
each evening for the week. Among the preachers announced
are the Bishop of Oxford and the Dean of Chichester. After
the consecration about 500 ladies and gentlemen partook of
puncheon, provided by Mr. and Mrs. Akroyd, and a tea
larty was given in the evening.

A Court of Common Council iinsl74 ‘=\l-1-1
at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding: . ' -
TIIE SHERIFFS' COVRT.- •
Mr. J. HUDSON, chairman of the TitiNVJ'aillitineu:'
tary, and City Courts Committee, bra ht ta are
port recommending that notice should be given of
application to Parliament for an act to alter and
amend the London (City) Small Debts Extension
Act, 1852, with a view of assimilating the jurisdic-
tion and procedure of the Sheriffs' Court to that of
the County Courts generally. He said the expense
of an act would not probably exceed £5OO, which
ight.betititraYo fund standing to
the creak of the Sheri the Chamber. The
committee,since the reference upon the subject made
to them at the last Court, had met twice, and had al-
readyarrived at the conclusion that several alterations
and improvements were both desirable and practica-
ble in the constitution of the Court, and would, before
it became necessary actually to go before Parliament,
submit a full report on the subject. It was, how.
ever, necessary to give notice at once if application
was to be made for an act during the next session
of Parliament.
Mr. It. N. PHILLIPS supported the views of the
committee.
The report was adopted nem. con.
PROPOSED NEW DEAD-MEAT MARKET.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR brought up a report from the
Markets Improvements Committee, "For giving
notice of an application to Parliament for an act for
establishing a meat-market, &c., at Smithfield,
north of Long-lane." The report stated that the com-
mittee had well considered the question, and had
instructed the city architect to prepare plans for
the erection of a meat market with and without
railway communication, and the architect had ac-
cordingly done so. The committee had an interview
with Sir G. C. Lewis on the 24th of October, for
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Mr. TAYLOR—No ; it would bind the court to
nothing, but only place them in a position to go to
Parliament during the next session for powers to
carry out a plan which remained to be laid before
the Court and discussed in detail. (Hear, hear.)
The report was agreed to.
CORPORATION REFORM.
Mr. J. WOOD, chairman of the Corporation In-
quiry Committee, brought up a report recommend-
ing that, as the Government would in all proba-
bility bring in a bill for the better regulation
of the corporation during the next session of Par-
liament, the corporation itself should abstain from
introducing .ny bill of the kind. (Hear, hear.) He
could not, be said, lay before the court in detail all
that had passed in committee on the question ; but
he might state that there was not a member of the
committee who did not regret that the subject had
not been finally disposed of by the measure of last
year. (Hear, hear.) The Government, adopting the
views of the Court, had strick out the financial
clauses of the bill, proposing to deal with the re-
construction of the corporation by one measure, and
with the control of its finances by another. The
abandonment of the financial clauses reconciled the
Court to the bill generally,, but the bill itself was
subsequently withdrawn owing to the exigencies of
the session.
The LORD MAYOR—I will suggest to Mr. Wood
that it is not expedient to continue such a discus-
sion at this time. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WOOD—Then I will say no more, except that
the committee would unhesitatingly recommend the
Court to introduce a bill next session, but for their
firm conviction that the Government:will do so, and
that that measure may be made one one which, if
not entirely satisfactory, will, at all events, be one
which we may fairly accept. (Hear, hear.)
The report was then agreed to.
DEPUTY GAUGER.
Mr. J. L. Archer was elected deputy-gauger of
the city of London.
THE MANSION-HOUSE.
A report came up from the General Purposes
Committee "for works and furniture at thee
Man-
sion house, at a sum not exceeding £1090."
Some remarks were made upon the costly nature
of the repairs annually required at the palace of the
city chief magistrate, but the report itself was
agreed to without opposition.
N EWGATE.
Mr. CONNELL, chairman of the Coal, Corn, and
Finance Committee, brought up a report " on the
reference to ascertain the amount expended on
works at the gaol of Newgate during the years
1856, 1857, and 1858 ; and whether any further
works are projected at that establishment."
The report, without being read, was ordered to be
printed end circulated, its consideration being post-
, poned.

RETIREMENT OF THE LORD MAYOR.

The business on the paper having been cleared off,
The LORD MAYOR rose and said (the members of
the Court being at the same time upstanding)—As
this is the last Court of my mayoralty, I beg to: ix-
press to the members of this Court my gratitude for
the uniform courtesy which you have extended to
me, and the way in which you have borne with
anything I have done or said amiss in consequence
of the feebleness and the weakness with which it
has pleased God to afflict me. (Hear, hear.) I have
done the best my strength would allow to carry out
the wishes of the Court, and in making it a free
place where every man could utter his opinions and
express those sentiments which he desired to be
heard. (Hear, hear) I trust, when I quit this
chair, that my successor will preserve the same im-
partiality, and I am sure he will win your approba-
tion. (Hear.) I beg to thank you, one and all,
for the kindness and forbearance which you have
extended to me during the time I have filled this
chair. (Loud and continued cheers.)
Mr. NORRTS, think, my Lord Mayor, that
from recent circumstances no man here is better fitted
than I to express the sympathy which every mem-
ber of this Court feels towards your lordship, and on
account of your affliction. (Hear.) [The lion. mem-
ber has himself recently suffered from severe bodily
affliction.] You will carry with you into private
life, my lord, the esteem and regard of every member
of this Court—(hear)--and we hope your valuable
life will yet be spared to confer still greater benefits
upon mankind than those which you have already
conferred by your tongue, your pen, and your purse.
(Hear, hear.) We trust that in private life the
pleasure of doing good will still remain to you, And
that in a green old age you will see gentlemen-who
occupy that chair emulating your virtues and fol-
lowing the bright example which you have set.
'Loud cheers.)
The Court then adjourned.