The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-24 00:00:00

TII-11 LEVIATHAN.

The following letter has been addressed to a con-
temporary :
Sir,.—Allow me to suggest, through your vale•
able paper, what seems to me, as an engineer, a
simple means at all events of assisting to Ot the
Great Eastern steam-ship into the wafer.
What I would propose is, to take advantage of
the rise and fall of the tide. I would place a num-
ber of, say coal barges, side by side with their bows
towards the vessel ; the barges I would load with
iron or ot'ter heavy material, to the full extent of
flotation ; and then, baying erected a framework
carrying rollers above the barges and butting on
the shore, or on piles driven into the river. I
would attach numerous chains to the cradles on
which the ship now rests, and lead them over the
rollers or drums, and attach them to the baies.
The effect will be this—As the tide rises the loaded
barges, with many thousand tons in thew, if ro•
piked, will rise also, and the slack of the chains
being taken up on the tide receding, a pulling ac-
tion will be brought to bear on the cradles and great
ship in the direction of the river, by the lowering of
the barges and direction of the chains with an im-
mense power, and while this action is going on let
the hydraulic pressure be applied as already ar-
ranged, on the other side of the vessel or cradles,
and I believe th . mighty vessel will reach the water
in safety. Of course, should the vessel show any
tendency to run off when once it is started, the
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as, if any
plan of this nature be adopted, the names of Brunel,
John Scott Russell, &c., are a sufficient guarantee
for the full carrying out of such plans.
Your giving this room in your columns will
oblige, yours, &c.,

GEORGE NASHYTH, C. E.
16A, The Terrace, Kennington-park,
Kennington, Nov. 23.

THE THOMOND ESTATR.—The proposals made,by pri-
vate contract for tha purchase of the great majority of
the lots of the Thomond estates in Clare and Cork were
submitted to the Commissioners on Monday and accepted.
The total amount realised by the le reached 131,400/.
Chief Justice Blackburn° was a purcha..er to the txt
t
of 15,0001. The remaining portion of the property will
will be soli publicly in the course of the ensuirg month.
The general business of the port of London has not
been very active during the past week, owing chiefly to
the ea,terly wind which ha; so long prevai'ed and pre-
vented vessels working up the Channel. The number of
vessels reported inward was 172, including 39 with car-
goes of corn, floor, &c. There were also two vessels
of svieldk.f
rolm,2N76ecwhe
York. tea teTabehanvuem,
from China with 18,458 packages of tea and 3,195 bales
inbe
ra dodf i ti on,
shipsbgena
rreed-
outward was 102, including 14 is ballast ; and the nuna-
ber on the berth for the Australian colonies is 62.

THE WE ATi 1E Et —SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 24.
TFIERM)METER, IN TILE SrIIDE.
55—highest since noon yesterday.
46 —lowest this morning and during the night.
47 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 2?.26.
WIND, Southerly ; light., with dull rainy weather. It
rained heavily in the ni.iht.
ONE O'CLOCK.—The wind has gone round to North, with
a prospect of sunshiny weather.

154 p
G 17.-