The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-07-16

weasest point becomes the standard of -. -,
not mean to say that the presen, oah, "n "..;
~ ss"cea' out the chances are against II and - =
almost certain that before it has been g. ~ - Is
months, it will, like others s;m;larIu uoMh Twelve
perfectly useless. 1t is intended 10 wort ~ DC
~ Smee patteries-a most costly and trouhlosa~e
Plan- Morse's recording telegraph ones : June
sa.uaoie instrument, though now behind many racent
Invention. is to be used. 'eoehl
From the London Times, April 1o1
The GLEAr Observation-Disclosures wants 70 f..a ~.
natural passion for size in the pr;m;t;vo NO., -,
see a true giant its own line, must visit the b.nL -
the Thames at Milwali. But before he goes we recon-
mend him, unless he is very well yersed in the Rot
OIL uenesis' TO turn to the 9th chapter, and refresh
his memory as to the Dimensions CT Noah's Ark and
the :. fashions of its making. sTbe lenotb Of The
Ark shall be 900 cubits. the breadth of it so cubits.
and the height of it So cubits.' So, reckoning the
cuoits at a foot and a half, we have a ship $50 feet
long, 20 ieet broad, and 40 feet high. While the
visitor Is collecting data as to ships, sacred and pro-
fame, he may turn out ss Marlborough in the Navy
List, and there he will see that the largest line-of.
battle ship in the British Navy is exactly of 4 900
ps burden And now let him get on board a Green
CD steamer and be steamed through the picturesque
Dol TO Milwall- Just opposite neptford he will be
ware of something pre-Adamatic wallowing in the
nd of the Isle of DogsEa stranded Saurian ship, to
ich even Noah's Ark must yield precedence, and to
the Marlborough, and Weilingtons, and
H4errtmdcs, and .NIaEards in the world are mere
pats An iron hull of the burden 23, 900 tons,
TOO feet long, and 90 high will meet his eye
I'll OF Mr.. Scott Russell's Great Eastern steam
We must give a few more figures, for every
8 = monster, and worth looking at separately.
81 figure of &c, O00-the number of the iron
which compose the enormous erection, each
b the third of a ton, and each fastened by 100
The ship will accommodate 4 600 passengers,
00VDL whom are first class. On an emergency she
o1uld carry 10, 900 troops. She will contain 10 boilers,
fnd}o4 furnaces. The cylinder ofevery engine will be
- fa Ufameter, and will weigh five times as much
Is the great bell of St Paul's. The screw propeller
will be "a feet in diameter, and the diameter OF the
paddle-wheels will be SO feet, or considerably larger
Khan the circus at Astley's. The principal suite OF
saloons will be 400 feet in length, and a promenade
round the deck will afford n walk OF more than a
quarter of n mile. This monster ship will combine
steam power in both shapes, screw and paddle, with
| sailing power. She viii carry IL 600 tons OF coal,
she will he lighted by gas made on board, and the
| electric light will flicker like st. Eimo's hre al night
| from her masthead She will spreed $500 yards of
CANVAS, and her speed is computed at Is knots, or Is
| miles an hour-a rate which will perform the voyage
| To India by the Cape, and to Australia, In a little
/ more than n month. Who would not wish to be
| captain of this gallant ship?
With these principal figures, then gone through let
Us imagine the Great Eastern ahoat, and on her
1 ropi TO Bombay or Melbourne, and with her ordl-
n,ry complement of passengers on board. The first
| idea which strikes us i the multitude of faces on board
II will. in fact, be a whole town afoat, and much
mcesban a town of .. OOO y Sion, because 1t Will
ne 4 EISN ~ D%A1OA~, eN
least, with comparatively few exceptions, each of
them being what is called an individual, y
which we mean a human being Of ize to command
notice, and having, to appearance, least a mind
| and will OF his own, together with aHormed air, tone,
| and manner peculiar TO himself. In this sense even
Young Indies are individuals. All this crowd Of
| individualties will be collected within the dimensions
! of 100 feet by so. What a new shape OF human
| society Take the 500 first class passengers by them
| selves. and what room does even this number afford
for the formation of all kinds of different circles and
! sets, which will know nothing of each other, one man
| only Just knowing another by sight, and hardy that
How many unreasonable social chasms will be col
lected within a few hundred feet How many Mr..
Smiths will there be who will not speak to Mr.. Jones
| during the whole voyage because he IS h' IN the
s4me set How many Mr.. Joneses will pay back
Mr.. Smith in the same coin Between how many
nice young ladies and ''proper'' young gentlemen
viii there not be a great gulf fixed, because IN the
eyes of anxious mothers the said young gentlemen are
not desirable persons, but mere Pennies olP+us .
What firtations will there not be behind boats, what
rivalries. and, if many Americans voyage by the
Great Eastern, what duelings may we not expect ON
that ample deck! In short, what an epltouie or
camera-obscura of the world Will the Great Eastern
present It will be worth any aspiring novelist 5
while to take his berth to Australia or India and back
again, simply for the great convenience OF having 50
much human nature brought before him WITHIN SO
small a compass. IL will be the mountain prought 10
Mahomet, the world condensing itself before his eyes,
for the sake of being observed and examined. The
rapid succession of faces will bewilder him at first,
but individuality viii come out IN time, though ne
must be sharp about his work, otherwise the Great
EGsfer8 will have stopped her screw and paddles
before he has got any results. If his material Is
enlarged, his time is much curtailed on the new sys-
TEN. Farewell to long voyages, with their appro-
pirate ouarrels and matches-their love markings,
fittings, reconciliations and irrevocable unions; voyage
life has entered on another phase For what IS a
month lit is gone before we begin to think about its
going. How will the the old voyagers look back to
the romantic davs when a room-fdll of persons were
their own company for four months gradually form
ing enmities or friendships, when attachments rose
up among young people, unconsciously, and by the
mere passive influence Of the scene We are growing
a buster nation every year, and cannot afford time
for more than one chapter of this sea romance.
RIcH CORPoRATIoS-The British East India Com
pany, according to n Tent and authentic documents
before us, now rule, directly or indirectly, an empire
of 500, 900 square miles, with a population of more
than one hundred and sixty millions. The vast
empire, no less remarkable for its healthfulness and
the beauty of its scenery, than for its extent, embraces
almost every variety of soil and climate, producing
not only the cereals of the north, and the tropical
fruits of the south, but many valuable articles of
commerce peculiar to the east The nominal money
capital Of the company in set down at El6,OOO,OOO
sterling, or so millions of dollars. Its annual
revenues are estimated at S135, DOC, 900 and with the
Development of the country, and the consequent
enlarged trade of the company, they are annually
Increasing.
The East India Company, at date of last report,
consisted Of seventeen hundred and fifty stockholders,
privileged to meet in general councils holder of
s5,O00 stock has one vote; of SIS, 900 two; $4,000
three; and Of $50, 900 four, provided always that he
has been in possession of the same twelve months.
Inc whole number of votes at the present time is
estimated at about two thousand six hundred. These
stockholders, thus qualified, meet once in three
months, in general council. They elect the Court of D-
reetors and Board Of Control. in whom is vested the
actual government, we had almost said the sovereign
ty, Of India
The employees Of the company are divided into five
distinct classes Civil, clerical, medical, military and
naval. comprising nine or ten thousand persons. The
siltr:es Of the principal officers are-Governor Gen
erl, S125, ODo-perquisities 500, 600; Members Of
GoyeTnor's Council, S48 $685.; Bishops, $4,000 to
Sl5,FO; Law Judges, thirty in number, $4,000
Collectors and Magistrates, As in number, $4,000 to