New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-01
Crested huses. tina. wuu the ocean stream

Aud she 10 Wrapper, to DO sure! lnink Oh
vessel capable Of carrying 10000 persons Lord
Stanley at the banquet given on board, the other
day. in honor of her completion, said, Jocosei!'
that he almost wondered that the Company had
not applied to the House Of Commons to have
the Great Eastern included among the new
borouehs to be erected by the contemplated lie,
form bill. And many town, even in tue reformed
Parliament, sends member With no more inhao'
itants than she will take to sea with her, and she
coud have carried of the constituencies Gi h,li the
House of Commons of thirty years ago. ana not
uiudedit There will BE- no complaint on board her
that ole is brought into such close contact with SO
MANY strange people. There viii be room enough
to emf YOUR nearest relations in strictly decorous
manner. and TO sGp over the ocean without know
inc that your dearest friend or your deadest enemy
ia an board. Ard this floating town has this advsn-
taee over towns of the sans size ON land, thss 1t
bias no pauper quarter, no squalid neighborhood.
All its habitatiOns amply large, lofty, we'll
ventilated and convenient in every particular. And
its great LEI 9Th will bridge over such an extent OF
waves that its motion v III be scarcely more than
that offs well-regulstcd railway carriage, so that
Sea sickness will be entirely superseded. And a.
is compartments are innumerable and water tight,
sinking is contingency scarcely more probable
than being swallowed up by the earth on shore.
This il tie sketch in rose colors OF the Great
Eastern, and what she ls expected to do. She is
inter led for the East InGia business aud it calcu
lated that she Will make the voyage ism London to
CsIeutts in thirty three days or half the pres
emit s.esmipg time. 80 that she msy De- reasonably
.xpectcd TO make Portland in fye or six days from
her time of sailing. Should this prove true,
she Will indeed work revolution IN yoyoging
matters such 90 our worthy foreiathers never
dreampt Of voyage from London to Cal
cutts in the tine of an average one 10 New
York twenty five yesrs ago, and with as near.
" absolute safety is compatible with human
conditions anywhere. without seo-scs1ess, and
with all tn space and conyeniences OF small
town will be- al e,s in maritime history even II It's
economical results should Dot encourage rePeti-
ton of the experiment. 1t shows what man can
do when he tries. A. public shp for the con-
1.yspce of troops. munitions Of war and the mails
Ia great distances. such . monster may also
be of great value. In fact, Il would nearly
supersede thst short cut to lndis, oddly enough
called the Overland rou.e. But whether SO
vast . vessel could be worked advantageous
" for the Conveyance Of passengers snd goods
on private account, is more doubtful Would
there be- passengers enough 10 ps. And would
not the immense qusnti;y Of merchandise she could
csrry oyerstock the market to which she brought
il These are considerations which must occur
TO the mind IN looking st her: but they may prove
nus.,ory, as 80 many of the objections to Ocean
Stesmips did and to steam 1t all. for that matter
One of the lions which lay couched BY tho path
WAY of the giant ship has been slain most perfalc