The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-29

vessels generally come from New Orleans with tobacco for
the Tobacco Company who have the monopoly OF this A.
tole American get ready charters here for Rio
dc Janiero remuneratng rates, and some few load SALT
and return 70 some port In the States.
cargo Of lumber spas these articles sell we'll and
are always in good demand. Pitch pine spars for masts
strongly sey tho . they BE- Of good
quality mot in large quantities Goo ton ships will DOB
sea % a. the port 70 q % be
g sold here from board free Of duty 10 the ship, and
should the vessel 60 out with cargo OF salt q cheap
will not exceed loo. . ton
The only shp now IN this port s tho Uncle Joe Captain
,eaus.
The Monster Ship Great Eastern.
OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENCE.
LONDON, August IA, 1852
Inauguration Ball Board-Her Probable Speed Touty
Miles an Hour Description Of her Saloons awd Caoins
Flh Deck from Stem to trx Seucn Hundred Feet Long
An Acre Of Ground Elongated to an 0ual-7hs Whole
Deck Commanded at One vtso-Her Destination either
New York or Porttand-Mr. Lever Offers 100000 to
Start Her from Gavay- Probable Number Of Passengers
She va Bring Out-Tnat 7'ip Fixed for the 2ad of
Stptmbcr-To Sail for America in October-The Greet
Eastern The First Of Human Achievements, de-, de-
The great event Of the week has been the inauguration
TO the commercial service Of Great Eastern steamship
by grand party dinner and ball. given board by the
directors and builder Of the "great ship" As
Ct the elect the happy OCCASION shall try and give
you some idea Of my Impressions though language framed
by me will utterly fail to give you your readers clear
conception Of this marvellous work.
The Great Eastern has been described pi,tured written
about, visited and marveled At great show " some
thing to see, ~ people in country village look at
learned pig or twoheaded calf Now, the building Of
this ship commercial trAnsacton and is impossible
to calculate the influence and bearing that II may have
thoft tyrAr ~
ca ~ che unquestionaby has mechanical success then
may expect several just like her. or nearly
large. Some papers, among them the London Times pre-
dicted Speed or the ability to rum Of twenty miles
an hour. That doubt. As she sits on the water
now her paddle floats are fairly dipped In the water
and there ID no loading board either cargo Goals
Put twelve fifteen thousand tons Of dead weight In her
and she will sink some nine to twelve feet deeper In the
WATER and then her paddles will be altogether too deep
for good serviceat least that my Impression trial
trip, however, or single voyage viii decide This and
many other matters
When stranger frs! walks into st. Peters church. at
Rome, he feels nnomensary disappointment because
not large he anticipated Much Of this OCCASION
3D. doubt the admirable proportion Of everything
the statues particularly, these being generally thirty
forty feet In height and just about large in proportion
70 tho size OF the vast nave "a ordinary Ste
tues or living persons are TO ordinary churches
The spectator orgets to compare living people the
floor with the vast expanse OF four hundred feet over
head and the Immense space and every side But
on the Great Eastern ship is very DIFFERENT and ones
ideas Of magnitude more than realized The rooms
and cabins between decks look like town has the pas.
sages like streets, and the whole like large town or city
There single saloon cabin large In proportion to
the size OF the vessel you ordinary ocean
steamer. It would be bad policy and waste Of space
and money to make them 30. The principal saloon Is
finished and furnished in q style Of great elegance
the decorations being both rich and chaste; the
coors principally white and gold enlivened with red
pink and salmon The height s fifteen feet giving one
the idea Of lofty room In palace public hail. be.
Deve II is not over eighty feet in length by forty in width
and In reply to question put M Scott Russell, the
builder, he sad would accommodate about hundred
and fifty persons at dinner but bear in mind there are
several other cabins and saloons nearly large. When
come to consider that vessel must be built with
great strength and that CHOICE convenience accident
often renders the occupation Of some particular
part Of ship inconvenient or impossible shall At
see the policy Of dividing and sub dividing the
room and resources OF q vessel like this into nu
merous compartments. Put a. large q proportion
Of this ship into long saloon you in other yes
sels and II would not be 10 agreeable would be more
noisy, not easily kept at good temperature, and in case
OF accident to this one apartment, passengers would be
without adequate protection or comfort
The Great Eastern about fifteen feet between decks
oftiness OF ceiling that many would consider useless IT,
however, serves this purpose The distance is in many
places, divided into two "stores" by an intermediate
floor, giving two tiers Of saterooms between the two
decks. But to comprehend the immense size Of the Ship
one must 60 on The main Deck and here is one vast area
that can be compared to nothing but ITSELF There no
poop, no "house on deck" and nothing TO break the
grand promenade save the ak masts the smoke
stacks the stair cases TO the cabins, the sky gh g.
MI Russell says-standing on Of the paddle boxes
'Here command the entire shipn From that stand
point every foot Of deck seen except the very shadow
OF the msss and Chimney and the Of the hand can
be seen by steesmsn officer on watch on suy par
OF tne deck. 60 on 70 the bridge between the
space and equal to that Of the entire length Of
very large steamer-neary $50 feet--and then turn
your eye towards the stern and have double the dis
lance that direction the entire length OF the deck being
little short Of 700 feet, the width being, remember
rightly over 80 feet Your country readers will appre
100 square rodsstretched into long oval halls
quarter OF mile, or 40 rods In length A steamer
and come one sung out 0Mr Russell that Would
just about make long boat for your ship" And sure
enough looked "a it could be hung in the davits over
the side, and not be out Of proportion 10 the size the
monster craft.
It il only In connection With vast masses Of human be-
De5 that the enormous magnitude Of this ship can be
There were on the day Of the fesvaday before
yesterday-some 500 persons on board. When nearly
thousand had gathered together for dance on the aer
there plenty Of room 10 move around aud through
the mmeDae assembly. Over head was awning lite.
rally covering about half acre of space and you
may picture 70 yourself the large band of the Royal Ar
lery In their gterng uniforms the gay and expansive
dresses Of the ladies', with several hundred moving
figures In the enivenipg dance, and tell me, Il
you can, II there was another such scene
since man first became an architect, and emerged
from. caves, woody tents and mud huts I
have crossed the ocean many times in the largest
steamers now running. have visited all OF Paxsou's
glass houses, stood on the highest minarets OF Milan
thedrA crawled 10 the tiny ball that overtops the
proud dome OF &C. Peters at Rome scaled the lofty spre
of Saasbug, and believe, the grandest monuments
of mans architectural skill built In modern times but
no work OF human hands that have looked at up
10 this can conceive that money and skill and labor
could build up these iron walls but when 20 down
the engine rooms and the ponder0us machinery
that the hphtest touch xhola