New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-25

broke in what Is generally termed dirty wea.ner 10
the Channel The moIniCg was cold and raw, with
SQUALLS from the northeast. Very few vessels passed,
and those were under 0ho'eret sa b 81 ~ up az anst
the wind with heavy lnfcnts As tley struggled WIN
the waves occasion ally hiding their BOWS 10 CLOUDS OF
foam Ind taking III green seas over a-yet 10 GIL tus
the Great Eastern never moved or altered by trac'
ton. Gong head 10 wind is the forte OF the 9iS snip
A. vet from al that has been seen the stronger the
WIND ahead ana the rougner the sea, tbs easier TINS
vessel to lake it. Ii is more than probable that
Ill thi, vessel meets with Atlantic gale she Will
never move as much as she did this trial trip round
10 Hol head Soon after 10 O'clock the Crest Eastern
must have been abreast OF Holyhead, though the
weather go thick that II w6s iOpossioe 10 mske
tbe Lard, aud such a coast ana w!sh such wnd,
was considered prudent to 60 too near go men tho
great ship wound her cour'e up Chann.l meeting Lne
r.yes which were rising With fast increasing might,
hterall, with ali the siesolness OF aToek. snort
ard heavy sea can generally De INST win IN the
Race Of Holyhead ana Ga Monday morning, though
DO. a tiths of Whist would have oeen II me VIVA
had blown from tie opposlte quarter, there was st
wicked swen on, ara quite enoogn to iauly Try an
ordinary vessel Sometimes the bows NJ the uredt
Eastern we're left almost bare As the trrgid waves ran
unaer her sometimes u sucs. reached the sponsors OF
the paddle wheels rising and falling more thsu ~
feet On her vast hull but making manner OF differ
tpoe upou her way Whatever. just a. ON the first ta
IMP of Dover she held her curse without moving to
the tight or left and showing less Unsleaolness IN
really he sea than she had done in calm or leaving
Portland Soon S;er 10 clock the helm was pat hard
auctt ard the Gres. Eastern, TOR tue hfst time slGce
ste has been built inside fair turn Iouad 10 tue open
sea- The helm pu. over to IL and The sAip went
coupetey round at nottrs.e speed IN ~ minutes and
in Dis. ,nce Of mile ana quarter. Inis, as regards
both time ard eis,sLoe, was yeiy little more than hall
Of Whist /. woud have tsken shy hneoi-oatlle snip IN
her Maesty's service 10 accomplish.
II w.s calculated or board ihst gong fouhu on t'e
port SIDE, with the help OF the wind might easily have
been dcLe IL five nu,os less time. \ little ai,ei II
O'Clock he duh bleak nour tain u Hllyhead sno"ei
out on The borzon Ike cloud @; unusual density en9
menace. Sun the aiher Vas too thick and the wlai
too high to vsrture al at upon the hsrbor, 50 II
was resolved al tSe last Try tie vessel under screw
ard paddle before taking her up 10 her aoorlngs me
distance therefore, wss prs, y veil kept of the dsrk
mass which O0me6 through the haze aud marked the
land ard the revolutions o; the slackepei
down 10 IL leaving the paddle TO carry the ship
Acre. Under this trisl, which Il was eq1aly import
ant and interesting 20 al concerned TO have carefully
solvec the paddle engines behaved splondidy. Az
inst the screw was worked at 20 when the revolutions
Of ihspsddes tel OF from 10 to less than 9, tue ship