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

ever wa sbesm the weskest point Of the great ship
her iomersiou wac not suhicieas by nearly six feet;
and for rapid going che Dug BIZ TO have been down by
TIE stesn at Iesst Is rch.s than she really vas
Her forward oraugbt If water was 81 feet inches
and aft "a feet 10 The stem - oud h.ve been do va
Eve feet more than the bows As .s not less than
foot Of the screw blades out OF s.er, aud the
flp or Ices Of power OF great, espe-
cisy when the long heavy kept passing astern
Leaving the screw haf bare 1t least once minute.
Yet In spite Of al tbess drswosc the average
running Of the big chip was more tn 50 10 knots.
The L'zsro was sighted and passed a. o. N on San
day morning. The deep rolling swell sb'ch se's 10 on
the coat Of Cornwall however, made itssls clcN J
manifest long before this polnt; Indeed al 2:3O tbs
Great Es,terp evil c.d al amount OF vtGoess tn6t
would room have acted in widely dissimiiar manner
On mary OF the ps-sepg.rs All nice caculstons
a. to what she did move or whs. sne could
affect under certain peculiar circumstances were
set at rest at once ard the ship began u roll 50
much like another weasel that but for the perfect
AND stea6less Of the motion, tae whole affair would
have been disagreesble in the extreme. The actual
roll was az pear l2o possible-qaite sufficient t,
mako Q most considerable connection on the lover
decks where rufting TO the perfect immooity Of the
cra sucb small artices as empty casks and piles Of
lumber bad been slowed away. This ION, snch as
it was lasted about hour, just while the ship was
abeam Of the long swell.
Up to this tine, both the screw and paddle had been
working esslythe former, as We have said, from 80
to 81, aud the latter IL proportion, that IS about 90
Eserythi, ~ had no got well into working Orter--so
much that though the directors were determined to
put nothing to actual sk Of accident, It was felt that
the vessel might be fairy urged a little faster. A
greater amount Of pressure Of steam vas, therefore,
ordered to be got upon the boilers, and pending this
the passengers went below 70 Divine tervice IN the
chief dinIi z saloon aft. The Rev. Or. Nicholson
large shareholder 10 both the old and companies,
read the servics Mr. Lay, the chief ymastsr CIV
ing the responses. At the conclusion OF toe service,
the reverend gentleman preached a short sermon On
the text BE ye ALEC ready tor 10 such an hour a. ye
"thirk not the IN Of Msn cometh." Service over,
and a. q mater of course there was general move
amorg the small coDgrs CATION TO the DECK and TO the
satisfaction # ali the great sbip vas found TO be under
canvass 'or the fret time, sDd tearing through the
wster uncer all fore and aft sails fhe WIND was blow.
ing then very freh md ed from the north east and the
sails and -sils had been set 90 al the mass,
and were drawing freely. The look OF her vast SPREAD
OF Canvas, and the extraordinary enec' plOuoceu as
one stood at the wheel honse and gazed beneath the
long vists of brown SAILS stretched 10 the very utmost
arc sending of the wi0d with the sustained roar OF
volcano, something almost indescribable. NO
mere description could convey fair idea OF the curl
Gus effect Of the long, unbrOken avenue OF mass,
sails and tunnels like whole street OF steamships, Ii
such term is fairy applicable The total spread was
only IS 600 square feetc-not mere than han OF What
the vessel cares 6Dd certainly less than half OF what
che will require 10 drive her at anything like great
speed NObe Of the square sails could be SET, and,
though all the fore and aft rails oreT well, toe breeze
was not even a. uluch as the tradiu0na cuP'ul,
when exer'ed on the enormous hulk OF the Great
Eastern. Nevertheless slight as vas the Wind, and
small a. was the amount of osovas spresd to meet IT, 10
prot orion To the Of the ship, t1e result quito
realized the opinions have aueaiy e1presse9 as 20
her sailing ausities. Tbe vessel was going l3i koo5
when sai was mace at 10 o'clock. 10 the course OF
half an bour more the Great Eastern was running
aeary II knots or statute miles an hour. AT th's
time The engines were working up to IRON 80 to
40 revolutions minute, and the paddle from lO2 TO ii.
At this rate Of steamDg the screw aod paddle engines
working at % lbs IN the boilers, the screw con-
sumsg al the rate of I6o to 40 tuns OF fuel day,
and the psddles fom lO0tol0 The maximum horse
power indicated by the PADDLES was 900, which gave
about II lbs. Of coal per normal horsepower, and
lbs. for the horsepower actually gained. Inc screw
was indicating an actual horse power OF 4'OC which
was at about the rate O. lOl lbs. the nominal horse
power and 81 uctusl. This in round numbers gave
nearly horsepower per sectional square foot of ship
from the paddles, and u ditto from the screw The
highest rate of tpsed of gDes was little over III TO
the paddle and 43 to the screw. Both worked with
the most perfect aud suoothDees There were no
hot bearings, DO percepible vibration, no noise or
movement Of any kind or soIt whatever. Tue WORK
ing Of the engines when their rate OF epeed was
taken into account, something wonderful. The
bearings were passing one another at the rate OF oo
feet a second without even melting the tauow of the
friction surface.
At 30 the patent log was sent astern well clear o.
the ahip ard not raised til 7:i0 the same evening
This, though the steam WAS slackened down on nesr
ing the Irsh coast Indicated distance rna OF - khos
giving mean Of l41, or IL statute miles per hour.
ALLOWING for the want of trim on the part OF tue vessel
and cor sequent absence Of Immersion In both screw
and paddles calculated from this data by all the
nsutice authorities on board that IN proper conotion
the vessel might be depended on for Is miles al hour
throuR bout a long voyage, aud under steam alone.
That IN strong and favorable breeze she Will az tlmes
accomplish l8 kpots, mcIe than u miles an hour
there is now not the shadow OF DOUBT.
The Old Head of X male was sighted at 4:3O, and
soon the bold outlines OF the Irish coast seemed to
grow from the in al ts rugged grandeur TIL mead
lands rocks, and bays appeared almost beneath the
vessel as her was altered and the Crest Eas
terms head turned up the Channel Cork haroor was
passed before 1880, and the wind falling light some
tue before sail was shortened, and the vessel was
once more under bare poles, going rather agsns the
little breeze that sii kept up and threatened TO grow
fresher the night wore on. Up W IL az midaight
tie weather was fine, though the moon got dan and
greasy locking az If it bad caught cold, aud light
watery clouds rose up IN the horizon, or portending
heavy vino. Gradually the breeze got up as che glass
went dosn long snoworltts OF spray began nylnS
about wildly the cres's OF tn. waves tue sea bs-
came nuo DIV as the sky weNed din, aud II became
pretty evident that IN for squalls. The long
moaning noise through the shrouds grew deeper and
hoarssI Till the Greet Eastern at last was stsamng
head 70 wind against some heavy gusts. 30 tue
night passed. The TusEar Light, on the Irish
coast as abreast at 2:30 q. N. Monday, AID day
broke In what is generally termed DIRTY wea.her 10
the Channel. The mOInlcg was coid ana raw, win
SQUALLS from the northeast. Very lev vessels passed,
and those were under 0ho' eret SAL be ~ up ainst
the wind with heavy urcues As they struggled with
the waves occasion ally hiding their bows 10 clouds oil
foam, and taking III green seas over a-yet 10 Gil TINS
the Great Eastern never moved or altered Dy d RAG
ob. Gong head 10 wind is the forte OF The QS SNIP
A. vet from al that has been seen, the stronger the
wInd ahead ard the rougner the sea, tbs easier this
vessel seems to lake it. IL is more than probable that
til thi. vessel meets with an Atlantic gale she Will
never much as she did on this trs trip round
70 Ho, head Soon after 10 O'Clock the Crest Eastern
must have been abreast Of HOyhead, though the
weather vas go thick that il was Impossible ~ make
tbe lsI d. aud such a coast and w!sh such WIND, II
was considered prudent to 90 too near go men inc