The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-11-24

'ne most experienced pilots on board As soo, =. =,
en-, ~ vas ieu 70 hersef an increased amount Of
was got on her This DONE not in the leas,
Mn view OF testing her power but litera.ly oniv =,
easily "e "er engines
throughout the whole course down ,be rive. 81.
paddle engines had never been movaa t '.el @ .ne
sPeel than from four TO six revolutions ner m;nn,
1nu ehe screw at from twelve to eighteen Tn fac,
ne.ner engine was moved till it became actually me-
cessary 10 assist the tugs. Yesterday bowaver -.
our valuable little aids which had real;,d ~ .nn
Oh tue mouse and the lion, and freed the Greot E,si
eTn from all her river tolls were CAST a,ir,f, a., O.
n aa , head' more speed was put upon the vessel.
anu IN ten minutes she set rest forever All do,h, 90
10 her being the fastest vessel beyond r;s =;
the world Ii has already been stated that the nro
per sea- going trim of the Great Eastern il lt,la
o'e. Iour eet down by the stern Instead of this she
at present SIX inches down by the head while her
whole draught of water is too light to allow the nro
per immersion to her paddle ioats and no less than
four feet of her screw blades are out of water.
Any one at all acquainted with steamships viii, see
that an attempt at the real speed under such rcur
stances was out of the question. Yet even in tbs
trim, enough was done to show the marvellous power
which this vessel will possess when fully ready for
sea- At ser the Great Eastern is intended TO work
at twenty-five pounds of steam, the paddles going
fourteen revolutions, and the screw only TWENTY
seven Yet when not employing two thirds of her
power, and IN the worst trim against a strong tide
she ran from the Lower Hope point TO the More LIGHT
SNIP distance OF fifteen statute miles in two minutes
under the hour. Calculating rom this data il will
De found that working 10 her ordinary going
power will give her, in her present trim an
average of from eighteen to nineteen miles an hour
Durin ng the time that the vessel was going at this
speed OF thirteen knots, fifteen miles. the engines
were worked with an ease that when their size and
power was considered, perfectly astounding
There was scarcely any vibration of the vessel and as
far as could be gathered from outward Objects one
might much easier have imagined ones self writing
III a Partisan saloon than in the stat cabin Of the
Great Eastern, flying down to the NcIe. One thing
connected with the vessel is as remarkable as her
other characteristics. Even when going thirteen
knots an hour there utter absence of 'sswel'
in her wake-even less. far could be judged
from the deck, than is made 10y the ordinary penny
steamers, and not one half much thrown up
by our own tugs
The More Light reached at half past twelve
O'Clock to-lay and the anchor let 90 in eight fthoms
with thirty five fathoms from the hawsehoe Before
anchoring, the vessel was put about, and COM
petely round under in less than
of mile. In few minutes afterwards Admiral
Harvey came alongside in his yacht, dipping his
sign as he approached, every single vessel, man
ofwar or merchautman, which has yet met the Great
Eastern, has hitherto done. In an hour afterwards
the ship surrounded by yach.s and sailing boats
of all kinds. During the run down from Grsvesead
the fixing Of Mr. Langey's steering apparatus was
completed, and worked TO perfection Captain Com
stock was, the previous day, at his post the
bridge, directing the steering by the steering indca-
tor. Captain Harrison and the pilot the !
starboard paddlebox, and Mr.. Scott Russell directed
the engines Mr.. Campbell. the ndefaigable man |
aging director, as usual, was everywhere.