The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-10-26
rrini Trip of tho ,.rcn, Eastern,

| bows, and the Great Fss,e,n was released from
| fcStrsint- and within fifteen minutes af erwArd,,
sbe havirg in the me IN hilc ia really obedienos
70 tSe b, h,lmsman's directing hand, swung her
| bead round TO the eastern extremity Of the
breskwste-, the steam was turned on, the ma
| chibery was put In motion. and the vessel glided
| najesticslly out Of the hsrbor-the weather be-
ing at tie time splcpdidly bright, tbs wind all
but imIerceptible, and the sea a smooth almost
Is the Themes above bridge. For some short
time she continued ber astward course, In or
der to gain sesroom for clearing Portland Bill
but after steaming past Lul worth ard far on to-
wards Cosfe, che tscsed and stood out TO sea In .
nor,h~es'eriy direction, working round gr.du-
ally TO the west, and passing the "Bill' at 10.
At this time the paddles, which had been first
noted NJ 8 revolutions per minute, had increased
TO 10, and the screw, which had been p~evious-
" counted at 26, rose to 2S and 80, and later In
the evening to 81. Tie start Light was passed
a. 9.45, ard the ddyston at $780, the speed
Of the vessel being now, A. per log, - knots,
which, from considerations Of safety, was rather
lessencd than increased during the rem ander OF
the night. About O'Clock In the morning an in
cident occurred which was very nearly being at
& uded with serious, IL not fatal consequence
The Lockout at the bows announced q light ahead
| on the Starboard bow, but the man hose duty
Il was TO pass the wotd on from him 10 tho oiii-
Ger q the watch, carelessly sung out, "Light on
the port bow" Of course II was known that
| from tho course Of the ship was steering the
] only light that could 10 seen must be that
q some vessel coming on in tho contrary
direction, and the order was immediately
given TO put up the helm, so a. TO avoid
her Luckily gentleman on deck detected tho
error, and at once communicated u to the officer
Who IVES passing ON the siRnals 10 the mon at
the wheel. The necessary order was instantly
given, and the helm wss put bard up on tho
other side, but only In just sufficient time, tho
vessel, which proved to DO schooner in full
sail, Tosing the big ship within less than pis-
tsl A daxhF nt,S n.
Lands End was passed. and at halt. past 4 A.
m, the BISHOPS Light, seiily, after which, dur.
ing me whole sunday, until towards evening,
no land was visible.
Few hours bef"re dsybreak, on Sunday
morning The Great Eastern gave the first indi-
cation OF being influenced by tho motion of the
waves. Hltherto there had been not the slight
eet motion either IN the form OF pitching or roll
irg, but about the time she passed the Lizard
those who nal retired 70 thoif cahns-which OF
course u uded Oh the on-nsuticsls.wers
aroused rom their sleep by sensible OSCILLATION,
which required IN soms instances holding on In
order to hold In, and more or less, from this
time until very near the end Of the voyage
the motion OF tho ship informed those whom
she was carry ing that she WAS not exactly por.
necessary, accoruing 10 the varying circum-
| s,snccs of vino ana waves the motion, hIwever,
/ although sufncienI 70 occasion disagrestble re-
| suits In me or two eases, was nvariAoiy con.
| derao,y les: ihan IN the largest ships We had
ueen ahoat IN p,iofe, ana OF course greatest
men toe snip was being put about or when
meeting cross currents ana nesvy seas. IL s
S'rc Necessary 70 aad, tnat het steediest sail.
1 my Aesns ,ne ",nu, anu .nA. ner uns'esas =
plot 10 w,h % sne VINO ~ nght aee'es 70 ne,
O urse. Inc nrst sxpeti nent oi using SAILS ana any,
| cam toeener was tnoI. fns', tne sAysA'
was set on the Iorsmost Oh tns nA msst, OF, g
now ennaeneo, the e.ysau msNi tnoh Ioi,
/ Ioru ..S u.se"ns INC uy snu
saaedasnuy une "ery 70. IN
i secen uPon 'vai VI 'no V'.S
a snS rsko rn, n.s y, o,,n.,n, h,.,
speeu tne e"se' Mss nue :. .nwn 10 su"c'gns
| sesouh,ed IM ~ thc nc. thM toe WING,
whcs, was o,owlhR uesn' - nad oecn au ,no
| moihlne, W. s, uI 49, upon 'no s's.oou ,,, os.hi
W, IN e,s;n:, o,;nn v ,H. ,..",, ] W.. ,p
l 70 Ine Ionlhs nJ.n' .no 1os"' Ts nVi ony
ss'ae,Gsy, %. ,nssIa"eous. ,ns nn., , ooao IN
MI arts.s scnso, sne o's. asPo.' tne NesseI P.S,,
l ~Th,s ~ ~n 'nc VIZ" uon Sem o. 70 M scin wnon ~
me sss NS sssi s Sany sy .ufp ~ Wy
~ wtSu ~. s,snsip NJ To Ss stsra ~ ~.
ship, and looking along the eapacious deck To-
WARDS the stem, the VISTA OF ,Aut nggng WIN
the tai, tapering mass standing IN lins, tneir
capacious sails succeeding eaeh othei IN tne most
eNsct snd W symine'Icu Ieguiaiity snu oenymg
out with the breeze, was something beAut,fni
| Unf.tunateiy, no opportunity was Afforded Of
testing the ac'i9n OF the sails IN adding TO teo
motive power, the WIND oeing during Tue whole
o. the rest o. the voy age mn'avorao's 81 ana mostly
directly against the vessels course Inc cost 0,
Ireland was hrst sighted At . r., sunday, and
the whole run from Portland TO the Oid Head
Of kinsAle, distance Oh JOY nautical or 3oo
Mute miles, was made uhder the clr1umstan-
ces Of wind ana weather Aneany descn oed|.ns
screw snd raaa'. engiaes wofk'nR .ogstns!, 1ut
n ,r ss less snsn ton, ' wn dp M tns r right %
i ~ hours, or ~ an average speed oi Aoout 10