The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-22
The Great Easteru--Her Departure for
America POstroned.

The suEjoined announcement of tho Greet
Ship Company appears in the London papers of
the ed inst. 1t will be observed thst the date
Of departure from Portland, England. for her
transatlantic trip, has been definitely fixed for
Thursday, September 20:
The Great Eastern Is intended to leave b q
moOrings on Tuesday, the 9th inst, and will
stay at the More to adjust compasses, then pro-
ceed 10 Portland, near Weymouth, and be
ready thDrc for the reception of visitors rom
tho 9Th TO the 18th: she will then start on ker
trinl trip, which 1t is proposed shall not occupy
moro than three days, returning to Holy head.
She will remain there for the reception OF
visitors from Tuesday, the 2Olh, to Monday
tho 2Btb, both inclusive.
Passengers going from Weymouth on the
trial-tIip viii be received ON board on Friday,
tho 16ih inst.
Passengers, parcels and letts-s for America
VIII ba received ON board at Holy hcad, on
Tuesday, the 2fth, and Wednesday, the 2Sth
inst
Tho Greet Rntca will sail for England
from Portland, United Statos, on tho lat NJ
vem ber.
Tbs Directors have every coufdence that the
sbovo arrangements will be adhered to, bu.
should any alteration unayoidsbIy occur, due
ncice viii be given.
Upon tbe tsial-trip none but frat class pa.
sengcra wouldssbe ieceiyed--the fares 10 r9rgo
from IS % flO, acc0 riding 10 cabin. The farps
Tor th" American voyage outward remain ss
previously published. R9tu'n tickets ae SOLD
for " II fare and q half"
The leading idea OF tho proprietors Ct tbs
Greet Eastern may he gathered from the fol.
lOWiug eo5Tcspondercs Of the London T,mes.
THE SEA GoIEo QUALlrIge OF THE AoNsrRR--
WILL shT BE FREE FROM UNPLEASANT MOTION?
10 Ms EatOr cf ds LondqR Times:
SIA: a there Is among tho pubto 1t very
pyHvalen: idaa that there will be Z" no motion
Ia laa rreds Eastern, even during the heaviest
gale IT WIND" permit me to point cut &C loast
two positions IN whiol there will bs very con.
sidefahs iiyeiuess,"to TO use nautical pass
word, should the experiment which she ia dss-
tined 10 exemplify, bs vigorously carried out,
The leading characteristic oP the Great Ea.t.
ern-ihat in which she differs from every other
ship hitherto Constructed - is that she shall
under no circumstances be compelled to lie to,
nor in any way to divergo from her direct great
circle oourss, by any action of wind or wave,
She 10 to sail exclusively great circle course,
and is not to be hove to, OF allowed to run
tree, or run ont of gale, (un,css she ha, the
heels of it> nor gen orally TO have recourse to
anJ Of those lodges which are rcsor;ed to to
case ship undor stress OF weather, That she
will do all this, no one VINO has admired her
noble symmetry and exquisite lines will for a
mcment doubt; hut will sho achievs this dssid-
erofans and bs fee Of all motion at the same
time?
Her Dimensions are based upon certain cal
nula'ions of the lato Dr.. Scoresby, which a..
siensd $50 feet as the extreme lonsh between
the crests Of two wavss, with an average depth
10 the intervening trough of 90 feot, or d mean
elevation and depression Of 80 feet oach way
above and below the level Of tho ocean at rcst