The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-30

"a8e u existence. The British end that their
colonies OF Trinidad and Guiana would 20 %
uesuacuon, like Jamaica, If they did not supply
the place OF the negro slaves with white men.
wnom they make slaves to all intents and pur.
poses 1t is well known that the coolies ara
continually committing suicide to escape from
the horrible sufferings they endure. and On
board Of the slave ships these kidnapped men
called free, often rise In revolt against the can
tain and crew, and the most frightful scenes
take place. Yet British statesmen and the
British press lecture the United States upon
their mild institution of domestic slavery. Caa
the force of hypocrisy further GO!
PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT
EAsTERN.-The Great Eastern starts at two
O'Clock to-day on her excursion trip to Cape
May, with probably between thousand and
fifteen hundred passengers on board, and quite
feet Of little excursion steamers in her wake.
which will sport around the great Triton IKE
80 many minnows, a. long as they can keep up
with her.
The exhibition season of the Great Eastern
closed on Saturday, and was undoubtedly Q
very proatable one. Indeed, we think it can be
demonstrated that her Atlantic trip paid pretty
well, considering that 1t was after all little
more than trial voyage, and in England was
evidently looked upon as an experiment to test
her capacity and safety upon the ocean.
1t is true that the directors expected
some profit to accrue from 1t, but
the voyage was more of an expert
mental than commercial character. When
the news reached England of her safe arrival
here, and her prosperous and rather speedy
passage-considering the great care exercised
in running her, and the disadvantage she had
to contend with, owing to her foul bottom-ths
stock went up at once, and confidence was
restored.
Let us see now how the profit and loss account
of the voyage stands. The ship left Southampton
on the 18th of june and she will leave this coun-
try for England on the 10th of August, which,
allowing ten days for her return trip, would
make the period of the whole voyage Just
seventy days Her expenses average about
$1,000 day, or probably not quite so much, at
which rate the expense of the voyage would be
So1,VVV' VI VIC VIII COY, IL iouuu uuupcrS,
$4,000. She will have received before the
voyage is completed about the following sums
from various sources:-From 10000 visiters in
New York, $4,000; from her trip to Cape May,
including tickets and profits from the restau-
rant, about $4,000; from visiters at that point,
say $4,000 more; from her visit to Annapolis,
$4,000 in coal; from visitors at Annapolis,
Baltimore, Norfolk, &C., $4,000; her freight
home to England will probably pay SIS, 900,
and her passengers and other sources about
s10,O00-making her total receipts $4,000.
Thus she will have made clear profit of
$4,000 by her first Atlantic voyage.
So far the Great Eastern has not done badly;
but the question now is what is to be done with
her when she gets back to England? She is
too large for the commerce of the present day,
and will hardly pay as passenger and freight
carrier. As troop ship, calculated to throw
ten thousand men into any given point in an
emergency, she is invaluable, and to this SER
vice she will probably be devoted ultimately.
However, it is satisfactory to think that she did
not lose either in money or reputation By her
visit to America and she9 has demonstrated
hat vessels Of the largest size can cross the bar
at New York and lay alongside of our wharves.