The New York herald., 1863-12-02
The eO'Kane-PalmerstOn Divorce Suit.
LORD PALMER5TON sUMMONED-A GLANCE AT MRS.

VI Juho, 1000.
The O'Txanc-Palmerston Divorce Suit.
LORD rALMER5ToN sUMMoNED-A GLANCE AT MRS.
O'KASE
TFrom tho Liverpool Journal. Nov. IA
Tho palmerson scandal has at last been fairly cleared
up-as mi sht have been anticpaed-by being proved
ridiculous The temrest Ia teacup followed from
tho tone OF affected pruriency and decacy first adopted
Dy % so pfes Sb wpo WIN ,ha & .anaor
tation Had the public been simply informed that
Mr. 0Kane, formerly editor Of the Kerry Star and Ira
was alleged to be in tho employ Of Mr. Wells, solicitor
for the embarrassed overy ono would have the h6
Lord Pamcston served with his citation on Friday
last aud his solicitors the Messrs Nchol, of Carey
street. but from the present aspect of affairs the matter
Ia not iikoly TO proceed further. brief vast is
saidoGo cd to Mr. Dgby Seymour, Queens Counsel; but
Of the csc list, with hundred and city before t-and
tho husband as your correspondent is informed has
locus sdndt being unable at present to the tact Of
his marragehe ISSUE though distant not remote.
Of COURSE the scandal Is concerned the pre-
sumption OF those thoroughly informed on all the points,
and personally acquainted with the lady (who is by the
by very pluan looking person. short, stout and thr.
~. with nc eyebrows and eyeashes) that nothing
will be heard OF the case and that tho mine has been
prematUrcy exploded by exposure before the was
ripe.
The Ghost or the Great Eastern.
TuH "BiG SHIP REPUrED AS HAUNrEp-wHAr HAS
BEEN HEARD AND SEEN By SAILORS, DIVERS AND
srIHrrUAL MEDIUMS AT SEA AND IN FLUSHING
BAY.
From the London Post, Nov 1871
On "Wednesday afternoon, at the OF the Mercan
clio Marine Service Association, Liverpool Captain Walter
Paton OF the Great Eastern steamship delivered an ad.
Dress illustrated by diagrams upon the repairs done TO
asoa. CAPTAIN sproulc chairman Of the association pre-
sidcd aud there was numerous audience including
Tho Chairman, In introducing Captain Patton said il
was c tho wonders Of tho that ship Of the mag
nude the Great Eastern should have been repaired at
q port where there dock 10 receive her.
taptan Patton said that the rock upon which bis ship
touched not laid down on any one OF tho five different
ha.ln hon rh hAah haPt ah
not less than nine athons OF water all round The rock
had been surveyed by order Of the American gov.
The accident that had befaen the big ship showed
va,uo OF double bottomcd vessels The rent which
repaired in New York upwards OF ninety feet in
length aud In some places Eve feet In BREADTH
quito sufficient to sink any ordinary single boomed ship.
When sho struck the Great Eastern careened little and
autlo again with mpuDity but he thought better 70
call Ia professional ass stance ard tho ship was repaired
by the eminent engineers, Messrs. Edward and Henry
Rcnwick to whom all tho credit OF this great engineering
cKploi, was due AFTER having described the consruc.
tion Of the hull Of tho ship Captain Patton detailed the
Then there belief that the great ship haunt.
nato riveter was himself "ccsed nS and sive,eG M in
OF the passages between the two skins Certain 10
Tint one OF the workmsn myserously disappeared
and did not turn Saturday night for his wages
Tho report was current at Milford. Whn The sh,p
there the hdds uoud frequently deck al night and
the r,per ghot hard work rire,ing one day New
York Of the divers came up frcm the water pale and
down for he had heard the ghost at work imme
diatcly his head when under tho ships bottom The
divers generally gave ful credit TO the story aud they
had susrai Of ne New Fork professional spirit indians
todrd-thongh he Captain Paton) did not know OF this
until aitorwards-ioho satenniy declared hat the poor
v,cc,r soul end body, copfncd the bogom OF the
ship 1t so happened that the ghost only heard
when tho ship swinging az anchor; his ehostship
worked at sea The ghost, they would please 10
observe was real ghost he Captain Paton) often heard
his 'tap tap" chanced that one day he was pulling
round the ship bout and had his attention directed
10 tho swivel at the bow by which the slip swung
with two anchors. 1hero was no room Tor oil
about this bit Of ironit weighed twenty-five hundred,
aud the strain came upon II II mnde 'cbnk
chnk, chink" which could 90 heard all ship
from the vibration, and might, under certain circuu.
stancesst tunblng into bed in the dark for instance
be vory well mistaken for tho noise maie by riveter
hard al work. SO they laid the ghost or boardhe Great
Eastern. Targhter.)
Captain Patton minutcly described how the various
d,cutics were OF hxiog the plates aud
rivetipg them with hot riveis dropped though holes
drilled In the inner and outer skins OF the ship, and
sheadoi up the inside cf the plating Altogether
he said that eight hundred superficial feet OF plating
put at New York. and the work had not, had
reported TO be done again a. Liverpool for II
stout and good, and, except little cauklng, had to
DO touched