The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1859, Page 2

NEW . YORK Derths, those of first class passengers being commiodio: rooms, large enough to contain every requirement of the most fastidious laudsman, The thickness of the lower deck will prevent any sound from the engine rooms Sketch of the | reaching the passengers, and the vibration from being all felt by them, On each side of the engine rooms is & THE MONSTER GREAT EASTERN. ¥nteresting Historical Vessel. tunnel through which th® “team and water pipes will be ney carried, aud also rails for economizing labor in the conveyance of coal. The berths of the Mode of Construction—Her Dimensions—Her En- ginee—Saloons and Cabine—Speed—Ton- nage—Accommodations for Passengers. crew are forward, below the forecastle, which it is intended to appropriate to the officers. Below the berths of the seamen are two enormous cavi- ties for cargo, of which 5,000 tons can be carried, besides coal enough for the voyage te Australia, making about as many tons more, The weight of this huge ship being 12,000 tons, and her Coal and cargo about 18,000 tons more, the motive power required to propel her twenty miles per hour must be Proportionate, She is larger by 18,000 tons than any ves- sel in the world. Her dimensions, compared with othor large steamships, are as follows:— WT OF THE THAMES AND AT SEA, THE ENGLISH AND YANKEE PORTLANDS, Length. Breadth. Great Eastern. ++ 680 83 ker, Rees &ee Persia. & Great Western. serene Great Britam, 51 "Fe Great Eastern, the monster of marine architecture and triumph of genius and science—over whose growth ‘the whole scientific world has watched with interest, anxiety and speculation for nearly three years—is safe out ‘of the Thames and at sea, Laws Deo! She is no longer to ‘ee considered a problem of doubtful solution or an experi- ‘ment in a scientific point of view. Her success commer- eiadiy, it is true, remains yet to be proved; but who can @eudt that, with her affinty to the spirit of the present mge—an age in which gigantic enterprises and lofty thought, taking shape in vigorous action, mark the ‘vipening of human genius as unerringly as the passing ‘jhours indicate the progress of time—she will accomplish maveh, if not all, that has been predicted for her, in safety, im speed, and in profit o her owners, as well as in estab- Bshing the practicability of overcoming the difficulties of @ietance and time in long sea voyages by the magnitude ef nayal structures like hersel{? ‘Fo-day the Great Fastern is looked upon as a marvel Many thousands of woudering spectators will witness her @eparture from the shores of the Old World, and rejoice that they have lived to see this triumph of human achieye- ment, and as many thousands will assuredly welcome her arrival on the shores of the New World with feelings of mingled enthusiasm and awe; but in ten years hence ves gels of her dimensions will in all probability have ceased 4a bea wonder. To-day she is the proud and solitary mistress of the seas, overtopping and outstriding all pivals. In ten years to come old ocean will have taken to his bosom a whole fleet of her kindred, and will have ac. Mmowledged that the power of man has vanquished the despotism of waves and storms. In view of the fact that the first voyage of the Great Pastern is to be made to this country, and that a nataral esire exists for information respecting her, we proceed to furuish our readers with a description of Ler construc- ‘son, capacity and dimensions, in as full and popular a manner as we consider may prove useful and comprehen- MACHINERY AND POWER. This monster ship combines steam power in both shapes, ®crew and paddle, with sailing power. She contains 10 voilers and 100 furnaces, The cylinder of the paddle en- gines is 6 fect in diameter. The screw propeller is 24 feet in diameter, and the diameter of the paddle wheels is 56 feet, with float boards 13 feet in length; these paddle wheels are driven by engines with four cylinders—the largest ever made on the oscillating principle—having a stroke of 14 feet: tho weight of each is 26 tons, The engines stand nearly 50 feet high. ‘The screw engines are driven by the same number of ¢ylinders. The cylinders are 7 feet in diameter, and weigh each 80 tons, having a stroke of 4 feet. They are the largest ever made for marine purposes. The screw propeller has four fans or vanes, is 24 feet in diameter, has a shaft 160 feet long, and weighs 130 tons. ‘Ihe paddle engines are 1,000 horse power, and the Screw engines of 1,600 horse power, giving a total of 2,600 horse power, at a pressure of 25 Ibs.; though, of course, if necesgary, they can work to a force of upwards of 10,400 horses. The boilers are six in number, having seventy-two fur- naces, and an absorbent heating surface nearly equal in extent to an acre of ground. The total weight exceeds 1,200 tons, and yet they are so admirably contrived that they can be set in motion or stopped by asingle hand. The paddle boilers are of wrought plate iron, with brass horizontal tubes, aud are adapted for working regularly ata pressure of twenty-five pounds, though they are per- fectly safe at sixty pounds, as they have all been tested with an hydraulic pump to a great pressure. These pad- die boilers are in two distinct sets, and each set has about 8,000 square feet of tube surface, exclusive of flue and furnace, amd about 400 square feet of fire bar furnace. Fach get are equal to supply with steady, moderate firing, | steam for an indicator of 1,800 horse power, though with | full firing each sct of two gives steam to the amount of ~e sae sted for the | 21800 horse power, or 6,000 horse power in all. Great Eastern steamship was constructed forthe | “nso auxiliary high-pressure condensing engines are Eastern Steam Navigation Company, incorporated by fixed adjacent to the paddle engines for working pumps royal charter, and is intended to run on the Indian and id adja Ps gi ig pump: ‘ pyc e ae vocal ut ig { andother necessary work of the ship. ‘These two engines Australian route, by the Cape of Good Hope, though she 18 | togcener are equal to 60 horse power when working at 40 to make her first voyage to America The capital of the ve 4 pounds, though, as they are made to work at 60 pounds, company was originally $6,000,000, but has sinco been | Tin Ns can he doubled if necessary. pee Sentite ascitic eicay oe | The screw engines consist of four cylinders of 84 inches ee accimned by the eclebrated English eneineer Issrn | @itmeter and four fect stroke, working horizontally. As fora Kingdom Brunel, F.R-S., tho samo who designaa | With the paddie cylinders, each of the four isin itself a ghatepaachts assaigh Gina a = ake Sere | complete and separate engine, capable of working quite he Tysmes frunel and Rb prom-ensineeting works. | To aantiy of auyreeiibe athe, tires! ame nck co Be hull and paddle engines were built by Messre. Soott, | (O° Nistor power of 4,600 horses of 88.000 round Russell & Co.,at the dockyard at Millwall, on the Thames, | °°, ling 2 AE: atvGlina Sa acest Bre ees #3 nd the screw engines were manufactured by James e pa : * Waits & Co., Soho Works, Birmingham, She has boon | 22 Veiler at 15 pounds, and the expansion valve about three years in construction, aud her entire cost will | *vttire off iy cae ee aN ferns my not fall far short of three millions of dollars, } Powerar, made. to work. smoothly, qisver/ ab 60 etrokee: tes aur ta per minute, with steam at 25 pounds, without expan- Takes ss | sion, or at 55 strokes a minute with the expansion wan ie rare ue ere aS = re nee | cutting off'at one-fourth of the stroke. Unaer theese sie of, tho, 68 a y Mr. Brunel had deter- | srstances they will be work fhe tremendous power mined to launch her beam on, or sideways, and the ways | eS ting cadet et Sa neues ile: of structed ord v1 il ha 5 * 4 asap cba —— ee es a Sala ae | kind as the paddle boilers, only ten in number. Connoct- sign. The launch was attended with numerous delays | 11.10 ins terow engines are ce munitteeg igh PFESSUTE And difficulties. On the 34 of November, 1857, the mon- } ster being ready for launching into her descuva element, | r Smen’> | pounds, but these, as with the other auxiliary engines, are tho fires np 9, et hor into the water was made. It | rage to work at sixty pounds. Both these, besides doing was determined at tl time to change her original mame, | ( ainary chip’s work, are connected wit! the screw shaft the ‘ Great Eastern,” to that of the “ Leviathan,” and ae- | abaft the ordinary disconnecting apparatus, 60 as to en- @ordingly she was so named, in due Jorm, by Miss Hope, | 116 tnem to drive the screw, if necessary, when discon- Saughter of the chairman of the oyppany. The attempt | cred from its main engine. It will thus be seen that 40 launch her failed on that oceasfa, iu consequence of | fh masts Maley , , paddle and screw engines, when working together at the snapping of one of the drawing chains and the hy- | tie nighest power, will oxert an effective force of wot draulie pressure pump getting out of order. This time | yan 11 s00 horse power sho wan moved as ae sig a ila a a SAILING POWER—MASTS AND RIGGING. Forther Hit cae nnd on the 8d of Decem, | 2 aduition to the motive steam power, the wind will eg oh te acai ‘On each oceasion she made | taconsiderable extent be made avatlable, and for this aera eat the waited power of the bydrauiiocctrc, | Purpose the vessel is provided with six masts. Those aro ee E ae ” | of hollow wrought iron, except the last or mizen mast, on windiasses and steamtugs employed, failed to get her into - pate 7 a ‘The chains snapped, the massive wire drums which, at a height of eighty-four feet from the deck, will poe ripsibinplustgrmap et mS | ye placed the compasses. ‘Two of tho masts are square of the windlasses were crushed in like nuts, and the cytin- | ™* : é 1 ‘ rigged, with iron spars, except the upper topsail yards. ders of the hydraulic rams burst from the immonse pres- | th iron spar the 24 of January, 1858, twenty-one hydrauli The standing rigging is of iron wire rope, and the large —- vhoad in Toate ase ee aa peraule | shrouds of this material are eight aud a half inches in aaa enna vns che Levnthan, aad ne the an At | circumference; instead of the ordinary dendeyes and tempt at launching the Leviathan, amd on the éth the ‘ ele machinery was put to work on her, The monsizy | M0yards, or the right and left hand screw lanyards, an wroved at the rare of au inch every five minutes, Tees, | issuious contrivauce bas been devised for letting go the pesipamret e y . From | hrouds instantaneously if any emergency occurs in which ‘this time till Saturday, the 21st of January, the efforts to 3 Se a i move her into the river were continued, on which day | tShouldever be required. | The masts will spread to- e gether no lees than 6,600 square yards of canvas, her she was pushed fairly off into deep water. ¥ i ‘is oeing of an efficient but simple character. She car- . ual that few | * Ber progress into the stream was #0 gradual that few | “°° © Lewibie were aware ef it until the tugs began steaming ahead, | “m0 compasses, a8 we have said, will be placed aloft at and showed that at last she was fairly under way. Then a height of cighty-four feet, on a staging raised upon the the cloers wick Srose rote Cie vate all from the Gocks, | 11 mast, to remove them from the disuchiog ial. Brom the boats in the river and the crews of the ships at ences inherent in the vast masees of iron below; and it is snehor up and down the stream, spread the great news | 1 oy csod that strong shadows of the needles shall be cast Gar and wide; and thus, mnder the most favorable cfr- | T's tube, so that the ateersman may at on0o watoh pape fami Fastern commenoed her first voy- | 11, shadow, and 80 follow direetly the movements of the ! compasses as they traverse. ‘Two poworful tugboate were placed at her bows, and | “Clu he manufactured on boord and laid through ‘wo were fastened astern. At first the efforts of those e ’ i - | all parts of the ship, while by means of a powerful elec- ahead seemed fo have little effect, ami when at length | ic tight at her masthead a perpetual moonlight will be sacrepiblaiesce eit a nad Y yea checked Dy | gittuced around her, A telegraphic apparatus is placed ; the paddle cases, by which he can flash his orders all accomplished; her head was let swing partly round with HS : ‘ ties ina tieaisacsor neste sabthig be? slowly, bus. | Over the immense arca of the vessel. He will have to very slowly, forward, clear of the cradics, ‘These wore | US? his telescope to see what is going on at the bow and y D rsceoaad Helis of timber, on which the ees. | Ste7, and the old contrivance for issuing ordore—the weV's bottom rested, and which her weight alone kept | *Pc%king trumpet—will be altogether out of date and . The police Cieetbedl haa te takes unusual pre. | Y#lueless in his hands. His voice, even with this aid, a ae clita dinathi clgas:etuenrhite HES Ei | would hardly be heard half way to the stern. He will ‘ef the cradles plunged up in tremendous masses a3 cach therefore signal his directions to his officers, by semaphore was releaged by the onward movement of the Great | *"™® by day and by pest tore a Ro CKS. Eastern. A short delay took place in consequence of the Great | — But to comprehend the immense size of the ship one Bastern getting foul of a barge, but the obstruction was | Must #o on the main deck, and hore is one vast area that Soon removed, and the stately mass was again moved | CD be compared to nothing but iself. Thore is no poop, down the river to the government moorings, where she | 20 ‘house on deck,” and nothing to break the grand pro- vas Secured stem and stern. menade, save the six or seyon masts, the smoke stacks, Nearly every one who had been actively engaged about | the stalr cases to the cabing,and the sky lights, Mr. Rus- the verse! stood on hor deck during the launch, anxious | ®ell Says, standing on one of the paddle boxes—‘‘Here I command the entire ship.” From that standpoint evory fer the honor of accompanying her in her first trip, mkhough it was only across the river. Mr. Hope, the foot of deck ig seen except the very shadow of the masts and chimneys; and the wave of the hand can be seen by ‘@bairman of the company, together with his brother direc- the steersman or any officer on watch on any part of the tors and a party. of friends, was at the bow. At the deok. Go on to the bridge betwoon the paddle boxes and moment when the sinking of the barge announced that a the ship was clear of every obstruction, and fairly afloat, | }0ok towards the bow, and you sce a space and extent equal to that of the entire longth of a very large steamer— the chairman advanced to Mr. Brunei, and shaking 1 250 feet—and then turn your oye towards the stern him warmly by the hand, congratulated Lim on the final eye. | 2 ees of his stupendous undertaking. and you have double the distance in that direction, the Similar felicitations were extended to Captain Harrison, | entire length of the deck being little short of 700 fect, the ‘who was now fairly installed in his command, aud the wish | Width being 84 feet. Our country readers will ap, was universally expressed that the career of the groat | Preciate the expanse of deck as about an acre of ear. ship, at last so auspiciously inaugurated, might be long | face—or 160 square rods—stretched out into a long and prosperous. oval, © it of @ mile, or 40 rods in length, The deck of the ship is double, or cellular, after the plan | Of the Britannia tubular bridge; and is formed of two half-inch plates at the bottom and two half-inch plates at cugiues Of seventy horse power, working with forty HER DIMENSIONS. The hull of the Great Eastern is built entirely of iron, ‘and is 680 feet in length, 80 fect in breadth and 69 feet in height, from keel to deck; it is divided transrersely into | the top, between which are webs which run the whole ten separate compartments of 60 feet each, rendered per- | length of the ship Sectly water tight by bulkheads, having no opening what- This Jeck bas been so planned as to be of such strength ever lower than the second deck, whilst two longitudinal ‘walls of iron, 36 feet apart, traverse 360 feet of the length of the ship, Perhaps the most prominent feature about her is the eellular construction of the upper deck and the lower part eof the bull, up to the water line, or about 30 fect from her | again as that of the steamship Great Britain; it is nearly ‘Bottom, which is as flat as the floor of a room. This | three times as long as thatof the British line-of-battle aysiem, while it gives groator the | ship the Duke of Wellington; eighty-cight fect more would hull, increases her strength enormously, and thus | make it as loug again as that of the Persia, at presout the enables her to resist almost aay amount of outward | longest veseel afloat upon the ocean. Pressure. Two Walls of iron, about 60 fvet high, divide | She carries twenty large boats on deck. In addition to the vessel longitudinally into three parts, the inner con- | these she also carries, suspended aft of her paddle-boxee, taining the boilers, the engine rooms and the salcone, | and bung on dayits, two small screw steamers onc hun- Tising one above the other, and the 2 | dred fect long cach, and between sixty and seventy tons that if it were taken up by its two extremities, and the en- tire weight the vessel is ever to carry were hung upon its middle, it would sustain the whole by its anaided powers of resistance. The deck is 602 feet in length, or more than as long buoyancy to lateral divisions the coal bunkers, and above them the cide cabins and berths, | burthen. These are raised and lowered by the small The saloons are 60 feet in length, the principal one arly | auxiliary engines, mentioned as fixed on board for the half the width of the vessel, and lighted by skylights from purpose of pumping, hoisting sails and weighing anchor. the upper deck. Og either hand are the caying ay | Both the little sgrew steamers are kept in all respects per. HERALD, THURSDAY,, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859.—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘Commenced upon an extensive scale the preparations for ‘the reception of the ich-wilh attracted to Portland, Tt is intendéd to secure the large building used by tho English Steamship Company as freight house, for the purpose of a banquet hall. This structure is three hundred and twenty-five fect Jong aud nearly fifty fect wide. A large committee has beon ap- pointed by the municipal government to canvass the eity in order to ascertain the numberof guests each pri vate houge can accommodate during the stay of the great steamer. A programme has been decided upon, which is as follows:—When the steamer is signalied from the observatory on Munjoy, the bells will be rung and guns fired from different points in the city, until her arrival at the wharf, The public dinner will probably take place a day ov two after her arrival. There will be a grand ball, a general illumination and numerous excursions among the islands, The ameange- ments for the accommodation of the steamer are nearly completed. Two piers are built, three hundred feet apart, each one hundred feet wide. She is expected to lie across the head of these piers, and will extend beyond them about one hundred feet both at the bow and stern. The Piers are situated near the brow of Munjoy hill. A semi- circular carriage road has just been completed, whereby vehicles may approach with visiters on one side of the hill, and return on the other slope of the promenade. A bridge and flight of steps are building from the hill to the foot of one of the piers, for the use of visiters to the steamer. In order to carry out these plans a meeting of the sub- scribers to the public dinner to be given on the arrival of the Great Eastern was held in Clapp’s Hall, Portland, Me., on the 13th inst., and the following were chosen a Com- mittee of Arrangements:—A, W. H. Clapp, St. John Smith, Jobn B. Brown, Nathan Cummings, Samuel E. Spring, Saniuel P. Shaw, John A. Poor, Edwin Churchill, Wm. F. Safford, J. S. Millar, J. 8. Palmer, A. K. Shurtlest. EXCURSION TRAINS FOR VISITERS. It is to be hoped that the different lines of railroads and steamers will make some arrangements whereby visiters can be conveyed, by excursion trains and boats, to Port- land to see the Great Eastern, provided that she docs not visit New York by the way of Long Island Sound before Jeaving this country—a design which we are informed is in contemplation, The Grand Trunk (Canada) Railroad, we perceive, has taken the initiative in this regard, for the company have made arrangements to issue excursion tickets from all Western points on the arrival of the Great Eastern. A ticket from Milwaukee to Portland and back is fixed at $18, and the issue of the tickets will commence ‘on the 19th. ‘We presume that other lines will follow this example, and afford our people in all quarters of the country the means to make a cheap trip East to visit this great won- der, either at New York or Portland, as they may choose. THE FIRST VOYAGE. This monster steamer will take her departure on her first voyage from Portland, England, on Tuesday, the 27th inst., for Portland, in the United States. She will afterwards visit New York. On her return she will leave Portland on the first of November. for sea, and ready for the onerous service 1g and landing the passengers, with all their luggage, &.c, alongside the wharf or pier, whichever it may happen to be. She is furnished with ten anchors, which, with their stocks, weigh fifty-five tons, aa require 800 fathoms of chain cable, weighing ninety-eight tons, her capstan and ‘Warp weighing one hundred tons; total, 253 tons of appli- ances for making her fast. SALOONS AND CABINS. She has ten saloons in all, flve upper and five lower. ‘When a stranger first walks into St. Peter’s church, at Rome, he feels a momentary disappointment because it is not as large as he anticipated. Much of this is occasioned, nodoubt, by the admirable proportion of everything— the statues, particularly—these being generally thirty or forty feet in height, and just aboyt as large in proportion tothe sizeof the vast nave a8 Ordinary statues or living persons are to ordinary churches, The spectator forgets to compare the living people on the floor with the vast expanse of some four hundred feet overhead, and the immense space and area on every side, But on the Great Eastern ship it is very different, and one’s ideas of magni- tude are more than realized. The rooms and cabins be- tween decks look like town halls; the passages like streets, and the whole like a large town or city. There is no single saloon or cabin as large in proportion to the size of the vessel as you see on an ordinary ocean steamer. It would be bad policy and & waste of space and money to make themso, The principal saloon is finished and furnished in a style, of great elegance, the decorations being both rich and chaste; the colors, principally white and gold, enlivened with red, pink and salmon. The height is fifteen feet, giving one the idea of a lofty room ina palace or public hall. It is not over eighty feet in length by forty in width, and will accommodate about one hundred and fifty persons at dinner; but we must bear in mind that there aro several other cabins and saloons nearly as large. When we come to consider that @ veasel must be built with great strength, and that choice, convenience or accident often renders the occupation of some particular room or part of a ship inconvenient or impossible, wo shall at once see the policy of dividing and sub-dividing the room and resources of a vessel like this into numerous compartments. Put as large a proportion of this ship into one long saloon as you see in other vessels, and it would not be go agreeable; it would be more noisy, not easily kept at a good tempera- ture, and in cage of accident to this one apartment, pas- sengers would be without adequate protection or comfort. The Great Eastern is about fifteen feet between decks, a loftiness of ceiling that many would consider useless. It, however, serves this purpose. The distance is in many places divided into two stories by au intermediate floor, giving two tiers of state rooms between the two Havana, Sept. 18, 1889; ver—The Opera at the Tacon, de., ce. night of the 8th instant. and from the inflammable nature of its contents, the de- ‘vouring element spread with amazing rapidity, The People, who have thus been deprived of all they pos- were not any lives sacrificed. serenade was given to his Excellency. Don Ramon de Sagra, a historian of European reputa- of Cuba, and to have come hither for the purpose of col- lecting material for his work. walls of this city house rent is enormously high, so much so that few persons in moderate circumstances can afford to rent even half a house, the result of which is that in many instances three or four families occupy a house to- gether which is not. more than sufficiently large for one of them to occupy. To remedy this evil,a proposition hasbeen made by a member of the most excellent Ayun- tamiento that frame houses shall be admitted into this port duty free. This Proposition, T perhaps need hardly Say, meets with universal concurrence, for although there is a law against erecting wooden houses within the city proper, yet there are ample unoccupied lots of ground in the burrios’ (wards) outside the walls (in the new burio de Concha in particular), upon which a thousand houses capable of sheltering ten or twelve persous each might be erected. It is proposed to make a road from Vega Botaya to Bayamo, in the eastern departmont of the island. A hundred thousand dollars, half tho estimated cost of the road, is already subscribed and collected, and it is hoped the entire amount required will be speedily subscribed. Teuppoce your readers know Bayamo is situated in one of the celebrated tobacoo growing districts; in fact, the Point from which the proposed road is to be’ commenced js a tobacco producing property. A person named Don Miguel Curo, having, at the head of a party, succeeded in arresting Several runaway ne- groes, who wished to form a settlement near Bayamo, it is intended by certaln planters in that _victnity to present Senor Caro with a horse and sword. During the encoun- ter with the negroes, a young man named Don Gabriel Gariés killed the ringleader of the gang, who was namod Reiter. It may not be mal-apropos here to inform your readers that there are several of these runaway nogro settlements in the mountainous districts of this island, in locations where probably the foot of the white man has never trod, and where they dwell in. barbarous indepen- dence, cultivating, after a rude fashion, the ground pro- visions (yams, Sc.) which need #0 little labor to pro- duce abundant crops; whilst they steal pigs and poultry (sometimes a beef) from the nearest estates, Six gold, twenty-four bronze gilded and 1,500 bronze medals have been coined in Spain and arrived here, com- memoratiye of the laying the foundation stone of the aque- duct of Isabel Segunda, at Vento, in November last. The golt ones are to be presented tothe King and Queen of Spain, the President of the Council of Ministers, the Cap- tain General, and the Political Governor, the gilded ones to the Members of the City Corporation, and the bronze to parties designated by the City Corporation. A communication from ‘several subscribers” appeared inarecent number of the Diario de la Marina, asking whether it Was intended by the Spanish Bank of Havana to sell the two thousand extra shares, which it has recently been authorized to issue with the fixed premium for the cash on the spot, or whether the system laid down in tho regulations (26 per cent cash, and 12% per cent every two months until the entire amount ‘is paid) is to bo adopted, it being urged that if the first plan is adopted, the new shares will surcly fall into the hands of the few wealthy pergons who can spare large amounts of cash at apy moment, as was the case with the original emission, nearly ail of which shares are in the hands of rich por: sons, While, should the second system be adopted, the less wealthy might aspire to the new shares on account of the easier means of paying for them though the premium should eyen be higher. ‘The Diario gives a ongthy opinion as to the advantages and disadvantages likely to arise from either the one method being adopted, which it concludes with the follow- ing paragraph. It says— After all, we are entirely indifferent in the question, no mat- ter in what form the emission takes plaee, provided that form prevents speculation, and renders the funds avallable to com- It appears, however, in tho course of the Diario dela Marina's remarks, that whilst originally there were 538 founders of the bank, the whole of its shares up to the Bist of December last, (about eighteen months from the time when it commenced operations), were held by 293 oeote total length of the main saloon is sixty-two foct, by thirty-six feet wide; at one end is the ladies’ saloon, which is twenty feet long. Through the saloon protrude two of the funnels; but they have been so skillfully surrounded by mirrors that they appear positively ornamental. ‘The furniture of the saloon is very rich and beautiful. The carpet is a simple pattern, in which maroon color predominates. The sofas are covered with Utrecht vel- vet; the buffets are of walnut, richly carved, with green marble tops. The sides of the saloon are covered with mirrors and arabasques personifying the arts and sci- ences employed in the construction of the ship. The state room doors are provided with curtains of rich crimson silk. Walking on the Water. [From the Toronto Globe, Sept. 19.] The announcement, although made by a well known resident of Toronto, that he had invented an apparatus whereby he was enabled to walk upon the water, was re- ceived with some caution. Since then, in the presence of several members of the press, Mr. Hickok has given evi- dence of his ability to do all that he promised. On Satar- day afternoon the party invited proceeded to the Don sta- tion, with some amount of doubt upon their minds as to the result of the trial, None of them expected that Mr. Hickok would travel at a great speed, or that his new: fangled invention would enable him to dance to the music of the waves, had there been any wherewith to dance to. But on arriving at the spot indicated, the best possible evidence was furnished that it would enable him to walk upon the water, for there he was inthe middle of the Don, making his way against the current which at this place runs rather quickly. He soon neared the party, and when within speaking distance, turned round with the greatest possible ease. He had in his hand a small pole, scarcely large enpngh to afford him any assistance, so far ‘ag preserving his balance was concerned. That he could do without it was soon proved, for he threw it from him, receiving in lieu thereof, from a man who accompanied him ina boat, a walking stick of ordinary sizo. He com- menced bie return down tho river, proceeded v steadily, and almost. as quickly as a pedestrian upon dry land when walking ata moderate pace. Before going far he threw the stick from him, but shortly afterwards re- snmed the pole. To the onlookers he appeared to do quite as Well Without Il. When noarly out of sight he re- traced bis steps, and again came opposite the party. In reply to a question asked, he said was not at all fa- tigued. After promenading for a few minutes more, having been on the water at least half an hour, he got into the boat and was rowed to land. The apparatus used by Mr. Hickok is the first he has made, so that, as in all new things, there is room for im- provement. ‘The fact is established that a man may with this invention walk upon the water, and there is nothing to indicate that the feat is attended with any peouliar difficulty. It appears quite as easy as walking on snowshoes, the motion of which it somewhat resemble Anybody can do it, It’ may be, that before long the bay will become a favorite place of ‘resort, where our citizens will upon a summer evel seek refuge from the heat and dust of the city; am the unpolluted breczes of the JaKe, or that the shining path marked ont upon the waters by the beams of the silvery moon will become a fashion- able promenade. No stones will be there to vex those troubled with tender fect, no bruises can result from a fall, no danger is to be apprehended from care- lessly ’ driven cabs or viciously given dogs. But whether this come to pas8 or not, the in- vention is doubtless capable of being put to useful par- poses. In Venice how great an acquisition it would be! There, if a man wants to call upon a neighbor over the way, he has to hire a boat, but with Mr. Hickok’s inven- tion, the individual who should do that would soon come OFFICERS AND CREW. Tho Great Eastern will be commanded by Captain W. Harrison, formerly of the Cunard line, who superintended hor rigging and fitting out. The other officers are a chief officer, chief engincer, twelve sailing officers, sixteen sub- ordinate engineers, a sailing master, a purser, and two or three surgeons. The total number of the crew will be four hundred, of which one-third will belong to the engi- neering department, one-third for yictualling and ser- vants, and one-third the sailing department. The Great Fastern is chiefly intended for passenger traffic, and is to ve Mtted to accommodate eight hundred of the frst class, two thousand second class, and one thousand two hundred thira cars—ie all fonr thousand passengers; and if used as a troop ship it is said she can take nearly tu thousand mon, baggage and provisions included. DIMENSIONS AND CAPACITY IN TABULAR FORM. The principal dimensions, calibre of the machiuery, and general accommodation of this truly colossal specimen 0 genius, enterprise and industry are as follows:— Length (between the perpendiculars). Length (on the upper deck). Breadth (from side te side of hull Breadth (across the paddle boxes: Depth (from deck to keel)... Length of forecastle. Height of forecas' Total length of principal saloon Height of saloons on low Number of saloons. . +. Height of ealoons on upper deck. Number of saloons... Length of upper saloon! Length of lower saloons Number of decks, . Number of main transy tight compartments partial...... Longitudinal bulkheads run fore and aft ata distance of 35 feet apart for a length of 350 fect. 7 Width of space between the two skins of ship.2 feet 10 in. Thickness of iron plates in keel. 1 inch | to be looked upon in the same light as the fop who called | Shareholders. Ditto inner and outer skins. 4g inch | a cab to convey him across the street. In the crossing of During the week ending 10th inst. the amount of specie Bulkheads. 2g inch | armies over rivers, and in passing the streams of a new | in the vaults of the bank decreased $33,953 66 less than Iron dec! % inch | country, like that traversed by the California emigrant, it | the amount of specie in its vaults at the close of the pre- Plates of iron used in the construction of the hull 30,000 | will be invaluable. ‘The shoes are of tin, we understand, | Ceding week, whilst the decrease in its vaults of its own Number of rivets used in fastening the plates. . .8,000,000 Weight of iron used in the construction, about..10,000 tons Tonnage......s.seeee '22'500 tons To carry coal and cargo. . «18,000 tons Quantity of coal which can be carried for VOYAZCS. 0... e WE HS). 11,879 tons Weight of ship, engines, &c. , a8 at its launching.12,000 tons Immersion of this weight +15 feet 6 inches Draught of water, laden Do. light. Accommodation for passengers, Tet lass ‘ Accommodation for passengers, second class ‘Accommodation for passengers, third clas... bills during the same period, amounted to $14,042, so that ithas “eased up” during the week cnding 10th inst. to the extent of $47,995 66; yet during the same period carrying 523 36 to the credit of ‘ profit. and loss,” a much Jarger amount than was carried to the credit side of the same account during either of the two preceding woeks, previous to which Thad not paid any attention to the bank’s weekly published statemonts. As will be supposed from the foregoing, the money market is a little easier. There hag been a report very generally circulated the last two or three days, to the eflect that Don Joaquin Campozano, Intendente, (Treasurer of the Island,) head of the Custom House, Lottery and in fact of all the public sources of revenue, who has been on terms of great inti- macy with his Excellency the Captain General, “feeli his feathers” too proudly, took the liberty last week of writing a certain letter to the Captain General, who in eon- sequence has suspended Senor Campozano from his office of Intendente and the receipts of its emoluments until the pleasure of her Majesty upon the subject is ascertained. By aroyal decree dated July 27, and published here in the Gacea of Sunday, 11th inst., all the city corpora- tions of the island are to be reorganized. The “royal decree’? occupies two entire pages ef the Gaceta, ani is entirely too long for mo to attempt a trans- lation of it for the present stewmer. In this city there is to be one alcalde, seven s ‘aldes, two reeorders and sixteen aldermen. In towns of five and less than ten thousand inhabitants, there is to be one alealde, two sub- alcaldes, one recorder and ten aldermen. In towns of 1es8 than five thousand inhabitants there are to be one alcakle, ‘one recorder and six aldermen, and half of all these are to leave office every second year. The several corpora- tions are to send in two lists ta the Captain General, who from them will select the new office holders. This is the hearcst approach to “popular election’? ever known in Cuba, and will go far to render the domination of Spain less noxious to the inhabitants of this island, although it is but sorry substitute for what they, as men, ought to possess. It is said too that the duty on American flour will bo reduced next year to five dollars a barrel. It is quite surprising with all his voracity, what a deli- about four feet long, and can be easily packed into smal space. We have no information as to the mechanism . employed, and we presume that will remain a sceret till it is patented; but if any one doubts that the feat can be done, he can satisfy himself by witnessing the public ex- hibition of his powers which Mr. Hickok intends giving on Tuesday next. The Worcester Cowhiding Case. ; The Worcester Spy furnishes the following particulars of the affair. Main str®t was enlivened yesterday forenoon, about half past ten o’clock, and gossip was made very busy, by anaifair in which @ woman used a cowhide with great unction. Mrs. Charles G. Wheelock assailed Mr. A. Mes- singer, who keeps an embroidery store at 112 Main strect, and gave him a dozen or more smart blows witn her whip. He was in the store or in the door way when the attack was made, and a erowd gathered swiftly to sco “what was going on.” The reason for this assault is given by Mrs. Wheelock as follows:— She was passing quictly along Main street, she says, at the time stated, in front of Mr. Messenger’s store, when, Without having first uttered a word in relation to the r, she was suddenly accosted in an importunate nner by Mr. Messinger, with the words: “Are you going to pay me this billy I am going to dun you for it every time I sce you in the street.” On her remonstrat- ing with him for dunning her for so small an amount as eighty-seven cents in so pnblic a manner, sho states that he turned to those standing or passing by on the sidewalk, and said to thom: “ ‘Shere goes a lady who refuses to pay her bills! Sce her fine dress,’’ &c,, with other language of that character. She states that, feeling indignant, she proceeded at once to the nearest place where such an instrument could be found, got a whip or stick, and whipped him. And,” she adds with emphasis, “I would do it again.’’ On the other hand, Mr. Messinger states that Mrs. Wheelock, whom he had several times asked to pay a emall bill of eighty-seven cents which she owes him, be- gan the assault upon him thus:—While passing by his store she looked in, and sung out in a loud tone of voice, Accommodation for passengers, troops alone. Number of anchors: Weight of anchors, Nominal power Number of ¢ Diameter of cylinders Weight of cylinders, ¢ Length of stroke Numbers of boil Furnaces for boilers Diameter of paddle Nominal power. Weight of cy’ Diameter of cylinders Length of stroke, Number of boilers. Furnaces for boilers Diameter of screw. Number of blades to screw Length of screw shaft, ‘Weight of screw ehaft.... HER MOTION AT SEA. It is claimed for the Great Eastern that the passengers will experience no motion sufficient to produce sea sick- ness; but a correspondent of the London Times, who seems “Eighty-seven cents! eighty-seven ts! I shall ne cate constitution ‘Yellow Jack’’ possesses. We have had to have some experience, doubts this. He says:— py ‘you that bill,” &e, thee on: ls. renbonstraung with a gentle north wind since last evening, and Yellow Jack is The leading characteristic of the Great Eastern—that in | her, she repeated the ianguage, when he told her he would | ‘‘scotched’? if not “killed.” Strangers must not be in a prosecute her if she insulted him thus or acted in that which she differs from every other ship hitherto con- a) though, to come here just yot. structed—is that she shall, under no circumstances, be | Way anymore. Thereny she immediately proceeded ¢ Spanish Opera Company has opened at the Tacon compelled to lay to, nor in any way diverge from her’ di- | to get the whip or stick with whieh the assault wan made, | theatre, but time doce not permit mt to give you my rect great circle course, by any action of wind or wave. | and assailed him. opinion of their merits, Mr. Messinger entered a complaint against Mrs. Wheo Jock at the poliee office, through the City Marshal, for as: sault and battery, and the case will come up this morning at ten o'clock for trial, when the evidence will explain the matter more fully. Mrs. Wheelock is a woman of conside- rable muscular force, and some of her blows were very severe. She seems to be very expert with the cowhide; but this kind of expertuess isnot usually classed among feminine accomplishments, and it is nowike likely that her example will be generally imitated by ladies here or else- where. She ig to sail exclusively a great circle course, and is not to be hove to or allowed to run free, or run out of @ gale, (unless she has the heels of it,) nor generally to haye re- course to any of those dodges which arc resorted to to euse a ship under stress of weather. That she will do all this no one who has admired her noble symmetry and ex- quisite lines will for a moment doubt; but will she achieve this desideratum and be free of all ‘motion at the same time? Her dimensions are based upon certain calculations of the late Dr. Scoresby, which assigned 680 feet as the extreme length between the crests of two waves, with an average depth in the intervening trough of sixty feet, ora mean elevation and depression of thirty fect each way above and below the level of the ocean at rest. I do not with to impugn the reverend Doctor's hard- earned experience; but, adopting his method of calculation, as detailed in an carly number of Zfousehold Words, once measured eight hundred fect between the crests, when lying to in the Colling steamer Baltic, in whieh measurement I was confirmed by Captain Comstock; and’ I rather think that Captain Harrison himself was in com- mand of the Africa when she, starting from Liverpool three days after us, experienced the same gale on the Lith of October, 1864. Now, suppose on her voy: out to Portiaud (which implies on an average a W. 8. W. course), Havana, Sapt. 13, 1969, A Naw Shipping Master Appointed by the Captain General— Nominations of England and the United States Disre. garded—Political Arrests and Rumors of a Conspiracy. The Captain General has appointed a now Shipping ter for the port of Havana, against the nominations for that office made by the Consuls General of Great Bri- tain and the United States. The consequence of course must be, that those officers will decline the serrieas of the Shipping Master made without due regard and respect to their recommendations, and ship the mon required for vos- sels of their nations in their own consulates, and save the fees paid for services rendered against their ‘ithout explanation, there is adiscourtesy in ithe intment not to be overlooked, and which I have no doubt will occupy the attention of Col. Helm on tus re Very lmmportant trial Hefore the Royal very rtant tr’ re the Royal Audiencia come: off to-day oP afteen or sixteon partons, said to Be toni cated in soine secret combinations or associations for po- Tae Twornpike Witt Case.—In the Probate Conrt of Boston, on the 19th inst., the following claim of appeal was cntered:— And now come Matthias C. Marin, of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, and Rebecca Thorndike Marin, his wife, in her right as the daughter and one of the heirs at Jaw of Augustus Thorndike, deceasef, and the nid Mat- thias ©. alvo in bis own right as husband of the said Re- becea, and appeal from the judgment and decree of tho eaid Probate Coust, whereby a certain instrument in writing, purporting ig bo the last, will and testament of the said Augustus rndike was admitted to probate, and proved, approved, and allowed as and for hig last a litical fpurposes, to the disturbance of Cuban. , ke. ‘he happens to be struck by a gale from the north, it will and testament, to the Supreme Judicial Court, next to LT ood. peti oh Triste are to gpeal R obvious that if the Great Eastern is rigoronsly kept om ber be holden at Boston, within and for the county of Suffolk, C j re shai fare 7" at issuc in the case, and con. course, the trough of 680 fect wide over which shej¢sus- | on the first Tucaday of October next. knowledge of the rosblves of justice for some days—por- pended, will not be spanned by even her great length, in- And for reasons of appeal, said appellants assign the not then, or ever. The lives are not #1 i abe cronte, diagooally. Noe Teonad a5, | followings hape wet then; apposed to be the wave catches her beneath tho quarter, w] , from First, the said Probate Court and the Judge there- ‘The state does not imy with us—bad to her great sharpness forward, #he is rathor at to be | of had no power or jurisdiction to take the probate of said | worse—-no ande the teow tines Re the Spams lean, she must roll, and having no Keel, it will be a very | Supposed will. Bank, panis! Second, That the said A 11s Thorndike was not at the time of his decease an inhabitant of or resident in ths said county of Suffolk, and did not die without the Stato; and that the said Probate Court and the Judge thereo! had, therefore, no power or jurisdiction to take the, pro. severe roll—not in the remotest degree dangerous, but Ll quite enough to discompose a landsman, In the aecond e, suppose she is running before a heavy gale of wind, equally manifest that a modification of the foregoing will take place, the difference being that, instead of a roll- Tae Prize Figurrs—Price, one of the prinoi- pals In the great prize fight to take piace oh the atit of O». tober, crossed ovor from this city to Canada on Saturday. ‘Those who saw him represented him to he a very power- there must be what is technically called a “sending” | bate of said supposed will. fal made man, and in excellent ition noticn, with the certainty, in case of a short sea, of a a a aeat the snid Augustus Thorndike was not at the to-day oF to-morrow. He Seales aid a4 in fine Fevere shock to the sternpost, though her great streng! time when said supposed wl purports to have bon 7 and withal very confident of winnitg the battle. rendcrs this comparatively unimportant. ‘an inhabitant of or PREPARATIONS FOR HER RECEPTION AT PORTLAND. The Portlanders are making due preparation for the re- ception of the marine monster on her arrival, We learn that a Committee of Arrangements, composed of the city government, with Mayor Jewett ag its chairman, hayo made, or at the time of his decease, Tesident in this Commonwealth, and did not die wit:tout the Stato; and that the kaid Probate Court and the Jado a of ra no power to take the probate of said suppoged will, any in th « ” Fonrth, That tho said Augustus Thorndike was nt, at | Sdunee witch: ma non, in-uh erent ee no | the time said supposed will purports to have been saado | completo his taining nt Cowtharts Fort Frit, nt Kel and published, of gound apd disposing mind and me nory. | somewhere near Point Abino.—Buffialo Courter, "Seph W . Tho fight creates great intorest amongthe fauc: Kelly trom his known powers and sinow. the tecgmte Price, however, has his backers, and they are taking the odds whenever offered. The fight, it is expected, will be Serious Fire at Guanabacoa—Ouban Firemen and Fire En- gines—Increase of Pay for the Army Oficers—A New His- tory of Cuba—High Rents, and a Proposal to admit Frame Buildings’ Duty Free—A Road from the Great o- bacco District in Prospect—An Encounter with Runaway Negroes—Supply Aqueduct Commemoration Medals from Spain—Affairs of the Bank—Specie on Hand—Oficiat Suspension of a Great Man—Municipal Reorganization— Duty on American Flour about to be Reduced—Yellow Fe- There was quite a serious fire at Guanabacoa on the Some dozen houses and their contents wereconsumed. The fire originated in a grocery, houses consumed were nearly all the property of poor sessed. They have an engine and bomberos (firemen) at Guanabacoa, The former would serve well to water a quarter-acre garden lot, whilst the latter, happily, have 80 little practice that they are mot and cannot be expect- ed to be very active. The fire, however, would probably have been earlier extinguished than it was but that water ‘was very scarce, Every house in the vicinity wassearched unceremoniously for water, and every well within a short distance of the'tire was drained dry. Fortunately; there The pay of the officers of the Spanish army in this island is to be increased, I believe, from the Ist January ensuing, It is believed that this has been resolved upon through the intercession of his Excellency the Captain General, and to show the gratitude of the oflicers for this kindnees, the bands of all the regiments in the garrison were marched to Marianon on the 8th inst., and a grand Among the recent arrivals in this island is that of Senor tion he is understood to be engaged in writing a history In consequence of the great scarcity of houses within the AFFAIRS IN EAST. Our China Corresponde: Ce. ‘Unrrep Sta) Priaai Wooscsa ae, May 20 1000” } Tremendous Gale Off the Cvast—Loss of ine Shipe. Vane eouver, ef Bowon,and David Brown, of New York— Boldness of the Chinese Pirates—American Pilots Fired Pranw meicanee hy ‘Merehand— of an Ai Phe: American Squadron, de., dc. ‘Wo still bapg on to China, although whem my leat left I was in hopes that it would be the inst time that I Seek ein aie with my letters, But, as I have: which the mercantile community are intercated, I will briefly put the ems om trusting. they will be ing of the 19th of May. Capt, Wood took on board « Chinese pilot (whether he was, one oF not no one knows, for he made off after he lost the: ship). About six o’clock the same evening, as the ship. ‘was standing up the Yang-tae-ktang towards the bight ship, sbe suddenly struck # bank or shoal in shoal water, which ‘ey by to rescue the officers and crew of the wrecked ship, She sent ber boats and took off the officers and crew of the: tafortupese ship. | Jn the Sirecastie wise ® seaman, John Clark Callan, of Yarmouth, sick with fever, anableto- help bimeelf, By & ‘and conveyed below, where he was soon flited Ory clothing, placed in a table cot, and Sirgeon. Fox and Drs Bau and Wales rendered e: attention |p hg tery tan Nichoison soyth'ng in ig cabin that ht be reqatred for him to be serve1 oat. This man provided for, word was now psseed. to send to our shipwreckei brother sailors: on quarter deck” Tnen camea rush; ever: in the ebip flew at his beg, and in less thaa ten mi- be my some or cargo The crew were fer A Roms Eagiied pike, horage near 1 shipmasters fine ship 8: ing over she came !n con- flyer, taking out ali the huil ® grea: deal of and damaged two or threa others. ‘accklent is at:ributed to the carelessness of the pilot, and by others to the current swit ber on to the fatal spot. Her cargo is ia a very bad coi ba saved; the ship may be saved. In regard to the Vancou- ver, when our men reached her she was surrounded by Pirates, who had stripped her of all her runniog riggmg, stole the capstan, by sawing it off at the deck, broke epen the cabin and stole all the articles, such as bales of drill- Our party fired several shel! into them before ‘they left the wreck. ll that has been eaved from her ig ‘the standing rigging, rpars and e few bales of sheeticg. On the evening of the 19th the pirates sbell wreck Captain Wood abandoned, her Jeft ber, whea sho was surrounded by hundreds of pirates. We suffer a little by this wreck, for she nad a large letter mepe board of her for us, which, of course, is a total 88. We-kiang. The schooner Wanderer, Ca; while ft the wreck of the Vandourer, wig robbed of a valuable watoh, i Ei F : i ae ‘fH s $d E i Z 5 i s se E & Fl ti i H i Fs i i § 3 Hy i i ‘i : i § i i; i i i [ i i 3 Rg 3 ry & ge i Ea | 5 z, i 3 ies g 5 f Hil ffs 382 Bs if sis Hi Ly Hi a : 5 Eg rt 2 i H i H ; i and a Difficulty in Prospect. (From the China (ton) racy ne Augnst ra y 10 arrived por A portion of the London “mail of May Messrs. Dont & Co.'s steguper Yang-tze, on June 27, and, by her Féturn to Hong , We have dates up to June 282 In our last we notieed the arrival of the ma north. We bave now to announce that ¢ S all left. that place for Pekin on June 15. The Hon. F. W. Bruce embarked on board her Majesty’s steamer Ma- icionne, taking the Coromandel as a tender; M. de Bour- bouton in his Imperial Majesty's steamer Du Chayla, with the steamor Morzagaray; and his Excelleucy Mr. Ward. inthe United Statos steamor Powhatan, with tho char? tered steamer Locy-wan, Three days previous Hope left Shanghae in the Chesapeake. A large force,. consisting of seven steamships, ton gunboats and. two troop and store ships, were to rendezvous at Sha-lin-tien, about fifty miles from tho mouth of the Peiho. Rwill, thus be seem that every precaution has been taken for the: Purpose of giving the ministers sufficient authority to: force admission to Pekin, if snoh a should be ne~ ceseary, in order that the ratification treaties may” take place in a proper manner, Not only have: between 600 and 600 marines, 100 royal enginecrs,. ie @ number of sailors accompanied the Hon. Mr. ‘uce, but an abundance. of provisions was also Dridand Lo Videmoy by aes Kooy) with two hi mons as mi ip tof the Ch \ uch as possible in- seems these Coolies are called “Hakkas, a Were enrolled in our servioe ht the taking of Gant They were noted there for thelr fuithfulness, and were dubbed the “Bamboo Ritles.”” it was. anticipated , from po a ed ow ics in the way of ress of tho altied ielber oe pI ies, fu rasa~ ment would hamper thoir movoments at Pekin; but there ig @ general opinion that these have bean overcome, and that all opposition will yanish as soon as they make thos appearanoe, but still it is deemed probable that somo dil- ficulties may arise when they have actully reached the capital. It is believed that a personal interview with tho ie will not be ut all reliahed by his Majesty, par: ly when be knows that tho forcign ministers will Admiral