The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1860, Page 4

lll 4 NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 14,’ 1860.—TRIPLE SHEET. to the credit of baving been the frst to cogoctve or work fhout. Our opinion ts, however, that no rivals have Grivem to dispute the bonor in this instance wita Mr. Usamberé Kiagdom Bruuel, the architect and constructor ‘of the Great Eastern The idea of building a bage vessel had doubiiess been thought of by many a evel con- Structor; but it some thing to concolve and anotber to execute, ope thing to have s grand idea and another to convert that idea into a great living practical reality ‘This Mr Brumel undertook, and this be successfully a> complished, altbougb be did not live long eneugh to enjoy the full fruits of the great triumph which he had ecbieved—for no matter what may pe said to the con trary, it ie great triumph, so far as Dumas genius and Skill can wake it 0, Ber architect nad obtained a high Place in the confidence of the English public by his great abilitics and experience as an engineer, abili'es which, | fm hie case, appears to have been hereditary, his father having enjoyed a great reputation in the soleauide world Bs an engineer nel the elder was, as almost every one knows, t) of the Thames tunnel—a work, which, th <2 . .mmercially a fallare, must be regarded a8 ome of the greatest triumphs which nas ever beouw In all his works Bruoel the younger received way epetstance of English capiialists, and it is not ‘ © wondered at, therefore, that whoa he had @cveloped bis plans for the Great Eastern, that & company ebould bave been found with ample means to Carry them into execution The construction of the Greas Eastora wes ordered by the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, which was incorporated by royal charter. She 4s intended to run on the Indian and Australian route by the Cape of Good Hope, though her first voyage is to be mado to this country. The company started originally ‘with @ capt'al of six millions of dollars; but this amount has been considerabiy increased, and is now divided into @hares o/ one bundred dollars each, the shareholders Bumbering no lees thaa three thousand. Mr. Brunel! was assinted ia the gigantic undertaking by Mr. Scott Russell, ‘whe designed the tines and constructed the iroa bull of the ship, end by Captain Harrison and other officers of Company. The Great Eastern was nearly three years in Course of construction, having been commenced fm 1856 and launched im the early part of 1858, The ‘whole cost is somewhsi over three mil ions of dollars, but ®& considerable portion of this amount was expended in ‘the iausching and in making the repairs which were rea- dered necessary by the explosion which took place on her trial trip. ‘The place selected for the construction of the monster ‘was the eastern back of the Thames, at Milwall, which, although not immediately within the limits proper of the City of London, may still be regarded as « partof the grest metropolis. Here the massive plaves were laid upon Which the grand superstracture was to be raised. We eny plates. for the Greet Eastern, unlike all other vessels, is without # keel, unless the flat plate of tron, about two feet wide and one inch thick, which runs the entire dep gtb from etem to stern can be dignified with the name. Tt was upos this strip that the vast structare of iron, Welgbwg twelve tWousend tons, wasto be raised, plate Dy plate, end fastened together, rivet by rivet. Slowly ‘the great work went on, the men who were employed Upon it look ing like gnats beside the gigantic walls of iron Wich wut towering above the surrouading houses, until the whole lookee Inke a great impregnable citadel. Plato by plate, as we beve said, and rivet by rivet, and so the ‘Work progreavea from hour to hour, from day to day, from week to week, ‘rom month to month, and from year to year. These plates arc three quarters ef an inch thick, land the rivets by which they are knitted together are @ech es inch in diemeter. It was a strange sight to watch the progress of ibe buge vessel, and to behold what ap- peared at firet to be two walis of tron, assume the shapely Preportons of a ship The sharp ring of the hammers, ‘wielded by bhuadrecs of workmen as they closed up the Fed bot rivote that shone in the bleck mags like stars in ‘the ebes vault, struck upom the ear im one ceaselces din. ADG 00 the work progressed, the great structure exciting the wonder of the civitizea world and the speculative ou- rieaity of those who weasure the character of everything ‘Dy the profs and }es account. ‘THE LAUNCHING OF THE BIG sutr. Tt bas been stated that the big 81ip was constructed at ‘Millwall, on the cast bank of the Thames, and from this ‘fect & might be imagined that thie was the widest part of Of the river; but this is not so, as the Thames at this point 1s probebly not more than a thousand feet across, while ‘the Great Kastorn is nearly seven hundred feet in leugth. ‘The ordiwary style of lauuching, therefore, would be out Of the question tn hor case, and eo it was decided by Mr. Brunell the! she sould ge into the water sideways The Gneouncemeat that she would be laanched on fhe Sd of Nevember, 1857, crested the greatest excitement throvgboat not only London, but wo may say, throughout all England, aod thousands and tense of thousands collected te witness the greet event The river was croeded with boats of all laren and Bim 8, ani a/] the house tops in and around \Miiwall were throoge:! with spectators. Among those were ip the yard from which the ship was 80 soon be moved into the Thames wore the various Ministers the Court of & Jamer, a large number of eminent mre, and a whole dost of the titled nobility of aod. ‘The time appointed for the christening of the was bell past cleven A. M., and at that hour Miss , the Gangbter of the Chairman of the company, the ceremony, giving the monster what was Cometdered as the appropriste name of the ‘Lovia ,"' altbough tt bes been since changed to that of the Eamers ” The signal was now given by Mr. row away the “sbores,”’ and “stays,” which tee Doge mare resting on ber ‘‘cradies’’ alone. Tho ewaited the first movement of the monster in breathless anxiety and suspense. The checking by wRic® she was held ia her place were now |» Preversiory to epplying the power which was to pet ber to motion, but before this could be brought to the vesssi began to move, and more rapidiy than | the wire drums of be windiaases were crashed ape the Rycreoiic rama burst fromzhe immense Om the 24 of Janeary the work was renewed, Inusceteg meckinery having been got into order: (he Oi the warsive trom hail was again moved, weed ems rapoity of motion thaa was observa. the ret effort §=This time her motion towards the ‘Wee at te rate of am tach every five minutes, At the work progressed till the Sist of January, she @ns at inst fairly afloat, The success of DIMENSIONS OF THE GREAT RASTERN. ore aware that, with regard to aize, the 1 wertvailes, being, im fact, the largest ven. ‘Wer'd, Dut es that phrase is rainer indefaite, erBereet |.eas to difereat persons jrocoraing seston « fow feow tnat will tend to equsiies Gpinions. There are few of our citizens pot vim od and admired that nodle specimen of Ube steam frigete Niagara —the largest which we can boast Those who have been so en eant’y covmate the size of the Great Fanera, toil Rew ‘het she is more than twice as long — (FO feet—and more than four mes larger in Dulk— her capacity being 18 975 tons, or aboet ‘bull ere’ measurement. If this marine moa. pleated erect on ‘he land she would rise to o woald throw Trinny church into the eke ter bide fier diminished heed. fares Trinity churches piaced on top her would not tower very high Wodere Leviathan of the deep. She is witer }, Wet 85 feet in breadtn, and across her 40 foot wider will, at that part moa. bar and offices, the upper saloon being 70, and the lower Ope 60 feet long. The vessel is do-igned to accommodate | 4,000 ‘pessergers—800 fret (class, 2,608 second | class and 1,200 third class. The engimeors and | crew, 250 im number, will be sccommodated | mear the two ends of the vemsel. Tho forecasile ts 140 | feet long and eight feet high. If amy emergency shodld | aries, euch as the outbreak in India or the war in the | Orimea, the Great Eastern could transport for the British | goverpm small army of 10,000 men to their destian- | Mon with unexampled expedition. The value of euch « | vessel under like circumstances ts patent to every one. | Ib does away with the old system of shipping detach. ments of men hitherto unavoidable. If successful as 0 financial speculation, she will produce a complete revola- tion ‘a the commercial world. The produce of the various countries ef the earth will then be conveyed in versels ranging from tem to twenty thousand toms. A | dozem such monsters would de near the whole carrying trade of New York, besides the immense accommodation which they would afford to passenger travel. Having given o general idea of the huge proportions of the vessel, we will new proceed to speak of the details. ‘The Groat Eastern is, as we have said, 680 feet long be. tween uprights, and about 700 over all. Her breadth is 88 feet from bulwark to bulwark, and from the outer edge of one paddie box to the other is 120 fect. The height of the bull is 60 feet, while a walk around her deok @ equal in length to quarter of a mile. She is, in fact, ‘an immense floating city, capable of carrying ten thou. By whieh they jatge comparative sixes tron plates af intervals of six fect, which are again sub- divided by transverse plates into spaces of about six feet equare. As these webs appreach the bottom the inter: vals between the plates are reduced from six to three feet, eo that if i should be found necessary to ground the vessel for repairs, she will be enabled to support her own weight without strain or injury. This web work, by which the two bulls are knit together, as if they formed one solid wali of iron, is strongly rivetted to the ribs by means of angle irons. The thickness of the lower deck will pre- vent any sound from the eagine rooms reaching the pas- sengers, and the vibrations from being at all felt by them. Om each side of the engine rooms is a tunnel through which the steam and water pipes will be carried, and also rails for economizing labor im the conveyance of coal. ‘The berths of the crew are forward, below the forecastle, which it is intended to appropriate to the offisers. Belew the berths of the seamen are two enormous cavities for cargo, of which 5,000 tons cam be carried, beei ies coal enough for the voyage to Australia, making about as many toos more. ‘We bave mentioned the division of the vessel into ten separate compartments, but besides this she is divided into three other parts by two walls of iron, each of which is sixty feet high, extending longisodinally from the bottom te the upper deck. The middie division com- tains the boilers, the engine rooms and the saloons, each of which rises ome above the other, while the lateral di visions are used as ceal bunkers, above which are placed side cabins and berths. PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS—THE SALOONS AND CaBina. been admirably arranged, and al! the state apartments are fitted up with a view not only to the comfert and con- venleace of their cooupaats, but im a style ef the greatest elegaace and luxury. There are ten saloons altogether— five on the upper and five om the lewer deck—the length varying from sixty to seventy feet. These salooas have more the appearance of a grand fpublic ball than of an immense apartment on board a vessel. In fact, itis almost | mpossible to realize while walking through one of them that you are on shipboard. The leagth and breadth of the principal saloon, and particularly its great beight, are well calculated te give seach an im- pression. We are aware that there are salooas om other steamers which are considerably longer im proportion to the length of tbe ; but when we come to consider that a vesse! must be built with great strength, and that choice, convesieace or cident often renders the occupation of some room er part of a ship inconvenient or impossible, we shall at once see the policy of dividing and sub-dividing the room and resources of @ vessel like this into numerous compartments. Put es large a proportion of this ehip into one long saloon as you see in other vessels, and it would not be #0 agreeable; it would be more neisy, not rE floor, giving two thers of state rooms between the two Gecks. The total length of the main saloon is sixty-two feet, by thirty etx feet wide; at one end is the ladies’ saloos, whick ts twenty feet long. Through the saloon protrede two of the fanpols; but they Rave been eo skilfally surrounded by mirrors that they appear pesitively ornamental. ‘The farniture of the ealese is very rich and beautiful. ‘The carpet wa simple pattera, im which mareen color predominates. The sofas are covered with Utrecht vel- ‘vet, the b iffete are of walmet, richly carved, with greea merbie tops. The sidec of the saloon are covered with mirrore aad arebeeques porsoalfying the arts aad sci- ences employed ta the construction of the ship. The state room doors are provided with curtains of rieh crimson alk. THE STRAM POWER. ‘The distinguishing feature im the character of the Grea Fastern, tn ac@ition to her great size, is the combined apt piicaton of the steam power through the paddle wheel and the screw. The cagines are very considerably larger than eay bitherto made for marise purposes, and their ectoal will be very far greater than their nominal power. There are ten boilers and @ve funnels, and each boiler can be cut off from ite neighbor, and used or not, as ée- sired «The boilers are piaced loegitedinally aloag the centre of fhe abip, and are entirely |adopendeat of each other. Every paddie boiler bas ten furnaces, aad each crew botler twetve furmaces, thus giving to the whele the targe number of one hundred and twelve furmaces. The fuel intended to be used i« @ithracite oval The funnels are about one hundred feet im height, measaring from the floor of the boilers to thp top of the funaels. The cy hinder of the paddle omgines te atx fest in diame. ter The screw propeller is 26 feet in diameter, and the diameter of the paddle wheels ts 56 feet, with float boards 13 feet in length; these paddle whecis are driven by en gives with four eyliodere—the largest ever made on the cactiiating princtple—having © stroke of 14 feet; the weight of each is 26 tome, The engines stand nearly 50 fees nigh. ‘The ore engines are driven by the same number of yiméers. The cylinders are 7 feet im diameter, and weigd rack 50 tons, having 0 stroke of 4 fest, They are the largent ever made fer marine purposes. The screw prepeiier bes four fans or vames, ip 94 feet im diameter, bes a phaft 160 feet long, and weighs 130 tons. ‘The peccle engines are 1,000 horse power, amd the tcrew engines of 1,000 horse pewer, giving @ total of 2,010 horse power, ata pressure of 96 Ibe.; though, of Course, if necessary, they can work to a force of up wards of 10,600 horses. ‘The paddle boilers are of wrought iroa plate, with brass Dortaneta! tubes, amd are eMapted for werting regelerty Ot a oresnure of twenty five pounds, thongh they are per” fecuy sefn at strty pounds, ae they have all been tested with a hydraulic pump to a greet preasere. Thees pad die dollers are in two distinct ete, and each ert hes aboat 8,000 equare feet of tube surface, cxolusive of fee and formes, aad aboat 460 square feet of fire bar furnace. Bark eet ore equal to onpoly wih steady, moderate irieg | pwam for ce indinater of | A808 horse power, theagt whe Tull @ 10g cock set of two gives steam tothe amount of WO hore preer, a7 600 eras power im all ‘Two eeninary high preasure condensing engines ere Ned edjacent to the peddle eagmes fer working pumps ad other necessary work of the ship. Thess two et Gimes together are equal to 60 horve power whra working ab 40 pounds, though, as they sre mado te work at 69 Pounds, thetr power can be doubled f mesessary. ‘The sorew engines consiet of four cylinders of #4 inches @lamoter and four feet stroke, werting hortzsctally. As with the peddle cylinders, each of the fear is in \tsolf © complete and separate engine, capable of working quite independently of any of the other three, They work up when working at 45 strekes a minute, with steam in the bollor at 15 pounds, cutting of at one-third of however, made to werk smoothly either at 40 strokes per minute, with steam at 25 pounds, without ex sion, or at 66 strokes a minute with the Off at one-fourth of the stroke. stances they will be working at the tremendous 6,500 borees. The boilers, ef course, are of kind as the paddle beilers. cogines are two auxiliary high pressure ty horse power, working with forty pounds, with the other sexiliary cogines, are mado sixty pounds. Both these, besides doing ordinery Work, are connected with the sorew shaft abaft ihe HEEL if the explosion on the firer trial trip. The ‘‘donkeys’’ will be made generally useful for pempizg out the bilge water, washing decks, and other matters; but, so far as supply- ing the large engines, they will be relieved altogether from that duty. The auxiliary engines are fitted with fire hose, and the united pumping power of the cagines is equal to raising about fifty tons of water per minute. @ranght for the fernaces has been provided, by latre- dacing a steam blast pipe into each funnel. THE DEOK OF THE GREAT EASTERN. No part of the ship is so well caloulated to give a correct idea of ber immense size as the main deck. You cannot cast your eyes along that immense exteat, stretching away almost seven huadred feet—one eighth of a mile—without becoming conscisus of her magnitude aad vast proportieas. It @ a megnificent promewade, unbroken by peop or “house om deck,’”’ free from all obstructions, open to every wind that blows, smooth as a grassy lawn, level as a race course, breezy as 0 hill side, and mere secure from dust than a lady’s drawing room. Six masts, straight as up, Ufted lances, support six thousand five hundred square yards of canvass, which fiutter im the wind like forest trees in a storm. Between the masts are placed the smoke stacks, and these, by giving s basis for comparison, impart a definitences to our first vague im. pressions of illimitable size, which s more satiafactory to the mind, although it may be less agreeable to the imagi- nation. The width of the deck is eighty-four feet, wider, as we have said, than the main artery of our city. The captain, standing amidships, will be obliged to use a tele- soope to see what is going on at the bow and stern, and that time hemored medium for conveying orders—the speaking trumpet—would have no more chance of being ‘beard at ctther end than a boy’s peany whistle ina storm To mect this difficulty a telegraphic apparatus is placed ia ‘the oaptain’s cabin, by means of which his orders aro communicated with lightning speed te every part of the The deok is double or cellular made, after the plan of the Britannia tubular bridge, and is formed of carry were husg upon its middle, it would sustaia the whole by its unaided powers of resistance. ‘She carries twenty large boats on deck, and in addition on Damping, hotuag oalls oma weighing anchor or sachers, we should say, for she is furnisned with ten, which, with 100 tons, making im al] 268 tons of appliances for making ber fast. ‘That the Great Eastern will avail herself of wind as of the masts are square riged with irom spars, with the exoeption of the upper topeall yards. (=the mizen mast, which, as we bave said is not made of iren, a stacing is erceted eighty four feet trom the deck, oa which the com- pasecs are placed to remeve them from the disturbiag in Qwence of the ferrugnious mass below. Gas can be manu fectured oa board aad conveyed to every part of the ship, while a set effulgence, a kind of simulated mocaligtt, will Le shed ea the vast area of the deck, (rem a powerful electri light at the mesthead. (On starless nights the of- fects of this will be striking ina high degree. The boat was gliding over the waters ‘‘ unto herself « gun,” her deck bathed in ertificial moenbeams, and the restless ocean withect darkened with the shadows of the over” banging night Whate strange appearence & mant pre nami to vessske cresging Hs peth immagine the consteras. tion 1 would cause ameng & crew who bal ever beard 0! this modern wonder (seppening that there exists a crew (a any sea go ignorant of pessing events.) Tobey Van. derdreckee and his Flyiag Dutchmen weuld a0! be @ cir vents, aad ome third the sailing department. Tae Great astern te chietly inteeded fer passreger trate, aad is to be fied te aoreenmodate eight humdred of the first cine, tere thousand second clags, and one thenmand two hasdrad “hird cless—im all four thousand pesssagers aad W ased 00 0 treep ship 1 to onid abe cam take pearly tea thounaad mre, baggage and provisioas wRoluded. PAMENGIONS AND CAPACITY IW TABULAR FORM, ‘The priz ciple dimemstona, callpre of the machiaery and geeeral accommodation of this truty colosen! specimen of gentus, enterprise aad indestry, are as follows: — ae itill i H| be emeter ef cyticders.. 74 Incaes Weight of optineers, each. Length of stroke. TEE TRIAL TRIP OF THE GREAT RASTERN. JOu the Tth of September, 1850, the Great Kestors com mesood ber first trial trip, starting from Deptford for the Nore, at the mouth of the Thames. Nothing eoald exceed the cxoltement of all classes om this occasion. The beaks of the Thames wore lined with crowds anxious (te get a glimpes of the modern marvel of the ‘clay crea- tor.’ From all pints thousanes upon thousands rushed to the river; beats heavily laden with human freight swarmed upon the water thick as files upon « summer's éay; every available standpoint was eeized upon, aad tho angles of the river had te be tested, and om this peint no Mattle anxiety was fot by all. This anxiety will be under- Mood when we moation that twenty-three er twenty fear feet depth of water wes the miminimam required at the turnings, and that the vessel's draught was tweaty-ene feot ten inches aft, and twenty-two fect three inches for- i : peint, am acute angle round which the tide sweeps with and for a few minutes her position was critical im the ex- treme; for the tide swept with tremendous force and ra Pidity shoreward, carrying the noble vessel with it. To counteract tliis tidal influence ft was necessary to bring the great power of her engines into play, but at the same time to use them so judisiousiy and delicately that the ‘vessel would not be taken om shore om the other side, getting clear of one danger only by falling into another. As soon as the danger was over a flight of carrier pigeons was sent up simultaneously from ship and shore to tele- graph the welcome news and spread it through the land. ‘Woolwich, the only other point about which saxiety was felt, was passed safely and we'l, and then all the danger of river navigation was at an end. She did uot reach Gravesend, however, as calculated upon, that day, for the tide turned, ana the Great Basterm had to come to anchor in the river, bridging it across as she swung broadside to the stream. The next morning she got ‘under way and resumed her progress down the river, receiving from every craft she met or passed, whether hate moved as it seemed, cheers that rent the air , the stately ship passed on, leav- ing Gravesend behind her, and making for the sea water. At Chapman’s Head the tugs were cast off, and the levia- Polat to the Here Light Ship, a distance of Sifteca statute miles, was accomplished in fifty cight minutes Daring the trip the Great Eastern was okilfally handled by Captain Harrison and Mr. Atkinson, a well known river ptlot. The ongines were managed by Scott Rassell, and Captain Comstock directed the steering by Mr. Lang- ‘loys apparatas. ‘Ue the 9th she left the Nore ata quarter past nine A. ‘M., and at three P M. was off Dever, expecting to reach cabin, exploded with terrific force, blowing the Greet Eastern weat to Holyhead, was exposed to the fury of one of the most terrific that ever visited the Eagtich const. After great exertions om the part of Captain Harrison and the crew she rode out the storm with comparatively little damage. Hamece thea she has, ag the public are away’, )eem some whet altered, and many tmprevement have bese mode 1a ber which, & ts expected, will aid hor greatly in mak- img © rapid trip to this port. IBAMBARD K. BRUNBL, THR DEQIGNER OF THE GREAT Wes born at Portsmouth, ia te year 1806, where his ‘ether, the illustrious French jengineer, whe died in 1849, ea cagaged in comstrwotiag (be mamufactorins of deck palleys. While very young he was seat to France, where he was a stadeat im the College of Cacm, and 08 bis return, from 1826, he was employed in the opening of the Toames tuneel. The trruptions of the water cessed him 0 rem more thas ces risk, capromlly in 1838, when atx heséred fect of water breke threugh and he was carried away by the force of tae current end east cafe and sound upes year 1833 he was appoints: Western Railway, aad directes ‘ect art to that Mme and its branches, great cosan, alter eo moch laber, exprase aad iroable. Ouring the last war with Ressia be was charged with the uty of erecting the Hospital of Reaxioi, sitaated on the ‘araite of the Derdanciies, and which was to ovatein hres thonsaed sick persons. He was a member of the Reyal Society of Londen stace 1830. and was 2's0 coe. ecoted with the Inetitate of Cir Ragiecors, with the So clety of arts, the Astresemtoni Sootetios and the (olen! cal and Geogre phival Sectetien. Fla the Crees of the Legion of Hover ot the hands of King Iris Philippe. He was too {Il to be present at (he success of we leet gveat work, the Groat Restoran, on her trip from ine Thames to Portiand, and died a abort time after wards Fe lived, however, te beer of hor great trivape. THE COMMANDRR OF THE ORBAT KisTeRN. Captata Jobe Vine Hall, who nas been selected for the Righty reapomcibie pesitien of commanding tee Great Rant. erm, van for many years an officer in the servicer of the Feet Ineta eed the General Sorew Steametip sing Compa oie. Daring bis service with the latter be com mandet tne steamers Croveus and Golden Fiesce, the fermer of wbing wae buraed at Qepoa, and the latter was cegege) a the Asetretien trade, being eae of the (acst veenta be. \eoging the compeny. Jesoph Kodmey Crovtsy, king . owe Cseqal a1 Rearha mpi, wen at WS time Preeiient 0 Wr company. (On the formetion of he leaden ant Me-: “-weapene Airam Navigustes Osmmreey be eos mate teat: reared cupertniendrat, efit offes be held pac! tds ap tioa in which he ts beié, and euch is the cesire to hear hie: Ha conduct im connection with the Crovsas, of 2,710 tons, which upen arrival at Sydney was found to be fright fully looky, many of the plates having started, gained bia the approbation and frieadship of the late Mr. Brunel. ‘There was ne deck into which be could put bis ship, and with great perseverence be succeeded ta forming a basia, by drtving two rows of piles around the vessel, filling up the space between, then pumpiag the water out, and by (this mcans he was caabled to repair and brieg home the ship with o mest valuable cargo. Whea the Croovas, with treeps aud stores for the Crimea, was destroyed by fire off Genoa, his conduct received the highest epprobation from ‘he Admiralty. Ae captain of the Golden Fleets, with (woeps fer India, he made the quickest veyage en recerd betweea England and Calcutta. OUTLINES OF REPRESENTATIVE STBAMERS. To enable our readers to comprehen: at a glance the progressive increase tm the atze of ecean steamers during the lasl twenty years, we give the following relative eut- Manes of the Great Weetern, the Great Britain, tho Persia, ond the Greet Kastorn — QTEAMSHIP GREAT BRITAIN. Bails im 1844. —Length 823 feet. STEAMSHIP PERSIA. Bailt im 1866.—Length 800 feet. STEAMSHIP GREAT RASTBRN. Bailt in 1869.—Length 680 feet. COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS OF THE REPRESENTATIVE STBAMERS. Tt is @ singular ciroumetance that the same man who built the first trapsatiantio steemabip should also havo built this last and greatest specimen of naval arcbitectere, ‘and that both vessels should be so closely allied in aemo— Bread. Fed. g 8 88 ) trom .. 6H. going steamer of 1860 ts nearty six Of that of 1825, whilst the difference be length tween the tonnage is still more is favor of the letter The Of tweaty-five tons burthen—ehe is asa hage maa of.war to a little salfboat. Im trom Japan. FRAZAR & 00.'8 NAGASAKI CIROULAR— THE OURREN- CY QUBSTION—CALIFORNIA FOTATORS RAISED IN Ne md Nacasaxi, Japap, Marck 25, 1868. fRnce our last report bustoess has beee wore brisk, aad preduce from the tmterier bas come forward free'y; bat the unsettled state of the currency still impedes extensive the bay, and im about six months from this weare in hopes to ccoupy frepreof godowns, situated ea the wa ebipping carge at al) times of tide. Foreigners experience lees diMoculty every dey im their Dusinces transactions © ih the Japamene, aad the facitintes He 28; Peewee h fe. 800 81. ite. 67 2 68, 30. Fish reo Brene ste f— Itz. A per catty 3, ta. ON each. Aretdent wm the Two © As the seven o'siock morning racked woven oF might yr: wartog hand im advance of the aoe @rnt, tod pe by go +) toe oa ana ects tics by neuer Cainer, . vain, sich, ee or wae ene pm , 00 Apps. fayery when pictey oho one ia sims! ue a fae at wa ith g-eat force owe the embent went, wee pena theriahe downrarde, aed @as instentiv TRS poreate af he cathe, earectet” cy the topstag af tne trae nod the outpraring Of 10% pamwacers, approssh od the groand slowly a@4 18 68 ire ignorsmoe het , bub whee they were of the fonts te bag arog igae oust 0 taste tochegs 09 tne wiser owchametines ced cote, Tor moiner of our of the Mtl ore bardiy be restrained from deing visience tv were te the npiotan Woat th cognent - NEWS FROM CUBA. A , ‘The stramehip Karnak, from liavame aad Nessa, ar- ttved bere yesterday morning. Letes frem the latter Place are to the th inst., and from Havame to the 6th, Freight from Havana—1,016 bexes suger to Messrs. T. De Vinser & Stevens; 184 bales tobacco to P. V. King & Qo. | negars to Symington, Fiegé & Watt; Rebt. C. Kelley ‘& Co., and Stretton, anterd & Os. Our Havana Savana, June 6, 1008. Brrencmus Biatement in Regard to the Slave trade—She i the Sist pottoe of thas aad arrested. pesscesion & im which Rates of persoas to rob, estates to which he inteaded to “tee at the head 16 due the police Of Meatan: Recently highwaymen mer = - the by Cardenas; they robbea of nine eunces im gelo. the herse was in the Poseesaio: the district, and im twenty. highwaymea were err Cardenas. This oir- Cumstance proves the police of this island can be, when they please, os amart os their fellows in aay other There wore in the public beepital of St. Juan de Diego daring inst month terenty-twe caaea of yellow fever, owes of whom were aiseharged cured, seven died and seven remained in the heepital on the ist of the presemt meath. Te qed of thelr aick fre- queauy eut of the bespital antl ‘a little or me hi of their recovery, and thea send thea to the heapital %o ceeeg of yollaw a Wom two were A mace Wee BO ona: tupued ateacily dry since taas the oxeep dan end at the same time made reference te these ef ‘Thompson ead Dr. Waller—the former $10,500, and the latter to $7 300. ‘The B. ard announced thal, ia the matter of the Uap Nebes, they did net think tt osald be | atmiler 40 thas hed the court tp | : | i ; it 1 H t a ht i f i xii i i} it ¥ 3 | 3 ij ii i T sis i £ HE 33 i i i i [ bi] iti i j § il : { f | i iii Fi i HI i H eike efi i : | F Ht ir | H j i H i a ? ! G | at, ai fi it i % J i x i i i i ty alts pen Hf [is | td i Porat Man. —The Five litle a? Oak Bi, bp te fattey , together: © valecdio 06 cow, aod all the @ the hows, wae des. sraged by fire abewt e’olmek on Yaaday inet The pereed @ eodenveriog ‘0 nave ts bores. Tee ‘vetoed ot $2,508. A aoe eve Of the owner of the a wespicten of bemg the Use