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    THE GREAT EASTERN.

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    NEWMARKET RACES.

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    Sir W. Booth's Artless, by Arohy, 3 yrs,...

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    to elaborate the subordinate detail of the process of thia life ' sprogr essive stages of education within itself ; r each- stage a rehearsal of its successor , and altogether making up our homogeneous education for another life , with the unity of perfectdesign belong ^ ing to every ordeiririgofGfod , The boy exercises himself foe manhood as the young man for independent life . All the home questions of the day are summed up in how the great mass of population are fed , clothed , and . taught . What is our national system of education for the working classes ? We alone * of all nations , rest on the voluntary undertaking ot private individuals or societies for its basis , and we support such agency by large subsidies and

    co-operation from the national treasury . Possibly we may leara something from other countries—from the United States , Canada , and other European states free as ourselves , Switzerland and Holland ; not much from the elaborate organisation of France , nor from the late Imperial patent of "Vienna , nor the Prussian gradation of officers up to the bishops of the state religion . Our democratic tendencies lead us away from paternity of government and pupillage of people . The hon . gentleman then proceeded to point out the differences between the educational system in the countries referred to and our own , and concluded by saying that our . own progress in the cause of education was indicated by the milder character assumed bv the social struggles inseparable

    from , a free community . In the department of Social Economy a very numerousi auditory was assembled to hear two papers announced to be read by ladies with reference to female labour . The general programme is , that every morning there is the " Address for the day , " and immediately thereafter the departments will commence business . The departments are five in number , to embrace the following subjects : — Jurisprudence , Education , Punishment and Reformation , Public Health , and Social Economy .

    On Thursday Mr . Monckton Munes , M . P ., read a paper in St . George ' s HaU on " Reformation and Punishment . " He began by reference to the days of judicial torture and the rigorous system of punishing offenders pursued in former times in this and other countries , and gave an account of the system of transportation in modern days . ' . That system , had now ceased to exist , and the question they had been compelled to ask was in what way thev could improve their penal system , and how

    they were to make up for the advantages they had lost in the cessation of penal settlements in the colonies . The hon . gentleman then went at great length into the question of tickets of leave and reformatories , and the legal enactments affecting them ; and next proceeded to review some of the projects put forward for the prevention of crime . Among these he noticed the proposals made to enforce abstinence from spirituous liquors . In this-he could not concur . It had never been the habit of the

    British . Legislature to attempt to limit vicious principles ' 'or passions , so long as they did not lead to the disturbance of public order . Nor were they in the habit of enforcing particular Views upon a minority . It should be remembered , top , that natiire provided a severe retribution for intemperate habits , and he doubted whether the use of intoxicating liquors led so much to grave crime as was usually represented ; Besides , were Lord Brougham and he to be allowed their port and sherry , and the . poor man deprived of his beer ? They must prevent crime by education , and reform it in punishment , and then our age would be no less famous for its victories over the moral than over tlxe material world .

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    The Great Eastern.

    THE GREAT EASTERN .

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    their places and objects supplied by wood casings , foynjlng simply , QO % ftir chambers for cooling down the ^ eatgen € > rat ? 4 by I f hq heated iron plates . The bM r , tfiough jty fchjijb sta ^ e of confu ^ on whloh vesfWiffWfr " w w ^ fV * >* ' ty % J 32 infc of ¦¦ B 2 ? nff » was ux the hands of eweriencgd . / pfteevs , who now , to sonje . extqnt at least , Knew her qualities , and under ih command of a captain of acknowledged reputa-1 | ion | jttnd \ ip ; hp 9 e conduot ; on the late' trying occasion . * W ^« Paittii ! tq bq al tfo a man of cool ner ve and qulok f 8 SM # ' ' 'V ' ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ^ ' ^ W ^ to ^ a * 'gol } , tip at 3 ' 80 p . m , on Saturday , Knft )« t > 9 ' 4 & Afinid' 4 oVdeit' was > - given to weigh anchor .

    Round went the capstans , and presently the head of Mr , Trotman ' s anchor appeared above water ^ at which moment the multitudes of passengers in the yachts and steamers assembled raised a hearty cheer , the engines were set in motion , and the ship ' s retrograde course at once checked . And now , looking over the side , some half dozen sturdy fellows , sliding down from the tackle attached from the catheads by which the anchor is suspended , began performing apparently a series of the most extraordinary acrobatic experiments . Some thirty or five-and-thirty feet below one or two of these were swinging by a rope end ,

    their feet nearly touching the water , endeavouring to catch at other ropes to which they attached themselves like monkeys ; then one slipping over the other ' s shoulders and getting down beneath him ; then half a dozen tied together in a sort of knot , and labouring at an enormous block with an equally enormous hook attached—operations which finally resulted in saidjiook being affixed to the anchor , so as to enable it to be hauled up into its proper position .

    The Eddystone Light , bright and clear like a star upon the water , was sighted before eleven- Precisely at twenty minutes past eleven the Great Eastern was well in the stream of mellow light which it cast upon the waters . Thus , then , notwithstanding the partial stoppage of the paddles and slackening of the rate , a distance of twenty -five knots , or nearly thirty statute miles , had been run at half speed within an hour and three quarters time . From this period out nothing of note

    occurred , the paddles working easily at from nine to ten , and ' the screw at from thirty-two to thirty-four revolutions per minute . At ten revolutions the paddle-wheels dashed through the water at something like 1 , 600 ft . per minute , and the scr ^ w revolved at 2 , 500 . When accomplishing this the consumption of fuel was at the rate of 250 tons a day for both engines , the indicated power being nearly 5 , 000 horses—about' 2 , 000 horses for the paddles and a little over 3 , 500 for the screw . .

    Holyhead , the captain determined to . turn the ship completely round , both paddles and screw going at full speed , and against a heavy sea . The helm was put hard a-port , and the Great Eastern , for the first time since she has been built , made a fair turn round in the open sea . The helm was put over to 17 degrees , and- the ship went completely round at moderate speed in nineteen minutes , and in a distance of a mile and a-quarter . This , as regards both time and distance , was very little more than half of what it would have taken any line-of-battle ship in Her Majesty ' s service to accomplish . In the matter of speed there is no reason to doubt that the maximum of 1 ' 4 J knots she maintained during five hours of the run from Portland to Kinsale may not , when the working of the Avhole of the machinery is in the hands of an engineer directly responsible to the company , and acting under the orders of and in harmony with the commander of the ship , be converted into the minimum ; but if it should be only the average , it will be no slight advantage to have a means of communication bringing New York within eight-andra-quarter davs of London , and Australia within about thirty-three days . Some idea of the excitement which the arrival of the great ship in Holyhead harbour has created in the manufacturing districts may be formed from the fact that the London and North Western Railway Company have given notice of running no less than twenty excursion trains a-day from different parts of the country—as Chester , Manchester , Birmingham , and others of the thickly-populated towns within their system of communication over the Chester and Holyhead line to the point of attraction , the- fares to include free admission on board the ship . Much still remains to be done in the way of making ready for an Atlantic cruise , and at present there seems as little probability of the Great Eastern . starting across the Atlantic this month as of Holyhead itself . The visit of her Majesty is still expected next week , though whether it will take place on Monday or Tuesday is still uncertain .

    A few hours before daybreak on Sunday morning the Great Eastern gave the first indication of being influenced by the motion of the waves . Hitherto there had been not the slightest motion either in the form of pitching or rolling , bat about the time she passed the Lizard , those who had retired to their cabins—which of course included all the non-nauticals—were aroused from their sleep by a sensible oscillation , which required in some instances holding on in order to hold in , and , more or

    less , from this time until very near the end of the voyage the motion of the ship informed those whom she was carrying that she was not exactly a portion of terra firma , but could roll and pitch , if necessary , according to the varying circumstances of wind and waves ; the motion , however , although sufficient to occasion disagreeable results in one or two cases , was invariably considerably less than the largest ships afloat , and , of course , greatest whenthe ship was being " put about " or when meeting cross currents and heavy seas .

    . On Sunday morning , about church-time—for there was church-time aboard , and a full Sunday service , prayers , litany , sermon , and psalms , according to the liturgy of the Church of England , the Rev . Mr . Nicholson * one of the visitors , who is also a large shareholder in the concern , officiating in full canonicals— -the first experiment of using sails and steam , together was tried . First , the staysail was set on the foremost of the six masts , or , as it is now christened , the staysail mast ; then followed the unreefing of the trysail , and subsequently the trysails were set in succession upon four of the other masts , viz ., the foremast , the mainmast , the mizen , and the jigger , or sternmost mast . As regards speed the

    effect was nugatory , which is sufficiently accounted for by the fact that the wind , which was blowing fresh , aa it had been . all the morning , was direct upon the starboard beam j but in steadying the vessel and putting a stop to the rolling motion the result was not only satisfactory but instantaneous . Unfortunately , no opportunity was afforded of testing the action of the sails in adding to the motive power , the wind being during the whole of the rest of the voyage unfavourable , and mostlyjdirectly against the vessel ' s course . At 5 * 40 the ship arrived off the Head of Kinsale , being but twenty-four hours from the time of leaving

    the Bill of Portland . -The distance traversed in this period , measured from point to point upon the chart , is about 893 knots , but , allowing for the great sweep made when rounding the Soilly Islands , the distance actually run by the vessel could not be less than 300 knots , which is equal to 347 J miles , or very nearly at the rate of 15 miles' per hour * The speed attained in-the twenty-four hours ; rim from Portland to- KUisaiQ would be sufficient to take the vessel from England : to Australia j n thirty-six days ; and Captain Harrison and the engineers are confident of greater results than tho » oattainecl . Nothing , worthy of special rqcordv took place until the forenoon "Of Monday ^ the 10 th , when , noaring

    Tjhcb trial trip of this vessel has at length taken place , and apparently to the complete satisfaction of all the witnesses of her performance . She appears to be aa easily handled at sea as it w ^ e prophesied would be the case , while her speed is quite as great as her projectors ever believed it would be . The machinery , so far as it was in any way injured by the late , explosion , had been thoroughly repaired , and the defects of construction which that explosion expose dremedied . The steam chambers or " jackets , " as they are technically called , round the funnels between decks , had been , removed in each case , and

    Newmarket Races.

    NEWMARKET RACES .

    Sir W. Booth's Artless, By Arohy, 3 Yrs,...

    Sir W . Booth ' s Artless , by Arohy , 3 yrs , fist . 21 b . ( carried fist . 31 b . ) ( Drew ) t 1 Mr . T . Parr ' s Gaspard , 3 yrs , Cst . 91 b . ( Ctaalloner ) t ' 4 Mr . G . Lambert ' s Clydesdale , 4 yrs , Ost . 7 Jb . ( distance ) \ i Mr . S . Williams ' s Mazzinl , 3 yrs , Ost . alb . ( Sadler ) 4 Thirty-one others started , some of whose names will be found below . By tl ' iree o ' clock , the time appointed , a white flag was elevated on the ditch as a signal to the spectators that the horses had assembled at the post . On the starter ' s calling them together , Accurate and Whitewall broke away , and indulged in a short canter . They , howeveiy , soon returned , and fell into their places . The thirty-five horses were now- in

    The Cesarewitch , perhaps the third in importance of the great races of the year , was decided on Tuesday last at Newmarket . The weather was very unfavourable ; and , notwithstanding the attraction of the cheap trains , the attendance of the general public was but small , and the interest appeared confined to the sporting fraternity . On the great race the betting at starting was : —6 to 1 against Borderer , 7 to 1 against Special Licence , 10 to 1 against Clydesdale , 12 to 1 against Moorcock , 12 to 1 against Polestar , H to 1 against Yorkshire Grey , and 20 to I against Artless . The result of the race , however , was as follows : —

    compact order , and at the word of command from Mr . Hibburd they bounded away in a body . There was no false start , and they quitted the post just twelve minutes after three o ' clock . They had not proceeded far before they woro separated into two lots . In the front rank were Ambush , making running , Star of the East , I ' etrn , Folostar , Artless , Starke , Scribbler , Compromise , Broadlands , Mazzini , Gaepard , Independence , Marine , and Yorkshire Grey . In the extreme rear were VanityRoyal SovereignLord Nelsonand Borderer ,

    , , , The changes as they streamed through " \ ° Jade " were unimportant , but on breasting the hill at the ditch , Clydesdale and Tunstall Maid showed in good positions near the leaders , Ambush still uoing in front , attended by a crowd of horses , the mow prominent among which wore Gaspard , 1 olciJUir , Artless , Star , of the East , Clydesdale , bonbbior , Mazzini , Broadlands , Yorkshire Grey , StarKe , Prioress , and Compromise . As they crossed * tuo flat Compromise was beaten , and the sound otius iookev ' fl whin caused Scribbler to dcclino further

    share in the contest f the other ' rogue , " Star ot East , also dropped into tho rear us soon as worK commenced , in earnest . Tho paco up to thtt porwu had been very good . On nearing tho Bushea-uui the number of the front lot was siill , furth © r reduced , and on reaclung the top of tho hill Ainbuah roUroU , and Artless obtained the lead , with Broadlands cm her loft , Gaspare and Clydesdale closo together , wxtu

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1859, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101859/page/6/