Show present condition of the great eastern steamship the london times describes the condition of the great eastern at the recent public exhibition hibi tion of that vessel at Dept deptford depthford ford as follows when at last safely on the lofty deck one soon sees that busy hands have re recently centy been at work vork in producing pro dusing order out of chaos and carrying out mhd innumerable details which were necessary to make nnie the great ea eastern a perfect ship tile the deck which on our previous visit presented abut a rude succession of huge iron grinders over which people stumbled at every ever step is now completely planked blanked from end to end and a glance along its immense expanse gives tha birtt and best idea of the enormous size size bize of the phlp the different skylights are also in their places and give a look of finish where all before bd ore was incomplete ness nesa and confusion three masts have been set up and two funnels which also go far to furnish the deckand tb complete bulwarks bulwa all round take away the banse of or dizziness and insecurity with which the people used formerly to approach approach roach the side of the ship one can now loo look apt over the vast side bide judge d e of the vast height of the vessel out oi ol ti the le w water t er make comparisons between her and anything ise ibe else elbe that floats upon tipon the thames and then enjoy the prospect of the country both kent and essex now clad in the bri brighurst bright latest rbt pst green of midsummer the ile lower deats decks I 1 have tave been planked blanked and great progress has been beep made in part partitioning them off into thin permanent compartments the grand and saloon is is in in a very forward state and would be a isoble fibble apartment more like a drawing room in itt a princely mansion on shore than the cabin of or a ship were it t not for the two immense funnels which run up the center and inconveniently interrupt the sweep of the apartment on each side elegant cabins are being fitted up and the same may be said of the other saloons of which there are we vve believe z eix six ix in the ship one of the fhe cabins has been finished lini tini shed in order hat that the visitor m misjudge j adge of what the rest are intended to be and ala a very pleasant amant notion it gives ives of what a voyage across the atlantic will be in such a noble ship ag as the great eastern this ibis completed is what is called a family cabin containing bedroom bed room sitting room and dressing room all of them lofty and well ventilates ventilated and possessing a greater eater number of than thad could be found in a similar suite onshore theoph the other cabins ade ace also in an exceedingly forward state and as an immense number of or men are kept incessantly at vork work thorp thore is every prospect of the chip ship being ready for her trial trip on the appointed ath of august there is free circulation now through all the ship the there being elegant staircases with carved oak balustrades leading 1 to the various saloons and cabins and iron ladders far arthe the scientific or inveterately curio curlo curious ps who cannot believe they have dore done the ship until they ha have ve e explored 0 ie d t the he gloomy 1 mysteries of the v vast t e engine room in liere here those ohp have read vath W will vil vii be f forcibly 1 reminded of the hall of eblis and those M who have not will wonder aonder y onder at the ponderous beams and shaft sharn and cylinders will be struck with the bright polish of the steel work and think of th time when all this vast mass of mechanism shall be in inno motion plowing up the ocean with a giants strength and carrying the great eastern along as if she bhe was a featheran feat herat the rate of twenty miles an hour let us hope that she may go on prosperous my ly to completion com and justify ju y the scientific but daring meme neme scheme upon which she ehe has been con strutted ted if she should realize the hopes of her pro projectors 11 actors and the designs of her architects she bhe will fill a brighter page of En ED glands history than any of hv her r most famous victories by land or water for she will inaugurate a revolution in ocean transit which wid will bring the farthest ends of the earth together and make traveling on the ocean as pleasant and little fatiguing as it is now on the tile best ordered of our oar great railroads |