The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-08 00:00:00

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. T.—The two following letters
were posted up iii the Underwriters' 11. urns, t u-d
(Beat Britain Strain ship, sth Oct.
Meooro.Gilitio, Bright, and Co.—Dear s en -11% letter of yeoterikay,
and the weather of laot night, if you bait' had the same, will Lave
pre used you or wit it I base now to acquaint you. An the tide Iliac
tile am laccim,,sl, and :-even 0.1:11).': we found the ship making
much water, and worked the puua;o all night. The anchor» again
came home, and on t'te flowing tide this morning, thlding Om ship
makieg at It it two feet water per hour more than the pump.,
threw, I thought it bent to net some sail, to force her as high
ao poooih'e. f'apoin town, It.N., who came on board lad evening,
coincided in opinion with rue; I at tone did N. lilting )Z0 .11 our
ciOtlise and haws:rt.. The ship lo now yu high that 1 think olic will
not take mu it more halm. Captain Claxton leaves a. soon ay hr ran ;
at recent the yurf is too high. I preyunie you will communicate oar
situation to the unlerwriters of Liverpool and 01/01(011% I shall
make the befit of everything until I have further direction+ from my
directory, ur the underwriters. Until then I shall, a I have thaw,
keep the flake management in my own hatulk—l remain, Sac.,
JAXE.
WorrenpOnt, Oct. 6.
Thomas Court, EN.- Sir,—l returned from 15MI marking,
and regret much to infirm you that the Great Britain had It fret
wan r in her hold yeotenkty morning's tide, and now high up on the
bunk, with her 'gent S. E. We hal severe weather on Sunday and
part of yeyterday. I fear now three wiU be Uttk t han .c of getting
this tine off the shore. I out, ice., L:.ON ‘IW Wen•u..

By the steam tug Dreadnought, pays the Liverpool
Courier, which has just arrived in the Mer•ey, we have
received int lliacnce that it blew so strongly '.iato Dundrum
Bay yesterday, and Co, purl ran so high upon the beach, that
no attempt was or could be made to get the Great Britain off.
As yesterday's was the hiuhest tide, all further attempts to
fl oat the vessel have been abandoned until Oa next sprin:s,
which will not be until the 3rd ..nd 4th of November. The
vessel yesterday was carried higher up on the beach, and is
now embedded in hard sand. Persons can walk round her,
and horsey and carts can approach on tither side. It appears
that Captain llusken wive take every advintale (luring the
three weeks wh'.eli wi:l intervene bt tw:cat this and the ni
springs to lighten the vessel as much as possible, by taking
out everything on board. includit.g as much of the machinery
as can be temovtd without opening any part of the ducks.
!den will be employed also in stopping th.:. teaks, wl.ich, no
doubt, have retarded the exertions made since Saturday to
get her off. for, as fast as the tide rose, she made water, and
the pumps could not keep her free. For carrying on the
next (nitrations. therefore--stopping the halts and lighten-
ing the vessel—her present position on the beach is favour-
able.—Yesterday, the stea:ntugs were unable to approach
within two mile's of her, and then the gale came on so
furiously_that th y had to take shelter in the bays aloffg the
coast. The Dreadnought started for Liverpool towards
nightfall, and is the first to bring the intelligence that, until
the next spring tides, no further efforts eau be made to get
the vessel off.

BitliTaL, Oct. 7.—Letters received here to-day confirm
the unfavourable intelligence as to the condition of this ill-
fated ship wlfiee appeared in the meeting pipers. The
first, from Capt sin Claxton, and addressed the secretary
of the Great We tern Steam-ship Company, W. M. Bennett,
Esq., is dated from Landrum Bay, up to noon of Monday.
After giving the details of the means taken to get her off,
he says: It blew strong gales from S.S.E. te S. by W.,
continuing blowing all night. The rollers came in heavily
end fearfully, and as the tide flowed, she dragged her an-
chors, six in number, and before the tide again toil, she had
advanced her whole lengt up the belch. The anchors,
with the chains attached to them, seen to have been bodily
'tided. The sea, and her working last night, started the
rivets in her bottom, and all chance of getting her off at
present with ordinary appliances, is over." The second let-
ter is from a gentleman on the spot, dated tour o'clock on
Monday. lie says her bows are buried full tire-and-a-halt
feet in the sand.

THE GREAT BRITAIN.—SIN—A letter, dated the
2 VI ult., from on haunt the limit Britain, ashore in Dunham Bay,
to Irchad,und signed " Laving been published,