The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

THE GREAT BRITAIN PASSENGERS.

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An adjourned meeting of the Great Britain pas-
senger, took place yesterday morning, at the George Hotel,
to hear a communication from a deputation appointed to
wait upon Messrs. 3lacivcr, agents for the Halifax and
Boston steamers, to learn if the Acadia could be engaged
fur the prosecution of their voyage. About 60 gentlemen
had agreed to go, if the pa sage money did not exceed 49/.
Mr. Watt, on behalf of the deputation, reported that
Messrs. Mincer had declined, on the ground that the pro-
posAl employment of the Acadia might lead to a breach of
their contract with the Admiralty, which req'aired the
punctual lathing of their line of steamers at a certain speci-
fied time, and by which a penalty of 5001. fur erety twelve
hours' delay would be incurred. This announcementereated
great dissatisfaction ; and, from the lateness of the sea-
son and the difficulty of obtaining accommodation (should
the Great Britain herself not be readily got afloat), one-half
of the passengers will, doubtless, remain in this country till
the spriug.
We understand that those of the passengers who arc going
to Havana will sail for their destination by the first steamer
from Southampton. How the others are now to go out we
know nut, for the Caledonia, app .intel to sail for Beston
on Sunday next, has already her full complement of pas-
sengers.
A letter from the agent at Warrenpoint states that on
Friday afternoon, the steam-tug No. 1 reached Dundrum
Bay, from Liverpool, and anchored. Captain Waken had
a second bower anchor and chain all ready to be taken out
by the tug on Saturday, and preparation, are in pro-
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gross for getting the ship off at the next spring tides, say
from the 3d to ith October. By the tide table, we are to
have 20 feet tides. Captain Hoskin' has succeeded in sena-
, ing the rudder to act, which will be a great matter, with
the machinery uninjured a' present. No further assistance
can be rendered, more than discharging a portion of the coal
on shore.
The following letters were received in Liverpool yesterday.
The first, from Lieut. Morris, of the Coast Guard. It is
dated Tyrella Watch Tower, Sept. 26 :
Gentlemen—Capt. Hosken, of the Great Britain, having deputed me
to write to you iu the sweat of his being unable to get a letter on
I shore by poet hour (four o'clock), I beg to inform you that it is now
blowing a hard gale from S.S.W., with a eery Rovy sea, preventing
any communication with the shore till low water. lam happy to say
that they have got the rudder straightened, and consequently have
now the power of the screw which was before jammed. They have
also got three anchors out astern, which l'aptain Heiken laid out as
well as be could ; had the weather been more moderate it was his
llntention to have tripped and laid teem out further, but in eon.
sequence of the heavy mile the tug boat from Liverpool has been corn-
gelled to get under weigh, and I think has gone to Newry, as she
went In that direction. The Great Britain, under all circumstances,
has not worked ise heavily as might have been expected, and up to
this morning, 9 s.a., had made little or no water, and I trust sincerely
that should the weather be favourable at spring tides, she has every
chance of getting off. The gale has moderated considerably within
the last hour.—W. W. Murat+, Lieut. R.N., commanding Coast Guard
station.
The other letter is from Lieutenant llosken :
Great Britain steam-chip, Dundrum Bay, Sept. 29, 3 r.a.
3fessrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.
Dear Sirs,—lt came on to blow hard from the southward and S.S.E.,
with a heavy sea, last night, and continued till about an hour since,
since which It has moderated. About one o'clock our chain parted,
and we loot our eight-inch hawser at the same time. The ship had
been forging in all the morning, bringing our anchor home. The
rudder-past is broken off at the upper part, and there is a plate of iron
broken away at the upper part of the stem, just at the top of the
rudder-post. The ship makes but very little water in the bottom. I
am now preparing cargo and stores ; for getting out the former I will,
if I can, send by No.l Liverpool steam-tug, which got here yesterday
about four o'clock, but was this morning compelled to leave the hay
from bad weather. I presume she has taken shelter in the neighbour-
hood, and will return when it moderatos.
I am glad to my everything is going on as orderly as possible, with
all our clifflculti. We have received, and continue to do so, all
assistanee and attention from the authorities and the respectable
inhabitants of di. neighbourhood, they can give us.—l am, he. he.,
J. Maw.