The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-06 00:00:00

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

BRISTOL, THURSDAY.—The following documents were read
at a meeting of proprietors to-day :
" 18, Duke-street, Westminster, Feb. 27.
" Gentlemen,—l beg to inclose Captain Claxton's account
of the proceedings at Dundrum Bay during the time that he
has been engaged in forming the breakwater or protection to
the ship, in the manner recommended by me.
"Notwithstanding the great difficulties he has bad to con-
tend with from almost incessant bad weather, with the:wind
blowing dead on shore nearly the whole of the month of Ja-
nuary, and consequently preventing the tides from ebbing
sufficiently out to allow of the work being properly pro-
ceeded with ; and notwithstanding the occurrence of more
than one storm at the most critical period of the work, he
tics, as I fully relied upon his doing, succeeded in so far
protecting the ship that she has been comparatively unaf-
fected by violent seas, which, there is no doubt whatever,
would otherwise have seriously damaged her. We may now
calculate wi!li tolerable certainty upon preserving her with-
out further injury
_until the finer, or at least more settled
weather sets in.

" In the work which Captain Claxton undertook, and has
so succm,fully completed, he has been compelled to vary
very materially the mode of proceeding first laid down ; he
has, in tact, been obliged to adapt his plans to his means of
execution, and almost from day to day to devise modes of
proceeding, with only the experience of the past day to
guide him. i umerous unforeseen difficulties have occurred,
upon which he kept me daily informed; and simple as my
plan might have appeared to others, it required much skill,
contrivance, and unwearying perseverance to carry out, and
many alterations and improvements as it progressed. I had
relied confidently on success when my friend Captain Clax-
ton undertook the work, and the result has fully confirmed
my expectations.
" It is now necessary to turn our attention to the best
mode of removing the ship. 1 hope in about a fortnight
from the present time to be able to give you some opinion
upon this point, but it is one requiring much consideration,
and until I had the opportunity of conferring with Captain
Claxton on the subject, and also had before me all the mea-
surements and data which he has collected, it was useless to
attempt it.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" I. K. BRUNEL."

The letter of Captain Clav en, whi,;h is dated Ft b. 20,
merely describes in detail the ,iteration mentioned in Mr
Brunel's letter.

A fire broke out in one of the rooms at Goodwood
House on Tuesday evening, about half-past seven o' lock.
It appears that the Duchess of Richmond had company to
dinner, including Mr. Gratwicke, Mr. Lloyd, &c. ; and the
coinpary ha-1 scarcely sat down when the alarm was given.
Lord Henry Lennox. and the got;tlomen seated at the dinner-
table hastened to render assistance; and, having a good
supply of water at hand, they succeeded in extinguishing
the flames and confining the fire to one room. A sofa, some
chairs, and other portions of household furniture, were
partly consumed. The Duke of Richmond was in tows.
We have not ascertained how the fire originated.—Brighton
Gazette.

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