The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-29 00:00:00

UN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 29, I:4C,

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen andPrinceAlbert
took their usual early morning walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of' Wales And the
'Princess Royal took walking exercise this morning.
Her-Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an
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Ili. Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excel-
lency the Chevalier Bunsen, and Sir George Grey, are
expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to her
Majesty.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will
include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his
Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the
Chevalier Bunsen, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of
Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Sir George Grey, and Capt.
Francis Seymour.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards will attend
during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will after-
wards
attend.

Earl Grey arrived in town yesterday from a visit to
the Marquis of. Lansdowne, at his scat, Bowood Park,
Wilts.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday
for llickleton Hall, Doncaster. , •
Sir George Grey left town yesterday afternoon for
Windsor Castle.

ADELAIDE GALLERY.
The spirited proprietor of this establishment com-
menced, on Saturday, a series of morning performances
(commencing at three and ending at five), which are
more especially adapted for the amusement of the juve•
nile branches of families who are at home for the holi-
days. In the getting up of these performances, the
manager has catered mast judiciously for juvenile tastes.
Children delight to witness the performances of children,
and the witnessing of such performances creates in the
children who are the audience a degree of emulation
which makes them pursue their studies with tenfold
vigour, in order, if possible, to equal those whose efforts
are rewarded by the greatest of all guerdons to children,
approbation and fame: therefore has the manager acted
most judiciously in securing the services of the talented
Turner family, whose performances last season at the St.
James's Theatre, created such a sensation in the fashion-
ble world, and. Who have during the recess been con-
stantly performing at the parties of the nobility in town
and country. These wonderful little musicians are three
in number, Miss C. S. Turner, eight years of age, and
Miss R. P. Turner six years of age, harpists, and Miss
S. 0. Turner, a beautiful child only four years of age,
a violinist, And a violinist whose taste, precision, accu-
racy, and firmness, might put many . a full grown
performer to the blush. Ilex fantasie, on the
favourite, waltz of the Due de Reichstadt was
exquisitely given, as was her duet for the violin and harp
from Norma, in which she was admirably supported by
her elder sister the harpist. The most wonderful per-
fOrreances, however, were the trios, the two elder sisters
performing on one harp, and the younger on the violin.
Exquisitely beautiful as musical performances, these trios
were also most intprestiugas tableaux. The two sisters
playing on one harp, the one leaning over the other, and
the younger sister, at their side playing on her violin,
formed the most tasteful group imaginable. It was a
beautiful picture. The intervals between the performances
of the Turner's were amusingly filled up by the Nigger
melodies of the Lantum Ethiopian Serenaders. They
are merely imitators it is true, but it is equally true that
they approach nearer the originals than any imitators
who have yet appeared. With children who have a taste
for music, the morning performance at -the Adelaide
(Jeffery will bu an especial favourite.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—The Chamber of Representa-
tives voted, to-day, the budget of the Department of the
Interior, and the project of law relative to the duties of
Custom on leather and hides, awl on hemp. The
Chamber then adjourned until the 12th of January next.
In this sitting the Minister for Foreign. Affairs pre-
sented a project of law relative to Granting two millions,
to permit the Government to participate in the founda-
tion of a society for the exportation of linen and menu-
factures.- The project of law enacts, that this expense
shall be met by an issue of Treasury bonds. The sta-
tutes of the society are added to the project of law, the
examination of which is referred to the sections.
In-the debate orethat part of the budget of the Inte-
rior, which took place to-day, M. Verhaegen found fault
with a chapter of belles lettres,
science, and art, parti-
eularly the grant %-allowed for. the publication of the
National Library. " The Minister of the Interior and
M. Them& replied. The reduction of 10,900 f. in the
articles of belles Aettres and science, proposed by the
central section,. .has adopted. A considerable discussion
arose on the article " Archives of the Kingdom." The
Minister of the rpterior declared that the Government
hoped soon to be able to assign a suitable locality for the
" Archives of the Kingdom." On the article' " Fine
Arts," M. Northcomb invited the attention of the Le-
.gislature and the Government to the necessity of re-
storing the celebrated " Descent from the Cross," by
liuhens, which will soon peel off from the pannels, un-
less Tneasures are taken to prevent so deplorable an acci-
dent. The Deputies of Antwerp, and the Minister of
the Interior, inquired who was to be blamed for the
delay in the restoration of this masterpiece ? May the
observations of M. Northeomb stimulate the zeal of
those whose duty it is to preserve that sublithe produc-
tion of a great master, our glory and our pride. May
the city of Antwerp show itself worthy of the title of
" metropolis of the arts in Belgium," by preserving, by
a skilful reparation, this " Descent from the Cross,"
which, in the opinion of the director of the Berlin Mu-
seum, will not exist more than a year, unless the re-
storation is immediately undertaken. The budget of
the Department of thelnterior was voted by a majority
of 59 to 5.

DUTCH AND HAII I3URGI-1. MAILS.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 23,...,1V a royal resolution of the
22d September, end another of 25th. November, the
roarveincacuothroprirsoeduthteo
it;setgaotetisattof
a' thloeanprfoo%rinaccecooufntlo.)frotuhtehep
to the amount of 20,000 florins,- to defray part 'of the
expenses of constructing a road from Rolde to the
frontier& of the province of Groningen, according to a
plan approved of by his Majesty. The estates of the
• province have given notice that the loan shall consist of
40 shares of 500 florins each, bearing interest of 4. ;per
cent. per annum. His Royal Highness Prince Alexander,
accompanied by his Aide-de-Camp, has returned ,from
the Loo to this city. N
EINDHoVEN, DEC. 20.—The diligence which leftthis
place yesterday morning at half-past eight o'clocr,. to
proceed to Bois le Due, was obliged, -after goinistwo
leagues on its road, to turn back, it not being poltible
to go any further on account of the .great quantity of
snow, which had drifted to a vast height, and had en-
tirely blocked up the road.
The mail from Holland, which ought to have arrived
on Friday, did not reach here till the morning, being
brought by a man on horseback. The Belgian Mail,
which should have arrived yesterday, did not'reach here
till to-day. Thus the mails are stopped or considerably
i; delayed in all directions to Eindhoven.
i• VIENNA, DEC. 14.—A melancholy event had lately
nearly cost the life of our Archbishop, Milde. The
Chamberlain of the Archbishop, who for some days had
evidently been labouring under a fit of melancholy, en-
t tered his master's bed-room early in the morning, and
i announced to him, that he came by order of a vision that
had appeared to him in a dream,.and commanded him to
cut his -Excellency's throat. in this extremity
the Archbishop. retained his presence of • mind,
i notwithstanding the danger, and. answered that
t such commands were not to be. , resisted ; - but
' that it was the duty of a Christian to set about every-
'i thing with prayer. His Excellency profited by the time
which he had gained, to escape into an adjoining apart-
ment, and to lock the door, after whiCh,, the madman
was taken and lodged in safe custody.
BERLIN, DEC.-18.—We _find in almost every journal
very different accounts of the arrests which have taken
place here. The most fabulous report is that commu-
nieut.d to the Breslau Garotte, which pretends to have
got scent of a communis conspiracy, Propagated by
Emisarics from France. There appears to be no other
foundation for this,_ than that the informationwhich was
received by the police was written in the French language.
It is said there is no ground for the assertion that
those who were arrested had formed a society com-
pletely organised. Mr. Beheends, the young clergy-
man, who was, asked at his first examination,
whether he had . not chiefly reckoned on -meet-
ings of mechanics, positively, denied: ,this,: declar-
ing that he had merely spoken in a public , place '
with several persons whom he accidentally met. The
person whom the authorities announced to be most
deeply implicated is a young merchant's clerk named
Ottensosser, who is accused of having read prohibited
poems in a pablie.place; though- manypersorts.,deny this.
We understand that the greater part of the persons
arrested here at Berlin on the 9th of this month, on
suspicion of seditious intrigues, have been already set at
liberty, and only_ six more remain under arrest.
HANBURGH, DEC. 20:—The mails of the 15th and
16th from Paris are still due.
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(From the office Of the .fiarilburgh- and Alloinz Telegraph.)
Yesterday; during a south wind, with rain, and it rapid
thaw, the ice in the Elbe became wore and more unsafe,
and if the weather continues the satne,•it is' ntended to
breakup_ the icein the harbour. Yesterday the- ice was
firm at Blankenese, and Sehulei but , pa-day it is all
!drifting again,., ~-•-:' -.:,i. -,- . .:-,w.: ; ,f,a',,:,..• ..,.,--, -- • - •
DEc. 21.—The:, ice is" still 74-04. Ittltao3iviri- Bridge,
and the Elbe was still pasSablo-thia-ritartiing in'hand-
' sledges. The workmen are busy in the harbour break-
' ing up the ice. At Blankenese and Br anshausen there
is much floating ice. .
' GLUCESTADT, Dec. 20.—Yesterday we had a thaw
with a high west-south-west wind and drifting snow.
,The Elbe is covered with flakes of ice, and the weather
allows ships to unload only -a few hours in the afternoon.
DEC. 21.;—The south-west wind and rain have pre-
vailed since yesterday, and the ice has already disap-
peared. The Marbhal steam-boat is unloading, and will
,probably have finished to-day.
CUXHAVEN, DEC. 19.—There being much drift ice in
the channel of Cuxhaven, the ships ready for sea have
come from the road into port. They have all been
obliged to take extra hands to bring them into the
'harbour.

• The Senate, in its sitting of to-day, voted °the budget
:or Foreign Affairs, the project of law for exempting
iron import duty salt destined for feeding cattle and for
manure, and the provisional vote of credit of five mil-
lions for the 'War Department.
A deputation of a dozen respectable inhabitants of the
town of Renaix was received to-day by the Minister of
the Interior. These gentlemen stated the melancholy
state of distress which prevails at Renaix and the enyi•
roes, and solicited M. de Thettx mat-Ford speedy assist:
ance, to relieve the sufferings of the indigent. This
deputation hail a long conference, also, with the Go-,
yea-nor of East Flanders.
The Monituer of this day published the convention
concluded between Belgium and the Grrman Zollie-
rein, signed. at Brussels on the 26th of Jute, 1846, to
secure the suppression of smuggling on the frontier be-
tween Belgium and the Zoliverein.
The heavy snow which has fallen within.these few days
in the environs of Brussels, has caused the death of four
persons, who were buried in it on one day.
The water of the Meuse again rose Very considerably
during the night, and is now beginning to overflow the
banks. • -
A melancholy accident has just taken place in the coal
mine of Donchy. Six miners are -said to' have been
killed 611 Moriday last; 'in consequence of an "explosion,
the cause and particulars of which are not known.
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BatissELs, DBC. 22.
Actual Debt, 21,4' per Cent • .
- Loan of Thirty Millions Four per Cent •• • •
Ditto Three per Cent:. ••••• • • • • • • •• • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • • • • • •
Ditto,dltto,l840...
Ditto, ditto,lB42 •................ 101
Ditto, 1844-- ••.• . • • • •• • !ii!‘:
Ditto, 1836.. .
. Ditto, 1838 ....... .
• Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • • • • • • ••••• ••
*' "• '77 • ,
'Ditto-, 1843 •• • :10
Bank ofßelgiuni • • • " • • • •," 9.22,
—Brussels Rapei•s;Dce. 22.:

AUSTRIAII FtrlS/ DB.—VIENNA, DEC. 12.
5 per Cent. Metalliques
4 per Cent. ditt0...... -- .
3 per Cent. ditto.... .. • . 74
Loan; 1834 ~ ......................... 157%
Ditto, 1839 .. 119%
Bank Shares Esterhaz ...........
y's• Loan . .........

• .. RAILW. ,
The Northern, or lurdinanA YS d
• • • • • •''••• 175%
Gloggnltz 129%
Vienria—Afilan . • 1104
Leghorn %... .• • • 95%
Berth. .... • •• 95
. Orosetio
Oldenburg _ .
Pestoja • •
Perth Bridge • •
Apennines • • • • •
Zeitung. Dcc. 16.
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VIENNA, DEC. 15.—Lord Ponsonby still remains in
the hotel, and, except official visits to Prince Met..
.ternich, has neither paid nor received . any visits. The
diplomatic relations seem, notwithstanding, to assume a
more amicable appearance. On the •other hand, t he
pecuniary crisis 'becomes more and more threatening,
and the prospects in this respect are ve-ey gloomy. Mer-
chants of the middle class, not spec'alators on change,
but some of the real manufacturing and mercantile
classes are daily stopping payment here and in the pro-
vinces, and a greater number of bv.nkrupteics may be
shortly expected. 'These are the consequences of the
limited credit given by our national bank.
BERLIN, DEC. 19.--_The military, journals of this
city announce that the Grand Duke • Constantine• of
Russia has been appointed Chief of the 9th regiment of

INDIAN
yesterday morning the ves-
sels enumerated below liave arrived at Cove. These are
all laden with Indian Corn. The tonnage given is the
register tonnage, and as they bring, of course, much more
than the weigh mentioned, there cannot be under 7,000
quarters of maize introduced in these six vessels. We
mentioned in our last the probability of the Manchester
(American vessel) discharging here. Since then we have
heard she_ round to Limerick to unload. The cap-
tain of this ship states that he left as many as seventy
vessels loading with Indian Corn at New York, and des-
ainecl for Ireland. As spring approaches we calculate
on large supplies of this grain from that port- and New
Orleans.

Cadiz Packet ...• l5l tons from Leghorn.
Newport l6l Genoa. •
_George Deane- 150 Marseilles.
Ambroye
Zante Packet 193 ... Constantinople.
Quicksilver • l6l Vietina;'

Hussars. - -
DRESDEN, DEC. 14.—The incorporation of Cracow
with the Austrian monarchy seems to have a very fa-
vourable effect on the situation of the lato dictator,
bau,:gohwski, for it is positively asserted .that he will be set
at liberty in the spring, and provided with passports.
STOCKHOLM, DEC. 15.—The Government has ratified
the following conventions:—The treaty of commerce and
navigation between Sweden and Norway, and Mecklen.
Schwerin; the portal convention between Sweden
and Norway and Russia, concluded on the 29th of July;
ha 1:d T,
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Total 1152 tons.—Coi-h Exan2iner.
TV() " GENTLEMEN."—A very brutal and black-
guard assault was committed at the Devonport theatre,
on Wednesday evening. Two naval officers, whose
names, we regret to say, have not been communicated to
us, for they have not been sufficiently identified, fel
disposed, in a very larkish and gentlemanly spirit, to
disturb the harmony of the audience by endeavouring to
interrupt the performances. .1i sailor who- was paid oil
from the Sappho remonstrated with than, when one
officer with a stick struck the pOor fellow- and knocked
off his hat, and another immediatcly'inflieted a terrible
blow on his head; with what is called a life-preserver,
and cut it open. The life preserver was taken possession
br, 'but, unfortunately, these "gentlemen"
did not
meet with the chastisement they deserved. We hope
they arc not done with yet.—Devonport Independent.
ASTRQNOINIT IN FRANCE.—ALto Verrier, whose
name has lately become European
by the discovery 9
the new planet, and- who has, within the last fortnight,
been appainted, by royal ordonnance, to one of the new
professorships, founded on the Faculty of Sciences, com-
mthe Sorbonne, his course of
lectureseild o
1,200 persons,
amongst whom might be remarked most of the scientific
Men of Paris, were closely packed together on this occa-
ceon n Wednesday,
astronomy. at
Upwards of
occa-
sion. M. Le Verrier took for the subject of his opening
address the pre-eminence of mathematical astronomy
dyer that of simple observation, which latter it was
generally considered he treated somewhat too lightly.
The following sentence gives a tolerably fair idea of the
learned lecturer's view of the subject ;—" \\Then'," said
he, "armed with your instruments, you observe the hea-
vens, you advance with difficulty towards Ile mountain,
and at last you climb it slowly ; whereas, by the omni-
potence
.of mathematical analysis, you tell the mountain
to come to you, and it comes and bends with humility at
your feet."

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•
Majesty the Emperor, set out for Warsaw, and returned
ST. iETERSBIIRGIT DEC. -12.---OniSaturday night his
to St. Petersburgh yesterday morning. THORN, DEc. 15.—While nothing i of politicalnflu•
once is passing on this side of the
frontiers, the accounts
from Poland are very
melancholy. Domiciliary visits
and arrests still continue, and wall-informed persons
affirm that the number of persons imprisoned in con-
sequence of the attempted: revolution Amounts to 300,
many of whom,
,after a vexatious inquisitorial • proceed-
ing, have been banished to Siberia, ..sml others hanged
in the citadel of Warsaw the noblemen, finding'
themselves suspected by the Government,. and be-
lieving that their ruin is intended and the
more so, because, the late half measures
relative to the emancipation of the peasants seem to
threaten their property sod their personal safety. It has
frequently happened that. the _peasants endeavour to
realise by violence the promises -which have been made
by the Government to grant them landed property, and
attack the estates of' their lords, who, on their part,
complain that the Government does not, sufficiently
protect them against the violence of the Peasants; Under
thesd circumstances, it is oflly-ateoUnted. for that a re-
port that a part of 'Poland; frOm Pluk, -Will "be added
to Prussia, has arisen in Poland, and now even ex--
pressed as a wish in many quirters as 'likely to be ful-
filled. Travellers are treated
.with n-Jore civility than
hitherto by the Custom-lionso officer 3; however, every traveller, whether a foreigner or a native of Poland, is
obliged to sign a paper in the polish, German, and.
French languages, in which he dc,4lFes th§t he has no

- The munificent sum, of 3001. was collected in aid.
of the starving Irish, after service on Sunday last, at Dr.
Raffles's chapel, Liverpool. The sermon was preached by
the learned docto4imself. •

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r letters, books, notes, &c., with him, otherwise, to be,l punished with .All the rigour of the law. ' - ,2-:t. `.
•With respect .to the organilation of the schools—in'
Poland, we learn that there are to he only.. four gymnasia
in all Poland; in 'Connexion with whkh there are to be
establislinnnts where all the scholars are to be boarded
' and lodged, and that they will he secured against any
sinister influence.
POSEN, DEC.. 16.—The latest news that we have to
communicate is, that, for some days past, a report has
been spread among the Pules here that the abolitical or
the kingdom of Poland' was to take place on the 13th of
January next year (the Russian New Year's•day) is ad-
journed by a later resolution sine die. On the
other hand, a Berlin correspondent of the Bremen
Gazette writes on the 20th of this month—" The
fate,of the .kingdom of Poland is (lidded, and if the•
accounts received here- are - correct, even the name of
Poland will be obliterated at the beginning of the new
3'4TX .

THE GREAT BRITAIN.
- - BRISTOL, DEc. 28.—The following report from Mr.
IBrunel has ban printed for circulation amongst the pro-
priotors

TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM

SHIP COMPANY.
"Gentlemen.—According to your request I have, as
soon as my engagements would allow of my leaving Lon-
don, paid a visit to the Great Britain, and I now beg to
report to you the state in which I found the vessel, and
my cipinie n of the best means to be taken for recovering
the largest possible amount of the property invested in
her. It I state these opinions concisely, and without any
qualifications, you will not suppose that I have the pre-
sumption to think them infallible, but merely that lam
compelled, by the shortness of the time left me to write
to you, to avoid all circumlocution, and to give you as
simply Ord briefly as possible, the opinions I have
formed. At the. same time I mu hound to say that 1
have not formed them hastly. rind that., my convictions
updn the several pints on which I may express my
feelings are very strong.
" First, as regards the present state Of the vessel. I
was agreeably disappointed, after the reports which had
reached me, to find her, as a whole, and independently of
the mere local damages, of which I will retll; presently,
perfectly sound, and as strong and as perfect in form as
the day she was launched.
"In receiving this statement, you must bar in mind
the great difference. between an iron vessel and a timbal--
built ship. In the former, parts may be considerably
damaged,. or even destroyed, and the reminder may not
only be untouched, but may be left nnstraincd and un-
injured; Ina timber ship this can hardly be the case.
If any considerable portion of a ship's bottona is stove
in, the timbers or ribs completely across the ship, and
the planking longitudinally, cannot fail to he strained to
a very considerable distance in both directions.
" You must therefore remove from your minds all im-
pressions derived from your experience of damages sus-
tained by timber-built-ships, in order to understand my
statement, 'which is strictly correct ; that, except the
parts actually damaged, the extent of which is compara-
tively small, the ship is perfectly sound, and as good as
the hour when she struck. This soundness and freedom
from any damage extends from about the five-foot water
line to the top (with the exception of the injury sustained
by the knocking away of the rudder post, and a blow
under the stern) ; nearly the whole of the vessel is
therefore sound. The principal injury is in her
bottom, under the boiler and engines. The vessel
has evidently been thumping upon the rockS, and
almost entirely upon this part of the bottom,
from the first. few days after she grounded, and at
present, in all probability, her whole weight is resting
on this pail yet, notwithstanding this, she is perfectly
straight, and has not broken or even sprung an inch in
the whole length. The boilers have been forced up
about fifteen inches, and one of the condensers has
been lifted about eight :inches, breaking the air-
pump. At present this is nearly the extent of damage
done, all of which could easily be repaired if the vessel
were in dock.
"I will now state my opinion of the best means of re-
covering the largest pessible amount of the property
which has been invested in her.
"In this view I can only imagine two alternatives;
the one to break her up on the spot, and make the most
of her materials; the other to get her afloat, and into
port, and restore her into good condition, or sod her to
those who would so restore her. The first alternative
may, I think, be discarded at once. The. plates and ribs
of an iron vessel are difficult enough to convert into
useful materials for any other purposes, even in tie
midst of workshops, and with tools and appliances at
hand. In such a place as Dundrum Bay, Ido not be-
lieve the materials would pay the expense of cutting up.
The masts, spars, chains, &c., in fact, the stores, and,
perhaps, a few of the lighter parts of the engine, might
~repay the cost of removal; but the whole woeld cer-
tainly not amount to many thottaands—probably
hundreds would be a safer estimate of the amount
to be realized, clear of all expenses. To remove the
vessel and take her into port, and either restore her or
cell her, is then the only means of recovering any part
of the whole of the capital invested in this ship. If she
is so brought into port, she may be worth, unrepaired,
40,0001., 50,0001., or 60,0001., according to the opportu-
nities that may offer themselves of employing her use-
fully or of selling her. The only question is, then, how,
1 at the least expense and at the smallest risk, is the vessel
to be got into port? But as I will now endeavour to
prove to you the mode of getting the vessel off the shore
and into port is again quite secondary to the considera-
tion of how to preserve it where it is, so that it may be
in a condition to be removed, and to be worth removing
when the means of doing this are ready, and the proper
time is arrived for attempting'it.
" In the first place, I assert, unhesitatingly, that no
man in his senses, and who thoroughly understands the
circumstances of the case—the weight and position of
the vessel—the amount 'of the rise and tall of the
tide, and draught of water around her—and the ex-
traordinarily exposed situation—would dream of cal-
culating upon completing the requisite means for float-
ing her under three months. In the mean time the-ship
must be protected. Even if it were practicable to
construct the necessary apparatus, and to float the
vessel to-morrow, it would be little short of madness to
go to sea with it at this time of the year. But. lam
doing wrong to discuss a case which cannot arise. The
vessel cannot, according to any rational calculation of
chances, be got off under three months; and it is equally
against all probability that, if left unprotected; there
would be anything worth taking off at that time. It is
useless, therefore, at this moment discussing the best mode
of floating the vessel, and I think, under the circum-
stances, would be must unwise hastily to determine upon
any plan. The first thing is, to know whether there are
any means of preserving the vessel, and whether any such
I.plans can be carried into effect at sonic reasonasle cost,
which it may be worth incurring. I have looked at
the vessel, and considered the very exposed situatior
in which she is placed '(end a more exposed one could
hardly be found), and I am convinced that no fixed break-
water of ordinary construction could be made at any
reasonable expense, or in time to prevent mischief.
There is no _depth of sand into which to drive piles, and
the rock is too uneven end broken to allow of any fram-
ing being constructed and secured to it ; and any frame-
work would be liable to be destroyed during the pro-
gress of its construction,aa that already attempted has
been, and the timber might be the cause a serious da-
mage to the ship. The plan I should recommend would,
et least, be free from these objections, would be compa
.ratively inexpensive, and, I am firmly convinced, would
,he perfectly effectual as a protection. At the same
time, few persons who have not seen the effect of a sea
beating against fagots will share in that conviction.
" What I recommend is, to form, under the stern and
along the exposed side of the vessel, a mass of fagots,
made of strong and long sticks, and used in the manner
which has been so successfully practised in Holland and
elsewhere, for the repair and protection of banks against
the sea, the fagots being packed closely, and, for a con.
siderat•le thickneSs, against the ship's side, and up to the,
level of the deck, secured with rods run vertically
through the mass, and chains laid horizontally, and bind-.
the whole tightly to the ship. The heaviest sea has
.0.6 effect upon such a mass; and I believe that the vessel,
Would remain as uninjured, and indeed as unaffected by
the sea, as if in dock.
" 8,000 or 10,000 fagots-300 or 400 fathoms of 1-inch
or ieinch second hand chain cable, 'none of which need
be lost-300 or 400 ar rods, sharpened at the ends-1,000
bags to fill with sand, with what stores you have on
board, world suffice; end if next coming springs, and
the gales which have hitherto accompanied them, are
safely passed, I cannot foresee any difficulty whatever in
completing the protection I purpose. Of'course, in all
works dependent upon wind, weather, and tide, certainty
cannot be attained; but of one thing I am quite certain,
that no other plan oilers the same chance of success, or
at so small a cost.
"I have commmunicated to Captain Claxton the steps
which I took in conjunction with Captain Hosken for
procuring the fagots beforo I Dundrtim. I have also
communicated to him the directions which I gave with
respect to the engines, &c., and it is unnecessary, there-
fore, that I should repeat them. I will only recapitulate
in a few words, the substance of the advice I have above
given, and of my reasoning.
" You have a valuable piece of property lying on a
most exposed shore. If preserved for a few months
that property will, in all probability, be worth 40,0001.
or .50,000/. ; if neglected for a few weeks it will probably
be worth nothing. Can you, as men of business, under
such circumstances, waste your time at this moment in
discussing what you will do three months hence, and
which plan you will then adopt to take your property to
market? But will you not rather first, and immediately,
adopt decisive steps for preserving that property, and
then consider what.you had best do with it ?
" i have no wish to escape the• responsibility of ad-
vising you, as you request me to do so-, as to my opinion
of the best plan to be adopted hereafter for removing
the ship ; but, adhering to the principle I have laid
down, I should decline to do so at present did I not
see reason to fear that you might be losing time and
money, by relying 'upon expectations which, I am
convinced, would be disappointed. I would strongly
urge upon you not to place your reliance upon . nay
plan which depends upon floating the vessel by
camels, • and taking her to sea unrepaired, and,
tlierefore, entirely dependent upon those camels. The
immense breadth of these floating camels, and the risk
of taking such an unmanageable floating ill-connected
mass to sea, cannot have been correctly and sufficiently
estimated ; and the certainty of the whole going to the
bottom,- in the event of even a very moderate gale of
wind or a slight swell, has been apparently quite lost
sight of. lam also of opinion that the diculty of lift•
ing the vessel at till by auxiliary floats has been under-
rated. The vessel has worked herself about five or six
feet into the solid rock and sand, and may very probably
get a little deeper before the time fur lifting arrives.
She must, therefore, be' lifted say, at least, four feet to
four feet six inches before she could be got out of the
dock she has made ; and the floating power must them e •
fore be calculated at least toraise her five feet six inches
so to be qu!te sure of moving her. Now, there is not
more than 10 feet of water around the vessel, even at high
water of ordinary springs, and it would be impossible to
calculate upon more than nine feet as a certainty. No
floating power worth having can be got in the vessel, and
the floating vessels must therefore be capable of sustain-
ing the whole weight, with a draught, when the vessel
is lifted, of only about four feet. The weight
to be sustained is 2,000 tons, and to do this with ves-
sels drawing
,only four feet, would require that they
should be upwards of 30 feet in breadth on each
side, forming with the ship a total width of upwards of
100 to 120 feet, and upwards of 300 feet in length. Ido
not say that this operation is impracticable, but it is at
least a very difficult one, and must be almost entirely de-
potdent upon weather; and, mileSs in perfectly smooth
water, a very hazerdons one. My'belief and conviction
is, that tire Safe mode of proceeding, and by far the
leapeste will be to lift the vessel by mechanical means
lay ways under her—and to haul her up sufficiently
far to be safe from the sea to repair her just sufficiently

, .
(From the Office of the Hamburgh and Altana Telegraph )
llAmnunau' DEC. 22, p.x.—'!'he Elbe up'here is still
travers4A with ice boats, but it is expected to break up
very shortly. The harbour. is cleared of ice, and com-
munication with the vessels is carried on by means of
barges. . .

At Blankenese masses of ice collected together thiv
morning. At Sehalau also,
able masses are collecting. and lower down, consider-
GLUCKSTA.DT, DEC. 22.—The ice is dispersing more
and more. The large flakes of ice are breaking np.
BADIBUBCII, DEc. 95.—There is much floating ice at
Schaluu and Blankenese, yet the boat Wilhelwitta, which
left Altona yesterday, arrived .safely in the evening at
Schalau,
GLUCKSTADT, DEC. 25.—The ice is rathcr increasing
in the channel, yet the Fre&rickA Johanna, Captain
Deivall, from Newcastle, arrived in the harbour yester-
day. The whole outer harbour is free from ice.
DUTCH FU.NDS.—AmsTzznam. Due. 24.
Money. Bills
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent-- •... •• • 59% 6014
Ditto, 3 per Cent 71% 72%
Ditto, 4 per Cent...
.... • 92% 9234
Alma Syndic, 3% per Cent
•.
Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 174% 174%
East India Loan, 4 per Cent. ••• • •' Exchange on London, at sight •••• • " U 97
Two
..... 11 90
On llamburgh, at sight •• • • :35 63
Two months... • • •• '• •• • • 35 25
On Paris • ~; 50
—Dutch Papers, Dec. 2
Twomonths. •• • •' • • r'';
12
6.
11AlliBURGI/ DF.,c. 22.
A Bills. Money.
ustrian 5 per Cents ..
Bank Shares ..... .
• 1570 '
Anglo-Russian Loan • ••••••••••• ••• • • • 105% 105
Russian 5 per Cent:, Hand,. Certificate. 100% 100%
Ditto Ist series Inscription.. •• •••• • • • • 1011,E
Ditto, /lope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96%
Ditto, in Ctrtificate..- ........ •••• • • .- 96%
Wew 4 per Cent.; Hope and Co. ..... 88%
Ditto Stieglitz • . ........ ......... 87%
Spanish New 5 per Cent . ......... .19 18%
Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • . •
.... 30%
• Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • •
Dutch ActualDebt,'2% per Cent ... • . 59
Ditto 3 per Cent. •• • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. 3.oan, 1844...• 78
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent ...... 8 84
National Bank Shares. .......

: - s

THE LOSS OV THE OSPREY.-
PORT63.IOUTII, DEC. 2S.—A court-martial was assert:.
bled this day on learsi her Majesty's ship St. Vincent,
to inquire into the- eireunisiances attending the loss of
her Majesty's late sloop Osprey, on the coast of New
Zealand, in March last, and to try Commander Frederick
Patten, and the surviving efficers and ship's company, for
their conduct on the occasion. Present :—Rear-Admiral
Parker, C. 8., President ; Captain John Pasco, her
Majesty's ship Victory ;. Captain H. D. Chads, C. 8.,
Excellent ; Captain Stephen Lushington, Vengeance ;
Captain W. 11. Henderson, C. 8., Sidon ; Captain Alex.
Milne Sr. Vincent; Captain H. W. Giffard, Penelope ;
Mr. d. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate,
The proceedings' commenced by ' the Deputy-Judge-
Advocate reading the report made to .Captain Charles
Graham, of her Majesty's ship Castor, the senior officer
on the station, by Commander Patten, of the loss of the
Osprey, and inclosing a narrative of his proceedings.
These, and other papers connected with the affair, were
transmitted by the Secretary of the Admirrlty to
Admiral Sir ()merles Ogle, Bart., who signified their
Lordthips' directions for a court-martial to be held to
inquire into the circumstances. After the court had been
' sworn, all the officers and crew of the late brig being pre-
sent, Commander Patten was asked if he had any complaint
to make against any officer or man belonging to the Osprey
on the occurrence Of the wreck, or subsequent, to which
he replied, that he had not any. A similar question was
then put to the officers and crew, if they had any com- '
plaint to make against their Commander, to which they
immediately answered " No." The Osprey's people
having then quitted the Court, Commander Patten was
sworn, and idereified all the papers, charts, &c., and from
oral testimony and documentary evidence it appeared
that, lite in last year, hi consequence of the disturbed
state of affairs in New Zealand, the Osprey had been
sent by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, sheCom-
mander-in-Chiet in -India, to augment the naval force,
and she joined the senior officer, Captain Graham, of
her Majesty's ship Caster, early in the present year.
She was then ordered by tine to Auckland, and when
near the entrance of the river obtained from a small fish-
ing village a man who pointed out the method to enter
the Ilolkianga river, and described the marks, bearings,
depth of water in the bar, its position, and length, and
the Hag-stall inside.
The Osprey stood up, end Commander Patten and the
master observing a red flag exhibited, which denoted
that there was plenty of water on the bar, ran up the
river iu safety, and anchored during the night about
twenty-six miles up, and there remained for some time;
co-operating with' the Queen's forces. Commander
Patten was after Wards sent by Captain Graham to the
Bay of Islands, and left on the 6tli of February. It api,
petered, in answer to a question from one of the Court'
that from the disturbed state of the country he did not
feel himself justified in employing the master and a
boat's crew to eurvey the entrance of the river, the dirce;
tions being sufficiently plain, and in print, and being fur,
nished by a pilot paid by the Government of •AucCl: and,
and confirmed by it' Lieut. Macdonald, a settler at New
Zealand. After exceuting his orders, Commander Patten
returned, and on the 9th of March made the island, and
on the 10th the entrance of what he, the master, amid
the officers and crew, considered the real- Hoh:
Mant'ra river; but the weather not suiting that day;
they kept under easy sail all the. night, and next day, tl,q
11th of March, seeing the marks and the laud in every;
respect exactly agreed, and obsct vine; a red flag dise
played on a point of land, the course of the Osprey was.
then shaped for the entrance, and she ran in at the rate!
-Of seven or eight knots, sounding with the lead all dal
way, a man looking out on the yard-arm, and the officers
and crew on deck to trim tails, work ship, &c.
was kbout half- past two o'clock in the afternoon, anti
the' weather pretty clear. They got several casts of the
lead from 14, 10, 6, end at last a cast of the lead aliiele
gave them five fathoms, and while the man was hauling
in the line the brig struck. Another caet was made;
which gave them ouly two fathoms. The most prompt
measures were then taken to endeavour to save the;
Vessel, and float her into deep water, by cutting away the
masts, throwing the guns, shot, and other heavy storei
overboard, and at last, by the send of the sea and thea
rollers, she was drifted on the shore some -distance front
the place where she struck. It was then pretty eviden
that the Osprey would soon be a wreck, and Commando
Patten instantly caused rafts to be made to land al
the crew, the Queen's stores, and everything lift
could, and finally, when the weather permitted,
stripped the copper off the brig, and drew 1,200 copperi
bolts out of her hull, and before abandoning her, tan
nothing but a mere shell. Intelligence was sent to the,-,'
senior officer of the-Calamity which had haapened, at 4
Captain Graham having an opportunity of a.iessel going
-
to England, sent the particulars of the wreck to the;
Admiralty by Captaianay, of the Ramiro*, and soon
after freighted tiro ecesels to convey to,Prgland thee
officers, men, and e*res, they having previcaisly marched;
a hundred miles ai:+oee the country totheikis; of Islands,i
and they -quitted Ili May. All the foregoing was detailedi
to the court, and also that until the :wreck, took place,i
not a man in the Oiprey had ever heard offalse
Holki-
anga Bay, nor was it marked in the only Admiralty
chart of New Zealand which Commander kitten had in
his possession. The members of the court made the
most particular inquiries of the commander, the officers,
and men, as to the curreetness of the statents, and ex-,
ambled thel6g, Brc'eie and Commander Pattern having then
been called on to say if he had anything further to offer;
for the information-of the Overt, repiegted kquarter or
an hour to look over a ..Written statement which he'
witled to make. This was accordingly ,granted, and
the court cleared,. 'On its being re-opened, the Deputyl
Judge-Advocate read Commander Patten's report of the`
preceedings, proCuced his orders, and strong testimonials.;
from a great number of -officers, Under whom he had!
served for a period of twenty -four years, in which heA
was spoken of in high terms, for his ability as au officer'
encl a seaman. He also took occasion to say that then!
officers and crew of the Osprey had behaved in the most
exemplary manner during the whole time they had been,
under his command; and had submitted without repining
to most ectraordinary privations from the time of thee
wreck until they were embarked for a pastege to Eng=
land. On the conclusion of -this address, the court was
again cleared for the meriebere to deliberate on and draw;
out their sentence, which, as might have been antieief
pated by every One whO heard the proceedings, was to
the effect that no blame was attached to COmmandet
Patten, or the officers and crew of the Osprey, for the
loss of that brig, -and that after she struck, and subse-
quently to being- a total wreck, every person belonging
to her did-their utmost to preserve- the Queen's stores ;
and the Court then fully acquited Commander Patten
and the officers and crew, and highly commended -them,
for their exertions.
The Court was dissolved at half-past three o'clock

ANOTIIER DISASTER, ON THE
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.
On Friday evening last another collision took place
near Bishop Bridge, ou the7u7:,eurrer train, which left
Edinburgh at quarter to eight o'clock, reaching Glas-
gow near to. The .passengers were thrown into
the greatest state of terror and alarm. They have called
a meeting on the subject (-big da (Saturday), at one
o'clock, in the Black Bull Hotel. ft is surely high time
that the Gmeminent of the country should look into
the state of this railway.—Scotch Reformers' -Gazette.

FARRINGDON WARD (WITHOUT )—ln our report
of the election of common councilmen for the above ward
it will be recollected that, on the presiding alderman (Sir
James Duke) announcing the numbers to be—for Wal-
ter, :330 ; Harding; 330 ; Hodgson, 327, a scrutiny was,
demanded on behalf of the latter gentleman. We under-
stand that, at an investigation which has since takon
place, an error has been discovered, the actual nntribmrs
being found to be—for Hodgson, 315 ; Waltc,r, 310
Harding, 309. Mr. Harding consequently' loses his elec..;
tion by one vote. •

At about six o'clock on Saturday morning flames
were seen issuingfrom the Paris station of the northern
railroad, and considerable alarm prevailed in the neigh-
bourhood. The fire, however, was confined to a small
out-building, and, with the assistance of the, firemen and
the military of the neighbouring barracks who were
rapidly on the spot, it was extinguished'before much
damage had been done.

lti OVEL , IMPORTATION:—The American line-of-
packet ship Hendrick Hudson, arrived from New York,
has brought, in addition to -a very extensive and varied
cargo of provisions of every description, the production
Of the United-States of America, thirty barrels of pork
suet. We arc not aware that an importation of the
article so named'has before taken place from the United
States, or any other foreign country, and therefore the
mention of it will not be unimportant or devoid of in-
terest in the present instance.' "
SurruEs runic Amrnrcii.---An :extensive land-
proprietor in the-State of 'Mikis, 'United States, has
received a letter fl':oin his
.flitutlx, by. tkv last mail, in
which they t,ll ifiaOns'ending tk'team of grain to
Chicago' they wCte demitied'a day longer than usual in
getting delivery:'" There, as :snch !,.!kyi influx of grain
into the pla6e, inert not storage nor shipping
to take it away as fadt as it was brought into town,
there being no less_l4an ot!ti.4,6l.ljwitptigts, on the road
at one time ..laden Witri**gitiin for t e Market at that
place. Price, 75 pepts.• pm-bushel. •
The late sevari4:44lierliailbrntigt4great.quan-
tity of wild fowirtr. 74/11V•filirshdiqound Ca.kiter•
bury have been literally inundated with ducks, snipes,
woodeocks,,&c. Last week a flock of nearly a hundred
geese were Seen at' Sandwich. At New Romney, and
other places near the coast,.the numbers have also been
very great.--Dover Chronicle.

AIaISEM:ENT AND GIiNEROSITY.-011 Wednesday
Lord Egliu ton, with a rink of Kilwinuing" curl, rs,
played on Craufurdland Loch, against Reginald H. Crau-
furd, younger of Craufurdland, and an equal number of
Fenwick men, for two loads of meal and a cart of coals,
to be givea to the poor of the winners' parish. After a
keenly contested game, victory declared for the Fenwick
rick.—Edinburgh Evening Post.
Actu.crlcs.,--During the past aquatic season there
were sixty- file sailing matches, one hundred and thirty-
three rowing watches, and seventy-two regattas.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DECEMBER 28.
STOCK EXCRANGE.-7-A large business has been done to-
day, and prices have in most case ruled higher. The brokers
report a general scarcity of -stock; buyers are more nume-
rous than-sellers. The sales are—Chester and Birkenhead,
50%—Ditto, Halves, 25%—Eastern Counties, 2314—Ditto,
New, 7% p.—Great Western, 17/. Shares, 4N. p.—London
and North-Western 194%—Ditto, Qmrters, New, 13% p.
—London and Manchester and Birmingham. Quarters (11),
7% p.—Ditto, Quarters (C), 634 130--Ditto,
New, 51,4 p.—North-British, New, 1% p.—North Union (B),
156—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 4, p.—York
and Newcastle, Preference, 5% p.—York and :elby, Pre-
ference, 124 .p.—Belfast and Ballymena, dis.--East
Lancashire, 3% p.—Ditto, New. 31,2 p.—Ditto, New (scrip),
1:14 p.--Edinburgh and Northern, New 251. Shares, 21/s p.—.
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 2:!i dis.—Huddersfield Canal
and Railway; 44' p.—Ditto, Extension, 1% p.—Leeds-and
Thirsk, 3jt dis.—Ditto, -.Preference, 1% p.—Shrewsbnry and
Chester, New, par—Ambergate and Eastern Junction, p.
—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1.4 p.—
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9:14 p.—Bucking, Is. 3d. p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, vs
p.—Glasgow and Dumfries, 1% p.—Great Northern (late
London and York), par—Liverpool, Manchester, and
.1\ ew-
castle Junction, lig p.—North Staffordshire, 4% p.—North-
Western, 13s. 9d. p.—Shrewsbury anel Hereford, % die._
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 2A, p.—Ditto (B), 235.
2d. p.—West Riding -Union, 2% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport, 1% p.—Manchester and Southampton, IA dis.
MANCHESTER, DECEMBER 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 7-16 p.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, said
Chesire, 1 11-16 p.— Birmingham and Oxford Junction,”
—Birmi»gliam, Wolverhampton, &c., 15-16 p,--Blackburn,
Darwen, and Balton. i 4 p.—Boston, Stamfoild, and Bir-
mingham, 11-16 p.—Eastern Counties, P,roetual, No. 2,
7—Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.—East LaneaSbire, P.--
Ditto, New (scrip), 1 11-16 p.—East LinhAishire, 114 c. p.
—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, p.—Glasgow and.
Dumfries, 1 .5-16 p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junc-
tion, Quarters, % dis.—Ditto, Extension, 1 etis.—Great
Northern (London and York), % p.—lludderstield and
Manchester Railway and Canal, 4 5-16 p.—Ditto, Thirds,
p.—Leeds and Thirsk, is dis.—Ditto, Preferentials, 1%
p.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 3-16 p.
—London, Manchester, and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 7%
p.— Manchester, Buxton, Matlock-, and Midland, 1% p.--
Manchester and Leeds, Fiftbs, 6 p.—Ditto, Extension, 1%
p.—Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, Halves (late Liverpool
and Bury, 5 p.—Manchester and Southampton, 5-16 dis.—
No:tli British, Extension, 15-16 p.—North Staffordshire,
p.—North-Western, p..---Northern Counties Union, 14
dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire' % dis.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 2 5-216 p.—Shropshire Union, 6-16 dis.—
South-LaStern and Dover, No. 3,2?; p.—Ditto, No. 4,
p.—Wcst'Riding Union, 2 3-16 p.—Wharfdale (late North-
Eastern), dis.

LEEDS, DECEMIIER 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Arnbergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, is. 6(1. n. p.—Birmingham and Oxford
Junction, 9% u. p.—East Lancashire, New, 3% p.—Ditto,
Scrip, 1:!(, p.—East Lincolnshire, 1 /1.• n. p.—Huddersfield
and Manchester, n. p.—Leeds and nil4li, IX p. c,
Ditto, New, 14 p.—Ditto, Preference, 335. p.—ltialton and
Di-alit:ld Junction, 1!, p.—Manchester and Leeds (late Ilud.
der field and Sbeteld), n. to, Extension, 325.. p.
—Ditto Extension (late WA:. I'. a%d G.), 3 p,—North Bri-
tish, Thirds, 5-,s. p.—Ditto. Quarters (I.te Carlisle Branch),
p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), ltis. p.—North StafThrd-
,;hire, 4,.(2 e.• p.—Northern Counties Union, I 'xi' dis.—North-•
‘VeAern, 14s: 6d. Rotherham, and Goole,
18s. f,d. c. p.—York and Newcastle, 13 p.—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 5:1,i• a. p.—York and North Midland. Preference, 121%
n. p.--Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 10s. di*.--London and
fork, p. s.—Wet Riding Unium4.l4.

to make her water-tight, then to launch and bring her POST-OFFICE NOT:CES.
to Liverpool or Bristol. But as I have before stated,
we
Dave time to consider- these points, if in the mean time VIGO, OPORTO, LISBON, CADIZ, Ginw. TAR, .MEDI-
we take steps to preserve the ship. If the property TERRANEANZEGYPT, I.NDIA,AND CHINA. The next mails
is not even now worth protecting, it will indeed be
for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, gypt,
waste of money to be preparing, at some considerable India, China, &c., via Southampton, will be dispe'tehed
expense, to remove what will; in all probability, he only from hence on the evening of the 2cl January. The :Ta-
gus, for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, China, &c.,
then a valueless carcass.
If the directors should determine upon adopting mails of the evening of the 2d January. The next mails
"
the course I have, recommended, I must remind them for the Mediterranean. Egypt, India, China, &c., via.
that the plan is one depending entirely on the skill, the
Marseilles, will be dispatehtd from hence on the evening
vigour, the aptitude for expedients, and possibly—if bad of the 7th January.
MADEIRA, BRAZIL, AND BUENOS AYRES. . [Front
weather should come on, and day after day the work be
August to January inclusive, the packet touches at Per-
mined confidence in the plan ..of the party directing it, mire, and the other six months on her homeward.] Her
and the sufficiency of the means at his command. " I cannot conclude without doing justice to Mr. Majesty's brig Penguin, for the mails of the evening of
the 4th January.
Bremner, whom I met on board, and aeknowle.dging the SYDNEY (N.S.W.)—The
Ist
in Merchant, for the
friendly and liberal manner in which he discussed the
mails of the evening of the 31st inst.
various means to be adopted, and assisted use With his
Wm. INDIES, &c.—The Tay, fur the mails of the
valuable advice ; and although I may have somewhat
differed with him as to the' advisability,„of attempting to mornin of the 2d January.
PRlCAfloat the vessel away to sea without first repairing her,
.-
yet upon most points we were perfectly agreed ; ain of the 4:h January.
nd I AME.—The Hibernia, for the mails of the even-
~
firmly believe that if any man could take her oir (and if Smi. LETTERS. From Monte 'Video and Callao
it would be prudent to lot him do so), that Mr. Bremner's New York, by the American Eagle, Chadwick, at Dover
great experience and sound practical knowledge and
good sense in devising any plan, and his energy and skill
in carrying it out, would ensure every chance of success
which the circumstances admit of.—l am, gentlemen,
your obedient serFylit, "I. K. BRUNEL.
" 18, Luke-street, I'VeAtminster, Dec. 14."