The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

" Warrenpoint, Oct. 10, 1546.
" Sir,—By letter of yesterday's date I am informed
that the Great Britain now lies on a bed of stones, and
has suffered much from the gale of Wednesday.
" Preparations are making to discharge all the coal on
board. " I am, &c.

" LEONARD WATSON.

" To Thomas Court, Esq."

FORTIFICATION OF THE COASTS
OF ENGLAND.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—It was with no ordinary pleasure I read the able
article under the above title, in your valuable paper of
the 7th inst., and the public owe great obligations to
you in making known the sentiments of M. C. H. Dupin,
on this highly important and vital subject, which, let
us trust, will receive the earnest and immediate attention
of the English Government.
You have often and so strenuously advocated the con-
struction of " Harbours of Refuge," as necessary for the
protection of the lives and property of her Majesty's
subjects in the English Channel, that I need not apolo-
gise for soliciting your indulgence on the present occa-
sion. In the event of a sudden outbreak of war with
our French neighbours (which *every right-minded
person would lament), what protection, I will ask, will
the town of Brighton, with its 50,000 souls, have, if sud-
denly attacked by a fleet of war? Might not the
" Queen of Watering Places" be reduced to ruins in a
few short hours?

Frequently have you urged the great necessity for the
intermediate harbour, or breakwater, proposed by the
Admiralty Commissioners to be erected in Seaford Bay,
being midway between Portsmouth and Dover, and which
is in every way eligible, from its fine anchorage and great
depth of water at all tides, and, being near to the inner
harbour of Newhaven, would be of immense value in the
Channel for sheltering merchants' and steam vessels,
and also prove of vast importance to the British Govern-
ment; as, on the completion of the branch line of railroad
to the port of Newhaven from Lewes and Key mer, the
shortest route will be offered to France from the metro-
polis, and the greatest facility will then be afforded for
a great number of shipwrecks, and would be generally avoided
the transmission of troops and ammunition to the coast.
It is a notorious and lamentable fact, that there is no
good shelter for vessels between Dover and Portsmouth;
bt losshy el consequenceh of
fliconstructioni.e annually,
of
w thehi proposed breakwater in Seaford
Bay.
If the Property-tax is to continue, surely a few thou-
sand pounds might be voted by Parliament every session
for such a national undertaking, and when many
millions
sterling is to easily raised for railway speculations I ! !
You have more than enee stated energetically, that the
situation of Seaford is paramount, and Ought first to be
commenced. We have now another Government since
youra3,s pt Fayurge speedily upon them to com-
mence
art, without further delay, in the
dand before the finances tray be unfortu•
o lastfth piesaacp worke p,ea ' o
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!lately required for the purposes of warfare.
I am, Mr. Editor, your Tost obedient servant,
Bth October, 1846. A CONSTANT READEr
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_ guRr..LANR .lIEATRE.—We—are happy to per-
Madame Anna
's opera, the Maid of Artois, are realised
anticipations respecting
appr.?ciatedby7 all r.eal amateurs of
putn.ie, which Is. manifest from the en-
etßoeiist}3;lee°tPflUaillel3sotauelefxetent, and
.that h.er fiaished style of sing-
winugsieis,
bnuottbyontlhye
We congratulate the manager of Drury-
lane acquisition he has
thusiastic manner she is encored in several pieces of the
Opera nightie.
THE BOISTEROUS 1% EATIIER AND TIIE MAILS.---
The fullowing notice was issued. on Monday at the
mlaandeeTthoehaitsreupoenratheeomhpit
rluil3y.
Royal Tar steamer, with the Corunna, Vigo, Oporto,
General Post-office, Sr. Martin's-le-grand:—" The
Lisbon, Cadiz. and Gibraltar mails of the 7th instant,
put back into Yarmouth on the 9th, in consequence of
bad weather. Iler Majesty's brig Expre3s, with e
Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Apes mails of the stthh
instant, put back to Falmouth on the 9th, it blowing a
gale from S.W., and sailed :gain on the II th inst., with
all letters arriving at Falmouth up to that day inclusive.
The Sydney, with the mails for New South ‘Vales,
Australis, Van Diemen's Land, and .New Zealand, of
the 30th ult., was compel', d by stress of weather, to
run into Falmouth harbour on the 9th instant. The
f
ljohn Bull steamer, for the Haniburgh mails on the
the Thames. The Rainbow steamer,
for the Holland
evening of the 13:h instant (yesterday evening), from
rnailsof the morning of the 14th instant (to-day), from
erc
the Thames.
LEMON JUICE TO SAlLORS.—Another of the nu-
merous cases of failare to comply with that part of the
le .
. M ant
mon juice and sugar to the crew, when on salt provi-
tiearuen's Act which requires the supply of
mous, was brought before the notice of the magistrates
at the Thames Police Court, yesterday. Mr. Thomas
Hallen, master of
fined 5/. the ship Iluby, West Indiaman, was
penalties for ono day's default, though he was liable to
to a large amount for that breach of the law.
OPENING Or TUE PORTS. —A movement in favour
of opening the ports appears likely to become general.
hA meeting was held last evening, - in the Free Trade
ai at Manchester, of the bankers, merchants, manu-
for the cturers, and others of that town and neighbourhood,
purpose of memorialising the Government to open
the ports without any delay, We trust this example
which has already been set .by Dundee, will be quickly
followed by Liverpool, and other commercial as well
.as
manufacturing towns. But while they memorialise for
opening the ports, for the purpose of affinalieg every fa-
cility for increased supplies of grain, we trust they will
not omit to press upon the Government the necessity of
admitting sugar for distillation and brew irg, as a means
of economising the stocks we at present have.
BALPE AT VI ENNA.—By
letters received yesterday
.ai asning trein Vietina, we perceive that the success of Tie Bohemian Girl is triumphant. Atm,st every
piece in the Opera is eneorefi—" The Fair LAnd of
Poland" always cotnmanding a triple encore. I3alg, is
called on before the curtain
after every act, and is quite
the musical idol of the Viennese opera goers. The first
act, and part of the second, of his new opsrkis already
composed.
FIRE IN ST. Ltign.'s.—On Monday afternoon an
alarming fire broke out on the premises in the
occupation
of Mr. John Taylor, card and pasteboard isatinfacturer,
11, John's-row, St. Luke's. It originutvd in one of the
lower drying rooms, and speedily extended to the fl.eir
above. The engines were soon at work, but although
l
the firemen exerted themselves to the utmost, they were
unab!e to get the flames subdued before a considerable
quantity of the stock in trade was de-troy ed, and the
building severely damaged, Unfortunately, Mr. Taylor
was not insured.