The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-20 00:00:00

THE GREAT BktITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY liiiol7tNl;kG, OCT. 18, 9 A.M.—
Just as we were about to dispatch our express for Lon-
don, the Noreen Whig of yesterday reached us, in
which we find the following:—
" The Great Britain remains in the same position
(due west) she was in when I last wrote. The landing
surveyor from the Newry Customs has been superin-
tending the landing of her stores for the last two days;
and he has relaxed the rigidity of the Customs rules at
first adopted, much to the comfort of all on board. The
stores are deposited in the watchhouse of the Coast-
guard; very near where the vessel lies. On Thursday a
party of gentlemen came from England who are in-
terested in the concerns of the ship, among whom was
Mr. Patterson, who supeerintended her building at
Bristol.
" Mr. Gabriel, RS.,
who assisted in bringing off the
Gorgon steam-frigate when aground in 1845, has also
been here for several days, examining the position of the
vessel, and communicating with the agents and owners,
with the view of undertaking to float her, which he ex-
presses himself perfectly able to do, provided he is sup-
plied with the requisite materials and hands. He has
made drawings and calculations, from which he feels
quite sure of success.
" Mr. Coppin, from Perry, who succeeded in raising
the engines, &c.,
of the Rambler, lost on the Maidens,
came here on Thursday, and had communications with
Captain Hosken. All hands on board now muster about
thirty five, but several are about to quit here to •morrow.
Mr. Patterson examined her very minutely, and ex-
pressed his opinion that she had not suffered any injury
at all likely to effect her being got off."

• THE FOREIGN MAILS.
POST-OFFIOE NOTICE.
The following notice, relative to the departure of the
foreign mails, was on Saturday issued at the chief office,
t.ll%lartin's- le-Grand :
" The Peninsular Mails.—The next mails for Vigo,
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, Corunna, &c., will be dispatched
the 27th inst.
Southampton, will be dis-
patched
"The India, &c., Mails, via Southampton.—The next
mails for Gibraltar, Malta,. Greece, the lonian Islands,
Egypt,
." India, &c., vid Marseilles.—The next mails for the
Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, &e., via
o n India,
the 20th inst.
China, &c., vitt
Marseilles, will be dispatched on the 24th inst.
"America, &e.—The next. mails for British North
America, Bermuda, .and the United States, will be dis-
patched 19th inst. (yesterday).
" West Indian Mails.—The next mails for the British
and Foreign Colonies in the West Indies (excepting
Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili,
and Peru, but including Mexico, Honduras and Havan-
nah, Venezuela and Madeira) will be dispatched sth
November.
" Sydney, New South Wales.—The next mail will le
dispatched 31st inst.
" Madeira, Brazils, and Beetles Ayres.—The next
mails will be dispatched:sth November.
"Rotterdam.—The next mails will be dispatched on
the 24th inst."

DINNER TO CAPTAIN ELLICE.—SOUTTIAMPTON,
SATURDAY.—Last week a dinner of a very sumptuous
description was given at the Dolphin Hotel by the officers
of the Royal Mail Packet and Oriental and Peninsular
Steam. Companies, to Captain Ellice, R.N., who, for the
last three years, has been stationed at this port as super-
lintendent of the mail department. Besides the official
gentlemen connected with the companies, Capt. Mangle
Captain Allen, Captain Hensley, and other gentlemen to
tßhaertonnu,msubperiten
eronf2dse were present. Captain Richard
superintendent of the Royal Mail Company, was
of the Peninsular
After the usual loyal
icnotmhpeancyh,airoc,
caunpdieCd atphteainvicSep.arkAesf,
toasts had been drunk, the toast of the evening, that of
" The Health and Happiness of Captain Ellice," was
proposed, and that gentleman replied in a neat speech
expressive of the pleasure he had always experienced in
' his official connexion with them. The social party en-
joyed themselves until a late hour. Captain Ellice,
whose courtesy and urbanity of manner towards all with
whom he came in contact during his; residence here was
conspicuous, leaves his post very shortly, and will be
succeeded by Sir Jobn Gordon Sinclair. -