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

THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY AFTERNOON.—In the course of
the afternoon, the following letters were sent to the
underwriters :

" Tyrella Watch-house, Sept. 26, 3 30, P.M.
" Gentlejnen,—Captain Hosken, of the Great Britain
steam ship, having deputed me to •write to you in the
event of his not being able to get a letter on shore by
post hour, four o'clock, I beg to inform you that it is
now blowing a hard gale from the S.S.W., with a very
heavy sea, preventing any communication with the shore
until low water.

" I am happy to say they have got the rudder
straightened ; consequently have now the power of the
screw, which was betore jammed. They have also got
three anchors out astern, which Captain Hosken laid
out as well as he could. Had the weather been more
moderate it was his intention to have tripped and laid
them out further; but, in consequence of the heavy
gales, the tug-boat from Liverpool has been compelled
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 so heavily as might have been expected, and up
to this morning, 9 1.M., had made little or no water ;
and I trust sincerely that, should the weather be favour-
able at spring-tides, she has every chance of getting off.
The gale has moderated considerably within the last
hour.--I have the honour to be,lgentlemen,:your obedient
servant,

(Signed) "N. W. MORRIS,
" Lieutenant, R.N., commanding coast guard station."
" Great Britain steam ship, Dundrum Bay,
Sept. 26, 3 P.M.
"Dear Sirs,—lt came on to blow hard from the S. and
S.S.E.. with a heavy sea, last night, and continued until
about an hour since, when it moderated. About one
o'clock our chain parted, and we lost our eight-inch
hawser at the same time. The ship had been forging
on all the morning, bringing our anchor home. The
rudder-post is broken off at the upper part, and there is
a plate of iron broken away at the upper end of the
stern-post, at the top of the rudder-post. The ship
makes but very little water in the bottom. lam now
preparing cargo and stores for getting out. The former
I will, if I can, send by No. 1 Liverpool steam-tug, who
got here yesterday about four o'clock, but was this
morning compelled to leave the bay from bad weather.
I presume she has taken shelter in the neighbourhood.
" I am glad to say everything is going on as orderly as
possible, with all our difficulties, and we have received,
and continue to do so, all assistance and attention from
the authorities and the respectable inhabitants of the
neighbourhood that they can give us.
"I am, dear sirs, yours truly,
" J. HOSKEN.

" Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co."
With respect to the passengers, the agents of the
Halifax and Boston royal mail steam-ships have declined
to send out the Acadia. The following is a report of
the proceedings at a meeting held to-day :
At ten o'clock this forenoon the deputation from the
passengers by the steamer Great Britain waited upon
Messrs. M'lver and Co., to learn their answer as to
whether the Acadia could be sent out to America. The
interview lasted nearly an hour, and at eleven o'clock the
deputation returned to the George Hotel, Dale street, to
report the result to a large meeting of their fellow-pas-
sengers. Mr. Rennie, of Providence,again presided, and
called upon Mr. Watt to report.
Mr. WATT spoke as follows :—We waited upon Messrs.
M'lver and Co., and they told us that they had examined
their contract with the Government. They had it upon
their table, and they suffered us to read over the parti-
cular passages which applied to this case. The substance
is, that their penalty for breaking the contract, in not
having a vessel ready to be dispatched, is a forfeiture of
500/. sterling for every twelve hours of delay. In-
dependently of that, their contract must be taken as
a whole, and a difficulty occurring at one time
may produce, they said, a recurrence of difficulties
which might extend throughout the whole term of
the contract. On that ground they were under the
necessity of refusing to send any vessel of theirs.
They said, however, in explaining themselves, that
in the event of any difficulty, there is no vessel in the
kingdom which they could take up to answer any emer-
gency, and which would pass the Admiralty survey.
Any other vessel must be one of certain power, and not
exceeding a certain duty to perform by that power.
You understand me, gentlemen—(Hear, hear)—it is not
merely the power, but she must not be required to do
more than so much through that power. They said
that, in this matter, money was of no consideration
with them. They would desire to accommodate, and the
rate of fare would be altogether of a secondary moment;
and I believe this was very much the substance of our
interview.

The CHAIRMAN--S 0 it was.
A PAssENGER—Why not tell us about their Govern-
ment contract on Saturday?
The CIIAIRBIAN—Because Mr. M`lver was not then in
town.

A PASSENGER thought it desirable to send a deputa-
tion at once to the Admiralty, to ascertain from them
whether they would waive that portion of the contract
with the Messrs. M'lver to which reference had been
made.

A Member of the Deputation said—The Messrs.
M'lver are not willing to run any risk. They have a
want of inclination. We went so far as to ask, after
we had gone through the interview, whether they would
not like to reconsider the matter for a couple of hours,
and they emphatically said " No." That was after we
bad shown them that in November they would only have
to send one vessel a month. Hence there seemed to be
a facility to carry out our wishes, but there was not the
desire. We left nothing undone to press our claim.
We proposed that either th©y or we should petition the
Admiralty, but as we found a waste of time must ensue,
that was abandoned. There is no hope for us whatever.
A PASSENGER said the John H. Skiddy had sailed the
day before with 400 steerage passengers, including some
of those by the Great Britain, and he suggested that a
deputation ought to be appointed immediately to wait
upon the captain of the New York, a very superior ship,
about to sail on Thursday, to ascertain whether he could
fit up proper steerage accommodation for the passengers
by the Great Britain.

This suggestion was not adopted, as it appeared from
a statement made in the room that the New York had
already as many steerage passengers as she could take.
At the request of the CHAIRMAN, who said there was
now no alternative but to separate without coming to
any result, the committee was broken up, and the meet-
ing adjourned sine die. _

i'riOr to the return of the deputation the following
ladies and gentlemen had signed the paper, intimating
their intention to. proceed by the Acadia, and to take
the number of berths attached to their respective names :
-Samuel Ashmede 1 berth, J. Holland 1, 11. Hol-
land 1, J. Higgin 1, R. W. Milbank 1, Mr. M'Cul-
lock 1, Mr. Merrilies 2, John B. Hinde 1, Reve-
rend Dr. Cox 2, Reverend Mr. Bramard 1, Reverend Dr.
Tucker 11, James Rennie 2, Rev. Mr. Reid 1, Thomas
Clegg I, A. Marchal 1, E. Moreau 1, Gerge Gourney 1,
James Todd 1, D. Heinsolm 2, Mr. A. H. Jacobs 2,
Mr. L. Sutton 1, Mr. T. Ryle 1, Mr. Mitcheltree 1,
Mr. Fisher 1, Mr. Colpas 1, Mr. J. Lovell 1, Mr. James
Walter 3, D. M'Lennan 2, J. Davidson 2, Mr. Jones 4i,
Mr. Fallon 2, Mr. Holden 1, Caledonia 2, J. Hickson 1,
Isaac Hill 1, W. M. Picksly 1, W. Ives 1, Mrs. Cassidy
q, T. C. Hamilton 1, William Ashby 1, N. K. Roun-
feld 1, E. K. Bebbington 1, Dr. Richards 1, Dr. Carno-
chan 1, Mr. J. B. Hyde 1, G. C. Crook 1, 11. Crook 1,
M. de Puibusque 2, Joseph Allwood 1.
It will thus be seen that 65k berths would have been
taken, but the number, prior to the sailing of the vessel,
would probably have exceeded 100.
We understand that those of the passengers who are
going to llavannah will sail to their destination by the
first steamer from Southampton. , How the others are
now to go out we know not, for the Caledonia, appointed
to sail for Boston on Sunday next, has already her full
complement of passengers.

COLLISION• AND LOSS OF LIFE