The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-12 00:00:00

(EXTRACT.)

" Calcutta, Sept. 17, 1844.
" Government now make cash advances on produce
against bills of exchange, at ls. Ild. ten months date,
and they will not advance 1844.45 a sum exceeding
800,0001., and have notified their intention of gradually
reducing such cash advances on produce here, and in-
ducing more
,extensive purchases of treasury drafts in
England.'

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" Calcutta, J 23, .
" This morning Government publishesan a. notificlB4sation,
to the effect that advances will now be made on East
India produce, at the exchange of ls. 10d. ten months
date. Thus all our hopes of an advancing exchange are
suddenly blighted; a more untoward event at this crisis
could not have happened.'_

" Fort William, Financial Department, May 31, 1845.
" NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that the
sum to be provided in India during the official year
1845-46, for the service of the Honourable the East India
Company in London, by bills of exchange to be secured
by the hypothecation of goods, has been fixed at 800,000 L
sterling.
"' It is further notified for general information that
of the sum of 800,0001. sterling required from India
during the past year 1844-45, only 272,5791 sterling
have been raised by bills upon England, and that deduct•
ing supplies received from other sources, a balance of
457,8711. sterling remains to be provided, which it may
be necessary to add to the demand for the current year.
" ' The rate of exchange at which bills are to be drawn
will continue to be ls. 10d. per Company's rupee until
further, notice; in all other respects the existing terms
and conditions of advances to be made by the Govern-
ments of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, will remain in
force, and be the same as advertised in the Calcutta Ga-
zette, under dates the Ist of April, 1842, and 23d of
August, 1844.
" By order of the Right Honourable the Governor
General in Council,

" A. DORIN,
" Secretary to the Government of India.'
"'Fort William, Financial Department,
Dec. 22, 1845.
" NOTIFICATION.—Notice is hereby given, that as the
amount of the year's supply required from India by the
Honourable the Court of Directors, in aid of their home
treasury, has been provided in full, no further advances
on the hypothecation of goods will be made by the
Governments of Bengal, Madras, or Bombay, during the
course cf the current official year.
" By order of the Honourable the President of the
Council of India in Council,
" J. A. DORIN,
" Secretary to the Government of India.'
"But, notwithstanding this published declaration of
the local Government, other interests prevailed, and the
system was still continued. In the early part of this
year, however, the news arrived that the Honourable
Company had closed their hypothecating warehouses in
India, and had announced that no further advances on
the hypothecation of goods would be made in any of the
Presidencies during the course of the then official year—
that is, from the 22d of December, 1845, to the Ist of
May, 1846. Iu the hope that wiser counsels were about
to prevail, and feeling that no permanent good to India
could arise from a temporary abandonment of the sys-
tem, your memorialists forthwith addressed a memo-
rial to the Court of Directors of the Honourable Com-
pany, dated Ist of May, expressing their satisfaction at
the closing of the hypothecating warehouses, and pray-
ing that the system might be finally abandoned, and that
the fact of such final abandonment might be promulgated
by themselves throughout all the Presidencies. To this
memorial it was replied that the Court did not deem it
expedient to abandon the system of remittance; and,
within a few weeks, the Honourable Court published a
notice in London that advances on the hypothecation of
goods in India would be made there to the extent of
800,0001., up to the Ist of May, 1847. Your memo-
rialists cannot know the motives which have induced this
mischievous step; for experience has proved that if con-
fidence could be placed in the discretion and continuity.
of purpose of the Court of Directors, abundance of means
would be provided for the legitimate wants of the Go-
vernment, by payments into their London treasury
against bills on India. The ordinary requirements of
the Honourable Company in England aro about
3,000,0001 a year; during the year 1845, when the
pawning system was in force, the receipts by them 11,
London, against bills of India, amounted to 3,189,-021;
and from the 24th of January to the 6th (2,': September,
of' the presint, year, the sums so paid, in London amount
tQ 2,:296,0001., being at the rate of 3,300,0001 for the
year.
" Your memorialists are aware that a money pressure
has existed for some time in India, towards which many
causes may have combined; but they believe that no
cause contributes more to disturbance and pressure than
the system of which they complain. It cannot be ex-
pected that adequate capital can flow into India, either
for the ordinary occupations of commerce, or for appli-
cation to land culture, so long as every operation anti
every interest can be arbitrarily interfered with by the
pawning propensities of the Government. India has long
suffered from these causes. Commercial capital has, in-
deed, been used by starts, but never without suspicion of danger; nor will it by fully applied until released from
the apprehension of .being unconsciously hrought into a
riytgr? with the geyernhienti bpinirt stud

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despotically 'n'ured by an InterferamAlth the naturel
current of the e nge—
" Manchester, Sept. 24, 1846."

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THE GREAT BRITAIN.
TYRELLA
, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 1 .30 P.m.
Since my last the weather has moderated, and tbt,
noble vessel now lies in comparative safety upon tl 1
• sand, resisting both wind and wave in admirable style.
She has an almost imperceptible inclination to Fora
Strange rumours are constantly coming out about het.
One is, and that from one of the crew, that her captain
contemplates using tanks to float her Off. I- will not
offer any remarks on this subject so as to prejudice the.
public mind either one way or the other ; but there will
be almost insurmountable difficulties in applying such
humble aid in a case of such emergency as the present.
It is the general opinion here that the ship's weight
is from 1,000 to 1,500 tons. If such be the case, I very
much doubt a sufficient buoyancy being got from tanks,
let their floating power be applied ever so forcibly.
It is also confidently asserted that Lloyd's agent has
given up all hope of doing good from the simple fact of
the captain declining to give 'up the ship, as he was a
shareholder to the amount of 30,000/., and was therefore
untitled to her sole management.
'The dangerous and destructive measures resorted to,
to freelier of the water she has made, are likely, in the
event of her being got off, to prove very injurious to the
ship, viz., that of driving the rivets, whose heads have
been started by the straining of the ship. All steam
ships, more especially those of large dimensions, can
connect their engines with a pump or pumps of sufficient
force to throw off a considerable quantity of water per
Minute, but in the case of:the Great Britain no such ex-
pedient appears to have Been resorted to.
The following letter has been posted in the under-
writers' rooms at Liverpool :
" TO THOMAS COURT, ESQs
"By letter received this morning from Tyrella, the
Great Britain steam-ship has altered her position. She
now lies east and west on the shore, and making much
water ; it was above the deck of the saloon. Vessel is
higher up on the beach, and labouring on the tide.
" I am, &c., " LEONARD WATSON.
" Nairn Point, Oct. 8, 1846."
The Warder publishes the following letter relative to
this unfortunate ship : _

" Dunelrum, Oct. 8, Five P.M.
" Sir,—Since I last addressed you upon the subject of
his ill-fated vessel, some futile attempts have been made
o get her off, and the result has been just as I antici-
pated, that instead of benefiting her situation it has been
made considerably worse. The spring tides, upon which
so much reliance was placed, came and went, as is almost
invariably the case, accompanied by a strong wind and
heavy sea, and left the Great Britain clinging to her
sandy bed more firmly than ever, from which nothing
will ever remove her but the application of simple scien-
tific means, and which can be applied without waiting
for the treacherous springs.
"On my arrival on the beach at Tyrella, on Tuesday
last, at 11h. aole., A.M., the ship was evidently in motion,
many persons on the beach remarked it ; she had hers'
jib foresail and fore trysail set, but no visible effort was
made to get her off. On visiting her after the tide had
receded, I found her lying with an inclination of about
a degree and a half to starboard, her forefoot was en-
tirely out of the sand for about eight or ten feet i she has
not sunk so much as was anticipsted abaft, I think not
more than two feet and a half ; her serew is safe and
can be worked. A quantity of sand has accumulated
under her bilge, but not to any considerable amount
Upon the whole, I do not consider the Great Britain's
danger at present is so great as is generally supposed.
She is encumbered with a great deal of superincumbent
weight, such as her quarter-boats, masts, yards, spars,
some bent sails, and an anchor hanging at her starboard
bow. It is not to be wondered at if she strains, with
these top weights exposed to and offering the resistance
they do to the wind. I visited her yesterday after the
tide had fallen, and found her stern had shifted in shore
about 40 or 50 feet, and she was lying with a "eery slight
inclination to port, and with her port broadside exposed
to the sea. Water was running in considerable quan-
tities from her rivet holes. She was said to have had
ten feet in her hold. Are her pumps choked ? I was
informed yesterday, on good authority, that the com-
mander of the Great Britain contemplates floating her
with tanks. I mentioned in my last letter that I esti-
mated her weight at 1,000 tons; but, upon closer calcu-
lation, I should think 1,500 would be nearer the mark;
to float which weight of fixed metal by tanks would far
exceed any notion of efficient buoyancy ; and, in, nay
opinion, such an attempt will prove as useless as the late
ones that were made on what were to be eventful spring
tides.
There is at least a rise and fall of six Or eight feet
where the Great Britain now lies, which„ in moderate
weather, would be quite sufficient to r;et her off; and I
am still prepared, if I meet with due support and assist.
ance from the parties most closely concerned in the Great
Britain's salvation, to carry her tiff the sands of Dundrum
in safety.—Your most obedient servant,
THOMAS S. GABRIEL, R.N.,
H.er Majesty's ship Queen
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COLLISION ON THE EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY.
BISHOP STORTFORD, SATURDAY.—A collision of an
exceedingly frightful character took place this (Satur-
day) morning on the Eastern Counties (Cambridge line),
about a mile and a half on the Cambridge side of Bishop
Stortford, and midway between that place and the Stan-
stead station—a collision which, although, fortunately,
it has not resulted in the loss of life, lies involved the
destruction of a vast amount of property.
From the particulars collected on the spot where the
collision took place, it appears that on Friday evening,
immediately after the departure of the up fast train,
which leaves Cambridge at nine o'clock P.M, an engine,
with a train consisting of thirty-five trucks, partially
filled with coal and corn sacks, and partially empty,
started from the same place, en route for Stratford.
About half-past nine another train, consisting of thirty-
three carriages, laden with grain, also started from Cam-
bridge on the up line, and on its way to London, drawn
by engine No. 97, and driven by a men named Parker.
On the arrival of the truck train within a mile and a half
of Bishop Stortford station, ,and a few hundred yards of
the New-road bridge, the feeding-pipe of the engine at-
tached to the truck train became out of order, and ren-
dered it unable to proceed. The driver and stoker set to
work repairing the engine, and about half-past twelve
o'clock, having completed their object, the train was set
in motion, but had scarcely done so, when the train laden
with grain was heard coming up. Pestal, the guard of
the truck.train, with all possible speed ran down the line,
and exhibited the red signal; but too late to stop the
grain train, at that moment approaching the Newsroad
bridge at the rate of twenty miles an hour, on the same
line as the truck train had been standing. Every exertion
was used by Parker to prevent the occurrence, but with-
out avail. In an instant after the collision took place,
the engine of the grain train dashing with fearful vio-
lence into the tail of the truck train. The crash is
described as fearful in the extreme—a fact to which the
appearance of the line bore ample testimony throughout
the whole of that morning. Eight carriages of the grain
train, and eight cr nine of the truck train were smashed.
At an early hour yesterday morning the line was
completely blocked, and the rails of the up line torn up for
a considerable distance. Ott either side lay scattered
carriages in a ditch, whilst the engine No. 97 lay on
the side of the embankment nearest the up line, with
goods waggons on either side, completely over it. The
line itself was covered with wheels, springs, and other
fragments of the carriages, and sacks upon sacks of
loose grain were apparently mixed in with the soil.
The escape of the engine-driver and stoker of the engine
of the grain train was truly miraculous. The stoker
was thrown into the field adjoining the linefor a con-
siderable distance, and as the engine turned over, Parker,
the driver, who had shut off his steam, and was at the
time holding on by the break, turned over with it down
the embankment, and was shortly after got out front
under it, in at first AR apparently insensible condition,
from which, however, he speedily rallied, after being
extricated from his perilous situation.
The instant the news of the collision reached the
Bishop Stortford station, at which it is stated the crash
was distinctly heard, Mr. Nicholson, the station-master,
dispatched a special engine to London for aid, and Mr.
Kitson, the chief of the locomotive department at the
Stratford station, with two or three hundred laboirrers,
proceeded to the spot, and were set to work in removing
the wreck of the two trains from the line. They com-
menced their labours about three o'clock in the morning,
and some idea may be formed of the magnitude of the
accident, when it is stated that, notwithstanding the im-
mense number of men employed, the down line was not
cleared in sufficient time to allow the 15 minutes after
seven o'clock train, due at Bishop Stortford at 18 mi-
nutes after eight, to pass. The consequence was that this
train was detained until nine o'clock, before it got into
the Bishop Stortford station. Throughout the whole of
this day (Saturday) all the trains between London and
Cambridge were detained:a considerable time, and it was
not until a late hour last evening that the up line was
.thoroughly cleared, and the rails relaid, so as to allow
trains to come up with safety.
It.appeared from the statement of George Flahall, the
guard of the grain train, who was also thrown out of
the break carriage, that Pestal, the guard of the truck
train, had been for some time down the line, holding the
red signal, but the signal being given for his train to
start, he ran towards it, and had nearly reached it, when
hearing the grain train coming up, he ran back to show
the signal, but too late to be of service.

ndwuirliin bge thinestdiatuyt,ed anbdyitthies
Several of the directors, accompanied by Mr. Roney,
understood
board, to ascertain who are the culpable parties. The
the secretaray,rivgiistil
investigation etshtei gsaptoi ot
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engine of the grain train is completely destroyed, and
ess than 3,0001
REVENUE.—CIIAr.GES OF COLLECTION, &C.—
Frorn.
the loss altogether is caleulated at not I
a return to an order of the House of Commons, just de-
livered, it appears that—The total amount of deuuctions
by revenue departments from the gross receipts, not paid
.nto the Exchequer, during the year ending Jan. 5,
is 6,152,3941. 14s. 9d. The total receipts by all depart-
ments
(except revenue) during the same year, from all
sources except Parliamentary grants or issues from the
Exchequer, is 909,6104 12s. 2d. Consequently the aunt
expended that year, which never reached the Exche-
quer, was 7,062,005 L 6s. 11d. The charges of collection
(not paid into Exchequer) on the principal branches of
ordinary revenue am—Customs, 1,279,904 12s. 2d.;
Stamps,st-0f0e,116, 511,344,86449.2 725.5.
61 dd..
s!
Excise,
Taxes, 3
4986,87,238812.10.
s 6. 31. dodB.;.P;o
Crown lands, 41,8861. Ils. 3i-d.
A paragraph appeared in the Times of Thursday
in reference to a court-marti.2,l to be held on a. naval
officer, for having ordered a seaman who had committed
some offence to be placed in one of the "coal bunkers,"
by way of pulusinnent. The paragraph asserts thrst
this mode bi punishment is commcn in the navy, and
is illqicted on board the royal yacht, as well as other
hips. Now, we are enabled to state, most positively,,
that such a punishment has never once been resorted to
in her tdajoatte rcisal Tacht,—Observm
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ALBERT SMITH'S NE .V STORY.
Now ready, and may be had of all Booksellers, price One Shilling,
(to be completed in Twelve Numbers), with Two Illustrations,
by Leech, Part IL of
THE STRUGGLES AND ADVENTURES OF
CIIRISTOP tiER TAD POLE,
IN SEARCH OF A NAME, A RELATIVE, AND A
WIFE, AT HOME AND ABROAD.
By ALBERT BMITII,
Author of " The Adventures of Mr. Ledbnry," " The Scattergood
Family," " The Marchioness of Brinvillier3," &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE.
MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAIIOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
'eriends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, Scc.,
,ake place every Trunk' and FRIDAY. at One o'clock, at the
Hall or Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully
reci ttestol to be addressed.
All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day
previous to their being offered; and advices of results will he
forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme-
diately disposed of according to instructions.
°dices, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London.

TREATRE ROYAL, DRT2IIY-LANE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed Balfe's celebrated Opera, entitled THE MAID
OF ARTOIS. Marquis de Chateau Vieux, Mr. Borrani ; Jules de
Montagnon, Mr. W. Harrison; Sans Regret, Mr. Burdini ; Synnelet,
Mt Weiss ; Sinks, Miss Isaacs; Isoline, Madame Anna Bishop.
To conclude with a new Ballet, in two acts, entitled THE
OFFSPRING OF FLOWERS. In which Messrs. Howell, Bretln,
Theodore, Mdlle. Fabbri, Madame Theedore, and Mdlle. Adele will
perform.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed a New Comedy, in three acts, entitled QUEEN
MARY'S BOWER. Principal characters by Messrs. Webster,
Hudson, Howe, Brindal, Braid ; Miss Fortescue, Mrs. Seymour, Szc.
During the evening the Band will perform the Overture to
" Zampa," the " Motsken Bilden," and the "Musketeers" Quadrille.
To be fol *wed by the Fares of NICOLAS FLAM. 'Nicolas
Film, Mr. W. nuren ; Shrimp, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss eadtliCOMbe,
Mrs. W. Clifford.
After which a new Farce, called THE FORTUNE HUNTER ;
or, A. Morning at Margate. Captain Mountgarret, Mr. Hudson ;
Griffin, Mr. Tilbury ; Bompas, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Griffin, Mrs.
W. Clifford.
To conclude with the Comic Drama, called A CABINET QUES-
TION. Characters by Messrs. Brindal, Tilbury, linckstone, Miss
Telbin, and Miss J. Bennett.
Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of
Mr. T. Arcber, Box Bookkeeper.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley.
THIS EVENING
The last Week of " The Magic Horn."
The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama,
10 PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by
Messrs. A. Wlyrut, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woo:Midge, Mrs. A.
Wigan, Miss Hicks, 3liss Turner, Mies Howard, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a new Farce, called WHICH MISTER SMITH ?
Characters by Messrs. Vining, F. Mathews, Emery, Bellingham,
Butler, Collier, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Grove. and Miss Turner.
To conclude with a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic. Romantic,
Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon,"
entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs.
F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Tenfold, Bender, Silver,
Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Vinare. Miss Fairbrother,
Mrs. Weollldge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss
Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley.

THEATItE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE_
THIS EVENING

Will be presented a new domastic drama, entitled EUPENII
CLAIRCILLE ; or, The New Found Home. Frederick Stan-
more, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Rugleigh, Mr. Cullenford ; Toffey, Mr. Paul
Bedford ; Mr. Buzzard, Mr. Lambert ; Hugh Matlock, Mr. 0.
Smith ; Pegg, Mr. Munyard ; Mrs. TotTey, Mrs. F. Matthews ;
Eugenia Clairqille, Madame Celeste.
After which. a new Extravaganza, in two acts, csl'ed THE
JOCKEY CLUB. The principal characters b:,- Me srs. Paul Bed-
ford, Wright, Redmond Ryan, eelby, IV aye, Mitchenson, &c. ;
is Wool:fa.-, Mrs. F. Matthews, Misses E:len Chajn, Harding,
Fleming, Turner, Taylor, &c.
To conclude with the popular Burlotta of TAMING A TARTAR.
Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar ; Messrs. Paul cdford, Wright,
Selby. Worrell. will sustain the principal cl4aracters.

► RINICFSQ'S THEATRE,
Last Week of Madams Vestris oral Mr. Charles Mathews.

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THIS El,l_,l:st,
Will be pertbrmed (by desire) a new .omit Drama, in Three
Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGIZA Pll. Count Theodore, Mr. J.
Vining ; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. C. Mathews ; Pumpernickel,
Mr. Compton ; Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris.
Atter which, the New Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE.
Twiggieton, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling
To conclude with the Comic Drama entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davldge.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Bulwer's Play of RICHELIEU. Cardinal
Richelieu, Mr. Macready ; Count de Baradag, Mr. Cooper; Che-
valier de Mauprat, Mr. Leigh Murray ; Julie de Moutemar, Mrs.
Charles Gill.
To eonelnde with the Drama, entitled THE CHXRIIING POLLY.
Supported by the whole strength of the Company.
Box-office open frorn eleven till four o'clock.

AbTLEY'* ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
FIRST WEEK OF THE WINTER SEASON.
Patronleed by her Most Gracious Majesty .'e Queen, Prince
Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Royal rurally.. By special
desire, Lord Byron's " Mazeppa," tar twelve nights only.
TIII3 EVENING
Will he performed the Dramatic Spectacle of MAZEPPA, AND
THE WILD HORSE.
After which, brilliant feats of HORSEMANSHIP. Herr Amodio
Neupert, from Amsterdam, the extraordinary Bottle Equilibrist.
and other Novelties.
Mr. BATTY has much pleasure In announcing that he has effected
engagements with several continental artistes :—Messrs. Joseph
Paul Cone, Lorentz Wolff, Roseline Wolff. PoLthlti, with the po-
pular vaulters, Messrs. Henderson and T. Lee, who will appear in
rapid succession. In active preparation, a new Equestrian Spec-
lute and Dramatic Romance, of unequalled effect, performihg with
immense success In Paris.
t.os-oulce open :rota eleven till Ova o'clock.—Tinors ones at six
and ,:onircenee at seven o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broarlfoot.

I'HE WEATHER—Su st OFFICE, OCTOBER U.
THERMOMETER, Lewest, 50; Highest. 63 ; Noon, 64.

BAROMETER, 29.70.
WIND W.S.ItV., rainy and cloudy.
OCTOBER 12.

TMERMOMETER, Lowest, 47; Highest. 63; Noon, 55.
BAROMETER, 29 49.—WIND W.S.W., showery.

THUD WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 40 minntes after 6. I Evening 8 salnutes after 7.

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