The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

the United States at the court of the Tuileries; the Rev.
Dr. Cox, New York, and several American ministers, re-
turning from the late meeting of the Evangelical Alli-
ance; besides a whole troop of children, la'ely organized
in imitation of the celebrated band of Danseuses Vien-
noises. The purses of the Great Britain, who came to
this town in charge of the mail bap, and several of the
passengers, sailed from this on Wednesday, by the Sea-
King, for Liverpool, and the Glow-Worm for Ardrossan;
and nearly one hundred proceeded last night (Friday) by
the Windsor for Liverpool.
One of the passengers concludes an account given to
the N(zys Letter, (and corresponding with the above,) as
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The News. Letter, in conclusion, says ?—" Various
reports were in circulation yesterday in town, to the effect
that the Great Britain had been got off; but from the
latest intelligence we have been enabled to collect, we
understand that such is not the fact. The St. Mungo
tug steamer left our quays in order to render all practi-
cable assistance, but she had not returned from Dundrum
this morning when we were going to press. It is the
opinion of several experienced persons with whom we
hale conversed—one of them a passenger in the Great
Britain—that there is a probability of her not getting off,
should the equinoctial gales intervene between the present
time and the next spring tides; but the strength and
peculiar nature of her iron build offer hopes in her favour
which could not be ent.rtained for an ordinary vessel."

MEETING OF PASSENGERS

A meeting of the passengers who had arrived in Liver-
pool was hastily called together at the George Hotel on
Friday last, but as no answer could be obtained from
Bristol as to what was to be done, the meeting adjourned
until the following morning, after appointing a committee
to confer with. Messrs. Gibes, Bright and Co.
At ten o'clock on Saturday morning the committee met
their fellow-passengers at the George Hotel, to report to
them the result of their mission. Mr. Rennie, the chair-
man, stated that the directors had signified, through the
agents, their intention of immediately returning to each
passenger the amount of his fare, and Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co. had also voluntarily offered their services
as agents to provide another ship without charge. After
some discussion, it was resolved that the committee
should wait upon Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. for the
purpose of accepting the offer of the return of the passage
money made by the directors, and also to tender to those
gentlemen, through Messrs. Gibbs, Brier, and Co., the
thanks of the meeting for the prounotitude and liberality
displayed by them in responding in so handsome a manner
to their application. The committee was also commis-
sioned to convey the thanks of the meeting to Messrs.
Gibbs, Bright, and Co., who had graciously volunteered
their services. It was agreed that in the meantime the
committee should wait upon Messrs. M'lver to ascertain
whether arrangements could be effected for chartering a
vessel for the transit of those passengers who might feel
disposed to perform the VOA age without further delay.
It was agreed that a meeting should be called at two
o'clock, to hear the committee's report.
At the hour stated a good muster had assembled in the
room, and Mr. Millbank, one of the gentlemen who had
waited on Messrs. M'lver, was called upon to state the
result of his conference; which was highly satisfactory,
viz., that a positive answer would he returned on Monday
relative to the engagement of the Acadia, the passage
money to be not lees than £.40, the usual charge, by this
vessel. It was stated that the Aeadit could be teadv in
three days, and that her captain had received orders to
have her fit for sea at 24 hours' notice. A resolution
passed unanimously that a list be forthwith prepared,
containing the natm-s of all who were willing to accede to
the proposition of proceeding by the Acadia, in order that
Messrs. M`lver might know whether they would be act-
ing judieilusly in fitting the vessel out. A.list was
accordingly prepared, to which all present appended
their names.