The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-01-19 00:00:00

spoßm Aro TIDE.
Oar Paper of yesterday contained some ac-
counts of the damage done on the Eastern coast
by the high winds of Thursday and Friday. Our
lerrespoudem at Margate has turuished us with the
following particulars, which will enable those who
are acquainted with that favourite watering place
to form an idea of the damage done there. " The
wind," says our Correspondent, " bleir very fresh
at the N.N. Wert, on Thursday afternoon, and
about 10 o'clock, when the the tide was coming in
very heavily, it increased to a perfect hurricane at
North, anti the work of damage commenced. In
the High-street, beginning from the King's-Head
Inn, the front of which and the lower room in Ha-
zardous-row, have been washed away, the heavy roll-
ing sea broke through every thing in its way. Phil-
pot's
Bathing Room, adjoining the King's Head,
is partly gone, and the house of Clarke, fancy dress
maker, adjoining, and Thomas Hughes's bathing
and coffee room, are totally washed away. Wood's
bathing room still stands, but is much damaged.
A billiard room and a hair dresser's shop are
gone to sea. Taylor's bathing room and waiting
room, and Rowe's, linen-draper, ware-room, are
also washed away. The gallery, and considerable
part of the back part of turner's library, are de-
stroyed, and the whole premises so much damaged,
as to be deemed incapable of repair. The sea
forced quite through, and there was so little time
to save property, it is to be feared that this favour-
ite of the Margate visitors is a loser to great
amount. Stephen Hughes's Bathing-room and Hot-
baths have suffered very much. Very little more
than the front remains. The back part of Tea-
uant's, linen-draper, is carried off; with part of the
goods, and what remains is much damaged. Hub-
bard's Bathing-room is not so much injured, being
defended by time stone wall close to it.
" Much injury it done to the Marine Parade ; the
large stones of the parapet, the whole length of it,
are entirely displaced, or thrown to a great distance,
and scattered all over the Parade. The body of
the work is so shaken, that moat probably the
greater part must be taken down. Considerable
chasms are made, to a great extent, in some places
quite through the road, particularly at the entrance
Irons the High-street. Mitchener'iYork Hotel, and
other house* on the Marine Parade, have escaped
wonderfully ; they were 'greatly saved by two col-
lier brigs, whiek being driven against the stone-
work, remained there during the gale, with their
broadsides to receive the tremendous waves, and
being in this situation, they broke the force and
weight of the water, and thus eared the Parade
houses.

" The effects of the cut body of water that poured
in, was much felt near the Duke's Head and Foy
Boat public hooves ; its violence was such as to
sweep every thing before it ; and the quantity of
beach thrown up is astonishing. The lower parts
of the homes in this quarter were overflowed; and
the windows of the ground-floor nearly all broken :
boats drove against the houses, Le. ; the Custom-
house is also much damaged and undermined.
" The devastation on the Pier is beyond all calcu-
lation, the stone Pier-head is totally demolished for
many yards; the large parapet stones on every part
of the Pier totally carried away. All the build-
ings, including that for the Camera Obscara, are
swept off, and large chasm* made in various parts
of the road, and the whale of the remaining stone-
work so shaken, that greater part must be taken
down whenever it is repaired. The vessels of vari-
ous descriptions, boats, Bc. were forced by the
violence of the waves against each other, and many
of the boats, as well as larger vessels, mach dama-
ged, and some dashed to pieces ; immense quau-
titles of pieces of wrecks are floatiug about in every
direction.

" The scene of horror is far beyond description,
and for some hours apprehensions were formed that
a great part of the town would he destroyed. A
great loss in various ar.icles has been sustained by
the occupiers and owners of the buildings destroy-
ed, the premises being mostly, with their contents,
carried out Co sea. For several hours the Pier was
quite under water, and the waves roiled over it as
if there had not been any Fier. A remarkable
circumstance occurred during this awful period,
a private soldier of the Denbigh Militia had been
as usual placed as centinel over the magazine
stores on the Pier ; he kept his poet until the
magazine and stores were washed away, and
then the sea Caine over the Pier wall so
tremendously, that ha could not retreat ; the
poor fellriw then climbed up to the top of the crane,
whir* fortunately was not kuocked away, where
he remained (having lashed himself fast), for seve-
ral hours, until the water abated, before he could
he released. Thar old wall and new road, am",
the brooks, by Hazardous-row, is broken through
in many places, and the brook marshes overflowed
to a considerable extent. In short, the damage
done at Margate, &c. is incalculable.
" During the gale on Thursday night or Friday
parsing, a large %Vett ha:Liman. name unknown,
we; wrecked us the Queen's Channel, and it is
feared every soul on beard perished. Many pieces
of wreck have come on shore, and also some
cotton has been picked up, supposed to belong to
said vessel.

" The public-house at Receiver has been
pasty washed away, and other damage received
m various parts of the coast is very considerable.
Marty sheep have been drowned in the Marshes ;
of these 150 belonged to Mr. T. Curling, senior.
They were in the held. .sear Remilver. At Rams-
gate, them was a mast tremendous sea, with the
wind d berth ; the water came right over the Pier
and Crass wall ; a boat was carried by its force
from the Inner Pier, on the New Military road.
Mr. Caughte, shipwright, has suffered consiikerabl) ,
by loss of timber, carried off to sea."
Extract of a letter from Whitstable, dated Se-
turils, the 16th instant :—" The greatest storm,
and highest tide, in the memory of the oldest in-
habitant, visited this place last night, and caused
11,10Clie of 'barmaid desolation not to be describ.
ed. Hkouses, woekshops, every thing that canoe
Within reach of the tide, became its prey. A man,
his wife, and six children, were with the gre.em-t
difficulty teklib out of their house by a boat. Olie
wo,nan had her children placed on a chest of
drawers, and was standing on her bed with tile
water up to her Lime*, when idle was relieved fr in
Ler perilms situation. The men were swicuuli:q