The National Register.
London, England, 1820-11-05 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

SHIP NEWS.
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THE LATE GA,LE AND HIGH TIDE.

BIIIOIITON. OCT. 47.—0 n Suadav moro:n last, the moon
be.ig on'y or.e dry pn't the 1.111, w.! were vi,ited with a most
iouriii of wiial am the W.S. W. which brought
with it sue', a sea as •to c.in-e a higher tide than bas been
witneised here for nearly half a century. The whole coast,
framll2taCt to Arundel Harbour, especially where it was
exposed to the united fury of wind and wmstiier, ha, suffered
dteailfully. The new eiiibAikments at Chinhein, which were
nearly complee:',. are demolished; avid th.rse at Sitaesham,
which were tints:ied and deemed secure, have shared nearly the
same fate. As Aldwick, Ilikmor, and Felpham, so much damage
is done as cannot at present be awertained.
The premises of the CoutitesS of la ewourgh,Sir T. B. Pechelle,
Mrs. Estlaile, Mr. %Vonlitiiii, and others, which were defended
at ui th water mark by wails of rocks of immense rite, could not
withstand this tempest. Pieces of rock, some weighing 5 cwt.
ware torn tin and caviled to a great distance. A rattle of roach•
hotpes.. at t le hotel at Bogner, were levelled ; and the whole of
the row of fishermen's rho a to the eastward of that place, with
every small tenement on t part of the coast.
Mr. Binsted's Library, and all the houses adjoining, were
filled with water, and have teethed great injury. The sea made
over the beach at Felpham 1eve1..., and it was with great difficulty
that the cattle were got out. A hay rick, belonging to .Ir. H.
Charleu, about it tons, floated ;ion' its situation, and was driven
into the toad. The House of Mt. Isaac Sadler.,at the Bridge,
was so suddenly filled, that the last of his children was taken out
when the water was up the father. chin.
Lord Atnn gave the most genetous succour to the sufltrers.
His house was opened to and tilled with the distressed families,
to whom ever/ possible comfort was administered. Providen-
tially these inundrtiona occurr..d by day-light; had they
happened in the night. this account would have been melancholy
indectl. We are thankful in being able to say that no human life
has seen laa.

An American schooner, from New York, with 400 bales of
tobacco on board, wes taken on the 13th ult. off the coast of
Leland, by his Majesty's ship Srpplio.
The Onverivagt, 'sooner, Lem London, is arrived in the Texel
with loss of mainmast, hawsprit, anchors, andrattles. and very
leaky, and ran of her cargo thrown overboard.
The Sybille tvi!;efe, Captain Rowley, dropped down to Long.
reach on Saturday, to take in her -ans. Ina then proceed to
Jamaica. bearing the fir; o; A tlqi, :Zowlcy.
Loss OF 'C'IE Feoe.i.—Don Oce. morning
the Flora parsr3e ve4-sel, Capt. ,n, r. oLii out of the harbour
to the reeds, fur the purpose lit reeci p.e.-enirers tor Calais;
she had already received site or wren, and ws aiimlinT in for
more, when the niis,ed stays, ond. front the violence of the sea,
went ashore hi the bay; the pa,sent;en, were ol! tot out from the
bow of the year el, and were,with the crew. landed in safety. semis
the greatest part of the bilf;gage; but, is tremendons sea striking
her on the starboard quarter, she instantly went to pieces. and
strewed the shore with wreck. Neither the capio; nor mate were
or, boanl at the time the vessel struck, 15e.0...; on shore for the
purpose of procuring and taltis3 off such other passengers as
remainel ; but it is understood that no blame whatever attaches
to the crew, but that the loss of the vessel was :olely attributable
to accident. and the violence of the wind and see. The vessel was
formerly the yacht of —Celvert. Esq. and the property of.lohn
Minet Fector. Esq. The wind has blown a hale the whole of the
afternoon, and we arc sadly of aid that we shall hear of a greet
deal of dunu.ge among the shipping. Several foreigners who
had been to London, to give evidence for her Majesty, have
arrived here on their return home. Four passage vessels from
Cala, with passengers. bore up for the Down, af:ernoon,
not liking to attempt coming into the harbour, there being such
a viskat swell at the entrance.

Mr. Kean embarked on board the Martha from
Liverpool on the 1 Ith inst. bound to New York.—
After the vessel was fairly out at sea, a person ap-
peared among the passengers, who had been until
then secreted. fle answered the descriptiion of
Franklin, alias Fletcher, and was believed by all
on board to be the man.

THE SEDITIOUS LlBELS.—Saturday, at the Old
Bailey Sessions, a true Bill was found by the Lon-
don Grand Jury against William Fletcher, alias
Franklin, alias Forbes, finr publishing a seditious
and inflammatory placard, with intent to excite
sedition and disaffection in .the minds of the liege
subjects of our Lord the King.