The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-01 00:00:00

used as a state-cabin, was so much injured that it ;
bad to be fitted up temporarily with planks yesterday.
She carried away her roretopmast by cowing in con-
tact
with the rigging of the ship which she fouled at
Kingstown. The passengers were in a state
of great alarm, and Captain Stokes must be
commended for the prudence he exhibited in not
continuing on his conrse under circumstances
that rendered the safety of the vessel under his
command and all on board questionable. Such was
the strength and fury of the storm that at Kingstown
a portion of the wall on the western pier was blown
down. A strong wooden house erected on the same
pier immediately beside the lighthouse was destroyed.
Some yachts and other small craft lying about the
harbour were driven against the piers and broken.
We have not heard, however, that any lives were lost
or persons injured.
Between 11 and 12 o'clock on the same night the
brig Smyrna, from Workington, with a cargo of
coals, ran on the rocks to the south of the Poolbeg
Lighthouse. As far as can be ascertained up to the
present time, the ehtire crew being lost, it appears
that the brig was making in the gale for Dublin har-
bour, and that the master thought he would have
been able to weather the lighthouse. Most unfortu-
nately he did not succeed in accomplishing this
object, for the vessel, it would seem, was driven by
the force of the storm out of the proper channel to
the south of the light. It is conjectured that an
attempt at tacking was then made, but in doing
this the vessel missed stays, and was thrown in upon
the rocks lyiog around the lighthouse. Notwith-
standing that the ship must have for some time beaten
about, and that she was wrecked almost against
the lighthouse itself, it does not appear that any of
the men on duty there were aware of the awful scene,
involving the loss of the lives of several fellow
creatures that was being enacted immediately under
their windows, and within a few feet of them. In
consequence of information received during the
night from the crew of a trawler, which
passed the ill-fated vessel while she was making
; towards the lighthouse, the coastguard stationed
at Ringsend proceeded at daybreak along the
Pigeon-house 'Wall and the South Wall. While going
along the latter they descried at a short distance, on
' what is called the White Bank, a boat bottom up.
They immediately instituted a close search in the
,
neighbourhood, and in a few minutes they found the
bodies of the captain of the Smyrna, the mate, and two
of the crew, which were left on the bank by the re-
, ceding tide. The name of the master is Peter Young-
, husband, that of the mate, Graham, and the two
seamen, Lucas and Byrne. It is supposed that when
I the vessel struck the crew took to the boat, in the
hope of reaching the White Bank, but, in this hope
the poor fellows were deceived while living, as the
boat capsized. The watches found on the person
of the master and mate were found to have stopped
at twelve o'clock, thus indicating that the wreck took
place some time about half-past eleven. The brig
now lies a total wreck, on her starboard side, which,
with the deck, is completely stove in. A large quan-
tity of the coals, which constituted her cargo, and
portions of her rigging, &c., lie scattered about
among the rocks. The wreck was visited during
yesterday by Mr. Joha Walsh, Lloyd's agent, by
whom it was placed, with the little that had been
' saved, under the charge of some of the coastguard.
Mr. Davis, the county coroner, held an inquest on
the bodies yesterday evening at the White-bank.
The coast-guard, by whom the bodies were discovered
in the morning, give evidence in accordance with the
above account. No definitive evidence could be
given as to whether there were more than four per-
sons on board, but it was stated by competent parties
present that the vessel could have been worked by the
men whose bodies were found.

The jury found that "The deceased men had been
wrecked, and were drowned on the night of the 28th
inst."

Several masters of vessels were in attendance, and
identified the bodies. They stated that had there been
proper apparatus at the lighthouse, and had there been
a look-out kept by those in charge, this painful sacri-
fice of life might have been prevented.
The bodies were brought up to town in the course
of the evening. The fury of the ,gale was also
severely felt along the coast towards the north.
About midnight it blew a perfect hurricane from
east-north-east, and along the more exposed parts
of this dangerous coast, the sea rose in waves of fear-
ful height, and the surf broke with such violence on
the rocks sad shoals along shore that it seemed evi-
dent that any unfortunate vessel close in wish the
laud, and not having secured a good offing, could not
have a chance of escaping total destruction. Ac-
cordingly the officers and men of the coastguard ser-
vice in the vicinity remained on the alert during the
night.
About an hour after midnight a vessel, brig-rigged,
was seen at about two miles distant from the land,
under close-reefed topsails and foretop staysail, evi-
dently trying the hopeless expedient of clawing off
the coast. But to all experienced eyes the possi-
bility of beating to windward in the teeth of such a
gale seemed hopeless indeed, and, in fact, such was
proved by the result. Every attempt at tacking
made by the fated vessel brought her nearer and
nearer to:he dread shore frowning under her lee, with
the surf roaring and tumbling on the rocks with that
hoarse thunder ao terrible to the seaman's ears—
in fact, the brig got regularly employed in a most
dangeroue indentation of the coast called Murphy's
Bay. To destroy still further any chance the brig
might have had of being need, it was observee that
in trying to go about, she bad carried away her main-
yard, thus depriving her of aftersail, and rendering
her totally unmanageable. From this moment the
destruction of the vessel was clearly inevitable. She
drifted in, driven by the waves broadside on towards
the coast, and soon after struck on a reef of rocks
within the bay, carrying away both masts by the
board, and the sea making a clean breach over her. The
cool and courageous conduct of the captain and crew,
under those terrific circumstances deserves much
praise, but their best reward is, that by their stadiness
and intrepidity, they succeeded in saving their own
lives.. Notwithstanding their dreadful peril, the cap-
tam crew had sufficient time to perceive that the
vessel had taken the ground at a spot wherein there
was no likelshood of her breaking up at once,
and they stuck by their ship gallantly, although it
was obvious that no fabric of timber and iron could
long withstand the crushing fury of the sea that
broke over the decks of the brig, washing overboard
everything not lashed down. The captain and crew
took measures to avoid being swept overboard ; and,
as the tide ebbed, the wrecked vessel was left
comparatively dry, and the jaded seamen were
enabled to reach the land in safety. The vessel
proved to be the James Hamilton brig, bound from
the port of Troon, laden with coals for Dublin. It
was fortunate that the vessel struck where she did
—that is, as regards the safety of the crew. Had
she gone on shore a little more to the southward
nothing could have saved the lives of the men,
so impracticable are the rocks in that direction,
and so completely cut off from the land. In about
eight hours after the vessel had struck, and on the
tide flowing again, she went entirely to pieces,
scarcely a vestige being ieft together of her timbers
!or framework. The cargo of coals has been washed
up in large quantities on the rocks, and we learn it
has been purchased by Mr. Hamlet, of Balbriggan.
The coastguard force. under the command of Mr. Bar-
rett, R.N., afforded every assistance in protecting the
remains of the cargo, and in saving such remnants of
the wreck as were cast up and strewed the beach for
a considerable distance. The master of the vessel
and one of the seamen have received some severe in-
juries. They have been placed under the care of Dr.
M'Oboy, of Balbriggan, and the rest of the wretched
seamen have met with the kindness attention at the
hands of the resident gentry.

COURSE OF EXCHJ
Amsterdam •• 11 19%
Ditto, three month!" 12 0.3 i
Rotterdam •• •• •... •• 12 1
Antwerp .............. 25 51%
Brussels 25 52%
Liamburgh • • . 13 8 N
Altona • • ........ •• ...•
Paris, 3 daysisight 25 32%
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 52%
Marseilles •••••• •• •• 25 55
80urdeaux........ • • • •
Frankforton,Maine.. • • 121
..•• ..........
Vienna, effoo. •• 11 4'4
Trieste, ditt0.......... 11 48
retersburgh .......... 373
Madrid .............. 49%
Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 49%
Barcelona

I.NG E.—(THIS DAY.)
iGibra1tar.............. -

Leghorn •• •• •• •• •• .• •• 30 75
'ienoa •• •••••••••• •• .. 25 65
Milan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Venice.. .. .... • • • • • • ••
gaples 41 IA
Palermo, perok 123%
Li5b0n................ 63
Oporto •• •• •• •• •• 53
Rio Janeiro .........
Buenos Ayres
New York, 60 days'sight
Philadelphia .... • • ....

PRIOZB OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Geld in bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Now Dollars .... •• 0 4 11
Silver in bars ........ 0 5 0%

•• ••
Seville..

THE WE AT HER.—SHIELDS, TUESDAY.—During
the last forty-eight hours a violent gale from the north-east,
with a very heavy and continuous fall of rain, has pre-
vailed on the coast, and impeded navigation considerably,
as a strong sea rolls at the bar. The weather seems broken
up, as last week we had heavy gales blowing from the same
direction, which drove a number of vessels ashore along
the coast. Some oats are still out, and this weather is
fatal to the potato; but, generally speaking, the corn crops
in Northumberland are well housed, and the samples that
have been shown in the local markets have been exceed•
ingly sound.
_T— H -T'

HE _IGHGATE BURGLAR CONFLICT.--Ibe house-
breaker Johnson, whose flight and subsequent capture by
the policeman at Highgate on Saturday night last we have
already fully detailed, has been remanded pro forma by a
magistrate, and removed to the House of Detention Clerken-
well, until his antecedents are ascertained. The constable
who so courageously effected his capture is named Henry
Donkin, 233 S. The neighbourhood of Highgate is as proud
of the affair as if he had performed a more military, though
not more serviceable or courageous achievement.
We are sorry again to notice the continued illness
of our respected Member, Colonel W. L. Ireestun, which it
is feared is of a serious nature.—Poole Herald.
FALMOUTH, SETT. 30.—Wind W .N.W ~ with gales
and squally.—Arrd. lionduras, Sierra Leone; Argen-
tina, Bahia; Auguste, Purt•au-rrince; Franklin, Rio
Janeiro.

_ 'OFF SCILLY.—Jasen, New York for Bremen.
NEWPORT.—SId. Sandwich, Cape of Good Hope; Ca-
therine, Rio Janeiro.