The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

MORE FATAL LOSSES AT SEA.

The Dutch and Antwerp steamers, which arrived in
the river on Saturday, furnished an addition to the long
catalogue of disasters which had occurred during the
equinoctial gales of the past week. A schooner was
totally lost on the Haak, near Nieve Diepe. The crew
were observed in the rigging, supplicating for assist-
ance, but the sea, which was breaking over the wreck,
defied all efforts to reach them. The name of the
vessel could not be distinguished. On the same point
of coast two other ships were wrecked, one an Eng-
lish vessel, the Brunswick, Mr. Pike, master, from
Cardiff for Hamburgh, and the other a Russian
barque bound to St. Übes. The crews are reported
to have been saved. Another British vessel, the
schooner Jessie, of Gloucester, from Dantzic to London,
was stranded on Hurdeodde. The flooding of the
country, round Rotterdam has occasioned the greatest
destruction of property. Such an inundation has not
been experienced there for years. A very large number
of cattle were drowned. The flood had altogether sub-
sided when the last mail left.

Mr. Partridge, the master of the Hope of Shields,
while on a return voyage from London, reports falling
in with the wreck of a brig E.N.E. of the Lemon and
0 wers, just above Yarmouth, of above 300 tons. She
has lost her masts, bowsprit, boats, and bulwarks, and
was beating about quite at the mercy of the waves.
The crew called out, and implored Mr. Partridge to save
them. He did all he could towards rescuing them, but
the sea, which was running high, drove the Hope away,
and the wreck was lost sight of. Her name was not
known.

FOLKESTONE, Oct. 2.—The French squadron passed
down Channel, about three miles south of this port,
yesterday, sailing for the westward. On reaching the
Ness the Admiral in command appeared to consider it
inadvisable to proceed against the head wind blowing
up Channel, and all the ships came to an anchorage
about four miles to the southward of the lighthouse.
To-day, at noon, the steam was again got up, and about
an hour later the squadron set sail for Cherbourg, their
departure having been hastened, it is said, by a sudden
fall in the barometer, indicating an approaching
storm. An outward-bound fleet of between 200
and merchantmen still remain at anchor under the
Ness, where they are well sheltered while the
wind is in its present quarter. The period of their
departure seem as distant as ever, and it is thought
likely, in the event of a change in the weather, that
many of them will be driven back into the Downs. A
Spanish brigantine of about 160 tons, called the Came-
lima, laden with sugar and bound from the Havannah to
Antwerp, came ashore here last night under very ex-
traordinary circumstances. About six o'clock yester-
day evening she was observed coming up Channel, off
Sandgate, in dangerous proximity to the coast. There
was, however, no jack flying from her masthead to in-
dicate the want of a pilot, and as this is the only means
of ascertaining whether assistance is required or not,
the boatmen on shore contented themselves by looking
out, never supposing that on a tolerably calm and very
fine evening the captain would prove so ignorant of the
coast as to run his ship actually ashore. In this
they miscalculated, for on arriving opposite the ledge
of rocks known as Mill-point, lying between Sand-
gate and Folkestone, the brigantine sailed directly
on to the reef, where she became fixed, rolling and la-
bouring with every sea in an alarming manner. Her
position was at once seen, and a crew of Sandgate fisher-
men, who happened to be within easy reach, went to
render assistance. On one of them, a man named Cole-
man, mounting the bulwarks, he found the captain and
crew on their knees in prayer. It appears, however,
the fisherman's visit was not exactly the aid they were
imploring, for upon Coleman attempting to step on to
the deck one of the crew jumped up and dealt the poor
fellow a severe blow on the head with a marlinspike,
causing the blood to flow freely. As well as they could
make themselves understood by signs, the crew refused to
receive any assistance, and the boatmen accordingly left
her. The tide was flowing, and within half an hour the
brigantine floated off, with loss of anchor and serious da-
mage to her rudder. Her position was now one of great
danger, as both the wind and tide set on to the land. Se-
veral boats now put off from this port, but as the captain
still refused to receive any one on board, she was left to
herself, and, just before 7 o'clock, she came ashore within
100 yards of the harbour railway station. She came
lay
quietly on to the beach, and for a few minutes
quietly enough, but as the sea rose she was driven about
with great violence. Offers of assistance were again
made, and the captain at length allowed a man, named '
Hall, belonging to this port, to go aboard. Hall suc-
ceeded in making a warp fast to the bows of the e
ship,
.
and, casting a line ashore, a couple of hundred men hung
on, and kept the ship's head in while the tide flowed-
At low water she was left "high and dry" on the beach.
Under the direction of Lloyd's agent. the cargo was taken
out during the night, and
towed round
at flood time she
came off, and has been round into the harbour.

TELE EASTERN QUESTION. —INTENDED MEETING IN
LNDON:—On Saturday tn
evening the gentleen who had
constituted themselves into a committee to consider the
desirableness of holding a public meeting in London,
with a view to elicit public opinion on the eastern ques-
tion, held an adjourned meeting at Anderton's Hotel,
Fleet-street, Thomas Prout, Esq., in the chair. Mr. T.
Wilson, the secretary, read letters from a number of
gentlemen unavoidably absent, expressive of their hearty
approval of the object in view. It was determined to
hold a meeting, and the only question was as to the
place, it being considered desirable to have Drury-lane,
but it was found that was impossible, as, in consequence
of the continuance of Mr. Brooke's engagement, the
theatre will be in u:.ie for dramatic representations. Ul-
timately it was resolved to hold the meeting at the
London Tavern on Friday evening next.