The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-11 00:00:00

March 31, 1849.

ERECTION OF AN IRON LIONTIIOUSE, ON TUE
IRISH COAST.—'-The foundation for an iron lighthouse
to be erected on the Fastnett Rock, about six miles
trom Cape Clear,' has been completed, and its base filled
up with solid mason work, and secured with all possible
care. It is nineteen feet in circumference, and it is in-
tended to raise it to seventy-five feet to the summit of
the lantern, fourteen of which have been already com-
pleted. The summit of the rock barely affords space
sufficient for the necessary sheds for the workmen.
Tbese sheds are very strongly constructed, and secured
to the solid rock by massive chains, and seventeen per-
sons take shelter therein, a large steam-vessel acting as
a tender, and conveying stores and provisions. ;hereto;
but such is the exposed situation of the rock, thatfor
days together no communication can be kept up but by
a. leather bag hauled through the surf. ,Tbe effect of thed
aas t
eb been s w,
sweptas washed
sea in a recent gale baffles all deseriptiopi all the she a
cat as if iwnfei:otehfreethi4aessnal'inr feather;
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eof
three ,
tto
upwards
bethveerahleifgehatt
all that has been written abaonut
taken from its sum
withstanding
tower before it broke . and
that the waves.that paused the rock out I breaking''d. 0 dis-
tance were far more than ten feet above their level,
which was nearly 100 feet
hofigabewra-tvhetintht be enireenufaffiorfulthtehat
above high
water mark.. The
foreman, a. very intelligent man, is n. !s now at Crookhaven,
preparing the stores for the
has no apprehension as t Wing, or tine weather. He
which is of cast iron in l o the, stability QC the wrier,
ther—beautifully , large pieces, and screwed I.oge-
Architect. y east, and of amazing strengths.
.

ENCROACHMENT OF 'THE SEA NEAR ULYEESTON.
-- •
—During the recent high tides and gales a strip of land,
not less than twelve, and in some places twenty, yards
broad was washed away along the west and south coast
of the Isle et Watney. The loss is estimated at about
two acres in each half mile; a serious privation fOr the
landholders and farmers. It is said that encroachments
of this description, which are unfrequent, are greatly
facilitated by the farmers themselves, who are constantly
removing the stones forming the beach,to sell for paving
and other purposes. No fewer than fifty vessels are al-
leged to have been freighted with these stones, during
the last year, for Fleetwood, Liverpool, and other places.
Should the inroads of the sea extend, the lowlands will
shortly be entirely inundated at every spring
the island will then be divided each time into three parts.
—Lancaster Guardian. • tide, and
GERMAN EMIGRANTS.—The vessel Hercules, a
Bremen ship, having on board ninety-two emigrants,
bound from Bremen to New York, has put into the port
of Dover for considerable repairs, having been run foul
of at sea by another emigrant :ship from the same port.
The Hercules is now on the point of sailing for her,des-
tination, the necessary repairs having been effected. •The
schooner Celeritas, has put into the port of, Dover to
avoid capture. This is, we believe, the first vessel since
the renewal of hostilities on the Schleswig-Holstein
question which has sought shelter in a British port.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF
MOTIONS.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

ORDZAS OF THE DAY TOR THURSDAY, APRIL 19.
LOADS SUMMONED.—(North Wales Railway Company
—William Chadwick, chairman, and John Marriner, late
secretary, of the North Wales Railway Company, to
attend at the bar).
Prisoners Removal (Ireland) Bill—(Lord Somerhill)
—Second reading.
Spirits (Ireland) Bill (Lord Somerhill)—Committee.
Recovery of Wages (Ireland) Bill (Lord Somerhill)—
ThirdAreading.
Protection of Justices (Ireland) Bill (Lord Somerhill)
—Third reading.
Petty Sessions Bill (Lord Campbell)—(Amendments)
—Third reading.
NOTICES.
The Lord Brougham and Vaux—To bring under the
coonsideration of the House the conduct of the Governor
of Ceylon. [No day named.)
The Earl of Ilarrowby—To call the attention of the
House to the system on which beer• houses are regulated.
[After the Easter recess.)
The Lord Bishop of Cashel—To present petitions
complaining of the regulations laid down by the Com-
mittee of Council on Education with regard to the
schools in connexion with the Established Church in
Ireland. [After the Easter recess.]
t tThe Earl of Harrowby—To ask for information as to
the state of our relations with the states of the River
Plate. [After the Easter recess.]