The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-14 00:00:00

THE STORM-SHIPWRECKS.

(From the Brighton Herald.of this morning.)
Yesterday we were visited by the heaviest gale of wind
that has been experienced off this coast during the present
year.
For the last fortnight the weather has been squally, but
on Thursday seemed to have settled into fine ; there was
but little wind, from S. S. E. During the night, however,
it rose very considerably, and yesterday morning, at day-
light, it was blowing heavily from the south. As the
tide rose, the wind increased in violence, and by two
o'clock in the afternoon, high tide, it was a perfect hurri-
cane. The waves dashed with great fury against the Pier,
the spray flying with the utmost velocity over the outward
head and the furthermost tower.

Between ten and eleven o'clock five vessels were seen in
the offing, and four 'fear the shore. The latter, consisting
of two brigs, a sloop, and a schooner, were making for
Shoreham harbour, and three succeeded in getting in ; but
the fourth, which proved to be the Mary of Sunderland,
coal brig, bound to Shoreham, had her main topmast car-
ried away off Brighton. She was at this moment about
three miles from the shore, and not being able to clear the
wreck, the crew cut away her main-mast and let go an an-
chor. The sea, however, was so strong, that she could riot
ride, and dragged in towards shore till she was within half a
mile of it. Thousands of persons followed her course as she
drove along in front of the town to the east, and, it being
evident that she must come on shore, Captain Manby's
apparatus was conveyed towards the spot where it was ex-
pected she would be landed. The wind, instead of sink-
ing with the tide, seemed to increase in violence, and it was
with the utmost difficulty persons could make their way
along the cliff. The vessel dragged its anchor till it had
got a little beyond Kemp Town, and here the crew cut the
cable in order that she might come with her head to the
shore, and, lashing themselves to the vessel, prepared to
await their fate. The ship, on being let loose, swung round
and soon drove in under the cliff at Roedean, where she
lay, with her head to the shore in the rocks, in about ten
feet of water. The crew, which consisted of five men and
a boy, then unlashed themselves, and ran forward to receive
assistance from those on shore, who soon congregated in
large numbers. One of Captain Manby's rockets was
fired from the cliff, but it went wide of its mark,
and the only course now open was to obtain a rope from
the vessel itself. This was effected by means of a
buoy, with a rope attached, which was thrown from
the vessel and floated to the shore, where it was
secured by those assembled on the beach. It was now
about five o'clock, and the tide was so low as to place the
vessel in a state of security. An hour afterwards she was
lying almost dry, and a person could walk round her.
Two of the crew accordingly landed, whilst the others
remained to refr. sh themselves after their exertions. They
will thus be enabled to save their clothes and provisions;
but at the next tide (a little after two this morning) the
vessel, which is heavily laden, must go to pieces. She
is about three hundred yards from the cliff, up which, dur-
ing the gale, the sea washed thirty or forty feet.
About four o'clock, as the above events were taking
place, a schooner was seen to pass the town about two miles
to sea, and making for the eastward. She carried a good
press of sail, and hopes are entertained that she will be
able to round Beachy Head, as the wind suddenly
shifted about the time to the westward, where it continued
all last night. Should she be driven in by the heavy sea
her fate is inevitable, as it is not possible she can enter
Newhaven harbour.

All the boats belonging to the town came in on Thurs-
day or yesterday morning, and have been well secured on
the Cliffs.

The scene that the sea presented during the whole day
was one of the utmost sublimity.
The Chain Pier stood firm against all attacks. Most
of the shops on the King's Road Here closed. At the

moment we are writing,—however, (9 r.Nt ) the wind is
blowing with as much violence as ever, and doubtless
will continue to do so until the turn of the tide, between
two and three this morning.
TEN O'CLOCK.-We have just received intelligence that
a schooner went on shore this side of Rottingdean between
six and seven o'clock ; and that another vessel is stranded
to the west of Newhaven. A party let Brighton last with
Captain Manby's apparatus to see if any assistance could
be rendered to the crews of the wrecks, who must be lost
unle.,s rescued before the tide comes up.

IRISH LANDLORDS AND IRISH

LABOURERS.

Mr. Naper, of Louchrcw, on the 9th inst. addressed
a letter to their Excellencies the Lords Justices, in
which he writes :—" The seed cannot be sown, or a
well-matured harvest expected, till the ground is pre-
pared by the removal of the con acre system—a system
which has not only deeply injured the property and in-
terests of the landlords ; but what is far worse, has
plunged the great body of the labourers into the lowest
state of degradation, causing them, amongst other dis-
advantages, to pay a double rent for the land necessary
to supply food for their families. A system, then,
which wouid open for them a market with the
landlord, would surely be much to the advantage of both.
The Act establishing loan funds, the efficacy of which
has been the surprise of all who have assisted in bring-
ing it into operation, points out the great benefit the
lower orders may derivo from being strictly bound down
to their engagements—and the facility with which a body
of country gentlemen can borrow a sum of money at five
per cent. interest, for a united purpose. Assisted by the
principle of this act, I would endeavour to introduce the
applotment system of England—thus enabling the la-
bourers to deal directly with the landlords, who might
jointly or individually, according to the extent of their
means and property, borrow sums of money for the pur-
pose of building suitable cottages for labourers who
were found to be in general employment in the dis-
trict, and thereby capable of paying a fair rent for such
holdings—making over to the Board of Guardians or
Trustees the rental of such property thus built upon,
and applotted till such time as the principal and interest
of the money borro yved was repaid. Thus a general
spirit of improvement would be raised, far beyond that
which the exertions of any private individuals could
produce ; and the Poor-law Guardians would be brought
in contact with the able-bodied labourers in a manner
that would much facilitate their duties when selecting
fit subjects for the workhouse—and, should they be-
' come inemb:rs of the Board of Works, their power of
judiciously assisting the people. Having, in my own
case, in the reorganisation of some property, not very
differently circumstanced from that of Mr. BiddulP h
found the great advantage of taking the labourers by
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COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE —The increas-
ing attraction of the Spanish Curate at this house is another
gratifying proof that the town is still alive to the influence
of good plays, if finoly acted ; if marked with any distin-
guishing characteristic of genius by author and actor.
There arc scenes in this play pourtrayed with the highee
st
comic power--made realities by the truthful force of t.ll,
artist; scenes that become numbered in our memory 7
the enduring triumphs of the stage, vindicating its highensnt
uses, its most fascinating powers.
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