The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-04 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
THE HIBERNO-ROMAN BRIGADE.
The papers of this day—metropolitan and pro-
vincial—teem with accounts of the progress of the
Papal enlistment in Ireland. And first, with regard
to the wholesale flocking of the Irish constabulary
to the Pope's standard, as alleged by several of the

country journals, the Evening Mail of last night
says there is good reason for believing that the
statements are, to say the least, gross exaggera-
tions. It is quite true that there have been some
simultaneous resignations from the force, profes-
sedly with a view of emigrating to Australia, but
those do not in the whole amount to more than 20.
Whether the object of the men was to join the
Papal army or to proceed to the Antipodes is not
known, nor, indeed, is it a matter of the least im-
portance. On the other hand, the _Daily Express
of this morning contains the following announce-
ment :

"The Pope's Irish Brigade has, we believe, re-
ceived some fresh recruits this week from the Ro-
man Catholic ranks of the Dublin Metropolitan
Police, who have ever been distinguished for their
steadfast loyalty to ' His Holiness.' Nine members
of the force obtained their discharge on Thursday
with the intention, it is understood, of joining their
countrymen of the constabulary who have gone to
support the Government of the Papal States in
their efforts to extinguish the political conflagra-
tion which their own tyranny has excited."
A letter dated Ihurles, June 1, in the Freeman's
Journal, supplies the annexed information :
" The desire to emigrate to Rome and take a part
in defending the rights of the Holy See is spreading
rapidly and generally among the Catholic young '
men of this country. Hundreds are anxious and
willing to go, but do not know how to effect their
purpose, and the clergy are beset with applications,
written and personal, requesting advice or refer-
ences. To my own knowledge, a clergyman in this
county was waited on last Sunday evening by up-
wards of 20 young men—many of them holding re-
spectable positions—who expressed their anxiety to
leave Ireland. and regretted that thoir private
means would not allow them to accomplish it for
themselves. Notwithstanding, several of them are
finding their way out. A sort of defection, if I
may so term it, is spreading among the police.
From the rural districts resignations are pouring in

on the authorities. In Clonmel alone six of the
police have resigned, and there is no question about
their ulterior destination. I have learnt that a me-
dical gentleman who recently established himself
in Clonmel has received a commission as regimental
doctor in the Irish Papal Brigade."
From Cork, the head-quarters of the Pope's re-
cruiting staff, comes the announcement that 15
young patriots left yesterday morning in the Sabrina
for Bristol, en route for Italy, to join the Irish bri-
gade. They were all active, handsome-looking young
fellows, none of them apparently belonging to what
is called the humble class of life, nor did they ap-
pear to be persons who entered the profession of
arms through necessity. Several of their feiends ac-
companied them to Queenstown. Meanwhile letters
from the crusaders who have already arrived in
Rome have reached Dublin, and are published in
the Ultramontane papers of to-day. One of them
bearing the signature of Edward Patrick Naughten,
appears in the Catholic Telegraph, the weekly organ
of Archbishop Cullen, The writer says :
" I arrived in Rome on Wednesday, after a delay
of three days, through being detained 24 hours in
the Thames. Monsignor Talbot presented us to
his Holiness on Thursday. We kissedlis foot and
received his blessing. He presented us with a
medal, with his likeness on one side ; on the other
is the following inscription :
The Roman Citizens dedicate this Medal to
The Irishmen

Who came to Rome for the Purpose of defending
the Rights of the Roman Pontiff,
The Common Father of All.

"And there was only one heart and one soul of a.
the multitudes of the believers."
Pius IX.'

We three are the first of the Irish Brigade, or
Pope's Own, as our regiment is to be called, that
have had the distinguished honour of being pre-
sented to his Holiness. The sign upon our hats is
to be the Papal arms, with the harp of Erin under-
neath. The uniform is to be green. We are
to be a national regiment, and commanded by Irish
officers only, of whom several in Ireland have volun-
teered to join us. We had an interview with the
Minister of War this morning. He showed us a
telegraphic despatch, saying that 1,000 Irishmen
would be in Ancona, in two:ships, on Tuesday:next.
Monsignor Talbot told us that his Holiness would
rather have one regiment of Irishmen than five of
any other nation, because they would give their
lives and their hearts freely in defence of the rights
of the Vicar of Christ and successor of St. Peter.
We went next to the English College, and had a
very warm reception from his Eminence Cardinal
Wiseman. The students of both the Irish and this
college are as enthusiastic in this holy cause as we
are ; some saying they would like to be chaplain to
our regiment, and others even private soldiers. The
Italians are overjoyed at finding our nation coming
forward to stand by the Pope, and the revolutionists
dread one regiment of Irish more than 20 others ;
they think we are irresistible. A great many of
the Sardinian officers are against the annexation of
the Pope's dominions• to the King of Sardinia, and
declare that if they are brought into the Romagna
they will not fight against his Holiness. Since our
arrival in Rome we have been well treated by the
parties we had business with, and our hotel ex-
pense is paid by the Minister of War. We could
stay another week in Rome if we wished, but we
preferred not putting the Government to any more
expense. The three of us leave for Ancona by
diligence in the morning, six days' journey, to join
our regiment. As soon as our regiment is organized
we are to remain in Rome. I think that our regi-
ment should be named the Knights of St. Patrick,'
or The Pope's Own."
As respects the issue of this latest of Irish crazes,
a Liberal and independent Protestant journal (the
Fermanagh, _Reporter), thus prophesies :

" The volunteer homicides will in a land the lan-
guage and the manners of which they understand
not, meet with the hatred and the curses of the
people they come to oppress, and the contempt and
the neglect of the masters they come to serve. They
will be used and cheated and despised. As to the
right of Irishmen to enlist for service in Italy, it is
just the same as that of British subjects to engage
in the wars of Spain, Portugal, Greece, or Soutb
America. But they' have at their own risk made a
very unwise choice. They have chosen to die far
from home and kin, with the maledictions of the
oppressed people around them instead of the heart-
wail of home. They have chosen the degraded posi-
tion of mercenary cutthroats, which in no degree
(lifters from that of hired assassins. They have
taken the service of masters who know not to be
grateful. They have exiled themselves for ever from
Ireland—exiled themselves for ever from honour.
They have chosen to die in a quarrel not their own,
and to die for political principles which they always
protested against. They have chosen to be forgotten
as individuals, and, as a body, to fill one of the most
miserable pages in the history of human infamy."

THE GALE _ON SATURDA-Y.

One of the most terrific storms with which the
metropolis has been visited for several years com-
menced on Saturday evening, and which, although
of short duration, exceeded in its disastrous effects
that of last Monday. The wind had been blowing
during the forenoon from the eastward, and sud-
denly shifting about two o'clock to the S.S.W., in-
creased in violence until seven o'clock, when a most
furious gust broke over the metropolis, inflicting a
considerable amount of damage. The hoarding at
the terminus of the new street at the corner of St.
Martin's-lane was blown down, and another in
Long-lane, Smithfield, was levelled with the ground.
In the suburbs on the south side of the river the
destruction of property was immense, the roofs of
several houses being completely stripped, the wreck
of tiles, slates, and chimney pots falling with vio-
lence into the streets, by which several persons were
seriously wounded and contused. Several trees
were blown down in the vicinities of Clapham, Nor-
wood, and Wandsworth, house property being also
materially damaged in those localities. The
Middlesex side of the river did not escape un-
scathed; in the vicinities of Russell, Brunswick,
and Mecklenburg-squares much property was de-
stroyed, and in Clerkenwell and Islington the da-
mage was immense, the streets and highways be-
ing strewed with broken tiles, slates, and broken
brick-bats, blown from the roofs of houses and
chimneys, several stacks of which were blown down.
Considerable damage was done to the trees in Hyde
Park, the Green Park, and St. James's Park, and
the shrubberies and young trees in the Regent's,
Victoria, and Battersea Parks suffered considerably
from the violence of the gale. At Charing•cross,
when turning from Trafalgar-square, a four.
wheeled cab and horse were thrown on their side,
the driver being much injured. The gale increased
in fury on the flood-tide, and at high water yester-
day morning became a perfect hurricane. On the
river the confusion amongst the shipping from mid-
night until 2 a.m. is indescribable, tiers of vessels
ware torn from their moorings and driven to the
north side of the river, where the collisions occa-
sioning much damage were numerous. Several
barges, lighters, and tug-boats that had been driven
over filled with water and sunk, and the water-
drift or spray breaking over the embankments of
low lying wharfs and landing-places they were
inundated to some depth, the receding tide carry-
ing off light and buoyant articles, and numerous
gangs of workmen were employed yesterday in re-
pairing damages. At 3 o'clock the hurricane had
subsided into a moderate gale, accompanied with
showers of rain at ilitervals, and towards evening
the wind drew more round to the westward. It is
feared that accounts from the outports on the south
and west coasts will bring very distressing and
melancholy intelligence.

THE GALE ON 211 E ,SOUTTI COAST.

LEWES, SUNDAY EVENING.

Along this coast the disasters have been many
and serious, to say nothing of the damage done to
landed property, which is great.
Several wrecks are reported both at Shoreham
and Brighton,• or rather along the coast between
the two, and many bodies have already been
picked up. It is at Newhaven, however, that
the shipping has suffered most. Here, during
the whole of Saturday and throughout the fol-
lowing night, the wind blew a complete hurricane
from the south-west. In the evening many vessels
were seen off the coast, struggling hard against the
tremendous sea which prevailed. Some got away
and weathered the storm—others were not so suc-
cessful. A schooner (said to be the Wonder, o
Hastings) is a total wreck, the crew saved. The
Woodside, of Southampton, laden with coal, was
cast ashore. The captain is lost. A fishing smack,
the John Wightman, of Hastings, came ashore, and
was cast upon her broadside—crew saved. The
Eliza Jones, of Carnarvon, laden with grain, also
came ashore and is greatly damaged ; her cargo lost
or rendered worthless. A French fishing-boat from
Dieppe is greatly damaged, but no lives lost. An-
other fishing-boat from Hastings, on entering the
harbour was partially swamped, and lost two of her
crew. The damage altogether is estimated at several
thousand pounds. The life-boat lay between the
piers, manned by the Preventive Service, but really
had no opportunity of rendering any service, the
swell being such that it would have amounted to
folly to venture out. The crew of the Eliza Jones
had a narrow escape, having been obliged to fly to
the rigging, while the sea rolled almost mountains
high ; here they remained three or four hours, when
they were got off.

'WRECK OF TBE HARBURG, HAMBURG

STEAMER.

The Harburg, London and Hamburg (cattle)
steamer was wrecked in the gale of Monday last,
after several hours exposure to the storm, the crew,
with the exception of two, narrowly escaping with
their lives. The Harburg was a fine steamer be-
longing to the General Steam Navigation Company,
commanded by Captain Whittingham. She has
of late been chiefly employed in the conveyance of
cattle from the Continent to London, and at the
time of her unfortunate loss was on a passage from
Hamburg to the Thames with 1,500 head of sheep
and cattle on board. She had reached within 40
miles of the English coast when the gale com-
menced, and the officers and crew state that the
sea rose higher than ever they had witnessed. It
swept over the ship with overwhelming force, and
the wind blew in such fearful gusts as to tear the
canvas into ribbons. The hatches were battened
down, and every precaution taken to prevent the
vessel filling. The cattle and sheep were hurled
from one end of the ship to the other in frightful
confusion, and the crew had to take to the
rigging to escape being killed. As heavy seas
struck the vessel, the live stock was carried over-
board, while those below in between decks were
either smothered or trampled to death. So tremen-
dous were the seas as they broke over, as to carry
away the funnel, spars, bulwarks, stanchions, and
everything standing on deck. Although the en•
gines were kept going the vessel made no headway,
bit was driven across the North Sea on to the Dutch
coast at Texel. The destruction of the ship appear-
ing inevitable,- several of the crew took to the boats.
The captain and some of the hands however re-
mained by the vessel in the hope that there might
yet be a chance of saving her, and at length had to
take to the rigging, where they were rescued by the
life-boat. Two of the men, however, in endeavour-
ing to swim ashore perished. Another of the com•
pany's fleet, the City of Hamburg, narrowly escaped
foundering in the storm. She was also laden with
sheep and cattle for London, And on her arrival in
the river presented tile appearance of a wreck. Her
bulwarks, rails, spars, and everything on deck were
carried away by seas which swept the ship, besides
the loss of 500 of her live stock.

MORE WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE.

SHIELDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The intelligence of the loss of the Edgar Milling,
East ludiaman, reached here yesterday. She be-
longed to Mr. E. Young, of this town, and was a
fine 13 years' ship. She sailed from here on Wed-
nesday week, for Aden ; and encountered the fear-
ful hurricane off Lowestoft on Monday morning.
She lost her masts and was thrown on to her beam
ends by the fury of the storm, and drove about in
that helpless state until Tuesday, when she foun-
dered. Her officers and crew, 22 in number, were
saved by smacks. The master's wife and a little
child were also rescued and brought on shore,
though in a very exhausted state. The vessel and
cargo were worth nearly £lO,OOO. The vessel is
insured in the clubs here for £7,500. The most
distressing particulars are arriving of the effects of
the gale. At least 100 north country seamen have
perished ; for, besides the amount of devastation on
our own coast, we are likely to be severe sufferers
by the effects of the gale on the Dutch coast.
Several colliers' vessels are ashore—one, the Earl
Talbot, totally lost ; and two vessels that sailed
from North coast ports are lost, and all hands but
one have perished. A Sunderland paper gives the
following particulars of the loss of the barque Jane
Green, on the Durham coast :—She was coming
down from Sheerness on Monday morning, and the
wind suddenly changed from S.E. to E., and then
to N.E., when it began to blow .a terrific gale. The
sleet and rain was falling fast, and the captain
could not make out what part of the coast they
were on. Thinking they were not so far north as
it was afterwards proved they were, he attempted
to wear her round, but without success, the fore-
topmast-staysail being carried away. The captain,
considering he was near to Redcar rocks, let go
both his anchors, but they came home, and the ship
speedily drove on shore at Black Halls, four miles
north of Hartlepool. The anchors being out, kept
her from washing up the beach, and she was there•
fore soon knocked to pieces. The men then at-
tempted to get on shore on pieces of the wreck, on
the spars, or whatever they could lay hold of.
Five were cast on shore in a most exhausted and
almost lifeless condition; but the rest of the
crew either sank from exhaustion or were killed by
pieces of the wreck. The captain had nearly
reached the shore when a wave overwhelmed him,
and he sank, and was not seen again. Every effort
was made by the People in the neighbourhood to
succour and restore those who were cast on shore.
The bodies of the captain and the apprentice (both
of whom were much respected) were picked up a
mile north of Hartlepool, and an inquest was held
there yesterday. The vessel, a barque of 417 tons,
went to pieces in about two hours, and the coast