The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

THE SUN,'-LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1860.

Nestorians, the -Maronites, the Syrians, the Chal-
deans, the Jacobites, differ in communion, but not
always iu race ; and M. Poujade declares that they
never would submit to be governed by the Chris-
tians of any other nationality.

How is it possible to create a new authority,
order of any kind, from this chaos of races, of re-
ligion, of traditions, and of opposing interests ?
The policy of the Ottoman Government has always
been, instead of appeasing these divisions, to keep
them alive, in order better to dominate them by
alternately opposing one to the other. But, besides
the difficulty of reconciling hostile races and
hostile creeds, there remains the great question—
Supposing the Sultan's power to be overthrown,
to whom will fall. Constantinople ? It is not ad-
missible that this great heritage is reserved for
King Otho and his successors. The difficulty of
giving a master to Constantinople is what has
hitherto contributed most to save the Turks. They
are well aware of their advantage, they have often
abused it, and still calculating that owing to the
conflicts of the Western Powers their presence in
Constantinople is indispensable and assured; they
are slow to mike any serious attempt at melioration
and progress in the internal administration of their
empire.

M. Poujade professes to be animated by no hostile
feeling towards the Turks as a people, quite the
contrary; he recognises their claim to the possession
of many estimable qualities, but he is not blind to
the fact that the fall of their power in Europe is in-
evitable, and merely a question of time. Though
to gain time is a great point, yet he shows that it is
not the less incumbent on the European Powers to
direct their attention to the best means of filling up
the void, and of reconstructing the edifice, the ruin
of which appears imminent.

He thinks that what should especially be avoided
is the partition of this vast spoil between the great
Powers of Europe. It would not only be unjust,
because it would condemn to new servitude the
populations that demand their autonomy and their
liberty, and would produce a rupture of the balance
of power in Europe, and it would be impossible to
come to an understanding respecting the possession
of Constantinople, which would be too rich a prize
for any who should obtain it.

The only solution possible, according to M.
Poujade, seems to be in the organisation of a group
of federative States, self-governing, like Servia and
the Moldo-Wallachian Principalities, and having
Constantinople as the federal capital, where a Diet
should sit, and which should be the centre of the
Executive power charged with the administration
of the general interests. That this Executive au-
thority should be entrusted to a foreign prince—
German for instance—who might give guarantees
to all. This solution is not formally set forth by
the author of " Les Chretiens et les Tures," but it
is the most obvious conclusion to which his reason-
ings lead.

Besides these political and statistical views, the
books contains several biographical and picturesque
descriptions of much interest, particularly that
which relates to the fortunes of Omar Pacha, who
enjoyed much celebrity during the last war, and
who proved himself the ablest of the Sultan's ge-
nerals.

THE L,l7'E STORM.

ONE HUNDRED VESSELS WRECKED, AND
LAMENTABLE LOSS OF LIFE.
The terrific gale from the N.W. on Monday last,
a most unusual occurrence at this season of the
year, told with most disastrous effect upon the ship-
ping off the coast, and the destruction of life and
property has been truly appalling. As far as the
present accounts furnish, no fewer than 150 wrecks
and casualties occurred during its ravages ; several
steamers are missing, and one on an excursion trip
foundered with 80 people on board. The steamers
from the North Sea, which arrived in the river yes-
terday, report that the gale almost equalled the
hurricane which swept the coast in the latter part
of last October. The cattle boats from Hamburg,
Rotte-dam, Flushing, and other Dutch ports, had
most of their live stock washed overboard, amount-
ing to some hundreds; the decks were swept, bul-
warks stove, sails split, and boats carried away, and
in some instances it is a miracle how the ship out-
lived the storm.
It was upon the eastern and north-eastern range
of coast that the gale proeuced such dreadful re-
sults. During the height of the hurricane on Mon-
day, about midday, eight ships, having from 40 to
50 souls on board, went down in the sight of thou-
sands of spectators on Yarmouth beach, and not a
hand was spared of the crews. The fearful charac-
ter of the gale became unmistakably apparent be-
fore noon, and the sea rose and lashed with terrible
fury. About 12 a fine brig was seen to drive upon
the Seerby sands, abreast of Yarmouth. She was
almost instantly submerged ; the crew (eight men)
were seen to take to the rigging, and to waive their
caps to attract the attention of those on shore.
Calls were immediately raised for the lifeboat, and
several beachmen rushed to go off with it. Un-
happily, however, a wrangle took place as to who
should have charge, which detained the boat on
shore, and while this quarrel was going on, the
poor fellows who were clinging to the wreck were
observed to be washed one by one out of the rig-
ging and thus they all perished. Had the boat
been put off when the brig first took the sand there
is little doubt that the crew or some of them would
have been saved. The spectacle created the greatest
sensation along the beach, and an inquiry is to be
instituted into the conduct of those who caused the
delay in sending off the boat Shortly after this
catastrophe a timber barge beat over the sand and
went down with all on board. In the course of an
hour or so another brig and schooner were observed
to be driven upon the Scroby, and in a few minutes
the brig disappeared—her crew numbering pro-
bably about eight. The schooner -withstoodthe
fury of the sea for a quarter of an hour and then
went to pieces. Three or four of the seamen were
noticed clinging to the masts. Three other brigs
were seen to go down the Cockle Gate, with the
whole of their crews, those on shore being unable to
render the least aid. By the interference of the
coastguard the Yarmouth lifeboat was eventually
got off, but it returned without doing any good.
The names of the ill-fated vessels which thus
perished are not precisely known, but it is believed
that two of them were the Useful, of Shields, and
the Gem, of Exeter, as they were seen riding near
the Scroby shortly before the bad weather came on.
On the Hersey beach, in the vicinity of Yarmouth,
the brig JEolus, Peet and Richards, bound to the
Thames from the Tyne, coal laden, was dashed to
pieces in a few minutes, and the whole of the crew
were drowned, with the exception of the master
and a man named 'Thomas Miney. The Maria,
schooner, of and for Yarmouth, was also totally lost
on the ersey beach. A fleet of disabled vessels,
with loss of masts, spars, &c., put into port for
shelter and to repair damage. In the adjacent
roadstead off Lowestoft there were hundreds of
colliers and coasters, and the confusion amongst
them to run for a place of refuge was most exciting
and led to innumerable collisions. Upwards of
50 put into the harbour, with the loss of sails,
anchors, cables, and other damage. ..Off Southwold
a large brig was seen to founder eight miles from
the shore, and the worst fears are entertained for
the fate of the crew. At Lowestoft a portion of a
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Between 7 and 8 o'clock cn Monday morning,
while the gale was at its height, a fine barque called
the Jane Green, Captain Taylor, was driven ashore
near the Black Hall Rocks, four or five miles to the
northward of Hartlepool, aid speedily went to
and six of her crew
perishing with her—fivepieces, the unfortunate mastez
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was from London, bound to Sunderland.
being saved.
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of those who were drowned, it addition to Captain
Taylor, 'ore William limier, of Loudon , Wit-