The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-05 00:00:00

LOWESTOFT,

The season of this quiet and pretty little water-
ing-place is now at its height, and the town is, as
it deserves to be, so well filled that apartments are
to be had with difficulty either at the hotels or the
private lodging-houses. The south pier is of course
the favourite promenade, an excellent band enliven-
ing it during a great portion of the day and
evening. The bathing is very good, and seems to
be indulged in to the fullest—gentlemen for the
most part, up to eight or nine o'clock in the morn-
ing, going in from the beach, which in some parts
is very secluded, and so ignoring the use of those
most uncomfortable of all inventions, bathing ma-
chines. The lovers of sailing have every oppor-
tunitym that healthy pastime at a
oharge
almost
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goinnifnal, while those partial to the
piscatorial art find ample sport on the riverWaveney,
which is close at hand. There are many pleasant
walks in the neighbourhood. The old part of the
town is very high iu its situation, and opens upon a
large space of considerable extent, much resembling
Hampstead-heath, which is covered with fern,
heath, and furze, and from which an extensive view
of the sea below is commanded. This is a favou-
rite spot for pic-nits. The sands at the foot
of these picturesque cliffs, are foe some distance
covered with grass, fern, &c. Lowestoft is the most
easterly point on the coast; the air is consequently
very bracing, ' and particularly suited to those who
find Brighton, Hastings, &e., at this season of the
year too relaxing. Ihe town is clean, and we be-
lieve well drained, so that its population are said
to enjoy the best possible health. There is an ex-
cellent reading room and library on the pier, in
which occasionally during the season select balls
are given ; but with this exception there 4s an
entire absence of anything in the shape of amuse-
ments- other than those we have mentioned. This,
however, is hardly an objection to those seeking a
ch Inge from the noise, bustle, and excitement of
London life. Should more excitement be desired it
may be enjoyed to the full at Yarm mth, which is
only an easy distance of 10 miles by 'bus or rail.
The only drawback to Lowestoft becoming a still
greater favourite is its distance from the metropolis.
It is, however, much better off in this respect this
season than last, the route having been shortened
30 miles by the opening of the East Suffolk line.
On the other hand, the question of distance operates
favourably iu keeping the place select, it being so
DOW to an extent to satisfy the most fastidious.
On Tuesday last there was considerable excite-
ment on the pier on the occasion of the annual
lifeboat experiments. The boats from Lowestoft
and Pakefield—the latter of which last autumn
succeeded in saving eight out of 13 lives of the crew
of a vessel wrccked off that point—left the harbour,
each crowded with visitors anxious to take voyage
in one of those gallant little barques. We can our-
selves testify to the excellent qualities and good
management of the crew of one of them, on this oc-
casion. Experiments were also made in the way of
effecting communications with distressed vessels.
Thesfirst was an invention of Captain Manby,
which consists in firing a shot to which a rope is
attached from a mortar, over the vessel requiring
assistance. Owing probably to some mismanage-
ment, however, the experiment was not very sue-
cessAil. The firing took place from the centre of
the south over the head of the north pier, but in 3
out of 4 shots the rope broke, and it was not until
tic fourth shot was fired and after some little de-
lay (during which it seemed to us that an ill-fated
vessel with its crew might have gone down) that
the desired communication was effected. This,
however, having been accomplished, a life-belt was
sFeedily sent along the line, and a boy who was
placed therein made several passages backwards and
forwards, both raised above and dragged through
the water. The boy seemed to enjoy amazingly
this mode of transit in the presence of a large au-
dience, who afterwards rewarded him most libe-
rally on, his coming round with a hat. Experi-
ments were also made of conveying ropes to a dis-
tance by means of the old-fashioned rocket, and
which to our mind were more successful than those
wit!i the shot. This, however, may have been the
cTsult, of accident. On Monday evening there was
a di.,play of fireworks from the harbour. As we
have said, it only requires that. this place should he
better known to become a still greater favourite,
the facilities offe: ed by excursion trains and re-
d'uccd fares going far to compensate for its dis-
tance from London.

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