The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

BRIGHTON.

During the last two days Brighton has been
visited by some extraordinary high tides and severe
gales, which extended along the whole coast, the
eastward having experienced the greatest severity.
The change in the weather took place on Sunday,
during which day the rain descended heavily, but
cleared off towards midnight, when the wind in-
creased in fury, and on Monday morning was accom-
panied by smart snow showers and loud peals of
thunder; and the wind continued rising till the
storm reached its height about 11 o'clock last night
when the tide was just upon the turn. The sea at
that time presented a grand sight, and hundreds of
persons were attracted to the cliffs to witness it and
the exertions of the boatmen in securing the vari-
ous small craft which line the beach. They were
successful generally, but several of their boats were
completely broken up; and the waves, which ran
higher than has been known for many years, have
washed away a large portion of the lower western
esplanade, and somewhat damaged the railings on
the east side of the first tower on the Chain-pier.
The gale continued throughout this morning, and
but one vessel, which has carried away her main-
mast, was descried in the offing, but was not signal-
ling for assistance; but a vessel was blown ashore
at Portobello Gap, between Brighton and Rotting-
dean, shortly before 12 o'clock last night. Sh•
proved to be the Ariadne, with dried fruit, from
Malaga for Leith, the chief portion of her cargo
consisting of almonds. Her crew consisted of three
men and a boy, all of whom were saved. From
what we can learn, she had formerly been used as
a schooner-rigged yacht, but had lately been em-
ployed as a trader. Considerable damage has been
sustained at Eastbourne, and also at -Worthing. At
the latter place the sea washed into the middle of
the town, reaching the Town-hall, which is more
than 200 yards above high-water mark. Mr. Ben-
nett, of the Steyne llotel, has experienced a loss of
£3OO by damage to wines, and a similar result
would have occurred to the Marine Hotel, but it
was averted by the precautionary measures which
, had been taken•

711 E ,g TREAT'Y."

THE SUN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1859

the revival meetings which have absorbed all other
topics. During the day, an as it approached
towards evening, groups of women and girls may
be seen standing at doors and at the corners of the
streets, excitedly discussing the occurences of those
meetings, which, during the week have been chiefly
in :the Free churches, and which have been every
night crowded to suffocation. There have been
many stricken ones ; or more, properly speaking,
awakenings, chiefly among women, servant girls,
and youths, with a few instances of young men,
with others who have led 4, loose life in town ;
and if cryings, faintings, and groanings, and
a confidence in the convicted ones when
they come out of them that they are now holy
and blessed, and have no more to dread, be a
sure sign of conversion, then we have had them all
this week. Those who fainted, or were otherwise
awakened, were conducted to the Free School ad-
joining the churches, and there attended by the
ministers and others. From the immense number
of people congregated in the churches, the air be-
comes heated to a high degree ; so much so that
many parties, even strong men, were compelled to
go out, and could not stand it. The meetingshave
been generally kept up to a late hour, and it is no
uncommon thing at two, three, and four o'clock in
the morning to hear parties of young men and
women going through the streets singing those re-
vival hymns, of which we have heard not a few
complaints at being thus disturbed at such un-
timely hours.— Nest Highland Journal.

ITALIAN INDEPENDENCE AGAINST

(From a Correspondent of the Times.)

In perusing the summary treaty signed at Zurich
a few days ago it is not necessary to be an Italian to
feel a rising indignation as one paragraph succeeds
another. Two potentates, out of 20 who rule over
the European family, have taken upon themselves
to dispose of the destiny of 25 million souls. Di-
vested of the jargon and technicalities of diplomatic
art the case is simply this—a great military chief
wrests from an hereditary despot by superior force
a province containing 3,000,000 inhabitants, and
the rivals for empire agree together to sell the spoil
to a third potentate for 10 millions of money. Not
satisfied with this, the two Imperial traffickers in
States and peoples pass the limits of the two pro-
vinces, which the right of conquest gave to the one,
and the right of defeat to the other, and they enter
States which in no sense belong to them, and they
declare that they expressly reserve the rights of
Sovereigns who have fled from their ducal thrones
ignoring the rights of the people, who claim to be
free from a foreign yoke. The dismay which the
publication of this Treaty will cause in Lombardy
and in Central Italy can only be imagined by those
who have visited those countries, and witnessed
the joy of the people at their newly acquired inde-
pendence. The liberty of which for four months
the Central States have tasted the sweets (united
with a thousand virtues and but one crime) they
will easily relinquish. The league, which includes
the Romagna, is prepared to take the field against
any enemy who may attempt to reimpose the yoke
which the firmness of the people and the wisdom of
their rulers have shaken off. The prudence and
moral courage, the harmony and order, the peace-
fulness and patriotism with which this bloodless
revolution has been effected, deserve to be recorded
and held up to the admiration of Europe. The fol-
lowing particulars, therefore, from an eyewitness
may be interesting :