The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-22 00:00:00

TILE GALE AV PLYMOUTH.

PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 7 P.M.
The storms continues. About noon it increased
gradually to a hurricane. The Narcissus, Geyser,
and Philomel are in the Admiralty anchorage,
inside the breakwater. In the merchant anchor-
age there may be 40 vessels in all. About 3 o'clock
the American barque Hiawatha, Captain Hull, from
Havre, of and for New York, in ballast, fouled a
Belgian brigantine, and both went ashore in Batten
Bay. The Belgian is called the Joseph, Captain
Louves, from Liverpool, with salt for Ostend. The
American bark will probably become a total wreck ;
the Belgian may be got off if the weather mode-
rates. Shortly after a strange English bark came
in from sea and attempted to anchor, but, having
her canvass loose, she drove ashore ; her masts
have been cut away. In driving ashore she
got across the schooner Devon, Captain Fowler,
belonging to the South Devon Shipping Company,
and carried away her bowsprit and foremast. The
Devon is from Wales, with railway iron, for Lon-
don. After this, a small schooner, with a running
bowsprit, went ashore on the Batten ; name un-
known ; crew saved. At the same time the
schooner Pigeon, Captain Hinkley, belonging to
Plymouth, went ashore under the Hoe and Citadel ;
crew saved. She has on board 500 barrels of gun-
powder, received from the ship Indian Empire,
Captain Black, bound to Melbourne, and which
put into Plymouth Sound on the 18th inst. with
mainmast gone. The Pigeon was to have retained
the gunpowder in the Sound until the ship had.
been into harbour for repair. The strange barque
will probably become a wreck. We do not hear of
any loss of life by these wrecks.

DEATH OF MR. SECKER, THE MAGISTRATE.--•
Shortly after the commencement of the business of the
Marylebone Police court, it was rumoured that Mr. Seeker,
who for many weeks has been unable to perform his duty
owing to indisposition, had expired. His worthy colleague,
Mr. Mansfield, upon receiving the information, directed
Burrage, one of the warrant officers, to proceed at once to
Mr. Seeker's chambers, Essex-court, Temple, to ascertain
whether the rumour was correct or not. He did so, and on
his return stated that the much-lamented gentleman ex-
pired at half-past 5 o'clock the previous morning. It is a
remarkable circumstance that within the last eight or nine
months death has claimed no fewer than three of the Mary-
lebone magistrates, viz., Mr. Broughton, Mr. Hammill,
and the one whose dissolution we have now the sad duty to
record.
NEW TRINITY WORKS DEPOT.—AR extensive
and important establishment is being formed by the Board
of Trinity on the north shore of Milford Haven, near to
Pembroke Ferry. The works are estimated to cost £lO,OOO,
and are to consist of pier storehouses, walled enclosures,
and houses for the workmen, forming a perfect depot for the
whole of the western coast so as to store supplies for the
lighthouses along the Bristol and St. George's Channels,
and the Irish sea. A large body of men are at work under
the contractor, Mr. Douglas, in preparing the ground, &e.
THE WRECK OF THE STEAMER METROPOLIS.--
JERSEY, Feb. 20.—The hull of this ship, broken in two
parts, has now drifted to some distance from the spot where
she struck and went down, and is buried in the sand. The
steam-tug Experiment has been occupied for some time in
salvage operations, and will continue to be so for some time
to come should the weather continue favourable. She takes
out two divers, who have already recovet ed several cases of
copper and other articles. The total salvage up to the
present time amounts to some 60 casks of spirits, 40 pipes of
wine, the cases of copper referred to, and a few miscellane-
ous articles more or less damaged by sea water. Of the
considerable quantity of malt liquor on board, the whole,
or nearly the whole, will be lost, the bungs having been
forced out by the fermentation consequent on the tossing
the casks have received. On Saturday la casks of spirits
were found in the Bay of Grouville on the east of the island.
There have, of course, been several instances of misappro-
priation of the portable part of the cargo. On Saturday two
men who had been employed by Lloyd's agent in the carriage
of a pipe of wine and a cask of gin from St. Brelade's Bay
were convicted before Jurat De Quetteville at the Court of
Correctional Police, and sentenced to short terms of im-
prisonment, for stealing a considerable portion of the liquor
in their charge. On the same day, at Gorey, two officers of
the Impot discovered three hogsheads of gin hidden, one
buried in a publican's garden, and the other two concealed
in the sand above high water mark, with an old boat turned
upside dawn above the spot; and yesterday two hogsheads
of port wine were found in St. John's parish, hidden in a
clump of furze. It is understood that the owners of the
Metropolis will put a fast-sailing vessel on the station at
once, to be replaced as soon as possible by another suitable
steamer. On Saturday the Harbour Committee of the
States of Legislative Assembly met to inquire into the
cause of the wreck. The sitting was private, but we learn
that both Captain Corr and the pilot, John Battam, were
examined, and that the latter was deprived of his license
by the committee.

THE HORSE NAILMAKERS ' STRIKE.--The pub-
lication of a notice stating that various firms in the trade
were willing to take on and teach persons the trade who had
never been connected in any way with it before, has had the
natural effect of calling forth numerous applicants—common
nailmakers, chainmakers, and others. The number of appli-
cations would undoubtedly be greater but for the fact that
those on strike exercise such a terrorising influence over all
those who have not joined their ranks : still we understand
that several new hands would be put on yesterday morning.
A meeting of those on strike was held on Saturday morning
in Dudley, which was numerously attended, and after it
was over about 200 nailers in the most wretched distress
were to be seen walking about the streets of the town. The
meetings are naturally of a private nature, and therefore it is
difficult to ascertain accurately what business is transacted at
them. One thing however is certain, that the " Unionists"
during the past week have made such a use of their influ-
ence, that many men who had taken out iron from ware-
houses at the beginning of the week to work up into nails
brought it back on Saturday uninanufaqured, the men evi-
dently being afraid to go in contravention of the union
laws. The iron, however, was not taken in, and conse-
quently the men will have to work it up, or subject them-
selves to a charge of neglect of service. Numbers of men'
on strike surrounded the warehouses on Saturday afternoon,
as those who had been at work were bringing their nails in,
and a considerable amount of tacit intimidation was going
on. The precautions that have been taken, and the reward
offered for the conviction of "intimidators," prevented any
actively offensive measures being resorted to ; but still two
men trespassed so far near the confines of the offence that'
they were given into custody. Eventually, however, they
were discharged, as the evidence of intimidation was legally
insufficient. The influence of the tacit intimidation exer-
cised—although it is difficult to make it amenable to the
law—is so great that between 100 and 150 turned out on
Saturday night in the neighbourhood of Golnal and Sedg-
ley and joined the stpico,-13frponghqtri j)gdy roe.