Star.
London, England, 1807-10-06 00:00:00

MARGATE, OCT. 4.

Yeflerday a number of perfons took a walk to the
wenward of Margate, to view the damage fit deified
by the Bowing of the tide on Wrdnefday Tall. The
cliffs all along have fullained conliderable damage.
and numbers of turnip and potatre fields have been
entirely !piled by the felt water ; upwards of thirty
fheep near the Reculvers were waffled away, and a
large lugger was drove near half a mile up the
marlbes, and found in a turnip field at Herom Bay.
Numerous houfes have been wafhtel away, and it was
with difficulty fume of the diftreffed inhabitants,
could fave their beds, on which they were obliged to
fleep on the cliffs during the remainder of the night ;
one poor Merman was obliged to tarty his three
fmall children out of the bottle tied up in a blanket.
The inhabitants of Whit (table (hared a harder fate,
I their bottles being built on mainly grounds and no-
thing to divide them from the fee but a fmall wall,
wh ch loon fell a vidlim to the waves, and it was with
the greateil difficulty that the inhabitants couldefcape
with their lives, for houfes, trees, and walls were car-
ried away by the devouring element. The veffels in
the harbour drove on thole in the Marfhes, the beats
da(hed to pieces, and the colliers that were hauled
high on the (bore. being repaired, were fet afloat,
and deflroyed feveral houfes by being (lathed againft
them. It was a fortunate thing the wind let in !bore,
and was not high, otherwife they would all have
been di if ted to tea. It is not known what number of
lives have been loft ; but the molt dreadful fears are
entertained.

That much efleemed monaflery, at the Reculvers,
about nine miles from this places which lei ves as a
fea mwk, which is very confpicuous from its two
fpires being built in the form of pyramids, and called
by the feamen ,4 the Two Sifters," has received great
damage. This ancient firullure is furr.unded by a
Hrong wall, in the interior of which is a burial
ground, and has been expelled for a long time to
have been wafhed away. On Wednefday the tide
took away the remaining part of the toad, and car-
tied with it about ten yards of the wall, which is not
ten yards from the foundation of the church, and has
left expofed great pieces of coffins, and a quantity of
bones and (culls, and from the fituation in which it
now flabds, the Church and Monatiery, it is expelled,
will loon be (wept away. This ancient Hrodure, ac-
cording to the History of Kent, has had the names of
Resulbrurn, Recall, and Reculf ; and, it is Paid,
was built anno 205.
There was formerly a Run fort on the right, as
part of the walls, which have not been wafbed away,
arc Hill vifible, and appear about x I feet thick, but
the facings are nearly deflroyed. On the tide retir-
ing on Wednefday, feveral Roman coins were found
on the land, fome of which, we are informed, have
the head of Julius Czfar, Come are of brafs, with an
intcription, very plain, of Honorius Tiberius, and
one has Nero ifficribed on it. The people who have
i found them will not let them be feen yet, as they
expel to find more. It is even laid, that lome gold
coins have been difcovered. It is fnppofed they were
wafhed into the fea by the breaking down of the
wall where they scene derailed. It is not known
ex ;My at preterit what damage has bean fuliained
' by the late high tidal.