The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-30 00:00:00

THE STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE IN THE

NORTH.

SHIELDS, FRIDAY NOON.

Last night, about eight o'clock, a vessel IVY ob-
served on the roast in great distress, and very shortly after
came ashore about a mile south of the harbour. The life
boat immediately put off to her assistance, and brought her
crew and passengers to land. She wined to be the Marie
Ei izabeth, of C oristian a, hens J acob Paul. muter. I gathered
the following particulars concerning the lose of this Trebel,
and a portion of her untortunate crew and passengers: She
was laden with a general cargo from London, and bound for
Christiana. She had left the Thames on Saturday, and fell
in with the gale on Tuesday, about midnight, when off the
Dogger Bank. In • little time she sprung a leak, an d soon had
seven feet water in her hold. All heads had worked vigour-
ously at the pumps, until yesterday morning, when they fell
in with • light brig of Hartlepool. There were st this time 13
seamen and two passengers on board the Marie Elizabeth,
end they immediately lowered the boat to board the brig.
Foul men first got into the boat, and two of them, one a
boy of the name of Frederick Kenapson, and the other the
carpenter, got wifely or board of this 'easel. The boat then
returned, and four more men got into her, but in leaving ,
the Marie Elizabeth the boat swamped, and the six poor
re
fellows we drowned. Their names were Joachim
Muvaud, second mate; Cullen, seaman; Peter Alseu,
seaman; Antrin Arbutt, cabin boy; and Pelleran
minion. As before stated, the vessel nulled our'
coast about S o'clock, when the muter made a gallant
dash at the harbour, but it being half ebb, he bad ma
chance. When the life-boat reached the vessel, the crew
wens in a mat melancholy position. TM mamma. mils,
and bows; of the vessel were buried in the water, and the
men were clinging to the after-part of the vessel, which was
rapidly heracing to pieces. The life boat got all the poor
fellows oil the wreck in safety but one, who got jammed
between the ship's davits, and was sadly crushed. Me died
within half an hour after reaching the shore. In •
few minutes the vessel went to pieces, and her valuable
cargo wu scattered about the beach.
SUNDERLAND, THURSDAY, MIDNIGHT.
The storm which broke away yesterday morning raged
with Cartel violence last night, and has sutfered no abate-
ment to day.
This morning the John and Thomas, timber-laden, from
Inverness, struck against the south pier, and fell over on her
side. The crew got on to her side, and ware taken off by the
crew of a pilot boat The vessel has since washed into the
Potato Wirth, and the ship and cargo will be used.
The Friendship, belonging to Mr. Barker, of North
Shields, also struck, divine the morning, against the north
pier. She is much damaged, and Is laid behind the pier
The crew were used by Carter's Rockets.
The Fancy, of Rochester, ran on Whitburn Steel before
day broke this morning, and as there is no word of her crew
it is thought they are all gone.
The Hylton Wove, as she was off the buoy beacon, made
towards the piers. At last, when she found she could not
clear them, she ran up behind the south pier, and the crew
were 1 coded in safety.
A little sloop also attempted to harbour, but could not do
it. She was in • fearful peril, and was watched with in•
tense interest by the people. She at last was able to run
up alongside the Ilylton Orove, and her crew were rescued
by means of the rocket line.
The Messenger, of Sunderland, which had left the Wear
the day before yesterday, with coals for London, came back
this afternoon. She ran against the North Pier with great
violence, and unshipped her bowsprit ; two of the crew
jumped on the pier end, and one of them, the mate, is
seriously hurt. The vessel got in ; it is sunk off Pile's yard
—crew saved.
_ _

1 he crew of a vessel on shore at the southern entrance of
the dock has beta saved by tbe life-boat.
There art am vessels on at Hartlepool; crews saved.
A vessel has been off Sauter all day ; she is ttismasted,
and appears to be in great distress. Another vessel so ad
the harbour. The wind E.S.E. is the morning; it is now
E.S.E.

THE MILITIA.

(FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTS).

The following commissions have been signed :
Henry Thwaytes, Esq., late captain, 17th Regiment of
Foot, to be adjutant, with the rank of captain, vice Captain
E. H. Smith, appointed to the Dorset Militia, in the Royal
Westmoreland Light Infantry corps of Militia.
James Thomas Bell, Esq., to be captain, Tine F. J.Wilson,
resigned, in ditto.
Robert Wilson, jun , gent., to be ensign, in ditto.
John Vise Kelly, pat., to be first lieutenant, in tho Hush
tingdonshire Regiment of Militia.
Tim
Mm Mogen, Req., to be liesteaast, itt the Hertford-
shire ilitia.

Major Vero Poulett, commonly called Viscount Hinton,
Mbe colonel, vies John Earl l'oulett, resigned, in First
eseaersct Regiment of Militia.
Richard Leckonby Phipps, Esq., to be lieutenant-colonel,
vies Jolliffe, resigned, in ditto.
George Frederick William Miles, Esq., to be major, vies
Yore Poulett, commonly called Viscount Hinton, promoted,
is ditto.

Iwc Elton, Esq., to be captain, vice Beadon, resigned, in
ditto. _ _

Ensign John Wright. to be lieutenant, vice Eaton, who
retires with his allowance, in ditto.
Ensign Henry Adney, to be lieutenant, vice Gatehouse,
who retires with his allowance, in ditto.
Ensign Stephen Ryder Dampier, to be lieutenant, vice
Rookie, who retiree with his allowance, in ditto.
Ensign Henry Crippe Wright, te be lieutenant, vice
reline; who retiree with his allowance, in ditto.
John Churchill Langdon, gent., to be lieutenant, vice
Chime, who retires, in ditto.
Outsell Oebb, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Norman re-
signed, in ditto.
John Louth, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Bishop, de
ceased, in ditto.
Arthur Allen, gent., to be ensign, vice Powell, who re-
tires with his allowance, in ditto.
Edward Clarke, gent. to be ensign, vice Steel, who re-
tires with his allowance, in ditto.
Alexander William Adair, gent., to be ensign, vies John
Wright, promoted, in ditto.
John Stevens Cousen Steven., gent., to be ensign, vies
Adaey, promoted, in ditto.
Henry Allen, gent., to be enaign,vice Dampier, promoted,
in ditto.
Francis Foster, gent., to be ensign, vice Henry Cripps
Wright, promoted, in ditto.
Lieutenant Henry Potts, to be captain, vies Leigh, re-
tired, in the Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry
Cavalry.
Adjutant Charles Henry White, to serve with the rank
of captain, in the Royal Cheshire Militia.
William Henry Benin, gent., to be surgeon, in ditto.
John Marcoo,7-sq., late captain, 12th Foot, to be cap-
tain, vies Sir Jacob Preston, resigned, in the Second or
Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.
Edward Henry Cormick, late captain, 17th Foot, to be
captain, vice St. John, deemed, in ditto.
Richard Hell, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Smith, de-
ceased, id ditto.
William Robert Freeman, gent., to be lieutenant, vice
Boulton, deceased, in ditto.
Henry Thomas Knapp, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Luce,
resigned, in ditto.
William Denby Palmer, jun., gent., to be lieutenant, vies
Boardmen, who retiree, in ditto.
Lawrence Henry Peel, Foq., to be captain, in the Royal
Brecknockshire Militia Rile sups.
Arthur Vaughan Donithsene Hank, Esq., to be captain,
vice David Watkins Lloyd, assigned, in ditto.
Frederick OTITIS Moss rat., to be ensign, vice Sussex
Charles Milford, resigned, in the Royal London Regiment
of Militia.

THE LATE COLLISION ox THE LONDON AND
Notrit-Witerentr lialcwAr.--This inquiry into the colli-
sion that occurred to the mail link. at the Camden station, I
Mastley, hes mulled in the anegenslon of the driver of ,
the geode engine eel the end it is probably they
waling only he but hishmeged. It appears that
the milleise amen See eseems—int, from inattention
to the Owls Y esemeellim with the main line; and:
mommig, hem re aeglest of the driver of the goods engine
to mead hie whistle an emegag, in compliance with the
regehtleem of the . Them are two switches at
the pales is tamales he first of theme is always
agid" S. we 11111.1 it of mime Inwards the
Nese* whisk, In mess the line whim* the aammity
of the pelatemma meshg the switches loosally, it ap-
same elteseties wee made in theme erns ...sate.
pare,
to these attendees. beim the seeemd synths's, which
were always that egoist the mei Imo, meld be pemeed, the
driver of the goods eagles bed to Yew his whistle sad the
*alms hem the Chellt-farm-brldge came op mad let him
through, if the mak he. was dear ; but, upon the repro- ,
gestation dells paillmeme that it seriously ioterfered with
his other duties sonsegsal with other points, the duty of
attending to the lamed pair of switches was given to
another pointer., wise bed M run a distance of 80 yards to
open the switches that had ea to the main line. A few
weeks ego a points= Men Hu attending to these ,
switches found that we if them would not wore, and,
to prevent the train remit *tithe line, he turned it total
a aiding, among some gage trucks. For this be was
suspended, and MY succeeded by the man who bad the
control of the points on Mouthy, who was comparatively
new to his work, and in order to prevent any engine passing
down the siding and running into a coal train, be wedged
the points open with a piece of wood, so that any
engine proceeding down the siding, instead of running into
this coal train, would run on to the main line. It does
not appear that the driver of the goods engine was conver-
sant with the working of the intricate switch work at this
station. It is to this cause, as far as con Se secettainsd,
that one collision is to be ascribed, and it is understood that
out or two additional point/men will be placed on duty at
this vital point of the line.