The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-31 00:00:00

THE GALE AT SEA.

TYNEMOUTH, TIIESDAT NIGHT.
The gale is still as furious as ever, and the sea is
fearful on the coast.
The wind is nerth•east.

The following vessels are ashore near Sunderland and
Hartlepool :—Rebecca, of Shields, and Canada, of Lon-
don, on Seaton Sands ; two vessels ashore near Blyth.

Fears are entertained of vessels known to be off the
coast coming from the Elbe and Baltic. No more ves-
sels have come ashore here since morning. It has rained
incessantly above 36 hours.
There is no report of loss of life.

SEUELDS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A most terrific gale of wind has been blowing on the
north-east coast during the past 12 hours, and it still
rages with great fury. The whole line of coast, as far as
the eye can reach, has the appearance of a wall of white
breakers, and a torrent of rain has been falling all night.
The storm came away from the north-east about mid-
night ; it has shifted about from E.S.E. to N.E.,
and is now blowing N.E. The greatest anxiety prevails
with regard to vessels known to be off the coast, as there
seems no prospect but that they must drive ashore. Mr.
Brodie, the waster of the brig Three Sisters, from Bre-
men, the only square-rigged vessel that has got into the
Tyne to-day, describes the storm as very awful out at
sea. His vessel lost her foresail outside, and in cross-
ing the bar she was nearly buried in the sea, and her
boat was washed from her stern. This morning, shout
5 o'clock, the Shields pilots observed a schooner ap-
proaching the Tyne, and, anticipating that she would
run ashore, the life boat was got ready. She ran upon
the fearful rocks near to Tynemouth Point, and the
pilots with the life-boat immediately put off to the
assistance of the crew, who had taken to the rigging.
The sea was washing over the vessel, but the pilots,
withon ggitnheir usual ga'lantry, rescued all the hands. The
vessel proved to be the schooner John and Ann, be-
-1 to South Shields, which, with other three
coat-laden vessels, put to sea, yesterday, though the '
old sailors predicted a gale of wind. About 9 this
morning another small vessel was observed to be in
distress, and drifting on towards the Durham coast. For-
tunately, she has run up on the sand north of the Trow
rocks, and the crew have been got on shore. Two little
boys have been landed, nearly perished with cold and
taken exposure. They have been
oitihto a tavern by the
pilots, where warm clothing
and
lh bark,
provided for them out of the Lifeboater
schooner,
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the insurance clubs have received no intelligence despatch
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of any
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be feared that the intelligence which I am now sending
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off will be the prelude to something more serious,aswoet
have not bad such a violent gale for some time. The
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the county of Durham and North Yorkshire. The mail
from the south has been delayed a considerable time
aoyf the storm. rtmo.
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of Sunderland. I have not been able to ascertain her
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CASE OF POISONING IN LIVERPnor, On Sunday
evening a gilder named Read, residing in Brook's alley,
Ilanover.street, Liverpool, and who bad
been drinking
Highness the
very freely since the visit of his Royalg
Duke of Cambridge to Liverpool, was seized with a fit
I his
of delirium tremens, and, in order to produce s eel
wife purchased, and at his request administered to. Jill 1,
a quantity of laudanum, about twelve drops, while
i Flo
operated on his system, already weakened from the
effects of alcohol, that he died almost immediately :Ater
taling it.
Tiseteaetaeseboirldleari
has
left
on fta
destitution.
HE and three
I'lm PRIZE MEDAL FOR WHEAT.— In the Paris exhibi-
tion is a sack of wheat, placed there by Mr. R. Webb,
children in a
of Calcot, to whom has been awarded tho price medal.
Mr. Webb, it will be recollected, gained the price for
wheat in our own exhibition of 1:851, beating, amongst
others, his royal competitor Prince Albert. Although a
well filled sack was placed there on the opening of the
exhibition, so eager have been some of the French visi-
tors to secure a sample of this beautiful wheat that it is
now nearly emptied of its contents. In nuts, toe, Mr.
Webb is likely to obtain celebrity, Professor Wilson
having applied to him for samples of that fruit, with
whichhis extensive gardens abound ; and we understand
that Mr. W. has forwarded to the Professor specimens
of more than 20 distinct sorts, which ho is now model-
ling in wax, to be placed in his department, in the Crystal
Sydertham.