The National Register.
London, England, 1822-10-20 00:00:00

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Cara Town, JOLT 27.-Afia our pidiful task to
record the most violent gale of ,wind this colony ever
experienced, the effects of which have been most fatal
to the shipping in Table Bay. It had been ante.
cedently remarked, that the north-west gales, al-
though very severe, and bringing into the bay a tre-
mendous and dangerous swell, yet, that they lost
much of their terror, from the shortness of their du-
ration ; this remark has not proved just in the pre-
sent unfortunate instance. Oa Thursday, the lath.
it was new moon ; the weather changed suddenly
with it ; it had been remarkably fine for several
days, but Friday morning was ushered in with
clouds and rain, and with every appearance of a
gale coming on ; the weather, however, continued
in the same state the whole of the day ; the follow-
ing day, (Saturday,) the gale was severe ; in the
afternoon, the ship Royal George, Captain Bowditch,
last from Van Dieman's Land, went on shore close
to the jetty ; at night, the brig Adriatic, Captain
Rutter, shared the same fate, as did the coasting
schooner Gad Intent. The barometer was as low
as 29. 50. at two o'clock on Sunday morning ; the,
violence of the wind was then excessive ; and at
day-light on Monday morning. the four following
brigs were lying on the beach between Craig's
I Tower and the Castle, viz :—Olive Branch, Capt.
Kind • Sum, Capt. Murray; Lavina, Capt. Keith ,
and Lander, Capt. Middleton. Most fortunately
not many lives were lost; but we have to lament
Captain Middleton of the Leander, who was drowned
by the upsetting of the boat, in. which he bad left
the wrecked brig. William Brown, seaman, of the
Leander, met a like fate, as did James Graham,
seaman, of the brig Adriatic. The ship John Palmer
drove very close to the shore, but fortunately brought
up, and is at present safe : the following brigs rode
the whole of Monday at single anchor, although the
weather was scarcely more moderate, via. Bronglsam,
Marianne, Nelson, and arm. The Wigs Arethasa,
Travis, and Antelope kept their ground. The gale
abated somewhat on Tuesday. but it blew again
with astonishing violence in the night between
Tuesday and Wednesday, when rain fell in torrents.
As much damage has been done on shore as in the
bay; many stores in Cape Twin have fallen in,
numbers of houses are seriously injured, and in the
vicinity of town the injury individuals have sus-
tained is to a very great extent: the number of
houses and stores seriously damned amount to 69.
From Wynberg to Cape Town. third are *tamely
any premises which have not aufferni, and eon* most
seriously.

DREADFUL CALL
MAROATI, (NIT* 14...Betlikele One and two
o'clock this morning, a remarks* Wadden gale of
wind came on from the north-cost, which in a few
minutes increased to a perfect hurricane, sad conti-
nued unabated till daylight. The mat alarming
apprehensions were entertained, which were, as the
day approached, unhappily verified. The first ob-
ject of distress that presented itself was a vessel on
shore upon the Nayland Rock : the Crew were for-
tunately saved, but the tide &en at she time
she drifted higher and higher, and now lies claw,
under the cliff near the Sea Bathing Infirmary.
with some scores of persons with carts and horses
removing the cargo; her name is the Good Meld,
regular trader between Cowes and London. Would
to God, for the sake of humanity, that this disas-
trous storm had been coiAned to the loss of property
only; but a brig that was seen at anchor in the
evening, about a mile from the Long Nose, or
Fairnesi Dock, was, alas ! seen for the last time.—
The morning presented nothing but pieces of wreck
floating ashore, seamen's chests, spars, deck planks,
&c. She must, as the wind blew directly upon the
rock, have gone to pieces in the night, and every
soul on board have perished. The officer on the
preventive service with great promptitude seised
the chests; and with equal feeling, declined open-
ing them to the present The name of the vessel
is pretty well known ; but as some doubts may
exist, it would be cruelty to the relatives of the
ship's company to mention it, before all doubt is
removed. Nor does this end the catalogue—for the
topmasts and yards are distinctly seen dotting, with
other parcels of wreck, of another ship, about half
roads across. She must have foundered at her an-
chorage; particulars of course unknown. At five
o'clock, p. m. a fine 22-inch cable is just going of
to the Honourable Company's ship Vansileart, Capt.
Dalrymple, which has rode out the gale in fine
style.

An event of i moat diatresaing nature occurred
on Friday last, at Marquise, in the aeighboorbood or Calais
• d Usher, Esq. of Enaisaorthy, Irelead, and formerly
for many years of the 89d regiment, a young mar of remark-
ably 6ite parsed and amiable manners, while out in quest of
pupa, in pasfies through a ►edge, received the contents of his
ow. vie is the right side; the ►hot pluisod,througli his lenge,
sad he expired in about three miaow*. 'fhicviat has excited
an universal seasatioe in the place where it ooearred. where
Mr. Usher was generally knew') and beloved.