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

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females..

Total .

737
790

1,527

THE GALE AT SEA.

TYNEMOUTEr, TUESDAY NIGHT.
The gale is still as furious as ever, and the sea is
fearful on the coast.
The wind is north-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.

SHIELDS, 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, about
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 Tynetnouth 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,
with their usual gallantry, rescued all the hands. The
vessel proved to be the schooner John and Ann, be-
longing to South Shields, which, with other three
coal-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 havnbeaellytgapo:teroisnhesdhorwei.th Tnnwlodliatntlde
boys have been landed,
and oithetor a
expoure. They have beenr
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provided pilot, hfeorre
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latter vessel is the Marco Polo schooner,rbinelol3angirnkgintgo
Goo!e, Stephen Hiles master, with bark,
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of
for Leith. Down to the moment of closing a
the insurance clubs have received no intelligence
disasters either north or south of this place; but it iasntyo
be feared that the intelligence which I am tiow sending
off will be the prelude to something more serious, as we
have not had such a violent gale for some time. The
rivers are a good deal swollen with "freshets," and the
floods have done much mischief in the western pail of
southwardvessel h
of Sunderland. I have not been able to ascertain her s
the county of Durham and North Yorkshire. The mail
from the south has been delayed a considerable time
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ashore
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Half-way-house, the
name; her crew have been rescued.

CASE OF POISONING IN LIVERPOOL. -- On Sunday
evening a gilder named Read, residing in Brook's-alley,
Hanovenstreet, Liverpool, and who bad been drinking
very freely since the visit of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge to Liverpool, was seized with a fit
of delirium tremens, and, in order to produce sleep, his
wife purchased, and at his request administered to him,
a quant;ty of laudanum,
taking it.
operated on his system, already weakened from the
effects ofabout twelve drops, which so
alcohol,pe
astehdat
hashe left died aalmyoosutng wiimmediatelyfe after
children in a state bordering
on destitution.
THE PRIZE MEDAL FOR WHEAT.—In the Paris exhibi-
tion is a sack of wheat, placed there by Mr. T'
and three
-1. Webb,
of Calcot, to whom Las been awarded the prize medal.
Mr. Webb, it will be recollected, gained the prize for
I wheat in our own exhibition of 185.,
Albert. Although aating, amongst
others, his royal competitor Prince l:
well filled sack was placed there on the
exhibition, so eager have been some of taelrcienngc bof the
tors to secure a sample of this beautiful wheat that lc sis
i*
now nearly emptied of its contents. h nuts, too, fir,
Webb is likely to obtain celebrity, Professor Wileon. ,
having applied to him for samples of that fruit, with '
which his extensive gardens abound ; and we understand
that Nrr. W. has forwarded to the Professor specimens
of more than 20 distinct sorts, which he is now model.
ling in wax, to be placed in his department, in the Crystal '
Palace, Sri enham.