The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-31 00:00:00

The Weather in Northumberland.

On Friday night the wind blew a gale from the east upo
the coast of Northumberland, the night was pitch dark an
the sea was heavier than it has been known far years. I
the midst of the storm, between 9 and 10 o'clock at nigh
the fishermen and villagers of Cullercoats were a good deg
alarmed by seeing a vessel drive in upon the rocks to tb
north of the village, followed by her crew burning tar hat
rels and torches as signals cf distress, and upon runnin
down to the cliffs they found that a light bark had struck°
a reef about 200 yards from the cliff, and that the was
great danger of breaking up. From the tremendous sea the
was breaking on the coast it was impossible to get the lifeboE
out of Cullercoats Harbour, and in the emergency fleet• foots
messengers were despatched to the Whiteley and TynE
mouth Coaetguard statioas for assistance and the rocket
The coastguardmen speedily arrived with the apparatus ft
saving life in shipwreck. By this time the entire villaE
had turned on to the cliffs and faced the raging stern
Fishermen and fisherwomen wrought bravely to get tl
apparatus into position, and in a short time lines were fire
over the vessel. The crew on board the ship were as expo
as the preventive men and fishermen,and a good stout haus,
was soon fastened to the mizzen rigging, and the connectio
between the ship and the shore very speedily effected. Ti
crew—men and boys—were brought ashore by the apparatu
and hauled on to the cliffs amid great cheering ; and ti
crew had not gone ashore a minute too soon. For whe
the last man left the vessel she was in three parts, and i
little more than an hour after she struck the sea claims
her for its own, and broke the wreck into a thousand frag
meats, the shore being strewn with them on Saturda
morning. The vessel proved to be the 'Warrior, of Sun
derland, from Hamburg. Daring the struggle betwee
the brave people on the shore and the sea for the possessio
of these poor men the scene was very exciting, the fish
women and fisher lasses exerting themselves equally wit
the men in a heroic and, as it fortunately turned out, sue
cesaful efforts to save their lives. The seamen were treate
with great kindness by the fisher people, who clad them it
dry clothing, and saw that they were well provided for
two of the taverns of the village, At the time this seen
was occurring a most destructive fire had broken out in the
seaport town of North Shields, which at one time threat
ened to sweep away an ancient quarter of the town occupies
by the seafaring population. But, fortunately, by the em
ployment of a powerful river engine, the fire was kep
within limits, but it entirely destroyed an extensive whole
sale drug establishment belonging to Mr It. Forth. Thi
scene at the fire was something extraordinary, from th,
number of families who turned out into the streets and or
to the shores of the Tyne with their furniture. And there
was great danger and much alarm lest the walls of the
burning building should fall, as a fearful destruction 0
adjacent property would have followed, and probably a sac
lose of life, as the streets were so narrow and the localitj
was so crowded when the property was burning Tht
weather on the coast of Northumberland improved a little or.
Saturday, but still it was very stormy, and rain fell all day.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

GRANTHAM-SATURDAY.

Old white wheat, 42s to 45s ; red, 39s to 41s per 36st.
new white, 40s to 44s ; red, 38s to 40s. Malting barley
31s to 35s per qr ; grinding, 2Gs to 28s ; oats, old, 258 t
275; new, 22s to24s; beans, 41s to 435; peas, 34s to 365.