The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEN ING, DECEMBER 29, 1852

being satisfied that the French Emperor has no de-
sire to interrupt the relations of peace that now

exist.

THE RECENT HURRICANE.

The hurricane which burst forth on Sunday night has

not been equalled, in point of severity and for extent of
'havoc, since that which occasioned so much destruction
to life and property in 1839 ; and the large and early

attendance at Lloyd's yesterday too clearly indicated the
forebodings as to the disastrous results of the storm on

the coast. As the mails came in, most melancholy
wrecks were announced, until at length the "books"
communicated a frightful list of casualties.
The upper portion of the English Channel was the

scene of most terrific weather and numerous deplorable
events. With the violence of a hurricane the wind com-

menced blowing from the south-west, driving all out-
ward-bound ships back, and producing an incalculable
amount of mischief. Blowing as it did, this part of the
coast and the vicinity of the Downs were exposed to the
uninterrupted force of the tempest. Vessels were driven
from their anchors, and lost masts aid sails, besides
sustaining much other damage ; while some were over-

powered by the violence of the storm, and foundered
with every soul on board. As yet but slight details

have come to hand.

Mr. James Shepherd, of 1, Lime-street-square, cleared
for Jamaica. The ship Magician, of Liverpool, which
left London three weeks since with passengers for Syd-

ney, put back here to-day with loss of sails, bulwarks,
and roundhouse, boats stove, steering wheel broken, &c.

Yesterday, to the westward, she saw a barque with her
foremast gone, running before the wind.
The eastern coast experienced the hurricane with all

its severity. The direction of the wind being right upon
the land, almost as great injury was done ashore to pro-

perty as among the coasters. Abreast of Aldborough
the Corinthian, a fine brig, belonging to Newcastle, was

driven from her anchors by the violence of the gale. She

drifted in, struck the Thorp Point, and was speedily
dashed to pieces. Nothing could be done to rescue the
poor creatures who formed her crew, and they were all
drowned. On the same night a Dutch vessel, called De

Jogger, bound to London, was thrown on the main at
Orfordness, and dashed to pieces. Some of her hands

were lost.

Yarmouth Roads suffered much from the

storm. Great damage was done to the shipping. The
Pioneer, Mr. Taylor master, on her way to the Tyne
from London, foundered, and four of her hands went

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down with her. The others were preserved by the
lifeboat. The Active, of Stockton, also went down
off Caistor, and one or two others are reported to
have sunk in the lower part of the roads. The vici-

nity of the Humber also had several casualties.
Yorkshire coast at the prominent headland known as
Flamborough-head, was exposed to the full fury of
the wind. Such a storm had not been experienced
there for a number of years. The Omega schooner,

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belonging to Southwold, was carried ashore to the
southward of Bridlington. The lifeboat was promptly
launched, in the hope of saving the unfortunate crew,
but it failed in reaching them, and the poor fellows met
with a watery grave. Similar disastrous intelligence
has been received from higher up the north coast. The

hurricane seems to have visited the several ports alike,
and with very little moderation.
The accounts from the Welch coast speak of the storm

in that part of the kingdom having been very severe.
In Morecombe-bay the gale was as heavy from the
south-west. A schooner was driven ashore with all on
board dead, with the exception of one man. The works
of the breakwater sustained much damage, and the light-
house was washed away. -Higher up this range of coast
many wrecks happened, and the south pier and light-
house at Maryport are reported to have been broken up.
In addition to what has already been reported as to
the damage done by the late gale of wind, it has been
ascertained that great injury has been done to the trees
in Hyde-park and Kensington-gardens, and in the
grounds of the market-gardeners in the neighbourhood
of the metropolis, and also at Chiswick, Isleworth,
Twickenham, &c.

In Richmond-park several large trees were uprooted,
and Kew-gardens did not escape.
At Hammersmith several stacks of chimneys were
blown down, and at the Hanwell railway station the
force of the wind blew down a signal post, which fell
across the ling, but was removed by great exertion be-
fore the arrival of any trains.
At Carlisle the wind blew a perfect hurricane ; a wool-
spinning factory belonging to Mr. M'Night was reduced
to ruins. Several yards of the roof of a house in English-
street were blown off, and several chimneys thrown
down. Some portions of the city were strewn with sign-
boards, tiles, slates, &c. The floods are still very high,
and a vast extent of ground continues under water.
At Exeter chimneys were thrown down, and many
houses were unroofed. The mail to Budleigh-Salterton
was unable to proceed in consequence of the obstruction
caused by numbers of fallen trees.
At Ivybridge some large oaks were blown down, and
sorfie damage was done to the railway station.
At Carnarvon so great was the force of the gale, that
the quay wall was breached in four places by the waters
of the Straits, and great alarm was caused, and many
fears entertained for the safety of the shipping, some of
which were sunk, and others driven from their moorings.
The hurricane was very alarming in the neighbour-
hood of Winslow. Trees were blown down, roofs were
removed from houses, and the trains on the Bucking-
hamshire railway were much impeded in their course.
The damage was considerable, but, happily, we have not
heard of any loss of life.
At Banbury it did considerable damage, blowing down
a building at the Oxford and Birmingham railway sta-
tion, on which line also the trains were impeded. It
was less violent in the neighbourhood of Bicester.

In the county of Durham great damage was done to
houses, timber, and farm property. The wind arose
with great violence between 4 and 5 o'clock, accompanied
with rain, and continued for about three hours to rage
with great fury, carrying before it sheds, corn and hay
stacks, pKostrating persons, and snapping off large trees
between two and three feet in diameter.

The steeple of Trinity Church, Stockton-on-Tees, was
blown down, and falling on the roof, broke through it,
carrying away in its fall the gallery beneath, and smash-
ing the seats in the aisle. Fortunately the beautiful organ
escaped, the mass of materials falling within a few feet of
it. The roof on the western side was uncovered by the
hurricane, and the slates scattered around to the dis-
tance of a hundred yards. Tae steeple of Middlesbo-
rough Church has also been damaged, part of it being
blown down, injuring in its fall the roof, &c. Several
houses have been overturned at Hartlepool. The family
of Mr. Marshall Fowler, of Preston-hall, near Stock-
ton, had a narrow escape. A tall chimney-stack that
had stood for 25 years was blown over, and fell through
the roof and floor into the room below, where two chil-
dren were sleeping. The rubbish fell all around them,
and a heavy stone fell within three inches of the head
of one of the children : fortunately, they were not hurt.
At Egglescliffe several fine trees in the churchyard that
bad stood for 200 years were blown down. All round
the country may be seen hay and corn stacks overturned
and scattered about, houses anroofed, and chimney-
stacks blown down. We have not heard of any loss of
life.

At Gloncester the storm of wind and rain was one of the
most fearful that has ever visited that part. The wind set
directly up the flat vale of Glocesfer from the Bristol Chan-
nel, and notwithstanding that the trees are leafless, many
in the vale were completely torn from their roots and
moved from their position. In the city tiles and chim-
ney-pots were flying about in all directions, several chim-
neys were blown down, and the tower of St. Mary de
Crypt Church rocked fearfully. On Monday, at day-
light, a large fissure was observed at the top of the
tower, which for some time was considered in danger.
The tide rushed up the Severn in an immense body of
water, rolling over its banks, and over the low meadows,
which are now again lying under water from excess of
rain in this county, and in Worcestershire and Shrop-
shire. It is stated that an embankment on the South
Wales Railway, close to the sea side near Llanelly, has
been carried away by the sea, which in spring tides rolls
up to its foot.
PLYMOUTH, MONDAY.—During the whole of the day
yesterday there was a fearful gale from S.S.W. To-
wards evening it increased. The Princina, Spanish
steamer, lying alongside Millbay Pier, drifted, her ropes
not being good, and ran foul of the Pontoon-bridge, and
carried away bowsprit and damaged her stern. She was
removed to Catwater for repairs. The Camilla, Irish
steamer, was at the pier, but sustained no damage. The
Brothers, of Brixham, schooner, broke adrift in Millbay;
and the latter, with coals, is a perfect wreck. The mo-
mentary rise of the tide was quite 14 feet in Millbay.
At 5 a.m. a portion of the wall on Millbay Pier was
washed down, and some bags of rice, butter, and some
empty barrels, were swept off, all of which, except a few
bags of rice have been returned. The Sultan, Capt. Reed,
with wheat, broke adrift in the Sound, and became a
wreck on the back of Mount Batten ; crew and part of
cargo saved. The Ocean Queen, London, bound to the East
Indies, with cargo, was wrecked in Wembury Bay Sound,
only her stern boards shown, on which all souls perished;
a small yacht was sunk, and other damage done. The
weather now moderate. The Forerunner, African mail
steamer, still in the Sound. The Adelaide, Australian
mail steamer, not likely to sail before Thursday. Eleven
bodies have been washed on shore from the wreck of the
Ocean Queen, which was lost during the tempest on
Sunday night. An inquest will be held at Wembury
to-morrow, by Mr. Bone.
DEVONEORT, DEC. 27.—The weather here last night
was tremendous, blowing a complete gale all night, the
wind veering from S.W. to N.W., and back again to
S.W., with torrents of rain. The Queen, in the Sound,
with her lower yards and topmasts struck, dragged the
west arm of her moorings about twice her length. The
greatest sea has been caused by this gale that we have
had for many years. The cranes on the breakwater
are nearly all down. The merchant ships in the
Sound have held on (thanks to the breakwater) with
the exception of the schooner Sutton of London Ried,
master, laden with wheat, bound to London; she has
drifted on the Batten Point, and is a total wreck with
bottom out; all hands saved, but one seaman had his leg
broken. The tide being so high has caused the disaster
all the worse. Mr. Gill's pier at Mill Bay is a complete
wreck, and the new works (the docks) are completely
demolished. Some thousands of pounds worth of pro-
perty and labour are lost by this gale to Messrs. Gill
and Company. The barque William Metcalfe, laden
with timber for the dockyard, has dragged her anchor,
and is alongside the dockyard, but will be got oft: About

three-fourths of the south part of the roof of the north
shed in the dockyard, composed of galvanised iron, was
taken clean off, and carried over the other half into the
bricklayers'-yard, rolled up like a scroll. A great many
houses in the town have suffered severely, and the streets
in some places are covered with broken slates. Several
barges and boats are on shore above New Passage, and
their gear washed up Weston Mill Lake. We have a
report of a ship, with all hands lost, in Bigbury Bay.
No doubt, after such a gale, the accounts will be heart-
rending. It is now moderate-5 p.m.

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