The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-04 00:00:00

THE GALE,

IThe gales have proved most disastrous to the fleet of
, steam-ships which are employed in the cattle trade between
the several foreign ports of the North of Europe and
London. Most of these steamships are strongly built vessels.
Their departure from Hamburg, Tonning, Dordt, Rotter-
dam, and other foreign ports of the North of Europe, is so
arranged that they arrive in the Thames in the course of
Saturday and Sunday, so that their cattle and sheep may
be at the London market on the Monday. A fleet of some
10 or 12 of them left the above ports in the course of
Thursday, and on making their course across the North
Sea they encountered the gales in all their severity. The
Chevy Chase, which came up the river early on Monday,
was thrown on her beam ends, and, and remained so, it is
stated, for nearly a quarter of an hour with a heavy sea
breaking over her. At one moment it was feared that she
would not right. When she did so it was found that a
number of her cattle had been washed overboard. The
Pilot steamer, from Hamburg, lost nearly the whole of her
living cargo. She had on board between GOO and 700 pigs,
and upwards of 500 of them are reported to have been
drowned or suffocated in the hold. It is stated that she
had a most difficult task to reach the port, so high WaS the
sea that swept over her. The storm having in some way
' moderated, the crew were enabled to get at the dead pigs'
and throw them overboard. The Tiger steamer, from
Tonning, also lost a number of her cattle, Her non-arrival
for a time created much anxiety, but it has been ascer-
tained she is safe. The Blenheim, cattle steamer at Har-
wich, has also suffered from the gales. A telegram from
Lowestoft announces that the steamer Roland reached that
port yesterday from Hamburg, The Germania steam. ship
left Twining on the 29th ultimo with a full complement of
cattle on board, and nothing has been heard of her since.
It was hoped that some tidings would have been heard of
her putting back:to Cuxhaven or some other port, but no
intelligence has been received concerning her. It is possible
that she may have been driven to an extreme northern port.
The Helena, from the north, coal laden, bound to the
Medway, is reported to have sunk in the Cecklegat, near
Yarmouth, and only the master and one man have been
saved, In the course of Sunday night a large Austrian brig,
called the Anna Maria, from Buenos Ayres for London,
loaded with hides, was totally lost on the Girdler sands in
making her way to the Thames. The crew are reported to I
have been saved.

The stotm appears to have told with most disastrous effect
upon the shipping off the Dutch and Danish coast, and many
wrecks are reported, some of them being English vessels.
CHATHAM, Tuesday Evening.
The storm which raged so furiously over this port and
neighbourhood from Friday to Sunday, when it abated,
broke out again last evening, the wind, which during the
day had been moderate, veering round from the southward
to the north. Owing, however, to the precautions taken by
the masters of vessels the casualties in the harbour and at
the Nore were none of them serious. At Saxton-street,
New Brompton, the roofs of two houses were carried away
by the falling of a heavy stack of chimneys, and in Paget-
street, adjoining, the exposed end of a house was completely
blown cut, The effects of the gale were severely felt at the
Nore, A portion of the railway terminus at Sheerness was
blown away, and considerable damage occasioned. The
roof of the newly-erected Soldiers' Institute at Sheerness
was also injured. This evening the weather is moderate,
with a light breeze from the southward. The barometer has
risen to 3065, and there is every appearance that the gale
has subsided.

PORTSMOUTH, Tuesday.
Admiral Fitzroy's warning storm signal yesterday after-
noon was followed by another violent gale during the night,
accompanied with rain. The barometer from 10 a.m. yes-
terday until 10 a.m, to-day rose from 28.95 to 2990. This
morning the storm has gone down, and the wind has veered
round to W. by S. It has been moderately fresh, with a
continuous drizzling rain. This forenoon the barometer
drooped 2-10ths, but it now shows an inclination to rise
again. The Belgian brig Antwerpen, from Buenos Ayres
fcr Antwerp, put in here to-day for medical aid for the cap-
tain, who had his shoulder dislocated in the gale on Satur-
day off Start Point. The captain (who has been brought
ashore) reports having experienced excessively heavy
weather in the Channel 7 p.m.—The Prussian bark Wilhelm,
Captain Lonnies, from Sundswall for Bordeaux, has put
into Spithead with her rudder split and other damages.
GREAT YARMOUTH, Tuesday.
A terrific gale from the S.W. burst over this town on
Monday night. The wind blew with immense force, and
considerable damage has been done in this locality by the
uprooting of trees and injury to the roofs of houses. The
fleet in the roadstead, however, was uninjured, although
there was a heavy sea, especially on the Scroby Sands, in
the offing. Several vessels, with loss of spars, bowsprits,
masts, and leaky, have been towed in here and at Lowes-
toft this morning. The fishing-boat seen bottom upwards
is believed to have belonged to Gorleston. At noon to-day
the crew of the Prudence, schooner, Captain Larraman, of
Whitstable, for Rochester, with coals, from Seaham, were
landed at the Sailors' Home. This vessel was caught in
the gale off the Dudgeon, all her sails were blown to shreds,
she made water and the crew took to the pumps. The leak
gained so rapidly that the crew were compelled to take
refuge in their boat. They were picked up by the brig
Caroline, of Colchester, and landed here in a destitute con-
dition.

Lo wnsTorr, Monday.
The steamship Tonning, Captain George Rivers, and the
City of Norwich, Captain John Moore, both from Tonning
with cattle for the metropolitan markets, put into this har-
bour on Monday for refuge. They left Tonniag at 10 p.m,
on Thursday, and at 7 p.m. on Friday, when about 20 miles
off Schelling, the wind shifted to the westward, and came on
to blow with fearful violence the whole of that night, Satur-
day, and Sunday. They rode out the storm gallantly, but
owing to the length of the gale and the rolling of the
vessels, their cargoes suffered severely, and on their putting
in here a large number both of cattle and sheep were dead,
and the remainder injured. From inquiries made on board
we find the Tonning has about 185 head of cattle dead or
otherwise severely injured, and the City of Norwich about
175 ; while the dead and injured sheep on board both vessels
number about 200. A large number of English and French
fishing boats are seeking refuge in the inner harbour, and
the weather is still unsettled.

• HOLY/LEAD, Monday night.
A very strong gale came on here this morning, blowing
from W. to N., which is the most dangerous quarter for the
large number of vessels lying in the roads. About 10 o'clock
this morning the bark William Sinclair, from Newry to
Cardiff in ballast, owing to some deran4ement in her anchor..
ing tackle, drifted from her position, but as she happened to
have a pilot on board she was run on the Penrhos beach,
where she lies dismasted. The mail steamer this morning
kept her time remarkably well, though, owing to the ex.
posed situation of the landing stage, half an hour was con-
sumed before she could get alongside.

SHIELDS, Tuesday Morning.
We yesterday experienced the most severe gale we have
had from the N.E. this season. It blew with great violence
from an early hour in the morning until 10 last night, when
the wind suddenly jumped round to N.W., and the storm
gradually abated. To•day the weather is remarkably fine
upon the Northumberland coast and the sea is going down.
A number of light and laden vessels ran into the Tyne for
shelter yesterday, and all got in with safety. The Tyne
Commissioners greatly improved Shields harbour by dredg-
ing in the summer, and the deep water at the mouth
of the Tyne was found to be of immense value yester..
day to shippiag, and no doubt was the means of saving
both property and life, virtually making the port for the
time a harbour of refuge. The only casualty that has
occurred north of the Tyne is the loss of the Lion, laden
schooner, which was driven to the northward, lost her
masts in the gale, and foundered. Her crew were saved by
a steamboat. A number of laden vessels sailed from the
Tyne on Sunday, and very considerable anxiety prevails lest
some of them should have been overlapped by the sea and
have foundered. The steamships from London have arrived
here to-day. Several screg colliers were observed yesterday
and the day before at anchor in roadsteads along the coast,
sheltered from the storm.

LEITH.
. The screw steamship Vienna arrived in Leith from Ham-
l',_'l:l3 on Saturday afternoon. She encountered a dreadful
a.t, rticane on the passage, but more particularly on Friday,
4('
(I4Y after leaving Hamburg, when the vessel was in no
little
Buff,danger. There were 22 prime oxen on board, which
whiZallrtielatly on the voyage. Several of them were killed,
careas
ttlen, hod
t:
conveyed to the
others were more or less injured, and some of
sea
of
tuilnosaeble to walk. The living animals and the
as they
vverebe killed before being removed from the ship,
taken there slaughtered on board of the ship were
skinned and dresewed"e
Leithali slaughter-house, where the animals
slaughtered and all the carcasses
with the view of aseeTtl,bsequently an inspection was made
,
were suitable for httihte:Vng how many of the carcasses
of others were condenmed:
lc 4 and seven of them and parts
'lie cattle were by a
foreign gentleman, and the
;sustained by him,shipped we under-
neethel?
the steamer Osborne,
stand, will be above £2OO.
from Rotterdam to
Captain Mackie, was on the pili'
ner with signals of
Leith, those onabbooaurtdld7isracouveesreda''aßsage
at the time was very
a boat was
. to the disabled
the Lemon Tower
running. On ne • 8 verY stormand
dßank.ist distress s flying,weatherTveas
heavy sea nearing the
vessel y a
launched from the Osborne, which proceeded
, eight in tiu
The schooner turned out to be the Lion of London, J
vessel, and at much risk took cir the crew
,bound from Shields with a , ' James
Lunisden, _ , . aro ef,
a.
At the time she cvmi discovzTed, she was lying ht the
trough
of the sea dismasted, with everything
and the crew in a state of extutu3tation from working tn,,
pumps. The men were taken to Leith by the Osborne, and
will be forwarded to their homes by the Shipwrecked
Mariners' Society.—Seetsman.
TRURO, Monday Afternoon.
For the past three nights the storm was very severely felt
in Cornwall. In numerous instances wheat and other stacks
have been blown down, and the quantity of grain in the
straw which has been scattered will cause many farmers
severe loss. Scores of fine old timber trees, within five
miles of Truro, have been literally torn up by the roots. The
rain has descended in torrents, and hail has fallen larger in
size and quantity, and with greater force than is recollected
to
have been the case for years. Scores of panes of glass
hs.isa,ve_erabbEicendbauireak,een. To-day the weather has been no calmer.
T. 2 ,5 the wind is blowing a perfect gales, and the rain is
' ulligheavily. The shipping the coast
on has sustained con-
siderable
, but no total accident has been reported.