The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

71-1 E LATE GALES.

The shipping in the vicinity of the mouth of the
Thames suffered severely from the north-west gales
which set in early on Friday and continued till
Sunday with such serious effect upon many points
of the coast. Capt. Little, of the General Steam
Navigation Company's steamer Countess of Lons-
dale, arrived at St. Katherine's, reports having en-
countered the most fearful weather. The gale gra-
dually increased as they approached the English
coast. About noon on Saturday, just as the steamer
was on the eve of entering the mouth of the Thames,
a vessel called the Lady Emma was observed to
capsize about midway between the Swin Middle
and the Maplin lightship. The wind was blowing
in fearful gusts from the W.N.W. The longboat
was instantly lowered from the steamer and after
some difficulty the crew were rescued, the appren-
tice, who was dragged through the water, being al-
most drowned. The Countess of Lonsdale had
scarcely got under weigh before another wreck was
seen, the schooner Orion, of Shields, bound to Ro-
chester, which had been driven upon the Barrow
Sand. The steamer's boat was , again promptly
lowered, and this second crew was preserved. Capt.
Little also reports having observed a barge inside
the Sunk Channel, and she must have beaten over
the sand to have got there. It is feared that the
worst has happened to her. Two other vessels are
reported to have been lost on the Barrows in the
course of Sunday morning,. the Gipsy, of Blake-
ney, and the Eliza Robson, the crew of which,
it is hoped, were rescued by some outward-bound
steamer. The Rebecca Bray, of London, was
also lost near the Mouse. She was carried over the
sand, having been driven from her two anchors and
foundered. It is stated that the crew have been
saved. The small craft have suffered considerably.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22.
Rumours were current here yesterday and to-d.iy
that the Anglo-Saxon, which sailed hence for Port-
land on Tuesday last, had been lost on her passage to
Londonderry. The telegraph lines between Belfast
and Londonderry having been blown down, no in-
formation could be obtained from the latter place
until thip.feor.ooo, mhpn intelligence was received
that the Anglo-Saxon safety arrived at Moville at
two p.m. yesterday, after a very stormy passage of
three days, and proceeded for Portland.
GREAT YARMOUTH, DEC. 22.

The fury of the gale exhausted itself yesterday
afternoon, the wind veering round from north-west
to north-north-east. As the tide fell the sea be-
came less rough and the surf lighter on the beach.
Inland, the tides yesterday rose so high on the river
Yare, which falls into the sea at Yarmouth, that the
matches between Norwich and Yarmouth were
covered with vast sheets of water. This morning
the floods have somewhat abated, but a large ex-
tent of land is still under water. From the same
causes, the tide in the Waveney and at Oulton
Broad, near Lowestoft, were extremely high, and
the waters of the Broad forced their way over the
Lowestoft branch of the Great Eastern Railway, so
that the traffic was compulsorily suspended, and
passengers had to be conveyed by omnibus to Yai-
mouth, and from that point to their various destina-
tions. Every effort is being made to restore the
traffic, a large staff of men having been sent down
for the purpose, but it will probably be impractic-
able to resume the usual movement until this even-
ing or to-morrow.

KINU'S LYNN, MONDAY.
The gales and the high tides have had a conside-
rable effect upon the banks, which in this neigh-
bourhood protect so great an extent of territory
from the sea. In addition to the Terrington Marsh
band and the Wolverton bank mentioned yesterday
as being damaged, the bank of the river Nar, a tri-
butary of the Ouse, gave way about two miles from
its outfall, and flooded about 100 acres. The tide
in the Ouse on Sunday morning was a 23 feet tide,
and its effects were felt all up the country, the water
being level with the banks for a long distance. At
Downham-bridge the water overflowed and washed
up part of the floor of the bridge. At Stow-bridge
the water also went over, and at about half a
mile below Stow-bridge the bank gave way to the
extent of boat eight yards, and from 50 to 100
acres Ns ere flooded. The breach was repaired be-
fore the evening's tide. At the well-known Syphon
dam, in the Middle Level river, the water rose over
the syphons and dam. The top of the dam was
cradged and the water so kept back, and on Mon-
day all the syphons were at work again. Mr. Page's
darn, at the entrance to the Marshland Fen drain,
had the break part of it carried away. The Terring-
ton Marsh bank has been repaired by great exer-
tions, a large number of men being set to work, and
as the wind has quite abated and the tides are fall-
ing, the danger is over for the present. 11 brig has
got upon one of the sands in the Lynn Channel,
and as it will require an 18-feet tide to float her her
condition is not very promising. There have been
numerous small casualties in Lynn harbour, ships
losing their anchors, boats, and the like. The Hun-
stanton Railway, it is stated, is clear again.

FEARFUL WRECK ON THE CARRICK
SHORE.

The late fearful hurricane hls left sad mementos
of its ravages and fury on our shore. On Thurs-
day evening the full-rigged ship Rialto, from New
York to Greenock, laden with flour, &c., after a
passage of 22 days, was nearing the Cumbraes,
towed by a steamer from the mouth of the Clyde
when the violence of the storm separated the two,
the Rialto, driven by the tempestuous elements, and
in the dead hour of night, grounded heavily on the I
rugged rocks between the Castle of Culzean and the
ruins of Turnberry, at a point of the Maidens near
the chemical works, It was about aix in the morn-