The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

On Friday hießoyal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief made an unexpected visit to the
camp at Colchester.
royal Highness, attended
by Major-General Airey and one or two other staff
officers, inspected the new cavalry barracks in course
of erection, and then proceeded to the camp proper,
the various departments of which be examined
with attention. He next went over the recently-
acquired Middlewick Farm. In the course of the
afternoon the troops in camp
were drawn up on the
Government parade-ground, where they were re-
ceived by his Royal Highness, who was accom-
panied by his suite and Cali Guy, commandant of
the camp. His Royal allgbiess, on coming on the
ground, was received with eneral salute, and, a
series of evolutions having been executed, the com-
manding officers were called to the front and com-
plimented on the manner in which they had been
performed. The 9th battalion was under the com-
mand of Col. Lays, and the 10th under the direc-
tion of Col. Street. His Royal Highness returned
to town in the evening.
The authorities at the War-office have decided on
erecting a hospital at Chatham for the exclusive
reception of the sick wives and children of the
troops belonging to the various branches of the
service at that garrison. The contract for the erec-
tion of the hospital has been taken by Mr. Stump,
the Government_ contractor at Chatham, and the
building is to be completed as speedily as possible.
The want of such an institution has been long felt.
The 6th Regiment was officially inspected yester-
day at Gosport by Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet,
C. 8., the General officer commanding Portsmouth
garrison and the south-west district.

The 26th (Capt. Smith's) company of Royal Engi-
neers, which has been placed under orders to move
from Chatham to Aldershott, underwent the usual
official inspection at heat.quarters yesterday. The
company will leave Chatham this morning 100
strong, with upwards of 30 women and children,and
on arriving at Aldershott will relieve the 24th
company, which is ordered to proceed to Portsmouth.
The baggage and stores belonging to the 26th com-
pany were forwarded from Brompton barracks yes-
terday.

Forty men of the Royal Artillery, under the com-
mand of Lieut. Scott and Lieut. Nash, who have
been engaged in re-arming the Harwich redoubt,
have left that port for Woolwich. They are under
orders to sail for Barbadoes.

Lieut. Stafford, 97th Regiment, has been ordered
to join the depot companies of his corps.

VIOLE2V7 SWAM, SHIPWRECKS, AND

LOSS OF LIFE.

GREAT LOSS ON THE COAST.-SEVERAL
VESSELS FOUNDERED IN THE DOWNS AND
IN THE CHANNEL.

The equinoctial gales have set in with more than
usual severity. The changeable state of the weather
in the course of last week indicated the approach of
a storm, and on Saturday, about noon, the wind
gradually got up from the south-west, with heavy
rain, and continued to increase untii late in the
evening. There was then a lull, but on Sunday
afternoon the gale again burst forth with increased
fury, and as dusk set in it rsged with the force of
almost a hurricane, accompanied by torrents of rain.
The greatest pressure was between 9 .and 11 o'clock
p.m. on Sunday, as registered by the anemometer
of the meteorological department of the Board of
Trade.

The gale has told with very disastrous effect upon
the shipping on various points of the coast, and se-
veral heavy and fatal losses are reported. In the
Downs, where a large fleet was anchored, the storm
is described to have been most destructive. The
wind blew with apparently overwhelming force,
and drove ships from their moorings in great con-
fusion. Llos d's agent reports two ships to have
sunk at their anchors and the fate of the crews un li
-
certain. The ship Elizabeth, bound to Belize from
London, is also stated to have foundered, and it
is feared with some of her crew on board. She
broke adrift during the height of the gale on
Sunday night, and came in violent collision with
two ships called the Wellington and Ambrosine,
which were lying at anchor at her stern.
Such was the confusion on board each ship, conse-
quent on a belief that their vessels would founder,
that it is thought that some of the men must have
jumped on board the Elizabeth, and so probably
have perished. The barque Trio, from Saffi for
London, suffered so severely from the fury of the
storm and the sea breaking over her that she went
down at her anchors, but providentially the crew
are reported to have been able to save themselves
in the boats. A large fleet of disabled vessels have
put back ; some have gone into Ramsgate, and
others have returned to the Thames ; but by the
latest telegram received last evening from the agent
of Lloyd's the real extent of the havoc occasioned
in this roadstead has not yet been correctly ascer-
tained.

Below the South Foreland the same fearful
weather was encountered. The schooner Charlotte,
from Oporto to London, in coming up Channel had
her commander washed overboard, The Cupid, be
longing to Goole, was in collision with the ship
City of Pekin, of Folkestone, and foundered. Off
Beachy Head, the Wesleyan, schooner, laden with
stone from Portland to London, was struck by a
heavy sea, and had to be abanboned.
At the back of the Isle of Wight, in Chale Bay,
a few miles to the westward of St. Catherine Point,
a dreadful shipwreck is reported to have happened
during the terrific weather of Sunday night. The
barque Lotus, from Demerara, was making her way
up Channel for London, when she was driven on
shore on the rocks in Chale Bay, and the cap-
tain, mate, and ten of the crew, were drowned.
The Ellen Horsfall was totally wrecked off
the Isle of Wight. Most of the western
ports are throng, d with shipping which either had
been disabled, or had run in for shelter.
The eastern coast has suffered severely. The col-
lier brig Good Intent, bound to Teignmouth, with
coals from the Tyne, was blown on the shore at
Aldboronghness, and became a wreck; and only the
master, mate, and ore man, were saved. Several
vessels are reported to have been lost on Sizewell
Bank. The Port Glasgow, for Boulogne, from the
INorth, and the London, Captain Taylor, bound to
Rochester, t.nd the brig Hugh, for London, from
the Tyne, went upon the bank and were lost, three
l
of the crew of the latter ship peris iing. A. fine
brig called the Hippocampi, Capt. Johnson, from
Azzew for London, was driven from her anchor
and went on the Girdler Sand. Another vessel with
a valuable cargo from Archangel, was wrecked on
the Gunfleet. A long and disastrous list of casual.
ties has been sent up from Yarmouth and. Lowes-
toft, Several coasters have been wrecked. The Sea
Nymph, of Blyth, went upon the Seroby and sunk.
The Integrity, for Portsmouth, was driven on the
Barber Sand, and the Two Brothers, from New-
' castle for London, foundered near the Dudgeon.

A storm of great violence raged off the Norfolk
coast last night and this morning. No loss of life hes
yet transpired, but the Hannah Booth, of Plymouth,
is on shore at Caistor, having been abandoned by
the crew, who succeeded in saving themselves
through their boats. The Integra ty, of Hartlepool,
also sunk after having struck on the Barber Sand.
In this instance also the crew were saved. The
John, of Hartlepool, has been brought in here
derelict; and the Cambria, of Shields, has also
been assisted in much damaged, having got on
the Scroby. The wind blew tremendously last night
from the SSW—fortunately neithbr upon the Scroby
(the dangerous and fatal sands in the offing), nor
upon the shore; otherwise, no doubt, immense
damage would have been done and great loss of life
would have taken place, as there were no less than
800 or 900 vessels at anchor in the roads. The tug
steamers were very busily engaged from an early
hour this morning in towing disabled vessels into
the harbour, &c., and the lifeboats have also been
in constant readiness for emergencies. On Satur-
day Admiral Fitzroy's signals for dangerous winds
to be expected from the southward were hoisted at
the flag staffs, and these, with the threatening ap-
pearance of the weather, doubtless rendered the
masters of the various vessels in the roadstead cau-

tious in making all snug as far as possible. The
gale eased about 1 a.m.
Inland the gale also raged with great violence,
and trees were torn up, &c.
At Lowestoft three vessels—one a brig dismasted
—were also assisted in this morning.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

Towards the latter end of last week the weather
here became very stormy, and on Saturday evening
the wind chopped round to NNW, and blew a heavy
gale,accompanied at intervals withblinding showers
of rain and hail. Although the river was full of
shipping the casualties are very few considering
that the storm raged during the whole of Saturday •
night and Sunday. About half-past 7 o'clock on
Sunday night the American ship Wisconsin dragged
her anchors off Seacombe, and drifted athwart the
ship Carrier Dove, anchored between Seacombe and
Woodside. Rockets were fired off, and other signals
df distress made, when the steam-tug Universe put
off, and took the Wisconsin in tow, brought her up
alongside the Prince's Pier, and ultimately into the
St. George's Basin. Both ships were damaged,but
to what extent we have not ascertained.
The American ship Molocka, bound from New
York for this port, took the ground outside yester-
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tunately she was observed by some tugs, who im-
mediately went to her assistance, and she was ulti-
mately towed off the bank and brought in here.

A sad catastrophe, however, occurred off South-
port to-day. The large American ship, Anne E.
Hooper, bound from Baltimore for this port, arrived
at the entrance of the river in tow of a steam tug
at an early hour this morning. The gale was blow-
ing furiously at the time, and the sea ran fearfully
high. The captain and pilot deemed it prudent to
put out to sea again. The vessel was put about,
and an endeavour was made to work free of the
land, but this unfortunately failed—the vessel be-
came unmanageable, and, drifted by wind and tide,
went ashore on the Horse Bank, near Southport.
The sea broke over the bank awfully and the surf
and spray shut out for a time the position of the
unfortunate ship. Eventually the signals of distress
were observed both by the Southport and the
Lythian life boats, who immediately put off to the
vessel's assistance. As showing.the dreadful state
of the weather, we may here mention that though
the Horse Bank is only four miles off Southport,
yet it took the boats four hours and a half before
they reached the ship. Endeavours were at once
made to rescue the crew, but unfortunately, out of
23 people on board only 17 were saved. The latest
accounts from Southport state that the vessel was
fast breaking up.
The Anne E. Hooper left Baltimore on the 20th
of September, laden with a cargo of grain, bound to
Liverpool. She was under the command of Captain
Hooper at the time of the catastrophe.
There has also been observed on the Horse Bank
a large brig, with masts cut away. This vessel is
supposed to be a
.Bremen brig, which left Liverpool
either on Saturday night or early on Sunday morn-
ing. At .present it is not known whether those
on board are safe or not, as no communication can
be had with the vessel, owing to the extraordinary
heavy sea sunning.
A schooner has just been seen off the port drift-
ing about, apparently a derelict. As no person can
be seen on board, it is supposed that she has been
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is the most continuous and heavy we have had here
for some time.

SHIELDS, MONDAY AFTERNOON.

On Saturday afternoon Admiral Fitzroy sent a
storm warning down the Tyne that dangerous winds
might be expected from the southward ; but, not-
withstanding this warning, a considerable
number of collier vessels put to sea, and
fearfully they have paid for their temerity, for
since nightfall yesterday we have been visited by
one of the most terrible hurricanes ever experienced
on this coast for many years. Fortunately, it blew
off the coast, instead of on, else our coast, no doubt,
would have been strewn with wrecks this morning,
and we would have had to lament the loss, it might
have been, of hundreds of our seamen. As it is, the
havoc that has been committed has been very seri-
ous, and the worst is not learnt yet.
The tempest came on between 9 and 10 o'clock
last night from NA, SW, and when it was at its
height, about a quarter-past 12, raged from W and
by S. A heavy fall of rain came on at that time,
and after that the storm considerably moderated,
but the weather has still a wild and roving appear-
ance, the wind blowing from the WNW, in heavy
squalls. Last night, between 9 and 10 o'clock, as
the storm began to increase in violence, lights
were observed flashing in the offing, and the power-
ful steam boat belonging to the Tyne pilots put
out to sea with a number of their hardy seamen
aboard, and they succeeded in placing many of th(
on board of vessels, who would prove valuable helps
on board of those ships when they were blown out
to sea as the tempest got to its height. Of those
vessels there is not much cause for alarm ; but with
regard to the fleet of laden colliers which pat out
to sea on Saturday afternoon in the face of the
storm warning hoisted in their harbour, there is
the greatest anxiety. A barque, the Clarendon,
was coming round from Hull in tow °)f the
out
guard steamer, and when off Souters_ 1
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to her.
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Above Bill Point a number
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fered craft lie sunk,
through sheds and buildings
Works
having ?eel'
fered great
Fdown. At Walker Iron
blown down, and it is
a quantity °f shedding was

reported that some of the 7, "kPe°Pl9 were killed.
A barque is upset at Wallsend, there is reason
to fear that four of her crew are dro7.ned ; and
above Wellington Quay two steamers are cap;
sized, and two boys have been drowned aboard Di
them. Two vessels are canted over at Hebburn,
and a lead manufactory is entirely blown down
between Hebburn and Jarrow. Messrs. Palmer's
large iron shipbuilding yard, at Jarrow, has
also been considerably injured. In the Nor-
thumberland Dock the injury done to the ship-
ping amounts to many hundreds of pounds_ A
large full-rigged ship broke her moorings, and
drove from the high part to the low part of the
dock, sweeping all before her. The Sylph, of Scar-
borough, and the Ellen, of London, with a number
of other vessels, have lost their foremasts and top-
masts, and have sustained other serious damage.
One of the spout heads was knocked away also, and
the waggons fell into the dock. A large amount of
damage has also been done in the Tyne Dock by
vessels breaking loose. A laden vessel is sunk at
the Bradling Drops, and other serious damage is
done there. The Willie Ridley has losttWO top-
masts off South Shields Market-place landing, and
the Useful, a new laden brig, has got aground and
canted over in the same neighbourhood. Four ves-
sels are ashore lower down, and the Trump, steam
tug, is lying amongst them thoroughly smashed up.
The steamer William and Ann is also sunk. Seve-
ral other steam tugs have been much damaged.
A Dutch barque broke adrift in the low part of the
harbour, and she has damaged her Majesty's
ship Castor, and stove in the stern of the
gun-boat Sandfly. The body of a ship's captain
has just been taken out of the Tyne, at South
Shields; it has not been identified. The spires of
Tynemouth and Felling churches, and a chapel at
North Shields New Cemetery, have been blown
down ; and three new houses in the latter town
have been entirely demolished. The Sentinel, steam
ship, has just arrived from London, full of passen-
gers. They have had a terrible night at sea.

SOUTHPORT, MONDAY MORNING.

It is blowing a strong gale, and a large ship is
on the banks, about four miles from here. The
Southport and Lytham lifeboats have gone out
One boat left at seven o'clock, and has not reached
the ship.

KINGSTOWN, SUNDAY.

On Saturday the storm warning signal, the drum
and cone, point downwards, for probable strong
gale from the southward, was hoisted at all coast
stations in obedience to a telegram from the Mete-
orological Department, London. The wind blew
stiff and cold from N.N.W., and several craft lying
in Kingstown, bound south, took their departure.
Yesterday the wind veered to the southward, with
rain, and moderated until about 7.20 p.m., when a
terrible gale suddenly arose from the W.N.W.,
which we are afraid will do some damage at sea,
especially on the Welsh coast. The rain came
down in torrents, and the spray came right over
the piers. We (Freeman) have heard old " sea-
dogs" state that it blew stronger than on the ever-
to-be-remembered 9th of February. In all proba-
bility it will be our painful, duty to repeat some
fearful tidings from sea. •

HOWTH, SUNDAY, 7 P.M.

Blowing a fearful gale since four p.m. A boat,
with five amateur fishermen from Dublin left this
harbour this morning to fish in the bay. About
four o'clock it commenced to blow, and at
five o'clock the gale was at its height. The
boat aboN e-mentioned was observed to drift, and
was driven in the direction of Baldoyle, between
two sand-banks, over which the breakers were
breaking with great violence. At one time it was
feared they were lost, but about seven p.m. they
all arrived in the Howth, and report that they ran
ashore under Lieutenant Boileau's (R.N.) house,
midway between Howth and Baldoyle, who had
an eye on them throughout their perilous voyage,
and gallantly jumped into the water and rescued
the whole crew, and afterwards supplied them with
refreshments, and treated them with every kind-
ness. Indeed, the men say they shall never forget
his kindness.

7.30 P.m.—The gale is now at its height, tide
full up, and waves washing clear over the harbour.
It is feared there will be some wrecks to report to-
morrow.