The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

The Gale on the Northern Coast•

The details of the wreck of the brig Janet Allison, of
Dundee, which took place off Berwick on Tuesday night
last, are of a most distressing and painful character. The
report of
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for the Firth, and at that time it was blowing very hard
from the E.SE., with a very heavy sea. At seven p.m.
he saw the land, hauled the brig on the wind, and after-
wards tried to stay. She missed stays, however, and
striking the ground she remained fast, lying broadside on
the rocks. Captain Bailey then had the small boat put
out to leeward, but the sea breaking over the ship filled
her (the small boat), and at the same time smashed the
long boat, which was on deck. The crew took to the
rigging. The captain tried to got them to make au
attempt to reach the shorn, but they were all afraid.
He then got hold of an oar, and left the ship, and
succeeded in reaching the rocks, though very much ex-
hausted. After recovering strength, ho shouted to the men
to follow, but none came. If ho could have got a small
line he could have thrown it on board, but having none he
went in search of assistance, but it came too late. The tido
had flowed, and at midnight, after two rockets had been
fired over the ship, the masts fell over to seaward, and in
ono moment the cries of the suffering men were stilled for
ever. Their cries were hoard from the ship until the masts
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went, and when the engine which was sent from Berwick
with assistance stopped abreast of the ship, the fellows.
made a hearty cheer. Captain Bailey acted with the most
praiseworthy courage and promptitude in the vary trying
circumstances in which ho was placed. With great pre-
sence of mind ho opened up a way of escape from the
wrecked vessel; but, unfortunately, none of the poor fellows
who wore on board had sufficient nerve to try it, or they
had been trusting with too great confidence in the refuge
of the masts, to which they had betaken themselves.
About nine o'clock on Thursday night, at a place known
as the "Rock Ends," a little south of B urnmouth, a ship
struck and speedily went to pieces. There was no possi-
bility of rendering any assistance, as the storm raged with
such violence nothing could be heard; and in consequence
of the darkness of the night the crew could not be observed.
From papers found, it turns out that the ship was the
Henrietta, from Drammen, Norway, Captain Andreas M.
Hjorth, master. Several articles of women's wearing ap-
parel have come ashore, together with the photograph of a
lady. The vessel has gone completely to pieces, and all the
crew have perished.
On Thursday, a little after twelve o'clock at noon. a
small vessel, supposed to be a billy-boy or Scotch schooner,
of about ten keels, was observed to be buffeting with the
gale at a distance of three miles from Whitby. The general
impression on shore was that she was water-logged, and
would probably try to take the harbour or run on the
beach. At times the vessel could not be discerned at all ;
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from the shore. Glasses were at once turned to th
place where she had been engulfed by the raging elements,
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entirely out of water, and turning her completely over
The poor fellows were observed for some time after cling-
ing to the bottom of their boat. The boat has since washed
up, and it appears that the name of the ill-fated schooner
was the Elizabeth, of Goole.

THE SCOTS GREYS.—The masterly tactics which
left Lancashire without its usual cavalryregimeut ort
the eve of a disturbed election, and took away a cavalry
to action
the
final
point.ain s t
corps from Ireland within four or five days of the Govern-
ment
arenowwhbiecihnghawdobrkeeend
oat
theThrenesicaontss' Greys,
bundled down from Aldershot by train tolfanchester be-
fore the elections, to repair the error caused by the gratui-
tous withdrawal of the 3d Hussars a week or two previ-
ously, are now ordered to Ireland to fill the gap left vacant
by the departure of the 11th Hussars on the eve of the
Fenian business. This move was, no doubt, necessary;
but we may ask, with all humility, why it was not ordered
to take place at the usual time of moving troops ? If
the Greys had been sent over contemporaneously with the
departure of the 11th, nothing can be said against it,
either as regards the public interests or the convenience
of the regiment. But the delay has caused groat incon-
venience to all, and a cruel expense to the unfortunated
married soldiers, who, when they got to /sTewbri go, will
have had five changes of quarters alt.ogother, within the
last 15 or 16 months. The order reoelyed last Saturday
came with surprise upon all in the regiment, which had
just got settled down in Manchester and the out-quar-
ters for the winter. The married officers, after having
hesitated for a long time, thought they could at
last count with safety upon a six months stay, and had
taken houses accordingly; the leave season had begun; the
leaves wore actually out, some of the officers had gone
away, and others wore on the point of starting; the bad
weather had fairly set in, and there was a certainty of a
cold and wet march to Liverpool, as well as a' probability
of a bad passage across the Channel ; the horses had got
their winter coats, and the men were beginning to look
forward to their furloughs. This is the particular moment
selected by the authorities for amove, which ought to have
been made in August or not atall,
and the necessity
for which was as palpable then as now. Of course, if any
sudden occasion had arisen for sending over the rogiment,
no one could complain, for individual comforts must be
sacrificed to the public interest ; but this is not an increase
to the usual cavalry strength in Ireland ; it is an ordinary
relief postponed from the usual timo to just the period
when it could cause the maximum amount of loss and in-
convenience, leaves being stopped, and a troublesome work
called for, extending probably into the first week in Novem-
ber. The relieving detachments are also subjected to the
same discomforts. After mentioning this admirable effort
to make the servieepopulax—this ingenious contrivance for
having the work of the public done with the least amount
of loss and discomfort to those who hare to do it—we need
scarcely add that Sir Richard Airey, although gazetted
governor of Gibraltar, is still discharging the duties of
quartermaster-general at the Horse Guards.--.lrmy and
Nary Gazette.