The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-27 00:00:00

THE LATE HURRICANE.

• Wr.v,mouTH,-Dec. 23.-I—This,tveelc we hare ex-
perionce4l one of the most
_tremendous gales of
w-nd at S. E.- ever known-at this port. A great
tot liver of deals and,other-Wreck have been driven
on-shore- at Portland, and being burnt in many
parts, plainly indicate- to have been part of a
care:, in'a•vesset set _fire to by the enemy : the
latier, with her bottom uppermost, .was also de-
scriA this mottling in the road. of Portland.---.
Several pilotThoats have put to sea with a view
44-towing. it to port -
On tVednesday evening the gale increased most
viithutly, when at nine o'clock the French • brig
Atitii le, Captain DE SAINT FAUST, from Havre
tie Grace to the Ide of Bourbon, of 300 tons bur-
Gen, laden with a cargo of various inerchandize,
came ashore on Portland Sands, having cut away
all her- masts. In consequence of firing pins of
distress, and hoisting sigtial lights, the Portland
men, at the most imminent danger of their lives-,
got OH board, and by their assistance the vessel's
head was brought towards the shore, and prevent,-
ed from going to pieces. During this critical and
awfttl period, the Captain and crew wire-prepar-
ing, a raft for the purpose of conveying themselves
and the passengers ,to the shore ; but by the
timely. and fortunate arrival of J.- HonsFonn,
the Duteh•Consul at this port, (who also under-
went, extreme peril in. getting aboard), he with
much, difficulty persuaded the whole to remain
there till the next morning, when upwards of 20,
Latlies and children, with the other passengers
and crew, amounting to upwards of 50 souls,were
let down by ropes into the boats, safely landed
without any accident (although the sea was run-
ning tremendously high, and conducted to the
hotel. in that •island. The vessel as well as the
cargo, it is supposed, will be saved,-as the gale has.
moderated.

The late hurricane in this neighbourhood has,
it anpear from the Journals both north "and south
of us,- been generally fcit throughout the whole
coootry.' In the south, indeed, the stoim CC:Mi-
mi:need so early as the 11 th instant, and- the
shipping on the .south-west coast has suffered
most dreadfully from its effects. The gale from
that time has moved gradually northwards, and
has left sufficient evidence .of its violence in all

- the.places within its vortex. It is impassible to
f-cnumerate the damage that has been done in this
town and neighbourhood. Several houses have
been totally destroyed, others unroofed— and•
otherwise much • damaged (the occupiers in
some -instances narrowly escaping with their
live)•; a large portion .of the' parapet wall _which
- sun:winds the root of All Saints' fell with a dread-
ful crash into Silver-street, and,a window of
same church was totally.-blown out. Much damage
bas also been done to the mindow of -St. Nicholas
Church, and a window n Hanover-square‘Cha--
pei is •also destroyed—a great --part of -Jarrow
Church is unroofed—several trees-have-been torn
up by the roots, stacks blown down, keels and
boats sunk in' the river, &c. &c., In short the de,.-
struction has been so Wide-spread and multifarious,
that the consequences of this visitation will be
long and severely felt by many of the unfortn
nate sufferers.—Since writing the foregoing, we
have learnt that a garden %van on the back of
Villiers'-street, Bishopwearnmouth, was • blown
down by the gab., and that Mr. Geo. Cameron,
master masons., who was passing at that moment,
was killed on time sOnt.---LAt Durham, and in the
- Vicinity, much- damage was. done.— (Newcotle
.eaper.)
•

GREENOCK, Dec. 20.—We regret to observe
that the vessels which-went on-snore in the storm
on Friday, have not yet been able to get off, nor
are of them expected to accomplish it in, time
to sail kvt.!: the other ships •-for' Cork. His Ma-
jesty's snip Britomart was forced to quit her sta
tion between North Cumbray and Bore during the•
gales on Friday ; she ' came up to Lunderstone
Bay, and there rode out the storm in safety ; on
Sunday she anchored at the tail of the Bank. •
We learn that a sloop, laden with coals, foun-
dered on Friday on her passage from "'mon to
Itothesay. Two Men, -brotherS, who were on
board, perished. A wherry, likewise, in crossing
from Portinstock to Gourock, in itvirich were-two
melt belonging to the latter place, named JOhn
Shearer and John Russel, upset in the gale ; both
of the men were drowned. We have not yet heard
of any other casualties of the kind happening, to-
wards the close of last week, but it can hardly be
"supposed that 'they • were confined to these,, as the
storm appears to have been-very generally felt:

Port Glasgow has also suffered from the effects
of the storm which was Felt here•so
Several garden-walls near the sea, at the west
end of the town, have. been thrown down; the
foot-path and parapet-wall along the Old. Bay,
have been nearly destroyed ; a new steam-boat,.
that was building in Mr. Hunter's yard, and se-
veral pinnaces lying on the bead) near the Castle
of Newark, were knocked to pieces. A Sloop
from Leith, with the remainder of 'Ler cargo
(flour),. foundered at the west. side of the New
Quay, •and the roasNr and crew with :difficulty.
saved their lives. The'greater part .of the town
of Dumbarton was laid undei water during the
storm.

On Friday a brick tenement, in Galrowgate,
Glasgow, twt) storks high, occupied as.a-house-
carpenter's work-shop, &c. was blown down.—
Two boys,were at work at the time who escaped
unhurt, though one of them was dog from among
the ruins. In difrerrnt places of the city, 'Stacks
of chirnnies were blown down, 'and uanv cans
from off the chimney tops. / the Brodmielaw,
several vessels were driven out of the river upon-
the quay; one of them, a brig of 150' tons; NOG
but they have all since been got off.• •

has been main se-
' Thackstead ChtirchJEgstx,
riobstyinjured by the Storiny weather. on Fri-
day, the wind lOte‘v doWiL, with great violence,
part of the scaffolding', 'about 75 feet out of 100;
which surrounded the spire, and which has been
ei'ectcd at the 'expellee of near 4001. '46 feet 6f
the spire lirld'lieen taken down, and the scaffold-
ding took witlljit about-30 feet more, and much
.injured other Nrt,s of tiirehurch.7oh *bleb it fell,

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