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THE LATE STORM AT SEA.

DISASTROUS LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

(Abridged from the Aberdeen Herald.)
On Wednesday last, our coast was visited by a tre-
mendous swell of the sea. The wind here was generally
S.E., but was by no means so violent as to have caused
th
shore
e heavy
seawhiehprevailed. The waves lashed into
the almost unprecedented extent; and, bad
the wind been more easterly, it is believed, by comps-
tent judges, that a considerable portion of the lower and
seaward district of the town would have been inundated,
if not destroyed. The results, we regret to say, have
been a lamentable loss of life and property. The fol-
lowing paragraphs embrace all the details of the melan-
choly effects of the storm, which we have, up to this
time, been able to collect:--
ABERDEsN.—The only ship which was seen in the
offing during the whole day, was a schooner, which
turned out to be the Isabella of Dundee. She made her
appearance in the Bay about two o'clock, P.N. The
master had mistaken the Girdleness for Kinnaird's Head,
and was quite happy in the expectation of a fair wind up
the Moray Firth. He tacked about for a short time, till
the Girdleness being lit up, he instantly saw his position,
and that be was in imminent danger of running ashore.
After an ineffectual attempt to wear out of the bay, he
ran his vessel ashore on the sands, at the back of the
fishermen's square, at five o'clock. The ship immedi-
ately swung round, broadside to the sea, and a heavy
wave striking her at the moment, she turned over on her
beam-ends, the masts dipping in the water, and nothing
being visible but the side of the ship. The vessel soon
hove up to a steeper part of the sands, when a receding
wave drew her upon her bottom, and she was thus once
more righted. Meanwhile, the life-boat was get ready
and launched, with a crew—consisting of Captain Mer-
chant, Captain Johnston, Mr. Douglas, and six pilots—
and,ggle after a severe struggle amongst the breakers, they
succeeded in rescuing the whole of the crew. While all
hands were engaged in hauling up the life-boat (about
seven o'cloek), an alarm was brought along the sands,
by two men, that another vessel was ashore further
north. About a dozen men, amongst whom was the
pilot-master, soon reached the vessel, which was stranded
immediately under the Broadhills. Two hands were ob-
served on board of her, and as the wares had hove her up
close to dry land, the parties on shore were able to speak
them, and ascertained that the vessel was the Elizabeth
of this port, which bad sailed from this on the eth•inse,
with timber for Newcastle. After the tide had receded
a little, it was quite practicable to run out to the Eliza-
beth in the intervals of the waves, and some pilots who
ran out to her managed to bring ashore the two indivi-
duals who had been seen, and who, it turned out, were
the sole survivors of the crew! About three o'clock on
Thursday morning the Dahlia, of Newcastle, laden with
coals, was observed coming ashore. The master's con-
duct was a remarkable instance of courage and intre-
pidity. He now saw that escape seaward was impos
sible, and, when he had got abreast of our harbour, he
immediately put up his helm, with the view of running
his craft ashore. He ordered all hands down below,
lashed himself to the helm, and steered his vessel
right through the breakers. While among the
broken waves, several dreadful seas swept the deck,
the force of which may be imagined from the fact
that the binnacle and boom were carried away, and
the jaws were driven out of the gaff. The vessel,
notwithstanding the emir-nth... surf, auswered her
helm beautifully, and a friendly wave hove it up al-
most close to the Bents, where it settled in the sands,
in a very favourable position, nearly opposite Messrs.
Blaikie's foundry. About a dozen individuals were
speedily on the spot, who very properly advised the
expected,eveliif the
will be got
crew to remain on deck till the tide receded. On in-
quiring whether any loss had been experienced, the
answer was—" No; all right!" There is littthlee
ecehaance
of the re-
mainw it Isabellawith
calm.
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beingEh Elizabeth,
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and
the Dahlia,
without any material damage to her hull, though of
course, her cargo will, in the first place, have to be re-
moved. _ _

We may mention that a large barque, deeply laden,
passed through the Bay, northward, yesterday after-
noon, and signalled for a pilot but did not stop—she
was probably on her way to the Moray Firth for shelter.
It is confidently reported that a schooner foundered
off Slains Castle on Wednesday forenoon.

On Monday, about mid•day, the Union scheoner,
Bridgeford, coal-laden, of and for Stonehavon, from
Newcastle, in attempting to enter the harbour, with a
south wind, fetched the Pier-end, and went to pieces
almost immediately. On Tuesday, the wind still con-
tinuing southerly, several vessels wereinjured by coming
too near the north side of the pier.

NEWBURGlL—Yesterday morning (10th instant) the
hull of a schooner, with the masts lying over the side,
was discovered at the mouth of the Ythan. From the
circumstance of a flag, with the name " Isabella" in it,
and a seaman's chest which has been identified, being
found at the same place, there is no reason to doubt that
the ill-fated vessel is the Isabella of Cromarty. There is
no tidings of the unfortunate crew. It is supposed she
had brought up on the evening of Wednesday, as her
anchors were found at sea, a little distance off. The
coast guard is taking charge of the wreck, which is fast
going to pieces.
PETERSEAD.—On the morning of the 10th instant,
it blew a heavy gale from the east, and our bay presented
a frightful appearance. About ten o'clock in the morning
the Katherine of Aberdeen came in sight, was unable to
keep to sea, and soon drove in at the soutb shore. The
boatmen were promptly in attendance with Manby's
apparatus, and, in a short time, a rope was attached to
the vessel, and the cradle put out, when one man
entered it, and was in the act of being drawn in, when
the rope gave way, and he was precipitated into the

BODDAM, JAN. 10.— A bout nine o'clock this morning,
two schooners and a brig appeared near the land. The
brig went down about three-quarters of a mile south
from Buchanness, and one furlong off the land. She
was a brig of about 140 tons—white paint streak
and figure head. At the time she went down one or
two men were seen on her quarter ; three or four in
the boat. The fragments of the boat came on shore
about half an hour after. The stern had no name,
either of master or ship. It was an old boat—fir plank,
outside black, inside brown red, gunwales light blue or
leaden grey. A large vane or small burgee of red
woollen, containing the half of the letter S in white cot-
ton, came ashore. The schooners came into Peterhead
bay about two P.M., and went on shore. A brig, with
seven men, reported lost at Crucen, at ten sat, thought
to belong to Aberdeen. The schooners are reported to
be the Katherine, of Aberdeen, and Hero, Frtserburgh.
The wooden bridge at Buchanness light-house has been
swept away, and a serious breach has been made in the
pier at Boddam.
JAN. llth.—Cast on shore to-day, a half-length figure-
head, blue bonnet, red coat, white collar, black handker-
chief with sailor's knot, red sash over left shoulder. Part
of a board, Sco— Abe—.

STONEHAVEN.—On Wednesday we were visited by a
very severe storm. The beach that bounds the eastern
part of the New Town has been completely flattened,
and some of the projections on the western side of the
water-course much injured. During the night, the jetty
immediately adjoining the New Pier was broken down,
and it is feared that the next tide will render it a com-
plete ruin.

JOHNSHATEN. Early on Monday morning, the
schooner Mansfield, of and for Aberdeen, Leslie, master,
laden with coals, having lost her foremast, was in the
heavy gale from the south-east driven on the rocks below
Brotherton House, and has become a total wreck. The
crew succeeded in saving their lives in the ship's small boat.
BERVlE.—During the heavy gales on Wednesday, the
sea, being much agitated and a stream tide, made a con-
siderable inroad on the low-lying fields in the neighbour-
hood. Nearly a hundred yards of new wall, enclosing
the parks in front of Hallgreen Castle, were broken down
and swept away.

NAVAL INT t.,,LLIGENCE.
On Saturday last we gave, with more confidence than
we expressed in previous notices, the name of the Earl
of Clarendon as First Lord of the Admiralty. It would
appear, however. that Ireland having been again the
" chief difficulty" in the ministerial arrangements, the
Cabinet have decided on appointing the Right Hon.
Francis Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth, to fill the vacant
chief seat at the Admiralty Board,—Herald.
OBITUARY.—Our obituary of Saturday contained the
death of an officer whose name has been for many years
associated with, as his services have been most advan-
tageous to, the numerous charities connected with the
Royal Navy. Commander Joseph William Baulgette
(1814) was a lieutenant of June, 1806, and was the 27th
senior commander on the list. He was severely wounded
when lieutenant of the Resistance, on the coast of Spain,
in 1809; was senior lieutenant of the America, on the
coast of Italy, in 1813. Gazetted 1813, and twice in
1814. Ile was in the receipt of 1501 pension for wounds,
and had received a pecuniary grant from the Patriotic
Fund for his gallantry. By his death Commander John
Harvey (1819) succeeds to the 10s. per diem half-pay list.
We regret also to announce the death of Lieutenant
Richard M'Kinley Richardson (1842), who commissioned
the Pluto steam-sloop last February, and proceeded in
command of her to the coast of Africa. He died on his
passage home in the Rapid, on the 2d November, in the
Bights of Benin. He had invalided from his vessel in
consequence of an attack of jaundice, but his death re-
sulted from apoplexy. He was the son of Captain
Richardson, of Gosport, and was a gallant and highly-
promising young officer, having been promoted from
mate of the Sulphur on beine• officially reported for his
services on the coast of China, including the taking of
Canton. His remains were committed to the deep with
much sorrow.

COAST GUARD A PPOINTMENTS.—Lieu ts. William
Wynne Eyton, to North Yarmouth Station, vice Roberts,
promoted ; R. Cotgrave, from Greenway station to
Stonehouse Point, vice Haines, promoted ; Bartholo-
mew Jeffery, from Newhaven station to Greenway, vice
R. Cotgrave. The removal of Lieut. John Richards,
from Dinas station to Pembroke, previously announced,
has been cancelled.

SUPERANNUATIONS AT DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.—
Richard Davey, leading.man of caulkers, 341. per annum;
Joseph Herbert Thomas Cross, and William Hoskins,
shipwrights, 241. each ; Thomas Cousins. painter, 241. ;
Edward Laundrey, millwright, 241; and John Pengelly,
sawyer, 20/. per annum.
THE MooRISH PIRATES.—The Admiralty have or-
dered a deck launch to be built for the Janus, steam-
sloop, to be commissioned by Lieutenant Powell, to be
propelled by a 4-horse engine's high pressure. When
the Polyphemus's services are required at Gibraltar this
boat will be detached for cruising on the Barbary coast
for the protection of the merchantmen.
The Arrogant, 46, steam •frigate, has been taken
alongside the sheer's jetty at Portsmouth, to have her
jury-gear and masts taken out, and to receive proper
masts and yards. Although her armament is ex-
ceedingly heavy—viz., carrying on her weather deck two
pivot guns, 68-pounders, of 95 cwt. each, with sixteen
32-pounders of 35 cwt., and on her main deck twelve
8-inch 56-pounder guns, and sixteen 32-pounders, of 56
cwt. each—in all, 46 guns—she could with ease carry all
the guns on the main-deck of 8-inch calibre, having
plenty of space and room to work them, and in this case
she would be the most formidable frigate of her class
that ever swam.

A court martial is ordered to be held at Devonport, for
the trial of Captain Sprigg, late of her Majesty's brig
Ferret, on charges, founded on the depositions of the
master of a Brazilian slaver, forwarded to the Govern-
ment through the Governor of St. Helena, and the Com-
modore of the African cruizing squadron, alleging
cruelty and ill-treatment of himself and crew at the
hands of Captain Sprigg.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 13.—The Superb's hull has been
accidentally discovered to be in a very unsatisfactory
state. One of the caulkers working round a trenail
found the substance beneath rather yielding, and on
giving another smart blow, the iron went right into the
heart of a floor timber. A report thereon has been
forwarded to head-quarters, but no order in consequence
has yet been issued. It is much feared that there are
many parts of her hull equally bad. No proof of such
a thing has been made, as the usual practice of boring
for unsound places has not been permitted in the pre-
sent instance.

The Sharpshooter, steam-schooner, Lieutenant• Co-
mmander J. C. Bailey, returned from her fishing cruise
off the Sussex and Kent coasts last night. It is under-
stood she is to be prepared for foreign service. Her
late pilot, Burnett, is ordered not to be employed in
future in any of her Majesty's ships or vessels.
Wind, W. by S., strong gales and hazy, with rain.
APPOINTMENTS.

Flag-Lieutenant--W. J. Lake (1840), of the Rams-
gate station, in the Coast-guard service, to be Flag-
Lieutenant to Commodore Fanshawe, C.B.
Paymaster and Purser—W. L. Inch (1847), to the
Centaur pendant steamer at Portsmouth, vice Wiseman.
Naval Cadets—G. C. Sinclair and H. C. Gilbert, to
the Centaur.