The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-03 00:00:00

DREADFUL GALE.

On Monday last the north of Scotland was visited by
one of those sudden and disastrous storms which frequently
happen at this season of the year. The morning was mild,
the wind easy from south-east ; but, as day opened, the
sky began to set strong from the west, and at noon it blew
a gale from west and by north, which continued till
night, when it settled down at northwest, with cold, driz-
zling sleet.
When the gale came away, the fishing-boats along the
east coast were nearly all at sea, and for hours, along the
whole line, nothing was to be heard but the screams of the
women, who were frantic with grief, having no hope that
the little barques would outlive the angry storm. The
Cove, Findon, and Portlethen boats bad the advantage
of the high land, which kept the water comparatively
smooth to a considerable distance off, and most of them
managed to effect a landing ; but as night set in, two of
them were missing, and few expected that they would ever
be heard of again. On Tuesday morning, however, they
were seen in the offing making for the shore, and, to the
unspeakable joy of their relations and friends, they were
brought in safely, after having been driven to sea a distance
of forty miles. Towards the north, the gale was equally
violent, and the coast from Kinnaird's- head; by Cairnbulg,
St. Comb's, and Rattray.brigs, being low, afforded no
shelter, and we have to record the loss of two fishing-boats
belonging. to St. Comb's. They had set out early in the
morning, m company with about eighteen others, and had
returned to within a short distance from land, when they
were drifted seaward, by the violence of the hurricane, to
the distance of four miles. The situation of the crews,
jointly numbering twelve men, became perilous in the ex.
treme, and in a short time they must have found a watery
grave, when they were most providentially picked up by the
schooner Port Glasgow, of Inverness, and landed in Aber-
deen on Tuesday. Ihe two boats were lost ; the others
had fortunately reached the shore. Two of the men who
were thus saved were slightly hurt in the struggle with
the storm. The greatest praise is due to tho Captain
humane
11CVC saved.
f
'
exertions the lives of the perishing fishermen
the Port Glasgow, through whose
FaSERBURGH, MAT 27.—There is good reason to hope
that all the men who were at sea in boats on Monday are
prompt and h
safe, although regarding several of them no authentic ac-
counts are ret yeceived.

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHI-
TECTS.—On Monday evening a meeting of this Society was
held at their rooms in Lower Grosvenor-street, J. Kay, Esq.,
in the chair. Various donations were announced, including
some valuable drawings by
Inigo Jones. A. Poynter, Esq., read
a letter from Mr. Charles Parker on the formation of Artesian
wells, describing also some peculiar circumstances which at-
tended the construction of a-well in the Temple, London.
George Godwin, jun., Esq., afterwards read a paper on the art
of glass-painting, and its present state in England and France.
The paper contained an interesting sketch of the life of Charles
Muss, and the peculiarities of the school of glass-painters
which
intofmd.
ACCIDENT FROM FIRE DAMP.—We are sorry
r
to state that two men have been very much burnt by an explo-
sion of Fire Damp at Dowlais mine. It seems that the men
ventured
of the mine, when the air being
foul, exploded immediately on coming in contact with the
ight, and thus occasioned the accident. Their object in going
there was to procure souse clay to envelope their candles..-1
C reib-rian.
A Newfoundland dog, belonging to a farmer,
sometime ago attacked and overcame a shepherd's dog, belong-
ing to a &slier in Anstruther. Freeing himself as quick]) as
he could, colley immediately
took to his heels and ran to his
master's door, some considerable distance from the scene of his
defeat, before which a neighbour colley lay basking, and giv-
ing a rarticular bark, which seemed to say " Come with me,"
off he darted, as speedily
Mowed by his neighbour, towards
his late antagonist, when both coneys at once flew upon the
Newfoundland, and overcame him, though not without dim-
culty. After their victory they slowly returned to their mas-
ter's shop, and were observed examining and licking each
other's woands.