The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-16 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY ON THE

RIVER.
The hurricane that raged in the metropolis and its vi-
cinity on Friday night and Saturday morning has occa-
sioned the destruction of property to a vast amount among
the shipping and smaller craft on the river. Between
London-bridge and Blackwell-reach a number of ships broke
adrift from their moorings, and one large vessel which Las
recently arrived in the river from Quebec, with a cargo of
timber, ran ashore off Deptford. She has since been got
off, her keel having sustained injuries so serious that there
were upwards of four feet of water in her hold. The da-
mage done to the masts and rigging of ships in the pool
is immense. On Friday and Saturday portions of spars and
rigging were blowing about in all directions. Both above
and below bridge a great number of barges, lighters, and
other craft were Funk. A barge called the Shannon, be-
longing to Mr. George Briant, a lighterman at Wapping,
was sunk off the Torrington Arms, at Lireehouse. The
Shannon was laden with a quantity of iron retorts for some
gasworks. Mr. Briant, who was navigating his barge at
the time, had a very narrow escape from drowning, and
only saved himself by being an expert swimmer. Near
the same spot, a barge laden with wheat, belonging to Mr.
Ludas, the corn lighterman, of Ilorsleydown, went down
the man in charge of her was immersed in the water,
and, not being able to swim, lie was about to sink
for the last time, when he was picked up by a fishing-
boat. A lime-barge, belonging to Mr. Lee, of Roches-
ter, had her masts and sails completely blown away in
Blackwell reach, and had a very narrow escape of swamp-
ing. Above bridge Mr. Lucas, the coal-merchant, at Mil-
bank, had three barges heavily laden with coals sunk. A
barge, the property of
,Mr. Robert Barchard, of Lambeth,
went down opposite tho King's Arms public-house, at
Lambeth. She was laden with thirty-five toes of coals,
and a man named Jones, who had charge of her, was nearly
drowned. Indeed accidents of the above description oc-
curred in all parts of the river. Although there were
many narrow escapes, no lives were lost. The steamers
due on Friday and Saturday were delayed considerably,
and some of them had not arrived last night.

( From a Windsor Correspondent.)
For some time before the departure of the Queen and
Prince Albert from Windsor Castle on Friday, the wind
blew a perfect hurricane. Not more than three minutes
previously to the Royal cortege leaving the Castle a
circumstance occurred which induced the believers in
omens in the Royal town of Wiedser to indulge in cer-
tain extraordinary prognostications and speculations. The
Royal standard which then floated on the turret of the
Round Tower, was suddenly, by the vioieece of the
wind, torn completely in twain, the severed half being
carried by the force of the current sonic hundreds of
yards over the Castle, and deposited beyond the slopes
on the north side. The wind had blown " great guns"
for some days previously, and too large rents were
observed across the centre when the flag was hoisted at
sunrise on the morning. The Royal standard, which ap-
pears somewhat diminutive when viewed from the terraces
of the Castle, is fourteen yards in length, and eght in
breadth ; its cost was 2001. The extreme length of the
flag-staff is upwards of seventy-three feet, and the eleea-
tion of the Reund Tower to the top of the flag-pole is
three hundred feet. The first stone of the new flag-tower
was laid by Prince George of Cumberland, assisted by his
late Majesty, then Duke of Clarence, en the 12th of Au-
gust, 1823. It was finished for the reception of the flag-
staff November 30, 1830, which was fixed in the following
February, more than fifty feet above its former elevation.

AWFUL SACRIFICE OF HUMAN LIFE AND
PROPERTY AT SEA.
Intelligence was received late on Saturday evenino. at
Lloyd's of the loss of three vessels in the gale, attended
with frightful sacrifice of life. It appears from the par-
ticulars received that the gale commenced about eleven
o'clock on Thursday night, and continued the whole of
Friday without the slightest abatement, from S. S. W.
Respecting the Collins, the report of whose wruA we
copied on Saturday from the North Devon Journal, the
following additional particulars are supplied :---The vessel
was put about to sea, and was scudding before the wind,
when a violent sea struck her ou the starboard quarter,
carried away her bulwarks, and swept everything off the
deck. She had scarcely recovered the shock, when an-
other sea, more violent than the first, struck her, which
unshipped the rudder and did considerable damage. The
crew having by this time lost all management of the vessel.,
she was left to the mercy of the waves, and in about twer:ty
minute; after she drove on to the rocks under Byggy
Point (on immense cliff ), where she subsequently became
a wreck, and went to pieces. The Coast Guard soon
arrived on the sands near the spot, and, by discharging
blue lights, attracted the attention of others, who quickly
came to their assistance. The crew, on the vessel, strik.
ing, took to the rigging, and they could be seen by the peo-
ple on the sands supplicating help, but unfortnnatcly it was
not is human power to save them, owing to the rooks being
imeecssible. The whole of the poor fellows perished, ex-
cept two seamen, who were washed ashore about ten
o'clock in the morning, and were found almost dead from
exposure and exhaustion. The vessel broke up at about
six o'clock, and during m
the whole morning fragments of
the wreck were washe ashore and the rocks were covered
with the cargo. One body was washed ashore at daybreak.
There arc eight lost.
About the same hour on Friday morning the sloop
Widgeon, of Berwick, laden with a valuable cargo, v:as
totally lost near Whitby, and the crew drowned. sec is
valued at 1,5001 , and is insured. About twelve th,e same
day, at the time the hurricane appeared at its highest
the Susan, of North Shields (a collier), On. tier voyage
fiom London to Shields, was capsized off 'Walton, near
Harwich, and sunk. Four of the crew pe.'islied, the others
saved themselves by the vessel's boat. The vessel will be-
c(me a total wreck.

In addition to the al ore the following has been re-
ce ved :—The Mary (a collier), Captain Scott, from
Shields, sunk off Lowestoffe on Thursday night, having
been driven en the sands by the gale. Her crew saved.
A large vessel (name unknown) foundered off the same
place on Friday morning, and all on board perished.;
and about the same time, off Southwold, the Ant, a stoup
laden with wheat, from Maldon, was wrecked; and a cod-
lier belonging to Newcastle was lost about an hour aft or
near the same spot; four of the crew were drowned.

(Abridged from the Hampshire Telegraph.)
Pots FSMOUTH. —Yesterday we had here a severe gab I of
rind, accompanied by a rise of tide, higher than has b een
known for thirty-eight years, by at least an inch arid a
half, as recorded by an inhabitant of Point, who not :hes
his door-post as an unerring proof. Awful as it was, the
day was line, so that expected mischief could be guarded
against, and the wind lulled very considerably at sunset.
As a proof of the security of our roadstead, every vessel
held on well, and we hear of no loss in anchors and caldea.
The schooner Pomona, of Southampton, with a geo,eral
cargo, from London, redo out the gale all day, driving a
little, but at eight in the evening (whether she
parted or not we are not aware) she drifted on
Southsea Beach, and bilged ; her cargo is, of coryrse,
much damaged, and has been landed. Early in the triorn-
ing a vessel which bad just delivered a cargo of t.tone,
at Ilaslar beach, drove on what she had just thrown, over-
board, and was beaten entirely into very small fragmesits
in both cases no lives were lost. The men of war rwie
out most gallantly, but the Brittannia pitched less th,an
the Howe. A large tract of country round Stokes Lay,
and near the Portsmouth, Langstone, and Melte star
harbours, was inundated, but we have not heard of any
loss excepting at Stokes Bay, where twenty-sir s'eep
were drowned, and a man, uamcd Vinsom, tos'; his
life in endeavouring to save them. The Farlin gton
Marshes are overflowed, and for some days the
supply of fresh water to Portsea island will be irregu-
lar. Though the Point is much exposed, yet little com-
parative damage was done. The Pier itself stood well,
but that a small vessel drove through the centre an, 3 in-
jured some of the uprights ; but as her mast was ca,weed
way, the platform remained unhurt. No damage oe-
urred to any of the men-of -war in the harbour ; and
though the water in some parts flowed over the jetties, we
have heard of no loss. The landing jetties at tF.a old
and new Sallyport are both carried away, but will i some-
diately be replaced. We should like much informal ion on
the subject of the tides in this locality ; we are toki, that
in a gale in 1816 the tide rose five-and-a-half inches
higher than it had ever then been blown to have:
risen ; in 16'4, it was an inch-and.a-quarter still higher ;
and yesterday it was one-and.sia-tentEs of an inch high :r
than any former record.
(From the Devonpol t Independent.)
The tides have been unusually high, particularly on
Friday morning, when the houses in the lower part, of
Plymouth were flooded, as well as all the neighbourh nod
of the ~ater side in Stonehouse and Devonport, R ich-
mond Walk, Aloriee Town, &c. There has not 1 nee
much injury done to vessels in the port, notwithstan ding
the weather has been so tempestuous ; several ve:jecia,
however, have put in more or less distressed. On
Friday morning, the Leonora, schooner, anchor td in
Cateater, drove, and went on shore near Dead maws
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Bay, but, it is supposed, will be got off if the vvt tether
abates. The Xanthus, of Liverpool, bound to
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andon
put in yesterday morning, ( Friday) with the loss of he;
fore-yard; about ten o'clock, a French brig also
anchored, but soon after parted her cable and ra a for Cat-
water; she was in great danger of going on eh( ire, but
being boarded by Mr. Hyde, the pilot, he took hei' safely
into the pool ; her name is L'Arnitie, bound from Mar-
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Bryan, the New Zealand emigrant ship,
has not yet sailed ; she is still in the Sound, web two other
barques, which, with the whole of the vessels in CatarateJ,
arc riding securely. The watermen along shore. made
every preparation fora high tide last night, by hauling up
their boles, See.
The brig Ritson arrived at Swansea, from Cuba, last
week. Three of the crew had been washed overb,oard oa
their passage.

(From the Watcbmart.)
MELANDIIOLY SIIII•WRECK AND Loss OF NINF. LIVES.
On Tuesday morning; last, the brig Triton, of Cardigan,
Cart, Rees, arrived that port from Quebec: with a cargo