The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

DREADFUL GALES AND LOSS OF

LIFE.

DOVER, MONDAY NOON.—For the last forty-eight
hours we have experienced a most terrific gale. It has
not been equalled off this part of the coast for several
years, and the wrecks and loss of life it has occasioned
off Deal, Dungeness, and other places southward of this
port, have been truly dreadful. Amongst the most
deplorable was one that occurred on the Goodwin
Sands. At daybreak yesterday (Sunday) morning the
people on the look-out reported a vessel ashore on the
" Goodwin," but her condition they were unable to dis-
cern owing to the violence of the weather and the groat
sea on. Several luggers managed to put off, and upon
nearing the spot a melancholy wreck presented itself. The
vessel, evidently timber laden, was partly buried in the
sands, with her foremast standing, and to get at her was
perfectly impossible. A formidable sea was beating over
her with awful violence, and tearing the vessel to pieces.
The boats endeavoured to obtain her name and port,
but failed. Before the boats left her destruction was
complete; all had been swallowed up; not a vestige re-
mained. Her crew, it is feared, all perished. By ap-
pearance the ill-fated vessel was a foreigner. There
were between twenty and thirty vessels in the roads
during the gale; some fortunately kept a safe anchor.
age; others lost both anchors, and escaped injury by
running out to sea. Another fatal wreck, we regret to
say, took place in the course of Saturday night,
in Pevensey Bay, near Hastings. The unfortunate
ship was the Addolorata, of and from Naples, which
had sailed from the Thames on the Thursday
previous with a miscellaneous cargo. In the height
of the gale she became unmanageable, and drove
ashore. Nine of the crew perished, and three
men and a boy came ashore on a raft and were saved.
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raged with the violence of a hurricane, and serious
apprehensions were entertained for the safety of the
shipping in the district. To the northward of the Nom
several losses are reported. About seven o'clock on
Sunday morning the master of the Diligence, belonging
to Brightensea, near Wivenhoe, described two vessels to
have foundered in the Swin, about half a mile from each
other, on the south side of the Gunfleet, midway between
the beacon and the south-west buoy; one to all appear.
ance was a large, and the other a three masted vessel.
Farther northward on the Gunfleet were wrecked two
other yew Is—namely, the Albion, from Sunderland, and
the Bridgeholm ; both crews were saved. The above is
but a very brief statement of the casualties that have
been communicated to us. A heavy gale is still blowing
from the S S.W.

STEEPLE-CHASE AT KELSO.—A steeple-chase came
off on Saturday last over the farms of Bartlehill and
Eccles Newtown (two miles of fair hunting country).
The ground was marked out by Messrs. John Dove and
T. Penny. The following gentlemen entered and
started:—Mr. Verschoyle's ch m Gypsy, Mr. Smedley's
b in Bradfield, Mr. Bradford's b g Mud Student, Mr.
Midgley's br g Jack Sheppard, Mr. Ileweitt's b m
Georgina, Mr. Daniel's br g Callender. At starting
Mr. Verschoyle went off with a strong lead, which he
kept up to the artificial timber in front of Mr. Dove's
house, when he and Mr. Daniel, who kept close up to
him, and Mr.gleweitt's mare, ridden by Mr. Robert Brodie
took it beautifully, and led over the next two fences,
after which he was challenged by Mr. Midgley, who
passed, and came in an easy winner. Mr. Verschoyle
came in second; the others nowhere. Arrangements
are being made for another steeple•chase on a larger
scale, to take place in the month of February next.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Arrived the merchant brig Po-
mona, of Sunderland, Captain Smith, from Alexandria,
with beans, for Messrs. Fox, Sons, and Co., here. She
experienced a severe hurricane in lat. 47 N., lon. 9 W.,
on Saturday, the 27th ult., at eight P.M., when the
vessel was struck by a tremendous sea, which carried
away the greater portion of her bulwarks and rails,
mainboom and gaff, with trysail stowed, steering sails,
boats, spars, water casks, round-house, &c., threw her
on her beam ends, sprung the mainmast head, and caused
her to leak, broke the steering wheel to pieces, and un-
fortunately washed overboard the helmsman, John
Manuel Collis, a native of Evrington, Devonshire, but
last from Prince Edward's Island. Also, the brig Sep
tima, of Sunderland, Captain Barrass, from Alexandria,
for orders. When lying near the Pomona in the same
gale she was struck by a heavy sea, which took away
her bulwarks and boats, and swept her decks.
The merchant brig Bagshaw, of Sunderland, Captain
Hobbs, from Odessa, with linseed, for orders, came in
to-day. On Sunday, the 28th ult., she experienced a
very heavy gale, which damaged her bulwarks, broke
her wheel, and washed overboard the helmsman, David
Luce, a native of Cornwall.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—The following are the ap-
pointments of the past week:—
Captains—W. B. Mends, to the Caledonia, vice
Manley Hall Dixon, whose term of service has expired;
Brunswick Popham, to the Inconstant.
Commander—Grey Skipworth, to the Hydra.
Lieutenants—W. R. G. Palliser, to the Gladiat, r;
F. H. Lambert, to the Hibernia; N. G. Spencer, to the
President ; F. A. B. Crawford, T. M. Jackson, arid
F. H. Stevens, to the Inconstant; J. M. Boxer, to the
Vindictive; J. Carter, to the Poictiers; J. Davis to the
Coast Guard. ,
Masters—Robert C. Allen, a most scientific officer
removed from the Terrible steam-frigate to the Fisgard
at Woolwich, as an assistant to Captain Austen in the
inspection of the steam machinery department of the
navy; J. Stokes, to the Volage; J. S. Pritchard, to the
Coast Guard; R. 0. Stuart (acting), to the Inconstant.
Surgeon—H. Jameson, to the Victory.
Paymasters and Pursers—K. L. Sutherland, to the
Inconstant; C. D. Gourd, to the Fisgard.
Second Masters—H. Martin, to the Plover; W. G.
Sturgess, to the Bouetta; J. G. Dathan, to the Firefly.
Naval Instructor—E. B. Barnes, to the Meander.
Assistant-Surgeons—W. E. Hambly, to the Vindic
live ; J. Lugton, to the Firefly; K. F. Williams, to the
Blenheim; W. M. Saunders, J. C. Inglis, W. Patrick,
and Dr. M`Ewen, to the Victory.
Clerks—W. IL Thompson, to the Cygnet; G. A.
Hansard, to the Acheron; D. F. Little, in charge, to
the Plover; J. M. Jefferson, in charge, to the Firefly;
A. Arlington, in charge, to the Bonetta; C. C. Cart-
wright, to the Blenheim; A. Thompson, to the Vernon;
W. Crealock, to the Meander; W. W. Evans, to the
Howe; R. T. Baynes, to the Inconstant.
Midshipmen—W. F. Turton, to the Hibernia; S. B.
Leggett, to the Bonetta; F. Hardy, to the Cygnet; C.
Blake, to the Vanguard; W. F. Buxton, to the Queen;
Hon. F. D. Stuart Wortley, to the Eurydice; C. C.
Gascoyne, to the Brilliant; J. D. Murray and Mr. J.
Parks, to the Excellent; T. Thompson, to the Terrible;
G. F. Paget, to the Acheron; R. B. Foster, to the
Inconstant.
Naval Cadets—J. Irvine, to the St. Vincent ; Hon. G.
Egerton, to the Vernon; Charles E. Noyes and W. T.
F. W. Mudge, to the Inconstant ; H. J. Marshall, to the
Queen; F. R. Doughty, to the Rodney; A. C. Adams,
to the Trafalgar.
Masters' Assistants—C. F. Cooper, to the Penelope ;
C. C. Scott, to the Victory; G. Polglaze, to the Bonetta;
C. Downward and A. Wilde, to the Firefly; A. J. Dewar,
to the San Josef.
Mr. Henry Robertson, of the firm of Shaw, Maxwell,
and Co., of London and Manchester, is appoinied freight
agent to Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C. 8., the new
Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific. The mercantile
community will therefore know where
to apply for infor-
mation respecting their remittances in specie from the
above quarter.