The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

11111.13ARTIIRE OF THE FOREIGN

MAILS FOR DECEMBER,
The following notice was issued on Saturday at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand :
" EAST INDIA, &e.—The mails for Gibraltar, Malta,
Greece, the loniah Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, India,
Hong-Kong, and China, will be made up on the Morn.
ing of the 3d of December, to be forwarded by the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's packet via
Southampton, and on the mornirg of the 21st December.
By the overland fortnightly closed mail to the Mediter-
renean, Malta, Greece, Egypt, India, &c., via Marseilles,
on the evenings of the 7th and 24th.
" WEST INDIES, &c.—The mails for Madeira, the
British and foreign colonies in the West Indies, and
Venezuela (except Honduras, Bermuda, and the Ha-
vannah), on the mornings of the 2d and 17th. Mexico,
Honduras, and Havannah on the morning of the 2d enly.
Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili,
and Peru, on the morning of the 17th only. The Thames
steamer will take out the mails of the morning, vitt South-
ampton. Next packets due from the West Indies, &c,,
on the 7th ; Mexico, Havannah, &c., on the 22d.
" PENINSULAR, &c.—The mails for Vigo, Oporto,
Lisbon, Madeira (viii Lisbon), Cadiz, and Gibraltar,
will be made up on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and
27th, to be forwarded via Southampton. Due, the 6tnoth,
16th, and 26th. (The Peninsular steam-packets w
call at Corunna either on the outward or homeward
voyage during the winter months of November, Decem-
ber, January, and February.)
" BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, &c.—The mails for
British North America, Bermuda, and the United States
will be made up on the evening of the 3d, to be conveyed
by :the Cambria steamer, vitt Liverpool, Halifax, and
Boston. Due, the Acadia steamer on the 15th. (The
mails for the United States, British North America, and
Bermuda are made up on the 3d and 18th of every
month, except in December, January, February, March,
and then only on the 3d.) • .
" 'MADEIRA, BRAZILS, &e.—The mails for Madeira,
Brazils, and Buenos Ayres will be made up on the even-
ing of the 4th, to be forwarded via Falmouth. .
" SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, &C.—The mails for
Sydney, New South Wales, South Australia, Van Die-
men's Land, and New Zealand, on the evening of the 31st
December."

DREADFUL GALE ON THE EAST
COAST.
NORTH SHIELDS, SATURDAY.—This part of the coast
was yesterday visited by a fearful gale of wind from the
S.E. and S.S.E., which, though of but short duration,
did great damage to shipping at sea, as well as in this
harbour. There was•a smart breeze early in the morn-
ing, which subsided after sun rise, and rose again with
the flood tide in the afternoon. Four vessels went on the
Black Middens, in attempting to enter the harbour, but
all hands were saved with the exception of the captain of
the Sceptre. The Briton, trader between this port and
London, was the first vessel that struck, and in a very
few minutes after the Fenvvick, of Sunderland, coal laden,
did so likewise. Both vessels were within fifty yards of
the shore ; and, on signals of distress being made, the life
boat was launched, and thecrew of the Fenwick were safely
Lindell. The boat then made towards the Briton, but the
sea was so rough that it was impcssible to approach her.
DenneY's rockets were then brought into requisition,
and a line was thrown across the vessel, bnt the crew
refused to make use of it, being determined to remain by
the vessel. The tide had then begun to ebb, and they
calculated on being able to ride the storm out and land
after the time had receded. In about an hour after the
Briton and Fenwick had been cast on the rocks, two
other vessels were observed in the offing making towards
the harbour. One proved to be e. Dutch galliot. She
came ashore close under the battery at Tynemouth, and
was floated up to within a few yards of the cliff. She
got off again this afternoon, when she was towed into
harbour, but has sustained considerable damage. The
other vessel was the Sceptre, of this port, coal laden, and
she went right athwart the Briton, stove in her stern, and
did other damage. The crew of the Sceptre saved them-
selves by leaping on board the Briton, where they re-
mained till the water had receded, with the exception of
the master, Mr. John Ruddock, who in leaping fell between
the vessels and was drowned. His body was found the same
evening within a few yards of the Briton. The Sceptre
being in a bad position, was lifted by the sea and dashed
against the rocks, and went to pieces in a short time. The
Briton has sustained great damage, and will probably be
a complete wreck. She had on board a very valuable
cargo, and had only sailed for London on the preceding
day. The wind moderated towards night, and has since
continued so. As soon as the tide receded, so as to allow
the crew to land, the vessels were hoarded by wreckers,
and pillaged of everything valuable, sails, ropes, and
everything handy were cut away and carried off ; even
the clothes of the men were taken. The most disgrace-
ful scenes were witnessed during the night. The
Preventive men were knocked down and thrust aside,
their lights put out, and the vessels were literally gutted.
About nine this morning a detachment of soldiers
from the garrison was sent to protect the property, but
they fully realised the fable of "locking the door when
the horse was stolen."
The shipping in the harbour have also surered great
damage.

TERRIFIC GALE AT LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—We were yesterday visited
by an exceedingly severe storm, which committed much
havoc on shipping and other property in and around
Liverpool. On Thursday the weather was fine, but from
indications which were visible in the position of the
mercury, it was evident that a change was about to
occur. The glass on that day fell suddenly, and Cap-
tain Lott, who left the Mersey for Halifax and Boston in
the Caledonia in the course of the forenoon, was heard
to say that he anticipated a terrific gale. He bias, un-
fortunately, been a true prophet ; but we have every
hope that his noble ship has rode triumphantly over the
angry and furious waves of St. George's Channel, and
that she,now stems her way across the waters of the At-
lantic, and will reach her destination in good time and
perfectly uninjured.
The gale commenced shortly before three o'clock yes-
terday morning. It originally sprung up from the S.E.,
but gradually veered to S.S.W., from which point it ac-
quired a terrific force, and it was not till three o'clock,
p.m., that it abated—then only partially. The storm blew
exactly down the river Mersey, and many vessels were
lying at anchor outside.
Never (lid the Mersey present a more sublime and
awful spectacle. Its waters were lashed into madness,
and seemed as if bent upon dealing out universal de-
struction to everything that came within their angry
gasp. The lovers of the wild and sublime thronged the
pier when the storm raged with its greatest fury, and
many'wh9 were feasting their curiosity on the majestic
but appalling scene before them did so at the risk of a
complete drenching, which no few of the devotees re-
ceived. The wind had reached its climax about noon.
At that time it blew a complete tornado. It was then
high water, and the waves rose with fearful violence, and
swept over the vessels anchored in the river, whilst the
spray. dancing fantastically, occasionally swept along
the piers. Some of the vessels at anchor in the river
braved the fury of the raging elements with compara-
tively little injury. Others parted from their cables,
and drLed out of the river, and are now on shore en
Bootle Bay:
The following particulars, which we have been enabled
to obtain from various sources, will show the severity of
the storm, and the amount of damage, so far as we now
know, which it has caused:—
The Skerryvore tug-boat sunk off St. George's-pier;
crew saved.
A quarantine barque drew her anchors, and went
ashore in Bootle Bay; and f
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dock.
the river for the purpose of going into the graving.
of her, but this arose from the circumstance that the
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Several small steamers and flats parted their anchors,
but without doing any damage.
The only life lost was that of poor Irish
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assenger of
a friese coat, name unknown, who ors blown into
the docks and drowned. The body was recovered very
speedily, and taken to the receiving house, but all
attempts to restore animation were fruitless.
old buildings, and it was found necessary, in Church-
On land, a few chimney pots and tiles were blown off
street, to barricade the parapet opposite Mr. Rawle's
shop, in consequence of a continuous shower of slates
from the roof. The shop window of Mr. Rogerson, silk
mercer, Church-street, was also considerably damaged
by the violence of the gale.
At Birkenhead, a newly built house, at the corner of
Chester- street and Ivy-street, the property of Mr. Wal-
ne,a
rrhaet wind the ti me.
Wal-
ters, was blown down, but providentially no person was
s evening moderated a little ; and at
ten o'clock last night great hopes were entertained that
here would be no renewal of its violence.

THE REPUBLIC OF CRACOW.
(From the Times.)
It will give us unaffected pleasure to,find that we were
misled by fallacious appearances when we hinted that in
the present position of the French Government it was
not improbable that the Northern Powers had secured
the secret acquiescence of that Court to their coup d'eicit
against the republic of Cracow. Some of the leading
organs of the French Ministerial press have indeed gone
to great lengths in indulging their spite and rancour
against this country by assuring the world that France
was ready to accept and to profit by titerioill_riolent and
rapacious projects that could be entertained at St. Peters-
burgh. Our own remarks on the subject only imputed
to them a policy in which some °fathom already placed
the future glory of the French Cabinet; and if they con-
ceive themselves to be injuriously affected by the suspi-
cions we expressed, they have nothing* tOshlaine but their
own imprudence in assuming that kiitits and unreal
ili[lifitmo
servility which awakened ou rebellions. At the
first touch of fact, all the drea . the Pre;ye about a
Russian alliance vanish into thin , . The more autho-
ritative and dignified organs tf M. Guizot pronounce an
opinion and a protest, as decided as our own,setith refer-
ence to the extinction of the republic of Cracow; and in
spite of the divisions which may exist between the two
Cabinets of England and France on another point, we can-
not but rejoice that an event like this should-have forcibly
reminded them of their common duties aTOfit common
.
rights. It is impossible to allow an eventual contingent
dispute, like that arising out of a . marriages,
lip
1 to sever those relations of two co which are based
on the very foundations of their ical condition and
their social wants. A Minister either, state would ill
discharge his duty to the public and to the Crown he
serves, if he were to sacrifice all the pointi on which he
may agree to that one on which he must differ. This
very incident of the annihilation of Cracow is a striking
proof of the use to which other Powers think they may
turn our differences; but those differences arc not, we
rejoice to find, so deep as to extinguish or abate the force
of the indignant remonstrance with which the Govern-
ments of England and France are, and must be, prepared
to animadvert upon such a violation of the public law of
Europe. No personal jealousies, we will even add no
recent defeats on one field, can withhold us from support-
ing the principles which are the basis of British policy;
and we are persuaded that there is not a well-wisher
to the peace of the world who will not rejoice that
the influence of France is not lost to the good cause,
but is likely to be exercised in conjunction with our
own. The Augsburg Gazette, which was employed by the
Cabinet of Vienna to announce its conquest and acquisi-
tion to Germany and the world, appears to have pre-
sumed to a most extraordinary degree upon the igno-
rance and credulity of the public. The assertion that
the independence and neutrality of Cracow were matters
settled between the three protecting Powers alone, and
regarded by them merely as an experiment terminable
at their pleasure, is a barefaced falsehood. We had
already anticipated the answer by publishing the article
of the Treaty of Vienna, by which all the stipulations
relating to Cracow are virtually incorporated in that
solemn act ; and it is utterly futile to pretend that any
subsequent act, short of the concert of all the great
Powers, could alter or abrogate those arrangements.
The protecting Courts themselves have repeatedly ,
acknowledged the indefeasible vigour of the conditions
they now obliterate and deny ; for as often as England
and France have protested against their arbitrary
measures towards Cracow, the answer has been that
they were but temporary, and that Austria herself was
most anxious to restore the republic to its legi-
timate condition. Can anything equal the ab-
surdity of the pretence that the existence of
Cracow was formidable to Germany? It might be in-
convenient to a couple of German Courts, laden with the
spoils of Poland and embarrassed by the political crimes
of the last century; but it was as the root and heart or
Poland that Cracow was to be wiped out of the map of
Europe. Germany, indeed, or at least the two great
German courts, conspired but too effectually against
Poland; but we have yet to learn by what means the
last fragment of their victim threatened to avenge upon
their dominions the wrongs done to that fallen mo-
narchy, of which it was once the head. The sensation
produced by this event in France and throughout Ger-
many has been deep and strong. Such acts of power are
not wrought with impunity; such calamities are not en-
dured in vain. The imperious violence of Russia, the
timid craft of Austria, have combined to strike off one
of the branches of the Treaty of Vienna; and the weak
and vaccillating Court of Berlin, disapproving of the
harshness of one of its accomplices and the baser prac•
tices of the other, has lent itself to sanction the work of
encroachment and oppression. The protest against such
deeds is one of opinion even more than of political in-
fluence and authority; and we venture to affirm that the
protest will be universal throughout the world, and must
again bring the Governments of England and France to
co-operate in a common cause.