The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

Rough Weather in the Mediterranean,

We read in the Malta Times of the 20th inst. :
" During the last few days we have had violent
gales from the northward and westward, which on
Monday night shifted to the northward and east-
ward, and on Tuesday occasioned a very heavy sea
to set into the harbour.• A fisherman on Monday
evening was washed off the quay of the Marina and
drowned. His cap and fishing rod were found on the
following morning, with a fish attached to the line,
but the body of the man has not yet been recovered.
The English screw steamer Italian, which arrived on
Sunday morning from Liverpool, had very rough
weather in the Bay of Biscay, and parted one of
her stays. While putting up a preventer stay
to secure the mast the shackle broke, and a
block falling on the head of a seaman named
Lenning, injured him so seriously that hedied seven
hours afterwards at sea, notwithstanding he had the
aid of the surgeon of the vessel. The English ship
Josephine, which left Malta on the 13th inst., after
repairing damages, for Cork or Falmouth for orders,
had to take shelter under Cape Fassaro. Whilst
there a seaman fractured his leg, and she conse-
quently bore up for, and entered Malta harbour
again on Sunday last to procure surgical assistance
Intelligence has already reached this island of the
total loss of one vessel. Captain C. Hand of the
Greek brig Arianni, arrived yesterday from Burgas,
Constantinople, and Scio, reports that on the pre-
vious day (18th inst.) at two p.m., in the neigh-
bourhood of Mount Etna, he fell in with a small
brigantine, nation unknown, in danger, and soon
afterwards he saw her go down with all on
board. He could render her no assistance, owing
to the tempestuous state of the weather. During the
gale of yesterday an Austrian bark, the Cassimiro
C., Captain A. A. Marcovich, laden with wheat,
having become waterlogged, was abandoned by the
master and crew under the lee of Malta, near Filfla,
and landed in smooth water at Wied-iz-Zurriek.
This morning, the gale having abated, and finding
that the ship was still afloat, the marine police, with
the crew and some additional hands, went on board
of her, and, application having been made to the
Admiral for assistance, the Hearty was despatched
to tow her into port, In the meantime the Arcadia,
English screw steamer, from Liverpool, which
has been for the last three days at the south of
Malta for shelter, took the Austrian barque in tow
this morning ; but on the arrival of the Hearty
gave her up to her. Several vessels ran in for
shelter on Tuesday, chiefly on account of shifting
cargo. Some injury has been occasioned to the
moles by the heavy sea, which washed right up
against the merchants' stores on the Marina at the
Barriera, and most of them had, in consequence, to
be kept closed throughout Tuesday and Wednes-
day. The want of a powerful steam tug, to remove
some of the vessels in port out of the stream, was
greatly felt, but Capt. Allen, the master attendant,
acting for the admiral superintendent, absent on
leave, very considerately placed her Majesty's
steam tug Hearty at the disposal of any masters of
merchant vessels applying for her services. The
absence of rain generally is still matter of serious
anxiety to persons whose tanks have no communi-
cation with the aqueducts, though there have been
some heavy falls in pazticular localities."