The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-18 00:00:00

SEVERE TVEATHE.R IN THE CHANNEL.

MORE SHIPPING DISASTERS AND LOSS

OF LIFE.

According to some of the accounts trans-
mitted to Lloyd's yesterday. under date of that
day, the violence of the gales from the . east
had diminished. Details carne to hand, however,
announcing fresh wrecks in addition to those
already noticed, coupled in two instances with loss
of life. The schooner Dean of Guild, of Perth, froth
' Gothenburg for London, with a cargo of oats, was
totally wrecked on the Sunk Sand (Wivenhoe) and
the master and mate were drowned. The rest Of the
crew were saved by a smack, and landed at Bright-
lingsea. The schooner Earl of Spencer, on her voy-
age from Liverpool :to Dublin, got on shore north
of Doar (Drogheda), and was expected to become
a total wreck, In this case two men also lost their
lives. The advices from Kirkaldy state that the
Scotia, Capt. Hills, of South Shields, from Sunder-
land to Rouen, codladen, encountered the full.force
of the gale off Flamborough Head, but was enabled
to reach Kirkaldy, where she was run on the beach
to prevent her sinking. The crew were saved. The
Osbert, Capt. Dalrymple, from London to Dominica
went ashore near Sheerness. The Edward, Capt.
Jones, from Liverpool to Port ,IVladoe, got aground
in attempting to cross Pwllheli Bar, and drifted to
the northward, where she remained, making much
water. A telegram from Dublin mentions that the
brig. previously referred to as riding in a dangerous
position in Lambay Sound still held her formr po-
sition. Steam tugs had arrived from Liverpool, but
were unable to get near her, the sea being too heavy.
The communications from Margate describe a quan-
tity of wreck that had been floating near the Tongue
Light. Fears were entertained that a vessel was
lost on Monday night. At Falmouth, says a letter
dated yesterday, there were no lens than 9 steamers
in port, detained by the adverse winds, viz.—The
Warrior, Foyle, Dublin, Pioneer, and a steamer
from Belfast, all for London ; the • Artisan, for
Southampton ; the Duke of Cornwall, for Dublin ;
Ceres from London for Dublin ; and the Manger-
ton, from Limerick ; in addition to a numereus fleet
of sailing vessels. At Renzan a large screw steamer
put in, to avoid the gale. Between Southend and
Greeniiithe fully 200 ships remained windbound.
At Sunderland yesterday 180 coal laden vessels
were lying at the port, waiting fbr favourable
weather before proceeding to sea. The accounts from
Antwerp announce that the violence of the gale
was experienced on the 14th in all its Airy, but the
whole of the shipping in the basins. and roads held
out well.
A correspondent from Drogheda, dated Monday,
says, we have been visited in the north-eastern
coast, since Saturday night last, with a violent
south-easterly gale,which still continues unabated.
TheLeinster -Lass (Capt. Teker) and the St. Patrick
(Capt. Heaney), two Drogheda steam-boats, which
left- Liverpool at 3 p.m. on Saturday last, were over-
taken by the storm, and the masters were obliged
to bring them to anchor off Holyhead for safety,
where they lay for some six hours. Having again
put to sea, both -steamers gallantly struck out for
their destination, but the gale continuing in fierce-
ness, it was found dangerous to attempt to take the
Drogheda bar. They then made for Kingstown,
where• they put in yesterday (Sunday) about 3
o'clock, all well. - So violent is the -gale to-lay, the
Drogheda Steam Packet Company's agent has tele-
graphed and despatched official letters to different
railway stations and other places announcing that
'the boats advertised to sail this evening from the
Drogheda quays cannot and will not venture to sea.
Up to the present Lloyd's agent at Drogheda has
reported no disasters, along his district of the north-
eastern coast ; but from the direction in which the
gale is blowing it is feared that casualties have
occurred.

The Belfast News Letter says that on Sunday
intelligence reached Belfast of the loss of the brig
Stanley,-of Glasgow, in the Red Bay Beach, at
Cushendall, between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning
of Friday last. The Stanley, Capt. T. J. Douall,
left Glasgow on the 6th inst., bound to Motril, in
Spain, with a cargo of machinery and coals. The
crew consisted of eleven men, besides the captain,
an experienced seaman. The vessel proceeded on
her voyage till the morning of Friday last, when,
during a fog, owing, it is supposed, to some disar-
rangement of the compass, she was brought too
near the beach, and struck heavily upon it. The
sea was rough at the time, and the vessel has be-
come a total wreck. It is supposed the captain was
washed overboard, as he has never since been heard
of. The other hands succeeded in getting safely
ashore, and are now staying at the Belfast Sailors'
Home, Tomb-street. Another account from Belfast
says that on Sunday as many as 75 vessels were
taking shelter in Glenarm Bay.
. Further advices from Dublin say that a small
brig came on shore at the farther side of Bray Head
on Tuesday morning. at 5 o'clock. The wreck
floated in bottom upwards, and no particulars what-
ever in reference to her could be ascertained. There
is too much reason tct believe that all hands belong-
ing to her have perished.
The Drogheda correspondent of the Saunders'
News Letter, also writing on Tuesday says—" The
gale still continues along the north-eastern coast
with unmitigated fury, threatening destruction to
any sail that may come in its range. The appear-
ance of the sea outside the Drogheda Bay is de-
scribed by old-tars and pilots as dismal. They say
they have not witneosed such a rage of waters for
some 20 years past, which they attribute to the long
continuance of what has amounted to a hurricane.
Such is the vehemence of the breakers at the Dro-

gheda bar at present that no vessel can venture
outwards or inwards to the port. The pier at the
' Crook,' near the mouth of the Boyne, is covered
over with from two to three feet in depth of sand.
Two of the Drogheda steamers, the St. Patrick and
Leinster Lass, still remain at ingstown, and the
other steamers here are prevented making their
usual trips to Liverpool, owing to the exceedingly
violent nature of the storm, which is blowing from
the eastward, a point so frequently fatal to the
shipping on this line of coast. I understand that a
Dundalk steamer, the Enterprise, laden with live

stock, was obliged to put in at Holyhead for safety,
on her way to Liverpool. The utmost anxiety and
the most fearful apprehensions were felt in this
district since Sunday—along the coast from Clogher
Head to Sherries—and all one heard was inquiries
whether any disasters were made known. Up to this
time nothing of an alarming nature has come to the
knowledge of the agent for Lloyd's as having occurred
in the immediate vicinity of our bay. The coastguard
officer of Queensborough has reported that several
large pieces of timber have come ashore in the vicinity
of the bar, which some parties assert to be part of a
cargo of timber from North America or Memel.
They are in charge of the coastguard. Further on,
near Laytown, several spars and other portions
of rigging have been washed ashore, plainly indi-
cative of disaster. A brig, supposed from her co-
lours to be either an Austrian or Neapolitan, and
which appeared to be heavily laden, underwent the
pitiless assaults of the impetuous sea on Sunday
evening. She rounded Lambay, and came to an-
chor in the sound between the mainland and the
island, where she began to drive amidst the furious
elements, threatening every moment to go to pieces.
A flag of digress was hoisted yesterday morning,
and the SkeTries lifeboat, with a full crew, under
the command of Mr. H. Hamilton, put out to her
assistance with a view of saving the crew. How-
ever, so fearfully tempestuous were the wild waters
that they were obliged to return without being able
to accomplish their philanthropic intentions. The
rigging arid masts have been all cut away from the
brig. A rumour reached Drogheda this afternoon
that the crew have been saved. The cold which
has accompanied the storm from its commencement
is still of the most piercing nature, and some of the
older weather judges will have it that a fall of snow
is inevitable, while others predict rain. The latter
would have the effect of appeasing the rage of the
gale. The steamboats and other vessels at our
quays are all snugly lying to, nor can it be calcu-
lated on when any of them can leave the port,"