The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-13 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, Jan. 12.—For shipping yarns the
market, speaking of it generally, has been rather
disappointing, yet there have been some fair orders
given out, chiefly for 40's, extending into March
for completion. The prices obtained have reached
the extreme quotations of the week. The market
is scarcely so good in tone as it was yesterday, but
the difference is barely perceptible, and for all kinds
of shipping yarns it closes very strong. Spinners
show great confidence in the position of the market,
and buyers are more disposed to operate than they
were a few days ago. There has been a more cheer-
ful feeling in the market for home trade yarns than
on Tuesday, and a moderate business has been done
at Tuesday's rates. In cloth the market had re-
mained dull since Tuesday, but there has been a
more cheerful feeling to-day, with a more general
inquiry. Merchants who buy for India and China
are obtaining quotations, and seem to have large
orders to place. They also appear disposed to
operate, but for the uncertainty which hangs over
the immediate future of the money market. This
acts as a deterrent, and causes some of them to post-
pone putting out their contracts for the present.
Prices are exceedingly firm to-day, and in some
cases there seems to be a tendency even to raise
quotations. • The actual business of the day has
been small. The disposition to advance quota-
tions is due to the advices last to hand from New
York, which give higher quotations for cotton (53c.),
and the better feeling in the market generally is no
doubt chiefly owing to these advices.

A Cow CHOKED.—A cow, the property of Mr.
Edward Couldwell, publican, Deepcar, was choked whilst
eating from a lot of turnips, on Tuesday. The animal
writhed in agony for some time whilst endeavouring to
relieve itself of the incumbranco. and then suddenly fell.
The cow at once began to swell, and continued to expand
until it reached au enormous bulk. A butcher's services
were called into immediate requisition, and the cow was
bled to death.

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WINDSOR, Friday.
To-day efforts were being made upon the portion
of the Great Western Railway between Paddington
and Slough to restore the telegraphic communica-
tion which had been destroyed by the violence of
the snowstorm of yesterday, Mr. Spagnoletti, the
telegraphic superintendent of the line, having a
large staff engaged in this operation, and upon a
small part of the line near town the necessary block
signals can be given. Upon the London and South-
Western main line there is telegraphic communica-
tion as far as Woking, but between Basingstoke
and Exeter the system is reported to be more or
less destroyed. On the Richmond and Windsor
branch, Mr. Preece, the company's telegraphic
officer, had introduced the block system as a pro-
tection to the traffic, but owing to the storm having
partially destroyed communication, the trains were
compelled to run without the assistance of electric
signalling. As far as Putney the wires and posts
had been restored to their former condition, and
this afternoon part of the telegraphic staff had
reached the Barnes Station, where they were busily
engaged in repairing the system. It seems that the
telegraph wires upon the loop line from Barnes to
Hounslow were also damaged, while the Great Wes-
tern Junction line between Southall and Brentford
also had its telegraph injured. During the morn-
ing men have been employed in removing the snow,
which had collected in great quantities, from the
top of the Round Tower and other parts of Windsor
Castle.

PORTLAND, Friday Afternoon.

The gale on the coast has now subsided, and it is
expected that at spring tide many of the vessels now
on shore will be got off. Already several have been
rescued from their perilous positions without having
sustained much damage. The Bessie Simmons, of
Dartmouth, 30 tons register, sloop-rigged, laden
with hoops, from Southampton to Par, a vessel
which, among others, we alluded to yesterday as
having been driven on the mud, was taken into
Weymouth harbour this morning. During the gale
on Thursday morning she was riding in the road-
stead with two anchors down, when she snapped
one of the cables. About half an hour afterwards
she parted from the other. The captain, Joseph
Hicks, immediately set the foresail to drive her clear
of the other vessels, and set her on the beach, which
she reached about 9 a.m. He and the crew remained
on board until 6 p.m., the vessel at this time being
firmly beached, with only two feet:of water round
her. At 7 o'clock this morning he proceeded to go
on board again, when he found that the smack had
floated from the beach to the breakwater, and
that she was in charge of half a dozen men, who
subsequently delivered her to the Receiver of Wrecks
at Weymouth as a derelict. The captain in his de-
positions stated that he did not leave her with the
intention of abandoning her, she being aground
within Portland harbour, and in perfect safety, and
that he went ashore simply to obtain rest, having
been completely exhausted by the weather, intend-
ing to be aboard as soon as the vessel floated in the
morning. The Minerva, from Poole, laden with
pipeclay, which yesterday was on shore in the roads,
having slipped from her anchors and being disabled
in her gear, during the night drifted from the road-
stead into Weymouth Bay, where she now remains.
She will have to be lightened before she can be got
off. The Alexander, laden with stones, went ashore
during the gale on Thursday morning, and fears are
entertained as to her being got off, in consequence
of the peculiar nature of her cargo. Although the
gale was severely felt at Weymouth, no injury to
life has resulted. A stack of chimneys near the
Cutler Hotel was blown to the ground, and the roof
of a house on the Weymouth side fell in and nearly
buried an old woman in her bed. FOrtunately she
did not sustain any serious injury, and was more
frightened than hurt. The Great Western train due
at Weymouth at ten o'clock on Thursday morning
did not arrive till two this morning, in consequence
of the line having been blocked up by telegraph
posts and wires; in fact, this was the only train
which came in to Weymouth on this line.
TORQUAY, Friday Afternoon.
Among the vessels wrecked are—the brig Hano-
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cattle were after gallant exertions saved. The ves-
sel went down in the harbour. The Wild Rose, of
Whitby, a bark laden with wheat from Odessa, and
bound for Dublin, put in here from Falmouth The
entirely wrecked ; but the crew, number-
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ing vessel
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other bark, laden with wheat from Odessa, and also
bound for Dublin, sank, all the crew, however,
escaping. The Courier, a Prussian brigantine, from
Rio Janeiro, and waiting in Torbay for orders, was
completely lost, and two of her crew were drowned.
The James, a fine schooner, laden with more than
100 tons of flour, and bound from Havre de Grace
for Liverpool, put into the bay on Sunday last wea-
ther bound, and was stranded on the Goodrington
Sands. The cargo was materially damaged and the
vessel knocked to pieces. The Alona, laden with
currants, from Madras, was driven ashore and de-
stroyed ; the crew was saved. The Amanda, a Hull
brigantine, laden with a miscellaneous cargo, was
seen to sink ; out of a crew of eight only the cap-
tain and two of his men escaped. The Mary Ann,
a London brig, in ballast, and bound from South-
ampton for Newport, was totally wrecked, and seve-
ral of the crew were lost. The Jessie, 120 tons, of
Exeter, owner Capt. Mitchell, in ballast, and bound
from Exmouth to Neath, is supposed to have been
completely wrecked. It is said that all the crew,
consisting of six, were drowned. The Zoe, Plymouth
brig, in ballast, and bound for Cardiff ; five, out of
a crew of nine, including the pilot, were lost. The

LOWESTOFT, Jan. 12.
It blew a furious gale off here. A number of
ships bore up for our harbour, and taking it at low
water, fell to leeward against the South Pier and
did considerable damage to themselves. The
schooner Gadabout, of Ramsgate, was in collision
in the harbour with the Diana, of Whitstable ; the
former was cut down to the water's edge and sunk,
and the latter sustained damage. Most of the ves-
sels have lost anchors and chains, spars, sails split,
&c. Our inner harbour is filled with shipping, and
our outer harbour has not presented so disastrous a
scene for some time.

CROMER, NORFOLK, Jan. 11.
A large barque was observed this morning stand-
ing in (reports Mr. H. Sandford) and apparently
touching on a ledge of rocks lying about half a mile
from the high water line.. The lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution was promptly brought
down to the water and launched ; but by that time
the vessel had fortunately got out of danger and
stood out to sea. Under these circumstances the
men pulled off and kept the boat afloat some time.
Another vessel hove in sight afterwards with a flag
at the peak, or not more than two-thirds up, some
said the Union down, but when opposite Cromer,
being two miles or two miles and a half from the
land, and before the lifeboat could reach her, the
flag was hauled down, and the vessel proceeded
northward, the wind having shifted to N.N.E.
RAMSGATE, Thursday Night.
About 11 20 a.m. (says Capt. Shaw) a vessel was
reported by several boatmen on the pier to be seen
on the north side of the Goodwin Sands. On the
haze clearing at this time she appeared to be a vessel
on her beam ends, with her masts gone, the wind
blowing a strong breeze from S.S.W. The lifeboat
of the -IN ational Lifeboat Institution and the Vulcan
steam tug were immediately manned, and proceeded
out to render assistance. The coxswain in his report
says :—" Having passed through the Cudd Channel
and round the North Sand Head, we observed the
Champion lugger small boat alongside a schooner
on shore on her beam ends, with the crew standing
on her broadside ; taking off the shipwrecked men
one by one, the tug at this time lying to, with the
lifeboat astern. When the crew were all on board
the Champion boat she pushed off from the wreck
and pulled a little to the southward. The tug and
lifeboat then proceeded to the southward also to
meet them, and finding that there was too much
sea for the lugger's boat to come off, they signalled
to us to send the lifeboat to their assistance. About
1 p.m. slipped the lifeboat, when she made sail and
crossed the sand, through a very confused and heavy
sea, in the Bight of the North Sand Head. At this
moment the wind suddenly shifted to N.E., and
blew a terrific gale, with hard squalls and thick
with rain. During the weather we succeeded in
Placing the lifeboat alongside
the Champion's small
boat, and took the crew out, six in number. 'Ve then
made sail on the lifebcat, and crossed the N. W. spit
of the sand through a very heavy sea, through
which the small boat could not possibly have
crossed with the number of people on board. The
tug then proceeded round the North Sand Head into
Trinity Bay, and waited for the lifeboat coming
across the sand, took her in tow, and arrived about
4 p.m.
.At this time it was blowing a heavy gale at
N.E., with hard squalls and rain. Great skill and
gallantry were shown by the Champion's small
boat's crew in getting to the wreck and taking the
crew out ; but had not the tug and lifeboat been
out, the whole of the people would, however, have
been swept away and have perished. The vessel
proved to be the schooner Zephyr, of Banff, Nixon
master, from Newcastle to Lisbon ; cargo, coals.
TORQUAY, Jan. 11.

Torbay has just been visited by another terrific
gale, and in this instance unfortunately attended
with loss of life and a vast amount of property, a
large windbound fleet having assembled in the bay,
in consequence of the late westerly gales. During
yesterday the wind was W.N.W. and moderate, but
after nightfall it backed to S.S.E., strong, with rain.
At midnight it veered to N.E., a heavy gale. The
ships thus suddenly exposed to its full force, with a
terrible cross sea, began to slip, part, and drive in
all directions ; near 30 are said to be on shore at
Brixham, from which 70 lives were saved, and some
14 to 16 supposed drowned. Eleven others are on
shore at Broadsands and its vicinity, the crews of
which are, it is believed, all saved. Amongst them
is the barque Stately, of Shields, a total wreck.
Some ships are still riding at their anchors, but
several of these are dismasted. The Teignmouth.
lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was
sent for, and brought overland to Torquay. She
is now (post time) aiding the ships still riding.
The sea is going down, and there are
prospects
of a better night. Such a scone of destruction has
probably never before been witnessed on the shores
of Torbay. It is said that the lifeboat might have
arrived hours earlier in the bay if she had been
sailed down as her coxswain wished ; but the chief
officer of the Coastguard at Teignmouth (Mr.
Baring) is stated to have refused to allow some of
his men to go in the boat, and had insisted on
the boat going eight or ten miles by land to Tor-
quay.vill scud down their
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TIIE TRAGEDY AT WIDEOPEN.—JohII Cooke, the
husband of the woman who met her death in so melancholy
a manner on Christmas-ovo, at Wideopen, near Newcastle,
has been committed ou a charge of manslaughter by the
magistrate.