The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-15 00:00:00

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The Weather.

Owing to the sudden melting of the snow the
Thames has flooded portions of the land upon its
banks in the neighbourhood of Windsor. The river
has encroached upon the Home Park and Eton
Playing Fields, while much land is under water be-
tween the South-Western Railway-bridge and Dat-
chet. In the vicinity of the Wraysbury station
large tracts of land are inundated, and the same is
the case on Staines-moor. At Twickenham the
waters of the Colne have flooded the adjacent land
on both sides of the railway near the station.
PORTSMOUTH, Sunday.

At Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight the heavy
snow storm and N.E. gale of Thursday were suc-
ceeded on Friday by a moderately strong wind from
N.W , with bright, clear weather overhead. During
Friday night the wind veered out again to S.S.W.,
and rose to a heavy gale, with sleet and rain, until
nearly noon yesterday, when it moderated to a
southerly. Several vessels have gone
strong wind,
into Portsmouth harbour for repairs. Aniong these
are the Norwegian bark St. Oloff, which has lost
two anchors and chains; the Maltese bark Quintees,
from Cardiff for Malta, which had lost sails and met
with damage to chain plates and bulwarks ; the
American ship Maria, from Callao for Antwerp,
which has had damage done to her steering gear
and had part of her cargo thrown overboard ; the '
Enmore, from Barbadoes, which has her rudder
damaged ; the Lady Havelock, steamship, laden for
Swansea, which has lost an anchor and chain, and
met with other damage ; the Hope, brig, from
Sunderland, which has lost spars from being in col-
lision with a Jersey vessel in Yarmouth roads. The
Adelaide Ray, from Sunderland, which had lost an
anchor and 40 fathoms of chain ; the Dutch brig
Wilhelm V. de Voort, from Dunkirk for Greenock,
which had lost sails and met with other damage. A
French zebec is ashore on the rocks inside Bern-
bridge-ledge, and lies with her bottom stove in and
full of water. She is loaded with iron. Her crew
are safe on shore. No loss of life has been reported
near the port.

SHIELDS, Saturday Night.
The strong frost which for two days bound the
ponds and shallow streams in the counties of Dur-
ham and Northumberland in its grasp yielded last
night somewhat suddenly, and the thaw was fol-
lowed by a stiff breeze from the S.S.W., which this
morning freshened into a gale from the S.E., with
a heavy sea, and to-night the wind has veered about
and is blowing strong from the north-west. About
4 o'clock this morning the bark Victorine, of
Ostend, laden with copper ore, from Rotterdam, and
bound for the Tyne, was caught in a squall from the
N.E., and was driven with great force among the
rocks at Souter-point. The Whitburn lifeboat was
manned and put off to the wrecked vessel. Upon
getting alongside the bark the grapnel irons were
thrown on board ; but the wind and sea were so
strong that, just as the boatswain of the ship jumped
into the boat, the line broke, and the lifeboat drove
ashore, when she became disabled among the rocks.
Of course, it was of no more use ; but the steamboat
William, which saw the disabled ship, made to her
assistance. She was followed by another Tyne tug,
the Robert Scott, and an effort was made to save
the crew of the bark. In the meantime the Mariner,
a third Tyne tug, was despatched for the Shields
lifeboats. The Robert Scott got a connexion with
the bark and saved seven of the crew, each of whom
had to be dragged through the sea, the William
saved another, and the eighth man was taken off by
the tug Raymond. When the Mariner, came with
the Northumberland and Tyne lifeboats there was
but one man on board. He was the mate, who had
been struck on the head by the main boom, and was
lying ill in the cabin. The sea at that time was
running high, but the Tyne lifeboat, manned by
Shields pilots, was placed alongside the ship, and,
seeing an opportunity, one of the lifeboat crew leapt
on board the bark. A line was then got to the life-
boat by him, and with the assistance of some more of
the life boatmen who got aboard the vessel also the '
injured mate was safely taken out of the cabin and
lowered into the lifeboat. The master of the vessel
Louis Clasen, who was struck by the mainboom,
also had his right leg and right arm injured, and was
insensible when taken on board the Robert Scott.
The bark's mainmast is broken, and she was full of
water when she was left. In the present state of the
weather she is likely to become a wreck. Informa-
tion arrived here this morning that the brig Indian,
of South Shields, had been run down by the New-
castle steamer Earl Percy, in South West Reach, but
her crew were saved. Down to 10 o'clock to-night
the wind has continued to blow very strong.

GREAT YARMOUTH, Saturday Night.

At noon to-day a frightful accident occurred at
Gorleston, a village near to this port, by which 12
experienced boatmen have perished. Inthe forenoon
a vessel with a signal of distress was observed to be
running northward through the roads, and at once
the lifeboats Rescuer and Friend of All Nations were
full manned and proceeded out of the harbour in
order to render her assistance. As they passed over
the bar, the water upon which was very shallow, the
Rescuer touched the ground, in consequence of which
her rudder became unshipped. At this moment a
heavy sea struck her and she caught the ground and
immediately turned over, bottom upwards ; the crew,
numbering 16 hands, being underneath. Two of

these, Robert Warner, sen., and Geo. Palmer—ma-
naged to get from under her and were rescued by
means of boathooks, by the crew of the other life-
boat, which was instantly brought to an anchor.
The Friend of All Nations was then veered round,
and proceeded after the Rescuer, which, in the mean-
time, had beaten over the North Sands bottom up-
wards, with two of her crew—Edward Woods, jun.,
and Win. Austin, who had succeeded in getting on
to her keel. The Friend of All Nations came in)
with her after she had drifted about three-quarters
of a mile, and managed to take off the two men,
who were much exhausted. Every effort was made by
the Friend of All Nations to recover the rest of the
unfortunate men, but without success, as not one of
them was to be seen, and up to the time 2 of despatch-
ing our parcel their bodies had not been found. a'as
LOWESTOFT, Jan. 13.".
The brig Billy, of Whitby, with coal, struck off
Southwold at 11 o'clock this morning during con-
tinued stormy weather, and the crew were all
drowned. The small boat of the brig and the dead
body of one of her crew were washedashore. Efforts
were made by the Southwold lifeboat crew and by
the Coastguard to rescue the crew of the brig, but
without avail. There was a terrific sea on in South-
wold Bay to-day.

PALLING, Jan. 12.

We have bad some very rough weather this week
on this coast. Yesterday the schooner Laurel, of
Goole, stranded on our beach. The Parsee lifeboat
of the National Lifeboat Institution was immediately
launched, and succeeded in saving the crew of three
men, and in bringing them safely ashore. The life-
boat had only just entered the boathouse when she
was again called out to aid the schooner Julia C.
Maclean, of Sunderland, which had stranded on
Hasbro' Beach, about three miles north of Palling,
but before the boat could xeach the scene of wreck,
baiting several miles to go by road, the crew were
saved by the rocket apparatus, and the services of
the lifeboat were therefore not again required.
NORWICH, Saturday Midnight.
The weather experienced a great change this even-
ing. There is a sensible rise in the temperature, the
wind has subsided to a great extent, and the snow
appears to be in full retreat. Telegraphic commu-
nication between this city and London has been in-
terrupted since Thursday noon, and up to a late
hour to-night messages to town were refused at local
offices. In some cases the telegraph wires have fallen
across the railway, and have been cut to pieces by
passing trains. This remark applies more particu-
larly to the liae of the Electric and International
Company, but the British and Irish Magnetic Com-
pany has also been disorganised. Strenuous efforts
are being made to renew communication, and it
is expected that one wire at least will be carried
through
from the eastern coast to London by the
middle of next week.

RINGSGATE, NEAR MARGATE, Jan. 12.
, The Norwegian brigantine Fremarke drove 911
snore in Kingsgate Bay yesterday afternoon. A
portion of the crew came on shore in the ship's boat,
but the remaining part of the crew, seven in num-