The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-12 00:00:00

111 E GALE.

HARTLEPOOL, FEB. 10.
After the despatch of my parcel yesterday even-
, ing the gale continued to blow with unabated
violence until early morning, when it lulled a little,
and during to-day the wind has not blown so
strongly, though there is a heavy sea outside the
bar. At about 7 o'clock last night the schooner
Eclipse, of Ipswich, went on shore on the rocks
near the new pier; the crew were taken out by
means 'if the rocket apparatus. About 10 o'clock
a fine large ship, the Kelso, of Shields, bound for
China, got on to the Longscar Rock and sank. The
crew, owing to some misunderstanding, it is said,
between the crews of the Seaton and the West
Hartlepool lifeboats, each of whom expected the
other to attend to the wreck, remained in
the rigging all night, and were not taken
off till this morning. There was a crew of 20, one of
whom was drowned. A brig, said to be the Spright,
of Weymouth, was said to have foundered with all
hands on the same rock during the night. This
morning early the brig Royal William, of London,
took.the ground and sank at a short distance front
West Hartlepool pier, and close alongside the brig
Welcome, of London, also sunk. The brig Mary
Ann got on the wreck of the Cyrus this morning,
and remained on tE bar till the afternoon. This
morning, on visiting the scene of yesterday's dis-
aster, the south end of Middleton Sand was covered
with wreck of all descriptions, and can only be
compared to what might be expected in a great
shipbreaker's yard, while hundreds of persons were
employed either in stripping the vessels not quite
destroyed, or in carrying away portions of the
wreck of every description, from small firewood
upwards, while numerous others, men, women, and
children, with horses and carts, were busily em-
ployed in gathering and loading coals, of which
there are large quantities washing about. Many
of the wrecked vessels have received the most.
damage from their knocking against each other
yesterday afternoon. On the sand and stones to
the southward of West Hartlepool piers the wreck
appears to exceed in quantity that upon Middleton
Sand, the stony bottom having broken up the
wrecks with greater rapidity. We give below a
list of the casualties so far as we have been able to
glean them from personal inspection. It is neces-
sarily incomplete, owing to the difficulty of ascer-
taining with certainty the names of those broken
up vessels which afford nothing by which to trace
their identity. The following are either broken to
fragments, or are so far gone that they are ranked
as total wrecks :—On Middleton Sand—the brig
Elizabeth and Sarah, of Whitby ; the brig Atalanta,
Sunderland ; the brig William. and Mary, Grimsby ;
the Desirez Constance, Cherborag ; the brig
Cicely, Southampton ; the brig Dr. Winterbottom,
South Shields; the yacht Seab.am ; the Chalonge,
St. Maio; the brig Richard Foley, Shoreham;
the brig Duncombe, See.,ton Sluice. On shore
on Middleton Sands, but will probably be got
off if the weather moderates, the brig Union,
Shields ; the brig Eleanor ; the brig William
Gregory, Sunderland; the Legatus, Shields; the
brig Weardale, Blyth ; the schooner Sarah Ann,
Ipswich ; the schooner Eliza and Ellen, Carnarvon;
the brig Isabella, Whitby ; the brig Una, New-
castle; the brig Mathoree, London; the bark Bos-
phorus, Shields ; the bark Ellen Oliver, Newcastle;
the brig Hull, Maldon ; the brig Spring, Col-
chester; the brig Laing, London ; the brig Rums-
well, Hull ; the brig Williams, South Shields; the
brig Robino, Aberdeen. On Seaton Sands, total
wrecks, the Celene, Caen ; the brig Claret, Whitby ;
the brig Ruby, Hartlepool ; the brig Ruby, Shields;
the ,brig Memnon, South Shields; the schooner
Savanna, Hartlepool; the Clyde, Carnarvon; the
Orbits, Shields; the Rambler; the brig Promise,
Shields; the brig Friendship, Shields; the brig
Plenty., Shields. The following are likely to be
got off :—The schooner Patriot, Carnarvon ; the
hark Magna Charta, Shields; the brig Venus,
Stockton ; and ,the brig Corunna, Yarmouth.
About half-a-dozen vessels are on shore near
Redcar. The loss of life has been fearful during
this awful gale. In the immediate neighbourhood
of Hartlepool alone there cannot have been lest
than at least 50 valuable lives sacrificed.

SHIELDS, FEB. 10.
The gale has entirely abated, I am happy to say,
and the sea upon the bar of the Tyne is falling
rapidly. This afternoon the steamships for London,
and the Rotterdam steamer, the Lord Raglan,
sailed, with several screw colliers. During last
night the Indus collier, stranded upon the Herd
Sand, in the afternoon broke up, and not a vestige
of her is left standing. The Treaty, of Goole,_ laden
with potatoes; came on shore on the Herd Sand
last night, and her crew was taken off by the life-
boats. She, however, has been got off again to-day
and has been towed into the harbour. The Shields
clubs are likely to suffer most severely by the
gale. At the present moment an approxi-
mate idea cannot be formed of the loss
likely to be sustained by the gale; but we know
that the Orbit, Duncombe, Integrity, Promise,
Sir William Wallace, Cyrus, Ruby, Magna Charta,
Roman Emperor, Sarah and Ann, and Indus,
Shields ships, are ashore between this port and the
fees, and that one-half of them at least are likely
to become total wrecks. At a low estimate it is
considered that fifty sail of vessels are ashore be-
tween here and Whitby. They, of course, belong
to other ports as well as the Tyne; but as most of
them are laden, the prospects of the underwriters
are not very cheering. As indicated in a despatch
sent from here yesterday, nearly all the fearful
destruction caused by the late gale has occurred
among the fleet of laden vessels that sailed from the
Tyne and other ports on Friday afternoon. Now,
on Friday morning there was every appearance of
a gale of wind coming on from the east or north-
east ; the Board of Trade barometers clearly indi-
cated it, and it seems singular that so large a fleet
should have sailed with such a prospect. The only
explanation that has been given is that it was
feared that the sea would rise and keep them in the
harbour several days longer, and they risked it.

WELLS, NORFOLK, FEB. 9.
The barque Favourite, Arthur Symmers, master,
of Banff, and from Hartlepool to Torre del Mara
(Spain), with a cargo of coals, carne on shore at
Warham Hole, near Blakeney, early this morning,
and will become a total wreck. A boat proceeded
from Blakeney to endeavour to reach the vessel to
save the crew, but after rounding the point cap-
sized, and drowned nine hands, named John,
Samuel, and Thomas Johnson (brothers). John Neal,
Jacob Graveling, Michael Massingham, John Easter,
William Warnes, and another (name unknown).
This has thrown quite a gldom over this part of the
coast, as the Blakeney beachmen are noted for their
readiness to proceed to vessels in danger. The
crew of the Favourite were saved in another boat.
There is also on shore on the Blakeney beach the
Kingston schooner of Plymouth, from Hartlepool to
Plymouth, with coals; crew saved; vessel will
become a wreck. It is now blowing a heavy gale
from the east, with a tremendous sea on this coast.

GREAT FLOOD IN YORKSHIRE.
The thunderstorm of Wednesday last has been
succeeded by immense falls of rain and snow. The
high Yorkshire moors and wolds are deeply covered
with snow. On Sunday the whole district below
Helmsley, the vales of Ryedale, Derwent, Picker-
ing, and York, Were all inundated, the flood being
the fourth this winter, and the highest for many
years. For many miles the York and Scarborough
Railway runs through an immense lake, and in
some parts the rails are in the water. Much
damage will be sustained by the lowland farmers.
The wheat sown in the autumn perished, and the
fine weather ofthe past fortnight had enabled them
to re•sow some of the wheat lands, which are now
again under water. The roads in the low country,
more espcially in Ryedale, are covered with water
to a great depth, and in Norton and Malton, the
yards and buildings in the low parts of the towns
and some of the mills are flooded. The streets in.
Old Maiton are full of water. In the north, Tees-
dale and the neighbouring vales are reported to be
deeply clad is snow.

The Prussian Gazette affirms that there is no
truth in the statement that the PrinceSs of Hohenzollern
is about to marry the King (Jf Portugal.
A Marshal's baton is at the Emperor's disposal
by the decease of the lamented Marshal Bosquet, than
whom a better or braver soldier never drew sword. The
law of 1839 ordains that there shall be but six Marshals in
time peace, and twelve in war time; but should there be
more than six in time of peace, the Sovere:g-n may create
(me Marshal in three vacancies. Three have recently died
—Bosquet, Reille, and Prince Jerome. There are ten now
living—Vaillant, Magnan, Castellano, Baraguay d' Hilliors,
Pelissier, Randon, Canrobert, Regnault St. Jean d'Angcly,
the Duke of 11Iagenta, and Niel.