The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

THE A.RIIII,

The H troop of the Royal Horse Brigade, in
command of Lieut.-Col. Smith and Major Johnson,
marched into garrison at Woolwich, on Sunday
from India, having landed at the East India Docks
from the Earl of Hardwicke.

Serg.-Major-Dresdale, Royal Marine Light In-
fantry, has received his discharge at Woolwich,-on
a pension of 2s. 6d. per day, after a service of 29
years, during 20 of which ho held the post of Serg.
and Serg.-Major. In addition to the annuity, he
has been presented with a gratuity of £l5, and a
medal for good conduct and long and faithful ser-
vice.

Yesterday detachments of the Ist battalion Ist
Royals, Ist battalion 6th, and 66th Regiment, ar-
rived at Chatham garrison from Colchester, to
undergo medical inspection, in order to ascertain
their fitness or otherwise for further service. After
the men had been medically inspected six of the
number were admitted into Fort Pitt Hospital, and
the remainder sent to St Mary's invalid establish-
ment.

With the sanction of Major-General Eyre, a sub-
scription has been set on foot among the non-com-
missioned officers at Chatham towards the funds
for the erection of the soldiers' institute, which will
shortly be opened at that garrison.
The .sth company of Royal Engineers, which has
been placed under orders to proceed on foreign
service, is now going through a complete course of
drill prior to its embarkation. The company will
be raised to its full complement of 100 men of all
ranks from the depot companies at headquarters.

THE WEATHER AND THE GALES.

GREAT YARMOUTH, SUNDAY NIGHT.

Of the fleet of fishing vessels caught in the gale
of Wednesday and Thursday last, the absence of
which had caused serious apprehension, the greater
number came in yesterday and to-day. Intelligence
has been received of others, so that at present, of
the 200 or 300 vessels at sea, there are not more
than about 30 loggers and smacks unaccounted for.
It need scarcely be said that their appearance is
now hourly looked for with much anxiety.
The effects of the gale are reported as having
been disastrous. Most of the boats which had shot
their nets had to cut adrift from them when the
wind shifted suddenly on Thursday morning, so
jeopardised were they by being entanged in them
by the cross seas, which ran with terrific violence
in the height of the gale. The destruction of nets
from this cause has been unprecedented, as scarcely
a boat was out which has not suffered more or less.
Other boats have in addition had spars carried away,
bulwarks washed in, or been driven from their
mooring ground with loss of anchors and chains.
As a set of nets alone cost £2OO, it is feared that
the fishing interest will suffer considerably, especi-
ally as the season has been till now anything but
remunerative. The vessels which had lain to were
more fortunate, as next day they had a very suc-
cessful haul, nearly 100 lasts (1,000,000 fish) having
been delivered at the quay on Saturday.
The violence of the storm scattered the fleet in all
directions. Some of the smacks which are engaged
in the fresh fishing have not been able to get in till
what they had taken had become worthless ; others
have been carried to the opposite coast, where seve-
ral luggers have also discharged. A telegram has
been received here to-day of a Yarmouth smack
having been towed into the Texel, with loss of all
hand, and a master reports having fallen in with a
derelict at sea, of the crew ofwhich nothing is known.
The crew of the brig John, of Shields, from Har-
tlepool for London with coals, Williams, master,
were received yesterday into the Sailors' Home,
having been landed here by the bark Pearl, of
Whitby, from Hartlepool for Dieppe, with coals.
The master reports that in the gale of Thursday
afternoon, while off the Humber, the wind blowing
a hurricane from N,N.E., the 'weather thick, with
rain, ho was struck by a tremendous sea, which car-
ried away bulwarks, stanchions, &c., and made a
clean sweep of the main deck, which was stove in.
The brig began to make water rapidly,and
to q
the men
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being exhausted at the pump, were obliged
her in, the longboat, and were afterwards picked up
by the Pearl.
Since Thursday the weather has been fine, 'with
sharp frosts during the last two nights, and this
morning the ground is covered with snow. A frost
has also set in this evening.