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London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

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heavy sea running at 14. :17tiit%'::(14111:rdrifteili fist
to ards Speeton Rocks, '''tkieliiitith of filey 43:1y.
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Immediately the Coastguarhof,:ou 1-seppa-
ratus, and with three horses an 4 a iiiht t gal-
loped five miles along the sands to the spot. As
they could not approach the vessel, two rockets were
fired to arouse the crew, but not a soul appeared on
deck to answer. The boats, ,bulwarks, and every-
thing are gone from the deck, so that it is hoped
the crew have saved themselves by landing some-
where, or have been picked up by some passing
ship. One of the schooner's quarter-boards has
washed on shore, which is about four feet in length
and six inches wide, hearing the name " Margarete."
The ground is black, with well-carved gilded letters,
end in the centre of each letter is a Email carved
star; she is supposed to be laden with oats, as a
good many grains are washed on shore.. This after-.
noon the wind has changed to the north-west, and
the sea is fast falling, so that the fishermen will be
able to get to her by sea in the morning if she holds
together so long.

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enormous foundations on which a maseive super-
structure is to be raised. Upwards of half-a-million
bricks have already been used in laying the base-

ment wall on a thick concrete bottom extending in
turn to ,a great depth. This battery will be built
of sufficient strength to defy attack from any kind
of artillery. `S me idea of the durability and
strength of the old Half-moen Battery, which is in
course of demolition to make way for the new struc-
ture, may be inferred when it is stated that above
two millions of bricks from the inner portion have
already been removed, leaving about an equal
number still undisturbed. The erection of the
superstructure of the new fortifications will con-
stitute a separate contract, tenders for which
will shortly be received at the War-office.
Although at the commencement of the un-
dertaking it was thought that t hree years would
elapse before this portion of the line of defences
would be completed, sanguine hopes are now en-
tertained that by this period next year the case-
mated portion of the battery will be so far advanced-
as to be ready for the reception of its Armstrong
guns. The erection of the formidable batteries on
the opposite shore is progressing, notwithstanding
the almost insurmountable difficulties which the
contractors have had to contend'against during the
progress of the undertaking. The principal battery
in this line of defences will command the channel
of the approach to the Medway and bear on the
entrance to the Thames. It will be placed on a very
commanding position in the spit of the Isle of Grain,
the guns having the range of rather more than
three-fourths of a circle. The second battery will
be built further west, nearly facing Sheerness dock-
yard, on the western side of the recently-erected
martello tower, which will require to be removed,
as the site on which it stands intercepts the range
of the flank guns of the new fortifications, prevent-
ing their being used if required for the purposes of
defence. The cost of the two batteries is estimated
at £BO,OOO.

SHIELDS, Nov. 18.

There has been a delightful change in the weather
within the past 24 hours upon our coast, and there
is every prospect that before to-morrow evening the
north-east ports will be cleared of the large fleet of
vessels which have been accumulating during the
past 10 days. The wind is from the N.W., and the
day is clear and bright on land, though rather
foggy at sea. Yesterday afternoon a handsome
new steamship, the Morpeth, built by Messrs. Mit-
chell and Co., of Low Walker, for the New Hunter
River Company,.sailed from the Tyne for Sydney,
N.S.W., but a couple of steamers and a sailing ves-
sel only left with her by the same tide. This morn-
ing, however, about 20 vessels took their departure
from the Tyne, among which was the Tom John
Taylor, large iron screw collier, drawing 161 feet of
water. The tides are good, and though there is
about three feet of sea upon the bar, it is anticipated
that all sailing vessels below 16 feet of water will
get to sea this afternoon, so that a very animated
sight may be expected to be witnessed. The Welsh
brig Albion was got off the Herd Sand yesterday
and brought into port. One of the local papers
to-day states that about 6 o'clock yesterday morning
a very vivid flash of lightning, or a fiery aeorlite,
was observed. It appeared to fall into the Tyne.
There was no report of thunder, but the wind had
changed a few minutes previously, and at the time
the snow was falling densely.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Mr. F. S. Knowles has been
nominated to a naval cadetship; S. H. Kaggs,
acting assistant-surgeon, to the Algiers; R. C,
mond, second master, to the Hawke, for the hark;
F. A. Johnston, second master, to the St. Vidcenti
for the Sealark ; R. A. Cumming, paymaster, to
the Castor, for the Brilliant; and P. I. Mould,
assistant clerk, to the Revenge.

The heavy gales of Wednesday and Thursday
; appear to have raged with even greater fury on
The continental shores of the North Sea and the
,Baltic than on the English coast. It was only
yesterday that it was known the storm had proved
so disastrous on the opposite coast. Among the
more serious of the many wrecks which were re-
ported yesterday is the total loss of the Lion steam-
ship, 1,400 tons, trading between Hull and St.
Petersburg, which took place near Ostergarn, on
the island of Gothland, in the Baltic. She was one
of many steamers which were ordered out of Cron-
stadt on Thursday in consequence of winter setting
in. The telegram states that the ship is a total
wreck, but that the crew were saved. It is believed
that in her course up the Baltic she fell in with the
dreadful weather, and went ashore. She was a fine
first class vessel of 330 horse power. She was to
have brought a general cargo of Russian merchan-
dise, but it is not known whether she had time to
ship a large stock of tallow which was consigned to
her. If she had shipped it her loss will involve a
very considerable amount. The ship and cargo were
partly insured at Lloyd's. On the coast near Texel
and Terschelling some 15 vessels are reported to
have been lost. A large Norwegian bark, called
the Jason, Capt. Bessesen, bound to Antwerp from
Alexandria, was stranded near Texel. The only
one on board who was saved was the pilot. The
whole of the crew were drowned, and the ship and
cargo totally lost. A large Russian bark, called the
Halcyon, bound to London from ,Tacobstadt, was
The crew were saved, X. Prussian schooner, called

the Vorwaarts, laden with barley, bound to Wis-
beach, was stranded, and several of the unfortunate
were drowned. The ship and cargo are telegraphed
to be lost. Among the other vessels which are re-
ported to have been blown ashore by the storm on
the same reach of coast are the schooner Pax, from
Dieppe for Newcastle ; the Danish schooner Staats-
raad, from Horsens for Gibraltar; and the Emma
Elisa (Prussian), from Dublin for Pillau. A cata-
logue of disasters has been communicated from

cligoland, Cuxhaven, and other places near the
mouth of the Elbe, where the storm is described as

having been very severe. The schooner Calum3t,
bound to England, was totally lost near Nieudiep.
The Prussian schooner Cito, from Limerick for
Memel, was stranded at a point called Nie. The
crew were fortunately preserved. The telegraphic
advices from the Hague also furnish long lists of
casualties resulting from the recent severe weather.
Several ships are stated to have been stranded. The
Blue Jacket, Capt. Hargrave, from Antwerp for
Ipswich, which was blown up the coast by the gale,
went ashore at Loodsuinen, and two or three of the
crew are stated to have perished. Similar accounts
have been received from more northern ports, and

it is feared that the full extent of mischief ocea•
sioned by the gales is yet to be learnt.

SHIPPIA G DISASTERS.

Yesterday was one of great excitement at Lloyd's
—almost equal to that witnessed when the loss of
the Royal Charter was announced. This was
mainly attributed to the heavy list of losses or
casualties telegraphed from the various continental
ports along the northern coasts of Europe during
the terrible gales on Thursday and Friday last, and
which at the close of the
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than 66 losses, but, w
cult to ascertain to what extent the underwriters
were sufferers. The exception was the loss of an-
other Baltic steamer;theLion, a fine first-class steam
ship, upwards of 1,200 tons burden. She was one
of several ordered out of Cronstadt last Wednesday,
when the ice began to accumulate in the gulf.
There were large consignments of tallow waiting at
St. Petersburg to be shipped by her, but whether
she took any on board has not yet transpired. The
telegram received yesterday announcing her loss is
duted Wisby, on the island of Gotland, and it re-
presented the wreck to have occurred at Ostergarn.
The ship was partly insured in the room, and the
remainder among the marine offices. The non-ar-
rival of the North Briton, Canadian steamer, from
Montreal and Quebec, now due several days, also
caused great anxiety. In the early part of the
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from Quebec." This announcement led to the san-
guine hope that it was the North Briton, and the
inquiries became so numerous towards the afternoon
that the committee directed a telegraphic message
to their agent at Londonderry for information.
About three o'clock an answer was returned that no
steamer had arrived there, and that the shipping
news telegraphed had come by the Baltimore
steamer on Saturday. As may be supposed, this
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