The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-26 00:00:00

THE RECENT HEAVY GALES.

Advic s received at Lloyd's on Saturday from
the outports report the loss of about 15 vessels,
arising from the recent severe weather. The intel-
ligence from Yarmouth mentions the loss of eight
ships in the vicinity of that port alone, and in the
case of one wreck—that of the Ontario—the sad
news is conveyed of no less than 22 persons meet-
ing with a watery grave. It is feared that further
disastrous statements have yet to be received from
several of the outports. Below will be found a list
of those vessels known to have been wrecked, but,
in addition, many vessels have put into porbs off
the coast after loss of sails, anchors, bowsprits,
chains, &o.

YARMOWTll.—Nortromic, Oct. 23.—Last night i
blew a hurricane at N.E.

The ship Ontario, Captain Balfour, of and from
Shields for Suez (coals), last night, about 11 o'clock,
got on the Barber Sand, and soon after went to
pieces ; the whole of the crew, with one exception,
were drowned, and numbered, including the cap-
tain's wife, 23 in all. The only survivor; W. C.
Robertson, the chief mate, succeeded in getting
hold of a piece of plank, drifted about for 2 hours,
and was thrown on shore very exhausted, about a
mile and a half below Caistor. The body of one
man and the master's wife have been washed on
shore. The Ontario was a large ship, upwards of
600 tons, and was under a charter to carry a cargo
of coals to Suez for the steamers engaged in the
Indian service of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company. She left the Tyne
in the early part of the week, and had made the
north end of Yarmouth sands, when she encoun-
tered the full force of the gale. The captain's wife
still clasped her infant in her arms; when her life-
less corps was found on shore.
The brig Zillah, Captain Watson, from Hartle-
pool for London, Jost her cauvas during the gale,
and afterwards drove on shore to the north of
Winterton, where she soon after went to pieces,
when the master, mate, and three men, were
drowned. Lines were fired over her, and a boat
hauled off, which saved the remaining three men,
named George Frankland, George Dring, and John
Foster.

The schooner Argo, Captain Holmes, of and for
Yarmouth from Sunderland, went on shore last
night off Winterton, and became a total wreck ;
crew saved by their own boat, having left before
the vessel struck. _

The schooner Sutorg, Captain Hellenburg, of and
for Yarmouth f om Sunderland, parted during the
gale and went on shore to the south of the pier,
and fears are entertained of her becoming a wreck.
The sloop Two Trua Fr:ends' Captain Blacksall,
of Grimsby, came on shore at the same time and
place ; cargo (glass bottles) is being landed.
The brig B,.,bert and Anne, Capt. Dean, of and
from Sunderland for St. Mal), drove over the
Scroby Sand last night, striking very heavily ;
afterwards sunk in the Cockle Gat. Crew picked
up and saved by the fishing lugger William and
Mary, of Cromer.
The Neapolitan barque Leone, of and for Palermo
from Shields, and the brig South Durham, Captain
Soutter, of arid from Sunderland for London, b.)th
got on the North Scroby Sand this morning, andin
a short time went to pieces. Nine of the crew of
ills Leone got on board a steamer bound north.
Low ESTOFT, Oct. 23.—The Balmoral, captain
Bennett, from Blyth, of and for this port, with
pa
cargo of coals, went on shore between Cromer and
Sherringham last night, and will become a wreck ;
crew saved.

ALDBOROUGH, Oct. 23.—The Mary, Capt. Samp-
son, of Wells, on her passage from. Hartlepool for
Melton, Kent, during the gale last night, when off
this plat ~ sprung a leak, and the crew not being
able to keep her free by pumping took to their boat,
with the master's wife and two children, and after
waiting by their vessel 20 minute, she went down.
They were afterwards taken ou board the John
Berry, Captain Dawson. who showed them every
attention in his power, and had them landed here.
GRIMSBY, 00t. 23.—The Victor, Capt. Framp-
ton, of Whitby, from Rouen for Newcastle, with a
cargo of copper dross, drove on shore near Tetney
Lack this morning, and has broken up ; crew saved.
A correspondent, writing from Yarmouth on
Saturday, says :—" This morning it is further an-
nounced that the Betsy, a small vessel of about 90
tons, went ashore during the gale at Palling, on
the Norfolk coast. The Betsy belonged to Yar-
mouth, and was owned by Mr. G. D. Palmer. The
crew, four or five hands, were all lost. The sloop
Two Friends, of Grimsby, Deacon, master, from
Sunderland fcr London, drove ashore on the
Garleston beach, and beceme a wreck in a few mi-
nutes. The crew were all saved. The Norwegian
barque Henrique Dupont Minote, Kruse, master,
from Browig for Fecamp, with deals, was lost up at
the Hasborough Sand. The crew took to their
boats, and all succeeded in gettiug into it, with the
exception of the master and carpenter. These un-
fortunate men could not be taken off, and it is
feared that they were drowned. The crew in the
boat were picked up by the Patriot, fishing vessel,
and landed at Yarmouth. A boat has been not ced
off Winterton, bearing the name, ' St. Katherine,
Hartlepool.' As some wreck was also otserved
drifting about, it is feared another vessel has been
lost."

The loss of several ships by collision is reported.
Off Hasborough, the Albert steamer came in colli-
sion with the Catherine of Whitby, bound to Lon-
don from Hartlepool, and the latter went down
with two of her craw. Off Dunlington, the Sir
Charles Napier, bound to Sunderland, ran into the
Violet, for Boulogne, and the crew of the latter got
on board the barque.
The accounts from Hull, Bridlington, Sunder-
land, and other ports on that range of coast, speak
of the gale having been verysevere, and it is feared
that more sad losses have yet to be reported.

HONOUR 01 KNIGHTHOOD.—A Glasgow paper says_
" We are highly gratified to learn that her Majesty has
signified her intention of conferring the honour of knight-
hood on our respected Lord Peplokt. We congratulate
the citizaris of Glasgow on this mark of royal favour
towards their chief magistrate ; and we venture to say
that few men have earned the distinction more worthily
than- Mr, Orr."