The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-04 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SIIIPPING.

LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly. There was a frost this morning, but the
weather has since changed, and it is now mild with rain.
SHIELDS, Nov. 2.—Elowing a gale from N.N.E., with
heavy sea.
DUNKIRK, Nov. 3.—The Prince Albert, of Wisheach,
bound to Calais, with rapeseed, came in ,last night in a
sinking state. Every exertion is being made to keep
her
afloat.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Arrived—Jenny Jones, steamer, from St. Brieux ; Gio-
vanni, from Odessa; Halcyon, Enterprise, Rebecca, and
Encouragement, from Plymouth.
No railings.
(BY SUBMARIIIR AND MAGNETIC TBLEGE.APH.)

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 3.—Burmah, from Foo-chow-Foo ; Gari-
baldi, from Akyab ; Panther, from Boulogne; Tiger, from
Toning; Ariel, from Algoa Bay.
Arrived, Nov. 4.—Schoambes, from Bremen.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed, Nov. 3—Vesta, steamship, for Malta ; Catherine,
for Port Natal; Bloomer, for Rangoon; Island Queen, for
Salcombe—all from London.

Passed in tow, Nov. 4—Coria, from Hudson's Bay, for
London.
Pa,sed, Nov. 4—Panice, from London, for Liverpool;
Atlantic, from Quebec, for London; Gleaner (Yarmouth),
and Coaxer, from the north, to the west.

Sailed—The Homeward Bound, for the River.

OPENING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERT.--01
Saturday the National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, which
has been closed some time for alterations, was reopened to
se da
nt fide
ET:dna
year 1
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ia.,nlg..,
the public. Daring the recess the collection of paintings
bequeathed to the nation by the late W. Turner (125 in
number) have been removed from the South Kensington
to the
Museum to the National Gallery, and are arranged in the
wgreedatwowdesat:
lery. The National Gallery will now be opened
anrodoniSa,ttu7diachysi,sTnohuwrsliadanly
public four days in the week, viz., Mondays, Tuodavg
set apart for students.
The nomination of sheriffs for the
England and Wales for the ensuing counties of
take place on Tuesday, the year will, it is expected,
Exchequer.
12th inist •
if in thy, Court of

'ORM IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND.

On Saturday last a severe storm swept over the
coasts of Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland.
During the whole of October the weather had been
very fine ; Friday forenoon was bright, but cold,
the -wind down to four o'clock in the afternoon
being from N.W. Towards three o'clock, however,
a change took place on the Northumberland coast.
White clouds made their appearance, banking "up
upon the edge of the horizon, and fears were enter-
tained that the weather was about to break. Not-
withstanding various premonitions of a change,
about 50 deeply-laden colliers and foreign vessels
left the Tyne for the south. The night set in very
dark and wet, with sheet lightning flashing in all
directions. At seven o'clock the following morning
a telegraphic message was received at Shields from
Admiral Fitzroy, of the Board of Trade,London :
" To-morrow hoist drum all day." The explana-
tion of this was that dangerous winds might be
expected from nearly opposite quarters succes-
sively. The gale came on with great fury about
half-past eleven o'clock from the N.E. Between
one and three o'clock on Saturday morning the
storm was awful, as the wind brought up blinding
showers of rain and sleet from the northward, and the
sea rose with great suddenness, sweeping over the
piers at the mouth of the harbour. Very few per-
sons who had friends at sea slept much that night,
no such storm having been experienced since the
fearful 9th of February, when so many seamen were
drowned and vessels lost upon our coast. The wind,
fortunately, kept off the coast, otherwise there
would have been a repetition of the tragical scenes
of that memorable day. A good deal of damage
was done in the Tyne by sailing vessels and steam-
tugs breaking from their moorings, and several
Goliah cranes and other plant Were smashed up by
the heavy seas which swept the piers. Sonie injury
was also done to the pier works on the south side
of the water, and a very high tide, which inundated
much of the lower part of Shields on Saturday
afternoon, did further mischief.
At Hartlepool during the early part of Saturday
morning two vessels were driven ashore to the
northward of Seaton Carew, one being a foreign
vessel laden with timber, and the other a light bark.
The crews of both vessels' were rescued by means of
the lifeboat at Seaton. About 2 o'clock the wind
got round to the north-west, still blowing very
heavily. At West Hartlepool considerable damage
was done, attended with loss of life. The bug
Amelia was lying upon the gridirons in the basin
undergoing some repairs. There were on board a
man and a boy, or two boys, in charge of her. As
the tide rose she floated off the gridiron, and, by
the force of the gale, broke from her fastenings and
drove out of the harbour into the bay, since which
time she has not been seen, As she had no ballast
on board, it is surmised that she would speedily
roll over and founder. She was the property
of Messrs. Pyman and Scurr, of West
Hartlepool. A large dredging machine broke
adrift in the basin and received some damage,
and several fishermen's boats were consid-
erably injured. A melancholy accident occurred
in the forenoon in the West Hartlepool basin.
A boat with seven or eight men went off to secure
the dredge that had broken loose, and after they
had done so, and were returning, the boat suddenly
swamped; they were all thrown into deep water.
several boats put off, and succeeded in saving all
but one—an old man, named Donald. Two of the
others were so exhausted when brought on shore
that their recovery was very doubtful. During the
afternoon thegale continued unabated, the sea break-
ing at a great distance from the land. The tide
rose higher than it has done for many years, caus-
ing considerable damage to waterside property.
The sea broke over the new pier in a manner that
was truly grand, frequently about 40 feet above the
top of the parapet wall. So great was its force
that it displaced several yards of the heavy parapet
stones, breaking them to pieces. Had the wind
been a little more easterly, the consequences must
have been much more disastrous.
On the Yorkshire coast the storm had been at-
tended with even more deplorable consequences. At
Scarborough, before the storm had reached its
height, a small vessel called the Wave was brought
safely into the harbour by a cobleman who had been
outside the pier in his boat waiting for her approach.
The master reported that two vessels were astern of
him at some distance, trying to make the port. The
pilot again ventured out, and had been no more
seen, nor had the vessels arrived. Mr. Appleyard,
the harbourmaster, states that between three and
four o'clock on Saturday morning he saw a mer-
chant vessel or collier drifting towards the rocks,
about three miles south of the town, at a part of the
bay where vessels have frequently been wrecked. He
-watched her until she drove up to the rocks in the
very midst of a fearful sea, when her lights disap-
peared and no more was seen of her. Not a vestige
remains of the ship, and the crew could have no
possible means of escape. It was feared she was
one of vessels above alluded to, which were both
Scarborough ships. The greatest fears were enter-
tained for the numerous fishing craft, of whom up
to the time of writing nothing was known. It was
surmised that they would ride at their nets as long
as possible, and then run for shelter to the Humber,
if they could reach it. In Blenheim-street, the
_upper part of a house was blown away completely,
Including part of the outer walls. A photographic
gallery in the same neighbourhood was destroyed
entirely, and a similar erection in the centre of the
town was shattered. A new villa at Falsgrave was
razed to the ground. The roof of St. Peter's
(Roman Catholic) Church was much injured; and
in every street at the north of the town the debris
of fallen buildings or roofs was to be met with.
The storm still raged ; and lifeboats were prepared
for the approach of vessels at flood tide, which
would be between 3 and 4 o'clock.
Our latest information by telegraph is that the
Coupland, of Shields, had been driven ashore. All
on board, however, were saved. The lifeboat's
crew were ejected, two of them being drowned.
Lord Charles Beauclere and a gentleman are stated
to have been drowned while attempting a rescue.
The lifeboat was wrecked. Further particulars
were anxiously looked for.
The following are the readings of the barometer
at the Board of Trade station, Shields, during
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday :—October 31, 8 30
a.m., 29.670, W. ; 12 p.m., 29.610, W. ; 3 p.m.,
29.521, W.S.W. ; 7 45 p.m., 29.450, W.N.W.
Nov. 1, 830 a.m., 29.242, N. ;12 p.m., 29,211,
N.W. ; 3 p.m., 29,200, N.W. ' • 7 45 p.m., 29 200,
N.N.E. November 2, 8 a.m., 29.150, E.N.E. ; 12
p.m., 29,203, N.E.; 3 p.m., 29 284, N.N.E.; 6 p.m.,
29.359, N.N.E.

DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

TEN PERSONS KILLED AND FIVE INJURED.
(from the Manchester Examiner).
A colliery explosion, causing the deaths of no
less than ten persons, and the serious and probably
fatal injury to five others, took place yesterday
morning, at the Prince Albert pit, Shevington,
belonging to Messrs. J. Tayieure and Co., a colliery
situated about four miles from Wigan, and at which
the Arley mine is worked. The pit is about 260
yards deep, and on the south side of the workings
twenty men were employed. At half-past nine
yesterday morning the poor fellows were startled by a
loud explosion of fire damp, which seemed to take
place nearer the shaft than where most of them were
working. Many of them were severely scorched,
but a large number succeeded in escaping the fire,
and pushed on to the pit eye. In this effort many
were successful, but ten others, some without
a burn upon them, and others with faces scorched
beyond recognition, were met by the after-damp,
which hich struck them down one by one. Information
the explosion was soon conveyed above ground,
and whilst
_the struggle for life was taking place
below, M
the fir. Makinson, the manager, and Mr. Close,
the nece:_n, were descending the shaft and making
inge.
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cationshe for examining the work-
men•
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_tneemheead a searching party, the two
way up Uire
soutnittioned were shortly pushing their
half of the rab„ side of the mine. About one-
some few uoseattare met as the party proceeded,
alive
ew"e got out and pro-
and the search for
those who, it was feared, •weer'e now beyond human
eid, was continued with vigour"'
Che.zo the bodies
of four were discovered, but the
e
of the deaat
vented the remainder being reached till half-past
three in the afternoon. Not one
was found in his working place. All were miZinen
their way out when struck down, and two, a fatheg
and his son, had evidently mistaken the road. The
spot whore the gas was ignited would be about 300
yards from the pit shaft, and the furthest bodies
would be about 400 yards away.
The scene as the bodies were brought.ow moanhi- ; to the sur-
face was most heartrending. l
The
which the grief of bereaved mothers and wives
found vent was sufficient to melt the stoutest heart,
seconded, as it was, by the sorrow too deep for
words of many a strong man in
the throng near the
pit. The bodies themselves presented a most b
. some
ap-
palling spectacle, identification now being,
instances, almost impossible. Another circumstancei
which has tended to deepen the
gloom hanging
over the neighbourhood is the death of the wife or
.
one of the unfortunate sufferers. She had been to
Wigan to market, and had left home in the morning
Lfore the accident. On her return she is said to
have died a few minutes after the information was
conveyed to her.
g eateTayleure was at the' colliery during the
artteutier
.pt!rt the the d
eray, and Mr. Daglieb, of Wigan,
u. suffers.