Star.
London, England, 1808-10-19 00:00:00

ABERDEEN, OCTOBER 15.

Saturday last we experienced a very hard gale from
the northward; accompanied for some hours with
heavy rain. The gale commenced between four and
five o'clock in the morning, and continued with great
violence during that day and great part of the follow-
ing night, veering from N. N. E. to N. and N. W.
A. number of fishing boats, which'had gone out early
in the morning tia haul their lines, fortunately regai-
ned the harbour, some of them with difficulty. in the
more elevated situations, different houses and build-
ings in this city...and neighbourhood had partof their
chimnies thrown, down, and were otherwise damaged.
The gabel of a Chapel building near Golden-square
was completely blown down and demolished, and the
side walls materially injured ; and we are informed,
that some houses in the country were unroofed, and
trees torn up by the roots.
The effects at sea, we regret to 'state, have been
very disastrous, and great losses and damage of ship-
ping have happened on different parts of the coast.
The sloop Neptune, of and for this place from Milton
with apples, after losing part of her sails, went ashore
in Lunan Bay, near Montrose ; crew saved, and the
vessel expected to be got off without much damage,
or loss of the cargo. The schooner Bee, of this place,
for Newburgh with lime, caught fire by the sea break-
ing over her, and when near the Tod-head was driven
to Berwick, where she was put ashore and totally
wrecked, crew saved. A sloop, it is confidently re-
ported, foundered off Arbroath in the gale, and all
the crew perished. The Alert, Johnson, of and for
this place from Sunderland, after being off the Tod-
head, was driven to the southward, and got into Sun-
derland with the loss of sails, boats, &c. besides other
damage : a seaman of the name of Williamson was
unfortunately washed overboard from the helm and
drowned, leaving a wife and destitute young family
of foll or five children to lament his loss.
The following Aberdeen vessels have been heard
of since • the gale :—The Alfred, JACK, at Sunder
land • Admiral Nelson, MAnnz, for Portsoy, bark,
and ;he Con Solo, COCHRANE, from St. John's, New
Brunswick, with timber, at Shields, the former the
Bth and the latter the 10th. The Lovely Ann, SMITH,
was in Birdlington Bay on the 10th, with a large
fleet, many of which had lost anchors and cables.
Arrived at Aberdeen October 7, the Forth packet,
MACDONALD, Leith, goods.-9. Freemason, STEPHEN,
Peterhead, goods.-11. Tyne packet, BAXTER, New.
castle, goods. Two with coals, three wind-bound.
FRASERBURGH, iOCTOBER 11.
Saturday last, during the tremendous gale from
North, the sloop Isabella of Rosehearty, Capt. YULE,
'coal laden, was driven ashore in the bay of Fraser-
burgh. As soon as the vessel struck, the life-boat
was hurried to the beach in an instant by the crowd ;
and although the first instance of her being used, she
was, without hesitation, manned by sever al stout
young.men, under the direction of Capt. ALEXANDER
DALRYMPLE and Capt. Tonna., and launched into
the enraged elements. At this time the sea was
mountains high, and making, a fair passage over
the vessel ; and the wind continuing more boisterous,
if possible, the life-boat was driven so much to leeward
that she could render the crew no assistance, nor were
the men able to pull her up against the tempestuous
waves : the crew of the life-boat were not, however,
to be discouraged by this—they landed, and, with the
assistance of those on shore, the boat was carried to,
the windward, and again launched, but was a second
time blown to leeward. Many of the crew being.
now exhausted with fatigue, their places were supplied,
by volunteers from the beach, and the life-boat again
carried by the strength of men to windward, and
launched. She now fortunately gained the ship, and,
to the inexpressible joy of those present, succeeded in
relieving from their cold and perilous situation, Capt.
Yutz and his crew.

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The Triton, Cummings, from Liverpool, to Rio laneirti, was
gobsea with on the 31 a t of July, all wal, about ten days sail from
ktit_altinatica.
Thy Betsey, (an American), Hooper, from Portsmouth, to
Sisk, was captured on the 14th ult. by a French privateer, one
love from St. Andeso ; retaken on the 25th, near St. Sebastian's
by two Spanish launches, and carried into Castro, near Bilbao, the
Slut day.
The Fordcate, Walker, from Gibraltar to Valencia, is lost about
isms
een
from
the latter place.—Crew saved.
The , Young, from Liverpool for Portugal, is on shore
star but is expected to be got off, The Industry, Hinde,
for Spain, on shore near the same place, but got off with
little damage.
The Apollo, DAM, from Liverpool for London, is lost near
Liverpool. The. Mentor, from‘Dublin, I; on shore sear the tame

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