The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

STORM AND DiSASTERS AT SEA.

'nit ship '' Forward," Captain J. C. Plink, from Pillaw,
Prussia, to Liverpool, was wrecked during a heavy gale on
Wednesday last, near Lytham ; all hands must have
perished. Amongst the trunks and boxes thrown on
shore, was one which apparently belonged to a boy named
David Lewis Mellor, and in which was found, neatly
packed up. amongst his clothes, a " passport," describing
his age, sire, and complexion, that he was from lionings-
berg, and was sailing from Pillaw in the ship Forward, to
Liverpool.
On the same night the Dutch galliot, Anna Maria, of
Dordt, was wrecked to leeward of Hblyhead Harbour ;
two of the crew were drowned. The hull of the flat
Catherine and Mary was driven on shore near Rhyl on
Sunday night. The barque Harriet, hence for Constan-
tinople, that was on shore at Hilbre Island, was got off
with loss of anchors and cables, and leaky,-and towed back
to this port on Sunday night.—The Britannia, Nicholas,
from Rio Janeiro, for Bahia, was lost at Belmont, about
200 south ; crew, except one man, saved.

In November last the casualties near our own coast have
not been less dreadful. On Tuesday, a portion of the
embankment temporarily formed to keep out the water at
the new dock works, Birkenhead, was broken in, and
considerable damage was the consequence. A great
quantity of piles and other materials were washed
away by the receding tide. The Seacombe river
wall was completely covered with the water. On
the same night, as the Diadem from New York was
coming up the Channel, she struck on Burbo bank, and
had by the time she reached the port, thirteen feet of
water in her hold. Thr Christiana, from Newry, sup-
posed to have been wrecked on Tuesday, was fallen in
with, a derelict, on Wednesday, and on being towed into
the river she sank off New Brighton. The Golden Eagle,
from Nassau, in coming up the river, came in contact
with the Emigrant, from Savannah. The first-named
vessel sustained considerable injury, and was taken to the
Seacombe slip, nearly full of water, where she sank. The
Boconnor, of Waterford, struck,on Culpard rock on Wed--
nesday, and is greatly damaged. The schooner Breeze,
from Wicklow, bound to Liverpool, with a cargo of sul-
phur; was driven on shore in- the Bay of Llandiano on
Thursday. The crew were saved. Several other vessels
have also sustained a considerable amount of damage.
On Thursday several vessels, inward bound, arrived as far
as the N.W. Light without pilots,but being apprehensive
of coming further hoisted signals of distress. The steam
tug life-boat went to their assistance and supplied them
with men, who brought them into port. A portion of a
wreck has- been washed ashore at Waterloo. It is sup-
posed to belong to the Boykett Heseltine, which sailed
from BOrdeaux, for Liverpool, on the 3rd inst.
At the Dock Committee on Thursday, the capsizing of
two vessels on Hoyle bank was reported, with the loss of
the whole of the crews. Other disasters will be found in
our shipping news.
Owing to the heavy sea in the channel on Friday, the
Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend mails had not ar-
rived at Dover, nor was it expected that the steamers
would' be able to make the harbour until late in the day.
On Wednesday morning, at eight o'clock, in consequence
of an express order received at head-quarters, fifty-five
non-commissioned officers and men, of the Royal Engi-
neers,,embarked on board the African ateamer from Cha-

tham, with all necessary equipments, to-proceed to Foul-
ness, a-small island on the Essex coast, near the entrance
of the river Burnham, for the purpose of repairing a breach
on the sea wall of 200 feet in length, in consequence of
which the island has been laid under water.