The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

vessel, and upon returning to shore it was swamped in the
surf, and out of five men who were in at the time two, who
were pilots, were unfortunately drowned. The ship is now
aground. In the afternoon the sea presented an angry ap-
pearanct along the coast. The Dodder overflowed its banks,
and the water rose to such a height as to reach nearly the
tops of some of the small houses in Serpentine Avenue.
The line of railroad at the engine depot, near the Dodder
bridge, presented the anomalous sight of a railroad and ca-
nal at the same place, for the stream was there at some
height, and running with considerable rapidity.
Owing to the severity of the weather for the past three
or four days there are no less than 14 steamers, besides nu-
merous sailing crafts, detained in Kingstown-harbour. The
Holyhead steamer, which started at nine o'clock on Tuesday
morning, had to put back after clearing Kingston-harbour.
A collier was lost on the Kish Bank on Monday; the crew
fortunately got on board the floating light ship.
Wicictow, Nov. 27.—At half-past 11 o'clock this morning
a French brig in distress rounded this head, when a boat
manned by five brave fellows put out to her assistance, de-
spite the entreaties of their families and friends, it being the
opinion of the noire experienced that no boat, however ably
managed, could live in the tremendous breakers dashed in
by a heavy gale from the south-east. Notwithstanding, these
poor fellows pulled off to the aid of the brig, and they made
for her amid shrieks of despair; but she stood out again.
Still the skiff, with resolute boldness, pursued her, knowing
her perilous situation, and conceiving her crew to be ignorant
of the harbours that could shelter her. When about three
miles distant from the land, the brig was stricken by an awful
sea and rendered altogether unmanageable. She then reeled
round towards the laud, the skiff still following, and ran
ashore at Six-mile Point, where an awful scene ensued, for
the Moment she struck the skiff was upset, and her five
hardy fellows committed to the raging billows, two of whom,
named Carter and Merigon, struggled for a while and then
sunk to rise no more; the latter was the only support of an
aged and widowed parent, who with difficulty was prevented
sharing the game grave with her son. 'Lhe remaining three
reached the shore almost lifeless. As to the saving of the
brig's crew, no description could do adequate justice to the
intrepidity and resoluteness of Mr. Jones and the men of the
coast guard under his command. Having tied ropes about
their bodies, Mr Jones-and one of his gallant men faced the
mountainous billows, and though repeatedly dashed and
crushed to the earth beneath their fury, still they braved
them till they reached the vessel. They found the crew, six
in number, quite exhausted, and they succeeded in lodging
them comfortably in the station-house at the Point. The
captain of the brig is in a very weak state; he and his men
are foreigners. As yet, nothing has been ascertained re-
spectingher cargo or intended destination.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28.—1 t is rumoured this morning that
the brig above-mentioned turns out to be a smuggler, laden
with brandy and ruin.
WEXFORD. Nov. 28.—During the last four or five days,
the wind has been blowing with great violence in a south-east-
erly direction, right against the most dangerous part of our
coast. On Sunday night it arose nearly to a hurricane ; and
the fearful apprehensions for the fate of any unfortunate ma-
riners that might be in the south of St. George's Channel,
were but too unhappily realised in the morning. The Ariadne,
of Belfast, laden with timber from Quebec, first struck on a
rock near Tuskar Lighthouse, and was afterwards driven in a
north-westerly direction among the sand banks near the Ra-
ven Point, north of the entrance into our harbour. She is a
complete wreck, but most of the timber will be secured. Six
of the crew perished; but through the active exertions of
Lieutenant Lett, four of the coast guard and James Furlong,
a young man belonging to the town, nine persons, who clung
to the wreck, were saved from a watery grave. On the same
night the Waterwitch, of Glasgow, bound to Leghorn, laden
with coal and bales of wood, was driven in among the rocks,
near Carnesore Point. No lives were lost, and it is expected
that the cargo will be also saved. DoctorWaddy and a few
others of equal bravery ventured through the surf, and brought
the crew silk to shore.—lVex.ford Conservative.
WATERFORD, Nov. 28.—1 n the course of Monday night
the barque Isabella, of Preston, Captain Rayner, from Per-
nambuco, for Liverpool, entered the harbour, and went
aground on Druinroe Bank, a large shoal below uncannon
and Passage. She had lust her sails, and appeared to have
suffered much at sea. As the wind moderated during yester-
day, we may entertain every hope that she will be got off with
little damage. There are upwards of 60 vessels windbouud
iu the roadstead of Ballyhack and Passage of Waterford,
owing to the prevalence of easterly gales.—Waterford Mirror.
CORK, Nov. 27.—With the exception of the memorable
and destructive snow storm in February last, by which such
devastations were committed among the shipping in our har-
bour, we have not been for years visited with such a tremen-
dous gale as that of Monday night. It commenced to blow
hard from the S.E. at 11 o'clock, at 12 the gale increased,
and from one to six o'clock this morning, without a moment's
interruption, a hurricane from the S.W. prevailed, the effects
of which we look for with no little anxiety. Several houses in
the more elevated parts of the city have been, some partially,
others entirely stripped—whilst trees that had sustained the
storms of many years gave way, and were torn up by the
roots. Blackpool presents a scene of much distress and con-
fusion since an early hour in the morning, , being all day in-
nundated with floods, to the height, in some places, of 10 and
11 feet, and extending from Spring-lane to Mr. Hackett's
tanning establishment on the Watercourse. The Limerick
mail, which left at half-past six, experienced much difficulty
in getting through the flood. It was detained half an hour,
and but for the intrepidity of the coachman, who dashed the
horses through, the delay would have been several hours.
The inside passengers were half immersed in water, an in-
convenience experienced also by those of the Charleville and
Rakes of Mallow in coaches, the coachmen of which report
that the storm was frightful in the districts through which
they passed. The poorer classes of the residents at Black-
pool have suffered much, the flood having entered their
houses, in some cases several feet in hight.—Cork Reporter.
Accounts from Cove represent the gale of Monday night
as the most tremendous that had been felt for a long time,
the sea having washed over the quays, and much mischief
having resulted to the inure exposed residences. The brig
AleXstroler Stewart, of Cork, Captain Owens, is partly ashore
at Monkstown, but is expected to be got off this evening.
She has not suffered much. The French schooner Le Rose
Victorie, which had a few days since ran foul of the Caroline,
of Plymouth, is now a wreck. A small American schooner,
the Scotia, the property of the Messrs. Scott, of Cove, is
ashore, near the French brig, considerably injured. Such
was the violence of the storm, that her Majesty's brig of war
the Rolla, waiting to take in volunteers for the naval service,
let go two of her anchors in the midst of the gale, and suc-
ceeded in riding it out in gallant style. The Joseph Wheeler,
of Cork, out 57 days from Barbadoes, arrived in the harbour
this morning, and reported herself at the moment our .ac-
count left—all well. The Marquis of Huntley, transport,
from Kinsale, ran foul of a brig when entering the harbour—
name not ascertained—and carried away her bowsprit. A
sailor belonging to the brig, aged 18 years in the confusion
of the moment, was carried overboard, and drowned.—lbid.
A sealed bottle, inside of which was a hastily written note,
was picked up yesterday, by Mr. J. Brown, on the strand,
about half a mile front Carlingford. The note is as follows:
" Ship Juno.—A heavy squall has laid us on our beam ends,
lat. 55, and carried away all masts. We are now rigging
jury ones, but fear we o ill be short of spars, almost all being
washed overboard. J. Carson." The document bears no
date; but as a quantity of wreck had floated in at Grenore
Point, both yesterday and the day previous, it was greatly
feared that the vessel abovenamed had gone to pieces. The
fate of the crew is unknown.—Neivry Telegraph.

(From the Cork Constitution of Saturday.)
We mentioned on Thursday that great fears were enter-
tained fur the vessels that, after being so long wind bound,
went on Tuesday, and it is said that a number of them are
stranded along the coast, between the Harbour's Mouth and
Kinsale. Never, we believe, has a storm left behind it more
lamentable traces of its fury. In Dungarvon Bay there are
five vessels wrecked, and no fewer than twenty lives lost.
The names of the vessels we have not heard, but one of them
is a West Indian, laden with rum and coffee. She struck on
a rock, and in less than half an hour after, the casks were
rolling through her sides. Three bow-spt its, we are informed,
were driven into Tramore Bay (Waterford) on Wednesday,
and after them a vessel dismasted and without any one on
board. The Nora Creina steamer sailed from Waterford quay
on Monday, and returned on either Tuesday or Wednesday,
her cargo shifted, and the pigs, sheep, &c. that were on deck,
washed overboard. From Wexford the accounts are equally
disastrous. We subjoin one relating to our own city
WRECK OF THE ROBERT NOBLE OF CORK.—The Robert
Noble of Cork, Lewellyn, master, which sailed from Cork
for Newport, laden with flour and oats on Tuesday, was on
Wednesday night, at 12 o'clock, cast ashore at.Kilinore,
about ten miles from Wexford. The master and crew saved.
The vessel is much injured, but part of the cargo will be
saved in a damaged state.

LOSS OF THE MARY OF LIVERPOOL—The following let-
ter, which ought to have been in time for our last publica-
tion, announces the loss of the Mary of Liverpool. It is not
a little gratifying to us that the cut representing the mode by
which the survivors were rescued from the wreck of the Kil-
larney, seems to have been, under Providence, the means,
in this instance, of saving seventeen human beings from a
dreadful death. The Mary was 368 tons burden, and besides
cotton, had on board sarsaparilla, isinglass, ndia-rubber,
and other valuable commodities. Since the letter was written
she has gone to pieces, and the Reporter tells us that "the
destruction of property by the country people from that mo-
ment is represented as being enormous, very little of the
cargo being saved." We mention the fact on the :authority
of our contemporary. Did we rest it on our own, of course
it would be denounced by the liberal press, (the Reporter in-
cluded) as a gross libel on the honest persons whom they call
" the people." •

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE CORK CONSTITUTION

.Richfoi dstown, Nov. 27, 1838.
SIR,—On the morning of Tuesday, the 27th instant, at-
dawn of day, I was informed that a vessel had struck in
Clonakity Bay, at Simon's Cove, near my house. I instantly
proceeded to ie spot, and found her about a quarter of a
mile from the rocks, all masts gone, the crew on the bow-
sprit, with a tremendous sea. They had made several inef-
fectual attempts to send a line on shore, attached to pieces
of spars, buoys, &c., all of which failed from the out-haul of
the sea. In a little time I recollected the manner of taking
round the rope, which I saw described and represented in
your paper in the case of the Killarney steamer. Fortunately
there were near several hawsers of small boats, which we fas-
tened together, and after a great deal of exertion got round,
and so near the ship that they were able to throw a grapple
into it from the bowsprit, by which means we got a strong
rope from the vessel to the shore, and after four hours' hard
work, had the heartfelt gratification of saving seventeen hu-
man beings, every one of whom must have perished but for
the plan of getting the rope to the ship. I must not forget to
mention the able assistance given by the Messrs. Crofts, Lu-
cas, and the Coast Guard, as well as the people on the spot,
all of whom behaved in the very best manner, and in many
instances risked their lives endeavouring to save the crew.
She proves to be the Mary of Liverpool, Captain George
Smith, master, from Maranham, to Liverpool, with a cargo
of cotton. I fear the ship and cargo will be a total wreck.
Conceiving that the above plan of getting a rope to a ship in
distress, when practicable, cannot get too much publicity.
I am, your very obedient, •
THOMAS LUCAS.

WRECK OF THE MARY, OF ST. JOHN'S—TWO LIVES
LOST.—The Mary, of St. John's, New Brunswick, 548 tons
burden, is wrecked at Whiting Bay, near Youghal. She is
so high up on the strand that there is no probability of her
being got off. Her sails are blown to ribbons, her masts
almost gone, hut her hull is little injured. Two of the sea-
men, we regret to say, are lost—the remainder (seventeen in
number,) with the captain, are saved. A gentleman who
went from Youghal on Thursday to see the vessel, writes as
follows:—We are indebted for the extract to a respectable
mercantile friend to whom we have often been under obliga-
tions for similar favours :

" We saw the seventeen who survived, with the captain
also a fine Newfoundland dog which was on board, and by
whom all the eighteen were saved. As soon as the vessel
struck, a rope was fastened about his neck and he was sent
ashore. It was then made fast, and the sailors gut ashore
along it, but the two men who perished fell from exhaustion,
and were drowned." --

Since the above was written we have spoken with a person
who observed the vessel before she struck and witnessed the
way in which the crew were rescued. The waves were run-
ning so bign that every time the vessel sunk between them
not even her masts were visible. When she struck, there
was an earnest and anxious consultation as to what was to be
done. The dog seemed to comprehend the emergency. He
jumped up, placed his paws on the bulwark, and motioned
with his head from one to another as if to make them sensible
that their chance of safety depended upon him. The motion
was understood; a sailor prepared a rope; the animal bent
his neck to receive it: the moment it was secured be sprang
overboard, and amid the conflict of wind and wave bore it to
land. One end was made fast on shore, while to the other