The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-17 00:00:00

BRISTOL

Among other accidents the Gothic window of St. Nicho-
las's Church, in the clock tower, was torn completely out of
its framework and dashed in. The vane of St. Philip's
Church also was torn off. From St. Werberg's Church se-
veral copingstones of large size were blown down. At the
West of England Stay Factory the entire stack of chimnies
was blown down, and, falling on the roof, dashed it in, and
the whole mass forced its way through the ceiling of a room
in which upwards of fifty girls were at work, causing, of
course. the utmost consternation. Many of the females went
into hysterics, but providentially none of them were severely
injured, most of them having escaped with a few bruises. A
stack of chimnies was also blown down at Mr. Ames's seat
near Westbury, at Diment and Grimer's, York-street, a
and
at the corner of Philadelphia-street. In Queen-street very
large elm tree was torn up by the roots, as were also several
trees in the neighbourhood. At Trowbridge the chinmies of
a large factory were blown down, and, as we hear, upwar of
X6OO of damage done. At the time of the hurricane several ves-
sels were lying at anchor in Kingsroad, and much apprehension
was felt for their safety. It was found that most of them
had started their anchors and were driven ashore at the
mouth of the river, but without suffering much damage.
The Pomona, bound for the West Indies, started her anchors
and was driven down Channel quite out of sight; but so
variable was the wind, that shortly afterwards she was driven
back again by the fury of the tempest, and went ashore in
the mouth of the river. Among those which went ashore,
were the Reform from Glasgow, the Caroline for Tobago,
the Mayflower for Bonny, the Active for Bridgewater, a
Prussian brig, and oue or two others. The sloop Anne of
Berkeley, from Black Rock, foundered near the mouth of
the river, fortunately, however, without loss of life, the crew
being saved. The Mermaid steamer, from Cork, Captain
Horne, belonging to the Bristol General Steam Navigation
Company, arrived on Friday, after havi dam
ng exerienced the
full fury of the gale, by which she was much aged, her
bulwarks being stove in and her starboard paddle-box broken
in fragments. She states that she first encountered the hur-
ricane when about midway across the Irish Channel on
Thursday night. She weathered the gale until she came
abreast of Lundy Island on Friday afternoon, where her bul-
warks were stove in, and upwards of fifty pigs wa
continued
board. During the remainder of the voyage the se
to sweep over her with fearful violence, and pour into her
hold, by which means, upon her arrival, it was found that
upwards of 200 pigs were washed overboard or suffocated.
Nothing but the superiority of her machinery saved her, in
the opinion of the crew. The Irish packets did not sail on
Friday, but one or two of them sailed this morning. Some
apprehension, also, is felt for the safety of the Dublin and
Waterford packets, which were due here yesterday, but
they may not have sailed. Nothing certain, however, is
known.

nitrouToN.
The Prince Regent, a vessel belonging to London and
bound to Portsmouth with a general cargo. She swung to,
and was carried to, within about 50 yards of the shore be-
tween Brunswick-terrace and Copperas-gap. The life-bot
put off, but it stuck fast in the beach. By means of Captain
Manby's mortar a line was thrown over the vessel and a rope
was communicated with the vessel. 1 oung, the chief boat-
man of the Copperas-gap Coast guard station, succeeded, al-
though at great peril, in reaching the vessel. The crew were
found in an extremely exhausted state, but they were success-
fully hauled on shore, the captain being the last to leave his
vessel. On reaching land, the crew, consisting altogether of
only five, with the captain, gave a hearty cheer, led by the
youngest boy, only about 12 years of age. The whole, with
one exception, were obliged to be carried to the next inn, (the
Ship, at Hove,) where they were put to bed. While the tide
remained high every breaker dashed over the vessel, sending
the spray a couple of hundred feet inland. She is now, the
tide having left her, dry on the beach, and exertions are
waking to land a part of the cargo ; hut, the gale continuing
to blow with unabated fury, it is feared that at the next high
tide the vessel will go to pieces. The John and Mina, a
fine vessel belonging to Brighton, with 550 quarters of barley
is lost, about eight miles eastward of that port, and two of
the crew are drowned. She is a complete wreck and not a
grain of the barley is to be seen. The Defiance stage coach,
was upset by the wind with more than a dozen passengers,
!nit nc? one was hurt. Several stacks of chimnies have fallen
in various parts of the town, and unfortunately in one instance
killed a little child, and several other parties had narrow
escapes.

YARMOUTH

The schooner Phoenix, of London, was driven ashore
early on Friday morning, and it was feared she would go to
pieces. The crew- saved themselves by the boats. Two
other vessels went on the bank, but they were expected to be
got off if the weather moderated. During the morning up-
wards of 200 vessels lost their anchors and cables by the
extraordinary violence of the wind. At Sheerness four ves-
sels dro% e on shore, and they were expected to become
wrecks. The stern of the Friends' Goodwill, of Colchester,
was thrown on the beach near Dover; and it appears the
vessel was capsized during the voyage, and the crew only es-
caped by jumping into the stern-boat, which they managed
to cnt away. Several schooners were nearly lost. About
the same hour the Ann and Avis schooner, from London,
capsized in the channel, and immediately went down. About
ten o'clock on Friday morning, a large American ship called
the Samarang, from New York to Hull, having a valuable
cargo on board, was seen by the Deal pilots drifting away
to sea from the Downs, wholly unmanageable; both masts
had been cut away, and the crew had abandoned the vessel.
Her fate is at present unknown. Her crew have since reacheh
Broadstairs in safety.