The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-29 00:00:00

THE SEVERE GALES.

MORE WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE,

Late on Sunday night another fearful collision
took place in the Chemist, • few miles to the westward of
the South Foreland. The ill-fead Tema are reported to
have been the Showcases, a very large ship, bound to Cal-
' rata from Loam, sad the Mendota barque, Capella Hall,
,
also
hoes Diodes, booed to Victoria (Vancouver's Island),
with puseegers and • valuable general cargo. The
telegrams which have been received announcing
the catastrophe are rather brief. It appears that
the collision took place off Folkestoue, or, rather, war
the Verne, the ships coming together with fearful violence.
'The Meadow is stated to have been abandoned in a sinking
state seven or eight miles south-west by west of the Smith
Fuse land, haying then six test at water in bet hold, and that
the crew and pasragers had landed at Kinpdown, Dear
Wilmer. The Maggie, bound to Bristol, which put back to
the Dowse yesterday m rug, reports that late on the
=ous (Sunday) eight a ship was observed
the Verse. The mew on board were
hailing far sedation., as the vessel wee
• boat wee lowered from the Maggie, and went saleopide
like 'hip, but was unable to booed her. The beet followed
bra for • short distance, end then loot sight of her. Several
roams were saint up by the ship, which appeared to be
sinking. The unfortunate ship is supposed so have been
the Khersoore. It hes been secertamed that 10 of the
clew, who were lowered in a beat, bed leaded at Rama
pie, and they report that when they kit bar she had five
fees of water in the fore compartreeet. The Khersoneri
which was • way lsrge weed, was formerly a steamer, and
had been cosverted into • sailing ship. Both ships and
maims are insured for • very heavy amount.
SHIELDS, MONDAY FOLINOON.
We have had soother fearfully stormy sight off the
Northumberland coast. The wind has blown • gale froml
the southward, sad the sea bra been very tempestuous.
This morning between ens and two o'clock a large barquel
got on the reef of rocks called the Black Middens. The
mast guard °Moon got out the apparatus and the lifeboat''
men were astir, but with the weistanos of two steamboatsl
she was pulled off sad brought into port. Further on inl
the morning • vestal showed Wawa of distress in the cam'
sad the coast guard officers signalled beck to her ; but the
veinal was observed to put oat to sea again, end nothing:
more has been heard of bor. Between two and three
o'clock in the messing a light brig, the Young
Duos, broke her tow line and drifted on to the
Herd Sand. But by the determination of the crew of the
Pilot steam tag, who went amongst the broken water after
her, she was got off again. During the night • man was
seen drifting out of the Tyne in an open wherry. Fortu-
nately, before be reached the broken water he sad his
craft were rescued. This morning, about half 'pest 6 o'clock,
as the Reaper barque was towing into the port the tow
line broke, and the venal drove en to the rocks under the
Spanish battery, Where she pounded. The South Shields
sod William Wake lifeboats put out to her assistants, and
the east guard allows and boatmen of Tynernouth got out
the rocket apparatus. The South Shields lifeboat was the
first to get alospide, but as it was getting to low
water the crew reseed to leave the wesel, and
it a probable that with the flow of the tide she may bel
got off. Immediately after the vessel streak, James Ga-
bon, throwswain, Matthew Cooper, and John Henna put
off to her in a small pier-boat. As they were getting along-
side • large sea came round the ship's bow, and upset thew
waft. Two of them got upon the boat's bottom, but Cooper
was drifting out to ens, when some other beats pat out
of Prior Haven, which rescued them. Cooper was takes to
the baths in • very critical emaititia, but through careful
treatment he has recovered. The creel that is stranded is
the Reaper, of Newcastle. Shortly before sight o'clock an-
other barque broke bar tow bee; but she got her anchor
down. A steamboat got hold of her, but the broke her tow
line three times. Her mealier then attempted to sail her
into the pat; bet in doing, so she drifted cos to the rocks,
aid to all appaaraoas, at this moment, the vessel will become
• wreck. She has holed her bottom, and broken her redder.
Her mew have been taken off by the Shields lifeboats. A
number of light ships are running for the Tyne. No one can
tell when • fleet of 60 laden colliers, which loft here yester-
day, may be this 'tarsier. It is rumoured that a large,
fine Ease Indiums, the Crowder, tramps( to this port, a
lost. This report has just berg confirmed. Her anew are
saved. No mow of the bodies of the passengers lost in the
✓eam-ship Stanley have base washed up. Salvors are aboard
this morning, gram oat cargo.

STATISTICAL SOCIETY OF DUBLIN.

The opening meeting of the session of this society
was held as Saturday swiss lasi. ia the socarty's rooms,
Yolasynxikaareat. There wee swy loalgu laud failaouabla

attendsoes. The President. Judge oomph& the
chair. Amongst these present were • the
Lard-Lientseaat, attended by Captain Arkwright. A- .0. ;
the Lord Mayor sod Lady !Worms. the Lord Chancellor,
the Attorney:General, the Solicitor-Cancan!, the Bight Hoe.
Joseph Napier, Judge Hargrove, Dr. Shaw, F.T.C.D. •
Aklermen Campbell, Mr. G. Woods Mammal Mr. Shan:
son, Yr. James Bought." he. The repast, read by the
semshiny, pee an amount of the sui.jesta which had owe-
pied Qom attention of the society der* the
past year. The Prreideut read his address, which
was a very important paper on the condition
of Inland. After the delivery of the addrem
oo the motion of the Soliailor•General, Judge Longteld
left the chair, sod the Attorney-General was called thereto.
The Solicitor-Gmeral said the very able address they had
just beard was eminently suggestive, sod furnished an ad.
Durable example of the manner in which difficult social
gaestisoe might be handled in an assembly like that.
edge Longfiald wee one of the oldest of that school
of political semonists inaugurated by their late
venesolled madden; Archbishop Whately, and since fol-
lowed by ethers who had oontributed so much to the sue.
ems of the moiety. So far the society had Mee succeseful.
That was a place in which questions d the charaster
dimmed that evening were fairly and temperately mo-
uldered, without the introduction of party palsies, party
views, or the disturbing element* too oft.. introduced MIS
ether missiblies. The resolution be had bees requested to
peewee was, that the marked thanks of the mestior were
due to Judge Louglield for the admirable address which he
bed delivered, and that the same be plead in the hands of
the eseretariss for publiostion in the pored of the society.
Theatoisman said he might emegratulate the socio 4, on hay.
log for lie president one of the profoundest Slush's, and obeli
aceomplialied seltolan—coe who was knows for the extant
of his informatios, while simplicity, integrity, and judgment
were }scubas' which belonged to him. He agreed with the
observation of the Solicitor-General, sad did not think it his
duty to discuss opinions gives from that plate, about which
some might differ sod some might agree. But they all con.
mined in this, that for the public and for the legislature it
was of great importance that quashes' so momentous as that
submitted for their oonsideration that mooing should reedy.
each treatment from the masterly intelligence of Judge
Loogdeld. The tesoletioo, having been put to the meeting,
unanimously. The Lord-Lieutemot followed with a
rerdobservatioas, and the meeting sepanited. We hope to
be able, is a day or t to devote some apace to an exami-
nation of Judge 's paper.

NTT:morns° To Timm.—Governor Johnson,
of Teenemse, who hag just been elected Vise•Yresicheat of
the Iraited States, was bees a poor white la a slave stale,
sad began life as a tailor. We tied the following report of
on. of his latest speeches is a New York paper " A an-
ything at an army depdt is Nashville, last week, °ailed out
• large crowd, who called epos Governor Johnnie for •
After oomplimmtiag Colooel Crass the host of
speech.
00ca.ioo, for the ability and ea:dewy with which his
department was administered, be spoke of the aristocracy of
Nashville. They had ever been, and were to-day, rebels at
heart, sod in deed also, when they dared do anything for
the rebel Davis. He knew thereof be affirmed. They had
minepreseated sod villified him became he had been tens to
the Union. Copperhead papers and apeaken at the North
bad charged him with selfish motives in the coarse he had
pursued. If losing all his nerves, if being robbed of 40,000
dole. In hoods, it sacrificing all that he had to sacrifice was I
selfishness, then be had been selfish. But the government
bad been sustained in all its integrity, and he was more than
recompensed. He had always bees a democrat, but is true
seem Tree desiciersey meant the eleven= of the mesas&
H. was a deemerst, but at the same time an aristocrat ; but
his aristocracy was the of labour, the men whose
braise sad muscles had pleased and wrought out thane
= seheahieveniseate that had made the labouring ohms, of
the true chivalry of the world. The
seen who sneered at' grimy mechanics' and
null-fisted farmer.' as the ' mediate' of so-
! eisty," were the very men who had not brains to casesive
or ability to execiate a plan. Labour was dignity, dignityl is manhood, sad manhood was aristocracy. Society was to.
I day lea @bootie Mate. The time had come to lay broad
sad deep the feasdatioa of the new aristocracy, sad by
I the dam lags of God and the will of the labouring men it was
to be dom. As for anancipatioe, he could my be was
far it. The 4'4l4m:ion of slavery must go down, like all
' Mbar iniquities; but he weal sot only for emancipating
the bleak man, bat fee • tate and elevates( the
white maof the country. Themocracy bad prated of
p• the • Baileplitter' sad the Boorish Tailor.' He had
hoe • tailor, and was said to ham bees a good_s.....oae • he
seeds also fita, did his work well, got it dome
to and lad the beat due of endears. Tra77ed
' Bsll-
ead the 'llearielt Taller' sight some day have
something le say shoat the affairs of the aoustry.'
11111110POLITAN FIRM HOSPITAL, DSTOISIRISS.
pane; Crrr.—The Dumber of patinae relieved
daring the week ending Nov. 16 was—lfedical, 1,016 ;
surgical, 762 ; tetr1,1.778 ; sf which 699 woe sew area