The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-22 00:00:00

SEVERE GALES.

DESTRUCTION OF SHIPPING AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Since Friday night a terrific gale of wind has ,
swept over the metropolis, sad ceased considerable damage
to property os land sad to the skipping in the river sad
docks. At the east end of the nistropolie the boass.tep
telegraph wires have, it is reported, been in moray plies
blown down, and the communication tempocarily impended.
No payout maddest' of a sever* nature h►ve been reported
as far as the metropolis is concerned.
The same remark does not unfortun►tely apply with re•
gard to the shipping on the coast, as will be seen by the
following advice,:

LIVERPOOL, SATLIIDAY.

Yesterday and to-day the weather baa been very
etoemy, both is sad out side the port of Liverpool ; sad
Judi*/ frees the reports of the wasting steamers, the
Mons extended • long way down the Channel. Today,
intelligence we. received here of the lose of Use *chooser
Effort, Captain Thomas, belong* to Maws. Nit:hobos mad
Brothers, of Ude town. The telegram ham Lloyd's agent
gates that the iffort reel on abort this morning is Pearls.
Bay, where she *eon of ter brake sp, and that the cargo wee
washing es shore along the meet. Only one man war
eared. The Effort cleared at this pert on the 130 aslant
warm el*. essaa, waiter the eseslatad et

ORM 11121JSZWZI IJM.
A beery gas of wind has beta golds, here, chiefly bees
theaerth-west, with short isdassiwioes, for the last three
days. The Marisa Meads aril park" due Friday eight,
did est arrive hoe mita yesterday di&MOO% The Havre
packet, due here yesterday morrieg. has sot yet arrived.
GR,BAT YAILYOU7II, flarrorwar, 8.311a.w..

Throughout yesterday the gale contiasect with littler
abatement, and during Use night it aged with renewed vio-
lates. A large amber of vessels have takes refuge be the
roads. which afford comparatively safe shelter, with the
wind of shore. Some which had drifted torterds the
Smoky Seeds have takes diner mowing' wider
the fowl Several vessels have coos in in yarrow Awes
of digress, and • large these-master, supposed
to be • Yankee, was towed through yesterday.
disabled, from Lowestoft. Last night the crew of six hands
of the brig Moore, from &sham for London, with 309 tons
of cos* were landed here by • fishing smack sad taken to
the Wien' Home, having bees obliged to abandon their
vessel. She was dismasted off the Dudgeon, and two fish-
ing smacks brewing down took ►er in tow ; but in °acto-
r:luaus of the violence of the wind, and the heavy sea run-
ning, the rope parted, and she became unmanageable. As
she had S feet of water in her bold, the crew were taken off
by one of the smacks, sad it is believed that she west down
amtly afterwards. The prevalence of the wind from N. W.
for so long • period has brought up one of the highest
tides knows in Yarmouth for many years. The sew this
morning is up to the marine drive, and the quays are flooded
for several yards on both aides of the haven. Old seamen
here predicted rough weather from the brilliant appearance
of the Aurora Borealis on Sunday night.

KING'S LYNN. SUNDAY.

A severe gale has been blowing almost without
intermission since Friday, but without doing any serious
damage until this morning. The wind brought a heavy tide
with it this morning, under the iaflusece of whisk an
important sea wall or bank, which protects Mr. Beolinalea
property in Torrington Marsh, has given way, sad mooed
a large district reclaimed from the sea year by year for
some years past to the ravages of the ocean. Not much
land is at present under water, and efforts are being made
to repair the broach before the return of the tide to-night
but it is stated that the whole bank is to a very precarious
state. One of the banks recently made by Maws. Foto
in connexion with the Norfolk Estuary works, and known
as the Wolverton bank, hes also given way. At
Huostenton, the terminus of the New Lynn and Hasten
ton Railway, the water has been quite over the fine cliff,
NA the lime of railway, which runs clime to the 'ma along
the coast, is now submerged between Ilunstentoa and
Meacham, and the trains run only to Meacham. Some
serious shipping casualties are feared along the omit.
Yesterday a French vessel was on shore about ten miles
below Lynn ; the mew were in the rigging, but it was
hoped they would be taken off.
RAMSGATE, SUNDAY Evmcnro.

The gale which prevailed during Saturday night
and this morning has been the cause of a coosidensble de-
struction of property on the coast in the vicinity of this
town. The tide this morning was higher than it has been
known for the last tweoty-five years, and the waves, like
mountains of water, rolled in with temfic violence. The
famous Bamsgate rode have not now their usual
appearanoe—they are more like an immense wreck,
being strewn with huge pieces of timber sad
lumps of chalk of various dimensions. in the vici-
nity of the sands are the premises of Messrs. Strong and
Barnes, boatwrighta, which consist of • large wooden struc-
ture, used as • workshop, and what is called the boat-
builder's yard, in frost of which was erected a strong woodea
fencing. Although no so embankment, and some distance
from where the tide usually approaches, the whole of the
latter have been washed away ; one side of the building has
been forced in. and the foundation, although solid chalk,
has been completely undermined. A large wooden mar-
quee, used by visitors in the season, has also been partly
destroyed. The coast-guard station had • very narrow es-
cape, and it is feared the men and their families will lave to
turnout before the next high tide. Toe waves wenhed com-
pletely over the station, and the water fell down thechim-
nays so as to prevent fire* being kept by the occupants. Even
the Kent Coast Railway Company have notescaped. For some
time peat • tunnel has been in coursed construction through
the cliff, the chalk from which has been brought
out to form an embankment as a conti-
nuation of the line in the direction of the town. This
embankment was about 100 feet in length, 50 in width,
and from 15 to 20 feet high, but now the whole has been
washed away. At about half-past four this morning the
Ramsgate lifeboat went out to • vessel (belonging to Soath
Shields) which was ashore on the Goodwin Sands. After
much difficulty, the boat neared the vessel, and succeeded
in saving the lives of four out of five of the crew. The fifth
man was lost, having, we an informed, fallen into the sea
in endeavouring to jump from the reseal to the lifeboat
I But for the timely assistance of the lifeboat the whole of
the crew must have been lost. The four who were saved
were taken to Dover, and the lifeboat arrived home this
! afternoon at about 3 o'clock. As she entered the harbour,
the brave crew were hailed with • hearty cheer from some
hundreds of persons, who had assembled on the pier. The
datiispe done in the harbour is not extensive. There
are, however, several small craft sunk, and one or two
brakes.

SHIELDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.

To-night a telegraphic message came down
to the Tyne from Admiral Fitzroy, that dangerous
winds might be expected, and the night stows
warnings were hoisted. Coincident with the appear-
ance of the storm warnings, the wind, which had been
blowing fresh all clay from the NH.W., got more round to
the north and eastward, and came on to blow a fierce gale.
There is a heavy sea on the bar, and the night is dark,
with showers of sleet and snow. Two hours ago the alarm ,
was given that a laden schooner had run upon the
Herd Sand, and the South Shields lifeboat was
immediately launched and manned by the pilots. They '
pliantly pulled her out into the heart of the sea, and have
just brought the crew of the stranded vessel ashore amid
the cheers of the people. The vessel is the Isabella Grin.
ley, with opals for Montrose. She left Sunderland ca Wed-
nesday last, and has been knocking about in the North Sea
ever since. The storm seems to be increasing in violence,
and the wind appears to be getting more round to the
eastward.

BOULOGNE, SCZiDAT, 10.15 P.M.
The collier brig Sir William Pultvuey, and two
others, ire OD shore Deer here. The Craws WO Saved.

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