The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST

AT BEA.
The hurricane which bunt forth on Christmas
night has not been equalled in point of severity, sod for
sweat of florae, since that which occasioned so much des-
truction to life and prop. rty fa 1839. As wee predicted,
the recent storm has led to many most heartrending eaten-
' trophes on the sow ; leveret flue ships. some of them sivoi-
great vemels, perished amidst tho fury of the plea, and
in one instance more than 41 unfortunate mistimes met
with a watery grave. It would seem that tits effect
of the burritos* was first felt on Christmas-eve, and after
sweeping round the coast of Ireland, burst over this coun-
try. The velocity sad ismer of the wind far exceeds any-
thing which has been expertereod on our shores of late
Tears; in places it travelled at the rate of between 60 and
70 miles an hoar, while the wind gauge exhibited
the extraordinary premium of from 38 to 4011 m. to the square
font.

'lite large and early attendance at Lloyd's yesterday too
clearly indicated the forth ,dings as to the disastrous results
of the storm on the coast. As the mails came In, more me-
lancholy wrecks were announced, until at length the
" books" communicated • frightful list of casualties.
The upper portion of the English Channel wan the scene
of most terrific weather and numerous deplorable evente
With the violence of a hurricane, the wind commenced to
blow from the south-west, driving all outward bounders
back and produeing an incalculable amount of mischief.
!Hoeing as it did this part of the coast and the vicinity of
the Dawns were exposed to the uninterrupted f rse of
the tempest. Vessels were driven from their anchors,
lost masts and sails, beside* suataininz much other
damage, while some were overpowered by the violence
of the storm, and foundered with every *old on board.
As yet but alight details have come to hand.
Those that have been communicated reveal a sad
sacrifice of human life. Daybreak on Mond sy morning I
disclosed two large ships in the hay of Dunge,ese, between
two and three miles to the westward of toe Lighthouse.
One proved to be an emigrant erase' from Hanahurg, •
barque apparently of 600 tons burden, named the Louisa
I Emilia, bound with emigrants to Rio Orande, in South
America. The boisterous character of the night bad in-
duced the coast-guard statiosed at Lydd to enticipats some
sad disaster occurring in their district, and they had made
the usual arrangements to render relief to vessels in disarms.
The night was one of the most awful description.' The
helpless shin was driven on to the sands which stretch
out some miles from the shore, and out of upwards of 80
souls who were on board, not more than 40 were pre-
served, and they were only need by clinging to pieces of
the wreck, and after an immense amount of suffering.
They were got ashore in the most pitiable condition, and
to add to their painful position, they lost everything they
were possessed of in the world. As for the ship, a for
hours lashing and beating of the sea sufficed to decide her
fate. At daylight she had broken up, and the coast was
strewn with portions other hull and cargo. The coastguard
on duty at Lydd rendered all the aid they could ; some of the
bodies of the unfortunate emigrants were wased up and
were properly removed away to await • coroner's inquest.
This is the most calamitous wreck that has occurred on this
point of the coast for lame time. The other Teasel which
cal wrecked in the bay was the Annechina Justine, bound
to Rouen from Rotterdam. She was east on the beach
about the same period as the emigrant ship, but her crew,
after some dificelty, were preserved.
To the eastward of Dungeness, towards the South Fore-
land, sad havoc was occasioned. During Sunday night, a
large three-masted ship and two other vessels, sup-
posed to be schooners, fouadcrtd in the Downs, with
all their hands as is imagined. Had they been disco-
vered, it is very doubtful whether help could have been
sent off to them. Two other wrecks were observed drifting,
through the Gull Stream, while what mast have happened
oa the formidable Goodwin is yet to be learned, if ever.
Early on Monday morniug • French schooner' with her
sails torn to ribbons, was hurled oa the Brake Sand, and
was lost with every soul of her crew. The Osprey, from
Antwerp, which succeeded in imaging back to the Downs
sad bringing up in safety, reports swum a ship founder
mime short distaste, off Dungeness during the height of the
tempts.

Lower down the Channel equally as !earth' weather
was esperieneed, aad as fatal wrecks occurred. We
have already noticed the effects of the gel* at
Portsmouth end in the vicinity of the Isle of
Wight. The hurricane was severely felt at Portland, and
mach damage was doge to the shipping. Within a short
distance of Lyme Regis a fine emigrant ship called the
Heroine, Mr. I.e Rich, master, which only left the Thames
a short time sines for Port l'hiUip, was totally lost, and
although the disaster was attended with some sacrifice of
life, it is mast providential, considering the terrible charac-
ter of the weather, that it did not prove fatal to, if not the
whole, the greater pert of her living freight. As far as the
perticalars have reeled as, the ill-fated ship had
brought ■p ht Torbay, bat the fury of the storm
having drives her oat to the eastward *he again
succeeded is bringing up off Lyrae Regis, which was some
four or five miles distaat. It was thee ascertained that she

was settling down, and tower& noon two boats were oh.
served to kayo her, and to be endeavouring to make
towards the harbour. The surf was reaping tremendously
high, sad every mosteat it was thought that the boats
would disappear. At this haute» some noble fellows
volunteered le man a heat to go off to their aid. Prmr-
lag a craft beisegiag to the Frances, revenue cutter, the
brave m saikaivutprising Mr. William Bridle (master of the
Primrose), G: (mote of the lieellee packet), and
three of the reson's crew, served Meek, H , sad
Harvey. polled off to eke relief el the s's beats, which
wore beating UMW& the poet. They honelee he is.,
however, be a froasse Minsk and KIM liolsinn, sad,
fashaehOly r eels* wl* the eseeption of Mr. DI" the
*mu of theism*** Mows perished, spreading Ina*
fumes* through the Wm. The two beets hem the
lisselse miessied in *asideg the harbour, bat the par
elegem and mew were in a eery *hassled condition. The
ship isoadwed to the amuse er the shereeet. Ofteepent.
Seely little has ham saved el her. Our Portsmouth ter.
reepeadest says, vegoitilei this week: " Intelligens,
we reorient at this pest this of the *al I
loss of the emigre* ship Sedan of whisk
sailed from this pert fbe Peer P es the I ins,.
The Heroine had embed a detalatal reputation, hay*
r euatki: this pest rem hayloft Leadon, on account of
from dolbeffee andldeg. • thorough manikin(
=M, beam, ether swain, by WM* abs wee
Mae *week it nee swaths. It is said that
MOIL was spat Week Kan repairs. The washable-
INN if die venal for a veggie to Australia wss the *West
of mei mos* at the thee et a survey being held open
ler ad* she eaves la hare, the following paragraphha append in the Barra of November 9
:
• T 'MIGRANT Bair.—The Heroine, of sad
from Leads* r Pert Philip, Y ram ea White's slip at
Peetsmontli. undergelag a maimildag, sad a few other re-
Cfram lett Leedom la the strip pert of last month,
yits sheet 90 presagers it board, and bolas lades with
upzeol serge ewes which was a large quantity of
Ile Ind who hem may days at sae wheat she was
hest to be se May as le feader an imesediate vaunt to
poet abooleldy assess.,. She meordingly pet late Ports-
mouth, whams see*, wm made epee her by the editors
of Lloyd's. Oat: fa* pod the had then sine inches of
wens le bee eel use makieg lye and a half addi-
tion* per be. • sank of the corny proved that her
sips Whese due la a very t moaner; it
a leased dooldfal whether it had ever been done a t
over the greater straw of her sides. Thls has aow, at
all events, to be efficiently done before she can vesture' on
her voyage. Otherwise tke ship appears a very good eradi-
ate* onein may reepat. The moat deplorable results
ht, however, have mud had the Heroine sot out into
we her dohs* displayed thememeltres ; these
lulls mast probably lekg the his of the ship and Oa
lives of her lid crew.' Whether or net the ap-
pose*lCS wiMY. of ski vessel In other
paaeon than
the. •a agma la thee** was real
se mat h new a gerffor olden*. Theevelowever,
grailimmisesse latelry Into it." The IshiNg.leaa ea
nage of seed have suffered greatly. Amengla Ihs fetal
lows sesseded is that of the Ocean Queen. heliwealeg to
Copt, Iffsegoard, of Limostreet.square, whisk was-delves
aloes et Vomitory. Her wreck was found is away frag-
ments it Shad* morning, and then is Utile doubt that
the whole ef ler crew, including the manse. Mr. Hors,
sad twe piessagere, milked. She left Leaden • week or
so bask lier Csiaalse.ead wee lam with a large falafel.
Imam mtge. As yet the aroma*tw of her sum fete
ate eektieWll ; but ben Wan which have been received
at Lloyds and the Jearselem Coffeolcutse from the 'wash-
bowls** where the ibramesas were thrown up, there is
Oleg mew le believe that the ill-fated vessel was
the Osseo Knees. ead fshe meat have been
desiesd le pins ph* the ism Imge quantities of
Aeorelmallio esereepeading with the cargo which elm
titZlhas bees thrown up. The vs mauve Iles for about
i from the sabres* if Tod* river towards New
Stew. The amber et bee heads amesat to 13. Another
Misr his hens molted at the Jerald*, which slaw
slit .111101111111111inspa was man off the Mast as the day
penises emalled. and the bempeetame eldraster of the
auelher pmesaled sealames Waft Nadel* her.

The eastwa eseftempariemed harness. with all its
severity. Tbe ffissales et tie Mad being right dews
spa ao load, alma ea great Maury was doom 'ahem to
Lespeaat raspa the masters. Abmat of Aldborough,
a las brig, heleaging to Newcastle, w
draft Isis bur molten by the Mebane ef the gab aim
drillei ism Mash tM Thappolat, and wu epsodillinked
a pima. NOW/ seat be dose to rescue the poor area.
Isms was head for mew, sad they were all drowned. Oa
the soomaighrs Nab road called the De Bagger, bound to
Loader, ma dashed oa the main at Orfordoess, sad as
:2 west to pies's. Some of bar hands were lest. Yu-
an& attend mash dreas the violent ammeter of
the lam Groat dory was dem to the shipping. The
Pier" . Taylor, saaar, maker way to the Tyne from
Loaded, sad km of her hands went down with
her, the oases won preserved by the life-boat. The
Active, eifflesktem slat west down of Caister, and me or
two ethics me repeMed to have sunk in the lower part
of the Seals. That Jiciaity of the Lumber also
had several easeakies. Tba Yorkehlro mast, at the
psalmist headless& Looms as Fluaborowsh Head, was
espied to the is him a the wad. Ilea a storm had
sot bees ameslowood Kum kr a make at pus. The
Omega sibs.., beleaated le llosthersid, was carried
ashore to the southward of Brldliaposs. The life- boat we
promptly launched la the hope Id arias the unfortunate
mow, but it failed in reaching them, sad the poor fellows
mat with a watery' paws. ditailar disestrom Intel/loam
has been received from higher up the north Coast The
hurricane seems to have visited the several ports alike, and
with very little moderatos.

sem aim from the Viclah ooast speak of the dorm
baying bees experienced in that part of the kingdom with
mach severity. During the who.. of Sunday night the
wind at Demme blew a perfect hurricane from W.N.W.
The me washed ever the quay, broke tio• walls down, and
deiug otherwise much damage. At Aberystwith greater
haven was ocessiceed. The sea ran tremendously high,
and the pier and embankment was col-area with the heavy
breakers. Mach of the parapet wall of the pier wa. carried
away. B..veral ship. are repotted to have been lost, but
thu details have not been communicated.

to Moreeombe Bsy the gale was as heavy front the south
west. A schooner was driven ►►hon with all on board
dead, win the exception of one man. The works of .he
breakwater eustaioed much dutnsge, and the lighthouse
was wished away. Higher up this rang, of eci ist many
wrecks happened, and the with pier and lighthouse at
Maryport an reported to have been broken up.
This day's mall, It is feared, will bring a sad addi ion to
the already too melancholy and numeral's hat of disosters.

CARLISLE
Cumberland has again been subjected to a disas-
trous vianation of excessive wind and rein. For 'leveret
weeks past. the showers have been inordinate, the wind
mo't boisterous, and the rims running far beyond their
ur..inary limits, carrying destruetiou to a great deal of the
property within reach of their overwhelming tide. On
Chriattuas eve, the storm which set in as midnight ap-
proached excited apprehensions for the safety of houses, if
nut for the lives of the inmates themselves. Falling china.
net's, dying slates and coping nano, were serious sudien-
tions ut what might follow if no abatement ensued, and
the• morning light exposed to view the damage done.
Since, the great storm of January 7th, 1839, a is said
the wind has not been kuoso to be higher, and at
intervals the fearful gusts have even exceeded the
worst moments of that great hurricane. 011 Clirlottaaw
• morning it was found that the large woollen monsfaetory
of Mr. John M'Emight, situated in an exposed p.:sition in
the Willow liolme, near the !units of the Caldew, had
been blown down and completely der:toyed. The walls
had given way in the first instance, it appeared, and the
roof fell in, crushing the exuer.ive maehinery conneettil
with the works to phases. In fact, the whole ea. a total
wreck. In Engiisti-street, the principal thoroughfare of
the town, the roofs of oatmeal houses have been riven off,
and the streets in all directions exhibit the etf,ets of the
storm. In the suburbs of the city fences have been
swept away, trice of gigantic stature blown down,
whit t walla, chimneys, outhouses, and in some in-
stances the principal dwellings themselves, either
much damaged or destroyed. One large elm tree near
the lietcherby mill was prostrated on Sunday night.
So firmly had it grasped Mother Earth with its institute-
. able and fibrous roots that it carried with it in its overthrow
lin one solid ra.se, between 20 and 30 toes of soil, edectu-
ally blocking up the thoroughfare in that direction. The
Rivers I'etteril, Caldew, and Eden, ruse to a great height,
overflowing their banks, and again isundatiug the adjacent
land to a very greet extent. Throughout Monday the storm
both of wind and rain was excessive ; so violent that it was
almost impossible to move along. and even then under peril
of a failing slate or coping stone suddenly ing one's
dubious provost. The high road between Bramiton and
' Carlisle to the neighbourhood of ret:eril-bridge, e, near
linteherby, war submerged to the depth of several feet on
Moodily night, and at a late hoer the waters were ruing,
the heavens wearing all the appearance of a continuation
and even aggravation of the storm. The lout of a number
of vessels along the West Uout are reported, but the par-
healers have not reached us yet. There is no abatement
of the storm. The mails have been delayed for hours every
day.

NEWCASTLIE-ON-TYN.E.
This town has been visited with violent storms of
wind and rain, which hero ceased immense damage.
Christmas Day was ushered in with heavy plea which, at
an early hour of the morning, had increased to 'hurricane.
Several houses wore unroofed, and trees were rent asunder
or torn up by the roots. On Monday rooming Mr. Wm.
Voitch, foreman of Messrs. Aldan= and Philemon,
ooachmaken, was peeling through an entry in Pilgrim-
anent, when a the fell upon his head and fractured his
Skull oo dreadfully that he died in about two hours after
he was taken bons'.

GLOUCESTER. 3
In this city the hurricane was felt in all its
strength, Gloucester being open to the south-went, whence
a long flit extends almost without iuterruption down to
the Bristol Channel. Tilea end chimney pots fell about
freely. But few people ventures! abroad. The tower of
St. Mary de Crypt church rocked fearfully, and it wu
feared would fall. A large crevice has made its appearance
in one of the pinnacles. It is said that an embankment on
the South Wales Railway, between Swans's* and Cermar.
then, hue been weeded away by the tide, which Bows up to
itat springs.

FOREIGN OPINIONS OF THE ENGLISH
MINISTRY.

The French Conalitationnel sap of th.' Aberdeen
cabinet " The character of this ministry is perfectly tran-
quillising for France and for the world in general. The
good relations which eaked between our government and
that of Great Britain durieg the administration of Lord
Derby cannot fail to consolidate itself under that of men
like Lord Aberdeen, Lord John Rumen, and their col-
leagues. If talent and experience in the direction of public
basinees be guarantees of moderation and conciliation
in the times In which we live, no foreign ministry can
give more tuarantees for peace than the new English
cabinet."

The Debate says, "Ina country where parties are no ri-
Faseamithated as in England, these two statesmen
ad Poinersten) have sacrificed to the public weal
ttibilidest of their amour props, and they have
accepted, Leed John Rumen the department of Foreign
Affairs, with the leadership in the House of Commons, and
Lewd Palmation the Hems department. They wit neither
UMW" the other war n 7 humiliation by so doing, and
public usastioratie• lalgen will repay them with notary
what Ship may appear to ace lest M official importance.
The items Prates says: „The name of Aberdeen is a
guarantee for that eemestwative, peaceful, honest foreign
eziof which the again sari has been the representative
the Ise ipmarades. Lord Aberdeen uadertskes
tuhipsergames al Amiga affairs just at the moment that
las ameeived the idea of altering the cos-
tume sad the opening the French market to the
produce if Industry. There is a British statesman
who was iadaeed by such an alluring prospect to forget the
nowt mend duties to old grinds and allies (alluding to
Loral Halosabeiry's hasty Illelglition of Louis Napoleon).
Let us raids* that the sew Nautish Premier and Minister
fee Fangs alas is met that nn."
The lisaleymsehnes Dam asp: Never has there been In
&wind a ansommonl sampan of so brilliant parlia-
maay
mentary sad ainiedetrative refutation ; but some persons
an set without appotannons that this fact itself will prove
a senses of weeks= I. the. cabinet. All these eminent
ma have performed. sinsatory set of abnegation of their
pumas' impoolaan la osseptiog posts lower than they
skim, bet will this self-abnegation be
WhalusalguariVill net the sentiment of Importance resume
Mammy ? Will wenn salaiseer want to exercise a pre-
Paailleating inibeesiu we the slides of the government. and
se give rise to dissoluble' Wish will hasten a dissolution of
the sobiaet ? Tbese sae fildilliMs which occurred to some
weds, bat perhaps they are premature."

MILANCIIOLT SHIPWIIIOII IN THE Basepos. CHAN-
xnA.—The fslltiwist deballo.of the total wreck of the
Soprano sear Straggle, leas of six of the craw,
and sabsegesat et tits weak, were received on
Saturday. The Sepregeo WWI has Cardiff on the
I ith instant, 'debutantes of swab he Mae Leone. Be-
ton making the !Ankh-Sod abs Mils with heavy gales of
wind, which oreapelled her again to boar up for the Bristol
ChaaneL Oa fluidity olght, the storm increasing with
• trunamines ask the espiw brought up with three &odors
Asa, whisk abs soon began to drag, and the owner, five
soeasskowd • hey got iato the rigging for safety, having
became somplady o:litigated by taiga. The lea was at
this Um aalskis alma breaches over her, and everything
was amdfligne Ws sad rapidly the vessel with
water % Whillsiltelets finding she was Lett sinking, gave orders
to slip, audios Weer was this dune than she drifted on the
South Tell, and seem after became a total wreck. The
captain and OM of the crew, after having been in the water
for a long *ea were washed on shore seer to the light-
hour, 'there Vag were discovered by the light keeper, who,
in the meet humane m , rendered every puesiblo assist-
ance, whisk govideatially resulted in the complete tato-
ration of All unfortunate men. The life-boats were de-
spatched to the week, hat the violence of the gals and
heavy sea precluded the possibility of their approach ; end
nielealtoly to state, six men perished. The captain's
sheet wee washed on shore; and, when found, it was disco-
vered to have been broke& open, and a valuable gold watch,
morel articles of jewellery, and rings of great value, be-
sides • valuable Natant, azimuth compass, and other
sauelisl instrumests, abetracted. Other articles of less
value, it is known, have bees purloined, instead of having
been delivered up to the receiver of druita ; and Lloyd's
agents, with the aasistazioe of the magistracy and the re-
ceiver of droita, are making the most strenuous exertions
to discover the perpetrators of such base and unfeeling
winose and bring the, to Justice.
ESOLASD AND ITN PitettrECTo. England is a
young nrestry, not ea old eountry, so saes mistakenly as-
sert. The ems, in it at this moment is enormous: we are
but osemonelag to move, sad have a mighty future is
store. ilnliemea, as it seems to us, are beginning to have
glimpses of
tlisk real duty—the welfare and advancement
of the people ammitted to their charge. The time is corn-
ing when leaden will have to be leaders, and the world will
not be gfivertied or trammelled by shams. Toe recognition
of the importance of the line arts and practical science in
the late speech from the throne is • promising sign of the
times, end the proposed Industrial and Artistic University
will be looked forward to hopingly. The applicstion of art
to the manufactures of the country, and the general ad
vancement and elevatiou of the industrial population, is no
longer a matter of preference or otherwise, but mai of vital
necessity. If we stand still, other countries VFW not, and
we shall be passed is the nos. The mind must be set to
work to aid the hand. As the Duke of Newcastle truly said
at the late meeting of the Sheffield School of Design—
'"Them are days in which education is no longer one of the
bangles of life; it has become one of its greatest necessities,
for all ahem and for all grades of society. It has become
the dally hued all."—The Boulder.
DS, MAX MULLER, a personal friend of His
Blesheney the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian minister
at this snot. end who has resided for several years In En-
gland, has bora appointed to a lectureship of metiers litera-
ture la theUaiversity of Oxford.

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