The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-22 00:00:00

THE VIOLENT GALES.

MORE SHIPWRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE.

We have received accounts from various points
of the eosin showing that the havoc caused by the pie of
the last two days has been greeter than yet reported. and
the lows of life more extensive. Owing to the gale of wind
that has been blowing for the last three days the Channel
Wands mail packet Courier sad the Hem mail packet
Alliance, which left Southampton at midnight os Yoaday,
were unable to proceed to sea before Tuesday night. The
Alliance took shelter off Heeler and the Courier off
Lymingtoo.
From Newcastle we lea= that snow descended at in•
fermis on Tuesday, in heavy showers, sad a high wind,
accompanied by Misuse cold, prevailed. la that district,
however, the gale was not of that severity to place life or
property in imminent danger. The intelligence is already
announoed that a venial belonging to Sunderland, sad
another from the Tyne, have been lost amid the dons ; but
in both cases the crews were happily rescued from their
perilous positions.

LIVERPOOL, WZDNIIIDAY.

After the despatch of our parcel yesterday the mad
gradually hicressed up to 12 o'clock, when it abated. The
storm, however, commenced again shout 4 o'clock this mock-
ing, and it continued to blow • beery ple outside until
the despatch of our present parcel. The ship Admiral
is now deeply imbedded in the sand, and all
hops, of rasing her am gone. The J. Z.
which was • large ship belonging to Slams. Guyon,
of Liverpool, with • crew of thirty men and twenty pas-
sengers, bound for New York, in putting back to Liverpool,
owing to the weather, wait ashore on the north bank, when
she now lies with her kook broken. Two of the lifeboats,
which attended the vessel all night, voodooist! te rescuing
the crew and aad landed them here at 9.10 this
morning. A portion of the Semombe slip aed about
500 tons of noel have been washed away. The immense sup-
porta which held up The high water slip at Egranoet are
also carried away. The J. A. Storer, bound from Portland
for Kingston (Inland) with a cargo of deals, was driven
out of her noun by the fury of the pie, and went ashore
at Little Brighton, near Waterloo, gaily this morn.
ing. The vessel is • complete wreck, and her cargo
is washing along the mast. The captain and fifteen of the
mew have been mired, but two men on eudeavouring to
sling themselves into the boats were drowned. The barque
Reuben, from Woodpoint for Fleetwood, laden with tim-
ber, went ashore neer Southport this morning, mid became
• total wreck. The lifeboats proceeded to the assistance of
the crew, who were supposed to be clinging to • portion of
the wreck. There is another vowel ashore near Waterloo,
• complete wreak, sod her cargo, which was partly com-
posed of apples, covers the beach. There is not the slightest
vestige of her crew, who are all believed to have bee*
drowoed daring the night. The Admiral's stem-
quarter has parted from the rest of the hull. The vessel
Medea, which was lost off Holyhead yesterday, belonged to
Messrs. Holdall sod Co., of Liverpool, and unfortunately
another vessel also belonging to Hears. Borstal, called the I
Pride of Cicada, bound from Benin (West Come of Africa)
fur Liverpo is now ashoreoutside. Two stausings are
doogwd*,-aodeavosrieg to drag her off the beak. Three
mete and • broken boat, supposed to Woes to the Jane 0,
Storer, have been washed up the river. Another boat,
marked "Brothers, of Ayr, Hugh Hardy,' has ale, been
washed ashore. The sigma of distress still ay* from the
Northwest Lightship indicates, it is feared, furtherdiesten

HOLYHEAD. hiONDAT NIGHT.
This morning, is a heavy gale from the north-west and a
very strong sea, the barque Yeslos, of Liverpool, anchored
in the outer roads at Holyhead. The anchors did not, how-
me, hold, sad as she visa dragging, the lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution stasioried hem was despatched
to her suntans. On arriving alongside the lifeboat bad
time to slip the chain of the venal and to ran lier on the
mods, instead of the rocks on which she was fast drifting.
After perform* this servico, the lifeboat, which behaved
very well, was hauled up to leeward, ss she was then suable
to return to her station.

GREAT YARMOUTH, WunizaDAy..

The wild and tempestuous weather whir.): set in at the
commencement of the week still continues, accompanied at
intervals with driving showers of rein, sleet, and wow,
and vivid flashes of lightoing. Yeaerday evening and
through the night it blew with terrific violence,
and though it has somewhat abated now, there
is every indication of its speedy renewal. There
is at this moment a heavy fall of snow. Yesterday
the barometer fell to 28.9, the lowest point at which it has
stood since the disastrous gale of May, 1880. The damage
to the shipping is up to the prompt much less than
I could have been anticipated ; but with the wind from the
westward, from which it has generally been blowing,
Yarmouth-rotds afford a secure shelter. The sloop Solid,
from Bowness for London, has been driven from her
anchor, and towed in, and. the brig Medora, of Whitby,
has poi in with lose of mainmast and other damage. A
large fleet of trawling venal, is out, for the safer y of
which great anxiety is entertained. it was reported here
lest night that the Cromer lifeboat was last yesterday,
I with all hands, in endeavouriag to take the mew out of
a vessel on the Beeline /lands, the ship heeling over on her
sad carrying all down.

.1.1-THAM, WIDNLSDAT NIGHT.
We have hem visited with fearful gales der* the last
three days, but fortunately there ia only one instance of
shipwreck to record. A vessel was observed aground ou
the Sailboats Bonk, while the wind wee blowing very hard
and the sea very high. The lifeboat of lb* National Life-
boat Institution wee imediately got out, mounted on her
transporting carriage, and quickly conveyed to windward,
• distance of four or Am miles over the mods,
which were very soft. On arriv:og near the acme of
the wreck, the lifeboat, with her crew on board. was
at once launched, and proceeded off to the mewl, which
was found to be the barque Rubio, of Liverpool, with a
cargo of timber oo board. The jibboom of the ship was
carried away, and her rudder wee gone. She bad no boat.,
and thed tackles were hangiog in the water. With
some duty, owing to the limey sea, the lifeboat
succeeded in rescuing the crew of twelve men, and brought
them ashore, amid the cheering of • large conoourse of
spece•tors. It is a singular coincidence that this vessel
holmium to the came owners, and wee chartered
with the came cargo, am the barque Brasil, which was
wrecked as the Sandbank on the 26th ult., and whose
crew of thirteen men were rescued reader similar perilous
circumstances by this valuable lifeboat.
(BY ILICTR/C Ann reminnonnt. TRIXIMAPII.)
CROMER. PLR NORWICH, THURSDAY, NooN.
Mr. Henry Seedbed, of Cromer, the hoe. secretary of
that brooch of the National Lifeboat lustitutiou, reports
that ao accident had happened to the Cromer lifeboat by
a disabled mesel falling oe her. The lifeboat had not for-
tuaately been required during the recent gale.

GREAT FIRE AT ASIITON-MIDIR-LYNIL —.ASHTON,
WIDNISDAT N11007,-.-At 9.45 p.m. s terrific firs broke
set 00 the 00101tille Of H. Lie. nod Sone, Bridge Bad Iron
Works, which boa Wally destroyed the workshops. The
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