The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

THE LATE GALES.

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The accounts from the coast continue to furnish
details of numerous casualties during the recent heavy gale.
The outward-bound sea-going steamers appear to have had
a most severe trial, and the escape of some midi. g between
the Eastern ports and Holland have been surprising. The
wind, which had moderated towards Monday evening,
and remained so throughout the night, seems to have
freshened on the following morning, and to have blown
with much force. The French squadron, which had been
delayed in the Downs by the boisterous weather until too
late to do honour to the Emperor at Calais, and got under
weigh on Tuesday morning, in the hope of reaching Bou-
logne in time to receive his imperial majesty, could not make
any progress against the stiff south-wester, which was blow-
ing right op Channel ; and, in order to avoid any serious
misfortune, the fleet ran back, in the course of the after-
noon, to its old anchorage in the Downs, where the ships
were brought safely up far the night. Yesterday (Wed-
nesday) morning they made another start, but with no
better success, it is reported, the wind continuing to blow
hard. It is bringing up, however, a number of homeward-
bound ships; among them several from Australia, with •
vast quantity of gold on board.
The vessel which was wrecked at the mouth of Blakeney
barbour, near Cromer, with all on board, was the John and
Hannah's Endeavour, of Goole. The crew endeavoured to
reach the shore in the boat, which was capsized by the
heavy surf, and all perished. Several of the bodies have
been cast up on the beach, among them that of a woman.
While the gale was at its height, the smack Rover, of Scar-
borough, was driven from ber anchor, near the coast, and
cast upon one of the adjacent sands, where, it is feared, the
whole of the crew met with a watery grave. The
wreck previously reported on the Long Sands turns
out to be a small schooner. Nothing is known of the
hands. The Royal Adelaide steamship, which left the
Thames on Saturday night for Leith, encountered the full
force of the storm. She contrived to make her way as far
as the Spurn, but the tempest was too much for her ; her
rudder became damaged, and she had to get back. Hap-
pily, she succeeded in making Lowestoft harbour. The
screw-steamer Ivanhoe, on a passage to Leith from Rotter-
dam, had to run into Grimsby with loss of steering-wheel
and other damage. The Glenalbyn steamer, which was
on • voyage from Hamburgh to Leith, was driven far
out of her course by the gale, and eventually had to
make fur Grimsby. The Royal Victeria, Mr. Hunter,
master, a large ship, which had arrived off the Spurn from
New Orleans, had a most marvellous escape. Early on
Monday morning the heavy wind and tremendous sea drove
her from her anchors, tearing away the windlass. She was
brought to for some time, but the increased i de blew away
much of her canvas She afterwards shipped a heavy sea,
which did considerable mischief on deck and tilled the cabin
with water. The wind continuing north it was deemed
advisable to run for the Down.. Getting round, however,
to the westward, a course was shaped for Lowestoft, which
she reached. The Mary Ann, Stone, master, bound to
Newhaven from Sunderland, was not so fortunate. While
off the Kentish Knock and endeavouring to weather the
gale, she was overpowered by it, and made so much water
that the crew were compelled to abandon her, and doubt.
less, site soon foundered. The hands were picked up by a
Yarmouth smack, and have since been landed at that port.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—The number of institutions in
union with the Society of Arts, now amounts to 289. Dur-
ing the quarter just completed 17 institutions have joined
the association. The following is a list of these institutions:
Allenheads Library and News-room, Andover Literary In-
stitute, Berkhampstead Mechanics' Institution, Blairgowrie
and Rattray Mechanics' Institution, Brighton, London,
Brighton and South Coast Railway Literary and Scientific
Institution, Bury St. Edmunds st,henwum and Suffolk In•
stitute of Archeology and Natural History, Combo Sub-
scription Library, Coaleleugh Library and News-room,
Colchester Mechanics' Institution, Coventry Mechanics
Institution, Hartlepool (west) Literary sad Mechanical' In-
stitution, Newhouse Library and News-room, Norwood
Library and Reading-room, Odiham Mechanics' Institu-
tion, Shaftesbury Literary Institution, Tamworth Reading-
room, York Institute of Popular Science and Literature.
' Sine, the issue of the list of lecturers noticed a short time
back, the society has put in circulation among the inatitu•
Lions a small collection of photographs, numbering nearly
10) specimens, and illustrating the best results obtained by
the most able. photographers in each process, who have
most kindly, and let us add wisely, seconded the efforts of
the Society of Arts to extend a knowledge of this art, by
leading, and In some eases presenting, the specimens for
this itinerating exhibition.