The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15. 1849.

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thin !snidest by the item, that repeal is as bweleatly
defame it Cork as in Dublin.
The letter from the " state prisoners," published in
!his morning's Freeman's Journal, will am add much
to the chances of Mr. John O'Connell becoming pop-
, lee again with the repeaters. It is as follows :
Richmond Eridewell, January 12, 1849.—Sir,—Having
lately wen in the newspapers two lettere bearing. your signa-
ture, in the Bret of which you misrepresent sad insult the
state prisoners, who have now no opportunity of replying to
your aspersions; and in the second of which you profess to
;Lim for them nserelful consideration, we cannot refrain
from telling you, that though perfectly contented to pramover
•he former in alarms, we cannot tolerate with the same
rquanimity your affectation of pity. We, therefore, sin-
cerely deprecate any intenention on your part in regard to
the penalties which it may be our lot to gaffer for laving en-
deavoured to serve our country —We remain, sir, your obe-
Meat servants, Wry mart Sutra O'Brunx, Turmas
nuncio Mammas', Tunica BiLlaw Widamns,
PATIOICS O'Dosonon.—John O'Connell, En., M.P.
At Greet!-street to-day, the case of Cavan Daffy
was renewed. Messrs. /fowler, Q.C., and Butt, Q.C.,
have concluded their arguments, and the Attorney-
General has just risen to reply to them. The general
rumour in the court was that the judges would give
judgment against Mr. Daffy.
In the Mail of to-night there is the follcwing para-
graph about the vacant bishopric :
It is now confidently asserted, and, we believe, upon
authority, that the united sees of Down and Connor and
Dromore, cannot be represented on the episcopal bench,
moil au act of parliament, spreading oat the repayment of
the loan originally raised for building the new see-house over
a csrtain number of years, shall have been passed, How
the present difficulty arose it were needle's to inquire ; but,
in ascribing the blame to the parties responsible for the in•
convenience, it appears to us that the ecclesiastical commis-
aonen, who neglected to 'afore the instalments, and the
.ncutive which winked at the neglect, are to a very great
degree culpable. The see has now for many months re-
mow d vacant ; how long it may continue so depends upon
the caprice of the minister of the crown and the parliament
Meanwhile, what becomes of the spiritual oversight of this
portion of the Christian fold ?

ATTIMPT TO AIMMISRINATS W. H. DANIZL, Eau., 3. P.
—Three m••re of the conspirators engaged in the attempt on
the life of this estimable and reipreted gentleman, were sr-
reited and hilly committed en toe sth inst. for trial at the
Tirir names are Patrick Connell, Thomas thinly,
and William Fox. These make eight of the party now
amenable.— Watt:etc:lh Guardian.

SCOTLAND.

STORM AND LO.B OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.
The AGerders Banner says :—" Late on Stand q(yesterday
week) it blew a gale, the sea rose to a tremendous height,
and the consequences to shipping were serious. The Union,
of Stonehsveu, was wrecked at the mouth of the harbour ;
the Mauefield, of Aberdeen, itoo lillrthpool, shared the
came fate among the rocks at Brotherton ; the Blossom, en
entering the harbour, was considerably injured ; the Venus,
H. oidenou, which had sailed for London with a cargo of
gni., was obliged to put back, and or entering the harbour
had her rudder end rudder-post carried away. Thrsoghout
the day on Tuesday the storm somewhat abated, but towards
eight reviewed with, if passible, iucreved violence,
end won Nevin attended web melancholy result..
There was a strong phi t item SE, the sea runeing so high
that for some distance from the shore no vessel could live in
c. Accordingly, on Wednesday afternoon, several vessels
were discovered in the disiance, strufeglieg very bard with
the wind and waves. Oue 'initiate,' signals of isms, and
appeared as if =skive fur the land. This proved to be the
Issalla of Dundee, having s cargo of linseed; at all events,
that ulna came ashore on the beach two hours afterwaida.
Tne life host was imme lately got out, manned in the most
heroic maimer, and succeeded in rescuing the unfortunate
crew. Shortly alter the time when the Isabella came on
shore, and about seven o'clock, another and more lames a-
ble catastrophe ue:urred, attended with hiss of life. The
Rezatreth, of this port, w ich sailed with timber from Aber-
the nea Saturday lat for L ith, but had been prevented reach-
ing teat port by the storm, cow came on shore some distance
notthsterd of the Ie 'twig. It appears that, shortly before
she struck, tee ceptaiii, mate, and a man were &wept a the
vessel and WtV• drowned, leaving on board only two boys, '
oh t went down into the told and gave theinst Ives up for
lost, when the vessel having struck they were saved by the
Th • captain ( whose wane was M'Ketixit) at well as
ter other two men lave left wives ar d m=ild- a. On Friday '
morning another vessel (the Dahlia, of Newcastle), coal
laden, was also stranded on our beach ; crew saved. Friday
afternoon, J. Miller, a Ilesher, went down to the pier, ..nd
having attached hit horse to some place near the old light-
house, went down the north pier, evidently to tee it any eke
els were in the offing. While saunteriug on the pier a wove
came suddenly upen him, and be was speedily overwhelmed
in the surf. Unfortunately, ere any assistance could be ren-
&ref, he was lust sight of. lie, too, has left a cite and tamely.
Another person narrowly escaped with his life. In going along
th pier he wascarried off his fret by a wave, but fortunately ,
regained his position. Along the toast the damage done
has been great. At Stonehaven we understand the lower
part of the town was inundated, and considerable injury ma
have been done in cousrquence. A letter dated Boddie°,
10th Jan., says: "About 9 o'clock this moruing two
•chosners and a Prig were seen standing north, the sea run-
ning high at the time. It soon became evident that the
twig could not clear the Buchan-mesa; aeti when she was
about threequarten of a mile from the rims and about a fur-
lons from the oind sae went down. The brig appeared to be
abut 140 tons burden, but no conjecture could be made as to
her name. Three or tour of the crew took to a boat. and •fe w
we re seer on the quarterdeck. The fragments of a boat came
on shore ; it seemed to he old, brown outside, black aside,
and hadlight blue gunimalee,but no ship's name on the -tern "
A Pete-head core, sponoent says, toe hero, ot Fraser-
burgh, came ashore at the Baths about hall-past two o'clock,
and the scene which there took place wait one of the most
tearfully striking I ever witnessed. Toe first sea after the
vessel struck forced right upon her broadside, and every
successive wave, like a moving mountain, went clean over
her with tremendous force. The masts broke at one str dee
like pieces of brittle glass. The situation of the poor men
wee perilous in the extreme. In no other circumstences, I
think, dues the puniness of man appear more conspicuous
than in such as these, for here were hundreds of human
'wings alm art within reach of their perishing fellows without
h deg able to do much more than sigh and cry to them.
Four men were rescued from the wreck. I understand two
lives were luet—but amid the present general confusion
it is impossible to obtain accurate information.
A vessel, supposed to he the Scotsman, of Aberdeen, has
tonndered nest Stains Castle, and all hands are lost, to the
numb.tr of about seven. Three or four men were seen at the
querter•dock about the time the catastrophe happesed, but
no aid could be afforded. Capt Ettenhank and some of the
seamen of the Katherine came up with the mail last night
from Peterhead, and one of the men states, that a boat, with
three or four men, was seen to approach tiie land, and when
they had almost toirchad it, the boat wail dashed to pieces,
and the poor fellow. sunk. This might p-ssibly have been a
portion of the crew of the Scotsman; and a hull, which ha'
been cast lobate near Peterhead, might also be that of the
same vessel, which had !drifted thus far nortftward. The
hull had a white stripe; the figurehead was also white. The
worst, however, remains to be told. On Wednes-
day after noon fifteen individuals proceeded to the
north pier, for the purp use of securing some vessels which
had broken from their moorings. The see run very hieb,
when suddenly all of them were swe,pt off and sack. Toe
dead bodies have all been got exceptone, teat of Capt. Ilogg.
Capt. Armand wee also among the number; the rest, we
believe, were labouring men, probably belonging to the see-
taring'_class. Another account represents the number lost at
17. This awful calamity following so soon after that of
August last, will bear very hard on the town of Peterhead ;
and many families will be thrown into the deebest
Another letter from Peterhead, dated Jan. 10, says, "There
has been serious work going on here this afternoon. While
I am writing (4 o'clock), the whole of the walls round the
north harbour are driven down by the sea, and Mr. Meth-
yen's large property below the dock is nearly levelled to the
ground. The destruction of the property in this part of the
harbour is very serious. and I cannot tell what next tide may
do. There are four vessels ashore in the bay, and a great
loss of life."