The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-24 00:00:00

TEE GALES.

The gale which raged with such fury during Sun-
day night and Monday morning, although asating somewhat
for a few hours, again broke forth even with increased
violence during Wednesday night and yesterday, calming
not only an immense destruction of property, but further
injury to many persons. During the height of the gale yes-
terday morning an accident happened on Blackfriars-bridge
by which two persons were severely injured. It may be
stated that the District Telegraph Company's wires run
acre., the river over the bridge, the wire springing from
Mr. Harvey's, the Cross Keys Tavern, Blackfriars-road, toa
house on the Middlesex shore. About eleven o'clock
an Islington omnibus was passing over the bridge, when
a loud noise was heard, and before the cause could be nicer-
tained • gentleman wan seen to fall violently from the top
of the vehicle on to the roadway on his head. It was
then found that the telegraph wire had been broken by the
fury of the gale, and such was the impetus that it coiled
round the neck of the unfortunate man and dragged him
from his seat. He was picked up and conveyed in •
senseless state to the house of Mr. Blandly surgeon,
where it was found that he had sustained serious
injuries to his skull. It was ascertained that his
name was Morris Jacobs, residing in Albany-road,
Camberwell. The broken wire afterwards came in contact,
Bear the Middlesex nide of the bridge, with • man in a cart,
and hurled Lim to the ground, causing severe injuries. The
telegraph wires are reported to Lave been much damaged
along the lines of several railways. Owing to the heavy
rains the neighbourhood of Itedhill was completely flooded.
A large number of cattle was drowned, and a good deal of
farm property destroyed. The damage to house property
has been very great, and several other personal injuries of •
slight nature are reported. The navigation of the river has
been much impeded.

SOUTHAMPTON, Orr. 23.

One of the highest tides ever known here oc-
curred to-day. This was owing to the quantity of rain
which has recently fallen, and which has swollen every
stream and river, and to a strong westerly wind. The
western shore road and the low land of Northam have been
inundated. The Hamburg and American mail packet
H►mmonia has been detained here on account of the
weather, and the Channel Island mad packet, due here last
night, has not yet arrived. A few small boats have been
driven ashore here and damaged.

BRADFORD, Tau R4DAT.

The weather is exceedinly wet and bniatereum here,
and has been so since Tuesday. Considerable damage has been
done throughout the district in the destruction of property.
On Monday morning an immense chimney at Field-head,
Horton, was blown down, doing damage to the extent of
1,5001. ;and yesterday morning, about one o'clock, stall mill
Chimney, at Driffhtillgtol3, near Bradford, was *track with
lightning and seriously injured.

PRESENTATION TO TWO BRITISH CAPTAINS.—
Two intenntius presentations took place at the Liverpool
Local Marine &won yesterday. One consisted of a br-
oodier telescope, the gift of the French Government to
Captain Maxtor, of the Eldora, of Workington. It
was stated by Mr. Model, oos of the members of the
Board, that the French Consul in Loudon bad offered
compensation to the owoen of the Eldora for the
services rendered, but they declined it, remarking
that they only deemed their captain had acted with ordi-
nary humanity. The second presentation was to Captain
Beattie, of the schooner Skelton, of Dumfries, who was re-
warded by the Board of Trade with a very fine telescope, in
acknowledgment of his promptitude and humanity in
running the captain and survivors of the crew of the
schooner Elisabeth and Jane, which was wrecked on the
ltith August when on a voyage from Rio Grande to New
York. The vessel was overtaken by a fearful hurricane and
cast upon her beam ends. The mate and three of the crew
were washed overboard. The captain and survivor re-
mained upon a portion of the vessel which was uppermost
for flee days without food and without water (except what
they could collect during the time it rained), until they were
"'cued by Captain Beattie, who notwithstanding that both
himself aid crew were suffering from sickness and were
short-handed. rendered most cheerfully all the assistance
which they could give,
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