The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-18 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

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THE LATE DISASTROUS HURRICANE.

The Union Company's steamer Briton, from Table
Bay June 14th, St. Helena 220 d, and Anemia' 26th, he
arrived at Plymouth with 100 passeogers.
The llitenbage left Table Bay on the 9th, and St. Helena
on the 17th ult., with 37 pameopre and mails.
The hurricane which took place on the 17th of May was
one of the most destructive gales that had ever visited Tablo
Bey; 18 vessels parted from their anchors and went nhore—
viz., the barque Alacrity, Captain Gooch ; the mail steamer
Athens, Captain Smith ; the bsrgas C.ty of Peterborough,
Captain Wright; the clipper schooner Centeno, Captain
Deane; the barque Brahma, Capt in Frederick Basil; the
barque Glendinoing, Captain Fernando; schooner Galas,
Casten Figilanto ; the Danish schooner Closter ; the brig
Galatea, Captain Kingeton ; the cutter Gem, Captain
Parow ; *chooser Isabel, Captain Nelson ; the brig Jane,
Captain Pioota ; the schooner Kehrwieder, Captain Haver.
bars; the Dutch brig Mona Johanna, Captain Driest ; the
barque Royal Minstrel, Captain Andrew ; the barque Royal
Arthur, Captain 31 'Douse' ; the torque Star of the West,
Captain Ellbry ; the cutter Becjsmin Miller, Capt. Ham peL
Fearful loss of life accompanied these wrecks. The oaptaio,
anneal, and twenty-seven of the crew of the Athens, the
captain, wife, and child. sod fourteen of the crew of the
Oity of Peterborough, and twelve boatmen belonging to the
port, have all perished. The barques Royal Miostrel and
Ster of the West bad since been floated off without sustain-
ing much damage. The brigs Galatea and Jane, and some
of the achooners, had been healed off the beach, and might
be repaired.
In Simon's Bay also the ple was very severely felt. The
French steam corvette Primooguet was driven *above, but
subsequently got off with the essisteren of H.M.S. ValoToll2.
The Frailest Black Bell, an Austrian trader. was lost on
the Hetet Bluff on May 26. She was laden with Coolies
{ for the Went lodise, and had put in at Natal for the par-
pose of obtaining medical aid, having no surgeon on board.
Two hundred of the Coolies were said to have been drowsed;
the survivors were landed and placed in a lazaretto. Her
officer's report states 302 Coolies well, 77 sick, sod 189
deed sines leaving Calcutta, and 20 deed from drowning.
A large number of bodies that have washed up were
alleged to be those of Coolies that had died the day before
the vessel wrecked.

Along the frostier the gales b►d also done • great deal
of damage island. Large forest trees were uprooted by
buodrsds, sod • great portion of the convict station at the
Katberg was blown dowo.
Trade had been much affected by the wrecks, every
shipping-house being more or lees ioterested ; otherwise a
fair amount of business had been transacted foe the season.
The commercial oriais at Part Elizabeth wu not yet quite
over, end difficulties were being experienced in settling
various proposed oompositione.

HATIL&ZICIT WWII& —Mr. Buckitone Sates
his &snug bend% no.aight, which is the last alight el the
iincerre, at the Haymarket, and the last night at Mr. &thirds
appearance in Brother Sam. The pieces set down are
Three Weds after Marriage, Brother Saar, the operetta of
the Mills?. Daughter; which Mr. Beolidone will as
usual say a few words to the andionee, and Our Mary
Anne.