The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-04 00:00:00

THE GALES.

During the gale on Tuesday night a small vessel
laden with 'tons and bound for London., sank on the east
aide of Dungeness. The crew of three men had only just
liras to launch a little boat not much larger than a cubing
tub and jump in when the vessel went down. A heavy sae
was running, and it was almost miraculous that the boat
kept up, but after rowing for about an hoar they landed
safely and without assistance on the beach between Hythe
and Sandpits, just under Shorncliffe camp.

LIVERPOOL, WIDNISDAY.
One of the most dreadful storms that has oc-
curred for many years swept over Liverpool and the
neighbourhood last night and up to an early hour this
morning. Indeed, since the disastrous year when the
Royal Charter was lost on the Welsh coast, there has not
bees a more terrific gale, and at present it is impounds to
arrive at any estimate of the damage done, but the captains
of several ships that have arrived report that they never
experienced such heavy weather in the channel. Captain
Ives, of the American ship Atmosphere, which has arrived
here from New York, states that when in lat. 51.09 N.,
12.19 W., he fell in with thebarque British Monarch, from
Cardiff, 19 days out. The barque had experienced fear-
ful weather—her main and mina masts were carried
away, her decks had been swept, and every-
thing carried overboard ; and the captain, who
would not desert his ship, requested Captain Iva to
" report his condition." On the same day, when in the
same latitude, but 10.40 W. long., at 9 p.m., spoke a brig
bound up Channel in a very crippled condition. She had •
jury foremast rigged, and appeared to steer very badly.
Captain Ives, owing to the heavy sea, could not get near
enough to ascertain the name of the brig ; but from all that
he Gould see, she was trying to make the best of it in the
storm. Bo far as regards the Atmosphere, Captain Ives
smuts that he never experienced such tempestuous weather
in all his time at sea. On the 29th ult., he encountered a
terrific gale from the S.S.W. to N.W. The wind blew in
squalls, and lasted for 18 hours. The foretopsail was blown
clean away from the yard, the decks were swept, and deck-
houses and other things carried away. Though the men
were much exposed no personal injuries were sustained.—
Mr. Hartnup, the astronomer to the Liverpool corporation,
reports that during the twenty-four boars ending 9 p.m.
last night, the extreme pressure of the wind was 101bs. on
the square foot. The average hourly velocity was 20
miles, and the general direction of the wind S.S. E. The
reading of the barometer at 9 p.m., corrected and reduced
to the sea level, was 29.2.15. The mean temperature was
41.8, and the avenge of 19 yearn for the same day, was
40.5. The amount of rainfall during four hours was 0.12
inches.—A letter from Westport, received in Liverpool,
states that the ship Scotland has gone ashore near Dtegle
Bay, and become a total wreck. She was bound from Cal-
cutta to London, and • cue of mutiny on board of her has
been before the London police magistrates. The Otter,
with • cargo of oil from Philadelphia to Havre, has also
become a total wreck in Clear Bay, but hopes are enter-
tained of saving the cargo. The Allan. steamer, has
landed at Eanishonis light the crew of the Pleiades, of
St. John's, N.B. The St. Andrew picked up the crew ►t
sea, the Pleiades having been abandoned in a sinking con-
dition. A tug has left in search of the missing vessel.

PORTSMOUTH, JAR. 3.
The gales from the south-west, which have con-
tinued with but little intermission for some time, broke
out again on this part of the mast, with iotense fury, brat
evening. Towards midnight the gale was at its height,
and the sea, which was lashed into fury, rose to a height
which. It Is said, has not bean equallod for some Jews past.
It deified with fearful violence against the sea wall that
bounds the channel on the Portsmonth side of the harbour,
end beat over the wall and ramparts in more than mere
flying clouds of spray. The seas literally rolled in
great volume upon the Victoria Pier at Ports-
mouth, leaving a large accumulation of 111111110441, and the
swell underneath the platform of the pier completely
forced • number of the two-and-s-half or three inch flooring
planks up from the cross beams to which they were fas-
tended. The corridor at the roar of the pier, constructed
of corrugated iron, was also stove in at ose end by the force
of the waves washing up into the angle formed by the sea
wall and the end of the corridor which projects from it.
The most extraordinary force of the water, was, however,
exhibited at what is known as the Queen's leading stage, a
sally-port opening upon • wooden platfertn and steps
falling out parallel with the Victoria pier. The heavy
stones forming the sill of the gateway, strongly braced
though they were with iron fastenings, sank into the stone
with molten lead, were literally lifted out of their position,
and turned over as if by the power of an earthquake. A
Norwegian ship, named the Oscar, bound from Shields to
Alexandria, had a narrow escape from being lost at the back
of the Isle of Wight daring the gale of Sunday last, having
been driven in shore near Black Gong Chine, in beating
down the channel, but she was put about, end justmanaged
to weather St. Catherine's Point, and thus avoided
total destruction. She anchored off the eastern end of the
island for the night, and yesterday was towed into Ports-
mouth harbour to make good the damage she has sus-
tained. A large number of vessels have taken shelter on
the Mother-bank. The only man-of-war at Spithead during
last night was the Malacca. screw-sloop, which was swatt-
ing fair weather to sail for the Pacific station.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 3.
It came on to blow a fearful gale from the south-
west at 4 p.m. yesterday, but the wind fell quite sud-
denly at 3 a.m. to-day. A number of boats were again
sank in Southamptln-water. A vessel laden with timber
was driven ashore near the docks. The western shore road
was considerably damaged, and great injury was done to
house property in the town. It is expected that the Royal
Mail steamer Atrato lay to in Yarmouth roads until the gale
ceased.

THE ARMIES Or THE UNITED STATES.—The
American Army and Nary Journal contains the following
article :—"The session of Congress and the compilation of
reports from the various departments and bureaus have
furnished an array of facts and figures which will be by
turns the delight mid the despair of the statisticians. Some
of those not already furnished, interesting to military
readers, we will collect without attempting to draw any
further inference than the facts themselves suggest, The
statistics of prisoners captured and paroled during the
war show a total of 329,000, of which 173,000 were
captured daring the final surrenders of the rebellion—
that is to say, 156,000 were captured before the tinal
breaking up. Now, the rebels captured 157,000 from
us, it is said, so that the account was pretty
nearly equal up to the beginning of the present
year. Next, uto the deaths and burials of our soldiers.
In this particular the following table exhibits the number
of deaths officially reported at the place indicated from
August 1, 1861, to Nov. 29, 1865:—Washington, D.C.—
Whites, 15,412; blacks, 6.328. Alexandria, Va.—Whites,
2,372 ; blacks. 229. Andersonville, Ga.—Soldiers, sailors,
employe's, end citizens, 12,9181; Spottaylvania and Wil-
derness, 1,500 ; in sad around Nashville, Tens., 32,000 ;
Richmond, Va., 60.000. Next, as to the size and constitu-
tion of our volunteer armies. It appears that, during the
years 1863 and 1864, there were over 40,000 com-
missioned officers in our armies, an average of
one officer to every twenty-five men on the rolls.
Eight hundred and twenty-two thousard soldiers have
been mustered out since June. The number of major-
generals of volunteers hooourably mustered out of service
more March 11, 1865, is 10; resigned, 22; total, 32. Number
of brigadier.geoerals honourably mustered out since same
date, 78; resigned. 55; died, 4; total, 137. Total of both
grades, 169. Iu the pay department, under the existing
organis WOO, there are a paymaster-general, two assistant
paymaster-generals, and 25 paymasters in the regular
service, this being the legal complement. At the begin-
ning of 1864 there were in service 447 additional pay.
muter', which is the highest number in the service at say
period. This number has since gradually beet reduced by
deaths, resignations, and musters-out, until there reined,
now in the service but 165 additional paymasters, and this
runber will soon doubtless be further reduced. Another
interesting eerie* of statistics relates to the use of reams&
by government. At the end of the war government had
acquired and need for military purposes 330 locomotives,
4,000 011111, and 70,000 tons of iron. All the locomotives
have now been sold but 32, and there are about 1.000 cue
yet on hand ; some have been sold for cash at auction, sad
some at six months' and two years' time to Southern rail-
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