The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

STORM AT HARTLEPOOL.

WRECK OF THE FREEDOM, OF POOLE.
A strong south-east gale has been raging along
the coast of the Bay of Ilartlel for the pest forty-eight
hours, and the sea has been lashed into the furious com-
motion of • storm, breaking with great force on the
beach, and washing over the piers and other projections in
the bay. Upwards of 200 sail of ships have safely entered
the two harbours, principally light vessels bound for the
port, and some have run in for shelter. On Thursday
night the gale was at its height, and the atmosphere was
exceedingly dense. The sea rolled in heavy breakers
towards the harbours, and • few ships managed to steer
their course clear into port. The bre'runitoir, Captain
Thompson, of Poole, made for West , and as it
approached the entrance • heavy sea caught her stern,
and, her course being altered, she dashed with her bows
into tne South Pier, smashing in her stern, tad carrying
away her bowsprit. The breakers rolling in quick
cession into into the entrance swerved the vessel round, and
she washed to the south of the pier, towards !Branton
Sands. There being • fearful sweep occasioned by the
length of pier at this point, the ship was soon carried on to
the beach, and she grounded about half-way down the pier.
Considerable anxiety was felt by the persons in the
vicinity lest the lives of the crew of the unfortunate vessel
should be jeopardised, as the night was intensely dark. A
very short time elapsed before the pier was crowded with
people, and ropes and life buoys were carried along, and
the rocket apparatus sent for. The sea by this time was
making complete breaches over the decks of the ship, and
the crew had to ascend the rigging. A communication
was got from the vessel to the shore, and the crew, eight
in number, were all safely landed on the beach. Cap-
tain Mills, of the Clara Jane, of Whitby, was amongst
those on the pier to render assistance, and in the darkness
of the night fell over the side of the pier. The sea dashed
him about, and he was washed about twenty yards from
the abutment. Two or three ropes were thrown to him,
and he managed to catch hold of one just as he was about
exhausted, and Capt. Fowler was lowered do wn to the bottom
of the pier and succeeded in rescuing him. He was in •
rely distressed state when landed on the pier. Yesterday
morning the stranded vessel was still holding together
with her topsails set, and her head to the sea. She is very
considerably damaged, and willthe become a wrecklron Era,
. About
11 o'clock yesterday morning, screw steamer
Captain Hon, of West Hartlepool, while attempting to
enter the harbour at Old Hartlepool, ran on to the Fish
Sands. The ateamtug Amelia at once put off to her assis-
tance, and got a tow rope from her stern, and succeeded
in getting her off without much apparent injury. The
schooner John Newport, Captain Melville, was cowing in
at the time, and nearly ran foul of the steamer, and bad
to risk sailing inside of the buoys, in order to pus her.

JUDICIAL SaLAmss.—The Lords Justices of
Appeals, as well as the Mute of the Bolls, have 6,0001.
a year, and the Vioe-Chancellor, 5,0001. ; the Lord Chief
Justice of the Queen's Bench, B,ooof. ; and the other
judge, 5,0001. The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer have each 7,0001.,
and the other judges of both courts 5,000 f. each.
THE CHEPSTOW OLD BAN . —This bank stopped
payment in June last, with liabilities of 56,0001., and the
assets were estimated to realise a dividend of 10s. in the
pound. Messrs. Brown, Curre, and Higgins were appointed
trustees to wind-up the estate, and their management has
been so euwieesful that a dividend of Bs. in the pound is
announced as payable on the sth of November. Should the
liquidation oontanue favourable, it is probable that the cre-
ditors will obtain more than the original estimate of 10e.
in the pound.
PRICE OF BRILLD. —Reports from various=
of the metropolis and from many of the larger pro
towns show the variations which at present obtain in the
price of the Tautens loaf. In London and the suburbs
the price varies from inel. to fid. In Manchester it is as
low as 50., and rises as high as 7d. ; whilst at Liverpool
the only price reported is Pd. Aberdeen and Edinburgh
people pay from 6d. to 7ld. ; whilst at Woolwich and
Brighton the inhabitants have to pay from 70. to 80.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20.

HR. POPE HENNESSY is surprised to find him-
self so famous. In Wexford he has been met by
twenty-three priests, who " seem to have as in-
" timate a knowledge of his public career as he
" has himself." Conservative landlords, who

never saw his face, are busily canvassing for him.
To carry an Irish county constituency, it has
always been considered indispensable that a candi-
date should have either the priests or the land-
lords on his aide. Mr. HENNESSY has both, and
his election should be, therefore, sure. The enthu-
siasm felt for him by the people of the county of
Wexford, to whom he is personally a stranger,
ought to console him for the ingratitude of the
electors of King's County, who having had the
benefit of his services in one Parliament declined
to avail themselves of them in another. Mr. HEN-
NESSY was apparently more attached to them
than they to him. The strange and unsuccessful
artifice by which he sought, in violation of the
forms of the House of Commons, to reverse the
return of the High Sheriff, and to smuggle him-

sell into Sir PATRICK O'BRIEN'S seat, was an inci-

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lost none of her rights over Luxemburg brae dirap-
peszanos of the confederation. Luxemburg is now one of
the strongest places in Europe, and the posaimaion of such
a place is naturally of great interest. The fortress at'
present is garrisoned, as it has been for many years,
jointly by the Prussian and Dutch troops, and the govern-
tnent of Berlin firmly declines to withdraw its contingent.
The report of the military commission appointed to in-
vestigate the New Orleans riots of July proves the case of
Congress, the Daily Rem says, against Mr. Johnson. Here
is one of his reconstructed governments not only failing to
protect loyal citizens but conspiring against their safety.
Here is one of his pardoned official' organising a police
assault on an unarmed meeting, putting his police at the
head of a rebel mob, and following up outrage by perjury.
By attempting to screen the New Orleans " authorities."
Mr. Johnson has brought upon himself a share of the
blame, and on his policy all the condemnation that is cast
on them. A comparison of his speeches with the report of
his own commissioners leads irresistibly to the conclusion
that Mr. Johnson charged his opponents with the
crime h order to shield his own guilty friends.
A week ago we heard that the great state of Pennsylvania
had condemned his policy. To-day the telegram informs
us that Ohio, Indiana, and lowa have arrayed themselves
on the same side. These elections are decisive.
The Post treats of reform, of the Oxford banquet, and of
the career of the late M. Thouvenel. The latter, it is re-
marked, in comparison with our contemporary otatesmen,
may almost be looked upon as a youth. For instance, Earl
Rumen is 74, Lord Derby is 67, and it is hoped and ex-
pected they have to look forward to many years of
vigorous life. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli, whom we
are accustomed to look upon, in years, as young statesmen,
are respectively 57 and 61.
The Herold accuses Mr. Bright of offering direct incen-
tives to spoliation. His references to the landed pro-
prietors can bear no other interpretation to any honest
wild than that of a provocation to robbery and violence.
Returning to the Jamaica massacres, the Herald asserts as
beyond the possibility of reasonable doubt that the late Mr.
Gordon was fully cognisant of all the plans and intentions
of the rioters ; and our contemporary proceeds to tell some
curious story about a proposition, which it is now stated
Mr. Gordon once made, to purchase a Confederate orator,
assuming that this story at once establishes the fact of
Mr. Gordon's guilt.

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