The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Gold, 1341. Exchange on London, 1091 ; 5-20
United States Bonds, 1073 ; Illinois, 120 ; Erie,
65? i. Cotton, middling upland, 35c.

THE LATE GALES.-LIFEBOAT SERVICES.
MORE LOSS OF LIFE.

FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHEN BAY,
Went:
Intelligence was received here yesterday (says
Captain Arengo Cross) that a ship was on shore on the
Middle Patch, on Carmarthen bar. It was blowing strong
at the time from the westward, with occasional heavy squalls.
The City of Manchester lifeboat of the National Lifeboat
Institution was launched and proceeded towards the
wreck. On nearing the spot it was observed that
there was a signal of distress flying on the only mast
standing, that her hull was under water, and that two
men were clinging to the masthead. As there were por-
tions of wreck washing about in the vicinity of the vessel,
the lifeboat experienced some difficulty in getting along-
side, but after repeated attempts she succeeded in effect-
ing a communication, and rescued the two poor fellows,
who were in a moat exhausted state. They were
safely brought on shore and are now doing well.
One of them was the mate, who stated that his vessel was
the schooner Gem, of Hull, bound from Greenock to
Southampton, laden with pig iron and machinery. Owing
to the extremely boisterous state of the weather the Gem
had lost all her sails but one, and owing to the master
mistaking the Caldy Light for St. Anne's, she had gone on
the sands about midnight and filled almost immediately.
As the night was stormy and the sea running high, the
master, his wife, and the four men, who composed the
crew, lashed themselves to the cross-trees, but at daylight
there were only two of them living, the others being
drowned in their lashings and their bodies being fearfully
mangled. There were evidently no means on board the
wreck to show a night signal for the assistance of the
lifeboat.

CARDIGAN, WEDNESPAY.
At daylight yesterday a sack wu observed in the bay
with two anchors down, and labouring heavily (reports
L Tenfold, Esq., collector of customs). She had car-
ried away the main boom RIO bulwarks, and her windlass
was disabled. As the seafaring men at St. Dogniers knew
that the vessel must be in great danger, owing to her
dangerous position, they launched the Blanchester
lifeboat—the John Stuart —of the National Life-
boat Institution, and went to her assistance. The
master of the smack, which was the Coronation, of
Bideford, gladly accepted the services of the lifeboat, and
he and his crew of eight men were safely brought ashore in a
heavy ground sea. He stated that the crew were so much
exhausted that they were unable to heist any signals of
distress, but as he had heard much of the Cardigan life-
boat he felt sure she would come to the assistance of him-
self and crew.

LYME REGIS, DORSET, WEI,NE,4I,AT.
This port was visited yesterday morning with a fearful
stone, which occasioned the loss of four vessels by their
drifting out of the harbour (reports Robert Hillman, Esq.),
and three of them becoming perfect wrecks. The few men
that were on hoard the vessels wore fortunately rescued
by the coastguard galley, manned by Lieutenant Elton,
R.N., and five other wen. The pea was so heavy that the
service was a very gallant one, and called forth loud
plaudits from the lookers on. There were other lives saved
also at much risk by different individuals—persons !Living
been washed off their legs by the heavy aeu. The tide
was much higher than it has been seen here for years past.

TEIGNMOUTH, Wzi/NESDAY.
This morning (states Mr. O. P. H. Rowell) information
was brought here that a large vessel was on shore, near the
Parson and Clerk Rocks. It was blowing a heavy gale
from the S.W. at the time. The lifeboat China, belong.
Mg to the National Lifeboat Institution, was thereupon
about to be launched, when fortunately the vessel
got clear and was observed to be standing out. Shortly
afterwards a bairjue made for the harbour with a signal
of distress flying in the rigging. The lifeboat was then
launched and proceeded to the vessel, shipping some heavy
seas as she crossed the bar, of which, however, she readily
relieved herself. On arriving alongside they found she was the
Norwegian barque Orden, bound to France with timber.
The master had unite lost his reckoning, and as his ship
was rapidly drifting to leeward, he was, of course, anxious
to get into a port of safety, and a stearu•tug has now gone
out to his assistance.

CARNSORE, IRELAND, JAN. 8.
We have had two very bad wrecks here on the west
beach (states Blr..fohn Barrett, the officer of Coast 4 Ward),
and I regret to say that all ou board perished from one
vessel, and that three others were also lost from the other
wreck. No lifeboat would have been of the least service
on that beach, as the seas there were awful.

" Tho Emperor," says a letter in the Lae-
pradrener, " has just ordered a thousand Winchester rifles.
Several accidents occurred during the last experiments
with fire•anus at Vincennes."

The annual banquet to the Society of Political
Economists of France took place on Satunlay. M. T.
Busy, as usual, was in the chair. There wero present M.
Michel Chevalier, Count Walewski, MM. de Parien Horn,
Ed. Laboulaye, Marquis Pepoli, MM. de Remusson, Pellet,
Leome de Lavergne. M. Gamier, secretary to the society,
addressed the company, after which a debate took place
on the abolition of vexatious custom dues levied at the
barriers of Paris and of all French towns.

A letter from Paris says :—" We have now got
into our musical season thoroughly. At the It&liens M.
Bagier, the manager, works Patti pretty severely, and
with financial success ; but the general company is under
the mark, and orchestra, scenery, and costumes are far
inferior to the demands of a PariAian public, who at the
other houses meet with so many stage luxuries. Mr.
Mapleson has engaged Mdlle. Nilleson, of the Lyrique.
Verdi's Don Carlos is now in full rehearsal, but it will
not be given at the new Grand Opera House during the
Exhibition period, as the building can scarcely be com-
pleted for another year."

Mr. Ella, director of the Musical Union, is in
Paris. In a letter addressed by this professor to the Prince
Constantine Czartoryski on the subject of music in the
Austrian capital is the following paragraph deserving of
notice in England :—" The artistic and aesthetic expe-
riences derived from frequent travels on the Continent
compel me to admit that so long as my country is without
• national school of music, a public institute and library
of music, a national opera, and that governmental support
which furnishes an economic basis for cheap and classical
performances, such as I have alluded to in Vienna, under
the direction of learned and experienced kapellmeisters,
music in England will ever remain, as it now is, a mitier.
In France it is an art ; in Italy • necessity ; and in Ger-
many • religion."

According to the official lints just received from
Spain, it appears that the Customs' returns of sherries
exported to this country last year were : From Xeres :
Gonzalez and Byes., 5,142 butts ; Manuel Misa, 3,500 ;
Patrick Garvey, 3,443 ; P. Dorneoq, 2,951 ; and from Port
St. Mary :—Widow Harmony, 2,898 butts; Duff, Cordon,
and Co., 2,037 ;F. W. Cosens, 1,9 ; and M. de Mora,
1,757 butts.

The Yacht Club of La Rochelle has just awarded
a medal of honour to Mr. Bennett, owner of the Henrietta.
Several other similar societies in France are about to
confer a like distinction.

The death of Lieutenant-General Thos. Wright,
C. 8., took place on the sth instant, by which event the
colonelcy of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot
is vacant.