The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-16 00:00:00

THE GALE.

EXMOUTH, MONDAY NIGHT.
This morning (writes Mr. W. Hswkitus, chief
officer of coast guard) at 10.30 a.m., a message was sent to
this station from Budleigh Salterton, stating that a brig
VMS in a dangerous position off that place, and urging that
some assistance might be rendered. At 10.45 the Exmouth
new lifeboat of the Ral National lifeboat Institution wu
launched, and proceeded at once to Salterton. The lifeboat
had to go through a most trying ordeal in getting over the
bar, where • heavy sea was breaking, through which she
bad to make her way for more than half a mile. On
rounding the outer end of the Highland Shoal, which
was the moat dangerous pert, the lifeboat shipped
six heavy seas, filling ber up to the thwarts each
time and knocking the men therefrom. Four oars out
of five were broken on the starboard side, by
the violence of the seas, and the steering oar was carried
away by which all command of the boat was lost, and
fears were entertained lest she should drive upon the
rocks. The anchor wee accordingly let go, while the men got
out some spare oars, which are always provided for such
emergencies, after which the cable was cut, and
by very great exertions on the part of her crew, she was
got out of danger. The brig, which was the Ranger, of
Shields, coal laden, had, in the meantime, gone on shore,
and her crew of eight men had been rescued by means of
the rocket npperattis ; the lifeboat was, therefore, sig.
nailed to return to the shore. The boat and her crew
behaved admirably en the occasion. The cost of the
Exmouth lifeboat Station was presented to the Institution
by Lady Rolle, at whose request the boat was named the
Victoria.

TEIGNMOUTH, Moup.tl.
We had a heavy gale of wind from ES.E. last night
(states Mr. G. P. H. Rowell). As two of the fishing boats
were out, the lifeboat crew watched all night at the boat-
house, with everything in readiness to render assistance.
Their services, however, were not required. One of the
fishing boats made for Torbay, and the other, after shipping
some heavy seas, got safely into harbour.

The following is the text of Madame George
Sand's refusal to sanction the publication of • caricature
of her by one of the little pictorial journal' :—" Paris,
July B.—lf I were free, sir, I would say ' yes' directly, for
I never waa vain, and lam not going to be at the age of
63. But all my friends are against it, and my children
would be pained by what you propose to do. Everybody
about me tells me this so seriously that I must say ' no.'
You will excuse me, won't you Believe that I am very
orry to refuse a request made in such friendly and amiable
terms.--Gleouox Swap."

According to the Panama Star the remains of
the wreck of the Bengal British ship Canton bas been
discovered by an American captain on a coral inland in
the Pacific, known by the name of Sybilla or Gaspar Rica
Island. The Canton left Sitka, in the North Pacific, in
1816, and was never beard of until now, fifty years after-
wards.

Several additional steamers have boen adver-
tised to leave Southampton for the review, and a large
amount of hotel accommodation has been applied for.
The tradespeople are bury fitting out the ships. The fol-
lowing are some of the orders received by different trades-
men, :—.1,000 bead of poultry, 600Ibs. of butchers'
meat, 1,000 champagne glares, 130 pairs of soles, 1501 M.
of matinee, and 30(. w4rth of ioe stomas.