The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-12 00:00:00

THE GALE.-WIMOK ON THE BEAKS BAND&

DEAL, SUNDAY MOM
This morning during a very heavy gale from
S.S.W., with hard squalls and much rain, and a cross eon-
( cud sea, a barque was observed to drive towards the Brake
Seed, with her colours op, and afterwards to go on shrew
The North Deal lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institu-
tion was at ones launched, sail wont close alongside the vas-
eel during a very heavy sea and found a large boat made fast
by a hawser to her, and ficatieg bottom upwards at the sierra,
of the vessel. The lifeboat crew oheervieg that there was
no boat on deck, and that no one appeared, did not board
her to haul down the little that moaned of bar
oolonra. While alongside, the Bradford, new lifeboat sta-
tioned hi Barnsgate, arrived in tow of the steam tag
Yulcan, but (Whig that her services were not re-
quired, the lifeboat returned to harbour. As ths
North Deal lifeboat was a long distanoe to lee-
ward of her station the steamer towed her to
windward as far as Deal. It subsequently appeared that
the mew of ten men and three Deal men had left in the
long boat and ultimately landed in safety on the Bathing
Sands. The vessel proved to be the barque Demmln, of
Rostock, bound from Shields to Constantinople, with a
cargo of coals, and she has probably gone to pieces by this
time. The gale is still blowing, even more fiercely Oast in
the mondeg, and there is a vary heavy sea running.

WEATHER REPORT.-(TILD3 DAY.)

%CUM, IrioBBAZY 12, 81. X.

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T. W. It NZ; 1). I. IR. 8.
Nairn
ri4B:f ; N.N.W..4 ;I 9 W.74:12. 'I
tic (30..14: :
Leith 110.31 W.N.W. 4; 6 e.g. ob 0.01 11
Ardromen
GreeseadJM la 30 N.L 2I 2 S.Z. he 0. 2
Valenti&
Cape Clear- —l -1 - --- -
Liverpool
Holyhead 20.33 41 N N.W. 6 9 8.8. W. oe 0.10 6
Penman
brut - - -
L*Jri
- -
- -
Plymouth
Weymouth
Portsmouth 29.26 42 W. 412 ' B.W. hre 131 4
Lou ,don -
Yarmouth -. 119.10 41 N.W. 10 12 ILL to 11.19 6
Scarborough 29.1141 N. 8 li , E. r 0.74 6
Shields ... .40 119 24. L 611 ' B.W. re 19.37 6
Helder - 1 - -

1.106a11.11.
TONVIDAY. 01 NoSTELIIIII MUMMA%
N.W. to N.E. and Comte. Northerly to westerly.
back, strong, equally, stroug to • phi,
unsettled. squatty.
Northerly to westerly. WIIIMIRS. Between N.Vt. and
freak to Wong, with &W., strong, godly
squalls. at antes, a gale, un-
settled.
As next above. 80071.11m.11. As ntzt above.
Statist. Astral. Similar.
Northarimiesliand. Weeters..lreland. Wales, sad egja.
pendia. Boathern=leglish Channel and Bay of Blaney.
Basternvellastward ilhaitnd and North Sea.

THE GALE OF YESTERDAY. —The weather during
the whole of yesterday was of the most inclement
character. From momiug to sight the rale poured down
continuously, with only a few cessations of very brief
duration. la the afternoon the wind blew a gale amount-
ing &Mutt° a hurricane. Trees were blown down. chim-
ney-pots out of number came to grief, sad the tank
coverings were blows about lilts sheets of paper in the
neighbourhood of Camberwell. While the afternoon ser-
vice wu going on at Bt. Paul's, Lorrimore, Wallet:rick, the
congregation ware alarmed by • crash on the roof, followed
by a "thud," in the churchyard. This W 9.4 found topere
arises teem the huffiest's having dislodged one of the
«oasts, elaborately cured, which decorated n. of
the wed end of toe church. The damage to
the roof is considerable. At the same time the
companies cross was also blown down, but bar-
tunetely it fell clear of the roof. Both crosses were
broken, and the fragments were embedded in the soil to an
extent of upwards of • foot. The oongregation.
small on Susdey siterooons in the winter, owing perhaps
to the circumstance of there being four services in the church
on that day, was ea this occasion unusually small. It
consisted of only sixteen persona. The preacher (tin Bier.
Mr. Major) was about closing his »moo, and the service
was cloud in the umual way, ootwithstendieg the accident.
Several 'maiden's occurred os the river. About 11 o'clock
in the minis( slarp steamer was going down the river
towards Gravesend, when • brig laden with coals brok
ee
away from its moorings, and before the engines o
former weld be stopped the brig was run into, and
two men fell overboard, and, v far as c.n be ascertained.
they were not saved, but drifted away with the
rapid fide. Several coal barges broke shift.
from a large number of others mowed jar
low bridge, and were blown on to a screw steamer, which
was much damaged. The navigation under Blau re
was atteoded with great difficulty, and during the day
many of the steamers ware upwards of au hour in en-
deavouring to get through the bridge. Collisions were of
frequent occurrenos above bridge, aud a boat was capsized
near Hammersmith-Wide.. The two gentlemen in it, how-
ever, managed to save themselves by swimming to thou.
A large number of foreign vessels arrived in the docks pee-
turbo from various foreign ports, end the captains state
UM* was a fearful sea on, and that hundreds of skips bad
souttthe shelter afforded by the ports of the murk
Tana
PUBLIC Darr. —The usual official account
was pablisbed es Saturday "of all additions which have
been made to the annual charge of the public debt by the
interest of any loan that bath bees made, or amulties
created in the LA to. years." The amounts are 3,333,2101.
in 1866, with aa aosaal charge of 100,497. 911.9 d. ;
5,555.4161. 13s. 4d. is 1856, with an usual charge of
167,4951. 16.. 3d. ; 15,376.4861. 6e. Bd. in 1856, with an
animal charge of 162,1001. 4s. 4d. ; 8,469,239/. les. IL in
1850, with as annual charge of 255,3471. lie. 6d. ; anspnl
charge for annuities on account of the sum of 950,M01.
mimed is 11161, 60,2391. 4s. sd. ; ditto, on soeoost of
970,0001. raised is 186%t3,1528361. Hs. 3d.; ditto, on secasst
' of 820,030 k mind is s155,0751. 55,0751. 9s. Dd. ; ditto. ce
coast of 700,0001. In 1864, .56..1.145. 6d.; dittoed menet
of 460,0001. in 1860. 33,11091. 3s. 9d. The above.ssestieitsd
charges ars authoeirma to be defrayed oat of the went•
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LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12.

hinusrms have been taken to teak in Parlia-
ment because they have not seen their way to
appoint a day of publics fasting and humiliation on
account of the cattle plague. It appears from a
statement made by the Archbishop of CANTER-
BURY in Convocation, that the most rev. prelate
has been in communication with Sir Gmaort Gast,
. who gave two reasons for declining his request—
the first, that it had been customary to appoint
• national fasts only for calamities that extended to
the whole nation, whereas the cattle plague was as
yet but partial—and tile second, that to do so
would be injurious to the labouring classes, by
causing them to lose a day's work. Cuatom and
precedent, as we all know, go a great way in these
matters, it being so much easier to follow our
fathers than to proceed rationally to adapt our
conduct to our circumstances. The Earl of CAB,-
2tARVON has complained in the House of Lords
that the cattle plague is not thought sufficiently
national to have a day of humiliation appointed
on its account. There is something to be said on
his side, for many a poor man who seldom sees
a green field knows by the look of his table at
dinner tirae that the murrain is not a mere agri-
cultural misfortune. On the other hand, it

would not be altogether seemly to insist on
having a fast day, in order to vindicate the
importance of the agricultural interest to the
country. Sir GEoftoz GREY gave one good and
sufficient reason for his refusal, and might very
well have taken his stand on it. A Government
is bound to think twice, or even three times, before
issuing an order which indeed costa it nothing,
but mulcts millions of working men of a day's
wages. There is no reason, except in custom, for
making a prayer day an idle day. There is more
of austerity and mortification in praying and
working than in praying for an hour and
spending the rest of the day in vacancy.
However, as a matter of fact, these
days of so-called humiliation are spent in idle-

ness. Employers think it respectable to close their
workshops, but the workman is not paid for his
less of time. When people are turned from their
benches with nothing to do, it is no wonder, as
Canon RANDOLPH observed in the Convocation at
York, that days of humiliation and prayer are
abused and desecrated. The Rev. E. J. G.
HORNEY at the same time observed, as the result of
his experience, that "a day set apart for this pur-
" pose was practically not a day for general humi-
" liation, prayer, and self-denial. In the large
" manufacturing towns, generally speaking, the
"day, instead of being religiously observed, was
" rather spent in revelry and amusement."
We should be sorry to say a word that would
tend to deprive the working classes of a real holi-
day, but to drive them from factories and work-
shops without compensation, and seriously warn
them into the bargain that the day is not to be
spent in enjoyment, is not to give a holiday. We
do not see what the Quszw'a Ministers have to do
with the matter. A call to prayer comes most
appropriately from men of prayer—from the Bishops
and other ministers of religion. We sometimes
hear it said that it ought to proceed from the
Crown in order that it may be a " national act."
This sounds very well ; but what does it mean
The Crown takes no step of the kind except on
the advice of Ministers. The Primate applies to
the Home Secretary, who has been expecting to
hear from him, and who by various expedients
put' him off as long as he decently can. At
length, importunity does its work, and when
the time for making the concession has come,
a quorum of Ministers is got together,
and one or two men of the world, whose
names appearing in connexion with such a
subject excite a smile, sign a paper, and the thing
is done. It is not this way of managing religions
affairs that can command respect. We should
like to know why the heads of the Church of
England should go to Sir Geonac Ow for a
day of prayer much as a company of strolling
players go to the mayor of a country town
to beg the favour of • " bespeak." If the
Bishops summon the people of their church
to prayer, we shall know that the call is made in
earnest. And as for a day, we have one already
to hand, fixed by an authority much more august
than any that can now be invoked. Next Wed-
nesday is Ash Wednesday, a day that has been one
of humiliation and prayer from the time of
GREGO:MY the Great. What can be more
proper than that it should be observed this
year with an especial reference to the
present calamity I We have a service ready to
hand, severe, penitential, supplicatory, and only
wanting "proper lessons" to make it completely ap-
propriate. It is true that the Bishops cannot give
the working population time to attend a long ser-
vice at church in the middle of the day, but
neither can the Government do so, except by an
sot of confiscation from which it shrinks. The
Bishops, however, can advise the clergy to adapt
the hours of worship to the time of the labouring
classes. In connexion with this subject a brief
allusion may be made to the prayer against the
cattle plague issued some months ago by au-
thority of the Privy Council, and still read every
Sunday in churches. The use of that prayer