The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-04 00:00:00

CNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 2.

THE. CARUS GREEK TE,,TAMENT Petra FOR
UNDERGRADUATE:R.—The examination for this pia, will
commence in the Senate House on Thursday, Nov. 14, at
9 o'clock a.m. The examiners are Professor Lightfoot, of
Trinity College, and Archdeacon France, of St. John's Col-
lege. Candidates must send in their names to the exami-
ners oot later than Monday evening, Nov. 11. This prise
is epee to all students, whether undergraduates or !echelon
designate in arts or law, who are not of sufficient standing
to be admitted by inauguration to the degree of bachelor in
arts or law. Candidate' are requested to mod their names
under corer to Professor Lightfoot, Trinity College.

TEE LATE PLYMOUTH ELECTION.—Mr. Walter I
Morrison, the oowly.elected Y.P. for Plymouth, left that
town on Satunlay morning for Londoe, and for his residence.
Malham Taro Home, Yorkshire. The conservatives of the
town, immediately after the close of the poll on Thursday,
resolved to get up a subscription to defray the cost of
contest for the Hoe. W. W. Addington. Six hundred
pounds were subscribed that evening, sod considerable addi-
tions have bean Mace made. Mr. Addington left for
Upottery an Friday morning.
PASSAOMI IN CONTRACT STEAM VEMELg. —We are
happy to he in a position to state that the Admiralty have
at length remedied as old and very 4 greatl grievance respect-
leg the passage allowance granted to the awiateet-engiesers
of the Royal Navy, and that in future first-class reams will
be furnished to those officers when ordered to proceed in
troop ships and contract steam ye/seek—United Service
THE OUTWARD WHIT INDIA MAILS.--80IITII• emu.
aurrou, Nov. 2.—The Royal Mail Omnyany's steamship Tan MALLS, LANGE SPECIE Exlossm.
DOE
Atrato, Captain Woolly, sailed beam evening, with the Saturday the Canard Royal Mall steamer Nimes am if
fortnightly mails foe the British and foreign West ladies, patched from Liverpool for Bootee, with the Nee*
Mexico. the Peas. California, and Central America. She American and United States mails, 20,400/.. in specie sod 70
took out 210 yammers, including the Archbishop of yammers. The next mail despatches from the Mersey
Trinidad, SemeMry kr Captain Paster, Ensign Chian, will be by the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Com.
=.lllnllhier, Assistant-Surgeon Michael, Hon. G. paey's stemassr City of Manchester, and the Quebec and
and the Hon. J. Sakenoo. The Atrabs teak on Montoya Royal Mail steamer Norwegian, the former sail-
freight_ Ririe in silver. 5,9471. ; diamonds, 1,200/. ; jewel- ing meWednewley with mails for the United States, and the
hey, enk French jewellery, 7,5801. • also a fall caw el latter en Thursday with the Canadian and United States
and Preach merchamlise. ' mails

[TWOPENCE

SEVERS GALE ON THE NORTH COAST.

LOSS OF LIFE AND SHIPPING.

Accounts have beau received of a heavy gale on
various mute of the coast. It appears to have bee• moat
darkuotive in its results on the north-eastern portion.
Several coasters are reported to have foundered, cue, and
it is feared more, with all hands, while many have bees
cast ashore by the fury of the storm. The last few day
the barometer has indicated a deed change in the weather,
and the Meteorological Department of the Board of Trade
sent down the usual infixmatioa to the outcasts to Inhibit
storm signals in order to warn mariners. On Friday snow
fell heavily in several places, sad toward' the meting the
wind got up, and gradually increased during** eight, until
it blew a heavy gale, with squalls of 'sow and hail
The coast in the vicinity of the exposed headland of
Plazoborough Bead was the some of much havoc. The
accounts state that at daybreak several vessels were seen
to have wore ashore. The gale was raging severely from
the N.E. The 'chooser Harbinger, belonging to Sunder-
land, bound North, is reported to have foundered with all
bands mar Bridlington. The particulars have net bees
received, but it is supposed that in endeavouring to run
for shelter she was overwhelmed by the storm and wen
down. Another ve.sel shared • similar fate off the
same part of the coast—the Produce, of Hartlepool, bat
ft is believed that the caw were saved. The brig Friends,
Tillotson, booed to Port Nadas front Lynn, was stranded
a few miles to the southward, ell Bridliegtoo, sad
the last accounts speak of her breaking up ; sad a screw
steamer, Dade atomesst set aseestalasd, west ashore at
Roderick She is shied to; be ia baliasa, and the fate of
her crew is Dot communicated. In Teen Bay several fine
vessels were stranded ia 16e mem of Friday eight and
Saturday morning. The barque Robert Watson, Captain
Corr, from Hamburg for Sunderland, and the Russian
barque, Rimouslci, bound to Hartlepool from the Baltic,
watt upuo the Seaton fiends.

On Thursday a serious wreck took place on bfargate
Sands. The Lady Katharise Pathan,, which only left the
river on the previous day, for Swansea, with a valuable
cargo of merchandise, went on the Sands and remained.
Great exertions are being made to save some of the cargo,
but this will depend epos the weather being fine.
SCARBOROUGFI, SATURDAY, Noon.
Soon after midnight, a strong wind from the north began
to blow, and suddenly it increased to the heaviest storm
from that quarter which we have had for some years. The
evening of Friday wee fine and still, but exceedingly cold,
and snow fell about 8.30. At two o'clock this morning
the wind had increased so violently that the sea began to
form in huge breakers ; and fears were entertained for some
vessels in the offing, and for the fishing craft that were
known to be on the fishing ground in great numbers. BO-
fore the storm bad reachadtits height, a small vessel called
the Wave was brought safely into this harbour by a °obis-
man who had been outside the pier in his boat waiting forher
approach. The master reported that two vessels were astern
of bun at some distance, trying to make the harbour, where-
upon the pilot again ventured out, and has leen no more
seen, nor have the vessels arrived. Mr. Appleyard, the
harbour-vomiter here, 'fetes distinctly that between 3 and 4
o'clock this morning he saw a merchant vessel or collier
drifting towards the rocks about three miles south of Scar-
borough, at a part of the bay where vowels have finqueetly
bee, wrecked. lie watched her until she drove up to the
rooks in the very midst of a fearful sea, when her lights dis-
appeared. and no morn was seen of her. Not a vestige re-
mains of the ship, and her crew could have no possible
means of escape. It is feared she was one of the vessel'
above alluded to, which were both Scarborough ships. The
greatest fears are entertained for the numerous fishing
craft, of whom, up to the time of writing, nothing is known.
It is surmised that they would ride at their nets as to as
possible, and then run for shelter to the Bomber if ng
could reach it. In the town great damage is clone to pro-
perty. In Blenheim-street the upper part of a house is
blown completely away, including part of the outer walla.
A photographic gallery, In the same neighbourhood. is de-
'leaved ; and a similar erection in the metre of the town is
shattered to pieces. A new TM* at Marrero is relied
to the round. The roof of St. Peter's (Homan catholic)
church a muck injured; and in every street at the north
of the tows the debris of fallen buildings or roofs is to be
met with. The storm still rages, and the lifeboats are pre-
, pared for the approach of vessels at flood tide, which will
be between 3 and 4 o'clock.

HARTLEPOOL, SATURDAY.
Moat 1 o'clock this morning the wind began to blow
heavily from the north-east, and apeethly increased to a
phi, the sea in the bay being very strong. During the
early part of the morning two vessels were driven ashore
to the northward of Seaton Oarew, as. being a foreign vessel,
laden with timber, consigned to a West Hartlepool firm,
the other a light barque. The crews or both vessels were
rescued by mesas of the Wens* at Seaton. About 2 o'clock
the wind got round to the north-west, still blowing very
heavily. At West Hartlepool considerable damage was
done, attended with loss of life. The brig Amelia was
lying upon the gridirons in the basin undergoing some re-
pairs. There were on board a man and a boy or two boys in
charge of her. As the tide rape she Boated off the gridiron,
and by the force of the gale broke frost her fastenings and
drove out of the harbour into the bay, sines which time
she has not been seen. As she had no ballast on board
it is surmised that she would speedily roll over and
founder. She was the property of Ikagra. Pyman suck
Score, of West HartlepooL A. ]ore dredging-machine
broke adrift in the beak and received some damage, and
several fishertnen's boats were considerably injured. Yes-
terday afternoon a number of laden meals left the port,
and great fears are entertained for their safety. A melan-
choly accident occurred this forenoon in the Vrest Hartle-
pool begin. A boat, with seven or eight men, went off to
secure the dredger that had broken loose, and after they had
done so and were returning, the boat suddenly swamped,
and they were all thrown into deep water. Several boats
put off and atioreeded in saving all but ome—an old man,
named Donald. Two of the others were so exhausted when
brought on shore that their recovery was very doubtful.
During the afternoon the gale continued unabated, the sea
breaking at a groat distance from the land. The tide rose
higher than it has done for many years, cawing considerable
damage to waterside property. The sea broke over the new
pier is a glimmer that was awfully pand, frequently about
40 feet above the top of the parapet walL So great was ita
force that it displaced several yards of the heavy parapet
stones, breskiug them to pieces. Hed there been a little
more easterly in the wind, the cousequences must have been
much more disastrous.

ISHIELLA, SATUIDAT Evuwo.
Last night • fearful pia of wiod, aocompiuded by blind-
ing showers of rain, sleet, nod lightening. broke over taw
Northumberland mut from the north-eut, and raged with
awful fury until long pest daylight this morning. The sea
Who rose with the gals, sad at daybreak was white with
foam as far as the eye could see. It was au anxious night
in oar seaports. A huge Beet of deeplydadee colliers sailed
from the Type and other ports yesterday afternoon, sad if
the gale had got more mend to the eastward, a repetition of
the horrors of the 9th of February would have been ine-
vitable. Fortunately, the wind has kept away from the
northward, and the fleet is clear of the coast. The only
danger is that come of the vessels may have been over-
capped by the sea and foundered. The sea which has
firokeu with awful fury over the piers has done a very con-
siderable amount of damage to the works, and hes destroyed
several Goliath crones. A number of ships and steamboats
broke loose in the Tyne this morning, and did more mischief.
A very high tide this afternoon has inundated a iensiderable
amount of riverside property in those towns, and the spec-
tacle at high tide this afternoon at the harbour's mouth was
awfully sublime, the an. Weskits many feet high over the
north pier, and sweeping in a grand CIISC2IO if, into the har-
bour. The heavy sea and high tide have done much damage
to the south pier this afternoon. Two nehooosre were seen
off the bar the afternoon ; steamboats and lifeboats are on
the look.out for them.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

This morning it blew a heavy gale from the W.N.W. On
the Mersey the force of the wind was very great, though it
did not do so much damage to the chipping us might have
been expected. The ship Gods Verwatehtag. from Amster-
dam, burst her chains, and rue foul of the Woodside land-
ingxtage, hut was towed clear by the steamtug Rover, with
loss of both ;melon sad about 106 fathoms of chain. The
weather on Friday was extremely squally, aad throughout
the day very heavy hailstones accompanied with sleet and
r.iin fell. These falls ceased at a late hour in the evaaimg,
and the wind, which mail thee bad been blowing way
moderate, increased to ragolar gale, which continued with
more or lees violemos, sad lateral cold, throughout the day.

NIYMEROVI FlRllB.—Yesberday morning, about
11 o'clock, a fire broke eat in the premises belonging to Mr.
T. Hatch, a builder's dealer in hair arid lime, 59, Grange.
road, Bermondsey. The fire originated in one of the drying
etorehonses filled with goads undergoing the promos of
seasoning. The two buildings were nearly destroyed. The
loss will fall upon the I: uity lire.office. The other portions
of the premises fortunately escaped. On Saturday nett •
fire broke out in the premises occupied conjointly by lira.
Ann Baker, a farmer and cowkeeper, and Mr. J. Bailey, a
builder, kc., in Bsker's.msws, Kilburn. The firemen were
unable to get the flames extinguished until the two build-
lags were destroyed, the lofts over gutted, and the builder's
Stari sd b ea.
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workshops consumed. The principal Ivo; will fall upon the
Count Fire-office. The origin of the fire is unknowo.
1 Anotheratlf. Go.ors. Delleurinall,..iobro.t7keleou.E:ar nttwo"Tbufts::tbourepreilinr,mg
Iburned out, and the roof off ; another drying house, the
tank rooms. and the adjoining warehouses, are also seriously
damaged. The adorer was insured in the Fbi.enix Fire-office.