The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-07 00:00:00

THE LATE SEVERE ';ALP..,

The heavy rain of Friday night wan
on Saturday by a gale which blew for ~, utr
the metropolis, and generally throughcp.t the c le:ry
various periods during the day the vra d was
with heavy showers of rain, and it, fore. a.•
between 7 and 11 o'clock at ni4ht, after swb: •'.y
ally subsided. Yesterday there were several lie.syy
of rein, and toward, evening a very strior {t4l
and non increased to a hurricane tome. the -*
which will too probably be v,ry disastr...
day several collisions which took pla.,
below London-briuge were attributab:
one care, below Greenwich, a steno.. : .
with some bargee which, through t'...
had broken from their mooring. ‘.
Bejaia, in endeavouring to learn ti
was seriously injured.

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PEN7ANCI:. . .
It hay been blowing a fearfu: L .
(pays Mr. N. B. Downing, the honorary - - :• ..
Penzance Branch of the National I..:teb : . • .
The lifeboat of the society, Ric Lard •
thank God, a noble service in rescuing u:n ; •
from a wreck in Mount's Bay. Th: - • .
dous on the lint attempt, that the not . .
sized. Happily, however, no bees wen, • .•
second crew of thirteen men instantly junre.
liftboat, and Faced the Mae poor fellow,:. .
parently certain death.

PENZANCE. Moxr.ur M
Mr. Downing again reports that the dir, • .
Devon is ashore ou the Long Rock. and that • • •
crew have unhappily been drowned in attenipm. • .
the land in their own boat. The lifeboat Media: . •
which had gone off to the aid of the vessel's c
upset after s tenific struggle. Carbii, the brave
being disabled, and one man Laing washed a.'
happily been kept afloat by his cork lifebel7 t
men are still very ill. The lifeboat was • • •
easeful on the second attempt. and re,
but in doing so one of the lifeboat men h.. 11 .• •
Tho ship is ,mashed to atoms. This will
of the terrible character of this great hicb

PORTYADOC, NORTH wAt.r,
'The ship Castilian. of London, .•
with timber. from Quebec to Liverpool.
the south side of Portmadoc liar last •
o'clock (reports Mr. D. Hoenfray). There W..{l .•: • •
running, and it was 1•1,;,-.41.4 •-•••1 from the •„;
she was seen this mornin: • r.oectiy
Richards got the lifeboat John Ashb ..•• :
National Lifeboat Institution. launchol. .
gave orders for the tug to run down •
to tow her up as the wind had
to the southward. There was a great des: •
side but with great care they managed t.• :
people safely on board the steamer. whi• :.-• .• •:
at Portmadoc at noon. Three poor fellows w...:
while attempting to get ashore in the night :• •
boat. A ma struck the boat, directly ;Les .•: •.•
with such force that the rape dragged the -•• . •
of her, and though life-buoys were th:;w::
they sank. The lifeboat behaved s;:.e s.
very stiff under her cargo of eight..::
and she has been housed in as good o:
launched. The sou of the owner wi- •
This valuable lifeboat was recently
boat Society by James Ashbury. ••••e
celebrated yacht Cambria. the boot
request, after his late father.
CAMPBELTOWN. N .
Mr. Robert Hicks. the collector of -
that, during a strong gale irons S.S.E And •
weather yesterdai, the steamer Flying
formation from Carraidale, thirteen mile.
beltown, that the barque William till::
that shore dragging her anchors. a . •
go on the rocks. that the crew :•
in the he.av sea then runniu,... •
were in danger of losing their . •
boat Lord Murray, belonging to. •
Lifeboat Institution, immediately pnweoted . •
tow of the tug, and arrived there at *W.:: t . •
crew of 15 men were at once rescued from •- •
put aboard the tug. which then returned w •..
tow, and landed all hands safely to C.v::7•".e.•
p.m. The vessel was bound from Lond•i: t • t, .7
ballast. She was iu a very dangeroi:. 1••••• •
shore. The behaviour of the lifeboit
gi• en the greatest satisfaction to every ono.

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We learn by telegram from
Union Company's steamer Celt, *Welt
terilay, would remain in the Sound all I
sequence of the heavy southerly gale *h:.!,