The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-12 00:00:00

?HE WRECK OF THE EMPIRE QUEEN.

ARKLOW, IRELAND, Aroma 10.
P. 11:11pin now reports that about 12 hours
:1•1•T tin crew had been rescued from the timber-laden
p Empire Queen, which had sunk on Arklow Bank,
the v floated off with 18 feet of water in her hold.
I le wind was blowing strong at the time from W.S.W.,
:01 increased to a moderate gale during the night. Whoa
it was tir.t ,ran thut the ship had floated, the agent for
Ito owner. obtained the services of the lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution to go off to her with the
master ai.d others that an effort might be made to save
her. The boat was accordingly launched, the vessel
boarded, and with much difficulty she was got before the
a Mil, worked up to Kingstown, and placed in a safe berth
in the old luirbour. The Bristol steamer Rosetta took the
ship in tow for a time, but failed to manage her, owing to
the loss of her rudder. The assistance of the pilot boat
Leinster was afterwards engaged, she going astern and
steering, and when the water-logged vessel arrived off
Dalkey Island, two steam-tugs came out and towed her
into tambour.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

WKDNRADJIT. AVOW!' 11. 8 LK._

. in r.l Ezlrmae.
B. T. t I W. Ito ,---.---., W. H. '1 to
1 * ll' I D. 19.
•
Nairn 29.86166 561 N.W. 2 5 E.N.E. re 1.381 2
Madam 29.33 f 64 53 W. 1 3 N.E. ;ro 2.56 4
Leith 29.366 68 36 W. 4 2 E. .ro 0.41 -
Mid& 129.47 r6l 56 W.N.W 6 4 W. 0.43 2
&arbor°, 129.64 r6O 57 B.W. 4 3 E.B.E. tic 0.82 3
Ifermouth '129.63r 83 60 W.N.W, 2 4 E.B.E. .rb 0.11 1
Helder
Cuxhaven—l h - - • -
Anireama •29.44 r5B 66 W.N.Wi 4 6 N.E. re 2.22; 3
frecacaelle ;29.66 r 66 64, N. I 1 4 N. ire 1.40; -
Holyhead :29.67r 60 57 W.8.W.. 3 4 W. . ore 1, -
Lmrpool iff/.61 r6O 66. B.E. i 2 3 B.H. :re 0.18; 1
'Valenti& ;29.63 f 56 511N.N.W. 12 5 N. •re —I 1
4.. p 1 earor 129.f4 f 62 211 N.O- 4 3 N. W. :er 0.33 3
111K11,6 Pt-129244f 62.52 N.N.W. 3 3 N.N.W. cm I 1
ft.nr...nce 119.68f 63::0,1 H. I I N.W. ome 0.02 4
ri)moutb 129.70r 62 S.W. 1 6 7 B.W. e 0.18, 4
N 4 cymouth 29.73r 64161 S.W. 2 8 S.W. o 0.16 2
l'ortneouth .19.76 r 62.501 W. 1 4 B.W. r 0.00 1
London 40.71 r 61 261 B.W. 2 6 B.W. 00 0.081 -
1' Otia Nes 29.74 rB3 50. W. 8 9 W. re 0.13' 6
1,,r..4 129.731 61 671 S.P.E. 4 5 W. 0 2
lArotat '29.74 f 64 60. S. 6 T W.D.W. e 3
to, Mort - 49.84 f 66 Of W.N.W 7 7 W.N.Wi r f 1
Boards 129.78 f 03 66 W. 8 - re 4
Comma •M*.73 61 —' B.W. 3 - c I
Itru.aelo. 130.31 ',se— B.W. 6 - to -
Turin 129.85 Ilf— B.W. 2 - c -
1."8400111 • 174'— W. 3 - c -
I)tas 29.96 .73 N.E. 8 - I b -
'Tooke 26.88676.76' E.N.E. 1 3 8.8. W. by 1. 4
Benrl'oeun 33.301 CO 68 8.8. W. 1 8 W.N.W ere' 2

Benuno.ter corrected and reduced to 81 deg. at sea level. The
ttris r (rising), f (father), • (steady), indicate direction of motion
of the mrresu7 within LA 14 hours. Thermometer exposed in
el.nde. Lemma fixes with it. direction during last 24 hours.
Z.-- calm. Weather: b.—blue sky; e.—clouds (detached) ;
f.—fug; h.—hail; hazy) ; 0.--overcast
(dull) ; r.—rain ; a.—snow; t.—thunder. Relent!, snow or hail
(rucked), during let 114 hours. See disturbance.

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RKSIARKI4.
11,' diminution in atniospherioal pressure nn the northneant
mod has been considerable during the last 24 hours, the differ-
one endings at Nairn and Abe _leen Wing nearly half an
inch, whiled in the south and weft, readings am slightly
tat Possums arc low in the north, increasing in amount
to the southward ; the difference between Aberdeen and
ltothefott is half an inch. Teuiperattue M generally lower. On
mir Channel coast a high wive' from the smith-went blew yester-
day, which increased to a gale trim the west at Caw thinner,
:Lad is continniw. Weet,rly winds are prevalent this morning
in the north and we'd. and south-went. sly on the south ma.t of
I.hgland. Much rain has ralk-n rime vesterdny, especially in
&Miami. The weather is ii.nyially cloudy, and mi..t is ;
I toted in the south-went.

PERAECUTION IN SPAlN.—lnforniation has just
lcen received that Julian Varga*, who was thrown into
the prison of Malaga on suspicion of holding and pro-
mulgating protestant doctrines, has been liberated on
1.;61.
MOUNTAINS ON FIRE LT CUMBERLAND.—A fire
its been raging on the mountains between Nenthead and
Wcartiale for several days past, and is doing a great deal
f damage to herbage, &c. The fire commenced burning
•,Is.ut two miles above .Nenthead, near Alston, and was
I in a westward direction with great force. The
1.,1,d0n Lead Company engaged a number of men to sup-
flames, and they have succeeded in doing so; but
tl." to• >till continues on the Durham side.—Ceon6y/lanol
Yetzge LADIES DROWNED.—An inquest
41 at Mitchelstown on Monday in a case which es-
, 4... a much public sympathy. Miss Mary Eyre and Miss
Nary Anne Whyte went to bathe in the Funcheou river,
tim bridge in the Mitchelstown demesne, and the
tamer having got into water bejond her depth and
min siphyte, her companion, tried to rescue
hr, and in her efforts to do so both diaap-
t. The sister of Miss Eyre, who was on the
I auk, rushed into the river, dressed as she was, and
...rued her sister, but mfortunately was herself
clowned, as was also Mies Whyte. Shortly after a
%,,ung man, Michael Riordan, came np and dived, and
~,ught out the dead bodies of Miss Eyre and Mt-a
Whyte. They were respectively aged twenty-two and
: a...lay-four years.
Yesterday a violent thunderstorm visited Not-
tlsgioun and its neighbourhood, more rain having fallen
NV than for months previously. heat has been much
wasted throughout the Midland district, in eonsequence of
extremely dry state, which has caused the grain to fall
to the ground when the waggons have been loading.
The harvest is nearly closed in the counties of Leicester,
Notts, Lincolnshire, and Derbyshire.