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THE GALE.

The non-arrival of homeward bound ships at Gravesend
during the gales led to the most alarming apprehensions
for their safety. They were known to be near the shore,
and it was feared that they had been cast upon the dan-
gerous shells which intersect the mouth of the Thames
below the Nore. Yesterday some:of them arrived in the
river, and bore evidence of the gale. The arrivals gave sad
intelligence of the destruction among ships which only a
few hours before had left the Thames. A large outward-

bound Australian ship, called the Fusilier, Capt, Cavasso,
with passengers and general cargo, bound for. Port Phillip,
struck on the Girdler Sand, some 20 miles below the Nore.
Signals for assistance were shown, and the whole of the
passengers were saved, and landed at Ramsgate on Thurs-
day from a lifeboat. Another large ship called the Deme-
rara, Capt. Scovell, from London, bound for Greenock, was
lost on the Shingles, and the crew were also fortunate
enough to reach Ramsgate in safety. A third ship, the
Cornelia, outward bound, from Bremen, was wrecked on
the Goodwin Sands, and the fate of her crew is yet uncer-

_
tain. The brigantine Belle, Capt. Pyne, boundfrom London
for Algoa Bay, was driven from her anchors in the Downs
by the force of the hurricane, and drove athwart a steamer
carrying away her foretopmast, and the captain, chief mate,
d
ythrgee men are missing. The second mate, one lady apas-
senger, one seaman, and two boys were only left on board
when the brigantine was fortunately picked up by the Na-
poleon steamtug, and a lugger called the Buffalo, of Broad-
stairs, which remained by her until the gale moderated,

and succeeded in towingthe disabled vessel into Ramsgate.
A large Calcutta ship, known as the Maxwell, to escape
being wrecked on the Goodwin, cut away her masts and so
averted her destruction. She is insured for upwards of
vO,OOO. A large fleet of vessels are reported to have =s-
tained damage by loss of chains and spars—several have got

Ante Ramsgate, Dover, and adjacent place&
At Chatham the wiLd blew with great violence from the
westward and northward up till nearly 12 o'clock on Thurs-
day night, when it fell, and the night became fine and clear.
The mercury rose rapidly until it reached last night 31.95
In the harbour all the vessels rode out the gale in safety
with their topgallantmasts struck and their yards pointed
well to the wind. While the storm raged the waves were
washed completely over the caissons at the entrance of the

docks, causing considerable ipconvenience to those working
on board the ships under repair. Fears were entertained
that the roofs over some of the building slips would be de-

stcoyed, but beyond some broken glass they escaped unin-
jured. The force of the wind when the gale was at its
height was 201 b. to the square foot.
At Lowestoft the steamer Norfolk, Capt. Bolland, from
Rotterdam for Harwich, with cattle, &c., in the service of
the Great Eastern Railway Company, was forced into the
harbour, having been blown to leeward of her port. She
came in in want of fuel, and with 25 sheep, four calves, and
one cow dead. The steamer, which experienced very heavy
weather, is discharging her cargo. The brig Herald, of
Whitby, Capt. Shaw, from London for Hartlepool, in bal-
last, drove on the Mouse Sand about 5 p.m. on Thursday,
and commenced filling with water. The crew remained
with her until 9 p.m., when, as the vessel had nearly filled,
they took to their boat, and were picked up about midnight
by the schooner Pilot, of Goole, which brought them into

the Lowestoft Roads. The crew were landed by the tug
Powerful, and will be forwarded to their homes through
the agency of the Shipwrecked Mariners' Royal Benevolent
Society.

At Beccles a granary belonging to Mr. J. Crisp, near the
railway station, had one of its sides forced in, and a portion
of the roof blown off. Charles Oxborough, a bricklayer/
who hadAaken sbelter from the fury of the hurricane, was
killed, and a boy was seriously injured.
The various mail steamers between Southampton, Havre,
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new steamer Normandy, which was due at Southampton
from J ersey and Guernsey early CM Wednesday evening, did
not arrive till between 8 and 9 o'clock on Thursday night.
She behaved admirably in this heavy weather, and on her
arrival in dock the passengers presented Capt. Harvey with
an address of thanks for " the sterling qualities of a true
British sailor displayed on this, one of the most terrific pas-
sages ever known between Jersey and Southampton." Dur
ing the voyage several largo ships were passed, some laying
to and others running under bare poles, and some were no-
ticed with I heir topmasts gone.
At Portsmouth, last night, the gale had subside in a
strong breeze from W.N.W., with the barometer slightly on
the rise at 29'40. The readings on the barometer there
taken at 10 a.m. for the past days have been as follows :--
Dec. 1, 29.7; 2, 28.98; 3, 29.25, it having fallen to and
fallen from 29.52 in the intervening time ; Dec. 4, 30 38. In
this last reading it will be seen the mercury rose li-tenths
above an inch in 24 hours.
At Bristol, on Thursday, a stone weighing 141 b. was dis-
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THE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and
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By ➢i. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist.
London: 18, New Burlington-street, W.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The usual meeting of this Board was held yes-
terday at the offices in Spring-gardens. The Pre-
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FINANCE.
The cash statement for the current week shows a

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PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.

and was blown down into a crowded thoroughfare, but for-
tunately without doing any harm. At Clifton a chimney

stack fell, killed a horse, and broke a waggon to pieces, but
the driver escaped. At Abbot's Leigh, near Bristol, a man
in the employ of Sir IV. Miles, M.P., was at work in a ditch,
when a tree fell on him and fractured his legs. At Weston..
super-Mare the gale was very violent. The sloop Gleaner
went on shore at Breane, and became a total wreck, The
Mary had to run into Uphill, with sails torn to ribands, and
with loss of her boat ; and damage was also done to the

fishermen's boats in the bay. -
The gale was so sudden at Watchet that three boats, with
two fishermen in each, went out in a comparative calm
about two miles to fish with cod nets. One of the boats,
however, was upset, and both men were drowned, while the
others experienced the greatest difficulty in reaching the
shore.

At Taunton 50ft, of a chimney 100 ft. high, erected at Mr.
Pollard's steam saw works, was blown down with a tremen-

dons crash, falling on and breaking in a workshop, in which
five men were at work. Two of them escaped, while the

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other three were seriously injured.
At Birmingham the gale of Thursday did considerable
damage, and caused accidents by which many persons were
injured. At a manufactory in Birchall-street, a chimney
belonging to some premises adjoining was blown down and
fell through the roof of a warehouse, A man and several
women were injured. One unfortunate girl was dead when
extricated from the mass of bricks and other material. The
anemometer at the Midland Institute showed that the pres-
sure of the wind at 7 o'clock in the morning was 201 b on the
square foot ; a little before 8 it had fallen back to 111 b ; at
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9 it was 2311 b ; and soon after 10 it had again fallen to 131 b.
2A5t
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f4uslli.was
gra-
dually declined. In the storm which occurred on the 21st
of February, 1861, the greatest pressure of the wind in Bir-
mingham was 311 b on the sciaare foot; but at that point it
appears the instrument was broken down by the violence of
the gust.
At Holyhead the storm appears to have been felt more
severely than on any other part of the coast. The Elizabeth,
of Liverpool, Captain Avery, bound for Halifax, Nova
Scotia, was driven from her anchorage early on Thursday,
and after drifting some time foundered near the eastern
shore of the bay. The coastguards from Holyhead went
round and made an effort to render aid by means of the
mortar apparatus, but were unsuccessful. The captain, se-
cond mate, and four of the crew saved themselves by cling-
ing to the broken timbers. The Elizabeth Morrow, from
Glasgow for Old Calabar, is stranded. Her crew of 19 were
saved during the night by the lifeboat. It depended upon
the weather whether she and three other ships lying
near her, whew names were not ascertained, would not be-
come total wrecks. The Westbourne, Capt. Armitage, from
Liverpool for Honduras, having lost one of her masts, came
into collision with a bark in the same condition and sank:
The crew were seen from the ship Confluence, against which
the Westbourne ran, to take to the boat, but in a few minutes
the boat swamped, and all were drowned. The body of the
captain has been found. The Hibernia, from Workington
for Dublin, came in during the gale and cad two anchors.
Both cables broke and she was driven to the rocks on the
south side of the bay. She
yesterday morning had not
broken up. Her crew waded to the shore at low water. The
Climax, of Fowey (?), has run on the Salt Island. The
Industry, from Liverpool for Ostend, was abandoned by her
crew, but afterwards some of the men of the mail steamer
Connaught boarded her and brought her into port. The
Pearl, of Fowey (?), is wrecked. The crew were saved. The
fate of the Harmony, from Ayr for Drogheda, and her crew
was remarkable. About 7 o'clock on Thursday night, she
was driven rapidly towards the lee shore. She passed close
to the end of the Great Eastern jetty, from which the mail
steamers take their departure, and in a moment four of the
crew gave a leap for life, and reached the jetty. One boy
only remained on board. About 2 o clock on Friday morning
Constables Toohill and Hughes, of the Anglesey police,
were sent by the inspector along tho shore to see whether
any persons might be in want of assistance. They heard
the poor boy on board the Harmony hallooing for help. By ,
means of
a rope they pulled him ashore through a tremen-
dous surf, and in about 15 minutes afterwards the ship
broke in a thousand pieces. The mail steamer Leincester de-
layed her departure f rom 2 p.m.yesterday till 3 a.m. to-day,
when she received the night mail from London. Strenuous
and most. successful exertions were made during Thursday
night by the lifeboat to save the lives in jeopardy, The
same lifeboat, manned by the same crow, brought 47 men
ashore from the different ships in the course of 12 hours.
The gale abated at Shields during Thursday night, and
yesterday the weather was bright and clear, with a fresh
wind from the W.N.W. As the bar is in such excellent
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could take them, and considerably over 200 sail of coal-
laden vessels got to sea in the course of the forenoon ; more
were to follow in the evening. The wind was very favour-
able to their making a very quick passage to London.
Some anxiety prevailed with regard to the rash and foolish
men who took their laden vessels out to sea on Wednesday
evening just as the gale was coming on. They would en-
counter very bad weather off the Yorkshire coast. The
wind has been off shore, and no casualties are reported to
have occurred upon the coast of Northumberland and Dar-
ham. On the Northumberland coast the fishermen are
are warned of impending storms by the admirable system
established by the Duke of Northumberland, who has
barometer stations in the principal fishing villages. Ad-
miral Fitzroy's storm warnings are also exhibited by the
officers of the Coast-guard on all the prominent headlands
between the Tyne and the seaport of Blyth.
The accounts and telegrams which came to hand yester-
, day from distant continental ports describe the recent gale
as the most severe that has been experienced since the fear-
ful storm in 1857.

The CHIEF ENGINEER read the following re-
port as to the progress of these works :
The Engineer reported that " About 10/ miles
of the middle level line anl its branches, con-
sisting of sewers varying in size from-4ft. by 2ft.
Bin. to 12ft. by 2ft. 6in., have been completed by
Messrs. Brassey and Co., at a probable cost of
£289,000, being £5,000 in excess of my last report.
Much of the past month's work under this contract
has consisted of small sewers and connexions, which
necessarily consume more time in their execution
thax in a fair run with the main work.
" I reported last month that the western sewerage
works had made slow progress, owing to the very
difficult nature of the soil, the quantities of water
met with, and other adverse causes; but these have
now assumed a somewhat more favourable aspect,
and Messrs. Moron and Co. will, therefore, I anti-
cipate, be enabled to proceed more rapid'.y with
their contract. To the present time they have com-
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3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 6in. to 4ft. 6in. circular, at an esti-
mated cost of about £38,000, or £3,000 more than
reported last month.
"The northern outfall sewer is not quite com-
pleted, the weather having been unfavourable to
the work at the apron of the river, which can now
only be proceeded with at certain periods of the
tides. A small portion of the embankment also re-
mains unfinished. The total cost of the work done
by Mr. Furness under this contract is about
£635,000, of which £1,500 is due to the progress
made in the past month.
46mr. Furness's contract for the northern outfall
reservoir is progressing satisfactorily. The arches
are being turned in three of its compartments, and
the puddle and embankment are being formed over
them. The penstocks, 32 in number, are all fixed

in the wall next to the substructure. The estimated
value of the work done is about £125,000, being
£20,000 more than at the date of my last monthly
report.
Mr. Webster is making fair progress with the
southern outfall works at Crossness. The total cost
of the work done is estimated at £168,700, £7,200
being for that executed in the past month.
completed by Mr.
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" The whole line of the Bermondsey branch of the
southern low level sewer, with the exception of the
Spa-road junction and penstock chamber, is com-
pleted, by Messrs Aird. and Son. Its total length
and its estimated cost is
is nearly three miles,
£83,500, or £1,500 in excess of my last monthly
report.
" The works at the Southwark new street are
being pushed rapidly forward in order to get that
important line of thoroughfare open to the public
throughout its entire length, from the Borough to
the Blackfriars-road, by the end of the present year.
Mr. Pearson, under his contract for the completion
of the street between the Blackfriara-road and
Great Guildford-street, has constructed about 1,534
feet of the subway, 1,620 feet of the sewer, 840
feet of area wall, 198 vaults, and about 3,000 feet
of pipe connexions. These and other minor works
amount in value to about £19,500, being £3,500 for
the work done in the past month.
(Signed) "J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer."

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THE NAVY.

The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. A. Cochrane, C. 8.,
steamed out of Portsraeuth harbour yesterday evening, and
joined the Edgar, bearing the flag of Admiral S. C. Dacres,
C. 8., commander in chief of the Channel Fleet, and the
Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Capt. Chamberlain, at Spithead
anchorage. Messrs. Trachsell and Clayton, patentees of the
ozone gas, with which the engine room and screw alley of
the ship is partially lighted, have received orders from the
Admiralty to complete the lighting of that part of the ship
on their system. Capt. Cochrane soon after the arrival of
the ship in port applied to the Admiralty for an order for
lighting the ship throughout, or nearly so, on Messrs.
Thichsell's system; but the Admiralty bave declined to ac-
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port, forwarded for their information by the chemical assis-
tant of Portsmouth dockyard, ascribing explosive powers to
the gas, together with other properties dangerous to human
life. Now the chief qualities claimed by the patentees for
the ozone gas are its perfect non-explosiveness and its free-
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to life if inhaled in confined spaces, and the numerous expe-
riments which have been carried out on board the Warrior
fully confirm these conclusions.
During the recent cruise of the Channel Fleet round the
coasts of the United Kingdom much valuable information
was collected from the records kept onboard different ships.
As an illustration of the nature of these records, and the
wide range they have taken, we give two of the shortest in
form and most apposite in character, selected from the many
kept on board the representative ship of our iron-clads—
the Warrior. The consumption of coal from July 11 to Oc-
tober 3 from the time of leaving Spithead at the com-
mencement of the cruise until anchoring at Plymouth.
•
Sound at its conclusion, for the various purposes, was as
follows—Lighting fires and getting up steam, 186 tons
keeping fires banked, 35 tons ; in evolutions and experi-
ments, n
purposes,e at s , 522
tons
Itons lO
5 w
cw
et .;
t. .
keeping
dst il ling water, 72 tons; culinary
station with squadron,
563 tons 10 cwt. The total expenditure was thus 962 tons
5 cwt. The number of hours the fires were lighted was
1,406 ; the number of hours steam was up, 604 ; the number
of hours the screw was actually working, 341; the total
quantity of fresh water distilled in gallons was 127,000 ; the
total distance the ship went in knots, by log, was 2,286 ; the
maximum power of engines exerted was 3,186 horse power,
and the minimum 73.5 ; the number of days was 35. The
most striking feature in these figures is the reduction o f the
working power of the monstrous engines of the Warrior to
73 indicated collective horse power, the engines at the time
making 10 revolutions, and the ship going 21 knots. This
is probably the greatest feat yet accomplished with marine
engines of large power. Friction in this instance can scarcely
be said to have existed at all. As an example of a record
of an entirely opposite kind we give the following, which
relates to the number of visitors received on board the War-
rior at the various ports visited. The numbers were—At
Yarmouth, 15,000; Sunderland, 24,285 ; Leith, 47,049;
Invergordon, 4,500 ; Orkneys, 2,000 ; Lough Foyle, 35,000;
Greenock, 41,100 ; Belfast, 21,500 ; Liverpool, 57,400 ; and
Dublin, 20,000. There was also received on board at the
various ports from yachts and small vessel, of which no
exact record was kept, an estimated number of 30,000. The
grand total was thus 301,634. The greatest number of
visitors on board in one day was 14,273, at Sunderland, and
the greatest number of steamers alongside in one day was
194.
The Steam Reserve Commission still remain at Ports-
mouth, and yesterday were engaged in receiving evidence in
the room set apart for their use in the offices of the steam
factory.
The Duncan screw liner, at Portsmouth, is being hurried
forward for commission as the flagship of Admiral Sir
James Hope. Mr. Crichton, the newly appointed chief
engineer, has joined. The pennant, it is expected, will be
hoisted en the Ist of January, 1864.
The Wasp, 17, screw, Commander W. Bowden, fitting
out at Portsmouth for foreign service, was swung yesterday
for the adjustment of her compasses, and is expected to go
out of harbour to Spithead to-day, where she will take in
her ammunition and complete stores previous to leaving for

her destination.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Matthew Barker, engineer, to the Bussell—
F. Roe, assistant paymaster, to the Victory—T.ll!
L. Bowling and James K. Bell, assistant paymasters, addi-
tion, to the Edgar—John H. Mconey, assistant paymaster,
to the Royal ask—and George T. T. Chtlney, assistant
paymaster, to the ..^jax.