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,~wr~ 11(4 0111M17,10 4t. . 67 _ ,ec e j o e n t ft %r • • Y , . r . - At A • , , —4 / ''VZi l 4 '" % N ";* V 4 TO ,7? •• e r t. , , - . 7 r . • :t / , .; 2.411 e MP1* 4 , • c:714" -- t Tl-1 , " . 'er with the Executive Council of the Amalgamated in order to adopt proceedings in reference to the above society. • FICE OF 0.1174§ ANC E. January 2 1852. The Principal Officers of her l‘lajesty's Ordnance di hereby give notice, that they are re a dy t o DISPOSE OF, to such persons as may be wilting to tender for the tame, a quantity of OLD IRON GUNS, and SHOT; and SIIELLS, in Store, at the Royal Arsenal, at Wool- W ic`', which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon aPPlication to the Storekeeper at that place, any day (Sunda , s ea °ePted) previous to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders. A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by persons willing to become p urc h asers, a t th e St o rekeeper's Office, Woolwich ; ile Principal Storekeeper's Office at the Tower ; and at th e Secre tary's Nice in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole, or any, narnber of the said Lots are to be delivered on or before MONDAY the 16th February neat. ~.• _ 11 / 4 4 NAVAL .INTELLIGENCE . It is now stated that Rear-Admiral Sir James Stir ling will be the new Lord of the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral Deans Dnndas, C. 8., took his leave of the Admiralty yesterday, to the regret of every person, high or low, belonging to the establishment, and pro ceeded to Portsmouth. The Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, was paid advance yesterday; the Gallant Admiral will hoist his flag this morning, and the ship will sail for the Mediterranean either this evening or to morrow morning, calling at Gibraltar. On quitting effice the worthy admiral has nominated the following officers for proniotiow:— Lieutenant F. P. Warren (1843), son of the admiral's oldest friend, the late Admiral Warren, to the rank of Commander. Lieutenant Dirom (1841), of the Albion, 90, in the Mediterranean, to the rank of Commander. Mate —Henry Carr Glyn (1S50), son of the chairman of the North-Western Railway Company, and M.P. for Kendal. Assistant-Surgeon —H. T. Domville (1842), of Green wich Hospital, son of the late Sir Richard Domville, M.D., R.N., to the rank of surgeon. Lieut. John L. M'Leod (184 S) has been appointed to study steam at the Woolwich factory. Captain Sir Everard home, Bart., C. 8., in the Cal liope, was at Sydney, Nov. 1. Captain Richard Devonshire has been granted the out pension of Greenwich, vice Renwick, deceased. The surgeon of the Impregnable, flag-ship, Mr. Fer rier, died after a short illness, at the Royal Naval Hos pital, Stonehouse. Lieut. Frank Rcoke (March 1846), last of the Daunt less, and late of the ill-fated Avenger, has been ap pointed to study steam at the Royal Naval College. He served in China from the beginning till the end of the Chinese war, during which he was twice Gezetted, and received two special certificates for services volunteered -6:— . Commanded a boat in avery severe - . 7 FEBRIJARY 7 1852. - sw, r -4 41; Y'Akj, 41( X I*: • 3 N°. 18,527.] a.. t LONDON, SATURDAY [PRIC E 5D By order of the Board, G. BUTLER, Secretary. THE GREAT FLOODS IN YORK SHIRE AND LANCASHIRE. General Post-office, February, 1862. TAE POSTMASTER-GENERAL w ill receive , __ Tenders for the supply of WAX, COMPOSITION, and TAL `-',V CANDLES ; OIL and SOAP for the use of this Department daring the present year. this Tenders must be delivered at the Secreta r y 's De p artment of Office at or before Noon, on Mou nAr, the l6thinstant, and they must be enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her Majesty's p ostmaster-General,' and endorsed "Tenders for Candles, &c. RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS• There is now as much difference between the Rifle of the Chasseurs de Vincennes and our Regulation Muskets, as between our mmket ant the bows and arrows of the Indian. By a very simple instrument called a Stadia, di,tances can be measured, accurately, to 5 - 0 yards, and the sights of the Rifle can be adjusted to the space indicated by the Stadia, so that at a di,tance of 765 yards this Rifle wouFl, to a certainty, kMock down a Life Guardsman in spite of his cuirass, and at 1,109 yards a front of 10 men. up by the force of the water, and catching hold of the top of the joists, he held by them until the flood sub sided. He was about an hour in this position, with the water nearly up to the ceiling. The shop of Mr. Wood cock, draper, in Victoria -street, was gutted, and his stock, worth 7001., all swept away. The water rushed through the premises out at the back over the grounds of Mr. Charlesworth, an d t h en rejoined the river. The house of Mr. Gutteridge, confectioner, was al so gutte d . Mr. Dy son, druggist's shop and stock was also damaged. The next shop to this had recently been taken by Mr. William son, a draper, and was to have been opened on Saturday (this day), it having been stocked with goods to the amount of 6001. When the rush came, the window was burst in by the root of a large tree, which was carried with such force, that it passed through the shop and out at the opposite end of the building, carrying part of the wall and flooring with it. Mr. Charles Boocock, who has just commenced as a grocer, had a quantity of pro visions destroyed and the back part of his premises taken away. About 1001. damage has been done to the stock of Mr. Lawson, tinner, and a like amount to the stock of Mr. B. Harrison, grocer. The lower part of the house of Mr. Charlesworth, the magistrate, was filled with water, but no lives were lost. The house and shop of Mr. Garaide, in Towngate, was much injured in the lower part, the water entering in at the window and coming out at the shop-door. The damage is estimated at from 2001. to 300/. The water also passed through the Jolly Hatter's Inn; and a shoe-shop in the neigh bourhood, belonging to Elliot Brown, was completely swept away. were hired from Mrs. Tinning, of the Graham's A rms, Longtosvn, as were likewise the postilions. After safely depositing the Right Hon. Baronet and attenuants at the Citadel Station, the postilions returned to Longtown with the carriages; but instead of going to the stable-yard,. they proceeded t o th e r i ver E s k close by,.. as was their Custom on such occasions, to wash the horses' feet arid the carriage wheels. In consequence of the rain the river wa s swo ll en muc h b e yond its usual size, tho Ugh nothing to what it was a few hours afterwards. The men drove the h orses i n t o t h e s t ream notwithstand ing, but one of them, on looking up the river, perceived the water coming down in a great volume non peculiar to these rivers). He instantly threw . himself into the stream and swam for his life, and it was with great difficulty he regained the shore. The other, a man named Johnston, was not so fortunate. He was carried down horses.ms a a cl n c e l e o d s l e t d ,b , h ies b bo u ow t d n s y o looi of et .h t h e e od r en t: senhaeis nearing r g di nw t g o a r st r he recovered t waters w e p t nt h o companion with the thq . stream with the chaise, vainly struggling to keep as instance, foun found Joh n ston's entangled (a phen . himself and horses above water. For a short space he a deeper part of the river, where he perished with all four en deavouringim to save which it was evident the unfortunate on harnesso bjected and to horses, g o i a eo n Yi *nt first htloet stream, but the deceas e d. w h o had had rather too much drink, persisted in it th a t t h ere was no danger, and drove in before the oth e r by way of encouraginghim A man was inside the se con d vehicle, but he, fortu-. nately, with the driver, escaped by swimmin g to the shore. Both carriages and horses were lost. One of the former has since been recovered, but it is almost entirely destroyed. Poor Johnston was a man much respected in the neighbourhood, and was uni versally known. As the evening sets in the sky is somewhat clearer, though there are still some threat ening clouds and almost a hurricane prevailing. Singu r larly enough, coincident - with this invasion of water,' Carlisle is in continual fear of hydrophobia. Several dogs have gone stark mad within the last day or two, and no less than a dozen persons have been bitten, some very seriously indeed. Th e c i rcums t ance h as c reat e d quite a sensation. The town is in a fever, as it is known that two of the ani ma l s are st ill at large. Th e authorities have been appealed to, and the police have orders to catch every stray dog they can, and shoot all that are not claimed. The consequence is, that a great number of dogs have been shot, the owners not daring to come forward to claim their respective animals, as the superintendent at once hands them (the owners) over to the district surveyor to be " taxed," which, in nineteen cases out of tw en ty, h a d not previously befallen them. Acting upon this plan, before the end of the week some hundreds of unfortunate ours will be de stroyed. ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST. M IDDLESEX -METROPOLITAN BUILD INGS ACT, 7 and 8 Viet., c. 84. Notice is hereby given, that the COURT will proceed on Turns bay, the 26th day of February instant, to the EL ECTION of a SUR VEYOR for the District of the parish of ST. MARY, WHITECHA rEL, in the said County, in the room of Mr. Grellier, deceased, and that such Election will he subject to the standing orders of Court as to districts and district surveyors, and that no person will be admitted candidate unless duly qualified under the Act and such standing orders ; and every candidate must, on er before SATURDAY, the 14th day of February instant, address to me, in writing, a state hient of his name, residence, age, and qualification; and must also Personally appear before the Committee for General Purposes, ap pointed by the Court, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon precisely, on meispay, the 16th day of February instant, at the Sessions Rouse, Clerkenwell-green, and produce to them satisfactory evidence that he is of the full age of thirty years, and a certificate from the Board of Examiners appointed under the Act, of their approval ; and also such other testimonials:of character and qualifications as he may deem expedient, or the Committee may require, and, if ap proved by- the Committee, will then be sanctioned by them to be a candidate for the said district. C. HEATON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace. Sessions House, Clerkenwell, February 5, 1852. Extract from a letter in the " Times," Jan. 3, 18:2 : " Improved Rifles are now being madefor Messrs. Nicoll, in which the good points of a model, procured from France, are retained ; such, with the measuring instrument or stadia, will be supplied by them, with other portions of a complete uniform, cap, coat, trousers, and sword (to be used also as a bayonet), for a very moderate sum ; calculations will be made for the supply of an entire corps— but each item, if taken singly, will necessarily be more expensive." Samples of an outfit for eight guineas may now be seen at the Warerooms of H. J. and D. NICoLL, ARMY CLOTHIERS, 114, 116, 118, 120, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. NATIONAL DEFENCES. An Explanatory Description of Wilkinson's Stadia, the Prus sian Musket, the Lancaster and Minie Rifles, the Improved Conical Bullet, and Fire arms of the Earlier Periods, will be given at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, by Mr. Crispe, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, and at Half-past Eight in the Evenings.—A Lecture on the Music of Many Nations, with Vocal Illustrations, by T. Thorpe Peed, Esq., on Monday, Wed nesday, and Friday Evenings, in addition to the usual Exhibitions, Lectures, &c. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven to Five. and every Evening, except Sa turday, from Seven till Half-past Ten. E LECTION of a THURSDAY MORNING LECTURER. ROBIN'S SOIREES PARISIENNES and FANTASTIQUES. 232, Piccadilly, opposite the Haymarket. Third Programme.—lnimitable Novelties!! ! EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'clock, M. and Madame ROBIN will repeat their inimitable SOIREE,. Every WEDNESDAY, a MORNING PERFORMANCE at Half past Two. Children under Ten years of age, Half-price. Places may be secured at Mr. NI itehell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, 1, St. James's-street; Ebers, Andrews, B:.c. N.B. The entertainments will be concluded with the marvellous performances of Antonio Diavolo and his Clown, Two Automatons of unrivalled perfection, and also the last moment of a Bloomer. PARISH OF ST. PETER-UPON-CORNETILL. At a Special General Meeting, held inthe Vestry-room of the above named Parish, on Friday, the 6th instant, Richard Capel Lambe, Esq.. Churchwarden, in the chair, the Rev. HENRY CHRISTMAS, F.R.S., was duly ELECTED to the Office of THURSDAY MORNING LECTURER, established by the Will of Dame Lucy Ashton. which the Admiral's and Admiralty thanks were given. He was afterwards the officer se lected by our Minister (Mr. Hood) in the River Plate, to take charge of the - flag of truce during all hi s communications with Governor Roses—a delicate duty after the recent murder of Lieut. Wardlaw under one. Wrecked in • the ill•fated Avenger, when 250 lives were lost, and :three and himself survived; the verdict of thee.' court-martial —and the pre sident's speech were highly flattering and com plimentary to him for performing his duty, and for his unceasing exertions, both at the time and afterwards to try and render assistance. We know that his com mander-in-chief, Sir W. Parker, also made the most fa vourable comments on his counduct when he submitted the minutes of the Court to the Board of Admiralty, in the hopes of obtaining his promotion. He received a board letter of approval and approbation of his conduct, as also one from the late Lord Auckland. He served last in the Dauntless. The following story was told as on the best authority :—On Lieut. Rooke's first inter view with Lord Auckland, after his wreck, he apolo gised to him for his dress; upon which Lord Auckland, in shaking hands with him, said, "It is men and not clothes the service requires, and I am glad to shake hands with you in any dress." Admiral Superintendent Prescott went off to Spit head, in the Portsmouth yacht, and paid the Britannia advanced wages. Sprightly steamer went off to the Britannia, 120, at Spithead, with some part of Admiral Dundas's retinue and luggage, yesterday. CONVERSION OF THE WINDSOR CASTLE, LINE-OF BATTLE SHIP.— We stated a fortnight since that it was decided by the Admiralty that the Windsor Castle, a first-rate of 120 guns, building at Pembroke Royal Dock yard, and in a considerable stage of forwardness, should be lengthened amidships 30 feet, and an additional 7 feet 6 inches added to her stern, in order to render her cap able of receiving a screw-propeller, and that orders to that effect were sent to the Arsenal. These orders have been successfully carried into effect. Exactly at the midship section the stupendous fabric was divided into two parts; to the after body a perfect cradle (as for launching) was fitted with bilgo-ways, poppets, ways, and sliding planks complete, the surfaces in contact being, as usual, payed with melted fat, &c. All the shores were then removed from the after-body, and by the aid of screw and wedge it was effectually slided apart to the precise extent required. The mass thus moved was upwards of 1,100 tons, and when completed the Windsor Castle will not only be the most powerful bat tery afloat (mounting 140 guns), but be the largess ship in the known world. The following are certain parti• culars of the dimensions of this magnificent fabric:— Original length between the perpendiulars, 210 feet; length when completed, 240 feet 6 inches; original ton nage, 3,189 tons; tonnage when completed, about 3,759 tons; extreme breadth, 60 feet. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 6.—The Hydra steam sloop, Com mander Belgrave, will embark Major-General Cathcart and staff for the Cape of Good Hope to-morrow, and sail with them for their destination. She also takes out 50,000/. sterling for the payment of the troops engaged in the Kafir war. This was put on board of her this afternoon by Mr. G. Allen, Acting Master, command ing the steam tender Sprightly, and the Treasury officers. SHEERNESS, FEB. 4.—Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Adder, 100-horse power, James Watt in charge, arrived early yesterday forenoon with a Go verument lump, laden with timber for this dockyard. The cargo being landed and received into store, the lump was towed back by the Adder to Chatham the same afternoon. In the locality of Mill Fold the flood broke down several houses, and all their occupants and families have perished. S. Hartley, engineer, of Holmfirth Mill, and all his family, are supposed to have lost their lives. The house of Richard Shackleton was also taken down by the torrent, and both he and his wife, and two children, have disappeared. At the opposite side of the river, at this point, is a burial-ground attached to the Wesleyan chapel. Part of the vestry was destroyed, the grave yard torn up, and coffins floated away from their resting places. The vault in which the body of the late John Harpin, Esq., of Birks House, was interred about two years ago, was torn open, and the coffin with the re mains of the deceased was carried away. Mr. Harpin was one of the chief promoters of the " Holme reservoir" scheme. CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. The Directors hereby give notice, that no APPLICATIONS can be received from the country after THIS DAY, the 7th inst. By order of the Board, JOHN SIMPSON, Secretary pro tern. 11, Abchurch-lane, Feb. 7, 1852. CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY. P rovisionally registered pursuant to 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. 110. Temporary Offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, City. Capital, 125,0001., in 125,000 Shares, of 1/. each. To be paid up in full on Allotment, and no further Liability. TRUSTEES. Captain the Hon. J. C. W. Vivian, Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Robert Douglas, RA., C. 8., &c., Esher, Surrey With power to add to their number. DIRECTORS. g'he lion. Bohn Cranch Walker Vivian, 41, Green-street, Hyde-park The Hon. Denis Arthur Bingham, Portland-street, and Newbrook , fir Philip Mayo, Ireland Dir Philip Clarke, Bart., Westbourne-park Villas, and Oak Hall, East karnet Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A., C. 8., &c., Esher, Surrey William Fennell, Esq., 14, St. Mary Axe, and Arlington-square ilham Matts, Esq., 17, Belgrave-street William Paterson, Esq., Essex-court, Temple, and Bloomfield-street, Westbourne-terraee. William Penny, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields, and Victoria-road South, • Kentish•town Berkeley Silverlock, Esq., the Grove, Stoke Newington " • Campbell Sleigh, Esq., the Temple, and 11, Ovington-square, Brompton 44 3• 'nham W. Stewart, Esq., Kingsland-crescent, and Bromley, Mid dlesex LAURENT'S CASINO, A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Wipdmill-street, St. James's. The PRIZE QUADRILLE, awarded to Mr. J. R. Tutton, of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), will be played every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Comet-a-Piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at nine, and terminate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. A small mill, called Charlesworth's Mill, was swept down, and several houses near it filled with water, but no lives were lost. The whole of the new goit made by Messrs. Broadbent for Bridge Mill was torn up, and also the embankment for tho water lodge. The water took its course right through the mill and made sad havoc, but the building is yet standing. The mill of Joseph Brook and Son was also damaged. The end of Mr. George Robinson's fulling mill, at Thongsbridge, was taken down; the boiler-house and the counting-house completely levelled, but a cottage house, nearer the water, weathered the storm. The occupant of the cottage, while surrounded with water, gave himself up for lost, especially when he saw the raging element tear up the boiler and toss it about as if it were only a feather, but both man and his cottage es caped. On the opposite side of the river is the mill of Messrs. Winpenny and Woodhead. The water swept through the lower part of the mill, and carried away the dry-house and other outbuildings. The engine-man lived in a cottage on the premises. It was filled with water and gutted. In the moment of peril, he sprung to the window to escape, but before he left it, it occurred to him to look back for his child, and on turning round he saw itjust swimming out beside him; he only just caught it by a leg or an arm, and thus saved both himself and child. MR. LAURENT has the honour to inform the Nobility and the Public that the PRIZE QUADRILLE, composed by J. It. Tntton, R.H.G. Blue (to whom the Prize for the best Quadrille was awarded), is this day published at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. Also, Le Chateau d'll Waltz, by Henri Laurent, formi. g Nos. I. and 11. of Laurent's Repertoire of Dance Music, as performed by his Band, at the Nobility's Balls, &c. Onslow House, ilromptora, January 29. I I`HE STATE of IRELAND end CAUSES. IL See IRELAND ender LORD CLARENDON in the DB LIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, for February, price 2s. 6d., U by post 3s. Dublin : James M`GlaAan, 50, Upper Sackville-street; Wm. S. Orr and Co., London and Liverpool; and all. Booksellers. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 6. (Sittings in Banco after Hilary Term.) The after-term sittings in banco commenced this morning before Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alderson, and Mr. Baron Platt. Their Lordships sat in the Bail Court, as the Exchequer Chamber was occupied by the Court of Error. With power to acrd to their number. CONSULTING EGINEER. Jesse 13 alderston Quinby, Esq. C.E. ( N late Engineer to the Cabarras, Fair Forest, and Booker dolii Mining Companies, Carolina and Virgina; the Chanca and Huallarca Silver Mines, Peru, &c., &c.) BANKERS. Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street. AUDITORS. To be elected by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. John Simpson. SOLICITOR. Just out, price One Shilling, C 0 LONIZ ATIO N of COUSTARICA, and New Line of Junction between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, with a new Map of the Territory and Harbours, and ample details. Bvo. By J. S. BUCKINGHAM. London ; Effingham Wilson, 11, Royal Exchange; and James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly. To be had of all Booksellers. THE QUEEN of SPAIN WOUNDED by r.b ASSASSIN —Lord Palmerston and the Ministerial Explana tions—The Opening of the Houses of Parliament —The Queen's Speech. —A copious report of the above eventful proceedings will be given in LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON NEWSPAPER of SUNDAY next, February 8 (price 3d.), postage free, containing 60 large columns of the Latest Intelligence (to the of moment publication) from all part of the world, by express, electric telegraph, and other means, regard s less of expense. The number for Sunday next will ales contain : Exiraordin ry Accident at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich—Death of Miss Ahnie Romer—Suspected Murder of a IVesleysin Minister — Capture of Irish Thugs—lllness of Lord Lansdowne —Trials at the Old Bailey— Another corder by Poisoning —Alleged Brutality of the Police at Hammersmith—The Charge of Abortion by a Surgeon—The Invasion of England. on Paper Horrible Murder of a Child by its Mother Disgraceful Conduct of O'Connor in a Law Cout t —The late Murder of a Child near Guildford—Dissolution of the French Military Commissions—Engineers' Strike Re-open ing of the Workshops — Naval Prize Money—Messam and Williams' Rowing Match—De struction of a Saw-mill in Lambeth by Fire —Mutiny and Murder — The Mail trona India—News for Emigrants' Friends —The Business of the Session —" Scurvy" Treatment of Se amen—Fraudulent Loan Societies—Flax, Cotten, and the Agriculturists —The New Reform Bill—Answers to Legal and General Questions, g:c• LLOYD'S WEEKLY LONDON 'NE WspA Ris published every Saturday night, in time for post. Price only 3d., post free. Send three postage stamps to Edward Lloyd, 12, Salisbury-square, London, and receive one copy as a sa nple, or order of any news agents, William Henry Orchard, Esq., 11, Staple Inn. A pplications for Shares may be made to the Solicitor, or the Secre ;4l7 of the Company ; such applications must, however, in all cases, De a ccompanied by responsible references, otherwise they will not be trttertained. The above aro all the particulars it was possible to gather up to last night. The mischief is too extensive, and the loss of both life and property too vast, to get at once at all the details. It is a serious and dire calamity to Holmfirth, the result of which will be felt for many years to come. The inquest is fixed to be opened to-morrow (Satur day) before Mr. Dyson, the coroner. A SOVEREIGN REMEDY FOR BAD TEA. A. LEADEN PACKAGE, containing FIVE POUNDS of FINE TRUE, RICH, RIPE, RARE SOU -tvNG TEA (which will please every b o dy), sent, carriage free, to 2,.. i_ T trt of Engl an d, on rece i p t o f a Post-office order for ONE SOVE REIGN, by PHILLIPS AND COMPANY, TEA-MERCHANTS, • end w;11 No. 8, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY, LONDON. prove deed a Sovereign Remedy for Bad Tea. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) FLOOD AT SETTLE. This neighbourhood has been for some time past ex tremely wet. The fall of rain on Wednesday was very heavy. Some of the oldest inhabitants dzclare that there has not been such a flood of rain in the neigh bourhood for the last forty years. We are glad to say, however, that the flood has not been the cause of any damage that we hear of. FLOOD AT KEIGHLEY. For some time past the weather in this locality has been very open, with scarcely a day's intermission with out rain. On Wednesday last we had a complete hurri cane. The rain poured down accompanied with a strong wind from the south-west, which blew a regular gale. The brooks in the vicinity were swollen and overflowed their banks, and the flood was so great that the various mills situated below the junction of the North and Lay cock waters were obliged to stand nearly the whole day. A great quantity of roots, branches, and other wreck passed down the Lowbridge beck, together with a pig, but no great amount of damage was done. FLOOD AT TADCASTER. On Thursday, the river Wharf inundated its banks, so that the High-street was nearly covered with water, and the inhabitants were obliged to occupy their upper rooms. SPERMATORRIICEA AND STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45., A TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Coatraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Spermatorrlicea by Cauterization. By F. B. COURT ENAY. M.R.C.S.L. "These who complain most loudly are those only who know not hew to use the common instruments. . . . The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesse and horror of surgery."—John Bell. 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. C" SE OF HOLIDAYS. Now that the season of annual festivity is terminated, and the respective boarding-schools about to be reinstated by the busy throng of youthful aspirants, their personal comfort and attractions become naturally an object of great solicitude with friends and relatives. Now it is that Rowlands' Macassar Oil, for accelerating the growth and for improving and beautifying the hair, Rowlands Kalydor, for improving the skin and co•nplexion, and removing cutaneous eruptions, and Rowlands' Odonto, for beautifying the teeth and preserving the gums, must be universally considered in dispensable. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only genuine of each bears the name of " ROWLANDS' preceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by chemists and perfumers. • GARNITURE DE CIRCASSIE This novel importation just received from Paris, viz., the CHA TELAINE SASH, with BOUQUET and GUIRLANDE to match, all of Ribbon, the most complete and elegant MODE that is to be for the season. can now be procured at the FRENCH RIBBON HOUSE, REGEN T-STREET, (as also the choicest selection of Ribbons of every c,script'on). MAGASIN DE RUBANS DE PARIS, 213, REGENT-STREE T lIARDWICK'S. TEA., ex Philah.—Just landed 1,320 CHESTS of fine POITCHONG TEA, on SALE at the Globe o Tea o 1-'2ituauvinerf'l3?,:lelasf. ,_arn house, at 35. per lb., or in the orignal packages (three t _h ne di Pe tr r e, packet ; also good strong Gunpowder, 45.; id ss. per lb. ; excellent Coffee, Is. per lb.; strong litta,„Sugar, 4(1., Loaf Sugar, 5(1. per lb. St. M ar *A-L a citflt.g.co., Globe Tea Warehouse, 20, Strand, opposite W - I l 4T' 8 THE CRITERION? Of a Unities ? Th gentleman's business skill, or a tradesman's cape latter to e, former to com quality exists, and the wherprovide It. M prehend et thuetthls be e criterion with a gentleman is his judgment of e well been The served in his former purchases ; the trades , understands what quality is, and where it can tforinned with a determination to provide it. The unquestionable two b nce of E. MOSES and SON in the clothing and general out "int" gives them a complete qualification to decide on the e; of every article in whi c h they profess to trade. Quality f can ls x SES and SON consider as the criterion of price. No article e cheap unless it b e good. They are anxious their patrons e w d regard the Strength, Fineness, Colour, and Workmanship of 4,! ir d ress, as much as th e advantages in its price being much lower t e an charged e l sewhere. 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STOCK EXCHANGIC.—The share market to-day, but there was little alteration of prices has been better tions were 0 follow :—Caledonian, 15 ~ ....,asTbe transac -15 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63% 2'b it t o, Lancashire, dis.—London and North-Western, 11N —Di tto -2 , 7 7-16 Quar ters, 3 1 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshiwre n Midland. 67—South -Eastern and Dover, 205,4—_y or 'c l-- North Midland, 21% —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, n an a l Midland, 2%. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little or nothing done i n the share market to-day. The only sales reported on 'Change were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4 6A__. Ditto, Preference, 10/3. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.-- A gentleman residing at Wortham, in Norfolk, named Balls, on returning from Harleston Market, fell from h is horse, and sustained•so serious an ill ness i n conse quence, that all his hair came off. He was perfectly bald. His friend, the Rev. Mr. Daniel,' offered him a wig as a temporary substitute; and in the meantime he tried very fortunately the effects of Rowland's Macassar Oil. What was the consequence? Part of a bottle produced the re-growth of a thick and luxuriant head of hair, with (what the first or original growth had not) a beautiful tendency to curl. This is a very striking instance of efficacy from the fact of the debility which preceded the restoration.— Observer. " WHERE IGNORANCE IS B uss." --There are now nearly 20,000 Chinese in California. " When a customer calls," says the New York Tribune, " they exhibit wonderful expertness in comprehending his want and arranging a bargain. But the tax-collector avers that he cannot by any possible means make them understand his Visits." HOLMFIRTII, FRIDAY.—This terrible and destructive catastrephe, one of the most appalling that has ever happened iu this part of the country, was not at all ex aggerated in the accounts previously given. A more complete wreck, a more melancholy scene than Helm firth presents to the thousands who have visited it, has never been beheld. The shops left standing are all closed—the streets knee-deep in mud, and filled with broken furniture, carding machines, huge iron boilers, bags of wool, while the graveyards have their dead dislodged, and their dread contents borne again to the doors of the living. Altogether the scene is one of heart-reeding misery; numbers, who retired to rest the night before last in comfortable circumstances, now find themselves homeless, penniless, and so far as their im mediate relatives are concerned, friendless. The confusion and uncertainty is still so great that it is impossible to ascertain the number of persons who have perished, but from all that we can learn, about 60 bodies have been recovered, and it is thought that at least 40 more are missing. The exact number cannot, however, be ascertained for some days. Some of the bodies, as stated yesterday, have been found a distance of many miles from the scene of the disaster. Before proceeding further with our narrative of this most disastrous event, it may enable our readers to be better able to comprehend the nature of the catastrophe, if we describe with more accuracy than yesterday the position of the reservoirs and the nature of the locality. liolaifirth is about seven miles from Huddersfield, and is approached by the Huddersfield aed Penistone Railway. The town is built in a deep valley, having im mense ranges of hills on each side, and at the lowest level, in a somewhat circuitous course through the centre of the town, winds the river Holtne, which is crossed at different points by four stone bridges, called the Bridge, Thong's Bridge, Victoria Bridge, and Upper Bridge. From Holmfirth through the valley of the Holme for a distance of several miles, amongst almost Alpine moun tains, run deep ravines, with scarcely an outlet for three or four miles, when they terminate on vast tracts of moorland. Upon the bed of these vast ravines runs a strong mountain stream, which is increased, as it rushes on from the moors, by the streamlets which fall down the hill sides, until it reaches Holme Bridge, where it empties itself in the river Holme, which passes through Holmfirth. On each side of this river are erected numerous scribbling and fulling mills along the whole course of the valley, built there with the view of taking advantage of the water power which this water course furnishes. As the supply of water in droughty weather is inadequate for the purposes required, the idea was conceived of storing the element in huge re servoirs at the top of the highest hills, and it was to the bursting of one of these reservoirs that the present frightful destruction of life and property is attributable. The " Holme reservoirs" are three in number, and are formed at the top of the hills, some distance from each other. They are called the Bilberry," " the Holm stye." and " the Bawshaw" reservoirs. They were made uuder the authority of an Act of Parliament passed in 1840 ; and constructed under the superintendence of Mr. Leather, C.E., of Leeds. The cost of the whole was 70,0001. or more, 40,0001, of which was raised in scares, and the other 30,000/. on mortgage of the works, the company of shareholders having power to lay rates upon the mill-owners using the water. As a pecuniary speculation the undertaking has proved a failure, owing in part, it is said, to heavy law expenses. The par ticular reservoir which has caused the present destruction is " the Bilberry," It is situated three miles from Holmfirth, at the foot of the Moors, which extend from the Yorkshire and Cheshire hills, and terminate in a bluff or hill, called " Good Bent." The reservoir lies between two hills, called Hobrook hill and Lion•bank, the former of which forms its north, and the latter its south boundary. The water for this reservoir is supplied by the confluence of two streams at the foot of " Good Bent" bluff, which drain the vast extent of moorland in that district for many miles. The embankment to form the other side of the reservoir is constructed a little lower down, where the valley or ravine widens, and by this means, with two natural em bankments, and the one alluded to, a vast reservoir is formed with a surface of eleven acres or more. The depth is said to have been eighty-four feet. The surplus water was carried away by a tunnel, running under the reservoir, communicated with by a funnel or chimney, in the centre of the reservoir,, worked by means of a shuttle. This shuttle, it has been alleged, has latterly become unworkable, preventing the surplus water from being let out, and as the heavy rains have very much tilled the reservoir, its weight acting upon what has tong been considered an insecure embankment, the lat ter suddenly gave way, and the waters pent up rushed down the ravine, and along the valley of the Holme, with a force which must have been perfectly resistless. As we have intimated, the embankment of the reser voir has always, from being leaky, been regarded as un sate, and from time to time rumours have been circulated in Holmfirth that it was likely to give way. The com pany's servants were watching it on Wednesday, and, in consequence of something that transpired, the whole of the families connected with the Dighley Mill, which is near the reservoir, fortunately removed the night before. Had they not done so, there would doubtless have been a serious addition to the present fearful loss of life. The premises consisted of a mill 14 yards square and four stories high; a weaving shed, with 34 power looms at work; steam-engine and water power; two superior dwellieg-houses, one occupied by Mrs. Hirst ( widow of the late Mr. George Hirst), and family, and the other by Mr. Henry Beardsall; also cottages and numerous out buildings; making altogether quite a small town. These premises stood in a widish part of the valley, but not far from a curve in the valley, and when our reporter visited t he place yesterday, there was literally not one stone left upon another; the whole buildings were swept away, with the exception of a tall engine chimney, round the base of which still gurgled the still foaming and angry waters. A more complete destruction cannot be imagined. The engine was carried to a considerable distance down the stream, where it remains imbedded in the mud. The rumours which induced the parties at Dighley to re move were current in Holmfirth the same evening, but unfortunately the inhabitants, from often having heard similar reports, disregarded them, and retired to rest, hoping that all would be well. The waters burst their barrier a little after one o'clock yesterday morning, and, from the appearances which everywhere present them selves, must have swept everything before them with most terrific force. From concurrent statements, it would seem as if the whole body of accumulated waters tumbled down the valley together in ono vast over whelming mass. Their passage down to Holmfirth, distance of three miles, occupied less than half an hour, and in rather more than an hour they had receded from the houses. In consequence of the narrowness between the bluffs on either side, a vast volume of water was kept together, to spend its force upon Holmfirth, after which it got more into the open country (which was very much under water the whole of yesterday), all the way down to Honley, Armitage-bridge, Huddersfield, and even below Mirfield. Taking, then, the reservoir as our starting point, w e will now proceed to give some details of the sad havoc which it has made. A few hundred yards below the reservoir stood a small building two storeys high, called Bilberry Mill. It was in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Broadhead, and used as a scribbling and dressing mill. This was built on one side, and rather out of the direct course of the torrent, us it rolled in its leviathan proportions down the valley. The end of the mill was caught by the sudden swell, and about ten feet length and its gable washed down the valley. A man at this mill stated that he witnessed the overflow of the embankment when the ordinary channel out of the reservoir had become two small for the out pouring—that the water rolled over the embankment until a large breadth and depth had been washed away, and then the puddlebank and the inner lining of the re servoir to the depth of fifty feet gave way in one im mense body, and down went masses of rock weighing several tons, and everything else that offered the slight est obstacle to its onward course. At a short distance down the valley, and on the same side as Bilberry Mill, stood Digley Upper Mill, lately occupied by Mr. John Furniss, woollen manufacturer, whose affairs are now in the hands of the Leeds Bank ruptcy Court. This building was a block of stone work, consisting of a factory, a large house, with farm building and outhouses. The end of the mill is washed away, a quantity of machinery, and a large amount of property in the shape of pieces, warps, &e., destroyed, and the gable end of the house, which is comparatively new, and the whole of the farm-buildings swept away. In the latter were twelve tons of hay, three mulch cows, a horse, a goat, and several heads of poultry, which were carried down the stream. In the house was Mrs. Furniss and her two children, and in a bed in one of the chambers were two messengers from the Bankruptcy Court. They were alarmed at the rapid rise of the water about half-past twelve o'clock, and left the house. One of the messengers, named William Crampton, had barely time to put his clothes on, and get to the rising ground, b e f o re the final burst took place. Lie had to wade up to the middle in water before he ti;onkuelel land on terra firma. Mrs. Furniss says she saw the bursting of the bank, and describes it as the rising of i r m ev m er e b n e s r e st s i h n e g et th o e , f nd m er ist, accompanied ii by a sound a factory had been confined . to t and hi.. be with his fami ly th r e enlained eb in cmdi t l bi lfeo e rr house se nl V a e t ede o k n as : , injury, when i e l ew et o n v ae yd ll e I ofy) personal ora s i o n ( g ) without sustaining rnstaohrn:aolmwi narrows hills, and here stood Digley Mill, upwards of 60 yards below, the were rescued in a cart. A. short distance, perhaps they . a lofty substantial stone-built factory, 3 rdtsosquare. This was a an attic used as workshcps abave. uritstories high, with large water-wheel (as were t h e two m i l u s e driven by a dolled), and a st befor e na emu-engine. The property ' this en. was lately valued a t upwards of 12,000/, of mill an din the hands of the ex ecutors o f i ts late owner, it " . 8 Hirst. The whole of thi s m il l, with extensiveM r fa G. buildings, and seven cottages, were swept d own with the the t o rrent, and with them four va l ua bl e cows, and a horse worth forty guineas. Fortunately, the inmates of the seven cottages escaped with their lives. B an k End Mill was the next building in the valley. Its gable end and one window from the top to the bottom of the building washed away. The lower rooms are r i t ie hs machinery in the upper completely gutted, and stove, about sixty yards long, t stories thrown together aim The dye-house and leaving nothing of theca The valley then widens, above the ground. ererev This property belonged t o mran John una in'ildeihte reaches t e l : yo Holm-bridge, -b destroyed, ridg e , place is crossed by a bridge of one ohn Roebuck. a small village composed of few hundred inhabitants. Thu stream at this arch, about 40 yards on and about the same distance Holm-bridge Church, in the centre side of which stands Inside the centre of a graveyard, a tollgate and a number of ..in the other side stands founda tions of the bridge dwelliegs . The ashed completely bare. The wall surrounding the uprooted and carried down thee stream. The interior of church was swept away by the torrent, and the few tree floating, and the floor coveredailding planted in the yard were about five feet. The floor wasrd aeon presented a most the church and the grave awful spectacle. seve ral inches thick. In the cent body of a goat that had been with sand and mud torn up —the pews were re of the aisle was laid the the water had risen mill, and within a few feet one of the pews, lay the remain!' resting of it , from Upper Digley taming the remains of a full grown u a i s ld t in relics, with others not yet found, had top of the stairs leading into th hkof 'as r i o t m the reserv r o l neacnd from their grave n s k h o y f thethe whirlpools . B obtehe been these e as h human edn p . the' churchyard. The road d g a c n u d rre fi n e t t and other substances, downwards are still ge masses of stone reservoir had been formed. covered v iv er h e ie d h w t i h t e li b h a u stream was more con fineddwaos vP t c h ° e l l B l f e Q'r x t al place y r e t a h e e h ehde head long Upper-Millpasse formedea r ly the rushing in its channela•a te r, b the devastation was immense , and the on its edge, a ._ gallery_ infant, lose la on f a atelhin°fedffie seat the • derable. Six houses, whichh nd ai r t rater-street, were he inmates hurled down by the flood, perish ed. The dwellings in this neighbourhood were in some cases flooded into the chka zt washed down no t and in one of them—the endmost left standingoethere were 16 in dividuals, who saved their lives by , getting joining roof. In one of them all the on an ad inmates were drowned. Their names are James el ooth and his wife, and a lodger named William Healey, I n the same block of buildings the wife of Joseph Brews, clothier, while endeavouring to save herself and child, p infant in her arms The following is al z t ished with her of the occu pants of the houses that were taken down at Mill, as nearly as could be asertained Pram Hinchliffe the neigh bours, who were all busy with mops, buckets, and bar rows. clearing their houses from the r flood :—The first house was occupied by Miss of the ls Marsden and three others ; the second by JosephDodd, steam tenter' his wife, and two children; the third by Jonathan Crossland and seven others; the fourth by James Mef ternich, clothier, and nine others; the fifth b Joshua Earnshaw, m as t e r clothier, his little girl, and by Joshua sons; and the si x th by John Charlesworth, clothier , and nine others —out of the whole of whom only seven were saved, leavin g thi r ty-two to be accounted for. New Inn, a t Hinchliffe Mill, seven of the bodies of At the those who were drowned in their houses were laid 011 The damage in the mill seemed to have been confined to the lower story, the windows of which, and those of the se cond story, are blocked with broken machinery, heavy pieces of timber and furniture. The cowry grows wider below this point, and in the centre of a wid e va ll e y stands Bottom's Mill. From the open country here offering little resistance to the stream, this factory, which is a very large one, sustained com paratively only trifling damsee. In a c o tt h e e on t h e hill-side opposite to Bottom' s Mill was laicrthe son of James Metter n ich , of Hioehilty e Mill, just ment i one d, f rom whom we obtained th e fol lowings state men t. H o i s a bout 24 years of a ge . H e id — There were ten of us in our house , my fathe r ,a step-mother, and eight children. Somebody came and roused us just atter one o'clock. I put on my trousers. My step-mother and I stood on the stairs. We looked out of the wind ows an d s aw a large quantity of wate r and sticks coming down. From their appearance we knew the reservoir had burst. I and my step-mother came down s t a i rs , t h en stoo d on the stairs, and my fa ther handed us the children who were asleep in the house for us to lift into the chamber. The water burst In at the window and through the door, filled the lower room and half fill e d th e c hamber. I ran with the rest eh into th e garret, excep t m y father and one child, ewe expected were drowned in the house. About half a minute after we had got into the garret the whole house gave way, and we were all swept down the stream, and I saw no more of any o f them. No part of the house touched me that I know .". When I got into Harpen's (Bottom's) dam I caught nod of a pi ece o f woo d an d s p r ang up. I got a sob o f l breath, and th en went un d er the water and lost my hold of the plank ; on com i ng up aga in I got hold of an other and again r o ll e d over; a t l a st I got hold of a large piece of timber and k e pt m y hold. I got hold of a small piece of wood and p a ddled it towards the aide. gust of wind the n came an d bl ew m,tetowards the land A on the Austonley sid e . I l ea p e d o ff the a , andimber tell I up to my neck in water, b u t manageil of scramb_le out of the water, and after falling several tunes I got into Hannah Barry's, and stripped my grousers and shirt (all I had on) and went to bed. I was nearly exhausted. The next building in • the valley is Victoria Mill, which had sustained little damage beyond the disar rangement and partial breakage • of the machinery in the lower story. In the yard of this factory three houses were swept away, but a Within a stone's throw (3 lives lost. ef Victoria Mill stands Dyson's Mill, which was occupied Mr. Jonathan Sandford. In the yard o f the factoryby Mr. Sandford re sided. His house was swept taken himself, his t wo children, a way, and with i t were ree, and his servant. The and ma factory chinery. also sustained very serious damage in its wa ll s Prockleton, or Farrar's ‘ U large dyehouse of whi c h was completely Mill, is the next, th e ihese were the property o f enapletely destroyed, with its huge pans and fixt ures . Mr. John Farrar. The factory Mill is situate a litt k nown as the Lower le lows was built across the s tream. The torrent carried' end the greater portion of the factory along with it, leaving only the two ends standing. woollen material, and is theth valuable machinery and Farrar. In the factory yard two property of Mr. Hobson cock were drowned, and a two children named Wood was discovered dead. little further down a third At the George Inn, near this recovered f rom the place, nine bodies, prin cipallystream are now laid, Amongst them were Jonathan Crossland, of Hinchliffe been taken out at Upperg Z a n, the latter of whom had tightly wedged into the wall ill, where he had been so work to drag him out. that two men had hard Amongs these unfortunates was a woman named Hellaw e n , had been taken out of a he n " her three children. They house within 30 yards of the George Inn. Coming from Mr. Farrar's d a place called Scar Fold, whereyehouse to Holmfirth, is Heil well, his wife, and two children, a person named Hell water burst into the house til resided. When the wife and child were both eY were all in bed, and his the top of his loom,where d rowned. h _ Hellwell jumped to fortunately the water did 7:inert-owl y escaped death, for, and ho remained on his pr °t quite reach the ceiling, sided. The warehouse of precarious perch until it sub the same locality, was filled r' John Haigh, grocer, in utted. His loss will be from with water, and entirely g of Mr. James Charlesworth, 300 a to 4001. The house b ran ch of the Huddersfild 13 manager of the Holmfirth the house of Mr. Haigh, and inking Company, adjoins two houses was washed away,partitin between tha The shop of a cooper, named but no lives were lost. At the end of Upper Brid a aldwell, was also gutted. gable end to the bridge—th g at w ere two houses, with a being occupied by Enor Bailey , nearest the river Holtne two children. The wails or 1 his mother, wife, and were swept off, and Bailey's h attlernente of the bridge down, and the inmates and fu el's° was entirely - washed river. Bailey himself and hirniture thrown the get out again, but the latter hs mother managed to only is left to tell the tale of as since died. Bailey, children having all perished. sorro w , his wife and adjoining house, occupied by a shoemaker , 11° interior of the Hepworth, was completely exposed, named John furniture swept away. The b eds a nd nearly all his partly in the house and partly out,teads are standing over the floor, which had been partly' are end projecting stable, and coach-house, belonging to removed A barn, levelled. Tho shop of Messrs. head Was liippax was gutted. The shop of Mr. M`Laren, bo k was Completely much damaged, the windows door4 seller, was also ing all disappeared, and his gatock led furniture the shop hay stroyed. All the other shops in this lo f urniture de gate) suffered the same way, includi ng ealit Y ( H ollow - thos e Haley, a greengrocer, and Mrs. Briggs- of Abm. 1 family, were rescued by being taken tat who , with h e r house roof. On the opposite side o f la ithe top of the the river, all the houses and shops and the lewgate, next were swept down, and in the middle of the toll-bar house posited a huge forest tree, which had been Was de the roots. Mr. Robinson, a currier, o ee 11 torn up by then houses, and himself and the vvhot e uPieel one of perished. The shops of Mr. Henry Fir °f his family Mr. Abel Hoyle, greengrocer, are smooth' grocer, and de stroyed, but they did not live on the premises those Victoria-bridge was dismantled, like all the' walls having been destroyed. The back perrhers, the dwelling-houses at the end of it arc complet 7f three viz., those occupied by Charles B. Mar 1 p.es, stra e Y gone, shop, and William Martin, watch and e i cei r h ennet (teeth of whose stock is destroyed), and James whtnaker iteley. The houses of Mr. Johnson, tinner and brazier, Alfred Wood, draper and grocer, ; were tilled and Mr. o coi amaged. s with Mr. wa Alfred Wood's damage, ter, and the goods in the it is m osnsa to tho d drably "t i d, amount to from 1,5001. to 2,000/. will Cottle Bottom belongs to Mr. Joseph AA eeoorhe ase, e a migistrate of the West Ri din g , and former ly a woollen manufacrer. A dryhe,use, ft warehouse, a d_Yeheti°n ai several out-buildings (including a wareho use occupied by Mr. Samuel Winpenny, grocer), were all w down. The stock was enti rel y destro y ed . Adjoining lower and nearer the river than the f ront, is there was a dvrelling-house, in which a man, servant to Mr. Floyd , solicitor, and a littler were sleeping. When the wa ter burst into the e- ' house, the man took up the boy, and attempted to pass up the staircase, but, unhappily, just as he passed the threshold himself, the door closed by the fore of th e water, a nti i separated them, leaving the boy jai the lower room, .to 1 urown, 48 was expected. The bop Was however, borne ! . , - _ GREAT FLOOD AT TODMORDEN. In this locality during the early part of the week we had heavy falls of rain, especially on Tuesday evening, when many of the inhabitants residing in those parts which are at such times subjected to be inundated, be• came alarmed. About half-past eight o'clock a tremen dous shower of rain and hail took place, accompanied with a little thunder and lightning. The river Calder became much swollen, which continued with little ap parent alteration till between twelve and two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when the body of water was so great, that it overflowed the banks of the watercourse at Shade, running down the turnpike road, and forced its way into the cellars and dwelling-houses, and the resi dents had to remove what furniture they could, and seek safety elsewhere. The scene now presented was one of great confusion and bustle, espe cially in Salford, from which pigs and other animals had to be removed for safety, the water extending from Shade to Salford. Messrs. Fielden's hands had to enter the factory by means of planks, which were floating like boats on its muddy surface. At Toad C arr , i n Burnley road, the body - et water was so great th a t a portion of the gushing walls intoof the th e w h a o t e u r s c e o s ur e with was great prostrated, the stream violence; as was a l so the case in Cobden, several of the houses being two feet deep in water. This portion of the town has not bTen flooded for some time past, owing to regulations having been made for such emergencies; but the body of water being so large and sudden, the sewers were made up im mediately. The water did not subside for several hours. The canal also overflowed in different places, covering the fields in the vicinity to a considerable extent. At the time of writing, our correspondent could not form any proper estimate of the damage sustained. FLOOD AT ROCHDALE. On Wednesday it rained incessantly the whole of the day, and the river Roche began to overflow its banks by noon. The fields at Oakenrod-bridge were many of them laid completely under water. At fivo o'clock, when the flood was at the highest, some parts of Packer-street were 12 or 14 inches deep with water. The river Roche is said to have risen considerably higher than it WAS at the flood in August, 1799, which was the forerunner of " Barley Times." The water at th e brid ge wa s six inches higher than it has ever been since it was built. On the Wednesday night the wind was extremely high from seven to nine o'clock, when it blew a complete hur ricane. During the whole of the day on Thursday, also, tho rain continued, but was not anything like so heavy as it was the previous day. FLOODS IN CUMBERLAND. CARLISLE, FEB. 3.—ln consequence of the heavy fall of rain on ilonduy in this neighbourhood the river Eden and all its tributaries have swollen to an extent beyond the recollection of any living person, and it is feared that great damage has been done to adjoin ing property. The waters of the Cala.. and the Petteril, and the Eden, into which the two former streams run, burst their boundaries in all direc tions, sweeping hedges and fences of all descriptions be fore their overpowering torrent. Hill-born streams are well known, and the wary Cumbrians have in general, avoided building their habitations within the dangerous vicinity of the banks; but so great was the fleod that even the lower portions of houses were filled with water, and even public thoroughfares, in compara tively high situations, are submerged to the depth of many feet. The scene in the immediate vicinity of Carlisle is at this moment peculiarly striking. lgc thing but water for miles, as far the eye eau reach, with here and there a portion of a tree projecting from the surface, as if to mark the extent of the deluge. Pre cautions in the shape of double banks an d high barriers have long since been constructed to keep the rivers within bounds during the rainy season, but these were of no avail. The waters extended up to the Castle walls on one side, and to the foot of the Scaur on the other. The arches of the mignificent Eden bridge could scarcely be seen, and . the por tion of the Caledonian Railway which runs on a high embankment to the north seemed to be in immirimt i t e h c o e i t tempestuous tn ia intermittent characterittent danger of destruction. On the other side of Eden-bridge melancholythe grand. seems A to strong b e evenwind ofmg r ° te r h tieblowing,et3 coupletsgreatly wide ir 1 e from rte p.a a r ia l 3 the d e uerth-west with a degree of violence not often e:zpe. o ri f e w nc a e te d rs h , e a r n e d , wreu addsi fl ex e gp s re ec t at h t e l yt o s t u so r e of the sce ni orn T i h n e g, o a n s ly th d e r r y e for wiles around are the handsome and ex , ens i v mansion of the High Sheriff of showers of rain and hail all dap long. county (Air. Head), the Grand Stand, and the Water y Works. The flood has been at its height for several hours, but there seems to be no indication of its t. , 1 ) -d• a, si iwr On the contrary, used on nhWeexaevdioynneswdiatyh this inundation we are sorry g• In par ticularscon- nexion of a very melancholy and fatal o add the accident which occurred at Longtown, about 10 miles from appears that Sir James Graham es this city. It and family proceeded from Netherby yesterday morning, • travel ling chaises and pairs, to the Citaelin' a couple of express day train for London. _. Station, to catch the Who chaises and horses spots ie tiebeth.dehe"ered BELLA.MY V. MAJORIBINKS—JUDGMENT. Mr. Baron PARKE delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, which had been reserved for a few days, after the announcement that the Court had con curred in making the rule absolute, in order that the parties might again go to trial without delay. This action was brought to recover the amount of a cheque for 2,5361. 175., which, it was contended on be half of the plaintiff, Coutts' bank, represented in this action by the defendant, had improperly paid to Gosling and Co., it being a " double-crossed" cheque, with the words " Bank of England: for the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery." At the trial before Mr. Baron Martin, at the Middlesex sittings after Trinity Term last, the plaintiff set up a custom of bankers, with reference to cheques of this kind, whereby it was con tended that the bank ought to have exercised greater caution before paying the one in question, in which case the payment would hare been made into the proper hands. The verdict was found for the plaintiff, and in Michaelmas Term a rule was obtained for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection, and the verdicts being against evidence. The Learned BARON, in delivering the judgment of the Court upon this rule, said that, as already intimated, the Court had come to the conclusion that there should be a new trial, on the ground that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict pronounced by the jury. If this had been an ordinary case, the Court would pro bably have confined it se lf to merely expressing its opi nion; but in this controversy there was involved a ques tion of so much importance In the practice of bankers with respect to cheques of this description, that it seemed right to state with some particularity the nature of the question to which the attention of the jury should be called at the new trial. Thu first count was a special count, inferring a duty consequent on an alleged custom and usage of bankers, to the effect that the defendant was not to pay the cheque otherwise than into and through the Bank of England, and then alleging a breach by payment of the cheque to Goslings and Co. To this count there was a plea denying any such duty. There was also a count for money lent, as to what the de fendant pleaded payment; and on the issues arising upon those two pleas, the parties rested their cases re spectively. The objection on the ground of misdirec tion was abandoned by the Learned Counsel for the defendant, who then contended merely that the ver dict as to the first count, and as to the pin of payment to the second count, was against evidence. The plaintiff's counsel contended that the crossing of the cheque to the Bank of England absolutely restricted the negotiability of the instrument in favour of the Bank of England Only, and even the account mentioned upon it, viz., the Acc ountant -General, and no other person. Evidence was given, during two days, to prove a bind ing custom and usages of bankers to this effect, but the Court was of opinion that no such custom was proved. The custom alleged could only be proved by a long and universal course of practice clearly established; but so far from that having been the case, many witnesses, called from London banking-houses, denied the exist ence of the custom altogether. Banking -houses in Lon don were in comparatively few hands; and it seemed to the Court to be absurd to suppose that there should be any such duty cast upon bankers as was alleged in the first count. The verdict on this point, therefore, was against the weight of evidence. The Court was also of opinion that such a custom, if proved, would be incapable of being supported in point of law. The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff both at the trial and on the argument, relied with great confi dence on the count for money lent, and insisted that the payment to Gosling's of a cheque doubly crossed, in the manner in which the cheque in question was crossed, was an unauthorised and negligent act, and that the defendant had no right to credit himself with it. If this contention were well founded, the defendant would be wholly without a defence, as the only answer to this count was the plea of payment. It was also alleged that the addidon of the crossing to the bank of England, with the words " for the account of the Accountant - General of the Court of Chancery," imposed a great er degree of responsibility upon the defendant. None of the witnesses attached much importance to this circum stance, however, as against the defendant, and -many of them even considered it to make in his favour; as it vfa s well known that the Bank of England would no: rechinre a cheque for the Accountant-General so crossede. other point was argued by Mr. Unthank on behalf n by tt the the plaintiff—that the crossing of the cheque, any direction he pleased to his bankers, was equivalent s direction that it a p d r e t s h e had not the Bankof —an should not be paid to bearer, but to t he . t holder, a n addition d d b f u f i t by n o the fh ed cheque h a e w (l e u r ,e of whoan express o in such a case the Eng land. He admitted, however, that defendant was not bound to pay the Bank o f England, as the alteration would bring the cheque within the ep e e tion of the stamp law. At the trial the evidence did not make any distinction between the meaning of the words power to state when written by the customer of the Bank, and the meaning they would have when written by a third per son; and the Court had before intimated its opinion that, restrictive meaning attributed to them by the plaint'ff' s counsel. As had been said before, tho Court felt strongl that to carry li tho argument furth~r h© or to make a banker y responsible to his customers for the appropriation by the according to the weight of evidence, th ey Bank of a crossed cheque, would render the conducting of the business of banking very difficult, if • not impracti cable, and would cast very serious, and probably ma obieraas, impediments i n t h e course of tho ac tions of the country. F or these t money trans easons the Court had come to the conclusion that the rule ab solute for a new trial.--R n i e Should be made absolute. On T Tli llurEsdaEy aNgGenleZlEmEeeßtiZofK non-society ßl men (skilled wo r k men) took place at the Mason's Arms, Lambeth, to cons i der the course necessary to be pur sued in con sequence of the resolution of the employers to s STE. open their s h ops on Monday next to such workmena might be willi ng to sign a declaration binding them to , renounce all con nex i on with the Amalgamated So ci e t y Engineers and similar institutions. circular W. atu, on tfdling the chair, read the which he re cently issucd by the Employers' Associati s on,_ of the work said was altcgether opposed to the inte . r o e n s. it contained, men, who, by signing the dt,clar i, a o ti ir employers; nod would bccom i the mere slaves h oft of the society men it was their interest equally forth thatin such a tyrannical to resist pretensions put ,ass . on. Compliance with manner fdr their common op w ,, o r eid i be infamous, dograd the terms held out to th d em he called upon the meeting to ing, and disgraceful, an ['stain the Amalgamated Society uphold their rights and_s t ha _ d assumed on behalf of the in the posi:ion which l i iron trade in c - ener r t o ", en aidressed the meeting, and the Several other resolutions n.orkm®n were unanimously adopted:— following ouce of the conduct of our employers " 1. In fortheenscq i document for us to sign previous to in sending `mployment, we, non-society men, are returning to our e . compelled tothe best 'maintaining our consider means of _ independence and freedom of action for th e b e nefit or al l. ~ 2. That it is expedient , in consequen ce of the aggres sive act of our employers, to take into consideration the ourselves into necessity, as non• society men, of forming A maigaan associated body, in conjunction with t he., '''' pit • . a a' - mated Society, to resist the tyranny of c be Appointed "3. That a deputation from this Meting FEB. 5.—A court-martial is ordered to take place on Saturday the inst., on board the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of the ordinary, Captain C. Hope, to try Lieutenant William Kelly, senior subaltern of the detachment of Royal Marines serving on board her Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, on ch a r ge s pref e rr e d ag ainst him by the commanding officer. The parti culars of the case, lest they should prove prejudicial to the accused, we withhold for the present. Lieutenant R. Lloyd, R.N., senior of the London, will be the pro secutor. The Deputy Judge-Advo ca t e, M r. G eorge getchley &sell, of Boley-bi!l, Rochester, arrived early t hi s morning, for the purpose, it is pres ume d, o f ma ki ng t h e necessary preliminary arrangements, and fur con ducting the evidence on the part of the prosecution. Her Majesty's steamer Horatio, 24, scr ew steam guard-ship, Captain the Honourable S. T. Carnegi e , w ill not be fully completed in her fittings until the latter end of March. A heavy gale of wind from the S.W. set in yester day morning, and still continues to auch an extent as almost to suspend communication with the ships in harbour. At high water to-day the sea made constant breaches over the sea wall. Thermometer, 47 deg. ; barometer, 29.795. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS. GREAT WESTERN.—Yester da y the standing or d ers were declared not comp lied with i n the case of this com pany's Bill for the purchase and transfer of the Kennett pletion of Wil ts, N av igation, for the Completion and Avon Somerset, and Weymouth Line, and additional works at Didcot. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND.. --Thi s company's Bill for amalgamation with the East mind West Yorkshire - J u nction Railway , com p li ed with the standing orders. NEWMARKET. —The standing orders were complied with for the alteration in this lino and abandonment of extensions between Newmarket and lentford, and Bury St. Edmund's, and substitution of bOVF lines, and for re duction, alteration, and regulation of capit a l. E X ETER AND YEOVI t L his M essrs. Dori ug t on , t h e Par liamentary agents of company, announced that it was not the intention of the promoters of this measure t o proceed further with it, and that the Bill would be withdrawn. HOOTON AND NESTONM agent of thi s Bill for incorporating • r• Wyatt, the Parliamentary or ncorporating a company between these points, ma d e a like declaration. in " th E ir cue, to T e standi ng or d ers were compl i e d w ith alter line and c apit a l, an d ex t en d time. LONDONAND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSION AND NORTH AMPTON AND DAVENTRY.—Yesterday, after long argu ments_ from Messrs. Hallett, Elderton ' , Baggall 2 Y' a nd S outhgate, on the part . of the directors, called to account for the disposal of 14,8001., with which they were charged by the official manager, the Master, in delivering judg ment, said h e s h ou ld allow the charge as against all the directors, with the exception of Mr. Linnell, that gen tleman not having been made liable as a contributory, calling on them to account for the 14,8001., minus the sum of 10,0004 paid over by them under an agreement with the Warwick and Birmingham and Warwick and Napton Canal Companies, reserving to himself the ques tion of their accountability for the 10,0001, until the suit in equity now pending, and which involved the whole question of " Bryson v. the Warwick and Birmingham and Warwick and Napton Canal Companies," was de termined by the Covrt above." CAMERON'S COALBROOK AND SWANSEA AND Lol7ollog. —yesterday the claim of Mr. Atkinson, manager of the company's works in Wales, for 7471., was allowed as a claim only, and not as a debt, by Master Richards, against this estate. Mr. Turquand, the official manager, and Mr. W. Galsworthy, his solicitor, reported that they had not yet received the books and papers to enable them to test the correctness of th ese claims, but expected to possess them forthwith. [ADVERTISEMENT,] —Extraordinary 'Aire of Ul cers by Holloway's Ointment and Pills. —Extract of a letter from Hampton, New Brunswick, dated Feb. 10, 1846.—" To Professor Holloway. Sir —A son of mine, 16 years of a g e, was afflicted with ulcers on his limbs and body for more than three yea rs , f rom w hi c h sm all pieces of bone had been re moved from time to time. I a pplied to several medical men in St. John's, but all to no purpse. I was then induced to try your Oint men t an d Pills, which macie a complete cure. S everal months have since elapsed, and their is not the slightest ap- pearance of their return . (Signed) James We tmore." These medicines are sold by 01 Druggists, and at P ro f essor Holloway's E.4-tabliabinent, 244, Strand, London. THE SUPPOSED CHILD-MURDER AT ALVINGT The inquest on the body of the child found dead in a ° d N it — ch Gloucestershire, under circumstances reported at Alvington , gation. , A after two days in The Sun of Thursdaylast, has terminated had been fully occupied in the investi examination of the body had b en , ma,,_ post-mortem . 'Wade, and the surgeon deposed that the immediate cause of death was traceable to the great ly inflamed state of the l ungs. tinder y curostances the jury found an op en . der these cir verdict of—" Found dead i n a ditch, but how the bod d y o tame there there is no direct evidence to prove beyond strongly censured the conduct of the The jury, however, dead offspring in a wayside ditch the mother in leaving her the magistrates—but no further; and she was taken before was set at liberty. evidence being adduced, she A NEW IMPORTATION.--A certain number of Do minicans, wearing a lon g white dress covered w ith a b l ac k cloak, have been seen walkin g in the streets of the ca p i tal. :The strangeness of the costume attracted general notice. It is to this order that the Abbe Lacordsirs belongs.