The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-10 00:00:00

BELGIUM.

On the 6th inst. the construction of a telegraphic
line was completed, by which the Belgian stations
are placed in communication with that of Chsions-
ser-Saone, on the Lyons and Marseilles line.
The printer of the Bulletin Francois writes to the
newspapers to complain that besides the inculpated
No. 5 of that work, all the copies of previous num-
bers, amounting to l;),000, together with the list of
subscribers, were seized. _ .

The Belgian newspapers contain accounts of inun-
dations caused by the recent heavy and continued
rains in all parts of the kingdom. On the afternoon
of the 6th the environs of Brussels were invaded by
the floods, and at the same time two large breaches
were made in the southern railway—one of them at the
Tro6 Chandeliers,where theline wassimilarly damaged
by the great flood of 1830. The Paris trains were
stopped at Loth, where the second breach had oc-
curred, and the passengers forwarded by diligence.
The goods train from Brussels ran off the line near
Loth, and was overturned in the waters. A similar
accident betel the goods train from Braine-le-Comte.
Between the l'orte de Flandro and the southern
railroad, the country was laid entirely under water.
'the environs of Mons were completely submerged,
the southern suourbs to the depth ofseveral feet. At
Liege the Meuse had swelled so as to overflow the
quays. At Verviers, the Vcrdre was so high that
fears were entertained for the bridge of Chaudfon-
taine. At Namur and Maestricht, the waters were
rising a menacing height.

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The electrons for the canton of Tessin have resulted
in a decided victory for the democratic party. lir the
canton of Berne li,ooo persons have signed the con-
stitutional act for procuring the retirement of the
present conservative government.
A letter from Berne, of the 6th, says:
The struggle continues, and socialism will gain the day.
The prevailing excitement will cotupel the government to
have recour e to new elections. Excited pa soigne may be
fatal to public tranquillity, and these incesmnt struggles will
give fresh chances of success to the party of levellers. The
government. groaning itself to • doubtful legality, sacs the
moment approaching; it remains surrouuded with its
friend. who, while doing full justice to its scruples, blame
its we:dines". The canton of Vaud, wields is always a
great partisan of Napoleonian idea*, is returning to more
li oral ones, and the prottetion due to catholicism has made
it listen to the complaints of those who call themselves the
only believers. At Geneva there is still the same exaggera-
tion ; war exists between the brothers and friends. Ihnehot
and some other violent men are in the frontier villages.

The New Gazette of Zurich, of the tith, say;:
We understand that the printer of the Tribune of Berne,
a Frenchman named Michel, whose papers were not to
ri'yte, hes been eapelleil by en order of the federal council.
Hes wife was Rho "rimed to accompany him.
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The Swiss journals announce that on the proposi-
tion of a citizen of Geneva, Colonel flatlet, a sub-
scription is to be got up in all the canons to pay the
sum of 2,300,tNJ01r., au❑ remaiuiug due by the can-
tons of the Sunderbund for tho military operations in
1846-7.