The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-09 00:00:00

BURSTING OF A SLUICE NEAR LYNN.

The Delayers Sluice, about two miles from Lyon,
ham burst, and the whole district of the Middle Level, the
drainage of which was one of the greatest engineering ex-
ploits of modern lames, is in danger of being spit sub-
merged. The existence of • hole against *mestere door of
the sluice has been known foe more than three weeks, but
the authorities, piecing implicit reliance on the stability of
the work, leisurely advertised for tenders to repair the
&image, and took no immediate precautions. About a
week sinus, however, the hole was found to have seriously
increased in size, and puddling was tried, but, as the hole
continued to deepen at the rate of about sixteen inches an
hour sierra began to be felt. Early on Sunday morning last
great masses of earth caved in, and in less than two hours
there was • breach 20 or 30 feet wide round the end of the
sluice, and a bole 10 feet deep under the first pair of doors.
The nature of the danger which threatened the district
was then made apparent, and in a very short time 18 or 20
men, with as many carte, were on the spot, and the most
strenuous efforts were made to fill up the hole with earth and
straw. About 11 o'clock, while the. men were still at work,
the tide began to rise, and Its first impetus smashed in the
wing next the cut. This obstacle removed, the tidal waters
rushed up with increased violence, and a few minutes after.'
words the two arches fell, *rushing the iron doors, with a
report like that of a cannon, and smashing great barges
almost like bsndboxee. The tide now rushed up the Ouse
with unrestrained fury, and the strongest fears are enter-
tained that • high spring tide will burst the banks of the
river, and lay thousands of acres of the most fertile land
in the Peas under water. On the western aide of the cut
the water is stready trickling through the bank, and a high
tide may do injury which years of labour will scarcely be
sufficient to repair. The Middle Level Conuniseicreess are
fully alive to the danger which threatens them, and are
making every effort to avert it. It is estimated that so
outlay of at least 30,000/. will be required to repair the
damage at present done.

ANOTHER FATAL CRINOLINE AMIDILTT. —Yestor-
day Mr. Perjeant Payne held en inquest at Guy's
Hospital, on the body of a fine young woman, named Mary
Ann Lane, 17, who fell another victim to the prevailing
fashion of wearing crinoline. Mr. J. Cogan, of Neptune-
street, Rotherbithe, deposed that the deceseed, with her
pare at his house. A few days since he was
by hearing loud screams, and immediately dig-
wards abs rushed out of her room with her clothes on fire,
the flames reaching above her head. Witness at consider.
able risk tore away nearly the whole of the deceased's
clothes, and afterwards wrapped her in a large quilt and
blanket. The deceased was much burnt, and exhausted by
the fright. It was ascertained that she placed a looking-
glass on the tible,and began dressing her hair with her back
to the fire, and in stooping forward her crinoline extended
her dress to the rate. Almost instantly the back genet
her clothing was in dames. The house surgeon stated that
the deceased was mach burnt about the lap, and expired
from the oombined effects of the burns and the shock to the
system. Verdict, " Accidental death.*
CANADIAN PoeraL Ravi/gm—There is no surer
index to the of the ennui than its post-ems
Antietam. . with has included In his introductory re-
marks a statement showing the extent of mail germs, num-
ber of letters, and amount of postal revenue and expenditure
from 1861 inclusive. In 1851 there were 601 poet-oMoes in
Caned*, and in 1861, 1,775. In 1851 the millibar of miles of
post route was 7,596 ;in 1861, 14,608. In 1851 the amber
of miles of annual mail tnivel was 2,487,000 ; in 1861 it was
5,855,000. The number of letters by post in 1851 was
2,11000; in 1861 it was 9,400,000. The postal revenue.
not ven is 1861, was in 11.02. 2J0,629 dole was ;in 1861 it
682, dole. Of the 9,400,000 letters that pealed through
the post-o Mes, the seven cities supply about four millions
sad a quarter, Montreal alone supplying 1,400,000, 400,000
mon than Quebec, which bee all the advantages of govern.
meat correspondence included in its returns, and 500.000
men than Toronto. The total expenditure of the post-olboe
during the year 1861 was 669,055.50 dole., and 1M net re-
ceipts amounted to 683.034.95 dot.., showing a surplus on
the financial transactions of the year 0f.13,979 dole.-Cana
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