The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

THE FLOODS IN THE NORTH.

The extrourdaery Roble with which the country
has been visited. Mee especially throughout the northern
wed seeteen esisedes have been prodaWve of much more
WNW des add paddy have been eaticipated. Not
ask bee the teethe delay of therprissipal Hass of railway 1
been Movie, by Mai severed with wrier hr miles but :
some Wages =I eels llama have bees @seated away.
The wee meelved thzeughat Friday by telegraph, at
the swifts railway tumid of the North Wooten, the
Oseed Northern, and Rasters Counties Railways, sampled
with meat extraordinary ad satinwood delay of tales is
of a most alarming skartaWir. The MOM ladies lb belle
impeded to a condaielde attest by being avend with the
dood, sad, to add to the dillsalty, hawses three and roar on
Friday meriting the dillienities which had arisen in PM-
opium limn
Mille greaftC aggravated by the maddis_ giving
sep est as dirow- viand, ar Lehma n.
This ameemene mead the greatest ohsso.
as& die wathe
soWail
which had ion y may pt=nlra was now
natively After maw delay, and
*gag the la motion, it was washed le with*
imps& Aar of the Hu en Friday. Ullimattly sr-
sesgemeele we made by which the lathes* talk has
saes bees seeded es lathe Hampton Junelbm title London
end IfeeduWalsits Railway, di the Rat /again and
Derby lime.
The Crow Xing viaduct was rather as etheasive samara
swag • valley, thrash which rues • smell river, lad the
deeds hem the halm it is saled bed anuest the velem ries
ha the witty to tbe lislita stems 110 or MO het, est the hoes
and prewar, of the water apes the awe plated the Aided
was se great, we albely a hue away the metre pars,
than causing the elthstams te give way sad fall la for a
considerable dames The That Valley Ise, which, it
will be russeabesed, an opened abed Ass pew elms,
sad meet betweenme IS sod 0 miles fa the Jeursey le Ran-
&ester aad lad, h asspidely this water. awl the
vasty et the lathe eel Mktg gureateed, the authorities
of the land= sad Nadi WOWS Rehm thought It pru-
dent set to permit the MO wadi lath Lades on Friday
:effused
sight to that way, end endue were glees for them
te a their &alkalis en the Al Lades and Sir-
e's's. It wee as
Isetumes that this
was ethibited by the reftweg authorities at
Iseleagreeter, bad it not bess4
yawl serious ca-
bala resulted, u the night " Tame
=lll, sums the Trent V Ike near Lich-
field, wee essied away, end its trepans scattered
abed ever arias parts of the Ws.Ws.rendering a train over It aa set et las meet linsaiaent peril and
It ben, threshes bees mashed to entirely swa-
the baths at the Tied Way Use until the waters
IffmemillaidedisiV a paillasse, shareeter have been token
by the mengsre af- the his t :et the North
Wets=(Mert.eitOsypt. Rabb =Mt. li. P. Brume. te
wenn the se hr se Mora health% possibly em,
ilicrthe of ainitheit
eiseembsee, as maradentally be expected, has
eased a gemml delay of all in some instances to the
extent of three or few hoar& upday mail did not
arrive use a esesiderable time effore it watfta_eltheig
the bed is mil le be a a sauna* extent
memeges hem Mama parts annenis be le
turetti, awl hopes are enueleasill that, if there ilteuld
be a emediss el rain during the sight, those porde. et
the lies el peummt =du water will in in a state so as to
ameba the paes-layees to auertain the security of the Una
ler palthe Was.
Oa the Great Northern line, nearly the whole of Liu
mashire being Lathe water, the vela on the main line
Omagh that Gouty is stopped, and the Great Northers
Oungess It is slated, have been compelled for some days
pet to us the kap line indeed of the main line for their
baths The sem@ remark may be applied to the Rotes
Canceler Railway, which in many parts of Rau is au
weed with water, and the wale partially impeded or
wholly
The =dm Oared and Birmiaglmet lime is ales,
we are aimed,
BIZENOILUL-4.1111:11Z0111119.1 of llimieglies
for mike the wales the as ea the lew greweds Illie the
great sea, and a_eped Mal cif dims, hie been Mee. In
some parts the Mae a DMus ase entirely ender water,
and die Webs lath sil bees died. Reports were warrant
la Dtheleginth es id* thet • ample of harass bodies
W bees sus Is thee deem the thous bat as this wants
ethermaties, _ith le Ims bzottalsiat the amours are hien-
sea The Dirnedsphua of detenday says :—" The
thelnielles of roped, mart be wry great, probably
wirewifikis le essay thossed perk bat of this it is im.
pa te,seu anythlig ire as asserate retinae.
11011 DAT Noos.—Tlmi webs In the river Rea has nearly
seek to its ordiaary ludo but es dl the railways running
t the tun the web* ham bass delayed fix haus.
sad Wad In the thesicedeLigg
geed gellitillitahe las bag leader wales
MO Will awe thrush this town, the Treat Valley Rail-
= mar wafts The station at Lon is in a
as well as the line hem theses to Barton.
AS seaika War: has den ftightfully, the
[ Mei brans belag isdr.4 ',absurd.

NOTTI/14111111.—The town of NoUinghan and the snr,
rounding villages have suffered severely from the floods'
Large numbers of sheep btu beta drowned is dee pat.
tura, and all kind of property within the mope of gyo
waters has been damaged. A owesepopmdwrielner
terday from the locality, tar : " At the ge
crows the Trent, :.bout • mile and a half from the town,
the scene was appalling. Drowned-cattle and sheep have
been floating through the arches at intervals during the
day. One cow was propelled alive by the impetuosity of
the torrent through an arch of the bridge. Some sheep
have been also lost in the Nottingham mea-
dows. It will give some idea of the extreme height of the
floods when we state that a house just being erected
in the meadows has been nearly covered by the water. The
' owner of the property placed it upon a rising ground, where
he considered it would be safe from inundation. The
workmen had proceeded with the building as high as the
second story. At the present time not more than 12 inches
of the building is visible. All the wharfingcrs, coal dealers,
&c., whose warehouses are near the banks of the canal,
have ceased business. The houses adjoining are over-
flowed, and the inhabitants arc obliged to 'live in the second
story. A ladder is placed against the upper story, by
which they are enabled to go out and come in their dwell-
ings. The water rose four feet on Saturday. We have not
heard of any sacrifice of human life."
0 LOUCIISTRIL, SATURDAT.—Ortat alarm is excited in
this town and the surrounding country in consequence of
one of the greatest floods in the recollection of man sweep-
ing over the vale of the Swim, and laying waste every
thing in its way. The Swim was very high yesterday, but
rose rapidly in the night, and the inhabitants of the lower
streets in the city, on coming down stairs this morning,
were astonished to find their lower floors under water, and
their furniture swimming about. The flood made its ap-
pearance in places where water had never before been
known to percolate, and as the river is still rising at sunset,
the inhabitants look forward with great apprehension to
the night. Many people had to be rescued from their
houses in boats, and by means of ladders raised to the
upper windows, and there are a few lune houses in the
fields which are perfectly inaccessible, sod the fate of
whose inhabitants cannot be ascertained. Csttle and horses
have beenseen floating down the river, and theloss through
this means will be immense. As yet we have heard of uo
loss of life, but communication westward is almost put an
end to.

MR. BENNETT SOWING MORE DISCORD.

A placard, of which the following is a copy, has
Dean extensively circulated

" Ti the inhabitants of Frame.

" Fellow Townsmen,—A report has been circulated
among you to the effect that persona married in dissenting
places of worship are living in concubinage, and that their
children are morally, if not legally illegitimate. As this
representation affects the position of many hundred couples
in this town, we deem it due to ourselves, to our congre-
gations, and to those who have been thus united in matri-
mony under the provisions of tho act, to make the following
statements:
" Ist. We unequivocally affirm that the a eport, whenceso-
ever it originates, is uttterly and abaolutely false. The
act of parliament which legalises such marriages enacts
that ' every marriage solemnised under this act shall bo
good and cognisable in like manner as marriages, before the
passing of this act, according to the rites of the church of
England.' The law of the case, then, is clear and unques-
tionable, and to deny the validity of the marriage is to set
at defiance the authority of the law. The Roman catholic,
indeed, who regards marriage as a sacrament only to be ad-
ministered by the priest, may du so on ecclesiastical grounds,
but se this dogma is without a shadow of support in Scrip-
ture and is capiessly condemned in the articles and offices
of the church of England, we are at a loss to understand
how members and ministers of that church can 'take up
such a reproach against their neighbour.'

2nd. By means of these representations, or through
some other influence, a couple, married some years ago at
the Wesleyan chapel, were induced to consent that the
rite should be again performed. The banns were twice
published, the maiden name of the woman being used, sho
being thus made to admit the illegitimacy of her children!
We thereupon addressed the following protest to tho
Vioar

Frome, November G, 1852.
" Reverend Sir,—le behalf of the superintendent of the
Wesleyan circuit, and of the pastors of the churches meet-
ing in Sheppard's Barton and Zion Chapel in this town, as
well as in my own name, I beg to submit to you the follow-
ing statement We have heard with much surprise that
persons acting under your supposed sanction base re-
peatedly stated that parties married in the places of wor-
ship where we minister are living in sin. We have net
been willing to believe that statements so false and slan-
derous could be made with your approval. It is now re-
ported that you arc about to re-marry a couple who were
married some time since at the Wesleyan chapel in this
town. We think it due both to ourselves and to you to
bring this report under your notice, that you may not per-
form such marriage without having been made acquainted
with it. I am, remota air, yours re_spfttfully,
C. J. MIDDLILDITCII.
" The Rev. W. J. E. Bennett, Ala.'
"This communication seems to have produced a pane in
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the ieselent and illegal course which iras being plumed ;
for though Mr. Bennett has not had the courtesy to 'o-
boe wledge our letter, he had prudence enough to withdraw
the banns.

.. Having stated these fact', we call upon members of tho
established church to join us in repudiating the slanderous
report. which charge so many of your neighbours and
friends with the sin of fornication : those parties who have
been married by us, to repel and resent the indignity thus
put upon you, firmly, yet with calmness and Christian
charity : our fellow townsmen at large, to mark your sense
of the priestly arrogance of this new act of the strangers
among you, whose chief mission seems to be to stir up
heutburaing and strife in this our formerly peaceful town.
You cannot do this more efficiently than by informing ns of
any fresh instance of these false and calumnious assertions
Wog made.
"PAUL Oncitaan, Wesleyan Minister, &main.
tendent of the Proms Circuit.
" C. J.MIDDLIDITCH, Pastor of the Baptist Church
meetin.g_in Badeoz•lane.
" &Mb/IL MANNINO, Factor of the Baptist Church
meeting in Sheppard's Barton.
DANIIIL ANTHONT, Pastor of the Congregational
Church matting in Zion Chapel.
"B. EDWARDS, Pastor of the Congregational
Church meeting in Bath-street.
" Prams, November 12, 1852."