The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-13 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVEHIGH TIDE THIS

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Not sines the very die... Aron. floods that occurred in 1811
has the river Thames been visited with such an extraor-
dinary flow of water as this morning at high tide. The
height to which it reached yesterday afternoon caused ad-
ditional precautions to be taken u a security to life, pro-
perty, and shipping; but, notwithstanding, the volume of
water that rushed up with fearful velocity at three quarters
flood, quickly) overflowed tie banks, inundating the streets
at the waterside to the depth of nearly 30 inches.
Several vessels dragged their anchors and got athwart-
hawse, causing immense damage to spars, bulwarks, and
rigging ; and two brigs were driven on shore in the mud ;
timber, deals, casks and other buoyant articles, were float-
ing off the various wharfs and landing places, and
curried away by the receding tide. The inhabi-
tants of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and the lower portions
of Southwark, Lambeth, Vauxhall, were kept in •
state of the greatest alarm during the night, and se-
, sera, who sleep on ground floors, were literally washed
eat et bed, and obliged to seek shelter in the upper rooms
Tle limmulemmt end.,cellars were overflowed, and workmen
had be wigeged all the mining in baiting the water out.
Tllll peer inhabitantshave suffered severely by the destruc-
tions sad Wary to property, and in some warehouses the loss
enelmined by damage to dry goons is immense. The marshes
cm the Kent and Ewe shore are deteribed as having the
a of vast Lk's, the water having made
fYb heembes over the sea-walls, and entered the
low gawanda by improperly secured sluices. It is calcu-
lated that the loam sustained by warket-gardeners alone
meals 3•0001. ; mud a very large [number of sheep whirls
were peeing in the marshes have been drowned, entailing
a severe loos to grazier?. The lees to shipping in spars and
other damage cannot he made good for lees than I,OOW.

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 12.—The share market has been ex-
tremely dull to-day, and our quotations are again slightly
reduced from yesterday, as will be seen in the following
transaction' reported in the authorised list:—Blackburn
(late Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire pref.
6 per cent.), 261—Caledonian, 28)—Eastern Counties,
12 6-161—East Lancashire, 191—Lancashire and York-
shire, 861—ditto (firth shares), 31d.—ditto (161.1 shores),
par-- London end North Western, 12414—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 311—ditto (61. new preference), Ip.
—Midland, 781 —North British, 9—North Western, 81—
South Eastern and Dover, 231—Whitehaven and Farness,
71—Yore, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18—York and North
Midland, 28I—Newry and Enniskillen, 414.—Newry and
Warrespoint, 61.
MANCHIRTME, Nov. 12.—Prim wen lower, though
rather firmer at the close than in the earlier part of the day.
Preston and Wyro were an exception, and were done at
491, which is 203 advance.—Cheshire Junction, 6$ dis.—
Stour Valley, 71—Caledonian, 281—Eastern Counties, 121
—Leeds, 86I—London and North Western, 1241—Buxton,
311-Bhefileld, 311—Midland, 791—Newry and Enniskillen,
41 ilk. ; North Stafford, 41 du. ; South Emden), 231.
Bitentteousn, Nov. 12.—The transactions today were
chief!, in local stocks. Worcester and Birmingham C.tnala
were done at 461, and Birmingham Banking Company
shares at 34. _

LIMP'', Nov. 12.—We have a at market, and mareely
anything doing today; the transactions are very few in
numbs r, and the turn siu fmmur of the buyer. Midlands,
78k ; and North-Westerns, 8i end 8 16.18.

MARIA ANTONIA lIAILWAT.—Traffie for the wcek
ceding October 28, 1862: 2201.-1861: 2431.