The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WORKS.

The ordinary weekly meeting of this board was
held yesterday at their offices, fipring-prdens ; Mr. J.
THWAITZII, the chairman. preading.
The cash statemeat showed that the balances in the hands
of the treeauserwer•—ao current accounts, 59,543/. 185. ; an
deposit amounts, 31,0001. ; and 66,6441. us. Bd. on govern-
meat securities.

THZ LONDON, CHATEAU, AND DMZ ILIWACW4 AND TN!

Mr. CARMILSc dre;ilM:l7le;tia;C7filte board to • most
important cireumstanoe that had recently taken place in the
Wandsworth district. The London, Chatham, and Dover
Railway, in crossing lerklo•Mlane, had interfered with the
drainage of that locality without giving the required notice
to the Wandsworth District Board of Works, and had
actually substituted an 18-inch barrel drain in lieu of a
Mt Bin. sewer.
A short discussion ensued as to whose jurisdiction the '
matter came under, the district board or the metropolitan
board's, whim, on the motion of Mr. Lawrence Taylor, it
was referred to the chief engineer, and if he reported that
it came within the board's jurisdiction, application should
be at once made to the Court of Chancery to restrain the
company from proceeding with the works.
The oneness, which was of a routine character, having
bees disposed of, the board adjoaraed.

GREAT INUNDATION IN NOTTS. NOTTINGHAM,
FRIDAY, 4.30 P.M.—ln oopsequenoe of the drenching and
almost continued rains during the week the river Treat and
its tributary streams have overflowed their banks, and thou-
sands of acres of land adjoining the Trent are now under
water, presenting the appearance of a vast lake. Where
the spring crops
.are sown there will be great damage ; in.
deed all descriptions of grain in these parts will have to be
;mown. The flood is still ride' rapidly, endangering the
lives of cattle, sheep, tic— as also the dwitruction of pro-
perty. 'deny of the houses in the low parts of the town
have been flooded, and the East-croft and the mos.
dows (adjoining the town) are wider water. A
great number of houses have been built within
the past few years is the meadows, and the lower
stories of these are full of water. The rains hey.

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not been known so heavy in Leicestershire for marry years
past, and from Loughborough to Nottingham the meadows
neer the line of railway are completely inundated. The rains
have been less heavy an Derbyshire, but sufficient to cause
Foods. In the neighbourhood of Newark a vast body of
water is out, and considerable damage is anticipated at this
place as well as in the district around Grantham. The flood
at the,ireeset time (4.30) is hardly so high as that of 1857,
and more than a foot lower than the great flood of 1852.
when ao greet an amount of damage was done to live and
dead deck. Lest night the rain was continued and drench-
ing, and there is no doubt that the flood will rise oonsidors-
bay...Witter-
Lux SHIPWRIOCE ON GOODWIN SANDS. The
Orvertork Advertiser says :—" It is to be feared that the
reseed which was wrecked the other day on the Goodwin
Sands is the brig Risme, of Glasgow, Leslie master, which
mailed from Flushing for Clyde on the 20th instant. A boat
has been picked up near the wreck, painted white, with
green topside and outside light blue ; it has the word
' Glasgow' painted on the stern, but the name is not intelli-
gible. A chest has Weir up at the beak of the sands
containing women's apparel and mend letters is •
writing book. Oes el letters is dated 03=,
Feb. 12, 1862,' aid steed .John Proudfaot ;* and .
' Antwerp, Feb. 26, INS,' and signed 'Louis de Ifery.l
Both of them are eddrei to Captain Leslie, of the brig
Rimer; of Glasgow.' 'Pb. Hilenno, of 162 tons
was built at Ardrcesen in 1886, and stands ales yeerreet
Livid's'. She belongs to Mesas. Hurray, of Glasgow.'
NATAL ACCIDENT IN THI LONDON DOM.—Tee.
terday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, • fatal weldatt
happened to • man named .Isweinisk Oxley. aged 40 years.
who lost hie life under my diebeedag dronmetanoes. It
appeared that the unfortunate man was engaged on board a
yawl lying in the north quay of the Loudon Docks, mime
he by some means lost his equilibriam. and fell down the
hold, • distance of 20 feet. He was raised by two of his
companions, who found that be wee (pits and
bleeding from a severe nap wound. He bed ale
a fracture of the skull sad other injuries. He ow removed
on • cradle to the accident ward of the London Hospital,
where be was seen by Mr. Glynis, the house surgeon, but
the poor fellow expired shortly after his admission.