The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-12 00:00:00

FLOODS ON THE CONTINENT.

The continued rise of the rivers in Holland iv
beginning to excite alarm. The Rhine is still rising at
Anshew, and the Waal near Rommel, where the dykes
seem to have suffered considerably. The Yasel is also high
near Zutphen, and some of the neighbauring villages an
already submerged.
Letters from Vienna are filled with the most lamentable
accounts of the inundation ; the district submerged in
Vienna alone comprises a population of 80,000 persons to be
lodged and provided for. -The rain fell for four days almost
without interruption ; bridges and viaducts,' were destroyed,
and the service on nearly all the railways suspended.
Linz, Preabourg, and Path, lit 3 also inundated by the
Danube.
A letter from Berlin of the Bth states that the embank.
meet of the Elbe et Megripp has given way, and that the
wbolegmaris oh its waters has invaded the Berlin and Magda.
burg Railway, and swept away part of the embankment.
AU communiistions ere interrupted, and will remain so
for some time. The waters of the Rhine at Mentz are sub.
siding, and many of the streets which bad been inundated
are now left dry. The river attained its greatest height on
the morning of the 4th, when it was 21 feet 5 inches above
its ordinary level, only 10i inches lees than in the disastrous
year of 1845.

WEATHita REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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N. Britain.—N.W. to L, strong, N. to LB.E., strong, with goon
with snow or ndu. or rain.
Ireland—Variable to N.N.E., N.W. to N.L. fresh to strong,
fresh to strong, rainy.
Central.—N.N.W. to N. and NITIV. to E., fresh, snowy, or
strong,' E., fresh to snow or rainy.
rain.
Coast.—As next above. As next above.
8. Kugiand.—N.W. to N. and N. to E. and ILL, fresh to
N.E., moderate to trait, with strong, with snow or rain.
snow or rain.

LiPLATIATION.
B.—Barometer carreeted and reduced to 32 deg. et mean ma
keel ; each 10 teen, of realm) slab causing about one•hnndredth
of an inch diminution: and each 10 deg,, above 32 deg., causing
neatly Wree•hundredtha Mamas. E. —tweed theimometer
In shade. M.—Moietened bulb (tor e►aporatlon and dew
point). D.—Direction ot wind 'itnte—two polota to
of
wide). f.—frorce (1 to 11—maniated). C.—Cloud (1 to 9).
Initials b, bluest: e. deeds (detached): 1. log: h, hall ;1.
m, minty (ham): o, overcoat ;r. rain mow:
t. thunder. B, Mundt, or snow, or hall. sinus boat report, fa
inches and decimals. 6.—Ea►dWarbaoa ato 9). Z.—Calso.

PortmktioN, REVVTUE, ke.—From a rolls.
mentary return issued this morning, we learn that the ag•
gregate amount of revenue derived from taxation in the
three years ending Dec. 3, 1880, in the United Kingdom,
was 191,827,391/. In 1858 it was 81,5u1,424t. ; in 1859,
83,249,0231. ; in 1860, 66,988,944/. Proportionately to the
mean of population and revenue from taxation on April 8,
1861, England would have 483 representatives, instead of
500, as at present ; Scotland, 74, instead of 53; and Ireland,
99, instead of 105.
A magnificent mansion is about to be built at
Portutuna, Ireland, for the Marquis of Clanricarde,
according to designs by Sir Thomas Deane and Son, archi-
tects. The style adopted is French Gothic, and the general
character of the groupings is most picturesque and effective.
In the main buildings are comprehended on the ground floor
anextensive anito of apartments, together with grand halland
staircase, spacious ourriders, Ara, and on the upper door are
various bed, dressing, and bath-rooms, dcc. The building
will cost 15.000 f. _ _ .

Dlr. J. Ball, writing from Pina on the ith, says,
with reference to the lets murder of an Englishman in that
city : " Immediate information of the crime was conveyed
to the nearest post of rarabinieri. Within twenty minutes
after the blow was struck, the assassin was arrested in a
wineehop. The depositions of all the available witnesses
were obtained without delay, and within nine days ell the
requisite documents were remitted to the criminal court at
Loma, where the mown' betried. The criminal lawherestall
remains as it was under the former grand ducal government,
and trial by jury, although promised, is not vet introduced.
In this case the prisoner would probably prefer to take his
chance before a jury, and, us far as the evidence is known,
it is doubtful whether in England a jury would found upon
it a verdict for murder or manslaughter."

The Vienna journals announce the death in that I
city of a literary veteran, Ignatius Castelli, born on the 6th
May, 1771, and consequently 91 years of age. He wrote
the text of the " Swiss Family," set to music by
Schlosser, and performed in Paris with French words, in
18Z. He was also the translator of numerous operatic
and dramatic pieces. Critelli has written his own epitaph
as follows :—" Here lies a man who was ever devoted to
art and honour—he was not of much importance whet
alive, and now he is nothing at all." He had a mania
for collecting snuff-boxes, and has left not fewer than
1,800.
The A linetitach de Medicine states the number of
physicians in the department of the Seine at 2,017, mg'
prising 1,667 doctors of medicine and 380 officiers cit natl.
Of this number of physicians 19-20ths belong to the city of
Paris ! there just being 1,947 within the fortifications, only
100 being left for the communes situated beyond them.
Supposing the population of the department to amount to
two millions, there would be on au avenge one physician
for every 1,000 inhabitants ; " and if," says Ontigneair
"from this number we subtract all the poor who are taken
care of in the hospitals, and those who are members et
mutual benefit societies, it may really be asked bow marl
profitable patients fall to the lot of each phy-ician
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL Ft rya.—The subscrip•
Wu. in aid of the above fund amount to more than
30,000/. Among the subscriptions received • yesterday
6001. from the Society of Arts.
PROPOSED ALBERT MEMORIAL AT CAMBRIIWIL.'
A public meeting to consider the beet mode of testifying re
spect to the memory of his late Royal Highness the Prima
Consort was held at the Town Hall, Cambridge. fest&
day afternoon ; his worship the Mayor, who convened the
meeting, presided. The attendance was not numerous, hat
included the most influential inhabitants of the town. The
meeting was in favour of a local memorial, and it was all but
unanimously agreed that the funds to be raised should be
devoted to the objects of the Albert Institution, coupled
with some ornamental record in front of the building. It
transpired that the sum required would amount to ore
2,0001. A committee was appointed to carry out ore
resolutions Tared.
BOARD OP TRADE, WHTTZBALL, FEB. 11.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Pries
Council for Trade give notice, that the Moniteur, of the
Bth instant, contains a French imperial decree, amercing
to sea-going vessels built in Canada the privilege of same
skin to registry in France en the following conditions :
Sea-going vessels of wood 25E, of iron 70f., per French ton
Hulls of vessels of wood 151.. of iron 501., par French Oa
Machinery fixed in either of the above, 231. per 1001d°
grammes.—Oasette.