The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-06 00:00:00

THE STORM AT DERBY.

BLOCKADS 01 TKS MIDLAND RAILWAY —On Walser
day all trains north, 'oath, and west of Derby wen SOSI.
pletely blocked. The newspaper train from Landes, on
Wednesday, ran lute • lugger tufa at Ours, thrush
the signal being unable to work. On Wednesday morning,
the North Stafford treas, which should lean Derby for
Crewe and Liverpool at 10 o'clock, did not start until efts,
slues. As soon rit had started and entered the Norman-
ton cutting, It became embedded in the row, sad could
of proceed oa its journey. Assistance wee sent for,
sad a powerful *miss Deluging to the Midiaad Com-
pany wee despatched for the purposes of parking it
through, if possible. This saes*, hswever, goo stack
feat ; a sowed aegis*, a powerful ose used fee cos-
raying lugs luggage trains, was mat to draw them back
Sato the viatica yard, which it neoseded la doing, and the
trait has remained is the station yard ever 0n... These
times afterwards on Wednesday an attempt was made to
fore* • prase through this cutting, but it was of ao aveib
mad the Birmingham and Derby, North and Beath Stafford
Ae., were declared " blocked." On Wedumlay
anemia the 4 o'clock train from Lincoln got embedded is
the snow about two riles on this aide the city, and has
sot yet hem removed. The drums train from Loses,
dos at Derby at 8.5 p.m. on Wednesday slat, was stoppei
at Chesterfield, sad the posorgen had to tam beds in that
town. The north mail, du et Daisy at 11 on Wednesday
'venlig, did sot write until 7 o'clock on Thursday mans-
lag ; and the train which follows it, du at 8.20 on Thurs-
day morning, at Derby, did net arrive until 8 o'clock. The
Ambergris Branch has bees " blocked " mina Tuesday
night. Yesterday (Thursday) mania' as attempt was
egala wade to " force the pass " of the Norman fatties
by flu engines, bat they had to return to Derby; sad the

statin•mrter mid then wadi be M farther midge dada
that day. On Wednesday as saddest lappeued as the
Nottingham line,which happily was mattasded with oldest
consequences. It appears t►at a cols hen Derby was pa.
coding to Lincoln, and that when WC Nottingham a OIL
riage got off the has. but contiamml he awes maid it car
is maws with a traits that was galas Wards Darby ; the
ecasequenee was that the earrings was readied to dooms.
but, being empty, no other drugs was leas. Oa Thursday
meriting the harridan of the Miami *salt who had been
attending the Darbyelthe seselame WON at the statioa Is-
leading la p to Neetinghem, It being the serous is that
town, but they wen hid thaw wadi be no train, mar
wady they had to MIN& in Derby me there was a toad
1 sada for then.

TRISTRAM AT DEIIIT.-011 VIVIANday the Moots sod
shops promoted • singular and winterly eponym... The
high wind whisk prevailed during the whole of Tuesday
erasing, sesompanied u it was by a heavy fell of moo,
eamed the latter to drift up ageless the doors sad wiedewa
of the Mimes madames's shops, and the coesequeses was
that they were completely blocked up. la 'sway fe-
mmea the shops were entlnly closed and business ear
vended. Yesterday (Thursday) • great number awns wets
employed in carting the MOW away. The grand bell whisk
was to have taken plus at the Now Assembly Boom ea
Wednoday evening did net tales plow in oaessqueece of
the enmity families bolas usable to get to Derby. The
turnpike roads in the neighbourhood of the town woo in
mom eases impeasabls ; sad we have heard of several
attempts being made to get through the mew, but which
entirely failed, and it was with diaculty that the vehicle.
could be eat, Jested.

THE WEATHER IN YORKSHIRE.
At Leeds, *rowboat the night of Wedaesday, sad
daring yesterday, eaow continued steadily Is 611, and sow
rests epos the ground several babes In thkdtams. In the
drifts, it has become a serious obstramice to trails, sad is
cawing the greet irregularity In the arrival of
trains. Oa Wednesday, the Da* News ant ether Lembo,
nursing joaraals did sot arrive in Leeds aatll haltpaat
eight In the evening, indeed of at one pan. The
delivery of letters yesterday muting from the south
Was similarly delayed from the mass came, mail half-
pint Is. Mused of half-pat soma. The Intensity of
the hest still matinees, sad the pots, net Way
in Loebs hat In sassy parts of the West Biding, have
their ealbriess tam tbe weather greatly wanted by the
Wedowee sap* et male, which is sow Saws It 1.1.a