The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-01 00:00:00

TWO INITNDATIONB IN FRANCE.

The amounts last rtheived (says Gaiipnani of
yetherday) are reareurieg, sad show that the most serious
phase of the disasters is peened. In the upper part of the
Loire all &agar is at an end, although as the waters
dethend asaidents may still corer at the towns and Passe
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Wien on the Railway hes also been resseselle
At Cosa*, however, lower dew. the river,about half
mile of the esalthatheent has bees carried a , sad
the town is inundated, although no serious dlnastes
have occurred. At Orleans the waters are oubsiding,
but not before having swept away their banks is
eiasEhices. The Sniffle on the Centre Railway is inter-
in consequence of the raptor* of the line between
and St. Cr-ea-Val ; for the present no trains ere
'despatched for Vimzon or the localities beyond Blois. At
Tours the ries is higher than was expected and has
attained 22 feet. In the evening the dyke balk and the
inundation Ia the environs of the town commenced.
Similar theidotta have occurred at Bethipmey and Am-
boles. Commuoications are suspended on the Bordeaux
Railway in the department of the Indre-et-Loire. In the
Savoie about four miles of the imperial road into Italy has
been canted away on different points, and a lapse d the
months must take plane before the circulation of yellieha
can be restored. The Seine at Montereau her fallen Ansi
six inches ; at Melon the night before last it rose abseil
two fest ; during the following morning it remained
stationary, and then commenced slowly to subside.
The slight fall in the Seine observed here yesterday has
unfortunately not continued, and the waters have no
risen from lb feet to 2/Zi test 8 inches. The river is
along quantities of loge detached from the ratty of fire-
wood, dismantled by the current, and casks, both full and
empty, here been serried off from the quays at . In
that quarter the waters rose yesterday in en artnadaary
manner; the landing-place was invaded, and all the wine
there had to be immediately removed. The waters soon
Valeeicl, the road along the rivers bank and reached the
the lower flours of which were flooded. The 011 es
nibus ou that line had to change its route ; temporary
bridges were established on emend points for foot pat
sneers, end measures were adopted for preventing eon-
dents at night. Boats had to be used by the initents
to meth their homes, and throughout the night small
craft lighted with torches were employed in re-
moving property and merchandise of all kinds.
From Bercy in the direction of Chareuton the
river presents an immense sheet of water covered
with floating (Aria of all kinds. Westward, the waters
null along with tremendous impetuosmy, until they arrive
at the Pont de Pliveche, where they divide into two arms,
and at the archbishop's palace, where they are Mao 'spi-
rited. The torrent is there greatly increased until the
waters again unite beyond the Pont-Neat. At Port
Nicholas, the goods brought by the steamer Esther from
London, now unloading, bad to be removed further back
several times, and finally serried up to the road before the
Louvre. The roofs of the floating baths now rise above the
parapets of the quays, and in some places to the level of
the bridges. At the Pont de l'Alms the water is not far
from the keystone of the arches. Near the Pont de
Grenelle a cask of Bordeaux wine was stopped and of
ashore as it floated by. The towingpath from Auteuil to
the Pont diens is covered to a depth of two feet. At lower
Paw the oellara are inundated and water is issuing
from the drains. The country between Nanterre
and Chatou Is submerged, as well as the Isle
of Croissy and the plain of Poissy. The corpse of
a working man was taken from the water near Grenelle,
and at the Quai de la Gore a boat in which a wharf
labourer was endeavouring to reach a barge was sub-
merged, and the man carried away by the current. Hie
body has not since been recovered.
The director of the Post-office has just issued the follow-
ing notice :—" The inundation hare intercepted the com-
munications on different points of France, and have con-
sequently caused a serious interruption in the conveyance
of the malls. Those perturbations have principally
occurred on the Bourbonnais* lines, and on those of Bor-
deaux, Nantes, and Mount Coin. The postal authorities
neglect no measures to attenuate as far as possible the
delay occasioned. The railway companies, on their aide,
employ all the activity necessary to re-establish as
promptly as possible the communications interrupted, and
to thus enable the directors of posts to radon the service
to its normal condition."

ITALY.

A Florence letter in the Dents, speaking of
Garibaldi'a arrival at Florence,says:

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The reception given to the general by the volunteers and
a pert of the population has been on the whole cordial,
but the city has not been fevered with enthusiasm, as ft
would have been three months ago. Garibaldi, during
this war, has gained much in reputation as a good citizen,
having evinced extreme prudence, and known how to resist
all instigations, even at the moment when the temptation
was great, to launch into adventures. He has rendered an
immense service to his country ; but as a legendary hero,
he has evidently lost some of his prestige. He has had
the misfortune of not having worked miracles ; and ODDIO•
quently, in the eyes of many, he has again become a man
like another. It is Mid to be his intention to return to
Caprera in a few days.
Another communication states that when the
principal group of volunteers arrived on the plot of
ground before the villa of M. Crispi, the general
descended the steps of the principal entrance, and,
silence having been obtained, spoke as follows :
My Children—l thank you for the testimony of affec-
tion you give me ; be certain that niy feelings respond to
your own. A small number of evil-doers have troubled
our satisfaction in at last seeing Italy one and independent.
They are inspired by the priests, enemies of the happiness
of our country. As long as the priests shall not have been
pat down, Italy will have neither true liberty nor pros-
perity. Let us combat these reactionary ecclesiastics, who
are at this moment our only enemies.
Some individuals having then cried out, "Death
1 to the priests!" " No,"said Garibaldi, with energy,
"death to no one. Free Italy has horror of blood-
shed." Then, casting an expressive look at the
flag of the Roman volunteers veiled with black, he
continued :
Romans, you who have gloriously fought by my side
during the last campaign, and who cannot yet return to
rwoirs beloved country, I say to you : Hare patience ! for I
that the year will not pass over without your
ab e to return to Rome delivered from the odious ctsthsl
yoke. Adieu, my children ; whether near each other or at
a distance, we are still united.

ACCIDENT To THE LONDON AND BRioliEoN COACH.
—An accident occurred on Friday to the stage coach which
runs between Landon and Brighton. The vehicle left Pic-
cadilly in the morning, and bad got so far as the Clayton
Tunnel, when the horses shied and became unmanageable,
owing to one of two itinerant boy musicians, wbo were stone.
throwing at each other, having run in front of them. After
much plunging the horses dashed the coach against a bank
and overturned the vehicle, about a dozen of the passen-
gers being more or less injured—though none, It is hoped,
fatally so.
SUSPECTED MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Olt
Saturday an Inquest was held before Mr. Herford, coroner
for the city of Manchester, on the body of Samuel J
bran moulder of Owen-street. The decamped war ft=
in a pasmv on' Thursday. moruing leading from Liverpool-
' road to Woreley-street in a state of insensibility, and
removed to the police-statien, but at the suggestion at a
surgeon, wbo did not think be war in immediate danger, was
removed to his own residence. He bad been seen the pre-
vious night in the neighbourhood in a state of into:km*3os.
Dr. Pei:lager, of Great Jackson-street, said he attended
deceseed, and he died at half-past 12 on Friday. He made
a poet mortem examination and found a bruise on the
crown of the head. At the beak of the bead, near the bees
of the skull, there was a fracture. The fracture could scIS
have been caused by a fall, dial aid
have been caused
by a heavy blow. No medical aid would have saved his
life. Verdict, " Wilfal murder by some person or persons
unknown."
HOSPITAL von Duman oT THE Clan, VlorozzA-
FALL—The amber of patients relieved at this institu-
tion duing last week was 1,139, cd which 222 were sew
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