The Express.
London, England, 1859-12-28 00:00:00

THE ISLAND or OrPAM.

A letter from Niomia, in the Island of Cyprus,
giver IA sccaont of a terrible inundation which mewl, took
place there :

On the 10th of November the weather become cloudy,
the wind blew with widgeon and the thunder sad lighted's
ewe mut violent. At noon the rain began to fall in tor-
rents, and in a abort time miter the river overflowed Its
beaks. The inhabitants not having tiros to shut the gates,
the water rushed in with fearful impetuosity, and inundated
the town. The bazaar soon had on feet of water in it, end,
to add to the misfortune, the gate at the end of the town
opposite to where the water had rushed (a became closed,
mad there befog thus no outlet for the torrent, nearly every
home was soon tilled. Towards evening the gate gave way,
end the water began gradually to subside. No fewer than
47 Mews and 160 shops were undormiaed and fell, and 4
new. 11 lemma, sod • child perished beneath the rules.
Considerable Injury was done to the merchandies in the
beam. Upwards of 100 mules dee perished, and the total
lees isnot be 'etiolated et lees than two millions of piastres."

THE POPE AND THE CONGRESS. The Perm-
wawa of iltlea, of Doc. 22, in &log s translation of the
arm pamphlet, The Pope and the Congress," says:—
. Tim matter tresUd of by the French publicist is not,
ammedly, the only elentest of the Italian onestion, but it
is 400 of the emential elements, sad one to which the most
eikesold minds of Italy hem for ogee directed their
thoughts. lithe decisions of the Commie are in accordance
with these propositions It cannot be doubted that diplomacy
will hem contributed to simplify considerably the other
Inestirem which are coonected with this, the peirelpel one."

• -- _ _
THE MAOEI KING MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND.
On the Ist of September a large gathering of swims took
place at Diathemes, a small village ghosted on the tight hank
of Roamsberma River in the Wad/maps Valley. The chief
Nimbi" had erected• fine house, about 60 feet in length, by
13 in width, having boarded sides and bark roof, well venti-
lated, and ornamented in front with superb Maori carvings,
well painted and decorated with the brightest plumes, the
Rule, Pigeon, and Tui, and surmounted with the effigy of a
Maori chief, elaborately tattooed, and bolding in his embed
hand the badge of chieftainship—the NINOLDIkr• club. In
this hall, Te Npairo eetartainen to an ample Maori Mart
about four hundred of hie race, and Waintrapa settlers with
their wives and daughters, to the number of about @events.
The tables were meted with clean white cloths and laid in
true Sampan style. The viande were undeniably good;
end ammo= waiters seemed to emulate each other in their
&mentions to their fair visitors. To prevent overcrowding,
ate party of guest" were admitted at a time, who,
when- they were setiafled, moved oat to make
room for the next. The good-hearted old blgairo
was proud Indeed of his white visittre, and justly eo ea his
tables were graced with the fairest 6mega of the Wairarapt
Valley. Captain Smith wee requested to preside at their
table, sad our host apologised for theabeenee of trues, stating
that It was in mummy of a deliberate resolutioo of a meet-
ing of hie people held a fow days prior to the fret. After
the feet, oegnmeticed the speochee, which continued with
uoabated animation till the following morning. The chief
topic was the Maori King Movement." WI Take came
for ward in the name of the king, but was met and itrennouply
nu:l;by Tie )(anthers, who is a man of oonsid.enthle
asod en eloquent Maori orator. Footing was the
order et the following day ; and as night came on the
speechifying was resumed. It was &rationed throughout the
whole night with increased animation, and was finally closed
on the third day. The attempt to emehlish the denser of
the king proved an utter failure. Te Manibera, who stuck
to his British coloure, carried a large majority of the meeting
with him; and another large party prof seed th•meelves
neutral, thus reducing the kingites to a small minority. The
meet pleasing feature of the meeting wee the cordiality
which exhaled between the neaten and the whltes.—elastro-
riga Mad.

MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. —The
deem Alp Ripon, Captain Chrtstian. left this der for Alex-
andria, with the Bombay mails, a full cargo, 528 boxes of
spools el the value of 170,1881, and 45 petteengers—among
whom are Colonels Green and Porbee, Captain Cole, to.
The steamship Sultan, Captain Vincent, left this day for
Lisboa, with the Peulandat mitt end 14 paesensers. The
Mewing mall p token; Sr. due at B tuthamplon this
week—vis., the Fulton, with the United States ;
the La Plata, with the West ladle, PaclB3, and lltexl-
can mall; the Chine, with the Bombay mall; Gad the
Beslas, with the Peninettlar. The Fulton will, it is ex-
pend, bring the President's rutesege.
The following notice was issued from the General
Peet-efikeyesterday, vies , "Her hisjeety's steam ship Urgent,
pewee:bag to the Cape of Good Hope, left Portsmouth yea-
wedgy, but will not take bar deserters from liiegstown
bakes the 30th instant. Lettere, &c., for the Cape of Goad
I Hp will be in time up to the evening of the 29th."