The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-03 00:00:00

from Liverpool to Buenos Apes, and had experienced the
fall force of the recent pike. She was completely disabled.
and the captain wished to be taken off. The Achilles'
bests were promptly put overboard, and with well-picked
crows put off to the assistance of the Orinoco, and after •
gallant struggle with wind and sea succeeded in reaching
the brig and rescuing the captain, his wife and children,
and crew, and conveyed them safe on board the Achilles.
During the gale on Saturday • labouring man, while
peeing altos Oration-street, Toxteth-park, was struck on
the head by • falling chimney-pot, and killed almost
nstantaneously. From Saturday evening about ten
o'clock up to an early hour yesterday (Sunday) a CM-
Os% hurricane swept over the port. At the north end of
the town some buildings were roughly handled ; the roofs,
which were being covered over, were blown away, and
the wells either cracked or demolished. Houses facing the
sea bad the windows blown in and the lower rooms inun-
dated by the tempest of rain which was driven in by the
foam of the storm. Up to the closing of the Exchange
Newsroom yesterday afternoon no casualties were reported
at sea, the telegraph being broken between Liverpool and
Holybsed.
During Friday and the early part of Saturday the storm
raged with great violence in Leeds and its neighbourhood.
The wind was unusually strong, and throughout the whole
of Fri
gggday night the rain fell in torrents. In the
of Saturday the gals rather increased thaw
dr'rrsirskhed, and much apprehension wee felt as to the
safety of the mill stalks end church spires in the town.
The beautiful spire of St. Ann's Catholic Church,
at the top of Park-row, was about two o'clock ob-
served to totter considerably, and policemen were stationed in the vicinity to prevent foot-passengers
from approaching too close. During the day • boy named
Benjamin Storey, was blown into the river Aire at Green-
bridge, and drowned. Three bodies were thrown up by the
water in the afternoon, one of them supposed to be the
body of • girl who, along with several others, was drowned
in the flood at Leeds last year.
The Dewsbury Reporter of Saturday afternoon says :
" Another great flood has visited this district, and many
thousands of acres are now underwater. Rain fell heavily
during the night, especially in the neighbourhood of Hud-
dersfield, Halifax, and Marsden' and the river channel was
early filled. This morning the fields below Mirfield and
Dewsbury were submerged, and large quantities of mill
property and farm produce washed down the Calder. The
rain ceased about ten o'clock, but the fall had
been so greet in the upper parts of the Cal-
der valley that the river rose rapidly, put-
ties out the furnace fires of mills in Ravensthorpe,
Swills Town. and in that portion of Dewsbury abutting on
the river side. Heavy gusts of wind from the west also
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to bring down the water from up stream, and so
aided its destructive force. The bodies of cows. pigs. and
hones have been seen Seating down towards AN aketield,
but up to the time this is written no loss of human life is
rePorted.
The Severn and its tributaries rose to an almost unpre-
indented height in the course of • few hours, and for many
miles the country is submerged on each side of the Cam-
' briars Railway, and in other districts.
A melancholy accident happened near Meifod on Fri-
day morning. The river irniew had risen and sur-
rounded a flock of sheep belonging to Sir. James Daniell,
, who proceeded with • servant lad to fetch them home in
• cart. As they were returning with some of the sheep,
me of them jumped out of the cart, and the lad jumped
after it, and got into deep water. Seeing him in danger,
Mr. Daniell rushed to the rescue, and both of them
wen carried away by the Hood. The accident was seen by
ea old man, who was unable to render any assistance. At
the time of our latest intelligence the hone was standing
is the place where lir. Daniell left it, and could of
be
mooned, and the water was still rising, The bodies had
sot been recovered.
On Friday night a postboy named Henry Jones was
drennied near Llantylliu. Jones and another man had
driven some people to Llwsydiarth, and as they were re-
, terming they crossed • brook, which was much swollen.
Jones's vehicle was overturned in the storm, he was
' drowned, and his body was found • long way dowu the
stream. His companion was upset, but saved himself
by clinging to his horse's tail. Jones's hone was drowned.
The floods have also prevailed in Merionethshire. It is
reported that the trains cannot run further than Corweu,
and that business is almost suspended at Bala.

Tsz OXFORD AND CAMBRIDOZ BOAT RACK.
The last victory gained by Cambridge in the interesting
struggle@ between the cider universities was in Ih6o,
and although since defeated seven years sucessavely,
nothing disheartened by their ill-suocess they are ag:iin
making active preparations for a renewal of the coutest
this season. Mr. Still, of Caine, President of the
C.U.8.0., who rowed No. 6 in hint year's crew, taking
time by the forelock, went on the river with a crew on
the 22nd, before three-parts of the men had come up to
the university, and has been at labour hard ever since to
produce a crew worthy of the occasion; and Medan. Still
and W. B. Anderson, of Trinity, who rowed bow last
year, have by turns taken the stroke and steerage, but
neither of these are ultimately destined for those posi-
tions. The stroke oar will lay between Mr. Pink ney,
stroke of the Pint Trinity, winner of the Ttial Eights lass
term, and the Hon. J. Gordon, of Trinity, who rowed
No. 4 in last year's race. The latter gentleman is deemed
most desirable, as better calculated by constitution to
endure the necessary training. Messrs. Still, Anderson,
and Gordon are all of the 1867 crew that are reckoned
upon as likely to take places in the boat this season.
On Saturday the old Rotunda, in the Blackfriars-
road, which has been converted into a commission and
betting exchange, was opened for business.
At the conservative meeting in Bristol the other
night, it was stated that Mr. baker, in accordance with
the wishes expressed by the members of the association,
had sent a letter, through General Grey, to her Majesty
the Queen, making that a cheap edition of her beautiful
book may be issued ; and he lied received a reply from
General Grey, stating that her Majesty had been gracious
'sough to comply with the request, and that " • cheap
edition of that work would be issued for her dear, loving

;teal."
ICPREFIENTATION OF ARGYLFAHOIL. —Mr. Fin-
lay,of Castle Toward, announces his resignation, for per-
sona reasons, of the seat for Araleshire, which be has
filled since 1857. The Marquis of Lome, who was on his
way to India, having beard while in Gnome of Mr. Fin-
lays intention, has returned, and will offer himself to the
constituency as a liberal. It was intended that Mr. Mal-
colm, of Poltalloch, at present one of the member' for
Boston, should present himself es a tory candidate ; but
under all the mrcumsteacite it is not now likely that be
wlll take the field, at least on this occasion.—Soptantan.
SINGULAR. CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION.—At the
Abergavenny County Court, on Thursday, Joseph Holines
sued Charles Morgan for loss alleged to have been sus-
tained by the slaughter of two cats. The plaintiff is a fiiih
dealer and the defendant a butcher, and the nature of the
ease appears from the following particulars annexed in
legal form to the summons : 'To damage and injury
I done to a eat belonging to the plaintiff, caught in a trap
1011x.40.,
set Lyour slaughter-house, in or near Lion-street. when
the let fore-leg of the said cat was broken, and to com-
pensation in respect of the same, 11. To vallie of one cat
be 'ng to the plaintiff caught and killed in the trap in the
said ter-house. IL" The oats were named respec-
tively " " and " Jot," and according to the testimony
1 of the plaintiff's wife, who gave her evidence with amazing
emphasis, their value, and more especially that of the
dammed " Spat," was not to be estimated by "golden
" sovereigns.' Legal gentlemen appeared on either side,
sad after a lengthy argument, and the submission al a case
by the plaintiff's solicitor, the judge ruled that the cats
were tremassers, and had come to their deaths by mis-
adventure. The plaintiff was accordingly amanita&
LOCK-OCT Or 2010oLDElea IN DONDZIL —For
nee tins put a dimapeement has existed between the
maiden sad ROD in the moulder trade in regard to three
things i.-1. The working of piece-work. 2. The engage-
ment of armadas. 3. The employment of labourers.
T masters eassider that in all these respects the rules of
thehs Illoakims' Society are unreasonable' rad on the 72nd
Goosrobar lest they issued circulars to the men, stating
that salmis the mullahs' were amended the services of
animists would he dispenesd with. The men did not seem
baud to comply with the wishes of the masters, and
assordingly notices have been given that the men will be
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