The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

WOOLWICH, DEC. 30.

The operation of the Act 29 Viet., c. 35, for the
better station of contagious diseases at certain naval
and military stations, has (it appears by the return.
made) been attended by the most bens ticial results to
the health, and consequently effective strength, of both
brani bee of the terms The last station to which the
act has been applied is Colchester, where a hospital is to
be orened on New Year's-day. The building has been
elected by Messrs. Everett, at • cost of 4,000/. It will
accommodate 26 female patients; and the iuterior
arrangements have been carried out with every regard to
taaitaiy efficiency.

TEE LOSS OF THE SHIP CALt7ME7'.—Some a -
ditional evidence of an important character came out at
the adjourned inquiry yesterday. John Conner, an able
Hman. stated that the Calumet was a dry ship, and that
the water could escily have been kept down by pumping.
Whin the crew were putting provisions into the Goats
preparatory to leaving the ship, the carpenter and the
captain went down the after hatch together. The pumps
were never sounded within witness's observation while he
was on beard. Another witness, an able seaman, named
Charles Lang, stated that he saw holes in the starboard
quarter, and water running out of them. Witness
thought that the vessel might have been kept afloat and
taken into some port. He noticed the carpenter and
another man (the mate he thought) coming up out of the
hatch, and speak afterwards to the captain.

THE FLOODING OF THE THAMES VALLEY.—In
the course of Tuesday night the waters of the Thames, at
Windsor, roe again about two inches, and throughout
the whole of yesterday were still upon the rise. As a
consequence the death have encroached still further upon
the Brucu on the Eton shore, and as there must be a
greet deal of water to came from the upper parts of the
Thames basin, to which the heavy rain of yesterday has
hi en added, the flood seems likely to increase. The navi-
gation remains closed in the Windsor district.
THE FLOODS IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES.—
Lon Or Las—Norrnrelux, WIDNEIDAT.—There was
a heavy fall of snow lad night, and the waters this morn-
ing are out to a considerable height, coming within two
or three inches of the flood of 1864. The meadows near
the town see covered with water, and the lower storeys
of the houses in that locality are submerged. The works
at the new Trent bridge are stopped. The fields on the
line of railway frees Derby to Nottingham are flooded to a
considerable extent. In Lwioestuehirethe Soar has over-
flowed its banks, and the adjacent lauds are a sheet of
water. In Lincolnshire, in the ten districts, the inunda-
tion is most extensive. A melancholy and fatal accidsnt
occurred on Monday night to two residents of Hingham,
mar Nottingham. Mr. Doncaster, draper, and his son.
were returning flour Herby on the night in question, in •
light cut., and whilst, it is suppo •I. crossing the Smite,
a 'mall iivcr in that locality, whi. h had overdowed con-
sidtrubly, the stream was too powerful for the horse, and
the consequence was that the two unfortunate persons
were dunned. On the following morning a much was
made for the bodies, and that of Mr. Doncaster was soon
disecvered, but the boy could not be found. This morn-
ing the rain is again falling, the barometer is low, mid
ths is is every appearance of more rain.
THE FLOODS IN OXFORDSHIRE.—in several
parts of Berkshire, Oxfonhhire, and Wiltshire the streams
Lave swollen to such an extent that large tracts of land
ale sulimeiged, and owing to the very heavy rains the
foods have tepidly then dining the last two or three
days. Vast sheets of water are visible from the Great
Western and South Western Railways, near Reading.
The King's Meadows, where the races annually take
place, are nearly covered with water, and to prevent the
Lay licks being canied away by the rising waters the
owners are losing no time in removing their property.
The Thames has also overflowed a considerable breadth
of laud at Caverrhani, and at places between Reading and
Abingdon. The Kennet and Avon Canal is unusually
high, and between Devisee and Reading several thousand
act es are flooded, but no merlons 000sequenosm have as yet
arisen either to life or property. The gale of Sunday
uprooted a great number of trees, including several on
the estate of the Marquis of Aileebury, at Saveruake, near
Marlborough.
NAMES OF STREETS.—The Metropolitan Board
of Wake has ordered that the line of oroughfare ex-
tending westward from Cavendish-square to the insechon
of Duke-street, and saw known u Wigmore-street and
Edwards-street, be mod Wigmore-attest throughout.
That the subsidiary Names in Clapham-road and Clap-
ham-rise be sheikhs& and that the whole line of the-
reuplifare frees lasadagtemlark-road to High-street,
Clapham, be milled Claphasa-road.
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