The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-04 00:00:00

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flts,—By giving publicity to the following ex-
tract el a letter received this day from the Acting British
Comdrai Wats, you will greatly oblige the committee.—
' sm. kr.. R. R. ALEXANDER, Secretary.

GALam Masco 15 MM.
No doubt you hare been informed of the dreadful inunda-
tions we have had, by which the whole of the lower town of
Galata was put under water, thereby destroying some
40,000 or 50,000 quarters of grain, magazines, and houses,
sod reedmitig 8,000 souls destitute and homeless, mid nearly
raising as many more. The flood was • good air feet
higher lbw the greet food of 1812, and to add to our mis-
fortunes the ice broke up when the water had reached its
highest point. dote' considerable damage to the shippiog,
bat sot se mesh se might have bees sup °Gna
the encemeue weightel the ies. mid the vet= with t=
it was sweS arra by the airremt Luckily the great poet of
ice took Asas es the opposite bank, or ad • slash vend
could are bees saved. There was on the other shore •
ridge of Moberg' wetly • mile long, 2fl feet high, sad sons
40 feet thick. This is so exaggeration, se I have bees and
aesseursd the he ridge myself.
The grottiest misery mists amongst the poor who inhabited
the lower teem and to add to their misfortunes, the weather
his swim set in cold, with mow, se that all work is at a
staserstill, and those who sold find work, and comequeetly
food for their families, are unemployed.
The committee has already distributed (0,000 rations, and
I purchased 70,000 more ; as all purchases have been matte by
me, you may imagine it has added very moth to my other
axamations I don't think we can Ise accused el extra-
emplace, when i tell you we have managed to feed • ass
or woman at the daily east of 4!,(1 , and chilima at 21d.
Our expenses for food amount in round numbers to 1,800}.,
and subscriptions as follows :—Subscribed at Galata,
1,200( • ditto at Means. 150( ; ditto by Moldavian gonna,
meatjsoM;totalt:Liot
So that after et food for another three weeks
we shall barely have 1,2001. to buy further food with,
and to built up some 400 or 500 houses, 'Niels have bees
destroyed by the flood. tinier we have very eonsiderable
aid from Englood we shell in another mouth be very badly
of Weed

The Minister of Public Works, who same from Jassy by
order of the Prince to see what meld be dose, was present
at our lad meeting, sad in very wads terms thanked the
sessnben of the sesuidttee for, aa he maid, the noble manner
in whist they had ISM forward to aid the poor of Gelds.
He mid sash seeded warn the more deeply felt and appre-
ciated es It was the bet time that Moklavis in all her
many boobies bed received such aid, sympathy and em.
s▪ lam* hem fentipisre
Gelds lanodaties Relief Fand•Milos
5, Tokenhosselard, City, EC.

A Vierni TO 800 certain society lately
gave • grant to kebil a personsebbesm Aseoeg other things
• well was to be deig, sad tles essiety bed • regulation depth
for their wells. Len Ulm We &gab we. reeeb4, •
perpetual 'prim of aredissit water wro found, bet fouled in
obis. TIM regulable, depth most be renebed, and was
embed. The water wee not very_ geed, but the mammy
pima was obliged to drink it. After • thee be became
arise* ..well, when it was discovered that thii
askew bed dug into • spring of °liberal water, and the
pommies bed been drinking • took every day of kb life,
become kis beoefectors were too coesoredive.—Notional
Review, for April.