The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-20 00:00:00

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THB -MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDA7IONS,

LYNN, MONDAY AFTERNOON.
' Wider and' wider giowi the original breach in
the banks of
,the middle level, letting in daily an
increased quantity of water to the Fen lands, and
in addition t,o'this another hole hag been burst 011
the opposite bank, and the result is that about 200
acres of Bardolph Fen are bow. under'water. Yes-
terday, being Sunday, thousands of persoris'-visited
the rains of the sluice, and also the scene of the
dreadful inundations from all the surrounding dis-
tricts, and several eminent migineers paid-a visit of
observation and inspection, and various spicarlations
were indulged in ns to the ultimate result of this
Fen flood, and more than one plan we -heard dis-
cuss° l as to a better Way of averting the over-
whelming series of catastrophes which must ine-
vitably follow if the tidal Waters are not stopped
during the present week, after,which they will
gradually increase. Thee scour is so strong both
when the tide is ebbing and flowing, and the chan-
nel so deep (about,2o feet on the low ebb), that
scale,t next
unless the plans of the superintending engineers are
very
al
the efforts pot forth on a
g
spring tides will find few
obstacles
comprehensive,
wo
preventat
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atehveeirr
the diff2uosoi %noco ofa
erthates powerfulefmidd le
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Level cultivated land. We saw ,yesterday a number
of pleasure boats on the 'water- in the Fens, evi-
dentlymEiking an: excursion of the Marshland Meres.
One man we saw fishing directly over a field of
Vikee— a large
statements fias
as to
tanb
theout
logeise the
wlBh einches
dlong.
himof takeeo a
nrse
the
number of acres of land under water differ 3 some
state that there are 60,600 acres ; this, probably, is
exaggerated, but still it is impossible to accurately
tell. Though the tides have been gradually falling
for four days, when we left this morning there was
nothing actually done, but preparation was being
made for constructing another dam. The old prac-
tice of throwing bags of earth continues, and not
less than 40,000 of these must have been sacrificed,
as the chief of them are washed out to sea. The
scour is making a considerable difference to Lynn
Harbour, which is being deepened by it. The
boundaries of the inundation are East Marshland
and Bardolph Fen, West Walton, West Tilney,
Fen End, North St. Mary's, and South Outwell.
This applies to the large body of water, but not to
the portion said to be under water in the neigh-
bourhood of March, Chetteris, and Whittlesea.

LATEST PARTICULARS.
LYNN, MONDAY EVENING.

A meeting has been held to-day (since the above
was written) at the Guildhall, comprising repre-
sentatives of the sewers and the various commis-
sions, through which the Middle 'Level passes. The
press were not admitted, but I have just been in-
formed by one of the gentlemen who were present
that the meeting had resolved at once to apply to
the Home Secretary, for the interference of Govern-
ment with the Middle Level Commissioners. The
Mayor of Linn, L. W. Jarvis, Esq., has made a
similar application to Government in his corporate
capacity. The greatest inactivity, we are informed,
has.been manifested on the works since we left this
morning, and the principal engineer, Mr. Hawke-
shaw, is said to have left for town, leaving all the
responsibility to the junior engineer, Mr. Smith.
The greatest alarm is again spreading in conse-
quence of the repeated delays which occur through
the inefficiency or disinclination of the Middle Level
Commissioners, or their agents. It is said that Mr.
E. Fellowes, M.P., the chairman of the Middle
Level Commissioners, has given Mr. Ilawieshaw
full authority to use all the means which human
foresight can suggest.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.