The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-20 00:00:00

ESSEX.-LOSS OF LIFE.

The inundation of the river Lea has caused considerable
darriage throughout the western division of the county of
Essex. During the whole of Monday this part of the
country, to a distance of about six miles in length, reaching
into Epping Forest, was one vast sheet of water, the depth
in many parts where the land lay low being five or six feet.
The prospect from the line of the Eastern Counties Railway
caused much alarm, as north and south of the line, as far as
the eye could reach, was one united body of water, which
was banked up by the railway, and had its outlet only
through the arches. From that portion horses and cabs
were seen swimming in various directions, and vast quanti-
ties of timber were floating upon the surface of the water,
the greater portion of which was the property of Mr. Gear,
tirober-merchant, and one of the contractors for the East-
ern Counties Railway. Yesterday boats were being rowed
about in the neighbourhood of Stratford and on the Marshes,
baween that place and Lea-bridge, collecting the timber.
In many parts, owing to the rapidity of the current, the
ground has been furrowed up three or four feet, and it
is feared a vast breadth of land will be found to be swept
away, carrying with it the seed and a great portion of
the prodice. At Stratford two boys who saw a horse
swimming and borne along by the flood, went to its as-
sistance; they, however, soon found that they were
unable to stem the force of the current, and were un-
fortunately drowned. In the neighbourhood of Wan-
stead Abbey much damage has been done to the ground,
and the farmers have sustained extensive losses. The
red bridge near there is carried away, and the low lands
arc all flooded. On the Northern and Eastern Railway,
upon a survey of the line taking place, it has been found
that a depression of the embankment has occurred
between Lee-bridge and the line of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, so as to remove the sleepers. The trains
have not proceeded on the line since Sunday. On that
day, about half-past one, the train that went down to
l3roxbourne was compelled to return upon reaching Lee-
bridge, to the station, at High-street, Shoreditch, when
the passengers received back their money. The Direc-
tors of the Company have since provided conveyances,
at railway prices,
practice of travelling by the line.
for those persons who have been in the

THE ROADS AND COACHES.
Yesterday many of the mails and coaches arrived after
their time, but not to the extent of delay on Sunday and
Monday, as generally the floods were subsiding, and the
condition of the roads were improving. The mails and
coaches from the eastern counties, came in without
much delay. The mails arrived in time at the
Post Office, with the exception of the Devonport and
Bristol, which did not arrive until a quarter to ten ;
and the Ipswich mail, which arrived at ten. The Bir-
mingham trains came in as usual, but there was a con.
siderable delay on Monday in the arrival of the Derby
Junction trains, in consequence of a severe influx of water
near Loughborough, the water having accumulated in
many parts to a depth of upwards of fifteen feet. There
was also some delay in the passage on the Great Western
Railway. A great deal of water had also accumulated in
many of the cuttings of the Southampton Railway. The
driver of the Devonport mail reported having seen the
bodies of three men in a barn near Shuter, about six miles
from the Basingstoke station, who had been drowned by
the flood, and the destruction of property about this part is
considerable. It has bee-Z.-ascertained that eight cottages
have been washed away at Stonehenge.

THE WEATHER.
The lowest point of temperature in or near the metro.
polls was yesterday morning, at four o'clock, at the Zuolo-
gical Gardens, where the thermometer stood at 32 F. The
mildness of the weather singularly contrasted with the
severity of the few previous weeks. Yesterday evening
the wind veered round to the north, and the thermometer
sunk several degrees. Sonic snow fell in the course of the
night and this morning, with a sharp north-east wind.

LLO YD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, JAN. 20.—1 t turned to freezing yesterday
evening, end there was a light fall of snow during the
night. Wind this day at noon, fresh northerly brzeze
and fine.

DIAL, JAN. 19.--Wind N. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.
—Winnock, Ware, from Hobart Town; Minstrel, Burton,
ditto ; Louisa, Jackson, Bombay ; Apollo, Mile, Granada ;
Admiral Moorsom, Demerara ; Alga, Routicdgc, Hondu-
ras. Sailed the outward bound.

LIVERP,OI„ JAN. 19. _Wind N. N.E., Light.—Arrived
the Leonard Dobbin. from Bombay ; Susan, Monte Video.
Sailed the Lady Raffles, Osborne, for New South Wales;
John Sirokinson, Hutchinson, Batavia ' • Cracow, Kerr,
Bombay ; Emma, Fisher, Rio Janeiro; Virginia, Boysin,
Para; Trinidad packet, Hadson, Trinidad ; Lady Pan-
noire, WPNeil, Havanna ; Coronet, Bute, New (Means ;
Bowditcb, Crowell, ditto; Leopard, Jordan, ditto ; Eliza
Keith, Simpson, Charleston ; Robert Burns, Matthews,
ditto; Adrian, Davies, Boston. Off port, Flowers of
Ugie, Calcutta.
DUBLIN, JAN. 16. —Arrived the Branches, White, from
St. John's, N.B.
WATERFORD, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Indus, IVl`Farlane,
from Calcutta, with loss of bulwarks, &C., and head and
cutwater damaged. The Town of Wexford steamer, arid
Dov:, of Wexford, have been in contact ; the latter lost
bowsprit, jibboom, &c.
WHITBY, JAN. 19.—A vessel laden with tar is wrecked
near Abraham Wike ; one man drowned.
SUNDERLAND, JAN. 17.—Upwards of 200 ships have
been driven from their moorings from the River Weir by
19.—Wind N.—The Mary, Blues, from
proceeded without discharging.
the ice, ar,d most of them have received damage estimated
at 80,0001.
Lanodndon, which put into Grimsby leaky, has
bGe7lltil'hiore:Ltunrtbrs'vesej: oygAueNtdr.o; 1, JAN. 19. —Wind N. N. E.—Sailed the
Harrington, Mercer, for New Zealand.

SUBSCRIPTION FOR DISTRESSED P00R.".•
NIARYLEDONE.—At a meeting of the committee, the chair-
man (the Rev. Dr. Spry) announced that he had been
authorised by a gentleman, who was anxious for the succoss
cf the present subscription, to state that he wo* Add 401.
t) every 4bo/. subscribed t11)0 the
814bScription reached
thp sum of &,000i. The amount already subscribed ex-
ceeds 1,000/.
Thu Town Council of Inverness have resolved
to pedion the Crown for a conanutation of the sentence
of death passed by the High Court of Justiciary upon the
uolorttiolte
Alexander sentenced to be executed
bore on the 29th inst. A petition of the inhabitants is also
i ; progress. M' Rae was at One period an extensive sheep
firmer in this county, and paid au annual rent of 1, ;001
ftr the lands of gletiquoich.-7-../:i,7"44 c4uriv..
gardens by General Churchill. All the
A fine male ieopard was on Monday presented to
141,1,einiaoisolaofitchaalt establishment are in good health.