The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

The road up to Botcherby-mill was impassable.
The road a little beyond the bridge was flooded
for a quarter of a mile. Here a speculator, with
horse and gig, conveyed passengers over the
road for a penny a piece, and the water
at some places took the horse up to the knees. The
garden of Mr. Peter Dixon at Holme Eden was
flooded, and the water was up as high as Dr. Tin-
ning's house at Warwick. We have been informed
that the Wetheral Mill, which stands on the banks
of the river opposite Corby, has been completely
washed down. At Knockupworth a mud cottage
was on Wednesday night levelled to the ground by
the violence of the storm. We may add that the
flood was at its highest at two o'clock yesterday.
After that time it began gradually but very slowly
to fall, and at four o'clock this morning it had sub-
sided very much. It was observed that the flood pro-
ceeded principally from the Eden. The impetuous
Caldew has been higher when the flood was less ;
and the Petteril, though certainly at an extraordinary
height, has not very long ago been beyond the limits
it assigned itself yesterday.
The flood yesterday caused quite a sensation in the
city. Crowds of people were to be seen at all hours
of the day on the Castle-bank, Devonshire-welk,
Eden-bridges, Etterby Scaur, and other places
whence a view of the grand spectacle could be ob-
tained.

PENRITH, JAN. 2.—This town and neighbourhood
were visited by an awful storm of wind and rain during
the evening of New Year's-day, which lasted the
whole of the night without the least intermission ;
and the rivers and the becks having been full with the
rain of Tuesday, they became perfectly full, and in
many places the banks were overflowed, and great
damage was done. The river Eden at Longwatby
overflowed its embankment, and between the Toll
Gate and the bridge over the turnpike road it ran a
perfect torrent, and was impassable. At Brougham
Castle Mill, the confluence of the Eamont and the
Lowther, the water was very high, and for a time the
premises were in great danger of being swept away.
A good deal of damage has been done, but not to the
extent expected. At or near Shap Beck, the arch of
a bridge on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway was
washed down, and the mail trains going north and
south were detained there many hours—the mail
going south ten hours, and the mail going north
thirty-four hours. This is a very serious affair, and
will cause great uneasiness and confusion. The
bridge has been temporarily repaired, and the trains
now pass as usual. The storm raged at Penrith from
five in the evening till six next morning, when it
cleared up, and the wind ceased. This day (Thurs-
day) has been fine, and suited to the season.
APPLEBY, THURSDAY, JAN. 2.—The heaviest flood
of the river Eden that has been known at Appleby
since the memorable Candlemas flood of 1822, which
created such vast destruction of bridges and pro-
perty in the north, was witnessed at Appleby on
Thursday morning. During the latter part of
Wednesday the rain began to fall in tor-
rents, and the wind to blow a tremendous hurri-
cane. The storm continued with unabated fury until
about four o'clock on the following morning. The
river, which was previously heavily charged, began
to overflow its banks at an early hour of the night,
and soon after midnight had completely inundated
the lower grounds in the neighbourhood, laying waste
the hedges in every direction, and sweeping with im-
petuous force every loose object with which it came in
contact. The lower part of the town of Appleby,
especially Chapel-lane, was a complete sea, and the
inhabitants of the houses in that locality had to remove
their furniture into the second story, the depth of
water in the houses averaging about three feet.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851.
The following are the present fixtures as nearly as
we can ascertain:—

FEBRUARY.

Lincoln

6 I Liverpool Spring

MARCH.

Coventry 4
Donca3ter Spring,
Warwick Spring

Kipling Coates
Northampton 26
Newcastle-on-Tyne S 2B

Croxton Park 1
Catterick Bridge 3
Epsom Spring 4
Newmarket Craven
The Hoo l2

Mallon l5
Newmark. First Spring 21
A bergavenny 24
Chester

.Newmkt. Second Spring 6
Shrewsbury 8
Plymouth Spring

York Spring
Bath l3
Epsom
E.
Bibury lB
Newton
Stockbridge
Winchester 2O
Newcastle
S.
Stamford l5
Nottingham
Goodwood

Ascot
Beverley, Hull, &c 4
Hampton I I
Manchester ll
South Lancashire

Newmarket
Carlisle .... ........
Worcester
Liverpool

AUGUST.
Ripon
Brighton 6 York
Wolverhampton ..... ... 11 lighain 27