The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-07 00:00:00

THE EXPECTED HIGH TIDE.

The tidal wave phenomenen has generally proved, as one
writer quaintly puts it, a "failure." ,At London the
water at London Bridge was not so high as it frequently is
at spring tides. The accounts from the provinces are
much to the same effect. At Chatham every precaution
had been taken to prevent any disaster accruing from the
high tide, which, it had been predicted, would occur on
Wednesday. The result, however, showed that the appre-
hensions entertained wore entirely groundless, the gauge
at the dockyard at high water showing the tide to be four
inches lower than it was on Tuesday night, and that
notwithstanding that the wind had, hi the meantime,
shifted round to the eastward. At Liverpool similar pre-
cautions had been taken, but "in vain." Long before
the hour for high water (11.40 a.m.), a large number of
anxiously awaiting
tpheoeplaepapsrseeemebhledefon
tthhee se,v, eg7teletpierstid,e.,
They waited
anxiously until eleven o'clock, when there were some
doubts expressed as to Lieutenant Saxby's prog-
nostication, but when the hour came when it was
expected that half of the low cellars in Liverpool would
be under water, " the disappointment was extreme." The
tide of Wednesday was nothing more than an ordinary
spring one, being only 20ft. llin. On the 28th February last
the tide was 21f t. Bin. and no damage or alarm took place.
At Southampton slightly higher and lower tides than
usual have been observed for the last two or three days,
but the weather has been calm, and no damage has been
done. Precautions have been taken on the western
banks of the Itchen to protect the waterside pro-
perty there, and these precautions, in consequence of the
fine weather, have proved effectual. At Preston during
the last few days there has been a regular panic. It was
believed by large numbers of people that though Preston
stands on a considerable eminence, the
tide would sweep
through the town as far the House of Correction, and
up Ribbleton-lane, at the extreme east of the borough,
carrying death and destruction with it ; that the village
of Walton-le-Dale and other low-lying
localities would
be submerged and utterly destroyed ; and that an
earthquake would follow, with universal destruction
However, at the moment before ebb tide, about 12.10 p.m.,
the water had risen to seventeen
feet only, being then
rather more than three feet below the sill of the quay.
The business of loading and unloading the vessels opposite
the warehouses went on as usual. At Blackpool and
Lytham there was a large influx of visitors to enjoy the
pleasant spectacle of property destroyed. Some of the
dwellers by the waters had boarded up the lower
portion of their houses, and rcinevcd their furniture to
the upper storeys. But the residents were saved from
trouble, and tho visitors were deprived of their fun by
only a moderate tide. At Leith, on Tuesday, the water was
lower by eighteen inches than some tides that have occurred
within the last two months. From Scarborough, Filet',
and other places en the north coast, the accounts
state that ordinary equinecti:•l sprint
tides have often
risen higher than the tide 3 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
At Hull, the tides were marked by no exceptional circum
stance. Along the Groves and Wincoludee, two low lying
districts of the town,adjoining
the banks of the river, doors
and passages had been battened up, and the battens flanked
by mounds of sand or masses of clay. This was the case,
too, at one or two of the warehouses in High-street. It is
satisfactory to know that up to the present time there has
been nothing to tax the efficacy of these precautionary
meaaures. _ _

LATEST INTELL [GENE`

(REUTEn's TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.
(Per French Atlantic Cable.)

The Cunard Royal Mail steamer China arrived
out to-day at 1 p.m.
The lowa (of the Anchor line) also arrived out
to-day.

NEW YORK, Oct. 6.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CLOSING PRICES.

Gold closed at 1301; the highest quotation dur-
ing the day was 131; the lowest, 130.
Sterling Exchange on London lon.
5-20 U. S. Bonds, 188')
" 1885 ll9l.
4( " 1867 1174.
10-40

Illinois
Erie 331.
;Cotton—Mid. upland 273c.
QvEine, Oct. 6.
The Allau (Glasgow) steamship Germany ar-
rived here this morning.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Oct. 6 (Evening).

The Crown Prince of Prussia arrived shortly
after 9 p.m., and was received by the Emperor and
the highest military and civil authorities.
Upon the Prince leaving the train the Emperor
advanced, and a most cordial greeting took place.
The Emperor wore the uniform of a colonel of a
Prussian regiment, while the Crown Prince of
Prussia was dressed as an officer holding a similar
rank in the Austrian army.
The military bands struck up the Prussian Na-
tional Anthem.

The Prince having reviewed the guard of honour
appointed to escort his highness, proceeded with
the Emperor and his suite in court carriages to the
Imperial residence at Hapsburg.