The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-29 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 29.

The Itloniteur of this morning says :—" Yester-
day the Emperor rode through the Quais, the
Llalles, and the Boulevards. His Majesty's was
everywhere enthusiastically cheered.
..••

. BOURSE, Jan. 28, Two o'clock.--To-day there is a
dull market with but slight variations. French
Threes are at 68f. 80c., or sc. lower. A similar
decline is quoted in Italian Fives—at 54f. 35c.
Credit Mobilier shares lose 2f. 50c.—at 497 f. 50c.,
and Credit Foncier advanced 5f.--at 1,440 f. No
change in Comptoir d'Escompte, which remain at
777 f. 50c. ; nor is there any noticeable featUre in
the Railway market.

Three o'clor±.--Securities were better held to-
wards the close, which has taken place as follows :
li per Cents 9B 95 Bank Shares 3585
Do. end month — Italian Loan 54 50
3 per Cents. 6B 90 Do end month 54 45
Do. end month 6B 85 Mexican Loan —
Credit Mobilier ... 503 75 Do. Bonds —
Do. end month ... 500 Spanish Threes
Credit Fonder — Home Debt —
Do. end month 1458 Deferred
ILAILW &Ye.

For Account.
Orleans 903 75
Northern 1177 50
Lyons and Mediterranean 907 60
Southern 563 75
Western —
.4, Eastern 542 50
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 302 50
North of Spain ll7 50
Saragossa 133 75
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman.:

88 75

The Great Flood in North Yorkshire.

Since Wednesday laSt the great tract of country
known generally as the Vale of Pickering has been
handed over to the flood waters of the Yorkshire
moors. It is confidently stated that the present con-
dition of things results from the highest flood ever
known. In 1846, at Malton, where the whole of
the waters of the two Ridings meet in a narrow
channel, the height attained was some seven inches
higher, but at that period the Rye and Derwent
Drainage Act had not passed Parliament, and the
three mill-dams on the Derwent and the Rye had
not been removed. The abolition of those obstruc-
tions wonderfully benefited the district, and gave an
additional fall of 14ft. to those rivers before reach-
jog Malton. Had those dams remained, however,
during the present flood, competent persons assert
that the height would have been fully two feet more
at Malton. In the upper part of Rydale this is
actually the case, and the bursting of the banks (an-
nounced on Saturday night) doubtless prevented a
still more serious flood at Malton. This event has
caused thousands of acres to be flooded ; roads, vil-
lages, and farms never interfered with before are
now under water. At midnight on Saturday the
flood reached its height, and at that time the water
on the Malton and York and Malton and Scarbo-
rough Railways (and the other three lines meeting
at Malton, as far as Norton Junction) was 12 inches
above the rails, and the utmost difficulty was found
in working the traffic, some of the engine fires being
put out. Pilot engines were run out of Malton be-
fore every train going east or west, in order to prove
the line, apprehensions being formed that the great
current—au immense weir—might remove the bal-
last. Floating timber, too, gave rise to fears of dis-
aster, and men in boats were engaged in keeping it
off the railway. It was quite a novelty to see a
" wrecker's" boat get out of the. way of passing
trains. On Saturday night ono of the old arches
of Norton-bridge (filled up in the railway altera-
tions in 1845) blew up, and a dangerous gap was
made in the new road into Norton, right ita the
centre. The existence of these arches seems to
have been forgotten. The police got the place
covered over with a large flag, and set a watch to
avoid further danger. On Saturday, also, a special
meeting of the directors of the Malton Gas Com-
pany was held to consider what means.should be
adopted, owing to the stoppage of the works by
flood. It was-resolved to issue a handbill in Malton
and Norton requiring the inhabitants to use economy
in gas, as only a few hours' supply was on.
band, and no more could be made. On Saturday,
at noon, the water had receded some eight inches,
.and the gasworks were again set at work, thus
keeping up a supply for the churches and chapels.
This is the first time any flood has interfered with
the Malton gasworks. The coal traffic on the York
and Scarborough line (temporarily interrupted by
the flood) was resumed on Sunday, and " colliers"
were run throughout the day. It is satisfactory to
note that the part of the line which was washed
away during the flood of 1846 has remained firm 'as
possible in the present emergency. The mails on
Saturday and Sunday went out in the usual form,
so far as the railway was concerned, but in the
country the post messengers had to resort to horses
and conveyances. The exceptional state of things
on Sunday caused crowds of persons to assemble on
Langton Wold, where a good view of the flood
could be obtained. At Malton on that da'y the
water from the oolite springs rose so high that at
the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Malton, the spring
water (kept up by the flood) rose two feet out of
the ground, and necessitated the removal of the flags
of the foot-path. This water emerged from the
Howardian range (almost exclusively oolite), which
runs north-west from Malton. The stoppages from
overflow are as follow :—The Malton Waterworks,
over head for the sixth time ; Mr. Brown's brick
and tile works (water up to eaves of shed) ; Messrs.
King's flour-mill ; Mr. Buxton's machine works ;
the Malton gasworks ; the Crystal brewery ; the
Derwent biscuit works ; the Messrs. Metcalfe's
flour-mills ; the Malton tanneries ; the Messrs.
Russell's flour-mills and breweries, and various
coal-met chants' yards were flooded out. The most
remarkable scene was at the manure, wool, and
general works of Mr. 11. E. Soulby, -Water-lane,
Malton. Here throughout Friday and Saturday
nights men were employed in making clay dams,
fully £6OO of manures being in jeopardy. Mr.
Soulby states that it is quite 20 years since a similar
event occurred. Of the manures saved there were
some £lOO worth of salt. This had on one occa-
sion (1846) been totally washed away. The arti-
ficial dams, however, proved effective.

VACANT CARDINALSHIM—By the death of Car-
dinal Villecourt there are now 14 cardinals' hats dispos-
able.

COLMAN'S METHOD OF PRODUCING COMEDIES.
—" We got 'John Bull' from Colman act by act as he
wanted money, but the last act did not come, and Harris
refused to make any farther advances. At last, necessity
drove Colman to make a finish, and he wrote the fifth act
in ono night on separate pieces of paper. As ho filled ono
piece after the other he threw them on the floor, and,
finishing his liquor, went to bed. Harris, who impatiently
expected the cldnouement of the play aocording to promise,
sent Fawcett to Colman, whom he found in bed. By his
direction Fawcett picked up the scraps and brought them
to the theatre."