The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-16

Into glossy puppies which outreddea
All voluptuous garden
Not onoe or twice. In our fair island ,tory,
The path Of duty was tho way to glory.
He, that ever following her commands
On with toll Of heart and knees and hands,
His path upward and prevail d. " - ="
Shall dnd the topping erags Of duty scaled,
To which our God hinrclfi IL nosn and san;
He has not fail'd; he hath prevaud;
So lot the men whose heArths he saved from shame,
Through many and MANY age proclaim
civic revel, and psmp and game,
And WHIT n the long umined city's fame
Their ever-loyA iron leaders fame
With honor, honor. honor honor to him,
Eternal honor to his name"
The above il about IN eighth Of tho laurel leaves
Issued.
The inundations in the provinces form subso:
Of national interest. The town Of nottingham was,
during the 18Th and l4th inst visited by Of tho
greatest floods ever remembsrsd-mors extensive
than the great floods Of 1881 and 1924 the re-
cent heavy ard protracted rains flooded various
parts Of Herefordshre to such extent That trai
has in many instances been diverted, in Others il is
difficult and dangerous Great alarm was excited
throughout the county Of Gloucesssrsnrs ON Sssur-
day week, by the alarming increase OF the waters in
the Severn, through the "freshes'' from the late
rain, added to . light spriDg tide. The town Of
ing county Of Montgomery, were on Sunday nearly
deluged by tas flooding Of the Severn Ia Liecsi.
tershire the Grow Mills viaduct over the river Soar
between Wigston and Counterthorps stations. on the
partially destroyed. This part Of the line IL
sankment Of nile long. In Northa mptoassire and
Cambridgeshire the incessant rains caused toe Ne =
and other rivers to completely overflow their banks
in fact to give the adjacent Lands the appearance Of
large lake. Such . serious inuuds.on has not
been known for several years. The extraordinary
floods which have visited the OF Rugby
have been productive Of much more mischief
than could possibly have been anticipated met
only has the traffic of many Of the principal rail.
roads been impeded, BY being covered with water
for miles, but several bridges, asd even viaducts,
have been carrsd away. The Midland line had is
covered with the flood, and between 3 and o'clock
on Saturday morning the difficulties whish had
arisen in consequence were greatly Aggravated by
the sudden giving way Of the Grow Hill visduos,
rear Leicester This occurrence created the great
est alarm and the traffic, which had previously only
been partially stopped, was now entirely suspended.
Ultimately, arrangements were made by which the
Midland traffic has since been carrisS on to the
Hampton junction Of the London aad North vssssrn
railway, riG the Birmingham and Derby limo.
The railways in Buekinghamshire and other esun-
ties have all suffsIed more less The water rose
gradually ~ Windsor from Saturday, and the valley
Windsor Castle, presented the appearance Of m i'm
nense lske-an elevated spot here and there, with
its clunps of trees licking moro like little slet
ii An portion Of the beautiful meadow or pasture
of which, in ordinary times, 1t forms An ornamonta
part. Extensive damage has been done on the
Great Western railway. The loss Of property
throughout the country has been immsase, AID
Thousands Of families are houeeless.
The operations in Burnah seem by the recent &C.
counts to have progressed but flcwly, and Gen God
win, the IN chief, is IN eeasnl dsrsputs
The accounts fron the geld dggings Of Australia
are truly astounding, the more SO, hey fally
borne out by the almost daily arrivals Of the dust.
Tho Caffre remains in stGts qke, although, by
recent despatch from General CAshcart, the Cover
nor General. We are assured that splendid victory
has been achieved, and that the war 10 drawing to
close This is the more extraordinary, Of the
Csffre chiefs have been taken kllled-indsed no
prisoners at all have BEEN captured, il 70 except
few starved and emaciated wo0en and children! What
Q glorious. and what m expensive war!
Poor Ben Dinaeli's original speech, on the death
Of the Duke of Wellington, has been severely criti
cised by the liberal orgsps Of the press. By oompa
Theirs speech in eulsgy Of the Marshal Gourion de
St. Cyr delivered BY the little Gallo orator in 1929.
Ben Dizzy and plagiarism are terms now synony-
nous There still seems to be something blooming
in the distance in France; but what that something
may be, is beyond my powers of discovery, not be-
ing an adept at . "rebus.''
Among the recent acts Of humanity pcrpetrated
in this land Of civilization Of most atrscous
cruelty-the roasting Of cat alivs-n0t by . can't
bal, but by Mr.. VIM. King, man Of education, and
well to do in the world Mr.. Broughson, tbs wor-
thy magistrate, in concluding his observations, gave
this demon TO understand that to man in his stu
alton Of life fine would be no punisament at all,
and he should, therefore, send him 1t once to the
House of Correction for ono month. He was then
locked up The decision gave great satisfaction to
. crowded court
The foreign oficers who cams to represens their
respective countries ut the funeral Of the Duke Of
Wellington were entertained on Friday, ESQ, you
see, feed was necessary even on this occason) At
splendid banquet by the members OF tho Senior
United Services Clab, in Pail Mall. OA Saturday
they were presented full drsfs banquet, gwen in
their honor by the Earl Of kslmessuy she Foreign
Office, in Downing street. Yesterday, they proceeded
to Windsor Castle. by command of her Majesty,
49, la, =
to the ilustrious foreigners and the grea officers Of
State On Tuesday and w educ aay the hsspisali.
ties will be kept up by Lord Haraisgs, Com 1au5er-
in Chief and BY the Earl OF Derby, First Minister
The roysl mail steamer In Plata arrived Mt
Southampton on Thursday morning, bat was not
admitted into the docks, owing the prov alenoc Of
the yeLo. fever on board. the captain afd many
Of the crew died and were buried on the passage
She has been ordered to the quarantine ground, of
the Isle Of Wight and her mails have been funi-
gated previous to ransmission to tbs General Post
Office. On Saturday che was visited by tho super
ipterdent General OF Quarantine and eundry medical
officers, who, after the most careful exanin alton OF
the vessel and Drew, granted her prasiqus, uoder
condition that she should take trip Of about eight
miles down the river, to bury the dead board in
preference to Landing their remains ut ushsmpton.
This condition was complied with, and the steamer
returned into dock
There are very few variations in the play bills
Julien the First, with his superb srcsestrs, still
attracts crowds to the walls Of Old Druryiu fact 1t
is quite impossible 10 gain admission unless in A.
tendance least TIVE hours before the doors are open
ed told you in my last that the rage for that class
Of prosecuted niger literature, Of Thsh - Uncle
Toms Cabin" is the wide world ackno wledgsd rep
resentative, 10 vowed from comic point at the
Lyceum theatre, in . rafting two act farce,
adopted from the French, called Those Dear
Blacks" The sstiricsl hits are 70 nsrkshly good,
and nightly appreciated by the crowded audiences,
who day after day begin the more to believe that
Mrs. Beecber Steve Is given TO slight il not silful
exsggerstien Mr.. Charles Mathews AZ Fsatheredgs
is quite in his element He enacts the part Of .
gentleman who has loet cve-yt thing bu. cool efrsn-
tory and gbt heartedneR. and Mr. SAFER is tsls-
rabIy good blsck Mr.. Charles Mathews has IL,
however, all his own way, though Mr.. Satsr's 10
the best part We are promised many novelties at
this theatre.
We learn from Ednburg that Miss P. Hortsn's
benefit at the Thestre Royal CD Thursday evening.
was bumper, and that her engagement, which
has only T. be found fault with On acoaunt of Its