, 1875-12-08

enssfed Catalonia and issued a proclamation Is
deniod to-day.
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE NINE pl6AHrEn
LONDON. Dec. Tt t8 NON catimated that tho
number Of deatla cAiaed by the explosion at the
Bwatshomasn co!lisry will not excaeu l3o.
The work Of recovering bodits Is still in prog
TOSS. Tho number Of fatalities ia nor put doar,
at 1Bo. The eut1o district Ia still greatly escit-
cd. as It will DO some days got blfore the num-
ber of the dead cnn bo exactly ascestaincd. fall
Of ! portion Of the roof OF tho mno having oc-
CURED which obsructs tho work OF the e1plol ess
PERSONAL.
Il ia stated that Max Muller, Professor OF Com
parnssve phllologr Of All Souls College, 1T Or
fotd. Inns resigned bts poaitiou, and will lcavo
Eugtand early iu 1870.
THE GREAT FLOODS IN ENGLAND, AND THE DIE
AsTBou8 TIDEB II THE TItAMEH RIVER.
London 1sleararh, hvr. n.
Father Thanca ID ge1erallY tho beat behaved
aad uoat orderly Of ttsets, aR llo Ia the richest,
tho buaeet. ami tho must famous. poeta hars
sung his praises ia aEl these respects and wo arc
accustomed TO regard hm-SstA certain reserya-
t!one-As "thonRh deep yet clear, though Res,-
tie yet not dull; BtronE Without rage. without
o'efaoviug full" Yet this ealus ltl3 rospect-
able and thoroughly British s!ream has baen
conducting itBelf during the past TWO or lhrco
days in mauneE Y lich would be thought vio-
lent and unbl!dled IN the capricIois Arao, tho
dangerous daronne and Rhoue, tho isnpetuuuy
Nn.De, tho turbulent po. or tue uugoyern~
able Tlber. Ei8hteon hundred yeals ago
that last-named rlvor--whleh even now
periodically do.uges the Roman cnv.ruuB aud
causca widespread devaslat.ou-ovollosed lis
banks. and Provoked Horace to write M ode OF
1auscal mlsery. describing tho extraordinary
citizens, lie declared, we1e wondering ahesher
the Hood Of Deucal!on waB nor coming back upou
them Whon tho narlna gods dro's thelr BcniB
aua xhalea up from tie ocean, aud pastuved
shoals among ths leaves Of tbs elm treeB,
where the doves Ind previously built their uests,
and tho frightened deer arc Bwlmm ny
about tho WOODS, for tho wateEs are every.
though moro unr'easant ana tar less poesical
has visited tho Val,oy Of the Thames from ,ta
upper .eacAeB DOM to GrAvesend. For weeks
pass tho heavy fall OF rain desceudiug upon
tue hilla aud Holds wh1cn tho river dr1ila had
so foodad tho channel tlat tile entire adjRcort
country Wan said TO b0 submerged. Towus lala
nuder water. tlocka drowned IN tlciE pastures,
hay ana corn r.ckB eudden aud BNampod poultry
WRsnrd from their pcfcheB-Buch WAS tue p!ct-
rra presented by +he usually Tranquil wil.dlugs
OF the sylvan Tuancs. Lowor down, NO 4olsd
ot Windsor and Kingston hait Inundated. OF the
EtoD boys padding from their houaes TO their
cR=B-rooms In pnnts and skitlB who Her
MAlests hoAdod subscription for hor unfoltu-
Late uoighbolB vlctl.us OF tho delugo-the gtuce
OF which, - usual. bar Official teps sosout4llv0s
spoiled oy some abHurd remarks abuutth - rno1al
responsibility" Ut living below the level of
Windsor castle. Thls immense Hood. shicb
Thames Valley. into \ chasa or vast lakas, WIS
pal alloled BY similar iuunlhtions elsewhere.
hath aud Taunton lay uuLsr water in tile West;
Bedford. I4eicoator. and Nottingham iu the Mid.
Nation, aud Darlington In tho North = hacs
tidal Wayo had half snusharcd D.idSowater;
and tue barometer kept dancing up aud down III
though tue clark OF tho Weather had gous mad.
At yea, storm after Htorm naa strewi,g The shores
With wrerkage, and filling tue. papers With
storles Of disaster; aud though thcso pnen0m.
oue might rot have becn vlBiblv connectul, thoy
halped ons With another to make up msteoro-
logical 'Week OF such wild and unprecedented
character that what with wind, wrtcls, flood.
aud ,autsli, tho discomfort was untyorsa.
aud the datuago AlFoa4ly very SERIOUS.
suddenly. willie the TAames Valloy Was 10 thl,
condition. with pent up 'iood watef , pouring iuts
It; and everything ready Tor mischief tho worst
duc!od stream ectuaIly happsnot 4 spring tide
Of exceptional hsiEht-ds.yeu higher aA,l by tne
northeast 8ales which hav9 boeh ho"slpg. day
anl night RI the mouth Ut tho rivor-rollsd up
dammiug back tho toods ia the upper reaches
It formed combined volume Of salt and II esh
water which fairly broke bounds everywhere.
rising over the bAuks fknul 1rayasand up to
tile tidal range. Occurring At night, tho t,rst
deluGo did terrible a1nouns of mischief and
wrought all aotts Ut trouble among tho people
llYug 1t tla riyor leyco. Dut another came up III
the stteruoon Of houdaY. 10 couplste tue work
Of dsyA4tat1on. sud t4oss two extraordinary
tidos between them vii! probably have causea
mo1o misery, uiaeaae, aud havoc, than eau over
b fully oat.natod. Hundreds of puos families
wese Washed nut from the'rr abodcs, their
clothes aud furniture ruined. their Ropds aud
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