A Taieri correspondent writes that the weather in that district up to Wednesday last was all that could be desired, and was enabling the settlers to get in their crops. The sudden break on Wednesday, however, surprised a good many who were busy sow ing. The rain began gently at first, being accompanied by a thick mist, but it increased towards evening, and after dark it fell in torrents. All the creeks immediately rose, and it was evident that a flood would again take place. On Thursday morning the Silverstream had overflowed its banks, and gradually increased in size, until towards mid-day it was seen coming over the plain and up the cut at a rapid rate, besides backing up the water on the plain. _ On Friday morning the farms of Messrs Miller, Kirkland, G. T. Anderson, and tenants, were hemmed in by the waters, while those of Messrs Donovan, Brown, Stevenson, Law, and others were submerged, the water being over the tops of the fences in most cases. Many of the farms in the West Taieri were in a similar plight. At mid-day on Friday, the water was still rising on the farms, though both the local creeks and the Silver stream were falling. The water carried a large quantity of clay in suspension, and the ground will consequently, when the flood subsides, be coveted with a layer of sludge that.will be detrimental to all the sown crops. The water rose to a height of about 20 inches below the level of the great flood in January last. A heavy N.E. gale sprang up on Wednes day afternoon, bringing with it torrents of rain. During the night the rain poured down incessantly, flooding the street channels and laying much of the lower part of the town under water. Such large volumes of water rolled down some of the thoroughfares intersecting George street as to render it difficult for a pedestrian to get across. The Water of Leith, as usual, was greatly swollen, but did not do so much damage to its banks as on late occasions of flood. It has, however, got sufficiently near to the abutments of the stone bridge to make any further encroachment perilous to the safety. 