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THE Commissioners for Victualling Isis Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, That an TuasnAy, the 22d day of September next, they will he ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the Supply to this Department of a quantity of IRISH SALT MEAT equal to 13,000 Navy Tierces of R EEF, and 13,000 Navy Tierces of PORK, on SEPA RATE TENDERS, all to be cured in the Ensuing Sea "lli to be delivered Seven-eighth parts thereof in Tierces, and the remaining One-eighth part thereof in Barrels, into , Hi s Majesty's Vi c t ua lli n g Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Pl ymouth, and Cork, in such proportions as shall here after be agreed on ; one-half thereof by the 28th day of February, and the other half on or before the 31 st day of May, 1830, to be paid for, as usual, by Bills, without in t"ati payable sixty days after date. The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, er by applying to W. Alves, Esq. Agent for the V ictuallin g at Cork ; er to the Collectors of his Majesty's Cambium at Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; and to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin, respectively. No Tender for a less quantity than shall be equal' to 300 Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierces of Pork, will be admitted ; and each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed; and must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible per sons , engag i ng to become boun d with the party tendering in a penal sum equal to one third of the amount of the Contract, for the due per formanoe of the same.—lt is to he expressly understood th a t the Tenders for the Beef are to be distinct and sepa rate from those for the Pork. The Person who makes the Tender, or some Person an his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. CONTRACTS FOR STRAW. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT, TREASURY CHAMBERS, SEPT. 7, 1829. SUCH PERSONS as are desirous of Con tracting with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, td furnish for Twelve Months, from the lst of NOVEMBER next, ouch Quantities of STRAW, fur filling Paillasses, as may from time to time be required, at Barracks and Ordnance Stations in the undermentioned Counties and Islands, may receive Particulars of the Contracts on ' L l l PlYing at thi s Office between the Hours of Ten and F our; and •to the respective Barrack Masters in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney; and deliver their Tenders at this Office, (marking thereon " Tender for Straw,") until Twelve o'clock on THURSDAY, the Ist of October next. 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(I and lettered. ,t should find a plaee in every drawing-room in Eng t""uA book which contains a great deal of useful informs "--Times. 1 ,:. ‘ He enjoyed opportunities of seeing more than any titer upon that city with whom we are acquainted."— ..iterary Gazette. to 14 It contains infinitely more intelligence with respect t he Russi an ca pit a l th an h as yet been impartially con eYed to the English reader."—John Bull. e n ,„ : " picture of St. Petersburgh, contains the most thr °us and d e t a il e d description of the gigantic edifices of the e xtraordinary city, which has hitherto been laid before • _llie."—Quarterly Review. FISTULAS. WITH the deepest sense of gratitude to %N et Mr. VAN BUTCHELL, No. 2, Half Moon le* , Piccadilly, J. Gray is desirous of offering to fel , 6, :lofferero his testimony to the great skill manifested CASE sueon, in the CUR of a most DISTRESSING FISTULA is°aof, under E which he laboured above IS "ra t tl and for which . he had been attended by surgeons of Ivo eminence, who failing to relieve him, his sufferings tt,:hl only have terminated with his life, but for his for . tt: te application to Mr. Van Butchell , who pe rf ec tl y gop r e i l, him with only a few months' attendance. For a Do ration of the above statement application may be 414 .1 . Gray, 29, New-street, Donet-square. . GREENWICH HOSPITAL. CONTRACT FOR MEAT AND MALT. NOTICE is hereby given, That the Com missioners of Greenwich Hospital will be ready to receive Proposals for the supply of the under-mentioned Articles, on TUESDAY, the 22,1 September Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon. via.:— BUTCHERS' MEAT, in such quantities as shall be de manded from the Ist October to the 31st December, 1829. [Agreeable to Samples to MALT, Pale 400 Quarters be produced by the Ditto, Fine Pale 50 Ditto, Amber ... 50 delivered within a L fortnight. Printed Forms of Tender, and such further informa tion as may be required, will be furnished en any day pre vious to the 22d. By order of the Board, For the Steward, B. CORNEY. Greenwich Hospital, Sept. 5, 1829. FLEGANT BRUSSELS CARPETS. The largest and cheapest Stock in London, of the newest and most elegant Brussels Patterns, of superior texture, suitable to every style of furnishing, from the Mansion to the Cottage, at CARTER AND CO.'s CITY CARPET, FLOOR CLOTH, AND HEARTH RUG WARE MOUSE, 2, CHEAPSIDE. The Royal Patent Damask Carpet in a great variety of Patterns. Per Yard. Strong yard-wide Kidderminster 2s. Od. and 2s. 6d. Ditto, ♦ery stout and fine ditto 2 8 and 2 10 Ditto, superfines, Brussels Patterns 3 0 to 3 6 Yard-wide Venetians, for bed rooms, Sze Ditto, all wool 1 10 and 2 4 2 9 and 3 0 Stair Carpeting at Is., Is. 3d., Is. tid., Is. 9d., 25., and 2s. 6d. per yard. The greatest variety of Hearth Rugs and Druggets in London. Well-seasoned Floor Cloths, exceedingly cheap. Moreens, Merino Damasks, and Table Corers. N.B. Please copy the direction, and observe that the House is situate* the west end of Cheapside, being No 2., between St. Pal Cathedral and the New Post-Office. The. Trade supplied as usual. TO BE PERENITORILY SOLD, PURSUANT to a Decretal Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of LYNE v. THOMPSON, with the approbation of Francis Paul Stratford, Esq., one of the Masters of the said Court, at the Crown Inn, Basingstoke, in the eeunty of South ampton, on TUESDAY, the 15th of September, 1829, between the hours of Eleven and Twelve o'clock in the forenoon, in 14 Lots, sundry FREEHOLD ESTATES, comprising the Manor of Preston Candover, and the capital Mansion House at Preston Candover, with the Pleasure Grounds, Gsrdens, Cottages, and Lands, thereto belonging ; also the Manors of Horwood, in Preston Can dover aforesaid, and of Bradley, and the Advowson of Brad ley, and Twenty-six Thousand Acres of Arable, Meadow, Pasture, and Wood Land, in the several parishes of Pres ton Candover, Chilton Candover, Nutley, Bradley, and Bentworth, in the county of Southampton, the property of John Blackburn, Esq. deceased. The lands are in a good state of cultivation, and are let on leases, in stock farms, to responsible tenants at moderate rents, and the land tax is redeemed, except as to a small part of the lands in Chilton Candover. Printed particulars, with plan•, may be had, gratis, at the said Master's Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane; of T. H. Mortimer, Esq., Albany, Picca dilly; Mr. Lucas, solicitor, Nottingham-street, St. Mary lebone, London; Messrs. Glover and Paice, land-agents, Basingstoke; also at the place of sale, and the principal Inns in the neighbourhood ; and of Mr. Woodley, Preston Candover, who will show the Estate. EXECUTION AT GLOUCESTER. On Saturday William Salewell underwent the fatal sentence of the law. On Thursday last he was found guilty of the wilful murder of his wife, and on the second day after his trial he ex piated his offence with his life. The history of this unfortunate man was truly wretched. Who his parents were is wholly unknown ; and the first thing that is known of him is, that he was a foundling, and that he received the name of Salewell from his being found at a farm of that name, the property of a gentleman named Am brose, who lived near Blakeney. When the un fortunate man grew up, he worked in digging in the collieries, and about five years ago he mar ried the unfortunate deceased. The cottage, or rather hut in which he lived, and which was of the most wretched description, was situate in the wildest part of the Forest of Dean ; it con sisted only of a room formed by four stone walls and a turfed roof. It had no door, and there was nothing to prevent the cattle which'ranged the forest from going into it in the night. These miserable people had no furniture—neither chair, table, nor bedstead—and their only bed was some loose hay and fog-grass strewed on the floor. Here lived this wretched man and his wife ; and, amidst all this misery, the latter, who was a very meek-spirited and patient young woman, long suffered from the harsh and cruel treatment of her husband. His conduct towards her had always been extremely violent—indeed, so much so, that the unfortunate woman often said that she could not call her soul her own—and it appeared that, on the day on which she received the blows and kicks which caused her death, the only thing which she had done to provoke the anger of her husband was, that she told him he had been drinking. He was a small mild-look ing man, with large dark eyes and straight black hair, and from his appearance no one would have supposed him capable of such a crime. How ever, from the time of his being committed to prison he appeared to be quite resigned to that fate which he seemed fully aware was awaiting him. The Rev. Chaplain of the gaol was from the first very assiduous in preparing him for his fate —however, the wretched man always stated that his conscience was clear of any premeditated in tentions of murdering his wife, and that when he was kicking her with such extreme violence he did not expect the fatal consequences which followed. This wretched couple had two chil dren, one of whom has died since the murder of the unfortunate woman. From the time of the sentence being passed no hopes were entertained of a reprieve, and on Saturday morning this wretched being, after having passed a life of the most abject poverty and wretchedness, ended his mortal career upon the scaffold. A MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.---Last week JAMES HEMSWORTH, of Garforth, near Leeds, sent his son Jour,' into a well, which had been covered up for some time, to fetch out a pick-axe. The young man descended by means of a rope, and when he had nearly reached the bottom, his father, perceiving a tremulous motion in the rope, suspected that all was not right, and drew it up, but before the youth had reached the top, he was so exhausted as to be obliged to let go his hold, and was precipitated to the bottom. The father immediately alarmed his son JAMES, who descended the well, !it from some cause fell from the rope. The father then descended by the rope, when he was also precipitated to the bottom, and shared the fate of his sons. The bodies were after wards taken out with grappling irons. The father was alive, but instantly expired, and in the two sons the vital spark was quite extinct. SUMMER ASSIZES. CHESTER CIRCUIT-CHESTER, SEPT. 5. _ _ Two lads, named John Fleetwood and Snug Eaton, whose extreme youth excited a - strong feel ing of compassion in a crowde] Court, were in dicted for the manslaughter of Richard Done. The first-named was only 15 years of age, and was charged as the principal in the affair; the second was two years younger, and wood charged with aiding and abetting his fellow-prisoner in the commission of the offence. The facts were simply these :—The deceased was employed in a flat plying on the Duke of Bridgewater's canal between Runcorn and Man chester, and on the 2d of May last, the flat being at Astmore-bridge, near Runcorn, and the Captain, not intending to sleep on board, obtained permission from their parents for the prisoners to keep him company during the night. When the Captain re turned on board the next day, he found the cabin door open, and the boy Done lying on the bed quite dead, but still warm, and froth and blood issuing from his mouth. Mr. Samuel Miles, a surgeon, residing at Run corn, stated that when he examined the body he found the ears much swollen ; they bore marks of considerable violence, as if from pressure, and there was a great fulness in the blood-vessels of the hinder part of the neck. Thare were also marks of great violence on the chest, the cavity of the abdomen, and the anterior part of the thighs, as if produced by strong kneading pressure. The body was opened on the sth of May, when the vessels of the brain and the pia mater were found to be much distended, the sinus was also filled with blood, and there was about a gill of blood in each cavity of the thorax.— The bronchea and the windp'pe were filled with ar terial blood. The internal jugular vein was rup tured. The small intestines bore marks of great violence from external pressure, and the stomach and liver were forced up against the diaphragm. The witness opined that these injuries were the cause of death; that they could not have been inflicted in in- nocent play, and that neither of the prisoners wus of himself sufficiently strong to have inflicted them. Mr. George Whitley, a surgeon, from Halton, assisted in the examinat►o►► of the body, and was of opinion that one of the prisoners was sufficiently strong to inflict the injuries mentioned by the last witness. 'William Harding, the constable by whom Eaton was apprehended, said, that he admitted to witness that he and Fleetwood had slept with the deceased, and said that they left him asleep in the morning, after having shaken him in vain nearly half an hour to awaken him. Verdict—Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT-LANCASTER, SEPT. 5. George Taylor, Benjamin Howarth, and Jonathan Parkinson, were capitally indicted, under the Bth section of 7th and Bth Geo. IV., c. 30, for riotously, tumultuously, and unlawfully assembling together at Rochdale, and breaking into a certain loom-shop there situate, with intent to cut, break, destroy, or render useless, certain loom machines, tackle, and other implements, therein being, the property of William Chadwick and partners; and in a second count they mere charged, tinder the 3d section of the Act, with entering the said loom-shop, with in tent to destroy the said looms, &e.; and Thomas Kershaw was charged with encouraging, aiding, and abetting the other prisoners in the commission of the said offence. William Chadwick examined—l am a woollen manufacturer at Rochdale, and in partnership with my father and three brothers. About 10, or from that to 12 o'clock, on the 30th of April last, a mob assembled at our factory. I was at that time at the police-office, but seeing the mob, and hearing them shout, I hastened home. When I got to the fac tory I found some hundreds assembled, some of whom were attempting to break open the door. I attempted to get through the crowd, in order to ascertain.the ringleaders. The mob in a little time found out who ',was, and raised a great shout. I became,alarmed, and retreated to my own house; but,befo - rel got there stones were thrown after me. I was determined to see who the ringleaders were, and I took up a cleaver which was in the house and threw it among the crowd who were in the garden. The mob then threw a volley of stones, some of which broke the windows of my house. I went to the police-of f ice, and from thence I saw some parts of the machinery thrown out of the factory windows. I went to the factory after the mob had left it, and I found the door completely de molished. The ceiling of the staircase was broken to pieces, and so were some of the windows. then examined the machines, and found that much damage had been done. All the looms and the jen nies and t wining mills had been broken. I saw pieces of broken machinery strewed every where about. John Henry Mills lived at Rochdale, where he was a woolstapler. Witness saw 400 or 500 per sons assembled at Rochdale on the 30th of April, going in the direction of Mr. Chadwick's factory. In about a quarter of an hour he went to the mob to see what was going on. He saw the prisoner George Taylor there. The part of the mob in which Taylor was was very riotous. 'Witness saw Taylor pick up a paving stone, weighing 401bs. or 501b5.. which he gave to another man, who hurled it with great force against the door. Taylor then threw a stone at the door himself. After that Taylor mixed with the crowd, and witness did not observe him any more. There were about 100 people around the door, all anxious to gain admittance. They carried a sort of spade, with which they endeavoured to break open the door. They did not succeed in that way, and then they forced a way through the window. A few minutes afterwards witness saw rollers and other implements of machinery thrown out of the windows into the streets. The imple ments belonged to the looms, and consisted of shut tles, lambs, and treddles. These implements were afterwards carried through the tow►. When the mob were trying to force the door, there were cries from different parts of "storm, storm !" When they saw witness they cried out " a spy, a spy !" They threw stones and wood at witness, and at another gentleman who was standing near him. Witness was struck upon the mouth by one of the picees of wood. A general alarm was excited in the neighbourhood by the conduct of the mob. Cross-examined—When before the Magistrates witness did not say any thing about the cry of " storm, storm." Perhaps it then escaped his me mory. The gentleman who stood near him during the affray was Mr. Robert Heap. Witness believed Mr. Heap was not at Lancaster. It was Mr. Heap who asked witness to go, and they were together the whole of the time. Witness went out of curio sity, as did many others. Witness saw a man who had received a wound from a cleaver, but witness did not see the wound given ; it had been done before he came up. He saw stones thrown at Mr. Chadwick's mill. Witness stood within half-a-dozen yards of the mill. He stood in the mob, and was pushed about with them. He was not much alarmed for his own safety. Perhaps his nerves were stronger than those of other men. He was not a master — only an assistant. He had known the prisoner Tay lor before. Did not take any notice of his dress. — Could not identify any of the persons who got in at the window. Re-examined—lf they were placed before him he could identify them. Josiah Lancashire, the agent to the Rochdale Gas Company, was the next witness. He gave the same account of the disturbance as had been given by the last witness, and also spoke to the identity of Taylor. _ _ _ John Rhodes was at Messrs. Chadwick's mill on the morning in question. He assisted in securing the door with bales of wool to keep the mob out. Heard them trying to get in. They struck at the door, but though they broke it in pieces, they were not able to get in because of the wool. They then forced their way through the window. A great number of the mob rushed up stairs to the room where witness was, but he was not able to identify any of them that got into the house. Benjamin Howarth he saw outside, and he was very active in striking at the door, but he did not see him inside. William Phillipson—l am a weaver in the em ploy of the prosecutors. I remember the mob break ing into their premises. I cannot speak to any one who came in but Parkinson, and him I saw standing by the side of the pay-desk in a room on the second floor. He was doing nothing. Mr. STARKIE said that this was the whole of the evidence against the principals. He should now proceed against Kershaw, the accessory. Mr. Binns—l am a farmer, and live about a mile and a half from Rochdale. Upon the evening of the 29th of April I had occasion to be at Cronkey shaw. There I saw a crowd of 200 people. Ker shaw was in the midst of them haranguing from the top of an old hedge. I could hear distinctly what he said. He told them they were to meet in that place the next morning between eight and nine o'clock, and they would then see what they had to do. He said, " You have done a good day's work, but I hope you'll do better to•morrow." The next morning between eight and nine o'clock I was in the same spot. There was a crowd, but not near so many as the evening before, and Kershaw was not there. They moved off in the direction of the town meadows. Cross-examined—l could not be mistaken in what Kershaw said. My attention was not called to it for some days afterwards. Kershaw was secretary to the workmen. He spoke loud enough for every body to hear him. I had known him before. Mr. Justice BAYLEY summed up, and. the Jury found Howarth Not Guilty, but the other prisoners Guilty of the minor offence only. Four other prisoners under the same charges were suffered to plead guilty to the minor offence, and discharged upon entering into their own recng nizances to come up when called upon. INTERIOR OF THE NEW POST-OFFICE. Immediately on entering the portico from St. Martin's-le-Grand, is the great hall, about eighty feet long, sixty feet broad, and fifty-three feet high in the centre. On each side of the centre are six Portland stone Grecian lonic fluted columns, stand ing upon granite pedestals, corresponding with a granite plado, surmounted by antw, or pilasters, next the walls ; the whole of the entablature, which is fully enriched, is of mastic, excepting the epistilium, which is of Portland stone. The architraves to the doors are also of granite. The walls are plastered with mastic cement. The hall is lighted from above the columns in the centre part. Immediately op posite to the entrance is a gallery of communication between the north and south wings; and over the principal entrance is a dial-face, sunk and orna mented in mastic, which, together with all the ad mirable plasterers' work, has been executed, as we understand, by Mr. T. C. Palmer, the plasterer to his Majesty. On the north side of the hall, are the Newspaper, Inland, and Ship Letter Offices. On the south side are the Foreign Offices, Re ceiver General's and Accountant's Office. At the eastern end of the hall, near Foster-lane, is the Twopenny Post-Office. North of the centre, in the eastern front, is the hall where the bags are received from the mails; they are then conveyed to the Tick Room, where they are opened. Commu nicating with the hall is the Inland Sorters' Office, adjoining to it is the Letter Carriers' Office; these rooms are upwards of one hundred feet long, and the latter thirty-five feet high, the fittings up in them appear to be perfect in 'their kind—the almost in numerable boxes, pigeon holes, drawers, &c. &c. re quired for the duties of these offices, should be seen to be duly appreciated. At each end of the Letter Carriers' Office are projecting circular rooms, or bars for the principals. The Letter Carriers' Office is warmed by heated air, and its outlet is in front of the circular bars above alluded to. There is a spa cious office appropriated solely for the West India letters, approached from Foster-lane front. In this wing are the Comptroller's and Mail Coach Offices. The Foreign Office, which is, as before stated, on the south side of the hall, is most chastely and con veniently fitted up; we were much pleased with the elegant ceiling and octagon light of this room. Under the great hall is a tunnel, in which some very clever machinery is placed for conveying the letters from the Inland Office to the Foreign Office, and vice versa. A similar contrivance exists for transferring the letters from the General to the Twopenny Post department. The machine has been constructed, we understand, by Mr. Barrow. At the back of the Foreign Letter Carriers' Office, and at the eastern end of the Foreign, is a corridor, and the Principal Clerk's Office and the Private Foreign Office. The corridor immediately at the right hand of the principal entrance leads to the grand staircase, the dimensions of which are 32 feet by 23 feet. The balusters, which are brass and bronzed, are particularly neat, and yet of sufficient ornamental character to preserve the uniform elegance of the staircase. On the upper landing is a niche, in which it is understood a figure is to be placed supporting a gas light. On the first, or principal floor, are the Board Room, Secretary's Rooms, and Secretary's Clerk's Office. The Board Room is of the dimensions of thirty-seven feet by twenty-four feet. The ceiling is of the form technically termed waggon head. The cornice, which is classically enriched, is supported by real wainscot pilasters—the doors, dodoes, and window dressings, are also of real wainscot—the walls are painted to imitate the wood—all the floors on this story, throughout the building, are of Ame rican oak. At the eastern end of the hall, 041 the north side, is a staircase leading to the Letter Bill, Dead, Mis-sent, arid Returned Letter Offices; and across the gallery of the hall are the offices con nected with the Solicitor's and Secretary's depart ments, which latter are also approached from the grand staircase. At the end of the passage, on the first floor, is an iron door of communication with the Assistant Secretary's house. On the second floor story, and upper story, are sleeping rooms for the foreign clerks. The number of these rooms, and the extent of the accommodation, may be con ceived, when it is stated that the rooms on each side of a gallery two hundred and thirty-seven feet long, are appropriated to this purpose. The Tw openny P os t S or ters Office, which, as before stated, is at the eastern end of the Great Hall, is 46 feet long, and 24 feet broad. Adjoining the Receiving Room is the President's Room. In the basement story, the whole of which is ren dered fire-proof by brick vaulting, is the Mail Guards' Room and Armoury. The Guards' Room is conveniently fitted with lockers, presses, and other accommodations, for the men when off duty. Im mediately under the portico are placed two large Ps-meters, capable of registering 4,000 cubic feet of gas per hour, supplied by the City of London Gas Company. SECOND FLOOD AND STORM. (From the Inrerness Courier of Wednesday.) Another storm, even more violent than that of the 3d and 4th ult., burst upon us on Wednes day night last, and continued till Friday morn ing. Thursday was, without exception, the most awful day we ever witnessed. The rain fell in torrents, and the wind blew a perfect hurricane from the E.N.E. Business was almost totally suspended, and no person ventured out of doors unless impelled by strong necessity. The effect of this tempest has been to destroy the hopes of the husbandman—to interrupt communication—and to renew and extend those hardships and priva tions which we have so recently had occasion to deplore. Around Inverness, the damage has been considerable. The weightiest and most valuable crops are flattened as if by a roller—the most tiny brook became , a thundering torrent, and carried destruction iii its course. From the Leys down to the sea, tie most serious damage has been sustained—the burn entering houses and threatening the lives of their inmates—in juring crops, fields, and gardens, and filling several of the mill-dams in its course with earth and gravel. The loss occasioned by this burn alone will amount to several hundred pounds. The burn of Aulnaskiach, which in summer is scarcely perceptible, has flooded and injured part of the estate of Culduthel and other property on its banks. The burn of Holm, in addition to similar injury to the soil, has carried off the bridges of Burnside and Essich. - The burn of Moniack, in the Aird, flooded the grounds of Relig, carried off two bridges on the estate, and broke into the family mansion. All the low lying lands in this fertile tract were under water. Its effects are every where visible in broken dikes and roads, torn-up trees, and damaged fields. We observed on Saturday, a field of corn and one of pease belonging to Mr. Fraser, of Aber tarff, literally destroyed and buried by the flood. Some of the :lighter crops on upland situations, have escaped, but the wheats are almost inva riably lodged. Two fine fields beside Beauly distillery, which were as rich as ever grew on the fertile lands of the south, are now black and level with the ground. A fine large apple tree in the garden of Mr. Smith, Supervisor of Ex cise, was thrown down. At Balblair, a poor old widow made a narrow escape in consequence of her house falling. Some cattle were also nearly hurried at Clunes in the ruins of a byre. Strath glass, from West Croehail to Aiges, was over flowed, and a considerable quantity of hay on the banks of the river carried away : the crops have also been injured. The eastern bridge of Dochfour has been swept away, and the new bridge to the west would also have been destroyed had not the water taken a different course in consequence of the channel being blocked up with stones. The neighbouring burying ground was with difficulty preserved. The appearance of the torrent was strikingly fearful and impressive. Instead of a clear sparkling mountain burn, an immense vo lume of water descended from the beetling cliffs, hurling along portions of the soil, trees, and huge stones that thundered like avalanches as they fell from the crags. So high and suddenly did Loch Ness (notwithstanding its vast extent) rise during the storm, that a salmon net that was on Thursday morning spread on the beach to dry, was on the same day covered with water to the depth of four feet. Another net left on the beach was covered to the depth of six feet with sand and gravel, washed down from the road and hills. A part of the road ner44rumna drochit, has been injured by the bigk falling ; but communication has not been stopped. Fears were at one time entertained for the bridge ; the water having torn up the bank on the north side and injured the water walls; this handsome and substantial structure, however, still remains. The new timber bridges of Pitherald, opposite Milton of Urquhart, and Clunebeg have been carried away. The corn on the farm of Mr. Grant of Balmacaan was under water, and upwards of 500 yards of stone dike built last year at Clunebeg, thrown down. The torrent also carried off a barn and shed in Lewiston, broke the road at Lower Drumbuie, cut away about two acres of land on each side of the burn, and covered se veral fields with sand and gravel. Three of Mr. Mackay's best corn fields at Sheuglie were under water. At Dalshangie, the river Enrick de stroyed a considerable quantity of clover ground, corn, and potatoes : both crop and soil were car , ried off by the stream. The same river broke through Mr. Smith's at Lower Drumbuie, cut through a clover field called Cladoch, and on the opposite side broke into a clover field belonging to Mr. Macdonald, innkeeper at Drumwadrochit. Such was the strength of the torrent, that a plough belonging to Mr. Macdonald, was carried from one side of the field to the other. The river Coilty broke into the Rev. Mr. Smith's wheat, and at one time threatened to tear up the soil in the churchyard of Urquhart. The whole of the low ground on the farm of Easter Kerrowgair was under water—and the same observation will apply to many of the choicest fields in Urquhart and Glenmorriston. At Dores, considerable damage has been done by the burn. The farm of Mr. Sutherland was inundated to a great extent and about fifty bolls of barley, with fodder, have been irrecoverably destroyed. The bridge and road leading to the church were also damaged. In Stratherrick, the river Fairgraig over-run almost the whole arable land of Ruthven, and covered the cor►► with sand and gravel, leaving also in many of the fields wrecks of wooden bridges from the districts above. Owing to the narrowness of the outlet near the bridge of Inverfarigaig, the torrent flowed back and covered the whole of Strath Leadclun to a great extent—destroying the pasture and a considerable proportion of the corn. The mill and kiln at Torness are par tially damaged, and the miller's family were placed in the most imminent danger of being swept away by the flood, the river having sur rounded and completely insulated the house. On the Inverfarigaig road, the IteCiburn bridge of two arches, each 20 feet span, was carried off, and the neighbouring land flooded and injured. From Aberdeen to Inverness, the devastation has been extensive. A correspondent informs us that the river Dee rose to within three feet of the late flood. The crops all along the road have been lodged, and the road in several places cut up. The mail on arriving at Fochabers on Friday afternoon about four o'clock, was stopped, as were also the Duke of Gordon and Star coaches, by the height and rapidity of the Spey. At five o'clock next morning, the torrent had so / much abated that the bags and passengers were put across in boats. In the neighbourhood of Forres, the low lands were again under water, and the crops materially injured. From Forres to the Findhorn, a distance of about a mile and a half, there is no approach excepting by an ir regular and circuitous path, the road being com pletely swept away. At Nairn, from daylight till the afternoon, Thursday was precisely such a day of incessant And inveterate rain as the 3(1 and 4th of August, with a tremendous swell and hurricane at sea, though in the latter respect not so violent. As might be expected, the river rose rapidly, and towards the afternoon assumed an alarming ap pearance. About three o'clock, a fine vessel, the Mariner of Sunderland, despite the utmost exertions of her master and crew was borne from her moorings at the pier by the force of the river, which almost instantly snapped two large cables and a hawser. She instantly wheeled round—her stem striking the side of the pier, hich at once broke her rudder, stove in her stern-post, and rendered her nearly a wreck. In the evening," says our correspondent, " I ventured out, and had the mortification to gee the pier itself mouldering away piece-meat—a square yard disappearing every few minutes. About 11 P.M. it was discovered that the bridge, which withstood all the violence of the former flood, had given - way ; but owing to the darkness of the night, it could not be discovered to what extent. The return of day-light showed that about two-thirds of its eastern arch had been swept away, leaving only about four or five feet at the side. .By this isthmus, however, foot passengers are still able. to cross, though not without danger, both the centre pillars being considerably shattered. The stage coaches and other vehicles are obliged to pass by a ford be tween the bridge and the pier, which by the exertions of the Road Trustees, is now rendered tolerably passable. At the pier the work of de struction had been still more complete. Ex cepting the wharf wall, it may be said there is none of it remaining—the little that is left being useless. The Mariner had the flood rushing fair over her bows. She soon began to !wel over on her side, and masts and yards dipping gradually to the torrent—she presented a most helpless and melancholy spectacle ; instead of riding out the storm, the storm had fairly mas tered her. Her moorings again snapped—she fell fairly on her side, hull, masts, rigging and all, and drifted down to the mouth of the har bour a total wreck. Fortunately, no lives were lost. At Firhall the havoc was frightful. A large bank of considerable breadth, and about 15 feet in height was fairly swept away, and with it the end of a large barn, and the side of a thrashing mill, and also some fine thriving plant ations. At the bridge of Nairn, where there could be no deception, I found that the water had risen nearly a foot higher than on any for mer occasion. In the Findhorn, it was not within three feet of the height of the third and fourth, and in the Spey not within five feet; but increase in either of these seemed impossible. lam told that dur ing the first flood the Spey was no less than 16 feet perpendicular above its ordinary level. At Househill, Allanhall, Balloan of Gedes, Rose field, and Culbeg, particularly the two latter, the damage has been most serious, as it has also been at other parts of the estate of Kilravock and at Cantray. The bridge of Hohne is swept away, the bridge of Cawdor a good deal da maged, and the approaches to the bridge of Kil ravock slightly injured. A servant from Cawdor Castle was caught in the stream near Kilravock bridge, and kept in jeopardy from eight P.M. till three A.M., when he was rescued by the efforts of some neighbours from Clepantown, whom his cries brought to the spot. For a considerable part of the time the water was up to his chin.-- The district of the Streens has again had an awful visitation. On the Highland Road the arch beyond Craggie has been swept away ; but a ford has been made, and no interruption has taken place in travelling. _ . _ In Ross-shire the damage is estimated at several thousand pounds. The parliamentary road near Conan has been much cut up, and in one place was rendered impassable for carriages, but is now open. The bridge of Contin made a narrow escape, the breach on the road being close to it. Between the inn of Strethgrave, and the lower end of the lake, above a mile of the road has been entirely destroyed. About Ding wall several fields were overflowed by the Pef fery. The lower part of the farm of Ardival, close to Strathpeffer Spa, and a field of wheat at Castle Leod, were completely covered with water. The Aultgrand and Alness rivers• seve rally broke down embankments made at very considerable expence, and committed much de vastation on the lands of Balcony, Newton, and Teaninich, carrying off soil and spreading over rich corn fields. The Skiach, which iuns through the properties of Sir Hugh Munro, of Fowlis, and Mr. Fraser, of Inchcoulter, for seve ral miles also rose to a great height, but did comparatively little harm. At sea the hurricane must have been felt with awful severity. It has cleared the Frith from Fraserburgh to the Sutors of Cromarty of all vessels. On Friday morning, there were not less than thirty-three sloops, brigs, &c., riding at anchor in the roadstead of the latter port, and eight moored in its harbour. The crew of one of the vessels in coming up through the frith passed several corpses ; and another of them (a sloop) narrowly escaped foundering. She was thrown by a tremendous wave on her beam ends, and her mainsail which filled with water would have prevented her from righting had it not pro videntially split. She had a dismal appearance when passing betwixt the Sutors from the shreds of the torn sail fluttering like signals of distress, for which they were at first mistaken. the W pri e nc a ip r a e requested to l creditorisof Covent - t g e ar t d h e a n t a meetin g theatretoo of took place yesterday, at the house of one of them, who, " taking into consideration the circumstances of the numerous families dependent upon the theatre, and hoping that the pro prietors may shortly terminate those disputes so destruc tive of their interests, resolved to take no steps that shall have the effect_ of obstructing the performances at the theatre during the ensuing season." They further recom mend the other creditors to concur in this resolution, and the shareholders to adopt a similar resolution. Certain " honourable worthies" of the "ho nourable remnant" of a party in this borough, styling themselves " The Blues," have this week been playing very strange pranks. One victim has been marched off to the county gaol ; and as he has declared his intention of appealing to the Insolvent Court, a curious history will be exposed before the Commissioner on a th bou e month. This victim talks a great,deal conscience--a violation ., whith, it appals?, coat the party the enormous sum of I,iOOL ant " more of this anon," and “ Da Capo."--Widockne Mreirif• ovtiholaotfisnnexoft