The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1806-01-24 00:00:00

SHREW SRURY, JAN. 22.
Oirr New Market held on Friday and Satur..lay
last. was but thinly attended, and the supply of Cat-
tle, pigs, &c. rather short, owing to the great swell
of the Severn, which rose so rapidly in the night
of Thursday, and Friday mousing, as to occasion
considerable alarm to the inhabitants living near it.
In the course of that day it increased so much as
to enter the lower apartments of many of the knives
in Frankwell, bottom of l'Slardol, Rowshill, the Ab-
bey Poregate, Culeham, bottom of NVyle, Cop, &c.
whose inhabitants were obliged to take refuge
in their upper rooms, and were furnished with pro-
visions, and other necessaries, by means of boats.
On Saturday, the Mayor set on foot a subscription
for the relief of the poorer classes, who were sufferers
on this occasion, which, we doubt not, will amount
to a sum sufficient, at least, to furnish them with ad-
ditional firing to keep off the bad effels naturally
arising from the combined influence of cold and

wet.

Among other fatal effects of the flood, the folk,w-
ing have come to our knowledge—a young woman,
at Preston Boats, going with her father in a boat to
the assistance of some persons who were endeavour-
ing to save their sheep, in consequence of its getting
between two trees and upsetting, was unfortunately
drowned, but the father was saved by laying hold of,
and climbing one of the trees, till assistance was af-
forded : a valuable draught horse drowned near the
Abbey Mill; and six pigs carried off, belonging ao
a poor mar..
From enq'liry, we learn, that the water was not so
high, by nearly a yard perpendicular, as in the great
flood of February, 1795.

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On Wednesday Week, as we stated in a former
Paper, the brood mares, colts, allies, hunters, hacks,
&c. lite the property of Sir Rowland Winn, Bart.
deceased, were *old by außion, at Nostell, near
IVakefield, by Mr. R. Boulton. The sale was at-
tended by most of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of
the Turf. Among the company were
The Earl of Darlington; L.rils Hawke sod Pollington ; Sir
Marl Masterinati Sykes, Sir Edward Smith, Sir T. Pilkington,
Sir Francis Boynton, and Sit F. Wood. Burls ; Hon. Martial
Hawke, lion. a. L. t aviUe ; Colonel Statues, Colonel Cook,
Colonel Childers; Rev T. C. Read ; Mr. Wentworth, Mr.
C. Wilson, Mr. ti,wett, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Attn)t.ige, Mr.
Clough, Mr. Hawkswenth, Mr. W. Lee, Mr. Thelluson, Mr.
Upplehv, Mr. Onibler, Mr. Towers, Mr. Williamson, Mr.
Buck, Mr. Allott, &c.
The business was condunled with such regularity,
not a single mistake was made during the whole oP
the three days sale.
The following are the prices at which the horses,
&c. sold, with the purchasers :
tit 1. tr. 4'

1. A chesnut ernpt mare, by Moreick 9 13 6
2. A chesnut mare . . : 7 7 6
S. A brown gelding . . 14 14 0
4. A mule . . . . • 0 b
5. A Shetland poney . . . 5 5 0
6. A ditto . . . 7 7 0
7. A bay gelding . . . 10 r. 0
R. A bay noney, $ years old, ;ought by Mr. M..w 26 5 0
9. A bay shouting pulley .5 years old—Mr. C.
Wilson . . . M 11 0
10. A brown cos-li hens . . ♦ 4 0
11 A ditto . . . It U 6
14. A han‘llinme new ►uilt carriage, town nnnle,
very little used, with liaritess.f.w two horses 147 10 0
13. One ditto, town wade, by Hatchet . .11 10 0