The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1815-10-10 00:00:00

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It is truly rssiorsil• to reettell-trachtvartiontaf: as
here tearited us, of the rtivto•ei. committed last
To•44l:ty, be•the overfloltitig. of tire 'rivers of the
,fottnits of Stittland. After lusivy soil almost ia-
res'Ait melees, chiefly its the mountelsouts districtet
the %steers rimiest in toreros to the plains, tlitring
OH the night of 1t11911416.1*. *Una next morning st
of the fanners, *lto' had cons in sheaf upon the
holm lands, Isegali to l'eature It if, the rising gtoutids
io the iteighboisrlattal. ..Ili this anemia several
ttleccetled, loft noinv'otheis, from the rapidity
which the deluge gained *sport them, found their
exertimis itteflirctuel. Nome; in• Wed, after, hoeing,
iss they fondly trusted, verities, their crop, by lodg-
-I:,g it :,heave I lie highest. Istew•ti-flttorl murk, andit-
tired to partake of a well-earmal refreshment, were
airsick with dismays en their eiturii, to lied that
their crop wits again afloat, and that their tail mug
bevits artery. t
• Coneurritez testimonies from the bpper'district
Of Nithadale, and from the banks of the Cairo,
assure UP, thilt no flood, since the year 1776, 'Nur,
Sit those quarters, been nearly so high as that which
fire am now reewrdttsg. At Itumfries it did hot
alien' its greatest lo•ight till six or seven o'clock in
the eve • g, and did not begin to suloside before
midnight, the water standing all the while in many
of the fallow+ to a very considerable depth,. mid
'hang ~,ri•at 1161117: in the sunk cellars. It is re-
mark tbie, that although on the left batik of the
river it wood considerably higher than at the flood
of November, Ist 11. yet; on the Maxwell town
Bak,. it Was not so deep. This must Ire owing to
some change in the current. It must be remarked,
that if, 110 0C4.1.1611 of the imitithition above alluded
to, the water row higher below the town than it
slid last week, this was caused by the check it then
record in tie progress from a high opposing tide.
The damage sustained no the Nith is incaleo-
Table. In the neighbourhood of Satiquhar, lout
of the wooden Itridge over the river is destroyed :
the dam head, winch conveyed the water to turn
the machine for dr • • g Mr. Barker's coal-works,
leas been 140 completely carried away, that not a
vestige rrnotitts; the dam head fur driving the
'wheel of the forge at Crnwick Bridge, is also swept
totally ;ratty, as well as that constructed altove the
for the use of the carding machinery;
the darn head fig tie t is so touch !waken,
us to Ise reudered useless without very considerable
repsirs.
At Killiesicle, a great quantity of hay was flo"it-
el off, the property of Mr. Mitchinson. Mr.
Dick has lost about 100/. worth of lone. which
It as lyiog in helms on his hind. The ensbanktitetsts
olong the whole course of the river have been, with
very few exceptions, mote or less damaged, so that
would be easier to specify there which have
escaped titan Haw which have received iojtiry.
digaster was, in trenesid, occasioned by the
'Pressure of the water from behind, alter the river
Lad began to subside, the einbatikments having
*food firm till they were c pletelv overflowed by
the dehs,e. This at least wits the cause of the
otwful desolations on the estate of Carosalloch, and
sairticulurly on the farm of Mr. Stein, and on the
Corms possessed by Mr. Blount of Dalscone, and
111 r. Broatch of Bonixlield. By the sudden burst,
thoittoinde of storks were carried off scut one fell
'swoop."
• Ist malty places, hay-ricks might be seen inajet-
titially floating down the current in the mess ; mod
asittt 'hobo rear Dalswintois, a summer rick, which
led sailed from a distant meadow, was arrested in
its progress, and left its its original shape. The
care on of a row:, and that of a pig or .sheep, were
observed to pass under the bridges at Dumfries.
11)1e luantity or floating sheaves pinch ineettsendly
chased one another down the current, was incalcu-
lable. Many of these were seized and secured be
',tempos who watched for them sit favounittle points
an the banks. On one of these sheaves, caught
war ICirkeounell, it is said that it live bare was
posted, like a ship-wrecked tietritter on u plank,
mid, nestled Muter the body of poor puma lay a
field- .4.!

Doting the height of the flood, the farm-stead
inr Netlu•rlinln► wits cointiletirly surrounded, and ex-
hibited the picturesque spotaratice of u little island
crowned with houses and stacks of corn. We are
informed that four hares, cloven from their coverts,
look refuge from the devouring element in the
stack-yard of this farm, where duty met with a
more creel fate from their natural enemies—the
doge.

In the parishes of Clenenirn, Danscore, nn.l
liongrny, much ilawa;.;e %vas dime along the vale
inethe Cairn. Mr. flier;zar, of Ita.whili, was a se-
vere sufferer, aod, iU utterroptatig to save Some of
his floating properly, nurrooly escaped a watery
golve.

The rising of the river Atman was perhaps still
1118`re extraordinary than that of the Nith, and the
ravages it occasioned were proportionally great.
From Johnstone Manse to Mount Anoint, it is be-
lieved there is not is, embarkment entire. The
lifidge dyer the Annamoilmottwo miles below Ma.
fist. has been throws, down, and another bridge near
she same village would have shared the mnie fete,
liail not tinwly precaution been wed. From the
farm of Annals Bank. in Johnstone poriPh, °mu-
hy Mr. On:limbo, so' to the venerable Pastor
of.Alouswaild, tsoo stooks were swept down the
flood. turd at 13roartholtii, opla►its. to liellesniy.,
ill►. flui Way to.t no leiserthan 1,5t►0. It is wiiil that
Consali-iiible utttnber of she.e•p are drowned is,
that ne•ighbourhooel. Its many places the water en-
teed the hotr.es, barns, awl stavi.zyinils, currying
destruction and dismay wherever it apiicared.
The streams tributary to the Atiliati were Nosily
issoflea. At £ bridge, the road front Dinufries
10 •dluff.cf ans long nosier deep ‘sater. Not far
from this piece a flock of sheep, collected ou the
of ass insulated /roomy knoll, excited inch
intert.t. As the deluge iese around them, their
hoipotss looks Mid piteous bleating s tensed ill the
Ithy oT the ►pectators. At length little was
of them above the expanse of Waters but
tinir liricls,• and it is asserted, although we do
too vngch For the rani, that they were only saved
limit yielding to the overwhelming flood, lay moor-
themselves to this twigs of broom with their
tec•tis.

10. Galloway, the desolations of the floods were
eitually awful, as way be ju iged by the fulluwitog

extrnct of la letter rill*, New Galloway, 29tli Sept.

I.The:weath.er It of late been very precarious
in the romantic district of Gloater's. Previous to
the 15th, it had been uncotuinonly mild trod Iselin-
tiro!. very fsvourabla to the cuttiog down of the
crops, which were of the fairest promise. On the
i Iv *Whecriroe ettrefhely thee and sultry ; bright
and spiry*clotols arose in the sky ; autl ie. the eve's-
itig there occurred one of the most tremendous
thunder storms ..ever remembered. The lightning
was fierce and jagged ; balls of lire were seen to
fall fr'nn the clouds; and u hissing sOllll4l was. at
One tune heard, Similar fo the discharge Jo rocket.
The snecessive.perds of thunder were terribly awful,
8„a the ruin fell- :111. torrents. Three calves were
killed, Kiel some e was burnt &was in the le
diate neighbourhood of New Galloway, and two
permns• were stdostied and thrown down Ly the
lightning, .buf. recrivedpi other inj
" Frbm Wit • perisia • the weather continued
showery, until the evening of Mout*, ifith current,
which was ushered in by a moss dreadful tempt-st
of wind and rani, which continues; incessently
the afternoon of Tnesdely. - Every brook was swollen
to is river, torrents were seeu foaming down the fur-
rows of the mountains, and the Ken. bursting over
all the banks and mounds that confined it, •spread
over the whole low gronndS *called the " flolms of
Kenmore," sweeping beliore it corn, roots, trees,
c. with resistless impetuosity. The bridge of
Ken, hear Carsphairo, has suffered math ihjury ;
drat of Allangibbore, near St. ,John's Clatiehati, was
overflowed several feet by the river, and *floe of its
arches pletely swept away ; awl it is with ex-
treme regret that we have to state, that the beauti-
ful new granite bridge, opposite New Galloway,
which was tirade finished, find whicli was so neces-
sary to this part of the 'country, was undermilied,
and entirely carried oil' by the impetuosity of the
curient. Four persons, while dragging corn its tl.is
neighbourhood, were surrounded by the waters,
and, after remaining some time in the utmost peril,
were saved by the wilily exertions of young Mr.
Gordon, from Kenmore Castle, who, with some
others, humanely ventured in u boat to their assist-
ance. Many thousand stooks of corn have been
swept away by this inundation, by which a number
of poor persons have been deprived of their winter's
provision. The water still lies on the level grounds,
covering the stubble and putative fields, which last
are rendered useless ; and presenting a picittresque
and singular appentllllCe of woods growing iii the
inidstof the water. As there is now on host, either for
foot passeugers or horses, nearer than the boat of
floor Ferry, six miles down the river, all col ttttt ta-
nicatiou is stopped here between both sides of the
Ken."

The Fleet also carried off much corn and hay.—
The Urr l,roke down its embankments, winch was
accompanied pith the natural effects of such u dis-
aster. A small stream at Newabbey, inaruiiirJ
into • river, bore away a bridge which had with-
stood the winter torrents for centuries. It it said
that a gentleman of the parish of Southwick
had just passed over, when he heard tie crash, and
on looking round, the bridge had vanished. What
adds nut u little to the singularity of this circum-
stance, is the fact, that this gentleman's brother
experienced a similar escape near Drumlainig,
few years ago.
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IVliut liti% been the widest extent of these tlisaa.
tmin.floode, we have not yet 141.11 able tnascertaitt ;
Litt we learn that the. Tweed, alai,•la has its source
on the borders of Ditinfriesshire, was reloarkably
iwrillva at the Sallie tune With Ore Ore
waters, and that it deeply covered some parts ot• the
road to Edinburgh.

‘Ve state with pleasure that, so far :IS we hare
been nide to learn, no human lives have been lust
by tout deluge.

At Wynnshiy Agricultural Meeting, on the
15th last. Among other Noblenieii mat Gentle-
men present were, the Duke 4.1' ricoroan„ Earl
TALBOT. Lord A NSON. Lord littantrouts. and Sir
JOHN WROTTESLI.Y. It is said that 4,000 per-
sons were present in the field, not less their sever
or eight hundred of whom were on Isorsehack,_
Sir W. W. WYNN has lately erected a machine
on a very extensive and poserful settle. It is turn-
ed by n comparatively small quantity of water, nail
is Pt rved by women. It threshes corn, separates
the husks -from the groin—casts ow the straw—
winnows—and conveys the grain into the upper
stmy of the building !
On Monthly last. as Mr. WM. BAKER, attorney,
of Market Deeping, was taking the diversion of
shooting, with his friend, Mr. Moses StssoN, of
Maxey, the gnu of the latter weitt off' as lie was
raising it to his shoulder, and some of the charge
lodged in the upper part of Mr. Ratan's face, by
which his left eye was forced out of the socket, and
he was otherwise so dreadfully injured, that his life
is despaired of.
Vi re. regret to tennis from R Correspondent, that n
destructive fire broke out in the village of Kerry,
comity of Montgomery, on Saturday se'imight.—
The 'flames were. so nwfully rapid, owing to the
builtlisigs being sill timber mid thatched, and aided
by u strong %%TA wind, that seven poor families, 31
in 11111 l iber, lost nearly all their little property, and
are reduced to the greatest indigence and distress.
Those alio are lingering under painful and obsti-.
nate Diseases must reel a pleasure when they are
informed that Ur. Court...a, rind three stirgemis
of thirty years experience in Strjetures, Fistulas,
Debilities, oral Scrofuhrtis Diseases, have establish-
ed a Medical Board it Chortottt-house, Great Char-
hotte-street, opposite the Rev. Rowland Hill's Cha-
pel, Mack friarK-rcad, by whom the Public are.cured
without salivation or confinement. The Itutitution
cient+ the atteotion of those who. have attempted
the care, or who have ronsillted illiterate tato,
whose improper treatment Irate ruined theisiools.
Eruptions out the head, face, alai Lodi; sore throat,
mouth, Lome; 'noise in thi ears, swelliags in the
neck, dimness of sight ; strictures, pains iu the
head and limbs, frequently niistaken for theinna--
weahiwss in the 'knees, nodes on the shin
bones, swi Led ankles, 4.c. are syrq.ptinni which
aptwar years after, teal often isolotters the ma-
trunintial state. Messtsi. Coors* and Cu, are eon-
stilted daily by all'ranks of people, fium eleven till.
sight prece.ely, nod give educe gratis, Oil Tuesday,
Thursday, and Sunday-moruings, tilt twelve-04ot k.
.t door touuJ the turner; ant private min* for
fittuefut*

~a+nx~ii~hrrrvi~aitibE.ve~i.

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1815.

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Stookey, 7st. 71h. T. Y. C. luit4s.
1) of Grafton's Minuet, 8.1 Ilb roe. 40gs. from Mr.
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