The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-06-24 00:00:00

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proportion.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY, JUNI 23.—His Majesty, with his
usual at ten,:ents, took his daily airing in his phaeton, to the
Castle. Mr. Wyattville was in waiting to attend his Ma-
jesty, who inspected all the works, and then returned to
the Rayal Lodge. Amongst the visitors to-day, to see the
improvements, was the Earl of Chesterfield. One troop
of the First Life Guards arrived at the Cavalry Barracks,
from Nottingham, this morning ; and another troop
marched into Colnhrook, also from Nottingham.
The Duke of York's health continues improving. His
Royal Highness was better yesterday. Numerous inquiries
have been made at his Royal Highness's residence for the
last few days, by the Nobility, Gentry, &c. The Duchess
of Gloucester, thzt Princess Augusta, and the Princess
Sophia. visited the Royal Duke yesterday; the Duke of
Sussex has also visited his Royal Highness.
We have great pleasure in announcing that accounts
have been received from the Gold Coast, which lead to the
belief that Captain Clapperton has reached Sackatoo, the
capital of the Sultan Bello, and that he has thereby com-
pleted one of the chief obj, eta of the expedition, which was
to establish a communication between the country of Sou-
dan and the sea coast to the southward.
FLORENCE, sin N S 6.—Our Gazette contains a letter, in
which it is stated that the new Government at Napoli di Roman-%
has not only readily acceded to the demands of the commanders of a
European naval squadron, immediately to set at liberty great
number of merchantmen detained in that port, but that it has even
had a great many of them convoyed to their de.tination by the two
Captains Saetouris and Sahini.

DARMSTADT, Ju NE 14.-A letter from Sehotten, of the
ath instant, gives the following melancholy account of the ravages
caused by a natutal phenomenon in that neighbourhood. On I e
3d, during an intolerable heat, with a perfect calm, heavy than I r
clouds coming from the South. collected about the summits of tl e
Vogelberg, and, about live in the afternoon, poured down a tre-
mendous deluge, which, rushing from the mountain, carried away
entire fields, an•) poured into the valley in which the village of
Es. Wind, and five others, are situated. At Eschenrod the whole
collected into one stream, which poured its desolating course to the
villaga ; this wan the work of a few minutes ; the whole road which
passes through the village was at once 30 feet under water, which
rose in waves as high as a house, entirely destroyed the causeway,
roo e I up the trees, carried off timber. immense atones and wag-
gons, undermined the foundations of the buildings on the road, and
swept away entire i101111(`‘, with their inhabitants. In this manner
21 persons p,nitshed at Esehenrml. Among them WAS a family of
six members, with a foster-daughter; this family is now extmct.—
Of another family, only the father, whe happened to be in a field
situated in an elevated spot, remains alive. Ms wife, thtee chil-
dren, an 1 two servants, perished in the house; when he returned
he could se-retie, recognize the place where his house hsd stood.—
Twenty-5.% bitildings are entirely destroyed at Eachenrod, and 29
mitre or less damaged. In the street through which the torrent
passed, there are chasms from 20 to 30 feet deep, to that all comma•
n!cation was interrupted.