The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-09-26 00:00:00

DESTRUCT/I IC I:LOirDI,

IFRO,f THE C•R LIILk JtHoll LOP F arun.••T

" Red CAME' the river .I.t• 1010 tot... ft'
" The ail,ry lord of the watt • 1,.4 1041 .'.

We have Ihta •nrek 10 secorel urc ,:n• m,nti dearenetiee
inuldnions which crti ~ ,-urred pan of the reentry.
Owt t; to seethe sdid ii.cess uet ruin ens Sl‘mrlay, Ike rivers
winds tisvorrm t'ArbAir, the Eden, Ike Ca[dew, and th, Per,•
rill, on Tuesday neurrunc, wertluwid their ban's ; and ;,re-
stilted a vial and n. az direid sheet of water,
tad with little islatids and dumps u trees Happy a,,uld we
he, were the grauilenr of thr vrece the only encunteranre
worthy aftermath : n.. nitunately, the pai.:ful duty rental..s
of 0,4,i:1g...the dest.urtiun and estadruphea occasioned by
the anddrn swell

Thong's the Ishii and Petted' were not deficient in mis-
chief, by far the largin, prop*, thin of &alutr was ellrixtrii
by the Ca'dew ; whose inoutitiM hound, litirryiag along a
cannoned declivity, scarcely gave warning of its approach.
Cy licse persons in and near Calikwgate, who SAW the flood
descending in its fury, Collie's was between the hones of fire
nod sot in the inowning,) it is described as resembling some
nut.hty tides rolling (denied with amusing rapidity. In
.14ottga.e,C.aldeirgate, and by the Ihmaitte, the houses
wire inumdated to the depth of three, firm, and twit aim feet
Fornitore of every deseript. w.t carried away; sod a.
biome on the nub gin tiftbe riser, inhabited by too tontines,
was washed dusro--liemeely a initiate after th.y had wile
a precipitate rel. est. Part of their property was 1 :leeward&
rce..vered, it haviiqf hr, u rust warn the shore shoot three
a below. An tudustrinus women, who Seeps a grocer's
slu.p, is &Aid to hare lost goods to the value of tool., the
luss of other isdividnals has heels elan great.
It was lamentable to view the immense quantities u(grnitt
which were driceis dowu by the corrent ; at one time the
river presented the singular appearance (Wan Wisteria, mov-
ing field of corn. A small milt was recovered by means of
drop, bat it is sapprmell Stilt sane bemired thonsands
of she mere have helm entirely lst. Timber, trees, hedge%
gates, Ase. were all tarred away in itne pnouliacsows ruin -
stone sults were levelled, mead the germinal stripped of its soil
A remarkable Maurice of the latter occurred at Selarzliatn
is • field of potatoes, containing about one stir. not .on'y the
rots, !nit every particle Of .4011, wan swept away : so that
what was formerly fertile land, is now a barren lied of gravel.
At the same 'slave, the iroulli it manufactory of lir. Saul, with
the machineiy, In'. ass entirely swept uu .1) ; .Sib. /TIMM
bridge shared the mine fate. The bridge.. at IN, kesdnic,,
11.,ket, Whelps, arid over the river Ellett sear Nlarypurt,
bare been likewise destroyed.

The following accidents, we are sorry instate, has 'e come
to oar knowledge .—At the time the Arches of the last-ruin-
ttoued bridge gave oat, n Iwy erns plilai;tle 411 hors.elsat k ;
tinfoil singlet% perivlred, but the hos re row:if:ell unhurt. The
river Waver keine; greatly swollen, the bootee of 111111111 i 111,114110
Of the name of Mary Culvert, vt field and, near Ilfionlriw,
was eummoded by the water: thr helots. sitnatiou of the
poor creator, exciting the fears of tie- mighhous a, as soon
as it elm practicable, tier rondiUun ors attended to, %Imo
she was dna-sot:red in her bed, a lia*Si corpse--Awl on
Mondnv night, year the saute idare, the 'toler i.f a post-
chaise to on pinks seer is, ,e sou,
road, from the darkness or .6: Mart 234 ti,,: severity of the
'resits, r, stir horses plueyest into the foaming deep, where
they sere drooped, out our ehaive dashed to pietas, shish
fortunately C 41414116: ISO passengers Al sreentously, thus ;h
with exceedingly g.est elstfieitti, the driver re,, coed the
To particularize aft kke di • sus of of the watery
eleueent would he an ,euettessi 'Ask. A g the principal
sufferers in this neigh/loth hood. Is Mr. Solon, of Dalsiner-
ball, oho had wheat washed away, lotto amount, we under-
stand, of Afro,. (Onsid, r Ibis injury has been done at the
print-works f enounei Oates, and in sevend dying premises
on Cie hanks of the Cald.w, by the water overwhelming the
boilers, and de ss t CO4Ollllll, &c. In fact, never was
the Calder tenses...serest to have r.siete to so great a height,
or Its Isar., nee..siorail curb extensive derastation.—We are
hoopy, howev,r, to learn, that a subscript lon Ism been entered
intsr, to relieve these often persons in Cu/deviate, who bees
suffered on the ocessaiou.

The livers Nor and Eak were al.o mat► swollen, and ins.
mane quantitio • of cora uric carried off from the low
xonste 's. Ihe floodi have a' .o been destrureire in otl.er
Warr., n• will br s••crt by the f Amain extracts of lettert,--
We !girl beard that Heehaw bridge had been wakhrsl away,
but ..ur Newca►tle correspondent *satirist on the subject.

PICNIIIITS PI Pt. 10.
The severe and heavy rale which fell in this neighbour-
hood, on Monday last, caused the riser Petcrill to saell to
that degree, that several adjacent fields of corn acre per-
gull) swept away, particularly on part of the ground be-
longing to Mr. Joseph Carruthers, of Pye Ing. lle had a
field of oats, of about five atria, hurried thrown by the cur-
rent: but, by Ilia rally earteuvours, nod the assistance of his
neighbours, ;treat part was sasedfiesin the geseral wreck
that threntriard him, though In his attempt he was carried
several yards 110oro the current. Mr. C. haa oleo had a crop of
a heat laid keel aids the groulid, a hick, it is feared, will be
ready Inst.—Accounts of various other distressie. cases, hi
ditfrrest parts of the country, hiser been reeriied ; cars,
rattle, hoa,s, thaher, Jet. biter twat seea Boating downs tin
riven Cdrn, Carom, and Caldew.

IRA II rTos, 1121.2. 19.
On Tonilisy morning commenced a very hecvy rain, which
rootionsed, without intermix...ma, until this day. la conse-
quence. the rivets Xing and lethimr wee considerahly
swollen, and, orcrthiwing their bank., clelist:ed the low
grommets, and form, &the largest and nowt mieguideent
poner of water aver remembered by the oldest remdeat. A
great quaistity of tura mod sheep hare been carried away ;
sonic thousatida trf giraffes being area Rooting down the
weer, whirls will be very eevcrely felt by the iteighimarnig
farmer*. NEWCASTLE, IMP?. to.
On Monday last we had as irutoenge deal of rain, which
overtlowed every bren,k ; tke Tyue was unusually large for
two doss, during which great quaulitics or corn wit re brought
duvn theatres= ; the lima, in cousernassice, must be very run•
ohlerablc. The coach brining the mail was obliged to ie•
alio at Smoletlarid Bridge, near Tuilhon, till the rain sub-
enertise klieg.' mete fprwartird to Denis:ma ou
hack.

The Itcv. U.. HALL, it is said. will certainly
■uccerd to the Deanery of Christ Church, vacated
by the reaguatiou of 'baiter, Dr. JAEN&

IV.EPAL INretZLICHNC4.

. zwasstotrra. SIFT. 24.

Sailed the Adalle, 74 guum, Capt. Sir It. Kraig,
//hairiest:, of 74, C:aptaiu Broughton, mid Gni-
hawk, 18 guns, Captain loueo, fur the atation utf
Cherbourg.
The Argots, 18 gun., Capt. Stuart, is ordered to
proceed isusuediately to Lisbon, with diapatchem,
which are inipposed to recommend, if necesbary, the
total abaudunineut of I'.ortug:ll.
. . .

Fifty sail of transports areriitting, with great dis-
patch, for the river Fagot.

FALMOUTH, SEPT. 22.

Arrived, yesterday, His Majesty's ship Jetlouse,
19 guns, from a cruise ; the American Ship C'elpi,
Moore, (you Luinkm, bound to 1211111 Z, in ballast.—
This duy, the !rands I:reeling ;mart, 110, with
mails from JainaitA, 93 days' Ftset4e ; tone has ..0
board 11 passengers, and 250,000 dollars.—Stir
brings no news. The Princess Elizabetk packet,
Kidd, with mails front Lisbon, none days' Fao-
sage ; left there the Prince if Irides packet.
The British army were stanmed at Elves and
Ahr.seites. I cannot learn that aloe brings uuy
news (rota
. _

Yesterday, sailed Ills Majesty's ship llnsmlrr• Jr
1111 n, with it fleet d co:t4terb, about ten sail, fur
the Downs ; the Cornwallis (late pack 4), A iit hula, ,
for London; °ad His Aliojest's brig Conflia, Lieu-
tenant Batt, with a Alesmenger and disputchLs lur
Übuoti. but put back again this day.

DuV k sEPT. 44.

A ver►• fine ship came into the roads this day
..ro,ii Iter Ja►riro, and took u► a pildt Ihr the River.
Vie a ,ove ship landed one passenger. .klurg.• brig,
e died the Einersfirs, of Nenc:r•tle, with timber
and st.►v.., for Lou,lnn, has been recaptured, slid
sent in here by one 9f the Tito crew,
except sine flats and a bay, were taken away in the
privateer. the Captairi bad his wife ou hoard, who
also ueoame a pri-amer. The fir g had received
some slight damage in the late severe weather.
The brig Ana gad Jam, Mowry, belonging to'
Dover, front 'silence she sailed a few days back,
we are hilikrtneti ma gpne lido the Humber dis-
masted.

Nethersole, mats of the Good intent boy,
of Dover, Allen, master, was washed off from the
bowsprit, and drowned, on their passage from
London.

Seldom a day inn passed lately, that less than
t 4,ee or four have been buried of the troops in
the hospital here, who were lauded from Flushing.
The drum, at this moment, announces some more
going to the ground.

DEAL, SZPT. 41.

Yesterday the hired armed ship Handler arrived
with convoy from the westward, several of which
have sailed for the river.

About ten or twelve transports, with water, pro-
visions, Ice. on board, are expected to wail fur
Flushing this evening or to-morrow morning.
The American schooner Pegasus, prize to His
Majesty's ship Iris, suited for Rumeote thir dsy:

COVE OF coax. it. P r.

The brig Integrity. front Quebec, out live auks,
has arrircti in this harbour. On the Ist orSepteni-
ber. in lot. 47..27 long. 42. welt, picked np from
the wreck or the brty< Susannah, from Quebec to
Londou, Captain Mussop, and three mea. Out thf
sth spoke the Argo, with the loss of the foremast.
The schooner freedom, from Masswellutietts, has
alko arrived at Cove; spoke nit the gth inst. the
In ig I las Ilupe, of Fa'mouth, from Livei !much, hound
to Newfoundland, in kit. .34. 10. tons;. 14. IV• with
the los% of both insets, sod is very great distrea4;
:and aitive tile 12th lust. saw a ttttt ober of 'oasts,
yards, &e. belonging to the ships supposed to be
loot.

The GazetteoN4 urcia iii•Afit contains an Ortler in
ielowirl4. for the space of nc months. from
the 25th not. the importation, 111 any Inreign ship or
vessel, of any hides, pieces of hides, dressed i.r un-
dreamt', cAlf-skilis, or pieces of calf-skins, dressed
or undressed, horns, or pieces of horns, tallow, nod
wool, (except cotton wool,) and goat-skins. dressed
or midi...mill, on payment of the same duties a*
are povable on the like goods when imported in
auc lltritkli or Irish-built ship or vessel.