The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1815-10-03 00:00:00

FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.

DUMFRIES. SEPT. S.
On the night of 11rstirlite last it hiss Lots coin-
mewed, which cmstiensed until Tio-olay evening,
whereby all the nvers betwerus Porturstriek :nut
Auluaut were touch swolts. Oti the Fleet wilier a
great ismostity of Oili% and hay were snorted down.
o,s the Ken water, the old bridge of Kett iswashed
; at Dalry,one arch of the bridge there is gone;
the new bridge near New Galloway i 3 ruined, and
great loss smtained of grain awl hwy. Part of the
embankment on Urr water is damaged, and
titles of hay and corn swept assay by tue resistless
flood. The Cairn and Nith were larger than ever
remembered since 1776—many of the embank-
ments «ere very much damaged, and the lass sus-
tained in grain is immense ; our futtuncr bust ten
m•res Of oats by the bunging of fin yards of the
back which defended the bolos ; nod it is supposed
that OM this piece of ground not less tliuti 35 acres of
produce were carried down the current. S,•l end
cart loads of stooks were got out h, to, Jo. of
grapples and long wiles, on the -de.
of the Nith and iti other places, but what
ed is comparatively nothing to what will nests- be
recovered.

MOFFAT, SEPT. IS.

This place and its vicinity have experienced the
ravages of the flood. The bridge over the river
Animal, about two miles from this place, was carried
away on Tuesday last. The mail coach was stop-
p d a considerable time. Another bridge near
Miiffut, on the Glasgow awl Dumfries road, would
likewise have become a heap of ruins, hail it nit
been timeously propped op by posts. At Brood-
about I,st►U stooks, the property of Mr=. 1-14.1-
11.1 av, of that place, were carried off; as also 600
stooks belonging to Mr. Dixon, of Annan Bank.

SANQUIIAII, srPT. 9.7.
Owing tp very heavy rains the Nith and the other
firers were remarkably swelled on Monday and
Tuesday last, and great damage sustained. It is Ml-
podsible to give all the details of the mischief; but the
following forte a part :—The dam-head, that con-
veys the water to turn the machine for keeping. dry
Mr. Barker'. coal-works, had been totally carried
away-out a ve.tige remains. The dam-head, for
driving the wheel of the forge at Crawick.bridge, is
altogether carried off; port of the dam-head for the
corn-mills has also been swept away ; as also, the
whole of the dam-head shove the Holm Douse,
erected fur the purpose of driving the carding, dye-
log., and other machinery ; likewise a great quantity
l.av, belonging to Mr. ilatchinson, at Killieside.
..r.••••iormaw lAA vidahvity have ftuffered 5i
verely by having their boy, corn, and crops of all
torts, carried away; and Mr. Dick lost above 100/.
worth of lime, which was lying in heaps upon his
land—uot a handful of it remains. Part of the
wooden bridge over the Nith, at Sanyaliar, was
Jest rayed.
'rile following shocking occult:tit occurred on
Wednesday, the 27th instant, at Mr. Napier's
Intindery at Catnlachie :—A young lad, 15 years
old, getting entangled in the machinery in the
engine-house, was thrown under the crank. Al-
though not a moment was lost in stopping the en-
vie, his body was completely, cut into two pit'erk ;
4oile of his arias was torn from the shoulder, and at
another place his thighs and legs sere found shat-
'tered and mangled beyond all description ; even
the very bones, stripped of the flesh, were almost
pulverized. The different parts of the body were
speedily and carefully collected and put into a
slier', mid afterwards into a and in the eet..ll-
- ron.veit to his father's house: in the Calton.
Cr:as:tow, where his disconsolate mother received
the corpse.

An itoryeeted chanize ha• taken ptice in Ply
-
mouth :Arwood :—Mr. ROBERTS. lita..ter shipwrit:;lit
td that yard, Is to be removed to Pallet-y. 14 ‘V.11..,
and Mr. F.A K I.:, ht assistant, to Sheerness; 111.
l'lttlft‘fltt.L. master shipwright at Pither, is to
(veil the former, acid '4r. U.►uD, front Sherriii...,
the latter.

We hear that the investigation twine!, has j.c.t
tiketi place into the afturs of .Messrs. Lust i.ssr,
WILKINSON, and SNoWDEN, of Stockton-upon-
Tees, is very dim:owning; 111111 th:it tile dividend..
are not expected to be rows! even to those of the
Darlington Bank.--( York Herald.)

0.; Sunday senniglit a person wn. srt down from
a hired gig, at Mr. flu-Tures. Saracen's Heuil hitt,
Paisley : and though apparently in ill health, he
Was so well n, io :milli! i 'elf in the afternoon he
walking throu4ll the street.. When hr went to lied
iu 11w-eve...or, • hp nand Ile iotr nd. d :4111114 tt)
yow nest day by the mud. (hi Mitioloy
the waiter, thinking he lay too long, wrist into the
room and found him speechless. Nledical aid %iris
procured, but he died three hours thereafter. From
a furlough found in his possession, it appeals his
itatne is WILLIAM WATT, corporal it. the 9th bat-
talion royal artillery—that he came from Athlone,
Iroland, was a native of Aberdeen, and had been
by trade a mill-wright. He was decently interred
on Wednesday iti Mr. Harroa'r family burial-
place.

Earl}• nn IVe<lnesday morning WO, the shop of
Mr..l. 11. LEACH, printer and bookseller, and the
adjo 11l ill g shop, belomting to Mrs. SNowDEN, gro-
cer, Leeds, were broken ►nto and rinsaeketl.
thw following night, the dry house of Messrs. JOHN
Wad DAVID YOUNG, of that place, merchants, With
OM) entered at the window, and the tenter* deliber-
sicly stripped d live pieces of twlissr-cluth and
kerseymere, with which the robbers got clear oil.
Aisl. uo Thur.day night, a mercer's shop in Lowrr-
I►rul-row, and a dwelling-house Lear Hewitt-lane
were attempted.