The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-08-02 00:00:00

EloLb T STlARffic.

An Wednesday last, shout eleven o'clock, a. m., this lowa
sad the neighboarhouil were visited by a Amid. r shirts, at-
eirempsnied by,remarkably heavy rain, which costumed With
■ violence and for • length attire unequalled here for unsay
teen). The rivers end barns in the adjaerat desttieto here
elsosequeare Sure than obesity flooded. In she lower
part of the town emsviiirrable Junior!. has Ines sustained.
Ia the Side some gripe. ra and other shopkeepers hard their
cellars completel, iuusilated, sod of mars. aosdl of •
perishable nature so 'fired severely. At the Stock (Irides
several house* were almo=l tilled with water; indeed, the
flood was so great that *um* buys actually pot off their
clothes sod hotbed is the puddle. Is Sandie!. the rooilutte
were forced opts, sad lbe street en much dooded that pas.
scogieut were obliged to employ some young keelmeas to
usury them through at • pool a piece. Iw the higher part
of the sown, also, csrusedevable damage was sostaiwed.
Miss Sioiy, who keeps a shop at the Barrios Bridge, bad
her kitchen and cellar so completely isseedstra, that the
water was within a trifle of the ceiling, mad we ore sorry to
add several cheeses aus•l pieces of soap were to be sees float.
iwg about, which o► cowrie, were math injured, beside*
other more perishable goods which were utterly destroyed. is
Westgate•v.eet, the violence of the flood was so great disk
■ child was carried down by it a coasederahle diatomite, and '
extricated with some ittfo. idly. On the Sandhill, we are '
sure.' that some window shutters which had been placed near
a shup.door nere hurried away by the impetuosity of the
stream, bus she shopkeeper, who was too much iniereeted to
be a calm admirer of such *4 mowing accidents" rustled ►is
property, and in attempting a rescue was himself carried
come distaste. by the current, sailing on his shut.
ten: A large wall steer Sa■dyford, and part of Mr.
Harrison's wall at the Leases were thrown duon ; sod
a cow and an ox, the property or Mr. J. Sharpe of Pigs-
wood, nese Morpeth, were struck dead ►y the lightning.
Ois Saturday, shout soon, there was soother heavy rale, in
0003 C parts even more violent than tbst of Wednesday. The
fields in the neighbourhood were intersected with little rivers,
boast times, indeed, so full as to cause passengers to lake off
their shoes and stockings to get through them. Women
passing with their market baskets were obliged to stay, like
the countrymen in the fable, till the stresses Call past, and,
'swots as the eransbuse returned, little boye weseseen hathipg
them'. Ives in the lakes that stood in t►e hollows of the low
grounds sear the tows. This rain was accompanied with
thunder like the former. We observe, that heavy t►under
storms have visited this part of the kingdom in all directions.
—(Newcaelle Paper.)
On the evening of the 184 alt. the ishabi fonts of Barak',
in Lancashire, were etc...4318,1y alarmed by a violent
wind,wlttch suroofed 'freest bottler, throwing down s num.
bee of chimneys, and dohs' other damage.. By the increased
velocity of the powerful element, a man was forced Com off
the canal bank into a timberyard,• fall of shoat sixty feet,
but happily without rcceivieg any injury. In its resistless,
progress it tore up by the roots tweaty•oue oak and ash trees
iu Townley Park, and did other coaaiderahle injury in the
town and neighbourhood, to which its ravages appear to have
been chiefly confined. Much confusion was occasioned by
an alarm of file, which (reiterated iu the smoke that arose
from the unroofed building.. The ire.esgiucs were brought
out, and dragged to various places, hint fortunately their as-
sistance was not necessary. The storm was accompanied
by thunder and lightning, and the rats fell is tomato.

INTERESTING PHENOMENON.

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[From *be PlreoeslA Animal)

About two year. ago, Its the quarries at °restos, near this
town, i■ s large covers, 70 feet beneath the upper stratum,
and more than 150 feet within the lime-stout rock, were
found the bones, teeth, and tusks of note r►inoceroses.
Every side of the rave was solid ►oek, the iuside bad so in-
crustation of stalactite, nor was there any extents! COllllllllll-
- through the rock in which these remains were im-
bedded, nor any appearance of an opening from above being
enclosed by infiltration; seamy of clay, however, are inter-
spersed through the rock. Abort a furialekt shoe a similar
discovery was made in another cavern near the same spot,
consisting of the bones soil tusks of the boar, the teeth aid
bones of the wolf, the burns and bones belonging to some
larger annuals, must probably the rhinoceros . the qusutity
found would at least MI two carts. The cavern is large, sad
about 40 feet benrath the surface. The teeth and tusks are
in good preservation, but the bones see is a state of its cay.
At the time of the (Maier discovery • gentleman in our neigh.
hourbood was preparing a new theory of the earth, sisce
published. The author 1131 noliesd the phenomenon in his
sock ; and in our opinion rationally accounts for the circum-
stance. Many persons, however, attribute obese effects to
ll.e operation of the flood itt the days of Noah. The author
alluded to states, that it was impossihle for the deluge to
have placed animal boner, with marine vegetables and shells,
in almost every port of the earth within our bills and mere.
lain., and that as deep as the art of man ram penetrate ; is
some bleepers considerably more than one thoussad feet,
where marine substances are fouud in masers of solid stone.
We make an extract fitan this interesting week on the quar-
ries at Oreetun

Page 116 —" The reader will usdeestand, that the quarrim
at °Felton are formed out of the side of a hill, about 100 feet
In height, and whirl, before they were worked, sloped to•
ward. au arm of the sea, tailed Catwater. la the aurae of
working, the slope has bens removed, sod the quarries sow
present to the eye as almost perpendicular form. It was is
the cliff, about 70 feet beneath the upper strstuni,that t►e or.
vent was found, coutainiug the remain of there rhinoceroses.
Now, it is sot reasonable to morrow, t►at the animals had
bees p 1 teed is ibis intestine by as earthquake, beelines it is
scarcely probable 'bat three at the same time were at owe
sad the same place; and they would, in each ear, more
probably have been discovered amidst frageseoesof reek Ir-
regularly throws one over the other, whereis their menu
were ken' together is a cave, nearly es well propenlowed as
thigh formed ►y art ; sad it appears that so other Emitter
covered the boors but deposited clay; sad, astwithetandisg,
we have no *itemisation of such bags animals ever inhabetiog
tier eoontry, yet, in pest ages, when Esgised was almost
ewe extensive ferret, it was salted fur the ameiemodatitio ant
tiny d llieelephant sad rhinoceros, hot eloper the manineet It.
As human being. eashiplied, live larger animas breaste the
test objects of attar*; and history gives an 'molest of hon.
lag the wild boar sod the wolf—these baying so retreat but
to the sea, ►ave been extirpated. We say, therefore, fairly
esselade, as the remain, of elephaniesad other large saimals
are e•eeasionally found, the mew has happesed to t►em ;
that their remiss become indisputable evidence of their mice
having been iebabitasits of our'dsad. But the weenies is,
►y *hit mesas came they 110 the present state ? The rock was
solid on every side, 70 feet beneath the surface, and still
more distant (os (be outer side or face of the quarry.
I reply, there were several &serge, or seams, ailed with
clay, 0116 of *hint led directly to the cavern; that the animals
mitered at the lower part of the ►ill from the sea-shore, at a
lime intro it was sufficiently wide, and through which they
retired ass rat through a bole to his nest to die. The action
of t►e south wind sad frost, during the lore of age% frit-
tered sway the upper part of the stratus; IlliCtellalVe rains
canted dews pastiche which lodged M the rough sidle of the
assure, where they attachied and cohered; every year, there-
fore, t►e aperture woe lemming, and two or three honked
years would necessarily eases it to be moth cootratted, until
at length deposited clay dosed the opening; by these mama
snare eamiabed the &ramie within the rock."

A boy, six yearo aid, whore parents reside is
thainAwrwee, Thad,* ssiortuaately drank
some Sy-wrier in silk, foe *west wise, op Saturday
laatosid /NO after capered.

. 011ANPRISX.
W• were surprised to hear that suet offolgers, gelling rheas.
selves " The Whilelmven Orsogr Club,`! had the audacity to
dine together me Friday, the 12th July, its commemoration of
King Wiili.ns s *tory at Ilse battle of the Boyne. We •ro
wary that the tgastiatretes permitted such • procerdlog la
tich• ;dem tie it is is direst- violation of the Kuse's admoni-
tory letter written in the ocession of Lis illsjests's ~sit to
lrelaud ) bit we Moscow), hope, shoold these wretched dr-
Mallug•ea esvr spin attempt Ir. gel up their sissnelem farce,.
that they seal he Niel with • spit it hocoootoe those who
to aim Ibe hug. "Miles obeyed. We are glad tu (taro thsi
the tad of Losoadale his expressed, in Ills strongest terms.
his must decided, disapprotistion of the wretched attempt to
eatAblosh an Orange Club iu this tows. Had tins &Hemet
sneered, d, it would have been peosluctiet of /lidless quar-
rels' aa, we noderataaels one halt of his Lordship's colliers
are Cu hulls. These Orange fellows it seems, had actually
got a seal • ograved for the use of their lodge ! It is With
tine for the Meatatrates to tell thens, in a voice of that:dor,
that sock promedimm are io direct emitraipt of his Majesty',
commards.—(Wkilekstera Gauen.)