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The levity itiol imeesermi'nek that MI in lartents, daring
'the whole of PM*" elgAl, onotwllworled the entire of llkimono
Waahway, the Cesweworr, soul lower pants of Keening's.% '
ea that lin Satoorise It had tome the appearance al a large
lake; mod the Saud was so extremely rapid, as far as Kre.
oilagtom.road, as to sweep awl, every thing that ias feu repted
ill progress, mods as peeling. fewer, &c dratriiying the gar.
dean, sad 'Milne up the eellarn as lower part of the horses,
drug/844w their poultry, rabbits Ite. mad other serimm injury.
Time creek, Wong the rued side tuna Deimos Cansimay, down
to the White 5,11141 at the Walkway, appeared like a moot
rapid river. and the road was remloved &norms, to Pas.
orogen of every dericription, whence it is feareii that many
accidents mast have loapprooml. About aix tears ego, a
Weider Hood occurred in %he savor place, wises a roach
was carried away by At toed, aid flashed to pieces,
and one of the horses was drowsed. The two Mr. Wells,
proprietors of the Brighten stage, fortroately. escaped
out of the wisdom., haul received sleety braves; the
cvsehissa escaped unhurt, Oa making further inquiry
yesterday, we learee.l the following melancholy rase:
Mr. Tickler, bwtb,rd of the White Horst, Brixtuts.Cause.
way, being vat ow Mosinee. on Friday eveming, and was nut
expected home till abort eleven, bet loin nut consist Unite
all night, mor in the monsisji, was attributed to the very
heavy man, and it was feared that some melancholy ac.
rudest had happened to him, sad thorium the dry a most
Mateo' search was made after him, bat in no porpoie..—
At six o'clock yesterday asornieg, • gentleman found the
body of a mato drowaed, clone to the Sluice-gate at the
Water works, al Keismagtna Oval; the holy had many
severe bruises au daimon parte, supposed from bring
dashed seem in the suclal runmot. There hang ho cause
to suppose that ha was robbed mud thrown iota the water,,
from the eireworaitencr of hi Yogis( hos watch in hie 4,11,
and dank noire sad silver in his potions The body was
placed on a shelter. and carried lar the Cl hoe Arms, in
Claylowstreet, where, in a short taw, it was recemilsed by
his air, who was in aearch of hies, to he the body of the al-
leged Mr. nobler, who, it I. supposed, fell into the meek,
em his way home, on Friday night, sad was drowned.
The body lige fors Coroner's imporat.
&Ire Pood mid ICieeslamil Green are also ander water. At
Hatchery the died has not been booms sea high fur maw,
years, many of the cellars and kitchens are nearly tlkd :
the water had so completely ovellowed the read in several
places at Tottenham' that carts were employed, at Id. per
Ilesd. in carry people over ; and the coaches in passing
through it merely escaped the water pourlog is at their dolor,.
At F.dminsiou too, it was truly alarming, and the rapidity
sad force of tie current was so great as to carry am immense
piece of stoat from the bridge at that place to a amositlerahle
distance. At Waltham Abbey the roads were impassable ;
the Gelds in the neighbourhood also completely deluged ;
mod a man on horseback, attisomptiog to make his way
through thellood, moped with the greatest 'halvah,. las a
small 'orchard, at Waltham Abbey, situate lo a descent, the
Ines vi re early tee feet nadir water.
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CATHOLIC AFFAIRS.

INTERESTING LETTER FROM LORD

There was a very full Meeting of the Catholic
Board at D'Arcy's. The following letter was
read by Mr. Secretary Hay :
Kaaeldotty, April 17,1818.
Dean Nair—llnving beer from Were nearly the whole of
tie day on oneinary halms% sod helium reseed only to
a late diners, 1 bars little time to reply as 1 cone wriab to
your letter tielbtls Weeny which arrived here dna more-
eg, as thremansoch far Dublin poste th. goo at ten at
might. Year letisehavinp. • that •

lamoier, armload ma, .
is to he held as Wetiamity
treat, fur the Teepee, d tweelihrieg the propiesyof peii-
lhatiog Pselhimeat, I @WM dank syssWtaiwimisSiy of my
asaidaseo an their part, if I lost a asomeat la deprecating
la the *owe* possible mnoser, she atiopeiwa of soak
measure at the present moment—mpinst which there are
many obvious eireneastaures of discouragement, sod to
which mime there is, io asp Wad, so we principle or argu-
ment le MOM

111114111 M 1811100011110 S. IMPS so soon she state of M-
umble dostiteitiois. is which poor question was left last year
in the House of Commons, elm the spirit of the inveterate
astoguist of your rights, the Isis Learsed Doctor of Civil
Law (Duigessa) seemed to have revived spilt; sod a coin.
bitted attach ems made. with euesideroble foree and seri-
ensey, against she whets Cathodic body and their religion ;
and where thou was so reletation of these calumnies heard
ha reply; but *evocation of the people of Irelsod,
sat in arch west almost us every Rimer occasion, was sur-
ly kicked out atlas Hems.
After such a dsfast, surely the Ostholice ought mot to pro-
ceed to batik scout without the best conesmod previous
prepuellse, &admit:bout having bun well apprised, throligto
the moss of much private eummusiestios, what sort of
support they were to look to from those whom they were in
the habit of couldering as their Parlisteentary friendo. If
such a conimeolcatios has hem hod, and the result has been
seoseragimi, thee, Waved, the question might be unedited
sguls to its foie Is Potbound. If not, I should cousidew
the attempt, sed still more so at this aduoced period of the
Smoion, as little better thou absolute impunity.
With respect to the other Home, you certainly have no
moss to complain of any dereliction there. But see burp that
House is situated as to the ottesdaoco of some of its most
promineat Members, sod of poor most distioguisbod sup.
porters. Neither Lord Grey, Lord Grenville, nor Lord
Wellesley have bees in Meadows during the present firs-
sloe. World you wish to commit your cause to argument,
deprived of such support as their taints and euergies
would MAIM?
These are the reasonings against prouediag during the
present Seniors —Where is there one solitary argument
us the side of the question
But nil thee is came. sad I must conelnde.
Yours, Dear Hay, most truly,
DONOUGH MORL
To Edward Hay, Req.

This communication pee rise to a very animated
debate. Meese. blabs% O'Gorman. M.Donitell.
and Major M•Deentett, were for petitioning during
the present Session ; Messrs. O'Connell, Howley,
and several others, declared themselves disposed to
an opposite course of proceeding. Mr. O'Gorinan
at leugth submitted the following Resolution .
nut so Aureole Hestia, of the Catholles of :reload
be tonvesed in Dublin, on the 9th day of May next, for the
pawpaw of consideria;of the propriety of presenting a Pe.
tins q Parliannut, es Wolf of the Catholics of Irelaud.
This was negatived onlAisisjou.
Thanks were afterwards voted, in the following
terms, to Lord Donoughmore :
Resolved—That the used grateful Thanks of this Meeting
be tramming/ to our bon, mast assigus, most Namely, sad
ancient advettare, the Ilkei of Dasboulitmaore. fur the cons.
euntnicatioo of his agstiments ire the presser state of our
Cause.

This Resohotiets pawed with acclimation*.

A very violent storm of thunder. lightning. sad
rain. visited the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury on
Wednesday. The tunspike roads leading to Pitch-
ford, Stretton, &c. were in many parts deluged, so
as to have the appearance of rivers. A gentlemen re-
turning from Pitchford. states, that the road. iu some
places, contained water three feet deep, °motioned.
it is supposed, by what is called the bursting of a
cloud —perhaps alum% the Stretton Hills. A ball
of 5
e slanted a teem at liorvra at plough at Preston,
swan Uffingtou ; cud the Mall, in endeavouring to
control tl►eul. was thrown down; the plough drag..
get! flier him, and he was killed uu the spots

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All-Moriement of.* Wort dirgrecrfol maitre boo
thketa.phyr within throe . Thr is the
*slit of o dignitary .( the church*. end ollird in
sholdr rod iliettogisioloil f. 15.... :4lw is hhotholuii-
rel Iwo hwnr mud a tamely 41 wee,, ‘.llslthen, and
Is goo.e .Ir with it 'youth, a young itiihleasao, only
about 17 Or 18 year. of age, trio 1111 l , „hr
snug hove ',educed. It wee that the
young uulgetuah *se almost to pay hi. knlAre.ses
one of her gouglltOrt. We hove not learot tint the
place toll life 'retreat hes bees. aocrrialited—(o6.-
serccr.)

CELtIMLATIO X OF
MR. C'UYA•S Bi ii77l-Del V.

The uunirerstry of the birth-they of that 'distils-
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guinlied patriot and flieod to ovneulture. M.l*
Coke, 'oaf celebrated at the Swan Inn, Haritaiton.
on IVeditesday lust, by a very nuonelious soil
respectable company of the blends of that Gentle-
man in the eastern part of the c v . several
Gentlemen from Norwich, Yarmouth, Doss, and
Bungay, gladly availing theinselves or the oppor-
tunity thus afforded thesis of evincing their att..clo-
went to Mr. Coke and his prin. iples.
The great room at the Swim was eery tlegnotly
decorated with evergreens, mid the portrait of 11r.
Cotr, encircled with laurels, was placed at the
•upper eud of the room. A insist sumptuous diontr,
compeiaing every delicacy of the isatiroo, aids an
abundant .supply of that truly oat. I viand—the
Rnast Healey flld knzland, was ;plowed upon the
tableott four o'clock, of Woe') about do persons sat
down to partake.
RICHARD GURNEY, Esq. was called to the
Chair, iso which he was supported by Lord Viscount
BURY and EDWARD HUseliY, Esq.
The Fressingfield Band of diletanti performers
kindly lent their ussistince, and greatly added to
tar harmony if not the conviviality of the day.
Upon the tables being cleared, the President
gave—
. The Kill sad Constitution."
" The Priare Regent, and may he never forfeit his decla-
ration, that • the Cron* wu IreW its trust for benefit of
the people."
" The Queen sad Royal Family."
All of which were drunk with appropriate cheering,.
The Worthy President these rime, and briefly
noticed the object for which so numerous and re-
spectable a antimony had that day 'inet—to cele-
brate the natal day of that beloved and r ed cha-
racter, Mr. Coke, and expatiated upon the sown-
berless benefits he had done to the country at large,
and move particularly to that county of which lie
was so faithful a rep*sentative, by the ruinous he
he had made it the business of his life to bestow
upon that most important of all valences—the sci-
ence of agriculture ; benefits so notorious, awl, he
trusted. so generally appreciated, as to cruder it
unnecessary tie him to bring them to the view of
so many intelligent agriculturalists whom he hail the
gratification of seeing there assembled ; call-
ing to their mind the patriotism of this isollustriuus
character—the decided enemy of corruption in all
its various forms—the staunch and steady friend
and supporter of liberty, and those principles which
laid the foundation of the glorious Revolution that
placed the House of Brunswick ou the throne of
theft kingdoms. In conclusioo, he begged leave
to protium the health of Mr. Coke, with many
happy returns of that day, with three times three.
The speech of the Worthy Chairman was re-
ceived with repeated acclamations, and the toast
drunk with the utmost enthusiasm.
The President then rose, and lie.gged to propose
the health of a Nobleman, one whu dignified his
title more than his title did hint ; of whom, lie be-
lieved, he could not say too much : it sufficed to
my, that he walked in the steps, and not only
breathed hut acted up to the principles of Mr.
Coke. He was empowered jo say, that this No..
bleraan greatly regretted that his spirits, front his
severe domestic misfortunes. would -tuft permit his
joining the. party thst.dayaasetubled, but that his
heart would be with them. He proptistal the
" Health of the Roelof Albemarle."
Mr. WAYsON, ofSaslinglunit, followed this toast,
which was received and honoured as it merited,
with a very SIMAIt and impressive speech, in which
he took occasion to observe, that if the noose of
Peers cook, produce half their toildiber of such
men as the Noble Earl, the country would taerrr
have beets punished by the Suspension of the Ha-
beas Corpus Act. nor the minions of power been
suffered to scull and ridicule the miseries of the
raptured and the sick.
Lord BURY then returned thituks for the honour
done his father, and propio,ed
"The Yeomanry of Norfolk."
Amongst numerous other tomato and sentiments
given on this occasioni were the following :

" The cause fur which Hampden bled in the Field, and
Sydney on the scaffold"
"The Army—and dray it never be made an Engine of
Despotism."
" Lord Bialthee, And die Trial by Jury."
" The Bishop of Norwich—the Friend of Toleration."
" The Liberty of She firer —the Palladium of our Free.
doe "
• The Memory of that enlightened Statesman and Pa-
to*, C.J. Felt."
"so The Independent Elector, of Norwich."
• Mr. Richard Gurney. and success to his Election.'
-*The Abolition of all Sinerunn, eseept one, that of
afoul Bultion, no ably lilted by the Bight No nionrable
Sfearge Ginning."
"The Homo of Gurney "
" Mies Coke, and the Ladies of Norfolk."
" General IFidpole."
" Lord Bery," ase.lee. ate.
Whe day war celebrated at Wells, by a large party
or r. Ceke's fririktia is the Ir/cetera poinsettias
county.

On Sunday mooning Wet the il'orcester mail 'ref
attempted to he robbed, in Feather-1,4%1.1mm, slew
Stokesichurch he.
ON its way to ()shod. Two
pensions eliothod up the twitch, and attacked the
eoselrasau rind ginird with hlinlgrobs, and others of
the gang threw atones into the couch, in which were
four passengers. The guard vessel' his isi.tols cowl
attetopril W disobarge thesis. but they tlablivd in the
pan. The guard at length Nueeerded in di,lodging
his oppontist, slid sli,charged his blonde-rhino; at the
party, which appeared to eulialat of els or revels per.
sees; with what effect is not It present known.
The enisehmen then drove off at full speed, and left
the villain, behind. The innortirra sustained some
injury by the bteitru ghat.