The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-21 00:00:00

THE LATE HEAVY AiNS.

About four-o'clock on Friday morning, the I Yth, a heavy rain
began at Stamford, which continued without intermission for
four-and.twenty hours, occasioning a very ;gear overflow of
all the rivers and smaller .streams. The little Rutland river
livash rose so rapidly on Friday es ening, that at Bridge Cos-
tenon several sheep were drowned. The ItiVer Glen burst. its
bank on the Bourn side near Pepper-hills, and imuidate•kall
the lower part of that and Morton Fen, ucca4oniag the to ain'.
many head of stock, Witham at Boston rose higher than
it had been known fur fourteen years. Tins visitation, how-
ever, has been succeeded in most places h' a quick ottitt of
the water, showing the value of the worksot drainage by 's such
that part olLincolushire has been for 8(01W years distinguished.
The heavy rains at the close of lasi wee'... have caused the
rivers in this neighbourhood greatly to overflow, and the pres-
sure upon the di ainage banks, particularly in the parishes of
Skellingthorp, Bracebridgef god Boultham, has been such as
those banks could not resist. The consequence is, that thou-
sands-of acres hose been inundated, and tank& loss a ill be
sustaiiked, as moat of the land was sown with grain.—Lincoki
Paper.
'l'lw heavy and continued rain throughout Friday week occa-
sioned a great flood in many of the upland districts, to the in-
jury, in some places,- of the farmer and grazier. At Casterton,
near Stamford, one person lost 2ti,sheep by the sudden sw,4l of
the river. The weight of water broke the bank of the river
Glen at Bonin, and drowned all the neighbouring Fen on the
Bourn side. The waters are also much out on the lands on
each tide tip the river Witham. There has nut beta such a
flow of. water in that river since 180:0.

We have received the following particulars by the Aquilon,
arris ed.at Spithead, last flout the Mcdittaranean, of the loss
of the Inter frigate, Capt. T. Forrest, on a reef of rocks to the
westward of Cape de Gat. The Ister sailed from Portsmouth
on the :Hat of February, fitted out upon the pcace-estahlish-
ment, and was proceeding up the Mediterranean, from Malaga,
to join Lord Exmouth, ,shen the accident happened • . she
struck at two o'clock in the morning of the ith ult. when rim-
uing at the rate of nine knots. Hopes were entertained that,
by great exertions, she might be got off; and by the assistance
of a xebec, which came out of Malaga, 2•I of he: gnus were
taken ont,and sent to Gibraltar ; but it pros ed, in making fresh
exertions, that the rocks had. beat through her, and she was
fast tilling with sand. All the crew were safely taken out, and
landed at Malaga, excepting Mr. Sitwell, Midshipman, and
eight men, who were dross ued by the upsetting of the gig-
boat.

About the beginning of last September a di,tres..ing incident,
well calculated to place die liorlid ,uperstitions of the uailif:'3
in their true litiht, took place in the town of Burdwun. AA
aged Hindu°, of the Kula ar, or spirit-vending tribe' having
died, his widow, an old woman of 7!, in coniplianeessith the
custom of her ancesto... and to prose her lasting attachment
to the iiPeeased, 'Tsetse.' on sacs dicing her,ell at his .funeral
pile. The faggots being heat eft ap, the vretiminary ceremo-
nies concladt 1. and the body of the deluded w retch anointed
with oil, she was led to the stake, and bound dowu by a strong
cord. Fire was then placed under the pile, the lower part of
is bleb soon began to blaze. The tkune had t:4 stoner ascended
to the body of Elie devotee, than site began to struggle, and
sum' succeeded in 111.1 k ing her escape, in consenin nee of tlie
rope I.y which slip was secured having been cm...limed. Being
now at liberty, she rushed precipitately towards the pollee oil
errs on duty there) piteously to them to save her f'oin
ilestroolon. Ski ,NitS led assay audit the nuirmin:, of an in-
terested iwi dkawointed inuititude ; and after tangui,;:ing
in extreme pain for two days, paid the tiateit of her bliadntss
anti toily.—esdculta,rinur.
Thursday a.111;01 r.ttempted to drown himself in the Camel,
St Juices's Park, hyjuniping off the Papoda li.itlge, but is,s
taken Jut la foie dead. tic !nosed to be a Ch. isci•. pensioner ;
and the only l'e:t.4.li he ;lac for attempting the rash act Willi,
dig appointment us lure!