The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-29 00:00:00

HIGH TIDE.

The late rains und-easterly gales, together with
the moon's attraction, occasioned yesterday-one
of the highest tides known during many years.—
Soon after two o'cloc, the water flowed over the
piles of Blackfriars' Bridge. The platform at the
steps on the City side waS covered by at least
three feet of water; the wharfs-were inundated,
and all business suspended during au hour. In
one instance, a coal waggon, taking in coals near
the Old Barge Howie, was immersed by the flood
up to the horses' shoulders. At the timber wharf
adjoining the Strand Bridge, the water rushed
over the whole mass of timber, and fell like a
torrent into the low grounds on the other side the
road. The tide rose so high at the temporary bridges
by the Strand Bridge, as to leave/no room for boats
to pass through. There is a court in Narrow Wail,
named Limetree-court,containing about 20 houses,
inhabited by hard-working people : this place
was laid under water. The inhabitants were
washed out of the ground floor, and. confined to
the first story. The water was severed feet above
the steps of the doors, and the whole scene be-
came truly distressing. The water forced through
the houses above the Green Dragon, in Pedlar's
Acre, with rapidity, and made the way impass-
able; but passengers found the most interruption
on the bank by Lambeth Palace.. There %vas one
sheet of water from the end of the Bishop's Walk
to Lambeth Church. Watermen attended with
their wherries, and conveyed persons across to
the Church. The same sort of flood extended
along the hawk to Vauxhall, and the people were
washed' out of their houses. On the London side
Of the river the same inconvenience was felt, and
the damage sustained on the different wharfs and
warehouses below=bridge must be immense. The
tide returned at two o'clock, A. K. and rose much
higher than in the day ; it is however reasonable
to suppose, that the owners of property removed
it- in time to prevent further injury.

It is reported that applications have been de-:
livered into the Board of Trade already, tor Li-
.censes to permit British Ships to penetrate the
Blockade of the American Ports, On the ground
of the pacification. These; we arc told, have been
refused,. on the principle that hostilities will not
be discontinued, or-the blockade raised, under the
terms of the Treaty, until it shall have been rati-
fied by the Government at Washington.
General DoNi, Lieutenant-Governor of Gibral-
tar, has issued Proelathations, on receipt of the
Report of the Board of Health, stating the restora-
tion of perfect health, that the Board do no longer
continue its sittings ; that on the •return of the
inhabitants who left the garrison, they do • tho-
roughly air and cleanse their houses fiom dirt and
filth ; that the Scavengers's department being put
upon an improved footing, the householders do
provide themselves with a strong box, with two
iron handles and cover, to receive the dirt accu-
mulated every ,24 hours, and that, the. box be no
larger tiv:in two men can lift, when full that
thecarts go rownd every-24 hoUrs, and announce
their approach by a hell.

.. . .
Monday large detachments of troops for the
East Indies, were embarked from the Engineers'
Wharf. . .

The i 9th Light Dragoons are to be
withdrawn
frimi America.

The 20th Light Dragoons are ordered home
Fromm Sicily, and are to beAnartered at Bening.
ham.

The first fleet of the season for Bombay and
China was, it was understood, to be dispatched at
the India-House on Saturday next ; but in conse-
quence of the owners ll;;;:z.)(giest:ritthe4lt.ll:to
laductihe wa
bounties, the greater part of. the m.) who w:e
eengagedfrefuse lto eourttelii•e; voyage,
thatyage i
the departiym of the fleet
must be delayed until an adequate nuMber of men
can he procured to navigate titre ships.
The following English Bull appears in a Thea-
trical advertisement z--4` Harlequin is shot by the •
Clown, and he instantly and imperceptilik ctppeurs
as a skeleton. - -