The Sun.
London, England, 1807-06-12 00:00:00

VATD4TIOAr.

'XiSIIIOLTO'N, JUNE g.—On Friday evening it be-
gan to rain, and continued almost incessantly till
Saturday afternoon, .about five o'clock. In conse-
quence of the great fall* the roads in several places
became impassable. On the road near Kimbolton
Tutapike, a man endeavouring to pass on horseback,
the stream overpowered his horse, and the -rider
providentially caught hold of the branch of a tree,
where he remained till a rope was thrown to him,
to which he fastened himself,. and was drawn from
his perilous situation. .
'At Great Slaughton, a village about 'four miles
and a half from Kimbolton, towards London; "a man,
belonging to a grocer,. at Godinanehester, who had
been to Kimbolton, with articles in that line, on
his return in the evening, before dark., in attempting
to pass the bridge the stream overpowered bis, horse, a
and man and horse were both' drowned ; . dray
passed about the same time, but, from the superior
strength'of the horses, got safe.
The Oundle coach could not proceed farther than
Kimbolton, on Saturday evening; and-this morning
waited two hours.after their usual time of •setting
out from thence, preceded by a man On horseback,
and the Master. of the 'White Lion Inn, leading the
lore-horses. The water at Stonely, one mile from
the town, was four feet high. The town of Kim,
bolton was nearly under.water thiS morning.at six.
It Is supposed a Mr. Palmer, a tanner, in the Back-
street, will sustain damage to the amount of 304,
The ground-floors of most of the houses were under
water. .•

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Several places on the North road' Were covered
with. .water -fur a mile together ; near Gh-tford-
Bridge the water was, part of the way, three feet
six inches high.

.'lllleOuntil coach,arrive:l at the Georp;e and Blue
Boar, Holborn, at twelve at night, five hours alter '
the usual tithe:

It was reported at Bikgleswade that the town of
Bedford was nearly all under Water, by the over
flawing of the Ouse, which runs through the town,-

Some .fe w days ago' a ma n went from Dallington
to Hellingly, to be married, but not being provided
with a certificate of the banns having been regularly
published, the
_Minister
.was under the necessity of
postponing the wedding till the following. day, not
thinking it possible that ,the man could, return' in`
time, so great a distance,. on foot, for the perform-
ance of the ceremony sooner, kie was, however,
determined to make the attempt, and after pulling
off his bat, and committing it to the care of his in-
tended bride, be _started from the church-yard at
full' speed, and returned to Hellingly
.2ci minutes
before twelve, completing a distanee 'Of nearly Q 0
miles in exa6tly.tv.ro hours and 35. txliniites, to the
great joy of the betrothed damsel, who anxiously
waited his arrival, whiCh had no sooner taken place,
than a congratulatory salute was exchanged, when
the fond couple repaired to the Hymeneal Altar, and
were made' happy. The
,bridegrooth is of small,
stature, about 25 years of age, and, of course, rust '
have been wholly unprepared for such a pedeStriair•
enterprise.

After young Belcher beat Davey on Monday, at
Motalsey Hurst, there were three other pitched
"battles
of less note. Tom. Wall, who has fought
for prizes before,• and a man known by • the nick-•
name of Jack Boot, fought for the space-of an hour
and- twenty-one minutes. It was said that one was'
jealous of the other, and the fight was desperate in
proportion to such a feeling. Wall was beaten,, but.
both parties were taken .otf the ground in a most!
chocking state, from the cuts and bruises they had,
received. Jen) Lennox and Tom Dixon; two fight-'
. ing boot-closers, fought after that,for a purse of five
guineas to the winner and two to the loser.. They
fought only twenty minutes; Lennox said ..that ,
had sprained [us knee in wrestling, and gave in,
without being apparently much hurt. After that a
Sailor and a West Country Bargeman fought for 'a
trine colleciedamongst the amateurs; They afforded,
. but little sport—.-the Sailor was, the vigor. The day'S
amusement concluded with. a bull bait.

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