The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-20 00:00:00

THE INUNDATIONS.

BRENTFORD.
NEW BRENTFORD, TUESDAY EVENING.--The distrelied
boatmen, with their wives and children, are still domiciled
It the National School-room, in the Butts. Last even-
in, they were, through the kindness of the vicar and
churchwardens (aided by the trifling subscriptions that
have come in), again supplied with coffee and bread and
butter, and at night with a supper of beef, bread, and
be er.

The inquest on the body of William Spruce will, it is
understood, be held to-morrow afternoon, when the whole
of the causes of this direful calamity will no doubt b 3 L-
eloped.

During the day several of the leading millers, maltstera,
and wharfingers have been in communication with the City
Navigation Committee, and with the directors of the Grand
Junction Canal, on the subject of raising and re-
moving the wrecks which now totally impede the naviga-
tion of the canal, and thereby ascertaining the event of
Jautage done, and a meeting of the parties interested wac
~:onvcned at the Three Pigemss.
At seven o'clock the meeting assembled, when
Mr. HALL said that the City bad no jurisdiction in the
:natter, and that the duty belonged to the Canal Com-
pany. Sir Francis Head said, " Yes, we'll help you, and
',At must help u, for, although the navigation belongs to
the Company, the boats and freight do not." They had,
therefore, to settle what body of men each of the sufferers
could send to assist, and Sir Francis Head would meet
them at nine o'clock to-morrow morning to settle the re-
mainder.

WINDSOR.
Shortly after nine o'clock on Saturday evening the lower
part of the town was laid several feet under water, in con-
sequence of a violent rush of waters from the uplands in
the Great. Park, in the vicinity of Cranbourne. In the
wace of less than half an hour, without any previous
warning, such was the rapidity of the progress of the
s:rearn, that the whole of the houses on the south side of
Gleucester-place were inundated, the cellars, parlours,
, and kitchens being filled, and the main road leading from
Windsor to Ascot, for several hundreds of yards, three
mid four feet under water. A gradual rise con-
tinued till past one o'clock on Sunday morning, when
:he water partially subsided, after doing consider.
able damage. Mr. Oliver, the proprietor of the Ade-
laide Hotel, in Sheet-street, will be a sufferer to the
extent of upwards of ROL In less than ten minutes from
the first indication of the flood, his wino cellars were
completely filled, rendering it impossible to make any
attempts to preserve his property. Pipes of wine and
hogsheads of spirits immediately floated. The vent-pegs,
from being knocked against each other, were in some
forced ou:„ and a quantity of wine and spirits thus sacri-
ficed. A policeman on duty hearing the cries 'of some
dogs in a stable at the rear of the house of Mr. Lawrence,
an extensive builder, called that gentleman from his bed
between one and two o'clock in the morning, and he, on
hastening to the stable discovered his horse standing in
four feet of water, and two favourite dogs swimming about
the place nearly exhausted. The trains between Windsor
and Reading have been considerably delayed. On some
parts of the line the water has been two or three feet in
height, running through the furnace of the engine, and
thus putting out the fire. The Thames commenced
rapidly rising on Sunday, and when this account left
Windsor yesterday, the waters were on the increase. A
great portion of the Little Park, near Datchet, is flooded
,o the depth of several feet. The Brocas, at Eton, is simi-
larly flooded and the whole distance from Windsor to
Surley Hall (upwards of two miles), and for a censiderab e
extent beyond, is one sheet of water. We have heard that
several sheep were drowned near Maidenhead in the course
of Sunday night. On Saturday evening, while several
parties were enjoying a glass at the Hope lan, at Frog-
more, the water suddenly and unexpectedly rushed into
the parlour, and in less than a quarter of an hour it had
risen to two feet in height. The damage done for many
miles round Windsor, and the destruction of property, arc
roost extensive.