The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-08 00:00:00

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7.—During the last ;,reek dirt
water has beefi daily overspreading the timittry,
and is now stS 'high that the roads in many places
are impassable for foot passengers. Mare Otati
half the houses in Eton are Shut tip, and Ili* in-
habitants are ehtifined to the upper stoties, and
Provtslotts• &c. are furnished to them at heir win•
flows; all the eAttle. are driven nwity. The set.•
vice at Eton College is discontinued in conse-
quence ; and, *Would the water rise another tout,
'the lower end of this town will by in -the Sallie
state as it was in the latter eml of Jannary 1809,
when all persons obliged to he out oti
were conveyed through the streets in boats. For-
tunately the boys at Cron College are away
their tricrull foe the Chrkronsis huliilitys, which
will not terminate till ‘Vrthiestlay the 2•2(1
or probably some accident .would have happenitl,
as they generally amuse theMselves in riding about
the fields in wash•tuhs.

CARLISLK, .1.01. 9 —At intervals, during the
last fortnight, we have:bad very eliangeable.and
stormy weather in thiir neighbourhood ; but on
Saturday night last we were visited by a violent
hurricane. The rain descended in • torrents the
, greater part of the day, and the storm increased
in fury soon afterd,wk, in such a degree, that
the dates of several ionises Were literally ripped
op, and others partially injured ; many chin-'
n;es and parts of elthimies were also blown
down, so that ptrsons walkinethe streets at the,
time were -in seriousAanger of losing their lives.
The violence of the storm abated about Indt-past
0-o'clock, Before the rain began there was much
snow tin the.mountairis, the meftiog. of Vt". 41101,
assured he the heavy tabus, caused the Eden and
Cahlew to rise very rapidly, and overflow their
banks. Tire whole of the low groniuls around
the Eden, front Staintonhohne toWarwiek•hridge,
is track of several miles, were laid under water;
of course, by such a flood much damage hits been
sustalued. At Warwick a field of !moil's were
rooted up and carried away. At Boichet by, a field,
of ss heat, lately sown, met with a similar late.
Mr. Kennedy, of Crosby, lost eleven sheep ; and
Mr. Topping, of Wheelbarrow-hall, ten, the
whole of which were drowned. The water
was very high in. Rickergste, and, as usual,
entered ninny houses; in some it reached to
the fire-grates in the lower apartments ; the
cellars were filled. Sonic of the• inhabitants of
Caldewgste were in a similar predieans,•ot ; And the
water threwdown a gattlen•wall in Eirntoahohne,
belonging to Vete!. !Palley, ttbicli was lately re-
built, havink; been demolished by the great goon
about this time last year. The damage done to
Forley's garden is very considerable.' A wall
belonging to Robert Myers (near Messrs. Barry's
hat-tnanufnetory) shared the fate. 'Tile new
embankment between the hide], arid cattle-markets
toistabied but very trilling' damage; but ton the
slightest accident of any kind haVilelied to the
bridges, loOtWithStalldiag the 1111111ellhe weight of
water. Stainton-bahk, broken down last year,
and since repaired, again gave way on tiatinday
in three plates, in ennsegotnee of which Ole
wayr rushed in, and a field or wheat was earl tell
off, Various other ilcimage has been sustained in
the vicinity of both rivers. This flood was very
neat' as high as the one hit year, Mill that was
greater than any for the preceding 40 years, or
more.
The river Eden rose on Saturday se'imight to a
height unprecedented in the memory of the oldest
inhabitant of Appleby. The• damage to the lands
within its reach is immense ; it ran like a torrent

through thestreets, currying t►way with it six
carts, which were standing in ►he coal-minket, to
the distance of three Se►eral. hundreds of
feet of wood were sett) floating dotvothe river,
consisting of planks and
,trees turn up by the roots.
rind it happened at almost any other season of the
year, the damage would have been incalculable.—
liver) hour brings fresh accounts of horses, swine,
sheep, &c. drowne►l.

We learn that went •clamage hai been done in
the neighbourhood of Edeuhall, in eottsequence
of the sodden and enormous swell of the Wen.
Qn Saturday ee'ntright and Sunday morning, Mr
Marvell, at Etolphemby, bud, it is said, a tarp
flock of sheep swept away, and the bank below
Edenball was entirely destroyed, Flocks of geese
were also victims of the flood, and altogether the
damage is most serioos,
'The altmist ineessaut rains which • have lately
fallen, have caused a cousiderable flood in our
river, the fair Meadow is already under water,
and many •1 the honses at the lower part of the
town have got their Cellars, Ste. filled with
(Maidstone Journal.)