The Sun.
London, England, 1817-01-16 00:00:00

' INJURY DONE BY THE FLOODS.

ELY, J. it with extrei►ie regret we
state, that a tremendous breach or gull has taken
mace in the Burnt Fen Mak, near Mr Seabees,
on the River Lark, by which near 15,000 acres of
land are inundated.

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EXTRAORDINARY SALE SY AUCTION..--The
Rhinoreroso‘hich has long been a visitor at the
provincial fairs, Wan taken in execution a few
(by) since at N.wrrich, by the Sheriff of Norfolk,
font i to be knocked. down- by the hummer of tau
A tic t ion eer.

A few days since, Mr. James Scott, of Upper-
row, pai.ish of Castleton, Roxburglishire, perish-
ed on the hills near Hswick, owing to the incle-
mency of the weather. The deceased, at the
rime of the fatal catastrophe, was upon a visit to
his daughter.
Samuel Ford and Francis Green, of Henley-on-
Thames, have been sent to Reading gaol, charged
with stealing 10 sheep from Bileklebury-com.
moo in December last, which they disposed of in
Newgitte-market.
Lost night, between the hours of seven and
eight o'clock, a fellow dashed his hand through
a pane of glass belonging to the shop of Mr. Erna-
swat., silver-smith and jeweller, in Bridge-stryet,
%Warminster, and stole thereout is gold watch of
considerable value,, and made his escape. A lady
passing the shop shortly afterwards, picked tip a
silver knife, which the thief had dropped in his
'haste to get off.
A set of swindlers, with a supposed establish-
ment, have been discovered in the neighbourhood
of Orchard-street, Portman-square, who 'have
:obtained goods from a number of tradesmen to a
considerable amount.
A few evenings since, as Mr. BATSON, of Pem-
broke-street, Bloomsbury, was passing the cornet'
of Bedford-street, about half-past six o'clock,
man 'suddenly came up to him, seized his seals onti.
chain, and at the same Cate another man knocked
him Own. They made off • with the seals and
• chain.
The following is a Recipe, given in an Amenir
.can Paper, to make a very beautiful, paint for the
walls of staircases and lobbies, the cost of which
is less than ones.fourth of that of oil colour, and
the beauty far superior :
Take four pounds of Roman vitriol, and pour on
it a tea-kettle full of boiling water when dissolv-
ed, add two pounds of pearl ash, and stir the
mixture well with
sa stick, until the effervescence
ceases, then add a quarter of a pound of polveriz-
ed yellow arsenic, and stir the whole together ;
let it be laid on with a paint or white-wash brush,
and if the wall has not been painted before, two,
or even three- COWS will he. requisite. To paint a
-common sized room with this colour, will not cost
more than five or six dollars. If a pea-green is
requited put in less, -and if an apple-green more.
of the yellow arsenic,
Ftnatitc.a, WISIONTS AND MEASURES, ItDOCA.
ttOW, the 17th Number of the British
view, to be published Feb. 1, the important insh.
ject of Finance will by fully discussed, as well its
those of Weights and Measures, and the Educa-
tion of the Poor, founded on the Reports laid he,
tore the House of Commons in their last Session.
Among the other Articles will he Lord Byron's
New Poem; Owen's Institution at Lanark ; War-
den's Letters on Buonaparte ; Peighlaneli's In-
quisition Unmasked ; Origin and Antiquity of the
Zodiac ; Tales of my Landlord, &c.--71n the 16th
Number, published Nov, 1, will be found a tem-.
nermie diselisSiolluf the lithe Question.