The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-02 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE INUNDATION.

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The public have observed with much concern
and apprehension the influence-of -the rainy wea-
ther upon the harvest; but in the neighbourhood
of Holmfirth; it has produced other disastrous
consequences. The -rivulets had considerably ,
increased without attracting much observation
until 'Friday evening, the 21st ult. when the re-
servoir above Black-side Mill broke, and a pro,
digiotis volume of water rolled down the valley
with rapid course and overwhelming violence.—
At first the water ran over the top, which indi-
cated the danger, and warned those who were
in the mill, and in tl adjoining houses, to es-
cape. They had just time enough to save their
lives, but they,saved nothing else. Immediately
the side burst, the water rushed forth, the
buildings were swept away, and all their pro-
perty perished before their eyes. - Amidst the
horrors of this awful scene, with. admirable -pre-
sence of mind, they ran downwards to give the
alarm to the workrnen at the dye-house at Burn-
lee, who instantly fled, and it soon appeared
that a moment's delay would have been fatal to
them. The middle part of the dye-house was
borne down by the inundation, but the two
endsovhich were recently and more strongly
built„stood the shock. The devastation here was
much less, injurious than could have-been sup-
posed, for All the account-hooks, most of the dye.
ing wares,. and a part of the wool were Saved
from the wreck. Through Holmfirth the Water
filled the cellars in many houses, and rose S or 4

feet high on the ground floor. The low grounds
were covered to• a-considerable distance from the

water courses, the bridges were carried away by
the torrent, the weir at Bridge-mill was de-
stroyed, besides much other damage. The flood
began at six o'clock in the evening ; it was at the
height a little after seven; at ten it had sub-
sided ; but the agitation and fear were such,
that some of the people never went to bed that
night. The ensuing morning exhibited an affect

ing scene of.desolation : mud,. stones, timber,
fragments of furniture, pieces of work-tools, anti
trees torn. up by.:the roots, were spread over the
fields. Thousands have since been to visit the
ruins, who, though they deplored the havoc,, re-
joiced that no liveS Were lost on this dreadful
occasion,--(Leeds Paper.)
On Friday evening, the 21st. ult., just before
the close of day, this town and its vicinity were
visited with as violent, a storni,ai has been expe-
rienced for a great number of years. The •rain
fell in torrents for the space of a full hour : the
streets iu the town seemed converted into rivers,
while the beautiful streams that course along the
picturesque valleys in. the neighbourhood were
suddenly ~Swollen into frightful floods that bore
down every thing in their progress. Bridges,.
weirs, and .coutignous buildings and walls that
lay in. the line of. their rush, were carried away,
or otherwise seriously injured ; the—damage
done in this way being very. considerable. Mr:
Holt, .of Wadsleyt we hear, -has suffered to
.a
large amount ; and• Mr., George Woolltn,
of Ravelin-tnills, has had some of his works much:
damaged. Considerable quantities Of corn like-.
wise have been 'swept away in the chaPelry_of
B rad fort.l.-7--(Sheffield Paper.)...
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DISTURBANCE AT LAUDER.—III the curse of
Tuesday last, alarming reports arrived in town
respecting a disagreement which had occurred
among the _shearers at Lauder, on the precedina
'day, and which, as is generally the' case with
such dispute's, did not terminate without some
bloodshed., Some of the earliest accounts' even
stated that several lives had been sacrificed. to
the fury of the malcontent party, but which, an
more particular inquiry, we are. happy to find
was incorrect. Peace, however, was'; not re-
stored until a great deal of injury had, been Com-
mitted by the combatants on the persons of eao.
other, and on the property of their emplOyeris
The burden- of complaint, we hear, was the
same with that of the inebriated footman in, the
play:---too much_ work, and:- too .little pay : the
majority of the belligerent force were-Irish; ,and
the objects, f6£ their, vengeance, by turns, tilose
who offered, and those who were willing to
receive, the stipulated rate of wages. The wjn-
dows of the former, and the persons of the lat-
ter,. received many fractures ;,.and it was found
necessary atOast to send to Piershill Barracks,
iiear this city, for a Tarty of dragoons, to assist
in restoring tranquillity. A subaltern's party of
twenty naen was accordingly dispatched, hut, on
its arrival at Lauder, the peace-officers, had for-
tunately succeeded in quelling the riot, and had
secured fifteen prisoners, all Irishmen, ten of
,whom were afterwarcls.dismissed, and the other
five conveyed to Dunse or Kelso jail. One of
the prisoners eras. severely' cut on the hip he
had three sons concerned 'in the affray, two of
whom made their escape, but, the other was
apPrehended,----(Edinbzirgh. Star.) ,

DARING BIifiGLARY.----AbOUt two o'clock on
Thursday morning, Gorsey-lea-cottage, the resi-
dence of Miss llorwoon, sister of R. G. hop=
wool),. Esq. of Hopwood'Hall, was broken open
by some villains, who confined Miss Horwooo
and her servants to their beds, and by standing
`over them with pistols, and threatening their
lives induced them to point out the places where
the plate and other valuable property were de-
posited ; the whole of which, with a large quan-
tity of linen, Stc. the theives carried away. There
were at least two of the gang stationed on the
outside, whilst three were in the house. They
wore masks or covers of some sort over their
faces, which, however, some of them occasionally
threw off.

FATA L MARRlAGE.—atonuay se'nnight, J OHN
KINGSTON, a carpenter, was married at Ansford,
near Castle Cary, to MARY ALDRIDGE, a re-
spectable young woman of the same place, and,
awful to relate, on his rising to go to work early
on Thursday morning, he observed to his wife
that she " looked pale ;" her reply was, that
" she was very well." In half an hour after the
milkman called as usual, but could make no one
hear ; this was observed by a female neighbour,
who immediately went up stairs, and found the
new made bride a lifeless corpse.—(Winchester
Journal.) . • - - '

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RAW HIDES.
Best Heifers& Steers, per Ordinary ....Os Od :to es 84
3s 441 to Os Ot! Market Calf eactr.. 95 Od
Nliddlings ss Od to Os Oct Eng. Horse Os od•ii., Os 0".
t
SHEEP SKINS. • -• • ,
Fells Os Od to•os od I •Skeep . 22d Od to 24d 0"
Pulled Os Od to Os (hiii Lambs 2s 3d.Vo siAbd

PRICE OF LEATHER.
Dolls,. SO to 561bs each per lb 214 •10 240
Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs each
Dressing Hides • - • ' - • -- - 174 to 1834
Fine Coach Hides.;
Crop Hides, 35 to 40Ibs for cutting 17id to 180
• Ditto 45 to 50Ibs .. „ ..,' 18Ad to 204
' Call Skins-30 to 401bs
Ditt0...,,, 50 to„701Its .-...,...::... 26d to. 90
Ditto 7O to scabs'..-..,, - 9541 - to-28d1
Small Seals (Greenland)
Large ditto
Tanned Hdrse Hides •
Spanish Horse Hides .... .
13,1 .:. to .std

PRICES OF TALLOW
Town TalloW 50s Od —s od
Yellow Russia 47s od —s od
White ditto .. 46s 011—s 04
Soap ditto.... 43s Od —s Od' .......... -
Melting Stull' 38s nd —s chl
Ditto Rough.. 25s od —s od
PRICE OF CANDLES, FROIII LLOW CHANDLE HALI.
Price of Candles; per dozen, ICs Od—Moulds, I is ed•

, SOAP, &c. per 1121 b
80s
IYMUltlt"llvdSoap ..
gos
Curd . 94s
Graves
.75
Good Dregs

• 'fkl per dO;eli allowed fur ready mune,
PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of lb..L-Sept. ,
Price ulTallow (as stated by the Melters), 2s

PRICE 0

SUGAR.

RAW.
Jamaica, Brown s4s a 58s•
Nliddling
Good
Antigua, Brown s3s a 57s
Middling 583 a Klq
Ciuod

REFINED.
Single Loaves 844 a 55 "
Double do 1 14s aW 5.
Hatubru' B6s a Ss, •
Bastards
58s a 0$
Nlcklagses
Candy, Brur. a .
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COAL MARKET, Oct. 1.
Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price.; ,
5,0 Newcastle
11 Sunderland ... 10.
s od6d
a a
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