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London, England, 1824-12-16 00:00:00

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kNiINDATIONS IN GERMANY.
The following is an extraA of a letter from a Lady,
in the Grand Duchy of Baden, to a Lady of rank in
ffngland, dated Furstenau, November 23, 1824 :
" Thal ast weeks have brought great calamities over
this country and the neighbourhood. Dreadful event'
of Nature—inundations, which may be truly called a
deluge, have caused wretchedness and misery amongst
thousands, especially in Wirtemberg and Baden. In
Eberbaeh the water rose to such a height, that people
steppedi nto the boats from the third story of the houses.
Down the Neckar, houses and barns came floating in
great numbers. Even the dead were not spared ; the
coffins were torn out of the graves by the raging floods,
and the ornaments of the tombs—black crosses with
skulls painted on them, were left hanging on the tops
of the trees. Indeed, it would be impossible for the must
lively imagination to depict in true colours the horrors
of the scene. We ourselves had a dreadful inundition
from our little river Mumling.
" It seems more than probable, that it was not so
much the incessant and heavy rain, as the eruption of
the waters from subterraneous caverns, which has pro-
duced this tremendous inundation. Manheim was in
the greatest danger. The dykes which protect the Pa-
lace were only preserved by the most extraordinary
exertions of the people, whom the Grand Duchess en-
couraged by her presence, and by her benefactions. A
most lamentable state of poverty and misery is the
consequence of these events, sad one should send'eYery
thing one is possessed of for the support orthe wretched
sufferers."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.
Sta—lt is not easy to describe the melancholy condi-
tion of the unfortunate Germans, suffering at this time
the most indescribable misery, from the late inundations.
In Saxony, the Hessian Provinces, and on the Rhine,
are scenes of wretchedness, easier to be conceived than
described; many parts through which I travelled were.
totally inundatertyihnle villages lay underwater; bridges
were swept away, and the valleys for many miles resem-
bled great lakes; the roofs only of cottages were seen
above the surface of the water, and the unhappy fami-
lies who inhabited them were wandering about on the
mountiens and roads, half naked, and almost famished
with hunger, and the intense cold which had already set
in : so rapid was the rush of hater in some places, that
it rose in one night many feet,leaving the people hardly
so fficient time to make their escape by flying to the hills.
Their scanty winter provisions, farming stock, and in
many instances even their cottages, have been carried
away by the merciless current. The villagers were
enabled to help each other, and prevent the loss of lives
—not so the poor creatures who lived in the detached
cottages ; situated in the lower parts of the valleys and
near the rivers the torrents poured in upon them with
such rapidity as to prevent escape, some were drowned
in, the attempt. I saw a family (the father of which was
diownedj a mother and five small children, the eldest
only eleven years old, that had made their escape by
climbing to, and sitting all.night, on the roof of their
little cottage ; the mother tore her gat ments in slips, and
by tying the children together, and by timely assistance
with boats in the morning, saved them from drowning.
..-In Heydeiburgh- and Its vicinity more than seventy
lives have been lost. I did not see the worst of the
calamity ; about linden and Wurtemburg the devasta-
tion was still greater. While at Frankfort I saw several
private letters from thole quarters, giving an account
of such affecting scenes as could not fail to awaken the
strongest feelings of sympathy. Here the most laudable
exertions were making for collections in money and
clothes, and with good success ; yet it Is to be feared,
that even with their best efforts, together with the kindly
exertions now making in England, there will not be a
sufficiency raised in time to mitigate in any great' de-
gree their helpless and almost hopeless condition, and
to preserve the lives of many who have, escaped the
floods to fall victims to disease ; every day adds fresh
misery from the advanced season, which will prevent
the immediate repair of the dykes, and fresh floods are
oapected.—l remain, dear Sir, respectfully your's,
HENRY PINKER&
17, Norfolk-street, Strand, December 13, 1824.

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