Star.
London, England, 1823-04-02 00:00:00

FLOOD IN INDIA.

Extract of a letter from Sut at, dated November 3.
—" You will ere this doubtless have heard of the late
dreadful overflowings in this part of the world, but
I question if you have heard of half the calamitous
circumstances attending this visitation. We have just
escaped from the most dreadful state you can ima-
gine. This ill-fated place was visited by a most tre-
mendous fresh in the river, that threatened to wash us
away. The inundation was so great as to leave few
places dry in the city or country for many mites
around. We are accustomed to annual freshes, and
every fifth or sixth year to partial inundations, but
no one thought of the calamity that awaited us, until
our dwellings were actually insulated, as such high •
fleshes are exceedingly rare, never having come up
to the present within the memory of man'; the' last
that bears comparison with it occurred 25 or 26-years.
ago. It was not so high, however,- by two feet. The
alarm from the calamity breast* general about four
or five o'clock on Sunday the 15th of September, From
that time it rose rapidly, and the water at midnight
flooded my lower rooms, which are three feet from the
level of the garden; the next morning it was two feet
deep in the hall; and from that period its rise was gra-1
dual until it attained four feet. On Wednesday, at four .
o'clock, a decrease was perceptible, and itlell a felt'
inches that day. On Thursday morning' (hither Lk-
crease took place, and on that day it fell so rapidly that,'
before sunset the water had retired:from my garden:'
We were thus four days and nights without seeing.'
terra firma. Boats plied about in all directions, and
supplies were eagerly bought, being quite unprepared
for so lengthened a siege. On Sunday night .1 sent,
my horses outside the fort, at the risk of iheir lives,
and it was fortunate I did so; -or they would have
been drowned. Some Gentlemen had their horses
standing in water all the time. The Collector's Office
was nearly washed down. The Udalat terMce, near
the flag-staff, has suffered, and been dreadfdly, oft tsp.
as well as many of the bridges at the to:iv/11.0M% The
lines were over flowed, and the sepoys of botirbattalions
dispersed. E-- exerted himself nobly ; he brought
away the sick of both battalions to a safe place.—
The battalion and Officers at Boracheewere saved
by remaining on the tops of the'barracks. The water'
was five feet deep under them, and running at a ter-
rible rate. Many a house has fallen, and many, a
village is swept away. Bodies were seen continually
floating down the river. A similar calamity has hop-,
pened at Broack, by the rising cf the Nurbadda, and,
part of the Udalat has tumbled down. -The conse-
quences there have been more calamitous than im.our
neighbourhood. Two hundred miles .of rich arid-
highly cultivated country was completely tumid
and a passage for boats was practicalile betiveeq,
town-gates and village of Okliseer.
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Monday forenoon the SwallOw -Doetiioaeli upset
on Shooter's-hill, owiag to the mini breaking, when
the horses set off at full speed,. mixt! a -hooch- .Ifady
was so materially injured, by.the- coach fit/ling On
her, that she was taken to the nearest inn,' where she
was visited by Dr. PATEN and Lady Ross, both of
whom paid every attention to her, but *he expired at.
three o'clock the same. afternoon. Her name was
Cl:cmc JACOT DEW L she was journeying from,
France, with her husband and infant. to a brother in
London. The other passengers escaped without ma-
terial injury.
Letters dated the 21st ult. were received yesterday.
from St. Sebastian. AU hope of avoiding wit' had
long ceased, and the inhabitants of this place were Poe-
paring to meet it with firmness. This being the nearest
fortified town to Bayonne, there was reason to expect
that one of the earliest operations of the French would
be to make themselves masters of it, and preparations
were therefore making to sustain a siege. All the wo-
men and children had been removed to Paysages, a
village in the neighbourhood, on the sea coast. Busi•
ness was for the most part suspended in St. Sebastian,
most of the merchants and their clerks having entered
their names as volunteers to join the forces embodied
for the defence of the Province against the French.—
Many had set out for the different stations at which
detachments of troops were placed. The military
force in Biscay was estimated altogether at- about
15,000 men. Generally speaking, there existed in
the province a very high Constitutional spirit, but not
without some exceptions, as a few young men of fa-
mily, alarmed at the rigour of the military service
that awaited, them, had attached themselves to the
(Army of the Faith, or Royalist party. The number
of these degenerate persons was, however, wholly in-
significant; nor was their cowardly purpose likely to
be attained, a, the avowed intention of the French Ge-
nerals was to place them in tile van, and exposethem to
the brunt of the first attack upon their own countrymen.,

14. E. AND Mu fiantagthALL.
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leieltriettl Ow iteirliciSPi) the comfit and Countess
;efiblismivg foilli3Orfrom.th,k4N9rth-
p on,gymph:Arits..3,47ls- lat P-last„ 11.4/1. ir ,!k.
":fivtan aetonek eirculos/ances whi4b hate irangpites,
this morning, there is every reg•oti to bit4iiA
gvtat
Alwisarty4rAvelling onder. :this _Oda ittl4r) H. _Pastas'
BALL
.sad sr, fast Tifirtnetailmhose- klet)ement has"
tamed such a sensation in the fashionable circles. oft:
the Nletropol is. It is naderstood that the happyintiplc
have been for this last week at the seat of a Noble
Thane in the North.--;-Perthshire Courier.
We Understand that M MICA Nporrl, with hergolden
BALL, have been in this country, but were not able
to procure matrimony nearer than Aberdeen. They'
returned two days ago Born thence to Leith, on their
way to Londou.—Cakdoxiqn Mercury.

A FEMALE FRACAS.—Yesterday, the mother of a
handsome and pleasing Actress, belonging to Covent
Garden Theatre, was brought to the Ofice in Bow-
street, on a warrant, for committing a violent assault
on a Lady residing in Norfolk-street. It appeared
that the present cause of dispute between the-parties
had arisen from the complainant having conceived
feelings of jealousy, respecting an intimacy, 'Mich
for the last nine months has existed between her hus-
h-aid and the handsome Actreis, the daughter of the
defendant. The complainant was married to bet
present husband, who is some twenty years younger
than herself, about two years ago, and had livedvery
happily with him until the commencement of the ac-
quaintance with the Actress alluded to; he then be-
gan to treat her with indifference, which grew into
neglect, and at last, to personal violence, and she
was in consequence compelled to leave her home, and
seek protection from her friends, whc for the last three
months had contributed wholly to her support, her
husband having refused her any pecuniary assistance:
She had frequently made application, and on such
occasions her feelings had been grossly insulted. At
this period, she was informed her husband was seen
in public with the Actress, and generally resided
•with her. Affairs had continued in this state until a
few days ago, when the complainant, while walking
in the Strand, was accosted by a Gentleman, who
told her that if she hastened to the corner of Craven-
street, she would see her husband and the Actress
ending there, talking together. She directly pro-
,ceeded to the spot, but her husband was gone: The
Actress, however, .was Kill there ; and on her ob.
Striving the Lady ran away, and Went into -her mo-
er's house. •The Lady followed close behind her,
and was entering the house, when the defendant,the
-Mother of the Actress, came nut of the parlour with.
4-large candlestick in her hand„ with which she strtick-
the complainant such a violent blow on the head as.
to knock her to the ground. 'The mother said, in-her
defence, that the statement of the Lady Was a tissue
of gross falsehood, susd . her insinuations respecting her
*tighter- quite groundless:l.; A4-.to. the assault, .she-
l!aiAi she Was sitting in the parlotir,.and heard a violent
scuffing in the passage, which, on opening the door,
she perceived was between the Lady andthe Actress;
114 forfterthaving -Seized hold of =the latter, and ap-
paarad.sothe ,enelnavouring. to choke her: In the 'lorry
of the snoisent, she struck over she head
with the candlestick, Which she bad, inadvertently
taken up.. V,iOlent recriminations passed on 'both
sides, which wee iciest put a stop to, by Mr: HALLS,
the Magistrate; . -ordering the defendant to find bail.
DIUMERAT/104JTRAORS. AT STEPNEY FAIR.—MON-,
day night,. at:.. lite hour, a• body of thieves cont.
mencea.an attack on, every person of respectable ap-
peatanee in thillair,l Which at one period threatened
to be of a ,dangerous nature: The ruffians seemed I
eomplately,organized; for when an individual was
,robbed, andthe least opposition made, a numerous
party of them .assembled together, and resistance
was useless. A man named Williams, walking with ,
'hit'wife, and who had taken the precaution of se-'
Wiring his watch by concealing the chain and seals,'
was seized by three. villains on the outside of the fair,
who threw him on the ground, and proceeded to
rifle his pockets; but meeting with a powerful re-
sistance, they were unable to accomplish their object,
and the wife making analsroy, the robbers ran off,
Ind although pursued, yet, in consequence .of the
deskness,.escaped. • A number of• females had their
pockets cut off; and. where the least, exertion was
made to repel the depredators, force effected what
-the ingenuity of their art failed to accomplish. One
young man' was beaten by a posse of the gang-in an
tintimpt•to rescue his sweetheart from their clutches.
Sveathe proprietors c booths did not escape plun-
Tha..cnnAtittiles .checked many disorders, but
the m 4-4 operation was so large, that it was impos-
sible fur them to guard against every contingency.
• Last night in Inquest washeld at the Exeter Arms,
gutleigh!aireet, Strand, on the body of JartielbliKen-
a ttittieStAlMl slt Riumpton. On Saturday after.;
noon, the deceased met a .Cyprian, named Sarah An-
thews, residing in Haughton-street, Clare-market,
accompanied her to a low brothel, in Exeter-
, They had been but a short time in the room,
irbsts be-went to open the door, and was in the act of,
falling, but she caught him in her arms. A Surgeon
was sent firr...tist be dies! abrisstS,OserAlciik in the
evening. Ver.dmi—Apoplexy..
Enuanau...4.YeiMdtryr, r Laicar, evidently very bsperior)n
'Mennen, add %talk* to,thessi commonly met with; was charged
whip deserting his ihip. Captain Eryden, of the Eau India ship
Charles Forbes; tad, that the prisoner bad engaged with hint
•at Bombay for a voyage to England and back; but be now re-
fused to embark, though the ship was to sall-from.Glaveliend on'
Thursday; that ids owners were tinder handl° 'like all 'such
persons home again; anckEtlas prisoner shoulsibereaftirbefound,
wandering about in distress, they would not only forfele the
natty in that bond, bet *hi liable robe made td tiendblin hastens a
passenger at their kismet. Me-Payne said, that Alas ass
question involving. the principle in the memorable derision -re-,
specting Summerset, the Negro, by which it weeestablished,
that every huntaP beingbetame a free agent,ocssettis4g his fax
upon the British soil. The Lascar was not a part] ter, and-there:
fore not boutid by tbe bend in question. He ***Captain. Be'
if there was a writtestagreeinantlor thq voyage ? • The (;,Main
replied, it was not the practice. Mr. P. then asked,' file nook.
point out any *stutter law by Which-the Magistrate tont:Lank-
pee tbe titan to go against his will ? He replied he could-not.- P
Mr. P. then said, be could not Weise the worthy' Alderfoad
detain, or make any order • the prisoner, who accord-
ingly retired from the bar. Lascar, who understood Eng-
lish vegy well, expressed his object in remaining here was to be:
come a teacher of the Malajan language.
• Mastalotoocr-Sranar...—Yesterday,.D. Foley, M. O 'Callaghan,
and --- Coin, were charged with rioting. :Some were
drinking together on Monday evening, in the New:road, when a
fight ensued between two of them, which in due titre extended
to the whole groups, and ultimately to the passer:,-by in.liscri-
minately. One of the Irishmen, named M‘Gratli, woo' nearly
killed.-Flu prisoners were ordered to find bail;

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