Star.
London, England, 1815-10-03 00:00:00

SERIOUS FLO&

DUMMIES. SEPTEMBER M.
During Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday last, there
was an uncommon fall of rain, accompanied with very
high wind, in the neighbourhood of Dumfries. The
devastation, on aciount of the swelling of the diffe-
rent rivers and rivulets, in that neighbourhood, is in-
calculable—great quantities of grain have been car-
ried away, embankments destroyed, &c. tic. On
the river Ni:h, in particular, within the more imme-
diate view of the writer of this article, there was not
an embankment for upwards of 20 Miles, which the
river has not encroached on, and of course seriously
Homed. The damage cannot be estimated at less
than twenty thousand pounds. At the Dumfries
bridges, it was truly distressing to see the immense
quantities of corn, and other property, carried down
by the flood. But the dreadful effects of these tor-
rents of rain were not confined to the river Nith, but
extended to all the surrounding country, in which
rivers and rapid streams are very numerous. At
Nestabhey, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, the bridge
which bad stood the buffetings of the winter storm for
centuries, was carriel away. It was providential all
this happened in the day time ; it it, bad been in the
night, that bridge being the central communication
from Dumfries, and a large district of country, it
might have been fatal in its consequences to many
individuals, but as it is, no Uses have been lost. The.
elegant new bridge over the Dee, at New Galloway,
within a month of being finished, has been swept
away ; it has cost £7OOO. Several bridges in the
neighbourhood of Moffat. have also beer. carried off,
and a number of farmers, whose corn lay in the vici-
nity of Annan Water, have lost from one:olive thousand
stooks, or shocks. The great flood on the 13th and
16th of November, 1807, was truly awful, both in
the neighbourhood of Carlisle, and in this district,
but we have had nothing of the sort to.be compared
with the present, since February, 1780.

Fines.—Thursday se'nnight, a dreadful fire took
place at Babb's Green, near Ware, Herts :—A girl
went to an adjoining cottage to get some embers to
kindle a fire in that in which she resided. The wind,
unperceived by th., girl, blew part of the embers to
some loose straw, which communicated first to the
thatch of the pig-stye, and then to the cottage
in which alle dwelt, and to two others adjoining ;
neat to a farm house, and which, with barns, stabling,
and nine ricks of corn and hay, were all consumed
within two hours. The unfortunate proprietor has a
wife and four small children, and his property lost,
except a few trifles, was uninsured. And on Thurs-
day last, another dreadful fire, took plate at Tennis,
near Buntingford, Herts, at nine in the evening:
which burnt down a barn full of wheat, 21 ricks of
coin and l•ay, the dwelling house, furniture, stabling,
and outhouses ; by this fatal calamity, three fine
horses, and 17 fat hogs, together with the farming
implements, were likewise destroyed; so rapid were
the flames, that the owner and his family had scarce
time to save themselves. The premises ate strongly
suspected to here been set on fire by some evil dis-
posed person.
DARING ROBERRY.—Sunday morning last, during
Divine Service, five men entered the dwelling-
house in Moreby Park, near York, the residence of
the Rev. Thomas Preston, one of his Majesty's Jus-
tices for the East Riding of that county. They had
concealed themselves near the premises, and watched
the family going out to church, a distance of nearly
two miles. Two female servants were left in the,
house. One of the robbers knocked at the door, pre-
tending to have business with Mr. Preston. On its
being opened, he rushed in, threatening the maid,
that if she gave any alarm he would kill her. The
other tour then entered, and secured the two females
by locking them up in the cellar, while they commit.
ted their depredations in the house, from which they
stole money and notes of the value of about £49,:three
gold rings. and one silver ring, and then made off,
locking the house-dour after them. The two females,
with the aid of a pair of scissors, opened the lock of
the cellar-door, got out of a window, and alarmed
the neighbourhood: A pursait of the robbers was
set on loot, and three of the villains were taken at
name, and committed to the Castle on Monday
evening, by the names of James Smith, John Whoa,
and Gorge Apple:yard. One ut these, it appears. lived
in Mr. Preston's service some years ago.

EXTENSIVE ROEEERY.—Saturday four young chirp.,
ney-meepers volunteered their services to assist a
woman, named Ann Briggs, in removing her stock
of crockery-ware from the marketplace of Whitby,
into the warehouse in chi same town, when observinga
box of gold coin which tie saving female potter had, it
appears, carried about with her, two of the boys made,
free to help themselves, aad to-secure the secrecy of
the other two, had bribed them with twuguineas and
a halt each from the stolen treasure. The master of
one of the boys having seen the gold in. his posses-
si,nt, an investigation of the matter took place, and a
confession of the whole transaction was the result.
A pursuit ensued, and the two young thieves were
taken About three miles from the town, one of them
having one hundred guineas and a half, and the
other sixty.four guineas and half, independent of the
bribes they had given. The box from whence the
money was stolen is said to have contained no less
than 1,600 guineas in gold.

Early on Wednesday morning last, the shop of
Mr. J. H. Leach, printer and bookseller, and the ad-
joining shop, belonging to Mrs. Snowden, grocer,
Leeds, were broken into and ransacked. On the
following night, the dry-house of Messrs. John and
David Young, of that place. merchants, was also en-
tered at the window, and the 'centers deliberately
stripped off five pieces of pelisse-cloth and kersey.
mere, with which the robbers got clear off. And on
Thutsday night, a mercer's shop in Lower-head-
row,
and a house near Hunslet.lane, were attempted.
Saturday morning a Court Martial was held at
Portsmouth, on Alexander M'Donnel, a volunteer
seaman of his Majesty's ship INCONSTANT. for snaking
'use of mutinous and seditious expiessinns to Lieute-
nant HANDPInth of that ship I. for throwing a coin ,
from a gun at the Ererjeant of Marines; and for
using abusive language to a Midshipman : all which
charges being proved, he was sentenced to be hay.
Saturday, at Portsmouth and the neighbouring
towns, very fine pieces of good Lamb, and Beef, sold
in the shops it Id. per mad, and a farther rwhic-
-I[loo is expected.

tIE GOLD AND SI LV
Portugal Gold Ir. Coin, per uz. ,e 4 Os 041.
Furcign Gold In Bars O 01 OLI.
Nrw DoublOons £4 S 0 I New Dollar* rut id.

Price.
471. Od. to S7s i&d.
ass. Od. to Ws thi.
63s 00d.
31 00s.

GOAL MARKET. OCTOBER st.
Ships at Market. Ships Soll
6 Newcastle 6
s Sunderland
I Stone Carl
Cinders

CROYDON Faut.—This scene of amusement com-
menced yesterday, and as the weather was not on the
whole unfavourable, it was well attended. The rustics,
who generally part with all their loose cash among
the E. 0. tables, and other games introduced by the
London visitors, were yesterday engaged io numerous
parties of that description. This Fair, which is gene-
rally remarkable for fine walnuts, is not deficient on
the present occasion in that article.
A Gentleman and his wife returning to Streatham
on Monday se'nnight, about hall past seven, the
coachman had got' off his box, and opened the coach
door, and hid let down the steps, when some thought.
less boys, kicking about brands from a fire opposite,
the horses took fright, ran with the utmost violence
down the Greyhound.lane, after tearing op a gate.i
post at the top, for about halt a mile ; the Gentle.
man succeeded, by hallowing, to get the horses to
pause, jumped out, in the hope of stopping ;hem, but
they immediately rushed forward for a quarter of a
mile ,further, the Lady alone in the carriage ; her
husband ran after with•all speed, but being dark fell'
twice before he reached the spur, a ditch, in which he
found his wife overturned in the coach, the horses
plunging, though fortunately not able to extricate
themselves; the Lady happily not very much hurt,
was got out of the carriage, but the Gentleman has
been ever since confined by his bruises, Ste.
ACCIDENT.—WeJnesday as a keel, from Borough.
bridge, was unloading above Linton Lock, York, the
cord by which it had been fastened gave way—the
owner, J. Bailey, his wife, and lour children, being at
the same time on board : when the former perceive
lag the disaster, and fearing the consequences, c.ized
two of his children, and escaped in a boat, but not
without endeavouring to persuade his wife to follow
his example. She, however, was unable to rescue the
other two, and was equally unwilling to leave them.
The Keel in the mean time proceeded rapidly to-
wards the dam, over which it passed with great. vela
city, was dashed to pieces, and we ate sorry to add,
the mother and two children consequently perished
together. It is almost needless to remark, the prim.
Man is nearly in a state of distraction.