Star.
London, England, 1810-10-11 00:00:00

WANTED, to occupy for the Winter Mhnths,.in
the Vicinity of Camberwell, a FAM!LY HOUSE, gen.
teely furnished, containing two Sittine. }<corns, four or five Bed
Rooms, good Kitchen, Wash-house, &c.—Cards of Addres3, h
Terms and Particulars, to be left at Mr. Cox, Coach Office,
Camberwell. ,

NEW SOUTH WALES.

FROM THE SIDNEY GAZETTE.
FLOOD AT HAWKESBURV.—Accounts were on Tues-
day last,reaeived in town of the Hawkesbury settle-
ment being again flooded ; and in the course of the
following day those accounts were unhappily confir-
med. A Mr. Bull, of Sydney, who was at the house
of Mr. John Bcnn, down the river, at the commence-
ment of the flood, inform; us, little or no rain fell in
that quarter until Saturday evening the (::9th ultimo,
when a heavy rain set in, which continued without
intermission until Monday morning : that a rise in
the water was perceived between ten and eleven on
Sunday night, and continued for some hours to rise
gradually, but afterwards with an astonishing rapi-
dity, until the whole of the snrrounding farms were
laid under water. About noon on Tuesday. it was
at the highest, and in the course of the afternoon
abated five or six feet ; but, in consequence of the de-
luges of rain that fell in the evening and night -f
Tuesday, the water rose again several feet. On
Wednesday it began again to fall; by-the. noon of
Thursday, had.decreased ten feet from its greatest
height. Among the principal sufferers that tie have
heard of down the flyer is Mr. Kenn ; he having lost
npwarals of 300 head of swine. 100 sheep, about 1000
bushels of: wheat threshed, or in stack, and a stack of
barley, besides a valuable property contained in his
dwelling-house and barn, among which were two
chests .of tea and a ton of sugar, but a few days prior
received from Sydney.
From the Green Hills, the following report, con.
in a private letter, dated on Tuesday night,
eleven o'clock, was received in town on Thursday :
ig With regret I inform you of the dreadful scene
that at the present moment chills me with excessive
horror. The whole of this extensive settlement is
one uninterrupted sheet of water. The lower range
of houses upon the Green hills is immersed, and the
river has formed a junction with South Creek across
the hills, through kickerby's grounds upon the river
side, and those of the Rev. Mr. Marsden on the creek.
Yesterday and last night was a most dreadful sea-'
son. The danger encroached with a rapidity never
before witnessed; and the cries of the numerous fa-
milies who were more imminently exposed were ren-
dered still more agonizing by the impracticability of
affording them immediate relief. In one alarn ing
instance, a young man, settler, his wife, and three
children, were seated on a ladder lain across the fork
of a tree, in which sitaation they contrived to sustain
an equilibrium for nearly three hours, the man a
great part of the time clinging by his hands at the
end of the ladder ; but at last yielding to fatigue, be
forsook his hold, and all were precipitated into the de-
luge. The woman and childien were picked up, but I,
the fate of the unfortunate man is doubtful. A settler
at Cornwallis passed the hills this morning on the top;
of a small wheat stack ; his fate is not known, but it
is much hoped he may have /ueen preserved by some!
of the boats employed in this humane work. In ano-
ther and truly melancholy instance, eight persons are
supposed to have perished in one spot. The names
of those supposed unfortunates have been mentioned,
but from this I must refrain, hoping the account may
be erroneous, or at least exaggerated. At presento
all is uncertainty -and dread, all terror and astonish-
ment. Some lives are lost, many have been saved
by the exertions of the more enterprising, directed by
our Magistrates, who by their example encouraged
the toil of rescuing whole families front the very
verge of fate. And I cannot omit to mention the
active and indefatigable-exertions of Messrs. Thomp•
son and Biggers, to whom, under the direction of
1)1 VINE PROVIDENCE, many are indebted for their
lives. Their fatigues were equal to their dangers,
which 'were increased by the extreme darkness of the
night, during which their boats were repeatedly stove,
and it was with difficulty they could with their crews
preset ye their lives. Many others who volunteered
their exertions are also entitled to every praise. At
the ()rat- of Mr. Bell, the church was appropriated to
the receptirn of the sufferers brought to the hills, and
such as were destitute were victualled from the store,'
and every measure that humanity could devise was
adopted to alleviate as much as possible the misery
of their condition.
" It is considered that the perpendicular rise of the
river could not be much less than 86 feet from the
general level, andt to have exceeded that of March,
1806, by six or eight feet of perpendicular height ; and
unfortunately happens at a time of the year which to.'
tally destroys the prospects of the settler, and the de-
pendance of the colony upon this settlement for the
next year, as the sown wheat will in all probabilit':
perish in the ground in most of the lower situations."
At the, farm of Mr. S. Terry, nine persons, viz.—
C coley of To ugabbee ; Munsey, of Hawkesbury ;
I. edges, servant to a gentleman of Sydney ; ivl
n.ed, an Asiatic, his wife, and two, children, and two
1 ack men had en leavourel to secure themselves on•
the top tit the ha- at, winch fell hi about iive on Mon
day evening ; but as dn.re was no other resource left:
tl ey continued upon the roof for about two Lours
atter, when die olfe of Mahorned fall through the
th-atch with one of her child, en in her arms, and was
r o more seen. y endeavouring to save the
otl er child, wt ;eh citing to Mahomed the father,
e peed with tho infant, and in like mariner disaa.
piarej ;as did Mansey also. Mahomed and the to o
black men saved th.anvdves in trees ; end Hodges,
Swimming about in the dark, at 1.-ngth got into the •
stream, by a hick he was carried between five and six
Miles tore a y impediment opposed his r.tpid course;
when happily he found safety among the branches of
a tree, from whence he was at length taken by a
boat, and conveyed to a place of safety.
The accounts from Richm..nd Hill are of the same
distressing -tendency ; but from Portland Head no
'Fommunicatioa .has yet been received.
The loss 4 stock has been very severe, as well
i!s 'grain. No possible estimate can be formed at
present,
_ _ _

As soon as the melancholy ;ntelligence was re-
ceived, Lieuten ,melancholy
Fo,eaux left town, ac-
conspaaied by h.s Secretary, wish intention to pro-

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