Star.
London, England, 1821-12-28 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The country in the neighbourhnod of Ch'
ertsey Is
so deeply flooded by the late incessant rains, that the
coaches proceeding thither yesterday were bbliged
stop at Hampton, and return to town in the evening.
The Salisbury coach, which should have been in
town yesterday evening, had not arrived when this
Paper went to Press, owing, it is reported, to the
blowing up of some of the arches of Staines Bridge.
The Windsor coaches were detained yesterday and
the preceding day, in consequence of the floods on
the road. The roads towards Maidenhead are, for

nearly two miles, so delugbd that the coach-horses
were up to their girths in water.
ThoYorthern Mails have been stopped two day;

by the inundations.
At Newport Pape% the coaches could not pus
the bridge, owing to the floods.
The Bath York House mail-coach was nearly

upset on Wednesday night. •
At Henley, the pole-horses were neatly drowired.
In several places the passengers and luggage were
removed to prevent the horses being drowned at
Henley-upon-Thames, particularly, the horses plunged
into a body of water of great depth.
Poles are now affixed on the banks of low lauds to

indicate the depth of water on the roads.
BATH.—The weather, during
.the fast week, has
been very tempestuous. The wind throughout the
greater part of Thursday night and Friday morning
blew a complete hurricane; the parapets of three
houses in Grove-street fell with a tremendous crash ;
the wall erected in front of the new Church, James-
street, was blown down ; also a stack of chimnies at
the back of Milsom-street. Saturday evening the rain
descended in torrents, accompanied with thunder and
lightning, and it did not cease until daybreak on
Sunday morning ; the immense fall of rain caused
the river to overflow its banks ; and by Sunday after-
noon the ground, called Doleniead and Oxmead, be-
tween Caroline-buildings and the river, a great por-
tion of which has recently been covered with small
tenements, presented one wide expanse of water, and
the inhabitants of the cottages were obliged to seek
shelter in the upper apartments and upon the house-
tops, whence many were rescued by boats. The flood
has since considerably abated, although the low
grounds in the vicinity-are still inundated : consider-
able damage has been sustained, particularly by that
class who can ill support the loss. The flood at
Frome, on Sunday morning, occasioned by the tre-
mendous storm of the preceding night, was higher
than any that has been known in that town for nearly
sixty years. The damage sustained amounts to several
thousand pounds. Fourteen sheep and three cows
were lost on Monday, at Road, in consequence of the
flood. There was to-day a heavy fall of snow on
Mendip. The cellars of great part of the houses in
Wells were inundated on Saturday, from the great
fall of rain. During the violent gale of Thursday
night, the malt-house of Mr. HEAVEN, on Steeple-
Ashton Common, was blown down, and the roof car-
ried off. In the same gale, a wall at Melksham Spa
was blown down : much other damage was done in the
neighbourhood, as windows blown in, trees torn up,&c.
GLoucesmt.—Almost every evening during the
last week, stol-ms of thunder and lightning, with
perfect hurricanes of wind and rain, have visited this
City, and been equally prevalent in every part of the
kingdom. In this vicinity, the Wye and the Lugg
having overflown their banks, the floods rendered the
roads impassable in many parts of the country, and
delayed the mails and coaches beyond their usual
period of arriving. We have heard of several out-
houses, ricks, &c. being injured by the wind, which
also levelled many of the stately Ornaments of the
forests and orchards in different situations.
LIVERPOOL.—The weather here has been extremely
tempestuous, both wind, hail, and rain. About three
o'clock, on Tuesday morning last, we had a storm of
thunder and lightning, which continued only for a
few minutes. On the evening of the same day the
lightning was also uncommonly vivid, but unaccom-
panied with thunder. The fall of rain has been great,
accompanied with strong gales. Indeed the violence
of the westerly winds has compelled several Ameri-
can and other vessels, after having been at sea schte
weeks, to put back. So long a continuance of westerly
winds, at this season, has not been known for many
years past.

Notwithstanding the very dreary and unsettled state of the
weather, the East Sussex pack of Fox-hounds continue to bunt
regularly, and In general effectually. as the kennel door at Ri *.
mer is frequently ornamented with additional fur-heads. The
Gentlemen who /compose the Hunt, like true sportsmen, never
cinch, be the weather what it may. It is trally laughable to see
them come home after a day's hunt, there being such a contrast
between the scarlet cloth and the Sussex mud.
Conn Exclusion, blase-ups, Dec. Ml.—Owing to the cm--
tinuance of boisterous weather we have had no arrivals of any
Grain this week, and scarcely any business was done in our
Market to.day, the consumers refraining from purchasing, in an-
ticipation of very large supplies when the wind changes; in con-
seq=of which our prices may be quoted the same as Howley.
nue Ilmucer' Ducausan wt.—There was an uncoil:.
mon short market this morning, owing to the waters being out
in various o the country; in consequence of which the
prices ofdifferent descriptions of Cattle are Father higher.-%-
Current prices:
reef, 2s. 6d..t0 4s. Od. per stone of Sibs.; Mutton, Ss. 6d,
to 3s. ed. Veal, Ss. od. to 45. Sil. Pork, is. Od. to 45.04
Cattle at Market ; Beasts, 360; Calves,l2o; Sheep and Lambe,
3140; Pigs, 180.—Hay and Straw per load, Hay, 31. 105, e
14 O. CNvcc, 44. Or. to 54 Os. Straw, 14. Ss. to 11. Ids.

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