Star.
London, England, 1818-07-11 00:00:00

INUND.II7ON OF THE DRANCE.

SWITZERLAND, JUNE 26.
Private accounts from St. Maure say :—" The
Lake is entirely drained ; the torrent carried away
52 houses of the village of Champsal, with all the
soil, all the barns, and a fine wood. The inhabitants
are obliged to seek elsewhere an abode and subsist-
ance. Six houses at Bagne, and some at Saint
Branchier, have also disappeared.
" At the latter place fine meadows have been
washed away, down to the very rocks near St. Bran-
chier to Mastenach : the torrent drove before it the
forest, which accumulated to the height of a high
hill, and every thing that was in its course. The
wire manufactory of M. Kolb, of Geneva, consist-
ing of six buildings, which lay 50 feet above the
level of the Drance, were carried away in an instant,
and five persons perished.
" At Mastenach, the stream rose to the first floor
of the houses; several houses, trees, and many barns,
are carried away ; numbers of people and cattle pe-
rished. On the 21st the positive details were not
known ; the country for three leagues round is co-
vered with slime and wood. On the 21st the Over-
seer of the Convent of St. Maure, attempted to go to
Mastenach, but he perished in the Drance.
" On the 21st large quantities of provisions arrived
at St. Manre, from the Canton of Vaud, for the
unhappy persons, who, cur off from all communica-
tions, are in danger of perishing by famine (their
cries of distress are said to have been heard from
afar), but they could not be conveyed to them."

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1818.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE Or SrpcKs TRU DAY AT,MiLDI O'CLOCK :
Reduced 77} 78—Cons. 77t—for Ac.7B;
SI, per Cents. 874-4 per Cent. 961;
..avy 103 H—India Bonds 97 99 pr.
Exch. Bills 19 21 pr.--Omnium

Last night a Mall arrived from llanilrirgh, and
brought intelligence of the death of the'Dowager-
Queen of SWEDEN on the 20th ultimo.--By the same
Mail we have an exulting account of the result of
the Frankfort and Leipsic Fairs. The Editor of the
Allgottein Zeihing is so much delighted with the
great superiority which the German manufactures
have acquired over the English, that, if he acts con-
sistently, instead of clamouring to have the latter
excluded from the Continental Markets, he will re.
commend, in future, their unrestrained admission,
that they may serve as fails to establish more fully
the superiority of German manufactures. The plain
matter of fact, in spite of all rivalry congratulations,
is simply this: money is becoming more abundant
on the Continent, and as a consequence, superior
commodities, whether German or English, now com-
mand a preference in the market—a fact of great
importance to all Europe. Indeed, no:hing serves
more effectually to repress the labours of envy, than
tho free means of acquiring for industry its fair re-
ward, by the circulation of its fruits, unencumbered
with the distressing and draining effects of military
expenditure and hostile exactions and interruptions.

A Dutch Mail LIS- brought us this morning Pa-
pers to the Bth of July, but their contents are ex-
tremely uninteresting. The disagreement between
the Sovereigns of Bavaria and Baden has proceeded
to such a height, that they have recalled their respec-
tis e Ambassadors, and the diplomatic relations be-
tween the two countries are for the present at an end.
A personal interview is, however, talked of, which
may probably have the effect of bringing about an
arrangement of their differences.

The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday have
arrived, but still continue silent on the subjet of the
reported Conspiracy. The following are Extract::
. PARIS, JULY 7.