The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-04 00:00:00

CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.

/*aux, 'goy. I.—The association assembled, pursuant
to ntlionitiracnt, this day, at three o'clock. Mr. O'Connell
t gave notice of five motions:—
I. A Motinn of thanks to the author of " The Vindica-
tion OT Irish Catholics."
2. A motion for the appointment of a committee to pre-
pare facts for Earl Gre7, previous to his motion for the
Administration of Justice in Ireland.
3. To extend the Catholic Association through every
county in Ireland.
4. Against the Tithe Composition Act.
5. Concerning the Rights of Sepulture.
Mr. O'Connell prefaced these notices by a short speech
each—and after the thanks of the Association were voted
to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned.

elliE Lam smut.

(mat Toe BRISTOL iinutcneT.)
We already begin to realizs ohs anticipations of an early
and severe winter. A heavy and incessant rain, on Thurs-
day last, was followed on Thursday night by a dreadful
snow-storm, which covered all the hills in this neighbour.
hood, and rendered travelling in many places impracticable.
The night was truly a frightful one, and we fear we shall
have to record numerous instanced of the calamitous effects
of the storm. Friday morning the low groan& on the
Gloucestershire side of this city exhibited the appearauce
of an immense sheet of water; and persons who reside in
the neighbourhood of Stapleton, were compelled to make
a detour of several miles before they could reach the city.
The principal inundation, however, was in the neighbuur-
hood of Baptist-mills, and Barle's-uread. At five o'clock
ea Friday morning, the scene in this quarter was truly
appalling, Many poor people, finding their dwellings sur-
rounded by the water, with no apparent means of escape,
were terrified beyond description, and their screams were
beard in every direction. Signals of distress were also
made; but it was not till a late hone in the morning that
some humane individual caused a boat to he conveyed in a
waggon to the spat, and in this several families were re-
moved front the danger with which they acre threatened.
In the boat at one time, we noticed an old man, two poor
women, and too infanf children, who seemed quite ez-
banated by the terrors of their situation, and as grateful to
their deliverers as if they had been snatched from the
jaws of death. It was reported on Friday that, at Baptist-
mills, a hoes• had fallen into the water, and that two per-
sons had boat their lives; but this, we are happy to state,
' was unfounded.
At day break all the low land round Baptist Mills and
Traitor's Ilriage was discovered to he under water; and
pigs, sheep, poultry, casks, household utensils, &e. were
seen flowing down the stream. Messrs. Busheli's turpera
tine mannfactory, the skin yards on the hanks of the river,
and other premises were all completely inundated, and
damage to the amount of many thousand pounds must be
the ioevitahlo consequence. The Birmingham mail did
not arrive till ten o'clock instead of six, owing to the waters
bring out at Norton's Mill and Qamiglev. The London
mail also was nearly two hours beaiud its time. owing to
ha having been blown over on Marlborough Down; as was
also the blue bodied London coach, the leadiuv horses of the
latter being released to enable the passengers and coachman
to assist its sighting the coach, they ran sway, and when
the London mail was lifted op and again started, the horses
of the other coach were not found. Trees innumerable and
large boughs and branches are strewed in every direction.
Several elms are blown down at Lord de Clifford's, at Kings-
weston, at Brockley, at Leigh, at Redland, and in Tyndal's
Park, and opposite to the Park gate, the front of one of the
houses erecting on the road leading to Clifton, was blown
in. We cannot enumerate the number of smaller disasters
of which et bave beard ' • we shall next week, no doubt
bave to record a frightful catalogue.
In the City the lower pm of Newfoundland-street,•viltb
Iderchant-arrest, end 'severe! streets in the vicinity, were
completely flooded: and in the course of the day, boats
were employed to sums!), the inmates of these houses with
bread and other provisions: The loss of live stock, on the
banks-of our rivers, bas no doubt been great ;as pigs,
Feese, and fowls, were seen floating down the Frown, on
riday morning, in considerable numbers : the staves and
tar-barrels, which were seen floating at the same time,
were front the rope yard near Froum-bridge. Two horses,
one of them belonging to Mr. Clark, butcher, and the
other to Mr. Koch, were swept out of a fiel.!, beyond
Baptist Mills, and drowned.
Vegetation has suffered more from the effects of this
storm, than it usually does by the decay of a whole month
at this season of the year ; and some of the largest and
oldest trees in the neighbourhood yielded to the violence
of the storm.
One end of a house now building at Iloneypen Hill, was
blown in. A house in Paul street, Kingsdown, Was
unroofed ; but in other parts of the city, we believe the
accidents were entirely cosfined to the demolition of
windows and the loss of tiles. One glazier had tiO orders
before 12 o'clock on Friday.
The vale of Ashton was completely wills water.
In the Avon, although the tide was out, the water was of
sufficient depth to float a vessel of 3(X) tons burthem
The mails were delayed considerably beyond their usual
time since Friday. On the Gloucester road, the chief ob.
struction Res about a mile on this side of Gloucester, where
The aster was at one time five feet deep in the road.--The
London Mail aas blown over against a bank near Berk:ramp- '
ton ; but the passengers, guard, and driver, escaped u
Another coach lost its way on Marlhormigh Down ; and as it
could not proceed, the horses were taken out, and the passes.
gers remained in the coach till day light.
The devastating effects of the storm have been severely felt
between this city and Oxford.
BATR, SATURDAY ETZNING.—The late heavy rains caused
the Avon to overflow to an unprecedented extent, the water
having tisen 14 inches higher than at the mentoratee flood of
January, 1909; what rendered the circumstance far more dis-
tressing, was Its being perfectly unexpected. Of the loss of
lives we can yet form no calculation ; we trust it may not he
so extensive as we have at present too much reason to expect.
Any one who has any Idea bow numerously populated is that
extensive piece of land the Dolmneads, alit conceive it as
utter impossibility that during su dark a night, so many could
have been rescued; and the numerous trees, hedges, walls,
cottages, &e. covered with water, rendered the attempt ex•
tremely hazardous. Four beautiful horses, the property of
Dowdwell, of Keyesham, carrier, were drowned in at-
tempting to pass the New Bridge, near Newton.
The boisterous winds on Thursday night last, have caul'
ea much damage in this neighbourhood. On the estate of
Col. Gore Langton, several trees were blown down ; four-
teen very fine elm trees in the park were torn up by the
roots, and several others are despoiled from having all the
but breeches splintered.—On the London road, near Bath-
Casten, some large trees fell across the road and delayed
all the coaches a considerable time. The boisterous winds
on the above evening were accompanied by a heavy fall of
snow.—The Exeter and Portsmouth mails have been corn•
polled to take a circuitous route, over Clavertoa Down, in
passing to and fro into this city.
About six o'clock on Thursday evening, the western
part and shores of Monmouthshire were visited by a snow-
storm and gale of wind, such as has been scarcely remem-
bered; thelatter lasted all night with almost inconceivable
fury. The Cambrian steam-packet is reported to be on
shore near Pn.rtishaatl-point. A sloop, belonging to New.
Inel.