The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-11-07 00:00:00

INUNDATIONS IN ITALY.

iNSPRUCK, OCT. 23.—We receive the most melancholy
accounts from the Pustherthal, and the circles nt the
Adige, and Trent, of extensive devastations caused by 10,,{
continued rains, and the destructive rising of several moan-
tain streams, and of the rivers Adige, Muck, Drew, and
Rientz.

According to all the accounts, the valley of the Adige,
from Bohan° to beyond Trent, presented the nint
choli appearance, the whole :valley forming alms!,
without interruption, an entire lake. The rising of the
Adige, inundating the whole valley near Trent, unite,'
eith.the impetuous torrent of the Pestling, has had to
pare Ilel for many years. The city of Trent has bee.'
several times in danger of being partly destroyed by this
raging stream, and feint were still entertained on the lsth,•
as the rain continued to fall in torrents. I: was every
moment expected that the bridge of St. Lorenz s would be
Carried away by the Adige. The accumulated waters of
the Adige flowed to Verona, after overthrowing four houses
in Castel Nuovo. A third part of that great city is unler
water, and, in many parts, up to the first stori. s of the
houses. The communication is kept up, partly over the
roofs, and partly by breaking through the walls between
the houses. The Adige has likewise riven to a great
height above its banks in two places below Legnago. his
said thit similar calamities have taken place on the Po.
Almost all the roads are impassable and the communication
interrupted, so that the extent of the devastation cannot yet
be known.

Yeiterdak, Read, the bead officer of Hatton Virden esta-
klishmenr, reported to Mr. Sergeant SELLosr, that he ha t
then returned from Bartholomew Hospital, to see It. Stan-
ton, who was mutilated by his wife, in order to learn when
it was expected he would he sufficiently recovered to appear
against her. He stated, that Stanton is so far recovered
that he fpond him up, dressed, and walking about the ward,
and was enabled to attend prayers on Sunday last, and that.
it was the surgeon's opinion that he would he able to attend
at the office sonic day next week, to give evidence, wham
his wife will be brought up for final examination.
DRILADFUL NOY. 5.—A most dreadful firs
broke out this afternoon, in the plumbery of Mr. J. Holmes.
situate in St. James's street, in this town, occasioned by soma
lead boiling over, which • his men were melting, and which,
communicating with a barrel of turpentine, the whole was in-
' stently in a blaze, and the men had only time to save them-
I selves: As soon es the alarm was given, the engines belong-
; log to the Corporation. the Harbour, Ordnance °Mee, and Vie-
t.,a ling office, repaired to the spot, and the men belonging to
the Harbour. the Royal Artidery, and the Coast B.ockatte at-
tended, for the pu:pose of working them; but the supply of
water being eery deficient at first, the flames soon caught a a
adjoining earpet.te:'s.hop, which was instantly destrovei, its
v • I 33 the dwelling houses of Mr. Win. Marks, baker, and Mr.
,lanes Michael Bog• r. 'rile wind blowing strong from the S.
W. it was much feared;tnat the whole of that site ot
James's street. would soon be on Ire, but a dwel.ing In us.s
having been pulled (Own, checked the progress of the Cames,
and it is hoped that all danger is (asst. We cannot hear of soy
lives being lost, though fears were intermitted for a worn tit
and chin' who were over the plumbery, anti seen running shout.
la great dis:ress. Too much praise cannot be oleVe tto those
with the greatest alscrity,.attended the moment the alarm
was given, and cp;:truaed their exertions to this lime..

SW

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
(PROM THE JOURVAL DES DEBATE.)
110:411, Oct. 15.—M. Louie Buonanarte has arrived in
Rt.r.le from Marienbad. in Germany. His wife, the Princess
Hortense, wilts residesat Strasburg, is expected Isere shortly :
she interds t 3 pass the winter in Italy.
Ilis Brninenee, Fenuick, Bishop of Cincinnati, in the
United States, has arrived here from America, It appears
that the object of his mission is to solicit pecriniatry aid for
his infant church. When he tank the direction of it,
thr provinci• only contained 25,000 inhabitants; at
• pre 1.7.1 it Lass population of 60,000, of,whom 20,000,are
• cai
ill kit!! is prepariaz here for the Marquess of Hastings,
wi o gill pass the winter at Rome.
• (ream THE ORIFIAIME,) •
Plliis. Nov. 4.—lt is n ith regret we announce, that at
;Ice t. ii.ter much teroiversation, three Ministers have sac •
earl; in causirg the dissithition of the Chamber to be pro-
. idtouseed. Accordinf to information which we can scarcely
.ffVoiibt, this resotu 'inn was signed yesterday morning, after
wwhicia one of the Ministers, hitherto a great partisan of the
• Charter, went into the errantry to assure himself, by indite.
iv Iraq:dation, whether this measure is conform shle to the
tha•tr. M. 'de Cortriere is, it is said, one of those who
moat Vrowily declared in favour of the measure. IVe wish
that, in sa• into Glib determination, their Excelleircies may
not h..vr Sigurd their downfall. In pahlic opinion, the
_ eintltttion of the Chamber will he viewed like the disgrace
of ,he Duke de Bellitnii. That disgrace was only a pre-
lde ; the dismissal of a Royalist Minister was an attempt
a;:ainet a Clia•phor eminently Royeli.t ; hilt this Chamber
had, like the Duke de Belton°, declared for war with Spain
against the views of Nlinisters ; and of coarse, now that the
war with Spain (which has so gloriously deceived ministe-
.
nal wisdom) is over, it must he dismissed like the courage.
rills Marshal 1. Let the Deputies who may be returned
hereby take warning.
FRENCH FUNDS, Nov 4.—The Five per Cents. opened
for money at S'd. 35., and left off at this price, after having
been at Si). 45. The price for the roil of the month was
Mi. 0., and left oft at four o'clock at bit 40., which was
the lowest price during the day. Neapolitan, 7Th money
for the end of the month, 74i. Spanish left off at 31A,
after having. been at 32. Loan prem. 11, 14. The
re per Cents. after 'Change hours was stationary at
WI. 40.

SPAIN.

The private letters received vesterdnY from Spain by the
regular post, mention no new fact of importance that has
not already reached ns through the French Papers. Those
from Bilhoa, however, complain most bitterly of the
arrogance and insulting conduct of the Monks and Friars,
aided and supported by the Army of the Faith, and allege
that no hononrable or honest man can any longer reside in
Spain. The Monks anti Friars completely rule the roast.
Some little time ago they had the impudence to cause the
bridge of hosts, placed for the convenience of the inhabi•
itants across the river at Ililboa, to be removed from its
usttal place, and fastened in front of the Franciscan Convent,
for the accommodation of its inmates. The inconvenience
wt o g re :ttly felt by the inhabitants generally, and they sent,
to Madrid, soliciting to have it retrieved to its old place.l
The Government. fearful of offending the Hiscayans, sent
orders that the bridge should be restored ; but it. was
douhted whether the Municipality would have courage to
carry them into execution. Every thing like trade, with
the exception of that of the French smugglers, is at a
stand in Spain, and the only money to he seen any where
is that which the French are spending. This general stag-
nation has very much lowered the
.price of all kinds of
procuce; so much so, that oil, which was scarcely ever
lona r than lio rials the arroba, is now selling fur 3d in the
viricity of Madrid, and wheat for Y 3 dais, which was
seldom less than 40.
Extract of a letter, dated Malaga, thel3th of October,
received in Liverpool on Wednesday:—" The state of this
country is horrible beyond your int aginstion, and the time
is approaching when vengeance sill he taken in a dreadful
manner. The game is hut beginning—the end will he
dreadful; the fool of a King undoes to day what he did
yesterday. So much for the Holy Alliance—and so much
fur English policy in allowing Spain to fall."