The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-29 00:00:00

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4asmouxu, Dec 27.—1 n the dreadful gale of wind
in 'blob the Hull East India ship was lost, the Sun-
derland, of and from Sunderland, for London, Robson,
master, came on shore ; crew saved. She is expected to
be got off by discharging her cargo.
The Swallow, Jones, from St. Petersburgh, was ran
foul of, and her bow-sprit and gib-boom were carried
away. Several vessels are arrived in these 'toads,
with damage from the late gales.
On Saturday night, about twelve o'clock, as the
head waiter at the Bear Inn, near the bridge, named
John Gardener, with the horse-keeper, were Icailing
the master of a Humber keel, who was rather inebri-
ated, to his vessel, lying near the house, owing to the
intense darkness of the night, they stumbled against
one of the mooring ropes, which caused all three to
fall, when the waiter was unfortunately precipitated
into the river and drowned. An alarm was instantly
given, and every exertion used to recover the
body, which however was not found until near
four o'clock.
It is observable in the Exeter-market, that the
poorer classes bave profitted by the great fall in the
price of meat, to improve their mode of living.—
Those who lately limited their little purchases to
slender rations of bacon or mutton fat only, to sweeten
their potatoes with, now buy beef awl mutton
now , shorn
of their loose fat. Coarse pieces of both ll
here at from 2d. to W. per lb. ; and, in consequence
of this great reduction, we are assured, the poor in
general have nearly doubled their average consump-
tion of animal food.—(Weefera Lansinary)
Several vessels which put to sea at the commeoce-
agent of the present month, from Liverpool, bound to
America, lice. have been compelled to put back, from
the 'accession of heavy gales from the westward, after
bating been a considerable distance on their voyage.
So very numerous were the geese in town that the
holders were selling them on Saturday and yesterday
at two shillings each. Four to five shillings were got
for them on Wednesday last.—(GlasgoteChron)
" Tun Agreeable §vararse."—A person of the
name of Mackie, usually resident in Aberdeen, having
been missing for some time past, his relatives conjec-
tured that. the body recently found iu the Oldtown
Links was that of their friend, and foolishly persisted
in asserting it to be so, in opposition to the most con-
clusive evidence to the contrary. We understand, that
Mackie has at length appeared is propris persona, to
the greatjoy of his disconsolate spouse! The patti
es
have not lived together for many years. Thelost
husband was found working in the neighbourhood of

Tara.
An inquisition was taken on Tuesday last, before Mr.
IUNWIN, the Coroner, at the Five Belle. Three Colt.
street, Limehouse, on view of the body of Peter Mangle.
It appeared that the deceased was a ballast-beaver, and
that about five weeks ago he bad fallen out of a ballast
lighter at Blackwell-reach, and was drowned. He was
dragged for varrbus times then and since, but all efforts
to God the body proved fruitless until Snnday mohsing
last, whes it was found at Dube's-shore, Limehouse. a
'distance of four miles from *here he was drowned. The
body was in se putrid a state, that be was identified only
from his appareL Vcrdict—Accidmital Death.
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• "rhe following extnet gives C any ,latgreatier at-
ohiat of the estricatioran indivisbnal from a situation
of grestperil, and calls satiation to an evil, frown
whiel,'Wnise remedied, many may suffer.
SITICAet 61 A LITTIR PROM STAINZS, lite. 2ti. IS4I.
mlle•clear It —My journey in quest of hearth has
toot yet been propitious in itsdirect.ohject,•hut other-
wise hes 'proved satisfactory, I left London in the Old
Salisbury coach about four o'clock on %I mislay afternoeti.
It rain:oooy, and.the nightfell dark as pitch. Two
miles and a•quartei'shart of this thee, one coachman
np in consegneneriirefterti hi outcry of distress-.
He took the coach limy itettistband, and taroed it to-
wards the plan frildstmge-..lwoceigled the soiled. 1
looked oat of the „. and saw, by the. glare of the
lamp, a man's bead jest ashove water, about .12 or 15
yards distant, and near tobiM two wheels, half above
the surface. It was plain tbat,t a cerrilige had bets up-
set, and that the Marini In sioptOrdy. 1 made Inieti--to
get out of the coach teitend• a tielping hand for
ran
saklav:e-
nen ; and forgetting that 1 :was an invalid, n
deep into the water, which flowed to the middle of the
highway, wilthout thunglit or fear. The coachman hol-
lowed out that the water was very deep, and that I was
in danger. I returned to 'consult what shonld be done,
but getting impatient lest 'the man should sink -limn
sight, 1 rushed towtMsblast, ink before 1 got haltwav
sunk to the nick. As }could not swim, and theinttoin
muthles was entangling my feet, 1 was glad -to prowl
out again, which, with, wen n difitcolty, 1 perforteed.—i
now asked the compauy to Loin hands, and let me go in
first ; hut, none having yet paiirearneit, they vete on-
willing, like the eats, thisfet, their feet, 1 then thought
of unharnessing the home, so Akio' get trans and *RA
for a safety-rope ; butrefie .coaohittaw protinted i spare
set of traces, and theist., tied together, wen ankieseut;
One end was mode fisterouoal ,my body, and the other
kohl by Inattofellowi,now made all safe fur me. I ad-
' rett towards the Abject in distress, but coining tn. the
eep water, again Vamped in to the neck, and falling
forward, bad to be dregied ashore like a log. was in
painful stispenee for a few moments how to get .-et the
man, but seeing dice one of the wheels night :its reached
lby an effort, 1. made towards this, and getting hold of
, it, passed to the other, and from thence by. making a
t&eng sent caught hold of the mar by the collar. Ile
Ikekliall*sonietiting 1 did not see, r stirpnr, the pele„
and lawl4tiut continually to save his horses, of which
tsaw nothing. Having matte good my gripe, I called' •
th the people on shore to hail Winy, which they did.
I tore the man from his bold, sod we were together
dragged to laud. Through thealeep water it was well
eno.some.h, hut is 1 had to be JeagFed .some. Yards along,
the shallow, 1 was almoat ppilaiskettewo.„ while.the tinckie
of the trace sunk into my reft' btea4f,' taifisse, I had- tho
blow from the trunk last-iNtolier. Eked Worst,'
but 606` I think all is well. We had the` or nime, 11,*
London post-boy, thrust up behind the math.po I emotive+
and held him on titian readied a house half a mile on the
way here, where he was attended to. 1 carne oe to this
place, where L got as comfortable -bed, which, by thti
Doctor's advice, I kept all yesterday.; I am now up pretty
well, and shall proceed to-bight towards lliy destination.
It is ascertained that the poor man oinsflikee' beers in the•
water an hour ; and could never han-bebn more-
sAe-
*vated than to save suffocation. He iran-liesis
'town, and I trust may recover; the hones were
.got, aaiat„
soon after, one of them dead. It is a shame to the.
Road Commissioners that the drowning place li is not
been guarded with post and rail, as it has long bee'
thought dangerous. I shall write you again tomorrow:"
Extract of a letter from Windsor, Thersilsy, Decent.'
ber 07 —.6 We now have here the greatest Tliaitsraf
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'boa that` bas been hawse* elm e ISMS; *kik thief great
'flood carried away a fifteen arch-bridge, wear Eton. It
is awful to see the country from Maidenhead-bridge to
iChertsey, on each side of the Thames all covered with .•
',rater--farmers are obliged to move theit cattle of everyl
kind from their home, fields and meadows akerwerell • ,
with water—and nothing is to be seen bat the
the trees. The lower part of Little Windsor Park is
covered with water. In Eton, many of the houses a
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flooded, in the shops the water is up to the counters.
There are carts and boats to take the passengers tp
and from the Windsor side. At the Swan Inn every
house has been of necessity removed ; in many of the •
cellars the water is five feet deep. No carriage can
come by Datchet to Windsor.
Much damage was canted yesterday on both banks
of the. Thames, particularly on the Surrey side, by the
high tide. In the low ground near Waterlo.)-bridge,
the water reached to the first floors of several houses,
and one house was entirely blown up by it. One man,
we are sorry to learn, lost his life, and another was
conveyed to an hospital mach iojured. The groom!
was inundated to a considerable distance on each side.
of the Waterloo-road.
'f he river at full title yesterday broke through the
bank at Millhatik, and the whole country between
Pi:nlico, Chelsea and Westminster appeared one great
sea. Immense damage has been sustained by the
kitchen t,ardeners on !Milbank. The inhabitants seem
many of them in the greatest apprehension for their
lives—unable to escape from the threatening element,
and calling in vain from the windows of the upper
parts of their houses for assistance. We have not,
however, heard of any lives having been lost. Boats
were plying in all direction' to afford assistance in case
of accident. The greatest alarm was entertained lest
the title this morning should be still more devastating.
The spectacle could only be paralleled by what takes
place in Holland, when any of the dikes give way.—
The oldest inhabitant remembers nothing at all ap-
proaching to it.
The accounts brought yesterday (rem all parts of
the country, of the damage sustained by the incessant
and heavy rains, which have now continued, more or
leer, during several weeks, are truly distressing.
The progress of the mail coaches is mncb impeded
by the great floods. A bridge near Staines having
given way, and the road being also overflowed between
Staines and Beam. the western bags were ferried
over in boats at two places, both those leaving Lon-
don and those due yesterday. The usual exertions of
the Post-office are applied to maintain as much regu-
larity as is practicable, under such difficulties. We
nnderstand that snow has fallen in the west, and
that there have been sharp frosts at night, in many
parts of the country.
The flood, at Fromm, on Sunday meaning last, occa-
sioned by the tremendous storm of the preceding even-
ing, was higher than any that has been known in that
town for nearly sixty years. The damage sustained
amounts to several thousand pounds.
At Bristol, and many other places, the Nary rains
have been accompanied with violent stormskf wind,
thunder, and lightning, uprooting boys" loving
down stacks of chimnies, and, in some instaol, beer
ing the unhappy inmate* seder tin raise. •
The waters in the neighbourhood of
‘Gialsridge
(says rife Ca nbridge Chronkle) have vivoa higher
during the present week than we. reintoSer to have

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