American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-12-19

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'.. ,ba, thirteen Members of the Greek Govern
,s,, are arrested and being convicted OF treason,
,,hrown into dungeon, where they await their SEN
4 .o. Among them are Colocotroni x his SON. hey
! '.r. BETRAYED by Greek spies, whom the Greeks
/ n,nisrd s. forced to confess. A secret correspon
ars was found on the persons arresedwhlch leaves
/ sodoubt of their guilt. An Austrian Captain who
lived here on Wednesday saw part OF the Turkish
a., IN the coast of Samos followed by the Greek
A., A heavy canonade took place which contlnu-
/ a seyeral hours. The result is not known.
THE STORM.
Tbu .,orm of last Thursday night, appears to
,..savrnt. from North to South, the whole ives
.",n coas, of our Island, from Scotland TO Corn
vii The northern coasts of Devon and Cornwall,
/ ", on.n 70 is utmost fury. From Clovely, we
a,rn ,bat the sea poured the Pier SO furious
" ina, one-thrd of i, has disappeared and that the
n,irs have formed a bar across the haiDor, which
prevents all ingress or egress'
A. 81. Ives eight vessels were wrecked, and two
mare on the Zennor coast, little farther westward.
The crews of the two latter persisted. he snip
,inc in the we'll sheltered harbor OF Falmouth sui
Cred no damage whatever.--EIeter Lamlndry'
Cant. James Hill, Of Deal, master and owner OF
~ Meath Castle, which foundered off Wainfieet
49, cIst ultimo. and who has been for more
h,n twenty nine years sailor, and during that pc
ind three times shipwrecked, ASSERTS that he was
n.y.r before exposed to the melancholy effects OF
ns so tremendous as that which so awlully and so
Sesruc,iyely swept the north eastern coast on Fri
! day last The intelligence communlcaetdoy capt
Iiil canno, but be deemed highly important by
mercantile readers OF the present Juncture he
s,o,.s that a feet Of merchantmen, consisting o.
m less than one hundred and fifty res>etS sa,ted
! from Yarmouth Roads on Thursday morning.
with this numerous feet the Meath Castle remain
lsl~.. nine ara hDH
abusive and so strong, to cause their dispersion
in all directions /, is our painful duty to add, that
,h,s pxnerienced mariner yet further stated, that
IN. vio ence OF the hurricane and the overwhs ming
sea, together with the appalling perils OF darkness,
on barbourless shore, to which these ships were
eyposed when he parted from them, had deepiy
i irnnressed his mind with sorrowFul apprehension
i ~, most of them would be inevitably lost. Our
Grimsby Correspondent letter conveys the hearl'
! rending tdings that not less than th,ry vessels
are m shore between Grimsby and letny haVen'
an extent Of only seven miles, and that the SNIP
! ning has sustained considerable damage during the
late gale. FJty-nine sail are stated 10 DC on sh1Ee
on the Lincolnshire coast-on the coast oil NotioiS'
seven on shore between Hunston Lighthouse
! and Lynn.
Thursday evening last, and during the whole OF
The nipbt this city aud its nei ghborhood were Wis
! tied with most tremendous storm oil WIND RAM q
! snow from the north and northeast Durlng inc
night the bed OF the Frome overlooked Its banks,
and long ere daylight the inhabitants OF the Weir,
Merchant street, Northumberland, the lower
part Of Nilk-street, and the cross streets ADJOINING
were awakened from their sumoers oy inc Vusn'hB
Of the water into their shops and cellars NJ cay
break all the low land round Baptist Mills and lral-
tor,s Bridce was discovered to be under water
and pigs sheen poultry, casks household utensils,
&c. we're seen floating down the stream, Aessrs.
BushelI's turpentine mandatory, the SKIN yards
on the banks of the river, and other premises were
all completely inundated, and damages 10 the amount
OGmany thousand pounds must be the lhef'apie con
sequence The london mail was nearly two hours
behind the time, owing to It's having been blown O.
yer on Marlborough Down; as was also .he ,oiue
bodied London COACH nrISto' 'o"' nut
A letter Of yesterday from WINDSOR says =
1--WE have here al this present time the greatest
flood tina, has been known for many years; it came
very suddenly, and is supposed to be owing; tt
the great fall of snow in the low country Nothing
can be seen from Maidenhead TO Chertsey, but wa
ter over the tops OF the hedges. Elton IS totally sur
rounded with water every field is covered, anu .h
wafer runs across the streets to such uep.h INA
no oee can pass except in boat OF cart ne 'os
of cattle has been very great, because the hoo
came so suddenly there was not time 10 remoS
them TO places OF safety"
The la heavy rains caused the avon 10 over
flow to an unprecedented extent. FRIDAY morning
the water was into the lower rooms ct several nous
es, owly situated, and during the day continued .
rise, but The inhabitants thought 1t would suosio
before it had attained any thing like the height o.
by Saturday morning about five o'clock when
positively reached The second story oil many oil IN
houses, in the streets adjacent TO the river In
Doemesds were entirely covered with sheet
water, and about one o'clock on Saturday mor","F
nruse So HIGH as TO threaten the most imminent dar
ger to the inhabitants the most lamenabl cries
distress were hered from all parts: and not a ooi
was to be procured for considerable period. a
bout two O'Clock, the water had absolutely feache