DESTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF TH...
DRISTRUCTIVE EFFECTS OF THE LATE FLOODs.-(Fur- ther parti6ulars.)-Mr. Addis. whose loss of 102 sheep we mention. ed in our last, had, on the night of the flood, sent a man to the Mea. dows, to see if all was safe. The man brought word that aU was well, aiid that the water was sinking. His surprise and distress nmuv be well imagined, when, in the morning, he discovered, that so far from sinking, the river had risen to such a height as to cover the meadows where his sheep, cattle, and horses, were confined. The horses, cattle, and ahout 20 fat sheep, had saved themselves by crowding together upon a hillock in one of the meadows, and were liberated by boats. Mr. Addis's loss is really a distressing one; he had newly come to the farm, and though he neither abks nor eax pects the assistance of hlis friends and neighbosirs, we would just suggest that a guinea a piece would be nothing out of the pockets of his brother fayrmers, and would make the worthy but unfortunate yeomuan comparatively easy on the score of his loss. All the accounts from Ross concur in stating the scene at Wilton. bridge to have been truly grand. The coachman of the Champion, when he came to the spot where the water crossed the road to a.great depth and extent, with a coolness and caution which does him credit, dreaw uo, and waited till the returning coach arrived on the opposite side, when they exchanged passenlgers and parcels bh the interven- tion of boats. At Mlonmouth, the appalling scenes of devastation which the waters of the Wyc and Mslonnowspread along their shores last week have been renewed in the early part of this, with accumu- lated effeets. To the inhabitants of Nonnow-street they havelbeen particularlyinjurious. The rivers have risen and fallen twicewithin a few days, ann were continuing to rise when our latest accounts came away yesterday. It is our painful duty to record another melaneboly death, occasioned by the late general overflowof the watcrs. On the night of Tuesday (30th ult.), as fr. William Powell, of Bacton, was returning frem Abergavenny market, he was drowned at Alon- now-bridge, near 52 omouth.cap. What reider5 the accident more distressing is, that the cries of the unfortunate sufflerer were heard during tbe space of two hours; but inconsequence of the darkness of the night, it could not be ascertained to what srpot to direct assistance. It is supposed, that finding hirmself in danger, and passing under a tree he forsoek the back of his horse, and sought escapc by catching hold of the branchles ; but exhausted nature sunk him inta a waterv grave. On the Wednesday morning, the horse was found in an ad. joining meadow.-H_ercford1ssdepcndent.