We understand that the ne...
We understand that the new Bishop of Bath and Wells has adopted some very strict but zalutary regulations, calculated to enforce the residence of his clergy. His Lordship is indefatigable in the performance of his ecclesiastical duties.-Br4tol Jlirror. On Friday last, the 9th inst., one of the most violent torrents of rain within memory deluged the middle part of this county: it entered from Sussex, and passing over the entire weald of Kent, Canterbury, and the towns on the sea-coast, discharged an immense quantity of water, stopping the passage of many bridges and.public wavs, and laying the low lands under water, s oiling and carrying awa vast quantities of hay and seed-grass. The ex- treme breadth ofthe cloud appeared to be about 20 miles., within the range of which great damage has been done. In this city seve- ral of the public ways were rendered impassable, and shops in low situatfons suffered considerablz in the destruction of their goods. The rfrver Stour rose rapidly in a few minutes, and the dikes were insufflicient to carry off the rediaidant waters. Mlargate suflbred se- verely,, but at Ramsgate the flood rose to such a height, near the mark et-Place, as to lay al the celari under water, to the very ma- terial u ftheproprietorstof thegoods there deposited, one of whon z. tRze poprietor of the LondonHotel, has sustained a loss of abov 2001. After pouring down almost sheets of uater for upwards of tw o hours, the atmosphere cleated up, and the evening was fair.- lKent ish Gere. A gentleman, boat-shooting last weeko3 thcTiverStour, xtbou.t two miles from Harwich, shot a beaut fi.i eron, which had fast ned onits leg a piece of copper, with the fdlowing inscription:_ "D7Lajor Wilson, Didlihgton, Norfolk, 1823, Yo. 50." After being twire wounded, he escaped in the mud, wherq he. defe'ded himself with mtuch xigour, against a famous water-d, that. was :sent after him, *pwards cf 16F minutes, frequently plungng thedog's -head into the ooze, whicl atlenqth succeeded in gettlig the neck into his mouth, and thlus vanquished his%oVwUftI t ferce adversary. A se,on, bearing the above Inscriptton,P wa W ndemat5d,ffis.oot some i 0ea e n Gcnany.Biirn GaZCUC