CHRONICLE. 
“The effects of the floods in the 
river Barn were most dreadful. 
About one o’clock it rose so high 
as entirely to carry away the cut at 
the Salmon-leap near that place ; 
then proceeding with amazing 
force, it entirely carried off the 
centre arch of the bridge, by which 
several people were swept away and 
drowned; and the Susannah was 
driven from the moorings, and car- 
tied a considerable way inland, 
where she is now lefi, without any 
probability of getting her off. The 
flood then spread over the low lands, 
between Coleraine and Port Stuart, 
committing some dreadful ravages 
inits way. Among the rest, it car- 
ried off and drowned twenty sheep, 
the property of John Mackay, Esq. 
of Prospect. ‘The huts of several 
of the poor were also swept away 
by the rising of the river ; by which 
dreadful accident forty poor people 
have lost their daily bread. The 
grain is almost entirely destroyed ; 
and we have also the prospect of 
approaching famine, unless a fa- 
vourable change takes place in the 
weather. 
~ The resolutions of the grand ju- 
ries in Ireland, against the measures 
' taken by the grand committee of 
Roman Catholics, have provoked 
and irritated the latter exceedingly. 
Government are at a loss what mea- 
sures to pursue. The latter is so 
miserably supported, that in the 
metropolis they had scarcely interest 
sufficient to have the Catholics op- 
posed by the corporation of Duolin. 
5th. Portsmouth. The Scourge 
i Me in a small capture to 
ithead, and sent a boat on shore 
with two midshipmen to a return, 
as it is technically called. As the 
boat was making back, the water 
. was #0 rough as to overset it; by 
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which melancholy accident all were 
lost except two, who floated, by the 
help of oars, for six or seven hours, 
when they were picked up by @ 
vessel which fortunately passed near 
enough to observe their disastrous 
situation. About half an hour be- 
fore this providential delivery, the 
two midshipmen, who had support- 
ed themselves by some buoyant, part. 
belonging to the boat, extirely ex- 
hausted, relinquished their hold, 
and were seen no more. 
Sth, Edinburgh. A pinnace-boat 
from Leith, with four young gen- 
tlemen of that place, and three sea- 
men, went to Inchkeith, on a plea- 
sure party; when, owing to the fool- 
hardiness of the seamen, who, al- 
though repeatedly requested to reef 
the sails, insisted on keeping the 
whole of her canvas out, she was 
suddenly upset in a gust of wind. 
The three seamen were unfortu- 
nately drowned; the young men, 
who all clung to the oars, were pro- 
videntially taken up by, another 
Leith boat, who saw the accident. 
One of the drowned men was 
found, and carried to Inchkeith by, 
the gentlemen in the boat who 
picked them up, and every means 
used to restore him, but without 
effect. The wind blowing from the 
harbour, they landed the body at. 
Fisher-row, where a gentleman hu- 
manely took upon himselfthe charge 
of seeing it decently interred. 
13th. Dublin, It is said that a 
subscription, amounting to three 
millions sterling, has been complet= 
ed among the Roman Catholic gen- 
tlemen and merchants of Ireland, 
for the purpose of purchasing lands 
in North America. . The object of 
this purchase is said to be twofold: 
first, that these Jands may Kab baa 
an asylum ta which those peop 
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