C HORA aw TiC 0k: 
dieadful accident happened to the 
driver of the mail coach from 
Bristol to Birmingham, within afew 
miles of Thornbury: ‘The coach 
was going at a brisk rate, when the 
guard observed the driver to fall off 
his seat, between the horses ; he got 
down, and endeavoured to stop 
them, but in vain. He then suc- 
ceeded in regaining his seat behind 
the coach, till the animals slackened 
their pace, when he drove the coach 
in safety to Thornbury, where he 
procured a horse, and returned to 
the man, whom he conveyed back. 
Surgical assistance was instantly 
procured; buat it was fruitless, \as 
one of the wheels had passed over 
his neck, and, itis supposed, killed 
him on the spot. He has left a wife 
and two children. 
25th. Nine dwellings, with nu- 
merous out-houses, corn stacks, &c. 
were destroyed by accidental fire at 
Acomb, near Ifexham. 
In consequence of a heavy swell 
in the river Couway, the boat which 
‘carried the Irish mail was unfortu- 
nately lost, with the following per- 
sons on board: Peter Allison, of 
Liverpool; John Godwin, of Cow- 
bridge ; John Ilunt, esq. his address 
at J. Heard’s, Ballast-oflice, Dublin ; 
Thomas Tipton, the guard ; 
Carpenter, a son of the guard of 
that name, coming from school from 
Yorkshire; Richard Kdwards, 
“smith, Holyhead ; Charles Harrison, 
Limerick, not yet found—his trank 
picked up; Francis Rouse, Con- 
way; ‘Thomas Hughes, Thomas. 
Roberts, Owen Jones, and John 
Reynold’s, boatmen, Conway. —— 
Roberts, tanner, Holyhead, by the 
assistance of the mail bag, and a 
boatman, by the assistance of a 
trunk, were saved. 
‘The same day a stone bridge of 
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four arches, over the river Crae, at 
Newton Stewart, was carried away 
by the floods. 
26th. Vhe tide rose to such a 
height in Ipswich, that mest ef the 
streets were inundated. ‘The water 
was two feet deep, near St. Peter's 
chureh, and the common quay was 
nearly overflowed. At iiampton, 
Sunbury, Chertsey, and similar 
places, near the banks of the 
‘Thames, the whole of the country 
was under water; avd Kingston 
aad Putney bridges were fora time 
nearly impassable. 
The whole of the Scotch coast 
has suffered much during the last 
and preceding week, frow the unu- _ 
sual height of the tide, both of the 
sea and rivers. On the 2Oth inst. 
the river Stinchar, at the town of 
Ballantrae, rose to a prodigious 
height, and overflowed the highway 
for nearly 200 yards. About eleven, 
while the 9th troop of the 1st dra- 
goons, on their route from Hamil- 
ton for Ireland, attempted to pass 
the water, five of the horses, with 
their riders, were borne down by the 
rapidity of the current. The men, 
from the weight of their accoutre- 
ments, were some time before they 
could disengage themselves from the 
animals. ‘lhe inhabitants plunged 
in to their assistance, and, at the 
risk of their own lives, succeeded in 
saving those of the soldiers.—At 
Rothsay, the tide lately rose so 
high, that both the quays were co- 
vered with water, and many barrels 
of herrings washed over, ‘The water 
in the houses at this port was 48 
inches deep. 
This afternoon, about half past 
one, was one of the highest tides 
ever remembered. Boats were 
rowed into Palace and Little Scot- 
Jand Yards; and the water filled 
most 
