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have fallen down ; that of Miolis 

 threatens to go to ruin. Gessau, 

 Rutti, Fleiiscue, and Hagels- 

 chauei-j in Toggenburg, felt the 

 whole violence of the storms of 

 the 4th and 5 th. All the torrents 

 have overflowed. The bridge of 

 Oberglatt is in ruins. 



At Basle the Rhine rose so 

 much on the 6th as to inundate 

 the city as far as the fish-market ; 

 the citizens were forced to cross 

 the streets in boats. The Rhine 

 continually brought down with it 

 trees, parts of buildings^ drowned 

 animals, showing by these nume- 

 rous wrecks the ravages it has 

 exercised elsewhere. 



At Constance the Lake was 

 much higher on the 6th than in 

 1666, and even some inches higher 

 than in 1560. In spite of unre- 

 mitting exertions the bridge of 

 Lindau is carried away. On the 

 banks of the Lake many communes 

 aie vmder water, and it is feared 

 will continue so for a long time, 

 the vent by which the waters 

 must run off, when the Lake falls, 

 being too small. In the lower 

 Rheinthal, the surface of the wa- 

 ters which cover the fields and 

 the roads, and upon which one 

 may easily navigate between half- 

 ruined houses, was three leagues 

 in circumference. At Horn, and 

 all along the Lake, a great many 

 buildings aie abandoned : the wa- 

 ters threaten the foundations of 

 the most solid edifices. In the 

 Oberland, many bridges have been 

 carried away ; the fields, the 

 meadows, the plantations, were 

 entirely submerged, and pieces of 

 the soil were seen floating about, 

 torn up by the fury of the waters, 

 covered with potatoes, vegetables, 

 and hay. On the 9th, during a 



violent tempest, the lightning 

 struck the village of Ditersweil, 

 and burnt a house. Near Neutin- 

 gen many cattle were killed by 

 lightning. Other accounts equally 

 distressing have been received 

 from other quarters. 



10. Early on Monday morning 

 last, John Brown, Esq. of Gree- 

 nockmains, was killed by his own 

 bull. The animal first attempted to 

 attack a boy, who fled outof his way, 

 and next attacked the master with 

 such a deadly aim near the heart, 

 that though the family were in a 

 few minutes alarmed, and carried 

 him home, he was only heard to 

 utter one word, and died in a few 

 minutes. About six weeks before, 

 Mr. Gilbert Anderson, a fai'mer 

 in the same neighbourhood, was 

 also attacked by his own bull, and 

 besides having one of his legs 

 broken, was otherwise very much 

 abused. He is, however, happily 

 recovering. Neither of the ani- 

 mals had before shown any vicious 

 habits.— Jijr Journal. 



11. The Prince Regent held 

 a Court for the piupose of receiv- 

 ing a deputation from the Ionian 

 Islands, with a copy of their con- 

 stitution. They were well re- 

 ceived, and his Royal Highness 

 ratified their charter. 



12. On Saturday an examina- 

 tion took place before tlie magis- 

 trates at Bourn, of William White- 

 head, carpenter, of Easton, near 

 Stamford, charged with liaving 

 wilfully occasioned the late fire at 

 IJfiington-house, the seat of the 

 Earl of Lindsey. It seems that 

 this person was a suitor of the 

 kitchen-maid, and had frecpiently 

 been admitted to see her. On the 

 night of the fire he had taken 

 leave of the young woman before 



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