The Colonization Commissioners for South Australia have ap- pointed Henry
Lear, of Arundel, to select agricultural labouring end- grants from that district : and we understand that several families from the neighbonrhood are about to leave for the highly-favoured colony.— Brighton Gazette.
The reports from the rural districts in West Sussex ore very un- favourable. The number out of employ is very great ; and crime, alas I is correspondingly frequent. Sheep and fowl stealing is carried to an incredible extent ; and if all that is spoken of be true, the popula- tion in many parishes must be in a deplorable state of poverty and dis- tress. This naturally produces demoralization and its attendant evils.
Let the authorities in the several parishes at once embrace the opportu- nity of repairing the roads in this part of the county, which in many
places are in a dreadful state. In some parts new roads are making ; let the surplus labourers be immediately placed to work upon theta.— Brigidon Guardian.
Heavy rain fell in the North of England during the early and middle part of last week. The roads and many towns and villages were in- undated; and some lives were lost, and much property was destroyed. From the chapter of accidents we select the following-
" Near Cheadle, three gentlemen belonging to Manchester had the narrowest possible escape for their lives, as a coach which they had hired to carry them home was caught in the great flood of Wednesday. The narrative of the hair breadth escapes of these persons by • flood and field' appears mira- culous. They were overtaken on the road by the heavy rains, and driven into a field, where the water immediately filled the coach. They requested of the driver to loose the horses aril ride to the nearest house fur assistance. With the greatest difficulty he succeeded in doing so; but the persons sent to their rescue, althuagli armed with rope", dared nut approach sudicieutly ucar for fear of being drowned: They-were, however, ultimately saved, after every one had given them up for lost. The mail, after leaving Preston for Liverpool, was unable to proceed for a considerable time, as the horses could not oppose the violence of the storm. The inside of the coach was filled with water, and the passengers were obliged to get out to avoid drowning. A dog, which had been put into the boot for safety, was drowned. In Yorkshire the rains were equally heavy and alarming. At Bradford the water in the Beck rose rapidly, and soon overspread the neighbouring banks. The consequence was, that in a short time the cellars, kitchens, and parlours of the houses in the lower part of the town were completely full. There was a large quantity of goods in the various shops destroyed or seriously injured. Several horses were drowned, and many persons narrowly escaped with their lives. In one instance three persons were drowned."
Bradford seems to have suffered more than any other place ; but at Leeds the devastation was considerable ; and at Manchester and Salford much damage was done to property, but no lives were lost.
There are building at Cumberland and on the Weir no fewer than ninety-six ships, some of them of a very large tonnage; and eight of them have been launched within these few days.—Cumberland Packet.
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