Star. — London, England, 1825-11-14 00:00:00

1• • • • . • THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. * MONDAY, NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 14, 1823. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 223 31.er Cent. Ited. 85 % 1 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 86 1 / 2 3 4 1 4 'A 3k per Cent. 93 7 4 31 per Cent. Red. 93 1 4 1 / 4 4 per Cent. New 1027 8 103 102% 103 Long Ann. 20% 54 India Bonds 10 11,000 Excheq. Bills 1 2 prem. 4.:500 ditto 1 3 4.:I(X) and 1:200 ditto 4 6 Cons. for Acct. 86 1 / 2 3 /s 5 4 14 EXCHANGE:4. . MA DE. PAID. Anglo Mexican sprn. , 100 30 SS Bolance 400 25 SO Hayden lo 100 5 21 kyalStannaryBc/kit.Min.Au. 5 1 lrsyal Waldeck 100 1 11/ South Wales 100 2 i t Tywarnhale 25 3 1 rnited Alexican 40 20 Ditto New 40 10 2.1 20 21 Marine Alliance 100 5 6 4 British Iron Company - 100 25 174 i 17 4 lkitials !lock & Patent Salt: 10 6 9 •:......... The Consol Market opened at 881 1 for the Account, and for next time 861 /, with very little business transacting; the Market appears heavy. The Foreign Market Is very slack, and but kw Buyers either in Foreign Securities or Shares. Current Prices: Austrian 941 95, Brazil Scrip 10 93 disc. Buenos Ayres Bonds 80 83, Colombian Bonds 701 701, Danish Bonds 641 3, Greek Bonds 2.31 24, Mexican Scrip 103 j, Russian 911, Spanish 113 3, Guatemala 53 1 discount. rt:lcit OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Ilausuacn, Nov. 8.-On London, 35. 7. 2 Us. 35. 4. Sr. l'zzangsuaan, OCT. 25.-On London, 10 j. Lziestc, Nov. 4.-On London, 3 M. 4. I3j. %zits, Nov. 5.-On London, 3 M. 6. 244. CARISTIANA, Ocr. 22.-On London, 3 M. 4. Sp. Dell. 96 Sch. FRENCH FUNDS, Pasts, NOVIDISER. 11. Five per Cents. . . . 981. 60c. Three per Cents. . . . 66f. 60c. Bank Stock . . . 21101. Writes de Naples Certif. Falconnet 841. 35c. Royal Spanish Loan, 1823 . . 494. Haitian Loan . . . 835 f. Exchange on London, One Month 251. Three Months . . . 24f. 110 c. FOREIGN FUNDS. TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian Rds 5 p Ct. Ilex.S.crip,lll2s, 101 j 1 111 dis. Brazilian Bond, Ditto Acct. 101 Ilj 4 4 dis. 1)o. Sctip,spC.lll2s, 101 j dis, Neapolitan Bonds. Ditto Acct. 10 91 101 dis. Ferny: Bonds, 6 pC. Buenos Ayres Bonds DAtoScrip,lB2s, 6 pC. Milian Bonds. 6 p Ct. Poituguese Bonds Colombian litli,GpC. Prom. Ws. 5p C. Ditto Acct. 1)0. Bonds, 1822, Do. Bonds 1824, 701 5 i 70 691 Ru55.11d5,1822,5 pC. Ditto Acc. 701 j j 70 691 Ditto Acct. !i4 Danish Bonds, S p Ct. Span. 5 p C. Cons. 1111 Du. Dierks Banco Ditto for Ace. Ditto Bonds. 1825, Ditto 510 Greek lin& Span.s p. Cr. C. 1823, Dit.8d5,1325 Spe. 231 24 French Renter, 5pC. 991.25 c. Ditto Acct. 23i 24 Frenchßentes„ip C. hlex. Bonds, 66 651 Exchange. 251. sc. 10c. Ditto Acct. 66 63‘ 66 Guatemala Scrip, 51 165 dis. Dalkools,lB2s, 9 p Ct. 7S 74/ Ditto Acct. 51 1 dis. Duo Acct. 711 74 Russian Inscript. 8 p Ct. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARF.S, TWO O'CLOCK. his universally believed, by the best informed in Paris, and by many in this country, that Mr. Huesca- SON, while in that capital, had assiduously exerted his utmost endeavours to dispose the French Government to relax the prohibitory laws, which now prevent the free importation of British productions into the French markets, in the same manner as England, of late years, has voluntarily come firward to facilitate the commer cial intercourse of the two countries, by freely admitting the manufactuies and native productions of France. We are sincerely concerned, but not much surprised, to find that these exertions have been wholly unavailing. But when it is considered, that the light of commercial knowledge, and the benign influence of the arts of peace. ate as yet only dawning upon the French horizon, we must be content to wait until better councils, founded on a sense of the real interests of Francs, shall compel lite Government and people of that country to lay aside their prejudices. We are well aware that no hopes had hitherto been entertained of any Commercial Treaty. The over. whelming superiority of our hardware and cotton ma. nufactures, had already sufficiently alarmed the French workmen ; through their influence the ancient prejudices of that unthinking people were so excited, that an insurrection, in all probability, would have been the consequence of so relaxing the prohibitory laws. All this was perfectly well known to our Government when the laws were passed for admitting French laces, silks, and cambric:, into the English markets, and when , the duties on French wines were so materially reduced. It is not to be supposed, therefore, that the willing or unwilling refusal of the Cabinet of CHARLES the Tenth, to adopt reciprocal measures for facilitating the fair competition of English produc tions in France, will induce our Government to depart from the liberal policy. they have commenced. Nelens Tolens, the French Cabinet will, as we humbly conceive, be compelled, in a short time, to follow the very same course which • they now refuse to- pursue. French commodities cannot for any period, or to any amount, be received into this country, without British goods to an equal amount in value finding their way into France. If the laws of that country prohibit their direct and open importation, they will only be the subject of a more enlarged contraband trade ? And when the wants of a whole nation are attempted to be controuled by fiscal regulations, we have seen, by the example of BONAPARTE, that no army, however owerful, is capable of enforcing them: Supposing that all the French goods consumed in England are to be paid for in gold, this gold must have been procured in exchange for British manufac tures, and when bartered for French goods, it remains not in France, but is immediately exchanged for other commodities, and will return to England as surely as, maw the currents of the ocean pursue their career, whenever the price of, gold risei in the markets of this country. When it so returns, the value which attracts it must be the productions of British industry. Thus the circuitous trade with France by means of the precious metals is only detrimental to the French merchant, whose commodities would have found a readier and more profitable return in a direct trade. This circumstance will necessarily compel him to resort to the contraband importation. And, indeed, at this moment, in despite of all the efforts of the French Douane, there is not a point on the coast of France at which British goods may not be landed for a very trifling premium, which, after all, is paid by the French consumer. We, therefore, have only to per severe in the policy we have commenced. Not a French cargo can ever be sold in Britain, but its equivalent in British manufactures, must of necessity, either directly or circuitously, leave these shores ; for how else is the French seller to be remunerated, seeing that we have here no mines of gold or silver? Obvious as these truths are to the meanest, capacity, it is not the less certain that they have no effect on the prejudices of a French Minister, as we happen to be able to illustra . e by a remarkable fact. About seven or eight years age, a Company of British Capitalists offered to supply the city of Paris with water, in the same manner as the Water Compa nies in London, on very reasonable terms. Their agent and engineer was the ingenious and celebra•ed Mr. Batten., himself a Frenchman, but well known and justly esteemed in this country, for his admirable inven tion of the block machinery at Portsmouth, and the sawing mills at Chatham, and for his projecting and carrying on the Tunnel now in progress below London Bridge. Mr. BRUNEL was received with all respect and cordiality by the French Government. They ad mitted most fully the great importance and obvious utility of the proposed water works, but candidly in formed him that ne Minister in France could sanction the undertaking, if the iron pipes were to be imported from England. It was urged that the iron-masters of France could scarcely supply the smaller distributing pipet ; but that, unless the main iron work came from England, the execution of the plan was impossible. This reason, however, was of no avail, and the proposal fell to the ground. The French Papers of Friday, and the Wolk of Sa turday,have reached us. They contain some news from Spain, which we have inserted in another column. An article from Marseilles states, that the plague has been extinguished in the Lazaretto; no new case had occur red, and the two infected persons were completely cured. The crews of various ships which were mentioned as having had cases of plague while at Alexandria, had been in a very satisfactory state of health since their arrival. Several of these ships had been already ad 'mined into the port, and Te Dettns had been celebrated in the chapel of the Lazaretto. The Journal des Debate of the former day contains a most enlightened address, presented to the King of the NITHERLANDS by the Catholic Clergy of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, in recommendation of those institutions for public instruction which his Majesty has just erected, and which the Archbishop of MICH LIN, at the head of the ullrainontane portion of the Belgic Church, had so publicly denounced and condemned. " The decree of the 14th of June," says this address, " has fulfilled the hopes of those Catholic Priests who are sincerely attached to the doctrines of their 1-1,4 Religion. Those of the Grand Duchy who present their respectful homage, see in it a new cause of pros perity to the Catholic Church. In all civilized States," it adds, " instruction spreads with astonishing rapidity. Letters, sciences, and the arts, become accessible to all classes; and shall that which by its essence is called to diffuse the knowledge most necessary to the human race remain behind ? Such an order of things is evidently subversive of the spiritual and temporal welfare of man." The whole of the address is written in the same spirit of submission to the Government and respect for public instruction. This forenoon we received Hamburgh Papers to the 10th inst. but they contain no intelligence of much po- litical interest. It appears, by an article from Stockholm, that the King of SWEDEN is in some measure imitating the commercial policy of the British Government ; and it is stated that the new T.itiff of Customs will be more liberal than that now in force. In Denmark there has been lately much discussion on the pecuniary situation of the Clergy, who have found an advocate in Count HOLSTEIN, who is said to have demonstrated that, in similar circumstances," the clergy man is much mole burdened with taxes than the far mer, and that it is, therefore, highly desirable that some relief should be afforded the servants of religion. The first opportunity (he says) now offers for such a benefit, since, next year, the 10th centenary of the introduction of Christianity in Denmatk is to be celebrated ; for it was in 826 that King HAROLD BLANZAHN, in his journey to the Emperor LEWIS, was the first Dane who was baptised at Ingelheim, and brought back with him ANGSARIUS, the Apostle of the Danes." The Count observes, that it would be a most suitable act of justice to take this opportunity of relieving the clergy from the oppressive burden of worldly cares. The policy of the Spanish Government is quite para doxical, and frequent as the change of Ministers is, yet there is no essential change in the system, owing, no doubt, to there being a power which, either sectetly or openly, thwarts or directs the measures of the Minister for the time being. M. ZCA was, we doubt nor, inclined to as much moderation,' as any Minister in Spain . At present will dare to do; titid we have a proof of this • -I; in the vigour he displayed in putting down the revolt of • Bess' ertss. It is further stated, in an article from Madrid, which will be found in another column, that the same Minister diJ not arrest 14 other persons, though orderej by thelClNca,oir the pretext that modes ation was necessary. 111 L ZEA, however, not having sufficient personal or family influence, and having the Apostolic part; against him, could not carry into effect the measures he con• templated, and he has been dismissed, though not as is usual on such occasions, being banished or disgraced. On the contrary, he retired with the approbation of the Kiso, and the confidence of his successor, the Duc DE L'INPANTADO, who is said to have had a long con ference with M. ZEA on the subject of BESSIBRES' con spiracy, and to have been fully satisfied with the expla nations he gave. There is another act of the new Spanish Minister which tends to prove, that at least so far as =late' to foreign affairs, his views and those of his predecessor are not much at variance. This is the publication by the Duc DE CINPANTADO, of a. Royal Decree, dated during the administration of M. ZEA, confirming the amnesty granted by the Cortes in October, 1820, to the rebels of South America," as they are called. It is true the amnesty is not worth the paper on which it was written, but it is certainly curious to see it promulgated under such circumstances. It is still more extraordinary to see a Minister of the party to which the Duc de L I ISFANTADO is known to belong, reviving the memory and confirming the mea sures of the Constitutional Government of Spain. We wish we could state that this gave grounds to hope that Spain, having thus absolved her late subjects from revolt, will follow up the measure by recognizing what she can never prevent, their independence. Of this, however, at present there is no prospect; an expedi tion, small it is true for the object, has recently sailed from Ferrol for the Havannah, and there seems little doubt that General Cauz, who commanded in Mexico for ten or twelve years, is about to proceed to rake the command of them. It is well known that, during the first years of the insurrection in South America, it was marked by acts of cruelty scarcely less atrocious and revolting than those attributed to PIZARRO and ALMAGRO in the con quest of Peru. General Cans was not behind either any ancient or modern warrior, civilised or savage, in the severity of his measures. He held a command in the province of Guadalajara as early as 1811, and his Proclamation, dated February 23, in that year, " im poses the punishment of death on all persons, of what soever class or condition they may be, who, within 24 hours, do not deliver up all arms, even including axes and knives." Another article in this sanguinary edict, orders that a tenth of all the inhabitants shall be shot, of every town supplying the insurgents with provisions, or hold ing any intercourse with them, even though it be between father and son. The General was not slow in enforcing the decree, but it is necessary to add, that cruelties at this period of the war, were not confined to the Royalists, but marked the conduct of some of the insurgent Chiefs; it may, however, be observed, that the recollection of the cruelties of General Cssuz is not likely to diminish the determined spirit with which he will be encoun tered, should he land in Mexico, which is said to be his destination. ~~ - ..-..••=- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Union, PEIIRT, of Plymouth, from the ClyI), for Ireland, was totally lost on the 3d inst. In Wexford Bay. *e Master and crew were saved. FALMOUTH ' Nov. 12.—1 t continued to blow on Thunday w i t h unabated violence from N.N.E. till eight, P.M. when it moderated. The only damage was to the ship Posthumous, Ram from London to Africa, which drifted over his Majesty's ship Anaca's moor ings and was obliged to slip her chain cable and buoy r o p e . NOTrussa 11 AXM lit.—Wind Northerly; light breezes, and fine.—Arrived the Russell, —, and Gambier, HUTOHLTION. from Waterford for London; March, Rosennox, from Dart mouth, with loss of anchor and cable; Enchantress, TAYLOR, from London for Rio • William Galt, Loa; and Betsey, Date, from London • and the Ann, Comtism, from Liverpool. Sailed the Rising gun, Maatett., for St. Michael's; Julius, Jamcsots for St. Kitt's; Perseverance, JAMISON, f o r uenos Ayres; Leander, RICHMOND, for the Mauritius • Unanimity, Hussar, for Bout deauz ; Briton, Peozason, for the Mediterranean • Mars, Benue, for Cork and Tobago; Duke of M ar lb oroug h pa cket, for Lisboa; Posthumous, Raw, fur Africa, after having been supplied with an anchor and part of chain cable • Seal, Bum's, and Commerce, Powen, for Newfoundland. cable; schooner Hope, WHATroao, front liclford for London, has put back to that place, with loss of bulwarks, &c. and a man washed overboard, in the gale of the 10th inst. in which she was driven nearly to the coast of France. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 11.—Wind the Maria, Tax- GASMEN, for Naples ; Matilda. Commas for Liverpool ; riends, Saute, for Cork ; Essex, BURRELL, for La Guaysa; and St. An. drew, Derma, for Sierra Leone. DEVONPORT, NOV. 10.—Came in and sailed again, the Iris , Is, Captain WEIIIERALL, for the East Indies. Arrived the Joseph Green transport, Lieutenant SPENCER ' Agent, with the remainder of the Royal Marine Battalion, from Bermuda. l'oayssrourts, Nov. 12.—The Rainsow, 2s, Captain the Hon. Hamar J. Bons, arrived this morning from Chatham, fined for the East India station. General BOURKE, appointed to command the Eastern part (or new located settlements) of the Cape of Good Hope, and suite, take their passage by ber to that Colony. We are informed that on the arrival of the JAVA in India, Rear- Adltlirai BINGHAM will shift his flag from the WARSVITE to that ship; and Sir JAMES BRI/BANE will proceed to Lima in the WAR. 'viva, 74, to relieve the CAMBRIDGE; and that the Hon. R. S. I)unnas will return to England in the BOADICEA. The Damn and PANDORA are understood to be intended for the East India station , as well as the RAINBOW • the HARLEQUIN, for Jamaica; and the Crams:, for the Coast of Africa. The filAcrnrocerr, 74, fitting for a convalescent ship at Port Royal, Jamaica, wi ll ready to proceed thither the latter end of this month. Captain Huau Pular is appointed to command the Basin Ls. (not Capt. HAN), and the &stern Division of the Coast Blockade Service, vice hi'CuLt.octi. Captain the Hon. Wm. Wat.nrostwer is appointed to the Paocus, at Chatham, the Ic*aus being found not seaworthy. Lieutenant it._l(au.ir to command the NIEL Nov. 15.—Arrived the Redman, Bayer, from London for Sierra Leone ; John anti Robert, SWINTON, from Miramlcki ; Mary Ann, DANIEL, from IAldon; and the Viper and Repulse cutters, from a cruise. Sailed the Reine Cherie, for Bilboa; Favourite, STEVENSON, for Norway ; Cato and Hound cutters, on a cruise; and the John and Robert, SWINTON, for London. The AIIII, PEELS, for Sierra Leone, remains at the Motherbank. The Master died yesterday rgorning. DEAL, Nov. 12.—Wind N.—Arrived the Maria, Wir.son, from Memel; and Diana, Bitairowarrs, from London. Remain, the Clansman, SHOULUHAM, from Honduras; Mary Ann, BUCHANAN, from Nova Scotia; aid Usk, 11AINIS, from St. Kitts. Passed by, 'the. Sesostris, DRAKE, from London for New South Wales; Sir E. Hamilton, Nassaot.r, from do. for Jamaica; Falcon, Moran, from do. for Batavia; and Competitor, Jackson, from de. for New York. Nov. 13.—Sailed, at eight, a.m. the homeward bound, for the River. His Majesty's ship Itssimuts remains. Gurammv, Nov. 12.—The Greek man of war brig Cymone, commanded by Captain ;%Itatri T 4. son to the Admiral. was lost on the island of Alderney, on th., night of the loth rust. The crew, i 7 in number, were &dust:. --- , a THE KING. wispsok, Noy. 13.—This morning his NIAJEVI'Y strite attended Divine Service, sklrich was perfor m , d br the Rev. Dr. SUMNER, at the new private Chap e l. 2 , 1,1 in the afternoon his MAJESTY left the Royal Lodg e fe an airing in his pony phaeton, accompanied by the L etd Steward, and was followed in a second by others of L i suite, attended by his usual outriders. Yesterday afternoon his MAJESTY left the 11. 0)1 , Lodge at two o'clock, and visited Virginia Water, ar k afterwards continued to drive about the Park until 144. past &Jur o'clock. His MAJESTY arrived at the Royal Lodge io travelling carriage on Friday evening about twe nt/ minutes afeer seven o'clock, from the Metropolis. ft„ MAJESTY travelled without an escort, both to and ho t Llndon. His Mosorr's Stag Hounds meet Wednesday, at Princes RN, borough ; and Friday, at Bracknall. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Afixotat.a.—The Marchioness of Hertford, in Ilancheiter we e from Paris; General Corner, in Lower Berkeley street, lelan n square; Lady Colville, in Henrietta street, C aven di sh tqw " . Rev. M. Percival, in Bentinck street, Portman square; 04;4 and Mrs. Gardiner, in Park street, Grosvenor square; Mn, a h j MIS. Howard, in South Audky street; Mrs. and Miss Vaas a ,. in Grosvenor place, from Paris; Honourable 1. Curzon, in 41, 4 ;,.. Anne street, %Vest ; Lord Arthur Lennox, at the Hyd e Pa r t Hotel, Hyde Park place, from a tour; Sir Henry and I..dy Lu t ber i t, and Fatnily, at ditto, fern their seat in Oxfordshire; 31,.. aa e Mrs. Chanties Leigh, add faintly, at ditto, from it,n,„„ e , and Mrs. V. Hervey, and rattily, at ditto, from Park (Cc; Windsor; Mr. and Mr*. Lind, at ditto, front 'l'wickenhtm. ' CUANGES.—The Marquis of Salisbury, to Hatfield 11.sise ; t h e Countess of Mansfield and &defy, trom Milford, to H 14 111 14 11111; Mrs. and Miss blettither; frbm Alnwick, to Rath; m r Webb, from town, to Paris ; Airs. and Miss Montresor, f ru ,' Harrowgate to Bath ; Mrs. and Mist Woodford, from Ne apsr ; Isle of Wight, to Brighton ; Major and Mrs. Wood, from 'L ou .; to Brighton ; Mr. Henry Bonham , fiord St. istnes's stria, `.„' Brighton. We understand that his AlA.rerri, who enjoy s m: excellent health, intends to spend his Christmas in London, accordingly, he is expected at Carlton House the third wale December next. Prince LEOPOLD has arrived at his residence at Clam moat, from the seat of the Duke and Duchess of Itsruse, Cheveley, Cambridgeshire. The Duke of GLOUCESTER is staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Covarrair, at Croome, Worceiter4htre. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rriveJ ar his residence in Downing-street, on Saturday, from Wrest.hve, Bedfordshire, the residence of the Countess Da Gu'. - - The Marquis and Marchioness of HASTINGt, family, and suite, arc expected to embark at Portsmouth, this yeti, in his Majesty's yacht lizaat.o, Captain Huse LUICI, tad IA for Malta. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hormy travel& Bundy Lodge, for Minh°lcon Castle. Sir CHARLES PAGET is sufficiently recovered frntn his alarming accident to be removed from Sir Conant Nlasns'. house, (in the Admiral's carriage) to his seat at Fair Oak. ills knee joint was not broken, but received severe injury. Nearly thirty-five thousand pounds were subscrihed in less than one hour, at the first Meeting at the Crown and Anchor, towards the improvements and opening a communication between Pickett-street and Serle-street into Lincoln's Init.&ids, and from thence to Holborn, from the plan submitted to the Meeting by i Mr. Burton, the architect. - - . A vacancy has occurred in the Esst India Direction by the implied resignation of JAMES DANIELL, 17,11. That Gentleman is out this year by rotation; but having sold that stock which every Director boldsai his qualification, it is presumed not to be his intentiwi to offer himself under a new qualification at thedettina in April next. The qualification of a Director is 201. East India Stock, the sale or transfer of which is cnn. sidcred tantamount to a resignation. Some attire canvassing took place in the City on Saturday, as soca ast he event was known.—Times. SHIP LAUNCH.—Saturday afternoon, the new East India ship Abercrombie Itokinson (so named Ln.i, of the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors) Wai launched at Messrs.Wiceast and Gattex's Yard, Iciac:•; wall. This vessel, which is by measurement betaren 1300 and 1400 tons, and consequently will be able to carry 1500, is designed for Bombay and China, irder the command of Captain Nees. Shortly alter the launch, a large party or friends of the owner and builders were entertained with an decant cold coilatirn, when " Success to the Abercrombie Robilisgn— " Henry Bonham, Esq. the ship's husband "—.' The Directors of the Honourable East India Company"— and several other appropriate toasts were proposed, m 4 drank with great enthusiasm. The Abercrombie Po• binson is of exactly the same size as the Edinburgh, which was launched on Wednesday. Thursday night, at about a quarter before In o'clock, the workshops belonging to and situated immediately behind the elegant upholstery warehouses cd Me,srs. Robertson, Reid, and Bro:hers, Argyll-street, Glaser); were discovered to be on fire. The alarm was instant } , given ; but the shops having in them a considerable sore of seasoned timber, the fire increased rapidly, and even penetrated through the roofs of the houses. 1 1 1 the time the engines got to the spot, ad hope of pre serving the buildings where the fire originated had completely vanished, and every effort was in c onse• quence directed to save the adjoining buildings wive' surrounded them nn every side. The workshops, co"' sisting of three stories, were entirely destrojed, and neighbouring land of the same height, was also WIT consumed. The wine and spirit cellars of Messrs Ross, Corbett, and Co. were partially on fire. The scene was terrific, and the alarm and confue great. Messrs. Ross, Corbett, and Co.'s cellars woe emptied, and some of the casks, in the hurry, stared. while the liquor ran in streams down the gutters...- Me elegant furniture in Messrs. Reids' warehouse was thrown over the windows, and in many instances dashed to pieces. The City Cess Office was also emptied, and the books carried to a place of safety; and, at the saws time, the families in the buildings adjoining were ac . tively engaged in carrying their furniture to places of safety. Amongst those who were most active, we Pe" ceived Lord Kelburne, carrying pails of water and completely drenched in his labours; .I,mes Goad , Esq. Baillie Craigie, Mr. Graham, and Mr. Hardie; and Mr. John Smith, jun. Commissioner for the Detachments of cavalry and infantry appeared. Alhi were of the greatest service in preserving order and r . °' meting property. Colonel Hastings was present dining the whole time.—The whole premises, however. "Il e ' we believe, insured. The blaze, more especially %vb.' the roof fell in, was tremendous—flaming upwards hie a volcano in its greatest fury and strength. . Thursday morning, a fire, that had at first an ala.tv'fr mg appearance, broke out in a starching work, in (w" bals, but by the speedy arrival of the local enginee l ! was soon got under, without material d ,magi having been done. We regret to state, that investigalon left no doubt remaining that this fire was the wok 7 some incendiary, instigated by that savage spirit, whic h we perceive in so m sny instances called forth by d.e combinations which no'v agi•ate an.l 3141-En :he COOtti. 1NM ... .1p.,,g, ~*