Star. — London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

SIP. PETER POLE AND COMPANY. The following circular and annexed statement were ;;we d yesterday from the house of Sir Peter role, Thornton, and Co.:— Dee. 24, 1825. ..g i a—Annexed, we beg to submit to yea the tenth of an exa. J o :i gloo, this day concluded, of the state of the affairs of our p ot ; and to request the favour of your concurrence in the mode o f winding up our concerns, recommended by the friends who kindly undertook the investigation. In the event of such an ar on;enemt being concluded, we beg to assure you, that it will be e eanijous desire to make our dividends as speedily as the nature e r w a ssets will admit. gs We remain, Sir, your obedient humble servants, ' "POLE, THORNTON, and Co." We the undersigned, having been requested by Sir Peter Pole, pprnton, and Co. to investigate the situation of their affairs, with ,lew tfl submitting the result to their creditors, and recommend ;,. such arrangement as under the circumstances should appear oil s most advisable for their interest and security, do hereby „ I dly that we have carefully made such examination, with the ~stance of an accountant called in for that express purpose ' and L a ying taken into our serious consideration the state of the debts od use ' s a the house.and also the amount and value of the private }a wry of the several partners individually, and after making octal allowance for bad or doubtful debts, we are decidedly that the assets of the house, together with the available „,,,, t , property of the individual partners, will, under pr o p er c r upar „,, n r, prove sufficient to pay all the creditors the full .n:iaa or tlezir several demands; to ensure which very desirable r,,,tt.str drcusly recommend, as being the speediest, least expen ,,w,aild trot beneficial arrangement for the creditors, that the cancans of t h e house be settled and wound up under the direction el unstees to be appointed for that purpose, to whom all the assets aow house, together with the private property of each partner, a m id be immediately assigned and made over, upon trust, to mate and divide the same among the creditors rateably and equally with all practicable expedition, making dividends front time to tire, when and as they shall be in funds for that purpose. "JOHN IRVING. "JOHN INNES. " T. L. MELVILLE. THOMAS SHEPPARD. " C. POLE. 4 Dittbolomew-lane, Dec. 24, 1825." / CORONER'S INQUEST MR. RANDALL. :RODEN DEATEL—Tuesday, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, as Mr. ‘AltudastßaNDALL, an wensive starch manufacturer at Lanibeih,was walking along, in apparent good health, opposite l the Niw Beth km, on his arrival near the - Stags, he suddenly fell down and instantly expired. Immediate assistance was (Bed to the unfortunate Gentleman, and the body car ti to the house of Dr. MORGA N I , in Canterbury- Imildingc, mho, without hesitation,pronounced the spark of lifr completely extinct. . nsvrday an Inquisition was taken before Mr. Can tu:, the Coroner for Surrey, at the Fox publ:c•house, in Princes -street, Lambeth, on the body of William Randall, Esq. aged 60 years, who died suddenly. The deceased Gentleman, it appeared, was observed walk ilig along the Lambeth-road, and when within about two yards from the gate of Mr. Herring's coach-wheel manufactory, he suddenly fell on his face to the ground, and as momentarily turned himself on his back, ssithout uttering a single groan. Mr. Herring, ,ith other persons, instantly went to the deceased G n tleman's assistance, when vinegar, water, and scorched linen were applied to his temples and nostrils, but all to no purpose. The body was then placed on a shutter, and c trried to Messrs. Morgan and_ Beck, surgeons, hen the firmer Gentleman pronounced' the deceased be quite dead. Ile attempted to bleed him, but ithout effect.- *- - - Mr. James Forbes Y.'ung, of Paradise-street, Lam beth, surgeon, knew the deceased Gentleman, and at tended the family professionally. Saw him almost daily the list time was on Saturday; he then seemed in perfe t health; has seen the body since death, and ` , om the external appearance, he is of opinion that be lied in a fit of apoplexy. The Jul y having viewed the body, returned a verdict, Died by the vi•itation of GOD." The deceased Gentleman was possessed of immense wealth ; his starch-manufactory was one of the most ertensive in the kingdom. We regret to state, that he left a wife and ten children to lament the awful occurrence. He was a near relative to Mr. Lett, the builder, one of the worthy and active Magistrates for the county of Surrey. Prince LEoPOLD arrived in town yesterday, from his residence at Claremont. His Royal Highness dined with the Duchess it Km?, at her apartments at Kensington Palace. We are glad to learn that the LORD ADVOCATE, in pursuance of the very liberal and beneficial measures which he has already taken for improving the Police, and administration of justice in Scotland, has recently applied to the Sheriffs for a particular return as to the state of the different Jails in Scotland, and requesting remarks from the Sheriffs as to the state of the prisons in each county;; and suggestions -as to their improve ment. His Lordship's queries comprehend, amongst ocher things, whether there is any airing ground con nected with the prison; and whether the number of Jails might with advantage be reduced, either by the establishment of one prison in each county, or by the establishment of one prison at each circuit town for the reception of all prisoners belonging to the district ? A most daring and wanton attack was made in the beginning of this month, by some malicious persons, upon the house of Cairnbrock, near Stranraer, by which eighty-four panes of the windows were broken by means of stones thrown with such violence as to shatter the frames and shutters of several of the windows, and to strike the walls on the opposite side of the ropms. The offenders have not been discovered, but a reward upon their conviction has been offered. Yesterday morning early, the servant of Mr. Robin son, of Brick-lane, Spitalfields, absconded, taking with her several articles ofjewellery—rings, plate, and wear. ing apparel, to the amount of upwards of a hundred pounds. From the number of articles stolen, it is strongly suspected some other persons are connected with her in the robbery; Grub -street, says PENNANT, has long been proverbial for the residence of es authors of the less fortunate tribe, , and the t r it e a n d illibe ra l j es t o f t h e more favoured." This character it seems to have obtained so far back as during the Protectorate of Cromwell, when a great limber of seditious pamphlets and papers, tending to exasperate the people against the existing Government, Were published. The authors of these writings were generally men of very indigent circumstances, who were compelled to live in a cheap or obscure part of the town. Grub•street then abounded with mean and old houses, which were let out in lodgings, at low rents, to per!ons of this description, whose occupation was pub lishing anonymously what were then deemed libellous, or treasonable works. But it was here that honest JOHN composed the greater part of his Martyrology; and rt.is generally believed that JonN SPEED wrote his Chro r•fle, and DANIEL De For several of his publications r the much abused Grub-street. THE LATE EMPEROR OF. RUSSIA. Wire insert the following letter from Dr. LrALL, not merely be . cause it contradicts the rid/camps story about the Emperor AL:Litman having been assassinated, for we never for a marmot believed a word of it, but on account of the warm tribote of praise which the letter pays to the memory of theists Emperor, and tothe fraternal affection of his Imperial Brothers. The praise is the more valuable as it comes from a Gentleman whose works on Russia had, we believe unintentionally, given offence to the late Russian Mscarchl TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. SIR A sincere desire to do justice to She character of the Russians, induces me candidly to avow, that, from recent and trustworthy intelligence, I am quite con vinced the Empetor A'exander died a natural death. To avoid technicalities, his disease may be called the Croup of Adults : a disease always rapid in its pr .gress, and often fatal in its termination. The uncommon affection—the arient love—of all the branches of the Imperial Family was quite prover• bial, and, thetefore, the account of the Emperor Con. stantine's profound grief, on heating of the death of his august brother, seems no fable. Russia may weep for the lo,s she has sustained, of the great and the good Alexander, whose virtues will be long remembered when his failings are buried in oblivion. The great influ:nce of the new Autocrat's sage and excellent mother, and of his amiable spouse, the de pressed state of his own mind, and his wish to belie the sad predictions of the world, on his ascent to the throne, may very naturally tend to the tranquil and auspicious commencement of a new reign; and projects of am bition and aggrandisement may be reserved for a future period. I am, Sir, &c. 45, Haymarket, Dec. U, 18SL ROBERT LYALL CHARLESTON, Dec. 2.-1-lavannah Papers to the 16th ult. were received yesterday by the brig Mary.— The Spanish squadron destined for the relief of the garrison of St. Juan Lad returned to Havannah without effecting their object, as the Mexican squadron was ton strong for them. If the Mexicans can maintain their naval superiority for a little %while, the Castl e of St. Juan must fall. The safe return of the squadron was more than was expected at Havannah, as there were great fears that it had fallen into the power of the Mexicans. Private letters from Andalusia mention, that the Spanish Government have recently given orders for the forming of ten new settlements on the desert part of the Sierra Morena, and, as a commencement, build ings are to be erected in each for 30 families. A private letter from Alexandria, after noticin; the departure of the combined fleets of Mahomet Alt and the Capitan Pacha, for the Morea, says :—" The ex cesses committed here, during the stay of the raga muffins comprising the army, were such as have seldom been surpassed in Smyrna or Constantinople. The figures on the British vessels were the targets of the Turkish sailors, and the persons of the Frank merchants, the cudgel property of the savages of Nubia; in short, scarcely one Frank escaped injury or insult. The last act of their violence was the murder of the Austrian Dragoman." A letter from Liverpool, mentions the arrival at that port of Dr. Funs*, from North America. This Gen tleman was sent out by Government to assist in arrang ing the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions in Upper Canada, particularly as to the territory in the vicinity of the lake in the woods. Yesterday, the pulling down of the old King's Mews walls, fronting Pall mall East, and by Charing-cress, took place ; and the old houses, saddler's shop, public house, &c. were soon levelled with the earth. About half the Mews area, that portion next to St. Martin's lane has b.en enclosed within wooden fencing, for the temporary accommodation of the military, &c. The improvements preparatory to making the grand open ing from the Haymarket to St. Martin's Church, will proceed forthwith. Several robberies have lately been committed in various parts of the town, by Jew boys entering houses and areas under pretence of selling lemons, and then decamping with plate, or any other valuables they can lay their bands upon. YORK ANTISLAVERY NIZETINCL—Monday, at twelve o'clock, in compliance with the requisition to the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, a meeting was convened of the inhabitants of York, on the subject of the %Vest India Slavery, at the Guildhall : at that hour a nume rous and respectable company attended, and the LORD MAYOR having been called to the Chair, his Lordship briefly opened the business of the Meeting._ The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH, the Rev. J. GRAHAM, Mr. SAMUEL Tux; Mr. JAMES BACKHOUSII, and Mr. ALEXANDER, addressed the meeting with great force and eloquence, pointing out the evils and injustice of continuing the unchristian bondage of our fellow-men, and the fla grant iniquity of the abominable traffic in slaves. A series of resolutions in conformity with those sentiments were adopted, and a petition to the Legislature agreed to. After thanks had been voted to the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, the meeting separated. Last week an alarming fire broke out at Mill of Ribrae, in the parish of Furglen, which originated in a kiln, and soon communicated to the mill. Every exertion was made to arrest the progress of the devouring element; but in spite of all that could be done, an immense quan tity of grain was reduced to ashes, and several men narrowly escaped being burnt to death. OLD HAIIITS•SADDELET ) the actor, had been a cook in his younger days, and he had a habit of smacking his lips when speaking.r.- In allusion to this CHARMS/ BANNISTER one day said to him (when boasting of his culinary qualifications). " My dear SADDIXIT, every body must know that you have been a cook, for you always seem to be tasting your words." Yesterday, such had been the brisk frost of the preceding night, the several purveyors of ice for the pastry-cooks and confectioners were busily engaged in stripping the barely inch-thick ice from the ponds, lakes, brdoks, and ditches, around . the metropolis. This foienoon the Metropolis was visited with a fog. so dense that the tradeemsn were compelled to Use can dles for some hours. The first appearance of winter in the Metropolis was on Tuesday. About eleven o'clock in the evening a smart (All of snow descended, and during the night the frost was tolerably severe. Surveys of roads between Mexico and the United States have been ordered, and the first report of the Commissioners on the practicability of this important communication has been read: it is favourable as to the project. The Charleston Papers of the Ist, complain of the frequent changes in the laws of Mexico, no les, th in three cargoes of American shipping having been coofi,cated on account of the cllangei in the Revenue LA s. SAN. Ickes its s• • • his )etl An Vi to. rk • res ye • Ne Kin ere(' of t On. eto Is tit for eh. relic, Lini, for' Sat least w 1. • d M t CM,J 3taica ud t, ARV) muds tran com 11 icnr- • d :hurl Hire 1 i; P. 1. ti m Jr b: Man tk 11 ar lira rifle pc, r to any to F • bei 0 c 11, I tel rdi ths son pe Ig fn Ith. di f art Cle rhic for ti ers PPr • bi sda ti at r w fro Iha 1) a me rata a P' plat ro ha otos st ergo an i It rev Ind )1 • Isec lece Lno b rao . ‘o a F tri f 6 t. int . " 0, a life. a CS. )f th • ciao' the 4rno- :ion 0 D the 4 the (lg. ;We 211 • Was Inu it aea Dote itSP hoot stas tea la'. uI NARRATIVE OF JOHN JENKINS, SUSPICTRD of RUNG 4 PRINCIPAL IN via CONSPIRACY AT ST. MASTIAN. On the sth April I left London, mate of the brig Sir William Congreve, Captain Davidson, bound to Porto Rico. Oa the 2d of July was wrecked at St. John's (Porto Rico): in a hurricane; obtained a passport from the Spanish Governor to proceed to St. Thomas s, from which island I sailed as chief Mate of the Hope, bound to St. Sebastian ; arrived at Passages llth November., On the 25th received my wages and disc.targe, and proceeded to St. Sebastian, where I met Captain Buff, of the schooner Redbreast, of Jersey, who prOinised me a passage. On passing the gate, on my return to Pas sages, entered a possado (wine-house),where I met some soldiers ; I treated them, and made too fire, as 1 found I had lost all my money. On the 29th I returned, and found a corporal who had been drinking with me, who honestly returned my property, having taken cha , ge of it, seeing my intoxication: again treated him, and re turned December 3. On passing the gate in the even ing was hailed by a sentinel ; being ignorant of their language, I answered in English ; he again hailed, and .1 made the same reply ; he then seized me, and called the guards, who carried me before the Commandant. On the 4th, after some insignificant questions, I was or,lered to be released. December 5, attended a review of the soldiers; on the 6th, went to the go iy to sneak to the Captain of the Redbreast, where I was arrested by an Officer and file of soldiers with fixed bayonets, who conducted me before the Corregidor and the French Commandant. THE EXAMINATION. Q. Your motive for coming to St. Sebastian?—A. To arrange for a passage to England. • Q. You were drinking with the French soldiers, and gave them money. Your motive I—A. The honesty of the corporal, in re turning me my money, induced me to treat him and his contrarics with drink, and I also gave hint a small reward in money. Q. Yon were hailed by the gaud, and refused to answer?—l answered him twice in &till'''. Q. Yon were seen on the grounds on the review day. Your motive?—Curiosity. • I was remanded to prison the next day. I wa, marched to Passages; identified on board the Hope; and, on the Bth of December, was handcuffed, tied by a chain to another prisoner, and matched to St. Jean de Luz, under a strong gu ird, confined in a dungeon ; the treatment dreadful, as Spaniards and French ap peared delighted when they found they had an English man in their fangs. Shackles were placed on our legs, and secured by a bar, so that we could not move ex cept conjointly. On the 9th we marched to Bayonne, pinioned and tied together, the cords in the hands of the soldiers on horseback; was thrust into prison at Bayonne, wrote all the particulars of my treatment, and sent it to the Inglish Consul ; the reply was im mediate, with full assurances of protection, and that means would be taken for my release. Next morning I was escorted to the residence of General Baron de Gamin, when, after a few questions, I was told I was at liberty. I said that was not sufficient, T must be rendered up to the English Consul, as I had been cruelly treated; that I was a prisoner, and innocent of any crime. He then . gave me a formal discharge, and &l e t ter o f explanation to J. V. Harvey, Esq. his Britannic Ma-' jesty's Consul at Bayonne. INTERESTING. ANECDOTE. Tuesday morning, the day on which the execution took place, as the Rev. Mr. Cotton, the Ordinary of Newgate, was proceeding to the prison, between six and seven o'clock in the morning, he WAS accosted by a countryman of very decent appearance and behaviour, who stated that he had just arrived from the neigh bourhood of Marlow, and had travelled all night on foot for the purpose of imploring a great favour of the Rev. Gentleman. Upon being asked the nature of his request, he stated, that his name was George Roberts, that he was formerly a private in the 22d Light Dra goons, and had been pensioned off; that for several years past he had lived near Marlow, and worked as 'a labourer, and bore an unimpeached character; but about eight years back he and another man had been charged, on oath, by Edmunds, with having stopped him on the highway, and stolen 4s. 6d. from him. —Mr. Vansittart, the Magistrate, having a very favour able opinion of Roberts' character, interfered, and there appearing to be some discrepancy in Edmunds' testi mony, the prisoners were discharged. Roberts, con scious of his entire innocence, and tender of his reputa tion, was anxious to wipe away the reproach that had been unjustly cast upon his f ' a'r fame, and with which he was occasionally upbraided by ev il-minded persons ; he therefore resolved to make a journey to Landon, and before his accuser quitted this life, obtain horn him, by means of the Chaplain of the prison, a confession of his (Roberts') innocence. Mr. Cotton considered it his duty to comply with the wish of the countryman, and desired him to call in the course of a few hours. The Reverend Gentleman ac cordingly, on ping into the condemned-room, men tioned the subject fo Edmunds, and inquired what was the real truth of the care? when he, without any hesi tation, frankly avowed that the charge he had brought against Roberts was altogether without foundation— that, in fact,le had never been robbed at all, but had fabricated the story for the purpose of accounting for a deficiency of four shillings and sixpence which he had spent, and which amount was the produce of some articles he had sold on his master's account. On Mr. Cotton's making the communication of Edmunds acknowledgment to the poor countryman, he expressed much gratitude to the Reverend Gentle man for his humane interposition. He then said that be would venture to entreat oae further favour, which was, that he might be furnished with a written state ment of what had transpired, as he was apprehensive that, on his return to the country, it might be doubted whether Edmunds hag actually made the impotent confession. Mr. Wonsner, the Governor of Newgate, then kindly gave him a few lines, certifying that he bad been present when Mr. Cotton related the declara tion of the dying man. SALVAOII.—Last week a case of salvage claim was Guard at the King's Head Inn, at Dover. An English vessel from Cadiz to London, laden with wine, was wrecked on the Sussex coast, near Seaford. The claim ants for salvage were Messrs. Stone and Hrdton, New haven, in Sussex, who contended for 9151. and after three hours c ,nsiderat ion, 7401. 18s. Was awarded. The Adelphi Theatie still continues to draw crowded audiences. It has nut been so numerously attended since die introduction of ss Tom if nd Jerry." The pre sent performances, however, are of a more intellectual [ character than that profligate and vicious drama, and are therefore better entitled 0 public patronise. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --..- 7 BOXING. Sampson has personally challenged Ned O'Neal, *e Streatham Youth, to fight for ,ff3oo. ('Neal accepted the friendly invitation, and says he will deposit 1001. at his benefit. Church• the celebrated boxer, distinguished for his hardihood in the London ring, was engaged in a moat sanguinary battle MI Saturday, for £5, with H. Mowers, son of the Warminster fight ing smith, at Hilton, near Marlow. The combat lasted more th...ft an hour, mind there were many changes, hut Church had must de. cidedly the best of it, and drew three of his adversary's tr":it teeth in the last round but one. ►lowers was carried off the grou,l4 in a senseless state. PEDESTRIANISM EXTR %Olt DIN ART. Bigmore, the Suffolk pedestrian. accomplished, in fifty-one mi nutes, the tuk of collecting, with his mouth, 100 eggs, place•] yard asunder, on Tuesday se'nnight, in Ireland's Cricket Ground, Stiglaton. WRESTLING AND SINGLESTICK. At the annual Hassel(lon Revel, on Christmas Eve, the prizes, the bequest of Mr. Stevens, the celebrated Hampshire singlestica player, were awarded as follows :—To John Flowers, a Wiltshire man, £4, as the best singlestick player, who broke three heads. To John 'Wittoo, Newbury, Bsrks, £4, as the best wrestler, who threw Todd, of Somersetshire; Owen, of Herefordshire; Fos, of Berkshire; and Williams, of Wiltshire—four men considered equal to any in England. PIGEON SHOOTING. Monday, in the sporting phrase, was the opening of the cam paign against pigeons, between two of the crack clubs, of eleven each, and a like number of all Ragland, at eleven birds each, by subscription of three sovereigns each. The scene of this expert shooting was the llidgham enclosures, and the following was she i order of killing at 21 ard s : ASHTON. Killed. A LL ENGLAND. ' sit k Haines . 10 Harrison . 11 Howard . 10 Spalding . 10 Smith .10 Lane •10 I . Reeves . 9 Howard . 10 1' Furdhans • 9 Davis - 9 Pr, • Joiner Houldsworth . II Raine 9 Thwaite• . • 9 i m. + sNigh 1 Street • $ Holies . 7 Kent Ferguson . 8 Farmer . 6 W I ent* Manners . 7 Mead . 6 Drury Moore . 6 R. Owen . 6 ..-.. . 94 92 Midgham killed most birds, but they we , ping out of bounds, yet the four most cert to be on the England side. Messrs. Haines, Harrison, and Renshaw, next shot a sweepstakes of Eve sovereigns each, at single birds, to kill. Mr. Harrison missed his third bird, Mr. Haines his sixth, and Mr. Renshaw having killed his sixth, wog the match. ' The second great match, at eleven birds each, was shot on Tues day, for 100 sovereigns a-side, by eleven members of the New Hats, and eleven of the Heston Dub, on the same ground where the Ashton stud 'Wideman Clubs and eleven of AU England shat on the preceding day, on the same terms, the winners of which killed 94. The shooting In the present match was as follows : NNW MATS. KILLED. lIISTON. Bullock . . 11 Aston Jasper . . . 10 Fordham hillinghurst . . 10 Cobham Phenix • . - 1 Groom _ . : Howard . . -- li Blenkup Swinton . . 6 Major Frampton . . 6 Morley Ward . . . 8 Mahoney Windus . . $ Tyson Flowers . . 6 Woodroofe Newton . • 6 IL. Jones Alinement Cu; a. Renshaw . 10 Barden . 10 Thomas . IG Fowler . 10 Prngers . 10 hi' Mahan 9 Nightingale( Kent Wentworth Droll/ Melding Unlucky in their drop shot, were considered ILILLIS. . 7 • 11l Messrs. Bullock and Jasper Focdhans, for au sovensigus a. ski 90 aot 'virtu Mews. dates and at bCVCO birds each. lILLIII. Aston . . . 6 Fordharn . . 6 Jasper . . 6 Bullock . . 5 DUEL IN FRANcIL—The Court of Assizes, at Nantes, on the 10th instant, triei a gendarme on a charge of murder, for having killed one of his comrades in a duel. The only evidence against the culprit was that of a mason, who observed the combat at the dista , ice Of 80 paces, and who swore that the deceased, in his opinion, had received unfair play. The seconds of the parties being examined, declared that the rules of duelli g had been faithfully observed, and the prisoner was acquittel Thus common soldiers are allowed their “ affairs of honour" in France, without any fears of conseq ;thees from the-tribunals. Thursday, Thomas S slier, fisherman, Cellardyke, in returning home from Pittenween, intoxicated, went (If the high road (it is supposed), being bewildered by the darkness of the night, fell over a precipice between Pittenwem and Anstruther, and was killed. 110 P PLANTERS.—In consequence of two letters sen t by Mr. CURTEIS, M. P. for Sussex, to Mr. HERM& Secretary to the Treasury, representing the distressed state of some of the Ilep Planters, now called of on for the payment of the duty upon the growth of 1824, so -long postponed, Mr. Hzentcs has written an answer, stating, that with every feeling for the peculiar circum stances which have pressed upon the districts in which these parties are situated, the Earl of LlvErtrool. and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER find it quite impos sible to recommend to the Lords of the Treasury to grant any further general indulgence in the collection Hof this duty, but they Le prepared to move the Board to afford some extension of the time in any individual cases of distress or poverty, so urgent as to make them fit subjects for special exemption. The Shrewsbury coach was laden on . Friday last with $6O parcels, preents to London. It broke down in Birm.ngham, and was seven hours ascending Long Compton Hill with .ix horses. All the other coaches fro:n Shropshire, Worcestershire, GlOuce.tershite, &c. were equally filled with game, turkeys, &c. FlRE—Between the .hours of nine and ten .o'clock last night, a fire br , ke out in the house of Messrs. Coven and Co. oi!-merchan s, 46, St. Ihn's-street, errner of Great Sutton street, Clerkenwell. Theflimes first :hewed themselves in-the baiement story, at the rear of the shop, and communicating to a quantity of hemp and other combustible matters, any efforts to stop their progress were wholly useless; and such was the rapidity of the conflagration, that the family, who were in the upper part of the house, had barely time to escape with their lives before the whole building was in volved in one mass of fire. The first, second, and third floors had caught in less than ten minutes, and though eight or ten engines, well supplied with water, were then in full play, the roof itself soon after tumbled in, and the flames, which before found vent only through the windows,• shot upwards to an immense height, shedding a bright red glare on the holizon to a vast extent. Considerable fears being entertained of its com municating to the warehouse at the back, in Great Sutton•street, which contained a large stock of oils, tallow, pitch, turpentine, and resin, the firemen directed their attention to that point, whilst several of the in- • habitants assisted Mr. Comma's people in the removal of the stores; fortuna , ely the warehouse was parted from the dwelling-house by a yard. Ultimately the flames did not extend beyond where they originated. In Athens snow is rarely seen, but when it does fall there, it is considered as a ptonlising indicates' of a rod crop cf ia the to tt4ig season. ■ a 41 MIN IV I .;%1111p