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. `• .... DEPENCE OINREECE. . ".. 411 40C1A jib LITTER TRIM COLONEL A Z. • '• " Athens, March 29, 1824. " bear General Odyssea,—The Greeks are fightin for their independence and their liberties. They hal not only to drive the Turks from their soil, but they have to prevent the restoration of Turkish principles of government and of despotism. To this end a constitu tional force is necessary. " Whether this force should consist of disciplined or irregular troops, is the question you have desired me to answer. Experience has demonstrated, spite of the pa ralyzing effects of tyranny, that the Greeks are still Greeks. Their martial peasantry have started from their chains; have taken fortresses that have been deemed almost impregnable; and have in one campaign de stroyed 100,000 Turks. These are the men who have triumphed over the Ottoman empire. 4 Experience has also demonstrated that a nation which trusts her defence to foreign mercenaries, puts her freedom in imminent peril. Commonwealths ought, therefore, to follow the example set by England in the of William 111. That monarch owed his thrOne to a revolution produced by the people. The Crown had gone out of its regular succession ; disaffection prevailed ; Ireland was in arms ; Scotland had not re nounced allegiance to James, and the Protestant cause was threatened by a hostile coalition; still such was the high stern spirit of those times, that the Parliament re fused to allow a small body of William's valiant Dutch guard to remain in England. " The King recommended and reasoned, and again and again implored the Parliament to retain these dear partners of his fame. They listened to their sovereign with courtesy, but sent back his guards to Holland. Let the Greeks act in the same spirit. Never let the Greeks tolerate a standing army nor foreign troops, except as instructors of discipline or military science. The principles of a mercenary army are opposed to those of freedom, and their interests are at variance with their duties. " Rather let the Greeks follow the example of the best confederated commonwealths—say Switzerland. Her army consists of 60,000 men, from twenty to thirty years of age. Her military schools, her staff, artillery, en gineers, infantry, and sharpshooters, are all admirable. Her cavalry is the only defective arm. Every branch of her service is assembled and exercised for a month in the year, and the whole force is ready to march at one day's notice. It is evident that a militia of this descrip tion cannot be equal, on their first taking the field, to a more exercised army. The Swiss, however, like the Greeks, havins a strong country to defend, can act on the defensive till they become exercised. This consti tutional force costs Switzerland about 60,0001. yearly. It may be said that the Greeks, though excellent par tisans, are unequal to cope with disciplined soldiers in the field, or to undertake sieges. 46 What then is to be done? Are the Greeks to en danger their liberties by employing mercenaries, or their independence by . not employing them? Neither: they should have a mixed force, consisting of irregulars and a militia. The modern history of the Greeks chews the strength of their irregular troops and armed peasantry. They ate like a hive of bees that, being disturbed in their productive labours, will drive an elephant mad, and make him court destruction.* And the annals of their ancestors, and of their phalanx, have taught the world the power of co-operation in war. The Greeks should therefore instil a martial spirit into their. people, and should have their youth instructed at the schools in military discipline. A portion of the Greeks should be exercised like the Swiss armies, a portion of them should remain as at present, and the whole nation should be at all times armed, ready to protect their property, their persons, their liberties, and their country.—l am, &c. (Signed) " LEICESTER STANHOPE.* LETTER OF COLONEL STANHOPE, TO THE PEOPLE 01, • • 41‘• 4111.61%. IPSARA. " &Lows, Aran. 28, 1824. "Brave Ipsariots!—Seamen have ever proved the firmest friends of liberty : nobly you have supported this character. You were among the first to resist op pression, and raise the standard of Greece. From the commencement of the revolution you have sacrificed your property and your persons to promote the public good ; you have stood foremost in the fight, and have humbled the proud Turk ; your free Constitution you have supported, and Ipsara is an example of its happy influence. For these reasons I have sent you a Printing press, intrusted to my charge by the Greek Committee of England: accept it as a pledge of attachment from your brother Islanders; exercise it for the spreading of knowledge throughout the Archipelago: from know ledge emanates power, wealth, freedom, happiness, and fame. May these blessings, brave Ipsariots, be the portion of your children—the sweet reward of your virtuous exertions and your honourable toils. I am your most devoted Servant, " LEICESTER STANHOPE." " • If an elephant suite a branch in which there is a hive, the bees settle on him, and he runs madly on to destruction. So the Turks beset by Greeks allow their heads to be struck off without an effort." It is stated in accounts from New Orleans, dated the 21 st of April last, that Mrs. WATSON, wife of the once celebrated Doctor, of political notoriety, with her fa mily, had arrived there on board the Magnet, from London, on their way to Cincinnati. Accounts from Charleston to the 15th ult. have been received, from which we learn that the State of Georgia has taken great umbrage at a communication made by the President to Congress on the subject of the claims of that State against the United States. This circum stance has g i v en rise to a very an gr y l etter , in reply, from Governor TROUP , of Georgia, addres sed to the Secretary of War, in which he enters his protest, on be half o f t h e people of that State, against the principles laid down in the communication of the President.— Governor Tacque declares that the avowal of such principles involved the destruction of the compact be tween Georgia and the United States, m a d e i t nu ll and void, and left no alternative to Georgia but acquiescence i 1 injustice, or resistance. The Governor, at considerable length, proceeds to point out various instances of unkind and unfriendly treatment received at the hands of the United States. He complains of the absolute denial of the rights of the people of Georgia at a moment when it was thought they would have been most respected. An .article from Bayonne, dated the 4th inst. says, that in consequence of the Fair held at Pampeluna, some French troops had been marched from Vittoria to that place, in order to prevent any extraordinary as sembling of the people, or to guard against its having any dangerous results. It would appear from this that the state of Spain was still too unsettled to render it safe for the French to withdraw their troops. And, in deed, it is clear that they have no objection to nod a pretence for prolonging their stay. • • , ." "n 7 F1 1"... .cLock. .. In consequence of the non-arrival trp to this hour of any Ix presses from France, and the approaching settling-day, which is on Friday, Consols have rather lowered; they opened this morning at 94k, but soon after drooped to 94a, I, with a heavy Pearket ; and for next time, 941 to 95. There has not been Much business of consequence. FOREIGN FUNDS. To-morrow being settling-day for all Foreign Securities, most parties are busy in making up their accounts; but all South Ameri can Securities are exceedingly heavy this morning. - - - Current Prices :—New Spanish 15 to e, Old 211 to 1, Russian 941, Alliance Slum 131, Mexican Scrip 21 1 disc. Colombian Scrip 31 4 disc. Austrian 94, Chinon 75, New Prussian 97, Old 98, Portuguese 881 1, Buenos Ayres 11 to 1 disc. French Scrip 121 to 13. PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 23734-3 per Ct. Reda. 94 1 / 8 9378 94 1 / 8 $1 per Cent. Cons. 93 1 / 4 1 / 4 % ex. div. si per Cents. 101 1 / 4 1 / 4 *per Cents. New 106 1 / 2 34 1 ,4 ex. div. 4 per Cents. Assented 101 1 ,4 34 1 / 4 Bank Long Anns. 22% 15.16 India Stock 289%—lndia Bonds 82 83 &dux'. Bills of 4.3,000 (2d.) 40 7 ; (1 1 / 2 (1.) 43 40 Do. Small (2d.) 40 7 ; (1 1 / 4 d.) 43 401 Consols for Acct. 94% 5 / 8 3/4. . . THE' EV ENING STAR. • , r !4. LONDON. Ling lave 'ESDAY, JULY 14, 1824. bey s of THE FUNDS. • STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE 01 DEATH OF THE KING OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. It with great regret that we have to announce the death of TAMEHAMMIA, the King of the Sandwich Islands, which took place at four o'clock this morning. It is already known, that the Klxo as well as his late consort, had taken the measles, which are prevalent at this time in London. The Quist( sunk under the dis. ease, and died on Thursday evening ; and the anxiety and depression of the KING for the loss of his wife ag gravated all the symptoms of his disease so much, that considerable fears were entertained by his medical at tendants as to his own life. On Monday afternoon, at three o'clock, the KING was removed, in a sedan chair, from Osborne's Hotel, Adelphi, to the Caledonian Hotel, belonging to the same proprietor, at the end of the terrace, facing the river, in which, from its retired situation, it was thought he would be more tranquil ; he passed a composed night, and was better yesterday, but towards evening he became worse, and expired at the time we have stated, to the great grief of his attendants, most of whom are ill, and to the regret of all. Indeed the cir cumstances are altogether particularly painful. The KING and Quxxx of a people which, little more than half a century ago, were unknown to Europeans, and who lived in a state of barbarism, had visited the coun try which first made them known to the world, and proved in their own persons the blessings of civilization. —Mild and amiable in their dispositions, they adopted our costume, and were anxious to copy our manners as much as possible, and had than lived to return home, would no doubt have introduced many of our co:toils ; their own knowledge and example would have enabled them to facilitate the march of civilization ; while the hospitable reception they met with would have filled the inhabitants of the Islands with joy and gratitude. —What effect, beyond that of surprise and regret, the death of both the KING and Qua's, of a complaint un known in their ewn dominions, may have on the na tives, it is difficult to guess. The survivors, however, who we hope will soon be enabled to return, can con vince them, that all that the best medical advice and the kindest attention could do, had been done for them. We understand that his MAJESTY entertained the most perfect sense of his situation, and yielded up his soul with fervent resignation. At the time his MA• JESTY'S soul winged its flight to another and a better world, he was attended by a nurse, specially engaged, and the Medical Gentlemen who had attended him during his indisposition. The same respect will be paid to the Royal remains as took place on the occasion of the decease of his Royal Consort. We yesterday gave an outline of the intelligence brought from the Coast of Africa by the Circus, which arrived at Plymouth. The advices are to the Ist of June. A vessel had arrived on the previous day, from Cape Coast Castle, bringing accounts of the 9th of May, at which time the British were hard pressed by the Ashantees, and an engagement was very shortly expected to take place. The Ashantee army, which was said to be 20,000 strong, had advanced to Cons merda, within fifteen miles of Cape Coast Castle. Ma jor CHISHOLM'S corps consisted of about 4,000 Fantees ; but that of Captain BLS/MARNE is not stated. No appre hensions existed however, of an attack upon the Castle, which mounts 100 guns, and is quite proof against any attack from such an enemy. There are, besides, Mar tell° towers upon two hills, commanding the approaches on the land side to the Castle, mounted with thirty two-pound carronades. Still the colony at large was in the most melancholy unprotected state possible, and all business of course wholly suspended. Reports were current at Sierra Leone, of three attacks on the British by the Ashantees, in which the latter gained the advan tage, subsequent to that most fatal one in which Sir C. M d CARTHY perished ; but no details are given. The private letters brought by the Circus are rather contradictory. One of them, dated the 19th of April, says—" We have been a long time engaged in war, and think it will be terminated shortly, although our troops have been completely cut to pieces in one engagement by the Ashantees. Our small army is, however, now lIIIPP - 7' • engaged, and is rtia , mentarily to hear The following less sanguine, but We are in a considerable state at whet hear we slay not be attacked and all butchered. Our alarm neeisierily greater when we reflect on the disaffected state of our linty. An Officer arrived at head-quartets, from the camp at Derra hoe ey, with a dispatch from Captain Blenkarne (who is in con ' mend of our allied forces), stating that Appra, the principal native Chief, in whom we have hitherto had the greatest confidence, had left him with all his forces (of whom the greater part of our army consisted), and crossed the Boosompra in advance, although Captain Bienkarne has had positive orders not to cross, the Asbantee force being by far too great. He has also beaten Captain Blenkarne's messengers, who were sent to remonstrate. We cannot, therefore, expect much from such an army. We are extremely sorry to say also, that the state of our gar& son here gives very little relief to our alarm; and we confess, thee if our property and lives were solely under its protection, we should have little chance of either in the event of an attack. I sin sure you will scarcely credit it when I assure you, that in our castle, where there is a garrison of upwards of 150 while troops. the, Ashantee prisoners should have burst from their cell (in number about 100, unarmed), and twenty-five of them succeeded in making their escape before the others were secured. I think you will now concur with me in my opinion, that very little protection is to be expected from it—at any rate, in its present state. Most anxiously do we pray for a neW Governor, for since the disastrous battle at Assamakou, where our late revered Governor fell, there has not been the slightest exertion ; and although, as I have said before, we "know not at what time we may expect an attack ,there has not been one step taken to put the place in a posture of defence. " On the 29th, Lieutenant Erskine arrived here from the camp, having been wounded in the thigh the day before in a partial en. gagement with the enemy across the river; there were also two privates wounded. " We learn from an intelligent Officer, who lately arrived from she Camp, that the movements of the Ashantees are conducted in the most masterly manner and Capt. Blenkarne, although aware that they are within 25 miles of him, has no conception of their Clan position, or of their force ; in fact, it is not unlikely to pre sume that the enemy are keeping a division of their army on the opposite banks of the Boosompra, merely as a feint to draw the attention of the whole of our forces, who are there encamped, and in the meantime the greater part of their army are making some counter-movement to fall upon some defenceless part of the Colony ; and it b now confidently reported, that they are medi !Wag an attack on Accra or Anatnaboe, both of which places are it present capable of making little or no resistance. Mr. Williams, the Colonial Secretary, is the only survivor of these who were missing after the battle of Assamakou, where Sir Clarks M'Carthy was killed; he has been broeght to Minima, Castle, and given up to the Dutch Governor. He is recovering fast after his many sufferings. He states, that after being taken, they proceeded instantly to strip him; doing away with the superfluous ceremony of unbuttoning, they with their knives cut his clothes from his body, and at every incision of the knife cutting his body, until he was entirely naked and kept him in that state until he war given up—a period of about five weeks, during which time he underwent a train of suffering, I may say, almost unexampled in history, with a fortitude almost incredible. Not content with treating him in the manner I hive before mentioned, they made him sleep in the open air at night, and with a savage brutality never before heard of, they arranged the heads of the Officers and those of distinction beside him in a row. Thus were laying beside him, as his nightly companions, the heads of his friends and compa- 1 pions in arms, who, but a few hours before, bad led their troops to battle with that animation and undaunted courage which nothing but overwhelming numbers could ha‘e conquered, and then not until they lay stretched bleeding ea the field. Among the heads Ms. Williams recognized those of Sir Charles M'Carthy, Ensign Wetherill, Aid-do-Camp ; Mr. Buckle, Civil Engineer; Mr. Bran don, Ordnance Store-keeper; Messrs. Jones, Heddle, Raydon, anti Robinson, Merchants, and Of of Militia." Letters have been received, by the Turkey Mail, from Constantinople of the 10th ult. In consequence of the Feast Of the Banat, little alteration had taken place in politics. Since the last letters, the new French Ambas sador, General Gurmaritissor, bad arrived, and public expectation was led to the belief that his presence would give a new spur is the long pending negocia dons, which had lately dropped into a dormant state.— The intelligence received from the Capitan Pacha Was to the effect, that he had succeeded in embarking at Salonica troops to the number of 12,000 men ; but ibis is considered as exceeding the real amount. It was presumed he would proceed to the Island of Mitylene, where he would await the arrival of the Asiatic troops, if not also those from Egypt. From Smyrna, the letters are to the 3d ult. at which date the place conti nued tranquil. His Majesty's ship ROSE remained in port to afford protection to British property. From Bucharest there are accounts in the German Papers to the 12th of June, and from Semlin -to the 20th : the former state that the plague is occasioning great ravages in that neighbourhood ; the latter, that the Seraskier DEatrisa PACHA had received positive orders to advance against the Morea. It Is stated in a letter from Barcelona, of the 2d inst. that the persecution of the Priests becomes every day more aggravating. According to this letter,. Spain is in a dreadful state, and assassinations are frequent.--- Baron d'EnotEs bad given permission to six Constitu tional soldiers to go borne, but nett day three of them were found hung up on a tree, and their bodies horri• bly mutilated. We stated some time ago that the King's Arroartxx- GENERA L had attacked the newspaper called Le Courier Francais, and moved that it be suspended during three months for the tendency of its leading articles. The case occupied the attention of the Cour Royale during several sittings. On Saturday last, the defence having been closed, the Judges retired and deliberated nearly two hours, during which much anxiety was experi enced by a crowded auditory. On their return, instead of pronouncing sentence, the President declared that the votes were equally divided, and immediately put an end to the Sitting. The Moniteur of Sunday contains the requisition of the ATTOIINIEY•GENERAL in the Tribunal of the Seine against the responsible Editor of the Quotidienne, for having published in his Number of the Bth inst. a letter from the Archbishop of TOULOUSE, in which that Prelate states that he had received two or three letters from the Minister of the Interior, requiring him to adhere to the declaration issued by the French Clergy in 1682, against the supremacy of the POPE in temporal matters, and that he had not answered those lams, which he looked upon as the work of an agitator, and would not adhere to the Declaration of 1682, which he regarded as attacking the authority of the Church. The ATTOINEY•GENERAL demands that the Editor shall be summoned to appear to be condemned for having published this article, which 'has the character of in• citement to disobedience to the laws. The Declaration of the Clergy of 1682 is annexed; - . ••• 'T • • :111' • d rc::~-. . d .. .„ : THE ARMY. A detachment of the itth Fualleers disembarked at Chatham on the 14th inst. having last removed from Harwich. A general muster of the Honourable Artillery Company will take place in their ground, on Monday, the 19th instant, at half_ past two o'clock, to commemorate the coronation of their Illustriou s Captain General, his Most Gracious Majesty. The Itegimett will afterseards dine together at the armoury-house. Should his Royal Highness the Duke of Sugar:, the Colone, be stinclehtly recovered, he intends to take the command, and honour the Corps with his company at dinner. Ills Excellency Major-General Sir Coins Malit having in:. spected the Head-quarter Division of the 3d Royal Veteran lira. Nei, stationed at Jersey, was pleased to issue the following General Order on that occasion, dated July 6, 1824: " GENERAL ORDER. " The soldierlike appearance of the three Companies of the 3d Royal Veteran Battalion, at the half-yearly inspection, their effi. cieney, and the manner in which several movements according t o the new system were performed, merit Major-General Sir Colin Halket's entire approbation. The state of the Barracks and of the Hospital affords the best proof of the attention which is paid to the interior economy and to the comfort of the men. " Lieutenant-Colonel Coghlan will be pleased to convey to the Corps under his command, the Major-General's best thanks, with the assurance of a very favourable report to his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief. (Signed) " R. FRASER, T. M," Lnnstwoow, Jinx s.—This day the Royal West Lothian Yeo manry Cavalry, commanded by Major HAMILTON HUNOAS, of Dud dingston, left this place, after being here for the usual period of training and exercise ; and it Is but justice to say that the conJurt of all the members of this distinguished Corps was such, while in quarters, as to obtain the unqualified approbation of the crates. The Corps was inspected on the 3d instant by Col, net Smarm, of the Enniskillen Dragoons, when a variety of evolutions were performed with great precision and rapidity. On Slordar there was some very fine racing, a handsome Cap being given by Major HAMILTON DUNDAS, and a Purae by Captain Sir WILLIA BAILLIS and the Officers of the West Troop. There were also se veral other Subscription Purses and Matches. WAR-OFFICE. JULY 12, 18c4.. The Very Rev. Robert Hodgson, D.D. Dean of Carlisle, to he Chaplain-General to the Forces, v. Archdeacon Owen, deceas 24. Commission in the Edinburgh Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord 'Lieutenant of the County of Edinburgh. The Most Noble John William Robert Marquis of Lothian, to be Colonel, vise the Most Noble William Marquis of othaan. deceased. Commissions signed by the Lieutenant of the county of Norfolk. Bartholomew Edwards, Clerk, and Richard Dewing, jun. &q. to be Deputy Lieutenants. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Thomas Hare, Esq. to be Captain, vice Heisham, resigned. DEJEUZICHETTE. Monday, Lady Lutz Lawmen Pm entertained a select party, at her beautiful Villa at Fulham. At two o'clock the company began to arrive, and the day being most propitious, they were im mediately ushered Ihrough a suit of apartments, decorated with a profusion of the choicest flowers, into the gardens, where tempo rary rooms for dancing and refreshments had been erected; the lawn soon presented one of the gayest scenes we ever witnessed.. The band of the Blues was in attendance, playing alternate Quadrmes and Waltzes. At five the banquet was announced, and the party proceeded t o the house, where savers were laid for one hundred and fifty, an d the tables abounded with every delicacy the season affords, or art mild supply. Dancing was resumed afterwards, and ktpt up wit h spirit till a late hour, when having partaken of a cold supper, the company separated for the evening. Among the Fashionable. preSent, we noticed— Dozse—Argyll, Wellington. Dueness's—Dowager of Richmond, Argyll, Wellington. Maanutsus--Hertford. Londonderry. Marchioness Londonderry. Brats—Ruston, Clonmell, Morley, Bathurst, C.anifils, Harrow. by, Mansfield, Bristol, Shetheld, Alvanley. Cou.vassz.--Clonmell, Motley, Bathurst, Winfield, Harrowby. Euston. _ Count and Countess St. Antonio. Loans—W. Lenox, Ellenborough, Stormont, Bingham, Hotham, Hervey, Elliott, H. Thynne, A. HUt, G. Hill, Garlies,Clanricarde, Valietort, Howick. Lamas—L. Lenox, G. Fane, H. Scott, De Roos, Paget (two), Ashley (two), Cornwallis (two), Bathurst (two), Ben celey (two 7-, Floydi Ryder (two), Mufray (three), HerVey (two), EUenborougb,, Grey (two), A. Peel. Rums Horrouaaains—G. Canning, R. Peel. illsosair.—W. Lambe., Corry, Townsend, Ashley, G. Howard, G. Berkeley, Upton, Morton, De Roos, Forester, Dundas, Lister, Batburat, J. Peel, Villiers. Mamas:Ls—Canning, Peel, Arbuthnot, Howley, Eden, J. Peel, Musts—Wellesley, Howley, Seymour, Arbuthnot, Villiers, For, Eden, De Roos, Napier, Canning, Upton, Law, Copley. This forenoon dispatches were received from Sierra Leone, at the Colonial Office, Downing-street. Another Cabinet Council assembled this day, at the Foreign Office, in Downing street. The Kime left his Palace, in Pall-ma”, about sic o'clock yesterday afternoon, in an open carriage, di - awn by four fine hones, for his Lairs in Windsor Great Park, escorted by a party of the 7th Hussars. The King of WIRTH/BURG has arrived at Marseilles. His MAMMY travelled under the name of the Count de Tice, ani immediately repaired to a villa which had been prepared for him at the distance of a Wile from terns, for the purpose of taking sea bath‘ Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet °kn ell was held at the Foreign ante, Doweling -street, whith was at tended by the Earls of Istrearoor., Wauwatosa:Liam, and &nous" Mr. Secretary CUMIN°, Mr. Secretary ism, the CRAIIICELLOt of the EICHIQInt% Viscount Mityraus, Lord EICZLZT 116; HOSKISz sow, Ste. The Court satin deliberatiuti till See o'clOck. FUNERAL OF MR. BARON Viool3.•—i.The remains of the above venerable Judge were this day deposited in a vault in the Inner Temple. The procession consisted of a hearse, three mourn= ing coaches, end fourteen private carriages. Margate, within the last few days, has received a numerous succession of visitors &sin the Qty. The steam smell are fully employed, as the exportation. of live lumber to Margate is very great. .1 ‘"" Kensington Gardens presented yesterday an appear ance very uncommon at this advanted period of the seasoir. They were crowded with fashionable visitors of the first distinction. The Band of the Life Guards attended, and played most delightful airs, which no doubt powerfully contributed to attract and to detain the Ban& Monde. Miss PATON, the sister of the established warbler, is to be introduced to the faVour of a London audience to.montive, ea the Drury-lane boards, in the character of Letitia Wordy. Although she is very young, report has already spoken very favourably of her pretensions to fill a line hi comedy that is 90 Much needed on the metropolitan boards. Ma. MACIURAVIN—The Lady recently married by this distinguished performer was a Miss Avatos, an actress of some disdecdon at the Dublin Theatre.—The Granby Inn, at Harrow sate' lately pindussed by Mr. M. was bought merely as a proft• ableitureetmout of his money. It cost 4,0001. and Mr. M. has let it for fourteen years at the rent of four hundred pounds; so thzt It will be deemed a tolerably fair investiture of so much of coo aiderable savings which, we have beard it stated, have been made dnce Mr. IL's appearance on the " London' s boards. It is sant factory to be able to state thus much, and it would be consolatory If the emu* be not lost on those of his profession who also have the opportunity to realize property. A LARNIING Finn AT BRISTOL.—About twelve o'clock on Friday night a volume of flame and smoke was ob served issuing from the lower part of a house near the bottom of Clare -street, Bristol, occupied by Mr. Esser, bookseller; and so rapid was the progress of the devour ing element, that in less than fifteen minutes the whole house was in a blaze. Serious apprehensions were en tertained that the flames would extend to the premisel of Mr. Tuckett, grocer, on one side, and those of M.. Underwood, ironmonger, on the o er ; but althoup they must have sustained considerab e injury, the efforts of the firemen proved ultimately e ectual in confining the fire to the premises of Mr. Es , which, with 4J their contents, were totally destroyed. The warehous; of Mr. Underwood, on the Quay, behind his shop 11 1 Clarastreet, and the Mercury printing-office, situate" behind the premises of Mr. Essex, were repeatedly on lire' likely to be victorious. We expect no- ir the result of the battle," &c. letters which is not of so recant a date, is it contains maoy interesting particulars t 4. Can ms,, Dfiaca 31 6 ts 24. asiderable state ot darns here, ancido not know -- ~. ~b~, - N.W.--__a... - I I _ Mii r• , r + , *ar . -