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EGYPT. (Circular) " Alexandria, Match ff. ISM 0 se ate. seam, Vol ma mover, irste into or miser aessanes CONSUL in turn, AT ALRIANDRIA. Sis,...lliS Highness the Viceroy of Egypt bas testified Ms desire to the respective Consuls of friendly nations not to admit into his country say but subjects of good conduct, and guaranteed either by themselves or by persons enjoying public esteem, and that with the view of checking the disorders of all kinds which had taken place in his country by &reptant without any employment. ' useethre was ineffectual, and his Highness hoped it would Dot be necessary to return to it. ss Deceived, however, in his expectation by the assassination te nsity committed to the capital upon the person of a European, and whip!' is absolutely the result of the facility with which foreigners, without being known. are admitted into his kingdom, his said High• mess, wishing to avoid fresh crimes, and to deliver, once for all, the country from the vagabonds that abound in it, orders that every E uropean , of whatever nation and profession, who is not or shall not he guaranteed by his respective Consul,or by persons established in the country, enjoying general consideration, shall be immediately sent out of Egypt, where hereafter, and in consequence of this deter. iniatsioe, no person shall he admitted without the formality pre- scribed, and which shall be rigorously enforced. In consequence his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, my illustri- Mrs Master. who charges me to make known to the respective Repre sentatives of the European friendly nations this determination, in vites you to adopt it towards your countrymen, flattering himielf that you will employ all your means to second him in a measure which tends only to restore tranquillity to his country and to society in generaL " I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) " BOG HOS JOUSSOUF." THE ARMY. The Hussar Brigade, consisting of the 10th and 'lsth Regiments of Hussars, were reviewed yesterday morning, on Hounslow heath. by General Lord Hill, G.C.B. and G.C.H.' Commanding in-Chief. The Brigade marched to the ground at ten o'clock, and formed in open column of squadrons; at half-past ten the Brigade wheeled• into line, and took open order. At eleven o'clock, General Lord Hill, attended by his Staff, and accompanied by the Dukes of Orleans and Chartres, the Marquis of Anglesey, K.G.G. C.B. and G.C.H. the Marquis of London derry, G.C.B. and G. CH. Major General Sir Colquhuun - Grant, K.C.B. and K. C. H. and several other General Deicers, came upon the ground, end took his - station in front of the centre of the brigade, which presented arms. General 'Lord Hill, attended by a grand military cortege, rode to the right of the line, passed down in.front, and up the rear, and took his station at his original position. Major General Sir IL Vivian, But. K.C. Wand K. C. H. who commanded, ordered the brigade to take close order, and to wheel back into open colunous of troops. The brigade then passed in slow and quick time in review order' and after arriving on their original ground, commenced a number of evolutiona and manoeuvres, which are quite new cavalry wive nients. The manoeuvres were executed with great celerity and precidon—the wheeling was performed .in fine style, and . the ch.rges were admirable. The brigade, after having executed the whole of the movements prescribed, wheeled into line, took open order, and gave the general salute. Lord Hill then rude forward, and, addressing Major. General Sit Hus , ey Vivian, expressed himself highly gratified at the dis tinguished manner in which the manoeuvres and evolutions were 'scented. Lord Hill,, attended by his &alt and a vast number of General Ofßeers, then lett the ground. There was a strong muster of beauty and fashion, and a great concourse of equestrians and pedestrians of every description, on the Heath. The morning was very favourable for the performance of the movements. It was a grand military spectacle. . NAVAL IN lELLIGENCE. 31atu Alonzo Tan Dar—Dublin 14—Waterford I. The Rocket, Cumming, from Jamaica to St. Lawrence, was wrecked en a reef near Torbay, Nova Scotia, on the cad March— crew saved. PIDIZASCL, MAY ML—The Priscilla, Evans, from Port Madoc to litereltarn, was dismasted during a heavy gale olf the Land's End yesterday morning, and bas been towed in here. The bay and piers continue to 611 with wind-bound vessels. There are nearly 110 sail already. and more working In. Yaissoeyst, MAY 29.—The James, Attis. arrived yesterday from Stockton I she saw a Humber keel upset and Judi off Foul ness on kfunkay,.-wind N.E.' with a heavy sea, but could render no Mistime,. • Doris, May 28 —Part of the broadside of a small foreign ketch or gallior, .e with broken mast, and jib marked " Carlsham, with some pieces esti!' and rigging, have been towed in in. day. Dem., ind N.R.—Arrived front London the John. Noseworthy,': for New South Wales. Arrived the Lima, Knoc, from the Cape 6F Good !lope ;and Afileck, —. front Cephalonia. Tbe Eveltue remtains, but the rr sr of the nutwaril.bonnd bare -ailed. . ROATSNOUTP v Mar 29. Wind R N E.—Arrived the Arno, Young, front -Leghtin ; Asia., Yeoman, from Smyrna; Patriot, 6,41. from Leghorn; Margaret., Frank, from Palermo. Arrived from London air Corinthian, Chadwick, fqr New York ; Rox burgh Castle. Denny, for Calcutta. Off port the Thames, Robin son. from Philadelphia. FALSSOOTH, lhr 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Romulus, Crofu, front Trieste. • HOLTAITAN Mar 28.—Arrived off, the B os t on, f rom Boston. Lavaaroot., :MAT 28.—Arrived the Aheona, Steele, from Arica— failed Itgd January; Ardent, —, from Wilmington; DM Gio vanni,—, from Palermo; Crescent.—, from Seville. • Bra.smrs. MAT £7.—Artived the FAbitag, Thompbon. from New York. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN crwre HOUSE. Vessels spoken by the packet ship Boston, Mackay, from Boston arrived off Holyhead— Sd May—Let. 42. 20. long: 69. 211. brig Ybbe, from St. Ctoix, for Boston. 13th—British brig Eagle, Faster, of Sunderland, from London for lairarnicbi, lat. 44. 4U. lotig. 48.—Had .een islands of ice. Same day—Britith brig Monarch, Woodberry, from London to Miramichl—had not seen ice: 90th.— In lat. 47. 10. long 27. 30. the brig Edward, of Port land, from Aiesalidria, bound to London. In lat. 47. 20. long. '27. the British schooner Mary. of Dartmouth, for St. John's (New foundland) and took tette'', from her. Dn.-4n lat. 48 26. Jong. 23. 30. an English• barque. painted bLek, with white mouldings, wished to be repaired, but could not hear the name In Li. 48. 22 long. 24. the British brig Pomona, of Puul. in Iv. 49. 21.lurg. 20 the British brig Carnarvon, Strong, front Neweaalt—nine day. from the Lizard: !.'.d—The ship Jubilee, Chaddock, trout Liverpool for New Yolk Cape Cl.•ar bearing N. E. The skip Ann, Blake, from Li verpool for Near . Yot k, Cape Clear E. 20 leagues. .7th—The brig Pantalou. from Liverpool for Demerara, off Barthel' Wand. London Bridge Comolitter, Appointed by tit- House of Loris, assembled in considerable numbers yesterday at two o'clock ; among whom were the Duke of Wawsarra, Lord ELLYIIIIORoUGII, Lord Dammam the Marquis of Lormonnsaav, and Lord Dimmest, &c. This investigation attracts very consi derable intere+t, sod the Comminteezroom is crowded with indi I viduals connected either with the Coal Truly or the Corporati . lr appears to lie the g I impression that Parliament will refuse to allow the impost or the additional duty on coals. which the City 4 lniands for completing the approaches to the new bridge. Tll,- late Earl of MoRNINOTnts, the father of the pie. sent Duke of Wsuninvots, was one of the very few Noble Com. poser s that the history of music has to rercird. His Lordship, when an itilant, and in his nurse's arms. was uncommonly atten tive whenever his father, who was a good musician, played on the violin. A musician of the name of Dosomits, who waa at that time a distinguished performer on that instrument, being once at the Katrs house, and offering to take the violin, the childmani tested the strangest obj ect i on s to his father's parting with i t; hut wh e n be beard Donovan play, his 'Want mind became so sensible of the superiority, that 6e would never after permit his father to Play whco Llosouata was present. The Earl did not commence I/trimmer until he was nine years old; but his Lordship was soon ao distinguished for his musical abilities that the University of Dub lin conferred on hint the degree of Doctor of Music, and be was 'pointed King's Professor. One of his songs,'" Here; in cool OM," is still, and always has been, mach admired. Wednesday evening, a distressing accident happened en tie turnpike road leading from Taunton to Honiton Mr, John Whitmash, a coach proprietor, was returning fro m Pitrninster in a phaeton, accompanied by a friend, When, his horse attempting to turn down a lane, *boat' 1411 a mile (torn Taunton, Mr. Whitmasb pulled the lein, which broke, and the horse increasing Iris speed, Mt. Whitmash's friend leaped out of the carriage, and having recovered himself, proceeded towards Taunton, hut, at the distance of about 100 yards, encountered the rorpseof Mr. Whitmash, who had been killed On the. ~ p ot, having either fallen or leaped out of the carriage.. Tannitur DIORAMA IN REGENTS PARR; This attractive place of fashionable resort has just been opened with two new pictures—one of the in terior of the Church of St. Peter's, at Rome; the other, lof the Village of Thiers, in France: both are in the highest degree interesting, not only from association, but from the beauties of the paintings, and their close resemblance to reality. The view exhibited in the painting of St. Peter's (by BouToai) is the entry of the Church opposite the choir, the pillars on the right and left being embellished with portraits of several Popes. Immediately under the dome, which has a most impos• ing effect, is seen the celebrated Canopy of the Confes. sioo of St. Peter—the great altar at which be officiates pontifically. All these objects, with figures of Monks at theit devotions, and other worshipping groups, are faithfully pout trayed, and impress the visitor with sen timents of veneration and awe. We now turn with new pleasure to the romantic Village of Thiers. This paint ing affords a striking illustration of the power of the pencil in skilful hands. Thiers is before us here in all the romantic beauty of a mountain village; and those persons only who are acquainted with mountain and rocky scenery can justly estimate the magnificence of this scene. A printed note, received at the door of the Amphitheatre. informs the visitor that the time repre seo:ed in this picture is seven o'clock in the morning, in the month• of July, a light fog darkening the noun tains ; and in the middle, at the top of the village, is •een the Church of St. John. The effect is enlivened by .the running of water, and smoke ascending from the chimney of a cottage—the sun disappearing at in tervals, leaving no trace of the shades which preceded its appearance. All this is exquiiitely pictured, and no additional description of ours can be suZcient to sati fy the reader of the identity, the individuality, of the xcent —it must be seen to be properly appreciated. In the sultry month of July the Durolle is almost dry, the water being seen, only here and there, oozing our from its gravelly bed, except where it is dammed up underneath a ruined bridge, by, a rough construction, which shows that there can be taste and talent dis played in the very painting of the stones. The detached trees seem to have their leaves trembling in the morn• ing sir, while the more remote clumps c>r wood, inter spersed among the rocks and pasture grounds of the mountain side, relieve, for the passing moment, the eye and the heart that are wearied of the closeness and uniformity of eternal bricks. The sinuous stream, the cottage having its morning fire just lit up, and the busy mills, are refreshing and comfortable to look upon ; and, in short, we should be strongly tempted to tate y for a longer time at Thiers than, perhaps, would be convenient for the proprietor. Within the last few days ihe Diorama has beets visited by many persons of dis tinction ; and we should fancy that there are few per sons of taste in town who do not intend to gratify the lendable desire of viewing such magnificent specimens of the fine arts. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL The building of the new Dining Hall attached to Christ's Hospital, the foundation stone of which was' laid by the late Duke nt Yolk a few years ago, having been completed, the ceremony of opening it for the first time took place yesterday, in the pre,ence of the Lord I , aynr, &miffs, and the whole ot the Civic Authorities. Sauey before twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, who came in his State carriage, accompanied by the SheriC &c. arrived at the Wspital, and was received at the esatern entrance by Mr. Poynder, the Treasurer, and a number of Governors of the Charity. At twelve, the hour limited for the admission of corn pang by t•ckets, there were assembled upwards of 1,200 persons, the majority of whom were elegantly dressed females. Amongst those present were— tee Leopold, the Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Devonshire. Marquis Camden, Earl Spencer, Earl Darnley, Earl Stamford, Earl Clarendon. Earl of Surrey, Sir Francis Freeling, the Bishop of Landaff, Lord Althorp, Sir William Curtis, Aldermen Sir Charles Flower, Str C. Ai. Hunter, &holey, Atkini, Heygate, Key, Crowder, -Sir Peter Laurie, Wood, dec. The new Hall stands nearly due east and west, and is an elegant and substantial building in the Gothic style of architec•ure. The interior is fitted up with neatness and durability; it is 187 feet long by 514 feet wide, and in height 464 feet. There are six lofty Gothic windoWs on the South, between the centre recesses of which are four fine paintings, purchased for the tiew Hall, con dating of Faith, Hope, Truth, and Justice. Over the gallery, at the Western extremity, is the fine old painting of the " Presentation of the Charter to.the Hospital by King Edward the Sixth " Ott the North side appears the large painting, formerly in the old hall, of the" Presentation of the Children to Chirles Mat his Drawing Rown." by Verio. On the Eastern side, and overuse principal entrance, is the organ gallery, on either side of which is a window of stained glass of great brilliancy of colour, Over the lower centre entrance there appear the words..." Fear Goo, Honour the Brother. hood, Honour the King." Eight large and tour smaller plain bronze chandeliers are suspended from the roof, which is fretted and punted to resemble o.k. The sides of the room are decorated with the armorial bearings of the princip .1 benefactors to the Charity, with the sine of their donation'', the names of deceased treasurers, I ke. • The pulpit is placed in the centre of the North side. The boy. belonging to the Charity, to the number of 600, were seated at tour long dining tables, which ea ' •etided nearly the whole length ul the Hall. On the entrance or the children, a voluntary was performed by Mr. Glenn, who lice ided at the organ. Th- L , td Mayor having taken the Chair, with Pi ince Le•rpnlo, the Doke of Norfolk, &c. on his right, the 13 , shop of Llandaff, ,who officiated for the li.shep of Liind 11, entered the pulpit, and read an appropriate ,slayer. After which, the boys partook of a subitantial dinner, consisting of runt beet and plum pudding. Each boy was provides' with a small wooden trencher, off which he ate. The dinner having concluded. second Grace was said, and a portion of the children, under the direction of Mr. liawea r sang an anthem to very excellent style. " GOD save the King" in full chorus, has then sung as a finale. The children, after giving three cheers to ie The King," paraded the Hall, and, making their several obeisances to the Lord Nlaane, &c. retired.—The company, about three o'clock, retired amidst the cheers of the numerous scholars. Issoms of every kind are more than usually luxu riant this spring; in the cider counties especially the apple • present i prospect of more ban ordinary beauty. The street opening horn Pall-mall, in a line with Regetrt•street, into the Park. is nearly finished, and in the course of a few days will form a beautiful continuation of one of the finest greets in London. The noble buildings, forming club houses and coffee houses, are much admired for architectural elegance. An Etr4eman, whose remarks and answers were frequently rather odd, riding at a quick pace upon a Mad pony, was met by a person who praised the animal much. 14 Yes," re plied the officer. " be is a very good one—only he shim at every thing he sees."—The 3firsur. _ the repairs so long contemplated upon the front of Whitehall have at lut commenced. The decayed stone defaced by the inroads of time is to be removed, and new architecture supplied. Tim Halcyon, so often alluded t•b by the Poets, is the bird called the King-Fisher. ' It was believed by the ancients that while the female brooded over the sus, the sea and weather re wanted calm and unruffled; beam arose the expression of Hedges days. A melauchn'y and fatal accident took place last week at Knaresboruugh. A poor man, of the name of Abraham Myers, being afflicted with the gravel, his wife administered to him au infusion of the root of monk's. hood, mistaking it for parsley. lie almost immediately became unwell, and refused to take a second dose, 00 which his wife, that it 'amight . not be wasted, swallowed it herself. The consecpsence was that she was taken extrfinely ill, and in three hours was a corpse. EDINBURGH REVIE%ir.-POPULATION. The Edinburgh Review, which has just appeared for the last quarter, among other very interesting papers, con tains " Proposals for an Improved Cent u. of the Popu lation." In noticing this article, and in directing atten tion to it, we have to premise that it is now about the time that a census must be taken. In 1821, certain foolish fears among the community as to the object or the census operated to such an extent, that a great deal of trickery was resorted to, to conceal the title state of the population; and we could name certain districts and parishes from which the very reverse .ot the fact was reported. The censuses of 1811 and 1801 were in the same predicament, and therefore they ate all of them very imperfect. But now, that there is no reason for the head of a family, the Clergyman, the School master, or other official person in a district or a parish, to withhold the real state of their numbers—that them are no wars to deprive fathers and mothers of their" favourite sons,—nor taskmaste►s whose interest it is to conceal the number and names of their journeymen and apprentices, we have a good opportunity of obtaining what is highly important and necessary—a full And fair Census of the Population of Great Britain and Ireland• In the present Review we have it clearly ,et forth, that the method resorted to for forming an estimate of our population, through the ut..cl;um of the registers of the births and burials, is very fallacious. This must be evi dent ftom,the fact, that in England there are very many D ssenters, none of whom baptise according to the f irms of the Church, and neglect to register their children ; ap i la, many Clergymen are averse to register any but those that ate publicly baptised; and lastly, in great towns the ceremony of baptism is often dispensed with altogether. The Jews, the Quakers, and Roman Ca tholics, In London andelsewhere, have their own burial grounds; and many others, From poverty, live and die unknown and forgLtten. There is, therefore, no reliance to be placed on an estimate of our population founded on such data.—The Reviewer says— . There is good reason to think that no one of the censuses taken in this country is nearly so accurate as it might hive been. In E!rgland, the Overseas of the poor—and in Scotland, the 'Parochial Schoolmasters, have been selected to take the census ; and perhaps no description of persons could be selected better r,ualified to perform the principal part of thi. important duty.—. At the same time, it is quite certain that amongst the very large number of overseers and schoolmasters em ployed to make the returns, many were not sufficiently impressed with the impottance of tt.e duty devolved upon them by the Legislature; and many were quite secompelent to its proper performance. To give it the desirable degree of accuracy, itis essential that the pro, ceedings of the overseers arid schoolmasters should be sutjected to some sort of supervision and controul.— This might perhaps be effected. were Government to direct the.Lorits Lieutenant to place it under the super - intendance ref a small Committee of the most active and intelligent Magistrates in each county ; this Committee being, at the same time, instructed to select some of the inhabitants best acquainted with the state of their respective parishes to assist in the work, and who might afterward, be questioned by the Magistrates as to the mode in which they had preceecird in making the re• turns, in the event f tqin thinking any such esplana firms necessary, We. careen doubt that through the agency of souse siiriple:tpacLinery r f this sort, mean , might be found for ad.rliiig very much to the correct ,,ess of the census. And: ask this i. a matter of great pubtc intere , t, we de; fope that Government will not lose sight of it; but that such measures will be adopted in taking the cr mos of 1831; as may be sufficient purity rt from the errors that infect and vitiate the cen suses taken in 1801,1811, and 1821." So says the Reviewer; and lie ',Rows 'this simple sugge•mn up by the most interesting details and de ductums tirade probabilities and mean duration of his ,an life. Knowing that this alba- ire the Edinburgh !(evicts will be very generally perused, it is unnecesSar ) for us to transfer any mote of it to our columns. On present wish is to draw attention to it. We cannot, nowever, crse this nil cc with..lit showing the public what it is posoble to effect in the way of isbtaining a census. In 1822 a Society in Scotland instituted an iuduiiy into the past and present state of Education in the Highlands, and its investigations were at once con"- Fehensi%e its tange avid 'minute in detail. In 1826 this Society published their Report, under the title of " Moral Statistics," and in the tables to this Rep in were present,-d. Ist. The total number of persons above eight years unable to read—eparating those above 'twenty from those under that aie; '2 J. The distance rf sari iamily from the nearest school; sd. The propor tiro, of families possessing copies of the Scriptures; and 4th. T! e ielative prevalence of the English and Gaelic Languages. All this was sat.sfactorily performed in up wards .4 one hunched parishes ; and the Report. of the Society !mins a most valuable statistical document. This was a much more aidirous and comprehensive undertaking than a simple census can be. Other vain able information :was attained than the mere number of souls; and having been effected over such a wide ex •tent as 100 or 170 parishes, there is no reason why it Should not be effected throughout the whole kingdom. At all events, in a new census, we see no reason why it should not be enjoined, that besides the mere number of peisons,-thete ought to be cl issi;ications of them— as, for instance, the Proprietary and Clergy of each parish or county in one class: in the second class, the yeomen and farmers ; and in the third class, servants and labouring people. In the second class, merchants, manufacturers, and masters of every description, with their faMilies, to be included ; and in the third, their journeymen, apprentices, and labourer., with their families. It would likewise be highly desirable to as certain to what sect each person or each family be longed ; and one word in taking their numbers in the census would be sufficient to indicate this. By Ibis means we should arrive to the important information of the actual state of our church, by seeing the relative numbers of Protestants, Presbyterians, Dissenters of every denomination, Jews, Quakers, and Roman Ca. tholics. Other useful information might at the same time be got at, of which we may treat in a future notice on this subject. " Let not, therefore," says the Reviewer, " the ap proaching opportunity of obtaining a correct census—a census worthy of the country and the age—be neglected. If the census to be taken in 1831 be executed with due care, both as respects the enumeration and classification of the people, it will be one of the most important do coments ever prepared under Parliamentary authority, and .will not only afford a vast deal of information of immediate practical utility, but will be a point of com parison to all future times." - - -'-'-'-:. LIQUIDATION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. A PAMphlet by Mr. HEATHY/lUD has just appeared, undei the title of ''.Thoughts Gn the Liquidation of the Public Debt, and on the Relief of the Country from the Dibtrws incident to a Population exceeding the Demand for Labour," from which we make the flilowing extract, showing his notions on the reduction of the Public Debt : " The mode by which the burthen of the public debt, as it bear upon property, may be reduced and equalized in its pressure, lit order to effect the relief desired, must be considered in connexion with the increase of the labouring classes, both in agriculture and manufactures, beyond the demand for employment. These are evils distinct in kind ; they require to be considered separately; but in order to procure effectual relief to the proprietory and comma. nity generally, the cause of each must be removed. " The redaction and equalization of the pressure of the public debt upon property will first be considered. " For this purpose it is proposed as follows— " That the legislative repeal of annual duties, to the amount of tbirty.one millions, be declared, vis.— "In respect of the Interest on part of the Debt X 25,000.000 " Sinking Fund to be discontinued . 3,000,000 sr Reduction of Government Pay and Penrions, and lower Prices of Stores for the Public Service 5.000,000 3I .000,0uO " That at the same time every description of property in the United Kingdom be assessed in the proportion of one filth of its value. " That all Government Stock, not held by foreigners residing out of the kingdom, be teduced in the same proportion. " That all Home Appointments in and under the Government. and Government Pay and Pensions generally, be :educed in the 'same proportion. ••• ‘‘ Taking the Public Debt at 800,000,0004 and deducting nre. fifth, or 160,000 0001. for the proposed assessment of one-fiftb, 'G10,000,0004 remain. The assessment of oneAfth to lie charged on the privatepropertyof 2,800,000,0901.w0u1d amount t 0560,000,0001. which assessment would be applicible either in principal or interest, according- to circumstances, to the debt of 640 millions remaining as above mentioned, leaving the sum of SO millions for t►e annul ites"fur terms of years, or to be liquidated by other and gradual means." LATE FIRE AT THE RAZAAR,OXFORD STREET. The firemen ate still on duty at the ruins of this ex tensive buildkg, the destruction of which has been most complete, with the exception of the principal front, which is in Castle-street. about fifty four feet in width, which is not materially injured. The entrance from Oxtord-street is only a fronting of about sixteen feet, which leads into the interkr, and the depth from Oxford street to Castle•street is about SOO feet. The number of persons occupying standings, which were let out at so much per foot, is nearly 200, the greatest part of whom are entirely ruined by the destruction of their all. The principal part rat the sufferers are industrious le. males, many of whom have been most respectably brought 'IN but have suffered from the frowns of tor tow-, and been reducel with the remains of their pro perty to commence business to earn a living. Yesierday m.)riting, and during the whole of the day, it was a most heartrending sight to see the numbers who had standings searching over the thins to endeavour to find some of their lost property ; but very little, we are sot ry to say, was found, and most of the articles were in such a damaged state that they were not of the slightest value. The .tock of the different standings varied from 2fJl. to 2001 and some even more, and scarcely one of t!.e indi viduals was insured. The building itself, of which Mr. Hamlet, the eminent goldsmith, is the proprietor, is stated to have cost that Gentleman about 25,0001. The amasr was uncommonly full when the fire broke out, and the number of thieves who got in during the confusion. which, they endeavoured to incre Ise, is one of the principal causes that some part of the property was not saved. • Thursday ni.tht, about eleven o'clock, Miss Button, the daughter of a respectable stock-broker. in Racquet court, Fleet -street, was retiring to rest, when, by some accident, her candle came in contact with the bed cur tains, and almost in a moment the whole room was in a blaze, and it was with difficulty that she escaped without persirial injury. An alarm of fire was immediately given, when Mr. Booth, the chief inspector of the watch of St. Bride's parish, went into the house, and vet y usly do ed the door so as not to admit a current of ai►, and having procured a supply of water from the house ci,- tern, lie went boldly to tl e room, and after throwing in two or three buckets full, so as to deaden the flames in some degree, he tore up the carpet. and, at the es pense of a few trifling burns on his hands, sum eded in smothering the fire altogether, 'but not until the whole 'of the furniture was destroyed. Several engines art ived, buelortunately the fire was extinguished w thout them. Thursday morning an alarming fire hruke r ut in the premises of Mr. Robertson . , a buirder and carpenter, in the upper part of the Edgware-toad, lerclint: to Kil burn, which at one time threatened total destruction to the adjoining houses on each side, ore of which i► oc cupled by a tronk.msker, named Harrison, and the other by a paper manufacturer and stainer, named Campbell. The calamity, it appeirs, was occasi red by an apprentice entering the workshop with a d candle, a spark from which dropped among a heap of shavings, and set the whole of the ainsher and wood • work in the shop in flamer. At the first alarm the pa. rish engine promptly attended—plenty of water wit obtained, and the devouring element kept in check un til various other engines arrived, when the fire wa prevented from spreading, and finally got under. he entire of the workshop is totally cleArnyed, and the dwelling•house of Mr. Robertson, closely adjoining ir, has received considerable damage. The injury sus tained amounts to about 200 i. • Yesterday, about one o'clock in the afternoon. a fire broke out in the house of a farmer earned William Hurley, residing at Enure, withia•about two milts of thia city. The circumstance was purely accidental, and when it occurred the entire family were out at Mork in a potato garden•., having left in the hour, but 01 e.or tvsn aged %%omen to prepare t!:eir dinner; a c' wader able time therefore elapsed before any effort cnulJ. be made to check the fury of the flames. which, in come. quence of the great dryness of ;he thatch, and the high wind, had gained such an ascendancy by the time:es sistance could be procured that it became impossible to subdue them ; and we regret to state that, in a very short time, the dwelling house, a very neat and comfort able one, with a range of good outoffices, were burnt to the ground (the barn eacepted), together with every article of furniture, agricultural implements, provi sions, &c. they contained. The butter, of which there was a large supply in the house at the time, was lite rally flowing so steams about the yard, tad the potatoes were burnt to cinders. We ate happy however to state that no lives were lost. This melancholy occurrence was occasioned by the woman left to boil the potatoes having placed on the fire too great a quantity of fops , which on being stirred emitted sparks, which caught in the chimney, and speedily cemmuntcated the fire or the thatch. The Hurley s belonged to the class of do cent farmers, and always supported a Character for strict industty and honesty. They were also tentarkable for the liberality with which they dealt out their charity to the poor; it is therefore the more painful to think that a family so deserving should meet with such a calamity, which is heightened by the circumstance of 'their having only the day before buried their fa. vourite child, a grown up daughter.— WaterfordPaper. -.--