Star. — London, England, 1822-07-29 00:00:00

THE ICING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND. FROM THR RDINIOROR STAR OF FRIDAY.. The most active preparations continue to be made here for his DlAJzstv's expected visit. Three of his MAJESTY'S carriages, and a quantity of stores, arrived at Newhaven this morning from London, per the James Watt. . . Wednesday, the Town Council appointed a Com mittee to make the necessary arrangements for the pro. per reception of his MAJESTY. It is now finally resolved on, that the banquet to be given to his MAJESTY, by the Magistrates and Council, will be in the Parlia ment House. We believe it is isaderstood his MA. JESTY will proceed, in the 'first place, to the Advo cates' Library, which to be splendidly illuminated, and from thence to the banqueting room, upon which at present there are a great number of workmen em ployed by Mr. TROTTER, and which will be taste fully and elegantly decorated. The preparations likewise it the Palace are going on with amazing alacrity, and which, we observe, will soon be lighted up with gas. The improvements at Dalkeith Palace are also prosecuted with great rapidity, and we un derstand a new carriage way is making from opposite the new entrance to the Palace, across the field to the gate of Melville Castle. It has been proposed to have the road between Dalkeith and the. City lighted up, and it was surveyed yesterday by a lamp contractor for that purpose. Preparations are busily making throughout the City, both by public bodies and individuals, for a general iilumination, which is expected to continue for several nights, and to be the most brilliant and magnificent that ever took place in this City. The Faculty of Advocates met on Tuesday, and appointed a Committee to prepare an Address to his MAJESTY, and to consider whether any and what farther marks of profound respect and loyalty the Faculty have it in their power to exhibit. A beautiful medal has been designed to be struck in gold, silver, and bronze. The obverse has been cut, by a young artist of this City, who has succeeded in forming a most striking likeness of his MAJESTY. The reverse is in progress, and is a representation of Scotia presenting the Scots Crown to his MAJESTY; the Castle is happily chosen as the place whence the allegorical figure has come, and the KING stands in an upright posture, with his back to Holyrood House. Mr. MURRAY has commenced his alterations and decorations of the Theatre Royal. A new entrance is to be made to the Royal Box by the present Box Office door. His MAJESTY'S horses, which left London on Friday last, are expected at the Duke of BuccLeumes stables in the course of next week : the Caledonian Hunt stables at Dalkelth are reserved for the horses of his Grace the Duke of Mosmose, his MAJESTY'S Lord Chamberlain. The Earl of ERROL, and the Misses FITZAARENCE pasted through Sheffield on Wednesday week, and visited several of the cutlery manufactories in that town. The Noble Earl is Hereditary Lord High Constable and Knight Marshal of Scotland. I'arliament will, if possible, be prorogued on• S aturday next; but Tuesday se'nnight, is considered as the latest date to which the Session will be prolonged. Lady GWYDYR has a Grand Party this evening, at her house in Piccadilly. " It will scarcely be credited, by those who have no means of knowing the circumstance, that there are from One Hundred to One Hundred and Fifty Thou sand English and Irish people of property living in dif ferent parts of the Continent. • Whole towns are ab solutely peopled by them. In Paris, the nuke of HAMILTON, with the Earls of STAIR and FIFE, at an expense to themselves of £lOO,OOO per annum, lead the fashion to about 20,000 English persons, of a mixed character, at Versailles. Mr. ROBERT WIL LIAMS, the Member for Carnarvonshire, with his numerous and amiable family, and several titled per sons, have, for some years, taken up their residence in the neighbourhood of Geneva. There are 1500 fa milies, with the Duke of LEEDS at their head, the Marchioness of Bum and many distinguished No bles of both sexes, at Rome. Lord Bvitou is at Ve nice. Lord MONTFORD has lived some time near Bourdeaux, surrounded by about 2000, one half ofl whom are small fundholders, and one half Irish, of £3OO to £.4400 per annum, when they can get their xents.paid. At Tours, there is a select corps of about 4000, who pride themselves upon their family con nections in the United Kingdom. At Boulogne there are 6000 4000 of whom are entitled to some compassion being half-pay Officers, who cannot live uithout wine. Prince LEOYOLD expends his £50,000 -a-year among his German cousins. At Brussels, the English and Irish congregate; and there is scarcely a town or village in France, the Netherlands, Switzer- Lod, and Italy, in which they are not to be found."— Dublin Paper. DUELS.—Saturday, a meeting took place on Black r heath,. between Captain C. of the Royal Navy, and Lieutenant D. of the Army. The former was at tended by Captain O'G. and the latter by Lieutenant • S. Lieutenant D. received Captain C.'s fire, and dis charged his pistol in the air, when the affair terminated, A meeting tool( place at Boyle, on Tue,day morning, between EDWARD M‘DERMOTT, Esq. of Roscommon, attended by JAMES LYNCH, Esq. and DENNIS O'CONNOR, Esq. of Willsbrook, attended by J. M. MiDosiNsi.c, Esq. The first fire proving in effectual, the parties were provided with second pis. tots, on the discharge of which both Gentlemen were severely wounded—Mr. O'Cossrotta's ball having passed through the left pectoral muscle, lacerating a considerable branch of the thoracic artery, which caused a great effusion of blood : Mr. M•Denmorr's ball entered the covering of the abdominal muscle. A turn-out has taken place amongst the operative spinners in Stockport. . • -a • , • . TNE . ARMY. 4 ee •Tw9 troops at the _IW/bowler& et Mlle* un der tbe mainland of litlehlallitil4lllllllll white they are to be joine d 17 other tien troll* filen ehtenow, who WM form the H Guard of tat lia.nerry, along With four Com panies of Infan, nettrOops of the Greys Mee arrived at Piershlll, and the o remaindir will continue in. Glasgow, until they are relieved by the 7th Dragoon Guards, now on their iamb from Manchester. Three troops of the 3d Dragoon Guards are on their March from Newcastle, 'to join the head-quarters of the Regiment at Plershfli Barracks. The Royal Mid Lothian Cavalry are under orders to hold themselves in readiness for the eeriest of his Maressv. They are to be quartered in Edinburgh. Shealy after his Mauves arrival In Edinburgh, there will be a grand Cavalry Review, consisting of the Greys, 3d Dra goon Guards, the Royal Mid Lothian, and the Ease and West Lothian Cavalry corps. Saturday se'nnight the Yarmouth Yeomanry Cavalry, com manded by Sir E. K. Lwow, Bart. completed their six days training in that town ; during which period their steady and sol dier-fike conduct gained them the approbation of every one. The last division of the Royal Marine Artillery, tinder the coma and of Sir R. Wualitxs, K.C.B. is to.embark on board his Majesty's ship Active, fur Chatham on the Ist of August next, *here it is said they will only rem ain a few months, until the barracks at Deal ate prepared for them. Tuesday morning, the first division of the 57th Regiment marched from Limerick for Fermoy. The .57th are replaced in Limerick garrison by the 42d Royal Highlanders. The 42d are replaced in liathleale by the Rifles, from Neer:: castle. ••• 'Tuesday, a detachment of the 39th replaced the Rifles, it. Abbey feale. GEOIIOIII CHATMAN, Req. of Limerick, is appointed Ordnangar Storekeeper at Athlone. • .. MILITAIRT PUNISHIMINT.--.Abollt three weeks since, John ',lle ne', a private in the 2d Regiment of Foot, then lying at Hull, received 300 lashes for refusing to give evidence against a person who had stolen.a silver spoon from the Officers' mess-room. Soon after the corps received a route for Ireland, when this un fortunate young man was conveyed on a baggage waggon toYork, where it was found necessary to admit him into the hospital; there be received the utmost kindness and attention, sod the best medical treatment; but no human means could preserve his life —his constitution was entirely broken, and in a few days he expired, in the 22d year of his age. An Inquest was held on the body, and adjourned until Monday. The verdict has not yet been published. —Carlisle Journal. hi I L ITA ICY • PROMOTIONS. WAR-OFFICE, JULY 26, 1822. Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Lowther Augustus Juhn Lord Muncaster,to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Webb, promoted. 9th Regiment of Light Dragoons — Lieutenant Benjamin C. Browne to be Captain, by purchase, vice D'Eate, promoted in the 11th Foot ; Cornet Richard Wright to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Browne. 13th 'Jute—Lieutenant Hon. John Stuart, from half-pay of the 3d Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Barrington Tristram, who exchanges, receiving the difference. 22d Regiment of Foot—Captain Richard John Castel!, from the sock Foot, to be Captain, vice Lockwood, who exchanges. 57th Ditto—Captain Courtney Chambers, from half-pay of the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Price fitly, who exchanges, re. ceiving the difference. 63d Ditto—Captain Robert Martin Leake to be Major, by pur chase, vice Macieroth, who retires ; Lieutenant Shako Dou glas to be Captain, by purchase, vice Leake ; Ensign Edward' Hunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Douglas • Hon. Henry Sutton Fane to be Ensign, by purchase, vice dune 79th Ditto—Ensign Napier Turner-Christie, from halt-pay of the Sid Foot, to be Ensign, vice Paul Hughes, who exchanges. 80th Ditto—Captain Robert Manners Lockwood, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Castel', who exchanges. 84th Ditto—Lieutenant Hon. Charles Boyle to be Captain, by purchase, vice Macdonald, who retires; Ensign Alexander lii , Crae to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyle ; Gentle pan Cadet George Morton Eden, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Crae. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY '22, 1822. Royal Regiment of Artillevy—First Lieutenant George Hare, from half-pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice G. W. A. Chad ton, deceased ; First Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Griffith., from half-pay, to be ditto, vice B. F.. Hill, retired on half pay ; First Lieutenant Edward Coxwell to be Second Cap tain, vice Crawley, deceased ; Second Lieutenant Robert At kins Rogers to be First Lieutenant; Gentleman Cadet Tho. mas Acker. Shone to be Second Lieutenant ; Second Captain Samuel Chatters, from half-pay, to be Second Captain ; First Lieutenant Harry William Scott Gibb, froht half-pay, to be. First Lieutenant. • omrnission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Warwick. The Right Hen. lleneage Earl of Aylesfurd to be Deputy _ . Lieutenant. Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Henry Dymoke, and Thomas Brailsford, Esqrs. to be Deputy Lieutenants. Commission in the King's Own Staffordshire Militia, signed by the Colonel of the Regiment, and not by the Lord Lieute nant of the County of Stafford, as stated in the Gazette of the _ _ 29th of June last. Brevet Captain Thomas Fernyhough to be Quartermaster, vice Horton, deceased. --~---~ NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Baron de ROTHSCHILD, of Paris, sailed from Yarmouth on Friday, for Petersburgh, in the yacht of Sir %wax CURTIS. FALMOUTH, Juts , 26.—Wind W.S. W.—Sailed the Countess of Chichester packet, for the Islands ; Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon ; Speedy, ANDREWS, for Newfoundland ; and Reward, ALIXANDER, for Bourdeaux. PLYMOUTH, Jumr 27.—Wind S.—Arrived the Downe Castle, HRIIIIEST, from Riga ; Dart, from Dartmouth ; and Gambier, from Youghal. Sailed the York Merchant, for Charente ; and Triton, Csamt, for ditto. The ARIADNE frigate sails directly from Plymouth to the Cape of Good Hope. Livairoot, JULY 27.—The Halliday, STEWARD, from Liver pool to the ilavannab, was totally lost, the 18th May, on Alo croncis Shoal—crew saved. . Foal-moms, JULY 27.—Yesterday morning the Hon. Sir C. Pacer, K.C.B. hoisted the superior broad pendant of a Commo dore,which confers on him the same honours and advantages as are enjoyed by a Rear-Admiral, Captain W. J. Mtnosv having been appointed to command the ROYAL GIORGI yacht, under the broad pendant. The usual honorary salutes took place between the Commodore's and our Commander-in-Chief's ships. Lieu. tenant Geoaue Rosszu. (son of Lord Jonn Russet') is ap pointed Signal Lieutenant to the Commodore. She will sail to- Morrow morning for Greenwich, accompanied by the CALLIOPE and CAMELZON tenders, to await his Maxerrv's embarkation for Scotland, which, it is believed, will take place about the Bth of August. The Pstarrox frigate, Captain W. A. Moumaus, C.B. the FORTE frigate, Sir T. COCHRANE, and the ECSRIA, 28, Capt. J. T. NICOLAS, C. B. sailed on Thursday for the Nere, where the Royal squadron has been ordered to assemble. The Loan CHAMBERLAIN and the SECRETARY of STATE, with their respec tive suites, wiU, it is said, embark in the Forts frigate, Sir I'. Cocuaarra. The only Equerries that will attend his MAJESTY to Scotland are General 13avtv and Sir H. Vivian. The ()wax GtErcoowra, Captain Hon. R. C &MRCSS, has sailed from Sheerness for the Island of Madeira, having taken on board Dr. TIMMS, the German mathematician, with a number of astrono mical and mathematical instruments, who is to ascertain the exact longitude of that island. Sir T. HARDY arrived at Rio Janeiro, in the Canna, on the 23d of May, from Valparaiso ; she brought 300,000 dollars. The French frigate Clorinde had arrived round Cape Horn (at Vailiudad), with the loss of her mainmast. His Majesty's sL:ps ANDROMACHE and Ltrrzv (the former bound to the Cape, the latter to the East Indies) arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 20th of May, in forty-seven days from Spithead. The Leven, on a survey, had also arrived. Captain CHARLES B. H. Ross is appointed Commiadoner of the Naval Yard at Port Royal, Jamaica; Lieutenant W. DOVSTON to the Hamra RE, vice Lieutenant It. J. Naar, appointed to the Ems cm Lieutenant Soapy is appointed to the PANDORA, vice ilmearros. Mr. Caoecs, Secretary of the Admiralty, has been lately employed in fixing on and purchasing suitable suites be tween tills port and Plymouth; on which to erect Semaphore Signal Houses, for the purpose of carrying on the communica tion from the Admiralty to that port. Colonel the Hon. G. A. C. STAtYSTON, Chairman of the Victu a l lin g Board, PINDBRICN .•11407 stetleiaterl'sgpenye Inert has been entirely rettieod, excepting the • Clerk it the Cheques we derit, mutton noes. It Is sold that the Plymouth Victualling Essabliehment will be removed to South Downs: JULY 21.-..-Elaileffthe Royral Sgoadron for the Downs. Dias, JULY 27.—IVInd S. W..--Salkd dis Morning, the Thames, Havanna, for Bengal and Chi n a ; an d t h e w h o l e o f th e l outward-beisnd, ler their different steseinerions.—came down from the River and remains, the Jane, Butumt, for Oporto.— Lieutenant Moons= Is appointed to the PlUkCi BROS= yacht, at Deptford. Jinx 21 . —Arrived this morning and sailed for the River, the Ruth, Hzair.cv, frosu Jamaica, in 37 days ; and Vary, bllGaz 00R, from Alicant.—Xame down and remains, the Perseverance,, for Sierr a Leese.—Put back, the rriet,.M•Pnalson, for Madeira and Quebec. Cussow-Housa, JOLT 29.—Ships Entered, inwards The Ro ben, from-,Trieste ; Adeline, • from New Orleans; Atalanta, from Jamaica ; Francis, from Quebec ; Joseph and Mary, from ditto; Wade, from Cadiz ; Wilna, from Rio Janeiro; Alfred, hem -Teltaits; Enterprise, from Jamaica ; Louisa, from Gm- , nada ; Recovery, front Guernsey ; Quebec P;cket, from Que bec ; and Denison, from Jamaica.---. Cleared Outwards a The Lena; Pie Lubec; Hugh for Newfoundland ; Job% for •Hainburgh.; -Levant, for Belfast ; Neptune,' fur"' (m e nd -George, for Rotterd am ; A r d ent , f or Belfast; G o od Intent, for Petenburgh; Three Sisters, for ditto • Lark, for O sten d ; Rapid, for Rotterdam ; Providence's Gos dwill, for the Baltic; Sid' Fortitude, for Demerara. Dtsraiwernor or Paux-Moxey.—The Sevens, for various seizures of contraband goods, on the 6th of August, on board, mid recalled there. LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP DRAKE. The following details of the melancholy loss Of his Majesty's ship Damta, are extracted from a Newfoundland Paper of the , 2d instant, received on Saturday : " The Dues sailed from Italia: on Thursday morning, the 20th ult. for St. JOWL The weather being nncomnionly fine, and the wind favourable, she continued to steer a direct course for Cape Race : on Sunday morning ft came on extremely thick, with a fresh breeze from W.S.W. at noon it. cleared up for about a quarter of an hour, just giving us time to get a good observation of the latitude, which agreed very well with the la titude by account. At the time we supposed ourselves, by our reckoning, to - be ninety miles from Cape Race. At six in the evening, having run about sixty miles since noon,' and finding the fog still continued, we hauled out four points, intending to have steered S.E. During the night, about half-past seven o'clock, all hands being on deck, the breakers were reported to be a-bead ; the ship was instantly hauled to the wind ; but not bring able to clear the danger on that tack, we endeavoured to stay the vessel, but from the heavy sea, and whilst in stay, her stern took the breakers, and she immediately-fell, broadside on, the sea besting completely over her : the masts were immedi ately cut away, with the view of lightening the vessel, as well as affording a bridge to save the crew, but without success in either point,•for In a few moments she bilged, at which time there did not appear the slightest hope of trying a man. The cutter was launched over the lee gangway, but-immediately sunk. A man attempted with a lead-line to swim on shore, but the current setting strong to the northward, be Was nearly drowned in the attempt. The only hope remained in the gig (the jolly-boat having been washed away), which was launched from the fore castle with the boatswain and a lead-line; a heavy surf washed her upon a rock not communicating with the main, and dashed her to pieces, and the line was carried away, but the Boatswain succeeded in scrambling up the rock with a few fathoms of line. The sea at this moment making heavy breaches over the ship, the crew were ,on the forecastle hanging by the ropes, each succeeding wave appearing to bring with it total destruction, when a tremendous sea lifted her quarter over the rock on which she first struck, and close to another, comparatively shel tered. The forecastle, hitherto the most sheltered part of the ship, was now abandoned for the rock ; and an hope of the I Ivessel being gone, it was determined, if possible, to quit her. The people severally stepped from the poop tootle rock, in at tempting which a few (among whom was Lieutenant STANLEY) were washed away, and dashed with tremendous force against the wreck. Captain BAKER (after seeing the 'whole of the crew on the rock) followed; but it was now found that the rock was insulated, and the rising tide would cover it. The boatswain observing this, swam with the piece of line in possession, and, in Ispite of the surf, succeeded in reaching land, and coming oppo site the rock on which we were, threw the line across; it was found just long enough for one to hold it on the main, and one on the , rock at arms' length; by this trilling assistance 44 out of 50 who landed on the rock succeeded in gaining the main, and it is probable all would, had not a man and a woman at tempted to cross together, which took the line out of the man's hand on the rock, and in the attempt to get it back it was' washed away. Capt. BAKER was repeatedly requested to cross, but every time resolutely refused, and throughout the whole un fortunate occurrence, to save the lives of the crew appeared to be his principal object, regardless of his own. Every instant the water rose and surf increased, when the Officers and ship's crew used every endeavour, by tying handkerchiefs together, to make another holdfast; but t proving too short,we were soon after reluct antly compelled to abandon them to their fate, and at day-break there was not the slightest trace of the unfortunate sufferers.— At this time we found the frame of the wreck broken in halves, with the after-part thrown on the top of the bow. On discover ing we were on the eastern head of St. Shutt's; we repaired to a house we found there, after having in vain searched for the body of Captain BAKER, and then proceeded, after a little refreshment, to Trepassy. The only reason of so many lives being saved, cer tainly, was from the great order and discipline of the crew. Every man's exertions appeared to be, not for his own life, but for the general good. Had any confusion prevailed, there is little doubt but few would have remained to tell the mournful tale. The end of those left upon the rock was truly nielan.' choly ; for it is probable they might have remained half an hour after the line was gone, the tide rising rapidly, and their inevi table fate approaching nearer every instant. Captain BAKER died peculiarly regretted by both Officers and crew : his uniform kind ress and attention to every individual on board during the whole of His command made a deep impression, and it will be long be fore the recollection of him and his untimely fate will be effaced from the memory of the survivors. The following is a list of the sufferers on this melancholy occasion :—Captain BAKER, Lieute nant STANLEY, .Mr. NEWNHAM, Master, Mr. WILLIAM MOORE, Midshipman (son of Jolts Moons, F.sq. of his Majesty's Customs in this place), Master's son, Carpenter's son, nine seamen, two marines, and two women." The. Agents to LLOYD'S at Smyrna have transmit ted the following extract of a Note, addressed by the Greek Government at Corinth, under date of the 13th of March last, to the European Cotasuls at different ports is the Morea : " They new declare, according to the law of nations and of Europe, in a state of blockade, all the coasts still in the power of their enemies, either in Epirus, the Peloponnesus, Eubea, or Thessaly, and extending from Epidamnum (Toulsin) to galo nica. The same prohibition is equally intended for the ports of the Isles in the Egean Sea, the Sporades, and those of Candia, still occupied by the Turk . In consequence, all' vessels, after being duly acquainted with the present Edict, either by the Ad mirals, or in their name by the Commanders of the Independent ships, which shall enter either of the enemy's ports abovemen tiuued, shall be taken and detained by the Greek Admirals, in virtue of their present decision." The Agents at Smyrna, in transmitting the above information, under date of the 17th of June, state— e‘ As far as we are aware, the Commanders of the British, and other ships of war in these parts, resist the opervion of this De cree on their respective national merchant flags, nor admit their violation under any pretext whatever." Wednesday, a boy, 1£ years old, the son of a carpenter, look ing for a bee's nest, at a place called Klimek, near Howth, fell down a precipice, and was killed on the spot. Saturday morning Mrs. KNIGHT, an aged woman residing in Garden-row, London-road, wile of one of the Vergers of the Philanthropic Chapel, was endea vouring to turn off the water; the bricks •n which the water-butt was placed suddenly gave way, and the full butt jammed her against the wall with such vio lence as to force the bones of her chest through her heal t, Which occasioned her ingaut death. • , . 46 . • EMERY. •. .of tlfe Frieinho- RAT; cony e bennifii ''ous; took , place in the EngL Ope ra H This day, for 414 . - .•, purpose of raising a subscription for the wife, mother, ' andseven des;itute child' en, of that distinguished actor. Mr. Grconoit Holub)! being called to the Chair, briefly stated the object of the Meezin 4. He said it Was in. contemplation to have a benefit for Mr. EirEnv's fa mily at the Opera House, if it could be obtained on reasonable ter its. Mr. ARNOLD lead suggested that as Covent Garden was the scene of Mr. EMERY'S' - fame, it would be the most proper place for his bene fit; and with that liberality for which he is distin guished, offered that whatever night might be fired for the purpose, he would dose his own Theatre, and give the assistance of his whole Company. A liberal subscription was then entered into; seve ral Gentlemen, not presect. sent Eli) each, among whom was Mr. Er.t.taroN, who, at the same time, offered the use of Drury-Lane Theatre, as soon as it opened, in aid of the Fund. A Committee. was then apf.owed, and it-was re .solved that subscriptions should be received at the different Banking-houses, and by the Committee. It is highly creditable to the profusion, the zeal and alacrity with which they have come forward to relieve the distressed family of a brother performer ; and we trust their efforts will be warmly seconded by the Public. The Interrogative System of Education seems now to be co-extensive with education itself. Ii is univer sally adopted in the male and female schools of the British Island, and is making rapid progress in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Ame rica, in most of which countries translations or re• pub lications have appealed of the Tutor's Key, or Key to all the Elementary Books connected with the System, for the use of Tutors. In regard to liberal education in all its branches, the Interrogative System is just what the Lancastrian and Bellian Systems are, re gard to the education of the poor. In Germany it has been called the Intellectual System, from its com pelling the Pupil to think, as distinguished from the old system ollea.ning by rote. Tuesday sennight, about half-past nine o'clock, a most alarming fire broke out in the village of Errol, in a row of houses called the Back Close, the 'pro perty of Mr. Jolts CLARK. The flames, which first appeared about the centre of the buildings, rapidly extended in both directions, consuming every thing with incredible fury. Wednesday morning, about three o'clock, a fire broke out in the extensive sugar-house of Messrr. Macfie and Co. Elbe -street, Leith. The fire engines belonging to Leith and the battery were speedily brought to the spot, and soon afterwards those be longing to Edinburgh ; but, from the combustible nature of the manufactory and goods, the flames raged with such rapidity as to render completely in efictual all attempts to save either, and before six o'clock the whole was reduced to a mass of smoking ruins. During the fire, a boy had his skull frac... cured by the falling of a tile from the roof. EXTRAORDINARY ENOMENON.—Extract of a let ter from Athlone, dated July 25 Thursday, the 18th instant, a most unaccountable phenomenon ap peared in this neighbourhood. About four o'clock in the aftetnoon, after a heavy fall of rain, attended with thunder and lightning, a kind of tail was seen suspended towards the .earth from a thick, heavy cloud. Its unusual shape attracted the attention of many persons, who observed it in its progress break ing down several large trees with which it came in contact, and hurling them several hundred yards from their trunks, and lifting many hay-cocks in the air. It proceeded slowly, in an oblique direction, from the river Shannon, injoring•whatever arrested its way, until it came to the village of Ballymurry (within four miles of Roscommon), where, in passing the house of Joseph Coleman, it swept from the roof every atom of thatch that covered it on one side, raised it aloft, and conveyed it through the air to a considerable distance; the greater part of the straw was found a mile and a half from the village. I, this day saw the house, with half of it quite bare ; very - little of the timber was stirred from its situation, nor • ' did any other part of it sustain any detriment, with' the exception of a iew panes of glass that were":" broken in the windows. In the course of its move ment it assumed different shapes ; at one time it was twisted after the manner of ai. eel, at another quite perpendicular, at intervals it glittered like, as it were, a fire encircled by a mist. The oldest inhabitant - of this county never heard of such a circumstance—it may appear incredible, but you may depend upon its veracity." A dustman, of the name of Samuel Butcher, resid- ' ing at Mile-End, who kept a large dog, having taken into his head to divert himself and others, a few days ago, by the cruel sport of cat baiting, which the dog refusing to perform to the satisfaction of his master, was beat by him in a most brutal manner, when the animal at length, in retaliation, flew at his unmerci ful keeper, and inflicted very revere wounds about his face, limbs, and body, in some in trances tearing large mouthfuls of his flesh quite deal. cut, and at bne time clung so fast to the man, that before he could be dis engaged from him the animal's throat was obliged to be cut ! The man was conveyed to the London Hos pital, and there died of the injuries he received. ' Coss EICHANCR, NIARK-rates, Jct.v 29.—Our market was well supplied with Wheat this morning, amongst which were a few samples of this year's growth, the quality of which was very fine; and in consequence of the unsettied state of the weather the demand was tolerably brisk for prime samples, at an advance of 2s. per quarter, but there is no int oveinent in the prices of the inferior qualities. Barley was dull s.de, and is. per quarter lower than on this day se nnight. The Oat trade was very heavy, and last Monday', prices were only obtained for fine fresh corn; all other sorts are ls. per quarter lower. In Bean s and Peas there is no alteration.—Current prices: INGLISH. Small Beans Wheat, Kent and I Tick ditto s• •• • tt 36 14 * Essex . 30s yes Oats, Potato. 2.5s 25s • Suffolk Norfolk .... 360 48s Feed i6s 206 Rye 16s 20s Flour, per Sack 456 ZiOs Barley ...A. . .......... 165 2.1. Rapeseed, r e r Last Alo 4`22 Malt ........... ..42s 486 rottaros. White Peas •'4s 28s Wheat, Dantzic ...... . SIIiTIiFILLD MAIRICKT, Jutor 29.—Our market continues to abundantly supplied, and It was with tlificolty that last day prices were supported, and only to 3s. Od. Veal. 34, od. to lamb, 3•.611. to 45.611.—Cattle for tbevery best quality. Beef, 2s. Od. to 3s. 4d. elO ; Sheep and Latium, '2' load t Hay. St. 55. to 41. It. ifs. to. a 05. 'YQ "I' ~ -... ~ • • :•• • -04 - .9•••••• 1 i~ ~~ '~i . • . ei• , . ~ . . E.paiole m p.suti Dr. ihrawarr, Commissioners of that Board, • - AI& Et% have „., their lkhoso Of ittquirlef into the departme n ts .. under Wattles!' at ti lit' with a clew to make radar- .. • • """"" dons therein. It is - ' t the consolidation of the Vic- A meetitig of tt'OFrienasi. mailing witig oo k IV mot w ill • effect a steins of• .at too short a notice to be nu upwards of par am i n. tie tow eitiniaied expense a: &Coon of the English Opera the year is tifili is the Nen Ultimate gt. £10,478. =obit purpose of raisin a s b • e u sciip hem, where the eithistedApenro was 1E1,853, the establish: ef:l t s•: - i .._., ___ _ i ___ : _ . — , 48. ruitstus. t ii . ' II :2yBsjsa Wheat, n D u a r n k t i z l ic e;;tinues O ;o I* 1 k r„ ;,. it was with difficulty that last day's 1 Id only for the very but quality, it. prr woos dot Sibs.; Munn°, 2s. cii. . .to 4s. 0.1. Pork. . 64, to 3s. 4cl. I Y ntleat .larks . Reams, Ili OMO, Calve% • r ,'. !4,100 ; Pip. slici.— Hay and Straw per i Qs. Clover, 41. ha. If Q. ISs. *alio ) t tr