The Sun. — London, England, 1824-11-19 00:00:00

INDIA. ITIIE DECCAN BOOTY. FOR THE SUN. Ma. Enrron—d perused with much satisfac tion the two letters which appeared in your ex cellent Paper of the ►9th instant, on the claim of the East India Company to exercise the Right of Sovereig►►ty in the British Dominions in India, 1111 d the correct and conclusive manner in which it was shown, that neither of the Companies— I mean the Original Company, and afterwards the United Company—ever had any authority or claim whatever to• the exercise of the King's Pre rogative on that Continent, or in any of the places within the limits of what is technically termed the Company's Charter ; but, observing that great industry is used by various individuals, and by persons connected with the Company, to under rate and lessen the value and extent, not only of the booty captured by the late Army of the Deccan, but likewise the important advantages which the Company have derived from their brilliant and successful services, °in the great ad dition they have gained to their territorial revenue, without any increase of charge in its collection, I am, in justice to the troops, induced to request you to state to the Public, through the medium of your Journal, that, on a fair and moderate com pensation, the value of the Booty or Public Property taken in the course of the late Mahratta War, exceeded considerably three millions sterling. This will appear, by reference to the documents in the Political Department of the Company, whose Officers now represent•that the whole of the Booty, to which the troops are entitled (not what they have taken) does not exceed in value 300,0001, although the Prize Commit tee are in possession of receipts for money paid into the Company's Treasury, to the extent of 9_50,0001., and the late Governor-General estimated the Booty taken in Nassuck only at 600,0001. more, waking nearly one million ster ling, and which is confirmed by the following extract from the Marquis of llArrl No's Dispatch of the 11 . th of August, 1818 : " G. Your Honourable Court will be fully informed from the Political Department of the circumstances under which the •Tremure referred to in the seeond paragraph of 411 r. Sharer', lt,port was discovered In the town of Nassuek, and secured under the orders of the • Honourable M. Elphinstone by the Political Agent in Candeish. " 7• It appears however proper that we should, in this place, mention to. you, that the-value of the treasure in question has been estimated nt•reventy.sie Me* of rupees. " 8. A considerable portion of it, indeed, consists in jewels, of, which it may be difficult to procure purchasers at the. full value ; and some deduction must doubtless be made on the score of exaggeration on the part of the Native Agent, by whom the estimate has been formed. "9. We trust, however, that -we may safely reckon on an ultimate receipt of /sot less than FIFTY LACS OF RUPEES." It is, however, .proper, hi fairness to Ow troopq, who, up to the present time, have not received any portion of the Booty taken in 1817 Auld 1818, to obserfe, that in addition to thn Booty before mentioned, they ore ctrietly entitled to A LI, lIIP public treasure which was taken from the late Peishwa and tho Rajah of Berar—uot only at Nal c pore and Wassetta, but in every other part of the Poonab territory. In addition to this Booty, they are likewise entitled to all the tre•nsure belotigiitg to lioutsA ----which was fraudulently taken possession of 'by the Mysore Horse, and, after a dis graceful negotiation with the itajah of My sore, in which a distinguished individual was outwitted by his Indian friends r —the late Goiertior General was obliged , to acknow. ledge the right and the justice of the claim • of the Army of the Deccan to all. HoLKAtt's pro. perty, which had been taken -by the Mysore Norse, under circumstances highly discreditable to them, and recommended the East India Com. „ploy to comprorni e with the Deccan Army r and . to make them compensation for the loss of it, as he did not consider it prudent, in the Men state of 'lndia, to displease the Rajah of Mysore! . And" this miserable compensation was to be given to the Conquerors at I\lahidpore, in lieu of two millions sterling, at which 110LKAR'S treasure was valued, when taken by the Mysore Horse Not'having the official documents before me, I -cannbt at present give in detail the particulars of the booty captured, mud the value of each por ', Lion of it ; but as it is clear that the whole belongs - to the troops under His MAJEsTY's Warrant, I earnestly hope, that no further delay will be al. lowed to take place, and that the Company will be called upon to pay over all the money they have received' from "the , produce of the Booty, and flue remainder or it, which has not been realized, .delivered to the trustees, so that it may be sold without reserve, and the whole divided amon'gst the troops, many of whom are engaged in a NEw War, although they have not received any re ward for their former services. Cbarbam, Nov. 17; 11124. AN OLD SOLDIER. Tllli BURMESE. The . following is an extract of it letter from an - Officer engaged In active operations against Lite Burmese : it is. dated Rangoon, May 11 : " In the affair of Ramoo, the Enrrnese fought well, and lost about 70 or 80 killed, for no tonna was given, nor do I think it will be given during the war on either side; for if you save a llirinan's life ' it is ten to one but he returns the favour by taking four's. From, all appearancks, this will be a bloody anti protracted -warfare. We arc about to send an expedition against Sytiani and the ancient city of Pep in a tew clays. It is about 70 miles up the river, tuul we-shall have bush-fighting all the way , . We arc now btisy in tilting fire-booms, and arranging for the Went to go up the river. Ido not think we shall be rive ready for thefexpeditiontup the Irrawaddy to Thome in less tlittn a iiiOnth. The Captain of the Lorna will then hoist his pe , datit-oti board of the steam-boas. Sir el. Campbell, with. the majur part of the farces; 'will join hint ; and only a suffi garrison4will .be lett to protect Rangoon. If we reach all Will be well; but it Is an extremely difficult under. taking to transport in open boats a force of 6,000 or 7,000 men up a raphi titer, within a stone's throw of the beach, and a. determined enemy annoying us the -wholeway. It mast, how. ever, be done; and if they donut conic to EOM, me . must go up to t/ininerapoera. The mode Of annoyance on the . part of the enemy is by fire-rafts• and war-boats t and as the rainy :4( °II "W cPu! , ing on, they will hove the advantage of the dark nights. 'Walt these they oblige us to keep a sharp look , oo t. They also sink . large' boats to the gunwales, and turn. them adrift upon us. The force with which they cone down, aided by the current, is very great. One nearly came on board of us the other night ; it caught a tope, an t i the rope cu t off a b o y' s leg a,s clean as it hat been amputated. We are going to send 13 of the Madras vessela..for 3,000 men, and for . pro- vialans;" FRENCII PAPERS. (From the Etoilt, dated Wednesdev, Nov. 17.) MADRID, Nov. 11.—(By Express).—The King and the Royal Family are still at the Escu rial. A Royal Decree published in the Ga zette of Madrid contains the following regula- H0118:-- " Complaints beinc continually matte of the conduct observ ed by the officers who made part of the revolutionary army, notwithstanding the benefit of the amnesty of the Ist of May this year, his Majesty orders— " 1. The Captains-General shall take out of the hands of the said officers all horses tit for the service of .the cavalry of the artillery, which have belonged to the army called Con. dilunwmi. " 2. All articles of equipment and harness shall be taken with the horoep. ""s. These regulations are not applicable to officers who have known means of subsistence, and whose lawful property the horses are," Another Decree of Ms Majesty regulates the plan of instruc tion in the scuiinaries under the direction of the Bishops and Archbishops. The ecclesiastic discipline is to be re-established according to the precepts of the sacred Council of Trent, in the chapter Dc Riformatione. Public instruction has been the object of his Majesty's special attention. By, his Decrees of th e 14th of October, he has just-laid down the buses of the general organization of the system of education in the whole kingdom. It-is the result of the labours of the Committee appointed for that purpose by the King in the month of July last. His Ma jesty has ordered this new plan to be printed, that every per son qualified to give an opinion on this important subject may do so in proper time. PARIS, Nov. 16.—Several journals relate to day all they pretend to know of what passed in the Cabinet Council held by the King on Sun day. According to the Journal du Commerce, this Council agreed on the bases of a project of law for the indemnity-800 millions of annuities at 4 per cent., redeemable front year to year, be ginning from 1835. •- The Courier Francais affirms, that the Spanish Governme►►t having requested that the evacuation should be deferred, the Council deliberated on the application. The Quolidicnne says, the evacuation and the indemity were discussed ; that the President of the Council explained the subject of the delibe rations; that his Majesty put the question ; that each Member gave his opinion singly ; and that the King said, " 1 thank you, gentlemen, I will consider." The incoherence and contradictions of all the accounts suffice to prove that the Journals are ignorant of what passed in the Council of Statv. In fact, they ought not to know it. (From the Consthutionnel.) PARIS, Nov. 16.—The organization of the French troops who are to remain in some of the fortified places of the Peninsula is settled. They are to form three divisions. First, the Cadiz di. vision, commanded by Lieutenant-General Gu din, will be nine or ten thousand strong, and will not occupy any post out of the. Isle of Leon and Cadiz. Second, the division at Barcelona, commanded by Lieutenant-General Reiset, will consist of 5,000 men, and will occupy the line of posts between Figueras and Barcelona. Third, the Pampeluna division, equal in strength to that of Barcelona, and which will occupy some places In Navarre and Biscay. There will he no Ge tteralAn.Chief : each of the Generals command ing these divisions will correspond directly with the Minister of War. It is calculated that the 20,000 men who are to return to France will re duce the expense of the occupation, which i 3 now estimated at two millions (francs) per month, one half. On Friday last a trial took place at Versailles before the Court of Assizes of the Department, which excited very much the public attention. Two proprietors in the Commune of 11-, one of whom is a member of the Municipal Council, and both of whom belong to respectable families, and have en joyed hitherto a reputation without stain and an honourable independence, appeared at the bar on a charge of fraudulent ab straction, qualified by the law a crime. Out of respect fur mistbrtune we will not mention their names. A great number of testimonies to their character we re o pp ose d t o the suspicions which had accumulated against them. The proceedings were animated. The public prosecutor gave up the charge as to the aggravating circumstances, but insisted that the charge of fraud was proved. The President, M. de Mussy, summed up with impartiality and wisdom, and the Jury acquitted the pri soners. This occasioned a great deal of applause among the spectators, and their joy was soon communicated to the people outside the Court, _ _ FRENCit FUNDS, Palm, Nov. 10.—Five per Cents opened at 101. ; closed at 101. 05.—Bank Stock, I.oo6.—Nea polimn Five per Cents. (Fslconet's Certificates,) 89.—Itentes cl'Espagne, 14—Itoya1 Spanish Loan, 1823, 07.--Exchange on. London, one month, 215. ; three ditto; 24. 85.--( Cour. Au. t/ On Wednesday last, Miss Margaret Wall, of Newtown, county Waterford, took the white veil at the Presentation Convent, liennessy's-road. When are these pernicious mummeries to cease ? --(Dublin Star, Nov, 16.) Ram :HIES OH TAVERN KESPERS.—This morn. ing Bow-street Office was crowded to excess by the proprietors of taverns, who preferred charges against a young man named Banybrd, who said he had been in the army. The prisoner was in the habit of visiting taverns, and on entering the parlour, on opportunity presenting itself, he would force open the cupboards, &c. and steal plate, glasses, or any thing near him. Mr. IVlrx snur.r. regretted that a person who had served his Majesty should so far disgrace himself as to become a.downright pilferer, which there was no, doubt he was, and committed him for trial.. Mr. Pitt, of the Adelphi, attended at the Office, to support an information against Mr. Sulk Ply, the Surveyor of Pavements to the parish, for performing Masons' work therein. We left the parties_ in' the heat of discussion, on our quitting the Office. SHOCKING OCCUARENOE.---Yesterday forenoon two lads, the one 15, and the other 18 years of age, apprentices on board a collier lying off Shadwell Stairs, were ordered by their Captain to clear out the cabin, and while doing so, the younger boy took down a loaded pistol that hung near the Captain's bed, •and shot the other through the body, who immediately expired. The body was taken to the White Lion public house in Shadwell, where a Coroner's Inquest is expected to sit upon it this evening. —The per petrator of this-most horrid deed remains in cus tody at the Thames. Police Office until the Coro ner's verdict is known.—lt does not yet appear whether. the act was done by accident or design. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. [Prom the Barbadoes Globe.] BAILBADOES, SEPT. 30:—Tuesday last his Ex cellency the Governor, attended by his body guards, went in state to the Town-hall, and opened the new Session of Colonial Parliament. The House having formed, unanimously called the Honourable Cheeseman Moe to their chair as Speaker, and then waited on his Excellency the Governor of the Council Chamber, and presented him for confirmation, when his Ex. cellency was pleased to make a speech, of which the following is an extract : 44 I cannot conceal from you the great disappointment I have experienced from the failure of a well-grounded hope that some bill for the amendment of the Slave Laws would have been, long ere thin, enacted. As both branches of the Legislature, immediately after the close of the last Session, honoured me with their separate statements in explanation of the delays which had occurred, and as it has been, is, and ever will be, my anxious desire that all the branches of the Legislature should, if possible, co-operate most cordially for the public wel fare, and as the documents previously alluded to have both been transmitted to Earl Bathurst for his Majesty's information, I shall forbear for making a single comment, further than by remarking, that it is a very great consolation to me that the sentiments expressed in both statements lead me to expect that every exertion will be made for the speedy completion and en actment of a bill for the amendment, melioration, and consoli, dntion of the Slave Laws. Anti I now seize, with pleasure and sincerity, this public opportunity to express those senti ments most unequivocally, which have long been felt, but never called forth, that, though cases as exceptions do exist, which, under similar circumstances, will exist in every other part of the globe, as long as men are imperfect, and their dig positions differ in innumerable variety of shades, from good to vile; yet after more than three years' constant residence on this island, it is my firm conviction (as far as it has come with in my own observation to jud a ce), that the slaves, as a body throughout the Colony, are uniformly treated with kindness, lenity, and libtrality ; and to which, their general appearance of cheerfulness hnd hap'piness may be fairly attribut e d. " Council Chamber, - Sept. 28,1824." The only business transacted by the House, after the usual forms had been one through of opening the new session, was the reading of a petition which Mr. King presented from certain inhabitants of Bridgetown, praying the repeal or alteration of the Alien Act. A similar petition was presented in the last session, but from the " unparliamentary style in which it was couched," but which we feel satisfied was never intended by the respectable body aho signed it, the Hon. Member who In troduced it felt himself under the necessity of withdrawing it in order to avoid, a division of the House, as a Member moved that the sense of the House should be taken, whether they could submit to receive a petition " containing language dis respectful to the Legislature." Although such was the fate of that petition, yet the Hon. Member (Mr. Cummins) who in. traduced it obtained for the petitioners, so far as the House was concerned, all that could be desired in removing the most obnoxious law; for in the Police Bill which he introduced, and which passed the House unanimously after much time had been spent on it; all regulations necessary to the true design of an Alien Act were embraced, and the present one repealed ; but the Honourable Board of Council having thought fit to reject this Bill, the inhabitants of Barbadn es an d ot h er o f hi s Majesty's liege subjects visiting these shores, still remain subject, not only to all the unpleasant regulations of under going examination at the Alien-office, but are made to pay the sum of 12s. fid. cash, for coining to, and the like sum for going from, the island.. We presume that the persons who signed the petition which Mr. King introduced cannot be aware that this Act was repealed by the Police Bill, otherwise they would not have troubled the House again ; for we do not think it possible that the present or any other House of Assembly will be more earnest than the lue House was in affording re lief upon this particular subject; they did all in their power ; the continuance, therefore, of this very unjust law rests with His Majesty's Board of linen, and to them should the pe titioners direct their attention. It is rather unfortunate that the framers of the petition thus introduced by Mr. King, should have fallen into the sanie error as those who framed the one which Mr. Cummins introduced in the late session, by using language of an unparliamentary nature ; although there was no motion to reject this second petition, yet Mr. Speaker could not help remarking that " its tone and style betrayed a want of respect towards the Legislature which he felt it his duty to notice." ___ . . A N —We feel no surprise at Sir Hud s on dering the highly important office he jilted at St. Helen a , u pon Lowe Ila iG vi tr n 4 g'd S e g cl v in r e;l l t 7 h . e Government of this island. Consi which the peace of all Europe depended, we should hardly have expected his acceptance of it, but we do not suppose the reduc tion of the island salary to be the cause of it. The tempestuous weather which prevailed during the early part of this month has been severely felt in the other islands, where much damage has been dune. At Guadeloupe a vessel of war has been totally lo s t, with .a hundred men. Happily for us, we have hitherto escaped the visitation of this scourge of the West Indies. ST. VINCENT'S, SEPT. 12.—0 n Tuesday an half-yearly Court of Grand Sessions of the Peace was held at the Court house. The trial of the negro man Smith, for the murder of Thomas Adams, was the only subject of consequence that came before the above Court ; anti from the atrocity of the crime—the for tunate infrequency of such offences in this cominunity—with the place and circumstances under which it was committed very general attention was excited towards it, and the Court was oppressively crowded. The evidence taken on the occa sion did not differ materially tom that given before the Coro ner's Inquest, of which we published a report in our number of the 213th ult. Most of the witnesses were examined as to their opinion of the prisoner's sanity; and although some cir cumstances were mentioned from which it would seem that he occasionally laboured under a certain aberration of mind, that might have approached very nearly to idiotcy, still it did not appear that lie was so affected at the time of committing the murder, which he no doubt did in a fit of ungovernable passion. He was accordingly found guilty, and received sentence of death on Wednesday morning. A Privy Council was, moreover, held yesterday, at which this man's case was, we believe, again considered, as his Ex cellency the Governor's order to carry the sentence of the law into effect was issued shortly after. The unhappy man was therefore executed this morning, in the market-place, about 11 o'clocl. Ile denied the crime, which was proved against him on the clearest circumstantial evidence, until the last moment, behaved throughout will the same hardened indif ference that he manifested on his trial, and constantly refused spiritual consolation from the ministers of religion, who re peatedly visited him in prison, and attended the execution. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CA)(1111IDGE, Nov. 18.—The Rev. Edgar Rust, 8.A., was last week instituted to the Rectory of Drmkston, Safi)lk, on the presentation of John Edgar Rust, Esq., of Stowmarket. 'rue Rev. Thomas Henry Elwin , M.A., was last week Midi tuted to the Rectory of Bradfield t. Clare, Suffolk, vacant by the resignation and on the presentation of the Rev. Robert Davers, of Bradfield St. George. At the lete audit of the Governors of Oakham and Upping ham schools, the number of exhibitions of the value of 401. per annum was increased to eight at each school. At the same audit, John Bennet Godwin, from Oakham, and Ed ward Swann, and George R. Welstead, from UppiiTharn school, . were appaitited exhibitioners. The value of the exhibitiona at the four Colleges.,, St. John's, Clare-hall, Em manuel, and Sidney (four at each College), to which scholars from Oakham and Uppingliam schools have a prior claim, has been increased from 131. to 201. per annum. • 'On Sunday last a sermon was preached in the parish chucrh of All Saints, Huntingdon, by the Hon. and Right Rev.' the Lord Bishop, of Lincoln, f or the benef i t o f t h e National Schools in that toivn, when a handsome sum was collected. The in. stiutions are not leas indebted to his Lordship for his excellent charity sermon, than for his practical illustration of it, in his own liberal donation. UNIVERSITY or at, A5001 ,7 Nov. 15.—This day came on the election of Lord R ector for the ensu i ng year, when two the nations, the Glottan a and Loudoniana, voted tbr Mr. Brougham, and the other tw o , t h e Rothseyana and Tranforthana, for Sir Walter Scott. It b e i ng provided by the College statutes that in the event of as eq ua li ty in the nations, t h e casting vote should. rest with the pre ce di ng Rector, it fal l s to Si r J ames Mack ' intosh to decide which of these distinguished characters is to be the next Lord Rector. There never was an election carried on with less bustle than the present; scarcely a whisper having passed on the subject during the preceding week. There were a f ew " ea fo r Mr. MacKenzie (the Man of Feeling), and it is robable there would h ave been many more , had it not been n ified that the very advanced age of that excellent gentleman v li ould make it extremely inconvenient., if not impossible for ldin to attend in_person, and undergo the ceremonial of instal. lecion. We understand there is a doubt whether Sir James it may not be necessary fo r hi m to annou n ce his decision, ex Mackintosh catkeiiraei ;settle n can the di spute d po i nt b y l etter , or wheth er the Faculty Ili Should the latter be the case, and Sir James not find it convenient to come down, die casting vote will then fall to Mr. F. Jeffiey, who preceded Sir James in that office.—(Glasiratr Herald.) MOST DREADFUL FIRE. ( From the Edinburgh Advertiser, Nur,. 16.) We had lately the painful task of detailing the particulars of the dreadful fire in the High-street and the Par liament-square —we have now to record another which far sur passes the former in the destruction of property. The precise spot where it broke out we have not been able to ascertain ; it was somewhere about - the head of the Old Assembly-close, and a faint idea may be formed of the destructive ravages of the devouring element, when we state that the whole of the int nienee land fronting the Iligli-etreet (at the head of the before mentioned close), the adjoining premises, a considerable part of which Was occupied as the Courant-office and dwelling houses, the whole of the extensive premises down the Assem bly-close which separate it from Borthwick's-close, and those in the rear of the Courant-office, were destroyed. The only premises now left standing, from the Covenant-close to the Parliament-square, are those in which our publishing-office is situated, anti which we only re-possessed on Saturday last since the recent dire calamity. Hopes are entertained at the time we are writing (half-past seven ..at.) that those premises will escape the wide-spreading ruin. The alarm took place at ten o'clock last night, and soon after eleven the flames burst forth with great fury from the upper windows of the front tenement, previous to which not an engine had acted on it, at least in front; but the progress of the flames was so rapid, that a more numerous and much more effective establishment of that kind than Edinburgh can boast of, would have scarcely been adequate to check the calamity. Providen tially the night was calm. The appearance of the conflagration at two o'clock was truly awful, the surrounding atmosphere being filled with sparks, some of which communicated with a chimney on the opposite side of the street, which took fire, but was soon put out. A strong detachment of the 72d regiment under arms, and fatigue parties, to assist in whatever way they could be useful, were early on the spot, and rendered great ser vice, in doing which they were strongly stimulated by their officers. The constituted authorities, in conjunction with the police, were also active, and on no similar occurrence could more facility be given to the removal of property than on this melancholy occasion. The Court of the Royal Exchange and the Parliament Square were appropriated to the reception of goods. As at the late fire, a vast number of families are rendered houselesa, a great number of whom are of the working class, and a heart-rending scene presented itself in every direction, which may readily be conceived, but which it would be difficult to describe. From the early hour at which the alarm was given, we sincerely hope no lives have been lost; indeed, we are happy to say, we have heard no reports to that effect.— The tenements were occupied in the sunk stories chiefly by spirit dealers, and the street and second stories by various shop. keepers, among whom are Duncan and Greg's carpet ware house, whose stock was expeditiously saved by the assistance of carts; lsblister, grocer (whose dwelling-house was in an upper story above his shop) ; the Courant Office ; Rollo, to bacconist ; Frier, meal-dealer, and a number of others, besides Mauton's tavern, and spirit-dealers, in the Old Fishmarket and Old Assembly Closes. half-pact -10 a. m.—The large tenement In the Old As sembly Close still burns furiously, and unfortunately a high wind front the south-west hag arisen. In addition to what we have stated above, the tenement between the Courant and Messrs. Thompson's book-binding establishment in the Fish. market Close is destroyed; to the safety of the latter the wind is favourable, but serious apprehension are entertained that the fire will spread eastward. One man has been much hurt by the falling of a part of the ruins. Twelve o'Clock.—The steeple of the Tron Church has just caught fire, from the burning flakes, which were carried, a con siderable distance, the wind still continuing high. Five o'Clock, p. tn.—The Tron Church steeple is entirely destroyed. A very bold attempt was made by some courageous persons to get the flames subdued, by mounting on a corner of the Church with a pipe, which was well directed. These men kept their dangerous station and persevered although the burn ing timber fell from the top of the tower among them. The fire burned with astonishing violence, and presented a singularly grand and awful appearance. With the exception of injury done by the water, the body of the Church has fortunately sus tained little injury. About twenty minutes past one o'clock a dreadful crash was heard, which proved to be the falling of a back wall, by which the roof of Messrs, Thompson's work shop was nearly destroyed, which had hitherto escaped with little injury. These premises also took fire at this period, but were got under. Soon after the east wall of the same ruin fell with another tremendous crash. All the ruins present a fright. ful appearance, threatening to fall every moment ; it is, how ever, thought the fire Is got under, but unfortunately it blows a perfect hurricane from the south west. The Royal Dragoons are now on duty to preserve order, as well as the 72il Foot. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. [From the Edinburgh Observer, N0v.16.] Last night, about ten o'clock, a fire broke out on the south side of the High-street, which for extent and rapidity equalled, it' it did not surpass, the recent misfortune of the same nature, which occurred near the same spot. It originated, we under. stand, at the back, part of an upper flat of a tenement at the head of the Old Assembly Close, and quickly penetrated to the front premises in that part of' the street. Before the en. gines, which were brought forward as expeditiously as possible after the alarm was given, were able to commence operations, the flames burst oat with violence from several windows on the third storey. Their exertions were consequently of no effect ; the devastating element extended rapidly, anti at twelve o'clock three extensive lands of six. stories, comprehending et least a third of that division of the High.street, were in flames from the lower storey to the roof.. The scene at this mo. mcnt was terrific. Every window of the burning buildings vomited flames, and the whole firmament was illuminated by flakes of fire, and red hot slates falling in a thick shower. An immense crowd had assembled ; and the general consternation was suddenly increased by the appearance of smoke and flame on the opposite side of the street. Happily this proved to be only a chimney on fire, and soon ceased to excite alarm. About 1 o'clock, the conflagration, still advanc ing up the street, communicated to the roof of' a fourth land.— The engines had hitherto been of very little service, but pipes having been carried into the upper stories of this house, which adjoins the Old Fishmarket.close, great exertions were made to save it, but in vain. At the moment of going to press the work of destruction still proceeds ; therefore we cannot pretend to guess at the extent of the loss likely to be sustained. Among the pre mises destroyed are—Milner's laboratory; Duncan and Greig's warehouse ; Isbister's, grocer; Rollo's, tobacconist ; Friar's, mealmonger ; Robinson's, spirit-dealer; Courant Office, &c• Many poor families residing in the upper stories are rendered houseless by this disastrous event. It was truly affecting to see them, with despair depicted in their faces, endeavouring to save part of their furniture. A considerable quantity of move able property was carried into the .Royal Exchange. Every person, whose premises were within the possible bounds of the fire, lost no time in removing all their valuable property to a place of safety. On this, as on several former occasions of the kind, we saw little to commend in the manner in which the engines were brought into play in the outset. For a consider• able time, they merely served to throw away water on premises that were visibly doomed to destruction, instead of directing their attention to saving the adjoining houses. At the same time, it must be admitted, that in such tumult and con• fusion it is not easy to maintain regularity, or direct every man's exertions to the proper point. A strong party of the 72d regiment repaired to the spot on the first alarm. Such of the military as were not employed in keeping back the crowds, were busily occupied at the engines, Of in assisting to remove goods ; and we observed several of the oIE. cers particularly active in issuing orders, and giving cache the arrangements of the civil power. Seven o'clock.--We have not yet heard of any lives being lost, but three or four individuals have been dreadfully bruit• ed, in consequence of the falling of a wall in the Old Assembly Close ; they were carried to the Royal Infirmary. The fire still continues to burn with unabated fury—the high hon e " en both sides of Borthwick's Close, for a considerable way dews, being in flames. In addition to the particulars of the calamitous fire contained in our column; the following have since been collected The fire extended its ravages down Bortliwick's.cloee, on that side which divided it from the Old Fhihrnarket-close, till it destroyed 3 lands of houses. One occupied by Jlr. ThertT: son, book-binder, was subsequently laid in ruin* kr die jag of the gable of a house on the opposite wine of the 1.143" Mr. Thompson's premises h a d only been recently rebuilt after being destroyed by fire about a year ago. On the we st side of the Old Assembly-close all the houses a re destroyed for upwards of 100 yards south. This was a peetalarli populous part of the city, and p e rh a ps not lees than 100 families Egret). tiered houseless. The height of the most southerly house will nine stories, and contained the Old Assembly flan. Th ere may be in all about twelve houses destroyed. N o lives are lost, so far as has yet been ascertained. By six o'clock o'clock, P.M., the fire seemed to be got u nder, and Se.. veral of the engines were withdrawn. Dur in g last night the wind was moderate, but about eleven this forenoon it began to blow a severe gale from the south-west. At half-past eleven smoke was discovered issuing from the Troll Church steeple, the upper part of which was covered with leadn This was at first supposed to be only a piece of bu rnt wood which had been forced thither by the violence of the win d. In a few nu:. nu ten, however, the whole tower of the steeple wa s in flames, ard burning with a fury unexampled. In 40 minutes thebelfrY to n weather-cock fell with a tremendous crash. T he clock then stopped, the hands pointing at half-past 12. Grea t exertions were now made, by which the inside of the church was saved, but the two fine bells and the valuable steeple-clock, SS well as whole inside of the steeple, are completely destroyed. The church stands alone, and is situated about five hundred feet to the eastward of the house in which the fire all' ginated, between and which there are seven houses in 16 direct line injured ; also the whole bread th of Veit' street. Engines from Piershill Barracks, Leith Fort, an d the Castle, were in attendance, and wrought with much effee e ,. l parties of the Royal Dragoons, the Artillery , a nd dt . ,..7; ment of the 724 regiment. The engines under the 07: of the military seemed more e ffi cient, or better M anaged ' the generality of those belonging to Insurance ComPenlet A. Bit! aRAY, ObSSTVCI.OOIOI4 FIRE AT FULBOugg.—On WadMadill ~: glitIrl): ing, about seven o'clock, the bbarnof Mr. John lioric4c* ; 1 Fulbourn, was discovered to be on fi re , a nd t he fiseteil l ' urtll - of by Mr. Baker, which included a ll th e c orn of communicated with the rectory f a rm, l ate ly taken Pessels o. 11 the igte bar• vest, which, together with the buildings, were entir el if: surn ed. The flames then spread across the road to a house The pled by Mr. John Mason which was speedily le leli t i ed risite• ground. The rectory-house, occupied by the B eY • ;ir e the caught fire, and sustained considerable damag e be1(I iM raging element could be subdued. The gene ral " un l ock that the fire was occasioned by anincendisry. Mr. Hal U n ion and Mr. Mason's premises were insured in the Norwich os office, and the Rectory buildings in the Globe ; but we as sorry to learn, that Mr. Raker, the most extensive su by the was not insured. Every possible exertion was MUad s of Inhabitants and other persons present, to prevent the n i tv - •nes the flames, and the Sun, Norwich, and Ilertfonishire enrbois speedily arrived, and continued playing throughout the vi day.—( Cambridge Chronicle.) We are informed that a very ingenious A l portable tod nvali s in bed, medicated and bath, attheir w hich i own is polders houses, atia iyis thate:arie,a which possesses su c h extr a ordinary the lives of many persons who had beep 4'v' over by their medical attendants were h"nr diately saved by its application, has be" Ini vented and employed by Mr. LA 811411°14 Southampton-row, Russell-square. During the sale of the Ortnonde Estates, terday, at the Auction Mart, Mr. Ro ate lli; the purchaser of the Chilcote Farms, 13 % 0 -pocket pocket picked of 3,0001. It is probable well-dressed sharpers might have mixed in t . n . crowded room, in the supposition that pers" s „ i n t tending to become purchasers would th e ' rel're. fullywith large seiec selected the hteo principald epobsiitdsd, their prey, and it appears the booty, they were satisfied with the firs': it periment. Fro m th e c o ntiguity of the Oen " , is hoped that payment of the notes arcs etoeil`e in time, though this circumstance might fa6lll,lle their being exchanged for cash by the dyretice tors, and it is to be lamented that the P.rchod of carrying large sums on such occasions, Ins.`,tei, of giving checques with the banker's name NCI across, should still be persisted in. HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANGE.-On FrideY. , the hounds of the Marquis of WATuttFoeo drawing for a fox on Mount Misery , n ea r( t he city, they came to a fault, when on som e ° bed gentlemen riding up, it was found that theY met an infant, in appearance recently dead,l ` ' 4 i. had devoured a great part of the body• quest was subsequently held by Alderman ,to LYN, Coroner, but no evidence was addecence. throw_any light on this mysterious circurnstau —(rValet:ford Mail.) A duel took place on Saturday morning last tfi, between Jean Dumas and John Rainy', • coloured lads not exceeding 16 y ears of cu ll e The former was shot dead on the sp ot, the . passing through his body. A Coroner's incluc s ' being held, their verdict was Witiiii iihird. the el against the survivor and the secon ds ; and father of the latter and the mother of the detea" were also charged by the Coroner a nd the as accessories before the fact. — (Dominica Cliro. Jur9 nicle, Sept. 16.)