The Sun. — London, England, 1824-11-22 00:00:00

the damage occasioned by the late storms and inundations, from which we extract the follow ing particulars : Bnussnr.s, N'o v..l6.—The steam-packet from London to Ostend Was driven by a storm, on its last voyage, into the mouth of the Scheldt, and piloted by a fisherman to Antwerp. littntn, Nov. 15.—. After so many storms which have prevailed formate. than a whale month, and have done so much damage on our and the neighbouring coasts, we had lust night a atorin from the W.N.W. accompanied with thunder , and lightning, and between two and three q'clock, with the flood coming in, the sea rose to an extraordinary and amazingheight. 6411 as has not been seen here in the memory of man, being I ell, 9 palms, and 3 inches above the usual high water mark, and the waves beating over the summit of the great Sea Dike. Thank heaven there is not, as far as we can hear, any imme diate danger of a breach. lissaLE DI, Nov. 17.—The reports of the state of the water in the lower rivers are not yet satisfactory. The dikes on the right bank of the Leek have suffered very much by the beating o f the waves against then' ; every precaution is taken to prevent the waters from doing farther damage. At Cologne the water 141 rising on the 13th, but fell on the 14th. On the 16th the water had risen some inches at Arnheim and other places. ()Il thlkit the water was very high at Bois le Due, and the country round Orthers, Empel, &c., was inundated so rapidly, tha t the fanners bad no time to save any provision or fodder for their horses. Nov. 1 9. ---The accounts from the rivers are by no means favourable. On the 17th the water continued to rise. On the Preceding day the 'thine was rising at Emmerich, and even at 414 " , and at eight in the morning bad risen to the height of 2 7 feet 2i inches. Between eight and ten it was stationary ; we have no later 4 - .ccounts from that quarter. AltsTr.nrmat, 19.—Exchange on London , .39. ; h ro monti!s, 3tl. 2. Nov.* llatt.t.r, Nov. 20.—The Mails from Uaniburgh and other Parts of Germany have not yet arrived. question to he argue(' lo Morrow before the. tWelve Jedges, accordmp , r t° legal report, is whether the conviction agai nst M , ... r .tuNTLEIiaY stands good because In the ust Ilattk Act , tlje word uttering is totally othittu(l. • Vis ummtess Gnoortr.r.e the wife of t he Bri -1:s", Ambassador a ' t 'Paris had the honour of an Sadi ehre of Madßine the DAUPHINESS on Wed -1/"ldaY last. •• Duke and Duchess of, CLARENCE came to . -vti on Saturd a y m orn i ng .. Her Royal Highness paid visits i . tisrribuctiess Of KENT, and the Duchess of GLOUCE STER, lius rh ' e ' es3 Au G UST A. • The Duke and Duchess re t u rned to ' 1 ,7 1 a the afternoon: Secretary CANNING arrived at Gloucester "on PritlaY n i ght, from the seat of the Earl of Bat sToL, inailci ‘lthwt•bwi)rtulik. of. • the Princess AUGUSTA, PrinCeSS SOPHIA visited the KING yesterday. 4; Ye sterday, thf;,IJORD CHANCELLOR bad an au °lee of his 11 AJESTY. I tio 1)0 k r , of SiossEx.and the Princess SOPIIIA Ned the Duchess of fiLoncEsTEn. tier Royal Highness !sr nitich bitter yesterday. h Pn Saturday afternoon the Frimsbury trans- Kneesliniv, arrived at Portsmouth from Cape Coast, sC,",Place she left on the 29th ofAugust ; Acra the 4th, and fi l ynotnas's the 19th. September, bringing the following •-d ue .i • 1011 I °ulcers of , the Army and Navy :—Captain Dow. A c, and Lieutenants Clements,' White, and Joplin, of the Pict Corps; Corps; Lieutenants Thompson and Nash, of the R ose " Lieutenant Atherton, of the Maidstone; and Mr. aw : n berg, Midshipmsn of the Swinger ; also a few invalided men, , women, and children, died on the passage.— i r fu . Cartwrigt-and 14nsign Uniacl:e, of Land Afr Corps; -;Mid'Oliprnati of the Victor, Mr. Roussel', theirh`t"..4ll°t, the Maidstone (formerly of the Thetis) had. recently 01 the fever incident to that deleterious curnate.— ‘ , ll has been quiet. within the borders of the Settlement o f Coast • since the discomfiture and dispersion of tho tinny, in July last. A report prevailed at Acre that the ins . honlination and discontent excited among the 4, thantees ' i tl y the sig al defeat of the plans of their. King (Addo Atria) to dri the' Icn i g l 1 ish out of the country, had cost the King '" lif e and kingdom • the Dunquiras having taken advantage or defenceless: situation,' . to attack and plunder his tern. v rY and capital. , The remaining British troops at Cape Coast ere toleribly liealthy as were the officers and crews of Com. It ' LlilioOt'S , quiaron. The Maidstone and Victor were tt ' a t St. Timms s ; thc.• Bann and Swinger a . t Acra and Cape 'i rl43 t• The Victor had just taken, in the Bight of Benin, a ' m pailish schooner,' with 270 slaves on board.. The infamous o '.ve trade IV a. 9 carrying on with the greatest vigour.—(llanip ,7 Tdegniph..) • hei ,,! is with great pleasure we can state to our nt ,iera that at . a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. CITA hr *OS, and tiosr, the bankers, holden on Wednesday last, at Air. Calcraft,. the Member of Parliament,. presided, an t k ; .l l ;€ of the affairs of that firm was made, in the highest degree 4 et 0 17,... .to the creditors, and honourable to the parties. Mr. Il dd r lituers inight,, it seems, have commanded immense sums %p e . t chosen to avail himself of the power which his great re .gave him in the monied world ; but he preferred at 1 4st ° , c1° '" ) ); the accounts, anti in making up his balance, in all 1 4, ces "Mier rated the'value of his own property and . of the sect in hand, determined to be satisfied himself if it the full amount of demand upon it. Qpnn invesugaung -`) P ilis l „ e rtY, it has been discovered to itc worth nearly double /fi11,","; 4 estimate ; and when made available to the credito r s, ter prig twenty shillings in' the pound, leave a sti i i n n te l 11 ) itYrrtPOltHand pounds in his hands.—A Committee p rni•ie and liquidate the debts, and not one dissentient voice I f ie to e ,, rl Z a o t i d i teth;elinl indeed, t arr em en ts were proposed which have .t shun o , lntemphition barring o the feelings which must arise Snell baseness as has been practised Chambers and his house, it may be said to have tr itt „" li Prouti day for him and his Son. Circumstances have the I VO, which while they fix un a suspected indwidu.l . ilap, ts hY whicli.the run was induced, give no . advantageous poster in favour of those by Whom the viper has been iltit n , -4 •—•l'lr. Chambers, it appears, does not intend to re open Lille business ; but his Son, at a future period, will re cr~it bowie, and we believe that the .accounts of all the bliti t' Present were actually Promised to the ftiture esta ,fate:::eni—it gives us the greatest, pleasure to. make this !edi te •;l l t , as several circuinstances have Come to our know itiGetionstrative of the benevolence of Mr. Chambers's heart; th ose nothing but a feeling of delicacy towards him, and our de 11 P have been the objects of his liberality , p revents nose tat, or three traits which shed as much ho. rove, 94 Chamb 'character, as Wednesday's itig At i on ers s private ° P,,. 21.) reflected upon his public conduct.--( John Bull, , Wu, ?A , - unoerstand that Sir WILLIAM CONGREVE • lie 'h' it ur ned•from his tour to the Continent, where th 3 for the . last three months been engaged In c rort • • , fir natio t Jitish eria, p e i f tn a l, vompany for the employment in lighting the principal Cities th,,"e Continent with Gas, under the sanction of c'r res • , r espective Governments. kl r e bear that ar -11414"0 have.been made for this purpbse with tri al ., Sweden,' Prussia, Hanover, and with Si t 1 ,1, 0 1 the p r i nc i pa l towns i n th e Netherlands. "m• f'• tj, htetrrs and Messrs. SPOONER and ATT . ()Cr: are s' t Bankers for this immense under ritisrg) W hich has been received with the greatest Uu N a ctiOn rr , every place where Sir IV ILLIAM Ori te f 8 1311"r2 has presented himself, during his ab- T i ,, 7," E ngland. —(Norning Post.) tt• EY • M F Th e "LLoi t • It• LETCHER.— ae LOR D was this day again occupied in hearing tittle .."It in the cas e o f the above Rev. Gentle zbvitimendtitl the rising of the Court, Which was er e 0 , Pxcess, so much so, that the Counsel ol Nisi • g`'- to go out and into the Court by the Chti tt) ag b e i er !elldiog to his Lordship's Private TIIE KING. Wtmnson, Nov. 21.—Yesterday morning his MAJESTY left the Royal Lodge in the Great Park, in his travelling car. riage and four, for Carlton Palace. His Majesty was accom panied by the Marquis Conyngham, and attended by out riders in full dress liveries, with an escort of the 2d Life Guards. The King is expected at the Royal Lodge to dinner on Wed nesday next. THE KING'S COURT: On Saturday, soon after twelve o'clock, his MaJEsTv.ar . rived in his travelling carriage, at his Palace in Pall-mall, from the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park. Soon after his Majesty's ar rival, he was visited by the Dukes of York and Clarence.— At one o'clock his Majesty proceeded to hold a Court, agree ably to summonses, issued from the Secretaries of State's Office, the Cotincil Office. His Highness, Prince Esterhazy, Ambas sador Extraordinary and Plenipotetitiary froM the Emperor of Austria, and his Excellency Prince Polignac, Ambassador from his Most Christian Majesty Charles X., attended by the Right Honourable George Canning, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Sir . Robert Chester, his ilia,. jesty's Master of the Ceremonies, had audiences of his Majesty. There were present, besides the above gistinguished personages, the Lord Chancellor, the Secretary of State for the Home partment, the. Secretary of State for Foreign A Intim, the Master General of the Ordnance, the President, of the Board of Con troul. the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Mesta of the horse, the Treasurer of the Household, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Master of the Cere monies, Earl Cathcart (Gold Stick in Waiting), Lord St. Helen's (in waiting,) Sir E. Nagle (Ciro Ont in Waiting.)—His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which bard Viscount Morpeth was introduced, and sworn in fiord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Recorder. of. Lon don was introduced to the King in Council, and made his Report •of the. Convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall, in the Old Bailey, at the last September Session, which occupied about two hours. Mr. Secretary Peel officiated as the Lord President of the Council in the absence of Earl harrow by, who is abroad. The King gave • audiences to the hoed Chancellor, Mr: Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, and the Duke of Wellington. The Court broke up soon after five o'clock. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. • Countess de Gray, at his house in St. James's-square, from Wresthouse, Bedfordshire; the Countess of Clarendon, at her house in North Audley-street, from her seat, the Grove, Hefts; Airs. Purvis, ether brother's (the Earl of B l e ssin g ton) house, in St. James's-square, from Holland ; Captain Vyner, in town, from Cheltenham ; Sir Ucorgc K. Powell, Bart., and Family, at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Shropshire; Sir Frederick and Lady Baker and F amil y , at their house in jermyn-street, from Malvern Well; ; Mrs. Cuthbert; at her house in.Chandos-street, from a tour in Scot land ; S. Graves, Esq. from Southampton ; Mrs. Hatherton and family at Batts' dote', DOver-street, at ditto, from Lan cashire I don. Misses Monkton, at ditto, from Selby•liall, in Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. James, at ditto, from Yorkshire. DE - PATI.T U uts.—Lord and Lady Nugent, for •their scat, Lillys, Bucks; Earl of Miltown, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, Earl Talbot, for his seat in Stafford shire; General Ord, from • Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for his seat in Hants; the Hon. Henry Legge, for sandwell hall, Staffbrdshire; Capt. and Mrs. Escort, from Batts', hotel, to Ongar-hill; Earl O'Neill, from ditto ; Airs. and the All.ses Boyle, from do., to Cheltenham; Mrs. and the Misses Barker, from ditto to ditto. , The Dowager Lady Liverpool seldom quits the ,metropolis, and enjoys uninterrupted good health. The Duke of Devonshire will open qbatsworth House at Christmas. CA t e t. 6` , !A i 7 ,,, , t‘wift C ' • 04114;,9 ‘ Le' ~, 0 , -I,r• ,6q404)V - ,.. - •,,.s. - ( 1 ' ,. .1b t ' ' 1 .." .---"' • dt 1e m t"..,1 4 All 4% II t TNTING INTELLIGENCE. IEETINGS of IiOUNDS tx TIIE rIIIII4VNT Irr.r The Cottesmore Fox hounds, on Tuesday; at 'Tolthorpe Oaks ; Thursday, at Castle Bytham ; Friday, at Preston. The South Wold Subscription Hounds, on Tuesday, at Fullethy Mill; Thursday, at Halton Holgate; Saturday, at Revesbi. • - The I.`darl of Scarborough's Fox-Hounds, on Wednesday, at Whitwell Wood ; Friday, at Grove. The Berkeley Hounds, on Tuesday, at Lew heath ; Thurs day?' at Tetsworth Town End ; Friday, at Nuneham. Sir Jacob Astley's Fox-hounds, on Wednes,day, at Bolero; Friday, at Felbrigg Park. Mr. Dewing's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Satrning. The IVestacre Stag-hounds, on Friday, •at Curie House. • Mr. Hay's Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Broughton Hall ; Friday. at Wrine Hall. • • • • The Chester Harriers, on Tuesday, at the Black Dog ; Fri day,_at Huntingdon. The Somerset Subscription Fox-hounds, on 'Tuesday, a Lowsey Thorn ; Friday, at Cocker Coomb. The Earl of Darlington's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Theakston Plantations ; Friday, at l'afforth -,Moor. ' The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at hittle Stainton • Thursday, at Embleton ; Saturday, at the Hare and Hounds. The Northumberland Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Lin den ; Saturday, at Nitherwitton. r French i : z oe. ill p a 4. r i a n n t i t e n i t t h i l i c e e lty l i t a :t i s icon K C in r g r fa e v ,, ,wli te Ro binsonri'hCe is called Madame Zoe du Cayla, and thel" llarly called her Zoe. 31. Peyronnet havin ‘ g u it 31"" rami upon his Majesty to obtain his signature to same•grci . to wait him in one of those torpid states, which he was ticeus7 4 ome n d ( 0 1 fall into in the.iatter days of his life. lie endeavoured to rouh t • him by informing him of his commission; Vie "King, whose e head was sunk upon his chest, put out his. hand; and feelinr, the official rube, mistook the person, and conceiving it to be Madame, du Cayla, he Raid, Cast vans Zoe, Cest vows Zoe.— M, Peyronnet endeavoured to explain, bit theiinpresition could not be removed, the King continuing to say,' CZ'st vows Zoe, patting him on the arm at the same time. M. Peyronnet at length retired, and .m6nmin ,, his brother Mi4ister what had ' taken place, they ever after called hint M.,Pey ropnet cru-Zoe. . Sir ANTHONY CARLISLE has catrumm eetlhis lectures on the anatomy of the human figure, as far as regards the Fine Arts of Painting anti Sculpture. The Royal Academy and the-Artists generally are highly indebted to hiM for the trouble helms taken in administering that degree of knowledge necessary for the arts of design. He deprecates the dissection of the human subject by A ;Lists when carried to the extreme, and taking for example the ancient Greeks, he considers that almost enough may be learned from the study of theliving figure, aided by anatomical casts. In speaking of this subject, we have seen in the gallery of Mr. Henry Sous, the eminent pro- lessor,. the finest series of anatomical casts, from the human ; body, perhaps in existence. They were taken under his super intendance, for the purposes of art, front on ofT the finest snb jects which had been seen for many years. ey'are liberally open to the inspection of artists and amateurs. Tbe Exhibition of the Tapestries, after the designs of RAFFAELLE, is sufficiently curious, although they are much faded in colour. But there are two subjects whi c h are new to the public, being in addition to those we have in the original at Hampton Court ; namely, the conversion of Paul and the stoning of Stephen. It is said they were executed for Henry the Eighth, and•sold to the Spanish Ambassador during the time of the commonwealth. HOGARTIT.--:O°S;aturday last one of the finest: collections of Hociames Prints were offered to the public sale, and produced the sum of 385!. 19a., under the hammer of Mr. SOTRERY, and the extraordinary prices obtained tbr some . of the prints, at once evinces the deserved estimation which iii. entertained by the *lie for the productions of that inimitable' Artist. His own portrait, fit. 16s:•fid. Duchess of Kendal's Arms, 114' I Is. Great Seal of • England, with view of London in the distance, 161. lfis. - The Night Frolic, engraved on a Silver Tobacco-box, for Captain Johnston, 10/.—Ticket for the Concert at St. Mary's Chapel, jir.e, 91.95. Sarah Malcolm, 6/. Os.—March to Finchley, the Sunday print, I.4l.l4srElection Pieces.pet date, 131.--Satan, Sin, and Death engraved by C. Townley, from a painting by Hogarth, in the: collection of David Garrick, 17V.17$• —The Discovery, a Black Woman in Bed, &c. satirical print of Highniore, the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre, motto, Qui color altos, tic., 121. i and many others equally high. EDINBURGH, N0v.19. CALAMITOUS FIRES. . In our last paper we gave a brief account of the commence ment of one of the most awful calamities recorded in the history of this city.. At the time - we went to. press, on Tuesday . morn ing, we little suspected that the conflagration then raging was only the first of a series, as extensive as destructive. The tire originated, as formerly stated, in a fiat at the head of the Old Assembly Close, on the south side of the High-street, occupied as a copper-plate printing-house, by Kirkwood and Son en gravers. It communicated by the roof with other houses, and, froxi the height of the buildings, and the very great difficulty of accent* in.. rear, no - effectual exertions, could be made to check the progress of the flames. At. eleven . o'clock, the three adjoining tenements fronting - the High-stieet were in a blaze. Seeing it impassible to save these houses, the firemen directed their efforts to the preservation of those on each side. By this means they . were able to prevent the flames from injuring the house on the east side, but the building in the opposite direction was less fintunate, and like its neighbours, soon became a mass of fire. About five in the morning, the pinnacle of the gable' fell inwards, and soon after another large fragment was hurled down. The fire was happily prevented, by a thick lofty gable, from extending farther to the westward. Such was the scene from the High-street, during Monday night. In rear of these buildings, however, the devastating progress of the flames was not so easily interrupted. Crowded masses of old buildings, full of old pan neling, afforded abundant aliment to the devouring element. The houses extending from the Old Assembly Close to the .Old . Fishmarket Close were suc cessively consumed. From the Ohl Assembly Close, it .ex tended backward to the Old Assembly Hall, occupied by Messrs. Bell and Bradfute,• booksellers, (who were lately burned out in the Parliament Square) as a warehouse, and who have again . been obliged to remove their property. In the line of houses dividing BOrthwick's Close from the Old Fishmarket Close, and in rear Of the Courant Office, the houses occupied by Mrs. Maxton, tavern keeper, Mr. Hunter, and other spirit-dealers have been consumed. The ad joining house, occupied by Mr. A. Thompson, bookbinder, (lately destroyed by fire and rebuilt) was crushed by the falling of a gable. By mid-day on Tuesday, the conflagration seemed nearly subdued. The ruins continued to smoke and send forth flames occasionally, but no apprehensions were entertained of further danger. Happily the,. night was s2rene r otherwise the burning em'bers must have spread destrpction over greater part of the Old Town. BURNING OF TITETRON CIIOItCFI STEEPUE.: Scarcely . lQthe rtgitriiiim excited by the conflagration de scribed above begun to subside,.when a new alarm wax given ; and about 12 o'clock on the forenoon of Tuesday, it was aiscov creel that the steeple of the 'l'ron Church, distant 200 yards from. thebuildingsrecently consumed, was in flam.m. Snore flying brand had lodged on the wooden balustrade, near its summit., and the wind, which had unfortunately risen toe hurricane, soon fanned it into a blaze. The engines instantly repaired to• the spot, and by means of long ladders, tire firemen reached the roof of the Church. All their efibrts, however, to save the steeple proved in vain. In a short time the whole of the conical super structure of wood was enveloped in flame. The casing of lead melted like wax, and poured down in streanrlets—the minute hand of tire clock,. on the south site, suddenly dropped-down paralyzed—and the paint of the dial plate scaled oil in flakes. The strength of the structure long resisted the intensity of the heat, and the weathercock maintained its pre-eminence among the bickering flames. AL length the fierce element prevailed— the weathercock was prostrated, and .the ;ire rose in a mighty column to the sky. The interior of the steeple was totally consumed, but the body of the Church, which was partly filled ,with moveables from the Iligh-street,_ was only par tially injured. This was mainly owing to .the seasonable ar rival of a most powerful engine, belonging to the Board of Ord nance, and directed by Deacon Field, slitter. ably assisted by three serjeants of dragoons, whose names we . would !lava been Most happy to publish, bad we been. acquainted with them. It is stated that the fine hell of the church has, disappeared. The heat was, we should imagine, scarcely sufficient to inch it, yet it has not been found among the ruins. Probably it, was broken in falling, and the fragthents may haVe subsequently been car ried off' by some of the numerous depredators on the outlook for whatever they could lay their hands on. - FIRE IN THE PARLIAMENT S9.IIARE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE JURY COURT ROOM After the fire in the 'lron Church had been subdued, it was generally suppo se d th a t the conflagration was at an end ; but on rueeday night, about ten o'clock, a new alarm was given of a tire haviug broken out in the Parliament Square—a place directly to the windward of the former scene of destruction.— It originated in the top story of that lofty pile of building on the south side of the square, which, in rear, was eleven stories in height. The apartment in which it began was oc cupied by a woman named Macdonald, of indifferent character, but not, as has been stated, the person of the same name who made herself notorious at the trial of the late Mrs. Mackinnon. Whether wilful accidental has not yet been ascertained, but of course the affair will be meet minutely investigated. -We refrain, for obvious reasons, from noticing the many re-ports in circulation. 'The eitriordimirYheight of the blinding?) prevented the engines, all of them more or less disabled by former service, bearing with any effect on the flames ; and as the wind blew strong front the west, they spre a d w i t h amae i ngrap idi t y. Floor *fire. The appearance after boor became ignited, and soon a f ter m i dn i ght t h e w h o l e vast mass of building was enveloped in li v i n front the Cowgete at four o'clo c k i n t e morning, was truly awful. Every part of the city was illuminated ; and the whole adjacent country must have been alarmed by the portentous lAare of the flames. Au hour after ward s t h e fi re r e a ched the ast side of' the square, and in two hours more, all that escaped the conflagration in the month of June last, were included in the general destruction. Among the premises destroyed were —the New Jury Court Boom, the Office of the Water Com pany, that of the Auditor of th e C ourt o f S ms i on; t h e s h ops of Mr. Laurie, null Messrs. Bell and Bratlfute, booksellers; Messrs. Jardine and Wilson's Chambers r. ; M R . Scott, en graver ; Mr. Williamson, wr i ter , &e: By some judicious precautions the Exchequer, the Parliament House, the Li. braries of the Advocates and Writers to the. Signet, and 'the Banking-house of Sir William Forbes and Company, were rescued from the jeopardy in which they for some 'time remained. At eight o'clock the fury of the flames had abated, and at that period the interior walls of' the south-eastangle fell upon the front wall, and were precipitated into the square, with a terrific crash. Several persons were hurt, and a ul of dust was thrown up that darkened the firmament. The only part of the old buildings in the Square now remaining is the house adjoining the new Exchequer Buildings, in which the Office of Messrs. Brougham and Anderson, and the house of Mr. Allan, the painter, are situated. During the whole night, that part of the Old Town, to the eastward of the scene of confiagr a _ LOU), was exposed to a shower - of sparki and flaming brands. These again set fire to the buildinee in rear of the I ielamtreet, where' the flames broke out with such violence, that much anxiety was entertained for the Commercial Bank. Here the most melancholy accidents happened, In one of which Mr. Braidwood, director of engines, nearly loin his life; and here, we rejoice tee ,be able to add, these calamities terminated. Frequent . alarms of fire in other places were given in the course of edttestiay,` originating principally in chimnies ignite aby burning embers. One broke out in Carrubber's-elose, among some chips under the roof, and assumed a threatening appear ance, but was eventually got under. About three io the after noon, a heavy shower of rain helped to extinguish the embers lodged on the tops of the houses—prior to which a Proclama tion by the Magistrates had recommended a general inspection of the house tops, and the stationing of watches thereon. Burning fragments of a large size fell on the Calton-hill— at Nortonillace—and on the caster road to Leith as far' as the toll. During the whole of this eventful night, the Old Town re sembled a city besieged and exposed to a severe bombardment. The of panic had spread far beyond the probable boun daries of the flames, and the destruction of the greater part of the city was tremblingly predicted. 'tumours that incendiaries were abroad were prevalent, and generally credited. Military were seen in all directions—the streets were deluged with water, and many a wretched female and child, rendered houseless, passed that tempestuous night among the piles of furniture heaped up in every quiet corn er. O n no similar occasion have so 'many wretched families suffered. From thr ee t o f our hun dturet e. T d are out, h b e u re rn i e s d not a close nor a lane near the scene of misfora a great proportion of' whom are left desti -tune but is crowded with the wreck of furniture. The Lord Provost, with that humanity which has always characterised him, made an immediate application to the officers of Govern ment, for the use of Queensbury House, as a temporary shelter for the desolate grouper crowding the streets, which was Instantly granted. The managers of the Infirmary also sheweel the greatest liberality and anxiety to alleviate the general distress, not only. to bodily sufferers, but by ordering food to be given to their relations in attendance. 'the Commissioners of Police notified that persons in a state of de stit ution would be . provided. with money for present exigencies , by applying a t their office. Many accidents of course occurred ; but, amid conflicting _reports, it is not easy to particularize all with cer t a inty. Se veral persons have been killed, chiefly by the falling of' the ruins, and many severely injured. On the afternoon of Wednesday, two men were killed by the falling of a high stack .of chinmies in Conn'e' Close, one of claimed At A te sweep, whom was o a the fi r rem no a t n the Naval Yard , burned and bruised, has since died in the Infirmary artilleryman, hurt by the falling of a wall in the Perna, ment Square, is not expected to recover. A tailor is in a similar condition—and two boys and a woman, much bruised, are in the Royal Infirmary. dangerously The body of a boy, with. out the head and arms, was yesterday dug out of a cellar. It has been ascertained that this unfortunate youth was employed, on Tuesday morning, in removing the goods in the cellar to a place of safety, when the wall fell in and killed him. We sub join a list of the patients at present in the Royal Infirmary : David Robertson, aged 17, severely burnt. John Riddell, aged 23, severe contusions and fractures. • John Crawford, severely burnt, (since dead.) James Forest, 27, severe contusions. Alex. M'Gill, 9, severe injury of the head. David Fortune, 7, do. Isabel Wlntosh, 60, severe fractures. Elilabeth Thomson, 50, contusions. Betsey Smith, 22, do. Joseph Lawrie, artillery, severe contusion. Many of these cases are extremely dangerous, though, so far as we can learn, none of them are considered altogether hopeless. Never was there a better opportunity for a display of liberal and humane feelings than on this occasion ; and we trust the public will not be slow to conic forward, and by every means that compassion and sympathy may suggest, enoeavour to lessen the pressure of misfortune on the maimed and house less. In order to obviate as far as possible danger from the fall. ing walls to the houses near them, strong bodies' of masons, slaters, and carnenters, the latter from Leith, were occupied during Wednesday in throwing down the chimney tops, and such part of the ruins as were most threatening. An attempt was made with ropes to pull down the lofty gables in the-High street, but afterwards relinquished. Colonel Thackery- of the Royal Engineers was particularly active on this occasion, as was Captain Boswell, R.N. and the officers of Sir T. Brad. ford's Staff. The greatest zeal and intrepidity was displayed by high and low on this awfui'liccasion. The Lord Provost anti Magis trates, the High Constables, the Superintendent, Lieutenants, Surgeon, and other Officers of. Police, made the most ener getic exertions to alleviate the general distress. The Lord Justice Clerk was in the Parliament-square at an early hour on Wednesday morning, animating and setting an example to all around him at a time when extraordinary exertion was particularly necessary : We also noticed the Lord President, the Lord AdvoCate, the Solicitor-General, the Dean of Fa culty, Sir. .John Hay, Sir William Forbes, Sir John Hope, Sir Thomas Bradford, Lord Robert Tier, Sir Patrick Walker, &c. particularly active, and manifesting the utmost anxiety to render assistance. The most distinguished characters in the city were seen voluntarily sharing in the severest manual la bour, and exposing themselves, with the greatest intrepidity, to much personal risk. In some instances, persons of the lower class refused to work at the engines or supply water with buckets unless a bargain was struck with them, but this mer. cenerary spirit was not general. One woman, named Janet Blackwood, wrought for many hours with a spirit and perse verance truly masculine. A great part of the 72d regiment from the Castle, were, as we formerly mentioned, on the spot where the first fire broke out almost as soon as the engines, and during the whole period die men were conspicuously active in keeping order in the streets, working the engines, and removing property. On •Tuesday a detachment of the Ist dragoons from Piershill bar. racks, and a party of artillerymen from Leith Fort, arrived to re lieve the infantry ; and on Wednesday a troop of the Mid-Lo thian yeomanry--commanded by Sir J. Hope, Captain Cook. burn ' and Quarter-Master Aitchismi—were called out,, and shared in the fatiguing duty of maintaining order, and pre venting curious persons from foolishly endangering their lives, by going too near the tottering ruins. In several instances, per sons in high authority were interrupted by the military, but this was the inevitable consequence of a strict adherence to orders, without which all regularity would have been:at an end. it is to be hoped that means will be taken to reward the soldiers for the magnanimity and discipline they displayed. • Upwards of 20 engines were in attendance. The Duke of Buceleuch dispatched one from Dalkeith, and several also ar rived from die Naval-yard and Leith. The most powerful be. longed to the Beard of Ordnance from Leith Fort, made by Mark, Noble, and Co., and throws lA tons per minute. It is said to have driven down the frpnt of the houses in Parliament Square. Canals were cut across the street to lead the water into the square and closes. As far as We can ascertain, the following houses have been destroyed :—Four double lands in .Parliament-square; four lands Old Fishmarket-close.; four lands Old Assembly-close; two wooden lands Conn's-close ; six small tenements in Borth wick's-close; four lands of six stories fronting the High-street ; besides many houses in different quarters partially injured, chiefly by the fall of ruins. Covenant-close did not suffer. It is impossible to estimate at present the value of property de stroyed. We understand that the Charter, sederunt book, anti the other valuable documents, and records belonging to the Incur t.orated Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts, have been preserved. Their Hall, Library, &c. were insured in the Plice- I nix Vire Office. THEATnE.—Last night, MN Oats and the Poachers were performed for the relief of the poor sufferers by the late fire. With a spirit of liberality equally humane and honourable, Mr. Murray has volunteered to devote the profits of three per formances to this great and exigent purpose. This is'an' net which speaks for itself. We will not diminish the merit of it by compliment. All we hope is, that the example thus s;t will be as nobly seconded by the public. We are sorry, how ever, that the display of last evening was not so great as we could wish. The state of public agitation is perhaps sufficient to explain this ; and there is yet time enough to make up for every deficiency.—(Edinlurgh Observer.) ROYAL NAVY. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, NOV. 20.--s The Diamond, Lord Napier. arrived at St. Mitt's, froth Portsmouth, 27th Sept., and nailed for Vera Cruz.—The Hussar and Surinam arrived at Sacrificious (Gulph of Mexico). 4th Oct —The Bel: lette, Eden, and Scout, ,arrived at Trinidad 2d October, from the Leewards, during the hurricane months.—The Rattle snake and Primrose arrived at Chagres ; the Bustard, at Cathagena ; and the Helicon, at Nassau, on the 29th Szptein ber ; the Ringdove. at La Ouayra, 4th ctober; the Tees sail ed 'from Sydney (New South Wales) for Maeilla e 7th July. The Athol, 20, Captain James Arthur Murray. which has been fitted for foreign service, is intended to join the squadron on the South American S t a tion. She will sail shortly via the coast of Africa. His Majesty's discovery ship Griper, Capt. F.. Lyon, is o landing her stores, &c. preparatory to being paid fr, and sold 'out of the service. Captain Patrick Campbell, C.B. has taken the command of the Ganges, 04, guartLship at this port. • His Majesty's yacht the. Herald, Captain Henry J. Leeke, will go out of the harbohr to-morrow, having been completely fitted and suitably stored for the reception and conveyance of the Lords Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes, their clerical establishments and suite, to their respective islands of destina tion. The new fore-mast, 'on Sir Robert Sepping's plan, sent out in pieces in the Blanche frigate to South America, for the Spartiate, of 74 guns, was put together, and ready to go into ! that ship when the last packet sailed. The excellency of this new mode of forming and combining masts, is not only h its simplicity and cheapness, but in the ease with which it can be sent to the most distant parts. Mr. nice, one of the students of naval architecture, who was sent out to superintend the putting the mast together, is to go on a cruise in the Spartiate, to ob serve how it stands in blowing weather. The Spartiate had been detained four months at Rio by being fitted out at Chatham with 'a mainmast so rotten that she could not hoist her launch in by it. , The shipwrights will have finished the refitting of the Cham pion, and the alterations of the Ofestes and Pylades, by Men day night ; and it is expected these sloops will sail again at the latter end of the week, to complete the experiment, and sneer tain 'which is the best vessel, as a model from which to build sloops of war in future. The Pylades is taken out of dock, the Pandora taken in, to be recoppered and undergo the ahera . lion from a brig to a ship. and Mauritius, vi E a A .ll B oTrieaNuDaLAASletittrPasNbtlee. received from the Mauritius, dated Aug. 14, bringing account of the arrival of the Alulµrave Castle, . Ralph, from London ; and the Oil morelLawes, from Bengal, having 800 chests of indigo on board on the 13th August and, the Ganges, Tucker, from - Bengal, on the oth August. The Barossa, Hutchinson, was daily expected at the Malri. this. front Bengal. The Lang, Lusk, would proceed from New South Wales to the Mauritius. ship spoke teith.—The Morley, Holliday, from London, bound to Iliadras and Bengal; was spoke with on the 27th of September, in lat. 2. 10. S. long. 23. W. The fine organ now in the beautiful church of Chelsea is considered as the grandest in the metropolis. It is considerably larger than those of St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey. It was built by Nicnou.s, who received an unli mited order from a gentleman of fortune, and he bestowed every attention to make it complete. ' When he had nearly finished it, he waited on this person to ask for some money, who, finding it would cost so high a sum, threw it upon the hands of Nicholls, the consequence was he became a bankrupt and soon after died. The organ was purchased of theusignees by Messrs. Gray, by whom it was sold to the Trustees of Chelsea Church. This is `a curious anecdote. COURT OF KING'S BENCII—(Tius DAY.) THE STAFFORD PEERAGE. THE KING V. J. S. COOKE. Mr. TAUNTON again mentioned this case. He said the defendant had been repeatedly called o.a to receive the judgment of the Court for a Con spiracy, in claiming for his brother, Stafford Cooke, the Barony of Stafford and title. The de fendant had repeatedly put in affidavits of his being confined with the gout, inquiry into whicir had beets made by the Solicitor of the prosecutor, Sir George .Terningham, who had not been able to find out defendant's residence. lie now ap plied, that the defendant should, on pain of contempt, give information to the prosecutor where he resided, that a Medical Gentleman on their part should see him, and ascertain whether his indisposition was such as to prevent his coining up to receive judgment. Mr. CAMPBELL said he had a surgeon's certifi cate of defendant's severe indisposition, and also affidavits of his bail, and one from his nurse who attended him. LORI) CIIIEY JUSTICE—There can be no objec. tion that he should be waited upon by a !nettn:4l man on the other side, to confirm the fact of his illness, and that the defendant's residence should also be made known.—Ordered accordingly. MERCANTII4 SHIPPING. FALMOUTH, Nov. 20,-Wind S.W.--We have just time to save the post, to inform . you we have received the following report : - h e masts of a ship, sunk near the Deadman, were seen at low water last evening ; a homeward-hound West India ship, totally lost, with all her crew, in the Mount's Bay; and an East India ship, totally lost, with all her crew, at Scilly. The packet arrived this morning from thence at Penzance, and we suppose the rticulars came by her.-Arrived the' Farley, Crews, from Cork; Rambler, Knight, from London for Smyrna. Sailed the Johanna, Duke, for Seville; Ann, Hamilton, and Etheldred, Goodwyn, for Jamaica ; Vigilant, Tuff, for Sr. Thomas's;; . and Peter. Proctor," Brown, for Dominica. Several outward-bound vessels arc now coining in from Plymouth and Torbay. PORTSMOUTH, Nov: 21.-Wind W.-Arrived from the Downs the following outward-bound :-George the Third, POPplewell ; Richard Reynolds, Roberts ; Jane Catherine, Snell ; Hector, Howlett ; Sisters, Moore ; Thetis, Sadler; Barclay, Ferrier; Lune, Frazer;' Melville Watson, Purdy ; Temple, Bailey ; Eliza, Sleet ; Rawlins, ltigmaden ; Enter prise, Bridge; and Curlew, Murray. Nearly the whole of the au tward-bound got under weigh yesterday, but returned again. Several sail are now . in the offing, working in. DEAL, Nov. 21.-.-Wind S. to S.W.-The John ,Bushman, • Brown, for Grenada, and the Cecrops, Gilmore, for Jamaica, returned to the Downs, having ran on hoard of each other, _this morning, off the South of Ireland ; the for Mer with her - char nals, stanchions, boat, bulwarks, and nearly the 'a hole of her lower rigging, on the larboard side; carried away ; .and the latter with loss of bowsprit, chain cable and anchor, and other darnages.-Ilis Majesty's ship Ramillies has sailed for Sheer ness, very leaky : -Passed through, the Harmony, Woodall, from Demerara, in 36 days, on the 27th ult.; lat 26.211.19n* 61,.1. -spoke n suspicious looking schooner under Spanish colours, chewing six guns, and full of men ; the Commander said; she was from the United States, and bound for Colombia.-The Colville sailed the day preceding the Harmony, and the Deme rara picket, Venables, the same day.-Also arrived the Bri tannia, Cooneley, from Smyrna. Put hark, the , Valoar, Lit tleworth, and the Elizabeth, Brooks, for Tobago. PLY MO 11TII, Nov. 20.-Wind S.W.-Several of the nut. ward-bound got underway, but have put back again,' and remain as before. TH A it CORN EXCHANGE, Nov. 22. The arrivals of Wheat, Barley, and Flour, Lott week were mo lerate, and there was not much supply of other articles.— This morning the quantities of Wheat, Barley, and Beans, f:etth in from Essex, Kent, and Suirolk, are tolerably good ; but there are very few. Pease or Oats arrived. Prime samples of New Wheat were cagetly sought by our ruiners, at the early part of this moni-g, and from 2e. to 3s. per qr. advance was obtained on such ; but the trade afterwards slackened, and there are many samples left unsold..—.' The ports.remain closed against Foreign Barley, the aggregate average being 38s. sd. per quarter. Upwards of 17,000 quer ters wire rejected front the London return for the , sixth week. The Barley trade to-day is brisk, at 3s. to 4s. per quarter ad vance on the terms of this day tettnnight. Old Beans ar:: 2s. per quarter dearer, but new have so alteration. Boiling Pease are 3s. to 4s. per quarter higher ; Grey Pease are advanced :is. per quarter. Oats have sold freely, and obtained 2s. per guar ter more than this day sennight, and very few left on IL , ,n The ports are now closed for three months against Fo e _ ; n Oats, and many Baltic cargoes are shut out. The top price of Flour is undecided, but most people expect it will not be higher. Att Rica I.s or LAST WEE K—Enghsh Wheat, 8.039; Bar ley, 7,553 ; Malt, ; Oats, 1,147 ; Rye, ; Beans, 458; Peas, 789; Irish Wheat, 1,986; Oats, 2,865; ForeigmOata, 233 quarters; English Flour, 8,683 sacks. . Wheat, Red (old) 4Bs 6lls Beans, Small (new) ....42s 441 - White (old) s4s 76s (old) ....48s 52s Red (1824) 48s 56s Tick (new) 34x 3/18 - Fine 60s 64s (old) 4os 44i - Superfine ....66s 78s ---11 Arrow (new )..,40s 421 White (1824)...52s has - (old) ...44: 484 -- Fine Via 64s Brank 34* , itts Supertilte.....6Bs 75s Oats, Feed 22s I!4s Rye 34s 38s —Fine 254 . 17 s Barley 34s 38s Poland 24s 96. Fine _ 40s 42* —Fine "8s 29* -Superfine 46. Ns Malt Mk tilis - Fine 68s 74s Pease, firey 44s 46s 31aple 47s 495 --White .... 4115 625 ----Boilers 665 605 Potatoe 27i "94 «I. es ---- Scotch 333 .#4O Flour (per sack) Ws 14s Seconds 540. sto --- North Country—Ns 54i Bran ' Bo to GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN, FROM THE RE TURNS RECEIVED IN TIIE WEEK ENDING NOV. 't3. \Vilest, 635. Id. ; Barley, 375. 7d. ; Oats, 21s. I Id.; Ilya, 375. ; Beans, 413. sd. ; Peas, 44x. I Id. QUARTERLY AVERAGE, WHICH OOVEItNB IMPORTATION. Wheat, 601 104. ; Barley, 30s. sd. ; Oats, 20s; 104.; eye, 345. 4d. ; Beans, 41s. 64. ' • Peas, 41s. 04. The Average Price of B rown or Muscovado Sugar, computed November 17, 1824, is 31s. 4d. per cwt. • S'AIITHFIBLD 1%1 ARKBT, Nov. 22. • - The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and prices at Smithfield Alarket this morning:— CATTLE AT MARKET , Beast 3,478 I Sheep and Lambs...... 17,4100 Calves 260 I Pigs To sink the .OHW, per stone of 814. Beef 3s lid to 4s . 4d I Veal Muttou 4s .Od to As lid I Pork As OA tO 5s 61 Lamb Os Od to Os Od. • ' , HAY AND STRAW, I.Elt I.OAD. tiny £3 Os to £3 Og Clover Straw lOs to ,t 2 54. The French, who are always fond of playing upon words, previously to the late king's death, made the fol lowing prognostication, which however bas not been verified;..- A la Mort Louis dix huit Charles dix parsitra But read thus— Charles disparaitra. The difference is sufficiently obvious. shocking ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night a mos t accident took place on Blackfriare. bridge. A poor man, named JOHN HINE, re siding at Boston, near Shoreditch, Vas on his way home, over the bridge, on the eastern stile, when he slipped down the precipice, and fsll under a horse's belly. The cart which the Aninwl was drawing was heavily loaded, and before the poor man could be extricated, the u heel passed over his loitts,and literally crushed him to atoms. He was instantly placed on a shutter and carried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he died im mediately after his arrival. lie has left a preg• tiara wife and large family to deplore his igss. 1 1)1i fea t 1 311 ode r ,00 9 lta s ' 00 1 ' loder isto te s Cls s ; 3t 5 c'