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reineisting s Igo of .anal 'oecopki ■ soma spice he.
Wens Coohaer sad Tracey's and the buildings eastward, and
the'very great facetious of • small party I■ borkier the es.
one, the progress of the Banes westward wits here arrested.
Daring this time the fire cositineed Its Mend its ravages
eastward nieh'inereased violence; the wiafrealseneil
derably, 'ahil Carried before it burning bestial' soil live mats,
`which falling us mime houses at a diatinre, set them at
once in • blaze. The Ordinate engines were noun brought
up, accompanied by the military from the garrisons, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Matitices, and am-
'hoard at the tweak us the eastern aide of Mrs. Elliott's.
Here they were Pilled by • few active inclividsals of the
town, and the troops rerestly arrived from Ifslifss, the latter
having I..noled from the transport, moiler the direction of
'Captain Harker, of the lath; mid through their united and
atrruuous exertinao, they with much difficulty succeeded in
Pre," tsiag the range of stew buildings lately erected to the
cartward froM falling • prey to the devaluing element. By
Ave o'clock every hailditig in Waterddreet, from Cooker still
Tractli'. to Mrs. Elliott's totelusive, together with the hatters
in Dock. ortb.street, 'west of the Roman Catholic Chapel,
to the lour leading to William
.31ahan's, was razed to the
ground ; and the Chapel and the Bishop's horse were with
cuu•tdernhlr Aiffieolfy preserved.
The ibitants of that part of the tow• is destroyed,
perceiving at the cuininencemeat what little probability there
ws: of to, serving the buildings, brgitn at an early hour to
removed heir property, but the short time allowed them fur
that pit. po,e enabled very few to save half their effects, as
the *hod. stork of devastation was concluded in the short
space of titter or four boors. By this calamity upasrds of
now huoilied houses, with many very extrusive stores, hare
been destroyed : and the Humber of iolothitants obliged is
ye. k a s en' duller in conseopience are thought to amount
to troot, twelve to fifteen howls ra The lots of property has
not yen vitro cunt-city ascertained, but it is said lo be at
least 1.50.1001.
Aram.' the buildiugs destroyed were the house occupied
toy Dr. Megan ; the honor and stores of Thomas Williams
and Co. ; T. Meagher, Sows, and Co.; James Watson and
Co. Patoick Doyle, Annum' and Haynes (recently wen-
pied by and belonging to .1. Dousettitib sod Cod, Benjamin
fibs/rialto J. Ifyly, James Cody, Samuel Lough, William
C•iku and Co. Graeae Nivea, Cioningliante, Bell, and Co.
sad Geo. N. Elliott, RR the *,.ter-side.
Among the soffnrers roe the north side of the street are,
Dr. Ku. ty• William N.'11111411, Henry Duggan, William 31a.
lam, H. R. Ilkouglas, R. Prendergast, 31aik OIXSOII, John
buelgri,ve, Mrs. Matthews, I). .roltiliaa, Julio O'Donnell, dr.c.
There ix nn certainty how the fire originated,
but tiiere being an ash-heop against the back of
the house, ii is generally lilt:ought that comae hot
as se.. bad been carelritsly thrown against the dry
ciaplosaisla, which catching fire liar occasioned the
tatachie•f.

FOREIGN INT E L LIGENC E.

PARIS PAPERS.

PARIS. AUGUST

Tin Duke of Wellington, on hi. arrival at Ostend,
seat to Patio wie of his aides-de-camp, who set out
Immediately. Ilia Grace, after a short residence on
the Continent, intends pipping some time in Ireland.
Lord Stewart, brother of Lord Castlereagh, has
been in Paris some days. His Lordship set* out
Immediately fur Vienna, where he is Ambassador.

The Count Cspo.d'lstriu sets out this dry or to.

morrow for London.

The Officer of the Girlies du Corps. who had been
wounded by M. David, of the ladtpeadamt. in the
duel whirh took place three days since, in which
M. ll,.vid fell, died yesterday iu consequence of his
woul.l. M. David was buried yesterday at Nevilly,
whither he hail been conveyed after the combat.
On the ist of Angust last, • shepherd in the
couituune of Tilleul-Othau, near Beaumont-le-
Roger. was surpri.ed by a violent storm, and retired
to the foot •f it tree with part of his flock. Some
instai,t, after he was struck by lightning. He was
found lifeless in the midst of his sheep, of whom 44
were kil►ed •ail several wounded. The flock con-
►isted of 200 sheep, but none of them were injured
but toe that had collected around the tree.
Levers rival:autos, of the 4th or Julyousuounce,
that in the night of the Ist of the month, a very
strong shook of an earthquake was felt there, bat
sit Chiaransmite the shock was still more violent.
Thr eruption of Etna still continues, but it is ac-
c:otupanied by s• great a smoke and so thick a
vapour, that no flame can be discerned.

PARIS, ♦UGUST 12.

The King arrived yesterday iu Paris, at a quarter
past I welve. Au immense crowd awaited his
Nlsjevy in the Court of the Thuilleries, and
saluted him wish the livelirat acclamations. The
thisnotys assembled in Council immediately after

his Majesty'. arrival.
Atlvicres from 'Toulouse of the 6th of August in..
him us, that several broils hail taken place since
t:te preceding Sunday, between the different corps
is k:rrrisrro there; but ou the sth Mount they ea-
r utued t mug various character. The it
:.ciuptetl by the civil mud 'military authorities have
>occrrded in restoring order, and hopes are ewer-
-I..itted tbat no injurious results will fullow. The

troops tire cmdined to their respective quarters.
Died, at Rome, uu the ttitt of July, after a short
Wren-, Carlin'.! Jean-Baptiste Zllllll, born at
Teener on the •25th of November, 1743, sod raised
to the Carditialate by the reigning Pope on the Bth
of Match. 1816. Cardinal 2.suli• WKS of the order
nl prieehs. and bore the title of Salnt-Onuphie.
IL is said that M. Justus Grants, Minister •Pleni-
potentiary front Berlin to the Helvetic Diet, has
beer! put tinder an arrest.
roe King of Prussia has established legislatiis
dispositions, which exclude the Catholics in his
Stabs front the exercise of ell pubile eflicrs.
('sierice Esttrhszy, the Aubttion Ambassador at
the Court of London, is expected within a few
dt. his way to Vienna.
Uttels limn Madrid state, that the Spanish Go-
rynytt•ut ha, seta to Cadiz three Members of the
`r+ll•rene Council ..f War, to rattails exact inferniti-
ft r..p.ctmg the coasts of the insubordination of
•,s)me

GENOA, •GGVST 42.
are narking night and day et Ilse fottlfiret-
•t, t:1/4 nC thia city-. The regiuseatS are Completed,