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Ditto Acct.B3
3 per Cent. NI
3 per Cent. Red. 02 911
(I(t+ 4 per Cent. 102 1011 102

PHICKA 4,1; fOlt
Brazilian Bonds
Dille Suip
Ditto Act. 121 1 13 121 13 In dis
Colombian Raids
Ditto Bonds 0824) 65 3j 41 4
Ditto Aect. 44#i 41 1 81 41 4
1 41 3,
Daniah Bonds
Ditto Bonds 11825) 621
Yarnell Rents** per Ci• 98r. 25c.
Ezohange 25f. Itic.
French Homes 3 pr Ct. 68f.
krchange 251. lUe.
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PRICES OF SHARES YESTERDAI
NIXES.
Snare.' Paid. Premium per Share.
Mips Iron sod Coal so II 4 dis
Brazilian
Bolivar
Cantello&EvpiritoSantor.razil 100 5 le
Colombian lOO 5 10
Milian and Peruvian lib 5 21 j dig
Paseo-Peruvian
Rio de la Piste lOO 1 2
Royal Stannary & Brit. Mining S 4i 4 dis
South Wales lOO 2 1# dis
United Mexican
Ditto New 4O 10 Ile
ASSIIILARCE COMPANIES.
Allianceßridab and Foreign lOO 10 3
OAS LIGHT AND COEE COMPAvIES.
British 5O 15 136 dis

MISCCI.LAWXOIIS.
Aostritlian
Britimlt Iron
British Rock and Patent Salt 10 6 31 4
British and Foreign Paper 5O S 1 1 dRi
Canals
French Brandy Diatillery Co 5O 2
fieneralSteam Navigation lOO
Honduras lOO 5
Provincial Rank of Ireland l4O 10
Rio de la Plata Agrirultural lOO 5
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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
This Evening, THERE DA Y. Noy. 14. will be performed Did dine)
Comic Opera, eallcd
THE WADER; or,by THE MIDNIGHT HOUR.
The principal Characters Messrs. llou ton, Horn, J. Russell
Harley, Taylware, end Bedford: Mimes Kelly and Cabin; and Mrs.,
C. Jones.
After which the Stueleal Farce of
THE ADOPTED CHILD.
lillehael. Mr. W &lack t Record, Mr. Knight, Kell, Mrs. Drier.
To sonclude with the Melo.Drarra of
TUE INNKEEPER'S DAUGHTDR.
Mary, Mies Kelly.
To-Morrow. Faustus. Two Wlres. and Ds La PercutOn
COrRNT-GARDEN THEATRE.
I'M% Evenin THURSDAY. Nov-. 14. will be perforratio thiliCainedy of
,LOVE'S VICTORY: or, A SCIIOOI. FOR PRIDE.
The prinelpal Characters py Messrs. Egerton, C. Kenyble, Puruset,
Power, W. Farrel'. Jones. ai d Blanchard; end SCAM Laity, Jones,
Henry. and Lore.
After which the Musical Farm called
or AGE TO-MORROW.
Frederick. Mt. Jones: Marla, Madame Yestrls.

re-morrow, This Rose to Rule, The Shipwreck of Polltine;lo4 and
The Seepeeeit.
Tire Battiest Passe commenced publishing yeeterday morn
Ing it five o'clock.

LONDON, THUIODAY, Nuvaisesa 24. IRO.
The Paris papers of Monday, including the Etuile of the
following day, arrived yesterday. The latter journal, in tht:
shape of a pretended private letter from Brussels, publishes
a long tirade against the King of the NETHERLANDII, for
the line of conduct which he has thought proper to adopt
with respect to his Roman Catholic subjects. It contains,
also, the commencement of the proceedings in the Royal
Court, on Monday, against the Courrier Francais. The
trial, like that of the Constitutlynnel, Wilk adjourned for a
week, to give time for the defendant's reply.

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It is announced in the Journal du Curnmerre that the
ship I' Ange Gardien, which was seized and confiscated by
the Peruvian Government, had been subsequently released
and its cargo delivered to the consignee.
There was a report at Corfu, it appears in the middle of
October, that the Grek fleet had encountered and defeated
the Turco-Egyptian expedition from Alexandria. If this
report should turn oat to be correct, the indr pendence of
Greece would be insured; but we must not sulfa our
wishes to blind and mislead us. The news at present rests
upon no credible authority.
The state of Spain, according to all accounts, will not
improve much under the new administration. We refer
our readers to the extracts we have given elsewherz.
The French Funds have declined considerably.

FIENCH Fume.—Puts, Nov. 21.—Five per Cents. 981. 10e.
Three per Cents. Inf. 40e. Bank Stock, 2025 f. Write de Naples
Certif. Falconnet, 831. Royal Spanish Loan 501. Haytian Lnan,
8251. Exchange on London, one month, 251. ; three ditto, 24f. 130 c.
—Corn Authestique,

We have received New York papers to the 2d instant.
The increasing prosperity of the United States is mani-
fested by every sign that can demonstrate it. The political
factions which used to divide the citizens are extinct, and
but fur the ridiculous squabble with Georgia, no voice of
complaint or dissatisfaction will be heard throughout the
wide extent of the North American Union. Under these
happy circumstances, the Governors of the States of New
York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and
Maine, have issued proclamatiors for the solemn observ-
ance of this day (Thursday the Rfitis of November), for
public thanksgiving to ALMIGHTY Goa. The President
had returned to Washington and resumed the direction of
public business. It was expected that Governor Trion,
would be re-elected by the people of Georgia, but he was
vigorously opposed, and the majority in his favour was
supposed to be less than 900. I t follows, considering the
number of electors, that one half his constituents are op..
posed to the course he has pursued. his nut at rli proba-
ble, therefore, that be will persist in his warfare with the
national government.

One of the subjects that at this moment chiefly occupies
public attention in the United States is the establishment
Of a grnrral system of bankrupt laws. It will be brought
before both Houses of Congress at an early period of the ap-
proaching Session. The decision of the Supreme Court of
the United States have put a construction upon the Consti-
tution which deprives the individual States of all power
relating to bankrupt laws, and in great messurc even to
insolvent laws. This is ttp wed which, In so etnineutly

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commercial a couotry, must be productive of great incon-
venience, and requires Immediate redress.
In a preceding column we have extracted from these pa_
pen some interesting newe relative to Colombia and Peru.
We subjoin some afflicting intelligence respecting the
dreadful conflagration at Miramichi. It gives us pleasure
to state that a public meeting was to be held at New York,
on the evening of the Ist instant, for the relief of the suf-
ferers.

Further particulars of the late devastating fires In New Bil Me.
wick have been received by a slip from the Eastport Sentinel.
It appears that the number of buildings consented in Fredenctoo
was 06: and that several houses and neat cattle were burnt. The
fire ravaged over a surfeit of 100 miles in length and 40 in breadth.
The towns of Newcastle and Douglas were destroyed, and both
sides.of the main river had suffered. In Chatham, there were sup-
potted to be not less than 400 houseless beings ; and not less than
600 in Nelson. la the whole, it is stated that at hut 1.500 per-
sons are in want of shelter and dothing. At Aliramichi, front
the Coort-hoose downwards, for forty miles, the seltiements had
beat eedrely cement-tied. including the extensive stores of the prin-
itistalltierchants, three vessels loading in the river, and oat upon the
swim
Boars dukes of nmperty. we regret to add that the account
states that many families itemised, some by resorting to the water,
to escape the flames. The wild beasts fmm the wood were seen'
dead on the shore, and thousands of fish floating about.
Its • postscript to the slip, it is added, " we have the most dis-
tressing accounts from the river Orombucto. on St. Jahn's river,
below Fredericton—almost every thing destroyed for the distance
of sight miles and many lives lost."
A letter from a commercial house en Halifax to a house in this
city, speaking of the late fire In the wood, m the Province of New
Brunswick, says—" It is most nielaneholy to think that some
thousands of persons have perished in the flames in different parts
of the woods. Seven bodies wale 'found dead in one ruin, and
twenty six in another. Many cainmtrcial houses have lost every
thing. One house is said to be losers io the amount of 40,1001."
NEW YORK PRICES CURRENT, Nov. 1.
COTTON.—With the exception of tine small transaction some
weeks past, to close • concern, there bare been no sales since the
15th of August. We know of no one article more doll at present,
or foe which there is less inquiry. and are again compelled to omit
quotations ; neither have we sufficient data to risk an opinion
as to its nominal value. The arrivals of the new crop this season
have been only 105 bales, whilst on this day last year they were
711 : making 606 bales in favour of Lot season. In correcting the
stick this week, we found precisely 400 bales over our former state-
ment, which is added to previous imports, a part of which (stock
on hand) is on ship board, and will soon be on its way to market.
It is still urcerain at what price the market will open, and opinions
vary according to conflicting interests. Of the present crop, so fir,
wa have much to expect as to an abundant one, reports of the rot
sad caterpillar, to the contrary nmerthrtanding ; nevertheless, there
is a sufficiency- of time for considerable destruction by storm, and
otherwise, ere the picking season closes. Arrived since our fast
from the interior 37 bales, and cleared for Havre 643. We know
of but little in first hands for sale, and believe the principal part Of
the prevent stock is intended for shipment.
PRICES OF STOCKS—United States sixes, 1313, 101-11114.
102 f sales; four anti a half. 94 ; Canal fives new, 116 to 117 ;
Corporation sixes, 100 to 1014. Banks, United States, 1154 axles.
Exchange has improved, the sales in sterling bills have been
small. On London, beat 6 per ct. prem. am. sales, looking up. On
France, 6f. nic. a sf. 30c.

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We observe, in the 3114-ning Herald of yesterday, some
very absurd suggestion as to the abolition of the procee.l-
- at bar by a writ of right. "We shrewdly suspect,:'
says siniaJournal, " that, except on the score of fees to the
lawallevir,, nothing would be lost to the parties, or to the
questions which such cases as this involve, if they were
referred to the same kind of jurisdiction as other questions
regarding property of equal magnitude and importance."
If this is meant as an attack on the profession of the
law, it is a very blundering one, since it is quite clear that
notbing could be foot la the parties by the abolition of any
form of process, which gave occasion to any reduction on
the score of fees of lawyer... The exception smacks of an
Irishism. In the same column of this journal there is a ran-
dom dissertation on the " negligrmt and highly improper
conduct of certain Attorneys in the Court of Chancery."
The !stabile are told of " the culpable disregard of the in-
terests of their clients, slaich many &Mein:train Chancery
evince, while their enormous bills eco•ts, which grow iota
appalling magnitude out of minvt items, like bricklayers',
carpenters, and apothecages' bills, show that no want of
diligence in estimating their own profits is ever observable."
This Journalist forgets, in the midst of all this vulgar
calumny, that solicitors' bills of costs undergo a regular
taxation ; that every charge is disallowed which can be
properly excepted against, and that consequently:a solicitor
cannot receive in the shape of costs any item which he is
I not fairly entitled to charge. If all the law proceedings
were abolished, which the wiseacres of our age would get
rid of, the forms of justice might indeed be left, but the
essence would soon disappear. It' the pruning-hook were
applied as unsparingly as many of our improvers would
apply it, who seem dissatisfied more or less with all the
works and institutions of our forefathers, the end of all
things would be drawing near, and those who came after
us would soon have to say, in the winds of the prophet
ESDRAII,—" The World hada lost its youth, and the time
begins to wax old; for the world is divided into twelve
parts, and the tea parts of it are gone already, and half
a tenth Tart." We would entreat that they s; are us what
yet remains, for otherwise the complaint will soon be,
not that there is nothing new, but that there is nothing old,
" under the sun."

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A day of more extensive business has seldom been wit-
nessed on the English Stock Market than the present, and
Consuls have gone down to a price lower than they have
been for a very long time. The transactions principally had
reference to to-morrow's settling. The depression was sup-
posed to be owing to sales to an immense amount, eil'ected
by the Bills for the purpose of squaring their accounts.
Exchequer bills were at par to Sat. discount. The appear-
ance of the money markets to-day were gloomy beyond any
thing that we have before seen, even in these gloomy times.
Confidence seemed at a lower ebb than ever, and every one
was endeavouring to account for it in his own way. For
ourselves, there does not seem much difficulty in account-
ing for this fearful coneternation, by reference to the over
•excitement of last year. Many of the schemes of that
period have turned out to belittle better than bubbles, and
that has had a tendency io destroy confidence in the most
approved and sterling Companies. The foreign loans also,
which are now so much depressed, have taken out of
circulation a large proportion of the capital of the country,
at that time extended by the enormous issues of the Bank,
which have since been so materially contracted, not merely as
compared with the late excess, but even with regard to former
periods of average circulation. These are, in our opinion,
causes sufficient for the fearful anticipations concerning the
Settling-day, to-morrow ; and it must be a work of time
before the Markets can regain any thing like a firm state.
They may temporarily rally, but we apprehend a lengthened
period will be required to restore quotations to the height
of last year. The report was renewed that the interest on
Exchequer Bills would be raised. Consols opened for this
account at 85, sellers, and they closed at 84 4 1, making a
decrease in their value of per cent. in the course of the
day. Bargains were done latterly for the January account
at a 4; f.
The Foreign Market hail less business doing in it than
it has had for some day. put, and prices were generally
lower. Colombian Bonds were G 37 ; Mexican do.
68& t; Guatemala Scrip 5S 6 aim.; Brazilian do. IS, 114
dis. ; and Spanish Bonds 16, 13‘.
There was no public sale of Coffee to-day, and the Sugar
Market was under considerable depresaion.

A literary paper, published 14.-"Fottlouse, states that
Monsieur Ferlus, formerly director of the school at Soy-
rese, has jest received from ;the Government of Hayti,
the sum of 150 000 francs, as a recompence for the ser-
vice he rentivred.to young Haytians, who were educated
in that school while he was at the head of it.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

PARTS, Nov. 18.

You have doubtless read an account in the Paris journals
of the attempt made on the life of the young Las Cases by a
ruffian, on the night of the 11th. As I had an hour's con-
versation with him yesterday, I can assure you that he is
art of all danger, anti appeared in rather good spirits.
The papers here differ in some degree as to the shade of
colouring they have given to this mysterious affair. You
may rely on the correctness of the following statement of facts.
On Friday, the 17th iost. M. Emanuel Las Cases dined with
the Count his father, at No. 7, Rue de la Pomp, at Panty,
near the entrance of the Bois tie Bologne. About eight
o'clock in the evening he left his father's house, to return
on foot to his own lordiings. He had not proceeded far,
when he found himself soddenly seized by the collar, and
at the MTV instant received a violent thrust with a
sharp instrument in the left breast, from which he was
Providentially protected by his pocket-book, containing
etters, cards, Etc. The blow, however, pierced to
the skin, but effected only a slight incision; he in-
stantly seized the wretch, who, surprised at having
missed his aim, and finding himself attacked, staggered,
and on receiving a blow from the young Las Cases, fell to
the ground. iVliile this took place, he made several plunges
with a knife or dagger, one of which entered the young
man's thigh to the bone, and three pierced his coat. On
turning his head Las Cases perceived a second person about
ten paces distant, whom he conceived to he an accomplice,
and having a sword-stick with him, he left his first anta-
gonist, and drawing the weapon, attacked the other, who
fled. In the pursuit Las Cases fell, but soon recovered,
and returned to the one whom he had left on the ground;
by this time this fellow had also escaped; the night was
dark, and the spot where the transaction occurred was at a
distance from any house. Although he suffered consi-
derable pain from the wound in his thigh, and was much
weakened, he managed to regain his father's house ; on
entering it, he sent for a surgeon, who, on examining the
wound, found it had been inflicted with a double-edged
weapon, as the incision was closed, and but little Wood
appeared. Upwards of forty le.ches were instantly applied,
and as it was hoped the weapon was not poisoned, the
wound was pronounced not mortal. It was not till then that
the Cotner and COUNTESS were informed of the event.
Through the abilityof M. M. DCPUITIIIEN and, I believe,
Donors, and a strict regimen, this excellent young man
has been saved from a premature death. So much for
positive facts. The papers allude to the cause of this
atrocious attack as resulting from private revenge. But
it is far more likely that private revenge has given rise to
the rumour. The Paris papers would readily circulate
this sort of calumny.
All the conductors of the cabriolets were summoned
yesterday (Thursday) to appear before the Prefect of
Police, as it appears two strangers left Paris in a cabriolet
for Passy, in the afternoon of Friday, the day of the
ewPartlt, and returned at eight or nine o'clock. M. Lap
Cases assured me, that when the ruffian who struck him
received the blow from him which knocked him down, he
uttered a few words of imprecation, but which certainly
were neither English, French, nor German. It is reported
that one o- two persons have been arrested on suspicion,
but at this moment all is wrapped in mystery; whatever
the French papers may pretend to say on the sullject, is
purely the on-ditt of the day. You may imagine this
affair is the principal topic of conversation. We are quite
at a loss for foreign news. The affairs of Spain seem to
engage hut little public attention; and we hardly know
what is really passing in Greece. Assassinations, therefore,
are the most interesting part of our domestic intelligence.
The bad weather has put a stop to the royal hunting
parties.

The following anecdote is related of the present King
of Bavaria:—A widow, who bad received a monthly pen-
sion of eight florins from the Civil List of the late King,
was fearibl of being deprived of that support. She there-
fore fomented a petition to his Majesty. The King kindly
listened to her, took the petition, and retired into his ca-
binet, desiring the widow to wait.. The King soon re-
turned, gave her back her paper, and ordered her to pre-
sent it to his Treasurer. What was the astonishment of
the good woman when she learnt that the King bad just
ordered that that she should receive sixteen florins instead
of the eight she had been accustomed to receive each
month !—French Paper.
The advices from Munich state, that the new King of
Bavaria is tasking considerable retrenchments. These are
indeed carried so far, that to us they appear ridiculous.
The King, for instance, boa commanded that, "in general,
only six dishes shall he brought to his table."
We hare received Quebec Papers to the ilst ult. We
find front them that the conflagrations in the lower pro-
vince have been very serious. The fire has been raging
during most of the summer in the woods at the Cedres
and Vandenie, on the south side of the Ottawa, as well as
in Cote St. Joseph, in the seigniory of the lake of the two
mountains, and in a great part of the woodlands between
that seigniory and St. Eustache.
We have received Newfoundland Papers to the 46th ult.
The new Gortrnor of that island, Sir Thotnas J. Cochrane,
had arrived front England, and appears to have been re-
cetved with most flattering attention. Ile was immediately
waited upon with addresses from the members of the Cham-
bers of Commerce, from the Benevolent Irish Society, and
from a general nice ting of the inhabitants assembled by the
High Sheriff. His first act was the carrying into effect the
circulation of the English coin in the island of Newfound-
land. he proclamation is dated 18th October. Four
shillings and four-pence. British coin, are to be considered
equivalent to the Spanish dollar ; the inhahitznts to have
the privilege of demanding from the officer of the commis-
sariat bills on the English treasury for 1001. for every 1031.
of the new coin circulated. And as the circulation of Spa-
ni,h dollars was Ss. per dollar in money of account, 17s. 4d.
of the new coin was to be received and taken as being equal
to one pound of money of account.
Further accounts were received yesterday from Batavia.
We learn, that in addition to the insurrections in that
quarter against the Dutch Authorities, the Sultan of Soola
has declared war, and the army was only thirty miles dis-
tant from Satnarang. General de Kock immediately de-
parted front the capital to put himself at the head of the
army.
Tuanz WITH Baazn.—By the Act of 6 4 Gco. 111. c.
126, all goods imported to and exported from the ports in
Brazil, in British ships, were subject to a rate; under the
denomination consulage and contribution, of 10s. per 100/.
A few years ago the merchants of Rio de Janeiro petitioned
Parliament against this rate, and particularly canesd the at-
tention of his Majesty's Government to the very large
amount which was absorbed by his Majesty's Consul-
General, amounting to from eight to ten thousand pounds
per annum. A complete remedy has since been admini-
stered. By the Act 6 Geo. IV, cap. 87, this tax on British
commerce has been repealed, and after the let of January,
846, the obnoxious tax will cease to exist.

The desertion of seamen from the merchants' vessels ar-
riving at this port still continue to a shameful extent.
Eighteen guineas are riow commonly asked for the lull,
and with this the Captain must not only comply, but beg
and pray to get them on board. Something of a similar
description seems to be prevalent at llalifax, the trans-
ports which brought in the 95th regiment from Ireland
having lust 17 men by desertion, almost immediately alter
their arrival.—Quebre Gazette.

COMBlNATlON.—Apprehensions have been entertained,
for some time past, that the men employed in the different
collieries in this neighbourhood shortly intend to " strike."
If any such disposition really exists, as there is some reason
to believe, we trust they will consider the matter maturely
before they throw their families into such distress as must
he the inevitable consequence. A considerable number of
the Jarrow pitmen have already :eft their employment, and
some of them have been sent to Durham gaol. The cause
of the dispute between them and their toasters is the al-
leged increase of work, occasioned by enlarging certain coal
measure, in the pit, without any increase of pay. We are
not prepared to say whether this charge is true or false.
On this ground many have left their work, and it is feared
that others may follow their example.—Tyne Mercury.
A few days ago a fine partridge deliberately walked
into the shop of Mr. S. Dodd, at the Post-office, Woburn,
Bedfordshire, and it being post time, the little wanderer
actually passed between several perviis who were waiting
Ititti.t..

DREADFUL CONFLAGRATIONaiIIIRJMICRI.

The following particulars, which are more full and ac.
curate than any yet laid before the public, are extracted
from a letter from Captain Walter, of the ship James, to
the owners, dated Miramicbi, Oct. 11, 1823:

" The north side of Miramichi is now a heap of althea ;
it is nor ascertained to what extent the lire reaches—sox,
say eighty, some twO hundred miles bark ; for about 20
miles up and down the river nothing is seen but stacks of
chimneys, they being built of stone, whereas the houses,
which were of wood, are all butt, and I am sorry to say
a great number of men, women, and children, cattle, &c.
My slower helped to bury thirty yesterday in one small
settlement; some they had to put into coffins with spelt",
so many as six in a coffin, according to the number of the
family.
"Three ships are totally burnt, viz. Canada, of Nonb
Shields, Concord of IVhitbv, and Jane of Alloa. The Ca.
nada was all load, the others were discharging bal:ast at
the same heap at the James. The James was on fire at
three different places, at three different times, hut, thank
God, we got it out before it got to any great height. we
have our jib, mainmast, and trysail burnt. The tire broke
out about eight in the evening on the 7th instant, at the
river side. All the afternoon we heard a roaring away to
the northward of us, accompanied by smoke and soot, bot
no one supposed it would be so instantaneous, for be_
fore we could distinguish any flames, the fire flakes came
off the land on board thicker and faster than ever I saw a
snow storm in my life; branches of trees and burning
leaves, and so for time same distance up arid down the
river already mentioned, and all at the same instant, se,
companied by a hurricane. It must have come throat',
the woods at a great rate, for people who went up to eft if
they could see any thing like fire, could not, althoue. lye
smoke was very thick. They ran back as fast as they could,
and before they got down two minutes, the fire was st
their heels. Those that were saved effected their escape
by running into the river, up to their chins, and keeping
their heads constantly wet. Many children who were in
bed were snatched up by their mothers, and carried down
to the river, but before they got them down, their shirts
.had caught fire, which were torn from their backs, and in
that stare they were laid on the beach, their parents keep-
ing them constantly wct, the father with his hat, and the
mother with her shoes, until morning, when they were
taken on board the shipping. I have now a family on
hoard, of one man, woman, and four children, who were in
that state.

" People who were in the woods, as far as can be heard,
were dreadfully off. Whole camps of men, from ten to
Forty in a camp, who were gone in for the winter to make
timber, are consumed, together with the cattle. People
are coming in ; some have lost a wife and children ; some a
husband and children ; some more, some less ; some naked
and burnt. One woman, in particular, finding the fire too
hot for her to bear, as she was running with her two chil-
dren, laid them down and lay upon them ; she is burnt
from her heels to the crown ; so much, that not a bit of
flesh is on her—the children not hurt ; she still lives, but
in gri at agony. Some who could get in toboats were upset and
drowned. Gilmore and Rankin s stores are all burnt except
about 70 barrels of pork. They got out the fire yesterday. Mr.
Abrahams, the merchant we load with, are all burnt down,
I sent my carpenter to say I should be happy to see them
on board, should they think proper. Mrs. Abrahams said,
for God's sake take them somewhere.' fhe carpenter
went into the house to take them ; the children were taken
out of bed in blankets, and Mrs. Abrahams without s
bonnet, with eight children, were coming to the ship who.'
the fire met them in the face like a furnace ; they were
obliged to return. By that time the house was all in
dames ; they then made for a small schooner which lay at
the wharf, and my cook, who had gone with them, .got his
hand hurt , one one of his fingers has since been cut off.
The second mate and carpenter have been ill since the fire.
The captain's mate fell down the hold and cat his head this
morning. One man bikes ill whenever in/ bard work
comes, and the two men who ran I don't eipect tench Food
II from. Hoping we shall have a good loading, I son, tic.

. (From the Greeno4 Alveraier,Nov. 19.1
Several vi easels have arrirel in the Clyde since our last,
the whole of which left New Brunswick since the confla-
gration ; in one of them a gentleman came passenger, to
whom we are inlebted tbr the following information
nays that the setting in of the heavy ruins, and, latterly, of
snow, had put a period to the ravages of the fire in the
woode. Of the conflagration on the 7th of October, to
which lie was an eye-witness, it is impossible for language
to convey an adequate picture. From this intelligent
vidual we have been favoured with the following informa-
tion: this, wi h the rarticulan already given, it is to be
hope !, wl! be aiiceptable. He states, that a custom psi.
vails in New Brunswick of burning the woods for the pur-
pose of &earl. g. 'I he last season being particularly dry,
advantage was taken of universally setting fire to the lands
proposed to b' cleared, and this, from the month of May,
throuAt the while season, the woods being at that time
more or lens on fire in various parts. In its progress, da-
mage, more r r 1 sa, was done at interval times, but as long
as the sap wi a i t the trees, its effect was only partial ; in
the end of September, and beginning of October, it ap-
peared to be very general upon all sides of the Miran ic
and even along the coasts, south by Richebncto. and north
by the coast of Chaleur to the Ristigouche. The Circuit
Court of Justice was at this time sitting at Newcastle
Court House, and only finished their business at three
o'clock on Friday, the 7th October. Being at this time at
Nelson, one mile and a half from the Court House, he eb-
Ferri 41, about four o'clock, a large cloud from the north of
the Court House. This was the greatest cloud he had ever
seen from fire, though he has seen at one time more than
four hundred houses burning. This cloud ascended per-
pendicularly, and was struck by a flash of lightning
upon its western edge ; at about four o'clock It care
tinned to rise and spread, and about five was in like
manner struck by a flash of lightning upon its eastern edpe•
This was succeeded by extreme darkness and shoiven of
hot ashes, till about nine, when the tire from the wools
advanced south, to the river side, sweeping all before it M
an instant, from the point of the S.W. westward, to the
river Bartibog, upon the east, an extent of about 16 mile,.
very few buildings escaping its ravages. It extended N• 1?•
as far as the Ristigouche, and westward up to the N 1,,.
and S.W. branches of the Miramichi (as 'sr as Nathaniel
Moires), SO miles from the latter, where houses of ever,
description were destroyed. lie thinks the houses burnt
at Newcastle were about 72.; the number of atom he does
not recollect.

Loss or LIT ks.—Report says about 300; these were
mostly in the second tier upon both sides of the river.
There were also a few of the timber-maker* burned, bet
not so many as at first. stated. Hundreds of barrels cl
salmon were destroyed by the effects of the fire.
Estimate of damage about 100,000 f. at a tench calrafs•
tion. In hay, about 1,000 store, wlsich, at this t`.1::011of
the year, cannot be replaced : the consequence is, thst de
principal timber-makers must reduce the number of their
hauling cattle; another result it, less timber will be mule
than usual. •
The damage done to standing timber is conviderabk
and also to some already made; as to the future sal'''.
the present damage will not materially affect it. Where"
there was a belt or screen of bard wood, the progress of the
fire was arrested.
The great majority of the sufferers, especially the spa
settlers, are emigrants front Ireland.

On Monday, pursuant to a previous announcement, a
highly respectable public meeting of the inhabitants of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its neighbourhood wok plea
in the Guildhall, George Forster, Esq. in the chair, for the
purpose of taking into consideration the distressed state Of
the inhabitants of Miramichi, in consequence of the late
dreadful conflagration at that settlement; when sundry re•
solutions were passed ; and thanks having been moved to
the Chairman, the meeting, which was numerously Ito
tended, broke up—previous to which upwards of R5O/.
subscribed.—Newcostle Paper.

Letters from Greenock announce the arrival of verwl'
from Miramichi, the Masters of which stateat peli(110
to their sailing, there had been heavy rainsth and a fall cf
snow, which had effectually put a stop to the further ri-
vages of the conflagration in the woods.